I Love This Freakin Country!!!

Tomorrow the United States of America turns 233. We have been through tough times and great. We have been through times of oppression and times of freedom. We have seen many wars, cried many tears and lost many brave people. Today I just want to say thank you America. Thank you for being a great example of freedom and perseverance against all odds. And for everyone celebrating our amazing country this weekend, remember to never take what we have for granted. Treat every day like Independence Day and always give thanks for this amazing land. Let's never forget the freedoms that our forefathers fought for and never let anyone take them away.

If you're hanging out in downtown Provo this weekend, you have a pretty good amount of choices for grub anymore. We went to Guru's this afternoon after spending most of the morning at the Colonial Day's celebration (worth checking out by the way). I got the West of Philly wrap and Sweet Potato Fries for about $10. The food was very good and very fresh. The fries are an experience on their own. My only problem was, it took a long time for our food to come out. No biggie though, it was quite busy at the time and it's understandable that we might have been a bit overlooked. Overall it was a good lunch at a fair price. UV'S Finest gives Gurus a solid B and suggests it for anyone looking for a good, light meal for your Fourth festivities.

There's a lot going on over the next couple of days. There will be a number of activities in downtown Provo for the Freedom Festival, including a lot of free concerts and stuff. UV'S Finest features event, however, has nothing to do with the Freedom Festival and everything to do with two low key bands playing at "Whitney's House". DETAILS:

Whitney's House--TODAY!!!
Acts: The Young Lords, Death and the Orange, The Eden Express and Agent Smith
3900 N 50 E, Provo
8:00 PM--Free

I am loving Death and the Orange's sound, on a quick listen and I think I could also get into Eden Express. The Young Lords seem to be going for an instrumental type thing, which is cool if that's what you're in to. On a quick search, I found nothing on Agent Smith...unless it's the guy from the Matrix. Plenty on him.

If you're not into (really) low key tunes just stay downtown...there's a vintage flea market happening at Velour today from "2 PM-Late".

There's so much to do tomorrow, it's ridiculous. Of course you got the parade downtown, it starts at 9 AM. And all the other hoopla surrounding Freedom Festival, including Stadium of Fire...which didn't sell out this year so you can still get tickets (check Craig's List first, when I looked there were a tone of them being dumped). MY featured event tomorrow is a big 4th of July house party w/ Allred and This Is Anfield. Poster below:





This show/ party looks like it's going to be a blast. 202 E 1800 S in Orem, open to the first 350 people, $5 cover. Allred and This Is Anfield will both put on good shows at what looks to be an epic party. Check it out!

About The Song Du Jour: "America the Beautiful" Ray Charles

Pretty obvious choice here...this is the single best "patriotic" song ever recorded by anyone. Ray nails everything about it. He was an American Treasure and we still miss him to this day. We were lucky to have such a talent and lucky that he recorded this fine tribute to his country.

Have a safe weekend, don't blow your faces off with bottle rockets and flowers. Much love to you kids, see you Monday!!!