President Barack Obama’s Saturday appearance at Central High School in Grand Junction was a consistently civil event, particularly compared to healthcare town halls like the one staged by Representative Ed Perlmutter earlier this month. But predictably given the number of national media representatives in town to cover the get-together, there…
Getting your weekend off on the right note…. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Sunn O))) at the Bluebird. • Hearsay bits: Van Morrison, Yonder Mountain String Band, Tyler Despres Band, Pictureplane. • Freaky Friday – “Performance” — MC SpandX. • Remembering Les Paul, June 9, 1915-August 13, 2009…
It’s Friday. You ain’t got shit to do. You ain’t got no job. So let’s… read some blogs! And then send us more! Dispensaries giving new meaning to the term “High Country.” See what I did there? (Colorado Independent) (Even) more on Scott McInnis’s rage against the KHOW machine, which…
Call me Nostradamus. Earlier today, I predicted that Brandon Marshall would skate in his misdemeanor battery trial in Atlanta — and sure enough, he was just found not guilty. Moreover, the jury didn’t exactly go into overtime. Members only deliberated for about an hour. No doubt Broncos fans will now…
If you’re stuck at home, poor and bored, the Denver Public Library has got you covered. Forget going into the library for your fix of books and movies — that’s so 20th century. Thanks to the digital revolution, these days there’s no reason to leave the couch, much less the…
What’s that spring in your step? It’s Friday and it’s time to play! Seems like there’s more than enough to do this weekend, but here are a few events I’d like to recommend. For art with a serious underground vibe, head on over to INDYINK, 84 South Broadway, for a…
Tom, you make us laugh. You make us cry. You make us want to jump off a cliff rather than watch your Lasik infomercials. But your antics over the past two weeks simply made us shake our heads and wonder about your sanity. You didn’t like our recent feature about…
Forget about finding a bargain house in Boulder. As housing sales and prices continue to plummet nationwide, those in the community that puts the exclamation point in 3OH!3 remain unusually robust — so much so that Business Week has just named Boulder the strongest housing market in these United States…
Most Denver dog owners fear that DogaPOOLooza, the annual public-pool dog swim, is a ploy by the city of Denver to get all dogs off their leashes so animal control staff can issue numerous off-leash tickets. Hopefully, the puppy pool party will be so much more……
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis came uncorked while defending his allegedly broken pledge to use leftover 2004 campaign funds for breast-cancer research during a Wednesday appearance on the KHOW talk show hosted by Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman. At one point, McInnis even accused Caplis of ganging up on him…
Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up — $600,000 — is, to use an avian reference, chicken feed given the…
Moments ago, Southwest Airlines released a statement about what everyone else had already figured out — that Southwest’s massive bid for Frontier Airlines had fallen apart at the last minute over an inability to get Frontier pilots to concede on seniority-oriented contract issues. In the document, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly,…
Tomorrow, President Barack Obama will visit Grand Junction for his next healthcare town hall, where he’ll likely encounter folks like the ones in the video accessible here, caught in action during a GJ rally in late July. (Really dug the sign that read, “D.N.C. Lies: Grandma Dies.”) But in the…
Yesterday, I expressed regret for the January blog headline “Good News, Woody Paige: Les Paul Isn’t Dead Yet” in light of the fact that Paul, a pioneering guitarist and inventor, had just passed away at age 94. Then, this morning, I received a note from Paige himself, stressing his Les…
I visited the Denver Broncos’ official website this morning and discovered a “team photo” button on the “team” page. When I clicked it, however, I was surprised to see an image of the 2007 squad, complete with Mike Shanahan doing his weird little squint in row six and Jay Cutler…
This morning, National Public Radio featured a story on Patient Central, a new website that conducts surveys to rank the top doctors in a given area, as well as those who earned the ire of respondents. At this point, the site focuses on three metro areas: greater Memphis, greater Kansas…
Early on August 5, Denver police found a body in an alley near 14th and Ogden that was subsequently identified as James Foos, 48. In short order, Charles Garlick, 26, was taken into custody on investigation of first-degree murder. A mug shot wasn’t immediately made public — but now, the…
AM 760 host Jay Marvin came through life-threatening surgery on Monday in New Jersey — a ten-hour operation during which physicians removed two vertebrae from his back destroyed by an aggressive infection that’s kept him off the air since March. Not that his challenges are behind him, as Jay’s wife…
A misdemeanor battery charge against Brandon Marshall is being heard at what was advertised as a one-day trial in Atlanta — but that prediction proved inaccurate. The proceeding moves into a second day today, with the judge dismissing the jury yesterday while Rasheedah Watley, Marshall’s ex-girlfriend and alleged punching bag,…
On Wednesday, we pointed out that in contrast to the actions of Southwest Airlines, which energetically hyped its bid for Frontier Airlines, Republic Airways Holdings, the first suitor to step forward, was laying low. Turns out Republic held a trump card: contract negotiations with Frontier pilots. Southwest had publicly stated…
At first I thought it was the Hamburglar in his new role as a Fox News correspondent. But, no, on closer inspection it was The Troubleshooter himself, Tom Martino, chasing after my car with a camera man in tow. Apparently, Martino has some concerns about an article I penned last…
Set the Waybac Machine for the Carter administration…. Today in Backbeat Online: • Denver punk reunion (1978-1988) changes venues. • Otis Taylor’s latest record earns praise in Spin. • Q.Burse returns with Lenny Lenn-directed video “The Puzzle.” • John Common wants you to make him a movie. • Details of…
