Month: August 2008
Warped Tour ’08: Binging and Purging at the Fairgrounds One...
The Van’s Warped Tour used to rank up there with epic summer events like the X96 Big Ass Show and mercury busting digits in my little brain. And surprisingly it still ranks that high with hordes of sunburnt teenagers. … read more
Salt City Derby Girls
Salt City Derby Girls spill the beans about who they are and what they do. … read more
Dear Dickheads – August 2008
I find it so interesting how Utah’s sub and countercultures so closely mimic the very mainstream culture they aim to resist and rebel against. … read more
Alternatively Wired: A 10-Year Anniversary Celebration of Area 51
Alan Moss isn’t typical, and his club, Area 51, isn’t run-of-the-mill either. It is somewhat surprising to learn that Area 51 is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Area 51 has stuck to alternative and ’80s music and has been there to rescue goth/industrial patrons when they found themselves marooned without a venue. … read more
Pomp and Circumstance: SLC Pomp Brings Salt Lake Into Focus
One would be hard-pressed to find morefunctional friends with benefits than fashionand blogging�the constant flow of a widevariety of looks and styles from around theworld are closely monitored and documentedby a tight group of well-known fashion blogs.Both are universally criticized, and allow for theproliferation of terribly misguided creativity. … read more
At Home With The Ghosts
The Midwest Paranormal Conference as a Forum for Paranormal Investigation … read more
Localized: Reviver, Pilot This Plane Down and Nine Worlds –...
Get your black t-shirt ready, August 8th’s Localized is going to be a plague-driven experimental metal fest. Reviver will open and Pilot This Plane Down and Nine Worlds will make sure that no ones leaves without transcending space or time. … read more
What a Splendid Morning for Zombie Stroll
What Sunday street spectacle would creep out a Salt LakeCity resident�more than any other? If you said “a gaypride parade” then you probably think that a gun rack isan essential car accessory and you’re voting for McCain.Speaking of pasty-faced people who speak incoherentlyand walk stiffly, want to know what would really freak meout? … read more
Ample Fire Within: An interview with ASCEND
Greg Anderson, mad scientist behind such projects as Goatsnakeand SunnO))), has a history with SLUG Magazine. “I picked upa copy of the SLUG sometime in 1998 while I was on tour,” saysAnderson, “and the issue I got just happened to have a reviewof Sleep’s Jerusalem release.” The reviewer not only trashed therecord, but caused Anderson’s jealousy to flare up. … read more