April 2010
24 posts
Canceled, Not Canceled
Dead or Alive: What will (and may not) be back on TV next season. In the last week of May, the broadcast networks will announce which TV series will be returning for the 2010-11 season … http://bit.ly/dkBlsT
Poncho Sanchez
Someone Pinch Poncho: Latin-jazz legend Poncho Sanchez can’t believe his life sometimes. The elder statesman of Latin-jazz, conguero Poncho Sanchez, has been spending more time at his Los Angeles-area home recently … http://bit.ly/aCN1b9
Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Tour
Metheny Matters: The guitar hero isn’t just for easy-listening jazzbos. “He’s the guitarist’s guitarist.” That plaudit—or is it burden?—has been thrust upon more than a few guitar greats to hamper them with the notion that … http://bit.ly/d48CPv
The Secret of Kells
Illumination Building: The Secret of Kells gives Irish history beautifully distinct animation. When the 2010 Oscar nominations were announced Feb. 2, there wasn’t a bigger shock than the title of one of the Animated Feature selections … http://bit.ly/dbi8f6
Moxi
Moxi, With Moxie: A trip to Bountiful finds a treasure of a wine bistro. So, you get it, right? Moxi. As in: Dude, it take moxie to open a wine bar in Bountiful … http://bit.ly/bwS6jR
The Harry Blausey, Newark Ohio, Real Estate Federal Lawsuit Update, Robert Paisola Reports on Licking County Ohio Prosecutor Kenneth Oswalt, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and the Ohio Department of Corrections http://ping.fm/ZUgzo
Yeasayer
Defying Trends: New York’s Yeasayer blazes a new trail in dance-rock. While most bands in Brooklyn a few years ago were trying to be the next Strokes, Yeasayer didn’t want to be so trendy … http://bit.ly/cy3zlt
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Propel
Accidentally on Purpose: Propel disrupts the expected with choreographed improvisation. There is an oft-quoted John Lennon lyric from his song “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” which was penned as a lullaby for his son Sean … http://bit.ly/cl8CnA
Utah's Championship Beers
Utah Breweries score at the World Beer Cup. The 2010 Brewers Association World Beer Cup was held in Chicago during the Craft Brewers Conference, April 7-10. Commonly referred to as the “Olympics of Beer,” the World Beer Cup is a mas http://bit.ly/cMQu0d
Party Down, Gravity, Mothman, Food Party, The...
Served: Caterers, moths, puppets and mysteries. Before Starz recently became known as That Spartacus Channel, the network was plugging along quietly with original comedies Head Case and Party Down … http://bit.ly/8YysGc
High West Distillery & Saloon
Let’s Get High: Park City distillery offers whiskey, high-altitude food and more. Park City’s High West Distillery & Saloon isn’t so much a restaurant, bar and distillery as it is a compound—a fun zone for lovers of good food and great whiskey … http://bit.ly/d53l44
PiL: Public Image Ltd.
Rotten Human: Think you know Johnny Rotten? Meet PiL’s John Lydon In 2007, I spoke with John Lydon—better known as Sex Pistols frontguy Johnny Rotten—for Harp magazine’s “Words of Wisdom” feature … http://bit.ly/aIwRVW
Bonny Doon's Randall Grahm
Been There, Doon That: Bonny Doon’s Randall Grahm was born to Rhone. Randall Grahm is my favorite wine conjuror. To call him a mere winemaker, although that is an essential page of his vitae, is like calling Bruce Springsteen a singer … http://bit.ly/dxukgX
Café Limón
Food Network Star in Our Midst: The fare at Café Limón is a winning reason for a Syracuse stopover. In 2008, Amparo Alam was crowned Grand Prize Winner of Food Network’s Ultimate Recipe Showdown, a TV cooking show hosted by the ubiquitous Guy Fieri. http://bit.ly/cXw6vX
Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts
Hard Ride: Mestizo’s Terry Hurst bikes to build a permanent art center and museum on the west side. Lately, there are too many tomorrows for nonprofits and outreach organizations left empty-handed chasing their missions in a dwindling economy … http://bit.ly/ac5CYx
Gambling in Utah
Utah Hold ‘Em: Games of chance are illegal in Utah, but some players like their odds. I wasn’t thrilled to be out in an April evening snowstorm, tired, edgy and rushed—the only dinner I’d eaten was the smell of my wife’s lasagna… http://bit.ly/apUJ4R
Deportation Glitch
Weber State international student faces deportation because of computer “glitch.” As an immigrant on an expired student visa, Victoria Sethunya, a native of Lesotho, Africa, has a funny way of staying under the radar. http://bit.ly/alBI3A
Best of Utah Scam
