Tuesday, May 21, 2013
News
Unsolved mysteries in the CSPD's crime lab
Colorado Springs law enforcement leaders say they've figured out whodunit, but worrisome questions remain in the crime lab's blood-alcohol debacle.
Taco Supreme
Street food: In almost every country on the planet, it's cheaper and often better than many similar dishes found indoors.
Official frets as stormwater threatens Austin Bluffs
Jason Bouchard's property is crumbling into a deep, jagged ravine. In fact, rushing stormwater and two natural springs have caused 30 feet of his land to simply disappear in less than two years.
Loaded questions for the ATF
The ATF is there for you — unless you want your stolen gun back, no matter who you are (or once were).
Gazette circulation continues decline as parent emerges from bankruptcy
Reports show the Gazette's core product circulation continues its downward spiral. Since 2000, circulation has fallen by 36 percent, and in the past three years alone, the newspaper has lost 30 percent of its paying customers.
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Long story short
The phrase "death by taco" kept running through my mind.
Noted: Damning report for Chavez
Also: Big changes at Memorial this week, Penny's house for sale, good news for Hickenlooper and more.
Columns
Let me see your papers
Are you carrying your birth certificate right now?
Memorial panel off the track
How would you feel about a special project involving a city enterprise, being run by volunteers, costing $400,000 so far in unbudgeted money, with no limits, support or guidance from the city?
Brace yourself for Tebow
On a summer day in 1983 it was my luck to witness, and cover, one of the most amazing non-events that any sports journalist could ever imagine.
Wall Street scolding won't stop the greed
Can you imagine how Wall Street bankers respond to being scolded? Right, they shrug and go right back to their profiteering.
IQ: Rotten tomatoes
Earthquakes, oil spills, Arizona immigration laws ... it's hard to imagine anyone looking back on these as halcyon days. What's worse is that few people seem to think things will turn around any time soon.
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Letters
Calls to legalize marijuana, red-blue blame game, ways to help parks and fountains, defending Rove and more.
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Advice Goddess
Ignore your friends and family, who won't be the ones sleeping with your girlfriend (well, presumably).
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Secret rendezvous
Though inconspicuous on the outside, size matters at Orange Plate, and the menu's full of dishes described as "heaping," "hearty" and "piled high."
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Side dish
Another crêpe spot opening, Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill coming to the Springs, Colorado Mountain Brewery on the way.
Music
Funk don't fail me now: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Against all odds, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band keeps New Orleans musical traditions alive and kicking, and its bringing it to Colorado Springs.
Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams shed light on country music's lost history
"The book is sort of a general history of country music for kids," says Wofford, "because, you know, children need to know how awful the world is."
The Drive-By Truckers hit the road with one of their best albums yet
Checking under the Hood: Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood is in a good mood, and with good reason.
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Big Gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
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Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Reverb
Fang, for those of you who have not followed any significant history of punk rock over the last, oh, 30 years, is the band responsible for the track "Fun With Acid" on the legendary Not So Quiet on the Western Front Californian compilation.
Sugarland
"We were like, 'Well, how about this? How about we go play all these songs for people, and then sometime in October they can buy them?'"
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Sound advice
Merle Haggard, Big Audio Dynamite and others
Film
Iron supplement: Iron Man 2
Exposition might be the only order of this movie's business: With all the fireworks, the gadgetry, the corporatized idol worship and heavy-duty charm, it finally amounts to a Marvel Studios trade show.
Child's play: Babies
Say what you will about Babies, but you can't accuse it of false advertising. Look at How Cute might also have worked as a title.
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Cinefiles
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time, Five Minutes of Heaven, Crimes of Fashion and more.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Babies, Iron Man 2 and more.
Visual Arts
Nature made art comes to Smokebrush
Using materials such as rocks, mud, wood and leaves, Durango artist Shan Wells captures "delicate parts of the balance."
Stage
The FAC Theatre Company goes crazy for Gershwin
Throughout May, the company will show off how they chose to re-create Crazy for You, which won a Tony Award and includes a slew of classic Gershwin tunes.
Calendar
Special Section
Life after Freedom: 36D in 3-D
Scott Flanders' latest ploy to build circulation at Playboy, according to Reuters, is an eye-popper. The magazine announced this week that its June issue will come with 3-D glasses, to view the 3-D image of that month's centerfold.
King of the food shows
Here's an event that separates the hardcore foodies and the fairweather fans: WestEx, the largest restaurant exhibition in the West.
Talking — and stalking — turkey
Noting that "a safe turkey hunter is much like a safe driver — you must be defensive minded," the federation has chosen to share 10 tips that those in the woods should consider.
Pentagon agrees to tougher igloo requirements
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Department of Defense, Pueblo Chemical Depot, mustard gas
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Education Guide
Though job prospects may be thin and the unemployment rate high, the fact remains that more education will never hurt you. With that, here are a host of schools with a local presence.
