Skateboard Update List

Skateboard Update List
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The Salt Lake Tribune will be reporting on skateboarding and other action sports in the near future. May God have mercy on all of our souls. … 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

Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood: True Tales of an SLC Cabbie

Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood: True Tales...
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Note: All names of persons have been changed So I had had a decent 10 and a half hours of driving, money-wise and otherwise, and I was seriously considering cutting out before the final 2 a.m. bar rush. It was, after all, my fourth night in a row of working. I was cruising around on

Books Aloud – July 2005

Books Aloud – July 2005
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Reviews of Destroying Yourself is Too Accessible, Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization and the graphic novel Locas: The Maggie And Hopey Stories. … read more

Dear Dickheads – July 2005

Dear Dickheads – July 2005
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The only good part of your letter was the reference to Satan’s fires, but I doubt you even have the capability to see the coolness factor in that. … read more

Letts go to the movies: An Interview with Punk Filmmaker Don Letts

Letts go to the movies: An Interview with Punk Filmmaker...
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The inimitable Don Letts is definitely an underrated figure in the history of the punk rock movement. In addition to having filmed a handful of full-length films and documentaries and over 300 music videos for seminal bands like The Clash, PiL and more unlikely outfits like Ratt and the Gap Band, Don was also a

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

Review: Just Before Now: Sketchbook Drawings

Review: Just Before Now: Sketchbook Drawings
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Just Before Now “is filled with selected drawings from six different sketchbooks during the time of March oh three to April oh four” (back liner note). … read more

Review: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding

Review: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding
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25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding is an appropriate subtitle, since Indy has been around to document the sport from the first plank with wheels to progressed into skatin’. … read more

Review: Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane’s Addiction

Review: Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane’s...
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In Whores, Brendan Mullen has compiled over 300 pages of quotes from just about everybody who was ever associated with Jane’s (including the members), … read more

Dear Dickheads – June 2005

Dear Dickheads – June 2005
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Dear Dickheads, I hate how you guys think your so cool and the shit and everyone licks your boots and like your the king of Salt Lake or some shit like that. … read more

Calling All Bats: SLC’s Dark Arts Festival Celebrates Five Years

Calling All Bats: SLC’s Dark Arts Festival Celebrates Five Years
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What Started Out as a Farfetched Dream among a few Club-going, Eyeliner-wearing-aspiring Sideshow Freaks has become an Annual Event Worth Ripping Off. … read more