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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Day 4
in Ogden, UT
Our first official day off, i.e, one where we didn't have a show scheduled. Gak. I will be so happy to play a show tomorrow. Overjoyed, actually.
Sunday afternoons on Boise's Main Street are much nicer than Saturday nights. Michelle snuck into Radio Boise and delivered one of our CDs-- the DJ was very nice to her, and sympathetic to our situation.
We also found the Neurolux, which was quiet in the afternoon, but is a decent sized venue (good stage, separate monitor for the drums... I'd totally play there). It was the second jukebox in a row where the bartender perked up when we put on Ween.
This is the easiest way to get the feel of a place: see how they react to Ween. Anti-Ween sentiment is never a good sign.
Mostly, we found some cool places to be in Boise: good venues, those cats at the Neurolux were awesome people, and we're coming back. We owe Spokane a make-up show, too, so later this summer we hope to make a Seattle-Spokane-Boise-Portland circle, just to right all the wrongs.
We spent the day on the road... just rolling south. I've never been to Utah before, but the north part of the state is the emptiest country I've ever seen. There is literally nothing there. Until you get to Ogden, the exits all say "no services." Down every road, for hundreds of miles, the freeway exits are no gas, no food, no lodging anywhere. Just fields, fences, and hills.
We stopped in Ogden, and Michelle bought a hotel room-- we have to play tomorrow, and her voice is in better shape after a good night's sleep. And showers. I was starting to smell like I was rotting. Not sleeping in the van + showers = win.
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