The Motion Sick

So diggin' the band The Motion Sick. Boston is SO lucky!

underground

Must put in a plug for The Scattered Arts Collective's free music festival. No cover!! Artists we've written about before will be performing. Check out the LL's page for more details. 4/27.

The Essex Green

I've discovered that I really like The Essex Green. There's four songs on the band's myspace page, but Little Radio was playing "The Late Great Cassiopia" on its myspace page today, and that song is the best of all. Anyway, The Essex Green, of Brooklyn, plays in Seattle on May 2 then does a live spot on Seattle's KEXP (from New York though) on May 19.

Fun and Games

Upcoming:
Doors Open Denver: Here's your chance to check out a bunch of the city's coolest architectural sites for FREE. There will be guided tours too. Sites include the Governor's Mansion, ArtHouse Townhomes and Coors Field and tons more. (April 22-23)

El Ten Eleven at the Hi-Dive, April 23, 9 p.m. Only $6!

Capture the Flag! Across all of downtown Denver! This is free too. You and your team will hide your flag then use bikes, your feet, the 16th street shuttle, whatever to evade the other team and try to get their flag. (May 6)

Free wi-fi

Denver offers free wi-fi on the 16th Street Mall! More in the The Denver Post. I can't think of when I'd need to use free wi-fi on the pedestrian mall, but perhaps soon we'll see all the traveling business people downtown heading out of their hotels with their laptops to check their email.

That baby needs a "Husky"

Here, we find an interesting article on obesity, and how car-seat manufacturers, casket makers and others are responding.
"From the cradle to the grave and most points between, obesity has found its niche in American marketing. Make that a wide berth. Baby seats, doorways and caskets are but a few examples from a long list of life's accouterments that are getting much bigger to accommodate much bigger people. There are also vacation resorts for those embarrassed to be seen in a bathing suit," Deborah Hastings writes. Continue

Proof shot

Forwarded from att: I can't believe it:
D12 rapper Proof killed from the Detroit Free Press

More from Delicatessen.

Band of Horses

Band of Horses is going to be touring, but apparently they didn't like dealing with snow the last time they were in Denver (at the Larimer Lounge!), so they're not visiting on this latest batch of dates. All I have to say is....come back in the summer. March IS our snowiest month. sheez.

Mary J. Blige

Here's some video clips of an interview with Mary J. Blige

early lookout

South plays live on KEXP April 22, 1p MDT.

Itzhak Perlman plays in Denver tomorrow night with the Colorado Symphony. It's been sold out for months, but maybe you'll get lucky and find someone selling/scalping their tix.

There's still a little bit left to ski season....

Kanye in Colo.

Kanye West at the Colorado State Fair grounds??? I thought it was an April Fools Day prank, but the Pueblo Chieftain says it's no joke. Tickets on sale tomorrow (Monday) for the show Thurs., April 27.