Write your own punchline. Editor’s note: To get you in the mood for ballot-casting, The Latest Word is kicking off each weekday between now and the November 4 election with Buttoned Up, a look at political buttons from my family’s extensive collection… Frankly, I have no idea to what this…
“Hey, this isn’t the carpool lane!” Intrepid city gazer/DenverInfill blogger Ken Schroeppel spotted a curious scene this morning. According to Ken, the car seen here was unoccupied; the owner parked on Central Street above the highway to pop into Masterpiece Deli for some grub. Unfortunately, he left his car in…
Denver Health, the city’s safety-net hospital, has been operating its ambulance service under an inadequate response-time standard, according the city watchdog. The Denver Auditor’s Office on Thursday issued an alert to Mayor John Hickenlooper and various Safety Department agencies, warning that Denver Health paramedics are striving to hit response-time goals…
Conor Oberst in concert. We’ve got your pre-weekend bloggery all lined up. Today in Backbeat Online: • Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes fame, captured on stage at the Ogden Theatre. • A live review of M.A.N.D.Y. at Beta. • Our Friday Rap-Up feature, spotlighting nerdcore rapper ytCracker. It’s crisp. Today…
Bryan Coe. As noted in “Glacially Paced Investigation into DNC Visitor Gabriel Pico’s Death Finally Moving Forward,” the Denver Police haven’t exactly set any records when it comes to charging someone in the August 30 incident that took the life of Gabriel Pico, 41, a member of California’s Pechanga Tribal…
“I’m Mark ‘Frenchie’ Udall and I approve zis message!” The strangely cheery flier appeared in the mail last week. “Europe, it sure is a nice place to visit…” read its cover, emblazoned with pretty pictures of beautiful tourists spots across the pond. By golly, it sure is! The flier was…
The Sports Guys, Sandy Clough and Mike Evans. Last week, when I spoke to FM 104.3/The Fan’s program director, Tim Spence, for a blog entitled “What’s behind Irv and Joe’s move from 104.3/The Fan to ESPN Radio?,” Spence made it clear that the Denver Post’s Jim Armstrong, who had been…
See the Obama T-shirt slide show Of all the Obama T-shirts being slung during the Democratic National Convention, it was the one above that stood out to me (and many of the people who saw our Obama-shirt slideshow). Designed by Denver DJ and musician Dameion Hines, it depicts Obama on…
“Hi, my name is Robbie, and I’m with the John McCain campaign…” Yesterday, Shannon Barbare of Greenwood Village visited the Huffington Post and stumbled upon a Sam Stein piece entitled “Wave Of McCain Robocalls Reported, Some May Violate State Law,” which warned about an initiative launched yesterday “to alarm voters…
Judge Edward Nottingham in an image from KnowYourCourts.com. “Convergence” is a term used in journalistic circles to describe quasi-formal content-sharing relationships between news organizations operating in different mediums — like, for example, the one linking the Denver Post and 9News. (Read more about it in “Let’s Get Together,” a 2002…
After his near-fatal attack at Comedy Works South, Adam Cayton-Holland has cougars on the brain. So, he presents … The Top Ten Signs You’re a Cougar 10. Given the choice of marinating chicken breasts in Italian dressing or barbecue sauce, you chose AXE Body Spray. 9. You’re in real estate,…
Gabriel Pico died outside the Diamond Cabaret just over a day after the DNC concluded. Democratic National Convention visitor Gabriel Pico, 41, a member of California’s Pechanga Tribal Council, died during the wee hours of August 30 following a scuffle outside the Diamond Cabaret. Since then, news about the investigation…
Mike Coffman. On October 9, the New York Times published a startling article claiming that 37,000 people had been purged from Colorado’s voting rolls since July 21 — a charge to which Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman, who’s running for Congress in the safest district imaginable, didn’t respond prior…
Bob Schaffer. In Wednesday’s Rocky Mountain News, Republican senatorial candidate Bob Schaffer insisted that his race against Dem Mark Udall isn’t over despite polls showing him trailing his opponent by a gaping fourteen points. But according to The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder, the National Republican Senatorial Committee disagrees. In “NRSC Pulling…
The West Bowles Avenue side of Light of the World Catholic Church in Littleton. From 1925 until 1963, Burma-Shave, a then-popular shaving cream, promoted its products using sequential highway road signs that drivers could eyeball as they motored past. For example, one six-sign pitch from 1952 read as follows: “The…
Offensive — and grammatically suspect, too. Editor’s note: To get you in the mood for ballot-casting, The Latest Word is kicking off each weekday between now and the November 4 election with Buttoned Up, a look at political buttons from my family’s extensive collection… I’m guessing this particular slogan, which…
Stereolab sings. To find even more Westword.com blogs, follow the bullets. Today in Backbeat Online: • A review of Stereolab live at the Gothic Theatre, with Monade and Le Loup. • Eric Eyl’s Mile High Makeout column, about a local-music benefit for Metro Denver Partners. • A Q&A with the…
Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. The final installment of Amendmentos, the sugar-coated voter’s guide, covers Amendments 47, 49 and 54 (the anti-union amendments) and Referendum O. These measures should not be taken with a grain of salt. Each…
Will a “Flintstone House” like the one on the left be coming soon to West Washington Park? The battle over big, ugly multiplexes in Denver’s older neighborhoods has made its way south from Highland to West Washington Park, where a meeting last night pitted rezoning proponents against residents who don’t…
Douglas Glaser wants compensation for his detention. Suppose, for a moment, that you’re arrested by Denver police. And held in jail on a convoluted 43-count indictment, unable to make the $750,000 bail, for a staggering two and half years, a local record for pre-trial detention. And then all charges were…
Save the tape. On Friday, October 17 at the Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway, co-curators Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett will present volume two of the Found Footage Festival, which collects the best moments from training videos, home movies and cable-access oddities (see the full listing here). Westword caught up…
Marilyn Musgrave alongside Ken Salazar (not to mention Mark Udall and Wayne Allard) in an image from one of her campaign commercials. Democratic Senator Ken Salazar will never be confused with a charismatic wordsmith. But his blunt way of speaking proved hugely entertaining yesterday, when, during a conference call, he…
