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Mile High Music Festival - traffic

2008-07-20T15:59:00.002-06:00

The Mile High Music Festival is backing up traffic on I-70, Havana and Northfield exits. So if you're planning to go, tack on an extra 20 minutes or so to park the car. AND , if you have a flight at DIA to catch, you'll want to make sure you have a little extra gas in the car and leave 20-30 minutes early, or if you have the option, take something else besides I-70 to get there if you can (Tower Road, E-470 toll road, etc)

Ween ... for FREE!

2008-07-15T08:00:00.002-06:00

Ween is playing one of those secret MySpace shows up in Fort Collins, tonight, 7/15 at Hodi's Half Note, 167 N. College Ave. Admission is first there, first in. You can start lining up at 4 p.m., and they'll start handing out tickets at 6 p.m. One ticket per person. Show starts at 9 p.m. Bring some water with you to keep cool

2008-07-14T20:10:00.003-06:00

The crowd at the Marquis last night was there to see Dear and the Headlights, but we wouldn't be surprised if opener What Laura Says (Thinks and Feels) picked up some new fans too. They brought their sunny, 70s nostalgia glee club/psychedelic/beegees+acid rock+long jams, Denver indie kids brought their dancing shoes, it was fun. It didn't hurt that they had free 3-song CDs and stickers to hand out. Here's hoping they can come back to Denver again soon. Denver could use more longhairs singing three-part harmonies. Their new album is out Aug. 19

DATH did well with their screaming, melodic rock, playing old favorites plus some from a new album due out soon. Ok, about the screaming: What I'm saying is they're much more unleashed live, so the records sound good and all and you get a hint of the scream, but you must go see them in person for the full DATH experience. Don't confuse the passion for anger. Word

One DATH exchange from the stage to the bar:
singer Ian: "We're gonna drink some with you later." (To the audience:) "What are you guys doing later?"
female audience member: "You!"

2008-07-13T08:46:00.002-06:00

Dear and the Headlights play tonight, 7/13, at the Marquis Theater with What Laura Says before heading out for a few dates with Jimmy Eat World. Local opener (Die) Pilot also at the Marquis.

MATSON JONES shows!

2008-07-11T07:56:00.002-06:00

Hey, hey! Remember Matson Jones? It's been way too long, but they're going to be back on stage for two shows. Tickets for their 7/24 show at the Bluebird in Denver go on sale today, 7/11. They also play 7/25 in Fort Collins. Listen

"Up the Yangtze" opens today at the Mayan. (Review below)

Up the Yangtze

2008-07-07T22:06:00.003-06:00

This Friday, Up the Yangtze opens in Denver at the Mayan Theatre at 110 Broadway. It looks at the project to build a humongous dam on the river with the goal of providing cleaner power to billions in China. Of course, such a project has consequences. Here's the report from ATT, who saw "Up the Yangtze" in Seattle:

Go see this documentary.

It's thoughtfully constructed, emotionally touching, and will have you talking for days afterwards.

So go see it with friends, so that you won't have to sit around talking to yourself.

Director Yung Chang analyzes the impact of the historic Three Gorges project from three angles. The introduction and many of the transitions consist of gorgeous panoramic shots with voiceovers by the director. He talks about his experience cruising the Yangtze River as a foreigner, of his grandfather's memories as a former native, and of the statistics of the project. He then introduces us to Yu Shui and Chen Bo Yu. Both youths apply to work upon a luxury cruise similar to the one that inspired the director to create this film. Through their eyes and words, we see the human impact of the project. We gain some insight of the Chinese culture, and an understanding of the citizens' views. Yu Shui and her family exemplify the more traditional Chinese way of thinking, valuing humility, respect for elders and authority, self-reliance, and the good of the many over the suffering of the few. Chen Bo Yu displays attitudes more closely aligned to stereotypical Western mindsets, speaking proudly of personal accomplishments, his ambitions, his individuality, his material desires, and of entitlement. We see their struggles to adapt to change on individual levels, and symbolically on a societal level.

Various snippets of foreign tourists on the cruise paint an unflattering caricature of rich, ignorant outsiders who fancy themselves enlightened after taking the tour. As an outsider, I felt torn by disgust and guilt at the business, but also a slight rationalization that the money being brought in was providing opportunities that many people might not have otherwise had.

Your experience of this movie may well be very different from mine. What I can say with certainty, is that this is a movie worth experiencing.

