For good or for ill, Gary Gilmore is an international pop icon. … read more
The Executioner’s Song Screening and Panel Discussion @ The Salt Lake Library
Salt Lake Comic Con 2014: Alan Tudyk
Alan Tudyk is a little crazy—everything about his panel was unique. … read more
Welcome to Salt Lake, Night Vale
I was stunned upon first walking up to the Rose Wagner Theater on Monday. Hundreds of people were crowding the sidewalk and lobby, at least half of them in cosplay. The crowd was a sea of black, purple, white and gray – and mysteriously ominous-looking eyes were painted on every other body. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con 2014: Smash Con
When I was a kid, one of the games my siblings and I would play for hours was Super Smash Brothers Melee. … read more
Grendel 101: An Interview with VLRK
Finally, a powerhouse aggrotech EBM artist is making a stop in the Beehive state. Regretfully, most of these musicians pass over us, completely unaware of just how dedicated our music community is. I am very excited that the word is getting out about how fanatical we are when it comes to music. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con 2014: Patrick Warburton
Patrick Warburton has a voice you would know anywhere. … read more
Desire Will Set You Free: Interview with Director Yony Leyser
Yony Leyser’s new film, a feature-length narrative that mixes autobiographic and docu-fictional elements, follows a cast of outsiders through a subcultural landscape that is uniquely outsider—Berlin. SLUG spoke with Leyser about writing, directing and acting in the film, and the Kickstarter campaign that he hopes will help bring the film to Utah’s film festival circuit. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con 2014: Eliza Dushku
I have loved Eliza Dushku since in Bring it On. I wish I could say it was from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but sadly, I was a latecomer to the Buffy fandom. … read more
7 Seconds @ Club Sound 07.23 With The Copyrights, Resistor Radio, Blinded By Truth
Kevin Seconds really knew how to keep the crowd excited, and if it wasn’t through his onstage banter, the excitement reached overflowing levels when they played “Young Until I Die” and combined it with a rendition of Minor Threat’s “Minor Threat.” I went fucking nuts. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con 2014: Tabletop Games and RPGs Day Two
Day two of the Reaper Paint & Take booth was a whole different animal than Friday’s slow trickle of interested novices … read more
JCRD Military Appreciation Double Header 07.09
The rough, almost hour-long drive to Ogden, which is currently riddled with construction, isn’t the greatest trip to make, especially in the blazing heat we get during the summer here in Utah (add in the nonexistent A/C in my car and you have a recipe for disaster). But the ladies of Junction City Roller Dolls promised a night of double header derby action, which made the trip much more bearable. … read more
BMX Photo Feature: Trent Steel
Trent is that dude that always makes me regret those times that I don’t bring my full photography kit with me for a day of riding. He is basically a walking photo op. … read more
