SLUG’s 5th Annual Beer Issue Vol. 23 • #281 • May 2012 • Always Free! • slugmag.com slugmag.com 1 2 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 3 SaltLakeUnderGround • Vol. 23 • Issue #281 • May 2012 • slugmag.com Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Marketing Coordinator: Editor: Angela H. Brown Karamea Puriri Managing Editor: Marketing Team: Ischa Buchanan, Jeanette Jeanette D. Moses D. Moses, Stephanie Buschardt, Giselle Contributing Editor/Napalm Flesh Editor: Vickery, Veg Vollum, Emily Burkhart, Jeremy Ricky Vigil Riley, Sabrina Costello, Taylor Hunsaker, Tom Editorial Assistant: Esther Meroño Espinoza, Grason Roylance, Kristina Sandi, Junior Editor: Alexander Ortega Brooklyn Ottens, Angella Lucisano, Nicole Office Coordinator: Gavin Sheehan Mangino Metal Coordinator: Bryer Wharton Social Networking Coordinator: Copy Editing Team: Jeanette D. Moses, Grason Roylance Rebecca Vernon, Ricky Vigil, Esther Meroño, Liz Phillips, Rio Connelly, Alexander Ortega, Distribution Manager: Eric Granato Mary Enge, Cody Kirkland, Hannah Christian, Distro: Eric Granato, Tommy Dolph, Tony Johnathan Ford, Eleanor Scholz, K.C. Hutton, Bassett, Joe Jewkes, Nancy Burkhart, Joyce Alex Cragun Bennett, Adam Okeefe, Ryan Worwood, Jennifer Quintana, John Ford, Kristina Sandi, Cover Photo: Chad Kirkland Cody Kirkland, Nate Brooks Lead Designer: Joshua Joye Design Team: Eric Sapp, Nic Annette Miller Senior Staff Writers: Mike Brown, Mariah Design Intern: Jeremy Riley Mann-Mellus, James Orme, Lance Saunders, Ad Designers: Kent Farrington, Sumerset Jeanette D. 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Brown [email protected] Associate Producers: Jeanette D. Moses, Ricky Vigil, Esther Meroño, JP About the Cover: Head cellarman Adam Curfew not only puts in the physical man-hours, but he inspires thought and creativity during those early-morning brew sessions at the UBC. His big brains notwithstanding, Curfew is a simple man, as he enjoys golf, floating on the lake and BBQs in his underwear. Photo by Chad Kirkland. 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 Espo – Marketing Representative If you’ve ever been to a SLUG-sponsored event, you’ve seen our marketing minions handing out free mags and convincing you to buy our cool merch. Espo, however, has gone above and beyond his SLUG tabling duties on a number of occasions. From constructing the trophies for SLUG Games: Shred the Park After Dark this year, to taking on the role of Craft Lake City Stage Manager at last year’s festival, Espo’s the kind of guy you want wearing your band shirt. If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Espo at an event, chances are you’ve seen him on the road, riding his black-and-gold fixie. Just like everything else he does in life, he takes his passion for bicycling to the next level by riding through every season and attempting dare-devil tricks at the skate park. Next time you see him, ask him about the gnarly scar on his forehead. 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 Dear Dickheads, edly agree that this imperious asshole There are not many reasons I pick needs to be knocked down a peg or up your mag every month. I really do two, but I would like to add insult to, enjoy Mike Brown and the Princess, well, insult. He said, “I don’t know if and there’s usually one band that I you guys just aren’t musicians, or have care enough about to at least read the Down Syndrome,” in response to your article. But for the past few months I’ve claim that any band whose name can been a pretty upset over the lack of be found splayed across the chest of mildly pornographic Blue Botique ads. the the kind of ilk that purchase their March’s picture of the androgynous clothes at Target isn’t worth glorifying child without eyebrows sent me over anymore. the edge. I mean, I’m sure you guys My complaint is not that people (fruit- don’t have control over it or whatever, lessly) argue whether these bands but you have had full-page spreads of have sold out or become laughingly half-naked girls in there for as long as antiquated; my complaint is that some- I’ve been a reader, so you must have one is so unenlightened to assume developed some kind of relationship that individuals with Down syndrome with the business. Just talk to them for are incapable of appreciating music or me, please, and tell them to get some forming legitimate musical preferences. side-boobs in your magazine again. I am in my senior year of studying Because, frankly, the A Bar Named Sue music therapy at Utah State University. ads are just not cutting it. I would like to know what the hell I’ve Sincerely, devoted my life (and money) to for the Andrew Maguire last four years if people with cognitive, Hey Andy, physical or mental disabilities cannot Just like SLUG’s advertisers don’t love and appreciate music on the same dictate what we write about, we don’t level as anyone else. I’ve personally dictate what our advertiser’s ads seen music enhance and change the should look like. They choose what lives of many individuals with devel- they want to run in order to get your opmental disabilities, including Down attention, and, clearly, that worked. Syndrome, autism, mental retardation, TBI, Alzheimer’s, etc. Dear Dickheads, So fuck you, Konnor H. Please pull your head out of your “music nerd” anus You have already established that and stop being so pretentious. Konnor H. (the morphadite who piously responded to your article regarding Sincerely, an incredibly disgruntled band shirts for sale at the local JCPen- music therapist (to be). ney, Vol. 23, Issue 279) is a complete fuck-face. Not only do I wholeheart- Yeah. That dude sucked. ’Nuff said. 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 SLUG READERS INTERVIEW Social Distortion plays Salt Lake City’s Depot on May 11 for a 21-and-over By James Orme show and again on May [email protected] 12 for an all-ages show. Social Distortion is a band that Jennifer Price: Do you have any plans for more solo material? was so common, for me, that was via has gone from the Orange County Ness: Well, I can tell you that there’s good news and bad American roots music. I realized that punk scene in the late ’70s to one news. The good news is I have about 11 songs written and we were an American band and it’s very of the most recognizable punk ready to go. The bad news is, in order to do that, I have to important to grab a hold of those roots. I bands the world over. For over 30 stop doing Social Distortion, and right now we’ve got a great like to describe Social Distortion as rock years, they’ve built a loyal following momentum. The last record came out only a year ago, n’ roll, punk style. When we wrote “Ball wherever their music has reached, and I really want to shock everybody and not wait so long and Chain” or when we covered “Ring of Salt Lake being no exception. Mike between records. I really appreciate our fans that have Fire,” it was like the punk rock police came Ness and the boys have never had been patient between records, and I don’t want to take out and said “that’s not very hardcore,” and any trouble selling out shows in our that for granted. Now I’ve got my own studio, so there’s my thought was “you better listen to those fair city, which is why SLUG reached no excuses.