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Dear Dickheads, a boy,gay and 14, whosucceeded. I am a heterosexual female, I have a friend who coming out of a and I think that the asshole who lesbian bar was raped by eight wrote the "Sincerely, Orem Utah" men and with a broken beer bottle, pissed me off so fucking bad. I left for dead- that's been a few EDITORISALES have a lot of homosexual friends. years ago, but maybe you re- I I was one of the people who member it. You don't, do you? 01 Natalie Kaminski tookdown one of the posters off of course not, because there's a rape the U of U. I put it in my bedroom, every minute- what makes one CONTRIBUTWG WRITERS over my bed. I see nothing wrong distinguishable from the next?Jwt bk Z#benyl, Joseph Brlggs, Matt Taykr, Donnb Cbrlstieb, LIFa Brhgard with the posters. another news story. But she re- this ibbh, 8ectl vice, TW,LMS Nestman, ~yanworkma As far as I am concerned, the members it. This isn't polemic. IPS COPY EDITOR: Jo Yatte L.D.S. church issofucked up. They not a lecture. It's the first signs of have so much control over Utah. fire. We are smoldering. PHOTOGRAPHS: Steve Mlduley, Rlck Egan, Robert DeBerry Especially Salt Lake City. Orem, Utah letter-writer, you F-DUDE 8r ILLUSTRATIONS: Ryan Wayment As far as I am concerned they will be the first one wetorch in bed. are just as good in bed as hetero- You wonder why I hate yoi? sexual guy. I know first hand. special thanks to JO Yafle, ~attTaylor and K~ISJohnson without You wonderwhy blackspullwhit~s So fuck off all you "hetero- out of their cars intothestreets a@ whom this publication would not be posslble fuckheads." You should treqt beat them to death? Why, po~r poeple all the same. No matter baby, what have you ever done7 SLU6 1s: A monthly New: and Bterl8hment Guids lbrt ir wntrd by 1be 6th :I racb what their> sexual preference is! Because this world works for yop. nutb udcm br found 8t owr 100 bcationr. All Hm#b conlributad by local nltrrr. AH Sincerely, You may not have made it-bgt natMorluted in SlUe b thr opinion 01 th8 rRrrrnd.not rcrturily tharr of the Holly Wood this world of rape and rnurder.;it ~lltollirl#tall. 1111 rubmirabnr, dwrtiaine, Ienorr, ~Icturrs,~ormr and art work ravd br Salt Lake City was made to work for you and yofr miwdby the LMh oi the month to br print8d in Ur next iruu. kind. Me and my kind, we will un- Please Send to: SLUG MAGAMUE Dear Dickheads, make it. P.O. BOX This letter is for "geeks like Sincerelf, 1061 this" who wrote about a lesbian's Fishbone Shadow SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 841 10-1 061 editorial to say that "pathetic pleas for equal rights make him want to EDITORS NOTE: or Call 467.4742 puke" ...we (theworld) aren't "going You know I can deal with tb to change to pamper your queer fact that SLUG doesn't mak ass." Sir, I believe you. I know you money. I can also deal with the fad won't pamper my ass. Which is that people like Shame X9 think it why I'd like to powder yours -with should be used as toilet paper. a shotgun. But, I am really sick of Salt Lake$ Don't despair of people who general apathy. We have set up are willing to dialogue endlessly SLUG as an open forum for you to with morons like yourself for "equal' voice your oppinions. I guess the rights" -as if that were a privilege Gay community is the only group rn-I you somehow owned and should of people that feel their rights ace be encouraged to dispense gener- fucked. Hey don't politics Succ? ously. I, Sir, am not one of those Aren't liquer laws fucked, or do$t you people really give a shit? It is I I people. II.II'E I am of the rational, educated, time for you fucks to get off yoer level-headed, queer or queer- lazy asses and do something. Wg supportive individuals which be- want to print your oppinions. W& GET THIS TRASH SENT lieve one less bigot in the world are not writers here- we're just RIGHT TO YOUR HOUSE can't be a bad thing. And likely as publishers. We have great staff not I am carrying a baseball bat- writers and the best fuckin adver- or firearm in my car-to back up tisers in the world, who support --=- 812 NOW! v--- this thinking. I am not tolerant and what we do, but youroppinions are Send Check or Money Order for $12.00 To: patient. Equal rights make you vital. So why don't you sit down SLUG P.O. Box 1061 Salt Lake Ciy, Utah 84110-1 061 puke? I would like to lay your head sometime and write us a letter. Ah, down in that puke for the last time. fuck it ... I think I'll just go work f~r Fill This Out and Send Wih Check (Please Print) LA is not the only city burning. the bridge, at least they give a shit 1 Salt Lake is a hotbed of anger. You J. R. Rupppl NAME find my pleas pathetic? I was born 1 in Utah. I have a friend who came DICKHEhDS 8 SLU6 ADDRESS out to his Bishop in church of Fami- lies Are Forever. His Bishop told P.O. BOX 1061, SIX UTAH: CITY STATZIP him to kill himself. He tried. I know \ >age 4 June 1992 SLUG Best Studios, this ef- fort was finely pro-. duced, doing I Playground's sound a lot of justice. Julie Stutznegger's vocal abilities, in my opin- ion, are unsurpassable, and probably the best Salt Lake has to offer. Backed by three cre- ative and talented musicians (Adam Allen on bass, Brad Butterfieldon drums, and Steve Rose on guitar), Julie's sing-' ing style stands out the most. Her style varies greatly ern bluesirock and religious imag. through the tape, from the ethereal ery, Cave's songs are dark and PUYGROUMI photo: Ryan Workman crooning on This Time to the har- dreary, yet moving, full of depth monioussing-alongMimmicktothe and emotion that is missing from ~PMYGROUND their musical ability. hauntingly beautiful acapella aura many artists' releases. Beginning with the cheerful of River. Incredible! Henry's Dream pulls na j BhvadAnwv Turns,thealbum proceedsthrough My favorites? Check out Dry punches and packs a wallop, de; a near-perfect sequence of diver- Well,with itssultry vocals, mixed in livering powerful images held to. imgnwt with a jamming Smiths-style, com- gether by instrumentation and : Throughout their short-lived, sity, with many musical styles mixed in, ranging from the jazzy pletewith acousticfills. And Allover Cave's