The Anthology of Rap: Co-editor & hip-hop professor Adam Bradley has epic rap...
The Anthology of Rap caused a stir nationwide last year. The first scholarly compendium of rap lyrics drew praises from Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Chuck D, but also courted controversy over alle
View ArticleDenver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder game two preview: Nugs shouldn't...
Nenê.It might not seem sensible... Still, the Nuggets would be well served to duplicate their game plan from Sunday's 107-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in game one of their playoff ser
View Article4/20 rally in Denver: To legalize or not to legalize... wait, what is the...
You walk into Civic Center Park, and immediately you smell it. Happy 4/20, everybody. You keep walking, slowly at first, like a teen at his first day of high school. Where to go first? There ar
View ArticlePaul Noel Fiorino drops out of mayor's race to run for District 8 city...
Big pic below.Paul Noel Fiorino's run for Denver mayor was bumpy, with so many signatures disallowed that he failed to make the ballot. He announced that he'd carry on as a write-in candidate -
View ArticleReader: Women who don't spend most of the year in bikinis don't need...
Our post about a RealSelf.com survey showing Denverites were less interested in getting Brazilian butt lifts than women in any other city polled included a comment from the site's Makenzie Gree
View Article4/20 in Boulder: Where there's smoke, there are thousands of CU students...
Big pics below.Even as 10,000-plus people were lighting up at the Denver Civic Center Park 4/20 rally, about the same number were doing likewise on CU's Norlin Quad in Boulder, where the vibe w
View ArticleDenver Magazine's closure hits nonprofit events whose tickets were sold...
The shutdown of Denver Magazine, whose key assets were acquired by 5280, has caused unexpected headaches for area nonprofits whose events the publication had agreed to sponsor. Take the Young P
View ArticleJames Mejia is a sleeper in the mayor's race: Kenny Be's Speed Candidating
Ballots for the 2011 General Municipal Election were mailed out to voters late last week. With nine candidates running for Denver mayor, voters will need to keep a "cheat sheet" handy. My Spe
View ArticleThomas Howie charged with starting Crystal Fire, 15-year-old suspected in...
Big pic below.As the Crystal fire in Larimer County was finally winding down last week, authorities announced their suspicion that it was human-caused -- and now they think they've got the huma
View ArticleMedical marijuana dispensary review: Verde Wellness serving up some quality...
I like things verde. Salsa verde on a breakfast burrito makes life better and Mesa Verde National Park is one of earth's most beautiful places. And last week, I found plenty of my favorite kind
View ArticleOur updated medical-marijuana directory
William Breathes's 4/20 week medical marijuana dispensary review is a colorful one: Verde Wellness Center. But there's plenty more shades of green available in our newly updated MMJ listings. C
View ArticleStony Creek Elementary students evacuated to Deer Creek after suspicious man...
Stony Creek.In our earlier post about the devices found yesterday at Southwest Plaza mall, I mentioned that Chatfield High School, which my twin daughters attend, was locked down during the inc
View ArticleJohn Elway says Broncos haven't received any calls about trading down in NFL...
John Elway.We decided to give these three Denver blog posts a loving home right here. Bronco Talk's Jon offers his take on John Elway's claim that the Broncos' phone isn't ringing off the hook
View ArticleWild horse roundups: Judge okays lawsuit as accounts of abuse pile up (VIDEO)
Amid mounting evidence of wild horses being mistreated during government roundups and suffering in poorly tended holding facilities, a federal judge in California is allowing a key legal challe
View ArticleColorado Rockies avoid sweep and complete embarrassment at the hands of the...
Carlos Gonzalez. The Rockies came into their three game series against the San Francisco Giants with the best record in the league. And then the defending World Series Champions performed the
View ArticleChristian & Theresa Laswell: Was Christian a pimp of child prostitutes or an...
There are two versions of Christian Laswell's story, his lawyer said in court this morning. In one version, the 29-year-old seen here is a pimp of several women, including a seventeen-year-old
View ArticleNORML conference deserves honorary proclamation: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario
The Denver mayor and City Council hand out an honorary proclamations nearly everyday. Organizations as varied as martial arts dojos and garden clubs are honored for their unique contributions
View ArticleArianna Huffington at MapQuest party on "frivolous" blogger suit, "useful"...
Arianna Huffington.Internet years are like dog years, which makes fifteen-year-old MapQuest more like 105. But this old dog can learn directions home if you believe Arianna Huffington, now a pl
View ArticleIs social media ruining students? (INFOGRAPHIC)
Full graphic below.Yesterday, we told you about Boulder's Off the Quad, whose Trendsttr algorithm is designed to find the most socially influential college students by measuring things like how
View ArticleNuggets live to die another day versus Kevin Durant, OKC Thunder thanks to Ty...
Ty Lawson.Every NBA prognosticator worth his leather balls has declared Denver dead in the 2011 playoffs, but the Nugs won't lay down. Last night's 104-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder fo
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