Federico Peña If there’s one thing most Coloradans learn from an early age, it’s not to interrupt a Broncos fan during a game. But apparently that message hasn’t sunk in yet for former Denver mayor and current Barack Obama tub-thumper Federico Peña. Earlier this week, National Public Radio’s Robert Siegel…
An image from an anti-Marilyn Musgrave ad features Channel 4’s Raj Chohan. Channel 4’s Raj Chohan is getting plenty of airtime around now thanks to “Reality Check,” a first-rate series of televised packages (and a print component published in the Rocky Mountain News — click for an example) that attempt…
Neal Stephenson. Neal Stephenson, who visits the Tattered Cover LoDo on Tuesday, October 2 (click here to learn more), isn’t just one of the top sci-fi authors working today. He’s among the best and most interesting current writers in any genre. It was a great opportunity, then, to chat with…
Sara Ramirez on Grey’s Anatomy. What did the Denver Broncos have to do with the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy? Plenty — although the team’s name was never mentioned. One of the plotlines in last night’s two-hour episode involved a man who suffered a severe spinal injury in an automobile…
Dear diary… KRWZ/950 AM, known as Cruisin’ Oldies, went live Wednesday, and the station is clearly investing in name Denver talent, including Randy Jay, who got the heave-ho last year amid KOOL’s demo-shifting experiment, and longtimer Hal Moore. But even if the station attracts a sizable audience of boomers to…
A diorama of what the Liaoning Forest might have looked like during the time of dinosaurs. Photo by Roderick Mickens/American Museum of Natural History Amazing discoveries are constantly being made in the paleontological field, but China’s Liaoning Forest is yielding some information that’s truly astounding, changing the way we think…
The DIA lost-and-found stash. Our friends at Denver International Airport have begun posting videos on YouTube intended to answer questions for folks who’d otherwise be trolling the site for videos of vomiting cats instead of visiting DIA’s own web address, FlyDenver.com. Most of the clips contain extraordinarily obvious information –…
Santi White, of Santogold fame. Next stop: the blogosphere. Backbeat Online brings you Q&As with a pair of intriguing acts: Santi White, also known as Santogold, who’s among the most buzzed-about performers currently treading Terra Firma, and Georg Holm of the fascinating Icelandic band Sigur Ros. Additionally, Dave Herrera passes…
Not seen in this photo: Mark Udall. Slate.com political reporter Christopher Beam writes this week about the shifting hue of Colorado politics, and whether the newish, blueish tint will be enough for Barack Obama to actually carry Colorado. It focuses on Obama’s reliance — actually, his lack of reliance –…
Jo Scott as seen on Channel 7. In this week’s Westword, “Bursting Their Bubble” discusses the first successful prosecution in Denver of a Bubble-Law violation. Convicted in August, Jo Scott will be back in court on September 30 to find out whether she’ll be ordered to stay away from all…
Choo choo! Alcoholism is a disease. But being a Shmuck? Well, there’s just no excuse for that. And if Robert “Ice Man” Evans ever gets his knuckle head out of his dumb ass, he probably won’t be able to offer one. Evans, a homeless alcoholic who lives in and around…
The shirt created by the Denver Police union. Channel 4’s Brian Maass reports that the Denver Police Protective Association, the union that represents most Denver Police Department personnel, is selling T-shirts that commemorate the protests at the Democratic National Convention in a particularly vivid way. The front of the shirts…
Take me to your teacher! So, did Aurora edu-crats reveal their liberal agenda when they suspended fifth-grader Daxx Dalton last week for wearing an “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend” T-shirt? Or are school administrators and the offending tyke victims of a conniving right-wing parent and corporate media outlets playing…
Joe Nacchio. When former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio learned that the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals would be considering whether to uphold or reverse his 2007 conviction on nineteen counts of insider trading on September 25, he probably didn’t think a thing about the date. Now, however, the fact that…
Tom Nalen. The decision to place Denver Broncos center Tom Nalen on injured reserve, effectively ending his season and possibly precipitating his retirement, was fully expected. More surprising, though, is that Nalen has been able to remain in uniform for so long despite knee problems that have bedeviled him for…
Sarah Palin. The pricetags associated with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s October 4 morning fundraiser in Centennial are mighty steep: $1,000 to attend the breakfast, $2,500 per person to take a photo with her and $25,000 to be part of a “VIP coffee” klatch. But that leaves out a…
Squeeze off a few rounds. It’ll make you feel better. On October 23, the Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network is hosting a wine tasting and auction, with proceeds earmarked to provide mental-health services to insurance-challenged folks in the area. And what’s being auctioned off? Among other things, “a session with the…
I wanted to know what it was like firsthand — what clients had to endure when entering the Vine Street clinic. So last year, I called the headquarters of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, and an employee told me to meet her outside the clinic between 8 and 9…
Pull Kristi Burton’s string, and the wind-up doll may say a couple of things. The right of protection for every human being — that’s one of her signature catchphrases. As are laying a common sense foundation and determining a concrete definition. But try to get the 21-year-old sponsor of Amendment…
Why is the media business in such terrible shape? Experts and pundits of every description have puzzled over this question for years, but I’ve finally learned the answer: me. Or at least, people like me — misguided, backward, stuck-in-the-dark-ages Luddites who fear new technology rather than see it as the…
“Stabbing Pains,” Lisa Rab, September 11 Cracking a Few Huevos We need a new legal description for some criminal determinations. I like “innocent by reason of illegal residency.” And the journalism profession’ll need a new tagline, too. Instead of “staff reporter,” how about: “Too-PC-to-smell-the-shit-your-brogans-are-coated-with reporter”? Why all the tiptoeing around…
They were fed up. It wasn’t just the giant posters of mangled, aborted fetuses that steeled their determination. It wasn’t the taunting, the yelling, the promises of eternal damnation, the threats from lunatics on ladders. It wasn’t even the need for bulletproof glass at the clinic, or the Kevlar vests…