Attention City Weekly Best of Utah winners: There’s an outfit called “That’s Great News” which is calling Best of Utah award winners, representing themselves as being from City Weekly and trying to sell them winners’ plaques. —-
These scam a http://bit.ly/cZFK5U
Tune Up Your Bicycle
Re-Cycling: As spring weather nears, get your bike—and yourself— back into riding shape. Does the thought of getting back in the saddle make your heart flutter? Of course, I’m talking about bike saddles here: road, mountain or BMX … http://bit.ly/dCdFZw
Comedian Todd Barry
Medium Energy: Comedian Todd Barry creates high comedy with a low-key approach. You’ll be forgiven for not knowing comedian Todd Barry by name, but chances are you’ve seen him without realizing it … http://bit.ly/by9W88
Cook Books
Spring Into the Kitchen: Five new books to invigorate your cooking. I’m a sucker for Cajun-Creole cuisine.But, with the exception of an old, tattered Paul Prudhomme cookbook … http://bit.ly/bGwp6i
Best of Factoids
Eight fun factoids about City Weekly’s Best of Utah issue. Winners’ display awards are available in plaque, banner and 32-foot inflatable gorilla form … http://bit.ly/98VYF4
FLDS Church: $3.2 Million Allegation
Down the Drain: Millions missing from coffers of Hildale/Colorado City water nonprofit. Before licensed engineer Zachary Renstrom went to inspect water wells near the polygamous border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., in 2008, he e-mailed municipal officials … http://bit.ly/bc8otj
The Cave Singers, The Low Anthem, Murder By Death,...
Live: Music Picks April 1-7 What people call the “Seattle sound” has always been cause for debate, stretching as far back as The Ventures’ surf stylings of the ’50s … http://bit.ly/9cKGCS
March 2010
28 posts
Hockey
Hat Trick: Portland’s Hockey scores points beyond face value. Whether it’s delving into soul music, bubblegum-pop or modern folk, Portland, Ore.-based Hockey is as diverse as their choice of sweets at Voodoo Doughnuts… http://bit.ly/b04aTs
Ruby Suns
Trials of the Traveler: The genre-jumping Ruby Suns hit fresh territory. Ryan McPhun knows that ambition can be pricey. As the man in charge of Auckland, New Zealand, indie-pop trio The Ruby Suns, he uses a menagerie of instruments … http://bit.ly/d7ILBi
Clash of the Titans
Myth Calculation: 21st-century Clash of the Titans remake sacrifices fantasy for empty spectacle. Instead, it all becomes background noise for a fantasy that spends a whole lot of time on foreground noise. http://bit.ly/bEYf7I
Jillian's Fat-Ass Fight Club, Vampire Debutantes,...
Heavy Load: Five new TV shows debuting on April 1. If you think The Biggest Loser is too weepy, sensitive and lacking in shrieking she-dude Jillian Michaels, you’ll love Jillian’s Fat-Ass Fight Club … http://bit.ly/bOXnbP
Greek City Grill
Gyro Worship: Bob Daskalakis’ Greek City Grill offers Greek flavors at bargain prices. Beau, our black Lab puppy, led me to the best gyro I’ve ever tasted. No, Beau isn’t trained to hunt down Greek food … http://bit.ly/c7rGnP
Roller Derby: O-Town Season Kickoff Saturday
Saturday, March 27: Ogden’s O-Town Derby Dames kick off their 2010 season with a bout between home teams Sailor Marys and Ladies of Capone at the Marshall White Community Center (222 28th Street, Ogden); a portion of the proceeds go to benefit—what else? http://bit.ly/bsYRBR
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Eat or Be Eaten: New York City’s Cymbals Eat Guitars are living up to their anointed status. The brave new world of do-it-yourself indie music notwithstanding, the music industry is still very much eat or be eaten. Oh, the eaters may be different … http://bit.ly/aj2Rev
Greenberg
Mid-Life Crassness: Be glad Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg isn’t real. If you are someone who goes to the movies to spend time with characters you’d actually like to spend time with in real life, you probably don’t go to Noah Baumbach movies … http://bit.ly/cJX4rF
Quasi
Space & Drums: Quasi’s Janet Weiss keeps time and kicks out the jams. Being a drummer in a rock & roll band is a hard job; it’s one of the most physically intensive, even in just setting up the gear… http://bit.ly/buqFfJ
How to Train Your Dragon
Depth Wish: How to Train Your Dragon dazzles visually through its too-familiar plot. Over the ocean near a distant land, a thousand years ago, someone rides on the back of a dragon—and it’s you … http://bit.ly/ccwkbg
Lookout Cabin
Cabin Cuisine: Lookout dazzles from beyond off the beaten path. There are off-the-beaten-path eateries, and then there are restaurants like Lookout Cabin, which require serious effort to get to. This one, however, is well worth the journey … http://bit.ly/9RxRpL
Vampire Weekend, Ska Show, Ladysmith Black...
