If the Truth Isn’t Funny, Make it Up:  An Interview with RuPaul’s Russian Contestant Katya

If the Truth Isn’t Funny, Make it Up: An Interview...
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Performers around the world are usually known for a specific feature or characteristic: good looks, intelligence, kindness, talent, passion or hard work. However, RuPaul’s Season 7 Russian Queen, Katya Zamolodchikova, is known by her fans and friends to hone all these qualities and more. Between hilarious performances—like her famous Abe Lincoln look—and her ability to improvise regardless of circumstance, Katya is the drag queen to take notes from! … read more

Mostly Harmless: David Bello of The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die

Mostly Harmless: David Bello of The World is a Beautiful...
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Harmlessness, the second full-length album from emo band The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, has elevated the band’s status in the indie community. … read more

Make Space Zine: We Are All Allowed

Make Space Zine: We Are All Allowed
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For the Riot Grrrls and the girls who look up to Patti Smith. For the girls who want to learn bass and scream into a microphone. For the girls with cameras, paintbrushes and tattoo guns sick of having to justify doing what they love to a white-cis-male dominated industry. … read more

Review: The Dicks From Texas

Review: The Dicks From Texas
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The Dicks From Texas pays tribute in the best way possible to a band like these guys—it’s raw, unpolished, and choppy in some places, the lighting and audio isn’t perfect, the live footage is all bootlegged, and you definitely get the feeling that it went through a single editing process in someone’s basement. But, you know what? That’s punk rock! And that was the Dicks! … read more

 
 
Greg Wilson: Hurricane Gonzo Hits SLC

Greg Wilson: Hurricane Gonzo Hits SLC
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Straight out of L.A., for one weekend Greg Wilson is bringing his Gonzo style of stand-up to Utah audiences at Sandy Station. … read more

Review: Project X Zone 2

Review: Project X Zone 2
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Project X Zone 2 Bandai Namco Entertainment Reviewed on Nintendo 3DS XL Street: 02.16 Project X Zone 2 is the love child of Bandai Namco, Capcom and Sega, and it features all of your favorite characters from various animes and JRPGs. It’s also the sequel to Project X Zone. Tales of Vesperia, .hack//, Resident Evil,

Ringo Deathstarr: Keeping it Pharmaceutical-Hard

Ringo Deathstarr: Keeping it Pharmaceutical-Hard
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Austin band Ringo Deathstarr have picked out the many things that typify shoegaze, hurled them to the ground and stomped all over the pieces. … read more

Subversive Shrink: The Power of Subversive Dialogues

Subversive Shrink: The Power of Subversive Dialogues
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Dear Subversive Shrink, I have a family member who is quite patriarchal in an almost WASP sort of way, and I’m seeking to reevaluate how to respond to their expressions of their ideologies, with which I disagree. On one hand, many years ago, I was inspired when Jello Biafra advised to simply talk to somebody

SLUG Style: Madi Smith

SLUG Style: Madi Smith
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Madi Smith is a local heavy metal fan who has created and customized her own kutte, or “battle vest” which is a part of heavy metal and biker culture. SLUG asked her how she chose her patches, and how she has customized her vest to make it her own. … read more

Remembering the Lamb

Remembering the Lamb
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Feb. 9, 2016 was the day that the one and only Jason Lamb was gone. He was my dear friend and a dedicated musician. He never slowed down until his death at age 47. He punched his time card and checked out. … read more