The Zack Hammers Interview: The Most Underground Skater Ever!

The Zack Hammers Interview: The Most Underground Skater Ever!
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This kid is more exciting than a Red Bull enema and has more snap than a coke-laced Slim Jim. … read more

Whacktastic Skateboard Antics and The Morning News

Whacktastic Skateboard Antics and The Morning News
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I reminded her that she was skateboarding outside of her abilities and she ended the broadcast by saying, “That was whacktastic!” Whacktastic indeed. … read more

Suicide: A Crappy Troma Movie

Suicide: A Crappy Troma Movie
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If you are truly sick enough in the brain that you want to see people dying, skip this movie and rent Faces of Death or just log on to the good ol’ Internet. … read more

Lil Buddies!!!

Lil Buddies!!!
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The big skateboard bang of popularity that has exploded in the early 2000s has brought with it many pros and cons. On one side of the coin, a legitimate professional skateboarder can now be paid what he’s worth. On the shit side of this coin…well, there are numerous things on the shit side of this

Kickflip for Jesus?  Separation of Church and Skate, Please.

Kickflip for Jesus? Separation of Church and Skate, Please.
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Christianity seems to infiltrate youth culture in the strangest ways. As soon as the Born Agains get a whiff of what the kids are doin’, Jesus is doing it too. … read more

I Like Turtles

I Like Turtles
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I caught around 10 or so turtles and convinced my parents to let me take them home with us. I rode in the back of our big Mormon van with them, making sure that all the turtles got along and weren’t too bored on the drive home. … read more

Review: The Salt Palace

Review: The Salt Palace
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The Salt Palace Darren DeFrain New Issue Press Street: 10.2005 The Salt Palace was written by some smarty-pants who was obviously raised in Utah. It is a story about a Jack Mormon who goes on a road trip. I honestly didn’t like the story very much at all. It had more holes in it than Tupac’s

John Peter Lewis

John Peter Lewis
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It seems that for the past while now, if some lame band or shitty recording ‘artist’ contacts SLUG and requests an interview and they don’t really want to do the interview, somehow that interview gets offered up to me. Case in point, Lisa Loeb. Why Lisa Loeb’s manager would think it would be a good

Mike Brown’s Gay John Amichi Interview

Mike Brown’s Gay John Amichi Interview
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I think I’ve figured out why I hate typing interviews so much. It’s because I can’t listen to music while I write, which is normally how I like to write. Instead I have to listen to so-and-so bumble fucks voice over and over again while I constantly stop the beautiful flowing process of creating literature

Mike Brown: Pirates

Mike Brown: Pirates
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Alright, so it’s been a while since I wrote a SLUG article that I didn’t put in a fair amount of effort into. The last time I did that was when I wrote that story about turtles and how cool I think they are. And most people seemed to actually like that article anyway. But

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