In Memorium: The Rocky Mountain News
1859-2009
So much has already been said and written by people so much more eloquent than me that it's almost a crime that I even dare comment on the the passing of the Rocky Mountain News, but it was my paper for my entire life. So losing it came as quite the blow, especially less than two months shy of its 200th birthday. Notable among its achievements of having not only the better comics section of the two Denver papers (the other being the Denver Post) it also had one of the top ten sports sections in the entire country. On top of that it frequently won pulitzer prizes for its stories and special reports that dug deeper and went further than most. Of these, the stories Final Salute, Colorado is Burning, Deadly Denial, and The Crossing come to my mind. I also remember with fondness the many columns by Gene Amole, the comics of Ed Stein and Drew Litton. In fact it it's quite pointless to point out what I'll miss as I'll miss it all. So on this sunny yet dark Saturday all I can think to say is...
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What was its political stance?
What was its political stance?
WBS,
Mixed. That the only thing I can think of to describe it. The editorial line was anti-labor but often pro-democrat but there were liberal and conservative columnists.
But it was the paper I grew up with long before I came to politics and I remember when I was just becoming a teenager and before my politics were truely formed I was clipping out pictures, columns, and letters to the editor and pinning them up on the wall in my room. So regardless of its stance it was still my paper.
And on personal note, if I may. How the hell do you find the time to blog so frequently with a new child?
should read "'truly' formed"
Interesting... so, pretty much mainstream media. It's weird I know precisely what you mean, there's stuff I'm attached to for decades and in a way it's because for a few years when I was growing up it was front and centre in my life...
Re blogging! ;)
After playing with kid in late evening and then feeding and washing bottles, instead of watching TV, other than on occasion the Daily Show, I'll write between 9 and 10 or 10.30 pm, then fall into bed. Next morning, up at 6 - 6.30, a few words scribbled down from headlines before feeding her. In work at 8. Write up stuff at lunch most days... repeat... five days a week. And baby is still sleeping an hour morning and afternoon so at weekend I'll write too. House is - I ahve to admit - a mess. But feck it. When she's older she can clean it!
The big thing is that she's getting more and more mobile, not quite walking but standing and 'cruising' from one part of the furniture to another, so expect an imminent dip in quantity. To be honest I think it keeps me sane. I love all the stuff, feeding, changing etc, cos we were trying for years, but it's no harm during some of those to have a bit of the mind going... 'okay, how do I phrase that?'... etc.
I'm being serious. That's it. My social life has collapsed. I've been out three times in the last five months and one of which I lost my hearing for two days at a Hermano gig.
I'm going out on the 18th... for beers. Looking forward to it too...
And how's it going with you and your wife? Is your young one keeping you awake etc, or are you finally getting a bit of rest?
WBS,
Yes I suppose it was "mainstream" media, but years before the internet took off in my house I remember pouring over snippets in the international updates about Chechen rebels staging an attack in Grozny or the occasional or cutting out the ever so rare picture of international events such as Palestinian fighters, KLA soldiers, or an INLA memorial.
I commend you on your dedication to blogging, it lets the rest of us slack and still find something worth reading online
Today we were officially designated with a chollicky (or however the fuck you spell it) baby so things have been a bit rough. As I get home at five it means that I walk directly into the home of a crying baby who will stay a crying baby for a couple of hours (usually 5-7ish). I've had to work overtime this week so I got home after six to a worn out wife and a baby who had been going strong for over three hours. I think one of the hardest things about the crying is that it's not something you can do much about. I've stood in a dim room with a sheet draped over myself and the pooper shooshing, jiggling him and walking back and forth for over an hour until he finally fell asleep. Such is our life right now.
I hope that changes for you guys and faster than you expect. They do seem to quiet down eventually after a month or two, but the early evening crying for hours is a weird one which pretty much all of them seem to do. I found playing shoegaze music fairly softly on a stereo helped as did getting the sound of the vacuum cleaner on a loop on a CD which was then played to calm her down. But it's not easy and that's the worst thing. SHe's got a virus at the moment and was in dire form for the last three day and reading what you said brought it back and made me realise just how quickly it all changes - for the better!
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