The Right Stuff

That’s Brad Jones in the upper-righthand corner. Twenty-three-year-old Republican political consultant Brad Jones has been the subject of much furious typing on local liberal blogs since earlier this week, when it was revealed that he was behind the ousting of state Representative Mike Merrifield as chairman of the House Education…

The Challenge: Little Black Dress

Cat has been coveting this little black Rami Kashou dress for a long time. Don’t forget: April 4 is the first of the challenges being presented as part of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Last Wednesday night the twelve competing designers were asked to go forth with $15o and create…

Free at Last

Although most information programs long ago adapted to the 24-hour news cycle, network morning shows continue to reach viewers in the Mountain time zone on a two-hour tape delay — a practice whose archaic nature was put on display again on the morning of April 4. During the 7 a.m…

Colorado Via Chicago

That’s when James Mazzio left Colorado for Chicago, where he took on a chef’s gig for a restaurant that didn’t yet exist and spent a year waiting for its owner to get his shit together before giving up and coming home. And then what line did he walk onto? Via’s—with…

Cowboy Up

Denver City Councilman Doug Linkhart found himself in a bit of a fashion conundrum last week. After being called a racist in a letter to the Rocky Mountain News — based on his statement about kids who wear “saggy, baggy pants all over the place” — Linhart’s campaign manager joked…

The Twenty-Year Itch

U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock has spoken. The privacy rights of the parents of two mass murderers outweigh any public interest in learning about the home life of the killers — not to mention the families’ dealings with school officials and law enforcement over the escalating bad behavior of the…

The Republic Guard

At several highway entrance ramps in Scottsdale, Arizona, where I just spent five days visiting my mother, an enterprising social commentator posted signs reading, “Welcome to Scottsdale: Please disregard the First Amendment.” Yet the Arizona Republic, the Phoenix area’s principal daily newspaper, is getting plenty of opportunities to exercise this…

Stuck Up

Best of Denver winners the Magnet Mafia have slapped up a new piece on the WM Volker & CO building near the Pepsi Center. Check out their blog for some nighttime photos about how it went down. — Jared Jacang Maher…

Tax Rhyme

Taxes are due April 17 — oh, shit — better holla at your accountant. Better yet, holla at 401cakes and Samuel L. Taxin’. Because instead of crunching numbers, these MCs with the Mile-High TrikeSteady Crew are bustin’ rhymes for some FAT refunds! It would take the average worker some really…

Cease Fire!

Sean Rice The very helpful Matt from Denver Bullets. Plus, we know how much Cat loves camo! Last Saturday, March 31, Cat went to check out a different kind of accessory — one that fires fifty-caliber bullets. You see, while she loves fashion and frippery, she also writes about homelessness,…

Let the Chips Fall

In the next Bite Me, you can read all about the rest of the Best of Denver. But in the meantime, I have a major correction on the Best Free Chips and Salsa. I gave the award to Los Carboncitos, which definitely has the Best Free Salsa. Just one problem:…

Contestant #11: Alec Smith

We’re almost through the full dozen designers competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Here’s to Alec, who loves Jackie O and Maris the Great! Brit Coleman Name: Alec Smith Company name: Aki Getsu Years designing: 10 Bio: Alec Smith’s obsession with design started when he attended Denver School of…

Farewell, Jack Kerouac

Kenny Be It’s time for Jack Kerouac to blow this cowtown again, to rush off into the good night. But instead of heading west to ‘Frisco, Denver’s favorite adopted son is moving on to summer in his real hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. This Saturday, March 31, is the last chance…

Trippy

With this unexpected late-season snow, are you dreaming of a stint under the Tuscan sun–but don’t know how on earth you’ll afford the inter-continental journey? The all-seeing, all-knowing Google has the answer. Just go to Google Maps and get directions from “Denver, CO” to “Florence, Italy.” The program’s solution is…

Get Buff

The installations and posters created by a Los Angeles street artist known as Buff Monster may be all pink and cartoony, but it’s probably not wise to bring the kiddies to the “Super Happy Pink” show opening at Andenken Gallery tomorrow night, March 30. Andenken owner Hyland Mather says that…

A Quickie!

Nicole Popovich Can you guess, from the profiles, who made this dress? For a full slideshow of the activity on Wednesday, March 28, click here. Five minutes, a dress form, a swath of fabric, some pins and a belt. What could you make out of that? Cat’s guessing she could…

Contestant #10: Crystal Sharp

Many of you met Crystal Sharp on March 28 during the kick-off of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project, but do you know if she prefers Tim or Heidi, polkadots or camo? Keep reading to find out! Name: Crystal Sharp Company name: She She Boutique Years designing: 10+ Bio: Tucked away…

Of Meth and Men

In the gay bars, on-line at the “party and plays,” and in the bathhouses where meth-fueled sex runs rampant, “Tina” is still kicking a lot of ass. But gay men in Denver are preparing for the fight of their lives. Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Colorado Department of…

Stephen the King

Stephen (center) copped an attitude. This is what The Real World is doing to our city’s reputation: This past weekend, I had some guests in from out of town — a former roommate, her close friend and her close friend’s childhood friend, a sorority girl from Fulton, Missouri. While I…

Searching for His Identity

Casey Holden has a job, a bank account and an identification card issued by the State of Colorado. But in the eyes of many government agencies and private employers, he doesn’t quite exist. He lacks the essential paper trail. Holden, 26, lost track of his vital personal records — birth…

Dial Another Day

Not getting quite enough spam? Then you’ll want to enter your info on a web site accessible at RadioVote.com and DenverSurvey.com, which sign up participants to receive cyber-missives from a radio station or stations that aren’t even identified…

Take That, Stan Kroenke

Radio host and FSN Rocky Mountain personality Dino Costa is at it again. The self-proclaimed “Mile High Mouth,” who was profiled in the Message circa February 2006, made the column again on March 22 after being suspended for two episodes of Raw Sports, his FSN signature program. Costa reportedly got…