The Briefs @ Bluebird Theatre, Denver CO, 2002-06-11

 

This had to have been the first time I saw the Briefs.  It might have been their first time in Denver too.  Not sure about that.  They opened up for The Queers.  This show made me a fan and I remain one today.  One of my very favorite bands.  A band that I own a copy of almost everything that they have released on vinyl.  Great songs, biting lyrics, tongue in cheek attitude.   

I caught another couple shows in the aughts.  A very memorable one at Climax Lounge (aka The Raven) where they came out wearing real fish as neckties.  They got tossed into the crowd who tossed them back.  It got really gross.

At this Bluebird show all the band members were wearing sexy police man costumes.  I think they might have bought them at the adult emporium that was next door to the Bluebird at the time.  They stood around acting like cops and vibeing people out.  It was pretty funny.  They carried on with that shtick on stage.  Promising not to arrest anyone.  Good fun.  They still play around a little bit and put out a great new album in 2019.  I would see them again in a heart beat.  Enjoy.

The Briefs

Bluebird Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2002-06-11

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: Coresound CSB's - Sharp 722 minidisc

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (28:21.74) 

01 - intro instrumental -

02 She's Abrasive

03 Silver Bullet

04 Poor and Weird

05 Run The Other Way

06 Medication

07 Knife

08 C'mon Squash Me Like A Bug

09 Rotten Love

10 I'm A Raccoon

11 Where Did He Go?

12 Sylvia

13 This Age

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Steve Winwood, @ Ball Arena, Denver CO, 2024-08-29

 

Here is the Steve Winwood opening set from the Doobie Brothers show.  I had seen him one time before opening for Steely Dan at Redrocks.  This time we didn't get hailed on so that was nice.

Would have like to have heard Low Spark but pretty solid set.  Enjoy.

Steve Winwood

Ball Arena

Denver CO (USA)

2024-08-29

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20

Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - WAV

(00:00) 01 Glad

(06:30) 02 Can't Find My Way Home

(11:33) 03 Why Can't We Live Together

(18:49) 04 - band intros -

(20:06) 05 I'm A Man

(25:06) 06 Forty Thousand Headmen

(29:00) 07 Roll With It

(34:58) 08 Back In The High Life Again

(41:09) 09 Dear Mr. Fantasy

(49:41) 10 -interlude -

(51:15) 11 Higher Love

(58:32) 12 Gimme Some Lovin'

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Doobie Brothers @ Ball Arena, Denver CO, 2024-08-29

My first time seeing the Doobies.  They have been around forever so I've heard lots of their songs over the years.  Kind of inescapable. They played some new stuff in the beginning of the set before getting to all the hits.  Great live band.  Steve Winwood opened up the show.  Good times.

Doobie Brothers

Ball Arena

Denver CO (USA)

2024-08-29

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20

Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (102:16.02)

01 Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) 

02 Rockin' Down the Highway

03 Dependin' on You

04 You Belong to Me

05 - band introductions -

06 Cannonball

07 Sweet Maxine

08 It Keeps You Runnin' 

09 Eyes of Silver

10 One Step Closer

11 World Gone Crazy

12 Minute by Minute

13 Without You

14 Jesus Is Just Alright 

15 What a Fool Believes

16 Long Train Runnin'

17 China Grove

18 - encore -

19 Black Water

20 Amazing Grace

21 Takin' It to the Streets

22 Listen to the Music

 

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Poison Ruïn @ D3 Arts, Denver CO, 2024-02-13

 

Poison Ruïn came to my attention in 2023.  Real interesting mix of post punk, d-beat, and punk n roll.  They remind me of the Wipers more than a little bit.  I played their album Härvest over and over. that year.

Was excited to see that they were coming to Denver in February of 2024.  They played at a newish all ages venue in town called D3 Arts.  Fun show that night with support from Denver bands Direct Threat and Of Feather And Bone.  Would go see Poison Ruïn again anytime.  They just dropped a new EP that I've been enjoying.  Check em out.

As always go out and support independent artist and venues of all kinds with you attention and money. They are working hard to bring us all the really cool stuff.

Poison Ruïn

D3 Arts

Denver CO (USA)

2024-02-13

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-1 - M10

Transfer: M10 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (33:34.33)

01 Resurrection II

02 Doppelgänger

03 Torture Chamber

04 Paladin's Wrath

05 Pinnacle of Ecstasy

06 Fog of War

07 Härvest

08 Demon Wind

09 Carrion

10 Not Today, Not Tomorrow

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PJ Harvey @ Macky Auditorium, Boulder CO, 1995-10-05

Here is another excellent MarcR recording.  This time an a 'To Bring You My Love' era PJ Harvey show from October 5th 1995 at Macky Auditorium in Boulder Colorado.

Great setlist and performance.  I dug around to see if I could find this anywhere and found it on one blog fan site where it was called "Straight Outta Boulder".  Did find and sign that this had been shared or had been a bootleg CD.  1995 was a long time ago now.

