Month: November 2009
Swollen Members @ Urban Lounge
Swollen Members coming to town is always a big event: big crowds, big bass, blunts and blow. Emcee Prevail’s birthday coincided with the day of the show, so plenty of people were showing their appreciation in fragrant ways. These Canadian rappers, several time over winners of the Juno award (Canadian Grammys) for best rap group, did it up right.
Play! A Video Game Symphony
Play! is a concert series that combines the host city’s orchestra with a production company, music director and conductors who travel from venue to venue, performing music from popular video games. The music, naturally, was brilliant. I bought the CD, and I almost got the T-shirt but I crumbled under my nerd shame before managing to. … read more
Puscifer @ Capitol Theatre
Arriving at the Capitol Theatre, I knew that I was in for something other than a “typical Tool show.” The pat-down at the door was the same, and the other people waiting in line were the same, but the upscale sit-down venue caused an overall sense of mystery and curiosity among my fellow patrons. Puscifer is the newest project of Tool and A Perfect Circle front man Maynard James Keenan. … read more
Love It Or Leave It, SLC Premier
Keeping me warm on a freezing night is Josh Martinez’s first film Love It Or Leave It. Pretty damn good for his first six months of filming. The kids on the come up check out the review here. … read more
Fighting Back at Black Friday
Vancouver illustrator/cartoonist Ted Dave first conceived Buy Nothing Day in 1992. According to him, the idea occurred while working a routine 40-hour-a-week job in a downtown Vancouver office. “I was coming away at the end of the day and saying, ‘oh my god I just spent ten dollars on coffee and muffins again. What’s the matter with me?'” … read more
The Blue Collar of Odeus Skateboards
The concept for Odeus started with Alex Lemons skating in the mid 80s when the only board options were a plastic banana board or a Powell Peralta. The banana boards were poor quality and the Peralta was expensive. “There was no in-between option. I was going to be the guy that made that third option.” … read more
Localized: Aye Aye, Sleepover, The Kidneys – November 2009
This month SLUG’s Localized bring you the folkie-blusey psychedelia of Aye Aye, twee pop from Sleepover and opening band The Kidneys. It all happens on Fri. Nov. 13 at The Urban Lounge. Five bucks gets you in. … read more
SFK Man Zone
Simon Larson has recently been putting a lot of his creative energy into building custom motorcycles. From this passion was created the “Man Zone,” a garage in the back of their house where you can find anywhere from one to 15 people skating and working on bikes. … read more
DTX
The wasteland of pavement and cement are more or less glorified playgrounds and we do not understand why people are so fucking stupid that they don’t see this simple truth as well. I bought my first skateboard 15 long years ago. I progressed slowly without the aid of cement facilities or social support. No matter, I rode the bus route 8 on epic adventures the boys and me coined as DTX: down town motherfuckin’ extravaganza. … read more
DIY Concrete Mixing
I can’t count the number of “Almost Spots” I’ve seen since I’ve been skating that just need a little elbow grease—Bondo, filed down knobs, angle iron, a piece of plywood to land on, or some transition—to become skateable. With this in mind, I bring you step by step instructions on mixing your own concrete and shaping some transition. … read more