Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2003 Stories by Michael Roberts

• The Message

  published December 18, 2003

  When ex-pitcher Jim Bouton appeared on the November 28 edition of Bill Moyers's signature PBS program, NOW With Bill Moyers,... More >>

• Mistletunes

  published December 18, 2003

  Anyone who doubts that there's a connection between the sorry state of the music industry and this year's onslaught of Christmas CDs probably... More >>

• The Message

  published December 11, 2003

  Tim Brown, chief executive officer of Denver's NRC Broadcasting, is normally an upbeat fellow -- and why wouldn't he be? On December 5, he... More >>

• The Message

  published December 4, 2003

  Justin Mitchell's life in newspapering has taken more twists than Chubby Checker. His curriculum vitae includes a lengthy run as... More >>

• Nickelback

  published December 4, 2003

  Sometimes I wish I were a twelve-year-old girl. I wish I wore flirty fashions my parents hated without realizing how stupid I looked in them. I... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published December 4, 2003

  Over the better part of three decades, native Iowan Greg Brown, who headlines at the Boulder Theater on Friday, December 5, has built a... More >>

• The Message

  published November 27, 2003

  In late October, as the Overland fire was scorching hundreds of acres in Boulder County, several Channel 4 executives gathered in the office of... More >>

• Nick of Time

  published November 27, 2003

  On October 3, bassist-vocalist Nick Oliveri was slated to shake Denver's posh Fillmore Auditorium along with his band, Queens of the Stone Age.... More >>

• The Message

  published November 20, 2003

  The November 16 Denver Post was dominated by "Betrayal in the Ranks," the first portion of an impressive three-part series about injustices... More >>

• The Strokes

  published November 20, 2003

  So you were wondering why the vaunted return-of-rock movement still can't get much commercial traction? Why at least two years of merciless hype... More >>

• The Message

  published November 13, 2003

  How incestuous is the relationship between the Denver business community and the local media? Recent events in the life of one Eugene... More >>

• Course Work

  published November 13, 2003

  For the characters in Train, the latest book by Pete Dexter, golf isn't a gentleman's game; it's an eighteen-hole lesson in... More >>

• Homer Runs

  published November 6, 2003

  Sports fans come in every size, shape and disposition, but most fall into one of two categories. Members of the first group prefer to think... More >>

• No Apologies

  published November 6, 2003

  At first, Westword's music editor didn't want you to see this article. He felt the quality of Junior Senior, a Danish duo that recently hit... More >>

• The Message

  published October 30, 2003

  "My goal," says Stephen Keating, who takes over as business editor of the Denver Post on November 3, "would be that when people pick... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published October 30, 2003

  Want to get in touch with your inner Little Red Riding Hood or let loose the Gandalf trapped inside your routine self?Don't wait around for a... More >>

• The Message

  published October 23, 2003

  When retired reporter Dolores Plested says "I'm cracking up," she means it physically, not mentally. By last summer, she had fully... More >>

• The Message

  published October 16, 2003

  When Andy Bergey and Tom Eldridge tune in Boulder's Community Access Television, also known as Channel 54, they see two very... More >>

• The Message

  published October 9, 2003

  In decades past, many of those on the right side of the political continuum blustered themselves blue on the subject of the media's alleged... More >>

• The Frantix

  published October 9, 2003

  As many of you bad boys and girls know from personal experience, history lessons can be tedious -- but not My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic. A... More >>

• The Message

  published October 2, 2003

  Why should anyone feel sorry for the Colorado Rockies? The eleven-year-old club has been blessed with support that, at its peak, was the envy of... More >>

• Holly's Hobby

  published October 2, 2003

  "I might have to go all of a sudden," Holly Golightly says by way of introduction. "I've got food in the oven." Golightly has cooked from a... More >>

• Hit Pick

  published October 2, 2003

  "Life?" asks Victoria Woodworth. "Mine's a mess. That's how I like it." This take-it-as-it-comes attitude regularly shakes up... More >>

• The Message

  published September 25, 2003

  In a media world that's in lust with new technology, radio seems thoroughly old-fashioned, the equivalent of a bicyclist competing in the Daytona... More >>

• Blusom

  published September 25, 2003

  On the surface, writing totally objective local reviews for Westword would seem like an impossibility given the number of connections... More >>