Hey, everybody. We are so very ready to start Denver’s biggest music weekend tonight with you all. If you didn’t buy your four-day festival wristband before midnight last night, no worries. The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. tonight next to the Hi-Dive (at 7 S. Broadway), and you can purchase your four-day wristbands and VIP bracelets right there!

The UMS has been all over the news lately, and not just in our very own Denver Post. Check out The Onion/A.V. Club’s interview with me, festival director Ricardo Baca here. (I’ll also be interviewed today on KGNU today around 10:30 a.m.!) There’s lots of blog goodness out there, too. We like Empty Reviews Top 10 list. And the Donnybrook Writing Academy is always great for enlightened UMS picks. We love the work Something Like Sound does up in Golden, and they showed us some UMS love. And Kaffeine Buzz’s UMS preview is also totally worth a read. Of course we love DenverThread, run by a UMS volunteer, and here’s his UMS coverage.

There’s lots more out there, but dang, I have to get ready for the KGNU interview. See you all out on Broadway tonight — and all weekend long!