William Perry - "The Refrigerator Man"

Should have posted this right after that Bears beating of those fudge Packers. Enjoy.

If Your Drugs Aren't Designer, I Don't Want Them

Many of you may remember how this blog all started with the Denver Cruisers. This is the last week of the event so many know, love, and associate their Wednesday with. The theme of this week is ski-in/ski-out. I hope to see you all there donning your neon, xxxl tall tees, and one piece suits.

Tomorrow is the show that you need to know about. The Bluebird will be hosting Designer Drugs the duo from New York made up of Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson. If asked to describe their music I would have to call it of the pop banger genre that takes vocals generally from a pop song and throws them over techno/house beats. Try working out to this music, it will make you run faster and jump higher even if you leave your PF Flyers at home. Tickets are about $22 so not too bad for a dj group known around the world. You can download their last 4 mix tapes for free off their myspace page which I would highly suggest doing. I have only seen them once and it was to open for Savoy so I’m sure they were holding back but they had the club bumping. Can’t say for certain I’ll make it to the show after my softball game but hopefully will be there to celebrate a victory.

Quick Heads Up

Rusko is playing tonight at the Ogden. This is probably your last chance to see him before he becomes a household name. He has been destroying the dub scene with Caspa, Benga, and others for years but now mainstream acts are looking for his beats. Get to it before the crowd does.

Oktober in September

The nights have been getting cooler, the leaves are changing colors, and fall is officially here. That means the start of all kinds of fun; football, October baseball, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and German heritage festivals better known as OKTOBERFEST! Oktoberfest oddly enough always occurs in September, which is fine by me because it is just a great excuse to indulge in beer and bratwursts, two of my favorite things. This weekend both Breckenridge and Vail will be hosting their Oktoberfests. I have not been to Vail’s but last year Breckenridge’s really surprised me. Thinking that the biggest town event was Ullr Fest I was sorely mistaken. Still being a new local this time of the year Andrew Fox and myself rode bikes down to main street to find thousands of people sampling regional and German beers alike. We purchased steins for $20, discounted because they ran out of 2009 mugs and only had 2008, which made no difference to us, that included two fill-ups. After enjoying some brews we posted up on the curb to enjoy some beer-brats and people watching. After devouring our food we filled up once more and headed to the stage to watch some German wood cutting dancing. What a combo, people swinging around with men wielding axes hacking to the beat. After enjoying the show we decided we had a successful afternoon at Oktoberfest and headed home. Riding bikes down hill sober is much easier than riding them uphill mildly inebriated with a ceramic liter mug in hand. This weekend Denver will be having their own two-day Oktoberfest on Larimer Street, which should be a great time, unfortunately I’m writing this post at my cubicle in Broomfield today and work tomorrow as well.

To cap off a great day in Breckenridge I would suggest going to Three20South tonight to check out the hometown boys who go by the name Yamn. They’ve been gaining some nation wide recognition by opening up for the likes of Tea Leaf Green and Cornmeal. Many would say they follow the typical jam band formula but those are just critics who are looking for something negative to say. These guys are just musicians making music that they like and I like so who cares.

Tuesday was the release of Chromeo’s new album Business Casual. With such excitement surrounding their junior album I couldn’t help myself but go ahead and book a flight to Chicago for Freaky Deaky, their Halloween show at the Congress Theater with A-Trak. This is going to be an awesome show that I suggest to all that are in the greater Chicago area. I’m going to leave you to think about a concept that Chromeo actually introduced to me. It is call the “80/50” concept. Back in the 1980’s all of the popular music simulated the 1950’s pop craze with bands such as Huey Lewis and the News, Cindy Lauper, and Wham. Today looking around you’ll see kids wearing neon colors, mid-calves socks, and jamming to Chromeo who are replicating those 80’s electronic pop/funk sounds. Take a look around and you’ll be amazed by all of the similarities and the truth’s that the “80/50” concept holds. Just a little food for thought, have a fun and safe weekend.

