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.

One of my favorite shows from 2007: Dirty Projectors at the Hi-Dive!  (If you’re wondering what’s up with Jona’s speech before the show, he was just messing with the crowd.  The truth–exclusivity clauses prevented him from playing Denver within two weeks of the Monolith Festival.)

Dirty Projectors
9.04.2007
The Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

One Disc:
1. YACHT speech/intro
2. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
3. What I See
4. Thirsty and Miserable
5. Depression
6. Not Having Found
7. New New Attitude
8. Imagine It
9. Fucked For Life
10. Rise Above

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
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.

(Photo by Mike White.)

I finally witnessed a proper pair of Nana Grizol shows last weekend, opening for The Music Tapes.  Catching NG live has been on my todo list since August, when I pretty much missed the entirety of their PopFest performance.  This particular show had a very small crowd due to a pair of circumstances:

1. The show was only booked 10 days in advance
2. Nobody takes their significant other out to a concert on Valentine’s Day

As such, the band took this opportunity to play a very un-pressured set, filled with banter, musical teases, and plenty of new material.  (In fact, only three of the tracks here are on the band’s debut album.)  The new songs are great, but don’t overlook their released material on 2008’s Love It, Love It (link below).

Nana Grizol
2.14.2009
Chyro Arts Venue, Scottsdale, AZ

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

Setlist:
1. In My Life (tease)
2. Circles ‘Round the Moon
3. Galaxies
4. Voices Echo Down Thee Halls (For Jared)
5. Motion in the Ocean
6. Ginsburg
7. (new song)
8. Black Box
9. Cynicism

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

Purchase the debut Nana Grizol album:
2008 – Love It, Love It (Orange Twin | Digital Download)

Here’s a Jeff Tweedy solo show I taped a few years back at the Folks Festival in Lyons.  I know this recording has made the rounds before, but every time it gets posted, there seem to be people interested in grabbing it.

Jeff Tweedy
8.18.2006
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. (intro)
2. What Light
3. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
4. Remember The Mountain Bed
5. Was I (In Your Dreams)
6. Butterfly (So Much Wine)
7. The Ruling Class
8. Blasting Fonda
9. Spiders (Kidsmoke)
10. Airline To Heaven
11. Please Tell My Brother
12. Hesitating Beauty
13. Theologians
14. Passenger Side
15. Shot In The Arm
(Encore)
16. (intro)
17. Walken
18. (fragment of Elizabeth Cotten song)
19. Losing End
20. California Stars
21. In Christ, There Is No East Or West
22. New Madrid
23. I’m The Man Who Loves You
24. Acuff Rose

FLAC files can be downloaded via BitTorrent here.
Zipfiles of the mp3s can be downloaded in two sections:  Part 1, Part 2.