(P)reviews

April 18, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this unforgiving economic wasteland, who has the funds to actually review a movie in the theater? Not your humble servants at The V. That’s why we’re giving you our informed analysis of upcoming films based solely on what we see in the trailer. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Fortunately, […]

(P)reviews: April 11, 2011

April 11, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this unforgiving economic wasteland, who has the funds to actually review a movie in the theater? Not your humble servants at The V. That’s why we’re giving you our informed analysis of upcoming films based solely on what we see in the trailer. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Fortunately, […]

Compound Words

April 11, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Interview with the Compound’s Joey Mayes For the last five years, the best venue in Provo has actually been a house, tucked away by the post office and a couple of abandoned buildings. Rock n’ Roll impresario Joey Mayes, who lives in The Compound and handles its booking, has provided a home for local favorites […]

(P)reviews

April 4, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this unforgiving economic wasteland, who has the funds to actually review a movie in the theater? Not your humble servants at The V. That’s why we’re giving you our informed analysis of upcoming films based solely on what we see in the trailer. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Fortunately, […]

“I didn’t mean to kill no one”

March 28, 2011

Reading Time: 5 minutes Reflections on the tragic fire at The Boulders in Provo When Boulders resident Brianne Thomas first saw the smoke, she joked to roommate Patric Bates that he must have left the stove on. As they pulled into the parking lot in front of their unit, however, Thomas and Bates saw that the situation was no […]

Oh thank heaven! No more 477

March 28, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Legislators repeal controversial anti-transparency bill Governor Gary Herbert has been surprisingly helpful lately. First, he pointed out the obvious: Closing down profitable liquor stores during a recession is fiscally idiotic. That’s something everyone was already thinking, rumpots and teetotalers alike. Second, and more importantly, he called for the repeal of HB477, a bill the Utah […]

Letter from the Editors March 28, 2011

March 28, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute O, Darlings! It’s been two weeks since our last issue and, oh, how we have missed you all! We know the absence was a dark and terrible one, which seemed longer than it actually was. But hurting you wasn’t our intention. Just like Yvette Kimber didn’t mean for that fire to get out of hand. […]

Ex-Alice in Chains bassists dies in Salt Lake City

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mike Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011), former bassist of the highly influential grunge act Alice in Chains, was found dead in his Salt Lake City home on Tuesday, March 8. He was 44 years old. According to The Deseret News, Starr’s roommate last saw him alive at around 7 a.m. that morning. At […]

Girls Gone Mild

March 14, 2011

Reading Time: 4 minutes Enjoying spring break in Utah Valley on the cheap White sandy beaches stained with bile. Lax drinking laws. “I Ate The Worm” T-shirts. Souvenir sombreros. Blackouts at seedy tattoo parlors. First times. First times at free clinics. Generally regrettable decisions. Edward Forty-Hands. Bikini tops optional. Spring break is one of the last bastions of good […]

Burn, baby, burn: An interview with a professional fire-eater

March 7, 2011

Reading Time: 5 minutes “Let me tell you, we make for a really fun bachelor party compared to something typical like a stripper,” says Jodie Smalley, performer and general manager for the Incendiary Circus. “Especially when we do something like light the bachelor’s tongue on fire for a second.” “Wow,” I say. “That is driving me even further away […]