the DENVER thread

That's the one!

I don't think it was Dazzle, or Jazzle, but it was an unpretentious little bar that apparently hosts a well-known jazz jam every week.

I'd like to go back, because I sat in there when I was like 18 and suck-ass.

I've already received an email about it!

I eat pizza more than I play jazz.

kyle!

Buffalo Bill's grave.

What did he do again?

if it was in denver it was probably st. mark's

what else can we say about Colorado and/or Denver?

there's SO MUCH TO SAY

Denver was an important place for the "beat generation." Beat icon Neal Cassady was raised on Larimer Street in Denver, and a portion of Jack Kerouac's beat masterpiece On the Road takes place in the city, and is based on the beat's actual experiences in Denver during a road trip. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg lived for a time in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colorado, and he helped found the Buddhist college, Naropa University or the "Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa" in nearby Boulder, Colorado.

Other companies with major operations in the Denver area include:

* Frontier Airlines
* Coors
* J.D. Edwards, now part of Oracle Corporation
* Regal Entertainment Group
* Samsonite
* StorageTek
* Sports Authority
* Quizno's
* First Data
* United Airlines

YES! That's it. They went there all the time.

* Tim Allen
* India.Arie - Neo-Soul singer, born India Arie Simpson
* Phillip Bailey - R&B lead singer with Earth, Wind & Fire. Later made pop tunes with Phil Collins among others, graduated from Manual High School
* Chauncey Billups
* Richard Butler (born in Bennett, Colorado)
* David Fincher
* Pat Hingle
* John Kerry (born at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Denver's eastern neighbor)
* Joseph C. Phillips Actor and political commentator
* Dean Reed
* Karl Rove
* Alan K. Simpson
* Paul Whiteman

Famous non-native residents

* Neal Cassady - the beat generation icon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but was raised in Denver
* Don Cheadle - born in Kansas City, Missouri, graduated from East High School
* Judy Collins - folk singer, born in Seattle, Washington, graduated from East High School
* Madhuri Dixit - Indian actress married to Dr. Sriram Nene, a heart surgeon, born in Bombay, India
* John Elway - Hall of Fame quarterback for the Denver Broncos, 1983 - 1998 NFL seasons (including the Super Bowl played in 1999)
* Bill Frisell
* Pam Grier - born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, graduated from East High School
* Hattie McDaniel - First African-American to win Academy Award for Gone With the Wind, born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Denver
* Golda Meir - Former Prime Minister of Israel, lived in Denver for a time as a teenager. Her house is preserved as part of the Metropolitan State College of Denver campus.
* Pat Oliphant - editorial cartoonist, born in Adelaide, Australia
* Dianne Reeves - Jazz vocalist, graduated from East High School

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wtf, he's from michigan!

No, I thought you had Chicago envy.

can i be pedantic for a second and say that fitzsimons army hospital was located in what later became aurora? the territory had not yet been annexed when kerry was born.

this is what i do all day.

a-ha!

I think I've spent a total of about 36 hours in Denver in my life, most of them at Elich's, or sleeping at someone else's house overnight, or going with my parents to get my sister orthopedic shoes. This was in the late 1980's. goddamned right I hated it!

I am very much biased against colorado now but only because of all the horrible white republicans and christian coalitian types. If you killed all the people in the state it would be grand! (er, Mandee excepted)

A friend of mine studied poetics there.

xp Wow! Now I have a very vivid picture of what it must be like.

it manages to not be considered at all!

buffalo bill cody was a wild west showman and a pioneer of aviation

Is the brown cloud gone now?

Denver has frequent temperature shifts. Once the temperature dropped 60 degrees in 8 hours. This was not fun for the trees.

Seconded.

(I Love Denver - I'm just itching to go and visit the Wright Sisters!)

Actually I believe it is 2nd worst in the USA next to Los Angeles.

I will take my parents to the Botanic Gardens, of course. I have a good friend on staff at the gardens. She is an expert in invasive plant species, which we refer to affectionately as "weeds." She just married her girlfriend. The ceremony was in the gardens, in the section called the Romantic Garden. The ceremony was romantic. My friend Chris brought soap bubbles, which we blew above the two brides after they'd said their vows. It was a Jewish ceremony; they had to stomp on the glasses several times to get them to break. The rabbi, a woman, said that she hoped that the state would soon recognize such marriages. At the reception, we danced to a techno version of Hava Nagilah. We also danced to "Crazy In Love" and "We Are Family."

it's in cherry creek north on 2nd avenue, sort of down the street from whole foods..

