Month: June 2005
Review: CeCe Rogers – It’s Alright
The GN is back! After the recent success of “Come On & Dance,” the living legend CeCe Rogers returns with a song that will stay in your head as well as in your record box. … read more
Bellyography – June 2005
The first time I watched Zuhra Zakiyah dance, I was at the Athenian in Ogden. Performing to a Hossam Ramzy piece of music, I was immediately impressed. … read more
Gig-Poster Girls: Paper Dolls to Exhibit at the Women’s Art...
The 60s brought concert posters to the forefront of the concert experience, due to the elaborate designs and need to remember who was on the bill. … read more
Some Shit that Happened on a Skateboard List Update
Some Shit that Happened on a Skateboard List Update … read more
Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood: True Tales...
It beats the hell out of the cubicle I sat in before I became a taxi driver. And sometimes, I’m graced with unique moments of magnificent transcendence. … read more
Localized – June 2005
Localized is a monthly showcase of local bands on the second Friday of every month at the Urban Lounge. This month we bring you the perilously odd combination of a death metal band. … read more
Bloc Party show review
Being labeled “the best” of just about anything is as much a curse as it is a blessing. So when a reckless journalist labeled Bloc Party the best new band in the UK, they might as well have thrown in a first-aid kit for all the bruising that the band had waiting for them. It’s hard to see past all the hyperbole and look for potential, even when you consider yourself a sympathetic fan. … read more
Street Punk Gone Rock Star: Clit 45 show review
The show, as it has always been with the Lower Class Brats, was awesome. Besides the security guards sniffing around for disorderly skinheads that tried to start a brawl at the last LCB show (supposedly protecting a kid from being beat up by the large bassist of LCB), the concert held on the Sabbath was unusually large, and full of pissed, though content, punk-rockers. … read more
Skateboarding is SOOOO Cool Right Now!
So why do I miss the good ol’ days when everyone but skaters hated skateboarding? Must be my self-esteem. … read more
Versified Street Life Reinventing Bar Rock Hype: Interview with The...
I was doing a lot of drugs when I first heard the Hold Steady’s debut release, Almost Killed Me, in January 2004, and I was enraptured. … read more
Calling All Bats: SLC’s Dark Arts Festival Celebrates Five Years
What Started Out as a Farfetched Dream among a few Club-going, Eyeliner-wearing-aspiring Sideshow Freaks has become an Annual Event Worth Ripping Off. … read more
When You Wish Upon A Star: An Interview with Ethan...
While researching Comets on Fire interviews in preparation, I came across a word several times that I think adequately describes the aesthetic of this band: organic. … read more
