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Grabbing the Kat by the Tail: Koffin Kats Interview
Anyone who’s seen the Koffin Kats live will tell you that they are fueled by sweat and blood and that they put everything they can of themselves on stage. It’s intense, it’s keyed up to 11 and they have no other setting than balls to the wall. … read more
Speed Date with an Expert @ The Natural History Museum...
If all speed dates had 14-minute intervals between partners, the speed dating industry would have collapsed on its awkward head long ago. However, The Natural History Museum of Utah has filled these deafening and potentially desperate minutes with its own spin on the “get to know you” franchise by adding wonderfully brilliant people you actually want to hear from. … read more
Love Utah Give Utah: One Day, Hundreds of Non-Profits and...
If you have ever worked for a nonprofit organization, you know what it is like to scrape by and fight for something that you believe in—something that may not benefit you, but will be a great service to others. … read more
Utah Arts Festival: Masquerade Party
The Masquerade Party is an annual fundraising event for the local festival with dancing, drinking and just-for-fun gambling with a Mardi Gras theme. The crowd donned elaborate masks, ranging from robots to fancy jackalopes. … read more
Behemoth Tour Through SLC: Towards (Modern) Babylon
Nergal’s “disturbance” was more like “kicking ass without worrying about taking names later.” Along with Cannibal Corpse, Aeon and Tribulation, Behemoth put on one of the best shows in recent memory. Now, do yourself a favor and listen to the entire Behemoth discography on repeat, lest you risk missing out on some of the best music ever created. … read more
Julie N. Xiety: 07.08.94 – 01.23.15
Julie touched countless, endless souls. Through time here and now there, any, everywhere … together yet we are here. … read more
Kyle Trammell aka Tyler Mackmell
Kyle Trammell aka Tyler Mackmell: Jan. 10, 1989 — Jan. 2015
StartSLC 2015 @ The Gateway 1.29-31
Utah’s startup community gathered for startSLC, Utah’s largest grassroots startup festival. The event attracted hackers, designers, videographers, bloggers, entrepreneurs and CEOs. … read more
Andrea Unchained: The Laurie Holden Panel
The panel, beyond the talk about Holden’s human rights work (which was the best and last part of the panel), mostly focused on Andrea, the similarities between the actress and the character, and the show, and its tight-knit cast, overall. … read more
A Shadow in the Relationship
Though I have to ask myself what on earth, heaven or hell can raise me from my crypt this early on a January morning, I am keenly reminded by the adventure I am about to embark on that blends Almost Famous and A Hard Day’s Night into a 12-hour-plus extravaganza. … read more
Lemuria at Kilby Court 12.08 with Into It. Over It.,...
I’m smoking by the fire and staring, just trying to figure out if that guy with the beard and the glasses behind the merch table is part of one of the bands, but it’s hard to distinguish someone if you’ve never seen them on stage before. … read more
