Man, pretty soon, the Central Platte Valley will have everything an upper-class urbanite could want: a mass-transit hub, a dog park, more fancy lofts and a brand spanking new firing range, where Denver cops will learn how to shoot suspected criminals. The planned location for the campus-like facility, which will…
Say what you will about Ed Perlmutter. The 1st term Democrat representing Colorado’s 7th District really knows how to cartwheel for votes, as you can see in the video above. It’s unclear why the crowd at this Memorial Day Parade in the mean streets of Commerce City started chanting “Cartwheel!…
We’ve learned that Video One, long considered Denver’s most awesome independent video rental store, recently sold its building at 1301 East Colfax Avenue. Winner of numerous Best of Denver awards, the store has been the go-to spot for movie geeks of all stripes since… well, since before the Gold Rush,…
Here’s a funny thing I came across while researching the various juice drinks sold through a multi-level-marketing model for this week’s cover story on Bazi. Hometown hero Chauncey Billups is the top endorser for Tahitian Noni, a company that was the first to use an Amway-like system to pimp an…
Last week, Steve Sanders of the Office of Economic Development sent an e-mail informing us that a blog we did on Denver’s future bike sharing program contained a factual inaccuracy. Apparently, when the system launches next spring, the membership fee will not be $50 per month but, um, well, $50…
All in all, Blueprint America: Road to the Future, a PBS show about the future of transportation infrastructure that debuted last night (it can be viewed online by clicking here), was spot-on about the crisis our nation has built itself into by following policies that mandate automobile use and continuous…
Battle of the super drinks! Read a comparison of miracle juice supplements on the Latest Word blog. Sandy Greenberg likes to call his sales force a “volunteer army.” He steps to the podium and looks out over the hundred enlistees who have crammed into this hotel meeting room for the…
With former Denver Broncos like John Elway and Brian Griese chugging down Bazi like it were the almighty sweat of Zeus, the liquid nutritional supplement by local company XELR8 is building a strong following here in Colorado. But unless you’ve been personally hit up by one of the company’s 6,400-or-so…
Anyone the least bit interested in urban sprawl and the future of transportation planning in our fair country should hit the highways early tonight and get home in time to catch the 7 p.m. showing of Blueprint America: Road to the Future. The PBS series on transportation infrastructure in the…
Really! Just look at this shocking video evidence of the Mustang zapping down a hijacked jet out at Denver International Airport. We knew those laser-beam eyes had to be put there for a reason. Beware terrorists. El DIAblo is coming for ya…
Here’s a video of the Ski Train leaving Denver for the last time on Friday, May 8. The description says this was “filmed at Utah Jct, moving onto the Belt Main,” which is apparently near 56th and Pecos. The train had been making trips between Denver and Winter Park since…
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On May 2, 2008, Carolyn Sparks of Potter County, Texas, was visiting Landry’s Downtown Aquarium in Denver with her daughter and husband. According to documents filed in Denver District Court, the trio was approached by a greeter who attached their wristbands and asked if they would like to have their…
Officials in charge of the Denver Bike Sharing Program told members of the City Council yesterday that they’ve opted to push back the official launch of the pay-per-ride enterprise until the spring of 2010 rather than this summer as originally planned. But when they do, the program’s scope will be…
Yes, we know it isn’t Friday yet, and Freaky Friday is typically Cory’s domain, but this was too good to pass up — or off, for that matter. We’re going to go out on a limb here and assume that nobody reading this has ever heard of Dusty Cowshit. Or…
Denver comic Ben Kronberg shows us what he’s been up to since heading to Los Angeles: getting the shit slapped out of him for telling jokes. In his online video series, Slap Happy, Kronberg has to make random people on the streets of Hollywood laugh or else they get to…
Rockies fans will no longer have to worry about their view of the mountains from Coors Field becoming obstructed by a possible high-rise condo building. The special district that owns the baseball stadium quietly purchased the former Light Bulb Supply building at 2010 Delgany Street for $2.4 million earlier this…
There are certain sports out there that — no matter how difficult, dangerous or athletic — just look lame when people do them. I’m thinking of curling, speedwalking, skysurfing, downhill telemark skiing, camel racing, frisbee golf, etc. — all so hard to be really good at, and all soooo stupid-looking…
As evidenced by this awesome T-shirt design, Denver graphic artist Jake Miller has found true inspiration in the recent hubbub over the scary/beautiful Mustang sculpture at Denver International Airport. Expect to spot a few of his screen prints being worn tonight at the Westword-sponsored Fresh City Life poetry reading devoted…
The slicing and theft of two hippie-era concert poster reprints from a temporary cloth wall in front of the Denver Art Museum two weeks ago wasn’t quite the art crime of the century. But it certainly qualifies as a bad trip for patrons heading into the mind-bending Hamilton wing to…
I had a lot of time to think about my dog yesterday afternoon while waiting at Denver Police headquarters to clear an active warrant for my arrest. My crime: missing a court appearance on an off-leash dog ticket. My accomplice: a six-year-old beagle named Jacques. Seeing as how we were…
Television and radio personality Tom “The Troubleshooter” Martino has asked the Denver City Council to rezone three acres of land near Welton Street and Park Avenue West. Martino is a managing member Welton Street Properties, which owns several large parcels at that intersection (“Hotel Martino,” October 30, 2008). The rezoning…
