You don't tug on Superman's cape, spit into the wind and you don't mess with Mickey Mouse!

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Ok, the Yankees aren't pure evil...

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Local hip-hop artists Pat Maine (aka Kinnetik), YZE and MC Pig Pen are currently on the road representing Utah's scene. While touring is considered somewhat of a given for SLC rockers, it's less common for emcees/DJs to take frequent out-of-state trips to promote their skills. Some say it's more difficult to book hip-hop shows and to jump on bills with rappers who are fiercely territorial. We'll be following the 4 O'Clock Shadow Tour and wish the threesome good luck. Check out the first update from sunny San Clemente, CA.

Contributed by Rachel Hanson

Ballet West has opened their 09/10 season with Song’s of the Valley, Three Preludes, and The Dream. Each ballet is quite different -- and all but one is a nice start to what promises to be an interesting season.

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As Craig Ferguson would say, it's a great day in America! Today is National Nachos Day. Woot! Woot!

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• Screw you, philanthropist! We don't need your $180,000 scholarship for brown people. 

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This is cool:

Philip Bimstein of Red Rock Rondo (and my favorite, Phil 'N' The Blanks) will be participating in this weekend's s

"The Rest is Noise: Language vs. Communication" at 9:30am-10:45am at the University of Utah Marriott Library, Room 1170 (which is one floor below the west entrance). The panel also includes biologist/bird song expert Franz Goller and poet/population geneticist Jon Wilkins.

We will discuss how communication takes place through sound, but with the line between meaningful sound and noise often seeming blurred. What does sound actually communicate? Do birds really "speak" to each other? Does noise have a place in music, or in literature?

The conference, which also takes place at SLC's Main Library, features other noteworthy speakers including mathematician Barry Mazur and composer Fred Lerdahl. It runs November 5-7. See the complete schedule here. Admission is free.

An extremely busy weekend for local releases across the city. So busy we have to start a day early to pick up one happening tonight. Damn... November kicked off quickly!

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Thought you'd heard the last local roller derby news of 2009? Not quite: There are three events this month, even though they're not competition bouts. Oh, and Whip It is at Brewvies--had to get that in.

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Good food plus good whiskey = GOOD TIMES. So, mark Thursday, November 12 on your calendar.

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