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And here I though Michael Steele was the bassist for the Bangles: Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert threw down with Republican National Committee chairman Steele in a rap battle for the ages--or at least Hump Day. Feel the pain:
You just knew that the Legislature was going to find a way to screw up the law getting rid of private clubs and those stupid Zion curtains in restaurants. In order to get this law passed they, the "Waddoupslature," demanded that any restaurant built after May 12th keep all liquor bottles and drink mixing out of sight.
Try to pin down the pleasure of BBC America’s Life on
Mars sequel, Ashes to Ashes, and it’s Philip Glenister’s bruisingly
funny lead, Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt that comes to mind. In the UK Glenister’s character became a national icon
thanks to Life on Mars, which followed the adventures of a 21st century
cop transported back to the 1970s.
Movie casting decisions rarely make the news. Hollywood trade papers breathlessly report the shooting schedules of every major (and minor) star, but the general public only knows the details when the character being cast is either a real-life person, or a beloved fictional character from another medium.
Get ready to have your face melted off at Urban Lounge tonight when SLC instrumental metal duos Le Force and Cornered By Zombies takes the stage with fellow locals and metal in their own way Purr Bats. Le Force has been around for a while now, but judging by their powerful performance at Kilby Court on Monday dudes have been practicing big time.
This week's Local Artist Moment features "Pond Dreams," by Brent Godfrey. Godfrey's paintings -- an intriguing combination of representational elements with abstraction -- are available at "A" Gallery.
On Monday, the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented an award to the Utah Supreme Court in recognition of the court’s adoption of the so-called “shield rule,” which protects anonymity of journalist’s sources. Utah citizens “can now feel confident that they can share information anonymously without fear of repercussion,” said Allison Barlow-Hess, president of the Utah Headliners, the Beehive State’s SPJ chapter.
The Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) are pretty awful about getting the word about events to off-campus media outlets but boy are they good at organizing a killer concert. ASSU members managed to get both Lupe Fiasco and Girl Talk to perform as part of the school's annual spring music festival, aka the Kerfuffle.
