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Product reviews for Brunton’s All Day High Capacity Power Supply and Recoil’s Automatic Cord Winder Combo Pack … read more
The Great Indoors: Exploring the Wasatch Indoor Bike Park
The snow and cold temps often put a damper on most Utahns’ cycling adventures from about November to March. Fortunately, entrepreneur and avid outdoorsman Spencer Randle saw an innovative opportunity to keep bikers entertained year round by bringing them to the great indoors. … read more
Food Review: Rawtopia
Omar Abou-Ismail is thrilled to examine people’s expressions as they taste raw vegan food for the first time. As a skeptic by nature (and junk food vegan!), I was surprised at the palatable flavors and textures—I’ve never had anything like the food from Rawtopia. I’m sure Omar could detect the suspicion fade and turn to bliss as I stuffed my face. … read more
SLUG BMX Photo Feature: Jordan Swenson
Whenever I hear someone talking about “underrated riders,” Jordan is the first person that comes to mind. He’s put out a couple self produced edits that have gone more or less under the radar in terms of major BMX media, despite his riding level being at or even above some current pros.
Photos by: Matthew Windsor / matthewwindsorphoto.com … read more
Creature Feature: Lisa Dank – Drag Thing
Lisa Dank was born in Ogden and, three years ago, came to Salt Lake with wide, white eyes and a Trapper Keeper full of bright, bratty personality. Dank, who prefers male pronouns in and outside of performance, was soon spotted onstage at Pure (now Hydrate) by Cartel Chameleon Fenice, who was recruiting performers for a fledgling performance collective affectionately called the Bad Kids. … read more
Telling Funny Stories with Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk is an American Novelist and freelance journalist who is best known for the film adaptations of his books Choke and Fight Club. On the heels of the release of his 14th novel, Beautiful You, Palahniuk sat down with SLUG to chat about James Franco, Comic Cons and becoming a graphic novelist for his next project Fight Club 2. Palahniuk will be in town at the Union Ballroom on Oct. 29, for anyone who would like to witness his crazy antics in person and wear pajamas as an adult. … read more
What is #GamerGate, Anyway?
If you are a person of the video game persuasion, you have undoubtedly heard about the latest hashtag flooding the Internet: #GamerGate. From reading hashtags alone, however, it is difficult to pin down what exactly #GamerGate is. … read more
10 Years of Anime Banzai
Anime Banzai is the largest Japanese anime convention in Utah, and it just celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend at the Davis Conference Center in Layton. The 3-day convention went Friday through Sunday, Oct. 17–19. … read more
Charles Halford: Local Boy Turned Demon Hunter
Charles Halford, an actor who grew up in Salt Lake City, has been cast as the role of Chas Chandler, Constantine’s cab driver/drinking buddy/demon hunter. Halford, whose TV work includes HBO’s True Detective and ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., took some time to chat with us about NBC’s new show Constantine, as well as the simple pleasures of taking a punch in the name of the performing arts. … read more
Salt Laker Makers — PechaKucha Vol. 13 @ The Fallout...
Salt Lake just had its lucky number Vol. 13 PKN on the 13th of October. Thankfully Camp Crystal Lake’s Jason did not attend, likely because he only goes out on Friday, and this event was held on Monday night. SLUG was invited to attend. … read more