distinct vocal style. Grab butwell-received, existence, Play- Me with its uplifting melody and copy of Henry's Dream as told bJ zground proved that you don't have Stormto the classical ethnicsounds of the cello laced Argentena, to the steady drumbeat. Nick Cave and The Bad Seedq :-30beloud to haveapowerfuIsound. The tape will be available this You may just wake up to a new Rhusis shown in this thirteen song alternative-rock finale Asterisk. Recorded at Ken's World's month, and, all in all, is an out- world. f cassette, that captures every bit of standing release from this Mart Taylor;: danceable, guitar-oriented, (dare I say "pop") band, with a hell of a lot '1.. Uom UNION PROGRAMS PRESENTS I of originality and talent. DISCO INFERNO ,1 Ryan W. In Debt t CRe In Debt is a compilation NICK CAVE & THE from Disco Inferno and the first release from Che records in BAD SEEDS don. At first listen it's hard to look the Joy Division influe but on closer scrutiny this'compl tion has moredepth and lessdre I FEATURING than the Joy Division recor Henry's Dream is the stron- Wistful and ethereal, Disco Infer All Cnd gest releasefromex-BirthdayParty moves from more melodic son All FREE frontman Nick Cave and his cast of to the droning "death rock" inf -I Bad Seeds. Vibrant and energetic, enced tunes, stretching the gen I THEC"'"" the album takes all the moods of and adding more soulful influenc Cave and raises them to new This is more a recordforrel CONTINUUM- heights. ing than a soundtrackfor asui Cave's narrative abilities have While it ventures into gray are H,V,P.C, always been his strongest soundand lyrics, it doesn't get songwriting quality and lyrically, absorbed and indulgent. - thls album stretches his limits to If you like your musicdarka SHADOWPLAY------new-found potential. Captured in moody then this is a band wo - songs like Papa Won't Leave You, checking out. If you're already f.....-..---... Henry, I HadA Dream, Joe, When pressed and on the verge of s SPONSORED- BY: audience rizes I First Came To Town and John anhilation then maybe you sho provide8by: Finns' Wife, Cave splns yarns, try something a little more upb GUITAR THE MUSIC FACTORY develops characters and brings and happy. Say ...Paula Abdul. 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. ' "The court system has wok&, indication" of being high on PCP, . .' and what's needed now is calm except that none was found in his ::: .-,::: and respect for the law until the system. .-*..:.?.appeals process takes place. " An acquittal was ensured when *. .". --George Bush the 2nd District Court of Appeals -- . granted a venue change from LA .Sometimes police work is County to the overwhelmingly rich, s:-brvtal. That'sjust a fact of life. ." white, conservative "police commu- -4... . :. - -Sergeant Koon, nity"of SimiValley, inVenturaCounty. r' testifying in defense of his actions A'fait'trialis intheeyeofthebeholder, in the King incident. -. at the whim of the Establishment. The Court's instructions .to the L. "They"e policemen, they're jury as to how they should narrowly Henwe see Brieneo W attacking King, Samaritan that ha k Ziot angels. They're out there to and prejudicial%view the video was I 40 a low-down, dirty job. " sufficient to absolve them of all re- AROUND OUR POWER." ent areaswere left almost unscat .-. -Koon's lawyer, sponsibilityto humanity anddecency. -Dead Kennedys, The authorities did everything :2 and 10 year vet of the LAPD. The defense pictured the four cops Bedtime for Dmoc&y could to encourage rioting in S 2 & -* -* as "part of the line between society not even ordering mobilizationof th What we saw on TVof the beat- and chaos," who are protecting US "fovedy is the worst form of caps until 7:30 that night, a full :.-hg administered to Rodney King at from 'the likes of Rodney King." violence." hours after the riot began. : the handsoftheLAPD was, in fact, an What the Court of Law told us, -Mahatma Gandhi Why would the police i-kolated-.- incident. It wasoneof thefew the people, is that 4 (let alone 23) age rioting? After the Watt

*-?imes that the mainstream public has able-bodied, supposedly ' highly The long-suffering people of the 60% research (by the Kerne . had an opportunity to witness 'busi- trained "peace officers" couldn't re- South Central LA, and indeed, all of Commission) stated that econom'1 !mess-. as usual" between the working strain King and were forced to beat uswho aresidcenedby theeconomic and educational factors, rather tha and lower class community and the him 56 times with nightsticks and depravation and authoritarian op- race are, ultimately, the cause law enforcement officers who are feet. pression which leads, inevitably, to "race riots." Our leaders know hired to keep us in our place. Theonly In Powell's case (he's the one rebellion, watched, incredulous and causes riots, but are unwilling unusual circumstance was that the with the hung jury), his lawyer argued helpless, as the criminal-justice sys- they've demonstrated most v event was widely broadcast to agen- as follows: tem told us to eat shit. The nonsense to undertake the sweeping change era1 public which feels thusly about "You don't see an example of delivered as testimony to an already described by the Kerner Cornmi8 America's dysfunctional cities, and uncontrolled police brutality [on the dubious jury made itquiteclearwhich sion, aswell ascountlessotherstud ultimately, of our "supply-side" eco- video]. You see a controlled applica- verdict was to be rendered. I'm sur- ies, as necessary to eliminate raci nomicswhichfavorscorporations and tion of baton strikes for the very obvi- prised most by the hung jury in divisiveness and economic stratl further disenfranchises an already ous reason of getting this man into Powell's case. cation. Perpetuating poverty and ii 1 alienated and enslaved maprii: I custody ." Though the acquittal was con- adequate education among th"1 DON'T CARE. Sergeant Koon's lawyer was trived, and it was well-known that an masses is how our leaders retaid We mustn't blame the jury that quoted as saying, "A little pain is a acquittal would produce large-scale dominance; police brutality, oved 1 handed down the acquittal for refus- great