Michael A. Kincade, dubbed the Shaggy Bandit, must not take that whole you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent thing very seriously. Shortly after he and an accomplice, the nickname-challenged Christopher Lee Richardson, were captured last week, Kincade gave a jailhouse interview to 9News. And the criminal complaint written out against him by the U.S. Attorney’s…
The strange case of Maurice Schwenkler has entered a new phase now that the Denver District Attorney’s Office has formally charged the far-left trangender activist also known as Ariel Attack with criminal mischief in the smashing of eleven windows at Colorado’s Democratic Party Headquarters. But the political fallout continues, with…
Time to put on the feed bag. Today in Cafe Society: • Ask the Critic: What is Denver’s food scene missing? • India’s reopens in Tiffany Plaza. • Milking It: Corn Flakes Touch of Honey/Toque de Miel. • Tonight: It’s all about wine and chocolate. • Talkin’ ’bout food, booze…
Our daily blog round-up. You may have a case of the Mondays, but the blogosphere does not. The upside of a Bennet-Romanoff primary. (Colorado Pols) Brandon Marshall: Turns out he’d make an excellent blogger. (5280) Colorado: Your go-to state for ponds full of cancer-causing coal-ash! (Colorado Independent)…
You want to know what’s hot right now on social media? Just ask OneRiot, a Boulder-based tech company aiming to offer a new way to search the web. As opposed to Google, which tries to provide the authoritative result to any search query, OneRiot is more interested in providing the…
Bingo takes on a mystical tone in the Mexican version (known as loteria), for which folkloric symbols replace numbers on the cards. And that turns bingo into a whole new beisbol game, mis amigos — one with a tale behind every square on the card, from La Luna, the moon,…
When the University of Colorado at Boulder insisted on staging this year’s “Rocky Mountain Showdown” with the Colorado State University Rams at Folsom Field — supposedly to guarantee that at least six games would take place at CU’s stadium this year — many observers feared the Buffs’ thirst for revenue…
In a blog last Thursday, I reported that the Fort Collins Coloradoan was advertising for a new photojournalist mere days after having laid off nine people. Moreover, the Gannett-owned paper’s item about the latest downsizing move pointed out that the current staff is roughly half the size it was in…
For the past several weekends, The Truth, at 101.5 FM, has broadcast music, as opposed to offering the sort of right-wing syndicated blather that dominates its airwaves Monday through Friday. But this particular aspect of its format has already gone through as many personalities as the famously three-faced Eve. First…
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments…. Figure 32. Stapleton: Daring display of personality dangles on TV dish Stapleton is Denver’s newest neighborhood, and every detail, from family pharmaceutical profiles to pocket-park playground-equipment color, has been painstakingly planned to maximize the financial investments of all involved. This is less…
Earlier today, Sean Duffy, spokesman for gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis, said he didn’t want his candidate to be reduced to a caricature by Michael Huttner, the man behind the left-leaning ProgressNow Colorado operation. After making that comment, Duffy noted that Huttner’s very effective at what he does, adding, “Our team…
The saga of Ferris the stolen dachshund has a happy ending — for everyone except the trio who swiped him. Thanks to the Boulder Police Department’s energetic efforts to locate the parties who spirited the pooch away from the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, a good Samaritan who’d been asked…
It seems our fair city partied its collective ass off this weekend, and we managed to sneak into some of the festivities. See photos from Rockbar’s three-year anniversary party (above), Double Daughter’s, Sutra, and other booze factories at westword.com/slideshow. You’ll also find reviews and photos from the weekend in local…
Got a call moments ago from Sean Duffy, spokesman for Scott McInnis’ gubernatorial campaign, responding to a post about what I consider to be the candidate’s two latest mistakes: complaining in writing about an impending Republican Party straw poll that he could well lose and then declining to attend the…
Wish I hadn’t seen it coming, but I did. In a Friday blog, I wrote that there was a very real prospect of the Colorado Rockies getting swept by the San Francisco Giants following their two consecutive Coors Field losses against the Los Angeles Dodgers. And so it came to…
The Broncos’ 27-17 loss to the Chicago Bears last night didn’t start out so badly thanks to a crowd whose berserker rage fired up the defense throughout the first quarter. Once the throng’s energy level eased up, however, members of the Denver D suddenly remembered that they suck balls –…
The Republicans seem to be in complete disarray when it comes to finding a U.S. Senate candidate for 2010. But that doesn’t mean the Democrats will be able to cruise to victory. Although current office-holder Michael Bennet handled his latest healthcare summit well, he’s been underwhelming during his first months…
Just because Bob Beauprez has decided against seeking for the governership doesn’t mean Republican loyalists will be spared the spectacle of another hilariously inept campaign — not with Scott McInnis still the de facto frontrunner. Big Mac has made one gaffe after another since leaping into the fray, from putting…
Senator Michael Bennet’s brief stint as a United States Senator hasn’t proven scintillating to date — hence former Colorado House speaker Andrew Romanoff’s reported eagerness to make a run for Ken Salazar’s old seat himself. But at least his staff made a smart decision about promoting his Friday appearance in…
Pity those fools. Today in Backbeat Online: • Freaky Friday: “Treat Your Mother Right.” • Q&A with John Osborne of KingBilly. • Last Night: Desolation Wilderness at Rhinoceropolis. • The Denver Boot: Lion Sized at the Larimer Lounge — 08/02/09. • Five movie hippies who make us wish we lived…
Links. Click them. And enjoy your weekend. The Salazar Bros. are not on the same page on climate change. Also, Johnny didn’t clean his room, so why should Kenny have to? (5280) Is it me, or is this like a trail guide for cougar hunters? (Mile High Mamas) The fans…
The Denver Business Journal reported today that the University of Northern Colorado has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to add and keep female faculty in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The money will fund a four-year project…
