(Photo by Michelle Browning.)

The Mile Markers
8.26.2010
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Oktava MK-012’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Way Downtown
2. Dance Around Ladies
3. Take To the Road
4. A Little Rain
5. The Cuckoo
6. Police
7. Come Up Short
8. How You Make It
9. The Lowlands
10. Revival

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

Hosted by the Mile High Business Alliance, the Local Flavor Festival places a spotlight on locally owned establishments.  This year’s event included local food, exhibits, and live music situated in the parking lot behind Tattered Cover.  Safe Boating is No Accident kicked off the the festival just before lunch, as vendors and attendees were still scrambling to erect canopies and umbrellas.

Safe Boating is No Accident
8.07.2010
Local Flavor Fest, Lowenstein CulturePlex, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Strange Powers [Magnetic Fields] *
2. Rose Conelly [Flatt & Scruggs] *
3. Where the Sidewalk Ends [Silverstein] *
4. Theme from Broken Window Song
5. Boom Boom
6. I’ve Been All Around This World
7. Libertines
8. Song is Colour Blue
9. Who Will Marry You?
10. Something Wicked
11. I Will Be Surprised
12. (Mickki Langston talks about LFF)

Notes:
* = Leighton solo
Show features Ian Douglas-Moore on bass, with Neil being out of town.

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

Gregory Alan Isakov played a sold-out show at the Bluebird, celebrating the re-release of This Empty Northern Hemisphere on vinyl.  The LP was limited to a pressing of 500 from Suburban Home, and may be sold out.  If you can’t track down the vinyl version, CDs and mp3 downloads are still available of this must-have album.

Gregory Alan Isakov
10.17.2009
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. intro
2. Big Black Car
3. Virginia May
4. Mercury
5. The Stable Song
6. The Universe
7. Evelyn
8. Words
9. Drank All The Wine
10. The Great American *
11. Liars
12. Dandelion Wine
13. Salt and the Sea
14. That Moon Song
15. This Empty Northern Hemisphere
16. I Used To Have a Couch
(Encore)
17. Black and Blue

Notes:
* = first time played

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.

A enthralling set from Katherine Ersing of Pollination Population, this is one of those noise collages that I could listen to for hours.

Pollination Population
7.11.2010
Titwrench Fest, Glob, Denver, CO

Source:  [DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Be Your Honey Bee
3. Noise Set

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

(Photo by Tim Weilert of Something Like Sound.)

As previously noted, Owen Ashworth is on his last U.S tour ever as Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.  He stopped in Denver last night to serve up one more helping of tunes awash in disappointment, desolation, aspiration, and love. While a little light on early albums (only one song each from Twinkle Echo and Pocket Symphonies), CFTPA nevertheless covered the breadth of a 13 year catalog. Two rare covers also emerged, Christmas in Oakland and John Prine’s Christmas in Prison. Australian trio Otouto backed Owen for most of the show, and also opened with a set of their own material.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
9.11.2010
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Harsh the Herald Angels Sing
3. Toby Take A Bow
4. Nashville Parthenon
5. White Corolla
6. Young Shields
7. Tonight Was a Disaster
8. Ice Cream Truck
9. Man o’ War
10. Old Panda Days
11. I Love Creedence
12. New Year’s Kiss
13. Natural Light
14. Christmas in Oakland
15. Christmas In Prison
16. Northfield, MN
17. Killers
18. Cold White Christmas
19. Bobby Malone Moves Home
(Encore)
20. White Jetta
21. Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)
22. White on White

Notes:
OTOUTO played as Owen’s backing band.

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.