Sun finally came back out in Boulder. So excited to be rid of the cold, snow and gloom for hopefully a few more weeks before winter set's in for good. The trade off of course is the fabulous ski conditions in the mountains right now, which is of last Friday were pretty primo for late October. I ventured up to Berthoud Pass for my first turns of the season this past Friday and was plesantly suprised by a good 2+ feet of fresh, unskied powder. The conditions were still early season, to be sure, with pretty minimal base, so basically you would be skiing great, mid-season like pow turns, and then BAM! there's a big stump or rock or log. Ah well, I was on the rock skis, so not overly concerned with keeping the bases pristine, given the obscene number of core shots I already have on them. Really amazing the old 07' Seth's are still kicking after 100+ days on snow and going on 2 seasons of rock ski abuse, hah. Anyways, it was great, just what I needed, I always find I get a bit antsy right before the start of the ski season; climbing is usually starting to take the back-burner, and all my want an desire is pretty much focused on skiing powder. As usual, Colorado has delivered an early suprise. This is why I live here!
On a seperate not, here's some upcoming music in the Denver/Boulder Area I will be attending and am pretty excited about:
Friday, November 6th: Del tha Funky Homosapien, A-Plus of Heiroglyphics, and a few other MC's/DJ's are giving a FREE show at the Larimer Lounge in Denver... I was pretty damn excited/in disbelief when I heard this; I figured with how popular Del has gotten, and how tiny a venue the Larimer Lounge is, there's no sense in even going; but I think I may be actualy pleasantly suprised to find a reasonably small crowd; shows at the Larimer are always pretty under-the-radar, as the Onion's A.V club is too busy praying at the holy alter of Pitchfork/Vice Magazine endorsements to give a shit about real music. Also, it's a 21+ show, which is always nice.
Saturday, November 7th: J-Live at the Marquis Theater, Denver. Ok, so the Marquis theater has the potential to be a great venue, but the problem is their booking agency, 'Soda Jerk Productions', seems to have afixation with the b-grade emo/punk/metal scene, and mediocre angry white boy hip hop, hence why I haven't seen a good show there in ages. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw that underground heavyweight J-Live was playing this upcoming Saturday. I will be there, listening to some of today's best independent hip hop, eating a few of Denver's best slices, and likely sippin on a tallboy.
Tuesday, November 10th: Neon Indian and Tigercity at the Larimer Lounge. Saw both these bands not too long ago at Monolith Festival. Worth the 14 bucks and drive down to Denver to see them again? Hell yes!
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