Issues: Issue 298 - October 2013
Dear Dickheads – October 2013
I don’t know if you know this … but goth is actually (gasp!) the COOL thing right now! The 20-something hipsters have been all over this shit—the TRVST show packed Urban, and industrial robot/man Author & Punisher made a full-house crowd his BITCH at Bar Deluxe earlier this year. Where were YOU? … read more
Product Reviews
Product reviews for etnies shoes and hat, Fishpond guide pack, La Siesta hammock, Toogumshow hat and other goodies, and Linskys smart wi-fi. … read more
Beer Reviews
Beer reviews for Hoppers Stein Knocker, Bohemian Oktoberfesrt and Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen. … read more
Video Game Reviews
Video game reviews for Dragon’s Crown, Mario and Luigi: Dream Team and Shadowrun Returns. … read more
Book Reviews
Reviews for Assimilate: A Critical History Of Industrial Music, People of the Bear Mother: Periplus of the Sea of Souls Book One and Sugar House Review #8. … read more
Movie Reviews
Movie reviews for Behind The Candelabra, Don Jon, Muscle Shoals, Rockin’ Reverend, Riddick and Rush. … read more
DVD Reviews
Review for Revolution: The Complete First Season. … read more
And So I Watch You From Afar: Young Brave Minds
On Oct. 13, 2010, I meandered into The Basement in Ogden and was greeted by thunderous drumming, huge riffs and four Irish maniacs throwing themselves around the stage with their instruments. I discovered that the band was And So I Watch You From Afar, and I have been a huge fan of theirs ever since. The band will return to Utah on Oct. 15 as part of the Sargent House Tour, and SLUG spoke with drummer Christopher Wee in anticipation of the performance. … read more
Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt: Jet Pack Meets Patty The Psychic
Jet Pack’s birthday is this month, so I thought it would be cool to get him a pet psychic reading to see what he would like for his birthday, and pick his brain about some other things, like why he’s been barfing so much lately and where he poops. … read more
Halloween is Ruined: Performance Life with Klaus von Austerlitz
Halloween is ruined. Its most treasured sensibilities are under attack. Goths have turned the occult into ridiculous camp and queers have turned ridiculous camp into a cult. So, if Oct. 31 is the only day of the 365 that you’d think of dressing yourself up outrageously, you might be a lamebrain. For local performance artist Klaus von Austerlitz, every costume is a performance, and every performance a carefully constructed vessel of artistry and social critique. … read more