incentive." protests and rioting (as stated by flowing prisons, rampant crime anc ing to believe the evidence of their And, as stated by thedefense in Chief Gates), police commanders, rioting are status quo. senses in watching the obviously reference to the frames of the tape allegedly "worried about overtime," It comes down to this: The riil criminal actions of LA'S finest in ac- which show Officer Brisneo (the cop let 1,000 officers off duty, about an and powerful have no intention 4 tion. First of all, the grand jury which whotestified, tosomedegree, against hour before the jury rendered its de- treating those less wellconnect indicted Sergeant Koon, Officers his fellow Officers)with his foot press- cision. Gates, himsf, was at an with any compassion or humanit Powell and Brisneo, and ex-Officer ing on the back of Kmg's neck, while fundraker almdMBW1n$~polii, anism because they like thlngk iu powi Wind (who was in training at the time the others continue their assault: reform intiatiyewbm tk.r+ b& the way they are. Republican of the beating (!) and, because he "much as it might appear otherwise, out, and could mot be rea&M-Wi 9 cal strategists agree that, at least lacked tenure with the force, was Brisneo isn't really attacking Klng. Pm. I a campaign issue this Fall, calls a '"dismissed" by soon-to-be-ex-Chief He's keeping him down for his own At the courthouse, in rich Simi law and order, fueled by racial fed Darryl Gates)decided not to indictthe good ." Valley, as protestors demonstrated invigorated by the riot, will be mod other 19 Officers who were present Brisneo testlied that he was indignant, vehement opposition to the . potent than liberal demands for that night, 10 of whom were later afraid his "dxhausted accomplices verdict, police presence, was strong. cia1 justice and egalitarianism. "punished by thedepartment.That's would shoot King for refusing to In South Central LA, however, it was And yet Bush, our regal plut right-there were 23 officers of the comply with the Officer's instructions. nonexistent. Protestors trahhed City crat who graduated from Yale a1 law atthescene. Butstill, thoughKing His lawyer told the jury that Brisneo Hall and Police Headquarters, and, doesn't seem to know that an was zapped twice with a taser, and may have saved King's life. meeting no opposition downtown, cannot be appealed, comes on the suffered several broken facial bones "We'd rather pay for riot squads erupted into the orgy of looting and and acts astounded that a group t4 and a broken leg, he was (in the than pump the ghetto back to life. arson and general displays of dissat- (minorii)people could be sodevoid 4 I words ofme juror) "in full control" of We let ,your schoqls decay on isfactionwith testatus quathat were %'sitwtiil. He gave "evbry' po@b to 6~LbA GREW WALL so wide~~d~tifh6wCrhfflu*. . I . ~ *-,.q,: ":*I ,:,='7 .. 5 , ;.-., ' .> ... . SLUG June1992 Page 7 :. >k& " ,, ~n. ,. \: :7 :&& - a- 3:-: age of the powerlhungry, jeal- of the hetero-world, casting ous, white, bourgeois, strait. shadows, spells, and reflec- POSITIVELY QUEER able-bodied male? tions in the mirror for the Let Sodom be the svmDol heteros to see their own hor- In the past, I have been men and WOMEN of the town of what heterosexism and ror-all because we aren't deeply envious of Lesbians for wanted to gang-rape two an- homophobia to do us Queers, multiplying and replenishing one simple reason: they have gels of unspecific gender. So like the holocaust has become the earth like we're just a bunch the Island of Lesbos - actual that's where I get confused - the symbol of anti-Semitism for of ambulatory inseminators. space which they can dream of how does female and male the Jewish people. It's an in- I am beginning to love and (re)create and hope to- gang rape of two ungendered teresting coincidence that Sodom now. I feel comfortable ward. The only space that us angels relate to modern, "Sodom" and "holocaust" are having it as my hometown. Of Queer Boys have is the infa- consensual Queer love? Go literally synonyms-they both course that one god destroyed mous hamlet of Sodom. And figure. mean "burnt" in Hebrew and it. That's what strait men like even though I have been a Now I take that old myth Greek respectively. Burned, him do. And now Sodom is all Sodomite for a several years, I and speak it anew. I think we burns, will burn, all us little ours. Nobody else dares step used to reject that nounltown. Queer Boys should reclaim faggots in the fiery flames of foot/body/soul into that space. I used to think it was a terrible Sodorn all for our very own. I god's wrath-our burning flesh So I take it back and encourage place to be from because of want Sodom to be Queer is but sweet incense to his my Queer brothers to rebuild the common judeo-christian Spacb- and really, it's ours nostrils. The power-hungry, there. Let the desert of Sodom belief that Sodom was de- whether we want it or not. So I jealous, white, bourgeois, blossom as the rose. The stroyed for being full of de- take it, claim it, speak it, own it; strait, able-bodied male god heteros always give us waste- praved, psychotic Queer Boys. enough Queer blood has been lives to burn me up, and that land and we always turn it inio But then I carefully read rhe spilled over the centuries in its burns me up! Incenses me! All music and gardens, full of our story in the book of genesis name to warrant ownership of just because we don't fit in with passions, desires, beauties. In and guess what - that's not what the Landscape several million that (god) awful plan. All be- that space I can stand my happened dt ,all. You and I times over. And all because cause we would rather "dress ground. In that space I can have been lied to by the that nasty, white, hetero-male and keep the garden" by being speakanddanceand loveand (hetero) religions for all these god hates us Queer Boys-. interior decorators, artists, fuck without fear. years! Sodom, according to would rather kill us than look at faaabulous drag queens, mu- ' the Hebrew scriptures, was us. So what's new? What else sicians, dancers, pagan f aeries Yours in thegospel of Judy destroyed by that one god (I could you expect from a god with our faggot-wands burning Garland, forget his name), because the that has been made in the im- bright, lighting up the darkness Sister Rococo O'Sodom

