Month: May 2007
Ryan Jensen
SLUG asked me to interview Ryan Jensen. I’ve known Ryan a long time. My old band, The Fucktards, used to play with his old band, The Corleones. We stopped playing shows together because one night Ryan tried to kill me. Terrence managed to intervene that night so I wouldn’t die, but then Ryan and I
Gentry Blackburn
Gentry Blackburn graduated from the University of Utah in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Her first solo show, Frosty Darling, was held at the Downtown Library in the spring of 2005. The show was primarily oil on canvas paintings with a few suitcases painted with acrylics. On March 2, 2007, she opened
Sri Whipple
Sri Whipple, international man of mystery has many personas in the art world. A fine artist, cartoonist and print-maker, his talents and subject matter cover a wide spectrum. “As a kid I wanted to paint like the Renaissance painters, clean and classical, but I am influenced by music and comics,” says Whipple, “I consider myself
Trent Call
Trent Call’s work looks like something we might see if we put an entire metropolis under a microscope and start taking pictures. Urban texts, unforgettable faces, social debris and a miscellany of textures collide in time with incredibly controlled execution. Call employs everything from oils, spray paints, computers, pencils, acrylic and collage to realize his
Fletcher Booth
The work of painter Fletcher Booth forces the viewer to stand back. In an array of larger-than-life studies depicting cops, bikers, bouncers and marines (figures which Booth just calls “men”). Booth reveals himself as a natural draughtsman who has no fear of occasionally sacrificing his impressive skills. He is ready and willing to disfigure his
Blackhole
Chopper – Gemini, Vocals Paul Butterfield – Libra, Bass Dave Styer – Aquarius, Bass Dave Bogart – Gemini, Drums Blackhole started in the summer of 2005 when Dave Styer (ex-the Switch) and Paul Butterfield (ex-Red Bennies) breached the subject of starting a band together. “It was literally a conversation I had with Paul that went
SubRosa
Rebecca Vernon – Guitarist, Vocals Sarah Pendleton – Violin, Backing Vocals Erik LeCroix – Bass, Backup Vocals Bonie Shupe – Drums According to myth, Aphrodite’s son bribed the god of silence with a rose to protect the secrecy of Aphrodite’s love affairs. Thus the rose became a symbol of silence, suspended from the ceiling in
Thunderfist
Jeremy Cardenas – Vocals Erik Stevens – Drums Mick Mayo – Bass Jeff Haskins – Guitar Mike Sasich – Guitar Thunderfist was put on this planet for one reason and one reason alone: TO ROCK! Singer/guitarist Jeremy Cardenas describes the band’s sound as “straight-ahead rock and roll,” and he ain’t lying. Gig posters of Turbonegro
Dear Dickheads – May 2007
Two days of warm weather have inspired large women to go out in public dressed in only Daisy Dukes and bikini tops (and their white trash men to walk around completely shirtless). … read more
Outline for Destruction
Violence follows Gerritt Wittmer and Ryan Jencks (aka Sixes). Together they are the noise project Deathroes and are touring to promote the release of their album, Final Expense. Fear, brutality and cruelty are poor descriptors of the most recent creation from these two veteran noise terrorists whose previous incarnations include Physics and Crash Worship. SLUG:
Gallery Stroll – May 2007
The Art Building is a testament of what can be done when you remember your community. Although the building couldn’t be saved, it will be remembered as a contribution to the arts and an example of responsible living for a greener future. … read more
