Chuck Berrett is one of SLUG’s most knowledgeable writers, bringing to the table his prodigious resevoir of metal know-how with his in-depth indie-rock sensibilities. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Chuck Berrett
Review: THE WORLD’S EMBRACE: SELECTED POEMS – ABDELLATIF LAABI
THE WORLD’S EMBRACE: SELECTED POEMS ABDELLATIF LAABI City Lights Books Street: 02.01.03 Every once in a while, you encounter an unfortunate soul who tries to sell you on literature’s primary (only to the far right-wingers) purpose—the conveyance of beauty. If said people possess any respect for world literature, they will find Essential Rumi on the Barnes
Review: AVANT ROCK: EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM THE BEATLES TO BJÖRK
AVANT ROCK: EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM THE BEATLES TO BJÖRK BILL MARTIN Open Court Publishing Street: 02.01.00 Bill Martin is a bass player and a philosophy professor at DePaul University who examines the “way out” music of the past 50 years and tries to put in theoretical frame-work using the thoughts of intellectual heavies such as
Review: Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side: The Stories Behind the Classic Songs
Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side: The Stories Behind the Classic Songs Chris Roberts Carlton Books Ltd Street: 10.01.04 This is the quintessential rocker coffee table book. It’s basically unbearable to read from cover to cover, but is delightful in snippets. Walk on the Wild Side is a play-by-play interpretation of literally everything
National Music Reviews March 2005
Local Reviews February 2005
Dear Dickheads – April 2005
SLUG Magazine parties too hard and get’s yelled at by an employee of Area 51. … read more
Guitar Wolf Eulogy
Guitar Wolf Eulogy (An e-mail from Billy Nord from Narnack Records) It’s with deep and saddest regret to announce this latest news. Last night (3/30) Billy, aka Bass Wolf, passed away of natural causes. He was 38. The band had just returned from their month-long US tour, and fortunately Billy did get to spend
Katchup – April 2005
It’s that time of year, the days are getting longer and the snow is melting…wait, it’s still puking snow when the rest of the country is shutting down production and pulling out golf clubs. There still might be more snow than in 20 years at this time, but resorts are still shutting down the party due to their lease agreement and people staying home to work on their summer tans. … read more
Gallery Stroll – April 2005
The Salt Lake Arts Center’s latest exhibit, The Daily News (on display until June 1) posed the question, “What kind of imprint has the printed world made on you?” In addition, they explore the question, what do you do with the news when it’s not new anymore? This show is so intelligent and imaginative you, too, may be inspired to look at the old news in a new way! … read more
Bellydancing – April 2005
Midnight Mirage doesn’t fit into a box of ideas on how belly dancing should be performed. We took our ideas, our experiences and our dreams and with the core technique of belly dancing, created what we wanted to do. Diversity is what makes life, art and dance interesting. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Jeff Fogt
Jeff Fogt is but wee sprite in terms of how long he’s worked for SLUG, but his poignant wit, no-shit insight and truly eclectic ears have earned him a subsequent, nearly-mortal workload of CD reviews, which he has handled with grit, grace and clock-like punctuality. … read more
