The Pole stunt: Better than classic Chinese hits

Indie 101.5 has spent most of 2009 at death’s door. In January, music director John Wilbur, aka Whip, went public with his fight to save the low-rated but highly enjoyable station’s format. Then, in May, he went on the air to ask advertisers to save his baby by purchasing spots…

Top Ten other injuries Brandon Marshall can fake

Although Broncos wideout (and past Shmuck of the Week) Brandon Marshall has made it mondo-clear that he wants to be traded, he’s attending training camp anyhow — presumably because he doesn’t want to fork over thousands of dollars in daily fines if he skipped out on the sessions. Yesterday, however,…

What I did during my summer staycation

I’ve just returned from two weeks away from my job — but that doesn’t mean I spent that time jetting to exotic locations. My family and I had already decided against that kind of an adventure due to the economic downturn you may have read about. After all, I work…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 31 edition

Today in The Latest Word: -A few hundred pages inside the NFL. -Southwest’s prices will probably go up. -Boobs! I dare you not to click that. -Top ten Apatow joints. -101.5 the Pole? Trust me — click that. Today in Cafe Society: -Boulder Beer Festival. -Half-price cheesecakes. -Best Denver burgers…

Denver Blogs: Welcome To Camp

Give us this day our daily blog. And send links. Broncos training camp opens. (Mile High Report) And the Rockies make a move, right under the trade deadline, for some left-handed relief. (Purple Row) Another Jared Polis link? Why not. (Square State)…

Strippers (temporarily?) take over the airwaves

I’m in love with a stripper (radio station). Cue the medieval flute-sounding music. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, allow T-Pain to school you.) I was driving in my car this afternoon, and I got a text from a friend of mine. (Don’t worry. I didn’t holler back…

Shmuck of the Week: Josh Penry

This week’s shmuck is state Senate minority leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction. He’s also gunning for Bill Ritter’s Governor job, and the short version of the past few weeks’ convoluted saga of schmuckitude is that Penry cares a lot more about his political future than his constituents. (Which makes…

303 Magazine comes up with a brilliant new concept: nudity

303 Magazine, the local glossy lifestyle mag known for pretentious fashion photo spreads chock full of nearly nude models, is supposedly going in a whole new direction for its August issue: pretentious fashion photo spreads chock full of COMPLETELY nude models. According to the marketing mavericks at Denver Egotist, 303…

How to cross I-70 if you’re a beast: a primer

In this week’s cover story, “The Bridge to Somewhere,” I look at the rising animal-vehicle collision rate across Colorado and the effort to build a wildlife bridge over Vail Pass. Our relentless interstates have fragmented habitat, disrupted migration patterns — and led to a lot of nasty roadkill, along the…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 30 edition

Since when does July transition straight into mid-September? Today in The Latest Word: -Here’s your daily installment of the Adventures of Jared Polis. -Singalong with former CU football player. -Denver: We’re list-tastic! -Things are getting exciting in the buyout of Frontier. -Jay Cutler is a p***y. I mean a pussy…

Denver Blogs: You know what we desperately need? Another list.

I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. Betsy Markey is one of Capitol Hill’s 50 most beautiful people. Ummm, huzzah! (Colorado Independent) You know that brewing scandal Face the State wrote involving a Longmont Councilwoman? Yeah, that wasn’t really fair. Or entirely true. (Colorado Pols) Biofuel Plant comes…