The USA Weekend magazine included in the June 29 Denver Post and oodles of other newspapers across These United States contained an unfortunate surprise — and I’m not talking about the feature story on Jimmy Buffett (although, frankly, that makes sense in this context, too). No, the scary part was…
Unless you are Matt Holliday or Troy Tulowitzki, it’s unlikely that you will have a bobblehead night set aside just for you (and if you are Holliday or Tulo, would you mind autographing one of the bobbleheads from my collection?). But thanks to XM Radio, you can see what your…
Want to be a millionaire? Who doesn’t? Well, do you own a cat? More importantly, can you think like your cat? And why are we asking these seemingly inane questions? To determine your eligibility for the Meow Mix Game Show, that’s why…
Let’s get this clear up front: This is not some sort of liberal swift-boating. The fact that John McCain’s Vietcong jailer has backhandedly endorsed him for president isn’t — or shouldn’t be, anyway — anything more than one of those weird political stories. McCain spent over five years as a…
View larger image This week’s Worst-Case Scenario takes a look at the ubiquitous denizens of summer festivals. Every day through Tuesday, Kenny Be is bringing a bonus festival-goer to the web, in full color. Use the comments section to tell us about your favorite festival folks that we might have…
View larger image This week’s Worst-Case Scenario takes a look at the ubiquitous denizens of summer festivals. Starting today through Tuesday, Kenny Be is bringing a bonus festival-goer to the web, in full color. Use the comments section to tell us about any favorite festival folks we might have missed,…
Want to dig deeper into the tangled web of Mike Zinna’s ongoing conflict (chronicled in this week’s cover story by Alan Prendergast) with the powers-that-be in Jefferson County? These PDFs of court documents are a good place to start. First, check out this 21-page summary of the CBI’s investigation of…
Turn an ear — and an eye — to the fresh content available from Westword’s blog quintet. Demver reveals the connection between a local activist and Crosby, Stills & Nash. It’s a new take on conventional wisdom. Backbeat Online offers a Beyond Playlist post with extended reviews of recordings by…
The June 29 edition of Meet the Press — the first to be anchored by onetime NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw since he agreeing to helm the program through the presidential election following the death of longtime moderator Tim Russert — will co-star Colorado’s governor, Bill Ritter. Why? Ritter…
“Lifeguards Win Right to Bare Legs,” reads the headline over a Bill Scanlon article in the June 27 Rocky Mountain News. The story is about the abolition of an unpopular rule put in place by Aurora city officials that required lifeguards to wear long pants while working at the Aurora…
What is it with wide receivers? Is the speed at which they move like meth, turning their cerebellums to tapioca? Whatever the case, the Denver Broncos are certainly suffering from their fly-catchers’ faults. First, high-priced Javon Walker, who sat in the car next to Darrent Williams when the latter was…
The men and women of the Independence Institute, and specifically the organization’s guiding force, Jon Caldara (the subject of Message columns accessible here and here), have done an impressive job of putting their conservative/libertarian theories in front of eyeballs aplenty via their canny use of the media. But they’re after…
Have any of you Mesa County residents out there been molested by a homosexual or transgendered person during a visit to a public restroom over the past month? If so, you’re apparently the first to suffer a fate our protectors at Focus on the Family warned about in relation to…
Since the Dems’ national convention is bound to be a highly scripted affair, it’s probably a good thing that indy filmmakers are getting busy now, cranking out five-minute shorts for Cinemocracy.org, a joint project of the Denver 2008 Host Committee, the Denver Film Society and the city’s Office of Cultural…
In recent days, the Rocky Mountain News has tried its damnedest to excite the public about accusatory comments made by White House (no) hopeful Ralph Nader about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. On June 25, the paper highlighted a piece by M.E. Sprengelmeyer in which Nader accused Obama of…
The folks at the Colorado Public Radio Blog, a site that was launched following attorney Frances Koncilja’s resignation from CPR’s board last year (see this June 14, 2007 Message column for details), recently made an interesting discovery. CPR general manager Max Wycisk (pictured), who, despite his mild-mannered persona, remains one…
Former Greeley Central High School and Colorado Rockies standout Shawn Chacon is at the center of what the national media has treated as the biggest Major League Baseball story of recent days: an altercation with Ed Wade, general manager of Chacon’s current team, the Houston Astros, which ended with the…
There are rumors circulating around Denver that you can make money renting out your home during the week of the Democratic National Convention in August. Serious money. And serious rumors, considering that Bill Clarke of the Rocky Mountain News had a piece about exactly that on June 22. As evidence,…
The American public has a love-hate relationship with Colorado’s own Crocs — but let’s focus on the hate, shall we? The folks at cable’s VH1 have had a great deal of success with nostalgia-fests such as I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s and I Love the 90s, in…
On the last Friday of each month, the Denver Art Museum throws a theme party. On June 27, the organizing topic is textiles in honor of the soon-to-close Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, which is currently on display in the Stanton Gallery in the Ponti-tower but will be…
Laura Kriho got her wish. The longtime local activist has spent the last several months putting together a website, www.comeuptodenver.com, that serves as a clearinghouse for political- action information connected to the Democratic National Convention coming to town August 25-28. And as the soundrtrack for the anticipated action, as detailed…
This week’s cover story on the ongoing conflict between Mike Zinna and various Jefferson County officials is full of self-serving personalities, corrupt politicians and lurid accusations. To get a feel for at least one of those personalities, have a listen to this 20 minute clip from a recent Zinna radio…
