Sonny, with a friend. Dogs: you think you know them — but do you really? In recent weeks, this question has taken on a great deal of importance at my house, which is ruled, to one degree or another, by Sonny, our beloved seven-year-old Miniature Schnauzer, who has recently come…
It all started about a year ago, when Boulder scientist Chris Holloway got into a discussion with the brewmaster at his favorite Boulder pub. The brewer insisted that a 22-ounce “bomber” bottle was nearly equal to two 16-ounce pints of nectar from the tap. He knew this because whenever he…
“Con School,” Alan Prendergast, November 6 Prose and Cons Thank you for the story from the ever-brilliant Alan Prendergast concerning the Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center. My husband was sent to the facility last fall against his wishes. Upon entry, he was given a Bible and told that he must sign documents…
For photos of the Snowboard Bandits in action, go to westword.com/slideshow. The guy in the surveillance tape looks more like he’s ready to hit some epic powder than stick up a bank. The black form-fitting mask over his mouth and nose could have come off the rack at a ski…
The Fray are waiting for you. The hits just keep on comin’. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Fray is previewing new songs live at Snow Daze in Vail. • Talking golf and rock in a Q&A with Dead Confederate’s Hardy Morris. • Apollo Sunshine’s Sam Cohen gets the Backbeat…
Three views of Joe Principe. The call came into my voicemail Monday morning, November 17. “I’m calling to give you the exclusive rights to a standoff with the government,” the voice said. “I’m not going to leave my house. They’re jamming me up again… after all this nonsense that I’ve…
An image from Megalopolis. Megalopolis, which screens tonight at 6:45 p.m. at the Starz FilmCenter as part of the Denver Film Festival, is, nominally, a documentary. But it’s a documentary without a specific point to make — a documentary that revels in the details while leaving the big picture or…
Jim Congrove. Jefferson County Commissioner Jim Congrove had such an eventful first term in office — a grand jury probe into his financial dealings, a Colorado Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the county’s use of a private investigator who happens to be a bosom pal of Big Jim, a slew…
An image from Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell. The ongoing Denver Film Festival features a great many cinematic attention magnets, several of which have been covered in this space. (Examples include “The Brothers Bloom Flowers to Open the Denver Film Festival,” “Grappling with The Wrestler at the Denver…
Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado’s Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado’s House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodriguez, the chairwoman of the Election Assistance Commission, Representative Bernie Buescher,…
Wayne Allard. As soon as word surfaced that Wayne Allard was interested in the open post of Colorado State University chancellor, the folks at the left-leaning ProgressNow organization hit the apeshit button, arguing that Allard would be as bad a CSU administrator as he’s been a U.S. senator. But this…
John Hickenlooper with Saggy-Boob Electric Penis. It’s a daunting task: What to call the new public sculpture at the base of the 16th Street Pedestrian Bridge. No ordinary name will do for such a creation, with its stack of bulbous crimson sacks rising, slipping and sliding, twenty feet into the…
The online logo of the Longmont Times-Call. Talk about a sign of the times in the journalism industry. Staffers at the Longmont Times-Call recently received an internal e-mail inviting them to work as valets at a private Christmas party for the Lehman family, who own the paper. And at least…
The Mtn. vice president and general manager Kim Carver. Last night, on KEPN/1600 AM, ESPN Radio’s Denver affiliate, syndicated host Jon Stashower discussed one of the big college-football matchups of the weekend: Saturday’s faceoff between the Utah Utes and the Brigham Young University Cougars. But in addition to focusing on…
Conspiracists unite. The November 10 blog “Peter Boyles Still Publicizing Obama Birth-Certificate Story” is turning into an evergreen. Far from abandoning this topic in the wake of Barack Obama’s election, KHOW morning-host Boyles is continuing to pump it, and at least a portion of his audience is responding with saucer-eyed…
Regas Christou puts a dome on it. If he can get past the liquor license board on December 3, nightclub magnate Regas Christou is hoping City Hall , his new outdoor venue at 1144 Broadway, will serve a more elite, upper-crust crowd than the grind-happy scenesters who frequent his other…
On the Rocks. Reading is blog-a-rific. Today in Backbeat Online: • Five things to do at Red Rocks besides see a concert. • A free Low Budget Soul download. • Pee Pee will back Nellie McKay this Saturday before hibernating for the winter. Today in Cafe Society: • This beer…
Sean Harrington would like to ask at least one psychiatrist some very pointed questions. KnowYourCourts, a website known for challenging the actions of various Colorado lawyers, judges and credentialed “experts” associated with the divorce industry in the state, continues to demonstrate that some of those experts aren’t all they claim…
Medical treatment for prisoners and halfway-house residents can be tough to swallow. Health care inside prison walls can be downright criminal, a situation we’ve chronicled in some detail in our Crime and Punishment Archive. But the care can actually be worse for parolees, since the Colorado Department of Corrections expects…
The forecast for clueless viewers is slow. Yesterday, all of the Denver TV stations with news operations devoted significant portions of their broadcasts to the conversion from analog signals to the digital kind, which will take place on February 17; visit DTV.gov to learn more about the details than you…
Vance Kirkland’s studio. A warning about Denver ArtsWeek: Beware the free stuff. Friday night’s opening event — free admission to Denver’s museums, and special programs featuring music, food, and story-telling for the kids — was a fantastic idea. But the promise of free stuff tends to bring out the cheap…
