May 9. Salt Lake City.
Utah is the 25th state that we’ve been in on this tour! It’s hard to believe that we’ve seen so much of the country. Too bad we haven’t had time to stop anywhere.

Today we drove from Cheyenne, WY to Salt Lake. We got to Motel 6 about an hour before we needed to head out to club. That means we didn’t get to rest much.

The show was at a club called Sugarbeats. It is an intimate space, which is nice, because it feels full when there are only about 20 people in it. The room is wedged between a coffeehouse and a record store - my idea of heaven!

First up for the evening was a co-interview between Hungry Lucy, Bloodwire and Jacob from Gothic Paradise. Our very first interview! We really appreciate all of Jacob’s help, and it was great to meet his wife and kids!

The first band to play really blew us away. They are QstandsforQ. They are a unique blend of sort of ambient folk I guess. They had great songs with interesting atmospheres and beautiful male and female voices.

Bloodwire went next, and well, I can’t remember a darn thing about it except that a messed up in a bunch of places. The audience was kind and attentive, and made us feel welcome. That’s a lot better than trying to perform to the “Hey, turn the music down, I’m trying to have a conversation” + drunken shouts of most clubs. I-Li was great as usual.

Next was Hungry Lucy with another flawless set. I filmed most of it, reserving some battery and tape for the grand finale.

Wait, there’s more! Next we went to KRCL 90.9 to do another tandem interview with Troy (The Sorcerer of Sound.) Once we were done, it was Midnight and time for Alan - a darkwave/Goth/DJ to go on, so we did another interview live for that. Each band played a few songs on the air. We even got a call during our first song from someone who wanted to purchase our CD! Pretty cool for early Tuesday morning.

Now, for the ultimate frosting - we were all starving, so we went to Denny’s. Apparently, we were the only ones to enter the establishment for about 2 hours. The waiter/host Chris was an amazing guy who kept us awake and happy for our stay there. Or were we keeping him awake? I’m not sure, but he put on a great show, and we loved it.