All the Snooze That’s Fit to Print Zzzzzzz whiz: Rob Simon’s “Confessions of a Snorer,” in the June 23 issue, was a great article. Where does his wife get the earplugs? I could use some! Flavia Florezell Denver Nap quest: Why doesn’t Rob Simon’s wife just sleep in another room…
Welcome to the eleventh annual Westword Music Showcase. Thats right, boys and girls: On Saturday, June 25, the Showcase officially become a tweenager which means were finally tall enough for the scary rides. To celebrate, weve invited all of Denver to our party, the largest celebration of local music in…
Some years ago, I discovered that I snored. I also learned that this affliction is an unusual problem because, even though I am the one who snores, it is my wife trying to sleep next to me who is really suffering, struggling to survive the nightly nightmare of noise that…
There has to be someone here who can cure me of snoring, I thought, when more than 6,000 sleep professionals were in Denver June 18-23 to attend the 19th Annual Associated Professional Sleep Societies convention. The APSS is a joint venture of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the…
Here is something Moises Carranza-Reyes wants you to know right off: He has never been charged with a crime, in this country or in his native Mexico. Yes, he did enter the United States without an invitation in 2003. So did an estimated 300,000 other Mexicans. Carranza-Reyes knew that some…
On Sunday, June 5, Denver International Airport was the scene of a celebrity shoving match that not even the star-crazed fans of Access Hollywood could have predicted. While waiting in line to board a 4:45 p.m. Frontier Airlines flight to Los Angeles, former American Idol contestant Corey Clark and early-’90s…
Well, it’s officially summer in Colorado. Strolling through the neighborhood, listening to the somewhere between endearing and shoot-me-in-the-face-with-a-shotgun-now chime of the ice-cream truck, you can’t help but be overwhelmed by the smorgasbord of summer smells: the fresh-mowed lawns, the backyard barbecues, the recently singed cat hair as that seasonal string…
Public-relations experts believe that when people in the spotlight screw up, they’re usually better off admitting the mistake, expressing regret and then hoping for a change of subject. So when Ray Gomez, the associate vice president for university communications at CU-Boulder, learned that an e-mail in which he’d criticized a…
To B or Not to B B-have: Regarding Michael Roberts’s June 9 Message: “B” isn’t for “Boss,” it’s for “Bye-bye traditional radio stations.” Unfortunately, traditional radio stations are like those starved-for-attention kids we all knew in school who would do anything they could to get you to, well, pay attention…
1. BORN ON THE MOON On mourra seul, Pascal wrote. We shall die alone. But some die more alone than others. In Denver, if you die unexpectedly, unattended by doctors or relatives, your death becomes a matter for inquiry by the Office of the Medical Examiner. And if you manage…
Stele Ely has a message for environmentalists who are searching for new Earth-saving endeavors: Think globally, screw locally. “Giving love to the planet, somehow it makes lovemaking more fun,” he says wistfully — and with no trace of irony. In fact, he’s so focused on his tangent about the preciousness…
When Miguel Flores learned there was a sudden vacancy on the walls of the nearby Diedrich coffeehouse at 1201 East Ninth Avenue — where art shows are usually booked a year in advance — the 25-year-old Capitol Hill resident jumped at the chance to fill it. His exhibit went up…
Summer is upon us, and you know what that means: the birds and bees getting all natural and shit in the flower beds, rabbits and squirrels frolicking in the bushes hey, tail! and that musky sample platter of pheromones spritzed into the breeze by critters far and wide. All that…
There are far too few times in life when we’re able to recognize the significance of a moment while actually experiencing it. For the most part, we’re too consumed by the moment itself to give it any real reflection. Our synapses can’t bear that heavy lifting: Between simultaneously taking in…
The Denver Post’s experiment in podcasting — audio broadcasts that can be streamed on a computer or saved onto an MP3 player — has received some high-profile attention of late, with mentions in pieces by the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and Wired. But former Westword scribe Gil Asakawa,…
Bizarre. Jerry Rice walks through the Broncos’ spring locker room, courteously introducing himself to teammates who were second-graders when he won the first of his three Super Bowl rings. It’s like Bruce Springsteen falling by to trade riffs with your kid’s garage band. Surreal. Rice announces, “Hi, I’m Jerry Rice”…
Hick Up Bore no more: Patricia Calhoun, why don’t you leave the city? Westword has a number of fine writers on staff, chiefly Michael Roberts, Adam Cayton-Holland, Jason Sheehan and Dave Herrera, but your own column is the most boring, predictable and vitriolic part of the paper. Your June 2…
He slams into the practice mat for the eighty-ninth time. An integral part of Aikido training is ukemi, learning how to receive a blow and take a fall. So Jason Austad gets up for the eighty-ninth time and faces his attacker — who slams him to the ground again. Then…
Has there been pressure put on Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D., to take down her website, www.jamesdeanadventures.com? Of course. When you dedicate an entire site to the wacky photo-adventures of Hollywood’s most famous rebel without a cause using your enormous doll collection to advance the plots, you’re inevitably going to ruffle…
Fetish-party promoter Christiaan Howard is suddenly without a location for his seventh annual Erotik-a, which had been scheduled for July 1 at the Gothic Theatre but was canceled by the venue’s owner, Steve Schalk. “The event definitely dabbles in the gray area when it comes to nudity and all those…
Tosh Berman knew that running Donkey Den, which opened just last month at 1109 Lincoln Street, would be a kick. He just didn’t know that protesters would kick back, right in his assets. They’ve lined up outside for the past two weekends, urging customers to boycott a place they claim…
Look, What’s So Funny had a pretty busy weekend, okay? First there was our birthday party, which was a total mess. Melo showed up and we had to be like, “You know the rules, Melo. If you wanted to come, you should have invited us to your party. We thought…