I'm always trying to get my friends to go there but they aren't as excited about it as I am.

Chance of thundershowers in the evening.

(Generic forecast. There's always a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, all summer.)

What did it all add up to? Carbon monoxide violations dropped
from thirty-three in 1985 to only three in 1990. Average daily
ozone (smog) levels for the ten highest days dropped
considerably. In June of 1990, the United States Conference of
Mayors called Denver "the most liveable city in the United
States."

http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/~hail/cool/polution/images/denver_smog2.jpg

Since the area surrounding Denver is so flat, Denver has made suburban sprawl into an artform. Highlands Ranch is its masterpiece.

All those other good things too -- DANIEL TIGER, THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT DISNEYLAND, BUFF BILL'S GRAVE, STUFF.

Oh, but I don't go to the suburbs because I don't like them.

"Conflict Resolution," at DU. (Not surprising, since I'm is pretty good at conflict instigation.)

The Wrights are v.good, even better than the hype. Also they have a SWELL PAD.

i spend about a day in denver last march. it was ok, the downtown reminded me of minneapolis, actually! i had a few drinks in an awful bar with my dad.

the broncos are better than the lions but i still take pride in the absolutely pathetic performance the lions put on this evening.

I used to live two or three blocks from Rodney's in the early 90s. I remember downing scotch there like 12 years ago with a buddy, and it was actually really disturbing and depressing to my then young mind. It was like, "is this what I have to look forward to? These people?"

Maybe less depressing than chugging Fat Tire at the Cherry Cricket tho. ("Is this who I am? Some fratboy?")

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The dynamic of 45 y/o chicks hanging on 60 year olds with Porsche keys conspicuously displayed might have thrown off my equilibrium. That or all the johnny walker.

expo

and rodneys is the PLACE OF THE FUTURE! I'm gonna go drink whiskey and water with some old dudes asap.

john forsythe and linda evans?

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I have the sleepaway camp trio on dvd.

The second Sleepaway Camp was kind of my favorite. The fact that they could only afford 10 campers or so, Angela hating fornicators, etc.

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I am considering a Denver return, since it is so nice there. Would it be REAL BAD to come in winter?

Now I want eggs. Delectable eggs!

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Also, it smelled like Red Lobster in there. Minus the butter.

like 6 or so

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Here's Dante Bichette, Jr., at the Little League World Series:

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booooring. This guy with the sign is pretty awesome though.

oh, and riding paddle boats in city park is a pretty awesome thing to so in denver!
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HEY MER.

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Hi kel and Mand!

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One of which was a drunk, stoned (on kind bud) german exchange student who got involved with some downtown surfer kids. It's obvious to me.

Mandee I'm sniffily but def. up for some colonial house. I even have cupcakes I made for mike's bday we can eat!

the aforementioned pete's kitchen has some pretty good one, as well as THE BREAKFAST KING

I DON'T EAT AT NO DELECTABLE EGG

don't EVER come to denver because we LOVE denver omelettes

Do tourists come there?
Is there skiing?
Do people there have accents? What do they sound like?
Is there any funny local slang I should know about?

ps I HATE denver omelettes, but green chili ones RULE!

Where was this "wet spot"? It is a far off memory...almost like a dream!

A friend of mine from Ft. Collins didn't even call sneakers "sneakers." They were "tennies." Holy shit!

The White Spot is missed-- home of "The drunkest chocolate milkshake ever." At least, for me.

I think Trimmed and Burning is Built to Spill.

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1. Well, I did. And so did another coupla people I know.
2. Don't care.
3. Yeah, the best! For making fun of.
4. Grodey.

My favourite thing in D-Town is Roxy at the Denver Diner.

What is the name of that other veggie diner? The one with the breakfast burrito? Next to the vintage clothes shop?

I miss Mexican food. Although not as much as I missed Indian food when I was in the US.

I miss Roxy too!!! What a DOLL.

Assuming from the cave talk that Denver's C.B. is much the same.

