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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...

By Michael Roberts

August 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.

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