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It's 1,302 driving miles from Salt Lake City to Austin, Texas. Several Utah-based bands/musicians made that trek for South by Southwest, and they offer a variety of opinions about whether it was worth it.---
Dear GYA, One does not simply have an awesome weekend. It's a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over having fun on our days off.
The public-relations firm Edelman recently released its analysis of congressional tweeters, and Utah’s own Rep. Jason Chaffetz landed in their top 10 rankings out of 456 congressional Twitter handles the company looked at in 2011.--- The company’s data set employed study measurements that track the effectiveness of members of Congress who use Twitter based on mentions, replies, the volume of retweets, follower growth, as well as a proprietary measure the company touts as being a litmus test for the “influence” of a Twitter handle.
Millcreek will have a garden party Saturday, looking for green thumbs in the neighborhood to help out at Benjamin Franklin Park. With spring coming, there are plenty of other community gardens in the county also looking for some tending.---
In a forum put on by the Sutherland Institute on Thursday, GOP candidates Carl Wimmer, Stephen Sandstrom, Mia Love and Jay Cobb all took turns agreeing with one another. But a question from a delegate about how the candidates would actually have their bold conservative agendas enacted in Congress highlighted some key differences among the contenders.
Dear GYA, Why is everyone comparing me to an Etch A Sketch? Just the other day, Stone Phillips tried to pick me up by my ankles and shake me till I was pink in the face.
We've got seven albums to talk about, a few we need to play catch up on and a couple of releases set for the next few days. --- We're going to start with the latest from SLC pop folk group Summerteeth.
