Posted // May 16,2012   Have you been thinking of getting into this “punk-rock music” but just can’t find the time to fit it into your busy lifestyle? Punk! is here!

Posted // May 16,2012   What's new on the television device tonight: Criminal Minds (CBS) Season Finale: In the two-hour Season 7 finale, the BAU team deals with a pair of bank-robbing serial killers (Tricia Helfer and Evan Jones) who’ve taken one of their own agent as a hostage

Posted // May 16,2012   Dear GYA, You're not going to believe this but, I've been stuck in a damned board game for the past 26 years. It was awful -- I had to live in a jungle with a crazed British hunter who wanted to shoot me in the face for some unexplained reason. Now, don't worry, I'm not gonna sue anybody -- we're good. So, now that I'm back, anything happening that doesn't involve murderous Europeans? - Alan Parrish

Posted // May 16,2012   The news from the Salt Lake City Police Department watch log has in the past few days reported some rather bizarre incidences that required police intervention, including the case of a trespassing couch surfer, and a fracas involving a dog and a man in an automated wheelchair.

Posted // May 16,2012   Marchesi de' Frescobaldi is one of the most important wine producers in Italy, and currently owns the largest extent of vineyards in Tuscany. But, bigger doesn't always mean better. And, I've come across Frescobaldi wines that were, well ... meh.

Posted // May 16,2012  - Comedy without unwitting suckers With The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen finds himself addressing a situation no entertainer w ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Food-sourcing meets DIY activism Michael Pollan slapped Mike Cundick in the face. The best-selling author and food-policy a ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Samba Fogo's Patricia Modesto Patricia Modesto is Utah’s 2012 Samba Queen, winning the title in March when she com ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Mit 'apologizes' for bullying incident Everyone has been piling on my old missionary companion for giving a hijinks haircut to a ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Utahns living a dual life We’re all different things to different people. We’re not the same at work as ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Also: Exposing Bullying, Foxes in the Henhouse One of the comments on the Deseret News story regarding neighborhood bars noted that there ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - Company cashes in on gold fever Gold Bullion International founder Savneet Singh knew that launching a business that store ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - The newspaper industry isn't dead The last time I wrote in this space was back in March. In newspaper years, that equals abo ...

Posted // May 16,2012  - 8 graduation speeches you may hear Eight graduation speeches you may hear this month ...

Posted // May 15,2012   What's new on the tube-thingy tonight: Private Practice (ABC) Season Finale: Amelia goes into labor, Violet and Pete realize what they mean to each other, Addison makes a difficult choice, and I pretend to know any of these people.

Posted // May 15,2012   Dear GYA, I'm closing my eyes, and I can see a concert going on tonight ...with a musician ...whose name starts with at least one letter of the alphabet ... possibly playing some sort of ... music, a...

Posted // May 15,2012   Tomorrow night, the Utah music scene gets a hefty boost in recognition as we see the launch a formal awards show, created by and for local performers in a very specific field.

Posted // May 15,2012   For more than a year, a course at the Department of Defense’s Joint Forces Staff College taught officers that “total war” may be necessary against the nation of Islam, even discussing “taking war to a civilian population wherever necessary,” Wired reports.

Posted // May 15,2012  - SLC's Steampunk coffee machine I appreciate good coffee, but I’ll also drink swill. Thank goodness for Khristian Bo ...

Posted // May 15,2012  - A wine/seafood match made in heaven After a recent trip to the Market Street Fresh Fish Market, I found myself lugging home a ...

Posted // May 15,2012  - Taylorsville Mayor Russ Wall's active lifestyle Coming out of a Taylorsville grocery store, I saw a man in a crisp white shirt, dress pant ...

Posted // May 15,2012  -   How to cash in on the not-so-new "quirky girl" trend. ...

Posted // May 15,2012  - Thanos: The bad guy is everywhere Villains—in comic books, certainly, but in narratives in general—are always th ...

Posted // May 14,2012   What’s new on the subliminal mind eraser tonight: The Bachelorette (ABC) Season Premiere: Says here that new Bachelorette Emily Maynard is a “fan favorite,” and who am I to argue with carefully cultivated PR copy?

Posted // May 14,2012   It’s hard to keep all of the sensitive, smart songstress types straight.