Archive for December, 2009

MUSIC: Year in Review: Top 20 Albums of 2009

Dec 30, 2009 No Comments by Steve Pierce

Every publication under the sun that covers music in some way, shape or form has an annual “Best Of” list around this time of year. I read them all. This either means a) I have way too much time on my hands, or b) I care way too much about arbitrary rankings published by people [...]

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FILM: Capers, Gangsters and Cons: The Best Crime Movies of the 2000s

Dec 29, 2009 2 Comments by Jim Dalrymple

Few things are as satisfying as a good gangster flick and the last ten years have produced a bevy of masterpieces. In the wake of groundbreaking films in the 1990s (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, etc.), this decade has seen a remarkable mix of innovation and market appeal that, looking back, starts to look like a [...]

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LOCAL: Not Another Provo Towing Company Article!

Dec 28, 2009 3 Comments by Chance Clift

I am going to tell a story about a very polarizing topic in Provo. This is a story of ambition, anxiety and greed. It is a story about one tow guy on one city block, and one vehicle that wouldn’t budge.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re in one of two camps — you’re either part [...]

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TECH: Putting the HD "Revolution" Behind Us

Dec 28, 2009 No Comments by Jon Schwarzmann

It’s fairly hard to argue that both HD and the Blu-Ray disc (BD) are not successful consumer technologies. In fact, if you want to go out and buy a brand new standard definition television, you probably won’t be able to. It even appears that Best Buy doesn’t offer SD televisions anymore, unless you want to [...]

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LOCAL: New in 2009, Worth a Try in 2010

Dec 26, 2009 No Comments by Jim Dalrymple

This year hasn’t been great for small businesses anywhere, so it’s no surprise that Provo’s downtown — with all its vacant buildings and low foot traffic — vaguely evokes the aesthetic of a ghost town. Yet despite the woeful state of the economy, a few courageous entrepreneurs decided to open shop this year and have [...]

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