SXSW Film Festival 2014: The Winding Stream - SLUG Magazine

SXSW Film Festival: The Winding Stream

Posted on March 17, 2014 (August 22, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The Winding Stream is a documentary about the influential Carter family, a clan of musicians that helped shape country music for years to come. Johnny Cash shows up and gives some of the best bits, but it’s the music that really drew me in. Watching this film is a bit like going to a family party at Christmas, listening to your older relatives talk about ‘Nam and Nixon, little details about an old house, or an old car, relics of a not-so-distant past.
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SXSW Film Festival: Above All Else

Posted on March 17, 2014 (April 7, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Man in a tree still from Above All Else.

With gorgeous cinematography in the dense woods of the Lone Star State, Fiege stands by a small collective of demonstrators who refuse to stand down against billion-dollar bullies even when it seems all is lost in an unfair legal battle. … read more

Ghouls and Dolls: Bad Kids Pageant Preliminary #1 @ Metro Bar 03.13

Posted on March 17, 2014 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Faced with an overwhelming response upon the announcement of their second yearly pageant, the Bad Kids decided to give every applicant a chance to compete, splitting the pageant into two preliminaries before the actual main event, to be held on June 5. … read more

SXSW Film Festival: A Wolf At The Door

Posted on March 17, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The most terrifying element to Coimbra’s exploration into infidelity is how rapidly everything flips from pleasure to sheer horror. The final minutes will absolutely haunt your memories for far longer than the 100-minute running time. … read more

Problem Daughter’s 5th Birthday Party! @ The Shred Shed 03.15 with And I, The Lion, Chalk, Foster Body

Posted on March 18, 2014 (May 11, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

This band had been together for five years—that’s pretty impressive for a local band. They have made some incredible music and developed a very dedicated fan base and have kept it going for that long. I took a second to really appreciate that I am here supporting these guys, because I know they are thinking the same about us. … read more

Revolver Magazine’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour

Posted on March 18, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Revolver Magazine’s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour made a quick stop in Salt Lake City to demolish The Complex with sonic sound waves of guitar and aphrodisiacal female vocals. Firstly, let me say as hot as the women were, the focus should be on their talent because that is what stood out during the show. Looks are fleeting, but talent is everlasting. … read more

Gravecode Nebula CD Release Show @ Bar Deluxe 03.14 with Demon Lung, Burn Your World

Posted on March 18, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Although Sempiternal Void is exceptional and possesses a strong originality in a genre where many bands are content at attempting (and failing miserably) to remake Under a Funeral Moon for the seven millionth time, Gravecode Nebula is certainly a band to be experienced live if you ever are given the chance. … read more

Rising Above the Weirdo Radar with Old Wounds

Posted on March 19, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

“As of recently we’ve been getting support and respect in that aspect, but New Jersey is a pretty tough scene to really get it going, because everyone’s either older and kind of burnt out on hardcore or younger and have their own clique and they stick with it. They want to listen to what’s cool and not really go outside their bubble a little bit. So it’s definitely hard, but that goes for any New Jersey band.” … read more

2014 Tumbleweeds Film Festival 03.14-16

Posted on March 21, 2014 (September 9, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

This year I was once again presented with the opportunity to check out the festival, this time, with a much older and wiser young lady to accompany me. I am glad to say that we did feel the warm embrace of my fellow parents, and Alice, a bond with her own, slightly larger and less stinky peers, as we set out to enjoy free pizza and a new world of cinematic exposure for kids in SLC that has no rival. … read more

Movie Review: Divergent

Posted on March 21, 2014 (September 15, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The five factions might as well be the houses in the Harry Potter universe. I swear Tris’ faction was going to be declared, “Hufflepuff!” Kate Winslet’s character reminds me so much of Donald Sutherland’s in The Hunger Games it’s unnerving. Finally, the whole training to become warriors with sparing and mock battles is too close for comfort with Ender’s Game. So, with all of these similarities, I am now referring to this film as “Harry Potter and Ender’s Hunger Game.” … read more

Movie Review: Muppets Most Wanted

Posted on March 21, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

After successfully reviving the franchise with the 2011 release of “The Muppets,” director James Bobin returns with his cavalcade of felt-covered misfits in a sequel that they guarantee is not as good as the original. Seriously, it’s mentioned in the opening music number. … read more

The Rich Hands @ Diabolical Records 03.20 with Divers, Twin Steps, Lust-Cats of the Gutters and Jawwzz!!

Posted on March 25, 2014 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Diabolical/Albatross Records has carved out a much needed niche in Salt Lake City for the hip weirdoes to congregate. Not only does this shop have a top selection of records, but they put on some of the better gigs in town. Obviously I am no stranger to this hive of scum and villainy, but my reason for being here on this particular evening was something of divine inspiration. I was here on a mission from god to see The Rich Hands. … read more