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Working off the weekend. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Spoke Shaver, Big Timber and Dualistics at the Larimer Lounge. • Hearts of Palm to reunite for a pair of proper farewell shows. • Pretty Lights new album to be available for free download. • Dialed In: This...

By Michael Roberts

September 21, 2009

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Working off the weekend.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the Weekend: Spoke Shaver, Big Timber and Dualistics at the Larimer Lounge. • Hearts of Palm to reunite for a pair of proper farewell shows. • Pretty Lights new album to be available for free download. • Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists. • The Broncos' taste in music sucks.

Today in Cafe Society: • Under Fire: Through the gates. • Milking It: Kellogg's Low Fat Granola with Raisins. • Esquire names Minturn Saloon, Cruise Room and El Chapultepec three of America's best bars. • The week's culinary calendar: Beer today, beer tomorrow... • The Festival Italiano does it right -- with sausage on a stick! • Ask the Critic: Shelter from the storm.

Today in The Latest Word: • Zazi learns media spins only goes so far. • Broncos' 2-0 start is meaningless. • Basebrawl: Rockies weekend Moby Dicks the Giants. • Andrew Romanoff looking for support in unlikely places. • Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Cornball bronze outbreak in Belcaro. Hope it's not contagious.

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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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