Year: 2005
Back to the Snowy Roots: The Re-Birth of Telemark Skiing
Josh Madsen is a 26-year-old Pro Telemark Skier. He has been living in Utah for more than 10 years and has been telemark skiing for 12 years. Recently, in-between a filming trip to Austria with the Line Ski Team and a road trip to British Columbia with friends to go heli skiing… … read more
Cuatros en Cinco: Seeking and destroying the desolate Showbowl of...
April 13th Amador, sitting between myself and the window seat, has just come from the Phoenix Am, where SLC’s own Adam Dyet swept the show walking away with a 1st place and Best Trick (nollie cab heel 270 to switch f/s board down the big rail.) Lizard managed to finagle a small portion of the
Winter Music Conference 2005
There is a point in time when it is considered a sacrilege to ignore a fundamental moment in the dance music community. Held annually during the middle of March, in the madness of Miami Beach, Florida. … read more
Stepping Through the Cemetery: 12 Step Rebels
12 Step Rebels Ain’t Fluffin’ Up Their Pure Psychobilly From the deserts of Albuquerque, N.M., comes the pure psychobilly sounds of the 12 Step Rebels. The 12 Step Rebels are rocking the graveyard with their songs of creatures of the night. [12 Step Rebels]The 12 Step Rebels started in 2000, released an EP on a
Whip it Good: Prepare to be Dominated by the Coachwhips
When I called to schedule this interview, I got an answering machine, which, in the spirit of George Castanza’s answering machine on Seinfeld, is a reworking of a famous pop tune (only in this case, the message is about “walking on down to K-Mart to buy some shoes” set to the music of “Electric Ave.”)
Tea, again? A Tegan & Sarah Show Review
Perhaps it’s because I’m not gay. Or, maybe it’s because I’m a man. Whatever the reason is, I don’t understand why, or, more appropriately, how it is that so many people can adore Tegan and Sara. … read more
Edie Sedgwick
Pastiche Panoply: Jason Moyer of Edie Sedgwick Chats Celebrityism, Post-Modernism, Pop-Art “One day five years ago I was watching America’s Scariest Police Chases and it was hosted by this insane sheriff from somewhere with really white teeth, this tough dude. And I thought, ‘What if somebody wrote a novel from this dude’s perspective? What would
Low
How Low Can You Go: High Times with Alan Sparhawk of Low. [Alan Sparkhawk of Low] “I don’t know if that’s specifically the new direction. Going out on a limb was definitely a positive experience, and I think we’re going to do that more.” Moses spoke with G-d, George Bush held private council
Katchup – January 2005
Talk of how to not die, how to win stuff by being a good snowboarder and how to learn to ride if you’re a girl. … read more
All Systems Fail
In a world of people that think a bowl cut and a wardrobe from Hot Topic is what punk is all about, the true essence of what the punk movement originally set out to achieve has been lost. Or has it? Not according to Salt Lake City’s hardcore punkcrust entity All Systems Fail. SLUG talked