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Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics? Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon. Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back on the market. •...
By Michael Roberts
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Having a nice day, all you triskaidekaphobics?

Today in Backbeat Online: • Aviano Coffee debuts anything-goes open mike tomorrow. • Fort Collins set to debut all-local music fest in April. • Spoke-In-Wordz debuts new single on iTunes, Amazon.

Today in Cafe Society: • 231 Milwaukee back on the market. • Quiznos gets to the meat of the matter. • Candy Girls: Shaman Chocolates. • Common Grounds loses ground. • Frank Bonanno up for James Beard award as Outstanding Restauranteur.

Today in The Latest Word: • Top ten songs that should be renamed after Barack Obama. • The Denver Zoo asks: I can haz Valentinez Dey card? • Q&A with Tony Perri, director of the transcendental-meditation documentary School of Thought. • MediaNews Group tops Newsosaur’s Default-O-Matic roster. • The details behind Clear Channel and 9News public-service announcements for car dealers. Please give generously.

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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.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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