2012 Boulder Media Academy Awards from Jann Scott (oh shit)
015 hours ago
Well it’s time for my annual awards of the Best and Worst media in Boulder which no one else has the balls to do, but lets have a look.
Twitter With this form of social media rising to the surface of the gossip cesspool, we almost have no use for it ( if you want to
call it media.) It is really a bulletin board for media announcements of stories. The problem with twitter are the people who use it. Mostly 24 to 34 year old already short attention spanned office workers. In terms of mass appeal Twitter still represents about 2% of Boulder so it is virtually off the radar for everyone.
Best Blog in Boulder The only true media blog that we have found in Boulder is Boulder Channel 1. They are web only. Have a news department which posts traditional news daily. They also post TV news videos daily. They have a full on IT and Advertising sales department with a staff of 7. I know there are other blogs in Boulder but none of them have mass media appeal. They are all amateur individual and special interest pursuits.
Worst News Paper in Boulder has to go to the Colorado Daily. It is the Daily Camera regurgitated with a few CU pics. This is the tragic downfall of a once powerhouse news org that took on the CU establishment and made them change. Not anymore. It is an embarrassment.
Best News Paper in Boulder is the Daily Camera. For all the cut backs, loss of revenue caused by Craigs List , it will be a sad day if we ever lose this daily news paper here in Boulder. The Camera has a professional reporter staff who go after stories, develop them and write them from the ground up. That is no easy task. Everyone in boulder should be grateful to this news paper. You should subscribe to it ! Absolutely. The Camera reporters are the ones who are on every story 7 days a week. If it is a big story they do it well. Not Boulder weekly. They are a week late on everything. Boulder Channel 1 has too small of a news staff ( two) to thoroughly cover the city.. So congratulations to the Daily Camera “live long and prosper”
Best Television Channel in Boulder goes to Channel 22. BV-22 is seen on Comcast all over Boulder County. It is Boulders Educational Access channel and much much more. The channel started 4 years ago as a result of the Boulder city councils attempt to stifle free speech on public access TV. After two horrible management teams which consisted of BIFF, BCM, Boulder tourism board and Louisville public access, the city turned the channel over to Boulder Valley School district which have done a DREAM JOB. BV22 hosts local video on cable. Much of is is educational, but not in the boring sense. It is a place where Boulder videographers can get get their work shown with out a lot of hassle. BV22 is smoothly run and the staff are responsive and polite which was not the case with past city contractors. Runner up channel 8
Worst TV Channel in Boulder goes to Channel 63 the University of Colorado J-School channel. It is just dreadful. No wonder the CU regents shut down the Journalism School. Channel 63 has a new 15 million dollar facility which remains empty and unused. They produce a few CU news programs which they never show. The rest of the time they have a terrible signal and play foreign broadcasts which are better seen on the net. The university wastes millions of dollars on staff for this channel. The president of the university should kill himself over this abortion.
Best Morning Network News program goes to CBS morning show with Charlie Rose and Erika Hill. Rose has been with CBS for 100 years. Hill comes from CNN. OMG this a watchable morning show. Not the crap on NBC or ABC whcih I won’t even go into it is so bad.
Best Denver Morning News show goes again to Channel 2. They actually do some watchable segments from Boulder and around the USA. The other channels : 7, 9, 4, 31 do only weather and traffic which is stupid….. really stupid. They are stupid. OK local news anchors are all like Ron Burgundy and really stupid , but channel 2 is less stupid.
Best Local Radio Well there isn’t any. It all sucks. KGNU is old stogey leftist crap for rich liberals. Radio 1190 the CU station would be good if they had a remarkable talent, but they don’t and no one listens. KBCO is no longer a Boulder station and it went down hill along time ago. They moved to SE Denver for C—-s sake. SE Denver?? That is the anti-christ compared to Boulder.
Best Local TV Show is 22Boom Hosted by me this is Boulders only TV magazine show on BV22. There is not much competition except for boring city stuff on channel 8 which is only watched by old people. 22Boom has movie trailers, music videos, local events, food, shopping and everything Boulder.
Best talk show host in Boulder also goes to me. Jann Scott Live is a sometimes live call in front page news driven program seen only on the net with segments on cable. This show used to be live weekly on channel 54 until the city shut it down for being a little too noisey. Everything else is boring boring boring. Alex bugoski boring. KGNU boring, channel 8 boring. walk the talk boring. But me, I am exciting , fun entertaining and ridiculous. so there.
