The December 18 blog “Ethics Scandal in Colorado House Not Exactly in Blagojevich Territory” pointed out that the charges leveled against Centennial representative David Balmer, pictured, in regard to possible “outside influence” in his bid to become House minority leader couldn’t compare to those embroiling Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. This…
Jonathan Shikes’ January 27 blog “The Downtown Library’s New Due Date” was the first to tell the story of a woman giving birth at Denver Public Library’s main branch, at 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway. Yesterday, Channel 4 correspondent Raj Chohan filled in the details via interviews with proud mom…
This morning, both Denver dailies feature articles spurred by a Denver Post memo sent out in response to “Scripps Says Post Violates JOA,” a January 28 Rocky Mountain News report based on a leaked letter reportedly penned by two executives at E.W. Scripps, the Rocky’s owner. The latter piece, by…
Shhh. Has this city seemed particularly quiet the past few days? Maybe it’s the weather. Or maybe it’s the 10,000 librarians who’ve gathered at the Colorado Convention Center for the American Library Association’s midwinter meetings! That means there are 20,000 sensible shoes walking the streets of Denver, says Denver Public…
“Cum Again?,” Off Limits, January 22 Bullish on Barack Just like his namesake, Barack is a lot of bull. But unlike his namesake, his, um, deposits aren’t quite as, well, monumental. And while naming things after a sitting president isn’t a new idea, you gotta wonder what’s next. Will someone…
On sunny winter days, the Beauvallon shimmers like a palace on Lincoln Street. In the center of the sprawling condo complex, twin domes highlighted by Roman columns flank the rooftop pool and garden. Matching cream-colored towers rise on either side like layers of an enormous wedding cake, with floral iron…
Hungry yet? Today in Cafe Society: • Fox restaurants offering crafty deals for winter meals. • Mozart Bar gets ready for Mozart — or some piano player. • Snarf’s sub shop opening on Capitol Hill. • More proof that Democrats will buy anything Obama-related. • Macaroni Grill closing in Cherry…
“Leaked Letter Reveals Deep Problems at Denver Post, Denver Newspaper Agency,” a More Messages blog published this morning, considers the content of “Scripps Says Post Violated JOA,” a David Milstead-penned piece from today’s Rocky Mountain News. The article’s centerpiece is a letter purportedly written by Rich Boehne and Mark Contreras,…
Here lies our daily stroll through the Colorogosphere. Send tips. A look at things downtown Denver needs, not including a public beer fountain, which goes without saying. (Denver Infill) Need a job? Simply get elected to the state legislature, suck up to the governor, and then quit your lawmaker job…
The story of how the residents of a little village in World War II-era Vichy France harbored 400 Jewish refugee children from the Nazis already seems tailor-made for the big screen. But documentary filmmaker Lisa Gossels had the real inside story: Her father and uncle were among the children given…
Those flashy online Frontier ads sure look enticing. Click and you’ll find out that the airline has extended it’s Economic Stimulus Package deal until today! Flights from Denver starting at $39! “Save big bucks all across the USA,” their website says. Big bucks! Across the USA! Why not? But click…
Typically, the GLAAD Media Awards nominees that receive the most attention come from the worlds of film and television — and with the spotlight shining on flicks like Milk and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, as well as the TV shows Brothers & Sisters and The L Word, this year is no…
The worsening of the economy over the past seven or eight months hasn’t changed Denver Post editor Greg Moore’s opinion about the importance of sending staffers to personally witness the most major of sporting spectacles. In the May 2008 Message column “Olympics Travel a Hurdle for Local News Media,” he…
Like a good Neighbor, Ted Haggard is there… and this time, he’s back as a “traveling insurance salesman,” pitching his policies from motel rooms with these slick brochures… — Kenny Be…
Update below: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of delaying the scheduled February 17 switchover from analog to digital broadcasting. If the House of Representatives follows suit, President Obama will sign the bill into law, pushing back DTV-day until June 12. But such a move will do nothing to…
Amid all the revelations connected with Ted Haggard’s attempted resurrection on HBO and Oprah, the accusations of payoffs involving yet another young man lusted after by the former pastor (“Watch the KRDO report featuring Ted Haggard’s latest accuser”), and assorted other sordidness, a greater bit of deception and denial at…
So a bunch of Denver prep school students are asking state legislators to pass a bill banning plastic bags in Colorado. Good for them! Plastic bags are insidious, earth-hating little contraptions that waste valuable petroleum and choke innocent sea turtles (or, in Colorado, what — prairie dogs?). Too bad plastic…
The January 5 blog “Rocky Mountain News Jumps the Gun on Shared-Helicopter Story” offered the anatomy of an announcement that was premature in more ways than one. On December 30, a Channel 7 rep sent out a press release about a pact between 7News and Channel 9, its longtime rival,…
The story about the possible sale of the Rocky Mountain News by its owner, E.W. Scripps, continues to evolve in unexpected and fascinating ways — and many of the developments have come to our attention via the Rocky ‘s own reporting. Case in point: Today’s article “Scripps says Post Violates…
Look busy! The Boss is coming! Today in Backbeat Online: • Bruce Springsteen due at the Pepsi Center. • Spools of Dark Thread not dead yet. • Mighty 4 Colorado hip-hop event set for May 16. • ManeLine featured on Rebel Radio mixtape. • Trace Bundy gets nod from Acoustic…
Traversing the blogosphere for stuff worth copying and pasting. Send yours here. Off for a hike on Mount Evans, with history as our walking stick. Or something poetic like that. (Buck Fifty) Let the Gitmo guys come here. Otherwise the terrorists win. (Face the State) Republicans introduce meaningless legislation to…
Shakespeare wrote that “brevity is the soul of wit” — but most of his plays were pretty damn long, weren’t they? Not so the entries compiled in Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak: By Writers Famous and Obscure. As you’ll see by watching the video above, Ernest Hemingway was once…
