For my SLUG article this month, I talked the editors into letting me use Burroughs’s cut up method. So if this article doesn’t make any sense to you, drop some acid and read it again. Trust me, it will work. … read more
Colt Bowden has a deep, throbbing relationship with his skateboard. When asked what motivates his raw-dog approach, he said, “The push.” When he grabs his wood and throws down, you can tell he’s putting passion into every thrust he musters. Bowden likens skateboarding to jazz music. He’s most happy when improvisational poetry is coming out on the streets. Bowden tells me that he is intensely familiar with every crack on his block, and penetrates them often during daily rides. … read more
Dan called me up and told me about a 40-stair straight rail he wanted to do in Salt Lake and I couldn’t for the life of me think of where one of those would be. Every rail in this town has been mapped out and sessioned heavily over the years. Having only lived here a few years, Dan sees things through fresh eyes. That, and he’s one determined dude when it comes to making stuff happen. … read more
Leia Bell and Phil Sherburne’s house is the epitome of simple, artistic comfort. Framed prints decorate the walls and two large, loving dogs are the perfect welcoming party. Seated at their table for four, Bell and Sherburne share the beginning of their local poster and frame shop, Signed & Numbered, currently located under Slowtrain, and what’s in store for their relocation into two new locations, opening up early 2010. … read more
Whether you are in the market for a new piercing, stretching an existing piercing or picking up some new jewelry, KOI Piercing can help.
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With a mutual love for music, Brent and Brad Barker decided to start a band together, a band named Victims Willing.
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The GZA, also known as the Genius, is one of the great veterans of hip hop. In 1995 his album Liquid Swords was named one of Source Magazine’s 100 greatest hip hop albums of all time. After all the hard work and time he has put into his music, he still constantly raises the bar for himself and for everyone around him, proving why he and the Wu Tang Clan are still as strong and dangerous as ever.
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Acceptance, self-discovery, and ignoring outer and inner detractors are the primary lessons Avenue Q invites its audience to consider. … read more
Located right at the racy hip of State Street, Little World sits like an old buckle on the belt of the city’s tenderloin. Dependable, delicious, and so defiantly small that they even keep the entrance to the wash closets outside. For more than a decade, Little World’s run-down atmosphere and unpretentious, dependably homey Chinese food has attracted big city refugees from both coasts. Recently given a makeover, the cafe’s signature ambiance has been replaced with a newly painted and spiffy atmosphere. … read more
There is an innate assumption that punk rock is nothing more than a phase in most people’s lives. If you’re still rocking a Subhumans back patch or maintaining a NOFX vinyl collection past the age of 21, people will think you’re weird–and not even the good kind of punk rock weird. Strike Anywhere is different. Ten years after their formation, they’ve kept their energy, anger and, most importantly, their integrity. … read more
The first time I heard RJD2 (RJ Krohn), I was at a party for the radio station where I worked as a DJ, and I wasn’t wearing any pants. The soon-to-be-ridiculously-ubiquitous single “Ghostwriter” off his Deadringer LP came over the speakers through the crowd of pantsless folk with its infectious horn lines and I could not cease my boxered booty from shaking. After going in a new, more self-reliant direction in 2007 with his last release, The Third Hand, he’s blasting back onto the scene with his newest, The Colossus. … read more
One thing you’ll quickly learn about the Princess Kennedy is that I wear my life on my Dolman sleeve. Since I’m so honest, it really gets my tucker bunched when judgmental people come in and twist others and my business into completely untrue stories. I feel it necessary to pass on a tale of one friend’s fight for sobriety, to share just a little of what someone might go through in a struggle to simply stay alive. … read more
