I clearly remember what kinds of pictures we drew when I was a kid: battles with tiny bullets and daggers flying everywhere, helicopters, horses (me), fairies, juvenile political cartoons and everyone’s reckoning of what a superhero, usualy caped, should be and look like, beyond that he or she should be…
In the battle over naming rights for Denver’s new Justice Center, two clear favorites have emerged: Dale Tooley, the city’s district attorney for much of the 1970s, and Philip Van Cise, the one-term DA of the 1920s who busted a sophisticated ring of con artists and took on the Ku…
John Wilbur, better known to Denver radio listeners as Whip, loves KTNI/101.5 FM, marketed as “Denver’s Independent Alternative.” In fact, he’s so devoted to the smart, highly entertaining station, for which he serves as music director and morning-show host, that he’s willing to admit publicly that representatives of 101.5’s incoming…
As George W. Bush prepares for his return to private life, to the overwhelming joy of a few people out there, his press secretary (and Westword profile subject), Dana Perino, is saying her goodbyes, too. Today, she helmed what is expected to be her last White House press briefing –…
White House Rooftop Obama “Stash Tray” Provides secret service to occasional smokers and holds three strike-anywhere matches. — Kenny Be…
As federal holidays go, there are few more worthy than next week’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But unless black people celebrate the good doctor’s achievements with some raucous party I’m not invited to — entirely possible, since I’m whiter than a Cheers cast reunion — it’s not exactly the…
Yesterday, numerous Rocky Mountain News employees received a memo letting them know that a bonus they were supposed to receive today had been delayed and would now be included in their January 30 paychecks. In all likelihood, this was a simple processing glitch of the sort that happens routinely at…
Oh, how times have changed in the Denver radio market. Back in 2000, KXPK/96.5 FM, then known as the Peak, sold to Emmis Communications for $36 million — a price tag that didn’t seem outrageous at the time. Cut to December 2008, when CBS peddled three high-profile Denver FMs –…
Politicians are people, too — often-dorky people. As evidence, check out a January 15 video from the Colorado House that was posted by FaceTheState.com. In it, Representative Mike Merrifield leads the “Capitol Choir” in a rousing version of “Happy Birthday” directed at legislators whose personal odometers have recently rolled over…
The importance of Colorado in Barack Obama’s presidential victory is underscored by its placement in How Barack Obama Won: A State-By-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election, a just-published book by NBC News political director Chuck Todd and Sheldon Gawiser, the net’s elections director. Colorado is the first state…
Well, the deadline for the big television conversion to digital is only a month away and I missed my shot at getting the government vouchers for the converter box. Last week, the Commerce Department announced they had hit the $1.34 billion funding limit set by Congress for the coupon program,…
In case you’re curious… Today in Cafe Society: • Buffalo to go. • A wake for Auld Dubliner. • Chef Bradford Heap to give it a go in Boulder. • Veggie Girl takes a bite of Parsley. • I can only hope you get some “Yes Pecan.” • In the…
The Latest Word is in the market for quality blogging and other web goodness from around Denver. Send tips. Republicans split on 3.2-beer debate, probably because they only drink wine and kitten’s blood. (Face the State) Rocky employees: There are people in Albuquerque who feel your pain. And people in…
You might think he’s just another Internet wonder, but teen comedian/musician Bo Burnham is determined to prove he’s for real… and he’s doing it in the flesh. The fresh-faced and openly gay performer, who first garnered mass attention (to the tune of two-million hits) for his YouTube video “My Whole…
Moments ago, Westword editorial assistant Aubrey Shoe noticed something unusual about the front page of the January 14 Rocky Mountain News: It didn’t mention January 14. The date usually appears at the top of the page, centered in small print directly above the box containing featured headlines. But that area…
You might expect a confirmation hearing for a new Secretary of the Interior to be tough going, given the multiple scandals and vast challenges facing the agency after years of Bush administration bumbling and plundering. After all, the Department of the Interior manages a fifth of the land in the country,…
Barack-it Knife The amazing tool that can cut (taxes) and uncork (bottles of Chardonnay). — Kenny Be…
Today’s Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News both feature editorial-page items knocking local politicos for not sharing information about how they divvied out their allotted free tickets to Barack Obama’s inauguration on January 20. The Post went after all the members of Colorado’s congressional delegation in its unsigned salvo, while…
Word that the Rocky Mountain News has gotten a temporary reprieve from its owner, E.W. Scripps, which is collecting offers to buy the paper through Friday, shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign of renewed stability in Denver daily newspapering. No matter what happens with the Rocky and the Denver Post…
By day, Bill Menezes is the editorial director of Colorado Media Matters, a website devoted to highlighting and undermining what the folks there perceive to be conservative misinformation that’s being foisted on an unsuspecting populace. But tonight at 6 p.m. on Channel 7, he’ll be showing another side of himself:…
Yesterday’s blog headlined “The Latest From the Rocky Mountain News Grapevine About the Paper’s Future” noted that the E.W. Scripps-owned tabloid had reported very little about its potential sale since December 24. That changed this morning with the publication of “Efforts to Sell Rocky Could Extend Into Next Week,” an…
It doesn’t take much for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to put on a goofy getup for the photogs — but yesterday he had a good reason for doing so. Hick strapped on an ungainly helmet and peddled around a city block in honor of the news that this summer the…
