Marilyn Musgrave. In the November 7 blog “When Is Marilyn Musgrave Going to Concede Defeat to Betsy Markey,” I noted that incumbent Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, who lost her latest re-election bid in the 4th District to Democrat Betsy Markey, still hadn’t delivered a concession speech — and her office didn’t…
Colonel John M. Chivington, who led the raid known as the Sand Creek Massacre. In “Rocky Mountain News’ 150th Anniversary Project Gets Off to a Stumbling Start,” an October 31 blog, I wrote about a new series in which the Rocky looks back on major events during the past century…
Look closely at the text of this scan from 1 Mag Denver to see a reference to “Sacks Fifth Avenue.” A new fashion-centric glossy recently delivered to upscale zip codes in the Denver area, 1 Mag Denver touts itself as “a world-class, high-end, out-of-the-ordinary magazine that strives to bring you…
If you’re already counting the days until Friday, perhaps it would be wiser to throw your daydreaming in reverse. Relive the weekend gone by with Aaron Thackeray’s series of nightlife photos at westword.com/slideshow…
Scott Pelley introduces “The Wasteland.” Last night’s 60 Minutes featured “The Wasteland,” a report by correspondent Scott Pelley about the highly illegal export of discarded computers, cell phones and other electronic-age gadgets from America to Hong Kong, where the act of extracting gold and the like from this rubbish has…
Governor Lynch? I know Coloradans love their Broncos. And I know Republicans love their wildly unqualified, out-of-thin-air candidates. Yet still, I’m a little surprised by the recent news out of the reeling Colorado GOP. Apparently they’re floating former Broncos safety John Lynch as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2010. From…
Philip J. Berg, Esquire. As mainstream Republicans in Colorado and beyond try to figure out what went wrong on election day, conservatives on the fringes continue to hype stories that didn’t quite scare the electorate enough prior to the vote — and local talk radio is still giving them a…
Fred, Fae and friend. Hey, kids! Is it a blue Monday? Well, cheer up with a little help from Fred ‘n’ Fae, who were among the earliest Denver television stars — especially in the eyes of local children, who watched their tuneful antics on channels 2 and 9 for a…
Looks like the president-elect just finished dinner at Jorge’s Sombrero. Bloggin’ for the weekend. Today in Cafe Society: • George Ayala talks about the Obama family’s visit to his restaurant, Jorge’s Sombrero in Pueblo. • Spud Bros. in Boulder offers discounts for parking tickets. • The Candy Girls sample Sunkist…
UPDATED BELOW The Colorado department that oversees EMT certification in the state is investigating a veteran paramedic for forging documents and working for six months without proper authorization at Denver Health Medical Center. Westword has learned that Robert Loop, who began working as a paramedic at Denver Health thirteen years…
Layoffs aplenty at other Scripps properties — but not at the Rocky. The Reuters headline “E.W. Scripps Posts Loss, Cuts Jobs, Suspends Dividends” is undeniably bleak — and it accurately reflects the article that follows. Today, Scripps, which owns the Rocky Mountain News among many other print and broadcast properties,…
Block the vote. Mike Coffman, Colorado’s secretary of state and the Republican candidate for the 6th Congressional District seat, beat out Democratic rival Hang Eng this week in an election that Coffman himself supervised. Weird? Yes. A conflict of interest? Perhaps. And it’s one of several voting- and election-related charges…
Bill Cardona. Back in 2002, the Junior League of Denver’s Colorado Colore cookbook sold for about twenty bucks. But a firefighter’s effort to replace a copy lost at a local Safeway five years ago set off a chain of events that is going to end up costing the city close…
Marilyn Musgrave. A day or so after Tuesday’s election, I was talking with a co-worker about fallout from the vote when she mentioned that she hadn’t seen any snippets from Marilyn Musgrave’s concession speech, and I realized that I hadn’t, either. Even so, it didn’t seem possible to me that…
Bill Pullman. There are plenty of interesting movies on the 31st Starz Denver Film Festival’s schedule, but not a heckuva lot of star power. Don’t know if the announcement that actor Bill Pullman will be receiving the fest’s John Cassavetes Award on November 23 changes that equation much. But at…
An image from the Polyvore website. Lately, I’ve been encountering a lot of style blogs where the authors are completely obsessed with Polyvore, a website that allows its users to make elaborate fashion and interior design-style collages using images they’ve uncovered all over the web or on the site itself…
Brandon Marshall and one possible glove. After scoring the touchdown that gave the Broncos their margin of victory against the Cleveland Browns last night, wide receiver Brandon Marshall reached into his belt, but teammate Brandon Stokley stopped him before he could whip something out. No, not that kind of something…
You’re making some legal history, too, my friend… At 9 a.m. Thursday morning, Denver County Judge Melvin Okamoto, who’s retiring at the end of the month, called Courtroom T into session and promptly began dispensing justice to a motley crew of folks charged with misdemeanors — shoplifting, trespassing, public intoxication,…
The Daily Camera building can now be yours. In yesterday’s blog “The Denver Dailies: No Post-Election Shrinkage Yet,” I argued that the hefty size of the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post shouldn’t be interpreted as a sign that the newspaper business is back on track. More indicative of…
Hugh Ragin. KUVO, a jazz-oriented radio station at 89.3 FM, has had a good many financial challenges of late, as pointed out in “Changes in the Air at KUVO,” a January Message column. But the outlet remains devoted to one of its primary missions — introducing new generations of listeners…
The Fray. Take a visit to Blogville. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Fray sets the date for its next album. • Eric Eyl’s Mile High Makeout offers tricks and treats. • A Q&A with Gang Gang Dance’s Lizzi Bougasos. • A free MP3 from Rabbit Is a Sphere. Today…
Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. The election is over and we can all turn out attention from the people who run for political office to the people who run naked through the streets. Nearly a dozen of the…
