boo face

Home sick today =(

don't forget to trick and treat

Special guests include Jacob Todd & Kevin K.

superfriends office space

round two

Man I'm wiped. Another tit show (I believe that makes a pair). More funk on this on, whereas the first night was more of a rager. Sick 46 days, undermind through melinda was another high point. The guy next to me turned to me at one point and goes, "umm, do you realize this is melinda that's so jammin?" Indeed it was. Both shows were heavy on the jams which is a welcome change from the wham-bam-no-jams he pulled at the fillmore last year. Check out my pull over at COTapers.

I:
Stone Free (hendrix)
Tuesday
A Case of Ice and Snow
Shine
46 Days
Will It Go Round in Circles (preston)

II:
Undermind
Simple Twist up Dave
Sweet Dreams Melinda
Dark & Down
Host Across the Potomac
Sand

E:
First Tube

round one

Headed down to the fox around 7.30, found mike B in line, who thankfully advised me to ditch my pole because they were only allowing 5 stands inside. His was already at the front of the line with another guy so I wound up clamping with him and ethan. Our set-up looked like one of the medical droids they used to patch up darth vader. There were a mess of people outside looking for tix.

They brought their own soundboard which they set up where we usually tape, so they made us run down in front of the regular SBD. It was crowded, and of course all the tall people were always in front of us, along with the wasted people who eventually drift back there, not to mention that area is usually a walkway, but oh well. I guess I'm a bit spoiled always having such a clear view there. The show was tit - nice drawn out jams during the second set, and played one of my faves - 'mr. completely'. Someone will probably beat me to posting the show over on CO Tapers or Etree, so you can check either of those places if you so desire. Here's the setlist in the meantime:

I:
Spin
Push on til the Day
Gotta Jibboo
Drifting
Mr. Completely
Goodbye Head
Come As Melody

II:
Money Love and Change
The Way I Feel
Night Speaks to a Woman
What's Done

E:
Mud City

first turns

Woke up bright and early saturday morning to find boulder had been dumped on. This was exciting as I was already heading up to A-Basin with devin to catch our first turns of the year. A-Basin was the first slope to open this year, and there was only one lift running, and two trails open. Luckily we got in a few runs before the rest of colorado showed up. Riding before halloween is cool. Wound up heading to denvah to meet up with the gang at cru to see derrick. Tried to get everyone to head over to the shelter, but anything resembling organization kind of fell by the wayside after several flights of wine & champagne. So we all parted ways only to reconvene at the mountain sun for lunch and then a subsequent stroll down pearl, which included but may not have been limited to connor o'neils, pearl street pub, the lazy dog basement with the beat on couch, euro 7, and the west end. Oh, and I fell victim to the old someone-slipped-a-sensor-in-my-back-pocket and I set off the alarm at urbans. I offered myself up for a frisking, but I guess they're not allowed to touch the customers, so it kind of ended in a stalemate.

is it monday yet?

califone - Roots & Crowns: I picked up on these guys with last year's king heron blues, a chilling slice of dark folk. This release still has some of the folky element, but it's augmented with bizarre-o sound effects and some non-traditional song structures. The stand-out track is the cover of Pshycic TV's, 'the orchid'. This reminds me a bit of Bodies & Minds by the Great Lake Swimmers. A good album to throw on when the sun is tucked behind the clouds, or you're driving around town aimlessly.

chin up, chin up - This Harness Can't Ride Anything: This album title makes no sense, and neither does their name really, but that's OK. Their debut, we never should have lived like we were skyscrapers was the last cd I think I actually purchased. They're from minneapolis or somewhere around there. Lead singer sounds a lot like mid-era archer's bachman, and a bit less mumbly now.

the hold steady - Boys and Girls in America: The opening guitar riff is great, but then the lead singer starts squawking away like the dude from the counting crows, and it's next to impossible to take anything he says seriously, or even ironically for that matter. Case in point - "How am I supposed to know that you're high if you wont let me touch you?" Example #2 - "she was a really cool kisser and she wasn't all that strict of a christian." Vomit.

