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It Was Worth a Shot

Tom Barberi wins Round 1 in his endless quest to legalize adulthood in Utah.

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jul 1,2009 - The year was 1971, and I had just accepted a job offer from KALL 700 radio station in Salt Lake City. I was working in San Jose, Calif., at the time and thought KALL offered me an opportunity to hone my skills ...

Editorial

Hush Little Children

All I want is the state to legalize adulthood in Utah.

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Feb 19,2009 - It happens twice a year. Some TV reporter announces the circus is in town and we soon see video of Barnum

News & Columns

Barberi: Barbs, Beefs & Bites

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jul 31,2007 - Holly is away this week and invited me to play in her corner of the City Weekly sandbox. Where do I start? Having been off the air this past year has caused me to have an almost terminal case of mental constipation. I am already sick of the race for...

News & Columns

Fast Access

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - This “Speed Dating” nonsense to raise money for political parties is a necessary evil of our system. I know that money is the mother’s milk of politics, but do they have to make it seem like a night out at the Bunny Ranch? The idea that...

News & Columns

Gamble Ramble

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - As if Utah didn’t have enough dirty little secrets, it has been revealed that Utah has legalized gambling. At least, in certain forms. Now the law clearly states that gambling in any form is strictly forbidden in Utah, but the recent election in...

News & Columns

The Great Pretender

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Lights, camera, action … Cut! … Mr. President, I don’t think you should wear the camouflage because you are not actually in Iraq with the soldiers. nnBush: Gee, when I was there on Thanksgiving with that fake turkey, I got to wear my commander-in-chief...

News & Columns

Duct-Tape Monsters

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Tax cuts for the rich, cash for the victims, tequila for my men, whiskey for the horses.nnWe had just eclipsed the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks when Hurricane Katrina exposed the Bush administration’s philosophy that can best be described...

News & Columns

The Naked Truth

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - What does the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have in common with The Crazy Goat and The Monkey Bar in Park City? A. torture; B. lap dances; C. Christina Aguilera; D. All of the above. The correct answer is D. Before you jump to any wild conclusions,...

News & Columns

Big Bing! Theory

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - I feel like I am in that scene in the Superman movie where he flies around the world backwards to reverse time so he can go back and rescue Lois Lane whose car fell into the San Andreas fault. I started feeling this way shortly after Bush sneaked in the...

News & Columns

Botox on the Brain

By Tom Barberi
POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Not all outsourcing is bad, according to Senator-for-life Orrin Hatch. In a rare appearance in Utah'(Orrin has been seen in Utah about as many times as Elvis has been spotted in that Michigan Kmart)'he touched on several issues. Seniority is his pitch...
 
 
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