The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 20 edition

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em. Today in Cafe Society: • Smother love: Happy 100th, Stella Cordova. • Eat here now! Do good, eat well, smell stinky cheese. • Milking It: Banana Nut Cheerios. • Ask the Critic: The art of the Man Date. • Biker Jim now takes credit...

By Michael Roberts

April 20, 2009

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Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.

Today in Cafe Society: • Smother love: Happy 100th, Stella Cordova. • Eat here now! Do good, eat well, smell stinky cheese. • Milking It: Banana Nut Cheerios. • Ask the Critic: The art of the Man Date. • Biker Jim now takes credit cards: This is why I love living in the future. • Mud bugs and beer at Lucile's.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Green Day tour hits Denver in August. • Over the weekend: Iuengliss at the hi-dive. • Over the Weekend: Peña at the Rocket Room, Colorado Springs. • Bands for Lands wants to green the scene. • Kill Paradise lands recording deal. • My Morning Jacket top seller at Wax Trax. • Ween Red Rocks show announced. • Silversun Pickups grabs top spot at Twist & Shout. • Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 20, 2009. • Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists.

Today in The Latest Word: • Live blog: The Angie Zapata trial, April 20. • Columbine tenth anniversary coverage: massive, well-intentioned, mostly unenlightening. • Randy Brown on the cancellation of today's Columbine-related Oprah broadcast. • Chris Paul: flop king. • On 4/20, the worst places to stash your stash. Turn it up to eleven.

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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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