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May Day! May Day! Today in Backbeat Online: • Fight Spider with Spider is reading my mind. • Signtologist featured in 9News news report. • Ghost Buffalo gives up the... well, ghost. • A first look at Skyfox's new video. • Freaky Friday: "Rap Chop" (featuring Vince) -- Steve Porter...

By Michael Roberts

May 1, 2009

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May Day! May Day!

Today in Backbeat Online: • Fight Spider with Spider is reading my mind. • Signtologist featured in 9News news report. • Ghost Buffalo gives up the... well, ghost. • A first look at Skyfox's new video. • Freaky Friday: "Rap Chop" (featuring Vince) -- Steve Porter.

Today in Cafe Society: • Grub, gab and go green tonight. • MiniBar to open next week. • Candy Girls: Zero candy bar. • The restaurant roll call for April. • Get your cupcake on, Parker! • Remembering Al Marcove. • The List: Memories of dinners past.

Today in The Latest Word: • Tom Tancredo continues his free-speech tour at Providence College. • George McFly of the Party on being laid off by Clear Channel Denver. • All hail Nuggets enforcer Kenyon Martin: A dunks and defense tribute. • Video: Ben Kronberg gets Slap Happy in Hollywood. • Latino community set to march in Greeley tomorrow. • Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Perpetual springtime weather forecast. Check for the next prediction five minutes from now.

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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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