Live: Music Picks March 18-24 When delving into the musical world of Vampire Weekend, factions split and lines divide. Vampire Weekend are chart-toppers and their shows are selling out… http://bit.ly/aB1HPY
The Moondoggies
Time After Time: The Moondoggies are inspired by the past, not beholden to it. Kevin Murphy once believed he had reached a time where he’d heard “most good old music.” Though he now considers that outlook as “very ignorant …” http://bit.ly/bWVQ8F
Trailers Trashed
The movie trailer: The ultimate triumph of movie marketing When it comes to my geekish bona fides, I bow to no one. My teenage comic-book collection was epic; my Star Wars action figures and assorted paraphernalia … http://bit.ly/dAz5Aj
Talisker on Main
Not-So-New Kid in Town: After a private 20 years, chef John Murcko comes to the people. For way too long, the Talisker experience has been limited to a few very wealthy homeowners and their guests—folks who can afford to live and play… http://bit.ly/b3ikfB
The Red Riding Trilogy
Meh-pic: The Red Riding saga is epic only in length. Every once in a while, a distributor takes a chance on a multi-part release, one that requires a serious time commitment from a potential viewer … http://bit.ly/cHfhOD
Woman: Garn lying about 'no contact' in hottub...
Cheryl Maher, the New Hampshire woman who says she had an affair with Layton Rep. Kevin Garn in 1985 and was paid $150,000 to keep her secret, says Garn is lying about a naked hot tub encounter between them when she was 15 and he was 30.—-
Garn told r http://bit.ly/94wWrF
Roller Derby: JCRD & WRD Saturday
Jam-packed Saturday in local women’s roller derby comin’ at ya: Up Layton way, Ogden’s Junction City Roller Dolls play their first bout of the 2010 season; in Salt Lake City, Wasatch Roller Derby play their third (and, technically, fourth). —-
Junction http://bit.ly/bL9Tt9
Logorama: City Weekly Won an Oscar!
All right, not exactly. But among the many corporate insignias found in the Best Animated Short winner Logorama … http://bit.ly/cTZQoz
Green Zone
Mass Distraction: Hollywood-washed Green Zone refuses to name actual villains. Spoiler alert! Jason Bourne does not find the WMDs in Iraq. Sorry to ruin Green Zone for you, but surely already CNN did that years ago … http://bit.ly/awls7u
Jaguar Love
Wild Things: Portland’s Jaguar Love hit the dance floor. When art-punk doomsayers The Blood Brothers called it quits in late 2007, Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato still hadn’t considered their futures … http://bit.ly/agO5Gc
John Németh
Boise to Beirut: Idaho bluesman John Németh is bad and (inter)nationwide. Salt Lake City ain’t exactly blues central. Neither is John Németh’s hometown of Boise, Idaho. But while SLC and Boise, like many U.S. cities, lack the mythical rep of Mississippi… http://bit.ly/aWbaBW
She's Out of My League
Team Effort: True ensemble work contributes to the hilarity of She’s Out of My League. For decades, it seemed, cinematic comedy had become the domain of the one-man show … http://bit.ly/dihJ8u
The Brian Jonestown Massacre & Robert Pollard
Reviews: Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? & We All Got Out of the Army Robert Pollard is sort of an anti-rock star. The by-now 50-something former Dayton, Ohio, schoolteacher manages to rock out without any of the supposed accessories: no tattoos … http://bit.ly/aSeULL
Brooklyn's Finest
Law & Disorder: Brooklyn’s Finest avoids a black-and-white portrayal of New York’s men in blue. Is it because I’m a New Yorker myself that I am generally enthralled by tales of the NYPD? http://bit.ly/9xDGKW
Burn Notice, The Office, Big Love, TNA Impact, Bad...
Burn, Out: Babies, spies, rasslers and skanks. It would have been easier to track if USA hadn’t broken Season 3 of slick series Burn Notice into halves separated by four-plus months (seriously, this cable trend has to end)… http://bit.ly/cUB7cM