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Contributor Limelight: Palak Jayswal

Posted on May 4, 2022 (August 30, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
While Palak Jayswal is a talented journalist overall, her passion for writing is most prevalent in her music reviews for SLUG.

While Palak Jayswal is a talented journalist overall, her passion for writing is most prevalent in her music reviews for SLUG. … read more

Posted in: SLUG Contributor LimelightTagged: Palak Jawswal

Contributor Limelight: Kara Dempsey

Posted on May 4, 2022 (August 30, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Beginning her time with SLUG in 2021, Kara Dempsey has displayed her passion for our city’s culinary offerings through her monthly local food features.

Beginning her time with SLUG in 2021, Kara Dempsey has displayed her passion for our city’s culinary offerings through her monthly local food features. … read more

Posted in: SLUG Contributor LimelightTagged: Kara Dempsey

Content Shifter: 9 New-ish 2022 Series to Stream

Posted on May 4, 2022 (September 16, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Still of Josh Brolin in Outer Range

Here are nine new series that premiered over the past four months that you might have missed. Feel free to post ’em on your social feed as your own discoveries. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: dicktown, guardians of justice, metal lords, our flag means death, outer range, reno 911! defunded, Severance, swimming with sharks, Welcome to Flatch

LDS History Meets Murder Mystery in Under The Banner of Heaven

Posted on April 26, 2022 (December 18, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Still of Seth Numrich and Andrew Garfield in Under The Banner of Heaven

Under The Banner of Heaven serves as a sobering reminder that, 38 years later, wounds left by the series-inspiring Lafferty case are not likely to go away any time soon. … read more

Posted in: Film InterviewsTagged: Andrew Garfield, Dustin Lance Black, Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven

Review: Erica Eso – 192

Posted on May 2, 2022 (July 12, 2023) by Alton Barnhart
Erica | 192 | Hausu Mountain

Erica Eso = Yves Tumor + HOMESHAKE … read more

Posted in: National Music ReviewsTagged: 192, Erica Eso, Hausu Mountain

Review: Let’s Eat Grandma – Two Ribbons

Posted on April 28, 2022 (September 14, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Let's Eat Grandma | Two Ribbons | Transgressive Records

Let’s Eat Grandma = Japanese Breakfast + Charli XCX  … read more

Posted in: National Music ReviewsTagged: Let's Eat Grandma, Transgressive Records, Two Ribbons

Review: HEALTH – DISCO 4 :: PART II

Posted on April 26, 2022 (September 14, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Health | DISCO 4 :: PART II

DISCO 4 is incredibly welcome after 2019’s Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear, which was excellent, but felt no more transcendent than 2015’s masterful Death Magic. … read more

Posted in: National Music ReviewsTagged: DISCO 4 : : PART II, HEALTH, Loma Vista Recordings

Review: Norco

Posted on April 26, 2022 (September 16, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Still from Norco video game

Norco, the point-and-click game from Geography of Robots, depicts a southern-gothic reality that tugs at how industry has irrevocably fucked us—and how we find ourselves picking up the pieces. … read more

Posted in: Game ReviewsTagged: geography of robots, norco

Lighting the Flame of Your Own Baptismal Fire: Passing Strange at SLAC 

Posted on April 25, 2022 (December 18, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Passing Strange band and cast members

The musical score and lighting of Passing Strange create a visceral push-and-pull between wanting to be included and needing to separate. … read more

Posted in: Performance & TheatreTagged: Passing Strange, SLAC

Bold & Beautiful: Drag King Story Hour at Under the Umbrella

Posted on April 28, 2022 (May 21, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Korey Edgewood and Autumn the Oddity at April's Drag King Story Hour

April’s Drag King Story Hour at Under the Umbrella bookstore featured Korey Edgewood and Autumn the Oddity, each of whom performed a book for children. … read more

Posted in: Bold & Beautiful, LGBTQ+, Performance & TheatreTagged: Autumn the Oddity, Bold & Beautiful, Korey Edgewood, LGBTQ+, Under the Umbrella

New Year’s Eve At Cinema In Your Face

Posted on January 1, 1990 (October 13, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
January 1990 - Issue 13 masthead

Whether or not you had a cool yule, Cinema In Your Face was the place to be for the Eve of “A New Year’s Party You Probably Won’t Remember”. … read more

Posted in: ConcertTagged: Cinema In Your Face

New Band Spotlight: Swee Rhino

Posted on January 1, 1990 (October 13, 2022) by Alton Barnhart
Swee Rhino saxophone player

Meet the local, six-piece band Swee Rhino. The band doesn’t try to make any big statement with their music and write mostly with objective political overtones. … read more

Posted in: MusicTagged: Swee Rhino
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