The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 5 edition

Boys will be boys. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Conrad Keely of ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. • House music comes alive tonight at the Funky Buddha. • Make your own 3Oh!3 puppet. Today in Cafe Society: • Taste tests: Chocolate and the...
By Michael Roberts
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Boys will be boys.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Conrad Keely of …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. • House music comes alive tonight at the Funky Buddha. • Make your own 3Oh!3 puppet.

Today in Cafe Society: • Taste tests: Chocolate and the Yucatan. • Vella’s is no more. • Bombay Bowl comes to the Tech Center. • Veggie Girl: O’s Steak and Seafood.

Today in The Latest Word: • City announces program to fight graffiti by paying for murals. • Harry Whipple out as head of Denver Newspaper Agency. • Ex-Rocky Mountain Newser Tracy Ringolsby carrying on — after being stranded by Scripps. • Kenny Be’s Hip Tip time machine: The High Chair/Pillory. • My Restaurant Week adventure with the big blue bear. Grrrrr.

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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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