CityWeekly

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Letters

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

inmates sent to prison die incarcerated, even among those serving a life sentence? What becomes of the other 95 percent of us? We are released back into society, becoming your neighbors, co-workers, classmates, fellow worshippers and friends.

Lend Me Your Ears

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By John Rasmuson
Of the three Johns whose words fill this space week by week, only one has “songwriter” on his résumé: John Saltas. That is not to say that the other two, John Paul Brophy and John Rasmuson, don’t fancy themselves songwriters-in-waiting. Waiting, that is, for someone to bet $100 they can’t write a decent pop song.

STAFF BOX

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Stephen Dark: “Balacera (Gun Fight)” by Jairo. The lyrics are by a poet and journalist from Cordoba, Argentina. It starts at sunrise with a man lighting a candle to St. Antonio, the patron saint of folks who live on the margins. He and his gang meet up in a bar called The Cockroach; “the air smells of tobacco and death.

HITS&MISSES

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

HITS&MISSES
By Katharine Biele
So now we’re getting interested in the government’s data collection. It took news of Verizon’s buckling to demands that it secretly turn over customers’ call records to a government increasingly empowered by the post-9/11 Patriot Act.

FIVE SPOT

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

FIVE SPOT
Most people watch sports absorbing nothing but potato chips and cheap beer. Michael Smith has been watching sports his whole life, but he hasn’t just been watching—he’s been learning. Smith, who’s 22 and graduated from the University of Utah in May, beat out 26 other collegiate competitors from around the nation in ESPN’s.

STRAIGHT DOPE

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

STRAIGHT DOPE
By Cecil Adams
In a staff report on your site about whether nonsmoking actors use fake cigarettes when playing a part, the writer said there’s no such thing as noncarcinogenic smoke, implying smoke is the primary danger. What about the new electronic cigarettes—since they’re smokeless, are they noncarcinogenic?.

DEEP END

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By D.P. Sorensen
The article is full of helpful and fun facts: Salt Lake City is a top-10 city for plastic surgery; it has more plastic surgeons per 100,000 people (six) than New York City (four); and in one report, the “highest interest in breast implants.

Camping for Change

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Camping for Change
By Kate Ayer
After a leisurely hike, you stand on a peak and scan the majestic horizon, your breathing slightly labored and the crisp mountain air cooling your heated skin. But among the sagebrush and desert landscape, your eyes focus on a flat, black plain that harshly breaks the desert terrain.

CITIZEN REVOLT

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Eric S. Peterson
This week, join Move to Amend SLC and relive the Roaring Twenties at the Speakeasy Pub Quiz, where you can test your knowledge of the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision that decided corporations are people and can therefore buy elections with impunity.

The OCHO

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

The OCHO
By Bill Frost
Eight words and phrases that may trigger NSA suspicion during phone or online conversations:.

News Quirks

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Roland Sweet
Federal agents tracking a man who claimed he was selling 700,000 stolen identities identified Nathaniel Troy Maye, 44, as their suspect after a witness informed them he received a flash drive containing 50 identities from a man named “Maye” during dinner at a Morton’s steak house.

Frack You

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Frack You
By MATTHEW SCHNIPER
At least that’s the consensus— call it crazy—among environmentalists and fracking foes, for whom the phenomenon, supposedly brought on by nearby hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction, has grown into quite a powerful symbol.

We’re Fracked!

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Rachel Piper
“The majority of wells in Utah are fracked, which I think is a big surprise to people,” says Steve Bloch, conservation director and attorney with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. “Almost all the wells in the Uintah Basin are fracked for both oil and gas.

theESSENTIALS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

theESSENTIALS
That sentiment easily sums up Diaz’s life, and the bawdy stories that comprise his comedy. The comic tends to spin personal, often crass yarns onstage, getting amped up and aggravated—be it about sex, exercise and/or race, his three favorite topics—before breaking the rant with his own raspy, deep-throated laugh.

Seeing Red

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Seeing Red
Zion National Park (NPS.gov/zion) draws millions of visitors per year from around the world with its beautiful views and classic hikes like Angels Landing, the Narrows and the Subway. Hiking, biking, canyoneering, backpacking, climbing or enjoying the water features are activities that will bring out the adventurous nature in anyone.

Big Shiny Robot

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Big Shiny Robot
By Bryan Young
You’re kind of a dick. I mean that with kindness. I’m sugarcoating this, so you’ll read all the way to the end, but I also wanted to grab your attention. Now that I have it, put this in your pipe and smoke it: The geeks have won, and they’re finally making all the movies and stories we’ve always dreamed of seeing.

moreESSENTIALS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

moreESSENTIALS
After Monty is released from a juvenile detention center, he finds himself with few options. In hopes to create stability in his life, Monty tries to reconnect with childhood friends. However, after his long absence, neither of his former friends, B.J. and Erin, knows how to accommodate him into their lives.

