Utahpolis

Hey everybody, I’m back!  I didn’t really have enough time to devote to Utahpolis over the last few months so I decided to stop entirely rather than put up crap posts.  Well, since then, The Dame (the music venue I booked/ran) was forced to close because Lexington’s idiotic City Council decided it would be better to have a 40-story luxury hotel on our block instead of the bars that already existed there making up almost the entirety of Lexington’s music scene.  Fantastic!

We’re looking for a new home for The Dame, but no luck so far.  If anyone would like to finance a once thriving music venue in a city that currently is without one, please let me know.  I’m also jobless, so give me money or a place to book shows.  Please?

With all of this endless free time I now have, I’ve decided to give Utahpolis another go.  Instead of the encyclopedic entries I was putting together, however, I’m going to try and keep things a little more concise and casual.  There will be more daily news updates instead of in-depth analysis of albums.  Or maybe not.  We shall see.

Let’s begin….

Ween has announced a Myspace Secret Show that will take place this Tuesday, July 15th.  If you live in the Fort Collins, Colorado area, take note!  They’re playing at Hodi’s Half Note, a place that I’ve never heard of.  Mr. Google tells me that they have a 300 person capacity.  Hmm.  Considering that this show is free, all ages and the only way to get in is to get in line, I’m guessing that people are camping out already.  I hope the staff is ready for that.  Coming from someone who booked Kenny Chesney (I’m not a fan, by the way) into a 390 person room, I can tell you that you’ll have your work cut out for you!

I’m left wondering what, exactly, makes this show a secret?

I’ll leave you with the song that made me into a Ween fan, back in 1994.

Ween - Roses Are Free

If you aren’t one of the lucky 300 to catch the “secret” show, Ween has a few more dates left this summer….

WED JULY 16TH - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, Colorado

THU JULY 17th - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, Colorado

SAT JULY 19th - Roy Wilkins Auditorium - St. Paul, Minnesota

SUN JULY 20th - Stir Cove at Harrah’s - Council Bluffs, Iowa

FRI JULY 25th - McCarren Pool - Brooklyn, New York