Jack and Grill's green chili is excellent, as are their calabasitas, overall though its just OK. I think they were better before they expanded.

But nothing I've had is as good as the burritos at Pancho Villa's, in San Francisco (16th and Valencia).

I love the food at New Saigon on South Federal.

When you say "yacht club," do you mean the Valverde Yacht Club? I used to see that joint all the time on the bike commute as it is right next to the bike path. Has anyone here been there?

i'm trying to remember all the mile high colorado songs we used to sing in elementary school, but can't because my head is occupied with tom waits.

i wish they hadn't changed the license plate from this:

http://www.roundamerica.com/images/June/2003-06-05/trip-2003-06-05-CO-Unknown-Colorado-license-plate-200.jpg

If I had a wagon I would go to Colorado

Go to Colorado (if i had a wagon i would)

If I had a wagon I would go to the state

Where a man can walk a mile high

"If I had a Chevy I would drive to Colorado

Drive to Colorado (if i had a chevy i would)

If I had a Chevy I would drive to the state

Where a man can walk a mile high."

um, it's a kinda boring song, but it stuck in my memory from whatever reason.

i probably haven't had a sopapilla since i moved away when i was 8...

I keep picturing Rotgutt's car but I can't remember how it's racked. Furthermore, he's probly got a new car by now.

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Coors Field is also a pretty excellent ballpark, between the comfy seats, the great selection of food, and the fact that home runs are hit at a prodigious rate.

haha rocky mountain man hands

Lakeside is sad during the day, because you can see the wear and tear that the park has been through. There's the closed Staride (which Rhoda, the owner, doesn't want to part with for whatever reason, and thus keeps in its place), the peeling paint on the Cyclone, the faded Roundup (most exciting ride in the world!), etc. Then, you go at night, and all the neon and 30s architecture works its magic. Plus the rides there are actually good (Cyclone is fun, the Wild Chipmunk is a classic wild mouse, the whip and flyers are in good shape, it has one of the best park trains in existence etc).

Elitch's is just a total dump. Its flat, architecturally uninspired, filled with generic rides that can be found everywhere else in the world; not a single ride in the entirety of the park is an original or custom model. And they're not run particularly well either. Twister II, the redo of the original that sat at the original Elitch's, is utter garbage; a perennial cellar pick on every coaster poll ever done. Its especially sad considering that the original was considered to be one of the best rides on the planet. The food costs $10 for a hotdog, fries, and a coke. The whole place is surrounded by parking lot, railyard, and a river. There's only one admission price for adults, so if you go, you better want to go on rides (Lakeside? Its a $1 to get in, then tickets or wristband should you want to go on stuff). Its everything Lakeside isn't, and the world needs a lot less Elitch's and a lot more Lakesides.

At least the mexican community around Lakeside populates the park enough to keep the business up. Rhoda also owns a lot of real estate, and the park is her hobby. The fear though is exactly what will take place once she dies (as the land the park is on is prime for condos, and lacks expansion space for a major chain to be interested).

FYI only Mand and Kell know who Melinda and Scott are (and will subsequently be the only ones who find this story of interest, I do declare).

And, I LOVE LAKESIDE. It is the best place to take pictures.

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im so glad the denver thread stayed alive - we owe it all to adam.

ally c we paid admission of two dollars APIECE

on a more current note, a woman told kelly her eyes were STRIKING. do you guys think that means she was referring to striking GOLD when she peeped into her eyes or that lightning had STRUCK when she looked at them?

I will post like they do because it IS AWESOME?!?!!!!!!

1. Not really. Except maybe some people on their way to ASPEN!

I used to live there! Quite recently, in fact!

...I miss Colorado.

I didn't know there was a Wright family style of posting, though. What does the style entail?

And Christopher Walken's in it, always a plus point. Although, he doesn't dance at all if I remember rightly.

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Garcia, A is good in the Denver movie.

Oddly, my fondest memory of CO is... BITTERSWEET 4. An album title waiting to happen.

BITTERSWEET 4 is a bank now.

(part of the justification for building in a smaller location than the original was that amusement rides in the future would be simulator based. of course, this never came close to reality, and this Six Flags is stuck buying rides with tiny footprints, or just not buying rides at all)

And I still haven't been to Lakeside.

