Month: January 2012
Video Game Reviews – January 2012
Dance Central 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword are reviewed. … read more
Bridges, Bones and Brigades: The History of Skateboarding
This January, Stacy Peralta returns to Park City to premiere his fourth Sundance documentary, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography. The film tracks how the Bones Brigade influenced the most pivotal moments in skateboard history. During their reign, this handful of skaters started the transformation from slalom skating into modern street art. … read more
Localized – Filth Lords, ABK and Vena Cava
Urban Lounge is the spot on Friday, Jan. 13 for bona fide rock n’ roll and punk with ABK and Vena Cava. Filth Lords open the 21+ show, and, as always, $5 gets you in. … read more
National CD Reviews – January 2012
New and recent releases from The Cure, The Devil’s Blood, Errors, Kepi Ghoulie, Laura Gibson, Majestic Downfall, Mickey Moonlight, The Slackers, Tim “Love” Lee and many more are reviewed. … read more
Getting Back Up: Tempt One Writes Again
In 1980s Los Angeles, Tony Quan, aka Tempt One, was one of the pioneers of a distinct LA graffiti style. But in 2003, Tempt was diagnosed with ALS, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which left him almost completely paralyzed, unable to eat, breathe or even speak on his own—writing graffiti was obviously out of the question. … read more
Palace of Buddies
Nick Foster and Tim Myers have made music in Salt Lake in many incarnations over the last 12 years. Palace of Buddies, the current musical incarnation of Foster and Myers, plays an infectious assembly of electro-pop and dance-rock. Make sure to put on your blue dress and join Palace of Buddies as they get the party poppin’ at SLUG’s Blue Dress Birthday Bash on Feb. 17 at The Woodshed. … read more
God’s Revolver
The weather has been bleak this winter, without much snowfall—just lonely little tumbleweeds bouncing and rolling through the bars and venues that God’s Revolver used to play so frequently. Luckily, God’s Revolver will brandish their six-shooters again, as they will play SLUG’s Blue Dress Birthday Bash on Feb. 17 in full force, with only one little qualm: Singer Reid Rouse says, “I don’t know how this one’s going to go. I hear we’re going to be in dresses.” … read more
Bob Moss 1953 – 2011
Bob Moss was the greatest man I’ve ever known. At first he was just the hairy dude in a picture on my friend Brian Staker’s desk. One day, while awaiting my paycheck, I imagined him plunking off-key songs on his beat-up guitar. “That’s my friend Bob Moss,” Staker said. “He’s an artist and musician.” … read more
SLUG Games: Dawn of the Shred
On January 14, the 12th Annual SLUG Games went undead with Dawn of the Shred, presented by Budweiser, at Brighton Resort. No skier, snowboarder or snowblader was safe from the fury as hoards of local talent ran rampant through the course built by Brighton’s superior Zombie Response and Terrain Park crew. … read more
The Accidental Triumph of Oni Tattoo: 5 Years of Slinging...
For those pilgrims looking to wander a little off the beaten path (and willing to exercise patience for an appointment), Oni Tattoo has become a haven of quality art, laid-back atmosphere and dedicated needle-slingers who are in it for the love of the work. For owner Greg Christensen, all the difficult hours of running a business and maintaining his tattoo portfolio have seen reward: The shop celebrated its five-year anniversary in Dec. … read more