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Book Reviews – July 2010
SLUG reviews Bike Snob, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Clean and Plan-B Theatre Company: More Plays from Behind the Zion Curtain. … read more
Video Game Reviews – July 2010
Reviews of Dead to Rights: Retribution, Red Dead Redemption and Skate 3 are featured this month. … read more
Product Reviews – July 2010
Products from War Regime, enjoi, Mattel, Cliche and Darkstar are reviewed this month. … read more
Wasatch Roller Derby Midnight Terror vs. Slaughter House Derby Girls
Wasatch Roller Derby’s Midnight Terror showed the Slaughter House Derby Girls of Greeley, CO who’s boss last Saturday at the Taylorsville Rec Center. From the get-go the Terror was ahead leading 16 – 2 just five minutes in … read more
Mike Brown: Zines and Shit
So I write a zine and shit. Zack Hammers, an imaginary skateboarder I made up, wanted to interview me about my zine, The Leviathan. So I kindly obliged, even though Zack Hammers is a total asshole. I respect him because he’s not afraid to ask the tough questions. … read more
Princess Kennedy: Dr. Princess of Avondale
On Easter, my friend DJ JORY, who just moved to town from San Francisco, introduced me to his friend Dennis Reynolds. Reynolds and his friend Robin Ballard are the creators of a homemade soap opera called Avondale. My interest was sparked when Reynolds told me they were interested in having me appear in an episode—even more so when I was told that they filmed Avondale in the Pleasure Palace. … read more
Skate Lake City Chronicle
SLUG delivers all the news that’s fit to give a shit about in the local skate world. … read more
Movin’ On Up to the Westside
The rush for westward expansion is alive and well in the Salt Lake Valley. Cheap land is available by the acres. You could think of places like West Valley, Rose Park, Kearns, West Jordan, Riverton and Herriman as the Louisiana Purchase: big, fertile land just waiting to be exploited by some rich white man. The exploitation of land, however, has an unexpected side effect. This side effect is advantageous for a skateboarder. … read more
Picture Me Rollin’: Mark Judd
I met Mark Judd a long time ago but it was back in the day of Connections. I saw him skating in a competition there and he was throwing bangers on the rails and shredding the park harder than anyone I had ever seen. He was pure energy. “I got like fifth place, but I thought I should have gotten better,” Judd recalled. I agree he should have. After that contest was over I knew he was a lifetime ripper. … read more
Pro Fitness for Pro Gym-Avoiders
While physical fitness certainly has its benefits, a lot of people (including this writer) have a number of negative connotations about ‘going to the gym’ and the stereotypes of persons that embrace their gym memberships and workout routines. So, the occasional bike ride to the bar or sporadic day on the slopes is about the extent of exercise I experience in any given year. In efforts to tackle my fear of the more muscle-bound of us, I head towards Vitality Fitness – a unique gym hidden inside a commercial park in west Sugarhouse. … read more