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true' nature of our existence, and the'build-up to the dance is more than half the fun. Tom Robbins Honestly, the master of char- Drtr Beas acterization,.dialogue, and intent Ever wonder what the long- displayed by Robbins is amazing. prophesied "end of the world" will Robbins is one of those rare male be like (provided that idea isn't authors who can create a well- just a fiction foisted on us by the fleshed and admirable female Christians)?Maverickauthor Tom protagonist, and the messily- Robbins has, and his postulations coiffed Ellen Cherry is no excep- on just what the portents pointing tion. And Robbins could scarcely to "the Apocalypse" really mean have chosen a better vehicle for he worked with William S. arecontained in his latest master- delivering his message. Burroughs. piece, Skinny Legs And All. It may sound as if the novel is The "cut-up" process is one : The tale beginswith aprelude fluffy or pretensious, but such is of the most fascinating literary set ida mythical room where the hardly the case. Indeed, the dia- techniques to come out of- this human race started and moves on bolical Robbins weaves all these century. Taking any written piece, to the life of the merely human ideas and characters into a spell- one can cut it into sections and Ellen Cherry Charles (an artist binding tapestry of wonder and rearrange them, the end resull from Colonial Pines, Virginia) and joy. The audacity and invention often havingthe same meaning or her husband, welder Boomer key to New York to begin her art create an experience that is akin the work becoming one of new Petway. From there, the book un- career. But, just like real life,things to ecst;rcy. And iftheconclusion is meaning and import. Gysin's ravels slowly at first, then with don't turn out as planned. Along less than devastating, then the process shows the ambiguity of alarmingspeed, leavingthe reader the way, the pair leave behind a reader has missed the whole ptint. words and their placement within breathless. silver dessert spoon, a dirty sock, he joy of the book (and of life a text. Meaning becomes relative, It seems that Ellen Cherry and a can of pork and beans. But itself) is in the ride itself. as words areshifted and reformed and Boomer are en route from lest you think this mere niggling With Skinny Legs And All, into new groups of sentences anq Seattle in a motor home-cum-tur- detail, the trio of objects Soon Robins has affirmed himself as paragraphs. Gysins process had achieve animation (1'11 leave the one of the triumvirateof truly great intrigued and alarmed many, reader to discover lust how) and American novelists (along with prominent writers, including Beat .become the novel's most charm- Kurt Vonnegut and John Irving). poet Alan Ginsberg, who8*resisted ing characters. You owe it to yourself to read this and resented" the process while while this may seem out- book. You won't regret it. at the same time conceding to the1 landish, Robbins lends the ideas Scott Vice "serious technical point" made by, credibility with his immense verbal the process. In short, it has brought skills. onegets the feeling the tale about a new way of thinking abou? may even havesurprised Robbins. Research #4/5 e act of writing that threaten4 but the result is a figurative gold e very existence of authors. , mine. (Part Two) Bryon Gysin Gvsin has shown the validinci Robbins combines the dis- Rtttareh Publications of ths process, most notably, parate threads of his narrative into through collaborations wit4 a wonderful package that pokes Bryon Gysin is probably most Burroughs and through Burroughs fun at andlor savages religion, the infamous for his plansfor and pro- willingness to embrace the ideao,1 difference between the sexes, duction of the Dreamachine, ade- the "cut-up" and incorporate it iq marriage, the art world, politics, vice used to induce a dream-like his writing such as Naked Lunch! and tension in the Middle East. All state without the use of drugs or A talented self-taught artist; that sounds dull, but it isn't. The other outside influences; "the Gysin has explored many areasof writer throttles these subjects, but drugless turn-on." Although it is art and creativity, leaving his mark does so in a light-hearted manner still a little-known and used ma- on each expressive medium in the that encourages the reader. chine, it has seen a recent recur- process. Moreover, the novel throws rence of interest, most notably some education in with its humor with the Hafler Trio's CD1 iil Research #4/5 is and introspection. The true story Dreamachine release. I vailable at Rhino's of the wrongly defamed Jezebel, An innovator and pioneer in ,Jestor by special or- the origins of the problems in Is- many fields, Gysin is still relatively der through Raunch rael, the existence of Pales (the unknown for his achievements and Records. Or write directly to originalgodlgoddessof Palestine), is a prime target for this expose in Research for a catalogue of all and worship of thegoddess are all Research #415. The section on their publications, videos and 1. encompassed and expounded. Gysin deals mainly with three as- shiris at 20 Romolo #B, San Fran- Thetitleof the work,ofcourse, pects of his work: the cisco, CA. 94 133. comes from the famous attributes Dreamachine, his literary works of biblical dancer Salome and al- and his development of the "cut- Matt Taylor.1 ludes to the "Dance of the Seven up" process of writing, on which SLUG June 1992 Page 11:

