With the changing of the leaves and the brisk fall air, something begins to happen. And with this comes the return of the epic house party! House Party season correlates well with football season. And since I hate football, I’m gonna write about some stupid shit I’ve done at other people’s houses over the years. … read more
The official Salt Lake Gallery Stroll takes place the third Friday of each month with extended gallery hours until the late evening. Never one to conform, SLUG brings you the highbrow and lowbrow art happenings across the valley all month long. … read more
I started looking over my cheaply printed placemat, and to my utter shock saw what they called “The Rockstar Menu.” On this list of grody food, I found Hoobastank HOOBURRITOS! WHAT THE FUCK? HOOBURRITOS!? … read more
Reviews of products from FRESH, Bacon, Zagg, Keen Footwear, Tagur and The Shred Sled. Check It! … read more
Reviews of local zines A Thousand False Starts, Life Savings, Sofa King and Women, Duh! … read more
Some of the best drinking holidays happen to occur this month––Oktoberfest and Halloween (pagan version please) being the most noteworthy. So I ask of you, please do your part and make this state all the more intoxicated. … read more
Reviews of national music, including new releases from The Black Dahlia Murder, Converge, The Entrance Band, Exene Cervenka, Health, Karl Blau, Liturgy, Mew, Pissed Jeans, Thrice, The Twilight Sad and many more. … read more
Reviews of recently released films, including 9, Big Fan, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Extract, The Informant and Jennifer’s Body, as well as DVD and Blu-Ray reviews. … read more
Reviews of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta and Wolfenstein … read more
I spy with my little eye a SLUG photographer whose name appears on nearly every other page in October’s issue of SLUG. We’ve kept David Newkirk busy shooting portraits of Sister Dottie Dixion, various studio engineers, ad images and everything in between. … read more
Vancouver illustrator/cartoonist Ted Dave first conceived Buy Nothing Day in 1992. According to him, the idea occurred while working a routine 40-hour-a-week job in a downtown Vancouver office. “I was coming away at the end of the day and saying, ‘oh my god I just spent ten dollars on coffee and muffins again. What’s the matter with me?'” … read more
The concept for Odeus started with Alex Lemons skating in the mid 80s when the only board options were a plastic banana board or a Powell Peralta. The banana boards were poor quality and the Peralta was expensive. “There was no in-between option. I was going to be the guy that made that third option.” … read more
