Month: May 2005
![Never Sweat a Show Until You Hit the Dancefloor: Fiery Furnaces Show Review](/uploads/exclusives/285-fiery%20furnaces-crop-396x288.jpg)
Never Sweat a Show Until You Hit the Dancefloor: Fiery...
My buddy Scott, my girlfriend and I sauntered into the safety of the crowd as Dios Malos was finishing up their set but concluded that a beeline to the bar and cheap well drinks were far more in order than standing and watching a band that wasn’t rocking that hard anyway. … read more
![The Layton Massacre BMX Jam](/uploads/exclusives/286-2-crop-396x288.jpg)
The Layton Massacre BMX Jam
Billed as a Utah Cobras’ Super Cement Jam, it was the premiere BMX event thus far this year. (OK; the only one in Utah.) There was an amateur and pro-class, with a Hot Mom Contest between heats. The entire contest was run in a jam format with five riders per heat. The Top 10 in each class went to the finals. … read more
![Analogical Resurrection: An Interview with Erasure](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/8382-erasure_2014-credit_joe_dilworth11.jpg)
Analogical Resurrection: An Interview with Erasure
When Erasure set out to promote 2003’s Other People’s Songs album, they hadn’t toured in four years; neither Vince Clark nor Andy Bell were sure if the fans would still be there. Perhaps they considered wearing the “irrelevant” tag the British press had so kindly tried to pin, with a nail gun, to their chest.
![Smoking to the Filter](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/Smoke-or-Fire.jpg)
Smoking to the Filter
The Struggles, Troubles, Steadfast and Momentum of Smoke or Fire There once was a band called Jericho…actually, there were two bands called Jericho. One was an aging Christian rock group trying to groove their way into heaven; the other was a punk band in Boston. One will embark on a reunion tour of the Bible
![Tiny Horses in a Big, Big World: An Interview with the Ponys](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/The-Ponys-1024x819.jpg)
Tiny Horses in a Big, Big World: An Interview with...
Every little girl wants a pony and never gets one. Every teenage boy wants to be a rock star and never becomes one. There is hope, however, in this world full of forgotten dreams and empty stables. Enter The Ponys, the Chicago four-piece responsible for making some of the most exciting music in years.
![Consumer Education: A Guide to Buying Hard Goods and Some Shit](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/Consumer-Education.jpg)
Consumer Education: A Guide to Buying Hard Goods and Some...
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to drown in the shitty seas of capitalism while trying to purchase frivolous items needed to contain our boredom between eating, shitting and fucking. Basically, that’s what we are all on this planet to do, right? Eat, shit, fuck. The rest is just killing time between the next fabulous
![Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood:True tales of an SLC cabbie](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/taxi-driver.jpg)
Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood:True tales of...
Since Cab #6 (another mini-van!!) has a tape deck and shitty speakers, and seeing as how punk rock sounds better than anything else in that fidelity situation, I drove around all night listening to an old dubbed tape of mine with three entire albums on it: Propaghandi’s Less Talk, More Rock; and the Guttermouth classics
![A Barney for a Bargain! Gallery Stroll](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/cassandra-barney.jpg)
A Barney for a Bargain! Gallery Stroll
I have always thought of myself as a socialite living on a socialist budget. I dream of lounging by the pool or strolling for one-of-a-kind artwork to add to my massive collection. Alas, as I am no heir to any sized fortune. Thus began my love affair with Art Access Galleries’ 300 Plates exhibit and
![Dear Dickheads – May 2005](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2004/09/6830-DDatsize-1.jpg)
Dear Dickheads – May 2005
SLUG Writer comments on the death of Pope John Paul. … read more
![Bellyography – May 2005](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2005/05/Annie-Bellydance.jpg)
Bellyography – May 2005
When I started writing this article, my intention was and still is, to introduce the public to this community’s belly dancers. The Wasatch Front is home to some of the most talented dancers in America, and we have extremely good teachers, too. … read more