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Keeping
you in the loop this week, I took the weekend off to rest after over
a month of going almost nonstop on the blog. I know, you're
thinking "What's your problem, lazy? It's posted every
other day!" That's true. But it gives people who
didn't see it the day it was posted a chance to view it at the top.
As opposed to other blogs where it just looks like an assembly line
of nothingness. Not knocking any specific blogs, but we've all
come across a few that just seem like the one person behind it is
updating it every ten minutes to let you know how far they've come to
finishing off the sandwich they just bought, which you should have
known by now because three posts ago they told you they were headed
out for a sandwich. --- Crap,
now I'm hungry for a sandwich. So before I go make one, a quick
update for today.
Keeping
in mild theme of talking to venue owners this week, we make our way
back down to Salt Lake City and get a peek into The Urban Lounge. Upon entry you realize that the building wasn't originally designed
to do anything more than be a mild-western themed restaurant.
Last
week brought us the third Friday of the month, which can only mean
one thing in Salt Lake City… Gallery Stroll. With a brand new set
of artists appearing at galleries and businesses, I decided to make
my way down to one of the galleries making a name for itself along
the Broadway Strip.--- Kayo
Gallery
has been a staple of 3rd South for a number of years,
formerly occupying the space Nobrow Coffee now holds, to move up the
street to better digs near 2nd East.
This
weekend a small national event will take place in every state, aimed
to show appreciation to those who still love the sound of vinyl, the
smell of a CD, and the need for patches and posters of our favorite
bands. Record
Store Day!---
With a long list of privately owned record shops across the U.S.
taking part in the event, including quite a number of them here in
the state of Utah; the stores will be holding day-long events with
performing artists, food, giveaways and more.
I
had plans to post other material today, but things became busy and
two different interviews ended up getting postponed until a later
date. I do know what I'm doing the rest of the week and some of
next week, but as usual you'll have to click in to find out what I'm
doing. So instead of doing an interview, I thought I'd do a
rant. I mean, I have a blog, so why not.
Traveling
down 3rd West, you wouldn’t think much of the area aside
from the fact that it’s become the destination for random
businesses you never knew people needed. Seriously, there’s an
entire store devoted to vacuum cleaner hoses.
Taking
a break from the normal music trends, I decided to venture into
unmarked territory with a Wednesday show at Kilby Court. With no one
falling into a specific type of genre or musical style, I got a
chance to interview and take pictures of four local bands who in their own different
ways have one foot planted in the musical and the other firmly
planted in the explorational.
