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Superbike Slides with Tate Roskelley
Tate Roskelley is a rare breed. You’re more likely to see him riding his bike backward down a stair-set or manualing a chain than you are to see him in a skate park. Despite all of his abnormalities, this Utah native has his feet firmly planted in the professional BMX industry with his own signature frame, the Volume Drifter, and mind-blowing full-length video parts and online-edits with companies like Volume and Demolition. … read more
Utah Arts Festival (Music & Entertainment) 06.23.11 – 06.26.11
A collection of images from performances at the Utah Arts Festival 2011, including (in order of appearance), Blue Lotus, Joshua Payne Orchestra, Muscle Hawk, Fictionist, My Dead Ego, The Suicycles, Holy Water Buffalo, The Rubes and Big Sam’s Funky Nation.
Photos: Eric Scott Russell (www.ericscottrussell.com) … read more
Making Some Paper Noise: Potter Press at Alt Press Fest
Paper Noise, a zine published by husband and wife duo Nick and Erin Potter, is the latest manifestation of the adventurous, collaborative spirit behind their Potter Press. Starting from the traditional DIY aesthetic of a zine, but adding more sophisticated design and printmaking techniques, Paper Noise is a showcase for writers and artists who submit works inspired by mixtapes Nick curates. … read more
Blonde Grizzly Year One
When I walked into Blonde Grizzly, owners Caleb and Hillary Barney greeted me immediately and were happy to show me their latest addition to the gallery. It wasn’t a painting and it wasn’t a T-shirt or a new piece of jewelry. It was their brand new bundle of joy in a baby carriage, Lily. She slept quietly as we chatted, snug and cozy between the fixtures and decorative art lining the walls of the independent shop, which is celebrating its one-year anniversary this month. … read more
Cupcake Social Code with Frosty Darling
Cupcakes, kids and cuteness—the holy trinity of a good time is happening once again at Frosty Darling on Friday, July 29, for their fifth annual Frosty Darling Cupcake Social (177 East Broadway). This event will provide everything you’ve had in years past at the super-cute boutique, like the cupcake walk and cupcake decorating, but owner Gentry Blackburn is giving the format a shot in the arm with a new coloring book challenge and live music from Heber’s Holy Water Buffalo. … read more
Put on Your Birthday Suit: Fresh Turns Two
Operated by the lovely sibling duo of Helen Wade-Joice and Ian Wade, Fresh calls the bustling 9th & 9th district home and offers Salt Lake’s young men and women an affordable, local alternative to the corporate cookie-cutter clothes you find at the *gag* mall. Fresh has survived in this cutthroat economic state to see two years worth of clothing walk in and off their racks due to the owners’ dedication and insight. … read more
Leaving Las Vegas
I’ve heard it said that in times of recession, two industries thrive: alcohol and prostitution. Las Vegas is undoubtedly familiar with both these industries, but something else is thriving out there in the desert wasteland: skateboarding. The city is teeming with empty foreclosed pools and new, never-occupied construction left over from the boom that led up to the current economic state. … read more
Localized 9
This July 8 at the Urban Lounge, SLUG’s Localized is serving up a heaping pile of doom and sludge, courtesy of old-school heavyweights Muckraker, the newly returned Maraloka, and openers Dwellers. The show starts at 10 p.m. and is only $5, so get your metal pants on and join us! … read more
Precision Builds with Pangea Speed
“I have this bad habit of never being satisfied. I’ll always look at a project and think that I can do it better.” Andy Carter is a perfectionist. When you consider that he is the owner of his own custom motorcycle and parts company, Pangea Speed, and one of the major organizers behind the second annual Salt Flat Social, this quality, which he refers to as either an “evolution or a sickness—depending on the day,” is exactly what you’d hope to find. … read more
Skate4Homies
June 21st saw National Go Skateboarding Day go off with a bang. Not only did over 200 skaters mob through the SLC streets, but multiple locales also hosted events to show the city why skateboarding means so much. Skate4Homies hosted their own event that drew “kids” of all ages. Music was put on by various local bands such as The Spins, Darks Seas, and Max Pain and the Groovies along with product giveaways and the premier of Transworld’s “Not Another Transworld Video.” … read more
Crucial Fest @ Liberty Park
This last Saturday, June 18, marked the fourth day of Crucial Fest. An afternoon filled with music, food, arts, crafts, the usual colorful Salt Lake festival attendees and plenty of sunshine. I started the event off with a teriyaki beef bowl from the Cruzin Sushi cart, one of Salt Lake’s growing number of roaming food trucks, and then moved around the parameter of the event catching acts such as Never Eat Neon, Accident on the North Stage and The Hip White People. The music was flowin’, the people were jive-in’ and the Live Action Role Players were out in force, just to keep things interesting.
Photographer: Max Lowe
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Cake @ Red Butte Garden 06.16.11
For An Evening with Cake at Red Butte Garden, John McCrea led Cake in a rousing and satisfying performance/sing-a-long that dispelled whatever chill lingered in the evening air on Thursday, June 16. … read more
