Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2008 Stories by Michael Roberts

• Shakeup in Denver Radio

  published March 6, 2008

  Doomy pundits have been predicting the death of terrestrial radio for several years now, and recent reports about nationwide... More >>

• The Whigs’ Backbeat Is Strong

  published March 6, 2008

  Precious few listeners notice the drumming in modern-rock bands. But Julian Dorio, stick man for the Whigs, is an exception to this rule. His... More >>

• British Sea Power

  published March 6, 2008

  By titling their 2003 debut full-length The Decline of British Sea Power, Scott Wilkinson and his shipmates seemed determined to lower... More >>

• Carrie Underwood

  published March 6, 2008

  Although the willowy Ms. U, on tour with Keith Urban, may have been the most generic American Idol winner to date, she's used this... More >>

• A Bitter Taste

  published March 6, 2008

  For director Amy Serrano, The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers in the Sugar Industry of the Dominican... More >>

• Wise Up

  published March 6, 2008

  Military Intelligence and You!, which opens tonight, would have seemed smarter had it been shorter. Writer-director Dale Kutzera... More >>

• CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners

  published February 28, 2008

  I never really had any intention of leaving," says Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jim Sheeler, who recently resigned from the Rocky... More >>

• Grand Archives

  published February 28, 2008

  When group members split to form separate projects, the results frequently add up to less than the original sum — but not in the case of... More >>

• Bullet for My Valentine Takes Aim

  published February 28, 2008

  A couple of decades back, U.K. metal acts like Iron Maiden ruled the hard-rock world. Since then, the market for British steel has gone soft... More >>

• Yesterday and Today

  published February 28, 2008

  When director Ian Gerber decided to put on Say Goodnight, Gracie under the auspices of the Theater Company of Lafayette, he thought... More >>

• For Pete's Sake

  published February 28, 2008

  The documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song focuses on a much-misunderstood American-music figure. Many rockers once saw Seeger... More >>

• Grand Archives

  published February 28, 2008

  When group members split to form separate projects, the results frequently add up to less than the original sum – but not in the case of Mat... More >>

• A Post Reporter's Jerry Maguire Moment

  published February 21, 2008

  In the 1996 Cameron Crowe film Jerry Maguire, the title character, portrayed by Tom Cruise, is a high-powered sports agent... More >>

• New York Dolls Glam It Up

  published February 21, 2008

  As rock-and-roll reunions go, the New York Dolls' get-together is as unlikely as they come. For one thing, two members of the original... More >>

• Various Artists

  published February 21, 2008

  Founded in 1981 by Wax Trax Records owner Duane Davis, Local Anesthetic Records documented a scene that didn't make much noise beyond... More >>

• The Hives

  published February 21, 2008

  Plenty of bands have used shtick to make a name for themselves, but only the good ones last after the novelty wears off — which explains... More >>

• First Impressions

  published February 21, 2008

  Even as the culturati flocked to an acclaimed Impressionism show at the Denver Art Museum circa 1999, the event's co-curators, DAM's... More >>

• Freddie's Not Dead

  published February 21, 2008

  All hail Freddie Mercury of Queen. Nearly sixteen years after his death, his music lives on in a wide array of locales, ranging from football... More >>

• Denver Police Reports Harder to Get Under New System

  published February 14, 2008

  The police blotter is among the most popular features in the Denver Daily News, and Daniel Williams is the reason. Weekdays for... More >>

• George Porter Is Still Funkin'

  published February 14, 2008

  At the venerable age of sixty, bassist George Porter Jr., who provides the effortlessly funky heartbeat for Porter Batiste Stoltz, has become a... More >>

• Zoroaster

  published February 14, 2008

  The post-stoner sounds made by Atlanta's Zoroaster can be described in extremely simple terms — "loud" and "heavy" among them. But the... More >>

• Movie Music

  published February 14, 2008

  Sergei Eisenstein's 1938 epic Alexander Nevsky was made as "a propaganda film for Stalin," notes Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra executive... More >>

• Words Up

  published February 14, 2008

  Pan African Arts Society founder Ashara Ekundayo, who also curated and produced tonight's "Urban Poetics" Poetry Slam at the Denver Art... More >>

• A Denver Daily Wouldn't Touch Michael Garcia

  published February 7, 2008

  It's not often that an executive at a major daily newspaper declares his paper's ethical standards to be higher than those of the competition.... More >>

• The Sugar Pop of the Jonas Brothers

  published February 7, 2008

  If you're a (really) nice girl between the ages of six and sixteen, you probably get twitterpated at the very thought of the Jonas Brothers,... More >>