Word that cornerback Dre Bly had joined other Broncos defenders given the heave-ho in recent days initially came as a surprise. After all, he’s widely regarded as one of the NFL’s better defenders. Of course, he was paid like one, and the $3.25 million salary (plus $400,000 in workout bonuses)…
Hey, remember how Sunshine Megatron, a onetime Denver celebrity who nobody around here knew about (and who may or may not have been a big gay robot), declared a few weeks ago that he was shutting down his wildly successful and tasteless website T-Shirt Hell for no apparent reason? Yeah?…
The hoopla yesterday over President Barack Obama’s appearance in Denver, when he used the signing of a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill to hype solar energy, spurred memories in one reader, who recalled another chief executive, Jimmy Carter, promoting solar in Denver three decades ago. However, that visit may have been…
About a week after Barack Obama was elected, conservative Denverite Dave Griebling set in motion a T-shirt idea that he says had been percolating since last August’s Democratic National Convention. Riffing off Shepard Fairey’s famous HOPE design, Griebling came up with his own catchy slogan: HOPE You Don’t Fuck It…
The photos captured by Melanie Asmar for “Colorado Conservatives’ Porkiest Anti-Stimulus Protest Ever,” a blog about a State Capitol rally yesterday, were plenty weird — but as a commenter to that post pointed out, they were nowhere as jaw-slackening as the image above, captured by ProgressNow Colorado and initially published…
It’s that time again — just like clockwork. Today in Backbeat Online: • The jukebox effect. • Former Break Mechanics MC, P.A.A.S., to step off the stage for good? • Whygee capitalizes on CMJ Chart placement. • Flier of the week: Laura Goldhamer at the Oriental Theater. Today in Cafe…
There were plenty of pork jokes — and about 300 people — at today’s “Barack Obama: You Don’t Know Stimulus” rally on the steps of the State Capitol. The packed demonstration, the details of which were explained in the earlier blog “Jon Caldara on Today’s Barack Obama Protest,” was organized…
Another look at the local blogosphere. Send tips. How the West is winning with Obama. (Colorado Independent) A little ironic background on the site of today’s stimulus signing. (Face the State) Eight Republicans who could challenge Ritter. (5280)…
In his latest work, first generation Cuban-American artist Anthony Giocolea explores his heritage and the sense of loss he feels for family members he’s never met in a number of pointedly fleeting ways. In Related, a new exhibit by Giocolea at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, this self-reflective process is…
He came, he saw, he said a lot of no-shit stuff. Thomas Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and caustic foreign affairs mouthpiece for the New York Times, dropped by the Republic of Boulder last night to pimp for his latest and greatest, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need…
In 2005, Westword introduced its first class of MasterMinds, five aesthetic adventurers working in a variety of mediums, but all changing the cultural landscape of Denver. Those first awards came as quite a surprise — both to the recipients and to us here at Westword. Why? We found that most…
In an attempt to counter, or at least partially compensate for, all the bad radio news in these parts — incidents at the heart of blogs such as “The Bloodletting Starts at Clear Channel Denver,” “Shakeup at KOOL 105, The Mix and The Wolf” and “Jack-FM Lays Off Majority of…
In addition to buying a full-page ad needling President Barack Obama, who’s in town today to sign a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill, Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams is also taking part in a protest at the Colorado State Capitol co-starring a number of big names in local conservative circles:…
Sweeping defeat in the 2008 elections hasn’t made Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams any less feisty. On behalf of the state GOP, Wadhams purchased enormous advertisements in both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post featuring the banner headline “COLORADO REPUBLICANS WELCOME BACK PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA…” Predictably, the…
Today’s blog “Da Boogieman Turns Down Offer to Return to KOOL 105” tells the tale of the headlined DJ, who says a misunderstanding between him and executives at Georgia-based Wilks Broadcasting, the new owner of KXKL/105.1 FM, aka KOOL 105, led to rumors that he’d soon be returning to the…
Da Boogieman, who prefers to keep his given name to himself, has brought joy to rock-and-roll-oldies fans in the Denver area on and off since the late ’70s. As detailed in “It’s Alive,” a Message column profile of Boog from July 2004, he found his largest audience at KXKL/105.1 FM,…
Dave Logan has a lot of irons in the fire. And yesterday, two of them — his position as football coach at Mullen High School and his gig as co-host of the KOA afternoon-drive show The Ride Home — combined to burn him. In recent days, controversy has erupted over…
John Malone, the local mogul at the helm of Liberty Media, didn’t become one of the richest men in the state by making foolish investments. But his decision, made public moments ago, to provide $530 million in loans to Sirius XM Radio in exchange for a 40 percent equity stake…
The mail may not be delivered on President’s Day, but the blogging never stops… Today in Backbeat Online: • Live review: Obi Best at the Larimer Lounge. • Live review: Speakeasy, Tiger and AT05 at 1515. • Live review: DeVotchKa at the Paramount. • Live review: Murder By Death at…
Denver Blogs brings you blogs from Denver. If you’d like to bring more of them to us, send linkage here. Sen. Morgan Carroll faces off against pharmaceutical lobbyists. Someone needs to take a pill. (SquareState.net) A Broncos blogger still thinks Pat Bowlen is a great owner — but like Rachel…
One of Colorado’s more remarkable citizens, Dr. Temple Grandin, first distinguished herself in her chosen field of animal science and as an advocate of humane treatment of animals. She went on to garner further attention as a best-selling author and lecturer — one who’s unique in that she is also…