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Yes, splingtime heralds the mass things-dw?) despite ltie fact lbt hty march of dead cats, the ominous re- nine point nb7s nine nine nine percent of emergence of Wly&dnerds, the 'the I& papulklbn neither knows nor sudden blooming of get-richquick mi- woukl give a darn one way or the other. nars, middeaged failures who darken Spealungefgangs,shortlyafterthe the bathroomwalbsoftheirprmts' homes last I& ballyhop over Rubn md Ed, last dreaming of success and a life, if not a year, last Sping, Trent Hmis and Paul night at leastwiththealluring and elusiw Wehster, c-)imcbr and producer respec- Ruk,better yet, Karen Black. tively, the "gang of two," went west b &fore I get into ltte meat of the HdiyHlaod, and either rented, bought, or matter, what is everbody's favorite "gag" just moved inb a vacant, didated in Rubin and Ed? Well, gosh, you'd had bungalow on the old and tired side of to h& been here at the grand gala town. Awnfly,though, it is not a qht premiere last spring at IheTower. Those neighb6rhd;itse~~nI'~~kthanrnine., of you who saw it may recall the scene in One visitor to thepremisesexplainshow which Rubin(a.k.a. CrispinGlowr)drinks she got caught up in one of the many the Water' hom a &r mtaminated mndPm gunblazings, and had b duck ' by the carcass of a cat. dow~tehind Up seat of her car while That is because Rubin and Ed is a buHets buzzed like yelbwjackets all over bve story, he special bve that only a the place. Shewas justleaving, she said. nerd and his cat can share; and the Hooray for Hollywood , I suppose. 'Rubin and Ed Has illser from the 6rave primary characters are out in the desert, Idon't know why these guys had to : Yourernemberme,don'tyoufolks? the 4th South Bridge; and Rubm and Ed in the heat of the day, and there is no move to Hollywood. Why would anyone Im the official howdy* spokesman has floated in preexistent limbo while its water savewhat is in the cooler with' the want to live there now that all the Cnsel's fbr Rubin and Ed It's been a year sim several proponents wrangled over the dead cat been ripped down? It ain't 'screwy Ibofaned thep pages last. Since then matter of distribution. Remember how much fun we had ballyhaoey" anymore. It's scr8WBd. I ,.%re's been a lot of Jordan River under I take it that all of that has been at the otiginal premiere? Prizes were haw suggested this before. I have told 7 - - handed out, Gyll Huff appeared in an- Trentthat heand Paul should setupshop otheroullandish costume, am' there was right here in little OHSalt Lake. I figure Crispin Glover in a Mack tux with tails. they could accomplish at least as much EARLYmBIRD Remember how blottoed we got at the as they have this past year over 'U-tere.' MOUNTAIN BIKE SALE post-premiere baechaml,espcially me. Crispin has ohbetrayed his desire to NOTHING DOWN .PAY ' Talk atcut a morning after. Whew! live in these hyar mountains, but feels It's all gonna happen again; and compelkd lo rereslde inthe diseasedheart may beagainandagainandapn. I don't of Hollywood instead so that he may see why the re-premieringof Rubin and conveniently take meetings and finagle Edcan't become a yearly event, a festi- deals. val, an excuse for dunken stupdity and C'mon fellers. Move to the Land of cheap jokes. Rubin and Ed might be- thoSaints It's not impossible. Save your come a local institutionas, say, swallows money, rob your piggy banks. Heck, are to Capistrano, earthquakes to San there's all that unused equipment lying Francisco, gang v~olenceto Hellay. around in Park C~ty,curtesyof the hyzof The making of Rubln andEdmarks Twhght. And if you cant meet your a watershed, or someth~ng, in the heat~ngbills th~sw~nter,bum the scriptsin chron~clingof Utah Film History, a not the old wood stove I hear there's a altogether bleak record when you th~nk mountan of d~scardedscnpts up there back to a mere few weeks ago, when all littering the floors If you soak them in it took was another religious looney -tune bacon grease, they burn all the hotter. inth a loaded semi-automatic to make These guys never listen to me. But work for a lot of otherwse idle extras maybeYOUfolkswll. Don'tforget. Rub~n Yep, as cattle calls go, it's been quite a and Edthis May at the Tower Theatre. It roundup stars Cnspin Glover, Howard Hesseman That's nabonal TV, nabonal inter- and Karen Black, produced by Paul ests backed by "big" money, managed by Webster for Worlung Ttle Rlms, ad a school of conspirators whose goal it is wittenanddirectedbyTrent Hams. Greg to make Utahns look more fool~shthan Tanner will fill you ~non the deta~ls. 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I PLAYGROUND Bow And Arrow Finally Released ! 13 songs !! AVAILABLE NOW AT : Sound Off* Modified- Graywhale CD Crandall Audio Grunts & Postures SLUG June1992 Page 15 the good guys win and the reader is in for an enjoyable, campy ride. Allred's artwork is among the best in comics, with an astound- discovered comics gem in a ing range from cartooniness to market flooded with garbage. realism, excellent anatomy, and Unfortunately, only one local superior facial expressions. Cou- comics store has bothered to or- pling this with hi$ developing writ- der PIRATE CORP$!, so it's rec- ing strength, Allred shows signs ommended that those intrigued of becoming one of the comics with the book either demand that fields brightest young creators, the shops order PC$! or order it along with the aforementioned those of you monkeys directly from Slave Labor Graph- Evan Dorkin and Rhutabaga I haven't gotten a clue, ics at 983 S. Bascom Ave., San Comics mastermind Tom Kade. Jose, CA. 95128for $2.50+ $1 .OD It is perhaps the little touches for postage. And while you're at it, Allred employs which set his work check out Dorkin's work in above many others. Besides the Marvel's BILL& TEDcomic, Slave merely fun elements, some ques- Labor's MILK & CHEESE, and tioning of existential matters and the U.K.'s hippest magazine,. humanity are employed. Plus Stygian Leech (all of this is-: Deadline. You've been warned. Allred "throws in" the addition of chronicled in Dark Horse's DEVIL. In a wise (B 81 W, $2.50) "flip action covers" which (when DEADFACE: IMMORTALITY.! properly used) reveal the Spook ISN'T FOREVERcollection, which " dancing and posing a la body is strongly recommended). Now ' builders. the kid is looking for some mean-,. Yes, at $3.95, MADMAN is ing in life while the Telchines have : oved from its merely superb kind of expensive, but given the more' devious plans in mind for, quality production, including blue humanity. tones added to the standard black Ably abetting Campbell in this:: and white, and given the quality of ambitious effort'is artist Ed "llya":!

