With the departure of Jay Cutler and the arrival of former Chicago Bears signal caller and famed party-starter Kyle Orton, the Denver Broncos may be returning to the sort of lackluster quarterbacking that marked the team’s darkest eras. Many of these QBs have been forgotten over time, while the lameness…
Morgan Carroll, a state senator from Aurora, is making a habit of pissing off her fellow Democrats. Carroll made a splash last month when she tattooed Dem leaders in her blog for undermining what she saw as an important health-care-reform measure. And yesterday, she voted with Republicans (and four fellow…
On Friday, a bill to abolish the death penalty and redirect those funds toward investigating unsolved murders passed the House Appropriations Committee by an 8-4 vote. The next step is the House floor. That’s where a 2007 version of the bill was narrowly defeated. Proponents, led by the non-profit Families…
Alex Cranberg, a businessman who was among the most public supporters of Senate Bill 170, the so-called “Dream Act,” which would have granted in-state tuition to the children of illegal aliens had it not been defeated yesterday, is at this hour doing what few proponents of the measure have –…
This week’s feature, “The Zen of Ken,” deals with the formidable challenge facing Colorado’s own Ken Salazar at the Department of the Interior. It also notes in passing the growing contingent of politicos with Colorado connections that the new Secretary is adding to his leadership team, including former Senate candidate…
That’s the last strawb… Today in Cafe Society: • The Boulder Farmers’ Market gets a chilly start. • Stinky Cheese Tour starts at Bistro Vendome. • Colorado Bartenders Guild hosts first cocktail competition. • Milking It: Kellogg’s Corn Pops. • Quiznos’ take on toasty oven love. • Women rule the…
Our daily blog foraging. Send tips. Happy thoughts about Kyle Orton. Yes, there are such things. (Mile High Report) Could Colorado be the next state to adopt same-sex marriage rights? (Colorado Independent) The Rockies are entirely homegrown — the only such team in the Majors. For whatever that’s worth. (Inside…
For 32 years, the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute offered opportunities unique to the region. It provided female literary, performing and visual artists a breather from the real world to pursue creative ends, by offering one-year stipends and, in earlier times, studio space to a handful of lucky applicants annually. Each…
At 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight, Channel 12 will broadcast the Australian Rules Football Match of the Week. Fans who visit this page on the Australian Football Association of North America website can vote for which contest they’d like to see in the spotlight. Such fare seems unusual for…
So the owners of Writer Square along the 16th Street Mall are planning to build on the premises a glass pyramid. With a moat. That will somehow lead to an underground retail thingermerjigger. What a great idea. Really, we mean it. Cross our heart (stifling derisive snickering). Don’t believe us?…
See photos from a busy weekend in Denver, from the Auto Show to La Rumba’s Friday-night Lip Gloss party, at westword.com/slideshow…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 14. Sloan Lake: Equus Christ and the fence mounts The major trend in yard arteology has been to provide a “holistic” account of yard artists without any connotation of “inferior.” Most arteologists strive to use terms such as “conceptual” or “imaginative”…
The March 18 blog “Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation…” shared NCAA men’s and women’s basketball picks made by my daughter Lora and me, which fell short of flawless. True, we had Connecticut making it to the women’s finals on Tuesday, but not Louisville, which surprised Oklahoma over…
Okay, at first glance, it looks the Broncos got the royal screw in the Jay Cutler trade. But I offer you three reasons why this could be one of the better deals Denver sports has seen. 1. We no longer have Cutler! This seems like a bad thing, but it…
Looks like William Spencer’s reality television pilot for MTV hasn’t gotten picked up. But that hasn’t stopped the local stunt genius from working hard at producing some of the wackiest and most insane skateboard trickery ever seen on four wheels. The Denver Shop premiered its video In Color in January,…
On opening day, hope is supposed to spring eternal for Colorado Rockies fans — and that’s certainly the case in some quarters. Among the predictions made by readers on an April 4 Inside the Rockies post are a couple that suggest the Rocks could actually win the National League West,…
Last Friday’s blog about new Broncos QB Kyle Orton and his party-hearty proclivities turns out to be the tip of the ice tray when it comes to snapshots of Mr. O getting his drink on. Indeed, type “Kyle Orton” into Google and the second word that comes up — after…
Don’t miss “Past Immigrant Tuition Bill Won Votes from GOP,” an article by the Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels that neatly captures the absurdity over the politics of illegal immigration in this state. Bartels points out that “five years ago, a Republican-controlled Senate approved an amended bill that would have made…
In a March 25 blog, Colorado Public Radio executive Sean Nethery insisted that CPR isn’t abandoning its much-ballyhooed news initiative despite its decision to drop plans for adding a talk show and expanding its Colorado Matters program. If a report on this morning’s newscast is any indication, however, the effort…
Since their debut, Channel 2’s new-look newscasts, presented under the banner of “The Deuce,” have tried to woo a younger demographic in a number of fairly goofy ways — including clumsy wardrobe tweaks. During my occasional viewings of the outlet’s morning and evening news programs, for instance, I have yet…
Here’s some stuff. Today in Backbeat Online: • Freaky Friday: Ukranians love Katy Perry. • Strange Condition lands development deal. • Update: Lee Ball, RIP. • Record Store Day preview: April is the month for the Decemberists. Today in Cafe Society: • Wine on First Friday. • It’s a battle…
Where to put advice about good blogs? In our tips jar. After hitting his eighth three pointer against the Utah Jazz last night, J.R. Smith “proceeded to spin around [Kyle] Korver in celebratory fashion, and slap him on the ass like a kid handing out party favors!” Surprise! (Nugg Doctor)…
