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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Day 6
at Burt's Tiki Lounge in Salt Lake City, UT
with Delphic Quorum, Nine Worlds, and Sky as Sin
Probably the best compliment ever to come my way was "By the time you were done, my face hurt from smiling so much." I've actually described The Fabulous Downey Brothers that way on more than one occasion, but I've never heard anyone say something like that about ubik. before.
One of the anxieties surrounding tour is that I never have any idea how our band of nerdy weirdos is going to be received in a new state, new town. We've never been to Utah before and... well... this place is not known as a free-wheeling music hub. The response we've received here is pretty stunning... and this was playing to virgin crowds. Coming back, now that people know who we are, it'll be even stronger.
And we got paid! Not to sound shallow, but the Seattle-->Ellensburg-->Boise-->Ogden without any shows was killing us. Gas is expensive, the tow was expensive, tires are expensive... without making some money in Utah, there might not have been enough gas to get us to Sacramento. That kind of thing can be pretty scary.
Burt's Tiki Lounge is a pretty damn cool bar: it reminds me a bit of The Funhouse. The bartender was a really laid back, punk rock girl from whorescorpse, who had a kung fu movie (Drunken Dragon) on a loop and got us all beers after we played. Good room, good stage; I'd definitely play there again.
We got off to a late start this morning because Glen's apartment is an insulated Man Cave: it was something like 2:00 before we got up because there was no daylight. Still, Provo is less than an hour from SLC, and we weren't hurting for time.
It's hard to play varied sets when we've been sitting around for so long-- I'm glad we blew the dust off of these songs over the last two days, because we can go into them now without the unrehearsed fear of what parts we may or may not remember.
Tonight, we get to stay with Alex, from Settle Down and Nine Worlds... where the dogs run free! Yay! We had picked up normal-strength beer at a Provo liquor store, and I drank Hoegaarden, ate a taco, and played with dogs. Tomorrow, we have to cross Nevada to get to Thursday's Sacramento show.
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