Over the Weekend: “Little people” start the weekend with a bang… and a staple gun
See photos from the weekend — including, yes, those of midget wrestlers stapling money to each other — at westword.com/slideshow…
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Shmuck(s) of the Week: Mark Cuban and Kenyon Martin
Sometimes picking a shmuck is hard work. Sometimes the world presents you with such a vast sample tray of worthy shmucks, you have to employ a team of PhDs to measure their shmuckiness. On other, rarer occasions, the calendar presents a virtually shmuck-free week, and you’re left to pick Bob…
Denver Blogs: Never before have the words “friend of freedom” sounded so dirty
Our daily blog roundup. Check it. And send your own blogs to round up. Senate! Candidate! Ryan! Frazier! Loves! Him! Some! Exclamation! Points! (Colorado Pols) Rockies fans take to blogosphere to get manager Clint Hurdle fired. (Hurdling to Rock Bottom via 5280) The state of Colorado’s “liberal infrastructure,” as seen…
Denver Blog: Joe the Plumber? In Denver? A dream come true…
Our daily tour of the Colorogosphere. Send some links, yo. Guns, tobacco, liquor and Joe the Plumber, all at the same event? Count me the hell in. (Colorado Independent) Mark Udall continues to fight for credit-card reform, and the Post continues to (basically) ignore him. (Colorado Pols) More on the…
Denver Blogs: DNA samples are way less helpful when you don’t test them
Our daily perusal of local blog deliciousness. Send links this way. A new DNA testing bill won’t help the backlog problem. (Colorado Independent) The bailout won’t quite bail out Colorado farmers. (5280) The upsides of the Nuggets’ game three loss (not included: the opportunity to heckle Mark Cuban). (Denver Stiffs)…
Mark Cuban blog-pologizes to K-Mart, Mama K-Mart
(UPDATE: The video above, which I just saw on Deadspin, seems to support Cuban’s thug theory). Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has finally apologized to Kenyon Martin and Kenyon Martin’s mom — sort of. Cuban, who apparently called Mrs. K-Mart’s son a “thug” after game three, writes on his blog this…
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Denver Blogs: A hotel party we’re glad we missed
Our daily rundown of local blogging. Send links. Republicans sequestered themselves in the Brown Palace to debate their failures. You have to wonder if Bob Schaffer brought the margaritas. (Colorado Pols) It’s not all rosy in Colorado’s higher-education system. Not that you’d know that from reading the Post. (Face the…
Over the Weekend: Cinco de Mayo at Civic Center Park
See photos from Saturday’s Cinco de Mayo festival in Civic Center Park, plus more nightlife photos, at westword.com/slideshow…
Denver Blogs: Dollar dollar bills, y’all
Cruising the local blogosphere for s#$t worth reading. Send tips this way. Breaking down the Rockies’ mediocrity by the dollar. (Purple Row) The drama around the CSU-chancellor search won’t fade. (Colorado Independent) “The Senator who saved the Death Penalty.” How’d you like that on your tombstone? ( Face the State)…
No rest for gambling-addicted: Broncos ’09 win projection down to 6.5?
A couple of days ago, a friend mentioned what he thought was a sound, wise, and terribly depressing investment opportunity: Vegas had released the over/unders for NFL teams’ regular season wins, and the Broncos’ number was enticingly high: 7.5. For the responsible among you, this means that if you bet…
Denver Blogs: Keep your heat at home, Buffs
Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. Check it. And send tips. Still no concealed guns allowed on CU’s campus. But guns-rights folks are going down firing. (Face the State) People still use brothels? I thought that’s what Craigslist was for… (5280) In defense of K-Mart. The player, that is. Not…
Denver Blogs: Is it too late to add lyrics to that one Alanis Morissette song?
Our daily spin through the blogosphere. Send thy tips. Has the state ethics commission been acting unethically? Because that would be bad. Goddamn hilarious, and crazy ironic, but bad. (Colorado Independent) The death penalty’s death is still alive after all. (Colorado Pols) How the Nuggets got here. It wasn’t pretty,…
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Up Close: Cracovia
To further whet your appetite for Cracovia, the subject of Jason Sheehan’s review this week, see more of Mark Manger’s photos at westword.com/slideshow…
Denver Blogs: Dirk this
A cruise through the local blogosphere. Enjoy, and send links. How the Nuggs win Game 2 and begin to put that goofy German out of his floppy-haired misery. (Pickaxe and Roll) Old King Coal sticks to his coal-fired goals. (Colorado Independent) Republicans are not getting their way. And that makes…
Over the Weekend: If only the prospective cheerleaders had repaired to Colfax
While the Denver Broncos held tryouts for their 2009 cheerleading squad, photographer Aaron Thackeray took in the majesty of Colfax, and came up with a two-part slideshow. See photos from the weekend at westword.com/slideshow…
Craigslist Unclassified: An update
On Friday, Westword.com published a story about a recent spate of murders connected to Craigslist — including that of former Denver radio personality George Weber. The story also touches on the unlikely emergence of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark as an ally of the family of one of the victims, Kristin…
Denver Blogs: Ritter, and the power of his pen
Our daily tour of the Colorogosphere. Send tips. Did Bill Ritter promise to sign the death-penalty-repeal bill? He says no. The always-reliable Society of Nameless Internet Commenters say yes. (Colorado Pols) No nameless commenters necessary: Ritter will sign a bill extending health benefits to same-sex partners. (Colorado Independent) How Chrysler’s…
Denver Blogs: Boogity, boogity, boogity, will Colorado go racing?
We cruise the blogosphere so you don’t have to. Send tips. NASCAR could be coming to Aurora. Yay? (5280) Pictures of an ice shelf breaking up: Who knew I gave a shit? (DenverPost.com’s “Captured”) Quick! Jump on the Nuggets bandwagon before it fills up! (Denver Stiffs, Pickaxe and Roll and…
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Denver Blogs: The phantom “Business Community” strikes again
Blogs that might be worth reading, collected for your enjoyment. Send links our way. The very scary “Business Community” is pressuring Senator Bennet to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act. (Colorado Pols) The Western Slope’s natural-gas boom is about to go bust. (Colorado Independent) Just in case the Nuggets need…
Mile Haiku: Video from the Blue Mustang poetry reading
Almost a hundred people piled into the Denver Public Library basement on Monday to write, read and hear poetry inspired by DIA’s Blue Mustang. Organized by Westword, the event… happened. We think it was a success, but we don’t plan many poetry slams, so it’s hard to say. Anyway, a…
Denver Blogs: The city in black and white
Our daily tour of the local blogosphere. Send links our way. Kim Allen’s photo tour of Denver: Keep nostalgia inside the car at all times. (Buckfifty.org) Bill Ritter gets his veto on, and it doesn’t go over well in Gambling Country. (Face the State) Meet the undrafted Broncos that will…
Over the Weekend: Hey! Nice Snuggie!
So it turns out April showers bring… people getting hammered in sleeved blankets. See photos from the Snuggie Pub Crawl, My Bloody Valentine at the Fillmore and DJ Chuck Love at Beta at westword.com/slideshow. And watch video from the weekend in local music on the Backbeat blog…