Best all around Media in Boulder goes to Boulder Channel 1 which I own. Ha ha ha. No but seriously, really, yes. Boulder Channel 1 has an excellent news department. It has a music section with music news and music videos. The BC1 movie section has weekly reviews by Dan Culberson who admittedly is a grumpy old guy who is completely out of touch with BC1 target audience, but they love to make fun of him. BC1 also run movie trailers and list movies. The food section is by far the best in Boulder with reviews, video and listings. Just excellent. BC1 retail and shopping section is also excellent. BC1 showed in the Twitter elite in the top 10 for Boulder this year. It has over 40,000 views a month according to Go-daddy. It’s website is the largest in Boulder with over 200,000 pages and by far is the largest media out let in Boulder
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Meanwhile, back in High School, false rape accusations, Max Bowman the stalker, Capt Underpants and council
01 week ago
Today Aaron Smith and I went to Ridgeview High School in Longmont to speak to a Career path class. They were mostly serious minded students who were interested in what kind of life choices they were going to make. What a smart idea for a Class. Here’s the break down of what I learned. One student wanted to become an Air traffic controller, another an engineer, another wants to be a police officer at Longmont PD. Another a naval career, another a broadcaster, another wanted to work in computers and video and 1 wasn’t sure.
One of the students called us and asked if we would come and speak with the class about Boulder Channel 1. They meet three times a week and go on field trips to businesses or have company reps come into speak. How cool is that? We are working on a news piece of our visit and you’ll find it on Boulder Channel 1 later this month.
Is this a spate of girls calling in with false reports of sexual assaults? I think so. There have been three in the last year. Boulder PD charged two girls for false reporting in the last two weeks. wtf is this about? And how many actual charges for sexual assault are bogus that are never revealed. I am afraid way too many. In the 1990s a CU football player was charged , convicted and sent to prison for the rape of his “girl friend” . Three years later she called police and told them that she made the whole thing up, lied through out the trial because she was mad at “him”. It took 6 months for the case to be reversed, but she eventually went to prison in his place. Last week we reported that a man was arrested for groping a girl in a hotel room. I tried to talk to boulder PD about this case. It sounds flimsy to me. Like what was the girl doing in “a hotel room on a pre-arranged meeting?” Sounds suspicious.
In the past few weeks, we at Boulder channel 1 have been under attack on twitter by a guy named Max Bowman who is a drunkard and a Boulder massage therapist. We received over 200 threatening tweets. The police have been involved and now have Bowman under investigation. His case goes to the DA for charges of cyber bullying, harassment threats etc. Our computer science engineer tracked him down and put the pd case together. But as I’ve said many times on here , Twitter can be a dangerous place. Boulder has it’s share of crazy people on there.
The Boulder city council , yesterday, took on the topic of work place violence. Seth Brigham’s name came up again. He is the guy who got pissed off at the city when they denied his right to public access TV. He then became a permanent fixture at council meetings routinely calling them a bunch of criminals. He won one law suit for $10,000. Is Seth Brigham a potential threat to members of council?. I dunno, maybe. They now pay a cop to be there every week to protect them from him. I suppose I should include myself in that group too. I have done TV shows and written about the violent over throw of government when they deny protected constitutional rights to the people. The council and the Daily Camera went crazy with my performances.
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Occupy Denver : “Government ready to go to war on it’s own people”
01 week ago
ALTERNATE FEED, GATHERING SET OUTSIDE DEMO. FUNDRAISER SAT.
At 5 PM On Saturday February 11th Occupy Denver will be holding a “no confidence” rally outside of the democratic fundraiser taking place in the Sheradon in downtown Denver. This fundraiser is called “The Jefferson Jackson Dinner,” tickets are $125 all the way up to $10,000. We will be holding a “no confidence” voting booth outside of the event. Participants will be invited to cast a simple vote of “no confidence” as an act of protest against the current state of our government. Also joining us at this rally will be our comrades The Thunderdome, the radical kitchen that served up thousands of free gourmet meals to anyone who came to Occupy Denver during the first few months of the occupation. Unlike the 1% dinner taking place inside, The Thunderdome will be serving free food to everyone.
In the wake of brutal repression of Occupies across america, the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the militarization of the US police force and the growing rich and poor gap it has become obvious that the government is ready to go to war with its own people. Obama, the Democrats and their “get out the vote” organizations are use the language of the Occupy movement for their own ends while ignoring the brutality that Occupiers have endured by the state that claims to protect them. Our government cheered on protestors in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and across Eastern Europe. When those same protests erupted in the US they slandered us in the mainstream media, threw provocateurs into our midst to disrupt our activities and attacked us brutally, repeatedly. What we are seeing in the US is a modern reincarnation of the same social movements that got us the 8 hour work day, minimum wage, and civil rights, and our government is engaging in business as usual. We will not stand for the phony populism on display in Washington DC. We are not fighting for a few token gestures so we can all go home and feel good, we are engaging in a ruthless criticism of everything. Today less than 1% controls the wealth and thus the politics in this country, much of it facilitated by dinners like these.
