Eventually we’re going to run out of weed, guys

Denver-area authorities have made yet another holy-shit-that’s-a-lot-of-weed bust on an sophisticated grow operation, no doubt worrying local stoners that they’re approaching their Entourage moment. Don’t worry, guys! That’s what Mexico’s for! The most recent bust happened in the Pike National Forest, where the West Metro Task Force was tipped off…

If you’re reading this in your pajamas, there may be hope yet

The number of Colorado companies executing large numbers of jobs at once is falling, the Denver Business Journal reports this morning, a sign that slightly less sucky times may lie ahead: (T)he number of Colorado workers let go in June’s mass layoffs declined by more than half, to 832 in…

Last Night: Kid Cudi and Asher Roth at the Ogden

See more photos at westword.com/sldeshow. Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Ogden Theatre Better Than: Chaperoning an unchaperoned prom. Not that different, but definitely better. It’s not often someone asks you, during the first song of a headliner’s set, “Who is this?” It’s even less often that when you answer with the…

Vick to Broncos: It ain’t happening

InDenver Times’ Hunter Ashley has become the first quasi-media-type to address the non-existing rumors that dog-whacking former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, now an officially free man, could get a look from the Broncos this off-season: Maybe because the media on the outside is still scratching their heads over the Jay…

Inside the Rockies: Drawing a crowd, if not yet a paycheck

With news that the mothership is landing in the local-sports market , and with sports-blog coalitions like SBNation and Bleacher Report continuing to expand, there are lots of questions about what the future of sports journalism will look like. Inside the Rockies wants to be part of the answer. The…

The very sexy dance of a very sexy performer

The highlight of the Mile High Music Fest — at least for the guy who was stuck in the media tent uploading photos and reviews — had to be the moment when photographer Brian Landis Folkins returned to the tent armed with photos from the early-Sunday performance of honeyhoney, the…

More band photos from Mile High Music Fest

It took me a bit, but I finally was able to sift through the hundreds of photos our photogs took over the weekend and cull out some of the best. So on the slideshow page, you’ll now find slideshows of full of concert photos for Day One and Day Two…

Brandon Marshall headed back to court on domestic-violence charges

Broncos wide receiver/resident diva Brandon Marshall has vowed to show up for training camp — not because he’s a loyal teammate, but because he’s “not gonna let them take more money.” And a little luck — or perhaps a little help from a friendly judge or scheduler — could keep…

Score one for medical marijuana: Health board rejects restrictions

After 12-plus hours of testimony, the state health board on Monday rejected a key restriction on medical marijuana dispensaries — a rule that would have limited them to five patients each. You have to imagine this was the most attention ever heaped on the health board, which played host to…

A Hummer driver with road rage? Well, that’s unexpected!

In perhaps the least surprising news since the cancellation of Frank TV, Colorado State Patrol troopers are looking for the driver of an Hummer H2 who, in a fit of road rage, may have intentionally caused a wreck that left a motorcycle rider seriously injured. The incident happened Sunday afternoon…

Over the Weekend: Mile High Music Fest

For us, and for thousands who joined us, the weekend was dominated by the Mile High Music Fest — two days of sun-drenched music, booze, vibing and dancing, of friendships struck with both the music and fellow fan, of shit-kicking drummers and dreamy frontmen and women. Experience it all on…