Offensive — and grammatically suspect, too. 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… I’m guessing this particular slogan, which…
Stereolab sings. To find even more Westword.com blogs, follow the bullets. Today in Backbeat Online: • A review of Stereolab live at the Gothic Theatre, with Monade and Le Loup. • Eric Eyl’s Mile High Makeout column, about a local-music benefit for Metro Denver Partners. • A Q&A with the…
Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. The final installment of Amendmentos, the sugar-coated voter’s guide, covers Amendments 47, 49 and 54 (the anti-union amendments) and Referendum O. These measures should not be taken with a grain of salt. Each…
Will a “Flintstone House” like the one on the left be coming soon to West Washington Park? The battle over big, ugly multiplexes in Denver’s older neighborhoods has made its way south from Highland to West Washington Park, where a meeting last night pitted rezoning proponents against residents who don’t…
Douglas Glaser wants compensation for his detention. Suppose, for a moment, that you’re arrested by Denver police. And held in jail on a convoluted 43-count indictment, unable to make the $750,000 bail, for a staggering two and half years, a local record for pre-trial detention. And then all charges were…
Save the tape. On Friday, October 17 at the Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway, co-curators Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett will present volume two of the Found Footage Festival, which collects the best moments from training videos, home movies and cable-access oddities (see the full listing here). Westword caught up…
Marilyn Musgrave alongside Ken Salazar (not to mention Mark Udall and Wayne Allard) in an image from one of her campaign commercials. Democratic Senator Ken Salazar will never be confused with a charismatic wordsmith. But his blunt way of speaking proved hugely entertaining yesterday, when, during a conference call, he…
Clothes don’t make the man. All of us can agree that it’s a good thing when media organizations are careful with facts. But there’s a difference between reasonable caution and treating the reader like an idiot. Case in point: “Denver Police Focus on Misuse of Computer,” a small item in…
“Thanks for the game, little man.” “Finally I get to guard someone who’s shorter than me!” — the Chick Who Shut Me Down in Pick-Up Basketball the Other Day If you’re anything like me – that is, built like Dakota Fanning – you know the travails of being small. Aside…
John McCain dressed like Joe the Plumber. The morning after Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s final (thank goodness) presidential “debate” against Democratic standard-bearer Barack Obama, KHOW/630 AM is running promos announcing that McCain will appear tomorrow, October 17, during the afternoon-drive show helmed by Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman. This…
Couldn’t she have at least looked at the camera? 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 a political button from my family’s extensive collection… Denver’s own…
“In the Bag,” Adam Cayton-Holland, October 9 Bag Man I’ve found myself, recently, turning first to Ask a Mexican, then Adam Cayton-Holland’s column — and then I might read more of the paper if time permits. (And if I need more time on the crapper.) With “In the Bag,” the…
The prominent mega-tent that has occupied much of the once-blighted Block 162 at the corner of 15th and California streets since June is coming down much earlier than expected. Known as the Peak, the fifty-foot-high, 20,000-square-foot carpeted and air-conditioned venue hosted movie premiers, concerts and the unofficial post-presidential acceptance-speech party…
From my many interactions with readers, it’s quite clear that I’m a working-class hero. “Let me buy you a drink, What’s So Funny,” they all say, often in unison or song. “You’re a hell of a swell guy, goddamnit, and you put into words what I’m feeling. It makes me…
Ryan Frazier is in fine spirits, all things considered. He’s at ease here, glad-handing and flashing warm smiles, at the clubhouse of the Heritage Eagle Bend 55-plus gated subdivision in southeast Aurora, where the grass is country-club green and the folks are Republican red. It’s as if he hadn’t read…
A sign of the times. It’s a new concept to help you find all of our fresh Westword.com content quickly and easily: blog bullets! Today in Cafe Society: • A Wynkoop Brewing Co. essay contest, timed to commemorate the joint’s twentieth anniversary. • Oskar Blues’ Obama-centric poster for Dale’s Pale…
In this week’s Off Limits we note our excitement at discovering that the Metro Area Graffiti Task Force has posted a comprehensive list of every known gang and graffiti crew in the region. Now graffiti laymen can discover just what the scrawled tags across the city actually mean. According to…
Amendment 47 has the eye of the tiger. While “Ryan Frazier Puts His Job on the Line With Amendment 47,” this week’s cover story, focuses on Ryan Frazier, the 31-year-old Aurora city councilman who’s backing the aforementioned amendment — an issue on the November ballot that would prohibit mandatory dues…
A logo from the Ethiopians for Obama website. This fall, Tsilat Petros will vote in her first American presidential election. She’s 29 and has lived in the United States since she was a young girl but only became a citizen three years ago. Now she’s one of dozens of Ethiopian…
Denver-born director David Fincher. I just stumbled on the perfect excuse to share the new Nike ad that’s been buzzing around the sports world since it ran during Sunday football last weekend. Turns out the Nike spot, called “Fate,” was directed by Denver-born filmmaker David Fincher, heretofore known for directing…
KUNC comes up with a listener-friendly fundraising method. There are few things more depressing for public-radio fans than tuning in a station and hearing a fundraising pitch, as I did today when dialing to KCFR, Colorado Public Radio’s news arm. After all, that probably means the rest of the week’s…
Carmelo gets name-checked by Lil’ Wayne. One of the many great things about YouTube is the ease with which fans can create their own music videos. A prime example is the clip below for “Swagga Like Us,” from the massive new T.I. album Paper Trail, which comes complete with a…
