tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767586806607585912024-02-15T15:37:25.524-07:00SporkThe Official blog of Twist and Shout Records. Visit our website at www.twistandshout.comNervenet-twisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00083582789479987251noreply@blogger.comBlogger973125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-8417409720433861682024-02-15T15:36:00.003-07:002024-02-15T15:36:31.809-07:00David Dinsmore, RIP
Upon hearing of the passing of one of the most-loved folks in Denver's music scene — trombonist/singer (and more) David Dinsmore (of Judge Roughneck, Lost Dog Ensemble, and more) — we reached out to a few close friends of his to see if they would be willing to comment on his impact in the scene, and fellow trombonist Dave Flomberg (of Reptiles and Samurai and Tivoli Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-70375831708571726752023-11-30T12:16:00.002-07:002023-12-04T11:13:39.859-07:00Twist & Shout Staff Picks: the Best of 2023
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Hello My Name is Patrick Brown and these are my top things of 2023.
New Music
1. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
2. Gina Birch - I Play My Bass Loud
3. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps
4. Adeem the Artist - White Trash Revelry (Dec. 2022 release)
5. Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet -Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-44437337049287926412022-12-22T16:52:00.000-07:002022-12-22T16:52:07.137-07:00The “Greatest Films of All Time”
Many of you know that I'm something of a cinephile. I studied film at NYU back about a million years ago and I'm always interested in the best of international and classic cinema. So it is with a strong interest that I check out the once—every—decade film critics' poll held by England's Sight & Sound magazine. They poll hundreds of critics from around the Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-27286195053096783052022-12-12T14:38:00.005-07:002023-01-05T12:14:12.744-07:00Twist & Shout Staff Picks: the Best of 2022
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Hello My Name is Patrick Brown and these are my top things of 2022.
Music
Diamanda Galás - Broken Gargoyles
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet - For the Love of Fire and Water
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah (archival)
Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-19471623970089147412022-03-31T18:04:00.000-06:002022-03-31T18:04:03.781-06:00In Memoriam/Music Heals
Hey there – I’m Patrick Brown the owner of Twist & Shout (and it still feels weird for me to being saying that!). As you have probably read, I bought the store from Paul & Jill Epstein in early March. The day after I took over, we learned that local jazz legend Ron Miles – who has long been a friend of the store and one of the nicest guys I’ve had the pleasure of talking music with hereTwist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-62278214232289210702022-03-07T12:12:00.001-07:002022-03-07T12:12:47.030-07:00Legendary Denver record store changes hands after 33 years
Friends,
The time has come. After 33 years of running Twist And Shout, Jill and I have decided it is time to retire. This decision did not come easily, and we do not take our responsibility to our customers and employees lightly. We have understood for a while that our ability to retire had to dovetail with a plan to keep Twist And Shout going far into the future.Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-91656090862458650292022-01-31T12:21:00.017-07:002022-01-31T13:26:21.018-07:00
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Bevin Luna Top Albums/EPs 2021
It's been a transformative year for music. Here are some of my favorite albums or EPs that were released. Thanks to all of these incredible artists here in the USA or abroad for releasing music during these extremely trying times and providing a soundtrack for our lives. Please Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-82728575343364895012021-11-23T17:28:00.002-07:002021-11-29T16:13:57.913-07:00Twist & Shout Staff Picks: the Best of 2021
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Paul Epstein’s list - Did I Dream This? 2021
New Releases
1) Steve Gunn - Other You
2) Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders - Promises
3) Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
4) Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raise The Roof
5) Nathaniel Rateliff - Red Rocks 2020
6) Daniel Lanois - Heavy Sun
7) Los Lobos - Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-4716783647455879762021-02-11T14:48:00.000-07:002021-02-11T14:48:55.991-07:002021 - It’s a start.
