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I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS


The great collapse of Everything Absent and Distorted

The end of last year was a nightmare for me of long hours in hospital rooms, soundtracked by the beeping and whooshing of intimidating machines under a sickly halogen buzz. As I confronted very real...

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Tags: everything absent or distorted
Autumn de Wilde turns her lens on Elliott Smith (new contest)

Insound is teaming up again with Fuel/Friends to give away another music prize: this time the book Elliott Smith by Autumn de Wilde. This is "a portrait of the beloved and troubled singer/songwriter...

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Tags: autumn de wilde, elliott smith, contests
Hang the DJ

I'm gonna try my hand at this DJ business as part of Denver's New Music Mondays over at the Larimer Lounge on January 19th. Folks can bring their own vinyl or iPod contributions to add between sets...

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Win Autumn de Wilde's photography book of Elliott Smith

Insound is teaming up again with Fuel/Friends to give away another music prize: this time the book Elliott Smith by Autumn de Wilde. This is "a portrait of the beloved and troubled singer/songwriter...

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I'll be satisfied this week with just a Little Joy

I've completely fallen for the short and sweet debut album from L.A. trio Little Joy, who hit Denver's Larimer Lounge on Tuesday night. After a chance meeting at a Portuguese music festival, Fabrizio...

Started in I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS • 4 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: little joy, autumn de wilde
Fuel/Friends is three!

Hey guys, remember that time my blog hit the third birthday mark and I didn't notice? Last week marked three years of Fuel/Friends' existence, and in those thousand-plus days we have had a lot of...

Started in I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS • 6 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: anniversary post
The slowburn of Calexico

On Monday afternoon, I called the bowling alley at Moe's BBQ, next door to the Gothic Theatre, to reserve a lane before the concert. "Big show tonight?" the man (sadly not named Moe) asked me. "Yeah,...

Started in I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS • 7 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: iron and wine, concerts, calexico
Matt Pond PA wants to soundtrack my whole shimmering winter

A few weeks ago I was loitering in a gigantic record store in Denver, and I noticed a Winter Songs EP from NYC band Matt Pond PA. Originally released in 2005, the EP caught my attention because of a...

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Matthews Caws of Nada Surf and Denver's Flobots are totally coming to hang with me at work

Nice thing #42 about working at a college? Matthew Caws from Nada Surf comes to chill in the building next door in a few weeks. The eclectic Boulder radio show eTown is doing a taping on December...

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Tags: the flobots, matthew caws, nada surf, jealous girlfriends
Matt Pond PA wants to soundtrack my whole darn winter

A few weeks ago I was loitering in a gigantic record store in Denver, and I noticed a Winter Songs EP from NYC band Matt Pond PA. Originally released in 2005, the EP caught my attention because of a...

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