The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 27 edition

Will you be game tonight? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails at Fiddler's Green. • An extended conversation with Tim Pourbaix. Today in Cafe Society: • Eight is enough at chef's table dinner at Strings. • Bucking to visit every Starbucks. • Mary...

By Michael Roberts

May 27, 2009

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Will you be game tonight?

Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails at Fiddler's Green. • An extended conversation with Tim Pourbaix.

Today in Cafe Society: • Eight is enough at chef's table dinner at Strings. • Bucking to visit every Starbucks. • Mary Janes Pizza coming to LoHi. • Red Room goes black. • Old Chicago's World Beer Tour begins in Colorado. • Get your Jew 'fro onto the label of He'Brew. • Our Weekly Bread: A Hi*Rise sandwich orgy. • Up Close: China Jade. • Ruth's Chris Steakhouse Everything must go sale!

Today in The Latest Word: • Imagining the Nuggets starring in the NBA's nightmare. • Is "ILVGINA" just as smutty as "ILVTOFU"? • Amy Herdy's Pakistan travel diary, volume five. • Dave Logan invades Tom Martino's territory with TeamDaveLogan.com. • Colorado Crimes: Kids do the darnedest things -- like bringing incendiary devices to the airport. What an adorable scamp.

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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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