The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 15 edition

I'll try not to make this too taxing. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Fall Out Boy at the Fillmore. • Last Night: Mastodon at the Fox Theatre. • DJ Vajra impresses NAMM crowd with his turntable magic. • Update: Hot IQs calling it a day. • The Denver...

By Michael Roberts

April 15, 2009

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I'll try not to make this too taxing.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Fall Out Boy at the Fillmore. • Last Night: Mastodon at the Fox Theatre. • DJ Vajra impresses NAMM crowd with his turntable magic. • Update: Hot IQs calling it a day. • The Denver Boot: Voices Underwater -- 09.29.05. • Guest DJ with DJ MU$A at the Coral Room. • Free Tauntaun show Saturday at Wax Trax for Record Store Day. • Record Store Day preview: The Flaming Lips meet the Black Keys.

Today in Cafe Society: • Flag down dinner at the Flagstaff House. • Get your Two Spoons of cereal. • EZE Mop building off the market. • See? I'm not the only one who loves O's... • A spirited plan for Buchi Cafe Cubano. • Free food and other delicious deals on Tax Day. • Our Weekly Bread: Crostone at Parisi. • Joe Vostrejs knows fry bread.

Today in The Latest Word: • KOA's Colorado Morning News letting its bias show in Tea Party coverage. • Could Denver Nuggets be number two in a good way? • George Hickenlooper addresses F-bomb footage of his cousin, Mayor John Hickenlooper. • Obnoxious North Carolina students leave Tom Tancredo speechless. • Ryan Frazier throws his hat into the Senate race. • Paula Woodward opens up -- a little -- about her decision to leave 9News. • CU Chancellor, obviously high, sends students finger-wagging e-mail about staying clean on 4/20. Stay off the grass, kids. And my lawn, too.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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