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KRCL Hidden Hollow Concert Series 7/23/10
On Friday night as the sun began to set, KRCL and Utah Open Lands presented Salt Lake City with the latest version of the Hidden Hollow Concert Series. Taking the stage first was John Henry with their take on some awesome jazz music. As the crowd grew, John Henry made sure to keep those already in attendance and those just arriving well entertained. With great timing and long solos, each member was able to showcase their talent. After an impressive hour long performance by John Henry, Jinga Boa took the stage to showcase their version of different types of Brazilian music. By this time, the crowd had gathered and the energy had picked up. People of all ages made the atmosphere very easygoing, while still allowing those who wanted to move a great opportunity right up front. If you’re looking to escape for a couple hours, I highly recommend the Hidden Hollow Concert Series. There’s no better way to start a Friday night than with live music and good people!
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Summer of Death 2010: Bust Till Dusk
Anybody who was there realizes how rad it was. Check the August 2010 issue for the full story on all the epicness that went down. Much respect to the streets and to our sponsors: Natty Light and Scion for presenting, Shogo Clothing, Paradox Grip, Milo, Sunnyside, Wooden Robots (Analog, Gravis, Habitat, and Alien Workshop), Annex, War Regime, Salty Peaks, Ace MFG., Blindside and SLUG Magazine for all their help with the orginization of the competition (because us skateboarders are a bunch of slack jawed yokels). … read more
Infected by Vile Blue Shades
The Vile Blue Shades have been one of the greatest bands to ever come out of SLC but they have come to an unfortunate end. Monday July 5th at the Urban Lounge was their final show. The lights came on and the show exploded with energy everyone was infected with the toxic sounds of the Vile Blue Shades blaring from the speakers. We lost our minds and slashed around like wild animals until the last cord was struck. Fare well Vile Blue you will be missed. … read more
Black Chandelier Fashion Show
Salt Lake’s most beloved clothing label is back in action. Designer Jared Gold’s brainchild, Black Chandelier, is being brought back to life by his protege Rachel Domingo. After a far too long hiatus, the Black Chandelier will once again rule the Salt Lake fashion scene. To celebrate, Domingo teamed up with five other designers—including SLC heavy-hitters Jordan Halveron and Sophie St. Claire—to put on the fashion show of the year. Photos by Katie Panzer
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Zombie walk & DieMonsterDie
Whether its some kind of higher power at work, or specifically when the sun sets on the 5th day of the week, Saturday night is created to let loose and party your ass off. But on Saturday the 19th, if you thought you were too fucked up because you saw disfigured people in bars and walking around SLC, have no fear, you were not mistakened. The Zombie Pub Crawl was hosted by Salty Zombies and organized by Samantha VonGore. The Event took place at three locations during the night, the Bayleaf Cafe had can donations, Cheers to You Pub with $2 cocktails, and Burt’s Tiki Lounge hosting contests and a concert. … read more
Manny Mania 2010
In our current age of “flippy360-to-switch-manny-revert-shuv-180-flipout” skate style, Red Bull has hosted Manny Mania contest series which has been going on annually since 2007. The contest was held outside the Energy Solutions Arena, the event was totally free to the public, even hobos, and open for any skater over fourteen to enter the comp. So with the Red Bull blondies handing out drinks and the pre pubescent kids getting boners, the competition was soon underway. The heats consisted of 7 minute rounds of four skaters, about 24 skaters overall. Judges consisted of a handful of pro snowboarders from the Spice Boys and other teams. Danny Souk was the underdog at the beginning of the contest. He ended up winning first place at the end, striking the nail into the first place coffin with a frontside 180 nosemanual fakie 360 flip out. Kevin Fedderson busted out mind bending tricks that got him into second place, but he lacked the diversity of trying new inventive lines that the judges were looking for. … read more
The Brian Jonestown Massacre at Urban 06.14.10
What do you expect on a Monday night in Salt Lake City? Often times, not much. But June 14th, 2010 was a day of rejoice. The Brian Jonestown Massacre stopped in Salt Lake City to grace local music lovers with their one-off brand of neo-psych rock that seemed to be enjoyed by all. With the pre-show line extending over a block down 500 East, I knew it was going to be a good time. When I finally walked through the doors, opening act Elephant Stone had alread begun to warm up the crowd. Playing what can be described as ambient, yet deep, experimental rock I knew that the mood would be right once The Brian Jonestown Massacre took the stage. If you don’t know, The Brian Jonestown Massacre was started in 1990 and has a discography that now contains 12 LPs and 5 EPs. In other words, what the hell were they going to play? Well, 2 hours later I had my answer. Crowd favorites such as Nevertheless, Anemone, and That Girl Suicide had the fans, including myself, dancing and singing along. Often times I wonder if a band that had been around for 20 years really enjoy performing as they used to? This question was also answered during the show, percussionist Joel Gion opened the show with a few claps and his tambourine, and continued to push the rhythms and energy throughout the show, while also making sure to mention how much they enjoyed playing the show in SLC. Touring may be tough, but when a crowd such as the one that showed up on Monday night is there to support you, how can you not enjoy it? … read more
The Devil Whale, Allred, The Fictionists and Ask For The...
