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The Saturday night before Halloween State Street was lined with a colorful variety of characters ranging from demure to deranged. Many dressed up for Azure Ray’s performance at the State Room, but the real freak show was going on next door at Bar Deluxe.
Welcome
to a special (and actual) Halloween edition of the blog today. That's
right, even though 95% of the parties and events were held yesterday,
we bring you awesome coverage of one... two days later.
FACES of Youth, a nonprofit organization that provides after-school and summer programs for
low-income and homeless youth in the Salt Lake Valley, is vying for The Pepsi Refresh $50,000. --- They desperately need your texts and clicks to maintain their programming and continue serving the teenagers they work with.
SLC bike cop and candidate for Summit County Sheriff, Dax Shane, released his personnel discipline file this week in a gesture of transparency…well, he released some of it, that is. Here are the details he did not release.--- On his “Shane for Sheriff” blog, Shane posts a notation of all the disciplinary actions he has received during his tenure as police officer for the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Local indie pop-rockers King Niko
electronically released their second EP today titled The French Accent EP. I sat down with lead singer Ransom Wydner at
their Downtown Music practice space to discuss the details.---
NPR's Laura Sullivan reported this week on corporate-government coziness that birthed Arizona's immigration law, the toughest in the country. One story referred to the biggest Utah-based company you've probably never heard of, and today a Utah legislator was named.---
Got your costume ready? I hope it's able to withstand three days of festivities, including dancing, strolling and beer-soaking, 'cause there's a shit-ton going on.
