Ya well Piss of Ryan I live here. I can take ya to see some real amazing shit this THUR and FRI if ya are up for it. Have ya got time? Mike
Pick up Jon Krakauer's new book "Under the Banner of Heaven." Interesting local color -- that is if you can find it anywhere in SLC
Good god, I managed to escape in 1991 and have never looked back. Have fun finding anything but 3.2 beer! : )
Mike, not sure of my schedule yet but if i have any free time it will be in the evenings. here's my cell: 816.308.1627
Once you figure out the difference between East Second South and South Second East, it's a piece of cake! Check out the Air Farce museum up by Roy. They have some nifty old planes up there. B17, Phantom, all kinds of nostalgic stuff. Cheap too. Ask at the Hill Airforce Base gate. It's pretty close to the gate at Roy. I'd come on down and let ya buy me a beer, but I'm working all week. The Jazz are playing the Kings Wed and the Bucks Friday 7pm at the delta center. Get with Buick59. The good bars are kinda hidden. And like the boy said it's 1/2 beer there so ya gotta drink twice and piss once to get a buzz!
worst city in the union to find good coffee and a place to smoke, for cryin' out loud. it's even worse out in the rest of the state.
To bad ya got here to late for Tomato Days in Hooper. Ronald Regan even came for that. Most traffic I ever seen on this country road. Oh! by the way they sell high octane at the state liqour stores. How do I know? Well, ah, somebody told me.
check out the Great salt lake "beach"- seemed strange to us -but worth the look..we were there in october
I agree with you Ryan. That place gives me the willies! You definatley aren't in Kansas anymore...... HC
can't be all that bad, ihear you can have at least 25or30 wives or some shit like that,hell ya get tired of a ritz,you can switch to a saltine....we aint in kansas anymore toto...outy...quickrod
OK! I don't normally rant but here goes. A few years back Utah was a pretty good place to live. The bigest worry ya had was somebody blasting your mailbox with a baseball bat at 1.30 in the morning. Then! Some folks on the west coast found out they could sell their home for 2 million bucks and come to Utah and build the same home for 200.000. At that time there were only three houses in the state worth 200.00. So, here they came to get away from all the problems they were having there. Well they brought their problems with them and now they are our problems. Traffic tripled, crime tripled and the cost of living skyrocketed along with the cost of houses. Ya can't even go for a sunday cruise without worrying about some jerk in a suv talking on a cell phone running ya over. I'd move to Idaho cept them folks is getting tired of Utah folks moving up there to get away from what it's become down here. Yep! it is weird alright. Ok, I've got that off my chest. Gimme hell, it don't matter cause hell's already here. Stop by for a cold one Ryan if ya can get from Salt Lake to Hooper in under 8 hours.
if theres fear and loathing involved they probably think your wierd too! I've heard it has a strange feel to it.
No good DRUGS there, so you can forget about FEAR or LOATHING.. bought some BLOW once in UTAH while on tour,, the shit made me have to take a POOP... plus the AIR there smells like MOLD,,, It was bad for a NIGGA'S allergic reactions, to CULTS And everyone rides a BIKE on sundays with BLUE shorts and a white button up shirt.. Something about a MISSION.. I needed BOOZE.. NO DICE ..
I actually like SLC? Of course, it is only for the mountains around there, Mtn bike and rock/ice climbing. I was there back in 88 for the first time. Got drunk at a place under the freeway called the Sppedway Cafe or someting. Saw Das Damen and some other punk band play. Some skinhead on a Norton picked us up a couple cases of beer for a pack of smokes. Kept us tuned for the duration of our stay. I will say that spending time there last summer that the town is better than 15 years ago. At least they dont roll the sidewalks up at 10Pm anymore
cadlights: newsflash! thats the whole damn country now! things have changed. slc now is probably more like 1971 vegas than modern day vegas is like 1971 vegas in the fear and loathing sense. not that i've been to either. oh, and remember guys, ryan carries painkillers!
I lived there for a year or so in the early 90's, and kinda liked it. Except for the religion part, that is. Kinda weird when you meet someone and the first thing they ask is if you're LDS. First time someone asked me that I though they were dyslexic and asking if I had any acid. Definatly some killer mountain biking and snowboarding.
Been there a few times...big difference between southern Utah and Northern. I like southern Utah. SLC DOES smell! It has a weird sulphur/moldy smell. Went up to Logan and had fun. The religion is odd...when I told them where I was from they were asking my about the "Homeland". I live in the town next to where Brigham Young moved from to go to SLC. Was weird. Beehive state and seagulls? And a weird chick that was on some kinda hallucinogen and trapped between the glass doors at a Carl's Burger joint...what a strange trip that was. Oh yeah it was my honeymoon...1st wife was Mormon and Amish, bad combo. Amon or Mormish...just ain't right. During the divorce I felt like the chick stuck between the doors! Good luck Ryan, hook up with someone that can get you into a "private club"...you'll be fine....when you get home!
Here's the only thing I've ever heard about Utah. I have weird friends, I just do... So one of my friends decides he wants to visit his mother in Florida. He has no car, doesn't drive and has no money and he lives in Berkley, CA. So he does what he always does, gets a few pair of shoes, a backpack and starts walking. he usually gets rides from interesting people and only has to walk a few miles at a time. HE HAD TO WALK THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF UTAH! Nobody would pick him up, he got to Colorado line and he was picked up and continued like usual. He said it was like somebody put out a memo. That's it, that's all I know.
Go to the Dead Goat Saloon downtown. You have to "join" as a one-week member for five bucks. Once you do, the place is a completely normal, good times place. --Matt
you guys are fucking hilarious. Your myths of whats its like in Utah. You have no clue, its not that bad at all. There are actually more mormons in Cali. than here, believe or not its a fact. You want real beer head to the liquor store and throw it in the fridge, they dont serve it cold here. Hmm,lets see just got done riding the Bird, and some fresh powder, what did you ride, are your Mtns open yet?? Then hit the skatepark in the same day, cant really do that in LA or other parts..Tonight plan on seeing what the knock in the Galaxie is all about. You have to entertain yourself here thats for sure, but its a good life, and a great place to raise your kids, "just have to teach them that Mormons mean you know harm, their just the weird cult that runs (ruins)our state.", quoted from my fellow Ca. workers who live here now.Ryan you should have let us know you were coming, would have bought you a Slayer ticket to go the other night. You could have seen our world famous "straight edge" fucks in real life, be the biggest bunch of pussies that they are.Smell in our state, I dont notice it, but it could be the "lack of good drugs" that warped my smell. No really its not that bad, you just have to find the fun, believe me I have been to KC many times, and its not any better. Though when they have the KC Oi! fest it cant be beat, and you have MLS soccer which I like. I know the erie feeling you guys described but its not in SLC, its all the other towns. The bar someone mentined (the Dead Goat) is no more they are turning it into a strip club!! Come to think of it there are no good bars here.. Fuck I hate this place...why do I live here, oh yeah the skatepark is a block away from my new house!
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