SLAMDANCE TEAM PROSPECT BABY GHOSTS SLUGMAG.COM slugmag.com 1 2 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 3 SaltLakeUnderGround • Vol. 23 • Issue #289 • Jan. 2013 • slugmag.com Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Karamea Puriri Editor: Angela H. Brown Marketing Team: Ischa B., Stephanie Managing Editor: Esther Meroño Buschardt, Emily Burkhart, Sabrina Costello, Contributing Editor: Ricky Vigil Taylor Hunsaker, Kristina Sandi, Brooklyn Junior Editor: Alexander Ortega Ottens, Angella Lucisano, Nicole Roccanova, Office Coordinator:Gavin Sheehan Briana Buendia, Raffi Shahinian, Victoria Copy Editing Team: Rebecca Vernon, Loveless, Zac Freeman, Cassie Anderson Ricky Vigil, Esther Meroño, Liz Phillips, Rio Social Media Coordinator: Catie Weimer Connelly, Alexander Ortega, Mary Enge, Cody Kirkland, Johnathan Ford, Eleanor Distribution Manager: Eric Granato Scholz, Alex Cragun, Rachel Miller, Katie Distro: Eric Granato, Tommy Dolph, Tony Bald Bassett, Joe Jewkes, Nancy Burkhart, Joyce Bennett, Adam Okeefe, Ryan Worwood, Cover Photo: Shaul Schwarz John Ford, Cody Kirkland, Nate Brooks, Matt Cover Design: Joshua Joye Pothier, Phil Cannon Lead Designer: Joshua Joye Design Team: Eric Sapp, Eleanor Scholz Senior Staff Writers: Mike Brown, Mariah Design Intern: Jeremy Riley Mann-Mellus, James Orme, Lance Saunders, Ad Designers: Kent Farrington, Sumerset Bryer Wharton, Peter Fryer, James Bennett, Bivens, Christian Broadbent, Kelli Tompkins, Ricky Vigil, Gavin Hoffman, Jon Robertson, Maggie Call, Eric Sapp, Brad Barker, Lindsey Esther Meroño, Rebecca Vernon, Jimmy Morris, Paden Bischoff, Maggie Zukowski, Martin, Ben Trentelman, Princess Kennedy, Thy Doan Sean Zimmerman-Wall, Cody Hudson, Shawn Website Design: Kate Colgan Mayer, Rio Connelly, Courtney Blair, Dean O. 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Brown [email protected] Associate Producers: Ricky Vigil, Esther Meroño, Alexander Ortega, Dan Nailen Marketing Manager: About the Cover: Filmmaker and world-renowned journalist Shaul Schwarz shot this image of the narco band BuKnas de Culiacan overlooking LA. Tubas and bazookas may seem like a silly combination, but the bloody ballads the band sings about the drug cartels are very real, and very serious. Read more about them and Schwarz’s Sundance film, Narco Cultura, on pages 36-37. DISCLAIMER: SLUG Magazine does not necessarily maintain the same opinions as those found in our articles, interviews or advertisements. If you are easily offended, please do not blame us. We are a carrier for the voice of the people and it is not our fault if you don’t like people. Content is property of SLUG Magazine. Please do not use without permission, or we will hunt you down and make you pay for your sins. Now that’s a promise. Contributor Limelight: Mike Riedel – Beer Columnist Mike Riedel recently brought his wealth of beer knowledge to SLUG Magazine as our monthly Beer Columnist. Riedel started his Utah Beer blog (utahbeer. blogspot.com) in 2005, unpaid and on his free time, out of a sense of frustration toward people’s misconceptions of Utah craft beers, as well as the desire to create a community focused on local brews and breweries. The blog grew in popularity when the craft beer movement that swept the country a decade ago found a home within the Zion Curtain. Many local beer blogs have come and gone, but like a finely crafted brew, only Riedel’s has stood the test of time. During the week, Riedel gets paid to be a photojournalist for KSTU - Fox 13, getting interviews and footage from around the state for your viewing pleasure, whether it be politicians fighting on the hill or stranded hikers in the snow. In his spare time, Riedel enjoys bicycling, skiing, cars, drawing and of course, photography. Next time you see Riedel out at one of your favorite pubs or breweries trying the latest frosty concoction, buy him a glass and toast our latest great addition to the SLUG team. 