I don't remember Elitch's from 1956, when I was two, in fact remember nothing about Denver 1956 except for ICE CREAM!

(Apparently it was Lakeside we drove past at one point, btw, but it was at midday, and it look pretty dilapidated.)

More like a 5-10 minute walk, they were about 10 blocks apart.

Like I said above: Lakeside during the day is sad. Lakeside at night is a more attractive park than Tivoli Gardens at night. Which is to say, its really, really, really nice looking. The art deco with neon looks outstanding.

(for those reading in the northeast, a similar, albiet far more expensive and more visited/better maintained example of a similar facility would be Rye Playland, just outside NYC)

My heart broke when I was too short to ride the Dragon Coaster.

in high school we had physics day at cedar point. on th ebus ride down there was an argument over who was better skid row or guns'n'roses.

Chenille, post more pics of THE JERK!

park hill? city park? those two places will be not to bad, price wise, although i don't know if the city park course is very awesome.

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RUMOR HAS IT: me and some people in DENVER are going to eat at P.F. Chang's in DENVER! TONIGHT!

P.P. people love PF changs - even though its not any better than just a regular, run-of-the-mill chinese restaurant

i dont know why, exactly.

Columbus day. Snow. Much colder. Snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Monday night. Cloudy with snow likely. Storm total snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches. Heaviest near the foothills. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of snow 70 percent.

but i dont remember the video presenter at all! WAIT I KINDA DO... GAHHH ITS LIKE, ON THE EDGE OF MY BRAIN

HI DERE

there hasn't been much snow here. it's cold now!

updates from denver folks, please.

i was accosted by some drunkard who congratulated me on tying my scarf "THE EUROPEAN WAY"

i then ate a mayonnaise sandwich (practically) which made me feel queasy.

what's marty coniglio saying now, keith?

Who wants to HANG?

me and parents were discussing how much it would disturb you if we got a thanksgiving meal IN A BOX

its almost tempting!!

Mom gets so stressed out about MEALS when I'm around. I must criticize too much.

I can't wait to chug some bazookas at Romas! Annnnd... man, what else will be going on? We gonna catch the new HP? Is that gay cowboy movie gonna be out?

food in boxes is ok with me.

But before I fly east, I will see the HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS movie at the Starz theatre as part of the Denver Film Festival, and afterwards Peter Stampfel will perform. I saw Weber & Stampfel play a couple of times in the early '80s, once at Folk City and once at the Mudd Club (these were in some city to the east of Denver by a good bit). I gave Stampfel a copy of my band's demo tape.

my parents are visiting denver next week. my dad will only want to golf

This was at least the second opportunity on this thread for a feckless Brit to pipe up with Things To Do In Denver With Your Dad hyuk-hyuk and I can't let it pass now.

AND, I wish you would come to Denver.

A.) Of all the things I've heard negative about Denver, it's always been "bland", "too far away from everything", "expensive", etc. I hadn't heard complaints about the transient population, though.

B.) I still don't get complaints about homeless people. You may get an occassional aggressive dude, just like you may get the occassional someone at the table next to yours incessantly jabbering into his cellphone. Besides that, they're just people who have a lot more problems than you do.

C.) Even if I were to bitch about homeless people, how could I possibly start with Denver? Those hobo's riding unicycles down the avenues of Berkeley, now THERE are some people I can roll my eyes at.

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anyway denver is A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, and once the denver real world starts FORGET IT, population boom!

you will never let me forget my stinky greeley roots.

guys, i was wrong. the denver real world did nothing to attract new citizens.

=(

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5739961,00.html

a 69 year old woman is facing charges for celebrating too loudly when the Denver Broncos score

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what to do in denver the weekend of july 25th?

hey guys can this replace the rolling boulder thread? this one is better.

jordan can you find out where your cousin lives ?? I mean is it the suburbs or is it in metro denver?

