The Westword.com blog shortcut, December 8 edition

What just happened? This stuff. Today in Backbeat Online: • A live review of the Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre. • Eric Eyl's Mile High Makeout deals with dead days. • Ozric Tentacles moves to Fort Collins. Today in Cafe Society: • Steuben's toasts the end of Prohibition --...

By Michael Roberts

December 8, 2008

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What just happened? This stuff.

Today in Backbeat Online: • A live review of the Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden Theatre. • Eric Eyl's Mile High Makeout deals with dead days. • Ozric Tentacles moves to Fort Collins.

Today in Cafe Society: • Steuben's toasts the end of Prohibition -- 75 years ago. • A Milking It review of Eggo Maple Syrup Cereal. • Beer and Cheer sucks down Big Shot Seasonal Ale. • New York restaurants are snowed by ski-lodge style. • But wait! There are restaurants in actual Colorado ski lodges! • Chris Golub dives into the Swimclub/El Camino switch.

Today in The Latest Word: • The truth about the Downtown Aquarium's poorly confined piranhas. • The long silence of Matthew Murray's parents. • Rush Limbaugh and Peter Boyles see ideology behind the Rocky Mountain News' troubles. • Mark Cuban's HDNet is finally available on Comcast in Denver. • The Sports Column's Invesco shuttle: a drunk, lazy Broncos fan's dream. Aside from beating Kansas City handily instead of barely, that is. -- Michael Roberts

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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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