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 Dear SLUG; dressed in twenty-year-old bondage pants and a black You seem to be in the know (or at mesh shirt at Area 51’s Fetish least pretend to), so what the fuck is Ball, complaining about the up with Geeks Who Drink and Trivia loud music and nurse outfits. Factory invading our bars? Don’t get Jentzen, get off your “locally me wrong, I enjoy the occasional made, locally played” high- quiz night with friends from one of horse and embrace reality: Yes, the locally-created games, but these it is the same game over and bullshit monstrosity quiz nights have over again, and yes, it is all invaded our valley and turned every about the money. The bar own- night of the week into a super-strict ers don’t care, the patrons don’t by-the-book yelling match between care, the quiz game producers nerds. Yeah, I know, fucking shock don’t care and you shouldn’t that a bar is a place for people to either. Fuck, Jent, the sheer fact complain at full volume about trivial you wrote this letter shows how things, but these national quiz shows much you belong in that crowd. have taken up a night at almost every You are complaining about bar and made it difficult to just go widespread trivia. You want to somewhere for a drink without having start your own bar quiz? Great! every single table taken up by a team I’m pretty sure the Bongo, of people who don’t know shit. Do we Mixed Emotions or Bout Time need so many quizzes that are all the would welcome your sorry ass same? Can’t they just shrink it down with open arms, along with to one night instead of running the your “local quiz.” Do you have same questions seven nights a week at time to produce 20 questions a 20 different bars? Or are these things week about music, TV, current such a great money making scam that events and themes like “Indirect I need to look into taking over Poplar References to Genitals in Litera- Street or Squatters every night as a ture”? Unless you’re still riding “regional quizmaster whore” too? the mom-and-dad gravy train, which wouldn’t surprise me, Love; I doubt you do. Until then, sit Jentzen your ass on the bar stool, turn off your phone’s network and Dear Jentzy, tell me: Which ‘70s pop duo I bet you bitch about being covered a song about heralding dragged to The Spazmatics at nearby aliens? Liquid Joe’s. Every. Saturday. xoxo, SLUG Night. I bet you’re the fucker FAX, SNAIL MAIL OR EMAIL US YOUR LETTERS! Fax: 801.487.1359 • Mailing Address: Dear Dickheads c/o SLUG Mag 351 Pierpont Ave. Ste. 4B SLC, UT 84101 or [email protected] 6 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 7 David Ross Fetzer 12.17.82 – 12.20.12 The first time I met David Fetzer, we bumped heads. Literally. I rounded a corner in the Tower Theatre too quickly and ran into David head first. After two minutes of apologies, he introduced me to the event’s co-creator for an interview, we exchanged numbers, and then he took off to go act in a play. Since that time, I’ve had the honorary pleasure of being able to call David a good friend ... and a great co-conspirator for creativity. With all of his talents––writing, acting and musicianship (Mushman)––David had a gift for influence and encouragement. Any time I saw him on the street or at a function, he would always be engaging, warm and kind with his soft-toned voice to ask how I was doing and what I was working on. And if I had nothing, he’d modestly tell me about his stuff and inspire me to do something. One of my favorite memories was riding in the back seat of his car to watch a rehearsal at the U for New Works Theatre Machine. Somehow, we got onto the topic of The Simpsons and argued over which season was the best, which eventually led to us talking about writing a one-act play based on that friendly argument. Through his own passion for creativity, he would encourage others to put forth their own creations and inspire people to put more art and culture into this city. He had an infectious attitude and a bright sensibility that I wish we all had more of. Back in March, I saw David in the halls of the Rose Wagner where he was acting in not one, but two productions at the same time: playing the iconic Arthur Dimmesdale in Plan-B’s Scarlet, while simultaneously playing multiple characters in The Third Crossing.