Denver-based sportswriter Rick Reilly, the punching bag of the sports blogosphere but a dean among old-school sports scribes, is touring America to promote his latest book, Sports from Hell. The book centers around Reilly cruising the world in search of bizarre competitions like ferret-legging and chess-boxing — “not bad work…
Back in 2008, when 21-year-old Kristi Burton was pushing her “Personhood Amendment” — an aggressively anti-abortion measure that claimed “person” applies to humans from their biological starting point — even normally anti-choice Republicans couldn’t get on board. But two years and some heavy anti-Dem blow-back later, the Grand Junction Daily…
Yesterday on this blog, Drunk of the Week columnist Drew Bixby posted a British Bulldog receipt with what appeared to be inflated tip calculations, sparking a comment lightning storm (here and on Digg) that lasted well into the night. What we were looking at, of course, was a receipt from…
A Boulder family got an eyeful recently when, during a routine drive to the bank, they saw a man making an unauthorized withdrawal. From his pants. Are you following? The man, whose name I’ll leave out on the off chance I ever get hammered and end up cranking it in…
Westword.com’s nightlife photographers emerged from their weekly hibernation and ventured into the night over the weekend, capturing Denver in its natural state (drunk and happy). See the fruits of their labor on the slideshow page…
The Epilogues and Della helped welcome the Summit Music Hall (1902 Blake Street) to the scene on Saturday — just one of the things our nightlife photogs captured over the weekend. See the fruits of their labor on the slideshow page…
Every week we introduce you to one of life’s biggest shmucks. Our latest: the Cesar Chavez Schools network. Since they began gaining steam in the late-90s, charter schools — those independent public schools whose freedom from some restrictive education law is supposed to allow them to compete with traditional public…
Another Monday morning. Ugh. However, should you desire to relive the weekend vicariously through the lens of Westword.com’s photographers, you’re in for a treat: Along with a DJ competition at the Walnut Room, the Pirate Signal’s release party at the Marquis and some general drunkenness at 5 Degrees, we’ve got…
Every week we chronicle the shmuckiest of the shmucky. This week: A way-too-loyal Westword reader. Let’s play a little game: Take a long look at the photo above, and try to determine how this fine automobile wound up nestled against this tree outside of Westword’s offices on the corner of…
The horses will be running at Churchill Downs this weekend, which means you’ll soon find yourself digging through the hall closet for the biggest hat you can find and, later, rooting your ass off for a thoroughbred named after a minor character from The Great Gatsby, only to realize halfway…
I had the fortune of attending the Rockies game on Sunday, and couldn’t help but notice something that I found odd: When Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies’ studly shortstop, strolled to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, he did it to the poppy sounds of Miley Cirus’s “Party…
Starting with Thursday night, our crew of drunken shutterbugs racked up more than 200 “Over the Weekend” nightlife photos — everything from a Human Rights Campaign rally to random beauty-school students getting hammered in a burrito shop. See photos of it all at westword.com/slideshow, and read a review of Yeasayer…
Every week we introduce you to a new shmuck. This week: 24-Hour Fitness. I’ve noted my hatred for gyms before. But this week, 24-Hour Fitness cemented itself as one of the world’s douchiest operations, their admirable commitment to wellness aside. Here’s the story: As anyone who’s joined a 24-Hour knows,…
See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. The traveling hate circus of Westboro Baptist Church swung through Capitol Hill on its current Denver-Boulder Tour of Brightly Covered Disparagement, unloading its Kia full of signs outside the offices of the Intermountain Jewish News. It was pretty standard fare for Westboro, if calling Rabbis…
And you thought ski season was over: Loveland is reporting that the mountain picked up seven more inches overnight — which is convenient, since it’s one of the last mountains standing. Open until May 2, Loveland is offering $30 lift tickets to pass holders from other mountains, so if you’re…
Another Monday made tolerable only by the memory of what transpired in the days prior. This time around, it was a DIY kind of weekend, starring: Record Store Day at Wax Trax, Twist & Shout and Independent. Electric Poonany, an art-and-DJ party in a garage. The Who’s Having Fun Festival,…
Each week we spotlight one massive shmuck. This week: the Westboro Baptist Church. The hate-spewing goofballs from Westboro Baptist Church, long known for their enthusiastic protestation of all things gay, have scheduled a swing through Colorado for next week, starting with a picket intended for the “generation of violent, simple…
Major Lazer, Rusko, MTHDS and Zeno played the Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom last night. Aaron Thackeray was on hand for the festivities. See his photos on the slideshow page…
We call these Monday-morning roundups TWIB Notes. As in, The Weekend in Beer: • It started Friday with Opening Day festivities, which Aaron Thackeray captured. • It continued Friday night when the Swedes of Miike Show rocked the Ogden — and then after the party made their way to Lipgloss…
For the Drunken Horny Man, women do have a tendency to blend together, especially when that man is young and unpolished in the arena of managing his drunken woman-chasing. But still, Stu. You gotta stay in the right bed. As Michael Roberts reported on Monday, a young woman recently had…
Holy undergarments: That was one hell of a weekend. It started on Thursday with an underwear party at Tracks Nightclub (NSFW), and the Hip Chicks Out and Heaven and Hell parties. It continued Friday when Twizted and the upstanding citizens of the ICP scene descended on the Ogden on Friday…
Holy undergarments: That was one hell of a weekend. It started on Thursday with an underwear party at Tracks Nightclub (NSFW), and the Hip Chicks Out and Heaven and Hell parties. It continued Friday when Twiztid and the upstanding citizens of the ICP scene descended on the Ogden on Friday…
