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Dear GYA, I just wanna say that if Obama gets elected for a second term, there will be no pizza for anyone. That means no pizza bagels, no pizza rolls and certainly no pizza parties.
KSL TV decided to dump the show The New Normal that features a gay couple seeking a surrogate mother, for “explicit” content. LGBT advocates are calling out the NBC affiliate owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for censorship with a rally Wednesday.---
While this week’s Must Have artist will forever be burned in my brain as the voice behind “Drinking Out of Cups,” the YouTube smash hit, Dan Deacon leads the charge for an excellent week of music.--- Must Have:
With their small, yet growing, catalog that, in a decade or so, will be
thought of as progressive, resourceful and irresistible, Yeasayer demonstrated what all the parts of an incredible performance look like when it all comes together. The Liver-Eating Johnson of indie music -- especially of moody dance-rock -- Yeasayer put on such a performance that one needn't see it all (or one could miss the first 25 minutes, like me) and still be blown away by how insanely good they are.
On a rare cool August evening, with a gentle breeze making its way through the city, I found myself at Kilby Court with some unexpected surprises. --- For an unknown reason, probably for the simple idea that they wanted to have some fun, it was Cowboys & Indians night at the all-ages venue, in which your ticket price was comped down to cheap if you dressed up -- which made for an interesting setting at the bonfire until it was put out way too quickly.
ProPublica reports on a U.S. Army study that finds thousands of soldiers may have suffered concussions in combat training, suggesting that some soldiers went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan having suffered mild traumatic brain injuries in training — and might have been more vulnerable to long-term consequences.”--- Top of the Alty World
Tuesday night, the Utah Film Center is presenting a free screening of Watershed: A New Water Ethic for the New West, with a panel discussion with the film’s creator afterwards.--- The 55-minute documentary takes a look at the threats endangering the West’s great Colorado River and provides solutions to the damming and diversions that threaten to turn the once-mighty river into trickle of its former self.
A legislator, a TV anchor and an ambassador all walk into an airplane. It may sound like a joke, but it was just the beginning of the parade of Utah dignitaries, notables, and political hacks boarding my flight.
Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Prison Divestment Campaign will kick off Phase 2 of its goal of curbing the influence of the for-profit prison industry on public policies that make money off our incarceration nation.--- The SLC Prison Divestment campaign is part of a national organization, but one that has its work cut out for it in Utah, where Centerville’s Management and Training Corporation is one of the nation’s largest private prison profiteers.
