On the June 23 episode of Martino TV, the paid-programming/news-magazine-style hybrid that debuted last month on KDVR/Fox 31 and KWGN/Channel 2, Tom Martino was hyping Efusjon, an energy drink made with the acai berry and other vitamins that also comes with “a business opportunity,” he told his audience. Martino’s guest…
Playlist, michael roberts, July 16 Cruel’s Out for Summer Michael Roberts, your review of Blues With a Backbone borders — if not crosses — the line of cruelty and inconsideration. Michaela Rae is a true artist, and she sings from the heart. It doesn’t have to turn you on; it’s…
India.Arie rocked the house Saturday night at the Mile High Music Festival — but her brother, Denver native J’on Simpson, almost rocked the big house. Simpson, 36, was arrested at about 6:30 p.m. on July 18, outside Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, and charged with receiving stolen property,…
Camping is hot in Colorado this summer…really hot! Let Kenny Be’s Colorado Campground Confidential be your guide to the great outdoors…
We’re straight Troubleshooting. Today in The Latest Word: -Take some advice from Tom Martino by not investing in Tom Martino. -Can Leeroy Jenkins, everyone’s favorite World of Warcraft character, find a home in the upcoming film? -Dogs and humans may not be the same thing. We’re looking into it. -We’re…
Our daily stroll through the garden of blog. Send us tips. Square State calls the Post lazy. (Square State) And Colorado Pols calls them Marie Antoinette. (Colorado Pols) Denver Stiffs doesn’t call them anything. They do provide a mid-summer state of the Nuggets overview in the wake of yesterday’s Malik…
As we learn to integrate each new technological marvel into our lives, one of the inevitable steps along the way is embarrassing yourself in a horrifying new way with it. Shortly after the phone was invented, the drunk dial was invented. It was probably the first person who took naked…
If the comedy turns a little dark tonight at the Bovine Metropolis Theater, 1527 Champa Street, it’s okay. The 7:30 p.m. benefit performance, A Night of Tumorous Comedy, featuring the Gypsy Cab Company troupe, will focus on three connected monologues by local improv veterans and cancer survivors Sara Alan, Pam…
Gotten enough marijuana (news) this week? No? Then you’ve come to the right place. As reported in the Latest Word’s extensive, twelve-hour live blog of Monday’s packed Colorado Board of Health medical marijuana hearing, pot dispensaries in Colorado appear to be safe … for the moment. The health board rejected…
“Have you ever wondered why you are required by law to keep [dogs] under control, but people are not required to keep their children under control around us?” You have? Well, here’s the answer: Because they’re fucking dogs! Children are people. Dogs are animals. Dogs are not people. It’s an…
Careful observation and critical analysis reveals all you need to know about the latest trends in camping …..
A baseball card collection that features Colorado’s boys of summer dresses sporting the fashions of Denver designers. Since his call-up last May, Josh Fogg can still walk out to the mound and pitch a fit in this striking evening dress by Catherine Rogers…..
View Larger Map Trouble viewing this map? Click “View Larger Map”) Two women fought last night at Montview Bar and Grill, according to Aurora Police Department Spokesman Bob Friel. One of the women left the bar around 1 a.m. and got into a truck with two men. Another man followed…
Sometimes Westword stories will veer together. Whether through randomness or fate, the act of completely dissimilar topics or profile subjects colliding can either result in beautiful synergy — i.e., marijuana and Chinese food — or in a twisted wreckage of irony and pain. Case in point: Tom “The Troubleshooter” Martino…
A pair of Hollywood studios said this week that Sam Raimi (of Spider-Man fame) will direct a live-action movie based on the online video game, World of Warcraft, and we can only hope there will be part, even a small one, for our old friend, Leeroy Jenkins. Jenkins, of course,…
InDenver Times’ Hunter Ashley has become the first quasi-media-type to address the non-existing rumors that dog-whacking former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, now an officially free man, could get a look from the Broncos this off-season: Maybe because the media on the outside is still scratching their heads over the Jay…
Mayor John Hickenlooper may be starring in his own documentary series, but if this morning’s Denver Post is any indication, he’s soon going to be starring in his own political thriller, in which he somehow tries to trim $120 million from the city’s budget without decimating services, putting more people…
There’s a whole lot more where that came from. Today in Backbeat Online: -Shake it like a polaroid picture, Suzanne from honeyhoney. -And many, many more photos. -Yo La Tengo and some other bands are coming. -Danielle Ate the Sandwich on TV: Still awkward, still awesome. -Free music! Today in…
Consider us your Denver blog sherpas. Have a link you want us to share with the group? Send it here. Somehow I don’t think Rockuly will catch on. Regardless, Denver wins, San Francisco loses, and the wild card is ours. For today, anyway. (Rockies Review) Colorado gets part of its…
With news that the mothership is landing in the local-sports market , and with sports-blog coalitions like SBNation and Bleacher Report continuing to expand, there are lots of questions about what the future of sports journalism will look like. Inside the Rockies wants to be part of the answer. The…
Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword and @casciato. @ColoradoFilm: What better place to start off the movie edition of Twitter Tuesday than the official Twitter feed of Colorado’s Office of Film, Television and Media? Follow this…
ArgusFest and SAME Café: a match made in heaven. The first-ever opportune clash of these two local-activist titans, combining Jason Bosch’s ongoing documentary film festival focusing on human rights, social and environmental issues with the sliding-scale, pay-what-you-can restaurant on Colfax Avenue, takes place tonight during a Micro Film Fest on…
