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This is the world as we know it. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night's Show: Broken Spindles, Born in the Flood, Iuengliss at hi-dive. • Last Night's Show: A Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, Sonnenblume at the Bluebird. • Last Night's Show: Andrew Bird at the Ogden. • DJ Vajra rocks...
By Michael Roberts
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This is the world as we know it.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night’s Show: Broken Spindles, Born in the Flood, Iuengliss at hi-dive. • Last Night’s Show: A Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, Sonnenblume at the Bluebird. • Last Night’s Show: Andrew Bird at the Ogden. • DJ Vajra rocks Denver Nuggets crowd. • Scott Davies intervenes in police chase gone bad last night.

Today in Cafe Society: • Eat, drink and be scary this weekend. • Candy Girls: IKEA Chocolate Bars. • Making vanilla to pay the bills: a talk with an ice cream alchemist. • The Blinking Light grows its own… beef?

Today in The Latest Word: • News flash: Rocky Mountain News kicks Denver Post‘s ass one last time. • The thoughts of one outgoing Rocky Mountain News staffer. • Finally, proof Boulderites weren’t always vegetarians. • Dude, where’s my lawyer? Francis “lawyer rat” Pignatelli officially banned from Colorado courts. • Shmuck of the Week: Dave Schultheis (again). He’s the gift that keeps on giving.

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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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