Jan
16
2011

Let's Ride This Crazy Train All The Way To AJ!

(Add / View Comments) (0)PhotosSunday, January 16, 2011 - 07:08:37 pm
(Posted Under: This Desert Life This Desert Life)
So after getting lunch at Fuddruckers, we were in Superstition Springs. And it's not like the hours leading up hadn't been ridiculous anyway. So, why the hell not ride the crazy train all the way east and hit AJ? We were basically there anyway!

Photobox ImageIt'd been such a nice day, and pretty clear, so Superstition Mountain looked particularly good today. Drove up the Apache Trail a little way, tromped out in the desert for a little while, and checked out the Desert Mining Resturant (well, the outside anyway). And stood out the front and tried to work out which mountains in the valley were visible from there. Not very successfully it seemed though. It's interesting how difficult it is to get your bearings from that far east.

Photobox ImageFun times. And I must say, I don't know why Apache Junction gets the reputation that it does. Actually, I absolutely do. But that's only one side to AJ, and in reality it's flat out awesome. And moreso exponentially the closer you get to Superstition Mountain. I could easily do the AJ thing. Somewhere like here would be fine. [wink]


Some more of the cooler photos from this afternoon...

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Jan
16
2011

P.F Chang's Rock N Roll Arizona Marathon

Mimosas For Breakfast

(Add / View Comments) (0)PhotosSunday, January 16, 2011 - 11:57:49 am
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Live Shows)
Early morning this morning, heading out to Camelback and 40th in Phoenix to catch Strange Young Things set at the P.F Changs Rock N Roll Marathon. Up at 7, and out the door at 8:15. At Camelback by about 8:45.

Photobox ImageOur timing was pretty great, as was getting a ridiculously awesome parking spot right before the fuzz shut down that portion of 40th street. Walking down to the U-Haul parking lot on the corner, we heard It's A Drug and hence expected there'd been a mix up with the stage locations of The Moods (who were were also intending to see) and Strange Young Things. Alas not, The Moods were just part of the pre show mix - pretty cool - as our boys were on stage setting up.

Photobox ImageRidiculously fun time, even for 8:30 in the morning! And furthermore, the boys sounded remarkably good for that hour of the morning. Especially since the poor bastards had to get out there at 6am to set up. There is something about seeing these guys in an outdoor during the day setting, and today wasn't any different. The combination of that plus the stream of marathon runners provided for a real cool and unusual show. Corey played up to his passing audience wonderfully, at times jumping off the stage and running out on to Camelback to really bring the rock 'n roll to the runners. Glorious. The guy is pure unadulterated rock 'n roll! Only once did the microphone cable give out. Not bad, considering that it's less often than what will typically happen at Yucca only feet from the stage on any given night.

At the end of the first set, we checked out Dan's other band for a bit before deciding to see how feasible it was to walk from there to Osbourne and 48th Street to catch some of The Black Moods. The plan was aborted once we got too 40th and Campbell, as there is no way we'd get there and back in time for SYT's next set. Hence we turned around, deciding to catch another set of SYT, and then go over and see The Black Moods afterwards.

That turned out to a wise choice, as the marathon ended (at least at Camelback) earlier than expected, and so SYT's next set was the final one at that stage. Definitely wouldn't have wanted to have missed it.

Lonely And Call It. Or Not

Photobox ImageDespite it all ending earlier than scheduled, the final runner still hadn't made it by the time Lonely Hearts Are Wild ended, and hence organizers called for the band to keep going. A nice change from the norm, where it's last call and they (or particularly a certain someone) almost needs to be dragged off stage. [wink] Two more songs until they got the all clear to retire for the day. For something that we didn't even know about until Glodie mentioned it on Friday night, I can't think of a better way to spend this Sunday morning.

From there we attempted to get down to see The Moods. Getting down to Osbourne and 48th, while not that far away, was a major headache in light of all the road closures due to the marathon. It seemed to take close to an hour to get the two blocks south and four blocks east. I guess we also had a walk from Indian School to Osbourne in there as well. Not completely shockingly, once we got there, the band they were alternating with was playing their final set. If things had been on schedule, we would have made it in plenty of time for the final Mood's set, but just like at Camelback, things were finishing up earlier than excepted. A shame. But not as much as the news of the apparent Moods line up change.

Still, it was a hella fun morning. Definitely a hearty rock 'n roll breakfast! It's actually a shame there were no mimosas being served. [wink]

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