After reading Adam Cayton-Holland’s hilarious (and quite principled!) column, “How Adam Cayton-Holland survived a cougar attack!,” which chronicles his fending off a cougar at a recent comedy event, I found myself Googling “cougar.” I came across a hilarious web site devoted to the subject. Among other features, the site, urbancougar.com,…
Denver-born director David Fincher. I just stumbled on the perfect excuse to share the new Nike ad that’s been buzzing around the sports world since it ran during Sunday football last weekend. Turns out the Nike spot, called “Fate,” was directed by Denver-born filmmaker David Fincher, heretofore known for directing…
See the slide show here. Forget the grooming routine from vines to wine. Forget the proper way to hold a wine glass — and which glass to use, for that matter. And that sniffing, swirling, what-have-you, forget that, too. It’s all important, of course, and was taught in one of…
A real player would have gone home with Ellen. digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/arts_culture/Nine_Year_Old_Boy_Writes_Book_on_How_to_Talk_to_Girls’; You may have read recently that HarpersCollins has signed a deal to publish Castle Rock fourth-grader Alec Greven’s manuscript, How to Talk to Girls, which began as a class project at Greven’s Soaring Hawk Elementary. And if you’re…
After the jump: What you missed this weekend while you worked on your Palin costume …..
The best rapper ever? Vibe readers think so. LOCALS ONLY Metropolitan State College of Denver’s radio station, MetRadio, has been around over a decade, and according to Colorado emcee D.O. it has barely featured any hip-hop. He’s looking to change that, by launching a hip-hop show called “Black Hollywood.” (The…
Josephine and the Mousepeople BDRMPPL and Pictureplane w/Josephine and the Mousepeople, Gangi and Rainbow Arabia Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Rhinoceropolis, Globeville Better Than: A show where everyone’s from the same demographic. Pictureplane seems to bring in people from a broad spectrum of society in a way that few other musical…
In case you strategically blocked it from your memory, the Obama campaign has produced a fourteen-minute behind-the-scenes video from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Propaganda, obviously, but there’s some fun stuff in here. — Joe Tone…
Continue at your own risk. A Denver entrepreneur’s new web site is threatening to overtake Yahoo! Fantasy Sports and YouPorn as the site most likely to inspire women to hurl hot irons at their boyfriends. Jordan Eisenberg, whose previous endeavor was the much safer Collar Card, recently launched PMSBuddy.com, which…
Slain Bronco Darrent Williams. CompleteColorado.com carries an interesting story today about high-powered defense lawyer Harvey Steinberg, the attorney the Broncos organization often calls on when players find themselves in legal trouble. Steinberg, it turns out, also represents notorious gangster Brian Hicks, an associate of the man charged yesterday in the…
Every open-mic night needs an aspiring comic who may or may not be homeless. The Squire has Gary. Before we begin, I’d like to acknowledge that in making this endorsement, I’m violating all sorts of basic journalism tenets. But screw it. At the time of this writing, I’m chock full…
If you were this hot, we’d let you cheat, too. When the St. Pauli Girl, the six-foot-tall Russian vixen charged with promoting St. Pauli beer, needed to shamelessly promote her product through a friendly game of beer pong, she called Westword’s Adam Cayton-Holland, because who the hell else would you…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has arrested former Broncos running back Travis Henry on cocaine-distribution charges, and the agent in the case makes some damning accusations, including that Henry was threatening to kill his drug runner if he didn’t recoup $40,000 that he was allegedly owed. If you’re wondering why a…
“Hey! I hear they’re building us a skatepark!” In this week’s Westword cover story, Jared Jacang Maher reports on California businessman Llewellyn Werner, who’s decided that the next logical locale for a skaterboarders’ paradise is… Baghdad! It’s a bizarre tale of entrepreneurship. But skaters — and, yes, they do skate…
See Renee’ Gautreaux’s wedding photos at westword.com/slideshow. When it comes to weddings, that whole church-and-tuxedo thing is so passé. To get hitched with style, take some pointers from Denverites Erin Siegel and Brad Evans, who tied the knot last Wednesday night at the Greek amphitheater at Civic Center Park, cheered…
Backbeat dispatched photographer Aaron Thackeray to last night’s Horse the Band show at Denver’s Marquis. Cruise to westword.com/slideshow to check out the photos…
The view from the bar at Beatport Lounge, according to this slide show. What you missed while the Broncos prepared to soil themselves… Friday: Photographer Uriah West posts up in the Beatport Lounge to bring you a slide show accessible here. Saturday: Everything may not be bigger in Littleton. But…
Relive the last month of summer through the sometimes hazy lens of Westword.com, from Monolith to roller derby, tattoo addicts to Modern Drunkards. See the slide show at westword.com/slideshow. — Joe Tone…
Not seen in this photo: Mark Udall. Slate.com political reporter Christopher Beam writes this week about the shifting hue of Colorado politics, and whether the newish, blueish tint will be enough for Barack Obama to actually carry Colorado. It focuses on Obama’s reliance — actually, his lack of reliance –…
An image from abortion protests on the 16th Street Mall. Denver’s 16th Street Mall is generally a pretty happy place, from what I’ve seen. And why not? What’s not to love about a street where you can max out all four of your credit cards on shit you really don’t…
Kristi Burton, abortion-law killing machine. In this week’s Westword, Adam Cayton-Holland introduces you to Kristi Burton, the young activist behind Amendment 48, otherwise known as the Personhood Amendment, otherwise known as a 22-year-old’s play to overturn Roe v. Wade. Check out his story, and click “more” to read Burton’s pitch…
What you missed while you were eulogizing baseball season … Thursday: As usual, the weekend started early for westword.com, with DJ John Digweed’s set at Beta. Cory Casciato reviews; Chad Fahnestock checks in with photos (including the one above)…