Blues Traveler : Collective Soul : Live at Red Rocks

2008-07-05T01:14:00.005-06:00

blues traveler : collective soul : live

We spent the July 4 holiday @ Red Rocks, with Blues Traveler. It's a tradition! This year, Collective Soul and LIve were opening. It was like it was the late 1990s again. Actually, Hana Pestle was the real opener. Then Collective Soul went on around 5, with the heat of the day still sticking around, but Ed Roland was still dancing around in his Gunnar Nelson hair, button-up green shirt and skinny jeans, throwing the mic stand around like he was a majorette in the marching band. They ran through a bunch of their hits (Shine, Hollywood...) In the middle of "December," they tossed in a cover of The Killers' "All These Things That I've Done" (I've got soul but I'm not a soldier...). They ended with "Run," that song that ended up in the movie "Varsity Blues."

Live took the stage, with everyone but drummer dressed in black. Fitting, since they ended up doing an upside down version of "Walk the Line" during their set. They finished out with Lightning Crashes.

We could tell you details of Blues Traveler's set, but hey, you should have gone. Just some highlights, John Popper played a harmonica solo of the national anthem. Kinda like he was Hendrix but with harmonica. ... After dark, they played as fireworks went on behind them. From Red Rocks, you could see little pops of fireworks from shows along the Front Range in the cities below. ... Popper said they just saw the movie 300. And he had a sword. So he had the crowd reenact when the guy takes out his sword and the whole crowd says, "uuuAAAAH!" "If you ever have a sword and 9,000 people, I highly recommend you do that," he said. ... They played new stuff from the album due in August. One was dedicated to everyone who is serving overseas or has ever served overseas, perhaps called Til I Can Bring You Home. ... Guitarist from Collective Soul came and jammed on one song.

C forgot to charge her camera battery, B forgot to bring a camera, #3 rarely downloads pix from camera to computer once taken, so sorry, no photos of the evening to share with you.

But if you want to see Blues Traveler, they're in Aspen at Belly Up 7/5

recaps

2008-07-04T08:00:00.003-06:00

Flobots did a decent job performing "Handlebars" on the Tonight Show last night (if you look for the show online, it's the one with Dustin Hoffman and Gordon Ramsay). They'll be back in CO soon enough for the Mile High Music Festival.

Light rain didn't keep a few hundred people from turning out to hear a free concert by the Colorado Symphony @ City Park, near the Museum of Nature and Science. With the standard fare, including "America the Beautiful," a medley of military tunes (with members of each branch asked to stand during their song _ there was a sailor in uniform in the audience actually), some Sousa ("Stars and Stripes Forever"). They play another free concert Sunday 7/6 at Red Rocks, $10 for parking.

So there's going to be fireworks after the Outlaws lacrosse game at Invesco Field at Mile High tonight, plus after the Rockies game at Coors Field. By the way, the first 10,000 fans tomorrow night, 7/5, get a Matt Holliday bobblehead.

My pick is to go see the fireworks in Vail.

What are you doing this holiday?

2008-07-03T09:14:00.002-06:00

Colorado Symphony plays patriotic stuff in a FREE concert tonight at City Park. 7/3, 7 p.m.

rip

2008-07-01T19:18:00.002-06:00

Sad news, as you may have heard: Tickle Me Pink's bassist Johnny Schou, 22, was found dead this morning at home in Colorado. They played at the Warped Tour in Denver over the weekend. Today was the day their album came out on Wind-up Records. They were going to mark it with an appearance at Independent Records on Colfax today, but that was canceled due to the sad news. The band also had been set to tour later this month. No word on cause of death yet

FREE music

2008-06-28T09:56:00.003-06:00

Gnarls Barkley plays for free at Coors Field today, 6/28, for the SoCo Music Fest.

South Park Music Tour, with free shows, is going on in Fairplay today.

Farmers markets

2008-06-27T06:38:00.002-06:00

All sorts of farmers markets are in full swing in Colorado. Today, there's a new addition in Broomfield with a different purpose than the rest.

The Legacy Farmers Market at Legacy High School aims to raise money for the school to support its athletics teams, rather than having players just go door to door selling pizzas or what have you to subsidize rising fuel costs for buses to get to games, etc. Organizer Paul Madigan's goal is to raise $10,000 by the end of the summer, though the goal for today is just to break even. (Madigan has kids who are either in or have graduated from the school.)

The market is starting very, very small and doesn't even really have farmers selling at the market yet. Instead, a handful of vendors like Mountain Man snacks, and two brokers are bringing produce from Colorado, Texas, Arizona and California. When asked why there aren't farmers at the farmers market, Madigan said farmers he's spoken with are already committed to doing other farmers markets in the area (Boulder has a thriving market scene). He said he hopes to gain a track record though this summer and eventually attract farmers to sell at the Legacy market. "For them to come to an unproven market wouldn't be fair," he says. "After two weeks, we'll have a proven record."

