:: Music As Social Agitation Records::

:: Friday, May 13, 2005 ::

okay. we are chilling in salt lake city at tom's house. we got in at ten am this morning, after one of the through the night rides that you dread for days after. the trips where you get maybe half a set and have to hold on cause the driver doesn't know how to steer smoothly and she keeps trying to toss you into the aisle. oh yeah. so we got in at ten and walked back to tom's place to eat some breakfast (they had some stolen mini pizzas and i had made some mac and cheese with fake hotdog and corn mixed in). tasty. then we walked to the temple square and did the whole mormon tourist thing. checking out what we could as non-mormons, including getting a tour of the new convention chamber thing they got. it is the largest indoor religious structure in the world or something. an auditorium that sat 21,000 a roof top with six acres of plants, a giant choir and religious leaders puplit made from the wood of a single cherry tree from pennsylvania, cheesy paitings from the 70's worth millions, drained river fountains, phonebooths everywhere amidst the class and luxury, 50-100 couples getting married a day outside thew temple. then we walked to the musuem cause i wanted to check out the transcriptions joe smith made of the golden plates. we were able to find a single page displayed. after that we walked to another holy site, a new mostly outdoor mall near the old train station. i sat near this fountain while joshua and tom walked through the virgin megastore and barnes and nobles handing out last minute fliers for the show. this fountain was the sister fountain of the olympia one that gave me the inspiration for my next rock band, to be dubbed either "soggy lazer fountain" or "pacific science center." hopefully with members of b-18, sears catalog and [mute]. it is all about creating something that is easily passed off by cool kids and other ignorantes but that appeals to the child, the pure, the innocent with moisture, symmtery, violence, rythym... anyways, there is a lot more to it, it is another unifying theory, etc... now we are back at toms house after watching the kids get pounded by a five minute rendetion from this fountain of "god bless america." (the kid seemed to enjoy the fountain more when it wasn't trying to sing and be so patriotic). tom just ate a mushroom. we are gonna go visit a utah liquor store soon and then grab some food before the show. should be a fun one tonight at kilby court. drew danburry might stop by after his show tonight...

yesterday we were in denver. got into to town at like 5pm. had to call lisa at breakdown books to get directions via city bus to the bookstore/collective. it was a smooth one transfer trip, hardly any layover. got there in 20 minutes. had to take a free bus through the 16th street mall, a hip urban shopping area like westlake that spread along the street for a couple miles. got to the book store relatively early, especially comapred to everyone else. chris, aka bad weather california, showed up about 9pm. the show started at 7pm supposedly. i played first to like six people, since joshua was beinng diffcult and considering not playing at all. so i went first. then joshua went, to about 10 people. chris played to finish the night and right before he started about 12 more people showed up. despite the late crowd, it was a fun show. i loved playing through the amp they had there. wish i could have brougbh that torquois demon with me. it sounded sweet. i can't wait to get a bio-diesel vehicle and be able to actually tour with such things in tow again.... the collective was rad, had all the typical anarcho-bookstore/collective things. they are doing a bike-in outdoor movie series this summer and i want to try and come play before a movie night, the "journey of natty gan" movie night to be exact. such a good movie. one more awesome relic from 1985. the jar got passed around and me and joshua had 26 bucks to split after the show, which was one highlight, i guess. i was just a little frustrated about the whole no one shows up on time thing (which happens everywhere) and about having to go first because joshua was being difficult.... but here we are today, thorwing waterballons out the windows at people... after the show last night we went with chris and his friend to a diner. got some pie, and fries and grilled cheeses. good times. really nice people, despite their tardiness... okay, i gots to go toss some ballons...

:: brs 3:08 PM [+] ::
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