Year: 2008
At Home With The Ghosts
The Midwest Paranormal Conference as a Forum for Paranormal Investigation … read more
Localized: Reviver, Pilot This Plane Down and Nine Worlds –...
Get your black t-shirt ready, August 8th’s Localized is going to be a plague-driven experimental metal fest. Reviver will open and Pilot This Plane Down and Nine Worlds will make sure that no ones leaves without transcending space or time. … read more
What a Splendid Morning for Zombie Stroll
What Sunday street spectacle would creep out a Salt LakeCity resident�more than any other? If you said “a gaypride parade” then you probably think that a gun rack isan essential car accessory and you’re voting for McCain.Speaking of pasty-faced people who speak incoherentlyand walk stiffly, want to know what would really freak meout? … read more
Ample Fire Within: An interview with ASCEND
Greg Anderson, mad scientist behind such projects as Goatsnakeand SunnO))), has a history with SLUG Magazine. “I picked upa copy of the SLUG sometime in 1998 while I was on tour,” saysAnderson, “and the issue I got just happened to have a reviewof Sleep’s Jerusalem release.” The reviewer not only trashed therecord, but caused Anderson’s jealousy to flare up. … read more
s a former vegetarian of 12 years (the last four as a pescatarian), Iam still reveling in my recent return to the land of carnivores. Everymenu has become a wonderland of murderous choices. Aside fromthe occasional fine dining spot and ghetto ethnic hole in the wall, mostof the meat I eat is a little disappointing. The chicken too dry, the beeftoo tough or just plain flavorless and pork that tastes rancid. … read more
Mike Brown: The Girl’s Room
I got a new job working the door at a local club. I won’t say which clubbecause it’s really messy in there and a health inspector could be readingthis. I’ll just say it’s more of a venue than a bar, gets loud and sweaty onthe weekends, and has some of the fastest bartenders in the west. If youorder a Kamikaze there, the barkeep is done making it by the time youfinish saying the word “Kamikaze.” … read more
Inversion Trawler: MURGATROID, THE DISEMBODIED FLAPPER – August 2008
Apparently we’ve got ourselves a spirit guide of sorts. Aunt Leona brought us the news in full dramatic Leona-excito-flutter. Her white Chrysler Le Baron convertible screeched to a halt in front of our house, and we heard the rapid and distinctive click-click-click of her open-toed heels along our front walk as she hurried to our front door. Boo and I were sitting in our side garden, just out of view of the front walk, so I called out, “Ahoy there Aunt Leona.” … read more
DVD Reviews – August 2008
Although the beloved 337 building was torn down months ago, fans of the project can relive the experience while watching Afterimage: The Art of 337. … read more
Books Aloud – August 2008
Books reviewed by the braniacs @ SLUG Magazine. … read more
National CD Reviews – August 2008
SLUG Reviews albums from Aesop Rock, APSE, Bleed The Sky, Disturbed, The Gaslight Anthem, Jex Thoth, Kathy Griffin, Whitechapel and many more! Aesop Rock None Shall Pass Instrumentals & Acapellas Definitive Jux Street: 06.02 Aesop Rock = Blockhead + The Dead Poets Society This project came to be as a re-release of Aesop’s bangin’ album