September 2017
Sri Whipple's surreal style resonated with our September Local Food Issue planning, and he has enlivened the notion of food on the page. Whipple channeled fond memories of his grandmother's busy kitchen to create this illustration—he recalls people connected by food and meals. "Maybe we need to get together and eat some good food more often," he says.
Review: Cult of the Psychic Fetus – Self-titled
Cult Of The Psychic Fetus= The Cramps + Bobby “Boris” Pickett + The Moontrekkers … read more
Review: Chad VanGaalen – Light Information
Chad VanGaalen = Wolf Parade + Guided by Voices + Neil Young … read more
Review: Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun
Chelsea Wolfe = Susanne Sundfør + Darkher + The Soft Moon … read more
Review: Apollo Brown & Planet Asia – Anchovies
Apollo Brown & Planet Asia = Sean Price + Statik Selektah … read more
Review: Alvvays – Antisocialites
Alvvays = The Pains of Being Pure at Heart + Courtney Barnett … read more
Review: Alex Cameron – Forced Witness
Alex Cameron = Marc Cohn + Charles Bukowski … read more
Gotta Get You Back to You: Tori Amos’ Native Invader
The political stance on Native Invader recalls 2007’s fiery American Doll Posse, especially its pointed political songs “Yo George,” “Code Red” and “Posse Bonus.” … read more
Film Review: mother!
Despite the more literal aspects of its storyline and the parallels to Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, mother! isn’t entirely centered on Mother’s pregnancy. … read more
Film Review: Menashe
Upon watching Joshua Weinstein’s Sundance Film Festival selection Menashe, it was clear just how little I really knew about Hasidic Judaism. … read more
Creature Feature: Kay Bye
Originally from sunny Southern California, Samuel Mckitty, aka Kay Bye, like her name might imply, is a sassy queen full of attitude and cartoon glamour. … read more
SLUG Style: Gerda Saunders
Gerda Saunders is a retired educator and was formerly Associate Director of the Gender Studies program at the University of Utah. … read more
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Cultivating Resilience: Wasatch Community Garden’s GREEN TEAM Farm
The mission of the GREEN TEAM was threefold: to support permanent housing and work for homeless women, to provide produce to Head Start—a program to give quality food to local schools—and to cultivate a shared community space that would thrive in an oft ignored area of the city. … read more
