Maybe it was the environment provided by a larger venue.  Maybe the band maintains an edge by taking their songs to the whetstone between each performance.  Regardless of the reasons, this is easily my favorite Achille Lauro show to-date.

Achille Lauro
2.20.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. “No Brakes”
2. “Friend’s War”
3. Cold Poetry
4. Summertime
5. Super Natural Beings
6. Buried Under Ice
7. Cardboard Divas

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

John Common is an Man of Ideas, but those ideas sure can be crazy.

The People’s Kazoo Orchestra
2.20.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Pre-show ceremonies)
1. The Star Spangled Banner
(PKO set)
2. Send in the Clowns
3. Eye of the Tiger
4. We Will Rock You
5. When the Saints Go Marching In
(With Blinding Flashes of Light)
6. Amazing Grace

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

I was hoping to post Chuck Potashner’s CD Release/Farewell show from the Oriental last night, but apparently forget to actually hit record!  (Too many Dale’s?)  As a worthy alternative, here’s Bad Weather California’s performance.  Their next album (the first under the BWC moniker) is due out in April on States Rights Records!

Bad Weather California
2.19.2009
The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. “How Will I Know?”
2. Love Will Be My Home >
3. New Religion
4. This is My Country Too
5. “Two Ways”
6. I Wanna War
7. “The War”
8. “Original Form”
9. Ain’t No Grave Deep Enough To Keep Me Down

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

Here’s the final set from Ubisububi last weekend, a fun performance by John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light that highlights a slew of new material from their upcoming album.  Brian Carney posted a nice review (along with more photos) on the Denver Post’s Reverb blog.

John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light
1.31.2009
Ubisububi, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. You Got the Lonely
3. Wide Open World
4. Can You Hear Me
5. Don’t Need You
6. Go To Hell With Me
7. Pensacola story
8. Love is a Shark
9. The Man Who Could
10. Pass That Bottle Down
11. Maybe Today
12. Do You Know My Name
(Encore)
13. crowd/banter
14. The Dreamers

Lineup:
John Common
Jess De Nicola Mefford
Wes Michaels
Jed Marrs

FLAC files are available at archive.org.
A zipfile of the mp3s can be found here.

Purchase John Common’s Discography:
2007 – Why Birds Fly (CD Baby | iTunes)
2006 – Good To Be Born (CD Baby | iTunes)

(Photo taken by Brian Carney.)

Here’s the second set from Saturday night, a killer show with Reed Foehl being supported by Jason Dilg on banjo and violin!

For those of you waiting for the final set (John Common & Blinding Flashes of Light), I’ll try to post it upon returning from the west coast this weekend.

Reed Foehl and Jason Dilg
1.31.2009
Ubisububi, Denver, CO

Source:  DPA 4060s (Core-Sound HEBs) > battery box > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Color Me In
2. St. John’s Smith Square
3. Sonja
4. Wolves
5. Where You Been
6. Mexican Home
7. While You Wait
8. Only in Your Arms
9. Good Company
10. Chances Are

FLAC files and other audio formats are available at the Live Music Archive.