Ken Salazar thinks the fine people in Colorado Springs really need to see this. Thirteen US Senators this week found time to co-sign a letter urging the NFL to show its Thursday-night games on broadcast television, raising questions about why more people don’t punch more U.S. Senators in the face…
TV and radio personality Tom Martino, aka The Troubleshooter, has built his reputation exposing negligent business owners. But in this week’s Westword, Jared Jacang Maher tells the story of “Hotel Martino,” an abandoned building owned by a company registered to Martino. Pick up this week’s paper to read the article…
Can an Obama press secretary entertain the trained monkeys press corps as well as President Bush did? If the polls hold up and Barack Obama is elected president, among the first decisions he’ll make is selecting his White House Press Secretary. It’s also one of the most important decisions, because…
What’s So Funny columnist Adam Cayton-Holland and his co-conspirators at Wrist Deep Productions are going all out to help Barack Obama get elected:…
Halloween is almost here, which means it’s time devastate your teeth with all varieties of candy. But what about the candy you don’t want? Today, in this slightly creepy and not at all appetizing slide show, we pay tribute to the 11 Halloween Treats You Don’t Want to Get…
And you thought Denver had a bye week. After the jump, a guide to what you may have missed this weekend, starting with one bizarre night at Wish Nightclub (above)…
Common’s new album drops in December — and he’s already talking about the next one. LOCALS ONLY Hip-hop group On Point, which now consists of Flawless and Fo-Chief, formed back in 2004, but it really didn’t get noticed locally until when they released their album, D-Town Extravaganza, last year. Although…
See the slide show here. Sasha October 23, 2008 Beta Better than: His most recent mix disc, Involver 2, led me to think it might be Sasha was an early favorite of mine, but over the years my tastes have changed. I’ve come to prefer more primal, groove-oriented and generally…
Please don’t let this man near an Obama rally. It finally happened: After two years of waiting for him to slip up, to make some grave error that will end his bid to be the first guy named Barry to become president, Barack Obama on Thursday made the decision that…
Which hooker(s) did Judge Creepy creep out? See the slideshow and judge for yourself. You’ve gotta work pretty hard to get yourself booted from a lifetime appointment. But Edward Nottingham, now-former Chief Federal Judge of the 10th Circuit Court, has done just that, resigning this week amid allegations that he’s…
Break out your aero-dynamic panties, ladies. The Obama campaign just announced that singer-songwriter Ben Harper will play “a few songs” at a rally in Civic Center Park on Saturday, to encourage people to vote for Barack Obama. Opening odds that someone shouts out “Burn One Down” at a highly inappropriate…
In “Pat Craig has a Tiger by the Tale,” an article in this week’s issue of Westword, reporter Alan Prendergast explores one of the country’s top carnivore sanctuaries, the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg. For a view inside the sanctuary — including footage of some damn cute animals that could…
The unemployment line is a lot better dressed after the firing of Mike Nolan. It is, it seems, that time of year again, when a beloved one’s continued failure leads to panic among the masses, and that panic leads verbal diarrhea voluminous enough to sink the QM2. No, I’m not…
If you have a mother-in-law who needs to get Kimboed, make your way to the I-25 South Broadway entrance ramp. This gentleman is eager to help. — Joe Tone…
Slide show It was a perfect weekend for staggering lifelessly through downtown. After the jump, see what you missed this weekend while whacking that moose…..
Relive the weekend’s parties — including Steve Lawler at Beta (above) and other DJ shows — at westword.com/slideshow…
Chef Frank Bonanno. I think we all knew that it was only a matter of time before Sparrow Market Café (701 Grant Street) tanked, since Sparrow restaurant had already flown the coop. And guess who’s picked up the space? Frank Bonanno, who already owns the restaurants on either side of…
Morreale is feeling confident after his makeover of RockBar at the All-Inn. Remember a couple years back when Jesse Morreale, out for one of his morning constitutionals, just up and decided he was going to buy the aging transient hotel at 3105 East Colfax, so he walked into the All-Inn…
See the Obama T-shirt slide show Of all the Obama T-shirts being slung during the Democratic National Convention, it was the one above that stood out to me (and many of the people who saw our Obama-shirt slideshow). Designed by Denver DJ and musician Dameion Hines, it depicts Obama on…
After his near-fatal attack at Comedy Works South, Adam Cayton-Holland has cougars on the brain. So, he presents … The Top Ten Signs You’re a Cougar 10. Given the choice of marinating chicken breasts in Italian dressing or barbecue sauce, you chose AXE Body Spray. 9. You’re in real estate,…
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, with All Smiles and The Like Thursday, October 16, 2008 Ogden Theatre, Denver Better than: Any mystic valley I’ve ever wandered through. First things first: Conor Oberst would like his ring back. The poet laureate of Omaha, Oberst (formerly Bright Eyes) was in…
“Thanks for the game, little man.” “Finally I get to guard someone who’s shorter than me!” — the Chick Who Shut Me Down in Pick-Up Basketball the Other Day If you’re anything like me – that is, built like Dakota Fanning – you know the travails of being small. Aside…
