Riot Fest Denver announced!

Calling all middle-aged Clock members! Here's an opportunity to relive your late-twentieth-century glory days:

There are similar events in Toronto (Aug 24-25) and Chicago (Sept 13-15). For more info, go to: riotfest

Road to Burma

Well, rocky has talked to a couple Clockers about traveling to southeast Asia this year. The nexus seems to be Burma (or as FB prefers to call it Myanmar, although I always thought it sounded like a nonsense word spoken while eating taffy or peanut butter).

The country beckons. Their recent democratic reforms merit the grace of our presence. What say you, Burmese Summit in 2013? The best time to go in terms of weather is November through April. If we can work out a mutually agreeable schedule, it should be Serious Fun (trademark pending). Time to get cracking on the visa applications and shopping for a saffron robe. (You don't have to be a monk to wear one, do you? They look so cool and comfortable.)

Summit 2012, Part 1

Bad, bad men.

Asked about my upcoming trip to the Twin Cities, I said I was going to a semi-annual blues-music festival featuring musicians inspired by the sounds of the juke joints of the North Mississippi hill country.

The response was uniform: “And you’re going where for this?”

Rex picked me up at the airport, set me on his shoulder and stomped across town.

There’s always been a certain disparity there, sure, but I thought this year’s event – three days at a BBQ shack!* – might put at least some of that to rest. Instead, it offered a moment that probably defines the difference between the scenes.

Chris rolled out the red carpet for Rex.

We were taking a break from the music with some plates of food on the outdoor patio when the door to the indoor stage banged open and eight or ten male festivalgoers spilled out, as if exiting a space invaded by angry hornets.
“What’s happening?” someone on the porch asked.

“They’re…dancing in there!”

*It's a pretty swanky BBQ shack.

Also from Detroit: the Rue Moor Counts (photo by Rex)

Detroit Summit

I'm gearing up for the pierogi eating contest in Detroit on Labor Day weekend. I've started my training with gyozas, something my Asian digestive system can handle. I'll have to build up my strength to handle the heavy Mitteleuropan pierogis. (If the Marquis chooses to enter, he may have the home-field advantage when it comes to pierogis.) But I'm feeling confident at the moment. Kobayashi is an inspiration. I hope you all can make it to Detroit around Labor Day. It'll be fun--the throwin' up kind!

Snowmass Chili & Brew Fest

This year's Snowmass Chili and Brew Fest sounds fun. Come one, come all!

Friday, June 8th

4:30pm - 6:00pm Fanny Hill Stage: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
5:00pm - 8:00pm "Snowmass Seasonal Brew Competition & Tasting" + Home Brew Competition" + International Chili Society Hot Times Chili Cook-Off
6:30pm - 8:00pm Fanny Hill Stage: The Congress

Saturday, June 9th

1:00pm - 3:00pm Fanny Hill Stage: Galactic
3:00pm - 5:00pm Grand Beer Tasting +International Chili Society Sizzling Snowmass Regional Championships +Verizon People's Choice Chili Cook-Off
6:00pm - 8:00pm Fanny Hill Stage: Gogol Bordello

Summit 2011, Part 1

The tenor of the Summit is prophesied.  

More Deep Blues

I think Feral Boy posted about this festival earlier. It's practically the same line-up as past Deep Blues and outdoors! Anyone still interested?

Link to the festival website.

Telluride Jazz Fest

Telluride, a beautiful town in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado, each year hosts a Blues and Brews Fest, Bluegrass Fest, and Mushroom Fest - all of them worthy of a visit - but I've just found out about another event that may be even more appealing to certain Clock members. The lineup for this year's Telluride Jazz Celebration (Aug 5-7) includes the Bad Plus, Allen Toussaint, Rita Coolidge, Paquito D'Rivera and the Tower of Power. Learn more here.



Fun Fact: D'Rivera's memoir is cheekily titled, "My Sax Life."

Death Race 2011

Finally, a challenge worthy of Clock team members. (Stoner, rocky, your headlamps will come in handy here.)



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Deep Blues Festival 2011

After a one year hiatus, Deep Blues Festival rides again. This time around, Deep Blues Festival is a totally artist driven one day event in Cleveland, Ohio at the infamous Beachland Ballroom. INFO

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2011, April 29-May 8

Holy shit!

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Coming Attractions, Colorado Edition

Feral Boy & Friday Spring Break, March 23-April 3

Who knows what shenanigans they'll get up to?!
(Suggestions welcomed. The short list: a road trip visiting desert national parks of the West, surfing in Central America)
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Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Fest, June 3-4
Lineup TBA
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Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 16-19, 2011

Lineup:

Robert Plant & Band of Joy
Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Béla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart
Sarah McLachlan
Sam Bush Band
Emmylou Harris
Béla Fleck & the Original Flecktones
Yonder Mountain String Band
Mumford & Sons
The Decemberists
Steve Earle & the Dukes
Tim O'Brien Band
Old Crow Medicine Show
Railroad Earth
Edgar Meyer
Punch Brothers
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
Emmitt-Nershi Band
Tim O'Brien & Kevin Burke
Abigail Washburn
The Infamous Stringdusters
Trampled by Turtles
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Cornmeal
The Head and The Heart
Nora Jane Struthers & the Bootleggers
And more still to be announced...
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JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS JUNE FESTIVAL, June 24-July 2, 2011

The JAS June Festival, a ten day event, will include four nights of headline concerts from world-class musicians at the Benedict Music Tent (June 24-26 and July 2), weekly paid and free performances from JAS Academy Bands and a closing weekend of small venue shows.

