Shake, shake, shake… As the end of this seemingly endless presidential campaign finally draws near, the Colorado Democratic Party is trying desperately to maintain its massive army of volunteers for Barack Obama — and what better way than to dangle a chance to gladhand the candidate himself? After all, basking…
Big John. Republican presidential nominee John McCain may have given up hope of winning in Michigan, but he’s still feeling good — or at least as good as a politician sliding in the polls can — about his chances in Colorado. Hence, his decision to gab live on KOA/850 AM…
Does lemongrass get you hot? Hop in the saddle for today’s blog roundup. Cafe Society nibbles the turkey sandwich at Daphne’s Deli, waves bye-bye to Aqua, stops by for a nosh at Thai Basil, and notes the Santa Fe Tequila Company’s expansion to Littleton. Finally, Tyler Nemkov describes Whole Foods…
Slain Bronco Darrent Williams. CompleteColorado.com carries an interesting story today about high-powered defense lawyer Harvey Steinberg, the attorney the Broncos organization often calls on when players find themselves in legal trouble. Steinberg, it turns out, also represents notorious gangster Brian Hicks, an associate of the man charged yesterday in the…
Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it’ll take a few seconds. The TV commercials about this year’s ballot issues are bad medicine. Each is poisoned with lies and they are all extremely hard to swallow. Amendmentos, on the other hand, are the political refreshmakers!…
Dr. Jerome Corsi. Jerry Corsi — or, as he’s generally known in the press, Dr. Jerome Corsi — has gotten lots of attention in recent days. The author of The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, a big-selling hit piece on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama that…
Online wapping adds up to ‘net savings. I recently wrote about how perusing Wardrobe Remix, a Flickr community, can help those of us who become easily bored with our wardrobes to find new and creative ways to wear our clothes. Perhaps you read that post, checked out Wardrobe Remix and…
Some Colorado voters may have been improperly stricken from the state’s rolls. Today’s editions of the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post are dominated by details about the break in the Darrent Williams murder case, and that’s entirely appropriate. But it’s important that the dailies not overlook the information…
Super Cr3w and JabbaWockeeZ. Photo by Josh Norton, courtesy of MTV. Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew LIVE October 8 Wells Fargo Theatre Most concert events inspired by television series couldn’t seem cheesier if they were funded by Velveeta — but the current tour of notable contestants from the…
Willie Clark. Word that Willie Clark, a longtime suspect in the slaying of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, had been charged with the crime, triggered sighs of relief throughout the community. But should we feel confident that justice will finally, belatedly be done? The evidence as laid out in media…
This trashcan is green with envy. Darn. Darn. Darn. I just checked in with Denver Recycles and found out that my house is one block outside one of the neighborhoods eligible for the Composting Collection Pilot Program. You have no idea how low that makes me feel. What, my garbage…
Did you hear the one about the miniature pianist? You’ve probably been wondering: Isn’t it about the time of year for the GI Joe Stop-Motion Film Festival? Well you can quit your wondering, my friend. In fact, you can quit thinking altogether. Because the film fest that no one except…
Denver does Denver. As a Colorado native who’s always found John Denver’s music to be the sort of torture supposedly outlawed by the Geneva Convention, I’m astonished by the affection in which he continues to be held so long after his demise; this Sunday, October 12, is the eleventh anniversary…
Eleven years ago, Peter arrived in America, desperate for a place to hide. In his native Uganda, he had been a rebel, a human-rights activist who fought for a multi-party system in a country ruled since 1986 by a one-party regime. Peter, who did not want his real name printed…
“Save Obama!,” Patricia Calhoun, October 2 Barack to Basics Were this mural of Barack Obama to depict the same sentiment about John McCain, the city wouldn’t have to deal with it. Disciples of the Chosen One would trash it in a heartbeat. Here in the “enlightened” neighborhood of Berkeley, we…
A purported 2006 memo from the Colorado Democracy Alliance, an organization that funnels money to liberal candidates and causes, looks benign at first glance. It’s mainly a roster of names and contact info for cash-happy heavy hitters such as Tim Gill, Pat Stryker and Rutt Bridges. But a closer look…
For Denver, the annual Columbus Day Parade and accompanying protests, arrests and ear-splitting rhetoric is a seasonal rite as familiar as the changing of the leaves. By this point in October, the anti-Columbus Day groups have held press conferences, hung posters and announced events several months in the planning. But…
When I found my house, part of what sold me on the property was the xeriscaping. While the back yard is a fecund mecca of non-nativity, bursting with species that suck water from the soil till it’s drier than my mother’s tear ducts from years of disappointment, the front yard…
Gotta love all that fur. Lining up your online content… Cafe Society features Jared Jacang Maher’s piece about mistaking a group of bears — that would be members of the hirsute gay subculture, not the creatures who shit in the woods — for a rugby team. No goal. In addition,…
Scott Pomfret. Scott Pomfret is an anomaly: a gay Catholic. When he decided to write Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir, a book about his experiences in his Boston church, it changed his life in ways he hadn’t expected — including being removed from his shrine. Westword caught…
Get me a 40oz of Powerade, homie! Denver officials, not content with being the only city in the world to offer an urban snowboard park, recently disclosed that they are planning the first-ever downhill mountain bike course built in the inner-city. Scott Robson, deputy manager for the Denver Department of…
FOVAMP’s billboard for Jennifer. This past Saturday, at the annual meeting of the non-profit group Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons (FOHVAMP), I heard a true crime tale that involved one of Westword’s own. A serial killer was uncovered because of a phone call made by Luke Turf, back…
