The Colorado View newspaper. As noted in an October 24 blog, a newspaper dubbed The Denver Independent is scheduled to debut on October 31. However, another new publication, The Colorado View, is already available thanks to the largesse of the Colorado Family Institute, which describes itself on the front page…
And you thought Denver had a bye week. After the jump, a guide to what you may have missed this weekend, starting with one bizarre night at Wish Nightclub (above)…
Pay to Play. It’s October, and I keep meaning to bring my kids to a corn maze. But I haven’t so far – what with the economy and all. Anyway, earlier this month, I had to take a last-minute trip to California for a family emergency and encountered a maze…
Wolves found no sanctuary at CSU Sunday. Barack Obama’s appearances in Denver and Fort Collins on October 26 set records for starstruck crowds and creative guesstimates of crowd size by reporters. But the Democratic presidential hopeful’s latest swing through our candidate-besieged state (you’d think we had ninety electoral votes here,…
Hop aboard the “Never Surrender” bandwagon — er, cart. The banners and signs on view outside Pro-Tint, located at 1398 Wadsworth Boulevard, don’t have anything to do with the window-tinting services the business provides. Rather, they’re all about an RTD plan to seize the operation as part of its expansion…
WTF? Editor’s note: To get you in the mood for ballot-casting, The Latest Word is kicking off each weekday between now and the November 4 election with Buttoned Up, a look at political buttons from my family’s extensive collection… Here’s another mystery button, this one related to Robert F. Kennedy…
Caleb Followill, a King of Leon. Here are some more blogs that really click. Today in Backbeat Online: • A live review of Kings of Leon at the Fillmore Auditorium. Today in Cafe Society: • Tyler Nemkov gets hot and bothered over Sexy Pizza. • Lew Cady shares more Wynkoop…
Will who? You may have noticed them around town, these maddeningly cryptic black billboards that display only one word: “WILL,” decorated with a simple white hat resting on the bottom of the second “L.” At first, I assumed they must be political messages, because who else is posting billboards these…
The banner from the DenverIndependent.com website. It’s hard to imagine a worse time to launch a newspaper — but that’s precisely what Randall Lichner says he’s going to do. Despite the struggling economy and the surplus of publications in the area, he plans to have a paper he’s dubbed the…
That’s another nickel off my bill at King Soopers, suckas! On September 23, I wrote “Paying for Conservation at Denver Water,” a blog that juxtaposed Denver Water’s energetic advertising campaign with reports that the agency was considering a robust rate hike. Along the way, I mentioned the availability of free…
Tony Shawcross. “Tony Shawcross Saved Public-Access TV in Denver,” a July 8 Message column, reported about how Shawcross and his associates created Denver Open Media, an entity that rescued public-access television in the metro area. No wonder the organization was chosen to host “Access Without Borders: New Frontiers in Community…
Willie B. During his time at KBPI, Stephen Meade, better known to the station’s listeners as Willie B., has generated plenty of headlines — not all of them positive. Remember the controversy over a Willie-led “mudfest” near Nederland — a publicity nightmare chronicled in the October 2000 Message column “KPBI…
A banner from the DumpDobson.com site. Focus on the Family frontman James Dobson was recently elected to join the National Radio Hall of Fame — and the Colorado Springs organization is inviting listeners to join in the celebration at Chicago’s Renaissance Hotel on November 8. But those who show up…
The early bird catches the “I Voted” sticker. Early voting. Early voting. Blah, blah, blah. I hear it every day. Everyone suggests it because it’s easier and you can avoid the lines. Mayor Hickenlooper voted on Wednesday. Somehow, I never seem to get around to voting early, however. Maybe it’s…
“I really want Obama to win. I swear.” Sorry to break it to you, Hillary — but this is what happens when you almost but don’t quite win the Democratic nomination for president. Instead of getting a chance to speak on popular radio stations like KOA and KHOW (as John…
“My friends…” John McCain is back in town today — he speaks at the National Western Arena at 10 a.m. as part of something he’s trying to call his “Road to Victory” tour without seeming desperate or hypocritical. But maybe we should be used to that by now, what with…
Ooh, pretty. Editor’s note: To get you in the mood for ballot-casting, The Latest Word is kicking off each weekday between now and the November 4 election with Buttoned Up, a look at political buttons from my family’s extensive collection… The buttons pressed to promote the 1988 presidential team of…
Please don’t let this man near an Obama rally. It finally happened: After two years of waiting for him to slip up, to make some grave error that will end his bid to be the first guy named Barry to become president, Barack Obama on Thursday made the decision that…
Ben Harper rallies for Obama. Belly up to the blogs. Today in Backbeat Online: • Ben Harper will play a few songs at a Barack Obama rally on Saturday. Today in Cafe Society: • Mayor John Hickenlooper celebrates delicious design. • The Veggie Girl rides to the Red Trolley. •…
Which hooker(s) did Judge Creepy creep out? See the slideshow and judge for yourself. You’ve gotta work pretty hard to get yourself booted from a lifetime appointment. But Edward Nottingham, now-former Chief Federal Judge of the 10th Circuit Court, has done just that, resigning this week amid allegations that he’s…
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Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. Remember back in August, when everyone was complaining about the high price of gas? Ahh, those were the good old days. The economic news since mid-September has been nothing but bleak. After a…
