Month: June 2010
Movie Reviews – June 2010
This month Jimmy Martin gives you the scoop on Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Good The Bad & The Weird, Iron Man 2, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, MacGruber, Mega Man, Robin Hood, Shrek 4, The Secret in Their Eyes and Sex In the City 2. … read more
Video Game Reviews – June 2010
Alien vs Predator, Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing and Splinter Cell: Conviction are reviewed this month by SLUG’s crack team of video game reviewers. … read more
Book Reviews – June 2010
This month we review Obsolete by Anna Jane Grossman, Sober Living for the Revolution by Gabriel Kuhn and Ultraviolet by Daniel Donahue. … read more
Dear Dickheads – June 2010
Dearest, Darlingest Dickheads,
Mike Brown’s recent article has brought to my attention that there are Juggalos out there that are curious about the nature and physics of magnets. A simple Google search turned up the relevant information in a Wikipedia article. The following is a rough translation of a Wikipedia article into layman terms. … read more
National CD Reviews – June 2010
Reviews of new releases from Acid Tiger, Devin the Dude, Exodus, The Fall, The Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, MGMT, Minus the Bear, The New Pornographers, Off With Their Heads, Sage Francis, Sharon Jones and many more are featured.
Utah Beer Guide
Today Utah is proud to call itself home to 19 microbreweries—many of which produce award-winning brews year after year. So the next time someone tells you that there is nowhere to get a drink in the land of Zion, whip out this handy guide and let the naysayers know what’s up. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Manuel Aguilar
As the the go-to illustrator here at SLUG mag, Manuel Aguilar has become an indispensible resource whenever we have a story that can’t be described by words and photos alone. … read more
Skirting the Mainstream is Just More Fun: An Introduction to...
On the second floor of the Salt Lake City Library near the fiction reference desk and the periodical section, a handful of shelves hold approximately 2,500 zines––one of the largest public alternative press collections in the country. Unfortunately, if you weren’t looking for it … it’s unlikely that you’d ever know it was there. … read more
True to Form: The Sofa King Interview
When considering the symbolic nature of the rat in parallel with Willy Nevins, it becomes obvious why his alias is “Ratchild.” His art, music, skateboarding and writings are the proverbial foods for you to devour. Infected with the disease of creation, he rapidly spreads it through the streets he scurries through. … read more
Localized – Menlo, Theta Naught and The Eden Express
Menlo’s intricately orchestrated indie-pop and Theta Naught’s improvised post-rock will be politely taking the stage July 9 at the Urban Lounge for only $5 with openers The Eden Express. … read more