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Every year, France releases its newest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau for sale to the public on the third Thursday in November. And, as always, the Copper Onion is getting into the celebratory Nouveau spirit.
The craft scene in Utah has boomed in recent years beyond what anyone probably thought it would, to the point where it has become its own independent art scene that rivals the traditional scene, if you could call our art scene ”traditional.” --- With the growth it's seen, more festivals and events are popping up throughout the area, especially in Salt Lake City and Provo, where the largest amount of crafters reside and sell their goods to a marketplace that's just eating it up and wanting more.
Happy Tuesday, music fans. Here's a sweet mix of new music to get you through the rest of your afternoon, from British singer/composer Devonte "Dev" Hynes (aka Blood Orange), experimental hip-hop group Death Grips, noise-rock band Magik Markers and Canadian electronic musician Michael Silver, aka CFCF.---
From the same guys who gave us the O'Brother, Where Art Thou'-inspired "Ham N' Eggs," last September comes another cinema-infused rap video. Utah-based hip-hop crew the Better Taste Bureau (formerly known as Hurris & Gig) quietly released the visual accompaniment for their single "Lookin' Back" over the weekend. Shot and directed by Cameron Gould of Filmingo Studios and filmed at the Salt Flats, the four-minute mini-epic is a departure from the usual rap cliches and embraces a sort of Looper meets Groundhog Day theme-- centering on a kid in a leather jacket who is continually offed in new ways by a mysterious female.
A map of decades of news coverage by regions of the world shows the U.S. being a focus of coverage, whereas places like sub-Saharan Africa remains “disconnected” from coverage.---