The market runs today, 6/27, from 2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at Legacy High School's west parking lot in Broomfield, 2701 W 136th Ave.

"It's a gamble, but the feedback I've gotten from people is, 'we need one (a farmers market) of our own.' A lot of people are driving to Boulder, Thornton, Westminster, Niwot. 100 percent of the proceeds are going to the shcool. Not one penny is going anywhere else but to the school," Madigan said.
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The market is still a work in progress. Madigan doesn't want to charge fees to any vendors, instead charging a percentage of sales. But the percentage hasn't been determined yet. Will it work? We'll have to see.

music news

2008-06-20T00:06:00.002-06:00

Lots of little tidbits to mention.

The Film on the Rocks series (movies @ Red Rocks) is back. On 6/20, Friday, it's Fight Club. Movie starts at 9 but get there a few hours early because Slim Cessna's Auto Club will be playing live music before it gets dark. It's $10 if you can get your ticket early at King Soopers. Otherwise $12 at the door.

So Say Hi is planning another long tour this fall, with probably a Denver date in there. Nothing official yet, so we'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, there's a couple dates with The Long Winters in California next month.

We just have to mention, if you are going to Taste of Chicago, Summerfest, Austin City Limits Festival or Bumbershoot this year, Old 97s are going to be at all of those. How exciting

The new album from Rose Hill Drive (of Boulder) is out Tuesday, 6/24, and they play free at Twist and Shout 6/25 at 6 p.m.

The Colorado Symphony has all sorts of goodies planned for the July 4 weekend. On Thursday, 7/3, they play FREE at City Park, 7 p.m. Then that Sunday, 7/6 @ 7:30 p.m., there's a "free" concert at Red Rocks (parking is $10 though, so I don't know, bring the van and stuff it with seven people?) Good deals, anyway

Do you like Counting Crows? They're looking for someone to design their summer tour poster (for free -- though the band will sign the winner's poster. Whee.) The winner's design will be sold on tour. You have to enter by July 1. More rules here

There's probably something we're forgetting, but we'll get back to you.

Koko Taylor / Pinetop Perkins

2008-06-19T23:47:00.003-06:00

We went to Boulder for the live taping of "Queen of the Blues" Koko Taylor's first appearance on the national radio show etown. (The show tapes about 2 hours' worth of material, then cuts it down to about 1 hour for the show you hear each week) Koko Taylor came out on stage at the Chautauqua Auditorium dancing and kept on going. She was backed by her Blues Machine, with Calvin Louden on guitar, Melvin Smith on bass, Shunsuke Kikuta on rhythm guitar, Stanley Banks on keyboards and Ricky Nelson on drums. Even her bodyguard got an introduction. After a couple of songs, she talked about growing up poor in Bartlett, Tennessee, being orphaned at age 11 with her two sisters and three brothers. All of them sang in church. Her dad wanted them to sing gospel, but she and her siblings would secretly sing blues. She later went to Chicago with her secret boyfriend ("the only one who knew he was my boyfriend was me!"). The bus driver let her on the bus even though they didn't have enough money for her to ride. They sat in the back of the bus ("I sat in the back but I got there the same time as the front!") She later married her boyfriend, who encouraged her to sing.

Also on the show, Mississippi bluesman Pinetop Perkins, just shy of 95. He came out sharply dressed in a bright red suit and matching top hat. (Not really a top hat but I'm not up on my haberdashery terms.) He played piano and sang. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith accompanied on harmonica and also sang. They tried to interview him but he mostly wanted to play. At the end he and Big Eyes and Koko Taylor and her Blues Machine all played together. Anyway, you can hear it for yourself on etown. Most likely airing in 4-6 weeks.

2008-06-15T11:22:00.003-06:00

Westword's recap of the music festival yesterday if you missed out.

This afternoon (6/15) on into evening, Popwreck, Hemi Cuda, The Omens and others are playing at the Larimer Lounge BBQ. Bring dad.

More Denver bands putting out new albums: Achille Lauro's CD release party is 6/27 (that's a Friday) at the Larimer Lounge

Electric Daisy Carnival

2008-06-12T08:43:00.002-06:00

The Electric Daisy Carnival comes to Colorado this weekend. 6 stages, music from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds this Saturday, 6/14. Mark Farina, Colette and Kaskade plus locals like The Swayback and The Photo Atlas. Tickets are $50, but you have to buy them now. They stop selling them mid morning Saturday.

