The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports in this article that Rich Bircumshaw, news director of KCOL radio and the official voice of the Colorado State University Rams, was hospitalized after suffering a stroke yesterday — and unfortunately, he was unable to recover. A spokeswoman for KCOL, a Clear Channel property, confirms…
Betcha Ed Quillen is pissed. Last month, Quillen, a Salida-based contributor to the Denver Post, offered what I saw as a dubious reason for why the Rocky Mountain News had gone under: The tabloid had focused its circulation efforts on the Denver metro area, as opposed to energetically promoting its…
On ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning show today, hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic declared the just-completed Denver Nuggets-New Orleans Hornets series to have been the most lopsided in NBA history, given that the Nugs outscored the Hornets by an average of over 24 points per contest…
“Wild Rides,” Paul Knight, April 23 Steer Clear! Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing that story about the Prius brake and acceleration problems! Our 2008 Prius had a brake problem resulting in a rear-end collision, and we started looking for other reported problems. We were directed to the…
La Ferme de Beau à Manger is one of the most tidy and picturesque farms I’ve ever seen. With the growing season just beginning, terrace upon brick terrace is primed and ready for a soon-to-be-lush sea of asparagus and strawberries and raspberries and pumpkin and spinach and lettuce and zucchini…
Spooky blue flame steed Greets us with heinous anus This is art? Horseshit! Nearly a hundred people gathered in the basement of the Denver Public Library’s central branch Monday night to sound off on Denver International Airport’s giant blue “Mustang” — the horse we love to hate. The poetry reading…
On Capitol Hill, the legislative session isn’t over until the fat lawmaker sings. See Kenny Be’s cartoon on the Latest Word blog…
In October 2007, Katherine Olson was looking for work. Since graduating summa cum laude from St. Olaf College with a dual degree in theater and Hispanic studies, she’d mostly cobbled together part-time jobs — waitressing, teaching Spanish, coaching high-school speech. Olson was looking at nanny listings on Craigslist.org when she…
Under whatever circumstances. Today in Cafe Society: • Olivea opening May 4. • Dos Casas at Lola tonight. • Jet’s Pizza Republica ready for takeoff. • Delicious Designs: Eat this restaurant, part four. • Senor Rita’s is no mas. Today in Backbeat Online: • This Just In: Cursive added to…
At the corner of 15th and California streets, the busy heart of downtown, an earth mover scrapes away at a newly exposed 8,000-square-foot stretch of dirt bounded by chain-link fencing. Surrounded by the 16th Street Mall, the Denver Pavilions, the Hyatt Regency Denver and the Denver Dry Goods Company Building,…
Blogs that might be worth reading, collected for your enjoyment. Send links our way. The very scary “Business Community” is pressuring Senator Bennet to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act. (Colorado Pols) The Western Slope’s natural-gas boom is about to go bust. (Colorado Independent) Just in case the Nuggets need…
Like oil and water, punk-rock and queer lifestyles just don’t seem to mix well, despite a shared penchant for edgy fashion and a fuck-the-system attitude. Which is what made Pansy Division — the very first out-and-proud-of-it queer punk-rock band — such an anomaly. The band was formed in San Francisco…
Almost a hundred people piled into the Denver Public Library basement on Monday to write, read and hear poetry inspired by DIA’s Blue Mustang. Organized by Westword, the event… happened. We think it was a success, but we don’t plan many poetry slams, so it’s hard to say. Anyway, a…
Arguably the biggest name among the more than twenty people laid off by Clear Channel Denver yesterday was Rich Goins, aka The G-Man, a sports-oriented gabber who’s been a member of the Rick Lewis-Michael Floorwax morning team on The Fox since 1990. Yet, in conversation, Goins displays zero bitterness. He…
Originally published in the January 6, 1988 issue of Westword…
The names of the more than twenty folks who were laid off by Clear Channel Denver yesterday continue to filter out — among them, Mark Abuzzahab, who served as both music director and evening host for KBCO. In some ways, the decision to release Abuzzahab, who declined to comment for…
Probably no other member of the Obama Cabinet has racked up as many frequent-flier miles over the past three months than former Colorado Senator Ken Salazar. As the new sheriff in town at the Department of the Interior, he’s been taking his agenda on the road — presiding over offshore…
Editor’s note: To see the rest of Kenny Be’s “Legislative Theater,” a feature-cartoon in our April 30 issue, click “Continue.”…
Last week, self-proclaimed “Troubleshooter” Tom Martino, a KHOW personality who’s also part of Channel 31’s staff, came out on top of a ruling by a San Francisco-based federal appeals court. In the decision, a three-judge panel declined to overrule a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an Oregon…
The Nuggets’ brutalization of the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night make it abundantly clear that the team will finish off Chris Paul and company tonight; thanks to a drive and focus we haven’t seen around here for ages, a let-down seems about as likely as cable-news coverage of the…
As every political pundit acknowledges, assessing a new president after his first 100 days in office is artificial and unfair — but if Barack Obama is embracing the notion (he’s holding a primetime news conference tonight), what the hell? Hence, a plan for KOA conservative Mike Rosen and AM-760 progressive…
Press releases yesterday announcing Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck’s entry into the 2010 race for the U.S. Senate listed Jack Stansbery, who fronted Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s Colorado campaign, as a contact person. However, the person sending out the e-mail may actually have a higher profile: Monica Owens,…
