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Whacktastic Skateboard Antics and The Morning News
I really fucking hate the news. I also hate people who believe the news. I guess I’m a big believer in “no news is good news.” So when I got asked to show some newslady how to ride a skateboard, I was at first hesitant. But then when they told me it would be a
Books Aloud – July 2005
Reviews of Destroying Yourself is Too Accessible, Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization and the graphic novel Locas: The Maggie And Hopey Stories. … read more
Dear Dickheads – July 2005
The only good part of your letter was the reference to Satan’s fires, but I doubt you even have the capability to see the coolness factor in that. … read more
Dear Dickheads – June 2005
I have heard a rumor that corporate stores around town, like Media Play, have threatened their employees with being fired if they are caught shopping at locally owned music stores … read more
Calling All Bats: SLC’s Dark Arts Festival Celebrates Five Years
They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery; either that, or someone’s trying to cash in on someone else’s success. Either way, it would seem that Salt Lake’s Dark Arts Festival has inspired a little envy in Colorado, where some scavengers have lifted the name and are throwing their own Dark Arts gala.
Skateboarding is SOOOO Cool Right Now!
It was hard for me to think of skateboard-related topics to write about this month. And I think the reason why is because it rained the whole time last month, therefore, no one skated. I sure as fuck didn’t. I hate the noise wet bearings make. It sounds like a hooker getting strangled or that
Soccer Dad and the People in your Neighborhood: True Tales...
Perhaps the greatest perk of my job is the opportunity to readily interact with strangers. Also, I get to observe our fair city from every conceivable angle afforded to a gravity-obeying mammal. Most times, it beats the hell out of the cubicle I sat in before I became a taxi driver. And sometimes, through the