Juicy… Today in Cafe Society: • Win a Prius by loving a burger. • Infinite Monkey Theorem Winery creates order from chaos. • Tonight, find a patio, a party — or both. • The List: On Broadway. • A few words with Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg. Today in Backbeat Online:…
Our daily hunting and gathering for worthy local bloggage. Send tips. If bloggers did kill the Rocky, it was involuntary manslaughter. (Colorado Pols) Okay, that’s cool: The Denver Post’s “photo blog” is a wonderful time suck. (Captured) Kill the messenger: Dave Schultheis claims he was quoted out of context, silently…
The notion that Jay Cutler may not be cut from Super Bowl-quarterback cloth — with his feet-dragging, shoulder-shrugging poutiness and otherwise fifth-grade body language — has been simmering beneath the surface for a while now, since around the time he singlehandedly lost the Dolphins game. But after a tumultuous few…
Ever had the feeling that life is just a long, drawn-out, ultra-violent comic book? Claudio Sanchez, comic-book author and leader of the metal-esque prog-rock band Coheed and Cambria, has made an entire career out of just such a continuing plot, spinning albums around his serial visions. More recently, Sanchez branched…
The other night, I was driving home from Longmont after visiting a friend when I happened to see the giant illuminated sign out front of O’Meara Ford — not that it’s possible for anyone with functioning corneas to miss it. Mostly, the messages pertained to particular models and prices –…
If you’re a perpetually cold drunk who loves to buy stupid crap on TV, boy is this your lucky day: The Latest Word has learned that at least 156 people have signed up to slip into their Snuggies for a Snuggie Pub Crawl, a lubricated celebration of the only money-making…
That old saw about there being no such thing as bad publicity may be true in a general sense — but betcha Jared Polis would gladly have done without his appearance on the front of the Denver Post’s local section today. “Bloggers Killed Rocky, Polis Asserts” quotes from a speech…
The months between the December announcement that the Rocky Mountain News had been put up for sale and word that it would be shutting down for good last week were filled with more surprises than press observers predicted — and the aftermath of its shuttering hasn’t been wholly predictable, either…
In yesterday’s blog “Updated: The Jay Cutler-Josh McDaniels Broncos Bromance Hits the Rocks,” Tyler Nemkov noted the latest legal difficulties of supremely gifted/equally boneheaded receiver Brandon Marshall, who was arrested for disorderly conduct over the weekend — and even though the charges against him in the incident have been dropped,…
Last night’s Channel 31 newscasts weren’t only notable for the outlet’s groundbreaking cat-in-a-bong story. The station also debuted its new set, which is being hyped for its green design; it reportedly uses just one-tenth the electricity of its predecessor. Which is a good thing, of course — but that doesn’t…
Throughout its programming last night, Channel 31 repeatedly teased a story about a cat in a bong. Against all odds, the incident didn’t take place in Colorado; instead, its setting was Omaha, Nebraska. But the Fox affiliate was hardly the only Denver station addicted to the tale. Channel 9 and…
Nice weather we’ve been having… Today in Cafe Society: • The ten worst fast-food ad campaigns. • Get a free slice at My Pizza Peel. • A Milking It review of Honey Kix. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Charlie Hunter at the Oriental. • Over the Weekend:…
Our daily woosh through the Colorogosphere. Send thy links this way. About 200,000 Colorado homeowners will become Colorado renters or Colorado live-with-Mom-and-Dad-ers by 2013. (Colorado Independent) Is there any way Roger Goodell could ban Brandon Marshall from dating? Because women seem to be the main problem here. (Mile High Report)…
Don’t be fooled: There is plenty of meat in Courting Condi, the unique undercover-muckraking biopic about the imaginary romance between an obsessed musician (now-adult child star Devin Ratray, best known for his role as big brother Buzz in Home Alone, who plays himself) and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice…
Last November, Russell Scott, known to generations of Denverites as Blinky the Clown, closed his antique store on Broadway, triggering a wave of nostalgia and oodles of media coverage that seemed to fade after the last item was auctioned. But Blinky lovers remain faithful, as this newly posted tribute to…
The City of Denver budget has gone under the knife for 2009, but some sweet (and relatively secure) municipal jobs remain up for grabs. Currently, the city’s Career Services is listing several openings, ranging from golf course supervisors (salary: $44,989-$71,775) to marketing interns (salary: $0). There’s even a posting for…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 9. University: Big Rock Gazebo Mountain Before the advent of extreme sports, day-tripping Denverites moved slowly enough on mountain trails to notice things like rocks. No recreational outing to “the hills” was complete without the return of a trunkful of the…
Yeah, I know: Paul Harvey, who died in Arizona on Saturday, was so conservative that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Karl Marx in comparison, and in recent years, his famously precise diction had begun to fray at the edges. But cut the man some slack: He was still working…
On Friday, most departing members of the Rocky Mountain News put auto-responses on their e-mails, as a way to let readers, tipsters, public-relations types and others know how to reach them in the future. But according to one departing staffer, representatives with the Denver Post and/or the Denver Newspaper Agency…
In the January 22 blog, “Could a Bromance Be in Jay Cutler’s Future?,” I wrote about an apparent bromance between Cutler and his old quarterbacks coach, Jeremy Bates — and even though Bates left, he might be able to develop a bromantic relationship with the team’s new on-field boss, Josh…
The Rocky Mountain News may be dead, but it’s not forgotten, as demonstrated by WhoKilledTheRocky.com, a website devoted to pinning blame for the tabloid’s demise — and making a few bucks in the process. The site’s anonymous author describes himself as a onetime Rocky journo grappling with a new, and…
