Denver Blogs: Call it a comeback

The blogosphere is our sanctuary. The Denver housing market is rebounding like Jessica Simpson. (That is, if you consider Colt Brennan a solid rebound). (5280) This is sort of meta, but: Melanie Asmar hits the radio to talk about last week’s cover story on Medicaid cuts. Go, girl! (Colorado Pols)…

Up Close: Pho 95

In this week’s restaurant review, Jason Sheehan is bowled over by Pho 95. See photos by Mark Manger at westword.com/slideshow…

Denver Blogs: Pot, meet kettle

Our daily dose of worthy bloggage. Use as directed. GQ names CU among the country’s douchiest colleges. Which is funny, because when your magazine reeks of bad cologne and man-bags, you’re probably not a great judge of douchiness. (5280) The moron who smashed up the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters did…

Oh, the places (I hope) you’ll go, Brandon Marshall

Back in March, at the height of Jay Cutler’s bitchfest, I laid out the five teams to which I hoped Culter would get traded — places I was sure he would hate, and places where I hoped he would fail. I’m a sadistic, juvenile little man like that. The fallout,…

Denver Blogs: A nuclear flip-flop

Our daily cast for tasty blogs. If you don’t like them, throw ’em back! Udall, McCain: Let’s get nuclear up in this bitch! (Colorado Pols) The Rockies actually lost last night, but the umps are a bunch of pussies and didn’t call it. (Did I mention I’m a lifelong Giants…

Denver Blogs: Up they go

Our daily roping of wild Denver blogs. Got any good ones corralled? Photographic evidence that development trudges on in Denver. (Denver Infill) Who will save our national parks? (5280) A happy birthday to Denver’s best Broncos blog. (Mile High Report)…

Over the Weekend: Booze, beats and bachelorettes

It was a busy weekend in Denver, with a fashion show on Thursday, Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the Bluebird on Friday, the Avett Brothers at the Ogden on Saturday, the Flaming Lips at Red Rocks on Sunday, and the grand opening of a new nightclub downtown. So if…

Shmuck of the Week: Shawn Merriman, aka the Mormon Madoff

An early front-runner for Shmuck of the Year, Shawn Merriman this week was officially charged for his orchestration of a massive Ponzi scheme that made him rich, left friends and investors broke, and had Bernie Madoff saying to his prison boyfriend, “Hey, this guy stole my moves!”…

Denver Blogs: Unemployed? Broke? Wanna have dinner?

Our daily slog through through local blogosphere. Tips would be appreciated. Denver: A great place to date in a recession. Allegedly. (5280) The West — in fact, the entire National League — could be won in Colorado. (Purple Row) Cory Gardner, congressional hopeful from Yuma, isn’t quite sure Barack Obama…

Denver Blogs: Whole Foods, half a heart?

Our daily search for decent local bloggage. Fill our in-box. Just because your shit’s organic doesn’t make it okay to be an asshole. As Whole Foods is quickly learning. (Colorado Pols) The humor of Jared Polis’s beer bong seems lost on the Denver Post. (Colorado Independent) Seriously, Brandon Marshall: I…

Denver Blogs: A total McInnis

Interview with Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.Our daily search for local bloggage. E-mail recommendations. Scott McInnis is being a real McInnis these days, isn’t he? (Colorado Pols) Where has Melo’s money gone? (5280) Meet the future Rockies. (Purple Row)…

Over the Weekend: The weirdness of Skylab

Skylab, an annual organized rave-type event, went down on Saturday, and you can see scores of photos of the weirdness here. Also on view: nightlife photos from Wicked Garden, Vinyl, a party at the Boulder Reservoir, and the Green Day concert. You can read a review of Green Day, too,…

Denver Blogs: Aspen… a little place where the pot flows like wine

It’s Friday. You ain’t got shit to do. You ain’t got no job. So let’s… read some blogs! And then send us more! Dispensaries giving new meaning to the term “High Country.” See what I did there? (Colorado Independent) (Even) more on Scott McInnis’s rage against the KHOW machine, which…

Denver Blogs: This just in: Scott McInnis is kind of a dick

The blogosphere is our crack den. Kick us down the good stuff. Scott McInnis somehow manages to make KHOW’s Craig Silverman seem like a sympathetic character. (Colorado Pols) The Post may be polling you about comics, but that doesn’t mean it cares what you think. (Denver PR Blog) Should the…

Up Close: Organixx

This week at westword.com/restaurants, Jason Sheehan discovers Organixx — despite his aversion to “green” restaurants. See photos of the restaurant, by Mark Manger, at westword.com/slideshow…

Denver Blogs: Noooooooo!

Can you identify a good blog? Send samples here. Nuggets interested in Wally Szczerbiak. Which, by the way, is a truly horrible idea. (Denver Stiffs) Man. You can’t even screw a cow any more without worrying about catching something. (5280) Scott McInnis: We didn’t name him Shmuck of the Week…

Denver Blogs: In Vail, a debate burns over roads

Our daily blog foraging. Send tips. Where we’re going (skiing), we just might need roads. Unless we want to catch on fire. (Colorado Independent) A plea for Southwest to fail. (Colorado Pols) The Nuggets bench continues to disintegrate. (Denver Stiffs) How to watch a Broncos preseason game without gouging your…

Denver Blogs: Falling Dodgers?

We’re in the cyber-outfield, shagging links. If we missed any, shout. Can the Rockies (or the Giants) actually catch the Dodgers? It’s not as far-fetched as you think. (Purple Row) Take our police chief. Please! (Lakewood Edge) Let’s go deep: A look at the NBA’s union contract. (Denver Stiffs)…

When Furries Attack: The Furry Convention descends on downtown Denver

Related story: “A Human in Fur-land: What I learned at the Rocky Mountain Fur Convention” Furries — members of the strange but strangely endearing “furry fandom” — gathered in Denver over the weekend for one of the dozens of furry conventions that take place throughout the world each year, at…

Over the Weekend: Rocking the Rocks

On the heels of hosting some of hip-hop’s favorite sons on Thursday, Red Rocks welcomed indie rock’s on Sunday: Kings of Leon. See photos at westword.com/slideshow…