the product, that money seems a . . Hillyer, whose artwork takes. the: pittance. sparkling story away. While de-: In addition, Brave New Words cidedly unflashy, Hillyer not only. has a collection of Allred's mas- translates the story into reality of terful CITIZEN NOCTURNE sorts, but adds to it with little de- countered and fell for Elsie storyline from his earlier work, and tails and embellishments. How- eGrande. It doesn't sound like most shops should carry back is- ever, Dark Horse has to be taken uch, but read itfor yourself. Filled sues of GRAPHIQUE MUSIQUEI to task for the reproduction which ~thhumor and feeling, it pa GRAFIK MUSIK, Allred's finest occasionally obscures lines and emotional wallop. Forthose with a twisted inter- creation. They're worth hunting for allowing the art to be tampered Othercontents incluae ap in B-movies, super-heroes, down. with, sometimes leading to unsat- voted to your reviewer's favor- and (just maybe) some thoughtful (B & W & Blue, $3.95) isfactory results. acter, Fibby, and Dbllar$ To exploration on the human condi- Campbell's sprightly plotting nuts (which features an- tion, Tundra Press has released and script make thestory, though. PIRATE CORP$! group, MADMAN. THE EYEBALL KID From the kid'sfractured dialogues mm Socko and the Screaming Created by the underrated Once more Dark Horse Com- to the sly parody of capitalism na Gang, in afrankly hilarious and overlooked M. Dalton Allred, ics is publishing forays by Eddie engendered in the Telchines' MADMAN focuses on the adven- Campbell, speculatingon what the goals, to the commentary on hu- another one-page tures of the Spook, a costumed Greco-Roman gods would be like manity, 'and, yes!, the fun "les- hero trying to discover his true in the inodern world, with the sons" on mythology, THE EYE- ry that is PIRATE identity. It seems that the only repackaging of THE EYEBALL BALL KID is a,sheer delight. as to be experienced person who knows whothe Spook KID (from theoverpriced CHEVAL The good news, though, is st-hand Evan manages to com- is and how hegot to be the way he NOIR). that the postulation on the lives of ka, some of the best-drawn is, Dr. Boiffard, is cryogenrcally The "Eyeball Kid" for whom gods in the real world isn't over. in comics, humor., science frozen and only one man, Dr. Flem, this three-part series is named is Besides the aforementioned (a little), hockey, and per- can save him. So the Spook sets the grandson of Argus of the DEADFACE collection and the relaiionships into a seam- out to find Flem and there his Thousand Eyes (look up Argus rn earlier DEADFACE: DOING THE ss whole that is startling. The adventures begin. your mythology texts. What do I ISLANDS WITH BACCHUS, Dark #2 (in a three-part series) look like? A fucking encyclope- Horse has announced plans for seestheSpookdiscover Dr. Flem, dia?), whoslew Zeus and stole his the new DEADFACE: EARTH, ies is to his credit, and only to end up having to save power, destroying Mt. Olympus in WATER, FIRE, & AIR series. And with his talented (and Flem from the results of a clon~ng the process. while' Campbell himself is doing )rendering,the results are experiment gone badly wrong. It Sadly, however, the kid has the art, the comic should be a joy turns out that Flem's clones are fallen on hard times, having had to behold, nontheless. fB & W, personal comments, music badly mutated monsters the power in turn stolen by the $2.50) ews, and a lively letters page, and ...well, you'll just have to read Telchines (usurpers of Hades' Scott Vice one discovers a largely un- it for yourself. Suffice it to say that power as well) with the a~dof the - Page 16 June 1992 SLUG

Fast, powerful, tight asfuckthrash- CHUCKLES AT THE ers. Their speedpop tunes had me nearly doing a little jig on my chaii: BAR Q 6RllL? (yes, I was sittingwith drink inhand The Speedway's gone '(old as usual, but, Christ, I hate slam news), the Pompadour1$gone (not dancing.) Next up, also from so old news), and the bitching be- Washington, Gas Huffer. Gas gins. "There's no shows." "There's Huffer was a lot like the no place to hang out." "My band Supersuckers but add a little has no place to play." "Boo, Southern twang to it and hoo,hoo, sob, sob, sob," yeah, you YeeeHaaw! you got some hot shit know what I mean. You've heard it goin'. (orsaidit)too. It's ironic how people Anyways, I really enjoyed the AUCE DONUT AT THE BAR h mu photo: ~obert~e~erry freat venues so poorly and then Super Suckers best but, honestly, can't whine enough when they're the majority of the crowd went also alittle more melodic. Loads of to the last throaty, screaming vo- shut down, because of money (or apeshit for Gas Huffer. I guess good things could come from cakage! I don't think anyone lack of), or violence and vandal- Utahns just love some twang in Makeshift in time. I hope they stick who witnessed Tool were disap- 'ism. their Punk Rock. Why doesn't that together for a long while. I'm seri- pointed. Well I hope this is over 'cause surprise me? ous! That guitarist ism!Second I don't think anyone was dis- pew doors have opened to em- up were Gravel Weed. This band, appointed with any of the afore- brace our weary little scene. Yes, The next Thursday, back at made upof two-thirdsof Thestench mentioned shows. the Bar & Grill has been hoppin'. the "Grill..." This time around Alice (Terrance and Pat) along with a Yes, the Bar & Grill iscool and Yes, a dark little bar with a Donut (New Jersey's finest five- new bassist (Greg), have pulled it peedssupport. So show up to the dancefloor and stage at the back. I piece), Athlete's Butt and Blow- together something kind of unex shows, don't fight or breakshit and would have never guessed shows torch Piniata. Blowtorch Piniata pected for this trio. I expected . show some suoDort so we can

