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

• Byron Shaw Projex

  published September 23, 2004

  As the leader of The Jonez and Judge Roughneck, Byron Shaw has been a headliner on the Denver music scene for longer than some of its younger... More >>

• Lloyd Banks

  published September 23, 2004

  The question of whether a performer can transfer everything that's impressive about a recording to the stage is particularly key in the case of... More >>

• Classroom Rebels

  published September 23, 2004

  WED, 9/29 Rebels Remembered, a compelling chronicle of the civil-rights movement in Denver, overflows with heroes and... More >>

• The Message

  published September 16, 2004

  Plenty of info consumers believe that the press regularly slants the news in one direction or the other, but definitively proving this thesis... More >>

• Young Buck

  published September 16, 2004

  Young Buck (born David Brown) isn't twice as valuable as 50 Cent, his benefactor, but neither is his rapping seven-ninths less worthy because he's... More >>

• Joshua Novak

  published September 16, 2004

  Back in the days when high-quality recording technology was beyond the means of nearly every unsigned musician, homemade discs often cloaked the... More >>

• The Ike Reilly Assassination

  published September 16, 2004

  If anyone knows the evils of the music business firsthand, it's Ike Reilly. A dark-humored singer-songwriter originally from Libertyville,... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published September 16, 2004

  Does Mark Udall rock? Unless he's been hiding a secret AC/DC fetish from his constituents, it's doubtful. Nonetheless, the Democratic congressman... More >>

• We Like Ike

  published September 16, 2004

  SAT, 9/18 That Ike LaRue has such a vivid imagination. In Ike's private world, a mild time out is a hundred-year jail sentence; the... More >>

• The Message

  published September 9, 2004

  In 2002, Steve Cyphers, who'd spent the previous dozen years as a high-profile correspondent for ESPN, left broadcasting in favor of a... More >>

• Freq Out

  published September 9, 2004

  Back in the day, the idea of the faceless DJ was sort of a reaction against the rock star and the rock lifestyle," says Darin McFadyen, better... More >>

• A Girl Called Eddy

  published September 9, 2004

  Amateur psychologists have a ready-made theory to use in analyzing the gorgeous, evocative music made by New Jersey singer-songwriter Erin Moran.... More >>

• Monster Magnet

  published September 9, 2004

  When it comes to our vices, we can either surrender to guilt or revel in impropriety. Monster Magnet makes the choice easy. Revel, man, revel!... More >>

• French Kicks

  published September 9, 2004

  Went to a movie the other night, and the guy who sold me the ticket had a long swoop of hair hanging down the middle of his forehead, in apparent... More >>

• The Message

  published September 2, 2004

  Last week, Boulder community radio station KGNU announced the purchase of Denver's KJME/1390-AM for $4.1 million, plus an extra $100,000 fee for... More >>

• Thelonious Monk

  published September 2, 2004

  More than twenty years after his death, Monk remains something of a mystery -- an innovative pianist and composer whose persona vacillated between... More >>

• Slim Cessna's Auto Club

  published September 2, 2004

  To see Slim and company live is to love them, but the act's previous studio recordings, though entertaining, haven't truly captured the fun and... More >>

• Brant Bjork

  published September 2, 2004

  Drummer Brant Bjork's musical family tree is more like Sherwood Forest. He was the original skins-pounder for Kyuss, a legend in stoner-rock... More >>

• The Message

  published August 26, 2004

  Visitors to the Denver Tech Center headquarters of Altitude Sports & Entertainment, a new network owned by millionaire investor Stan... More >>

• Scissor Sisters

  published August 26, 2004

  It's too bad the pop-music marketplace has been overrun by nostalgia merchants, but things could be worse. After all, a sizable percentage of... More >>

• Buddy Miller

  published August 26, 2004

  Along with tunesmith David Rawlings, Buddy Miller is a relatively low-profile member of the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue, a lineup of rootsy... More >>

• Young Blood

  published August 19, 2004

  Within minutes of my getting together with Jared Polis, he almost kills me. Twice. My near-death experiences take place toward the end of... More >>

• Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

  published August 19, 2004

  Try as they might, veteran performers tend to mellow with the years -- but Primus's Les Claypool and P-Funk vet Bernie Worrell show few signs of... More >>

• Pound Boys

  published August 19, 2004

  As documented in these pages, Pound Boys Greg Diehl and Craig Christenson, better known as DJ Dealer and DJ Craig C, have gone their separate... More >>

• A.C. Newman

  published August 19, 2004

  Carl Newman, as he's been known for most of his career, has an estimable track record thanks to the estimable tracks he's placed on records by... More >>