Hi everybody. I hope you all fare well. Things at Twist And Shout are pretty good. We have stuck with our safety measures and as a result we have gotten through three major national peaks with nobody on our staff getting sick. I’m so pleased with this. It was my most fervent desire that customers and employees remain safe above all else. Happily, business has almost returned to pre-pandemic Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-86221996068449308322020-12-29T16:42:00.000-07:002020-12-29T16:42:59.604-07:00Friends of Twist & Shout Pick: the Best Albums of 2020
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Andrea Paschal: CIMS/THINKINDIE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
1. Jarv-Is - Beyond the Pale
2. The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
3. Haim - Women in Music Pt. III
4. Yelle - L’ere Du Versau
5. ARCA - KiCk I
6. Washed Out - Purple Noon
7. Nick Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-28040067849143899902020-12-03T19:43:00.005-07:002020-12-04T12:23:08.678-07:00Twist & Shout Staff Picks: The Best of 2020
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Paul Epstein
New Releases
1. Bob Dylan - Rough & Rowdy Ways
2. Ron Miles - Rainbow Sign
3. Khruangbin - Mordechai
4. Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You
5. John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen - The River Flows
6. Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass
7. Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-21979738074131320492020-09-01T09:27:00.000-06:002020-09-01T09:27:06.934-06:00The Rolling StonesIn
the early 60’s when The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the main outlets for
actually seeing the bands we heard on the radio, I remember seeing both The
Beatles and The Stones and getting into a small competition with my brother
about who was better. We both loved The Beatles, but my brother was taken aback
by The Stones’ scruffy appearance. I loved it, and immediately became a Stones
booster. TheTwist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-8318039650932720322020-08-18T11:03:00.003-06:002020-08-18T11:03:59.900-06:00Led Zeppelin It
started with a babysitter. In 1969, my parents went out of town and left me and
my brother with one of my father’s graduate students. I was almost 11. She was
fun and attractive and quickly figured out that we were young rockers. One
night she had to go to her house to feed her dog. She took us along. I remember
she cut up a couple of hot dogs for her German Shepherd, and then went over Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-9143342083388086462020-08-11T10:29:00.000-06:002020-08-11T10:29:55.983-06:00The WhoTommy Artwork autographed by DaltreyIt
all happened between 1969 and 1971 for me. Tommy, Woodstock, Live at Leeds, Meaty,
Beaty Big And Bouncy and Who’s Next. What a 3 three year run for any
band. Starting with Tommy-the first rock opera. Big, bold, pretentious,
full of incredible music. As an eleven-year-old I wasn’t sure what it all
meant, but it sure seemed like Pete Townshend was the Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-23408127041914578832020-08-04T09:26:00.002-06:002020-08-04T09:26:47.891-06:00Pink FloydJust
holding an LP by Pink Floyd immediately takes me to a very special place. From
my first experience with them, they have been the exemplars of what mysterious,
art-rock looks like. In 1970 our local PBS station (now known as Rocky Mountain
PBS) aired “An Hour with Pink Floyd,” which was recorded at KQED studios
in San Francisco on April 30, 1970. Because it was on PBS it inherently had our
Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-21135618403404322022020-07-28T09:40:00.000-06:002020-07-28T09:40:56.833-06:00Jimi HendrixFamous Flying Eyeball by Rick GriffinPoster from the Denver Pop Festival June 1969Final show by The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceTo my mind Jimi Hendrix is one of the three greatest rock stars. When I say that,
I am putting a big emphasis on the “star” part of that phrase. I’m talking
about people who are both extraordinary as musicians, but who also embody
another quality which sets them apart Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-16344631180475862362020-07-21T09:08:00.000-06:002020-07-21T09:08:07.384-06:00Blue Note Records
Within
my first two years of being in business I got two big introductions to Blue
Note records. The first came when a guy named Bob came into the store. I
immediately recognized him as a guy who used to work at Kingbee records on
