In an attempt to counter, or at least partially compensate for, all the bad radio news in these parts — incidents at the heart of blogs such as “The Bloodletting Starts at Clear Channel Denver,” “Shakeup at KOOL 105, The Mix and The Wolf” and “Jack-FM Lays Off Majority of…
In addition to buying a full-page ad needling President Barack Obama, who’s in town today to sign a $787 billion economic-stimulus bill, Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams is also taking part in a protest at the Colorado State Capitol co-starring a number of big names in local conservative circles:…
Sweeping defeat in the 2008 elections hasn’t made Colorado Republican Party boss Dick Wadhams any less feisty. On behalf of the state GOP, Wadhams purchased enormous advertisements in both the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post featuring the banner headline “COLORADO REPUBLICANS WELCOME BACK PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA…” Predictably, the…
Today’s blog “Da Boogieman Turns Down Offer to Return to KOOL 105” tells the tale of the headlined DJ, who says a misunderstanding between him and executives at Georgia-based Wilks Broadcasting, the new owner of KXKL/105.1 FM, aka KOOL 105, led to rumors that he’d soon be returning to the…
Da Boogieman, who prefers to keep his given name to himself, has brought joy to rock-and-roll-oldies fans in the Denver area on and off since the late ’70s. As detailed in “It’s Alive,” a Message column profile of Boog from July 2004, he found his largest audience at KXKL/105.1 FM,…
Dave Logan has a lot of irons in the fire. And yesterday, two of them — his position as football coach at Mullen High School and his gig as co-host of the KOA afternoon-drive show The Ride Home — combined to burn him. In recent days, controversy has erupted over…
John Malone, the local mogul at the helm of Liberty Media, didn’t become one of the richest men in the state by making foolish investments. But his decision, made public moments ago, to provide $530 million in loans to Sirius XM Radio in exchange for a 40 percent equity stake…
The mail may not be delivered on President’s Day, but the blogging never stops… Today in Backbeat Online: • Live review: Obi Best at the Larimer Lounge. • Live review: Speakeasy, Tiger and AT05 at 1515. • Live review: DeVotchKa at the Paramount. • Live review: Murder By Death at…
Denver Blogs brings you blogs from Denver. If you’d like to bring more of them to us, send linkage here. Sen. Morgan Carroll faces off against pharmaceutical lobbyists. Someone needs to take a pill. (SquareState.net) A Broncos blogger still thinks Pat Bowlen is a great owner — but like Rachel…
One of Colorado’s more remarkable citizens, Dr. Temple Grandin, first distinguished herself in her chosen field of animal science and as an advocate of humane treatment of animals. She went on to garner further attention as a best-selling author and lecturer — one who’s unique in that she is also…
In the September 2008 Message column “Tim Brown Replaces KCUV With Jack-FM,” Brown, the owner of Jack-FM, which has broadcast for several years at 105.5 FM, explained why fiscal reality had forced him to shut down his pet project, the much-beloved signal KCUV/102.3 FM. Since then, Jack-FM programming has been…
Recognizing that the local arts scene needed a little fertilizer to really get going — and growing — five years ago, Westword created the MasterMind Awards, a program that honors five cultural visionaries who are working to change the cultural landscape of Denver, and rewards their efforts with cold, hard…
After months of dispute and controversy, everything seemed to fall into place for the proposed Bell Tower, local developer Buzz Geller’s ambitious and striking 34-story condominium slated to rise at the corner of Speer Boulevard and Market Street, when the Lower Downtown Design Review Board gave it the go-ahead on…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments Figure 7. Berkeley: Downspout Saguaros Arizonans who move to Denver are usually happy to leave all reminders of that hellhole behind. It would never occur to them to announce their Arizona-allegiance by constructing saguaros out of cheap building materials, even if it…
Among the more distressing things about the Colorado Avalanche’s mediocre season to date — the team’s currently last in the Northwest Division, a whopping 18 points beyond first-place Calgary — is the precipitous decline in Altitude TV broadcaster Mike Haynes’ chances to celebrate. Haynes, who was profiled in the 2004…
If everything had gone according to plan, all television viewers would be on the cusp of finding out if their sets were DTV-ready. After all, the original day for conversion from analog to digital transmissions was tomorrow, February 17. But last week, President Barack Obama signed a bill delaying the…
In the February 2 blog “Rocky Mountain News’ John Temple Expects Something Related to the Sale of the Paper to Happen Soon,” Temple, the tabloid’s editor, publisher and president, foresaw an imminent update from parent company E.W. Scripps, which put the Rocky on the block in December. “The pressure, the…
Three representatives of the Denver Nuggets took part in NBA’s All-Star Weekend, with varying degrees of success. J.R. Smith didn’t embarrass himself during the Slam Dunk competition, as Chris “The Birdman” Anderson did a few years ago as a member of the New Orleans Hornets. But neither did he take…
Stevie Wonder, one of President Barack Obama’s favorite performers, famously sang, “When you believe in things that you don’t understand/Then you will suffer/Superstition ain’t the way.” Nonetheless, Obama seems to have a superstitious streak, especially when it comes to Denver — and that could prove to be a good thing…
Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back on the market. •…
Some of the primary ingredients in Denver Blogs are — yes, it’s true — blogs. Tell us about ones that don’t blow here. Get ready for Nuggets man-child J.R. Smith’s appearance in tomorrow’s NBA All-Star slam-dunk competition by watching his top-ten jams of the season. Or else stuff it. (NuggDoctor)…
As Christoper Osher reports in this Denver Post article, Mayor John Hickenlooper has added one more to the list of candidates whose names might end up on portions of the new city justice complex: Van Cise. Gangbusting DA Philip Van Cise, the son of a prominent attorney and father of…
