The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 25 edition
Spill some ink.
Armed and ready.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Now, that's dedication. It's also, um, forever.
• Are you the best band in Denver?
• Freaky Friday: "Common People" -- Shatner's cover slash-up version.
• Friday Freeloader: Vendetta Festival MP3s.
• Freeloader Friday: Win tickets to see Carbon Leaf and Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers tonight at the Ogden.
Today in Cafe Society:
• Budget-friendly bar bites at anything but budget-minded Morton's.
• Great American Beer Festival Q&A: Bell's Brewery.
• Denver's Ten Best Steakhouses.
• Five things I learned about beer brewers.
• Ten weight-loss ads that make us want to hurl (and watch the pounds melt away!)
Today in The Latest Word:
• Say goodbye (and good riddance) to Najibbullah Zazi.
• Report: Hep-C passer Kristen Parker to plead guilty.
• 3,497 dead dogs and other numbers from Denver's pit bull ban.
• CU fights anonymous bashing with press-pass policy.
• Shmuck of the Week: The very sleepy Jesse Dennis Dimmick. Nighty-night.

