cut chemist - The Audience is Listening: Decently cohesive effort from one of the J5's turntablists. Essentially a big beat disc with obligatory, yet surpsrising tasteful scratchy bits. My fave track is 'the garden' largley due to the way it keeps building and because I have no idea what the female vox are saying, but they sure sound pretty.

jon spencer blues explosion - Xtra Acme: This was released back in '99, but I just picked it up and totally dug listening to it on the way to A-Basin for my first day on the slopes. It's a full-length remix album of Acme, and kicks ass because they sing about hot dogs and say fuck.

a win, the springs, til now

Little slow on the recap this week, but here goes. Saturday CU finally won their first game oin saturday against Texas Tech. Of course, me, steph & GW opted just to tailgate and not go in. I had a feeling this would be the one. As it was not televised either, we met up with robert & angie at a pumpkin patch out in longmont. Everyone from the game wound up back at my place and we headed over to the Toad for some dinner, then pretty much called it a night. Sunday through tuesday I was in colorado springs doing the tradeshow bit for work. The show went very well, and there were plenty of free drinks which made casino night with dueling pianos at least tolerable. Driving home kind of blew due to the snow and rush hour by the tech center. Good thing about getting snow down here is that you know the hills are getting dumped on. Went and saw Donnie Darko on the big screen with lauren & stephanie last night. I'll have to say I enjoyed it much more the second time around, but it still begs the question as to how/why the casual loop all starts in the first place...

betty nah

checkin' in

luna - Lunafied: Collection of cover songs spanning their carrer. I'd been waiting for something like this for a while, since I'd always had trouble finding their version of donovans 'season of the witch' after I heard it playing while browsing at criminal records eons ago.

...and you will know us by the trail of dead - So Divided: With an exponentially shorter album hiatus than with world's apart and source tags, the Trail return a bit more pissed off than usual. Now it could be that their critically acclaimed major label debut only fell on the ears of only 50,000 or so, or it could be something they ate. Either way, we see the band striking new steel with the inclusion of some female vocal colabs and a couple of almost bluesy tracks. I've been caning this one while I run around the foothills - certainly a motivator.

the black neon - Arts & Crafts: I don't even remember what this sounded like, but it warranted me jotting down the title in my pending review page. Flip a coin.

decemberists - The Crane Wife: Their best yet. I just can't listen for more than one or two tracks at a time cuz me no likes dude's voice for too long.

trey anastasio - Bar 17 & 18 Steps: The first disc is the 'proper' new release, where the second is outtakes/leftovers. In the past that kind of stuff was cherry. Now, not as much, especially since Bar 17 is thrown together at best. The lead-off single, 'dragonfly' is rough, like a drunken rage-up. Making an encore are older live gems, cincinatti and goodbye head, which of course are not as good as the versions I've become accustomed to. The best moments of the 'new' material hint at some good things to come in a live setting (i.e. double header at the fox in a couple of weeks), but this release will likely get slim to nil plays after I pull down a couple of tapes from those nights.

the evans - get evans: Ummm, bring back fugazi already, guys.

to the death

Ever wondered what happens when the lights go out in a record store?

yo la tape recorder

Yo La tengo
2006-10-10
Boulder Theater
Boulder, CO

Source: just right of SBD, Earthworks SR78's > DA-P1
Transfer: Sony DTC-790 > M-Audio Transit > Soundforge 6 > FLAC

disc 1:
01. styles of the times
02. pablo & andrea
03. pass the hatchet, I think I'm goodkind
04. the weakest part
05. sometimes I don't get you
06. mr. tough
07. I feel like going home
08. the race is on again >
09. autumn sweater
10. I should have known better
11. sugarcube >
12. watch out for me ronnie >
13. tom courtenay

disc 2:
01. the story of yo la tango
02. I heard you looking
03. shadows
04. you tore me down (Flamin' Groovies)
05. nuclear war (Sun Ra)
06. from a motel 6
07. somebody's baby (Jackson Browne)
08. by the time it gets dark (Sandy Denny)

