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Author: Michael Roberts
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  1. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, Linda Gruno and Jason Horwitch
    Published: May 11, 1994

    John Trudell Johnny Damas and Me (Rykodisc) No getting around it: Trudell is dogmatic, didactic and driven to say more about most topics than many listeners are eager to hear....

  2. Backbeat

    PAINT IT BROWN

    Michael Roberts
    Published: May 11, 1994

    Greg Brown has a strange effect on people. At first hearing, Brown seems to be a typical folksinger, albeit one with a fine eye for detail. Listen a little closer, however,...

  3. Backbeat

    LESS IS MORPHINE

    GETTING LOW WITH MARK SANDMAN, THE MAN BEHIND MORPHINE'S ADDICTIVE SOUND.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: May 11, 1994

    In the early Seventies, singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman penned "Roadrunner," one of the great pop songs of all time. Entranced by the tune's indelible riff and celebratory...

  4. City Limits

    PUBLISH AND PERISH

    IF YOU'RE KEEPING SCORE, THIS BRAWL OUTSIDE MILE HIGH STADIUM IS STILL TIED.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: May 11, 1994

    Last year, Bert Matthews had to fight the City of Denver and the Colorado Rockies for the right to hawk The Homestand Flier, the baseball-themed scorecard and paper he...

  5. Backbeat

    SPELLBOUNDWILL SPELL FINALLY PUT DENVER ON THE ROCK-MUSIC MAP? CASTING A SPELL

    HOW LOUD IS THIS BAND? LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD NATIONWIDE.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: May 4, 1994

    Garrett Shavlik can't help himself. Drummer Shavlik is talking about Spell, a trio believed by practically everyone who's heard them to be the latest, greatest hope to come...

  6. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, Jack Jackson and Brad Jones
    Published: April 27, 1994

    Gil Scott-Heron Spirits (TVT) Gang Starr Hard to Earn (Chrysalis/ERG) You can bet that the members of Gang Starr have worn out a few Gil Scott-Heron albums in their day....

  7. Backbeat

    THE QUILL THING

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 27, 1994

    John Quill sits in his smallish apartment-cum-recording studio in southeast Denver and tries to explain why he's been producing the weekly radio show Radio Free Colorado for...

  8. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts and Justin McLean
    Published: April 20, 1994

    Hole Live Through This (DGC) After weighing what we've learned from the celebrity press (now there's a reliable source), it seems clear that Courtney Love is an erratic wreck...

  9. Backbeat

    THE JACKSON FAMILY DISHONORS

    THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC'S MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 20, 1994

    In February NBC aired a show dubbed The Jackson Family Honors, whose real purpose was to demonstrate that the Jackson family--parents Joseph and Katherine and kids Janet,...

  10. Feature

    KNOW BUDDIES

    WHO'S BURIED IN LEONARD FAHRNI'S BASEMENT? THE SURVIVORS OF CU'S TRIVIA BOWL.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 20, 1994

    When Leonard Fahrni says he reads Playboy for the magazine's articles, you can believe him. Fahrni does indeed read Playboy--and Entertainment Weekly and God knows what...

  11. City Limits

    THE SECRET FORMULA

    PROWLING THE BLACK MARKET IN SEARCH OF BABY FOOD.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 20, 1994

    When my wife and I were planning to have a second child, we didn't give much thought to what we would feed him or her--we naively thought that would be the least of our...

  12. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts and Linda Gruno
    Published: April 13, 1994

    Otis Rush Ain't Enough Comin' In (This Way Up/Mercury) If you're curious as to what blues aficionados mean when they describe guitar solos as "stinging," pick this up. Rush,...

  13. Backbeat

    CRITIC'S CHOICE

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 13, 1994

    Beck, Friday, April 15, at Ground Zero, has presented a quandary to music-scene observers. They wonder: Is he the new Bob Dylan or the Vanilla Ice of slack? The verdict's not...

  14. Backbeat

    SUICIDE IS BRAINLESS

    DON'T LOOK FOR MEANING IN THE DEATH OF NIRVANA'S KURT COBAIN.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 13, 1994

    Fans are comparing him to dead rock stars of the past. Commentators are claiming that his demise stands as the perfect symbol for a generation marked by lowered expectations...

  15. City Limits

    TALK ISN'T CHEAP

    A JURY AWARDS BIG DOLLARS TO ERSTWHILE KNUS OWNER PAUL STEBBINS.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 13, 1994

    From the start, the fight for control of talk-radio station KNUS-AM/710 has seemed like a nineteenth-century melodrama--a crusty rich guy who's the self-described "meanest man...

  16. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, Brad Jones and Linda Gruno
    Published: April 6, 1994

    Ted Hawkins The Next Hundred Years (DGC) You would be perfectly justified in assuming that any good reviews given this album would be inspired less by the music than by the...

  17. Backbeat

    HOUSES OF THE MOLDY

    THE BANDS THAT CAN FILL STADIUMS OFFER ONLY BLASTS FROM THE PAST.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: April 6, 1994

    Oh, my God! They're coming back! Yes, the bands that ruled the touring circuit during the Seventies and Eighties are returning this summer to a football stadium near you. Set...

  18. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, Brad Jones and Susan Dunlap
    Published: March 30, 1994

    Elvis Costello Brutal Youth (Warner Bros.) Of course you've read those interviews in which Mr. McManus has claimed that this reunion with his original band (the Attractions)...

  19. Backbeat

    EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

    Michael Roberts
    Published: March 30, 1994

    There undoubtedly are some artists from days gone by whose out-of-print recordings haven't been reissued in the past year, but I'll be damned if I can figure out who they are....

  20. Backbeat

    THE QUIET MAN

    WHY GUITARIST DAVID ROBACK WANTS YOU TO KNOW AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT MAZZY STAR.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: March 30, 1994

    David Roback, the guitarist and conceptualist behind the mood band Mazzy Star, doesn't reveal much about himself--and you get the feeling that he'd like to retract the little...

Author: Michael Roberts
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