May
17

New Spearhead is coming

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A video of one of the new tracks from the forthcoming album.

Excited I am.

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Feb
14

Yay!

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Congrats Brett, you’ll always be the best damned Turtle ever…

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Jan
31

Stone Gossard & Ken Wilber

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a 7 minute sample of the talk between Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, presented by the new incarnation of my former employer: Integral Life

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Jan
14

my Pearl Jam history

Posted in life at 6:16 pm with tags: • • • •

stone gossard is on integral naked this week. sweet. got me trying to remember my full live history with the band….i think this covers everything but will have to sit down and check ticket stubs one day. michael franti and spearhead are the only other band I may have possibly seen this many times. that list will also have to be compiled sometime.

july ‘95 - Soldier Field. otis rush, bad religion, PJ
may ‘98 - united center. jason lange, joe imhoff, pete frank, me. frank blank opens
june ‘98 - alpine valley with seth & brad lewin
june ‘99 - Tibetin Freedom Concert, EV solo. pretty much everyone from highschool was here.
June ‘00 - Indianapolis with seth/pete frank, pete’s bro
October ‘00 - San Francisco, Halloween. supergrass opens. w/ liz, mark, and sian
October ‘01 - PJ Acoustic. Bridge School Benefit with Neil Young. sanders, waldstein, lozano, woodside, others?
April, ‘03 - Champaign, IL. who opened? with Erika
June, ‘03 - Irvine, CA. Idlewild opens. w/ matt, steph, daniel
July, ‘03 - New York, NY with mattie lozano.
October ‘03 - PJ Acoustic. Bridge School Benefit with Neil Young. katie/brian hoeber, matt, daniel, dan s, melinda, brett dennen, sirka wetzel, kevin hobson, stephanie, matt lozano, others??
May ‘04 - Santa Barbara Ca. special benefit half acoustic/half plugged in for 10c members. middle 4th or 5th row. Jack johnson, john frusciante, chris cornell…EPIC
October ‘04 - Rock for Change, St. Louis, MO with Lorne. death cab opens.
May ‘06 - Chicago, United Center with Kelly Veronico. My Morning Jacket.
May ‘06 - Chicago, United Center with Alan A. My Morning Jacket. my first Crown of Thorns live experience.
July ‘06 - Denver, CO - Pepsi center with Eric Graham. Split bill with Tom Petty
July ‘06 - Denver, CO - Pepsi center with Casey Capshaw. Split bill with Tom Petty
July ‘06 - San Francisco, CA - bill graham civic auditorium - with ryan driscol. GA. Moshing. Sonic Youth
December ‘06 - Honolulu, HA - Split bill with U2. closing of tour for both bands. rockin’ in free world duet. amazing
August, ‘07 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza. Pearl Jam closes, main stage 3rd day. hell no don’t go, BP amaco!

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Jan
12

Brett Dennen on Jimmy Kimmel

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Coolio, Brett’s going to make his television debut on jimmy kimmel Tuesday night! check it out!

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Sep
26

New Spearhead

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May ‘08. I’m excited already. Might have to catch PTTP in Brazil next year though if they do it again and things go as planned….

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Sep
21

Learn Why I’m a Pearl Jam fan

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If you’ve never heard anything other than Ten, think of ticketmaster when you hear the name, or laugh because they remind you of alternative rock in high school, now’s your chance to re-frame the band and learn why I’m such a big fan. Bummed there’s no screening in CO, but the DVD is on its way so I’ll just have to host one of my own…

Immagine was shot over 5 shows in Italy and includes live performances and behind the scenes. Rock On.

http://www.dandeentertainment.com/pearljam.html

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Aug
21

Slipping Away

Posted in life at 4:26 pm with tags: • • • • • •

I like this song……..Moby rocks. “open to everything” has been the phrase in my head the last week. I knew it was from a song but couldn’t remember it for the life of me. Feels good to have found it……..and to be feeling it……


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Aug
3

Lollapalooza

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:35 pm with tags: • • • •

day one was pretty mellow, saw Satellite Party (the 3rd gen Jane’s Addiction), and Daft Punk headlined, most impressive. Celebrate [one more time] mixed with some Cafe Del Mar and later Human Together, fuckin’ sweeeeeeeeet.

Wasn’t too hot, nice and tolerable today, had some kickin’ vegan ice cream and was quickly reminded how many scantily clad beautiful women tend to show up to music festivals.

tomorrow: I’m thinking Sound Tribe Sector 9, Regina Spektor, Snow Patrol, Spoon, and Muse.

Sunday: Amy Winehouse, Iggy & The Stooges, then though I’d like to go see Modest Mouse it’ll be straight over to AT&T for some My Morning Jacket (who i actually kinda dig) in order to get good seats for Pearl Jam, who’s playing Lolla for the first time in over a decade, and will likely be my only chance to see them live this year.

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May
7

Getting Old, Pearl Jam style

Posted in Uncategorized at 12:33 pm with tags: • • •

I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older as of late, and find myself more and more looking forward to the process. I’ve finally integrated some solid practices into my life, and already feel them softening me up a bit. Additionally, while life doesn’t seem to be getting any easier with age, dealing with it does seem to be. Things still hurt just as bad as they used to, but it feels like I’m able to let go of that pain just a little easier than before. It’s a shift of frame really, just holding things a bit more lightly, with just a bit less attachment. I think it might get easier with age because one has a lot more experiences to compare each moment to. It’s like when you’re a kid and one summer feels like an entire lifetime, whereas with age one summer feels like a blink of an eye. Relatively speaking, each summer has more context than the last so it doesn’t seem quite as epic as it used to. In film/video/editing terms, it’s liking zooming out on an editing time line, every clip or event still occupies the same amount of time, but takes up less space to make room for everything else.

