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November 2008

Weekend starts ... Now!

11/26/08

Weekend starts ... Now!

Pre- and post-Turkey Day action for your perusal.

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CD Reviews: Classic R.E.M. vs. Wannabe-classic GnR

11/25/08

CD Reviews: Classic R.E.M. vs. Wannabe-classic GnR

R.E.M's brilliant debut gets the "deluxe" treatment, plus Guns n' Roses returns. Finally.

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Jumping on the holidays with both feet

11/24/08

Jumping on the holidays with both feet

Believe it or not, it's time to think about Christmas (or whatever your year-end holiday of choice is). Here's a quick guide on where to start.

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Holy War Weekend

11/21/08

Holy War Weekend

This weekend might be all about the Utah/BYU football game for much of the state, but there's plenty more going on: rock shows, dance recitals and choirs, oh my!

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Listen before you buy

11/20/08

Listen before you buy

Guns 'n' Roses' new album, Chinese Democracy, finally arrives this weekend. Hear it streaming for free before you buy it.

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Simple songs or Bombastic bombshells: Your Choice

11/20/08

Simple songs or Bombastic bombshells: Your Choice

Salt Lakers gets visits from singer/songwriter Mason Jennings and prog-rock royalty Pink Floyd tonight.

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Claymation film to open 2009 Sundance Film Festival

11/19/08

Claymation film to open 2009 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance announced its opening night film, and it's an animated feature about a May-December pen-pal relationship.

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What's scarier? Carrie Underwood vs. Lizzy Borden

11/19/08

What's scarier? Carrie Underwood vs. Lizzy Borden

What to choose, American Idol's most-successful alumna or The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years' least-successful alumni?

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Crows, Fish and Elves--Oh My!

11/18/08

Crows, Fish and Elves--Oh My!

It's an unusually exciting Tuesday on the music front, with the arrival of Fishbone, Old Crow Medicine Show, Elf Power and Vic Chesnutt in Salt Lake tonight.

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Theater meets Rock tonight

11/17/08

Theater meets Rock tonight

If you like your concerts on the visually over-the-top tip, tonight's your night in SLC

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Working for the Weekend

11/13/08

Working for the Weekend

Hard-rock, indie-rock, holiday tunes and New Kids on the Block! Yowza!

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The Lounge Act Meets the Hotel Cafe

11/12/08

The Lounge Act Meets the Hotel Cafe

Rachael Yamagata leads an estrogen-heavy lineup tonight at The Avalon Theater.

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For Those About to Rock ...

11/11/08

For Those About to Rock ...

The Saltair hosts a big, fat rock show, featuring the friendliest bunch of Satan worshippers around

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Concert review: Stephen Malkmus, plus what's up tonight

11/10/08

Concert review: Stephen Malkmus, plus what's up tonight

The former Pavement singer turns guitar-god; plus Henry Rollins and Mexico's best rock band in SLC tonight

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Concert review: Crooked Fingers; plus what up this weekend

11/07/08

Concert review: Crooked Fingers; plus what up this weekend

A late-night treat from the Denver band leads into a wild, woolly weekend.

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Getting Crooked (and crocked) tonight

11/06/08

Getting Crooked (and crocked) tonight

Dreamy indie-rock arrives in Salt Lake City this eve courtesy of Crooked Fingers.

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Ain't no party like a Democrat party! Except Eagles of Death Metal!

11/05/08

Ain't no party like a Democrat party! Except Eagles of Death Metal!

That's true at least for this one year, when Utah's minority party hosted a rager downtown on Obama's historic night.

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Concert review: Metallica

11/04/08

Concert review: Metallica

The hard-rock gods battled EnergySolutions Arena's swampy sound. Call it draw.

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Theater review: Noises Off

11/03/08

Theater review: Noises Off

The slapstick farce at Pioneer Memorial Theatre makes for a fine-if-fluffy night out.

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Metallica rules the roost tonight

11/03/08

Metallica rules the roost tonight

The hard-rock veterans headline at EnergySolutions tonight, but the real treat is the opening acts.

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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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