Monday, October 08, 2007
Why was Main Street traded for Malls?
Utah Stories has a fine analysis of Why was Main Street traded for Malls?While you are there, you can check out US's take on the Sugarhouse problem.
Labels: city, living, salt lake city, urban planning, Utah
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Friday, August 03, 2007
Why am I so amused by this story?
ksl.com - Missing Hiker FoundThe best quotation from the story:
"Rescuers say generally it's not a good idea to take a sleeping pill when you're lost in the mountains. They say you need to be awake in order to be rescued. They say they were calling his name last night, and say if he was awake he probably would have heard them."
Who the hell goes hiking with sleeping pills anyway? Demanding readers want to know, KSL!
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Labels: funny, hiking, mondo, nature, Utah
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
O! Pioneers!
What better way to celebrate our pioneer heritage than two-stepping it? Come and trip it as you go, on the light fantastic toe, as it were. Dance along with Brother Brigham if you dare!
Labels: dancing, fun, holiday, pioneer_day, Utah
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Monday, June 04, 2007
The oddity of the Internets
Why in the hell would this commentHello, I learned that you produced Nightmare Theater in SLC and I grew up in Tooele. I remember watching it with my folks I was about 3 and I would like to know how the starting was. I would like to be able to view the opening again to find out why it scared me so much as a child. If you could please help me I would appriciate it. Please e-mail me at jneenersmile@yahoo.com
Thanks Again
Janeen
be found on this post over at The Eye of Orris
Found on stage at the Depot in Salt Lake City after their show, March 31, 2007. ("Note 38: Apples in Stereo Play List (authentic)")
What strange Internet voodoo is afoot? How do the Apples in Stereo even remotely relate to Nightmare Theater? What school of thought is teaching that I had some secret career as an infant producing bad local TV? Will the real Fireman Frank (he hosted both the Fireman Frank* kid show and the late-at-night Nightmare Theater*) be haunting this blog soon as other former SLC kid show hosts have done? Will he offer me copious amounts of unsolicited information about the seamy underbelly of the show? Will Janeen ever discover what truly frightens her?
*Both these shows, moreover, ended their run before I really remember them, although I do recall my siblings talking about them. (I have very vague memories of Fireman Frank, that's all.)
Labels: funny, kidshows, SLC, TV, Utah, weird
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune - MONSON: Hate to say it, but Monday's crowd was classless
As I heard and saw the chaos and contempt in EnergySolutions Arena, I reflected back on the old Boston Garden crowds of the Larry Bird-era. Those were knowledgeable fans who picked their spots to let the refs hear and know about their displeasure. But it wasn't constant. It wasn't incessant. It wasn't paranoid, booing as though somebody was out to get them. (Salt Lake Tribune - MONSON: Hate to say it, but Monday's crowd was classless)I know you've been here for a while, but welcome to the Beehive State, Gordo! Recall, after all, the many people who opine that Rocky Anderson, instead of someone speaking his mind, is an "embarrassment to the state"--the entire freaking state! Recall, as well, that people actively get worked up (and embarrassed) over an overwrought, over-acted series like Big Love because it is set in big lovin' Utah and comes too close to the seamier side of 19th century Mormonism. You might also recall the desperate seeking for attention when some quasi disaster occurs in our pretty, great state, such as when California suffers horrible wildfires, and inevitably the local TV news will find some odd brush fire in Utah to compare as if to say "see we have a fire too!" just like cool California! Furthermore, recall the endless hand wringing before the Olympics about "what the world thinks" with the unspoken undercurrent of "fuck the world!" (Although I suppose in local parlance it would be "fetch the world!") Most of the time Utah seems to be a very passive-aggressive kind of place: a place where people get worked up about being persecuted or, on the flip side, live in a continual state of embarrassment because they live in Utah (for Christ's sake!)
At least, I suppose, with last nights bad behavior that, while not quite on the Detroit-level of crowd violence, does give Utah Jazz fans a reason to be hated and a reason to be embarrassed. Welcome to Utah: it definitely is a state of mind.
Labels: basketball, fans, swine, Utah
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Disingenuous or ignorant: you make the call
State Senator Darin Peterson, R-Nephi, has an interesting perspective on why Utah does not have a felony animal cruelty law:Peterson isn't sympathetic to those who would abuse animals. 'I raise livestock for a living,' he said. 'We've had animals shot with BBs, arrows.'The last time I checked private citizens (in this case the dreaded animal rights activists) did not conduct prosecution of criminals. That function is carried on by government through the district attorney. So is the Senator being disingenuous here or ignorant? What comment, as well, is he making about his farming practice that someone might characterize it as cruel?
He said he is nervous that such legislation might be used by animal rights activists to victimize farmers. 'I shudder to think doors we open up when we make it a felony.' (deseretnews.com | Pet-cruelty law sought:)
Labels: animal_rights, animals, politics, Utah
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