Beer Reviews – February 2011

The month of February is here—we’ve recovered from the holidays, sent out our apology letters for any drunken mishaps and finally allowed our livers to start that healing process. Then the holiday planning assholes from above take a shit on us by infecting this month with cherub- and chocolate-packed mayhem, which only leads to more heavy drinking and probably some regrettable carnal endeavors. This lineup ought to put you in the mood for candlelit alone time with your lover or the random you picked up at the bar to ease any feelings of loneliness. … read more

SLUG Magazine’s 22nd Anniversary

At 22 years old, SLUG Magazine is finally old enough to party in a responsible and mostly non-embarrassing way. To celebrate our birthday, not only are we throwing a stellar party featuring music by Max Pain and the Groovies, Speitre, and DJ Knucklz, but we also put together a special birthday issue. SLUG Magazine handpicked 22 business owners and all-around scene makers and shakers to ask them about SLUG’s influence on the community. … read more

Fresh and Solid: The Broship’s National Homie Collective

“It’s comedy, music and art … And good, ol’ fashioned, hard partying. We’re the partiest partiers in Partyland,” says Dreu Damian Hudson. He illuminates one of the core axioms of his party gang, the Broship. This group of men and women has been chugging beers, snapping necks and cashing checks since the early part of the millennium. … read more

It�s All Mathematics: Learning Trickonometry with Cody Weber

There was a time when skate shop videos were as abundant as porn stars at Charlie Sheen’s house. Now it seems that due to the recession, many shops are struggling to pay their utility bills, let alone give some young buck any sort of budget for a film. With a fresh start and a new team, Technique will be dropping “Trickonometry” on Utah like a baby grand piano. … read more

A Craftsman at Heart

Heart of Gold Tattoo owner Jon McAffee

Driving around Salt Lake, it’s easy to see that we have a healthy tattoo community. A copious number of shops have infested the landscape, and it can be difficult to sort out quality from the tremendous quantity. Heart of Gold Tattoo has that quality in spades. Owner Jon McAffee, a 10-year veteran of the Salt Lake tattoo terrain, has worked in shops like Apparition Ink and Oni, and recently entered a new stage of his career last September when he opened Heart of Gold Tattoo. … read more

Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour: A Little Bit of Magic

Founded by a group of old high school friends in 1991 the Athens-based Elephant 6 Collective had actually become commercially viable by the mid ‘90s. Featuring bands such as Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Apples In Stereo, The Gerbils, The Music Tapes and Elf Power, Elephant 6 has had a pretty sizeable impact on indie music. Now it is 2011, and we get to enjoy another reunion tour. … read more