Denver IS better than Boulder!

mountains still looking good

will do

i am hungover in denver today! went and had a few too many drinks at gabor's. how come they can't make a mix drink taste normal???

can't wait to drink at high altitude

am I going to have to give you a piggy-back ride home???

ha, i don't know, but i hope altitude sickness is like chicken pox? after my last trip i should be immune for life.

just drink a ton of water and you should be fine!!

ok. i love water so that works out well.

so are you going to see the offspring or cowboy troy this weekend, or both?

things i did in denver: went for a run in wash park (wow you guys sure love volleyball and dogs), went to heritage square amusement park with the family and went down the alpine slide, ate some ice cream at bonnie brae (tasty), went to some lame bars in that area (lame).

did you see anyone in madras shorts?

sorry I couldn't make it out to do anything this weekend :/

oh for sure. i bet they were going to the "do-it-yourself dog wash" down the street.

that's ok mandee, maybe next trip.

How expensive is it to rent here compared to, say, Portland? Or Seattle?

I rented a two-bedroom 1200 sq foot apt in the Baker neighborhood for $850.

"SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO 24 INCHES IN THE DENVER AREA. NORTH WINDS AT
15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW."

i tried to tell my 5 y/o--"this is one of the best times for you, you get to go to sleep hoping for a snow day." im pretty sure he'll get it this time.

Post pictures tomorrow!

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19 1/2" so far, another 4-8 expected today.

What part of town are you in?

What are the pluses and minuses of living in Denver? We really liked the city and almost vaguely thought we would want to live there, but it might have been like that Cleveland episode of 30 Rock.

Where do you live now?

Pluses:
- Small enough to get around easily
- Feels like a community
- Clean, organized, nice to look out
- Mountains nearby
- Okay music scene
- Pretty good restaurants
- Mountains nearby
- Not too expensive

Cons:
- Pretty much the only big city around in like five hundred miles--I don't care about this, but some people do

i honestly didnt realize there were any other denver ilxors. wow, i am a fool!

oh, another cons: lots of mountain BRO culture and hippies around. i dont really mind these innocent folks, but some people get upset about it.

i don't live in denver, but i work there.
i think denver's cool, can't really put my finger on any *real* cons. I think compared to some cities, it might seems a tad boring/personality-less, but once you dig a little deeper there's plenty going on. some people complain about traffic (sometimes I do, too), but really, if you've lived in any other big-ish city, the traffic is not really remarkable.

I'll make it to Denver one day

Where do you live now?

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Brooklyn. New York City often feels like too much for me although it's unlikely that I'll pick up and move to Denver.

Good things I noticed:
Never felt too crowded
Nice residential neighborhoods right in the city within a walk or short drive of commercial areas
Lots of green space
Love the stadiums being right downtown in a nice commercial area (we got $4 rockpile tickets, sat at a local brewery for a bit, waltzed right in for the 3rd-8th innings of the game, and then walked out)
Community -- my friend who I was staying with had several neighbors he was friendly with. I also noticed that it was easy for him to get several other people to show up for the game on short notice.
People generally care a lot about fitness and the outdoors

Negatives:
Did seem a little clean-cut and unvaried
Some parts were a little too empty
Felt like maybe it could get boring

This like us when we went out to New Mexico. Grass is always greener, amirite. Would still SRSLY love to live out there sometime though!

yeah, i think you can definitely stumble across parts of Denver that just feel like dull office parks where no one ever goes. but a bunch of the neighborhoods (wash park, s. broadway, highlands) really have nice, classic atmospheres. and downtown is surprisingly packed with stuff these days -- tons of great restaurants, awesome places to drink beer (a big part of my job currently is this: www.denverbeerfest.com), one of the better bookstores in the world ... oh, lotsa medicinal marijuana these days too.

dunno, i think one of the main problems with the perception of Denver, is that there's not a lot of romance/mystique surrounding it. when you tell people you live/work in Denver they're like "oh ..."

oh this place is wonderful for last minute-ness.

also denver used to have more mystique, but then they tore down buckingham square!

tyler, where do you live if you work here but don't live here? this is intriguing

oh, i just live in Longmont. i originally moved to/worked in boulder, and then my wife and i wanted to buy a house, and longmont is much cheaper than boulder. and then i ended up getting a job in Denver. fortunately i work from home half of the time, so i don't have to make the commute every day.

