Of the scads of sentences written about former University of Colorado-Boulder prof Ward Churchill over the past several years, the one that best sums up the story was penned by Mike Littwin in a May 2006 column back when he was still scribbling for the Rocky Mountain News. As Littwin…
In a note to yours truly from a former Rocky Mountain News colleague of journalist James Meadow describes the latter’s death over the weekend following a bicycling accident as “a big-time tragedy that puts the past ten days in perspective” — and that’s as succinct a way to put it…
And now, without further ado… Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with the Game. • Little Fyodor celebrates a quarter-century of zaniness. • Lee Ball, RIP. • Next Astrophagus gig to feature Astrophagus playing, uh, its own songs? • Diamond Boiz crew ready to bust through. • The Colorado Rap…
Our daily peek into the local blogoshere. Send links. The NFL: The only place where a serial abuser catches a break because he catches a football. (Mile High Report) The stimulus money is on its way. But will it make a difference? (Colorado Independent and Colorado Pols) Peter Boyles thinks…
If you’ve ever wanted to party with 2,000 lesbians, this is your night. Babes Around Denver is celebrating the sixth anniversary of its monthly First Friday party. “We started it in 2003. It started out with a hundred people and it’s grown to 2,000. It’s been great.,” says organizer Dede…
Here is an example of a condolence e-card you can find at www.bluemountain.com, the online greeting card company originally founded by the parents of Jared Polis, who’s now a first-term Congressman from Colorado’s second district: Memories keep the one you loved close to you in spirit and thought and always…
Ever since the Westword cover story on the SAME Café hit the stands last week, the non-profit restaurant reports that larger crowds of customers have been coming through the doors to pay what they want for food. So now is a great time to support Libby and Brad Birky’s feed-the-masses…
Robot lovers rejoice and wussy technophobes quake in fear (the latter includes you, robot hater Jason Sheehan): Basil, the revolutionary beer-delivering robot developed by husband-and-wife roboticists Louise and Jim Gunderson at Gamma Two, Inc., their Denver shop, just got a whole lot more powerful. In a recent e-mail update, Jim…
This Hip Tip was originally published in the February 4-11, 1999 issue of Westword. In the ten years since then, I don’t recall that this comic was in reference to any specific breaking news story. I probably was just on deadline and needed to go grocery shopping…
Denver’s abundance of sports teams, love of tools, and shunning of minivans and window treatments rank it among the country’s five manliest cities, according to a study released this week by the makers of cheese-filled pretzels. Combos, the delicious snack maker, and Bert Sterling, the professional bullshit city ranker, recently…
The Denver Nuggets’ 106-90 victory last night over the Portland Trail Blazers is being portrayed by most of the local media as a dominating performance, and that makes sense. After all, Carmelo Anthony put up 38 points after serving a one-game suspension for being a baby (a.k.a., refusing to come…
The Wednesday blog “Q&A with David Milstead About the Death of the Rocky Mountain News and the Future of the Denver Post” has prompted some extremely lively (and often nasty) commentary, much of it directed at the aforementioned Mr. Milstead, a former Rocky business writer I feel has done consistently…
Say what you will about Denver Post chairman and MediaNews Group CEO Dean Singleton (and plenty of his critics have, and will continue to do so): He’s among the most accessible and engaged of all media magnates — and he’s not afraid to push back when he feels he’s been…
While debate continues over the planned construction of two wing buildings in front of Denver’s Union Station as part of the historic station’s transformation into a new transit hub, some of the attention — and debate — may soon shift to the train shed to be built behind the station…
Yesterday, baseball fans read plenty about Dr. Marc Philippon. He’s the Vail-based hip expert who recently examined Yankees slugger (and admitted steroid user) Alex Rodriguez, determining that he’s not only got a bizarre cyst — wonder how that popped up? — but also a torn labrum. If rest doesn’t allow…
Boys will be boys. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Conrad Keely of …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. • House music comes alive tonight at the Funky Buddha. • Make your own 3Oh!3 puppet. Today in Cafe Society: • Taste tests: Chocolate and the…
Below lies the booty from our daily local-blog treasure hunt. Send tips here. KOA’s “Gunny” Bob Newman distorts Obama’s view on immigration, which goes to show you: Never trust a guy named Gunny, unless he’s making you waffles or changing your oil. (Media Matters) Quick: Guess how much coin a…
Like just about everything else, some of the boldest new art hitting our shores comes from China these days. But unlike sports shoes and electronics, these works aren’t commodities by any stretch of the word. And they’re popular at several venues right here in Denver. From the Denver Art Museum…
The Denver Post may not have ordered all of its columnists and contributors to opine on the closure of the Rocky Mountain News, but it might as well have, since few scribes with access to a working keyboard have resisted the urge thus far. The latest to weigh in is…
This Hip Tip was originally published in the March 11-17, 1999 issue of Westword. It seemed at the time to be the perfect solution to a new parents’ need for the latest baby gear, and society’s need for better baby discipline. In the decade since then, advancements in the snack-food-additive…
The Rocky Mountain News website is currently frozen in time. It continues to function, but the latest content involves the paper’s closure last week. Flipping through its cyber-pages is akin to peeking through the windows of a restaurant shuttered by the feds: Everything remains as it was during the good…
Lots of folks expected that Hall of Fame baseball writer Tracy Ringolsby would be among the former Rocky Mountain News journalists who’d find a new home at the Denver Post, including us. He was one of the five Rocky stars we thought might soon be moving from one floor of…
