Comments on: Bring back the Funk http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/ Boulder, Colorado Design Development Resources Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:36:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Phil Satterley http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-14 Phil Satterley Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:56:53 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-14 I REALLY miss Pogo's! The early 80's were really a defining point in my life. We had KBDI Channel 12 playing Teletunes (formerly FM-TV) on Friday and Saturday nights, and if you were 18 (which was the 3.2 drinking age back then) you could go to Pogo's. Teletunes played the best New Wave videos like Kraftwerk, Men Without Hats and Psychedelic Furs, and Pogo's was the perfect companion to that. This is where I first heard Ministry, Front 242, Soft Cell and Psuedo Echo thanks to Pogo's weekend DJ Doug McVehil (who apparently now is Vice President of Epic Records Digital Media Marketing). We also had KTCL in Ft. Collins playing the same thing. For years I thought groups like these were actually "mainstream pop". Boy, was I in for a shock when I left Boulder to go to College (the first time I ever HEARD Gangsta Rap was when my next door neighbor in the dorms starting blasting it at 2 in the morning!) Culture shock indeed! Anyways, Friday and Saturday nights basically went along the lines of arriving at Pogo's about 8:50 (they started charging cover at 9) leave at midnight and hang out at Perkins until whenever (7am some nights!) Alas, Pogo's became Ground Zero and it just wasn't the same. Channel 12 ditched Teletunes and now KTCL is run by Clear Channel. Those were fun times indeed! I REALLY miss Pogo’s! The early 80’s were really a defining point in my life. We had KBDI Channel 12 playing Teletunes (formerly FM-TV) on Friday and Saturday nights, and if you were 18 (which was the 3.2 drinking age back then) you could go to Pogo’s. Teletunes played the best New Wave videos like Kraftwerk, Men Without Hats and Psychedelic Furs, and Pogo’s was the perfect companion to that. This is where I first heard Ministry, Front 242, Soft Cell and Psuedo Echo thanks to Pogo’s weekend DJ Doug McVehil (who apparently now is Vice President of Epic Records Digital Media Marketing). We also had KTCL in Ft. Collins playing the same thing. For years I thought groups like these were actually “mainstream pop”. Boy, was I in for a shock when I left Boulder to go to College (the first time I ever HEARD Gangsta Rap was when my next door neighbor in the dorms starting blasting it at 2 in the morning!) Culture shock indeed! Anyways, Friday and Saturday nights basically went along the lines of arriving at Pogo’s about 8:50 (they started charging cover at 9) leave at midnight and hang out at Perkins until whenever (7am some nights!) Alas, Pogo’s became Ground Zero and it just wasn’t the same. Channel 12 ditched Teletunes and now KTCL is run by Clear Channel.

Those were fun times indeed!

]]> By: scottan http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-13 scottan Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:15:05 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-13 If CU is demolishing Sibell Wolle Fine Arts building, it seems to me that <em>deconstruction</em> could be a great option. The idea of deconstructiing the building and making something better with the deconstructed materials sounds very intriguing? IKEA did have plans to come to Denver; however was shot down due to their bright blue building. It sounded much more political than that. I have been to IEKA's that are not blue. Louisville has been a candidate; however people on the other side do not want a 3 story building obstructing views??? How about a revisit on the building concept. It might freshen their image and offer Colorado a great option. I am thinking partial open air with car parking on the inside? Probably too expensive for the bottom dollar guys..... I am with you. IKEA would be great........ What a great call on the farmers market. It offers a place of normalcy to our busy town... If CU is demolishing Sibell Wolle Fine Arts building, it seems to me that deconstruction could be a great option. The idea of deconstructiing the building and making something better with the deconstructed materials sounds very intriguing?
IKEA did have plans to come to Denver; however was shot down due to their bright blue building. It sounded much more political than that. I have been to IEKA’s that are not blue. Louisville has been a candidate; however people on the other side do not want a 3 story building obstructing views??? How about a revisit on the building concept. It might freshen their image and offer Colorado a great option. I am thinking partial open air with car parking on the inside? Probably too expensive for the bottom dollar guys…..
I am with you. IKEA would be great……..
What a great call on the farmers market. It offers a place of normalcy to our busy town…

]]> By: Kyla http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-12 Kyla Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:46:10 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-12 Places besides Penny Lane that I miss: Prufrock's on the hill, Dunkin and Daylight Donuts (already mentioned, but I really love donuts), smoking rooms - I don't smoke, it's just the principle of the matter! Endangered species?/Places I would miss: McGuckins - can they compete with the big box stores? Red Letter Books, Top Hat Supply - with all the development on the East End, I really hope places like that will hang in there. CU's Sibell Wolle Fine Arts building is going to be torn down which crushes me. I graduated with my BFA in '03 and I know there are a lot of sketchy areas in that building but I loved that it does, that building has a history! I read today that Eads is going to have to relocate if that building gets renovated... let's hope it comes back. As much as we fear losing any more unique, independent businesses we should appreciate the ones we still have as well as: Boulder Outdoor Cinema Farmer's Market - 2 days a week! NO Walmart! ...I do wish for an IKEA, though. Places besides Penny Lane that I miss:
Prufrock’s on the hill, Dunkin and Daylight Donuts (already mentioned, but I really love donuts), smoking rooms - I don’t smoke, it’s just the principle of the matter!
Endangered species?/Places I would miss: McGuckins - can they compete with the big box stores? Red Letter Books, Top Hat Supply - with all the development on the East End, I really hope places like that will hang in there. CU’s Sibell Wolle Fine Arts building is going to be torn down which crushes me. I graduated with my BFA in ‘03 and I know there are a lot of sketchy areas in that building but I loved that it does, that building has a history!
I read today that Eads is going to have to relocate if that building gets renovated… let’s hope it comes back.
As much as we fear losing any more unique, independent businesses we should appreciate the ones we still have as well as:
Boulder Outdoor Cinema
Farmer’s Market - 2 days a week!
NO Walmart!
…I do wish for an IKEA, though.

]]> By: Kyla http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-11 Kyla Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:23:17 +0000 http://boulderspace.org/2007/06/12/pining-for-aka-bring-back-the-funk/#comment-11 What about Penny Lane? What about Penny Lane?

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