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Author: Michael Roberts
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  1. Backbeat

    CRITIC'S CHOICE

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 30, 1994

    Tenderloin, with Reverend Horton Heat and Useless Playboys, Friday, December 2, at the Boulder Theater, and Saturday, December 3, at the Ogden Theatre, is well named, for this...

  2. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, Justin McLean and Jason Horwitch
    Published: November 23, 1994

    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Orange (Matador) Those of you who pick this up expecting an actual blues album likely will have a heart attack and die before the end of the...

  3. Backbeat

    ALONG CAME JONES

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 23, 1994

    Like Hank Williams, the acknowledged king of country, George Jones tried to drink, carouse and good-time his way into an early grave. Unlike Williams, he didn't succeed. And...

  4. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, John Jesitus and Justin McLean
    Published: November 16, 1994

    Barbra Streisand The Concert (Columbia) Streisand has dedicated at least the most recent ten years of her career to trumpeting her own greatness, and The Concert--exceedingly...

  5. Backbeat

    ROCKABILLY, EUROPEAN STYLE

    THE TENNESSEE BOYS WERE BORN IN PORTUGAL, BUT THEY LIVE IN DENVER. YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 16, 1994

    "Yes, we have been to Tennessee," says Mike Taveira, lead guitarist for the Denver-based rockabilly band the Tennessee Boys. "We have been to the airport there." He's smiling,...

  6. Backbeat

    HUMP DAY

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 16, 1994

    To put it succinctly, the music of certain artists is primarily intended for fucking. Yeah, you can listen to it in your car when you're alone, but you won't get the most it...

  7. City Limits

    SHOOTING STAR

    A LEADING MAN'S MURDER BEDEVILS RONNIE CRAMER.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 16, 1994

    Denver filmmaker Ronnie Cramer is worried. "I'm not going to wind up looking like Ed Wood, am I?" he asks. Comparisons to the late Wood, a cross-dresser and anti-auteur...

  8. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, Justin McLean and Michael Behrenhausen
    Published: November 9, 1994

    Esquivel! Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music (Bar/None) I'm more than a little doubtful about the staying power of the new cocktail movement; if you have one Love Jones record, you...

  9. Backbeat

    ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 9, 1994

    The year was 1988, the group was Public Enemy and the album was It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, as incendiary a blast of politicized bile as had been spewed by...

  10. Backbeat

    REVENGE OF THE GEEK

    LISA GERMANO TAKES ON HER DEMONS--AND WINS.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 9, 1994

    It's probably not a good idea to take literally singer-songwriter Lisa Germano's claim, "In the beginning, I was thinking I was going to do a happy record." After all, her...

  11. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts, John Young and John Jesitus
    Published: November 2, 1994

    Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom (Slash/Warner Bros.) If you had any doubt that lead vocalist M. Doughty used to review music (for the New York Press), check out "Sugar Free Jazz," in...

  12. Backbeat

    ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SINGERS!

    THE KINGS OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC BELIEVE THAT THEIR PRAYERS ARE ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 2, 1994

    For the most part, it looked and sounded like practically any rock concert. The throng at McNichols Arena on a Tuesday night in late October was dominated by teenagers, and if...

  13. Backbeat

    SHLOCK OF THE NEW

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 2, 1994

    For those who like music with an edge, "I'll Make Love to You," by Boyz II Men (the biggest selling single in the country for over two months now) is not just annoying; it's an...

  14. City Limits

    DEEP IN THE HEART OF TAXES

    BOULDER WILL VOTE ON A PLAN TO SAVE A VENERABLE THEATER--WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: November 2, 1994

    It started out as a way to save the Boulder Theater. But ballot initiative 2C, to be decided by Boulder voters on November 8, has become more than that--a lot more. Even Kent...

  15. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts and Jason Horwitch
    Published: October 26, 1994

    Louis Armstrong Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 1923-1934 (Columbia/Legacy) Now here's a guy plenty of contemporary listeners have misinterpreted. The current...

  16. Backbeat

    CRITIC'S CHOICE

    Michael Roberts
    Published: October 26, 1994

    Bootsy Collins and His New Rubber Band, Saturday, October 29, at the Ogden Theatre, with Dread Zeppelin, is back, baby--but he never really went away. A star-eyed superman who...

  17. Backbeat

    ASSAULT AND PEPPER

    Michael Roberts
    Published: October 26, 1994

    Musicians whose bands have undergone personnel changes could learn a few lessons from Corrosion of Conformity vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan. When asked about the departure...

  18. City Limits

    SOFT-HEARTED WARE

    HOW TO USE YOUR MOUSE TO SAVE A WHALE.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: October 26, 1994

    Subby the Submarine is an awfully nice vehicle, and environmentally friendly, too--he's solar-powered. He and his best friend, an Arctic tern named Terrence, are enjoying a...

  19. Playlist

    PLAYLIST

    Michael Roberts and Linda Gruno
    Published: October 19, 1994

    Spell Mississippi (Island) For those of you who think Westword can't be objective about this Denver-based band, let's start with a few negatives about Spell's major-label...

  20. Backbeat

    THEY CALL HIM MISTER MANSON!

    THE LEADER OF MARILYN MANSON WANTS TO BECOME EVERY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE.

    Michael Roberts
    Published: October 19, 1994

    "I think Charles Manson had a lot of positive things to say and could have been a real cultural leader," says Mr. Manson, the singer and conceptualist behind the...

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