Month: November 2012
Diamond in the Rough: Alta Ski Resort Celebrates its 75th...
Nov. 1, 2012 marked the culmination of nearly six months of hard work and collaborative efforts to produce a product as unique as Utah powder. … read more
Mr. Gnome @ Bar Deluxe 10.31 with Totem & Taboo,...
Mr. Gnome are a simple guitar and drum duo from Cleveland, Ohio that have the fullest sound I’ve ever heard out of a two-piece. Their last full-length album, Madness in Miniature, released a year ago and contains some of the most high-energy songs imaginable out of two people. … read more
NOVA Chamber Music Series @ Libby Gardner 10.28
The NOVA series––from the board, administrators and musicians to the season ticket holders––are a bit of a family, with shared values of culture and adventure reflected in a passion for the music, which is diverse, daring, and thoughtfully programmed. Each show offers some of the startlingly new, but some of the “new” is also 100 years old and you just haven’t heard it yet. … read more
Crushed Out @ The Garage 11.02
Crushed Out are a humble blues/surf/garage rock duo from New York, and their new album, Want To Give, pays homage to the pioneers of American Delta Blues and Rock n’ Roll. … read more
Matt and Kim @ In the Venue 11.01 with Oberhofer
The duo came onstage after a lengthy stage setup in a burst of energy that included digital fireworks on a giant screen behind them. From that moment, the party didn’t stop until the lights came on at the end of the night. … read more
TGR: The Dream Factory 11.02
For the 2012 movie season, TGR releases a throwback film to the glory days of exploring AK as a ski/snowboard venue. … read more
Skeleton Crew: Media Offline Film Premiere @ Spedelli’s 11.04
A follow-up release to 2009’s Group Effect, Skeleton Crew brings us Media Offline. With a plethora of riders ranging from up-and-coming locals, old pros, straight-up homies and everyone in between, Media Offline is a 39-minute onslaught of a little bit of everything snowboarding. … read more
X-Dance Review: Resonance
Illy riders, awesome tricks and killer locations all wrapped into one is Absinthe’s latest film release, Resonance. … read more
X-Dance Review: Ready To Fly
Kicking off the 13th Annual X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival was the full-length ski jumping feature, Ready to Fly. The film follows world champion Lindsey Vonn and her US teammates through their controversial journey to get women’s ski jumping accepted as an official Olympic sport. … read more
X-Dance Review: We: A Collection of Individuals
This installment from PBP highlights the belief that skiing with your buddies is always better than flying solo. The segments range from tall-tee clad urban sliders to big-mountain badassery. … read more