The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 17 edition

It was positively Atmospheric. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Atmosphere at Red Rocks. • Over the Weekend: Green Day at Pepsi Center. • Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists. • Behind the scenes at Global Dance Fest with Vista TV. • Placebo postpones North American...
By Michael RobertsAugust 17, 2009
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It was positively Atmospheric.

Today in Backbeat Online:
• Over the Weekend: Atmosphere at Red Rocks.
• Over the Weekend: Green Day at Pepsi Center.
• Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists.
• Behind the scenes at Global Dance Fest with Vista TV.
• Placebo postpones North American tour.

Today in Cafe Society:
• Tonight: Frasca Food and Wine hosts quirky winemaker Abe Schoener.
• Milking It: Total Cranberry Crunch.
• Mysteries of Sheehan’s Desk: Day 4.
• Sean Huggard’s SugarCube deal dissolves.
• Big Hoss Barbecue finally back in business.
• Ask the Critic: Green power.

Today in The Latest Word:
• Flipping off Obama in Grand Junction.
• Kyle Orton vs. Jay Cutler: Who was worse?
• The risks of Republic Airways Holdings’ Frontier purchase.
• Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: Overland zombies emerge from underground.
• Tom Martino misidentifies writer in Westword “exposé.” Just the facts, Tom.

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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.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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