vicdic66@hotmail.com Note: All names of persons have been changed So I had had a decent 10 and a half hours of driving, money-wise and otherwise, and I was seriously considering cutting out before the final 2 a.m. bar rush. It was, after all, my fourth night in a row of working. I was cruising around
Butcher’s Block – July 2005
Alright, bitches and bitchettes, listen up. I want to tell you, I am not going to Ozzfest, mainly because I can’t fucking stand Ozzy or Sabbath. I can hear the roars of disapproval already! But so what. I’m the guy writing this column, not you. I’m more metal than an I-beam falling onto an armored
Modus Operandi – July
Reviews of Haujobb, Mind.in.a.Box, Twilight Transmissions and more! [Mind.in.a.Box]Haujobb Verical Mixes Metropolis Records Street: 05.17 The 2003 release ofVertical Theory never got quite the attention it deserved, but maybe with some killer remixes from musicians like Glis, Seabound and Asche, Haujobb will be hitting the CD decks the way they did in the
Glitter Gutter Trash – July 2005
(A psychotic candyland full of glam glitz, trashy pop, new wave, post-everything, retrofuturisms and distorted beauty) Reviews of The Warlocks’s latest, Mice Parade, Vox Vermillion and more!! [The Warlocks]If you were lucky enough to arrive early and catch She Wants Revenge open up for the Bloc Party show you already know that they
Contributor Limelight: Mariah Mann-Mellus
SLUG’s favorite party girl, Mariah Mann-Mellus, is the delightful, ever-effervescent, resourceful personality and motivating force behind almost every one of SLUG’s world-changing skatebaording and snowboarding events. … read more
Gallery Stroll – August 2005
Gallery Stroll is a changing of the guards if you will—the time when the last month’s show becomes a thing of the past and the shinny new art. … read more
Whacktastic Skateboard Antics and The Morning News
I reminded her that she was skateboarding outside of her abilities and she ended the broadcast by saying, “That was whacktastic!” Whacktastic indeed. … read more
Suicide: A Crappy Troma Movie
If you are truly sick enough in the brain that you want to see people dying, skip this movie and rent Faces of Death or just log on to the good ol’ Internet. … read more
Skateboard Update List
The Salt Lake Tribune will be reporting on skateboarding and other action sports in the near future. May God have mercy on all of our souls. … read more
Soccer Dad and the People in Your Neighborhood: True Tales of an SLC Cabbie
I was thus hiding out in my third-story apartment with my central air watching Azteca America (“Es tu casa”) with the sound off, listening to the Sonic Youth, “Daydream Nation.” … read more
Off to See the Wizard: Ozzfest’s Bury Your Dead and Trivium Gear Up to Spellbind
After 10 years of avoiding Salt Lake City, Ozzfest finally brings its extravagant headbanging musical tour to Utah. … read more
Va Va Va Voom: The Fluffgirls are Coming to Town
When I get a hold of the founder of The Fluffgirl Burlesque Society, she’s putting the finishing touches on some outfits for their upcoming tour, which will include a stop at our own Burt’s Tiki Lounge. … read more