Elsewhere: See reviews from Saturday, plus photos of the bands and fans from Sunday on the slideshow page. We’re back on the Rocks for what, so far anyway, is looking to be a much more pleasant day than Saturday. In case you missed yesterday’s festivities, it was viciously cold and…
See more photos of the bands at westword.com/slideshow. Is this thing on? We’re live from Red Rocks for Day One of Year Three of Monolith, the indie-hipster-Urban-Outfitted-neon-fest that marks the end of the Colorado music-festival season. The lovely promotional folks at Madison House have moved the media tent from the…
Our daily round up of local blogs. Enjoy, and happy Friday. Is the pessimism of Broncos fans waning, or do the Bengals just suck? (Or could it be both?) (Mile High Report) It’s environmentalists vs. outdoorsmen in a battle of who loves the wilderness more. (Colorado Independent) Bring back the…
When I read this morning about a Boulder-area middle school banning jelly bracelets because of their potential sexual meanings, my first reaction was to shmuck the principal up. I mean, the whole pink-means-hand-job bracelet thing has been floating around since 2003, and no one seems to have ever really demonstrated…
Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. Did Obama’s healthcare speech really change some Colorado minds? (Colorado Independent) Climate-legislation: The next empty promise for thousands of new jobs! (5280) What Josh McDaniels is saying about Sunday. (It’s not much, but at least he’s talking!) (Mile High Report)…
If you’re searching for some optimism for the forthcoming Broncos season, look no further than the NFL manifesto posted today by ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons, wherein he picks the Broncos to be this season’s no-one-saw-this-coming surprise team. His take: Nobody believes in them because they lost Shanahan (24-24 since 2006) and…
Our daily foraging for edible bloggage. Are the Democrats sabotaging Andrew Romanoff? (Daily Kos via Colroado Pols). Which Post is right about Josh Penry: Washington’s or Denver’s? (Colorado Independent) And just like that, hockey season is back. Which is funny, because I’m pretty sure last season is still going on…
In this week’s Westword, Joel Warner reports on the “ganjapreneurs” cashing in on Colorado’s booming medical-marijuana business. In it, he explores the growing number of dispensaries and offers an introduction to the Candy Girls, a team of marijuana edible bakers operating out of a rented apartment north of Denver. See…
Our daily round-up of local bloggage. If you don’t want to know what Bengals bloggers think about this week’s Broncos-Bengals game, then you need to kiss the baby. (Mile High Report) The future of Union Station, visualized. (Denver Egotist) Who are Denver’s biggest sports stiffs? Well, that’s up to you……
You said goodbye to summer with gusto, Denver, with a very ink-y tattoo convention, parties galore, and shows by Blink-182, Ween and Fell. See photos of the festivities at westword.com/slideshow, and reviews of the concerts on the Backbeat blog. And say a little prayer of thanks: It’s a four-day week…
Well, this is all very confusing. First of all, this is just my second Sniagrab (“bargain spelled backwards!”) season in Denver, and it still baffles me. As far as I can gather, scores of people who really like to ski, and can afford to ski a lot, every year set…
Our daily hunting expedition for local bloggage. The League of Conservation Voters doesn’t like drilling, but it does like drilling John Salazar. (Colorado Independent) Bennet v. Romanoff gets the Rachel Maddow treatment. By the way, Rachel Maddow: Hot or not? Please advise. (Colorado Pols) Hey, older city employees! See that…
Westword.com is looking for some help. Not full-time help, of course — what do you think this is, 2004? — but rather free and cheap help. We’re looking for: Freelance photographers. Specifically, we need gutsy shutterbugs who can infiltrate protests, press conferences and other events by day, and then hit…
Our daily mug of local bloggage. Chug! Chug! Chug! The state’s budget crisis sucks … unless you’re a prisoner! (5280) Does this high-speed rail system have a message car? Why is it so expensive? (Colorado Independent) Why are old crappy motel signs so cool? (Denver Egotist)…
My fiancee just moved to Denver, and she’s doing a lot of that thing people do after they move here: “Wait, is this the same Colfax as the Colfax where we saw that bum riding a unicycle?” “Colorado? I thought Colorado was the street with that strip club you like…
Our daily tour of the local blogosphere. The Denver Police say “hell no” to raise delays. Brave, I guess, but how will they feel when officers start losing their jobs? (Square State and 5280) Those smokey skies? Those are from the wildfires in California. Although if I told you it…
Our daily blog round-up. You may have a case of the Mondays, but the blogosphere does not. The upside of a Bennet-Romanoff primary. (Colorado Pols) Brandon Marshall: Turns out he’d make an excellent blogger. (5280) Colorado: Your go-to state for ponds full of cancer-causing coal-ash! (Colorado Independent)…
It seems our fair city partied its collective ass off this weekend, and we managed to sneak into some of the festivities. See photos from Rockbar’s three-year anniversary party (above), Double Daughter’s, Sutra, and other booze factories at westword.com/slideshow. You’ll also find reviews and photos from the weekend in local…
The Black Eyed Peas’ credibility, a mainstay in the genre since 1998’s Behind the Front, died on Sunday, in a spinning class at the 24-Hour Fitness by my house. It was eleven-years-old. The credibility, once as strong as any hip-hop group’s, has been in poor health since 2003, when Fergie…
Links. Click them. And enjoy your weekend. The Salazar Bros. are not on the same page on climate change. Also, Johnny didn’t clean his room, so why should Kenny have to? (5280) Is it me, or is this like a trail guide for cougar hunters? (Mile High Mamas) The fans…
We don’t like to repeat shmucks around here. There are plenty of multiple offenders, sure, but there’s lots of new blood every week, too, and this week was no different. We could have shmucked the kid who bashed in the DNC offices, if only for unleashing the right’s loony pack…
With Taking Woodstock in theaters today, hippies are on our mind. Specifically those scantily clad, flowers-in-the-hair, joint-tugging types who make us children of the ’80s wish we had a DeLorean, a six pack of plutonium, and plenty of road. We’re sure there are some lovable hippie chicks in this flick,…
