Once again, SLUG hit South by Southwest (SXSW), the music festival that engulfed the city of Austin, Texas, for its 27th year. During the five-day adventure, we fearlessly messed with Texas and stayed hip to the music acts that dazzled our eyes and ears and munched on our hearts amid crack pipes, grilled cow hearts, topless bike cabbies and a rollerblading alien. … read more
Insight: Still Standing Strong
Along with singer Mark Olsen and bassist Doug Wright—who live in California and New York, respectively, and were not present for the interview—guitarists Jeremy Chatelain and James Holder and drummer Chad “Chubba” Smith make up Salt Lake’s first straight edge band, Insight. They were only together for a brief period, from 1988 to 1990, but were instrumental in shaping the hardcore scene in Salt Lake City. They’re reuniting for two shows this month—the band’s first reunion in nearly 25 years. … read more
Dear Dickheads – October 2013
I don’t know if you know this … but goth is actually (gasp!) the COOL thing right now! The 20-something hipsters have been all over this shit—the TRVST show packed Urban, and industrial robot/man Author & Punisher made a full-house crowd his BITCH at Bar Deluxe earlier this year. Where were YOU? … read more
Product Reviews
Product reviews for etnies shoes and hat, Fishpond guide pack, La Siesta hammock, Toogumshow hat and other goodies, and Linskys smart wi-fi. … read more
Beer Reviews
Beer reviews for Hoppers Stein Knocker, Bohemian Oktoberfesrt and Ayinger Oktoberfest-Märzen. … read more
Video Game Reviews
Video game reviews for Dragon’s Crown, Mario and Luigi: Dream Team and Shadowrun Returns. … read more
Book Reviews
Reviews for Assimilate: A Critical History Of Industrial Music, People of the Bear Mother: Periplus of the Sea of Souls Book One and Sugar House Review #8. … read more
Movie Reviews
Movie reviews for Behind The Candelabra, Don Jon, Muscle Shoals, Rockin’ Reverend, Riddick and Rush. … read more
DVD Reviews
Review for Revolution: The Complete First Season. … read more
Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt: Jazz Nation Predictions
If you know me at all, you know it’s safe to say I’m somewhat of a narcissist and only truly care about three things in life: my cat Jet Pack, free drinks and the Utah Jazz. … read more
Beautiful Godzilla: Cycling Behind-The-Scenes with Debbie Larsen
There are a lot of over-the-top personalities in the cycling world––myself included. These people often get recognized because a) they lead a lot of group rides or have some kind of bike-related job; b) they are always out on their bike, rain or shine; c) they’re incredibly loud and obnoxious cyclists. Then there are people like my friend, Debbie Larsen. … read more
Brandon: Zee Burning Hobush
The best memory I have about Brandon Hobush was my first day on the job digging in rails for Brighton Resort’s Park Crew. He was the first person to show me how to build and ice over a snowboard lip out of nothing more than some shitty November dust and my ass. That was Brandon’s last winter working for the resort because, pretty quickly after that, he became a big-time movie star out there in the industry. … read more
