Month: April 2014
Beautiful Godzilla
Hey guys, this is my last Beautiful Godzilla column. I’m moving to New York City to dedicate my life to pizza. … read more
The Bourne Skate-dentity
Salt Lake City’s next generation of Sk801 rippers is here, seeking out all of the tracked and untracked territory that this city has to offer, and Christian Bourne is one of them. A mellow dude off his skateboard and an absolute animal on one (kid straight-up broke a handrail on a back lip attempt), Bourne and I found some time to chat at Fairmont Park while we watched the rest of his crew tear up the park. … read more
Dear Dickheads – May 2014
Hey there officer: Not everyone is an uninformed smoker. You seem to be a very uninformed and disassociated so I figured I would do the 15 minutes of google research you opted out of. I’m going to go ahead and cover as many points as possible before my high wears off. … read more
BMX Photo Feature: Brady Tweedy
There were a lot of factors keeping us from getting this photo. We spent the early afternoon dodging the rain, almost resigning ourselves to an indoor park infested with scoot rats. Right before we met up to shoot, one of Brady’s friends took it on a kinked rail and chipped his tooth and broke his back. After taking that dude to go get checked out, Brady came back out ready to go, only to get postponed again by more rain, a family emergency and the “Local Neighborhood Do-Gooder,” who happened to walk by and tell us that Brady’s (plastic) pegs were causing destruction of private property to this ever-so-fragile (metal) rail. … read more
Frame of Reference
The freedom a bicycle exemplifies and the simplistic motion of circles turning circles carries the rider toward countless opportunities throughout a lifetime. For many, a bike may be a form of conveyance or a method of exercise. But for those individuals who truly see the bicycle as mankind’s perfect machine, there is special meaning and attachment that transcends tradition.
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SLUG Holiday Comix – May 2014
Illustration: Ryan Perkins
Let’s Ride: An Evening with Bike Party
The Salt Lake bike scene has been on a steady incline for the last several years, becoming abundant with bike lanes, flat Downtown terrain and a local government with an interest in the safety of cyclists. SLUG joined Bike Party coordinators Phil Sarnoff and Colin Quinn-Hurst as they set out for one of their monthly rides around the city with a large group of cycling partygoers. … read more
SLC Bicycle Co.
In 2008, on the corner of 2nd and 2nd in Downtown Salt Lake, a beautiful bike shop opened up alongside the booming bicycle community with a definitive name: Salt Lake Bicycle Company. The shop was a little intimidating at first for a newbie cyclist like me, with fancy, expensive-looking road bikes hanging in the big windows and a sprawl of gear I knew nothing about, but its staff immediately jumped into the community to prove they were there to serve us little guys, too. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Chad Pinckney
Chad Pinckney celebrates a year as a SLUG issue designer this month, responsible for the visual layout creativity behind such features as Princess Kennedy (pg. 42) and Let’s Ride: an Evening with Bike Party (pg. 24). He’s also the man behind our upcoming June Localized poster—one of his favorite projects as SLUG Staff, he says. … read more
May 2014 National Music Reviews
National music reviews for 100s, The Apache Relay, Blac Kolor, Chucg Ragan, Dead Rider, Faderhead, Feel No Others, Ghetto Ghouls, King Buzzo, Mahalya, Piss Piss Piss, Pacific Mean Time, The Precious Lo’s, Sleep, Smoke Fairies, Teen, Tiny Boats, Turchi, Vertical Scratchers and more. … read more
Rolling with Mayor Ralph Becker
Salt Lake City has seen a sizable increase in bike-friendly programs and infrastructures the past few years, thanks to pedal pusher Mayor Ralph Becker and his team of cycling enthusiasts. You won’t see Mayor Becker preaching the bicycle’s many benefits to our city and its residents, and then riding off into the sunset in a Hummer like you’d expect from most politicians, though. Salt Lake’s Mayor lives his word as a dedicated bike commuter himself, riding 2.5 miles to work every day! … read more
May 2014 Local Music Reviews
Local music reviews for The Blind Guide, Echodog, Jake Burch, Laughter, Mustard Tiger, Satanic Hispanic, Rise In Style and VCR5. … read more
