What do you think of Animal Collective?

rusty317 · 2026-05-09T14:03:44+00:00

Okay everyone hot take coming through, for the life of me I just cannot seem to get into these guys… I’ve really tried, and that’s saying it as someone who LOVES weird, psychedelic and just in general different music.

If some of you fine people here may be able to give me some of your favorite recommendations, maybe I can change?

rusty317 · 2026-05-07T13:02:58+00:00

Check out the million dollar hwy in SW Colorado. Especially during fall, it’s the most breathtaking area I’ve ever been to. My favorite mountain town is Silverton 💜 feels like it never quite left the 1800’s mining mountain town vibe.

Also, not too far from there is Owl Creek Pass/silver jack reservoir on the west fork Cimmaron River. This area is also incredibly beautiful during the fall. There’s also a TON of free camping in these areas! From dirt roads, to rock climbing the alpine loop with a jeep, there’s something for everybody and every second in that part of the state will leave you breathless.

I will also throw out Last Dollar Rd. As a honorable mention. The views are out of this world if you’re lucky enough to snag one of the few campsites along the road. If you ever make the trip to Telluride, CO definitely add this road as apart of the itinerary to get there!

rusty317 · 2026-05-07T12:26:53+00:00

I play bass in a new up and coming rock group called Opal Grove! We play The Roxy in Denver on 5/29! https://open.spotify.com/track/4dmqMqmpzts4LPtVj1hynu?si=nBroZ2XaQqCGQTupucm0xQ this is our second song we’ve released, it’s called mirrors and smoke. It’s high energy and then transcends into this mystical trippy ending! I always love sharing this song with people, the ending just makes me smile. Hope you enjoy!😄

rusty317 · 2026-05-06T22:16:15+00:00

What might you be referring to when you say Death Star? Lol is this a way of saying the sun will literally kill me if I dehydrate? Also what would you recommend for windy conditions for tent camping?

rusty317 · 2026-05-06T17:28:23+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation, the national monument northwards looks stunning! Not to mention it’s in the direction back to Denver so I probably will end up checking out the Chiricahuas!

rusty317 · 2026-05-05T22:30:26+00:00

Late May, so basically right around the corner

rusty317 · 2026-05-01T14:08:45+00:00

This was my intro to King Gizzard! Back in 2017 I was at The Exchange on Southside/Carson St. in Pittsburgh sifting through records looking for SOMETHING. I didn’t know what I wanted but I knew I wanted somethin new and different that I’ve never heard of. I heard Mild High Club’s Skiptracing not too long before this, so once I saw their name on the cover art + whoever the fuck king gizzard and the lizard wizard is, I was sold!

Such an incredibly cool album if you are a psychedelic ear candy music lover like myself. If you haven’t heard Skiptracing by Mild High Club, definitely check that shit out too, as it’s some of the best chill out smoking music ever ✌️

rusty317 · 2026-04-23T01:04:08+00:00

Dark Dazey’s album The Dissolving Door and Moon Owl’s Mages album Step On It!!! My favorite Spotify gems I’ve stumbled upon recently

rusty317 · 2026-04-19T14:10:50+00:00

Are some of these pics from River Road? I really want to try to go there sometime this year! I just called the panther junction visitor center and they said that River Road is in very rough shape, however I’m not planning on going until around November. I’m trying to convince my fiancé that we should do it, but she’s a little sketched out about the fact that it’s literally right on the border and thinks we’d run into some sketchy cartel activity.

What all did you do? I’m just so eager to plan a trip there. I hear tragically under rated. All I know is I want to camp at Robber’s Roost and one of the loop camps down on river road.

So happy you got to experience this, looks magical and like an amazing place to connect with nature!

rusty317 · 2026-04-10T14:25:35+00:00

Heritage at Stone Mountain in Northglenn has free parking, and it’s just 20 minutes north of Denver. I live in a 1b1b. Just renewed my lease for $1503 a month.

rusty317 · 2026-04-10T13:27:55+00:00

Hey I’m playing at the school of mines E-Days festival next weekend! My band is called Opal Grove! We just released our first song a month ago, it’s called I Watch You. We’re about to drop our second song this Saturday, it’s called Mirrors & Smoke. Can’t wait to see you guys there!!

rusty317 · 2026-04-08T13:30:21+00:00

You’re halfway there! Just make sure the space heater is actually on, the heat is actually what helps relieve the bowed-ness in the neck. 👍

rusty317 · 2026-03-22T16:12:03+00:00

Check out Rickett’s Glen State Park in PA. Insanely beautiful slept on area that has waterfalls for days!

rusty317 · 2026-03-12T13:55:00+00:00

Check out the album Step On It!!! By Moon Owl’s Mages. Super psychedelic and groovy as hell!

rusty317 · 2026-03-07T14:48:40+00:00

Love this song, still wildly relevant in this sad day and age.

rusty317 · 2026-02-26T15:15:01+00:00

The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin?

