More BOULDER BLISS!!!

Which means…more walking in sunny downtown, more visiting of heady book stores, more goat’s milk cappuccino…this town is wonderful.

After a beautifully lazy day, we drove the short distance to Denver (about 35 minutes), loaded gear into the club, and chowed down on some sandwiches and pizza (compliments of Loren from the Larimer Lounge). I dropped my sandwich on the ground (open face down) half way through the eating process, but was able to recover most of it (5 second rule).

The house sound engineer (Joey) was an awesome dude, and he did a great job handling the 7-piece madness that is My Dear Disco. After the opening bands (Josephine and the Mouse People and Vonnegut) had finished playing, we took the stage and rocked a hard-hitting set. The room was pretty full, and for our first time in Denver, I think we turned some heads and got some booties moving.

 

The Denver Post even covered the story with a really nice review that you can check out here!:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/reverb/2009/01/26/my-dear-disco-vonnegut-the-larimer-lounge/

 

Thanks to the wonderful bartenders Brooke and Janelle (spelled correctly I hope?), we were able to trade two copies of our album for two pitchers of tasty Colorado brew. That’s what I’m talking about…

Back to Boulder for more sunshine, coffee, noodles, ice cream—-this place has it all!!

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WYOMING!!! Just minutes out of Nebraska, the temperature is up (40 degrees), the sun is shining, we found the cheapest diesel price so far ($2.14/gallon), and we also snagged some veggie oil for the bus. Halelujah! I also just had the best Subway sandwich of my life (12 inch veggie sub on toasted “Italian herbs and cheese” bread, with banana peppers, green peppers, olives, spinach, lettuce, tomato, and honey mustard sauce). I’ve had this combination of ingredients before, but this time the lady wrapping the sandwich was so nice. She really hooked-it-up. 

 

Check out this video of the Wyoming grease run: 

 

 

Thank you Wyoming!

 

Band morale is high as we cruise the last 90 miles to Fort Collins. 

 

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We arrived at the club with plenty of time to get some KILLER GREASE (the cleanest we’ve ever seen) from Taipan Restaurant (thank you). After filling the tank with vegetable oil and eating way too much food at Rasta Pasta, we got on stage and rocked a 60 minute set. There weren’t many people in the club, but by the last song (“White Lies”) people were starting to fill the dance floor, and seemed to be having a great time. 

Now for my favorite part of the night: ROCKING OUT to Bustle In Your Hedgerow, an absolutely all-star lineup of ridiculous musicians playing instrumental versions of Led Zeppelin tunes. In case you haven’t heard of these guys, you should know that the band is comprised of Marco Benevento and Joe Russo (from The Benevento/Russo Duo), Dave Driewitz (from Ween) and Scott Metzger (from Rana, and formely of Particle). I know I’ve written quite a bit in CAPS so far, but I’ll take it all back to emphasize that Joe Russo is an ABSOLUTE MONSTER ON THE DRUMS!!! I’ve seldom heard anybody rock with the true spirit of John Bonham…it was beautiful to watch. To top it all of, these guys were really great people—totally down-to-earth—the nicest rock stars I’ve ever met. We had a blast hanging with them. 

 

During the show, we met a crazy character named Jacob—a total B.A. (bad ass), who invited us to crash at his place (Thank you Jacob, you are the man!). We stayed-up pretty late listening to Herbie Hancock’s “Feets Don’t Fail Me Now,” and some Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and when we woke up the next morning it was 55 degrees outside and sunny. What a relief from the Michigan cold! After a quick stop at the local food co-op, as well as a great coffee shop called The Bean Cycle, we hopped on the veggie bus and started cruising to Boulder. 

 

This tour is turning out to be a pretty amazing experience. 

 

More to come…

 

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Hey EVERYBODY!  ALL OF YOU!  EVEN YOU!  IN THE CORNER! YEAH YOU!

We just wanted to make sure you knew that we are starting our super awesome, amazing, fun “Get Kids Dancing” Colorado Tour 2009!

 

Check back frequently to read our the tour diary, where we will be documenting all our crazy shenanigans and hullabaloo…