August 2008
Alternatively Wired: A 10-Year Anniversary Celebration of Area 51
Alan Moss isn’t typical, and his club, Area 51, isn’t run-of-the-mill either. It is somewhat surprising to learn that Area 51 is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Area 51 has stuck to alternative and ’80s music and has been there to rescue goth/industrial patrons when they found themselves marooned without a venue. … read more
Pomp and Circumstance: SLC Pomp Brings Salt Lake Into Focus
One would be hard-pressed to find morefunctional friends with benefits than fashionand blogging�the constant flow of a widevariety of looks and styles from around theworld are closely monitored and documentedby a tight group of well-known fashion blogs.Both are universally criticized, and allow for theproliferation of terribly misguided creativity. … read more
At Home With The Ghosts
The Midwest Paranormal Conference as a Forum for Paranormal Investigation … read more
Localized: Reviver, Pilot This Plane Down and Nine Worlds –...
Get your black t-shirt ready, August 8th’s Localized is going to be a plague-driven experimental metal fest. Reviver will open and Pilot This Plane Down and Nine Worlds will make sure that no ones leaves without transcending space or time. … read more
What a Splendid Morning for Zombie Stroll
What Sunday street spectacle would creep out a Salt LakeCity resident�more than any other? If you said “a gaypride parade” then you probably think that a gun rack isan essential car accessory and you’re voting for McCain.Speaking of pasty-faced people who speak incoherentlyand walk stiffly, want to know what would really freak meout? … read more
Ample Fire Within: An interview with ASCEND
Greg Anderson, mad scientist behind such projects as Goatsnakeand SunnO))), has a history with SLUG Magazine. “I picked upa copy of the SLUG sometime in 1998 while I was on tour,” saysAnderson, “and the issue I got just happened to have a reviewof Sleep’s Jerusalem release.” The reviewer not only trashed therecord, but caused Anderson’s jealousy to flare up. … read more
s a former vegetarian of 12 years (the last four as a pescatarian), Iam still reveling in my recent return to the land of carnivores. Everymenu has become a wonderland of murderous choices. Aside fromthe occasional fine dining spot and ghetto ethnic hole in the wall, mostof the meat I eat is a little disappointing. The chicken too dry, the beeftoo tough or just plain flavorless and pork that tastes rancid. … read more
Mike Brown: The Girl’s Room
I got a new job working the door at a local club. I won’t say which clubbecause it’s really messy in there and a health inspector could be readingthis. I’ll just say it’s more of a venue than a bar, gets loud and sweaty onthe weekends, and has some of the fastest bartenders in the west. If youorder a Kamikaze there, the barkeep is done making it by the time youfinish saying the word “Kamikaze.” … read more
Inversion Trawler: MURGATROID, THE DISEMBODIED FLAPPER – August 2008
Apparently we’ve got ourselves a spirit guide of sorts. Aunt Leona brought us the news in full dramatic Leona-excito-flutter. Her white Chrysler Le Baron convertible screeched to a halt in front of our house, and we heard the rapid and distinctive click-click-click of her open-toed heels along our front walk as she hurried to our front door. Boo and I were sitting in our side garden, just out of view of the front walk, so I called out, “Ahoy there Aunt Leona.” … read more
DVD Reviews – August 2008
Although the beloved 337 building was torn down months ago, fans of the project can relive the experience while watching Afterimage: The Art of 337. … read more
Books Aloud – August 2008
Books reviewed by the braniacs @ SLUG Magazine. … read more
National CD Reviews – August 2008
SLUG Reviews albums from Aesop Rock, APSE, Bleed The Sky, Disturbed, The Gaslight Anthem, Jex Thoth, Kathy Griffin, Whitechapel and many more! Aesop Rock None Shall Pass Instrumentals & Acapellas Definitive Jux Street: 06.02 Aesop Rock = Blockhead + The Dead Poets Society This project came to be as a re-release of Aesop’s bangin’ album