It's definitely a place where you kind of have to know a local to find the good stuff. Lots of people come here and stay downtown, wander around LoDo and the 16th street mall and crap and that's their only impression of the city. There's a lot more. It could stand to be more interesting, but the good news is that it's getting more and more so--there's a lot of support for local music and art, the weather doesn't totally suck, and there is the world's largest hobby train shoppe on south broadway (according to its signage).

yikes, that is a long drive. so people in longmont think that denver is boring?

haha, no, i don't think people in Longmont think Denver is boring. Friends on east/west coast might think Denver is boring.

and yeah, Caboose Hobbies! Pretty rad.

well you can just brag that you're that much closer to the lyons pinball museum!

are you involved with the local art scene? another thing i'm working on now is Denver Arts Week ... I can never tell whether people think it's a cool event, or just sort of lame. i feel like they don't do a good job of really engaging with the arts community, it just ends up being "there are galleries and museums" check em out.

however, when I made Adam start this thread in 2005 I was WAY more into Denver then. When I first moved here, in 2002 it was amazing. It was dirt cheap (I shared an apartment and my rent was $200/month) and there were all sorts of interesting things going on. I am sure there are interesting things still going on, but I'm just older and more into staying home and grumping around.

Another thing is that it's very easy to meet people here. Folks are interested in getting to know you. I definitely hear from friends who have moved to other places that they miss that about Denver.

the AV Club is hiring for a Denver/Boulder City Editor:

http://www.avclub.com/denver/articles/av-club-job-alert-city-editor-in-denverboulder,45116/

ha! maybe I'll apply. i used to write quite a bit for them. don't know if i'd actually like doing it though. (not that I'm terribly qualified.)

Since when would being terribly qualified matter? If you're funny like O'neal, you can rise from being a city editor to Head Newswire Editors and Deliverer of Snark, to the point where people complain when you're not doing Newswire updates

These things may be entirely my imagination, and I have no idea if the people I saw were even Denverites, but I was in Denver's airport last night (on the way from Philadelphia to Albuquerque) and I don't think I've ever seen so many guys striding around like cowboys. It's like there really is this macho thing going on that is totally not the urban sort of macho I'm used to, more ranch macho. I also swear I have never had so many women looking at me with appreciation at one time (not counting when I dance, when women who otherwise would never notice me suddenly start smiling at me). Is the male-to-female ratio really that tough there? But as I say, it could just be my imagination or at least the filters I had on regarding Denver. Plus I was just exhausted and desperate to get home.

My impressions of Denver based on lots of prejudice plus about two and a half hours spent in the airport. . .

tylerw you should apply for certain

HEY
DENVERITES

ANYONE KNOW OF A FURNISHED APARTMENT OR BEDROOM IN A SHARED HOME/APARTMENT AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ONLY?

i find it v v odd that there is no one from denver on ilx

hmm i can't help you out with that. but since this is the DENVER thread, some of my friends from westword just started a "podcast" called the Denver Diatribe: http://denverdiatribe.wordpress.com/
it's good!

yr in longmont right tyler? i cant remember

J0hn D1ck3r is my homeboy.

I might know some people looking for a short-term roommate, but they'd be pretty annoying, younger radio1190 kids.

o yeah? i dont know john too well, but we have many many mutual friends.
i am in longmont, yes. but i'll be in denver this afternoon for what promises to be a horrible meeting. :D
in other denver news: i'm not going, but dudes from my old band are doing a GBV tribute set at the 404 Club tomorrow. i think a replacements cover band is playing too. so it'll be drunk at least.

kate78 that is fine!!!! my friend from alaska wants to move to denver for a couple of months.

404 is doing lots of shows lately; went to one last weekend that was super fun! my friend andrew is going to be playing in his band tonight at the Lion's Lair - its something called FRANKSGIVING

Come celebrate the 15th Annual Celebration of Frank Bell not kicking the bucket from Crohn's disease with special guests Rockabilly Madman Ralph Gean, Get Your Going! and LITTLE FYODOR!!! Free franks, the official foodstuff of Franksgiving!!! Donation bucket for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America! $5, cheap!!

Actually copying and pasting that is kinda making me sad that I agreed to go. Rockabilly Madman? :/ :/ :/ Oh well at least it's for a good cause.

