Interview: Jon McAffee, A Craftsmen at Heart - SLUG Magazine

A Craftsman at Heart

Posted on March 1, 2011 (October 6, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

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

Posted on March 1, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

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

Modern Man’s Hustle: The Devil Whale Redefines Success

Posted on March 1, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

It would seem that The Devil Whale are a successful band. Their popular debut album was recently followed up with an even more popular EP. They are embarking on a nationwide tour before their second album comes out in May. They have been chosen as a showcase artist at the nation’s largest live music festival, SXSW. However, in today’s world of instant exposure via social networking and careerist music bloggers, does exposure necessarily mean the same thing as success? … read more

Subrosa: Welcome to the Dark Country

Posted on March 1, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

On March 1, Salt Lake City’s Subrosa unleashed their second full-length album No Help for the Mighty Ones. The band, together for roughly six years, has had plenty of time to grow and progress, moving forward in leaps since their first album Strega. Subrosa has taken standard doom metal and morphed into a monster with downtuned guitar rage, dizzying violins and hallowed, haunting vocals. Subrosa offers any listener a challenge—read on and decide if you’re ready for that challenge. … read more

The Flying Fin

Posted on March 1, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Carston Oliver, AKA “The Flying Fin,” is a 23-year-old native of Salt Lake City. He grew up skiing from the ripe young age of five and never looked back. After two grueling years in the U of U’s engineering program, spending his days skiing and biking, going to class in the evening and then studying all night, only to repeat the process again and again, he decided to take a break from the social institution of college for a while. Now, the mountains hold his gaze. … read more

Who Dat?: Ryan West

Posted on March 1, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

I first met Ryan West when we both worked at Salty Peaks. I just thought he was another kid who had moved to Salt Lake City to snowboard or just say he worked at a snowboard shop, like most of the people that worked there. After we made a company trip to the DC Mountain Lab, it became clear that he knew what he wanted. As most of us sat in the hot tub and drank, he was out on the hill trying to get shots of this coveted area that few have had the privilege to shred. … read more

The Art of Being Shot From a Cannon

Posted on March 2, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Vultures circle from above as a hush sweeps over the crowd. A countdown begins. Tension among the onlookers builds to a climax: with an explosion of the human will and complete idiocy (genius?!), the body of the human cannonball is literally ejaculated from the monstrous potato gun … I mean carcass cannon. … read more

If the Boot Fits It Must Be DaleBoot

Posted on March 2, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Since 500 B.C., people have been strapping wooden sticks to their feet and sliding around on snow. However, while the sticks have changed dramatically, the footwear that secures the rider to the ski has undergone little innovation. Fortunately, the pioneers at DaleBoot have charged themselves with the task of making comfortable ski boots that revolutionize the way people think about their feet. … read more

Photo Feature: Justin Bennee

Posted on March 2, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

25th Street in Ogden might be one of the few places I’ve ever shot photos where the cops seriously couldn’t care less about what you’re doing. It’s probably due to the number of crackheads running around on this block. One of the few cops who even bothered to stop to talk to us at this spot did so out of concern for our safety, and not from snowboarding but from the crackheads! … read more

Princess Kennedy: Tranamatronic

Posted on March 2, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Back in the day, I worked as a go-go dancer at a club in San Francisco called Litter Box. The DJ was none other than the amazing Nature Boy, and he made sure that his go-go clan was made up of the most beautiful freaks of the underground scene. On my first night, I shared a go-go box with a beautiful redhead wearing a floor-length, sky blue 70s Grecian-style dress whom I later came to know as Ms. Ana Matronic, who made me realize that real girls could be drag queens, too. … read more

Mike Brown: Speed Dating on Speed

Posted on March 2, 2011 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

So, here’s how it all started. My friend Grace (same Grace who pretended to be my wife when we stalked my ex-girlfriend) heard about speed dating and wanted to try it. I told her I would go with her, but I wanted to do some speed beforehand, strictly so I could name the article “Speed Dating on Speed.” … read more

Gallery Stroll – March 2011

Posted on March 2, 2011 (January 27, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

From Studies for the Next Generation by Charles Fresquez

It’s said that March enters with the roar of a lion and exits with the calm and subtlety of a lamb. No matter its entrance, March marks a change in the season. This month’s Gallery Stroll picks were selected because they have entered the scene with subtlety, but they are boldly making roaring additions to the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll scene. … read more