The Larimer Lounge in Denver is held up by stickers (see above). I am very sure that whatever so-called building that is supposed to be there was chipped away decades ago by endless amplifiers and drums and the roof is simply being held up by a silly number of band stickers. I guess in a way its like a living museum of Denver bands with a staggering sticker collection that More …
Denver was a cow-town fly-over city. Then a crap ton of bands got signed, and then some more, and then we all fought each other and got all stupid and hatey. In the meantime, all the big venue management folks just kept on making money. Then, one fateful day, the Gothic Theatre — the stalwart-local-band-dreamy-safe-haven-and-cornerstone-of-big-pants-defiance-forged-on-linchpins-of-hope-and-cheap-beer — was suddenly “under contract to AEG” (Anschutz Entertainment Group; basically the Google of facilities More …
I could be wrong but there seems to be a lot more Red Rocks shows this year than the last couple-few. Which is awesome because as a human being you intrinsically know at birth that Red Rocks is the best total-pain-in-the-ass venue in the sentient universe and yes: My hyperbole drive is stuck on ludicrous again. Okay, so let’s get started with the first nostalgia tour on the calendar. Get More …