Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 11, 2008

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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1994 Stories by Michael Roberts

• PLAYLIST

  published February 16, 1994

  Various Artists Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (Reprise) Beautiful People If 60's Were 90's (Continuum) We, the... More >>

• ON THE MARCO

  published February 16, 1994

  By mid-1993, Phantasmorgasm had evolved into a remarkable band, capable of blending rap, rock, metal and practically anything else that wasn't... More >>

• RATED RAP

  published February 16, 1994

  By The new album by old-school rapper Schooly D, entitled Welcome to America, neatly encapsulates the plusses and minuses of so-called gangsta... More >>

• GOOD TO THE LAST DROP?

  published February 9, 1994

  Boulder's Penny Lane coffeehouse has always drawn a widely varied clientele--from expensively clad businessmen to grungy teenagers with ragged... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published February 9, 1994

  Alice in Chains Jar of Flies (Columbia) Wherein another conglomeration of grunge heroes tries to prevent its career from dribbling... More >>

• HELLO GOODBYE

  published February 9, 1994

  It's an early January evening at the Red Lion Hotel, and several dozen board members and buyers associated with the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo... More >>

• DANGEROUS LIAISONS

  published February 2, 1994

  Michael Jackson always said he loved the children of the world; now he's paying the price. On January 25 an estimated $10 million of Jackson's... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published February 2, 1994

  Material Hallucination Engine (Axiom) Producer/bassist Bill Laswell is a major talent, but his conceptual skills are spotty: For every... More >>

• AFTER FURTHER REVIEW

  published February 2, 1994

  While most musicians don't mind getting great reviews, they're not nearly so enthusiastic about being saddled with a reputation as a so-called... More >>

• PLAYING POSSUM

  published January 26, 1994

  "It seems like a lot of bands are in the grunge mode--everyone's pissed and angry and punk," says Rob Zabrecky, bassist/vocalist for a pleasantly... More >>

• CELL, CELL, CELL

  published January 19, 1994

  "I don't give up very easily," says Stephen W. Smith. "No matter what, I keep making things happen." Smith's claim is no idle boast. He is... More >>

• REDEEMING VALUE

  published January 19, 1994

  Mary Murphy has spent more than ten years trying to make Calvary Temple pastor Charles Blair pay for his sins. As a member of the James 1:27... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published January 19, 1994

  Pat Boone Pat Boone's Greatest Hits (MCA) I know that the rise of the compact disc has meant the rerelease of plenty of older... More >>

• PAPA DON'T PREACH

  published January 19, 1994

  "When I talked to my dad about the record," a laughing Kathy Mattea says about Good News, her recently issued Christmas album, "he told me, `You... More >>

• Unholy Rollers

  published January 12, 1994

  Apathy is one ailment from which the veteran punk rockers in Los Angeles-based Bad Religion have never suffered. But Jay Bentley, the band's... More >>

• Playlist

  published January 12, 1994

  The Velvet Underground Live MCMXCIII (Sire/Warner Bros.) Big Star Columbia: Live at Missouri University 5/25/93 (Zoo) The... More >>

• That's Uncredible!

  published January 5, 1994

  Dr. Dre has worked long and hard to establish himself as the epitome of hardcore rap. Hence the following line from his multiplatinum album The... More >>