Yesterday's News - Episode 2

3 piece Rodeo playing for food in Boise


Day 2

Our day starts in Boise and ends in Salt Lake City. We're itchin' to get to Salt Lake cuz that's where we pick up another cowboy. Ben flies in at 6:15pm, so we gotta make tracks to get there in time.

I'm able to catch a few Zs in the van and in a sleepy state I take the time to rip on Johnny. Check it out:



The drive isn't too bad and we've got extra room due to missing cowboys. We don't waste a lot of time stopping, cuz we want to be on time for Ben's pick up. I'm a little jealous of the fact that he gets to jet in to town with fresh clothes and zero miles under his belt. I'm not so jealous of the fact that he is traveling by himself. It's always more fun to cowboy up when you're in a pack. Here's a shot of us picking him up in Salt Lake.



After picking Ben up, we hoof it downtown to see if we can get into some trouble. Ben is hungry, and he gets cranky when he is hungry. We drive in circles for what seems like an eternity and out of sheer frustration, I book us some rooms at the downtown Marriott. I make a proper entrance. Tiny Dancer helps me with the cape in this one:



As luck would have it, we have a room on the sixth floor overlooking an outdoor concert featuring Sonic Youth. Free concert from the comfort of our room. Hell yeah!




After the concert, the flood gates open around our hotel and to our surprise the Sonic Youth fan base in Salt Lake City is comprised mostly of douche bags. Drunk, or on drugs, countless long hair racist fucks are wandering around yelling profanities. Apparently cowboys aren't welcome in Salt Lake City, and most of the profanities are directed at us. What the hell? The insults are so retarded they don't even warrant a response. We choose to ignore this shit and simply mark Salt Lake City off our list of places we want to visit. Tiny Dancer quips that it might be a good idea to offer up S.L.C. as a target for future terrorists wanting to take out a US city. After debating this comment at length, we decide it may be a better idea to simply add Salt Lake to our black list. I'm certain there are some good folks there who have found a way to live side by side with the concert goers. God help them all.

Here is one of the cowboys enjoying a smoke after the concert.