Month: May 2007
Review: Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved Bungie Software Reviewed On: Xbox Street: 11.14.01 No game is as synonymous with modern video gaming than Halo. In fact, I will contend that it was Halo that made the Xbox what it is today. Before I get to the review I’m going to preempt a lot of hate mail and say
Childish Wisdom: An Interview with Billy Childish
Some people are just inexhaustibly creative. Billy Childish is one of those people. He is maybe the most prolific man in the history of rock music. Starting his career in the late 1970s with the Pop Rivits, Childish went on to play in several English bands, including Thee Headcoats, The Mighty Caesars, Thee Milkshakes and
Review: A Texas Tale of Treason
When Alex Cox allowed a group of aging punkers from Texas to make the sequel to his 1984 cult classic Repo Man, what did he really expect to get back? … read more
Review: Oasis
Oasis Morning Glory: A Classic Album under Review Sexy Intellectual Street: 03.13 By now you know the formula: a few British journalists, a contemporary musician and maybe a friend or foe of the band offer up their opinions regarding an album, often assessing the scene that was with a great amount of hindsight. Having lived
Review: The War on the War on Drugs
The War on the War on Drugs Cevin Soling Disinformation Street: 04.03 By doing drugs you are executing your rights as a citizen of the United States. By doing drugs you are protesting to change unjust laws. Really doing drugs is one of the most patriotic things that a person can do, at least that’s what
FROM THE DESK OF: RUSTY SHACKLEFORD
To whom it may concern, I am writing this letter because of your lack of responsibility as a news publication. Yesterday as I was on my way home, traveling westbound on 300 South, I almost hit one of those crazy youngins. He was riding his toy right down the middle of the street, where us
Dear Dickheads – June 2007
You can bet your next Mike Brown column on the fact that every visitor for the next fifty years will base their perceptions on four square blocks of Big Love. … read more
Hot Wheels: Roller Derby in the Beehive State
Along the Wasatch Front, Women’s flat track roller derby is beginning to coalesce into a sizably enthusiastic culture of punk and metal loving babes who find an outlet in taking names and kicking ass. … read more
Europeans Don’t Consume High Fructose Corn Syrup: A Tour Journal
Eighteen hours seemed like years as we touched down in Frankfurt, Germany. It was now February 2, and the members of Uzi and Ari were officially committed for the next six weeks to face extreme uncertainty in a very strange land. We were jet-lagged, dizzy and without a clue what this tour was going to
What’s that smell? Oh, it’s Art in the Air: June...
Often gallery stroll gets so busy I can’t make it to all the shows I want to see. Last month I missed Max’s Grundy’s “The Art of Tragedy” Luckily this show will remain on display until June 13th at Tanner Frames located at 230 S 500 W #105 in the New Art Space building. (Enter