Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2002 Stories by Michael Roberts

• The Black-and-White Newsroom

  published December 19, 2002

  The decision of columnist Tina Griego to leave the Denver Post in favor of the Rocky Mountain News -- a move discussed in... More >>

• Various Artists/Dot Allison

  published December 19, 2002

  During musical periods when no single genre dominates, artists often look to earlier styles for inspirations -- and judging by Electro... More >>

• Calling All Columnists

  published December 12, 2002

  Shortly after his June arrival in Colorado, Denver Post editor Greg Moore declared that his paper was overstocked with columnists --... More >>

• Xmas Marks the Spot

  published December 12, 2002

  ost Americans have a love-hate relationship with yuletide music. They can't imagine the season without it, but they sometimes wish they... More >>

• Piracy, Hip-Hop Style

  published December 5, 2002

  In hip-hop, size usually matters. Consider "Work It," a new single in which Missy Elliott declares, "If you got a big [elephant], let me... More >>

• Career Remix

  published December 5, 2002

  Music journalists are largely responsible for turning Paul Oakenfold into the planet's foremost DJ -- a title he wears as if by right. But after... More >>

• Kim Jones

  published December 5, 2002

  Singer-songwriter Kim Jones, a native New Yorker, has put down roots in Denver, but if Road Dreams is any indication, she's got traveling... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published December 5, 2002

  Both Shania Twain and Peter Gabriel, who headlines the Pepsi Center on Thursday, December 5, have new albums called Up -- but only... More >>

• Hiding in Plain Sight

  published November 28, 2002

  Thanks to the GOP's impressive voting-booth performance earlier this month, most election-night television newscasts in Colorado and beyond looked... More >>

• Old at Heart

  published November 21, 2002

  Advertisers love teens and young adults for a very simple reason: They generally spend more money than members of other demographic groups. That's... More >>

• Roger Kleier

  published November 21, 2002

  When Boulder's Tom Steenland formed the Starkland imprint in 1992, there was real doubt as to whether he'd still be in business even a year later,... More >>

• Trading Places

  published November 14, 2002

  By any standards, the edition of ESPN Classic's Road Show that was assembled to hype the 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in... More >>

• The Warlocks / The Greenhornes

  published November 14, 2002

  These two groups, who share the bill on Friday, November 15, at the 15th Street Tavern, aren't taking popular music to places it's never been. Far... More >>

• Internet Interruption

  published November 7, 2002

  North Carolina Republican Senator Jesse Helms is best known as a supporter of hot-button issues like tobacco subsidies and the Confederate... More >>

• Space Team Electra

  published November 7, 2002

  Many bands that spend years teetering on the brink of fame get more conservative with age. So it's refreshing to discover that the latest... More >>

• Urban Aboriginee

  published November 7, 2002

  Over the past several years, MC Dino and the other members of this eclectic collective have become known for dance-floor innovation and live... More >>

• Let's Get Together

  published October 31, 2002

  Once upon a time, in a city right outside your door, reporters at assorted media organizations actively competed for stories, with the aim of... More >>

• Attitude Check

  published October 31, 2002

  Hip-hop purists disagree about who deserves credit for birthing gangsta rap. Some observers cast their votes for artists like Schoolly D, Slick... More >>

• Ad Attack

  published October 24, 2002

  On the afternoon of October 15, viewers in Colorado's 5th District with their televisions tuned to Channel 4 saw someone plenty of them had... More >>

• Cyber Slams

  published October 17, 2002

  Many old-timers believe that radio's golden age took place during the '30s and '40s, when high-quality dramas, serials and variety shows filled... More >>

• Yellow Second

  published October 17, 2002

  Still Small is an awfully modest title for this disc, which serves as a de facto introduction to one of the most promising acts on the... More >>

• Yonder Mountain String Band

  published October 17, 2002

  Music lovers with an allergy to jam bands can be excused for assuming that they'll have an adverse reaction to this CD, a live recording cut in... More >>

• Trouble by the Bay

  published October 10, 2002

  When measured by circulation, Denver's MediaNews Group is the seventh-largest newspaper company in these United States, with a roster of more than... More >>

• Music by the Book

  published October 10, 2002

  The average first-time novelist would be thrilled if even one famous person said something nice about his or her writing -- so imagine how excited... More >>

• Musiq Maker

  published October 10, 2002

  In an interview with Rolling Stone published in June, Taalib Johnson -- known to the world as Musiq Soulchild until earlier this year, when... More >>