June 25th, 2009 — music
Two recommended Denver trips for Boulder music lovers in July (follow me on Twitter and I’ll remind you when we’re closer):
On my very last night in Brooklyn, at a Via Audio show, I found out that one band on the bill and another closely related band were headed for D-town. Mark your calendars and iron your bus tickets.
Listen ‘n’ read:
Ha Ha Tonka – St. Nick on the Fourth in a Fervor
Ha Ha Tonka – Walking on the Devil’s Backbone
Elizabeth and the Catapult – Taller Children
June 24th, 2009 — music
I spent the day cruising around Boulder in search of both long- and short-term living situations. Short-term is dealt with, but I had to write a big, fat check that I didn’t want to write. I’ll get it back, it’s just a screwball operation wherein I pay a full month’s deposit, plus one month of rent — for one month of residence. Then I get the deposit back.
The point is that I was considering a double-barreled Red Rocks weekend for the big-F Fourth (of July, that is). Continue reading →
June 19th, 2009 — music
So, as some of you know, I’m moving to Boulder, Colo. It’s happening next week. I’m very excited. More details in a while.
People have been missing me if I’ll miss New York. Sure, I’ll miss plenty of things about New York.
For example I won’t have access to the ample, sweaty rock shows. A quick retrospective of my favorite shows in my brief two-plus years here:
I’m girded, though, by the fact that the best show I think I’ve ever seen was put on by Gogol Bordello at the Fox Theatre in Boulder. Picture Eugene Hutz riding around on some concertgoer’s shoulders while singing something sort of like this: Continue reading →
June 18th, 2009 — music
Wait, really? OK, fine, dance off your pizza gut:
Das Racist – Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)
(Can I get some extra cheese and irony?)