Mike Brown’s Salt Lake City Guide!
By Mike Brown [Posted January 5, 2017]
Hi, and welcome to Salt Lake City! Once you finish watching movies in Park City wearing fake animals on your head, allow me, Mike Brown, to show you around. … read more
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By Mike Brown [Posted December 1, 2016]
At this very moment, this very second, as you are perusing this issue of SLUG Magazine, there is a chance—more than a slight chance—that you are sitting on your ass and sipping a latte at one of our fine local roasting establishments. … read more
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By Mike Brown [Posted November 3, 2016]
Mike Brown has decided to take on the role of your local underground analyst and give you some more season predictions for the 2016–2017 Utah Jazz season. … read more
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By Mike Brown [Posted September 29, 2016]
Mike Brown thought that he’d go ghost hunting, but Badass Spirit Outlaws showed that spirits are actually a diverse bunch. Read more about SLUG’s haunted office and building here. … read more
Pokémon GO
By Mike Brown [Posted September 1, 2016]
There are four things in my life that I refuse to start doing because I’m afraid that I might not ever stop doing them if I start, and I already have enough bad eating habits. But after I downloaded Pokémon GO to my cellular-tellular, it soon became obvious that there should have been five things on my personal list of forbidden fruit. … read more
Mike Brown: The World of Glass Blowing with the Borosyndicate Crew
By Mike Brown [Posted August 4, 2016]
This article is a small glimpse into the world that is Borosyndicate Productions, an artistic empire created by Kenny Holliday that Willy Wonka would be proud of. … read more
Mike Brown: Washed-Up Skaters
By Mike Brown [Posted June 30, 2016]
I come from the days of the early ’90s, when skateboarding was mostly considered petty vandalism and there was no such thing as a skate park. … read more
Mike Brown: Repo Ride-Along!
By Mike Brown [Posted June 2, 2016]
I asked Josh if I could go on a repo ride-along with him for the day and get the low-down on Tow Town. It was a ton of fun! It started with Josh picking me up, and we smoked cigs in the cab of the tow truck while we caught up. … read more
Mike Brown: Going Out and Staying Level
By Mike Brown [Posted May 5, 2016]
Going out to the bar can be such a hassle these days. You have to log off your social media to get ready to go out, then log back in to show everyone in your cyber life that you are ready to go out, then log out to get to where you are going out to, then log back in to show everyone you were out, check your likes at the end of the night, boost your cyber-self-esteem and repeat the cycle. … read more
Mike Brown: Adventures in Merch Peddling!
By Mike Brown [Posted March 31, 2016]
Over the years, SLUG has spotlighted sound technicians, bartenders, show promoters and probably an after-show puke mopper, but I cannot recall us ever focusing on a seemingly instrumental and important job of any live show, and that is the merch guy—or girl in this case: I interviewed Sara Monroe, who has been behind the table for over 15 years, in order to get the lowdown on the whole merch-selling gig. … read more