,muld be so fun thera, but they are. started kinda bad, sloppy and ner- , have a place fo; shows for a long Every Thursday night bands I'm vous looking, but by the third song while to come. sure most S.L.U.G. readers could was grooving and winning the Chuckles. 'enjoy rodc on that little stage in a crowd over by leapsand bounds. A I. bigway. And most of thesesshows strange band, kind of rhythmic, like are only $5-"Killer!" a cross between Butthole Surfers HENRY ROLUNS . and Big Black. I have high hopes fortheseguys. Next, Athlete's Butt. Friday, May 28 CLUB DV8 You know, I like theseguys. They're Henry Roll~nscame to town. not the best musicians, but I've said basic.ally the same stuff he's never thought you needed to be to been saying for years. Work hard. be a good, entertaining band. And People are generally fucked. Take they are entertaining. However, I'd care of yourself. Nobody else will. like them a bunch better if their Work hard. Why should I give you guitar and bass were in tune with the time of day just because you each other. I've heardthey weren't get in my face? Drinking is stupid: intentionally, but it's stiU annoying Getting fucked up on drugs is stu- to listen to. Come on guys!!! Oh! pid. Reality CAN be stupid. So Yes! Then Alice Donut. What work hard. Get r'id of your attitude. power! What rhythm! What silli- There is nothing good about ness! You've gotta love 'em. Hard, bullshit. When you assume things twisted tunes, with the vocals of a youget intotrouble. Fucked up shit man singing like a little retarded is fucked up, shit, no matter who girl. Strange but it works, Their something like The Stenoh but it's does it or who it's done to. Reality albums are also great, in particular, not. It's much slower, more acous- can be stupid but it's what you Mule. You should check 'em out tic and mellow. It's good but I don't have, so work hard, stay alive. It's and weep if you missed this show! know how well Hard Core fans will good stuff. !- Rollins had Don Bejama with i GAS HUAER mow ~om~~my like it. But I bet it will probably do Next show! Tool, Gravel real well with the college radio him. Bejama spoke first, a couple The first show I saw was De- Weed and Makeshift. Butthisshow crowd. ~aybethat's what they're of recent iteins and a couple of 'composers, Supersuckers and was on Sunday, and all ages to looking for. Headlining was Tool selectionsfrom Boy In TheAir.That .Gas Huffer. The Decomposers boot. I know a lot was ridingon this from SimiValley, California. Imag- book h a good read-well done .kicked. Theseguys have improved show, If attendancewasgood, then ine Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, moral tales. 'ten-fold in the last year. You should they could do more all ages things Prong and Ministry all rolled into The best and worst part of the *reallycheck 'em out if you've not and that be good. O.K. one hard-ass, rockin', power band; night was the crowd. It is excellent experienced them. Next up were Makeshift played first. Heavy heavy tight, pounding and aggressive. that DV8 made provisions for a 'Washington's Supersuckers. Holy groove, not unlike Iceburn, but not Quite a vision and these guys live (mostly) all-ages show. Rollins shit! these guys were so good. really as crazy. Jim's vocals are up to it. From the first power chord said he'd be back in July with his SLUG Junel!

Henry Rollifis? Sure. But l haven't the slightest idea Mat I'd .say in 30 sec- onds, or less, that would be worth the ef- fort. Would I like to have a conversation with Henry Rollins? Sure. But a JUST BECAUSE IT'S LOUD club show HENRY ROLUNS photo: Stave Ydgley isn't the place. It's just band and will again be playing for stupid to think you could- talk DOESN'T MEAN YOU'LL an all ages crowd at DV8. In my meaningfully for any length of time experience an all agesshow means in a club with performer in as people show up for the music. "Le- much demand as Rollins is. WANT TO LISTEN TO IT, gal" shows (21 years plus) seem to Rollins was abrupt with most draw people who want to talk too ofthe curs. Onegot a better recep- much about the past, something tion. He had asolid reason to come that's not there anymore, where forward, delivered his message and ever it was (if it was), and sure the gave Rollins atape. He got decent fuck isn't here and now. They have reply and went on. The difference a fantasy and that is what they is purpose and intent. Do what you came for. In the process every- do for a reason. Think about what body stands the chance of being you do. Be intense when you do it. subjected to their fantasy. Youth Bejama reads well, and people at least has the advantage that it didn't know what to expect. The hasn't built up enough shit inside story about the boy and the dog so that it spews it out its mouth. was great story telling. I was Not that no experience is a good surprised that his story telling of thing. Experience knowledge, what I had read before came over that's why I went to hear Henrv with the sexual innuendo that the Rollins. 17wantedto s crowd seemed amused by; it didn't what he is now. read like that in the book. Rollins' stuff went on and on. Some great same stufi he has said before, he descriptions of the LA riots made , has changed. He related how his me think that Rollins is probably best friend got blown away right one of the few practicing anar- THE DUAL RECTIFIER SOLO HEAD 1 next to him recently in L.9, and chists I've ever met. Principled de- how he got shit from the L.A. cops, tachment and individual responsi- as if he was the problem. He looks bility sound great but aren't always FROM MESA BOOGIE . I haggard. He acts a bit more cau- easy to accept, much less do, in tious. practice. A good show, not great, THE HAND MADE, ALL TUBE SUPER GAIN ARMORED AMP The crowd was interesting. but okay. WITH A MAD DOG ATTITUDE Those guys who, while Bejama As for the drunkards upstairs, I spoke, would stare long and rnoon- many of whom I know (and yeah, I faced at Rollins, then make a slow drink too). They differed from the pan back to Bejama, as if in a worst moon-faced starer down- IT'S GONNA FUCK YOU UP I trance. I suspect they were in a stairs only by the added hazy-ac- trance. Theseveralguys whocame tive-stupor poured over them by AVAILABLE AT I upto Rollinswithincredible hesita- the booze. The word d~sgusting tion, fake deference and a mind comes to mind. possessed by some kind of self- So what wouid I have said to induced mis-presence. They vir- Henry Rollins if I had talked to him? J Guitar Gallery, tually begged to be kicked. And I'd haveasked him-Hey Henry- when whateverthey thought should so do you, ...like ...think you're happen, didn't, they'd crawl away. FrankSinatraof ourtime? ...I mean It was painful to watch, also hilari- ...uhh ...y ou know, all those love Salt Lake's Best Guitar Shop ...Period ous. songs ..."They arelovesongs,folks. Would I have like to talk to I like Henry Rollins. 484.0800 17th South Main, SLC Page la jurlt: ,992 SLUG ------