JUST ANNOUNCED: WYNTON MARSALIS & The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Saturday, July 2nd @ the Benedict Music Tent
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EMU, June 30-July 3

Snowmass is getting ready for another big music festival. The EMU (ECO Music Festival) is slated to rock Snowmass from June 30 to July 3 with bands, parties, socials, games and expo booths celebrating everything green.

Here's the overview. Organizers expect more than 6,000 people to show up for a welcome concert on Snowmass Mountain on June 30 — followed by a giant fireworks display from the mountaintop.

On July 1, it's a full day in Snowmass with outdoor games: bike racing, foot races to the top of the mountain, yoga on the hill, capture the flag. At sunset, you can just socialize and talk green.

On July 2, look for an 11-hour concert starting at noon. Organizers promise "World-Renowned Headlining Bands." This is also the same night that Jazz Aspen Snowmass brings Wynton Marsalis to Aspen. Jim Horowitz of JAS had no comment on EMU.

Parties on the Snowmass Mall will follow the concert, with people celebrating green themes and the music industry. July 3 features a networking brunch and a DJ pool party at the Viceroy Hotel.

Organizers estimate festival tickets will range from $70 for general admission to $250 for VIP treatment. (From From Bill Husted, Denver Post:)
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JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS LABOR DAY FESTIVAL, September 2-4, 2011
(2011 Artist Line-Up to be announced soon!)
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Telluride Blues & Brews, September 16-18, lineup TBA

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Bad Ideas in the History of the Clock

Remember the time we thought it would be cool to start our own hair band.

Hey...Where'd Everyone Go?

Chemo took four+ hours. Like a layover in O'Hare. No side effects so far.

The Polish Girl marveled at how "neat" my friends were. I explained it was upbringing -- that we were all raised at the same campsite. In Minneapolis.

Thanks again for humoring me late into the night through endless hours of AMC FearFest, and for introducing me to television viewing sans opera glasses, the comedic genius of Chumley, spicy fish guts, and the idea (if not the reality) of home smoothie production.

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Let the (?) begin!

Come on ahead, all who haven't lost their nerve! I have outpatient surgery early tomorrow morning, but it's just a port placement and I'm told the procedure is "well-tolerated". (My impression, so far: "Well-tolerated" means that geyser-like bleeding from the ears and arse generally stops on its own within 8 hours.)

I should be on-hand when those arriving from the airport arrive from the airport; if not, I'll leave lights on and doors

unlocked.

The animal in the house is named Buddy. He thinks he's a dog.

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An alternate plan: Buddy's eyes are bigger than his stomach, but if it begins to look like he might get both of you, the fleeter of foot might try the Marquis's place (C). Around this time of day, you might even catch him in his driveway, returning home from work.

Rex: Your later arrival will surely be foolproof.

Notes: Stoner's house still has no ISP, sorry. This is likely the last I'll see the Clock before I see you, so call me when things come up.

Our peak colors have come and gone and the daily high has dropped about twenty degrees from last week, into the mid-fifties.

Good travel to all.

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Summit News

Place: Plymouth, MI
Dates: October 21-26 or thereabout

After conferring with FB, Rex, and Stoner, this time period seems to work for everyone. Hope to see you there!

Summit

It's not too early to start planning for next summer, is it?

Bonnaroo
Dates not announced, but this year was June 10-13


Glastonbury
Next year: June 22-26

Australian Summit?

Have you heard of the Australian kiss? It's like a French kiss, but Down Under. OK, enough levity. One week living aboard a dive ship in the Coral Sea; another week, perhaps backpacking Tasmania. The rest of the time knocking back Fosters and drunkenly bashing Kiwis along with the locals. Flights to Oz are at an all-time cheap - through tomorrow only, I believe. Visit now before Global Warming renders this quasi-island nation to a cinder!

What say you?

Red Rocks

Just west of Denver, this is a great place for a (Summit?) concert but the summer lineup is weak. A couple that caught my eye:
B.B. King with Al Green & Buddy Guy
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 — 7:30PM
Rodrigo y Gabriella with Xavier Rudd & Izintaba
Friday, August 20, 2010 — 8:00PM

Lollapalooza 2010

August 6th - 8th, Grant Park, Chicago

Relive your youth, or the years when you could still cling to youth with only fitful, mild embarassment...


Lollapalooza 2010