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Band Interview: The Cult
The Cult finally, finally, finally played in Salt Lake on Monday, February 27; almost 10 years after the now legendary Love was released. … read more
B-Movie Reviews: January 1995
This month, we have a kind of mess of sci-fi thrillers with most of the thrills removed to protect the blood pressure and the mentally challenged. … read more
Little Records: January 1995
These are all singles. Most play at 45 rpm and you need a turntable to hear them. Some are colored, some are not; some have big holes and some don’t. … read more
Movie Reviews: November 1994
It’s getting kinda weird out there in the world of dating. Maybe it’s always been so, but I get the feeling things are getting worse. … read more
Movie Reviews: October 1994
You know, in the last few issues I’ve been kinda slamming a filmmaker named Jean-Luc Godard, so it’s only fitting that the guy has got a new film and it’s coming to the Tower starting October 14. I guess I need to explain myself. … read more
Local Bands: October 1994
Seems like whenever you hear about eclectic art in SLC, it’s always some type of off-the-wall genre or the usual hype of ethnic or cultural society. Well, we also have something in our beloved city that is equally off-center and driven by a different source. Call it the underbelly of the music scene, or maybe even a holdout from years passed, but it survives and thrives in our fair city like a parasite. We call it heavy metal. … read more
Local Artist: Mic Radford
The tattoo parlor—A seedy place filled with unsavory characters, dirty needles and dirty people doing less-than-attractive things—or at least, this is what you are supposed to think if you were born in the fifties. Wake up kids, because that old stigmatism is gone, for the most part, that’s due to artists like Mic Radford. … read more
Interview: Shudder To Think
Shudder To Think’s lead singer Craig Wedren, took some time out of a sound check on a balmy September afternoon in front of Playscool to answer a few questions. The traffic overhead was loud, the atmosphere casual and content; relaxed, much like Wedren’s demeanor. It was a great day. … read more
Interview: Consolidated
Consolidated’s latest album, Business Of Punishment, was released in September. They are three educated white boys rapping in a hip hop band. Consolidated has been compared to the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy many times. Their music is closely aligned with that of Hiphoprisy—heavy on the politics and the beats. … read more
Record Reviews: September 1994
Harry Angel Been There, Done That! Little Guy Records There wasn’t a press kit or a bio, just a CD and a business card. I gave the number a ring. Barry Carter is a native New Zealander who recorded the CD in Australia. He laid the basic tracks down and then had various friends come