Cracker (Acoustic Duo)
2.28.2010
Daniels Hall, Swallow Hill, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 >
Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Been Around the World
3. Friends
4. Teen Angst
5. Sidi Ifni
6. Dr. Bernice
7. Wedding Day
8. Happy Birthday To Me
9. Mr. Wrong
10. banter
11. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me
12. Lonesome Johnny Blues
13. Euro-Trash Girl
14. All Her Favorite Fruit
15. Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
16. Low
(Encore)
17. I Want Everything
18. Loser

16-bit FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Yes, I know it’s been awhile. Time to get this train back on the tracks.

Here’s something to tide you over until I can get some newer material tracked out…

Ian Cooke
5.01.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. The Towering Prince
3. Va-Soon
4. Trouble Process Report
5. Music
6. Darkening
7. The Rot -> Gimme Gimme Gimmie -> Monkey and Bear -> The Rot

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

I uncovered this 2003 show last weekend when going through an old box of DATs.   On a night off between Queens of the Stone Age gigs, Nick Oliveri stopped by the Larimer Lounge for a last-minute solo acoustic set.  The highlights of this set (for me) were the cover of Roky Erickson’s Bloody Hammer, and Mark Lanegan’s appearance on-stage to sing vocals on a few tracks.  I ran out of batteries near the end of the show, but by that point the crowd had become so intoxicated you could barely hear the guitar over the tomfoolery.

Update: Westword still has a review of this show available online.

Nick Oliveri (solo acoustic)
10.04.2003
Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V2 > Sony D8 >DAT Master > Sony D8 > SPDIF > Edirol R-44 > WAV > Adobe Audition > LAME > mp3
Taped/Transferred by:  Lance Stack

FLAC files are available at COTapers.org.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.

Setlist:
1. Six Shooter
2. Here We Come, We’re Coming To Get You
3. Bloody Hammer
4. I Want You To Die
5. Fuck Ya, I’m Free
6. Auto Pilot *
7. Ode To Clarissa *
8. Four Corners *
9. Another Love Song *
10. I Never Sleep
11. Demonica
12. Jr. High Love
13. So High, So Low
14. Day I Die
15. “It Doesn’t Matter”
16. Detroit
17. unknown (cuts)

Notes:
* = w/ Mark Lanegan on vocals

The release of Radio 1190’s third installment in their superior Local Shakedown CD series was ushered in this month with a hat-trick of record store release parties.  While I was too gutless to brave the game-day Pearl Street crowd for the Bart’s performance, I did make it out to Twist and Shout and Wax Trax.  In this first installment, Kissing Party soldier through busted amps and a rough vocal mix before finally landing in musical bliss half-way through their set.  Hey, when do in-store shows ever come off perfectly??

Kissing Party
10.16.2009
Twist and Shout Records, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Jacey Finch
3. (tech problems) *
4. The Heart is a Lusty Hunter
5. unknown
6. A Billion Braincells
7. Dancing’s Living
8. Homecoming
9. A Quiet Town
10. King Graves Road
11. Life in Girard
12. Commit a Tiny Crime Together
13. Love Letter
14. Recovery

Notes:
CD Release celebration for Local Shakedown Vol. 3.
Vocals were very low on the first 4-5 tracks.
* = tuning and shuffling instruments on-stage after a guitar amp died

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

A fitting end to a great ride…thanks to Nathan, Stephen and the rest of the crew for a great few years of music!

Never thought you’d be
   where you are standing today
You had hoped for more
    and you can see it on your face
Take a look around
    and don’t feel you recognize this place
Never thought your life
    was gonna turn out this way

Little squares of paper, folded over again
The greenest grass you’d ever see
The places that we thought we be
We’ll end where we began

It isn’t worth the time
    for you to wish your life away
Cause who’s to say
    it wouldn’t turn out the same
And to be honest I am thankful for the rain
Cause it made the man
    who we see standing here today

Hearts of Palm (Nathan and Stephen)
Final Show
11.07.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. (intro)
2. Like You Don’t Care
3. Tip Your Glasses
4. Stand Back Up
5. You Can’t Save Her
6. Brothers and Sisters
7. (Thanks to Dan) *
8. We Have No Water Here
9. Give ‘em Hell
10. Happier **
11. Farewell Valentine (Cigarette Homecoming Queen)
12. Little Squares of Paper @

Notes:
Second of two farewell shows performed over the weekend.