This $10,000 fundraiser is held in a time where more people have signed up for food stamps then ever and homelessness has been nearly criminalized in Denver. In front of Civic Center Park, many of our houseless brothers hold down the Occupation 24-7. The state has taken our tents, our structures and our sleeping bags yet our comrades on The Row have built an enduring community there. Many folks are awoken every night with police throwing their things around and generally harassing them, this is what it has come to on the streets of Denver. Many people ask why our homeless brothers and sisters don’t go to shelters? Did you know that there isn’t enough beds in Denver to sleep 50% of the homeless population? Democracy is ugly and our government’s treatment of the least priviledged among us is despicable.
Voting is often held up as the highest form of civic duty in the US. It is often said that if you can’t vote you can’t complain. So join us on February 11th, you can cast your vote for no confidence with us, whether you vote no confidence in the Democrats, Obama, Capitalism, or our form of government… your voice will be heard. If this government wishes to survive, it surely must stop selling the seat at the table to the highest bidder.
We will be gathering at 5PM In front of the Sheradon. 1550 Court Place Denver Colorado
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I never actually met David Letterman, but …
03 weeks ago
Since today is his 30th anniversary for being on Late night television and I am in the same biz , I thought I’d say something. I’ve been on TV as a night time host since 1989 here in Boulder and Denver.
Before I got into broadcasting , as a guy in his late 20′s I once drove a truck long distance to all 48 states. Letterman had a morning talk show on NBC that was absolutely crazy. So all across america in Truck stop lounge areas, at 10 am weekdays, there would be big burly truckers watching Dave along with Americas housewives. nuff said.
When I started in talk radio in 1987, I hosted a serious programs called Addiction Free Radio but I could not help copying Letterman’s quips. My audience sometimes felt insulted. A new audience found it funny. And thus began my transition from a serious broadcaster to , well what I am now. Jann Scott Live.
Interesting about Letterman is that he was in news broadcasting where he to was fired for being a wise ass weather man. Oh horrors. I have been fired plenty of times for over the top antics.
In 1994 when Vicky our video editor was visting NYC she went to Lettermans show and video taped a piece out side the Ed sullivan Theater as Frann, Janns sister. She actally looked like me in the piece.
Clay, my son went to his show in 1993 and brought me a T-shirt and a post card and door magnet which I still have.
My brother Joe built David Lettermans pool in Connecticut.
I have a signed autograph of David Letterman on my wall. He signed it and sent it to me with a letter written by Lori Diamond thanking me for doing Addiction Free Radio. Letterman is also in recovery. But I have more more time than he does. neener neener neener.
In the late 80s I used to call his office with prank calls. Like, once I told them “we had Daves new Honda ready.” Lori diamond came on the phone, “Dave doesn’t have a new Honda.. she laughed and said Nice try though” I could never get through.
I used to write bits and send them in on his website. They never used any.
A fourteen year old kid I worked with selling coupons actually got his letter read on Letterman.
Finally, in desperation I gave up and decided to just be the best Dave I could be right here in Boulder…
Oh Christ! this was supposed to be about David Lettermans 30th anniversary and some how, again, I made it all about me.
Now I am happy
Jann Scott
Boulder
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Anti Sopa idiots started a war that will cost us all
01 month ago
The first crime they committed was to hack into the FBI computer system. Then they went after the CIA, NSA, the White House and the Pentagon all in one day. In Boulder Colorado they accessed the email system of the Boulder Daily Camera and deleted them all. They broke into to secure files of the city of Boulder and the Boulder Police department. The city of Boulder refused to discuss the matter with us.
They hacked into Cricket and stole 1000s of phone numbers including phones owned by Boulder channel 1. Cricket told us they have a massive criminal investigation centered in Boulder. This is all on the same day mind you. They broke into Wells Fargo bank locally and stole money from secure financial accounts.. I mean, Jesus Christ, the list goes on. What the hell are you people thinking. ?? You think you are going to beat the /White House, FBI and CIA?? OMG. Don’t you realize the CIA, NSA and Pentagon have cyber labs in Boulder?
Meanwhile the anti sopa movement say they’ve won, “don’t screw with the Internet”??? You see it said and written and scrolled all over the Internet. All of the Brad Feld Clones with their stop Sopa twitter photos are now the subject of the largest Internet criminal investigation is US history. It also involves, all European countries with France being a main leader. According to LE sources at Secret Service and FBI, president Obama is pretty pissed off that his home and office were hacked into.
