Show List – 2006

First off, I hope anyone reading this enjoyed their holidays. Ours were, for the most part, nonexistent. I had to work Christmas Eve night, and then get up and go in on Christmas morning. We managed to have dinner that night with my family, but it felt a bit rushed. Between the two blizzards we endured, and the awful colds that had us bedridden at times, we weren’t feeling all that festive this year. Throw in missing the Squirrels XXXmas show (this would’ve been 15 in a row for me), and my wife’s family having to cancel their visit… Thank goodness for my annual double feature (The Van and Massacre at Central High – which was postponed a day due to the second blizzard) and catching A Christmas Story on Christmas Eve, otherwise our holidays would’ve been a total wash. Hopefully, next year will be better.

Also, we’re at the point of the year where shows in Denver are few and far between. I thought I’d take this opportunity to put up a list of all of the shows I managed to catch in 2006, a total of 60. I guarantee you that this number will be greatly reduced for 2007, seeing as we’ll be parents next month.

1. 1/7/06 Dressy Bessy/Little Fyodor/Blacksmiths @ Bluebird Theater
2. 1/27/06 Orangutones/Calf Branders @ 3 Kings Tavern
3. 1/29/06 Suzi Homewrecker @ Larimer Lounge (free)
4. 2/20/06 Zolar X/Squirrels/Sacred Truths/Space Creatures from the Year 3000 @ El Corazon (Seattle)
5. 3/9/06 Stereolab/Hot Chip @Gothic Theater
6. 3/11/06 Exene Cervenka & the Original Sinners/7 Shot Screamers @ Hi-Dive
7. 3/16/06 Black Water (Doobie Brothers tribute act, lol) @ Walnut Room
8. 3/22/06 Blowfly/Despot @ Hi-Dive
9. 3/24/06 “Japan Night” @ Bluebird Theater (TsuShiMaMiRe, Ellegarden, Pe’z, Stance Punks, The Emeralds, Rodeo Carbureter)
10. 3/29/06 Gito Gito Hustler/Spanks /Fuckin’ Orange @ 15th Street Tavern
11. 3/30/06 Soledad Brothers/Heartless Bastards @ Larimer Lounge
12. 4/1/06 Orangutones with “Burlesque as it Was” @ Oriental Theater
13. 4/5/06 The Cops @ Larimer Lounge (free)
14. 4/6/06 Chrome/New Ancient Astronauts @ Bluebird Theater
15. 4/10/06 Spoon @ Gothic Theater (free)
16. 4/14/06 Dinosaur Jr./Priestess/Monofog @ Fox Theater
17. 4/15/06 Boss Martians @ Benders Tavern
18. 4/21/06 The Eames Era/Breezy Porticos/Phillip Roebuck @ Benders Tavern
19. 4/25/06 The M’s/Deathray Davies @ Hi-Dive
20. 4/28/06 The Sounds/Morningwood @ Ogden Theater (free)
21. 5/5/06 Art Brut/Bird Monster/Constellation @ Hi-Dive
22. 5/17/06 Dead Moon @ Larimer Lounge
23. 5/26/06 The Fall/Dario Rosa @ Boulder Theater
24. 6/16/06 Epoxies @ Hi-Dive
25. 6/16/06 Black Angels/Hopewell @ Larimer Lounge
26. 6/20/06 Fiery Furnaces/Phantom Buffalo @ Bluebird Theater
27. 6/27/06 Sonic Youth/Awesome Color @ Gothic Theater
28. 6/30/06 The Bellrays @ Larimer Lounge
29. 7/6/06 Ray Davies @ Paramount Theater
30. 7/14/06 Electric Eel Shock @ Bluebird Theater (free)
31. 7/14/06 Thank God for Astronauts @ Larimer Lounge (free)
32. 7/15/06 Briefs/Mansfields/Cheapskates @ Bluebird Theater (free)
33. 7/16/06 The Raconteurs/Kelley Stoltz @ Fillmore Auditorium
34. 7/18/06 The Buzzcocks/Adored @ Bluebird Theater
35. 7/19/06 Immaculate Machine/Breezy Porticos/Cowboy Curse @ Hi-Dive (free)
36. 7/28/06 Orangutones/Long John Thomas & the Duffs/Get 3 Coffins Ready @ 3 Kings Tavern
37. 8/2/06 Futureheads/Tapes n’ Tapes @ Bluebird Theater
38. 8/5/06 Harry and the Potters @ Central Library (free)
39. 8/5/06 X/Rollins Band/Reno Divorce @ Ogden Theater (free)
40. 8/17/06 Gary Numan/New Skin @ Fox Theater
41. 8/26/06 Devo/Psychedelic Furs/When in Rome @ Citylights Pavilion
42. 9/3/06 Orangutones/Dario Rosa/The Knew @ 3 Kings Tavern
43. 9/7/06 Queers/Hard-On’s @ Bluebird Theater
44. 9/10/06 Zolar X (and a few songs by Thor) @ 3 Kings Tavern
45. 9/15/06 Mudhoney/The Geds @ Larimer Lounge
46. 9/16/06 Mudhoney @ Larimer Lounge
47. 9/19/06 Thank God For Astronauts/Everything Absent or Distorted @ Larimer Lounge
48. 9/22/06 Mark Mallman/Thank God For Astronauts/Lord Zorplin @ Hi-Dive
49. 9/27/06 Deadboy and the Elephantmen/The Knew @ Larimer Lounge
50. 10/6/06 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Architecture in Helsinki @ Gothic Theater
51. 10/10/06 Art Brut/We Are Scientists @ Bluebird Theater
52. 10/12/06 SSM @ Benders Tavern
53. 10/13/06 ADULT./Vicki @ Larimer Lounge
54. 10/16/06 Willowz/Fresh Kills @ Larimer Lounge
55. 10/25/06 Detroit Cobras/King Kahn & the BBQ Show/Taylor Hollingsworth and the Spider Eaters @ Bluebird Theater
56. 10/26/06 Black Angels/The Tyde @ Larimer Lounge
57. 11/11/06 New York Dolls/Supersuckers/Chesterfield Kings/Charms/Greatest Hits @ El Corazon (Seattle)
58. 11/30/06 Breezy Porticos/Kissing Party @ Hi-Dive (free)
59. 12/2/06 Lemonheads/Vietnam @ Bluebird Theater
60. 12/8/06 The Blasters @ Bluebird Theater

I’m going to try and put up some sort of “best of” for 2006 soon, hopefully before 2007 is too far underway.

RIP - James Brown