SK801 started about six years ago on a trip to Denver. There was a video contest going on and all the kids wanted to be a part of, but they needed a crew name to enter. Nobody can really say who came up with it, but SK801 was the one that stuck. By the next summer the first SK801 video had dropped. After forming an LLC 7 months ago, and with the concept of having a free park for the community that was supported by a shop instilled in their minds, they started hunting for a space. … read more
Localized Righteous Audio Werks, Seven Feathers Rainwater
This month’s Localized features the dub reggae band Righteous Audio Werks and the exploratory soundscapes of Seven Feathers Rainwater, along with openers It Foot, It Ears. Come check it out on Friday, Jan. 14 at Urban Lounge for only $5. … read more
A Portrait of a Punk Rock Powerhouse
The early ‘90s in Berkeley, California has become a special time in music history. For Marian Anderson, lead singer of The Insaints and the subject of Lilly Scourtis Ayers’ upcoming documentary, Last Fast Ride, the community of 924 Gilman Street offered temporary comfort, support and a place to play. “Marian was the most extreme example of a troubled kid who found a family through music. The band’s sound was definitely a product of its place and time,” says Ayers. … read more
The Screen as a Campfire: Salt Lake Film Society�s Conversation Through Film
Shortly after I introduce myself to Tori Baker, executive director of the Salt Lake Film Society, she introduces me to the members of the staff. Next, she introduces me to the concessions workers. She familiarizes me with the equipment in the Broadway Centre Cinemas, the SLFS offices and Broadway’s lobby. She introduces me to a space in which I can converse with others about the medium of film and identify the significance of film within our Salt Lake community. … read more
Cinema Franca: Salt Lake City Film Center�s Quest to Bring Together Diverse Communities Through the Language of Film
The Salt Lake City Film Center is committed to “building community through the power of film.” They do this by exposing Salt Lake City to films that it would rarely get to see any other way. The SLFC accomplishes this by screening films that have little or no theatrical distribution. Most of these screenings are free and are designed to bring Salt Lake City’s various populations into conversation with one another by showing films from a variety of voices. … read more
Salt Lake City Film Festival: No Off Season
While most people’s attention will be turned towards Park City this January, the organizers of the Salt Lake City Film Festival will be hard at work putting together the third installment of their annual event. Even though this year’s festival doesn’t take place until the end of August, the organizers have been busy expanding their brand and planning for the future, and on December 16, the SLCFF celebrated the opening of submissions for the 2011 festival. … read more
Across the Wire: An Interview with Colin Newman and Graham Lewis
Over three decades ago, the legendary art-punk band Wire released their debut album Pink Flag. By the mid-90s, the band once consisting of frontman Colin Newman, bassist Graham Lewis, drummer Robert Grey and guitarist Bruce Gilbert had broken up, pursued solo projects and reunited, only to break up again. Eventually, they faded into obscurity. Their music, however, left a mark inspiring a whole new generation of bands In 1999 the band reformed for good—and with a vengeance. … read more
The Walking Battleground of Rape: Voices of Survivors
Shocking, emotional, heartbreaking, but most of all, empowering, Jane tells her story of being sexually abused from the age of two in the recent community art project, Voices: Stories From Survivors of Sexual Violence. This unique audio/visual installation created by sisters Liz and Sarah Coleman in partnership with The Rape Recovery Center features recorded stories of ten survivors of sexual violence compiled in a beautiful work of art. … read more
Psychopathia Universalis: Spring Awakening Comes to Utah
Bygones are never really bygones. Whether recalling a previous era or an earlier stage in life, we need the past in order to gauge who we are now. Where do we come from, how far have we come and how have we changed? Could our lives have been otherwise? We all ask these questions. Or so claims Courtney Markowitz, star of Spring Awakening, a rock musical soon to hit Utah. She says the show explores “the results of what happens when such questions are not answered.” … read more
Photo Feature: Justin Keniston
Justin Keniston, AKA Gyp, AKA Chip, is one of the new faces I met last season. He would come out to help and shred whenever I was shooting with Laura Hadar. I don’t think I heard him say a word until the third or fourth such session, but that was long after I figured out he was much more than a roadie and definitely knew a thing or two about boarding himself. Just the other day, it was mentioned that he was a ‘90s baby and I’m old enough to be his father. … read more
Jordan Mendenhall
Jordan Mendenhall is definitely an instant classic. He is a multitalented person who makes his way through life doing what he does without looking for recognition or praise. As a kid, he would enter contests thinking it was a fun thing to do with his friends and he ended up becoming the Jr. World Halfpipe Champion. Since then, Jordan has put out multiple video parts that blow minds in a very unique way. … read more
The Urban Fronteirsman’s Key to the City
This rabid dog consumed by an insatiable appetite is fat. This old growling, foaming beast is dying. In painful death throes, he holds with conviction the world he has created. The gurgled mumblings of incoherencies have become utterly cruel. To let such a creature continue to live is sadistic, but is it wrong to enjoy this Black Death? It has been said, ‘every dog has his day,’ and I can assuredly say on my mother’s grave, this old pup has seen its last. … read more
