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BY RYAN "OH YEAH, I USED TO WORK AT VICE" BRADFORD Through some inspired, WTF-inducing decision-making, punkers Japanther played within the beige fortress of Union Square's flagship Barnes & Noble as part of their Upstairs at the Square series which aims to "bring together authors with singer/songwriters" in some artistic circle-jerk that usually has uppities toasting their monocles.
After a week of vacation -- sorry to those who paid attention to our house ad last week -- your friendly neighborhood City Weekly movie dude will be back on Fox 13's Good Day Utah tomorrow (Friday) morning in the 7 a.m. hour (probably around 7:30) to talk about the week's new theatrical releases. Our feature presentation: Up.
Tonight, ABC debuts its first animated series in 10 years, The Goode Family--by Mike Judge, he of King of the Hill, Office Space, Beavis & Butt-head and Idiocracy. It's essentially a flip of King of the Hill: Instead of meat-grillin' rednecks, they're politically-correct urbanites living the "green" lifestyle.
Harry Reid is busy campaigning for reelection this coming fall. Yesterday, with the support of President Obama, Bette Midler, Sheryl Crow, and others, Reid kicked off his first big political fundraiser at Caesar’s Palace.
The Pack A.D. swear up and down that they are not a blues band, they are a rock band with perhaps a slight undercurrent of blues. But the duo doth protest too much, for the blues label— however misguided—is a term of endearment.
Cotton Jones, the reincarnation of indie-pop band Page France will grace us with their presence tonight at Kilby Court along with psychedelic-folk combo Lightning Dust and local bluesy rockers Aye Aye.
Two free movie screenings tonight cover a pretty broad spectrum: from corporate agri-business, to Johnny Depp in bondage gear. At the Fort Douglas Post Theater tonight at 7 p.m., the SLC Film Center presents Robert Kenner's documentary Food, Inc. It covers developments in agricultural and food production practices that are having profound effects on our health, our environment and on the way the market is carved up.
