February 2013
Book Reviews
Bond On Set: Filming Skyfall by Greg Williams, Erik Parker: Colorful Resistance by Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Iron Maiden: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of the Beast by Neil Daniels and The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard are reviewed this month. … read more
SLUG Mag’s Oscar Ballot
My cinema geek friends and I have a ritual to compete against each other on Oscars Night to see who can correctly predict more winners from the nominations ballot. This year, I want to open the challenge to all of SLUG’s readers to see if you can take top honors! Be sure to check out the 85th Academy Awards on Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. MST on ABC! … read more
Beer Reviews 2/13
Now that we’re into February, we can finally start putting all of those heavy, spicy holiday beers into our cellars and pray they won’t become chunky, oxidized messes come next November. Now is the time we get to gear up for the early-spring beer releases: ales and lagers that are sturdy, fruity and light. We have three very different beers for February. One is a classic style, another a hybrid and the last is unique and completely new. … read more
Summer in the Winter: Words with Logan Summers
The origin of Logan Summers’ skate career isn’t typical. He got his first skateboard for his birthday when he was about 7, only to let it collect dust for another year or so. Then, for no reason that he could recall, he picked it back up, telling me, “I kinda did it on my own, for the most part. I didn’t really have any friends that [skated].” Now, kid is prolific, skating in national amateur competitions like the Damn Ams and Tampa Am, and wrangling big sponsorships. … read more
Beautiful Godzilla: I Am Not an Athlete
Yes, people, I signed up for OKCupid, the online-dating website. Since I spend a decent amount of time on a bicycle and/or organizing bicycle events (and writing a column about bicycles), that’s obviously something I added to the interests portion of my profile. After getting a handful of messages from “granola” types whose profiles lauded cringe-inducing key words like “hiking,” “climbing,” “camping” and “outdoors,” I realized I was inaccurately marketing myself as athletic. … read more
Gallery Stroll: Five Lessons For Loving Art
You’ve heard the cliché: “If you love it, set it free.” Well, that really doesn’t apply to loving art. … read more
Dear Dickheads – February 2013
Dear Dickheads,
I’m currently dating a local musician. I’ve always had a personal rule to stay away from them, but this one was too cute to resist. I was wondering if you might have some advice on how to avoid the usual things that come with a relationship with a “rock star.” … read more
