While everyone here is busy regretting not being at SXSW, I'm busy looking forward to regretting not being at the other giant music-industry party that kicks off next week. That'd be the Winter Music Conference in Miami for all you non-dance music loving freaks out there. If, like me, you're just as bummed at not being able to attend this as SXSW, you should head down to Bar Standard on Sunday afternoon and help send off some of our local contigent with a bang. Brandon Bass (pictured), Louis Mar
Our weekend started Thursday, with a bizarre made-from-paper fashion show, and continued through Saturday night with a not-at-all-bizarre parade of drunk people at the downtown Lodo's. In between we looked longingly at photos sent from our colleagues in Austin for South by Southwest. See pictures of it all at westword.com/slideshow, and read more from SXSW on the Backbeat blog.
3OH!3 has officially achieved ubiquity. The duo performed live yesterday on MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung. The guys are featured among people.com's hottest bachelors. Oh, and in actual music news, "Don't Trust Me" has reached the number five spot on Billboard's top 40 chart. As the Boulder ballers -- due at this year's Mile High Music Festival in addition to embarking on another go round on the Warped Tour, followed by a slot at the Reading & Leeds festival in late August --
Last year, Steuben's served over 2,000 burgers and sandwiches at the Mile High Music Festival, and it's signed on again for this year's fest July 18-19-- partnering with the Colorado Restaurant Association Education Foundation to raise money for young adults wanting to join the food-service and hospitality industry. CRAEF volunteers will help to prep Steuben's fare for the fest (Cubano sandwiches, hand-cut fries and burgers -- cheese and green chile optional), and also work at the booth during t
Photo by David BarberJohn Baxter and Matty Clark play skins and skins.
In the flesh.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Westword Music Showcase Awards Wrap Up.
• Q&A with Asher Roth.
• Deejay Diabolic competing to spin at Lollapalooza.
• Fake Problems cancels Larimer Lounge date.
• Tickle Me Pink covers that are anything but "Typical."
Today in Cafe Society:
• Tonight: Bastille Day bashes at Bistro Vendome, Brasserie Felix and Le Central.
• Civic Center Eats: Crepes at the Cowboy Cart.
