Thursday August 2, 2001
Russell Crowe is bringing his band,
Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts (those wacky
Aussies), to Boulder later this month for
the Gavin AAA Convention. You can
warm up your appreciation of movie star
rock music tonight at the Bluebird, where
Kevin Bacon, he of six degrees of seperation
from all other stars, joins his brother
Michael on stage. The Bacon
Brothers peddle a surprisingly twangy
brand of country, like Hank Williams
without the booze, or Lyle Lovett without
the brains. Still, Kevin's a better musician
than Russell, even if he doesn't inspire
women to throw bras on stage.
--Chris J. Magyar
Friday August 3, 2001
Saves The Day, playing the Ogden
tonight for $12.50, keeps boy-punk in
check by twisting the old (already) Blink-182
formula into emo. If you don't mind
it when punks whine, this successful-but-indie
band will make your night. With
Dashboard Confessional, Hot Rod
Circus, and Hey Merced.
--CJM
Saturday August 4, 2001
Our favorite long-haired rawk-on freak
friend, C. Axl Cones, will be filming
another three episodes of his smash hit
television show (well, a smash hit for
public access cable, anyway), "The Cone
Zone." The sad thing is, someone over at
KBDI Channel 12 complained about
Axl's noise level, and the station banned
him from hosting live band performances,
one of the most popular aspects of the
show. Ironic that this comes from a station
with no reason to exist outside Music
Link. Anyway, monologues this time
include "At The Movies," "Baseball All-Star
Game," and "Best Of Denver,"
which reportedly is very flattering to our
own Yearbook Issue. It all starts at 6 pm
at 2900 Welton, and is free, free, free.
--CJM
Sunday August 5, 2001
Today's the final installment of the annual
NedFest, a celebration of all things ...
well, all things Nederlandish. If you don't
know what that means, a quick trip up
north to this oasis of hip will clear up
everything. Featuring the Nederland
Bluegracid Jazz All-Stars, Runaway
Truck Ramp, Hanuman, and Jaka.
--CJM
Monday August 6, 200
From the No, We're Not Kidding
Department: Florida rappers 2 Live Crew
are playing a show up in Vail at Club
8150 tonight. Notable mainly for starting
a censorship debate with the 1989 As
Nasty As They Wanna Be album, I don't
think anyone in their right mind has listened
to a 2 Live Crew song in at least ten
years. Is tonight's show a novelty act, or
have Luke and Fresh Kid Ice come up
with something to say besides, "Hello,
we can rhyme and use profanity."?
--CJM
Tuesday August 7, 2001
Critical darling Lucinda Williams tours
in support of Essence, her follow-up to
the Grammy-winning Car Wheels On A
Gravel Road (an album named after my
opinion of what her voice sounds like).
While it's nice somebody's making folk
and country music out of real feelings and
not market-tested catch phrases, I still put
Williams on the shelf with Joan Osbourne
as a grating out-of-tune singer. But what
do I know? I own a Hoku album. With
Jim Lauderdale tonight at the Fillmore,
for $25 or so.
--CJM
Wednesday August 8, 2001
Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist stand-up
comedy can be summed up by one
phrase: "On a stick." It's the punchline of
a running gag involving his chili pepper
puppet, Jose. The gang also includes a
weird purple muppet thingie named
Peanut, and a cantankerous dude called
Walter. He's appearing tonight at
Comedy Works, on Larimer Square. You
can find out more information at, get this,
< ahref="http://www.onastick.com">www.onastick.com
--CJM
Thursday August 9, 2001
While Alex is busy checking out
rehearsals for Ignomoney, the new punk
rock musical movie being filmed here in
Denver (full report next issue), local
bands King Rat and Gina Go Faster are
out drumming up support for the project
and its soundtrack, also called
Ignomoney. You can show your support
for this, and the local music scene,
tonight at 15th Street Tavern. Rumor has
it that songs from the movie will be premiered
by a band called something like
Punches Pilot and the Neo-Driving Five.
Oh yeah, and the show will be filmed for
some live concert footage to be used in
the movie. Read Go-Go-- we'll make you
famous.
--CJM
Friday August 10, 2001
Fiddler's Green hosts the Barenaked
Ladies (a band that never really lives up
to its name, when you think about it)
tonight. While that's news enough, the
real curiousity attraction-- the conversation
piece if you will-- is an opening gig
by one-hit-wonders The Proclaimers. I
don't know if it's worth walking 500
miles to get there, but it's at least worth
the $20 price of admission.
--CJM
Saturday August 11, 2001
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment
you've all been waiting for has arrived--
Invesco Field Near Mile High opens
tonight. While you're strolling around
admiring the new bathrooms and clean
walkways, you might want to sit down
long enough to enjoy the comfy new seats
... oh, and hear some obscure band called
The Eagles play a few tunes. Ah, nothing
says "your tax dollars at work" like a Don
Henley drum solo.
--CJM
Sunday August 12, 2001
Picture the sound of all of the following
influences smashed together and get your
butt down the 15th Street Tavern tonight
to see Janis Figure: Dick Dale, Jon
Spencer, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin,
Nashville Pussy, and the hometown of
Minneapolis. Janis Figure's new album,
Damage Control, features big sound,
high energy, and a flaming cocktail of
rock, punk, and surf. For more information,
visit www.janisfigure.net
--Judy B.
Monday August 13, 2001
If you spend a lot of time in your garage,
where there's still a Playboy Playmates of
the Year calendar from 1978 hanging on
the wall next to the spare hose, you're
probably thrilled to hear that Lynyrd
Skynyrd is playing with The
Nuuuuuuuuge at Red Rocks tonight. Also
appearing: Lewis and Floorwax as The
Groove Hawgs. Bring your wife, bring
your son, bring your daughter, and bring
your daughter's motorcycle-riding date.
Just don't bring a six-point buck into the
mosh pit ... never know if Nugent remembered
to pack that crossbow or not.
--CJM
Tuesday August 14, 2001
Speaking of large animals slaughtered for
meat, how does yak sound? No, not the
word-- that sounds funny, we know-- the
meat. This summer, the Buckhorn
Exchange on 1000 Osage St. is serving
up fresh, clean yak meat to any and all
takers. Most Tuesday nights are forgettable;
take our dare and this one won't be.
--CJM
Wednesday August 15, 2001
Tonight, Boulder's Soma Lounge presents
the group that sings the "shakin' that
ass" song, better known as Groove
Armada. The club, on Broadway
between Walnut and Pearl, also brings
live performances from DJ Hardy, Ivy,
and Organic Audio tonight ... and it'll
only set you back $15. I see you baby....
--CJM
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