Cucina Confidential

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Cucina Confidential
By Ted Scheffler
During the 10-plus years that Cucina Toscana has been in business, it’s been, at times, the best Italian restaurant in Salt Lake City—and, at other times, the most disappointing. In recent years, especially, the place seemed to have taken on a circuslike atmosphere.

FOOD MATTERS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Ted Scheffler
for its 21st year, operating at Pioneer Park (300 W. 300 South) on Saturdays through Oct. 19 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (note the later closing time this year) and on Tuesdays from Aug. 6 to Oct. 22, 4 p.m. till dusk.

SECOND HELPING

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

SECOND HELPING
By Jeffrey David
The curry-fried chicken plate (pictured) comes with two to three pieces of fried chicken, lentils over basmati rice, salad, pita bread and veggie curry. It’s a beautiful sight to behold. The chicken has a dusting of yellow curry powder that makes it sparkle.

More Moët, Please

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

More Moët, Please
By Ted Scheffler
Visiting France’s Champagne region wouldn’t be complete without stopping at the iconic Champagne house of Moët & Chandon, the country’s largest sparkling-wine producer. Located in Épernay, where it was first established by wine trader Claude Moët in 1743 as Moët et Cie (Moët & Co.

GOODEATS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Carl’s Cafe This diminutive strip-mall coffee shop/cafe is only open for breakfast and lunch but packs enormous flavor into a small space. The jumbo omelets are perennial crowd-pleasers, and the French toast gets raves as well. At lunchtime, the delish Easterner sandwich features hot pastrami with cheese and tomatoes.

After the Loving

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

After the Loving
By Scott Renshaw
There’s no point attempting to separate one’s response to director Richard Linklater’s third visit with Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) from those that came before—and indeed, you’ll miss the point of what’s so extraordinary about these films if you try to do so.

CINEMA CLIPS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

This Is the End HHH It’s self-indulgent, rambling, gratuitously crass and probably sacrilegious—oh, yeah, and also occasionally hilarious.

SIDESHOW

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

SIDESHOW
By Scott Renshaw
In plenty of key ways, of course, this is still the familiar Superman origin story in reboot form. We see the decision by Kryptonian scientist Jor-El (Russell Crowe) to send his infant son Kal-El to Earth from their doomed world, the baby’s discovery...

Theater Directory

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

DAVIS COUNTY AMC Loews Layton Hills 9.

True TV

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Bill Frost
Futurama Wednesday, June 19 (Comedy Central).

DVD

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Bill Frost
Body of Proof: Season 3, Drop Dead Diva: Season 4, Exhumed, Extinction, The G-String Horror, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jersey Shore Lingerie Party Massacre, Movie 43, Quartet, Rectify: Season 1, Stoker, Summoned, Supporting Characters, Web Therapy: Season 2, Workaholics: Season 3.

Twitter for Philosophers

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Austen Diamond
“The best that the conscious mind can do is just get the joke that the subconscious mind is trying to tell,” Tillman says. “The curation of people who I follow on Twitter is akin to that.” He trusts his instincts, and says that when stared at long enough, there’s an internal logic to this curation— without giving anything else away.

Dream Maker

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Dream Maker
By Brian Palmer
It is unavoidable that at least some of their success is because of Potter’s vocal and visual sex appeal. Maybe you’ve heard the steamy song “Paris (Ooh La La)” or even seen the video. No? Go Google it, take a cold shower when you’re done and then come back.

Class Act

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Class Act
By Kolbie Stonehocker
When I met with Orem-based allgirl band The Blue Aces at the downtown Coffee Garden for an interview, I never would’ve guessed they’d been awake since 3 a.m. for a performance on the KUTV 2 morning news.

THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PICKS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PICKS
of the Bands Velour’s Summer Battle of the Bands is under way, with the week’s last two showcases of local bands taking place Thursday and Friday.

SHOTS IN THE DARK

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

SHOTS IN THE DARK
By Austen Diamond
Shots In The Dark is dedicated to giving you the skinny on Utah nightlife. Submit tips about openings, closings and special events to comments@cityweekly.net.

CONCERTS & CLUBS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

CONCERTS & CLUBS
When California-based bluegrass outfit Poor Man’s Whiskey started covering rock songs, it started out just as a way for the band members to return to the music of their youth— bands like Grateful Dead, the Beatles and Duran Duran.

VENUE DIRECTORY

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

ABG’s 190 W. Center St., Provo, 801-373-1200, Live music Fri. AREA 51 451 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-534- 0819, ‘80s Thur., ‘90s Fri., Alterna-mash Sat., Karaoke Wed. ART’S PLACE 76. S. 900 West, SLC, 801- 363-9117, Dancing Fri. & Sat. BAR DELUXE 666 S. State, SLC, 801-532- 2914, Live music & DJs A BAR NAMED SUE 3928 S.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMT

By Rob Brezsny
Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700..