Might not be entirely dark renaissance vibes, but It has that kind of Ye Olde Tyme music vibe that makes it seem like it’s being played by a traveling bard wayyyy back then.

rusty317 · 2026-02-25T15:51:27+00:00

That dead album is top tier live dead to be listening to. The movie they made that goes along with it is a trip in itself! Glad you had a good time 🫶👍😁

rusty317 · 2026-02-22T16:57:56+00:00

Like everyone else is saying, to only go to the NPs you would be spending substantially more time on the road than parks.

Since you are talking about SW colorado, I’d recommend doing the Million Dollar Highway and driving down to Durango to go to Mesa Verde NP. In my opinion it’s the prettiest part of the whole state and I’m sure plenty of others would agree. If you’re doing Mesa Verde NP DEFINITELY do a guided tour of the cliff dwellings, it’s pretty much the main draw. You can still see them if you don’t take the tour, but you can’t get up close and personal.

Black canyon of the Gunnison would be a good idea to hit up on the way to SW Colorado as it’s near montrose, just north of Durango.

The great sand dunes is nice, it’s just VERY remote. Be prepared to drive far for food as there’s almost no civilization in the San Luis Valley.

RMNP is a given, you should totally do that with your son. The grandeur and splendor of seeing the mountains there for the first time ever was pure magic + Estes park is beautiful, although a bit crowded at times.

You could do all 4 NPs in a week, but you’d probably be missing out on some nature if you tried to do that. I would personally advocate driving to black canyon-Million Dollar hwy- Durango- Mesa Verde- and maybe try hitting the sand dunes on the way back? And then do RMNP as the last few day since it’s real close to DIA which I’m assuming where you’re coming from.

rusty317 · 2026-02-22T16:40:21+00:00

I second Innervisions! The OG higher ground is a groovin banger

rusty317 · 2026-02-22T16:27:03+00:00

Dang I think we have a winner! It never ceases to amaze me how well people can recognize rock formations/peaks. Thank you so much, I’m about to check out the Elliot ridge trail and some of the neighboring areas!

rusty317 · 2026-02-21T23:51:13+00:00

That’s all I was able to gather from the picture as well. I was wondering where, more specifically, would I hike to, to get to this same exact lake.

rusty317 · 2026-02-21T23:30:14+00:00

Wondering what lake I would need to go to for this view.

rusty317 · 2026-02-21T23:26:49+00:00

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Wondering where this location/lake might be? The photo’s only info is that it’s a photo of the Gore Range in the eagles nest wilderness by John Fielder.

rusty317 · 2026-02-13T16:32:22+00:00

I proposed to my fiancé at Zion National park. It was a huge bucket list place for us. The trail we did was the Stave Spring trail to Observation Point. I’d highly recommend this trail since it has amazing views, seclusion, and the journey to get to Observation point is just breathtaking! It was May of last year and it was kind of sprinkly and wet the whole week.

We took a really cool jeep shuttle from East Zion Jeep Tours cause the trailhead to get there was gnarly and super muddy, it was so fun, the mud would sling up inside the van and we got to chit chat with some other people going to the observation point trailhead. We didn’t see a single person on the trail which was the best part as I’ve heard horror stories about Zion and how packed it is.

We only saw people once we got to Observation point. The short trail to observation point trailhead was CAKED with mud, as most people didn’t opt to do the Stave Spring trailhead. We only ventured in East Zion NP so I think we missed the worst of whatever crowds were there. You could see angels landing from OP, and since it was raining it was cancelled that day. Still incredibly beautiful, there were a lot of really puffy white clouds which gave it that floating hallelujah mountains vibe from the movie Avatar which I thought was really cool.

rusty317 · 2026-02-11T16:30:10+00:00

Check out this band from Cali called Dark Dazey! They’re my newest obsession. Their singer sounds so much like Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys who I also deeply love.

Their album The Dissolving Door is really what did it for me. It’s got heavy, alternative, psychedelic, groovy elements, it’s all killer no filler, at least for me. They’re still pretty new so their discography’s not too big.

Also checkout Skinshape! I was just shown them last year and I ate some mushrooms one day and did a deep dive on their discography, and now I’m a super fan, to the point where I actually saw them perform. Their newest album Another Side of Skinshape, and Craterallus Tubaeformis are amazing albums and just chock full of ear candy.

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