Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Great Singletrack near Denver


Apex Trail
Found a new (to me) trail today- Apex Park trail. It's out near where 6th and I-70 come together. It has the most technical bike riding I've seen anywhere near Denver- steep climbs littered with boulders and sharp rocks, waterbars, more rocks, etc.

The main Apex trail follows a creek. Then, as you climb, it opens up into beautiful meadows. Looks like there are lots of other trails to explore there, too. I passed the signed trailhead to the "Enchanted Forest." Sounds nice- it looked rather dark and green over that way, too!

Here's the trail map:
http://tinyurl.com/2rg93y 

Directions:
Take 6th West, pass under the 70, then take a left at the light, which is 40/Colfax. Go about a mile to Heritage Square, and park in the north end of their lot, where the trailhead is. The trail itself if very secluded and natural- just a couple of houses high up, the rest is all nature...

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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Best Albums You Never Heard Of

OK, maybe some of you have heard of some of these albums... I like them a lot, and let's just say they never hit the top 100:

Dance Hall At Louse Point- Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts- Brian Eno and David Byrne
In which sampling and funk take flight.

Hips and Makers- Kristin Hersh
Her early masterpiece. Crystalline, confessional, brilliant.

Mister Heartbreak- Laurie Anderson
Performance artist Anderson creates a album with an almost tropical feel.

Jack Johnson Sessions- Miles Davis
Miles got together some of the best talent around in the early 1970's (including one of my favority guitarists, John McLaughlin) to jam in a funk groove, ostensibly for an obscure movie soundtrack. They recorded everything, and it is now availabe on a multi-disc CD. Very modern sounding.

Hello Young Lovers- Glass Eye
Seminal album by Austin band that should've made the big time, but never did. Check out "God Take All" and "The Crooked Place."

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