Similarly, as I age I find that most pain I feel, whether emotional, spiritual, or physical, is one that I’ve experienced in some degree or another in the past, which makes it a lot easier to not make a big deal about it. Wounds just start taking up less space on the time line as the years go by.

I think the best way to make sense of my above incoherent ramblings might be for me to try to express them in another way, and one I know very well: Pearl Jam. So check it out, I think these two songs are very similar, and about very similar experiences. However, I think there’s one key difference between them that ends up making them so remarkably different. Call it wisdom, call it age, call it softness, call it non-attachment, call it whatever you want really. In any case, I’m looking forward to more of it. Cheers.

Pearl Jam - Ten - Black - 1991

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Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam - Come Back - 2006

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Apr
3

Lollapalooza

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August 3-5th, just bought tickets, they’re cheaper if you get them pre-sale. Why, you might be asking, have I already bought them when the full lineup hasn’t even been announced?

Simple:
It’s in Chicago, so it’s a good excuse to go home, and PEARL JAM is headlining day 3.

Nuff said. Get ready to mosh.

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Aug
25

Good Music

Posted in Uncategorized at 12:29 pm with tags: •

It’s not just because I know and love the guy, but damn, So Much More is a great fucking album. Pick it up if you want a dose of killer good music.

He’s got a new website up, looks a little better than the orange trash I had up for so long! Congrats on a great album and the continuation of a great career Brett!

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Jul
26

45ft

Posted in Uncategorized at 5:43 pm with tags: • • •

Last night I walked home in the rain. It was awesome, I’d highly recommend doing it if you haven’t in a while.

Then I watched Jaws 3. Which is totally tied with Jaws 4: The Revenge for shittiest Jaws movie.

and Ooooops I did it again. Pearl Jam and U2, December 9th in Honolulu.

It’ll be the first time I see Matt Lasagna since England last year. My favorite band. His favorite band. Driscoll Country Jr. is coming too. I can’t…..fucking…….wait!!!

Ween/Flaming Lips this weekend, Spearhead at Boulder Theater next week (it will be the SHORTEST distance I’ve ever walked to a concert. 2 blocks babies). Power to the Peaceful in September. Music….its like a phenomenan.

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Jul
12

Michael Franti & Spearhead

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Brief Clip of “Is Love Enough” from July 7th, 2006 in Steamboat Springs, CO

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Jul
11

Music…….Non Stop

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:47 pm with tags: • •

Another great weekend. Casey, Eric, and I took off early Friday afternoon to head up to Steamboat Springs, CO to catch Spearhead at their Free Summer Concert Series. The rainbow festival was up there earlier in the week, so it was a packed show full of only the finest hippiest et all. Magically enough, just after the sun went down it started to drizzle…..and there in the night sky was one of the most perfect rainbows I’ve seen, radiating behind us. The show was 2.5 hours of bliss and beer, then we headed up to the nearby national forest to camp for the evening. Drove back Saturday, chilled for the evening, then caught the fascinating World Cup final.

I’ve got a pretty great streak of music going right now….Stuart Davis the last week of June, then the 2 PJ/Petty Shows the weekend after, Spearhead last weekend, Pearl Jam (General Admission!!!) in SF this weekend, and I might quite possibly go to a Widespread Panic show the weekend after, and Ween/Flaming Lips the weekend after that. Would certainly be one of the best 5 weeks stretches of music in my life!

Played some Poker with some fellas last night…..I swept the newbie $5 table and took home a nice $20.

Other than that, things are pretty good. I heard back from Imagine, the organization I want to do some volunteer work for. They’ve matched me up with a group home a few blocks from here which I’m going to check out after my trip next week. Have my first Boulder Digital Arts Fast Filmmaking Incubator meeting tomorrow night, so I’ll hopefully get to meet some cool Boulder film folks. My practice is going fairly well too, I’m sitting twice a week on T/THs, and going to the gym M/W/F mornings. So life is definitely busy, and it feels like the summer is going by just a bit too quickly, but I’m having a fairly good time. My buddy Daniel is coming back from a year in Japan this week, so it’ll be great to catch up with him and some others during my quick trip out to SF this weekend. How’s it going out there? Sorry I haven’t had the energy to post anything thought provoking or interesting………Comments?

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Apr
14

Return of the Bucket

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Buckethead re-entered my life Wednesday night at the Fox Theater. I haven’t seen him since leaving Santa Cruz, and it definitely brought back a lot of memories of the various places and faces I have associated with him.

The first time I saw Buckethead was in January of 2003. I had just started working at the Listen Foundation and some crazy guy named Corey invited me to see Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains along with his friends Katie and Brian. I immediately caught the bug and saw him again everytime he played the Catalyst.

Consequently, Buckethead quickly becamed deeply entwined with many of my memories in post college CA, especially of saying goodbye to Santa Cruz. Just before I left town, Katie and Brian married and Buckethead played at their wedding party, which was an incredible night in so many ways. I then saw him play the Catalyst one last time a few days later just before I moved back to Illinois.

In moving to Boulder I feel like I’ve started to reconnect to a lot of what I left behind in Santa Cruz. Seeing Buckethead is just one manifestation of that in my mind. It just never felt right seeing him while I was in the burbs, but it felt totally natural walking to the theater and seeing him here. It feels like all the chaotic threads of my life are finally coming together…

Anyways, he’s pretty much one of the most incredible guitarists ever, and his music definitely induces various state experiences for me whenever I see him.

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Nunchucks and the Robot: 1 | 2

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