Appetite For Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, by locally based Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper, is a great read — but a movie? Even Knopper had his doubts. Yet this entertaining chronicle of music-biz greedheads running up huge profits thanks to the…
Facebook, we need to talk about our relationship. But don’t freak out — I’m not dumping you. Yet. Look, I like you. I really do. I mean, when we first met, I was really into you. You were so much less gaudy and stupid than MySpace. You helped me get…
Word that Focus on the Family founder James Dobson would stop producing his trademark radio show and cut the cord between him and the organization in February likely spurred cheers among people whose vehicles sport one of those “Focus on Your Own Damn Family” bumperstickers. But Focus supporters feel very…
Visit these local blogs, won’t you? The Nugg Doctor’s Nick Sclafani points out that the Nuggets are listed either third or fourth in four major power rankings. Betcha the New Jersey Nets would agree with that… Over at 5280, Michael de Yoanna reveals that sexting isn’t just for middle schoolers…
This would normally be the time we’d publish our latest medical-marijuana dispensary review — our first from one of the contributors who reached out in response to our much-publicized search for a critic with this particular specialty. Unfortunately, the folks given the mission were apparently too well-medicated to turn in…
Citizen journalism has a lot of attributes — but its mainstreaming can be messy. Case in point: A spelling-challenged attack on Denver gazillionaire Phil Anschutz published earlier today on NowPublic, a Canadian citizen-journalism site that (ahem) Anschutz’s Examiner.com bought just over two months ago. “Who is Phil Anschutz?,” credited to…
Every week it seems like another $300 million must be slashed from the state budget. Even if there is no money left to pay for the 2009 state income tax refunds next year, Governor Ritter should plan to send out one “Colorado Cash” coupon for every $100 worth of state…
Yesterday, Sensible Breckenridge’s Sean McAllister, speaking about the passage of ballot initiative 2F, a marijuana decriminalization measure in his hometown, bristled at a media claim that the action was mostly “symbolic,” adding, “The police chief in Breckenridge has said he’ll take it as direction about how the voters want to…
We’ve all heard about suicide-bombers wearing woman’s burkas in Iraq and Afghanistan, but who knew dressing in drag would catch on with wannabe bombers in the U.S. as well? Frederick Purvis of Hamilton, Ohio, was sentenced to thirty months in prison yesterday for sending at least ten e-mails to federal…
This morning, gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis’ responded to critics of his decision not to debate his fellow Republican rivals with a Denver Post op-ed in which he argued that while “GOP candidate forums” are fine, direct faceoffs will do more harm than good. “Republicans aren’t afraid of differing views,” he…
The folks at Mile High Sports Radio found an interesting archival bite related to five-star recruit Darrell Scott’s decision to leave the CU Buffs. Shortly after the team’s one impressive victory this season (against Kansas), Mile High host Les Shapiro asked embattled coach Dan Hawkins if he was afraid Scott…
Nicole Fox, the pride of Louisville, continued her seemingly unstoppable march toward the cycle thirteen title on America’s Next Top Model last night — and at this point, she’s clearly gotten into the heads of her remaining competitors. The episode contained plenty of moments when Jennifer, Erin, Laura and Sundai…
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in the Stacey Clendenin case, which stated that medical-marijuana caregivers must do more than simply supply the product in question, led the state’s board of health to strike its caregiver definition — a move that’s caused confusion and panic among medical-marijuana purveyors. Into this…
“License to Impound,” Jared Jacang Maher, October 29 Penny Wise, Impound Foolish Unfortunately, the Denver police have taken this I-100 out of control. In my neighborhood (Park Hill), we already have a huge racial-profiling issue, and since this I-100 thing, they are impounding cars at a frightening rate. And then…
As if Denver Public Schools doesn’t have enough problems (overcrowding, charter-school debates and duct-taping elementary-school secretaries chief among them), it’s also battling an even more troubling scourge: pasta-based art projects. That’s right, those seemingly harmless macaroni noodles that kids glue to paper in what few DPS art classes remain are…
Over the two years that George Gray has been a detective with the graffiti unit of the Denver Police Department, one crew of graffiti vandals has been the particular focus of his efforts. “We’ve been looking at TKO hard,” says Gray. In the graffiti world, where respect is determined as…
A newspaper in Denver is planning to hire a critic to write reviews of all the medical marijuana clinics in the state,” Conan O’Brien joked on his show last week. “My one suggestion for the editors: Give the guy a deadline.” Thanks, Conan: We have. Westword stopped accepting applications for…
In the movie The Dark Knight, the Joker conducts a nail-biting sociology experiment by rigging bombs on two ships — one loaded with ordinary folk, the other transporting prisoners. A detonator for each bomb is then placed in the hands of the opposing camps, who are invited to blow up…
How did anti-graffiti detectives finally pop KOZE, leader of one of Denver’s most notorious graffiti crews? By getting one of his associates to flip on him in court. But the three mural-like graffiti “pieces” that prompted a jury to convict 27-year-old Timothy Barajas of seven misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief…
There’s been a lot of ballot-casting taking place in these parts lately. But the general public didn’t participate in a vote being touted by the Downtown Denver Partnership. Instead, it involved businesspeople who’ve decided to dip into their wallets to help renovate a key stretch of 14th Street, as seen…
Local blogs for locals like you. Former Colorado Independent staffer Wendy Norris launches Western Citizen, her new online news project, with a story about the tough financial times being faced by backers of the latest personhood amendment. Fetus don’t fail them now. John Reidy at South Stands Denver interviews ESPN’s…
View Larger Map Update: An arrest has been made in this case. Get more information below. Original post: Don’t know if Fort Morgan Police Chief Keith Kuretich is usually in his office at 6:30 a.m. — but he was there this morning, and for good reason. Last night, his department…