P.S. Gin bucket at the penthouse tonight for Rob Leo’s last weekend in Denver.

Never Boring

Busy, busy, busy. That is what I’ve been. Last Wednesday basically was the kick off to my imaginary weekend seeing how I had to work throughout most of it. Wednesday night hosts the weekly Denver Cruisers bike ride. This previous week’s theme was zombies, mmmmmm brains. Every Thursday night the one and only Pud’s softball team takes the field under the lights with yours truly at second base. That brings us up to the main event, Friday and Saturday, of Sound Tribe Sector 9 at Red Rocks.

When you get to a point where you’ve seen a group ten times you’d think you’ve generally seen everything they have to offer but that is not the case with STS9. That is what convinced me to make it to my eleventh and twelfth shows by the boys from ATL Georgia. Known for using samples during songs and especially PA sets they are not known to do covers. On Saturday night they covered Justice’s “One Minute to Midnight,” which rocked the red walls live for the first time since the French duo’s Monolith Festival appearance in 2008.

Both nights were the pure madness that only a sold out Red Rocks Amphitheater show can deliver. On the latest leg of their tour you'll notice they've consistently been mixing in the new and the old with songs dating back toInterplanetary Escape Vehicle and live debut off Ad Explorata, “Oil & Water.” The music is only part of the experience. Each night involved great groups of kids, weather, and radness. The whole group of friends that came from all over the country for this reunion mobbed close to 40 deep of funky-footed party hungry beasts. Through the two nights we started in row 24 and progressively moved forward capping it with a crazy Saturday night on row 6 of arguably the greatest stage on earth

This four-night run really was wearing me thin but knowing a Hummer limo was taking me home I just muscled it out to enjoy the great ride home to come. Finally recuperating and the week is in full swing and a few things to look forward to are Chromeo's new album dropping today and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premier Thursday. More to come.

You Can Chase Right Up and Touch The Sky

Whaddup, what is up? Hello again old friends. I can honestly say I’ve missed you and its good to say hi. The last week has been busy, back to whatever resembles a real life. Unfortunately that working mans life did not allow me to partake in any of the fun this weekend. I can’t stress how sad it is sitting in a cubicle on Saturday watching ESPN GameCast on opening weekend of college football. Especially when the Buffaloes are stomping all over for that excuse of a rivalry. I’m sorry a 60-20-2 record says it all. I don’t need to say anything you don’t already know though.

On a musical side of things this weekend hosted two street party festivals, those being the North Coast Music Festival in Chicago and the Electric Avenue Music Festival in Denver. Notable acts are Umphrey’s McGee, Disco Biscuits, Pretty Lights, Moby, Benny Benassi, Chemical Brothers, Lupe Fiasco, Nas & Damian Marley at the North Coast. At the Electric Avenue’s acts were Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Great American Taxi, Greensky Bluegrass, Punuma Trio, Eliot Lipp, Juno What?!, Break Science, Euforquestra, Mountain Standard Time, and Karl Deson’s Tiny Universe, along with many others. Both of these are farewells to those easy times of summer that are fading way with every moment.

This summer I learned a lot and had a great time. The list would go on for pages of the accomplishments, stories, and adventures I’ve had but I’m not here to brag. I wish what I learned this summer was some brilliant idea to make me millions but it isn’t. It is something much simpler and will make you richer in life than one can imagine. It was that when we were kids that we had it best. That’s probably an obvious statement to most. But when is the last time you rode your bike to a friend’s house? How often do you just sit out in the summer breeze not worrying about what is to come tomorrow? The days of carefree laughter and fun have been easily forgotten with the every day grind. Take your time, slow down, and live life at every moment. When you let the little things bog you down you loose sight of what is important. Friends, family, and wealthy life.

I will be coming back at you in a couple days because I’ve got one of my most looked forward to weekend of the year coming up as well as other cultural and spiritual trinkets. Peace.