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

• Coming Soon

  published March 23, 2000

  Ron Jeremy is simultaneously the best-known male actor in adult films and the porn star who's hardest on the eyes. At 47, he's relatively short of... More >>

• Master of the Universe

  published March 23, 2000

  "I like trying to remain mysterious," says Michael Schwartz, whose turntablist nom de plume is Mix Master Mike. "It's like hitting and running --... More >>

• Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts

  published March 23, 2000

  Here's more proof that C&W authenticity doesn't mean jack anymore. Kelly Hogan, whose past gigs have included stints with the Jody Grind and the... More >>

• A Word From Our Sponsor

  published March 16, 2000

  During a recent performance at the Lion's Lair, vocalist/griot Gil Scott-Heron preceded his musical set with an extended riff about, among... More >>

• Give the People a Hand

  published March 16, 2000

  Most once-forgotten bands wind up being forgotten forever by pretty much everyone except the people who were in them -- and depending upon past... More >>

• John Randall Pelosi

  published March 16, 2000

  Somewhere along the line, most jazz musicians who were interested in actually earning a living at their craft realized that free jazz was better... More >>

• Clearing the Channels

  published March 9, 2000

  Finally, it has come to pass. On March 6, Texas's Clear Channel Communications announced that 72 of the 125 or so radio stations it must... More >>

• Kid Loco

  published March 9, 2000

  Kid Loco Kid Loco Presents Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches (Atlantic) Trip-hop never quite caught on in the... More >>

• Sex and the Single Mouse

  published March 2, 2000

  At last week's Grammy presentation, Jennifer Lopez turned plenty of heads -- and caused others to become engorged, thanks to a... More >>

• A Sperm's Tale

  published March 2, 2000

  David Crosby wasn't on-camera during the pre-Grammy Awards program aired February 23 on both VH1 and CBS; along with mates Stephen Stills, Graham... More >>

• Steely Dan

  published March 2, 2000

  The calendar says that Gaucho, the last album of original material by Steely Dan, came out just over twenty years ago, but Two Against... More >>

• 7 Solutions

  published February 24, 2000

  Most broadcast execs shy away from criticizing the local TV newscasts that help butter their bread. But Cindy Velasquez, Channel 7's... More >>

• The Sideman

  published February 24, 2000

  The complaint most frequently levied against Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a conceptual one. Putting up a tourist-friendly,... More >>

• Dolly Parton

  published February 24, 2000

  It's been so long that most people no longer remember, but once upon a time, Dolly Parton was one of country music's genuine treasures, a... More >>

• A Failure to Communicate

  published February 17, 2000

  Denver police chief Tom Sanchez was nowhere to be seen in footage of the February 8 news conference where Mayor Wellington Webb... More >>

• Soul Power

  published February 17, 2000

  Tom Goldsmith, the man behind the Denver Jazz on Film Festival, has assembled an impressive lineup of flicks for his brainchild's fourth edition.... More >>

• 2Pac + Outlawz

  published February 17, 2000

  A sick-minded Westword salesperson (is there any other kind?) spun my copy of Still I Rise before I got my hands on it, and upon the... More >>

• Acess Denied

  published February 10, 2000

  The air's not dead at Boulder's Community Access TV, but it sure isn't feeling very good. In January, Ron Secrist, Boulder's city manager, put... More >>

• Born and Razed

  published February 10, 2000

  When Nick Mystrom points out the various features of the duplex he's building on South Pennsylvania Avenue, his pride is obvious -- and why not?... More >>

• Eyes on the Prize

  published February 10, 2000

  The shootings at Columbine High School last year caused untold repercussions, almost all of them bad: lost lives, broken hearts, families ripped... More >>

• 20 Miles to Go

  published February 10, 2000

  Talk to a purveyor of the blues long enough and you'll eventually hear about how (irony of ironies) the fans in Europe have so much more respect... More >>

• Draco

  published February 10, 2000

  One of the joys of truly independent discs is the lack of baggage they carry. Or, to put it another way, you can't come to an album with... More >>

• White on White

  published February 3, 2000

  Last September 15, listeners to the Alice morning team of Jamie White, Frosty Stillwell and Frank Kramer discovered, to their... More >>

• Stephen Scott

  published February 3, 2000

  In the eyes of the modern classical press, Stephen Scott can't compare with Philip Glass and Steve Reich; an ocean's worth of ink has been spilled... More >>

• Denver Hears the Music

  published January 27, 2000

  Last fall, city representatives argued that building large terraces on the south side of Red Rocks Amphitheater was an absolutely vital part of a... More >>