Now all government contractors having to do with programming and software have stopped what they were working on and shifted gears into the SOPA hacking investigation. One source told me , this investigation will make the wiki leaks investigation look like the bunny run at Eldora.You are going to see wide spread arrests, whole companies shutdown, prison terms, fines and more. ” The Boulder anti sopa people will pay heavily for this” according to FBI in Boulder. “The president saw “Boulder as a tech friendly community and now that we believe that Boulder was a ring leader into cyber crime this past week.” Heads will roll here.
You people don’t realize how badly you have fucked up. You thought you were immune and could not be traced; that your friends wouldn’t talk. Oh they are talking. Everybody is trying to save their own ass.
I would like to take a personl moment to express my feelings to all of you in the Boulder tech community involved in the sopa attacks.
consider leaving Boulder and take your shit hole companies with you.
Jann Scott
say good bye Brad
Boulder Colorado
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crazy Christians, Republicans, Occupy Wall street loons, Tea Party and other American wackos
01 month ago
Watching media coverage of the Christian evangelical Republicans at the Iowa Caucus makes me cringe. Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman clearly carry the water for the right winged radical Christian movement. That movement, the evangelicals, are based in hate not the love of Jesus. They all “hate ” president Obama, they hate Catholics, and anyone who is not them. I have attended their churches and made a detailed study of them. They are loaded with conflicts. They think Satan rules the world and has infiltrated all forms of American life. They believe in isolating they’re followers from the mainstream. They gave us George W. Bush, the Iraq war, financial collapse, wall street greed and a lot of hate. The also gave Jesus a bad name.
Though the Republicans have a few good ideas, most of them are too crazy to actually run the government. The ideas I agree with are cutting spending in various areas. I do like the idea of getting rid of entire federal agencies that are redundant, do what state agencies do or are a complete waste of job, time and money. If the states can run Medicare, that would be fine by me. If the states can run education, ok good. Maybe a little administrative over site from Washington, but we don’t need monstrous do nothing agencies there. With the Department of defense we don’t need anymore dam ships, subs or attack satellites. Our intelligence agencies , coastal defenses and ready response teams, are important but our military can be condensed…… a lot. I don’t care if Obama raises taxes, but he and the Republicans better cut the shit out of the budget. Obama needs to get his penicil out We need departments that feed and help Americans but also stimulate the economy with good trade laws.
Other American crazies include Occupy Wall Streeters who are young, dumb and full of crap. Just talk to them. They are all over the place. Is it corporate greed and big banks or GMO’s ? Most of them hate capitalism and embrace communism so that gives their movement a no vote right their. The TeaParty on the other hand are focused and politically astute compared to the stoned hippie dumb shit occupiers, but they are all crazy right winged, gun toting, anarchists too.
What are we supposed to do with all this ??
Jann Scott
Boulder Colorado
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Jann writes to Jane Brautigam Boulder City manager
02 months ago
Dear Jane
First let me say, I think you have been doing an excellent job as city manager. This coming from someone who has been critical of most city officials over the years. In part it is my job. Also, though I have never met you, you have given me nor anyone concerned with free press a reason to complain. It is a far sight from your predecessors. I think you have resolved the public access TV issue remarkably well. Though we don’t have free public access TV anymore , we do have educational access TV and it fills the void for all citizens interested. Having BVSD run it is a good move, because they don’t cause problems.
I also think the city and police have interacted well with the occupy Boulder movement. Tonight they are camped on the front lawn of the municipal building. That’s very nice. They are our children. And they are doing what we did’; protest the injustices of powerful corporations who don’t pay taxes and big banks who attempt to enslave us all. So they need protesting.
Personally, I would have suggested that the kids protested the homes of Boulder bankers who swindle people, rather than the city manager who is trying to keep the lid on all of it.
In any event I support occupys political tactics. I think when a group who are trying to fight for freedom and against greed or intolerance, run into road blocks, they will change the rules in public policy. I certainly did. They people who stood up to the city over lack of free speech concerning public access TV, took radical steps to be heard. I did from 2005 to 2007. The city council and the city manger were under daily attacks by video, blogs and speech at council. Did it solve anything ? It showed without resolution they would remain under siege.
Much holds true with occupy Boulder. Until the banks and corporations are held accountable by the city, occupy is not going away. That is the issue. Not the protesters. They are Boulders children carrying on.
