Just another day at the pitch. In Westword’s August 7 cover story, Adam Cayton-Holland explores the conflict between (sort of) raucous Colorado Rapid fans and the team’s front office. Here, though, a tale of real soccer fanaticism. Barcelona and Real Madrid are like the Red Sox and the Yankees on…
Help! Let us out! It’s so wonky in here we can hardly breathe! The above photo was taken Monday inside the Pepsi Center, during the media walk through. More after the jump. — Jared Jacang Maher…
Jared Polis, a former Westword profile subject who’s running for a seat in the House of Representatives from the second congressional district, faces the voters earlier than many candidates; an August 12 primary will determine whether Joan Fitz-Gerald, Will Shafroth or he will represent the Dems in the November election…
Last month, councilman Doug Linkhart told reporters that the Denver Fire Department knew certain demonstrators were collecting liquid human waste to douse police with during the Democratic National Convention at what he referred to as a “house full of urine.” This last phrase couldn’t help making a splash, with even…
Jared Polis Jared Polis, a former Westword profile subject who’s running for the House of Representatives from the second congressional district (Mark Udall’s seat), faces the voters earlier than many candidates; an August 12 primary will determine whether he, Joan Fitz-Gerald or Will Shafroth will represent the Dems in the…
Denver’s 48 Hour Film Project, in which teams of filmmakers complete entire projects in a single weekend, unveils this year’s batch of insta-movies during three separate screenings on Sunday, August 10, at the Gothic Theatre, with a wrap party later that night at the Falcon; click here for details. In…
Don Felder, who’ll appear at the Highlands Ranch Tattered Cover on Tuesday, August 12 (click here to learn more), is one of the lesser-known members of the Eagles, but hardly an inconsequential one. He wrote the lion’s share of a little ditty called “Hotel California,” for instance. But he was…
The May 8 Message column noted that rising costs and declining revenues convinced many local media outlets to bow out of covering the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, or at least significantly scale back. Yet two days prior to the games’ August 8 opening ceremonies, both the Denver Post and…
Justin Schaffer, son of Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, is truly sorry about his Facebook page, according to this story in the Denver Post. The site, which has been taken down but can still be found mirrored here, contained stuff guaranteed to provide political ammo against Justin’s dad, including a…
Given the dire state of the current print-journalism industry, more publications are shutting down than opening up. But Modern in Denver, a new quarterly magazine focusing on modern art, architecture and design, is attempting to buck that trend by targeting a niche rather than the masses. As editor Alaina Gonzales…
You civic-minded types out there have no doubt heard by now that the 2008 Colorado ballot could be the largest in the state’s history. But hearing about it and seeing an approximation of what we could be facing in the voting booth in November are two very different things. Ballotpedia.org,…
Justin Schaffer, son of Republican Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, is truly sorry about his Facebook page, according to this story in the Denver Post. The site, which has been taken down but can still be found mirrored here, contained stuff guaranteed to provide political ammo against Justin’s dad, including a…
You civic-minded types out there have no doubt heard by now that the 2008 Colorado ballot could be the largest in the state’s history. But hearing about it and seeing an approximation of what we could be facing in the voting booth in November are two very different things. Ballotpedia.org,…
With the Democratic National Convention quickly approaching, the dance card around town is quickly filling up with noteworthy performers. In addition to the other artists we’ve already reported, looks like noted firebrand Jello Biafra is going to be back in town on Saturday, August 23, for the Slim Cessna/Ghost Buffalo…
Summertime — and the blog-readin’ is easy. In Demver, Jared Jacang Maher provides a visual tour of what he terms the “protest cage” — the area outside the Pepsi Center where DNC demonstrators will be allowed to exercise their free-speech rights while safely encased in chain link. The Constitution lives…
Which is weird, because if you’re going to go to the trouble to ask God to take time off from his weekly Pai Gow game to ensure that a torrential downpour dampers the mood during Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, why wouldn’t you just ask God to rig the vote? It’d…
A federal judge is still deciding whether the City of Denver’s plans for protesters at the DNC passes constitutional muster. Perhaps the largest issue is what the Secret Service likes to call the “Public Viewing Area,” a 47,000 square foot lot surrounded by a fence on the grounds of the…
The first-ever Art Day on Santa Fe — in conjunction with the monthly First Friday walk – was Friday, August 1, and it didn’t disappoint: A life-size, 10,000-pound marble sculpture of Francisco’s American Woman lay reclined, gazing majestically over a crowd of onlookers. Denver’s Carlos Santisteran exhibited his breadth of…
For over a decade, plenty of folks have been willing to share their ideas about who murdered six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in 1996 — like, for example, James Kearney, a former FBI agent who’s made his notions available for a nominal fee. But Boulder district attorney Mary Lacy’s July decision to…
Let’s talk major mountains! The Colorado Tourism Office is currently running ads for its godawful “Let’s Talk Colorado” campaign on the page six section of the New York Post website — an address well-known for featuring shots of busty celebrities. Last week, the buy resulted in the perfect juxtaposition of…
Many critics of Bob “Gunny Bob” Newman, a Westword profile subject who makes his living as a conservative fireballer for KOA/850 AM, likely consider him to be heartless — but he now has medical evidence to prove them wrong. The retired Marine gunnery sergeant has been off the air since…
It only took one little word for Colorado Republican Party chief and Westword profile-subject Dick Wadhams to notch a media victory. And the Denver dailies won’t even print it. That term was “ass.” Or, as the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post spell it, “a–.”…
