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It’s a simple meal. Two eggs, four strips of bacon, wonderfully greasy hash browns, a biscuit, a side of gravy for said biscuit, five coffee refills, and as many pint-glass mimosas as the good and responsible barkeeps at Dixon’s Downtown Grill will allow me to order. I could probably spend…

Anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce has long been an object of intense study here at Westword. This morning, media columnist Michael Roberts compiled this great list of notes we’ve taken on Bruce in his natural habitat. But it was the act that occasioned this list, the kicking of Rocky Mountain News…

How do you order right? I wish the answer were as simple as saying, “Order the simple stuff, forget the complicated” — or the reverse, “Order the authentic, the difficult to pronounce, and ignore the rest.” But at Ali Baba, it’s not that easy. This place has a learning curve,…

Nolan Ryan vs. Ventura Major League Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan will be honored as grand marshall of the National Western Stock Show parade today for his Nolan Ryan Guaranteed Tender Beef. Ryan’s unique tenderizing process is exhibited here on Robin Ventura. Click here for more info on the parade…

Douglas Bruce began his career as a Colorado representative with his best foot forward. On January 14, the pride of Colorado Springs booted Rocky Mountain News photographer Javier Manzano for the sin of snapping a shot of him during the state house’s morning prayer. The kick, as captured on video,…

American as Apple Pie and Daisey-Cutters, Olde Tyme Drafts and Dawgs hosted their monthly hot dog eating contest on Saturday. Read all about the gluttonous glory here. And again Denver proves that its local music scene is truly something special with Saturday’s hi-dive show featuring Eric Bachmann, Ian Cooke, and…

“Yeah, I need some money, I got a warrant out.” Sentences like that are, for some reason, never uttered quietly. I’m always amazed by this, because I wouldn’t want everyone around me to know about my warrant (don’t worry, I took care of it.) I suppose in the context of…

The rules of the competition were simple: the first person to eat fifteen hot dogs (or “dawgs” to use the preferred spelling) wins a year’s supply of these tubular meats. A two-hour time limit was enforced and all trips outside and to the bathroom had to be accompanied by a…

At last, the pairings for the two NFL conference championship games are set: The San Diego Chargers face off against the New England Patriots in the AFC contest, while the Green Bay Packers take on the New York Giants for NFC supremacy. These aren’t exactly dream matchups for Colorado football…

During its Denver tryout, The Little Mermaid was awash in criticism, including this review from Westword’s Juliet Wittman that should have sent it to the bottom of the ocean. Now the show’s opened on Broadway, and judging from a January 11 piece in the Wall Street Journal, the New York…

It’s going to be a long, long time before Michael Rollie sees daylight again. Two months ago, Rollie was found guilty on three charges of attempted manslaughter, two charges of first-degree assault, one charge of second-degree assault, one charge of attempted first-degree murder and one for murder in the first…

In 1997, Westword published its fourteenth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from the Best Place to Put the New Broncos Stadium (Los Angeles!) to the Best Sneak Preview of an Art Project (the Robischon Gallery’s show on the proposed Christo project on the…

Once upon time, journalists were fighting to get a foot in the door at the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. Today, plenty of editorial types aren’t letting said door hit them on the way out. Among the departures in the past month or so: Julia C. Martinez at…

Get the back story here to attorney David Lane’s decision to call Westword reporter Jared Jacang Maher to the stand during a suppression hearing for Columbus Day protestors…

The Internet-television network known as ManiaTV! has been based in Denver since its inception — but not for much longer. A press release issued late on January 9 confirms rampant speculation that “the majority of content operations will be moving to Los Angeles, CA.” The item goes on to state…

The Year in Review, December 27 The shmuck stops here Wow! I’m being called a “shmuck” (Jewish for prick) and top Westword’s “Hall of Shame” simply because I acted as a whistleblower against irresponsible bar owners who illegally use women as marketing ploys with their sexist ladies’ night promotions? Me…

Gene Craven, the recently named president and general manager of public-radio outlet KUVO/89.3 FM, sees the economic challenges bedeviling the operation in simple terms. “The station has experienced a downturn in reserves, and expenses rose faster than the revenue coming in to cover them,” he says. “Over the course of…

It’s a cold Sunday night, the kind of night that eats at a man, makes him start thinking crazy thoughts, like heading out on the town for some kicks, maybe watching men in masks and underpants bludgeon the holy hell out of each other. The Independent Wrestling Federation is putting…

It’s been a long time coming, but the anti-ladies night activist has finally done something to deserve some sort of public honor. His tireless efforts to rid the world of sexist Ladies Night bar and club marketing ploys brought him national notoriety, which we have repeatedly, thoroughly and vigilantly documented…

At 6 p.m. today, All American Vogue will close its doors at 10 South Broadway. It’s the end of an era. Of many eras, actually, since Ronnie Crawford’s store specializes in vintage Americana. For the past thirty years, Ronnie has defined cool at a succession of stores on Broadway. But…