sound tribe sectional couch 8 years later bass guitar

On the road at 5.30 saturday to A-Basin. GW & I met up with dylan at the open space lot on 93 where the winds were so fierce that one gust yanked his board off the roof, snapping one of his rack arms off before slamming into the fence. Thank goodness for the fence, otherwise his board would have gone right into oncoming traffic on 93. Since his roofrack was now busted I drove the rest of the way. Got to the basin early enough to get a beach spot, and have a leisurely breakfast. Spent most of the day riding the Pali lift, before heading back to the Montezuma Bowl to check out the new terrain. The backside was a series of chutes that emptied out into a valley, with several dense tree croppings. The other side was kind of open, and the trails all continued past the bottom of the lift, if you were so inclined to hike back out.





We hit the road by noon since we were heading into denver to catch the 2nd STS9 show at the fillmore that night. Earlier in the week we made reservations for a room at the Ramada just 4 blocks away. We checked in, had a round of bevys, and then walked to Los Margarita's for dinner, home of that huge marg. The show was sold out, and we headed inside in time to catch the Pharcyde (what was left of them) open. After their set, the venue began to fill up pretty quickly while the Postal Service was being pumped over of the PA. And then Sound Tribe hit the stage on a mission. Murph and the boys came correct with one of the most intense shows of theirs I've been witness to. Saxton had some fun new lighting columns on stage, and did a splendid joerb with the lights. They played a lot of newer material, all of it pretty wicked stuff. It was an extremely mashed-up crowd and despite a couple of noodle heads, a great vibe on the night. Afterwards we walked back to the hotey room, careful not to get run over crossing the street, and drank some beers. At one point we were jamming out to Quantum Wallpaper and some kids knocked on the door and wanted to join our 'party'. I had to tell him we were going to bed to get rid of them. A little while later on a trip get ice from the vending room, I saw cops with drug dogs at the other end of the hallway - those crazy wookies, always causing trouble! Setlist:

Set 1: 118, Rent, Peoples*, 303 Improv*, ABCees (King Pharoah tease), Dem Be, The Rabble
Set 2: Lo Swaga, Aimlessly, Move My Peeps, Block Variation*, Arigato, Instantly
Encore: Rocket*>Hubble

* = with Richard Devine

(Hop on an AUD, FOB torrent of the show over at COTapers, or check out the SBD at sts9music)

Came home sunday, took a nap. Then cleaned up the hut since we were hosting the fam for meg's 60th birthday - the 'Forever 59' party. Stephanie helped paul prepare the spring chicken, then pretty much ran the show with the rest of the meal which turned out swimmingly - kudos!