Aurora’s Jesse Dennis Dimmick was already wanted for questioning in a murder when he went on the lam recently, eventually finding himself in a police chase with Kansas authorities. And while murder is a little too severe to label Dimmick a shmuck, what he did next more than qualifies. During…
We search local blogs for decent reading. Here’s today’s selection: Your hot European ski instructor is about to get way less European (and thus way less hot) thanks to Obama. Further proof he’s not American! Let’s see that birth certificate, chief! (Colorado Independent) Former Governor Lamm wants to ration your…
Back in February, we culled our nightlife photos for some of the hottest service employees in the city. We’ve updated it a couple of times since, including today. But we want to add more. Email photos or nominations to hottest@westword.com…
Another season, another Broncos-Raiders game, another five YouTube reminders that you shouldn’t make the trip to Oakland to root on your Broncos. 5. “I Will Kick Your Powder Blue Ass” Look below for more mayhem:…
Chocolate Cubed Cupes from D Bar Desserts Photographer Taylor Boylston battled the lines of Westword’s Dish Menu Affair to get photos of some of the dishes that put Denver into a massive food coma last night. Also: See photos of the people who ate all that food at westword.com/slideshow…
Our daily hike up Blog Mountain. Is Aspen really as shitty as Ski Magazine things? (Huffington Post Denver) In case you were getting too optimistic, Pols tells us Colorado’s budget is hosed till 2011. (Colorado Pols) Welcome back Huston Street and Aaron Cook! But how welcome are they? (Purple Row)…
In this week’s Westword, Jared Jacang Maher investigates whether twenty years of outlawing pit bulls in Denver has made the city safer. (You can also read more about the numbers of dogs killed in “Pit Bull Row”). Here, a photo tour of the city’s “pit bull row,” the home of…
Our daily hunt for ripe, juicy local blogging. Terry Schiavio’s brother is very mad at our president — and wants to pull the plug on our “culture of death.” (Sorry. I tried. I really did.) (Colorado Independent) How to live cheaply without being cheap. (5280) Is a proposed impound-your-car law…
Our daily swing through the local blogosphere. Is that a fat lady I hear singing? And is that fat lady wearing a Rockies jersey? (Purple Row) The Family Research Council wants to oust Betsy Markey, which means the Family Research Council is much more evil than its name infers. (Colorado…
It was a solid weekend for the local costume industry, with lingerie football, a saucy drag-queen show and Oktoberfest. See photos of them all at westword.com/slideshow…
Last week’s Newsweek cover, with the tagline “Is Your Baby Racist,” was worth a good laugh. But after they followed it up with “The Case for Killing Granny,” I’m starting to think they might have hired a drunken monkey — or, worse, a consultant — to design their covers. If…
We read local blogs so you don’t have to, although you should, ’cause many of them don’t suck. Turning trash into electricity: Yet another way that life imitates Back to the Future. (Colorado Independent) Malcom Glenn doesn’t think you should be surprised by Obama’s endorsement of Michael Bennet. (Which you…
The world doesn’t hand us many absolutes. Don’t stare directly into the massive fireball in the sky. Make babies. Never buy fewer than eight Washington apples at one time. And, of course, if you happen to know enough about rocks to teach geology at a large institution of higher learning,…
My fiancee and I are looking for a place to live in Denver. Nothing fancy, just a one- or two-bedroom rental, hopefully with a dishwasher and a closet big enough for her shoes, which is to say a closet the size of a Chrysler minivan. Yesterday, she stumbled on an…
No cities in America — okay, maybe Buffalo, but nowhere else — have achieved the same level of football-related pessimism as Denver and Cleveland. (OK, maybe Detroit, too, but that’s it!). So with the Broncos and Browns set to throw down on Sunday, I channeled all the dismay I could…
Our daily cruise through the blogosphere. More reasons to punch Brandon Marshall in the face (as if you needed more). (Mile High Report) The Rockies are gonna have to try hard to fuck this up. (Purple Row) Where’s all the money going? (HuffPo Denver)…
Our daily round-up of local blogs. A Denver-born iPhone app is on fire. Literally! (Actually, figuratively!) (Denver Egotist) How Denver will rebound from the recession. (5280) The Broncos aren’t as bad as you think. According to this guy. We’ll see. (HuffPo Denver)…
In this week’s Westword, reporter Alan Prendergast investigates the gnarly addiction and spotty oversight that led to dozens of patients at Rose Medical Center being infected with hepatitis C. The offending junkie, Kristen Parker (right), has earned the contempt of all of Denver. But she’s not alone. Here, the five…
Our daily slog through the local blogosphere. Polis: If the healthcare debate is a DeLorean, and universal health care is 1985, then Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst was just the plutonium we needed. (Colorado Independent) Also in the Polisphere, the congressman takes on detention reform for the new Huffington Post Denver…
As the Guy Who Sits in the Media Tent and Updates Our Live Music Fest Coverage, there are two perks to my job: 1. Proximity to free food. 2. Opportunity to pick which photos we use in our slideshows and live-review blogs. Monolith, like Mile High before it, served up…
Our daily adventure in blog-surfing. More reaction to the miracle in Cincinnati (and another excuse to play the above video). (Mile High Report) Jared Polis is quite effin rich. (Colorado Independent) Conservatives really don’t want you hippies looking at their tweets. (Colorado Pols)…
Westword’s weekend was dominated by Monolith, the annual two-day hipsterfest at Red Rocks that this year featured the Mars Volta, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, Chromeo and plenty of other bands. Our stage-to-stage coverage includes photos of the bands from Day One and Day Two, photos of the fans and…
