The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 22 edition

Click yo fingers. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Adele. • James Han's solo sortie. • Leo Kottke, Shawn Colvin highlight RootsFest. • Q&A with William Elliott Whitmore. • Cacheflow teams with Brer Rabbit for dubby goodness. Today in Cafe Society: • PETA in the news again: "Sea Kitten"...

By Michael Roberts

January 22, 2009

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Click yo fingers.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Adele. • James Han's solo sortie. • Leo Kottke, Shawn Colvin highlight RootsFest. • Q&A with William Elliott Whitmore. • Cacheflow teams with Brer Rabbit for dubby goodness.

Today in Cafe Society: • PETA in the news again: "Sea Kitten" campaign making me hungry. • Another one bites the dust at 3090 Downing. • Pizzeria Mundo: Here we go again... • Veggie Girl: brunch at Bistro Vendome.

Today in The Latest Word: • Mother Nature screw urban snowboarders at Denver's Ruby Hill Park. • College journalist David McSwane strikes again. • The resurrection of Tom Strickland. • Could a bromance be in Jay Cutler's future? • Rocky Mountain News scribes get self-reflective. Mirror them.

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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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