A psychotic candyland full of glam glitz, trashy pop, new wave, post-everything, retrofuturisms and distorted beauty
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Glitter Gutter Trash – October 2005
The Partners Program: AR+T
The Partners Program, sponsored by Art Access, pairs up aspiring adult artists with disabilities with a professional local artist for a one-on-one mentoring program. … read more
Deathpunk, Dizaster, and Rockets of the Ass: An Interview with Turbonegro
Turbonegro is the epitome of all that could go wrong with a musical entity. In the beginning, these Norwegian superheroes started just like any band. … read more
Mark E. Smith: Talking about The Fall
Mark E. Smith is The Fall. There’s been more than 30 band members over the years, but he has been the constant in the release of nearly an album a year since 1979. Many of them are brilliant, including the recent Fall Heads Roll, which seems to hearken back to the rawness of the band’s
Jingle Jangle Holiday Stroll: Santa’s Handmade Art
I struggle with change, just when I think I’m adjusting to the change, things change again! For instance Gallery Stroll has been held on the third Friday or the month for over 22 years. The Holiday Stroll has always been held the first Friday and Saturday of December. It was a little confusing but just
Gallery Stroll: Art Access – May 2006
If you are like most people, you feel that art is slightly out of your reach. The cost of living today doesn’t afford you the luxury of owning art. Artwork doesn’t have to be stuffy or expensive; it’s actually available in many capacities all around this valley. The Salt Lake City Gallery Stroll has been
No Booze, No Freaking and No Fun At All: Studio 600 the Scariest Club in Town
Dance clubs and bars are all the same, no matter what town you’re in. The same characters reside there; the loud drunk girl that just broke up with her boyfriend and is aching for a rebound; the regular patrons that sit at the bar for hours after they got off work and the just 21+
The 801 Sons: a Hip-Hopagraphy
When you think of Ogden, Utah you probably don’t usually think of hip-hop, gangsters or any other such radical social configurations. But one of O-town’s best kept secrets is that gangsters, such as Al Capone, ran drug cartels, prostitution rings and bootlegging operations out of our sister city to the North. From these auspicious beginnings,
Dreamin’ the Blues: Bad Brad Wheeler and his Harmonica Army
“Everyone has a story about the harmonica,” says Bad Brad Wheeler of the Legendary Porch Pounders. Bad Brad’s story about his harmonica started when he was 18 years of age on a dare. He was at a keg party in Ogden, where he currently lives, when someone dared him to play the harmonica. Seventeen years
Modus Operandi – 4 Industrial Album Reviews
As if the Halloween festivities are not enough, October 2005 will go down in history for having the most goth/industrial shows in a single month in the SLC. Wednesday, Oct. 12, Metropolis act Mindless Self Indulgence stops at the Lo-Fi Café on their You’ll Rebel to Anything Tour. SLUG’s Localized will showcase Die Monster Die
Local Reviews: Nolens Volens — I’m Sad Your Living
Tribal atmospheric drumming melts into NYC Ghosts and Flowers Sonic Youth wavering guitar-picking, bright as a daisy growing between a crack in a disgusting city street in the opening track, “Jon Bytheway is Actually Satan” … read more
Local Reviews: King Tree — Chasing Ghosts
Oh my gosh! Sevenstringbassfreak is a member of King Tree! When they signed up to Violet Run’s myspace page, we were like, who the hell is this? But added him anyway because we wanted to have more than 23 friends. … read more
