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Photo courtesy of the Salt Lake Film Society June is my favorite month for two reasons: Pride and my birthday. This weekend, I combined the two by inviting my friends out to celebrate my birthday and watch two queer films, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Velvet Goldmine. I’ll admit that I went into this showdown with a bit of a bias.

Logan James Hope wrote an album about love and loss. Photo courtesy of Luke Barton Some people run from loss. Logan James Hope wrote an album about it. The Salt Lake City-based artist, best known as one half of the sibling project Silver Cup, has spent the last several years doing the kind of internal work most people avoid: honoring a relationship that ran its course, sitting with change and slowly finding his way to the other side.

For Jake Clements, talking about music has never been limited to reviews. Photo: Gilbert Cisneros For Jake Clements, better known as Honeybee Reviews, talking about music has never been limited to reviews. Through artist interviews, album discussions and his monthly Album Club at Salt Lake Art Museum (SLAM), he’s turned a social media page into a gathering place for Salt Lake City’s music community. SLUG: To kick things off, let’s look back at the beginning.