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The Gulf oil spill has been an unmitigated horror, and shows all signs of continuing on that way.� The response of the oil companies has been dreadful.
“Bubbles” is hardly the name of a song one would associate with a metal/electronica group, yet the Salt Lake band Born Through Vengeance calls it a favorite, along with “Vicarious Survival” and “The Lies You Love.”--- “Basically, our mission is to mix it up," says BTV’s keyboardist Seth Wilson.
Last week at Hill Air Force Base, which has been plagued by several years worth of suicides, a stand down was ordered. Rumors ran riot of more suicides, but apparently they were denied by the base.
At a Wednesday community meeting on a proposed Yalecrest community historic district, former Governor Mike Leavitt argued that getting the state legislature involved in stopping monster homes was better than the proposed historic preservation plan.--- The monster homes issue is a volatile one in Yalecrest, where some residents see a proposed historic preservation plan as the only way to hold back small single-family dwellings being taken over by the beastly homes.
Justice Courts, or revenue courts as their critics lovingly call them, for better or worse are here to stay. That in mind, here’s some tips on how to make it through misdemeanor courts without getting shortchanged on your rights like some of the folks in this week's cover feature.---
The Top Chef tour is coming to the Gallivan Center on Thursday, June 3rd. You can come see exclusive cooking demonstrations by two of Bravo TV's Top Chef'testants: Casey Thompson and Rich Sweeney.
This past weekend was filled with a near dozen different events ranging from fashion to art to pubcrawls to performances and a a few other random things in-between. So when the idea of covering a show came up this week as well, I was determined to hit up something different that doesn't get a lot of exposure in our music scene.