- Issue of
- Aug 23-29, 2007
- Vol. 24, No. 15
News
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Hits & Misses
Armed and Clueless Utah lawmakers approached recent summertime tours of Salt Lake and Davis counties as if they were visitors to a foreign land, riding through town on a $100,000-plus bus tour bankrolled by big businesses, and eliminating past years’...
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The Way It Is: Tax attorney David Lyon
In the Salt Lake City mayor’s race, candidates seem to be trying to make themselves more like outgoing Mayor Rocky Anderson or distancing themselves from his faults. City Weekly asked tax attorney David Lyon—not a resident of Salt Lake City—what...
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Frost Bytes: Nuns N’ Roses
The Frost Bytes roller derby report for August: Once again, the Salt City Derby Girls played in front of a near-capacity crowd last Saturday night, as the Sisters of No Mercy (nuns who love discipline more than Jesus) skated against the Leave It to Cleavers...
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Flying the Coop
Feature: Araucana Hens in Mill Creek. Eight-foot tomato plants in Rose Park. How Plucky Can Urban Farmers Get?
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5 Spot: Julia Barrientos of the Dual Immersion Academy
Julia Barrientos directs the Dual Immersion Academy, a free public charter school at 1155 S. Glendale Drive (DIAcharter.org). Serving on her board is Patricia Dark, wife of City Weekly staffer Stephen Dark. When doors open on Sept. 4, 350 students (grades...
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Private Eye: Full Disclosure
n n n Staffboxn Has anyone ever given you grief for working at City Weekly?n n Natalie May: Not that I can recall … most people think it’s pretty rad! Brandon...
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A Dorky Duo
The Deep End: Things could get plain hairy between Rove and Romney.
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Waste Not
News: The law catches up with a careless biohazard bandit
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The Missionary Position
Mike Mahannah 21, student 2001, Eastern European Outreach, Russia Christian summer mission trip Tell us about your encounter with the “Soda Nazi.” I did not understand Russian shopping at all. One day, my team and I went to a shop, and I...
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Mullen: Coal Country Chronicle
Joe Piccolo is a humble sort, with a soft and halting pattern of speech. He stepped to the microphone on the late afternoon of Aug. 19 at the Price City Peace Garden plaza in the heart of town, mindful of proper decorum. Six men remained trapped in the...
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Lake Effect: A Darker Shade of Pink
When Utah’s “right to work” law was enacted in those black-and-white, clean-cut 1950s, it was intended to bring about a glorious era of worker independence and an end to the Red Menace. Well, the nefarious socialists still haven’t...
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Labor Pain
News: A pregnant bartender says she was fired: “When you show, you’ve got to go.â€
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The Ocho: High School Musical 2
Eight obvious giveaways that High School Musical 2 was filmed entirely in Utah: 8. The high school is populated with unemployed 22-year-olds. 7. White guys under 6 feet tall are considered a lock for basketball scholarships. 6. Singing and dancing...
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- Film & TV
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Mountain Muddle
Cinema: The inept September Dawn gets a good hate on for Mormons.
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- Film & TV
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Endless Bummer
True TV: All the good summer TV was on cable. So, where were you?
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Newsquirks
The Joy of Housecleaning Joanne Drysdale, a 49-year-old mother of three, has invented a sex toy that connects to a vacuum cleaner and gives multiple, back-to-back orgasms lasting up to a minute each—all without ever touching the skin. She said her...
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Ask a Mexican
Dear Readers: It’s not just questions and racist rants that invade the Mexican’s mailbox—your feedback sneaks under my digital fence, también. Let’s start with Lean Like a K Street Chola, a former gangbanger-turned-lobbyist...
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The Straight Dope: Weather or Not
Box scores tell you how a baseball team has done. Stock listings tell you how a stock has performed. But I’ve never seen a mechanism indicating whether weathermen have any idea what they’re talking about. Does anyone keep track of how accurate...
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Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’ve been putting out and putting out and putting out, Aries. Good work! I’m impressed with the blend of high-minded generosity and ego-boosting self-expression you’ve synergized. Now, however, it’s...
Eat & Drink
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- Wine
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Cliff Hanging
Sampling Snowbird’s delights from the Pit to the Aerie’s lofty heights.
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The Grapevine: Aerie’s Abundance
When French-born Frederic Barbier took over The Aerie at Snowbird (see Dining) as general manager, he also took over its wine list. And, since that time, that wine list has grown into one of the finest in the state. What makes a great wine list? Let’s...
Music
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Four on the Floor
Music: Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood get it together (again) on Out Louder.
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Music Picks Aug. 23-29
Live: Calexico, Dan Sartain, Park City Jazz Festival, 2Mex,
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The Wanderer
Music: For Magnolia Electric Co.’s Jason Molina, transience is the thing.
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CD Revue
Music: New Young Pony Club, Golden Dogs, That 1 Guy
Culture
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- Arts & Entertainment
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Forward Progress
Dance: Ririe-Woodbury alums build Momentum with a little help from their friends.
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Sound Ideas
Multimedia: Salt Lake Audioptic displays the results'and the process'of turning noise into visual art.
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24Seven
Arts & Culture: Where it’s @ for the week of Aug. 23-29
