View a larger image of the full wall. As always, it’s back to the CIA wall where RTD honcho ACEE, HOME from BTR crew and Double from GuerillaGarden have sprayed down an homage to the Dave Chappelle character Sir Smoke-A-Lot, from the 1998 cult classic, Half Baked. It’s the little…
Across from me, a man is talking movies with his obviously hung-over, obviously completely disinterested girlfriend. He’s talking almost exclusively about the oeuvre of John Cusack — from his early work with Savage Steve Holland (whom this man incorrectly identifies as John Hughes) to his later work in movies like…
View a larger image of the full wall. As always, it’s back to the CIA wall where RTD honcho ACEE, HOME from BTR crew and Double from GuerillaGarden have sprayed down an homage to the Dave Chappelle character Sir Smoke-A-Lot, from the 1998 cult classic, Half Baked. It’s the little…
View larger image. Idaho Total Number of Delegates: 23 Pledged: 18 Unpledged: 5 How to Recognize an Idaho Delegate: Strangeness happens all over the world, but it seems to concentrate in Idaho. Just google the phrase “strange + Idaho” and prepare to get busy reading stories about straight senators seeking…
Almost two years after the shooting that first paralyzed their son, Richard Velarde, and then eventually claimed his life, Richard’s parents, Jody and Butch, finally have a small sense of closure. On Thursday, November 1, Michael Rollie, the man who’d been accused of shooting Richard (pictured here and profiled in…
Like so many others, my friends and I wanted to take advantage of the extra hour of drinking Saturday night (and into Sunday morning) after the clocks turned back. A close friend was moving out of the country, and we headed to LoDo so that we could send him off…
The editorial writers at the Denver Post didn’t soft-peddle their displeasure with Colorado Governor Bill Ritter for issuing a November 2 executive order effectively allowing unions to organize bargaining units for state workers — a move that bypassed the legislature, which is presently dominated by his fellow Democrats. In a…
Plenty of words were written in these parts and beyond about the Colorado Rockies’ inexplicable stretch-run success and all-too-explicable World Series collapse — but few publications proved as insightful as The Onion, whose slogan — “America’s Finest News Source” — seems less satirical with each passing day. The paper’s sterling…
Michael Tate (profiled in the September 20 feature “Killer Instinct)” was only sixteen when he murdered Steve Fitzgerald, but the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office filed charges in adult court, where Tate was found guilty of felony murder — a crime that carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole…
Somewhere in the not too distant future, the Department of Homeland Security will be able to ferret out terrorists based only on a series of questions about the NFL. Consider this: Last month’s Patriots-Cowboys game drew 30 million viewers, making it not only the most watched sporting event of the…
This week, Adam interviews his longtime friend, fellow comedian, and houseguest Ben Kronberg, who is soon to leave our cow town for Los Angeles…
Blake Mooney was recently laid off from his job at NewMediaCompany.com and has somehow found some time to give a glimpse into the week in the life of a man on the dole. This is his story. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday: To the depressed and despondent (or in my…
In 1987, Westword published its fourth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from the Best Place to Park Downtown (with the office-building vacancy rate at 30 percent, one lot had slashed its prices to ten cents a day!) to the Best Place to People-Watch…
View larger image. Hawaii Total Number of Delegates: 29 Pledged: 20 Unpledged: 9 How to Recognize a Hawaii Delegate: Hawaii has always been considered a paradise on Earth. Not only for its stunningly beautiful landscape, but also for the hospitality of the state’s residents. The descendants of the early Hawaiians,…
John Denver may have considered West Virginia to be almost heaven, but the people who live there prefer to think of themselves as wild and wonderful. After months of debate, and two online and telephone polls, the citizenry of West Virginia has chosen ”Wild, Wonderful” rather than “Almost Heaven” as…
Blake Mooney was recently laid off from his job at NewMediaCompany.com and has somehow found some time to give a glimpse into the week in the life of a man on the dole. This is his story. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday: With the exception of big name athletes entering free…
The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse weighs less than an ounce and hibernates for almost seven months of the year. But it’s a regular Godzilla in environmental circles, smashing developers’ plans up and down the Front Range and generating no end of controversy. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled…
Kudos to Sue Lindsay of the Rocky Mountain News for her brilliant article detailing the October 31 shenanigans involving Vincent “Don Vito” Margera, who received two guilty verdicts related to groping incidents at Colorado Mills mall last year. Lindsay’s piece absolutely mopped the floor with the Denver Post’s far less…
“Mr. Wizard,” Jason Sheehan, October 25 The Golden Rule If any restaurant reviewer is up to the task of appraising Westminster’s astounding O’s Steak & Seafood restaurant and its chef, Ian Kleinman, it’s your Jason Sheehan. Few, if any, critics have his mix of relevant traits: experience, fair-mindedness, honesty and…
This month, Jack in the Box returns to Colorado with a new store in Golden, followed by locations in Arvada, Parker and Aurora. That’s big news, and not just for people who love greasy tacos and burgers on sourdough bread. The San Diego-based fast-food chain was fairly well represented here…
If someone where to ask me, “What do you want on your tombstone, Adam?” I would make some hilarious joke about cheese and pepperoni and then say the actual epitaph, which would be this: He held up a mirror, and allowed us to see ourselves in a way that, while…
In the middle of a table in Konrad Steffen’s office at the University of Colorado at Boulder sits a strikingly beautiful globe made of hand-carved gemstones. Steffen, a geography professor, knows very well that sooner or later the globe will have to be revised. The coastline will shift, swallowing the…
