“IWantMyRocky.com’s Delayed Tease,” a blog published this morning, notes that the aforementioned website, which was launched to boost the Rocky Mountain News following the December announcement that the tabloid had been put on the market, is currently hinting about a new project, albeit in a tough-to-understand way. For one thing,…
It’s hard to know who to be more frustrated with: the brand-new, Bill Belichik-style youngster, who’d barely figured out his I-25 from his I-70 before dumping half the team and infuriating his star quarterback, or the pouty, preening, interception-prone quarterback himself, whose skin appears to be thinner than the mountain…
There might be something familiar about the all-local cast and recognizable backdrops in Ink, a new independent feature by Denver filmmaker Jamin Winans of Double Edge Films, which premieres today at the Starz FilmCenter. But from that point on, the film diverges into a fantastical world. The key characters –…
Not long ago, one of the most popular terms in newspapering was “value-added” — meaning the creation of online material capable of enhancing a basic story. Today, smaller staff sizes coupled with heavier workloads has pushed the concept to the backburner. But don’t tell Longmont Times-Call sports reporter Ray Sobczyk…
LOL! Have a great spring break in sunny Summit County…..
Yesterday’s blog “Channel 2 General Manager Dennis Leonard on rebranding his station The Deuce: ‘It’s the shit, dude!’ ” featured an excerpt from a conversation with the aforementioned Leonard, who also oversees Channel 31 as part of merger that took place last year. (Get the skinny in the October Message…
In today’s economy, municipalities seldom have the money to fund even the safest, most predictable art projects, let alone a documentary about rock and roll like 2002’s Sweet Lunacy: A Brief History of Boulder Rock, which screens tonight in Boulder. But according to writer Leland Rucker, who co-directed the project…
Update, 4:45 p.m.: The initial version of this blog was based on information provided by a source that has been extremely reliable over a period of several years. However, I just received a call from Al Manzi, president and publisher of the Boulder Daily Camera, and CEO of Prairie Mountain…
On Monday, March 9, shortly after one in the morning, Denver police had a call of shots fired at an apartment house down the block from my home, in an otherwise placid section of west Denver. According to the cops, two Latino males wearing red fired several rounds through one…
Here’s more evidence of how tight things are at local TV stations these days. Last night, Channel 31 offered up a report about the ongoing Ward Churchill trial — undeniably one of the biggest ongoing stories in town — during its late newscast, helmed by anchors Ron Zappolo and Libby…
In the game of bureaucratic chicken between state officials and medical marijuana advocates, chalk one up for the stoners. In response to a growing Colorado medical marijuana community, and reports of abuses in the unregulated industry, state health officials proposed new regulations last month that could put a stranglehold on…
A blog yesterday featured a banner reading “It’s Coming” that appeared on IWantMyRocky.com, a website started to rally support for the Rocky Mountain News that’s currently publishing new items by former Rocky staffers. At this writing, there are several pieces on the home page dated March 13, accompanied by the…
What’s cookin’? Today in Cafe Society: • Sweet talk from Keegan Gerhard and other tasty events. • Zaidy’s Deli Downtown is still Zaidy’s… but now with fusion. • The Wynkoop’s canny new strategy. • Veggie Girl: Pasquini’s Pizzeria. Today in Backbeat Online: • Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist — 03.11.09. • Get…
Here some links to things about things we hope may interest you. If not, come back tomorrow and we’ll give it another go. Feel free to try to influence us. What might help Bill Ritter fix Colorado is being in Colorado. (Face the State) A former Rocky reporter breaks down…
Spire, the 42-story condo tower going up at 14th and Champa streets, is all about the cool. From its energy-efficient design to its so-called attainable unit prices (60 percent of its cushy units will go for less than $400,000) to its strikingly illuminated facade, this ain’t your granddaddy’s high-rise. That…
Since we all know that great minds think alike, it’s got to be an auspicious day when two of the town’s greatest trivial pastimes team up. To be exact, Best of Denver winners Geeks Who Drink and Buckfifty.org will collaborate tonight on Denver’s first (and possibly last) Locals Only Pub…
One of the most persistent local-TV rumors of early 2009 has been confirmed: KWGN-TV/Channel 2 is being rebranded as “The Deuce” on or about March 30. If you’re snickering like a middle-schooler right now, that’s because you know the third definition of “the deuce” in the online Urban Dictionary reads:…
Turns out that real-world crime fighters — folks such as the Colorado-based Wall Creeper, profiled in the Westword story “X” — do more than just rid the world of evildoers. They also review movies. In this case, not just any movie, but Watchmen, the new film adaptation of Alan Moore…
East High grad and author Daniel Howe will talk about his 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning history tome, What Hath God Wrought — The Transformation of America: 1815-1848, at 7 p.m. tonight at the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway. The 928-page book, published in late 2007, covers American history from the Battle…
Are U.S. State Department warnings about the dangers of traveling in Mexico harshing your buzz? Keep it local this year! Help create the party that transforms Summit County into the “Cancun of the Colorado Rocky Mountains…”…
The banner above popped up this morning on IWantMyRocky.com, a website that began as a way of rallying support for the Rocky Mountain News after the venerable tabloid was put up for sale by its owner, E.W. Scripps, this past December, but has now become a web vehicle featuring new…
There are lots of former Rocky Mountain News journalists on the job market right now, thanks to the closure of the paper in late February — and many of them are considering career changes due to the current dearth of available positions in their chosen profession. But Ed Sealover’s story…
