Roadside Mysteries

If nothing else, here is photographic proof that we can stay up late two nights in a row:

Tuatha at Avo’s

THROAT at Avo’s

Catch Bees at Everyday Joe’s

Danielle Ate the Sandwich at Everyday Joe’s

MISCOMUNICADO at Potts Clubhouse

Turn 4 at Road 34

The Patti Fiasco at Road 34

We survived another FoCoMX experience and got to listen to some of the best local music we could find. It’s not an easy task since the FoCoMX this year featured two nights of 300+ bands at 35+ locations.

It’s Sunday and we have tickets for “The Ladies Man” at Lincoln Center this afternoon. Can’t wait for Monday so I can take a breather!

Then on Saturday:

Aaron, Erin, Mike and Ryan

From one of our local bluegrass bands “Finnders and Youngberg” playing in front of some beer brewing kettles at the Equinox Brewing Company.

Tony Mihaly at The Armadillo

Jay J Mattot and the Arctic at The Armadillo

The bartender at The Armadillo makes a great margarita. At $2.99 per glass yet!

Chris Nucci at the Lyric Cinema Cafe

We ducked in to hear Adam Bodine playing to several Fatty Arbuckle films, but we went into the wrong theater and instead watched the last half of the movie “Black Death”. It was a good place to rest up after all those Armadillo margaritas.

“The Patti Fiasco” at Avo’s

Greg and Ben of the Hi Beams at Avo’s

Ben, Halden and Bret of “Halden Wofford and the Hi Beams”  at Avo’s

It’s the FoCoMX or the Fort Collins Music Experiment!

Candy Claws at Hodi’s Half Note

They had these funny animal hats on their heads and played mostly synthesized music and sang in whispers so you couldn’t hear the lyrics.

A Melodic Daydream at Choice City Butcher

With LnZ Kayd and Chris Newton. My spellcheck didn’t get worried when it saw the name “LnZ’ because it’s the airport code for Hoersching Airport in Austria. Interesting.

Mister Tim at Choice City Butcher

You could go to Mister Tim’s YouTube site to see and hear what he does. At first we were thinking “Oh No! Mouth noises!”, but after a while his a cappella weirdness started to grow on us.  I’m also figuring that one-man acts are better because you don’t have to share the money with other band members.

Hermanas de los Muertos at the Armadillo

They sounded alright, but that was after several Armadillo margaritas. I think the original band is composed of two cello players and one violin player. Worth checking out at a less crowded venue, green skin or not!

Baily Staufer at The East Coast Bar

It was Blues and Folk Rock. We got a free CD.

Umlaut at the East Coast Bar

A ‘German’ rock band playing ‘Crunk’, or Crazy Drunk music. A popular title: “Bring Ze Fraulines”. We know that at least the bass player (on the right) is wearing a wig.

The Adam Bodine Trio minus one

Here with Kalin Capra on bass and Adam Bodine on keyboard.

and the Adam Bodine Trio minus 2 at Elliot’s

Cool jazz drumming by Peter Knudson.

The Silent Disco at the Old Goodwill Building

From 10pm to 3am you could revel in the use of wireless technology and groove to your favorite beat without anyone actually hearing what your particular groove is. This concept has been around for years but the name ‘Silent Disco’ hadn’t been used until 2002. In February 2011 ‘Silent Disco’ was added to the Oxford Dictionary Online which states: silent disco: an event at which people dance to music that is transmitted through wireless headphones rather than played over a speaker system.