Denver blog posts know when to say “when.” At our Backbeat blog, Jaime Lees asks for a break from Dave Grohl, at least for a while. Denver Frank on #bubbleporn: “It’s not what you think.” Big Media’s Jason Salzman check in with an Onion-ready headline: “Media should not report Satan…
Our Denver Blogs feature recently highlighted a Cafe Society comment in which one reader said he ate at Viva Burrito when he was drunk and without shame. When we shared it, we asked Facebook followers for their favorite drunk-and-shameless stops, and we got loads o’ responses. Here’s a sampling…
As we’ve reported, city officials expect organizers of this weekend’s 4/20 event at Denver’s Civic Center Park to actively discourage public pot smoking — an activity that’s illegal under Colorado law. However, liquor will be sold and can be consumed at the McNichols Building on the Civic Center complex during…
The little things often prevent a murderer from getting away with his crime, as Alfred Flores understands all too well. As we noted in a November 2012 post, one of the key bits of evidence implicating him in the slaying of 27-year-old Manuel Martinez was a piece of chewing gum…
We’re accustomed to seeing Denver top marijuana-centric city lists. So we were definitely surprised to come across Elite Daily’s “10 Best U.S. Cites For Stoners To Live In” and discover that while Denver was among the two Colorado communities to make the cut, and despite upcoming 4/20 activities drawing tourists…
We understand the temptation to do something other than drive on a day like today. After all, when the roads are icy and many of us are already out of the winter mindset (because we spent Saturday in shorts and T-shirts), getting stuck in a traffic jam is even a…
As we’ve been reporting, hit-and-runs aplenty have taken place in Denver and Boulder of late, several with fatal consequences. But yesterday (when a storm system rolled into the area) saw an unprecedented number of such crashes: four in less than 24 hours, with two resulting in deaths. Look below to…
IsThereaFuckingRockiesGameToday.com, recently spotlighted by Jonathan Shikes, is an ultra-practical website intended to help LoDo dwellers prepare themselves whenever an onslaught of baseball fans is expected to hit the area. Many of our readers were amused by the concept, but less so by the current team. Here’s one example…
Denver blog posts know that brevity is the soul of wit. At our Backbeat blog, Drew Ailes offers six reasons your band shouldn’t play longer than twenty minutes. Coyote Gulch: “If you like your toilet, you can keep your toilet.” Denver Stiffs’ Danny Neubert recaps the Nugs’ improbable road win…
Colorado’s marijuana laws allow communities to decide whether or not to allow recreational sales. Votes on the topic have taken place in more than a dozen municipalities over the past couple of weeks, with a hefty percentage turning thumbs-down. These results don’t frustrate one prominent marijuana advocate charged with following…
For the past week-plus, the embattled newspaper industry has been buzzing with chatter about the potential sale of print properties held by Digital First Media, the parent company of the Denver Post. When contacted by Westword, Post CEO Mac Tully declined to comment about the possibility of a Post sale…
Early last year, we introduced those of you not already in the know to Denver Circlejerk, a Reddit forum on which users share items ranging from legitimate questions to bizarre non sequiturs that make often make no sense — probably even to the person who posted them in the first…
We recently told you about the annual Airline Quality Rating study, in which Frontier Airlines got hammered, particularly in the area of customer complaints. Turns out, though, that another carrier — Spirit Airlines, which wasn’t included in the AQR report — has generated more gripes than Frontier according to “The…
Our interview with Senator Linda Newell about her bills to create a definition of a drug-endangered child drew a big response from readers, many of whom continue to see its language as criminalizing cannabis-using parents despite Newell’s reassurances. Here’s the take of a reader who sees the measures as nanny-state…
Denver blog posts believe in moderation — usually. At our Cafe Society blog, Patricia Calhoun shares a comment from a reader with kind words — situationally speaking, at least — for Viva Burrito. Purple Row’s Jordan Freemyer thinks Walt Weiss has got Michael Cuddyer in the right spot in the…
On May 17, 2012, one day after we marked the three-year anniversary of our Mile High Murder archive, a man robbing a Commerce City jewelry store fatally shot its owner, Bernardo Saenz, and fled, prompting a citywide manhunt and media blitz. Just shy of two years later, Anton Valdez has…
Plenty of teachers are leaving their profession these days, but few make as much noise doing so as Pauline Hawkins. On Monday, the staffer at Colorado Springs’ Liberty High School posted a resignation letter in which she says her reasons for quitting include negative impact from programs like No Child…
This is the 100th day since recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado, and to mark the occasion, Michael Elliott of the Marijuana Industry Group has put together eight reasons it’s working, supported by coverage from national and local media outlets. Yes, the items are cherry-picked, and legalization opponents could…
Outsiders may believe that CU-Boulder’s student body is monochromatic and diversity-free. But I, Too, Am CU, an amazing tumblr and Facebook campaign, proves otherwise. Organized in part by members of the African Students’ Association (and inspired by similar efforts at Harvard, Oxford and Iowa), the project is wide-ranging, with students…
Thus far, we don’t know why 21-year-old Taria Wilhite-Moore sports prominent facial wounds in her booking photo or how these injuries may or may not tie-in to the first-degree murder charge on which she was busted. But there are at least two undisputed facts about the case: Eddie Johnson, 25,…
When sharing our recent post about Natalie Carpenter, a Connecticut teen jailed for making threats against schools apparently inspired by the Columbine tragedy, we asked why so many remain obsessed with the shooting nearly fifteen years after it happened. Readers responded with plenty of passionate theories, including this one…
Denver blog posts have the music in them. At our Backbeat blog, Kiernan Maletsky talks about Colorado music with Governor John Hickenlooper, who name-drops Ryan Tedder, the Fray and more. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa Cheek on Equal Pay Day. Denver Egotist spotlights Brian Edward Miller’s work for Every Mountain…
