The logo for the Carpenters’ District Council of Kansas City & Vicinity. Here’s a new one for your downtown Denver commute: The enormous red-and-white billboard on Court Place, protesting a construction company that hires undocumented immigrants. “Shame on Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC for jeopardizing the standard of living for hard-working…
SkyNet doesn’t have a tumah. Something fishy has been going on with SkyNet, the giant LED video screen that was installed on the side of the Colorado Convention Center several weeks ago, and we’re not just talking about the fact that it seemed to be named after the world-destroying computer…
Bob Barr supporters modeling some of the gear he’s got for sale. With all the attention being garnered by Sarah Palin (and her running mate, John McCain), as well as by Barack Obama, it’s easy to overlook other presidential candidates with passionate followings — including Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s…
A sign of the times. Just a week after visiting The Outlets at Castle Rock and being distressed by the sky-high vacancy rate there, I discovered a similar situation in Idaho Springs, a community I’ve enjoyed visiting for years. On September 6, Miner Street, the heart of the old downtown,…
Bronco Mike Leach talks with Raiders coach Lane Kiffin during pre-game. Against his better judgment, Joe Tone decided to live-blog last night’s Broncos’ season opener against the Raiders, officially sealing his revirgination and prompting his mother to start making room for him in the basement. Here it is, updated with…
Want (dim) sum? Go whole blog with these samples from our other Westword.com offerings. Cafe Society delivers news about Super Star Asian, which food writer Jason Sheehan calls “the best dim sum joint in town,” salutes stellar service at Cafe Star, and finds something to like about Special K Cinnamon…
Rich Clarkson’s images of the 1966 Texas Western team were immortalized on this Wheaties box. The death this weekend of coach Don Haskins recalls one of the truly seminal moments in college basketball history. Back in 1966, Haskins’ Texas Western team became the first with five black starters to win…
The flags flying at Invesco Field during Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. During his introductory remarks prior to the Colorado Springs appearance of Republican ticketmates John McCain and Sarah Palin on Saturday, KHOW host Dan Caplis said thousands of flags distributed to the assembled throng had been rescued from outside Invesco…
Be sure and tip your bartender. Denver city councilman Doug Linkhart tells the Rocky Mountain News that the millions in police gear purchased for the Democratic National Convention might be put to good use in LoDo — a suggestion that’s not exactly a party starter. Granted, he specifically mentions video…
Hey! Only five more days to the weekend! Yes! As for the one that just ended, it was a busy one for Westword, which canvassed the city to bring you continuing coverage of Weird and Colorful Stuff. The journey began Friday, at the grand opening of Wish nightclub (above), the…
The cover of the September 8 Rocky. To cap our roundup of Sarah Palin nation (featuring Colorado–based pro-Palin blogger Adam Brickley’s appearance on The Colbert Report and the Denver Post’s insertion of a Palin photo into the story of a fatal accident at an Aurora ice cream shop), consider “Married…
A week or so ago, you had no idea who this was, did you? Blogger Adam Brickley’s appearance on The Colbert Report is hardly the only evidence suggesting that it’s suddenly become Sarah Palin’s world and the rest of us are just living in it — but the one that…
Adam Brickley on The Colbert Report As pointed out in an August 30 Latest Word blog, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs student blogger Adam Brickley is being given credit in many quarters for being the first to envision Alaska governor Sarah Palin as a Republican vice-presidential candidate via his prescient website,…
“Welcome to Raider Nation. How may we assault you?” The Broncos head to Oakland tonight to open their 2008 season against the Raiders — which means some number of Broncos fans are leaving for the Bay Area as we speak to root on their team. In their honor, we present…
Sebastian Metz before and after his surgery. Denver’s Guardian Angels chapter has a new home, after bouncing around central Denver for the past few years. The organization has moved to 2100 East 14th Avenue, at the corner of Vine Street. A former law office donated the building to the organization,…
Producer Andy Johns rides Swayback. Bloggin’ for the city. Backbeat Online supplies well over the government’s minimum daily requirement of music news. Visit an L.A. studio in the company of Swayback and legendary producer Andy Johns; peruse a Q&A with Fear Before the March of Flames’ David Marion; consider our…
Bob Schaffer. The Udall-Schaffer contest for U.S. Senate has got to be one of the mud-slingingest campaigns out there right now. The election is still two months out, and just like he promised, Schaffer überlord Dick Wadhams is cramming negative ads “up the ass” of Mark Udall — and causing…
Bad movies lead to bad plots. What do you get when you cross a wanted criminal, underage girls, methamphetamines, wigs, guns, body armor, the Democratic National Convention and The Bodyguard (with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner)? A plot to kill Barack Obama. And yet, police say the plans to assassinate…
Charles Gale. Tango teacher Charles Gale has stopped dancing around with authorities. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to third-degree misdemeanor assault in a case that involved charges of touching a dance student in a sexual manner. That’s a better deal than he’d been offered before — but then, because of courtroom…
Ted Koppel rolled with Bobby Lentell (left) and other Denver pedicabbers. While Denver’s pedicab community may not have been part of the official “green extravaganza” planned for the Democratic National Convention last week, the environmentally friendly three-wheeled vehicles still ended up making a splash. “I am just on cloud nine…
Eagles fans wear their alcoholism proudly. But are they the NFL’s most hammered? (Photo courtesy of Frants photography) The NFL season is upon us, which means fans across the nation are preparing to spend the next five months locked in a fierce battle with their internal organs, testing the limits…
Frankly, I would have preferred David Lee Roth. Lucky thing for the Republicans that Sarah Palin became a media sensation during her Republican National Convention spotlight address. After all, John McCain proved with his acceptance remarks last night that he’s not among the country’s most scintillating personalities — and most…
