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FROM THE DESK OF: RUSTY SHACKLEFORD
To whom it may concern, I am writing this letter because of your lack of responsibility as a news publication. Yesterday as I was on my way home, traveling westbound on 300 South, I almost hit one of those crazy youngins. He was riding his toy right down the middle of the street, where us
Review: The Best of Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters
The Best of Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters Sid and Mary Krafft Time Life Street: 05.01 The 1980s were hard times for TV variety shows. The genre was big in the early years of television, as carnies and vaudevillians made the jump from the stage to the small screen. Several decades later we were
Review: nEuROTIC
In nEuROTIC, John Cuneo focuses on just that in his work: the sexual, the erotic. His style is a perversely humorous, other-wordly and an exotic sketchbook that aptly illustrates the connection between human sexuality and the surreal. … read more
Review: Krazy & Ignatz 1939–1940: A Brick Stuffed with Moom-Bims
Krazy & Ignatz 1939–1940: A Brick Stuffed with Moom-Bims George Herriman Fantagraphic Books Street: 03.28 E.E. Cummings was a big fan; Michael Stipe of R.E.M. has a tattoo of the crazy couple and famed cartonists Will Eisner and Bill Watterson both cite Krazy Kat as an influence on their work. It is rare that an
Review: African Psycho
African Psycho Alain Mabanckou Soft Skull Press Street: 03.01 The story of Gregoire Nakobomayo, a would-be serial killer, had the potential to be good. Sadly, African Psycho falls flat. Gregoire’s character lacks depth. He wants to carry out the legacy of his idol, the accomplished serial killer, Angoualime, but the story goes no farther to
John Peter Lewis
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
This is the Place: American Fork Skate Park
Wow, for once the above phrase “This is the Place” has relevance in Utah other than the pristine nature our state holds within its borders. American Fork Skate Park is now Utah’s best-poured concrete marvel. I’m not sure who designed the park or for that fact who built it. I do know that they did
Skate Product Reviews – May 2007
Reviews for Adidas Skate Shoes and Satori Movement Wheels. … read more
Random News From the Skate World – May 2007
Hell yeah, spring is here. The sun is shining and it’s nice to just be alive. Skateboarding is still making the world go around, maybe not, but at least skating makes the dogs bark and bite though. Some things will never change. If you haven’t heard, Adam Dyet is the fucking man. He took home thirty
Jordan Williams
Jordan Williams, one of the up and coming skateboarders of Salt Lake, is making a scene on and off his seven ply maple deck. An avid golfer and bowler, Jordan is a talented young individual who is going places in this world and he’s not even old enough to drink. I sat down and chatted