Enjoy.

PJ Harvey

Macky Auditorium

Boulder CO (USA)

1995-10-05

Recorded: MarcR

Transferred and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: MarcR binaural mics - D7 - DAT

Transfer: DAT - D100 - Oade Digi I/O-A - DAC - AAE-9 - Audition - CDWave - FLAC

Time: (74:33.49)

01 Hook

02 Harder

03 Long Snake Moan

04 Dress

05 Driving

06 I Think I'm a Mother

07 Lying in the Sun

08 One Time Too Many

09 Meet Ze Monsta

10 Long Time Coming

11 To Bring You My Love

12 Send His Love to Me

13 Me-Jane

14 50ft Queenie

15 Water

16 - encore -

17 Down by the Water

18 Straight (Veruca Salt)

19 Goodnight

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The Church and Ed Hardcourt @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 2024-07-02

 

Here are the booked sets for the Afghan Whigs show I recently posted.  Ed Hardcourt plays with the Afghan Whigs on this tour so his opening set slowly blended in to theirs.  More and more of the AWs joined him onstage until Greg Dulli came out to sing on Ed's song Broken Keys with everyone.  Right after that is were the AW recording starts.  I liked Ed's set.  He plays guitar and keyboards and has an interesting way with words.

I feel like I may have seen the Church before but never knew anything but the hits.  They have been a band since 1980 and have a ton of album.  I had no idea that they had written a concept album about a future where Antarctica is good real-estate and the most popular rock star of the day possesses a musical weapon that could destroy the world.  Way to keep it fresh and interesting for them.  Enjoy.

The Church

Ogden Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2024-07-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20

Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (101:24.48)

01 Myrrh

02 - broken pedal interlude -

03 Metropolis

04 The Hypnogogue

05 C'est la vie

06 No Other You

07 An Interlude

08 Flickering Lights

09 Reptile 

10 Antarctica

11 Realm of Minor Angels

12 Albert Ross

13 Grind

14 Under the Milky Way

15 Second Bridge

16 - encore -

17 Last Melody

18 You Took

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Ed Hardcourt

Ogden Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2024-07-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20

Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (29:31.25)

01 1987

02 Furnaces

03 Strange Beauty

04 Shadowboxing

05 Until Tomorrow Then

06 Into the Loving Arms of Your Enemy

07 Broken Keys

On tracks 5-7 Rick G. Nelson joins Ed 

On tracks 6-7 John Curley, Patrick Keeler, & Christopher Thorn join Ed

On track 7 Greg Dulli comes out to sing as the transition into they Afghan Whigs set

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Afghan Whigs @ Ogden Theatre, Denver CO, 2024-07-02

 

In their heyday I certainly had heard of the Afghan Whigs and must have heard some songs but it just wasn't something that clicked.  Over the years it became apparent that this was an important band who I should delve into but it just never happened.  Too many bands and not enough time.  During the pandemic I had a strange encounter with a gentleman who had a CDR copy of my Paul Westerberg Ogden recording that I had posted about needing since my original WAV file was lost and my CDR copy was bad.  He had gotten it from some Lion's Lair connection and after finding my blog contacted me.   I met him at the big storage castle on Colfax and ended up buying a stack of 30+ CDs from the guy for $1 a piece.  One of them was Afghan Whigs - Gentleman. Hearing it as an adult instead of a 20 year old it just hit different.  It was about the only thing I listened to for weeks.  

Needless to say I never saw them live in the 90s and once I became a fan they toured pretty sporadically and I missed a couple chances.  Looked like I was going to miss this one too but an acquaintance was looking to get rid of his tickets for this show so I took the plunge.  Glad I did because of course they were fantastic.  If and when I get my time machine I'm going to go catch some 90s Afghan Whigs shows but until then this will have to suffice.

This was a co headlining tour with The Church.  Ed Hardcourt opened the show and was slowly joined onstage by Afghan Whigs band members until Greg Dulli came out too and sang part of one of Ed's songs. Then it transitioned into the Afghan Whigs set.  That is where this recording starts.

I think this turned out pretty nice and there was a sparse crowd so not very much chatter.  Enjoy.

Afghan Whigs 

Ogden Theatre

Denver CO (USA)

2024-07-02

Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx

Source: AT933 - SP-SPSB-20 - SP-ATEN-6 - AI-Micro - S20

Transfer: S20 - USB - Adobe Audition - CDWave - FLAC 

Run time: (67:17.72)

01 Pantomima 

02 What Jail Is Like

03 Catch a Colt

04 Light as a Feather

05 Algiers

06 66

07 Matamoros

08 Too Tough to Die

09 Oriole

10 Please, Baby, Please

11 Demon in Profile

12 A Line of Shots

13 Going to Town

14 Somethin' Hot

15 Summer's Kiss

16 Into the Floor

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