Evans near D.U. He then went on to work at Record Revival (later Jazz Record
Revival) on Broadway. He was always a nice guy and had recommended a few albums
to me Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-60730385695983442222020-07-14T10:55:00.001-06:002020-07-14T10:56:17.716-06:00Autographed RecordsI’ve never been motivated by autographs. Whenever I meet famous people it rarely occurs to me to ask them to autograph something. Not everyone feels this way. Over the years I’ve seen that there are people who ONLY care about getting autographs. The art is secondary, or actually irrelevant to the getting of the signature. Thus, in the course of buying millions of records I have come across a lot Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-5435477934146427002020-07-07T12:09:00.000-06:002020-07-07T12:09:41.389-06:00Obscuro LP Finds
My dear friend and former employee Peter Fast used to say “You
CAN tell a book by its cover.” When it came to records we both firmly believed
that in many instances a weird, interesting or unexpected album cover could
lead to the discovery of a lifetime. Anyone who has gone deep in the record
collecting game has probably discovered some of their favorite albums just
flipping through and having Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-42783451471129626562020-06-30T11:54:00.000-06:002020-06-30T11:54:28.836-06:00Zappa
Iconoclast, auteur,
philosopher, social commentator, genius. My relationship with Frank Zappa
began, like it did for many, in 1969 with the release of Hot Rats. The
cover of that landmark LP so captures the late 60’s mindset: beautiful, a
little scary and just plain weird. Musically, it was a heady thrill ride of
heavy guitar, big ideas and jazzy chops. It seemed miles ahead of most Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-45266598057790138812020-06-29T13:15:00.001-06:002020-06-29T13:16:07.705-06:00Rick GriffinSince
my earliest days as a record collector, my obsession with the art
form has extended to the artwork on the covers of the records I love.
Early on this started extending to posters-and specifically the
artwork of the psychedelic 60’s ballroom scene. Before I had Twist
and Shout my poster collection was a thing of joy and pride for me.
None of the artists grabbed my attention more than Rick Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-30059851869978585882020-06-29T13:08:00.001-06:002020-06-29T13:08:23.350-06:00SpiritualizedOne
of the very few modern psych bands of the 1980’s worthy of the
title were English band Spacemen 3. In 1990 when they broke up,
guitarist, singer, songwriter Jason Pierce (also known as J Spaceman)
formed a band called Spiritualized. Over the course of the last 30
years they have released 8 albums, countless singles and have played
some of the most mind-bending concerts I’ve ever seen. Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-43886015204014720752020-06-29T12:56:00.001-06:002020-06-29T12:56:20.926-06:00Comics/R. CrumbFor
me it started in the very early 1960s. A relative had a summer rental
on Long Island, and we spent a couple of lazy weeks on the East Coast
shore. I was 6 or 7. In a drawer in a night table I found a small
stack of comic books. The two I remember were The Brave and The Bold
#28 which featured The Justice League of America, and Showcase #4
which had the first appearance of the Silver Age (Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-33450246455913428602020-06-29T12:45:00.001-06:002020-06-29T12:45:36.159-06:00Bob DylanOver
32 years of owning Twist And Shout, countless folks have asked me who
my favorite artist is. In those years my answer has not changed. My
first love might’ve been The Beatles, The Stones and The Who, and
I’ve expended a lot of collecting energy on Neil Young, Bob Marley,
Van Morrison, and Tom Waits among others, and I certainly saw The
Grateful Dead live more than any other band, but, Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376758680660758591.post-28306047423460145832020-06-29T12:27:00.002-06:002020-06-29T12:28:39.646-06:00New and Old Stereo EquipmentWhat
good are records if you don’t have something to play them on? I
started with a 1960’s portable player. Almost immediately I
recognized I could do better. For my 12th birthday I got my first
stereo with components-separate speakers, amplifier and turntable.
Over the next 50 years I have continually climbed the
mountain-seeking louder, clearer, more refined…better sound. I feel
like I’m there Twist and Shouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684419535700261213noreply@blogger.com0