Democratic National Convention-- CONCERT!!!

Right now I don't have time to go into detail about the show but until tomorrow I'll leave this little tidbit.
Tent State University put on a concert here in Denver today in support of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
The concert featured State Radio, The Coup, Flobots, and was headlined by Rage Against the Machine. Between each band there were special speakers from IVAW, disabled veterans (Ron Kovic), and the former lead singer of The Dead Kennedys.

(c)Associated Press

Following the concert there was a peaceful, non-violent protest that marched from the Denver Coliseum to the Pepsi Center where the DNC was being held. There were no riots, no violence, no arrests, and a peaceful dispersing of the masses. Police are guessing that there were around 9,000 people in attendance at the concert and about 2,500 of those continued on to the march to the Pepsi Center. Police were cooperative and guided the march along and were prepared for the worst. Word has it that police were astounded that there were no incidents. There were chants and banners and a sense of unity throughout the group. We were all there to make our voices heard, not to fight. There were several members of IVAW that headed up the march and members of the bands from the concert marched as well.
(c) Los Angeles Times
It was truly an amazing experience. I, however, ran out of battery in my camera and didn't have a backup set so there are no pictures. I will do my best to find some on the internetz and will give credit where it is due.

Till tomorrow...

Flobots!

This is the new video from the FLOBOTS.
Every location in the video is here in Denver and every person in the video is from here as well. Denver, REPRESENT!!!

RISE:

Neverender

Neverender is an intense concert experience where the band Coheed & Cambria will be playing their 4 albums over 4 consecutive nights in each of the 4 cities around the US and UK that they visit. Coheed and Cambria have long been a band that won't be put in a box. They make music that is a fusion of different genres, and Coheed and Cambria's albums are concept albums, revealing the plot of a storyline called The Amory Wars. The Armory Wars is a comic book series written by lead singer Claudio Sanchez. To date, the band has released four studio albums who have a title that coincides with a comic, two live albums, and various special-edition releases, with their latest release being Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow in 2007. Claudio states the next album is probably a year away, and will visit the origins of the characters Coheed & Cambria. Claudio's venture into the realm of concept album to accompany a comic series was a pioneer move that many musicians have joined in on, only not in the same way. C&C is the only band that has spanned music and comics in the way that they have.

The first set of shows are:

Oct 22 2008 6:00P	Terminal 5 - Neverender - SOLD OUT	New York, New York
Oct 23 2008 6:00P	Terminal 5 - Neverender - SOLD OUT	New York, New York
Oct 24 2008 6:00P	Terminal 5 - Neverender - SOLD OUT	New York, New York
Oct 25 2008 6:00P	Terminal 5 - Neverender - SOLD OUT	New York, New York

The second set of shows are:

Oct 28 2008 7:00P	Riviera Theater - Neverender - The Second Stage Turbine Blade	Chicago, Illinois
Oct 29 2008 7:00P	Riviera Theater - Neverender - In Keeping Secrets	Chicago, Illinois
Oct 30 2008 7:00P	Riviera Theater - Neverender - Good Apollo vol 1	Chicago, Illinois
Oct 31 2008 7:00P	Riviera Theater - Neverender - No World For Tomorrow	Chicago, Illinois

The third set of shows are:

Nov 5 2008 7:00P	The Avalon - Neverender - SOLD OUT	Los Angeles, California
Nov 6 2008 7:00P	The Avalon - Neverender - SOLD OUT	Los Angeles, California
Nov 7 2008 7:00P	The Avalon - Neverender - SOLD OUT	Los Angeles, California
Nov 8 2008 7:00P	The Avalon - Neverender - SOLD OUT	Los Angeles, California

And the fourth set are yet to be announced. According to the band website, Kerrang! magazine will be announcing the concert dates for London on Wednesday Aug, 20th. So, if you want to see any of these concerts and you don't have tickets yet it looks like Chicago and London will be your best bets. :)
These concerts seem like they would be fantastic experiences and I wish I could go. I hope that there are people that attend the shows dressed as Coheed & Cambria (the comic characters).

