• Archive for August, 2012

    Live Review – Agent Orange Tears Up the Oriental with Raucous Surf Punk

    by  • August 23, 2012 • In Denver Live, National, NewsThreads • 2 Comments

    Girl Wreck Presents is booking more and more great bands throughout Denver. (Photo: DenverThread)

    “This place is so awesome,” exclaimed Mike Palm, frontman of Orange County’s legendary surf punk trio Agent Orange last night in the Oriental Theater. “Not like the Bluebird.” His mini-review of another of Denver’s fine venues came just before the band ripped into “Living In Darkness,” one of a 20-song set that lasted a...

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    The Denver County Fair offers a local music tribute, and plenty of food and fun, to boot!

    by  • August 10, 2012 • Denver Venues, In Denver Live, Interviews, Local, Locals Only, NewsThreads • 0 Comments

    Local connoisseur Andrew Novick collaborates with a delicious Turkey Leg (Photo: Jeff Ball)

    There’s not much that compares to a day at the fair, which is why Denver has rejuvenated the tradition. Well, actually the city just started the tradition last year, but it was based on plans from more than 100 years earlier. This weekend brings the second Denver County Fair to the National Western Complex,...

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