Available exclusively at COTapers!
(and now at dime...)

big night coming

Damn, I just met Ira Kaplan. So lovin' it.

quick recap

It has finally gotten colder out. But not before we had pleasant weather this past weekend. Friday we celebrated stephanie's birthday with dinner at carelli's. It was a delicious meal, but on the way home I threw up a half dozen times. It must have been the cream sauce. No worries, as I was able to rally saturday morning for the CU tailgate & homecoming game. Jacq didn't have a ticket for the game, but was miraculously allowed into the stadium. Unfortunately, the Buffs lost (again). Too bad their schedule does not get any easier this season...

keep music evil revisited

the Brian Jonestown Massacre
2006-09-16
Boulder Theater
Boulder, CO

Source: just right of SBD, Earthworks SR78's > DA-P1
Transfer: Sony DTC-790 > M-Audio Transit > Soundforge 6 > FLAC

disc 1:
01. intro
02. whoever you are
03. nailing honey to the bee
04. here it comes
05. keeping track
06. nevertheless
07. when jokers attack >
08. sailor

disc 2:
01. evergreen
02. vacuum boots
03. who?
04. servo
05. jennifer
06. let me stand next to your flower
07. fuck you for fucking me
08. a new low in getting high
09. this is why you love me

disc 3:
01. wisdom
02. you have been disconnected
03. get some
04. that girl suicide
05. telegram
06. prozac vs. heroin
07. going to hell
08. swallowtail

OK - all fixed. You can grab it at COTapers or Dime.

two tribes

Well it looks like it may be cold war time again. Nukes have always frightened me way more than terrorism.

google fight

This is amusingly fascinating. Basically just type in two items, and see which one wins:

pass the mic

It sure would be swell to have one of these little guys.

heading east on I-70 west

Took in a phenominal movie friday night, specifically the science of sleep (good call joe!). Post film, stephanie & I dined enjoyably at hapa.

Saturday we geared up for another early morning outta town CU viewing party at my pad. Jean, jacq & dylan arrived a bit late, due to some unforseen GABF festoons, but they certainly did not miss much as CU forgot how well they played against UGA, and played like they did the first 3 games of the season. But enough of that, as the food was tasty and the mimosas were flowing. After kicking our cache of bubbly, we strolled down to pearl street for the fall festival, which was basically just a bunch of local artisans and what have you showing off their wares. We did win a blow up lightsaber by breaking plates with baseballs. Presumably, endless hijinx ensued. The increasingly redundant visit from my aforementioned neighbor transpired right around the time we had already had called it a night.

Sunday started out lazy enough, until we headed up to evergreen to do some mountain biking. On the way, we tried to see if we could find the entrance to the sleeper house in genessee. No luck getting as close as we would have liked. After a celebratory birthday dinner for stephanie's madre, and a subsequent tractor ride around her mountain home, the weekend came to a close.

dharma spoiler

Now I'm not quite sure what this is all about, since the blog I grabbed it from is mostly spanish, but it seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle from that pesky tv show, lost. Nifty:



-namaste-

boundaries

Somewaht relevant sidebar: I now live nextdoor to an older woman who's a bit, no wait, way off in the head. All simple like, as in she doesn't understand the subtleties of small talk and being 'neighborly' for the sake of living in close proximity of one another. She feels the need to apologize for complaining about things that she should have left well enough alone if she'd taken her meds on time. Just now (no joke), I had to shut the door on her because she did not understand when I told her that I was busy watching the television and did not have time to talk to her (i.e., feel like listening to her apologize for whatever again). OK, rant over... for now.

-sanity-