r rwr ~mmmmrmIN UTAH SPELLS & SMEUS: Part I Throughout history, human Basic Prinoiples of Magic have surrounded themselves with 1. Magic is a natural science, things that smell good. Aromatic with known avenues, by-ways, and herbs, woods, resins, flowers, borders, as well as principles and mosses, and animal scents have laws, It is well to stay within the been prized and sought after for explored territories and to observe their many uses and powerful these laws. physiological, psychological, and 2. Harm none. It is an old Wiccan spiritual effects on the individual tradition thdt whatever one does and hisor her relations withothers. will be returned to them three-fold, Thefirstperfumesweresweet "threetimesillor1hreetimesgood." smelling woods, grasses, berries, Thus, harmful magicextractsavery ( and. resins thrown on the fire to high price. This rule applies to release a sweet-scented smoke, one's self as well. Don't do any- Prehistoric shamans or sorcerers thing (magically speaking) that will L harm you. '++%w-" in charge of making fire were probably the first perfumers. In_ L,Magicmquiresetfort.Yodll -- fact, the word "perfume" originates get out of it precisely what you put from the Old Italian for "through into it - in terms of time, energy smoke." and attention to ritual. Modern science indicates that 4. Magic is not instantaneous. olfaction, or smell, is unique among Some ritualsproducequickresults, the five senses in that olfactory but most work over a period of llCKm informatkn is processed through time. avaikble at all SOUND OF the emotional center of the brain 5. Magic should never be per- I rather than first through the cere- formed for pay, for money tempts bra1 cortex, which is the cognitive the magician to use the art for evil processing center where all other or friyolous means. sensory information is processed 6. Magic should never be used 'YL 9 JULY ,!!A I fjrst. Thus, smells often evoke to play up one's vanity or pride. powerful emotional memories When magicbecomes an ego-trip, much more readily than information it will soon lose its effectiveness. obtained through the other four 7. Magic uan be used for your senses, making it ideal for use in \own gains, but only if you are magic. certain that this will not harm oth- ICE This two-part series w~lldis- ers. LAST SHOW BEFORE TWO MONTH U.8. TOUR I cusstheuseofsmellsforsoellcraft. 8. Maaic deserves a sound in- This month's edition hili look at vestmGnt. This means purchas- magic in geieral, and Part II will ing high quality tools and ingredi- STONEFACE- - & SMELL examine more specificaHy the use ents. of essential oils and resins for 9. Magic is a divine art, and so 4080 WEST 5400 SOUTH magical purposes. the magician and all tools should ALL AGES WELCOME Magic is the art of causing be clean and pure. INFO 521-3758 change by means commonly sup- 10. Magic is not always serious posed to be supernatural. The or solemn: It is a joyous celebra- -~~t&d&f magicarmried,~actrtbn and rrrergwg wifhme I=-fom.7 cateringto acertain climateor level 11. Magic is Intent. The most of intellectual development or Important factor in magic-making imagination. Simple or ceremo- is the intent. You must firmly visu- . nial, all magical practices have allze in your mind's eye the thing WEDNESDAY, JULY-1 -- - THURSDAY, JULY 23 survived because of one basic you wish to have happen.. . reason: they work. 12. Magic is faith. - Magic IS, despite claims to the 13. Magic is love. LIBIDOgoy1 ENDPOINT contrary, avery natural art. It is the use of powers that reside within us Nextmonth: Basicprinciplesof GERM BOX and the naturalobjects of ou r world spellcraff using essential oils to cause change. The following is and other natural ingredients. ALL You UT acondensation of magical thought LOCALS TBA @ Msmn into simple, universal ideas: I ----I- 1 I ------r-----, JUNE 19 I 1 DAMNATIQ,,S SOUP DRAGON? My poor, pitiful brothers and to'the hearts of children. What I \\id, CATHERINE WEL sisters, Istand before you this day better way to send those little spir- to bear you my solemn witness its to bed, than with a solemn re- that damnation-for you is nighat minder of their lowliness in the hand. The Lord o' the Most High presence of the Almighty. has borne witness unto his most Anyway,. this volume is an ab- highly esteemed (and profitable) solute must-have. For within its earthly leaderthat many of you are 5,389 pages, I have so graciously JUNL: 21 Wd indangerofthosescorchingflames reviewed 1'01 of the most grievous '." of the Lowly One., You may think sins found in your little Babylon AN McCULLOCH to yourselves, "What can I be do- today. The Omniscient One has -'',;.. ing that is worthy of such condem- seen fit to show me theawfultrag- wid1 gucslsTB& ':,?:;.;:.? nation? Do Inot have aquite alitter edies that are leading your lives to of taxdeductions? Have I not forked .outer darkness. And although it's over their inheritance for the build- all sin in the eyes of the Lord, it's ing of Zion? .Do I not scorn my non- good to know somespecialonesto " member neighbors on a regular lookout for (even though you prob- JUNE22 basis?" Well, youmay be doing all ably do not have tRe fortitude to that and more, but that can never avoid them). MATERIAL ISSUE ' offset the amassing amount of evil I know that you're already SUN 60 & THE VELDT workstheangelsarechalkingupin tucking in your garments and your accounts payable file. heading for Deseret Book, but wait 3 BANDS FOR $5 Are you now in the depths of just aminute. The bigC.E.0. inthe I despair? 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