Alleycats were thought up by ADHD bike messengers in urban areas as a way to earn some extra cash, test their skillz and ride their bikes some more, because, apparently, no one but me just wants to go home and massage their butt cheeks after riding their bike all day. … read more
Beer Reviews
Odds are, if you’re reading this, living a “countercultural” lifestyle is at the top of the list on that whole quasi-grasshopper-vision quest thing you call a life. In SLC, beer would be considered a top player on the list. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Nate Abbott
If you’ve popped in the SLUG office lately you may have noticed a new, moustachioed face around—none other than the visage of Nate Abbott, whom you may have previously recognized as the store manager of the Sandy Graywhale before he made the move to be a Community Development Executive with SLUG Mag. … read more
SLUG Holiday Comix – July 2013
SLUG Holiday Comix from Gazelam Ale, featuring guest narrator Brigham Young! … read more
Dear Dickheads – August 2013
A few months ago, Madball was supposed to come here with Suicidal Tendencies but ended up dropping off the bill because a certain promoter told them that “hardcore had been banned from SLC.” … read more
Dear Dickheads – July 2013
I read the article on Salt City United in your June issue and my jaw dropped open. The author was clearly biased, or maybe too wrapped up in her shitty version of gonzo journalism and identity issues to see these assholes for what they truly are: a bunch of has-been nobodies trying to keep the “hardcore dream” alive by transferring their daddy issues and bully mentality to a different stage/stadium. … read more
SLC Bike Collective: It’s not about the Bike
Hailey Broussard has five kids, and, until 2008, taking care of them was her sole occupation. “I knew how to be Betty Crocker, and little else,” she says. She does not consider herself a cyclist, though she now spends every weekday leading mountain bike trips and wrenching on dummy bikes in a classroom of kids. As the youth director of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective, Broussard’s job revolves around bikes, but she and others at the Collective argue that the bicycle is part of a larger equation. It is a vehicle for getting around and a vehicle for building a connected and complex community. … read more
Beautiful Godzilla: Livin’ The Daydream
It’s taken over a decade, but all my daydreams came true a couple of months ago at the Monthly Mystery Ride. … read more
Princess Kennedy: Fierce Realness
Here is my hope for my fellow revelers/readers: This year at Pride, be your fiercely real self. I’m shouting out to everyone—gay, straight, whatever—Gay Pride is not only a celebration for us to be us, but for you to be you in your most real self. … read more
Gallery Stroll: Mission Accomplished – UAA Main Street Goes Out In Style
The announcement: “The Utah Arts Alliance announces ‘Mission Accomplished’ …” That mission: to bring life and creativity back to Main Street. Now making way for the Utah Performing Arts Center (UPAC), the UAA Main Street Gallery can and should feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in what they have helped inspire. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Megan Kennedy
Since joining SLUG in March 2011, Megan Kennedy has become our resident metal maven and queen of all things geeky. … read more
Beer Reviews
I don’t have to tell you all that it’s been a brutally hot summer. As we enter the most intense part of the summer’s heat, you may think it’s time to push aside the more flavorful beers in your arsenal in lieu of lighter, more “refreshing” beers. You could do this, but why sacrifice taste when you can have your beer and drink it, too? … read more
