Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @DenverMuseumNS: The Twitter feed of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science has a wide variety of cool nature and science-y stuff. Things like helpful tips for…
Yesterday morning, we shared a note from Mary Marvin, wife of AM 760 host Jay Marvin, who’s been off the air since March due to a series of serious medical issues. In it, she described the details of surgery he was to undergo that day at a facility in New…
Now that the sun’s come out and we’re truly in the doldrums of August, aren’t you ready for a hang-on-to-your-hat read to temper that slow downward roll into autumn? Novelist Elisabeth Hyde to the rescue: In the Heart of the Canyon, her new, many-voiced, adrenaline-charged thriller on the rocks, takes…
A mere four years ago, at the height of the mid-Bush economic frenzy (post-9/11 recession, pre-mortgage meltdown), a certain Niwot-based manufacturer of plastic boat shoes could do no wrong. Crazily colored, beloved by gardeners and ER personnel and children of all ages, Crocs were conquering the world. The company was…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. The vacant lot…
A baseball card collection that features Colorado’s boys of summer (dresses) in the fashions of Denver designers. Rookie reliever Matt Daley pitches the perfect scoreless inning in a one-strap cocktail dress by Nancy Sedar Sherman……
While Channel 31’s live online stream is only available during newscasts (and, at least last night, a few minutes before), the station offers another video feature that’s 24/7 — one that can feature fighting, eating, defecating and plenty of ridiculous behavior. It’s a live “Kitten Cam” focusing on an enclosure…
We love when performers and public figures go off when they don’t realize cameras are rolling and microphones are on. Take, for instance, Christian Bale’s astonishing on-set rant or then-President George Bush confiding to veep Dick Cheney that the New York Times’ Adam Clymer is an asshole. It’s disappointing to…
The Denver Nuggets’ loss yesterday of backup forward Linas Kleiza, who signed a two-year, $12.2 million deal with the Greek team Olympiakos, has prompted a collective shrug by most members of Nuggets Nation, probably owing to Kleiza’s underperformance last season, when many observers expected him to have a break-out year…
Today’s Denver Post includes an article topped by the banner “Businesses Like Their Tax Breaks” — a revelation that few observers would have guessed (unless they were awake and paying attention). Here are ten other similarly shocking headlines: 10. “Most Men Find Angelina Jolie Attractive” 9. “Rush Limbaugh Not Expected…
The press releases issued in the wake of yesterday’s officers-involved shooting suggest that Longmont resident Brian Christopher Naranjo, 35, had numerous opportunities to avoid getting shot and killed. Naranjo, who’s been arrested in the past for everything from forgery to menacing (and was wanted on a failure-to-appear traffic charge), led…
An autopsy confirms that Donna Munson, 74, who loved feeding wildlife near her Ouray-area residence, was killed and partially eaten by a bear — which takes the whole be-kind-to-animals thing just a leeetle too far. Then again, I understand why people like Munson often underestimate the lethality of these creatures…
With yesterday’s promise of a $170 million bid for Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines made it clear it really, really wants the Denver-based carrier. After all, the total was nearly $60 million more than its previously announced offer of $113 million, which was already higher than the $108 million total pledged…
Yesterday, we shared a video of protests that took place at a healthcare town hall staged by Representative Ed Perlmutter at a Brighton King Soopers — an event at which feverish, easily manipulated Obamacare haters carried signs featuring slogans such as “Seniors: Get Your Death Pills Here.” In the clip,…
I’m taking a piss in the bathroom at the Crowne Plaza during Sunday’s closing dance for the Rocky Mountain Fur Con. I’m not trying to eavesdrop. But it’s sort of hard to tune out this particular conversation. Two guys are talking about their poor showings in the dance off. One…
A blog yesterday focused on complaints about the Rocky Mountain News website, which has been static since the paper’s February shutdown. In that item, I mentioned that I’d contacted Tim King, spokesman for E.W. Scripps, the Rocky’s longtime owner, asking for an update about the possible sale of the tabloid’s…
Last night, Troy Tulowitzki had one of the best nights ever by a member of the Colorado Rockies, driving in seven runs and hitting for the cycle (thanks to a wild sprint that stretched a double into triple) in an 11-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Along the way, Tulo…
Some crimes are understandable — like, say, a starving child stealing a piece of fruit. And other crimes aren’t — among them, stabbing an 80-year-old man in the back. Ryan Patrick Nichols, 26, has been accused of doing the latter, and the nastiness of the crime, which took place at…
Prepare for the jump to Warped speed. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Warped Tour at Invesco Field at Mile High. • Over the Weekend: Kings of Leon at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Houses at the Meadowlark. • Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists…
August 10, 1984 is a date that will live in infamy.On that fateful morning, twenty-five years ago today, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by air and ground forces of the Soviet Union.The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of…
We’re in the cyber-outfield, shagging links. If we missed any, shout. Can the Rockies (or the Giants) actually catch the Dodgers? It’s not as far-fetched as you think. (Purple Row) Take our police chief. Please! (Lakewood Edge) Let’s go deep: A look at the NBA’s union contract. (Denver Stiffs)…
If you spend a lot of time surfing the Internets for lulz or work in any sort of IT-related field, you’ve probably come across the Webby-award winning web series The Website is Down. It’s a hilarious look at the point where the people who understand technology and make it work…
