Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2000 Stories by Michael Roberts

• Steve Earle

  published July 27, 2000

  Mr. Earle had a moment there, back in the '80s, when he could get the country-music establishment to put out his records and convince commercial... More >>

• Showing Its Metal

  published July 20, 2000

  Shortly after the debut last September of the Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports & Wellness, an enormous, $70 million complex on the University... More >>

• When on Rome...

  published July 20, 2000

  Jim Rome, a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and star of his own nightly TV program on Fox Sports, takes pride in talking smack.... More >>

• The Same Old Shlock

  published July 20, 2000

  Throw a stick and you're apt to hit someone who thinks the current pop scene is the worst ever! And who, other than nine-year-old white... More >>

• Bill Barron

  published July 20, 2000

  There's no shortage of jazz reissues, re-releases or compilations out there, but the majority of them spotlight a relative handful of artists. You... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published July 20, 2000

  North Mississippi Allstars, scheduled for three area gigs this week (a free in-store appearance 4 p.m. Thursday, July 20, at Twist & Shout,... More >>

• A Failure to Communicate

  published July 13, 2000

  For Brian Hansen, 1999 should have been a year to look back on with unadulterated pride. As a reporter for the Colorado Daily, a... More >>

• Shock of the Old

  published July 13, 2000

  Contrary to popular belief, there are still a handful of jazz musicians with recording contracts who enjoy taking chances. But most of the acts... More >>

• Jay Cloidt

  published July 13, 2000

  Wit doesn't turn up that often in classical or experimental music, perhaps because composers fear (often with good reason) that the presence of... More >>

• The Dogfather Speaks

  published July 6, 2000

  So there I was, being led into a roomy townhouse mere blocks from the Denver Dumb Friends League by the Denver Post's Chuck Green... More >>

• Word of the Pharoahe

  published July 6, 2000

  On the surface, the lineup of the Spitkickers Tour -- De La Soul, Common, Pharoahe Monch and Talib Kweli, with Biz Markie thrown in for comic... More >>

• The Mendoza Line

  published July 6, 2000

  In the film Clueless, Cher Horowitz, played by Alicia Silverstone, dismisses the music loved by Josh (Paul Rudd), her stepbrother/love... More >>

• Sage Advice

  published June 22, 2000

  In the Denver radio market, the morning show personalities who get the most attention are the naughtiest ones: the Peak's Howard Stern... More >>

• Tin Huey

  published June 22, 2000

  As a rule, defunct cult acts should leave well enough alone. Take Tin Huey, which rose from the same late '70s Akron, Ohio, scene that spawned... More >>

• That Old Fighting Spirit

  published June 15, 2000

  You've been hearing it for weeks: The joint operating agreement that's set to link the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post will... More >>

• Look for the Union Label

  published June 8, 2000

  In the month or so since the announcement of a proposed joint operating agreement pairing the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain... More >>

• New Bomb Turks

  published June 8, 2000

  For a movement intended to destroy every bloated, redundant, stereotypical genre in its path, punk rock sure turned out to be conservative. Most... More >>

• Sporting Chance

  published June 1, 2000

  Since moving to Alma, Colorado, a scenic mountain community not far from Fairplay, Amy Majikas hadn't gotten to see her mother, Janet, nearly... More >>

• Add It Up

  published June 1, 2000

  The Colorado Department of Transportation's repository of accident reports fills an entire room. Row after row of shelving units that reach up to... More >>

• For the Record

  published June 1, 2000

  No one's ever accused Sascha Konietzko, the man behind the now-dead KMFDM and the very-much-alive MDFMK, of suffering from incurable optimism.... More >>

• Seeing Red

  published May 25, 2000

  As recently as last year, Denver officials pushing for a sweeping renovation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Friends of Red Rocks, a group of public... More >>

• Radio for (Lots of) Change

  published May 25, 2000

  Those conservative politicians who routinely bellyache about the alleged liberal bias of the media seldom include mainstream talk radio in their... More >>

• Smiley Smiles

  published May 25, 2000

  In 1991, author Jane Smiley presented A Thousand Acres, a modernization of King Lear that became a national bestseller and... More >>

• Man Out of Time

  published May 25, 2000

  Like all of Elliott Smith's best songs, "Junk Bond Trader," a key track on Figure 8, his fine new album, is more than its title indicates;... More >>

• Air

  published May 25, 2000

  Although "soundtracky" isn't a term recognized by the folks at Webster's, everyone knows what it means -- instrumental music that may work when... More >>