Jared Polis. In following up on Democratic congressional candidate Jared Polis’ primary victory, the August 14 Denver Post put the focus on his homosexuality. “Polis’ Win a Big Gain for Gay Movement” appeared on page one of the Denver & the West section, while the editoral page featured a full-color…
Training session. You don’t need to wait until Union Station’s redevelopment to find dozens and dozens of engines and passenger cars chugging through the vicinity. The trains are already there, deep in the basement, down a length of shadowy corridor and through a series of locked doors. And, if you…
“Full House,” Jared Jacang Maher, August 7 Urine Trouble Now Jared Jacang Maher may think that his Denver Doo-Doo Accord is funny, but it is just toilet talk, as I have come to expect from Westword. NoCRAP? Your paper is full of crap.Hillary MarvinAurora Many thanks to Jared Jacang Maher…
The flier being passed around at local churches isn’t advertising Bible study — but anyone who gets involved may need to pray as they go. “Democratic National Convention Outreach Training,” it advises. “An estimated 40,000 prostitutes will be brought into Denver for the Democratic National Convention…Find out how you can…
A job is a job is a job. No matter how cool it is, there will be days when you hate it, guaranteed. Your job could be receiving blow jobs, and eventually there will come a day when you walk into the office and think to yourself, “Jesus Christ, I…
Passengers disembark from the rumbling trains by the hundreds, by the thousands. They’ve arrived at this station from Aurora and Littleton, from Golden and Boulder, even from over the Continental Divide and across the Great Plains. As the trains empty and creep away from the platforms, others pull in, disgorging…
Don’t hate Robert Smith because he’s beautiful… Blogmania: catch it! There’s been some kind of blog explosion over at Backbeat Online today. Cast your gaze upon live reviews of Rx Bandits and the Pseudo Dates; a slideshow of Machine Gun Blues’ swan song; news of Sleeper Horse’s drummer search; details…
Keep plenty of correction tape handy. Whereas the Rocky Mountain News tends to make corrections at the drop of a hat (or the drop of an inaccurate claim that Barack Obama has dual Kenyan citizenship), the Denver Post is notoriously reluctant to fess up to an error in print. Until…
“We’re dead? I know — but keep it to yourself.” Colorado Rockies fans who remember last year’s crazy eleventh-hour run haven’t yet given up hope that the team can fight its way into the playoffs again in 2008, despite its current hideous homestand. But they should — or at least…
Thomas Frank When Thomas Frank decides to write an election-year book about Republican misrule, you should probably pay attention. What’s the Matter with Kansas?, which came out in 2004, correctly predicted the rise of “moral values” voters long before they walked out of the polling stations that November. It sparked…
You’ve got to fight for your right to wear cool protest shirts. A few local anarchists who are helping to coordinate planned disruptions of the Democratic National Convention have been raising funds by selling off these spiffy “Defend Denver” T-shirts. I picked one up myself after being approached by the…
Unlike Mayor Ed Clark, not everyone in Greeley wants to body-slam fifteen-year-old boys. When it comes to the immigration debate, our neighbors in Greeley seem to be a magnet for bad press. First, there was the federal raid on a local meatpacking plant, in which hundreds of undocumented workers were…
From disappearing mailboxes to locking fire hydrants, security is starting to tighten for the Democratic National Convention. See photos, and other DNC coverage, at Westword’s convention blog, Demver…
Photos by Jared Jacang Maher Fire hydrants in LoDo have been outfitted with locks. More after the jump …..
Rielle Hunter. The press loves it when sensational stories collide — and that’s precisely what happened in the case of John Edwards and Rielle Hunter, his extra-marital paramour. At first, the mainstream media didn’t want anything to do with rumors of their liaison — but once Edwards sat down with…
The turban doesn’t prove Kenyan citizenship, either. Thank goodness Countdown With Keith Olbermann’s nightly “Worst Person in the World” feature is flexible, or else the man with his name in the program’s title wouldn’t have been able to award the August 12 bronze to our own Rocky Mountain News. The…
His bark was worse than his bite. Really. The August 12 primary election results don’t overflow with surprises. The electorate proved again that name recognition is the most important factor when turnout is low. Hence the victories of Mike Coffman, well known as Colorado’s secretary of state, and former Westword…
His bark was worse than his bite. Really. The August 12 primary election results don’t overflow with surprises. The electorate proved again that name recognition is the most important factor when turnout is low. Hence the victories of Mike Coffman, well known as Colorado’s secretary of state, and former Westword…
The turban doesn’t prove Kenyan citizenship, either. Thank goodness Countdown With Keith Olbermann’s nightly “Worst Person in the World” feature is flexible, or else the man with his name in the program’s title wouldn’t have been able to award the August 12 bronze to our own Rocky Mountain News. The…
Volunteers wanted. I was waiting by my phone for the call or text that was supposed to be coming from the Obama campaign yesterday, letting me know if I’d be given a ticket to the acceptance speech at Invesco on August 28. Instead, I received an e-mail from a friend…
Chain Gang of 1974’s Kamtin Mohanger. Papa’s got some brand new blogs. Backbeat Online introduces you to Chain Gang of 1974, which has just been named the opening act of 3Oh!3’s first-ever national headlining tour, and offers a live review of Eyedea & Abilities. It’s good stuff no matter how…
Volunteers wanted. I was waiting by my phone for the call or text that was supposed to be coming from the Obama campaign today, letting me know if I’d be given a ticket to the acceptance speech at Invesco on August 28. Instead, I received an e-mail from a friend…
