Episode 24 opens with Davis’ oh-so-valuable opinion that Jenn is ridiculous; she’s hooked up with everyone besides him. Meaning Darnell, Alex and Jon. I probably don’t need to point out the hypocrisy in this statement, but just in case — let’s see, Davis has a boyfriend (PJ) yet somehow manages…
It’s pretty safe to say that Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho Seung-Hui never saw the basement tapes that Columbine gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left behind. Oh, he probably read about them. But aside from a brief period of media viewings, the tapes have never been released. Officials were…
Andrew Whiteman of Apostle of Hustle, the subject of this profile in the April 19 Westword, is among the brighter singer-songwriters on the current scene, as the complete text of his interview indicates. Below, read about his first musical influences, a little-known poetry album that didn’t exactly fly off the…
The profile of Sean Lennon in the April 19 edition of Westword offers a glimpse into the life of a talented singer-songwriter still figuring out how to engage a public that prefers to view him in the context of his famous parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, rather than as…
Toward the end of The O’Reilly Factor, his popular weeknightly cable-news program, Fox News squawker Bill O’Reilly presents “The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day,” an entertainingly combative segment that often focuses upon media members who’ve said unkind things about him. The press is to O’Reilly what the United States…
A half-moon still hangs high over Park Hill when Charity’s mother begins her school-morning mantra. “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up,” Lisa Norwood orders. “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up. Charity, Autumn, get up, get up, get up,…
In Brenda Denton’s younger days, she’d been Denver’s queen of punk — a bad-ass, bar-fighting feminist with a Mohawk, torn jeans and a spiked leather jacket. At 38, she’d traded in the leather jacket for a pantsuit and settled into the life of a serious student. The lover of film…
When Michael R. and Deb O’Keefe, owners of a private Commerce City BDSM club, went before the Colorado Court of Appeals to contest the city denying them a sexually oriented business license application, the couple believed the judges in the hearing thoroughly slapped the city’s lawyers around (“Fit to Be…
The wee hours of the weekends can get pretty rowdy on Colfax, but Pete’s Kitchen has a not-so-secret weapon: Denver Police detective John White, who serves as spokesman for the department when he’s not moonlighting at Pete’s. One recent Friday, an Off Limits operative caught White in action. “John, he’s…
I’m beginning to get pretty fucking tired of the word hipster. The ubiquity of the term is weighing me down like a studded belt with an ironic buckle that doubles as a bottle-opener. The other day, por ejemplo, I was reading a society column — I like to keep tabs…
“An Uphill Battle,” Adam Cayton-Holland, April 5 A Good Man Is Hard to Find Thanks for giving us the rest of the best Boulder story of 2006. While you wouldn’t catch me dead in the military, I’d want Lance Hering (or Steve Powers) watching my back. Friends like Steve are…
Later today (Thursday) there will be a complete slideshow of last night’s Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Can’t wait until then to tell the judges who you think should have won Challenge #3? Post your comments below. (You’ll have to wait for the slideshow to see who actually won!) Any comments…
Max Karson, an envelope-pushing CU-Boulder student profiled in this Message column from last November, loves making news. But he may have gotten more attention than he bargained for on April 17, when he was arrested as a result of remarks he offered in class. According to information contained in this…
When proto-punk and original-era punk acts were in their prime, I was either too young or too far from the various scenes to catch them in action. As a result, my only chance to see such groups perform has been in reunion formats — and my experiences at such shows…
Chef Adam Mali’s also a floorwalker, which bothered me a little. When I see a chef working the room, shaking hands, making nice with the customers, all I can think is that with him on the floor loving up the crowd, who’s in the galley watching my agnolotti or expo-ing…
Today’s contestant in the Cydney Payton Design Challenge is Gino Velardi, who is best known around town for his stunning gowns. Seriously, he has this feathered babydoll number that Cat might just kill for…but that’s another story, as he’s got something else in mind for the director and curator of…
Today’s entry into the Cydney Payton Design Challenge comes from Crystal Sharp, whom everyone knows as the proprietor of She She on South Broadway and Bayaud. Check out her design, and then go here to see the slideshow of what she — and the other eleven designers competing in the…
So why a school? And not just any school, but a college campus of more than 26,000 students — possibly the only place even more vulnerable than your local schoolyard. And why now, just a few days before the infamous anniversaries of Waco and Columbine? At least 31 dead, including…
The sun was shining and the weather was sweet — and Michael Franti’s Bob Marley quotes didn’t stop with the weather when he and Spearhead took the stage at Copper Mountain on Saturday for the final of three free concert weekends, part of the resort’s season ending Sunsation festivities. Franti’s…
And now Cat presents the second entry in the Cydney Payton Challenge, a design created by local fashion fave Mona Lucero. Next week Payton will choose her favorite sketch, and the winner will be announced on the Tamarac Square Fashion Project runway on April 25. Stay tuned to Cat every…
This April 10 blog discusses the manner in which Denver Post TV-and-radio writer Joanne Ostrow wound up being branded a left-wing idealogue by Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly on his weeknight staple, The O’Reilly Factor. But the story doesn’t end there. When Ostrow declined to be interviewed on the Factor,…
Like any journalist who sticks around long enough, I’ve occasionally been interviewed myself. I’ve chatted with the greats: Peter Boyles, Joan London, even Phil Donahue, in all his pre-Oprah glory. I once had a meaningful five minutes with Katie Couric, thanks to a remote hook-up — I stared bleary-eyed into…