Also Bad Weather California is playing tomorrow night at Rhinoceropolis with Royal Baths and the Fresh & Onlys (3553 Brighton Blvd)

I am pretending as if someone might find the above info useful

i like the lion's lair, we played there a couple of times. i've seen bad weather california once or twice, they're good. i've sorta stopped going to local shows in denver since we had a baby, though.

apparently this is THE place to be for the impending pole shift of 2012. bring on the apocalypse!

solar flare doom at DIA.

minus 14.1 deg F is ridiculous. that is all.

cosign. high of 9F.

tomorrow warms up to a balmy high of 14F.

yes, but what was the temp 4 days ago? Like, 64?

yeah, it was pretty warm when we got here -- even yesterday, when snow was falling, it wasn't so cold. it will warm up again starting thursday.

so i totally wrote this book ... about Denver
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lAmWiuM7L._SS500_.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/WonderDads-Denver-Activities-Restaurants-Adventures/dp/1935153544/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297714594&sr=1-23

tyler thats cool, i didn't know about it til now. i plan to buy!

meanwhile, it's like end times weather shit happening at 18th and Cali.

bought it tyler.

bway is fender deep in black water, and 19th is a river!

I just had to fjord the river

hope youre intact. about to go get on the bike.

yup, I got home just fine!

is anyone in DENVER going to the TITWRENCH FESTIVAL?

OR, OHSHIT THE 'TIL DEATH' VENDETTA GOTH FEST IN AUGUST HEHEHE

*bundling up, preparing shovel*

15-18 inches expected. I wonder, should I shovel once or twice?

SNOW DAY

is this thread ever going to take off?

I'm a Boulderite. Well, actually I'm from the east coast, but I moved out here for a job and to be close to the mountains. Denver has been winning me over lately. I doubt I'd move down there, but I've had a great time.

I saw Snake Rattle Rattle Snake at the Hi Dive. They were pretty enjoyable. Certainly better than the options in Boulder: madolines or bad electronica.

hmmm. This thread should take off! I'm a Denver-person too. I suppose we could talk more about Denvery/Bouldery things itt. I'm not usually comfortable putting myself out there like this but w/e it's ilx: I play in a band called Saturn Cowboys, we do kind of rock stuff that maybe somebody out there might be into. http://saturncowboys.bandcamp.com/ <--- I like to think of this as our 'ambitious but flawed first album'

So, we're playing a show on March 24 at Lion's Lair with Bonnie and the Beard & Tin Horn Prayer, both excellent bands, + we'll be releasing the above album as a CD there. If anyone wants to come and say hey, lemme know!

playing in denver on june 8th! at unit e. solo electronic stuff, possibly with drums if i can borrow some there.

man, unit e. has really taken off. i wasn't even aware of other DIY venues around town aside from Rhino & BlastOMat

i'll be there! i look vaguely like a "nathan fillion + the werewolf from twilight hybrid" according to a guy at the bar last night

is unit e at all related to unit b? on lawrence and 20th?

is it in the red brick building w/ the apts on the 2nd floor? think i was there once for halloween 3-4yrs ago, can't remember exactly.

great! my friend who set up the show will be playing too, and he is dope (m@n m@ntis).

are you "on tour" ? i'd think that there'd be some other thread resuscitation given that

kelpolaris i was there on halloween in 2010 too.

i dated a guy who lived there. that was interesting.

jordan i'll be at your show. is there a FB event or anything?

nah, just visiting family and i figured i might as well pick up a gig as long as i was out there. although i'm planning on doing other weekend trips this summer and telling people it's a "tour".

xp not yet, but when it gets closer i'll invite you on facebook and post the details here. looking forward to it!

(PS, Unit E is on Santa Fe and not related to Unit B)

Oh, and I went to a party there once. It's all coming together.

Sorry for my liveblogging my stupid thoughts here.

I'm going to a place called the Lost Lake Lounge sometime soon. Never heard of it. On E. Colfax?

Yeah. On Monroe & Colfax. It's pretty hipstery, but not disgustingly so.

yeahhh, it seems as though the Howling Hex are doing a weekly residency there in June. I am the only one in Denver excited about this, I think.

The same owners of Sputnik and Hi-Dive operate Lost Lake.

If that gives you an idea.

It's a bit more laid back and dingy, though.

Howling Hex? Really? Are they from Denver???

