The Cyber Scene in Denver ~ by Suzanne Lainson
With the Fourth of July falling right in the middle of last week, no one scheduled any tech events. That left ample time to take in some music and I ran into others doing the same. On July 5, while at the Boulder Theater hearing Wendy Woo (http://www.wendywoo.com) open for Karla Bonoff, I ran into Brian Nevin, drummer for Big Head Todd and the Monsters (http://www.bigheadtodd.com). After saying hi to Wendy, he was headed over to the Fox Theater to hear Blues Traveler (they had already done Red Rocks the night before). Another person at the Bonoff/Woo concert was John Robinson of design/ad firm ProMotif (http://www.promotif.com).
On July 6, the blues band Tempa and the Tantrums (http://www.tempaandthetantrums.com) were in Boulder playing to a full house at En Vie. At their show I ran into Jim Primock, vice president of the Colorado Blues Society (http://www.coblues.com), who is a big fan, as am I. About Tempa he has written, "She has character and expression like I've heard only in singers like Lannie Garrett and Koko Taylor." (Taylor, being, of course, the queen of Chicago blues.) I'd describe Tempa's voice as sultry and her range extends to blues, jazz, R&B, and cajun. She and her band can hold their own in environments as diverse as biker bars, blues festivals and jazz clubs.
Over the weekend, there was the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, featuring three days of live music. Wendy and her band were at that event so I stopped by and ran into Steve Swoboda of Ereo and Alex Teitz of FEMMUSIC.com (http://www.femmusic.com). Then on July 10 Jen Hofmeister, of LH3 (http://www.lh3.com) which does PR for the Denver Film Society (http://www.denverfilm.org), invited everyone to head to Red Rocks to hear Opie Gone Bad (http://www.opiegonebad.com) and see the largest public showing ever of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I didn't make it, but she told me that more than 2,500 braved the rainy weather that eventually cleared and left. As Jen noted, the "witching weather" was perfect for the movie. The event featured four different Rocky Horror Picture Show casts, which she described as amazing! "They performed perfectly in sync with the movie. They sold little packets of rice and bread and other Rocky Horror accoutrements. Various cast members walked through the crowd shouting out call back lines. The crowd was very into it. Nobody left early." Then she added, "It was a true cinematic experience, complete with retro 'snack bar' advertising and a Woody Woodpecker cartoon." I've already got tickets for the next Film on the Rocks, July 16, which features blues singer Nina Storey (http://www.ninastorey.com) (whom I would describe as Aretha Franklin on overdrive) and From Hear to Eternity. Five bucks. Such a deal.
July 10 was also the night that the Rockies Venture Club (http://www.rockiesventureclub.org) had its monthly meeting in Denver and the Rocky Mountain Internet Users Group (http://www.rmiug.org) and the Colorado Internet Keiretsu (http://www.cik.org) held a combined meeting at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which sits atop Table Mesa Road and offers a spectacular view of Boulder.
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On July 6, the blues band Tempa and the Tantrums (http://www.tempaandthetantrums.com) were in Boulder playing to a full house at En Vie. At their show I ran into Jim Primock, vice president of the Colorado Blues Society (http://www.coblues.com), who is a big fan, as am I. About Tempa he has written, "She has character and expression like I've heard only in singers like Lannie Garrett and Koko Taylor." (Taylor, being, of course, the queen of Chicago blues.) I'd describe Tempa's voice as sultry and her range extends to blues, jazz, R&B, and cajun. She and her band can hold their own in environments as diverse as biker bars, blues festivals and jazz clubs.
Over the weekend, there was the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, featuring three days of live music. Wendy and her band were at that event so I stopped by and ran into Steve Swoboda of Ereo and Alex Teitz of FEMMUSIC.com (http://www.femmusic.com). Then on July 10 Jen Hofmeister, of LH3 (http://www.lh3.com) which does PR for the Denver Film Society (http://www.denverfilm.org), invited everyone to head to Red Rocks to hear Opie Gone Bad (http://www.opiegonebad.com) and see the largest public showing ever of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I didn't make it, but she told me that more than 2,500 braved the rainy weather that eventually cleared and left. As Jen noted, the "witching weather" was perfect for the movie. The event featured four different Rocky Horror Picture Show casts, which she described as amazing! "They performed perfectly in sync with the movie. They sold little packets of rice and bread and other Rocky Horror accoutrements. Various cast members walked through the crowd shouting out call back lines. The crowd was very into it. Nobody left early." Then she added, "It was a true cinematic experience, complete with retro 'snack bar' advertising and a Woody Woodpecker cartoon." I've already got tickets for the next Film on the Rocks, July 16, which features blues singer Nina Storey (http://www.ninastorey.com) (whom I would describe as Aretha Franklin on overdrive) and From Hear to Eternity. Five bucks. Such a deal.
July 10 was also the night that the Rockies Venture Club (http://www.rockiesventureclub.org) had its monthly meeting in Denver and the Rocky Mountain Internet Users Group (http://www.rmiug.org) and the Colorado Internet Keiretsu (http://www.cik.org) held a combined meeting at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which sits atop Table Mesa Road and offers a spectacular view of Boulder.
CLICK FOR THE FULL STORIES:
http://www.thecyberscene.com/cgi-bin/show.cgi?city=denver&issue=current
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