the DENVER thread

o yeah? i dont know john too well, but we have many many mutual friends.
i am in longmont, yes. but i'll be in denver this afternoon for what promises to be a horrible meeting. :D
in other denver news: i'm not going, but dudes from my old band are doing a GBV tribute set at the 404 Club tomorrow. i think a replacements cover band is playing too. so it'll be drunk at least.

kate78 that is fine!!!! my friend from alaska wants to move to denver for a couple of months.

404 is doing lots of shows lately; went to one last weekend that was super fun! my friend andrew is going to be playing in his band tonight at the Lion's Lair - its something called FRANKSGIVING

Come celebrate the 15th Annual Celebration of Frank Bell not kicking the bucket from Crohn's disease with special guests Rockabilly Madman Ralph Gean, Get Your Going! and LITTLE FYODOR!!! Free franks, the official foodstuff of Franksgiving!!! Donation bucket for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America! $5, cheap!!

Actually copying and pasting that is kinda making me sad that I agreed to go. Rockabilly Madman? :/ :/ :/ Oh well at least it's for a good cause.

Also Bad Weather California is playing tomorrow night at Rhinoceropolis with Royal Baths and the Fresh & Onlys (3553 Brighton Blvd)

I am pretending as if someone might find the above info useful

i like the lion's lair, we played there a couple of times. i've seen bad weather california once or twice, they're good. i've sorta stopped going to local shows in denver since we had a baby, though.

apparently this is THE place to be for the impending pole shift of 2012. bring on the apocalypse!

solar flare doom at DIA.

minus 14.1 deg F is ridiculous. that is all.

cosign. high of 9F.

tomorrow warms up to a balmy high of 14F.

yes, but what was the temp 4 days ago? Like, 64?

yeah, it was pretty warm when we got here -- even yesterday, when snow was falling, it wasn't so cold. it will warm up again starting thursday.

so i totally wrote this book ... about Denver
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lAmWiuM7L._SS500_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/WonderDads-Denver-Activities-Restaurants-Adventures/dp/1935153544/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297714594&sr=1-23

tyler thats cool, i didn't know about it til now. i plan to buy!

meanwhile, it's like end times weather shit happening at 18th and Cali.

bought it tyler.

bway is fender deep in black water, and 19th is a river!

I just had to fjord the river

hope youre intact. about to go get on the bike.

yup, I got home just fine!

is anyone in DENVER going to the TITWRENCH FESTIVAL?

OR, OHSHIT THE 'TIL DEATH' VENDETTA GOTH FEST IN AUGUST HEHEHE

*bundling up, preparing shovel*

15-18 inches expected. I wonder, should I shovel once or twice?

SNOW DAY

is this thread ever going to take off?

I'm a Boulderite. Well, actually I'm from the east coast, but I moved out here for a job and to be close to the mountains. Denver has been winning me over lately. I doubt I'd move down there, but I've had a great time.

I saw Snake Rattle Rattle Snake at the Hi Dive. They were pretty enjoyable. Certainly better than the options in Boulder: madolines or bad electronica.

hmmm. This thread should take off! I'm a Denver-person too. I suppose we could talk more about Denvery/Bouldery things itt. I'm not usually comfortable putting myself out there like this but w/e it's ilx: I play in a band called Saturn Cowboys, we do kind of rock stuff that maybe somebody out there might be into. http://saturncowboys.bandcamp.com/ <--- I like to think of this as our 'ambitious but flawed first album'

So, we're playing a show on March 24 at Lion's Lair with Bonnie and the Beard & Tin Horn Prayer, both excellent bands, + we'll be releasing the above album as a CD there. If anyone wants to come and say hey, lemme know!

playing in denver on june 8th! at unit e. solo electronic stuff, possibly with drums if i can borrow some there.

man, unit e. has really taken off. i wasn't even aware of other DIY venues around town aside from Rhino & BlastOMat

i'll be there! i look vaguely like a "nathan fillion + the werewolf from twilight hybrid" according to a guy at the bar last night

is unit e at all related to unit b? on lawrence and 20th?

is it in the red brick building w/ the apts on the 2nd floor? think i was there once for halloween 3-4yrs ago, can't remember exactly.

great! my friend who set up the show will be playing too, and he is dope (m@n m@ntis).

are you "on tour" ? i'd think that there'd be some other thread resuscitation given that

kelpolaris i was there on halloween in 2010 too.

i dated a guy who lived there. that was interesting.

jordan i'll be at your show. is there a FB event or anything?

nah, just visiting family and i figured i might as well pick up a gig as long as i was out there. although i'm planning on doing other weekend trips this summer and telling people it's a "tour".

xp not yet, but when it gets closer i'll invite you on facebook and post the details here. looking forward to it!

(PS, Unit E is on Santa Fe and not related to Unit B)

Oh, and I went to a party there once. It's all coming together.

Sorry for my liveblogging my stupid thoughts here.

I'm going to a place called the Lost Lake Lounge sometime soon. Never heard of it. On E. Colfax?

Yeah. On Monroe & Colfax. It's pretty hipstery, but not disgustingly so.

yeahhh, it seems as though the Howling Hex are doing a weekly residency there in June. I am the only one in Denver excited about this, I think.

The same owners of Sputnik and Hi-Dive operate Lost Lake.

If that gives you an idea.

It's a bit more laid back and dingy, though.

Howling Hex? Really? Are they from Denver???

The dude just moved out here or something? He's playing the Lion's Lair on the 20th of this month too. Saw him a few weeks back at the larimer lounge. pretty bizarre, but great --- had a backing band playing norteno kinda rhythms while he played psychedelic freak out guitar. there were about 12 people there.

somewhat OT: has hi-dive always used biker dudes as doormen?

hmm, i don't remember that. people working the door when i frequented there were frail indie types iirc.

they're sort of a hybrid. jeans jackets w/ patches and mutton chops, garnished with vans old skools.

no reason for asking, just curious. well, sort of - i kinda just wondered if having biker-dudes as doormen as just a "legacy" the venue wanted to continue onward. the dudes there today aren't very imposing and i hadn't really known they were biker-bros until i asked, jokingly, if all employees had to wear the same vest.

did they answer by beating you senseless with a pool cue?

whereas they reveled to me their being part of a biker gang and i had to feign interest as i asked if they rode harley's, the only brand i'm familiar with and likely will ever be

im a shitty conversationalist.

a biker gang! kind of quaint. i bet they all crank bon iver while ridin' on their hogs.

oh those guys are all door dudes all over town.

its actually a biker guild