January 2015
Winter Hues: January’s Gallery Stroll
For January’s Gallery Stroll, go remind yourself that winter is a season and not a state of mind.
SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Taylor Green
These photos are the result of three trips to the library, two (and a half) broken boards and a lot of skin and blood from Taylor Green’s back.
Plated In Gold: The Strongest Man at Sundance
Beef (Robert “Meatball” Lorie) and Conan (Paul Chamberlain) are best friends who gracelessly and humorously carry out a Don Quixote and Sancho Panza–style journey in The Strongest Man, a 2015 Sundance film in the “NEXT” section. “I think I have a hard time not putting some comedy in there,” says Kenny Riches, the film’s writer and director.
Guy Harding: The Brains Behind The Brew
If you’ve been to Nobrow Coffee Werks or Publik Coffee Roasters, you may have noticed their dutiful baristas brewing your coffee with a machine that looks like it was pilfered from the lab of a mad scientist. Have no fear, citizens—you are merely gazing upon what could very well be the future of coffee brewing as we know it.
20 Years of Madness: A Meeting of Minds with Filmmakers...
In the ’90s, a group of friends in Michigan decided to get serious about film and took to their local public-access studio to capture what were then landmark documents in adolescent hijinks. The show, appropriately called 30 Minutes of Madness, aired 13 episodes composed of visually and, at times, conceptually cohesive comedy skits. However, it eventually met its end, and took with it the film aspirations of most of the cast.
Artisan or Perfection: Alpha Dominche Steampunk
The Steampunk may initially seem like the nail in every barista’s reclaimed-wood coffin—what will we all do, if not stand and pour water into a French press, AeroPress or Chemex? Perez, though, sees the Steampunk as a tool for baristas to achieve brewing excellence.
SPONSORED
Tosh’s Ramen
Tosh’s Ramen is a church to worshippers of a passing time, where secrets are revealed in bowl after steaming bowl of flesh, water and wheat. The keeper of the flavor’s secret, Toshio Sekikawa, holds his congregation in thrall.
Localized: Merchant Royal and Big Wild Wings
January’s Localized starts our new year off with the classic rock lineup of Merchant Royal and Big Wild Wings, two of our fair town’s lovely femme-fronted projects. The evening gets an extra dash of feminine mystique with Night Wings opening the night.
I Am Thor: King of Muscle Rock
Thor is bending steel bars in his teeth, still standing as a testament to the resilient spirit of rock n’ roll.
January 2015 Local Music Reviews
Local reviews for Cowboyboy, Deathead, Fossil Arms, I’m Designer, Max Pain & The Groovies, MiNX, Mooninite, The No-Nation Orchestra, Robyn Cage, Storms, Velerie Rose Sterrett, Visigoth and more.
January 2015 National Music Reviews
National album reviews for Apex Twin, Benjamin Finger, The Black Witch, Faded Ranger, The Foreign Resort, Future Sounds, The Gary, KMFDM, Leonard Cohen, Mecca Normal, Morbosaidad, Niel Young, Pompeii, Stockholm Monsters, Todd Tobias, Usnea, Wilco, Young Ejecta and more.
Book Reviews
Book review for The Auteur, City: The Mind in the Machine, Ciudad, The Collector, The Complete Far Side, 33 1/3, I’m The Man, list, The Observable Characteristics of Organisms: Stories, Porndance, Robocop Vol 3, Ruth’s Journey, The Sixth Gun: Book 7, Tag: Deluxe Edition Hardcover, Talent: Deluxe Edition, This Changes Everything and Wildfire
