Diabolical Records Presents: BANDEMONIUM!

Diabolical Records Presents: BANDEMONIUM!
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On Dec. 12, 2014, over 70 individuals—from different spectrums of the SLC/Utah music scene—signed up to be randomly selected to play in bands for Diabolical Record’s BANDEMONIUM. These new groups would be given two weeks to practice and strut their stuff for 10–15 minute sets of improvisation, music or whatever. … read more

Paul Edwards: SLUG BMX Photo Feature

Paul Edwards: SLUG BMX Photo Feature
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Paul Edwards is one of the few kids in Utah County that regularly makes his way up to Salt Lake City to cruise with us. He can mess with a street set up as well as anyone, but it’s always funny to watch him just hanging out and rolling around before deciding to huck a huge flair in front of a mob of scooter dorks. … read more

Beehive Startups Utah Women in Tech – Part 1: The Problem

Beehive Startups Utah Women in Tech – Part 1: The...
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In Part 1 of Beehive Startups’ Women in Utah Tech series, a handful of women working in Utah’s technology sector helped identify the reasons so few women work in the executive levels of tech companies. … read more

One More Book Before I Go: An Interview with James Dashner

One More Book Before I Go: An Interview with James...
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SLUG Magazine recently had the good fortune to talk with James Dashner on all things Utah, Syfy and TV binge-watching. … read more

 
 
Creature Feature: Derek Perry

Creature Feature: Derek Perry
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When one thinks of Salt Lake’s Bad Kids Collective, certain images come to mind—wild, frenetic performances and elaborate, often fantastic costumes. No Bad Kid embodies this lifestyle more than Derek Perry, Salt Lake resident and Club Kid extraordinaire. There’s just one thing that sets Perry apart—he’s never performed onstage. … read more

SLUG Games: Battle at Basin Presented By Ken Garff Fiat

SLUG Games: Battle at Basin Presented By Ken Garff Fiat
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The riders were showing off such skills that the judges started to have some fun by offering their personal cash on top of that offered by Ken Garff Fiat for those who could throw down whatever trick was called out by the MC. … read more

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Lecture: Marie Gaytan Series 01.15

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Lecture: Marie Gaytan Series...
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The room was filled with academic types from the U of U and other distinguished-looking people, yet they had jumped on the tequila like it was a frat party on campus when it was actually a swanky private event on South Temple. … read more

Establishing a Relationship: Interview with Brian Bell and Nate Shaw

Establishing a Relationship: Interview with Brian Bell and Nate Shaw
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The Relationship’s origins can be said to go back decades to a fateful meeting between Bell and Shaw while they attended music school. Bell says, “I was a cafeteria lady and it was kind of at the height of the hair metal craze.” … read more

Cyber Heist: Local Game Rocks the Indie Festival Circuit

Cyber Heist: Local Game Rocks the Indie Festival Circuit
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It’s the year 2114. The price tag on higher education has been jacked up to an exorbitant rate, resulting in billions of dollars in student debt. Sensing a financial loophole, the Department of Education begins to allow mega corporations to purchase these outstanding debts, effectively turning college students into indentured servants. … read more

Aesop Rock at Urban Lounge 01.19 with Rob Sonic, DJ Abilities, Homeboy Sandman

Aesop Rock at Urban Lounge 01.19 with Rob Sonic, DJ...
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The crowd as a whole looked more like they were there to see Local Natives, and not the indie rap giants that are Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic, but maybe that’s just the direction of style that rap nerds are headed towards … read more