Year: 2007
Random News From the Skate World – May 2007
Hell yeah, spring is here. The sun is shining and it’s nice to just be alive. Skateboarding is still making the world go around, maybe not, but at least skating makes the dogs bark and bite though. Some things will never change. If you haven’t heard, Adam Dyet is the fucking man. He took home thirty
Skate Product Reviews – May 2007
Reviews for Adidas Skate Shoes and Satori Movement Wheels. … read more
This is the Place: American Fork Skate Park
Wow, for once the above phrase “This is the Place” has relevance in Utah other than the pristine nature our state holds within its borders. American Fork Skate Park is now Utah’s best-poured concrete marvel. I’m not sure who designed the park or for that fact who built it. I do know that they did
John Peter Lewis
It seems that for the past while now, if some lame band or shitty recording ‘artist’ contacts SLUG and requests an interview and they don’t really want to do the interview, somehow that interview gets offered up to me. Case in point, Lisa Loeb. Why Lisa Loeb’s manager would think it would be a good
Bellyography: SHAUNELLE – May 2007
Elegance and grace are alive and well. Both are embodied in Shaunelle’s nostalgic dance style. … read more
Contributor Limelight: Chris Swainston
Ladies beware! Chris Swainston, local lover and lady killer, photographs action sports such as snowboarding and skateboarding for SLUG Magazine. … read more
Review: African Psycho
African Psycho Alain Mabanckou Soft Skull Press Street: 03.01 The story of Gregoire Nakobomayo, a would-be serial killer, had the potential to be good. Sadly, African Psycho falls flat. Gregoire’s character lacks depth. He wants to carry out the legacy of his idol, the accomplished serial killer, Angoualime, but the story goes no farther to
Review: Following Sean
Following Sean Ralph Arlyck New Video Group Street: 03.27 In 1969, Ralph Arlyck interviewed his four-year-old neighbor, Sean Farrell, in an apartment on Haight Street, San Francisco. Sean, the son of two hippies in an “open” marriage, speaks about his experiences smoking pot and seeing cops bust people. Arlyck draws on a wealth of old
Review: Hostage
Hostage Constantine Giannaris Koch Lorber Street: 02.13 Hostage is, as Milhouse Van Houten once said, “like Speed 2, only on a bus instead of a boat!” It tells the story of Senia, a scruffy, young Albanian immigrant who, armed with an assault rifle and a grenade, hijacks a bus one summer morning in northern Greece.
Review: Krazy & Ignatz 1939–1940: A Brick Stuffed with Moom-Bims
Krazy & Ignatz 1939–1940: A Brick Stuffed with Moom-Bims George Herriman Fantagraphic Books Street: 03.28 E.E. Cummings was a big fan; Michael Stipe of R.E.M. has a tattoo of the crazy couple and famed cartonists Will Eisner and Bill Watterson both cite Krazy Kat as an influence on their work. It is rare that an