* = band invited Dan Rutherford to the stage for Red Velvet cake
** = w/ Chris Adolf on vocals
@ = Nathan and Steven started unplugged in the back of the venue,  and joined the full band on-stage by the end of the song

FLAC files are available at COTapers.org.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.

The experimental jazz musings of Aenka were the perfect refuge against Sunday’s afternoon drizzle, and the weariness that we all succumb to on the final day of a festival…

Aenka
7.26.2009
Denver Post Underground Music Showcase
TS Board Shop Stage, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s (card capsules) > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > Adobe Audition > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Track #1
2. Track #2
3. Track #3
4. Track #4

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

I took a breather from taping at the UMS on Friday night, but thankfully John and Rose from KGNU held down the fort by running mics at the Hi-Dive.  Airshow Mastering was also on-site and kind enough to pass on a board feed.  Combing the two sources led to some quite listenable results…thanks to all involved that weekend!

Houses
7.24.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver Post Underground Music Showcase, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Oktava MK-012's > Edirol R-09HR] + [SBD > ? > WAV] > Mixdown in Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > LAME > mp3

Audience Taped by:  John Schaefer and Rose Brunning
Board Feed Taped by:   Airshow Mastering
Mixed by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Circles and Squares
3. Rainy Day Parade
4. untitled (Hangman’s Noose)
5. Be The Woman
6. Fairweather
7. We’ll See The Sun
8. We’re Alright *

Notes:
* = cuts to SBD-only one minute into the track

FLAC files are available at COTapers.org.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.

Our neighbors to the south, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, concluded their fall tour in Denver before heading home to Albuquerque.  Despite some pressure from other shows, AHAAH played to a full house, no doubt partially driven by folks who also turned out for openers Damon and Naomi.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw
10.16.2009
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Romanian Hora
2. Fernando’s Giampari
3. I Am Not a Gambling Man > Raggle Taggle
4. The Man Who Sold His Beard
5. Serbian Cocek
6. Kolo
7. unknown
8. unknown
9. Macedon
10. Turkiye
11. Lassu
(Encore)
12. Eskudar
13. Zibiciu
14. Foni tu Argile

Notes:
Encore was performed off-stage, moving throughout the bar.

A zipfile of mp3s is available here.
FLAC files are available on dime.

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s the second night of Cracker’s run through Colorado last month!

Cracker
9.02.2009
Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Hey Bret (You Know What Time It Is)
2. Sunrise In the Land Of Milk and Honey
3. Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me
4. Movie Star
5. Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
6. The World Is Mine
7. Hand Me My Inhaler
8. Friends
9. Yalla Yalla (Let’s Go)
10. Show Me How This Thing Works
11. Been Around the World
12. Gimme One More Chance
13. Eurotrash Girl
14. Waiting For You, Girl
15. Time Machine
16. Lonesome Johnny Blues
17. I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right
18. Darling One
19. Sweet Thistle Pie
20. Get Off This
21. Low
(Encore)
22. I Want Everything

16-bit FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Ft. Collins rockers The Piggies played the opening slot for Cracker’s show at the Aggie last month, showcasing material from their 2009 release, Rusted Bullets.  As a bonus, they managed to drag Johnny Hickman on stage for a performance of Harvest Queen (which can be found on his solo album, Palmhendge).

The Piggies
9.01.2009
Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300's > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax] + [SBD > 1/4"] > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 >
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Mixdown) > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > LAME > mp3
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Rope
3. unknown
4. Complicated
5. I Do What I Want
6. Bang Up Job
7. Do Me Good
8. unknown
9. Who You Are
10. Rotten Apple
11. Silky Smooth
12. banter/tuning
13. Harvest Queen (w/ Johnny Hickman of Cracker)
14. Rusted Bullets

FLAC files are available at COTapers.org.
A zipfile of mp3s is available here.