You’ve seen them bounding up walls and hurtling across rooftops in the latest action film, maybe even streaking across town. The ordinary rules of physics don’t seem to apply to them, as if their hands have suction cups and their feet are shod in Go-Go Gadget sneakers — but, in…
Our 2008 story “Father of Invention” told the tale of Timber Dick, a Denver inventor who died in a car accident but left behind a family that puts the Royal Tenenbaums to shame: eleven brilliant, home-schooled children who are taking the world by storm. There’s a new chapter to the…
Even as the Colorado dispensary scene matures out of its heady boom days, ganjapreneurs still hope to strike it rich with one MMJ-themed enterprise or another — although like a lot of the product moving around dispensaries these days, not all of it passes the smell test. Take, for example,…
Last week, Westword detailed how nineteen-year-old college student Alex Landau was beaten bloody by three Denver police officers — Randy Murr, Tiffany Middleton and Ricky Nixon — after being pulled over for an illegal left turn in January 2009. As first reported by West Denver Copwatch, it turns out one…
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that’s the case, everyone involved in coming up with the cover image for Westword’s recent feature on local type and design maestro Rick Griffith — and the list includes photographer Eric Magnussen, Westword Art Director Jay Vollmar and Griffith…
With the success of Denver’s B-cycle program, it was only a matter of time until Boulder, our pedalicous neighbor to the north, would be clamoring, “Me too! Me too!” It turns out Boulderites won’t have to wait much longer: A recent Boulder City Council report noted Boulder B-cycle will be…
In Colorado, where there’s medical marijuana, there’s media. So it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to organize all those newshounds on the weed beat — and now that time has come. Introducing Colorado-based Cannabis Press Association…
Trapped in shackles Wonderin’ why, feelin’ baffled I was handed to the system like a ticket in a raffle My brothers and sisters are getting hassled By a bunch of assholes with badges and needin’ counsel After being falsely accused and abused by these scoundrels Alex Landau noticed the flashing…
The November cover story “Mean Streets” revealed allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city’s oldest taxi company, and detailed how attempts to launch alternative companies have been stymied by Colorado’s restrictive taxi regulations. That may change, however, since Senator Ted Harvey just introduced legislation that would strip…
Talk about the smell of success. Apparently Boulder now has so many MMJ businesses that folks all over are complaining about the ever-present aroma of pot in the air — and officials are struggling to clear the air…
Update, January 20: Westword published today a much longer cover story on Landau, his lawsuit and life. Read it here: “Black and Blue: Alex Landau was pulled over for making an illegal left turn and ended up beaten bloody.” ___________ On the night of January 15, 2009, nineteen-year-old Community College…
The November feature story “Mean Streets” detailed how frustrated taxi drivers had been attempting to launch company of their own, Mile High Cab, since September 2008. The process culminated in a Public Utilities Commission ruling two months ago that rejected the attempt — but the drivers weren’t ready to throw…
November’s “Mean Streets” detailed how politicians with ties to existing taxi companies — Mayor John Hickenlooper among them — stymied attempts to start new operations such as Mile High Cab. Now, Metro Taxi, which opposed Mile High Cab, has donated $10,000 to Hickenlooper’s inauguration…
Last week’s cover story, “Extra Bold” deconstructs the weird, wonderful world of Denver designer Rick Griffith, a man who’s constantly scrutinizing how words and letter-forms are used everywhere — including the Denver School System. Griffith might be on to something, since a new paper reports that the type used in…
This week’s cover story, “Extra Bold,” details local designer Rick Griffith’s love affair with everything having to do with letters. It made sense, therefore, to ask his friends, family and colleagues what typeface Griffith most resembles — and all of them were eager to weigh in. You can check out…
Some people surely pay for the Denver Voice simply because the money goes to the homeless and hardly glance at it before tossing it — although that would be a mistake. Not only does the Voice represent a worthy cause (for which is won a 2009 Westword MasterMind award), it…
“Extra Bold,” this week’s cover story, details the creations of Denver type maestro Rick Griffith, including his “Definition of Graphic Design,” a 59-word sentence he spent eighteen months crafting that now appears on T-shirts, posters and scarves. Jeremy Peterson, art director at Griffith’s studio, MATTER, says it took him a…
Add one more sport to Denver’s lengthy list of athletic obsessions. The city now has its very own Denver Skeeball League. For the past month, twenty teams have been battling for ruler of the ramp every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, starting at 6 p.m. at the Breckenridge Brewery…
Move over, Sarah Palin, there’s a new grassroots movement afoot: the Teapot Party, a legalization movement founded after everybody’s favorite midnight rider, Willie Nelson, was busted in Texas in November for pot possession. In an interview after the arrest, the songwriter noted, “There’s the Tea Party. How about the Teapot…
The admonition greets visitors as they arrive for MATTER’s eleventh annual print sale and party. High on a wall of the design studio’s cavernous warehouse space on Market Street, the two-color screen-print poster warns in severely modified Helvetica Bold: “You may not steal the font library here, nor may you…
In this state, patient medical marijuana records are protected by medical privacy rules and the state constitution. When patients fill out their MMJ applications, it’s assumed they will be locked securely away, not even accessible by law enforcement. The last place anyone would expect such forms to appear is next…
In September, Colorado’s health department rejected the use of medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, a common affliction for veterans. But that doesn’t mean the military and MMJ have been divorced once and for all. Cannabis Science, a Colorado Springs marijuana pharmaceutical company, has formed a military advisory board…