Jann Scott
from Boulder Colorado
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The Tavern Hospitality Group
02 months ago
The Tavern Hospitality Group is a Denver-based family-owned operation, comprised of Tavern Uptown, Tavern Downtown, Tavern Lowry, Tavern Tech Center, Tavern Wash Park, Tavern Littleton, Cowboy Lounge, and The Soiled Dove Underground. The company was the brainchild of Frank Schultz and his mother and step-father Terry and Al Papay. Their first venture was The Soiled Dove in 1997, forged from an historic LoDo warehouse on the corner of 20th and Market. Originally opened as a dueling piano bar, the Dove featured bands on an occasional basis. Soon, this concept became more popular than the pianos so the location was transformed into a live music format in 2000. The venue’s reputation in the music industry flourished.
The company’s growth and development is based on its Tavern concept. Each Tavern uniquely takes on the flavor and personality of the neighborhood in which it resides. Amenities weaving a common thread through all locations include spacious yet cozy lounges, fireplaces, outdoor patios, numerous HD TVs and high-end architectural features. Vital to the success of the brand are the high standards upheld for the fresh food and friendly service provided to guests.
Locations
| The Tavern Downtown 1949 Market St. Denver, CO 80202 Phone: (303) 299-0100 Fax: (303) 298-9107Monday-Friday 11am–2am Sat/Sun 10am – 2am Kitchen Closes at 10pm |
The Tavern Uptown 538 E. 17th Ave. Denver, CO 80203 Phone: (303) 830-9210 Fax: (303) 861-3037Monday – Friday 11am–2am Sat/Sun 10am – 2am Kitchen Closes at 12am |
The Tavern Lowry 7401 E. 1st Ave. Denver, CO 80230 Phone: (303) 366-0007 fax: (303) 366-3001Monday – Friday 11am–2am Sat/Sun 10am – 2am Limited Menu from 10pm – 12am |
| The Tavern Tech Center 5336 DTC Blvd. Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone: (303) 221-4660 Fax: (303) 221-4676Monday – Friday 11am–2am Sat/Sun 10am – 2am Limited Menu from 10pm – 12am |
The Tavern Wash Park 1066 S. Gaylord St. Denver, CO 80209 Phone: (303) 733-0350 Fax: (303) 733-0364Monday – Friday 11am–2am Sat/Sun 10am – 2am Limited Menu from 10pm – 12am |
The Tavern Littleton 2589 West Main Street, Littleton, CO 80120 Phone: (303) 730-7772 Fax: (303) 730-7774Monday-Friday 11am–2am Sat/Sun 10am – 2am Kitchen Closes at 12am |
| Cowboy Lounge 1941 Market St. Denver, CO 80202 Phone: (303) 226-1570 Fax: (303) 298-9107Thursday Night LADIES NIGHT/NO COVER FOR THE LADIES! 8pm–2am, Friday/Saturday Night 8pm – 2am |
The Soiled Dove Underground 7401 E. 1st Ave. Denver, CO 80230 Phone: (303) 830-9214 Fax: (303) 366-3001Website Map & Reviews   |
Tavern Hospitality Group Office
538 E 17th Ave.
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 226-1555
Fax: (303) 226-1556
Email: ask@tavernhg.com
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Pete’s Restaurants
02 months ago
Pete’s Restaurants have been a Denver tradition for over 45 Years. Family owned and operated beginning at the Satire Lounge and expanding to 6 locations today. The specialize in terrific home cooked meals with great service and a taste for whatever you’re looking for; Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Private Parties or catering.
Locations
| Pete’s Kitchen 1962 E Colfax Ave Denver 80206 (303) 321-3139Open 24 Hours a Day 7 Days a WeekWebsite Map & Reviews |
Pete’s Greek Town Cafe 2910 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80206 Phone: (303) 321-1104 Fax: (303) 321-1106RESTAURANT: 6a.m-11p.m LOUNGE: 10a.m-2a.m Website Map & Reviews |
Pete’s University Park Cafe 2345 E Evans Ave Denver 80210 (303) 733-7376Daily: 6am – 11pmWebsite Map & Reviews |
| Pete’s Gyros Place 2819 E Colfax Ave Denver 80206 (303) 321-9658Daily: 6am – 11pmWebsite Map & Reviews |
Pete’s Central One 300 S Pearl St Denver 80209 (303) 778-6675Daily: 10:30am – 10pmWebsite Map & Reviews |
Pete’s Satire Lounge 1920 E Colfax Ave Denver 80206 (303) 322-2227Website Map & Reviews |
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Email: info@petesrestaurantstoo.com
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Opus
02 months ago
Opus Restaurant serves innovative New American cuisine, with a focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients, paired with Old World service.
2575 West Main Street
Littleton, CO 80120
(303) 703-6787
Mon – Thu:
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Fri – Sat:
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Sun:
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
