The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 2 edition

About ready to get lit? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Jonathan Richman at Lion's Lair. • U2's 360° Tour skips Denver. • Analyzing MJ's influence on hip-hop. Today in Cafe Society: • Get fired up for a hot weekend of food and wine events. • Denver Pizza Company...

By Michael Roberts

July 2, 2009

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About ready to get lit?

Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Jonathan Richman at Lion's Lair. • U2's 360° Tour skips Denver. • Analyzing MJ's influence on hip-hop.

Today in Cafe Society: • Get fired up for a hot weekend of food and wine events. • Denver Pizza Company opens July 3. • Ruff. Ruff. Ruff: Best doggone restaurant, bar and cafe patios for Fido. • The last food court on 16th Street. • Candy Girls: Chick-O-Stick. • Lucy at the Landmark takes a leave of absence. • Ondo's to move into French 250. • Where am I eating? • Charity vs. rugby team in eating contest. Who ya got?

Today in The Latest Word: • Beating Caplis and Silverman in the Ward Churchill debate. • Why Coloradans need to get fatter. • July 4: What you can blow up and where. • Q&A with Moon director Duncan Jones. • Shmucks of the Week: The threesome from hell. In this case, three was definitely a crowd -- especially when the knife came out.

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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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