Boulder Fun

Last Saturday (eight days past), I went to a show at the Boulder Theater. I hadn't been to Boulder for well over a year, and I had never been to the venue. The line up was The Milkshakes, Mad Happy, and Dressy Bessy.

The Milkshakes were a two-piece with a guy on the drums and a singer with a guitar. The singer could've been the protagonist of the new Dr. Frank book, King Dork, five years hence. I was really surprised after the set to see that he was old enough to be drinking. But for what appeared to be a couple of kids, these two guys rocked. There couldn't have been more then about 40 or 50 people in the whole place when they played, but they definitely were fun. They played this one among eight or nine others. The lyrics there are a bit juvenile, and that is a limited problem across the songs. But I think you'll agree that the music rocks pretty good.

I bought a cd from the kid at the end of the night for $10. That's $10 bucks + $12 bucks for the ticket + $20 bucks on beer that I wouldn't have spent had I not been previously exposed to the headliner band via filesharing. Versus the average consumer, I suspect that I spend more music-related dollars than folks who concentrate their spending on cds. / end-side-free-market-pro-consumerism-rant

Next was Mad Happy. I was mad that any one might have thought it was a good idea to let these two perform in front of an audience. They plugged their laptop into the sound system and then "performed" a synchronized-rap, poorly. They performed their act never varying from the script and never showing any talent or hint of creativity. It was awful. Mixed metaphors and lame attempts at political commentary combined with badly composed techno beats and the highly unerotic, incessant ab-shaking by both the skinny blonde girl from New Jersey and the skinny nearo-latino dude from New Jersey. I'll say it a little more clearly: Mad Happy suck!

Dressy Bessy headlined. They frickin' rocked. I am so happy to find out that these guys are from Denver and play around here fairly frequently. They were headed to London after Boulder but have a show here in another week and a half (that link shows they're in Sweden next week). I'll be psyched for that one too as I've not been to the venue, High Dive. I think these guys should be the next Blondie. I mean that in the happiest, most-rocking sense. I think I fell a little bit in love the singer too.

Jonathan 4/30/2006 09:33:00 PM