The dude just moved out here or something? He's playing the Lion's Lair on the 20th of this month too. Saw him a few weeks back at the larimer lounge. pretty bizarre, but great --- had a backing band playing norteno kinda rhythms while he played psychedelic freak out guitar. there were about 12 people there.

somewhat OT: has hi-dive always used biker dudes as doormen?

hmm, i don't remember that. people working the door when i frequented there were frail indie types iirc.

they're sort of a hybrid. jeans jackets w/ patches and mutton chops, garnished with vans old skools.

no reason for asking, just curious. well, sort of - i kinda just wondered if having biker-dudes as doormen as just a "legacy" the venue wanted to continue onward. the dudes there today aren't very imposing and i hadn't really known they were biker-bros until i asked, jokingly, if all employees had to wear the same vest.

did they answer by beating you senseless with a pool cue?

whereas they reveled to me their being part of a biker gang and i had to feign interest as i asked if they rode harley's, the only brand i'm familiar with and likely will ever be

im a shitty conversationalist.

a biker gang! kind of quaint. i bet they all crank bon iver while ridin' on their hogs.

oh those guys are all door dudes all over town.

its actually a biker guild

HI EVERYONE THERE IS A WIZARD OF OZ GOTH CLUB NIGHT TONIGHT AT TRACKS IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED

cool. will there be goth flying monkeys.
in other news: www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-cities-for-hipsters/11

AEROTROLOLOPOLOLIS!
http://www.airportcitydenver.com

unit e next week! looks like i play first, with tul1p wars and m@n mantis (who is great): http://sugarfactorypublications.tumblr.com/unite

Jordan! Is there a FB event???

AND, CRAP, THATS THE NIGHT OF ANOTHER EVENT! But I'll try to make it to both. Or at least drop by Unit E and say HELLO!

will be in ny :(

don't see anything on fb yet, but i'll invite you when there is. hope you can pass through!

Shit goes on really late at Unit E since it's not a bar... so I might come by... real late-ish. Or early-ish. Dunno! But I'll be be there at some juncture.

I hope kelpolaris goes

fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/461478223880300/

looks like they added another act, so it starts at 10:00 and i'm on 2nd. yeah, it's starting to look at a late night.

reviving so denver people know about jordan's show

aka me, kelpolaris and tylerw

and hunt3r who already said he can't go

WHAT IS THIS THING

JORDAN, A REALLY GREAT DUDE WHO POSSESSES A LOT OF MUSICAL TALENT, IS PLAYING A SHOW AT UNIT E ON FRIDEY NIGHT :D

Chants? I'm a maybe! I've never been to Unit E.

I'm a maybe leaning on the side of probably, too. Because I had prior plans to attend THE FOURTH ANNUAL GASMASQUERADE

YES. I TYPED THAT.
I will not be wearing a gas mask.

whoa gasmasquerade.

in other DENVER news, i totally saw the new TOYOTA ELEPHANT PASSAGE at the Zoo this weekend. It was cool, there were elephants. Only bummer was my toddler being subjected to a massive elephant erection. nothing a little therapy won't fix!

haha. thanks homo!

yeah i'm performing as Chants, electronics + live drums, looking forward to it and it would be fun to see some ilxors.

https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash2/276695_414846321871519_1946391748_n.jpg

This is happening on Friday, too. Actually, Jordan, if you can make it anywhere else on Friday besides Unit E I recommend checking this out.

https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/372931_420852407945583_465865213_n.jpg

ha, probably won't be able to make it but that looks like a good time to me.

Uhh, so I missed this :(

The sweet siren call of love, lust and adventure led me astray.

How did it go?!?!

oh hey don't worry about it, it was cool! i really like that space and the show went well. met a lot of friendly young denverians too.

i have never seen a forecast high of 104 deg in Denver before :(

i'd venture onto 16th st mall to get an ice cream, but i am afraid i would vaporize just outside of republic plaza.

yeah it is fucking crazy out. whole state is on fire (in some places literally).

omg just remembered my 6 and 8 y/o are going to bandimere speedway dragstrip as a summer camp field trip today. wonder if it will be hot at high noon/104 deg/70 acres of blacktop. gonna have to pick them up using a spatula.

wow yeah, that is going to be intense today. hope they hydrate!

my cousin's band is playing at the lion's lair tonight! i'll be there... this is them: http://socialstudies-music.com/
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