Recording in Bluffdale and Midget Wrestling at the Mesa

After our fantastic experience in Salt Lake we headed thirty minutes south to Bluffdale to visit our friends Bumblebee and Optimus Prime. They were kind enough to let us record and lounge for two days in their basement. We also worked on our short game in the back yard on their 85 yard chip n' putt.

Ian laying down sweet beats in the play room.

After recording and hanging out with our friends Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, we headed to Grand Junction, Colorado for a show at the Mesa. The trek south passed through some desolate high dessert areas with beautiful snow covered plateaus along the horizon. We also passed by dinsaur bone quarries and practiced our shot with the BB gun. Generally, a normal day in the van.



We left pretty early in the morning because of the possible inclement weather along the way but lucked out with only a few snow showers. That left us with a lot of time to spare before load in at the Mesa so Rory and I roamed the town and stumbled in to The Snowflake to play some pool and take advantage of dollar PBRs. Little did we know that the bar is notorious for fights and shootings as well as serious meth activity. It makes sense that they put this sign up at the entrance to the bar.

Rory showing some good form. Too bad I took him to school winning three out of four games. I have to brag a little because I never beat Rory. Must of been the dollar beers!

As you can see below, the Mesa also features other forms of entertainment. This picture could go down as the best snap shot ever!

After set up and sound check in the lounge (we didn't play the 800 person theater because no one knows who we are in Grand Junction...at least not yet) we hung around for a bit to see if anyone would come to the show. Unfortunately, the only people there were the cheery bartenders and some drug dealers. No joke. I got asked to buy four different types of "chronic" during set break. Despite the low turnout, we had a lot of fun rocking out and joking with the owner about how the Phillies beat the Yankees. He's a huge Yankees fan.

Fun Fact of the Day:

Wilco played the Mesa a couple years ago and the rumor around town was that the audience threw beers at Jeff Tweedy because he was wearing a cowboy suit. This is definitely a rough n' tumble town.

Oh yeah, Ratt played the Mesa too. Awesome.

The lounge in the Mesa