The conspiracy theorists must be right: Denver International Airport is a gate to Hell. After all, what other than some diabolical force would deign to upset nerd-tastic musician David Byrne (he of the Talking Heads) as he tried to access his favorite websites while passing time in our fair airport?…
For most of us, the college experience—what we remember—lives on in two neat categories: “Never Again” and “I Found Myself.” This formative process produces “Don’t Remind Me” and “The Best Time of My Life,” where high-minded philosophies mix with pragmatic acceptances that retain extraordinary influence on our decisions, hopes, fears,…
After running with the idea of building a new and mostly subterranean Colorado History Museum within Civic Center for months (as discussed here in “Going Under?”) the board of the Colorado Historical Society, in a rare moment of clarity, formally rejected the idea at its January 31 meeting. The vote…
Single-game tickets for Colorado Rockies games will go on sale Febuary 16, and yes, the club will once again rely on Paciolan (now owned by Ticketmaster) for Internet purchases. Paciolan is the California company that handled last October’s World Series ticket debacle, which infuriated so many baseball fans when it…
Back in Representative Larry Liston’s day, people called ‘em as they saw ‘em, and Liston calls ‘em sluts. Or at least, that’s how the Colorado Springs Republican chose to describe unwed teenage parents on February 6 during a Republican caucus meeting. “In my parents’ day and age, they were sent…
A few months ago, I got an e-mail from Sean — one of my original commandoes, a hired gun whose long and noble service to the cause dated back to my first days here. An ex-chef and patissier, Sean was one of the first guys to eat with me professionally…
In 2002, Westword published its nineteenth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from the Best New Festival (Frozen Dead Guy Days took the chill off March in Nederland) to Best Start for a New Neighborhood (the Millennium Bridge was beginning to rise above Riverfront…
January 19, 2008 by Audrey Sprenger, Ph.D Denver | Jack Kerouac’s On The Road, based in part on Kerouac’s own life traveling back and forth across the United States in the mid to late 1940s, was written in a spontaneous but highly disciplined style of writing, which very effectively documented…
I got this call at work two weeks back. It was someone asking me if I wanted tickets to go see David Letterman. Now, it’s been a longtime goal of mine to see David Letterman’s show in person. Late Nite or Late Show, either one, doesn’t matter. Whatever Dave’s doing…
January 19, 2008 by David Amram Denver | When I first came to Denver in the mid-forties with my family, and later on when traveling through with different bands, I was always aware of Larimer Street and Five Points as the two places in Denver that in no way fit…
Dear Ron Paul supporters, I have a tip that you might find helpful – and, no, it doesn’t involve bunker-building or camouflage mouse pads. It has to do with graphic design. I’m not an expert in the art of campaigning, but I keep noticing all of these banners hung on…
As described in the story “Evan Almighty,” developer Evan Makovsky made celebratory headlines last summer when he managed to buy up most of decrepit Block 162 in the middle of downtown Denver so the eyesore could be redeveloped. The only building on the block Makovsky did not acquire was the…
The enormous “Mustang” sculpture finally made its way to the ground of Denver International Airport yesterday, only fourteen years past deadline. Crews installed the 32-foot fiberglass horse where Pena Boulevard splits south of the main terminal. The rearing beast comes complete with an astounding back story sure to secure a…
Hollywood writers have already begun to return to work, even though the strike isn’t officially over—which is a sign of either how much trust exists now that the picketing is done, or how many people realized that they need to delete their stuff (unfinished scripts, novels in progress, porn) off…
My personal commitment to the Froggish arts is nothing when compared to the two-line backstory of Uttam Lama, chef at the five-month-old Tibet’s Restaurant in Louisville. Uttam spent fourteen years as the chef at a Tibetan monastery. While there, he cooked for the Dali Lama. For culinary street cred, Uttam…
Reporters and other byline earners aren’t the only folks fleeing the Rocky Mountain News these days. Employees assigned to the paper’s all-important website are also moving on with a regularity that has to be disheartening for those who remain. Then again, the eagerness of techies to seek out other opportunities…
The November 22, 2007 Message column focused on the prospect of a local magazine war involving at least three publications — 5280, the existing champ, which had proved that Denver could support a glossy in style; Denver magazine, whose execs were devoted to reviving the name of a pub that…
The Colorado caucuses are over, but they’re not forgotten — particularly at the Rocky Mountain News. In a column published on February 9, four days after the vote, John Temple, the Rocky’s editor/publisher/president, wrote that journalists who choose to take part in caucuses, where they are asked to express political…
Slide Show As Charting Graf reported in this blog, and spotlighted again here, the private wall that graffiti writers refer to as “The CIA Wall” has a long and storied past. Here’s a slide show sample of some of the production pieces, or murals, that have graced the wall recently…
The last item in the February 7 Message found Denver Post editor Greg Moore explaining the decision to combine the broadsheet’s Denver & the West and Business sections Monday through Friday. However, Moore didn’t mention another squeeze play — one that’s on display in the February 11 issue. In that…
View larger image Montana Total Number of Delegates: 24 Pledged: 16 Unpledged: 8 How to Recognize a Montana Delegate: Residents of the Treasure State think that their Last Best Place isthe Jewel of the Lower 48. On average, there are only seven Montanans per square mile of Big Sky Country,…
View larger specimen In order to make more sense of the world around us, illustrator and public house naturalist Nate Stone is compiling here a taxonomy of different barflies. While you’re out and about in Denver, if you spot any of these specimens please add your observations about their habitat…
