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I am the blog of hellfire! Today in Cafe Society: • Michel Wahaltere moving on. • French twist: La Fondue now Le Chateau. • French twist redux: A Cote to expand its hours. • Lakeside Waffles opens up next to the Oriental. • Veggie Girl: Taki's. Today in Backbeat Online:...

By Michael Roberts

February 5, 2009

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I am the blog of hellfire!

Today in Cafe Society:
• Michel Wahaltere moving on.
• French twist: La Fondue now Le Chateau.
• French twist redux: A Cote to expand its hours.
• Lakeside Waffles opens up next to the Oriental.
• Veggie Girl: Taki's.

Today in Backbeat Online:
• Q&A with Fucked Up's Damian Abraham.
• Born in the Flood announce mountain mini-tour.
• Bottesini Project to set up shop in San Francisco for the night
• Flier of the week: Fell at Herman's Hideaway
• Neil Young kicks the year off with a hilarious single

Today in The Latest Word:
• Bingo Barn in Northglenn goes into foreclosure.
• Another day, another frustrating Nuggets win.
• Face the State's Brad Jones wants you to report the news.
• Circuit Media's Don Knox sees capitol press room as ethical conflict.
• Did Barack Obama hyptonize the nation during his Denver acceptance speech? Take... me... to... your... leader...

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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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