For some reason, folks around here seem to have an unhealthy obsession with twittering, the social networking phenomenon designed for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. A low point was surely the Rocky Mountain News pulling the ultra-classy move of twittering a three-year-old’s funeral in September. On the other hand, Denver resident…
In recent years, sports columns by the Denver Post’s Woody Paige read as if he simply spewed out the first thing that came to mind as opposed to actually thinking about a subject before writing about it — a technique he burnished during his several years as a fulltimer at…
In October 2007, the Denver Post published “Still Printing After All These Years,” an article about National Hirschfeld, a firm that sprang from a business A.B. Hirschfeld started in the basement of a LoDo fruit stand in 1907. The piece featured the photo seen here of A. Barry Hirschfeld, who…
Click it or ticket. Today in Cafe Society: • Tony’s Market gets a witness. • Fallout from Aspen’s New Year’s Eve bomb. • Chipotle salads: The secret is in the sauce. • Root Down joins the brunch bunch. • Class is in session at Bristol Brewery. • Denver-based Quiznos cuts…
Are we missing some link-worthy blogging from or about Denver? Does that make you want to stab us? Do it! Send tips to joe.tone@westword.com, and we’ll give you all the info on the stabbing thing! Buzz Geller’s Bell Tower may well rise after all. (Denver Infill) It’s officially official: Print…
It’s hard to know why a horror novelist whose work has been compared favorably to everyone from his role model, Steven King, to creepy filmmaker David Cronenberg would have a hard time breaking into print. But Internet innovator Scott Sigler took it in stride and never looked back: Instead, he…
Ever notice how politicians get a lot more forthright when they’re out of office? Today’s example comes from Cathy Donahue, a former Denver City Council member. In a letter published in today’s Rocky Mountain News, Donahue expresses her fondness for the Rocky while at the same time denigrating the Denver…
Thanks to the “HD” part of its call letters, KWHD-TV, found locally at Channel 53, has a name that seems made for the post-analog era. So it makes sense that the station would become the first local broadcaster to go all digital — something that will take place at 12:01…
News that Centennial-based Shane Co. has filed for bankruptcy no doubt sent a wave of shock through radio-business folks in all fourteen states where the company’s stores are located. Businesses of every description are cutting back on media buys, but Shane Co. has maintained its hefty presence on the airwaves,…
Is there a more selfless profession in America than that of the rodeo clown? Seriously. First, they get tagged with a title that invites mockery. Then they run around for hours, placing themselves in between cowboys and the horns of a pissed-off bull, only to risk head injury by being…
Like Denver Boone, the longtime University of Denver mascot seen here, who was deep-sixed a few years back in part because he was deemed insufficiently manly and sophisticated, plenty of DU employees will soon be leaving the school. According to “Staff Leave Under Voluntary Severance Plan,” a story in today’s…
In his blog “Broncos Country is Not Happy About Josh McDaniels. Broncos Country is Wrong,” Westword’s Joe Tone suggests that everyone in the state of Colorado is up in arms about the selection of New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to replace Mike Shanahan as the Denver Broncos’ new…
What are people saying about the Broncos’ new coach? Well … Terrell Davis, the former Bronco and current NFL Network analyst, thinks McDaniels, at 32, is too young. The Mile High Report thinks he’s too much like Belichick. Our own Michael Roberts thinks he’s too offensive-minded. The Rocky’s Dave Krieger…
In this day and age… Today in Backbeat Online: • Hear Nathaniel Rateliff on Matt Pinfield’s morning show. • Holy treasure trove of live local boots. • Mile High Makeout: Frontmen on the front lines. • The Blackout Pact is back, Jack! • Live review: Buzzards and Fanatics at Carioca…
Among the many, many funny things that daily newspapers do to cater to their aging audience, this is among the better I’ve seen in a while. In a story posted Monday to denverpost.com about a Colorado Springs anesthesiologist arrested for dealing ecstasy and pain killers, the Post took the time…
We’re like the Kelly Slater of web-surfing, only we’re way uglier. Send your waves to joe.tone@westword.com. In Aspen, the beer still flows like wine… if you can afford it. (Colorado Independent) Happy Josh McDaniels Day. (Mile High Report) Could CU become the country’s biggest-partying private school? (Face the State) So…
Comic books aren’t just for kids. That’s really been true for a long, long time, from the day they started zipping comics up in plastic bags and calling them collectors’ items. But the rise in the last few decades of the graphic novel, an inventive form that covers endless miles of literary…
Denver-based robot designers Jim and Louise Gunderson did pretty well when they invented Basil, a wicked smart beer-delivering robot. But they seem to have forgotten a cardinal rule in robot pop culture: Every robot is guaranteed by universal law to have an equally talented and somewhat similar-looking arch nemesis. And…
Editor’s note: Beginning today, The Latest Word will feature a daily contribution from esteemed cartoonist and man-about-town Kenny Be. This inaugural effort kicks off a series he’s dubbed “Yard Arteology,” in which he’ll spotlight photos he’s taken around the city along with his distinctive arteological commentary. Figure 1. Capitol Hill:…
From ice-racing to a new club to a Roller Derby party, it was a busy weekend in Denver. Check out slideshows of what you missed after the jump…
Rumors are rife at the Rocky Mountain News that representatives from E.W. Scripps, the tabloid’s owner, will come to Denver this week to announce that a buyer for the paper has not been found. Why? Scripps CEO Rich Boehne told Westword and other news agencies that his firm would consider…
