Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2004 Stories by Michael Roberts

• New York Wit Man

  published December 30, 2004

  THURS, 12/30 At this point in the season, most of us don't know whether to laugh or cry. But the holidays are all about being of good... More >>

• The Message

  published December 23, 2004

  Tom Clark, the executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, has worked in the economic-development field... More >>

• The Message

  published December 16, 2004

  Since 1995, Adrian Dater, the Denver Post's hockey writer, has covered the Colorado Avalanche -- but thanks to a lockout imposed by... More >>

• Fantasia and Ruben Studdard

  published December 16, 2004

  Through no fault of my own, I've seen nearly every episode of American Idol over the past couple of years, and while I rooted most... More >>

• Dan Treanor and Frankie Lee

  published December 16, 2004

  Dan Treanor is a veteran of the Denver scene, having served as the backbone for a bluesy band called Arc Light. However, his brightest work to... More >>

• Remembering Never

  published December 16, 2004

  In the liner notes for its 2003 disc Women and Children Die First, guitarist Peter Kowalsky, the most visible spokesman for this... More >>

• David Lowery and Johnny Hickman

  published December 16, 2004

  David Lowery is apparently in a nostalgic mood. This past August, he appeared at Boulder's Fox Theatre as the frontman of Camper Van Beethoven, a... More >>

• The Message

  published December 9, 2004

  On November 18, George Gatchis, a Denver County Sheriff's Department deputy, happened upon an Aurora home-daycare center that was engulfed... More >>

• Season's Bleatings

  published December 9, 2004

  Some of the nearly forty holiday discs critiqued below are naughty. Some are nice. And some are as toxic as Aunt Matilda's fruitcake. As... More >>

• Gwen Stefani

  published December 9, 2004

  When stars who rose to fame in bands toss out a solo album, the music they make on their own often drips with pretentiousness. So it comes as a... More >>

• Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz

  published December 9, 2004

  At its best, Crunk Juice isn't so much a recapitulation of Lil Jon's previous work as an amplification of it. The beats are beatier.... More >>

• Tequila Mockingbird

  published December 9, 2004

  Tequila Mockingbird remains a draw on the local club scene eight years after hatching because it's reliable and accessible. These qualities are... More >>

• Moot Davis

  published December 9, 2004

  Given how severely the majority of contemporary country music reeks, who can blame Moot Davis for turning back the clock to a time when the genre... More >>

• The Message

  published December 2, 2004

  The Denver Post's Miles Moffeit recently returned from New Orleans, but his time down South wasn't all fun and games. He traveled... More >>

• Ja Rule

  published December 2, 2004

  The former Jeffrey Atkins has a well-documented chip on his shoulder. Although he's made his bones on the pop charts and has already gone... More >>

• Vanessa Carlton

  published December 2, 2004

  Like other teeny-poppers from the Class of 2002, Carlton faces the challenge of building a lasting career on the flimsiest foundation imaginable:... More >>

• Art Compost and the Word Mechanics

  published December 2, 2004

  In a marketplace clogged with cookie-cutter combos lacking all but the most superficial signs of individuality, Art Compost and the Word Mechanics... More >>

• Eddie Halliwell

  published December 2, 2004

  Different DJ subgenres require distinctive skill sets. Turntablists working in a down-tempo mode, for instance, need subtlety and grace, whereas... More >>

• Joseph Arthur

  published December 2, 2004

  For most music fans, the term "singer-songwriter" conjures up the image of an artist who stands before audiences armed with nothing more than a... More >>

• The Message

  published November 25, 2004

  The nasty tenor of the recently concluded campaign didn't leave Bob Newman with an unpleasant aftertaste. Politically speaking, the former... More >>

• Warming Trend

  published November 25, 2004

  I'm cleaning my apartment as we speak, if that's all right with you," says Chicago's Edith Frost. "I've got to do it sometime." That Frost,... More >>

• Snoop Dogg

  published November 25, 2004

  The Snoopster is the hip-hop equivalent of late-period Dean Martin. Having long ago established his commercial credentials, he no longer feels the... More >>

• Destiny's Child

  published November 25, 2004

  Guess Beyonce Knowles is a nicer person than Justin Timberlake. After all, his promises to reunite with his old group, 'N Sync, went down the... More >>

• The Bonner Party

  published November 25, 2004

  Pianist Joe Bonner has been among the most enigmatic personages on the Denver jazz scene for decades, yet his talent is hardly a mystery.... More >>

• Sparta

  published November 25, 2004

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