On Friday June 11th, Kilby Court hosted The Devil Whale’s release for their latest EP, Young Wives. The lineup also included three other local groups: The Fictionists, Ask For The Future and Allred. The skies were wet and the temperature was lower than expected but all that seemed not as important as the music. With an age range in attendance varying from toddler to what some may consider ‘grown up’, you can’t help but recognize that both the musicians and attendees were there for the same reason, to take in a positive night of musical prowess without the worry of spilling your drink and then having to buy new one. Photos: Peter Anderson
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Drinking Liberally — Political Mingler — Piper Down
2010-04-09 SALT LAKE CITY Watch Princess Kennedy interview several candidates who met with members of Drinking Liberally, a group of social drinkers that meets regularly at Piper Down Irish Pub. Photographer: John Carlisle … read more
Zumiez Couch Tour 2010
Zumiez may be an overpriced wannabe skateshop specializing in selling the latest flashy clothing trends to young victims of too much inbreeding, but when the annual Zumiez Couch Tour comes around, I’ll overlook those aspects due to the admittance of a professional skate team demo, two band performances, an Am contest open to locals, Chipotle tacos and chips, energy drink giveaways. Did I mention all this is FREE?!
This year the Lakai team was scheduled to make an appearance in the Murray Fashion Place Mall where the entire event was hosted. The team included heavy hitting skate legends such as Mike Carroll, Cairo Foster, Guy Mariano, Rick Howard, Vincent Alvarez and Brandon Biebel. Among this list of professional thrashers, Lakai am Daniel Espinoza was there tearing it up like it was the Maloof Money Cup finals. Mike Mo Capaldi was there, but due to an ininjury, he skipped out on skating the course and went straight to sign autographs after the demo. Photos: Eric Poole … read more
Desert Rocks 2010
Deep in the heart of the desert there is a place where anything and everything goes…well everything but bad vibes. This particular place is known as Desert Rocks. No I am not talking about the actual rocks that sit in the desolate landscape, but an actual rocking out jam session featuring bands from all over the states in one huge musical extravaganza. People migrate to Moab, Utah and come together to lie in the dirt and listen to the sweet, sweet music projected from the dusty speakers. I arrived on Friday evening to find plenty of drunks, burners and any drug I could think of at my fingertips. I was finally home. The music line up consisted of so many bands I would feel bad if I only mentioned one because I would have to mention them all. People you had never met before were like brothers and sisters as the nights blended into mornings. The Sol Lun, a solar powered stage and bar, was always quite a spot to be at, containing hammocks of every size and height, whiskey shots and a piano to boot. Many minutes between shows were spent there playing the piano hopped up on something or another. Desert Rocks takes the cake for an outside concert series where the bands, spectators and everyone else actually live together for the whole event. See you all next year.
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Gay Pride Parade 2010!
The annual Gay Pride Parade took place on Sunday afternoon, beginning down State Street and in between 3rd and 4th South (ending before Library Square.) SLUG participated by joining the parade in swashbuckler fashion with a pirate boat float. Support groups and activists were all a part of the parade, while spectators as well as protestors viewed the awesome time on the sidewalks. … read more
