The Westword.com Blog Shortcut, June 30 Edition

What? There are other Westword blogs aside from this one? Why, yes -- and here is some of the excellent stuff you can find on them. Backbeat Online overflows with weekend concert reviews, including wide-ranging coverage of the Warped Tour at which 3Oh!3 ruled, plus the SoCo Music Fest featuring...

By Michael Roberts

June 30, 2008

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What? There are other Westword blogs aside from this one? Why, yes -- and here is some of the excellent stuff you can find on them.

Backbeat Online overflows with weekend concert reviews, including wide-ranging coverage of the Warped Tour at which 3Oh!3 ruled, plus the SoCo Music Fest featuring Gnarls Barkley, Reverend Dead Eye at the Continental Club and the tandem of Gregory Alan Isakov and Bela Karoli at the Mercury Cafe. The Cat's Pajamas provides an introduction to Chicago's Frau Fiber. Cafe Society contrasts a critique of Pops Chocolate Peanut Butter cereal (delicious!) with an on-site report from a Colfax pub crawl. In Cat's Pajama's, we get a surprise, late-night look at You've Got the Look. And Demver features Kenny Be's latest Delegating Denver entry, this one spotlighting Vermont. Howard Dean isn't the only one who'll find it to be a scream. -- Michael Roberts

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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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