Tickle Me Pink Update

News from the Associated Press

HEROIN OD KILLED "TICKLE ME PINK" BASSIST
FORT COLLINS, Colo.—A coroner says a heroin overdose caused the July 1 death of Johnny Schou, the bassist for the alternative band Tickle Me Pink.

The 22-year-old Schou was found dead in his Fort Collins home about 60 miles north of Denver. He died the same day the band released its major-label debut album, "Madeline."

Larimer County Chief Deputy Coroner Diane Fairman said Monday that toxicology reports indicated heroin was the cause.

The weekend before Shou's death, Tickle Me Pink played in the Vans Warped Tour at Denver's Invesco Field. A Tickle Me Pink video premiered on MTV2 this month.

RIP Johnny Shou

Typical

The first video for the band Tickle Me Pink debuted on MTV2 this week and it is a fantastic video starring a porn star playing a whore. Enjoy

Tori Amos's Comic Book Tattoo

Tori Amos, always breaking new ground and crossing boundaries, has a new project: Comic Book Tattoo. Songs like The Waitress, and Pirates, and Honey, just to name a few, were given the opportunity to come to life in a new way. Tori has allowed comic book artists to create comic interpretations of her songs. Tori has about twenty years of songs to choose from and Comic Book Tattoo is an amazing new way to interpret the vivid images of her songbook.

Anyone else really excited? :)
Yes? No? Read on and maybe you will be...


So, basically Comic Book Tattoo is 50 stories by 80 contributors. Very impressive, no? A full list of contributors includes many names you might recognize (depending on how geeky you are) and also features an introduction by Neil Gaiman. The list is: David Mack, Josh Hechinger, Matthew Humphreys, Jonathan Tsuei, Eric Canete, Jason Horn, Dean Trippe, Sara Ryan, Jonathan Case, Rantz A. Hoseley, James Stokoe, Tristan Crane, Atticus Wolrab, Kako, Nikki Cook, Drew Bell, Kevin Mellon, Jeff Carroll, Mike May, Jeremy Haun, Amber Stone, Leif Jones, Elizabeth Genco, Carla Speed Mcneil, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Andy Macdonald, Nick Filardi, Cat Mihos, Andre Szymanowicz, Gabe Bautista, C.B. Cebulksi, Ethan Young, Joey Weltjens & Lee Duhig, Omaha Perez, Irma Page, Mark Buckingham, Rantz A. Hoseley, Ming Doyle, Mike Maihack, John Ney Reiber, Ryan Kelly, Alice Hunt, Trudy Cooper, Jonathan Hickman, Matthew S. Armstrong, Neil Kleid, Christopher Mitten, Kristyn Ferretti, Stephanie Leong, Sonia Leong, Peov, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Laurenn Mccubbin, John Bivens, Hope Larson, Emma Vieceli, Faye Yong, Chris Arrant, Star St.Germain, Mike Dringenberg, Paul Maybury, Jim Bricker, Craig Taillefer, Dame Darcy, G. Willow Wilson, Steve Sampson, Neal Shaffer, Daniel Krall, Adisakdi Tantimedh, Ken Meyer Jr., Mark Sable, Salgood Sam, Tom Williams, James Owen, Seth Peck, Daniel Heard, Ivan Brandon, Callum Alexander Watt, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Pia Guerra, Mark Sweeney, Kristyn Ferretti, Jessica Staley, Shane White, Ted Mckeever, Chris Chuckry, Jimmie Robinson, Lea Hernandez Derek Mcculloch, Colleen Doran and Jason Hanley.

If you would like to read more about this check out Comic Blog Tattoo.

Also, here is an interview with Tori about comics, music, etc.
Tori Amos talks about Comic Book Tattoo!