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December 2008

Happy New Year! It's Amateur Night

12/31/08

Happy New Year! It's Amateur Night

What to do on a frosty New Year's Eve in Utah. Here are a few options.

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The Year's Top 10 Albums

12/30/08

The Year's Top 10 Albums

I've been driving the bandwagon for The Hold Steady for a few years, and their new album is my fave of 2008. Climb aboard; there's a bar car on this train.

Posted at 12:00 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

R.I.P. the best Catwoman ever

12/29/08

R.I.P. the best Catwoman ever

Eartha Kitt, the "Santa Baby" singer, died on Christmas.

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You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

12/24/08

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

Five quick picks for your home-viewing pleasure on Christmas Eve.

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Old Faces Vie for the Top 10 Tunes List

12/23/08

Old Faces Vie for the Top 10 Tunes List

A couple of 2009 releases—one from an old fave, one from a "new band"—rock their way toward my Top 10.

Posted at 12:07 PM | Permalink | Comments: 10

Happy Hanukkah! Plus more Top 10 Tunes!

12/22/08

Happy Hanukkah! Plus more Top 10 Tunes!

'Tis the season to wish our Jewish friends good tidings, and to bust out that Al Green album one more time.

Posted at 10:31 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

Neil Diamond vs. Santa Pub Crawl. Tough call

12/19/08

Neil Diamond vs. Santa Pub Crawl. Tough call

What to do when two fun events coincide? Do 'em both!

Posted at 10:13 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Jerry Joseph and more Top 10 Tunes!

12/18/08

Jerry Joseph and more Top 10 Tunes!

Long-time SLC fave Jerry Joseph returns to town tonight for a two-night stand, plus Conor Oberst and Girl Talk make a play for my year-end Top 10.

Posted at 10:52 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Top 10 Contenders!

12/17/08

Top 10 Contenders!

Metallica and Ra Ra Riot enter the fray in the fight to land on my Top 10 Tunes list of '08.

Posted at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Free Rosalie Sorrels show tonight!

12/16/08

Free Rosalie Sorrels show tonight!

One legendary Western folksinger pays tribute to another tonight when Sorrels sings the songs of Utah Phillips at Ken Sanders Rare Books

Posted at 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

12/15/08

A new downtown theater: The saga continues

Representatives for arts groups, the city and downtown businesses tried to find common ground regarding the $81 downtown theater project. And they found that's not so easy.

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No Cheetah Girls tonight. Damn!

12/15/08

No Cheetah Girls tonight. Damn!

Despite various message boards and calendar listings saying otherwise, the Disney gals aren't in town tonight.

Posted at 09:10 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Hope you got your <em>Wicked</em> tickets

12/12/08

Hope you got your Wicked tickets

The popular musical coming to Salt Lake City this spring sold out its entire run today before 1 p.m.

Posted at 04:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Betty Page R.I.P.; Plus this weekend's festivities

12/12/08

Betty Page R.I.P.; Plus this weekend's festivities

A moment of silence for America's pin-up queen and inspiration to retro-cool women everywhere; she died Thursday.

Posted at 10:16 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Theater Review: <em>Sister's Christmas Catechism</em>

12/11/08

Theater Review: Sister's Christmas Catechism

You'll never spend a more fun couple of hours with a nun bossing you around.

Posted at 10:17 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Dance Review: Ririe-Woodbury's Interiors

12/10/08

Dance Review: Ririe-Woodbury's Interiors

Modern dance to the sound of The Beatles, Doors, Nick Cave and Yo La Tengo? Sign me up!

Posted at 02:48 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Even More Top 10 Tunes!

12/10/08

Even More Top 10 Tunes!

My search for the year's best music travels through SoCal and New Zealand.

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Special Beat Service

12/09/08

Special Beat Service

Former English Beat leader Dave Wakeling brings his merry band of ska-tinged pranksters to The Depot tonight.

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More Top 10 Tunes!

12/08/08

More Top 10 Tunes!

Two more albums you need to hear before the end of the year, featuring the brilliant Alejandro Escovedo and Drive-By Truckers

Posted at 04:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

One Dresden Doll and Gladys Knight, minus The Pips

12/08/08

One Dresden Doll and Gladys Knight, minus The Pips

Amanda Palmer headlines at the Avalon Theater in Murray tonight.

Posted at 09:33 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Gallery-strollin', Nutcrackin' and Offbeat-shoppin': Your weekend in a nutshell

12/05/08

Gallery-strollin', Nutcrackin' and Offbeat-shoppin': Your weekend in a nutshell

Less than three minutes to go 'til Christmas, but there's no reason to panic. SLC has plenty of ways to cover your holiday bases this weekend.

Posted at 01:10 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

For your consideration: support a good cause tonight

12/04/08

For your consideration: support a good cause tonight

The Utah AIDS Foundation's annual Red Passion party takes over Hotel Monaco tonight. Plus art, tea

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What up tonight? Plus more Top 10 tunes!

12/03/08

What up tonight? Plus more Top 10 tunes!

A night at the thee-a-tah, plus My Morning Jacket and Fleet Foxes bid for my year-end Top 10 Tunes list.

Posted at 10:52 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0

Hey, Britney Spears is coming to visit! Yay!

12/02/08

Hey, Britney Spears is coming to visit! Yay!

Minutes after my morning anti-Britney rant, I got the sad news: A Britney Spears concert in SLC April 14

Posted at 02:51 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

The Britney comeback ends here

12/02/08

The Britney comeback ends here

Are we really supposed to believe Britney Spears is back to "normal?" I've heard that one before.

Posted at 12:55 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

Welcome back. It's holiday panic time!

12/01/08

Welcome back. It's holiday panic time!

Still trying to snap out of that turkey coma? Here are some great tunes to help you out.

Posted at 02:20 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0

About This Blog

Arts & Entertainment editor Dan Nailen spends many a late night on the town so that you don’t have to, but he will do his best to cajole you to join him for a meal, a martini or a Pabst Blue Ribbon. Whether he’s hitting a dive bar to hear a hot new band or playing with the pretty people at events far too classy to admit him if he didn’t work for Salt Lake magazine, you’ll read about it here.

Check in regularly for tips on worthwhile nocturnal activities, concert reviews and one-of-a-kind commentary from our resident pop culture-obsessed music geek and social gadfly.

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