2008-06-07T14:27:00.002-06:00

People's Fair is going on right NOW. Downtown at Civic Center park. Lots of good free music, and great weather today. Check out Gubment Cheese at Colfax and Bannock tomorrow at noon.

Also this weekend, check out the sidewalk chalk drawings in Larimer Square

Tonight, 6/7, Ellison Park at the Meadowlark. $5
Also tonight Pseudo Dates / Vitamins / et al at the Lion's Lair. $5

2008-06-04T22:53:00.002-06:00

David Sedaris is coming to the Tattered Cover in Lodo (just north of 16th and Wazee). 6/22 at noon. Tickets to see and hear him are gone (you had to buy his new book, from what I understand), but you can still get overflow tickets beginning 11 a.m. 6/22 to get books signed. Details

2008-05-30T10:08:00.003-06:00

Grand Archives of Seattle will be in Denver to play at the Hi-Dive this Saturday, 5/31. $10. They play at Sub Pop's 20th annual festival in Seattle on 7/13, the same day as Wolf Parade!

Block party on Colfax tomorrow, 5/31. Free. Vine Street to Race Street, 1 to 5 p.m. At night there's music and drink specials at west of Lafayette at places like Irish Snug and Satellite Bar.

Free music

2008-05-28T08:25:00.003-06:00

Thanks to Southern Comfort, if you're over 21, you can see Gnarls Barkley for free 6/28 at the Coors Field parking lot. With Bassnectar, Dead Confederate, DJ Star Eyes but also locals like Hot IQs.

2008-05-24T09:53:00.002-06:00

Those bike messengers and other assorted cyclists racing through Denver tonight are part of the Gang Bang dusk til dawn race ... cycling scavenger hunt with checkpoints across town, with points earned by reaching checkpoints, performing stunts and buying/downing certain drinks. Race starts 9 p.m. tonight, 5/24. Cure the hangover 5/26.

Downtown Denver Arts Festival continues this weekend at the Pavilions. Free. Today, tomorrow and Memorial Day.

Khale at the Hi-Dive tonight, 5/24
Death Cab for Cutie and Rogue Wave at Red Rocks 5/28!
REM, The National, Modest Mouse at Red Rocks 6/3

Langhorne Slim

2008-05-23T14:58:00.002-06:00

Langhorne Slim at the Hi-Dive tonight. $10
And Khale is there tomorrow night, 5/24, for the CD release show! $6. This show and another one 6/5 at the Meadowlark are their last shows before their European tour

Denver Art Museum's Friday night event next week, 5/30, will have a fashion show (hair styled by 3 Little Birds salon) plus music, including Ian Cooke. Details here

cinco de mayo :: civic center park

2008-05-04T17:48:00.003-06:00

Monolith Festival lineup

2008-05-01T17:59:00.002-06:00

The lineup for Monolith Festival is out! Highlights include Silversun Pickups, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Denver's own DeVotchKa, TV on the Radio, Cut Copy, The Cribs, The Fratellis, Tilly and the Wall, much more. Denver bands Hearts of Palm, The Photo Atlas and Bright Channel are also scheduled. The festival, in its second year, is Sept. 13-14 at Red Rocks. Hit this for more. Pre-sale going on NOW. Tix on sale to the public beginning 10 a.m. Friday, 5/2, for $110 for both days or $59.50 for single day. (It's TicketMaster, so prep for fees, blah blah)

FREE MUSIC

2008-04-28T16:52:00.004-06:00

Newton Faulkner's new album "Hand Built by Robots" comes out tomorrow in the U.S. But you can win a FREE copy here at Delicatessen. Just e-mail us by 11:59 p.m. MDT Tuesday and tell us what you think of his music. We'll draw a name to win the free album. He'll be playing in Boulder at the Fox Theater on 5/31.

Check out who's coming to the Larimer Lounge this Saturday, 5/3: Mobius Band, Black Kids and Cut Copy. Download Mobius Band's "Love Will Reign Supreme" EP here

My Morning Jacket will be coming to Red Rocks with The Black Keys 8/21! A download of "Evil Urges" is available here

Beginning tomorrow morning, about 5:15 a.m. MDT, you can download Coldplay's new single "Violet Hill" for one week, free, at Coldplay's Web site.

Wolf Parade has a new album coming out in June and a tour to support it, but doesn't look like they'll be hitting Denver as of yet. The song "Call it Ritual" is up on their MySpace page.

Atmosphere coming to the Ogden 5/17 and 5/18. Go to Twist and Shout to enter for free tickets