Wednesday, May 22, 2013
News
Paychecks and balances
It's a heresy now, but every hour you work beyond 40 hours a week is making you less effective and productive over both the short and the long haul.
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Long story short
Like most people in journalism, I loved the constant challenge, the deadline pressure, the battles to break big stories.
Changing routes
Transit Solutions Team wants to get rid of FREX, raise rates.
Turning a new leaf
Parks Solutions Team recommends tweaks to funding, landscaping.
Code black
Mayor Bach suggests dipping into city savings to pay for new police, fire and road projects.
Try, try again
With criminal and civil trials still to come, Joshua Carrier remains a dicey subject for D-11, cops.
Meth clean-up
Via pending legislation, Colorado might get more serious about its labs.
More to Give!
Two prominent local women join the Indy's fundraising campaign.
Noted: City and Ultra fight over SDS
Also: Anti-Looper efforts hit low, USOC developer acquitted, First Pres breaks away and more.
Columns
Flash-back to Dick Clark
For a group like Flash Cadillac, the chance to appear on American Bandstand — four times between 1972 and 1976 — wasn't just a quick, meaningless gig.
The power of letting go
Utilities runs itself, operating under policy directives that haven't changed in the past century.
Challenge for city leaders
Colorado Springs is indeed a city that has lost its way and is enamored with holding on to a past that no longer exists.
No one called me a slut in 1978
It wasn't always like this. This is a story of how it used to be.
Hill Climb: all about records
The nation's second-oldest auto race (behind only the Indianapolis 500) isn't just barely clinging to life anymore. In fact, its future has never looked brighter.
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Letters
Discussing women in power, Obama and racism, spiritual "middle men" and more.
CannaBiz: Growth at Cannabis Science
Also: Dixie going national
New directions at the Indy
Staff additions and changes, event announcements and readership growth.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
What to eat and where to get it
Is it possible to eat mass-produced, processed food and still be healthy? Or does a conscious eater really need to seek out organics and the like?
They grab the money and run
What are these phantasmagoric money machines that they call "private-equity firms"?
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Advice goddess
It's not just a kitchen; it's a probiotics wildlife refuge.
Food & Drink
Two shots, two wheels, too cool
Coffee-and-cycle shop Cafe Velo makes for a tasteful marriage and worthy aid station.
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Dine & Dash
Pikes Peak Brewing Co., El Tamale Loco, Wooglin's Deli
Side dish: Big happenings at Gotta Love It!
Updates include a kitchen overhaul and new businesses joining the fold.
Music
Thanks for your applause
Chatham County Line takes its bluegrass roots to a broader audience
Refuse and persist
Post-grunge hitmakers Garbage rise from the scrap heap of success
Family values
Snow Patrol's frontman wants to have your child
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Reverb
Punk-rock reunions and resurrections. New venues and festivals. Hip-hop throwdowns and metal moshpits. Yes, it's another week in the land of Reverb.
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Sound advice
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us, Little Richard
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
Yummy roll: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jiro is widely reported to be the world's best sushi chef, and as Jiro Dreams of Sushi reveals, the title does not exaggerate.
The purloined movie: The Raven
Oh, I so wanted to love this flick.
British booty: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
What is holding back a film like this from the kind of success it deserves?
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Cinefiles
The Story of Rock 'n' Roll Comics, The Conquest, Thou Shalt Not Kill ... Except
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Local film events
Farmageddon and The Weight of the Nation: Challenges
Visual Arts
Hitchin' a ride
Farmer, writer and local-food evangelist Joel Salatin may be just the lunatic our society needs right now.
Calendar
Special Section
Dooms-dating: Survivalist singles and domestic tranquility
Chainsaw's favorite food is chocolate. Her favorite color is camo.
UPDATE: Memorial board affirms McEvoy severance, heads for showdown with City Council
Today at 4 p.m., the Colorado Springs City Councill will convene for a special meeting to address the governance of Memorial Health System, though that apparently means resolving two issues.
UPDATE: Hente calls special Council meeting Tuesday after Bach's request
Mayor Bach had asked Hente for meeting as soon as possible regarding Memorial Health System.
