The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 13 edition

Click it or ticket. Today in Cafe Society: • Tony’s Market gets a witness. • Fallout from Aspen’s New Year’s Eve bomb. • Chipotle salads: The secret is in the sauce. • Root Down joins the brunch bunch. • Class is in session at Bristol Brewery. • Denver-based Quiznos cuts…

Denver Blogs: Buzz’s tower is getting buzz again

Are we missing some link-worthy blogging from or about Denver? Does that make you want to stab us? Do it! Send tips to joe.tone@westword.com, and we’ll give you all the info on the stabbing thing! Buzz Geller’s Bell Tower may well rise after all. (Denver Infill) It’s officially official: Print…

Channel 53 to become digital canary in a coal mine

Thanks to the “HD” part of its call letters, KWHD-TV, found locally at Channel 53, has a name that seems made for the post-analog era. So it makes sense that the station would become the first local broadcaster to go all digital — something that will take place at 12:01…

Bankruptcy be damned: Don’t stop advertising, Tom Shane!

News that Centennial-based Shane Co. has filed for bankruptcy no doubt sent a wave of shock through radio-business folks in all fourteen states where the company’s stores are located. Businesses of every description are cutting back on media buys, but Shane Co. has maintained its hefty presence on the airwaves,…

Broncos Country is not happy about Josh McDaniels. Broncos Country is wrong.

What are people saying about the Broncos’ new coach? Well … Terrell Davis, the former Bronco and current NFL Network analyst, thinks McDaniels, at 32, is too young. The Mile High Report thinks he’s too much like Belichick. Our own Michael Roberts thinks he’s too offensive-minded. The Rocky’s Dave Krieger…

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 12 edition

In this day and age… Today in Backbeat Online: • Hear Nathaniel Rateliff on Matt Pinfield’s morning show. • Holy treasure trove of live local boots. • Mile High Makeout: Frontmen on the front lines. • The Blackout Pact is back, Jack! • Live review: Buzzards and Fanatics at Carioca…

Denver Post defines “Ecstasy” and “rave,” hilarity ensues

Among the many, many funny things that daily newspapers do to cater to their aging audience, this is among the better I’ve seen in a while. In a story posted Monday to denverpost.com about a Colorado Springs anesthesiologist arrested for dealing ecstasy and pain killers, the Post took the time…

Denver Blogs: The poor get poorer, and the rich keep skiing

We’re like the Kelly Slater of web-surfing, only we’re way uglier. Send your waves to joe.tone@westword.com. In Aspen, the beer still flows like wine… if you can afford it. (Colorado Independent) Happy Josh McDaniels Day. (Mile High Report) Could CU become the country’s biggest-partying private school? (Face the State) So…

Meet your match, Basil the beer-delivering robot: BaR2-D2

Denver-based robot designers Jim and Louise Gunderson did pretty well when they invented Basil, a wicked smart beer-delivering robot. But they seem to have forgotten a cardinal rule in robot pop culture: Every robot is guaranteed by universal law to have an equally talented and somewhat similar-looking arch nemesis. And…

Introducing Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology

Editor’s note: Beginning today, The Latest Word will feature a daily contribution from esteemed cartoonist and man-about-town Kenny Be. This inaugural effort kicks off a series he’s dubbed “Yard Arteology,” in which he’ll spotlight photos he’s taken around the city along with his distinctive arteological commentary. Figure 1. Capitol Hill:…