SLC Foothills Show - with St. Boheme and James Miska

Friends, fans, James Miska, St. Boheme, and SHAKE YOUR PEACE! met at the One World Cafe at 4pm with bicycles and picnic supplies. In Critical Mass, we took over a lane of traffic, climbing up into the foothills of Salt Lake above the Red Butte Gardens, truly digging the scene - laughing, yakking, and feeling the rush you can only get when you're surrounded by a pack of bikers, the cloud of nimble invincibility.

The music, the people, the land, and the view, were all just freaking amazing - yellow flowers had sprouted up everywhere, giant thunderheads from the south of the valley were piling up, but they just kind of spun off an invisible yellow dome of good weather that hung over the central and North valley. The wind stayed mild, but strong enough for small kite flying. The Great Salt Lake was shining as the sun moved closer and closer to settling in it, and the old Saltair with its minarets and towers glowing like purple pencils, looked like the kingdom of Gondor out of the Lord of The Rings.

I don't think anyone who was there will forget it. James started us off with a beautiful set, we followed, and St. Boheme closed, all powered by the sexy-legged audience via the pedal-powered PA. The concert ended with a group sunset watching and cuddling everywhere.

After the show, we and the boys from St. Boheme rocketed down to the studios at X96 (96.1 KXRK FM) and went on the air Live with DJ Portia (bad dass woman). Every foot and hand was clapping and stomping in the studio as we did To Protest the War, letting the Wasatch Front know how we do it SHAKE YOUR PEACE! style. May I say that I freaking love the dudes of St. Boheme? They are such GOOD freaking people. Check out their music, dig em, love em.

I didn't think the day could get any more ideal-bike-tour-y, but then a bunch of us had a sleepover at our friend Mo's house up in the Salt Lake hills. We talked to her little brothers, watched a tape of her dad on Oprah Winfrey in '94 explaining a virutal reality flying machine he'd invented, and talked til 6 in the morning.

This my friends, is why I bike tour. It's basically exactly what I would describe as a perfect day on the bike tour - definitely the highlight. I hope you can all be there at the next outdoor show on Saturday April 14th in Johnson's Bowl in Provo Canyon.