Ben Raskin

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  • Leap Year Blues

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    Four years ago I was screaming into a telephone like a madman. I had been planning a leap year party at The Woodshed for over a month when at the last minute the promoter backed out. We were organizing a once-in-four-year event with a night of gospel and blues music that was going to feature…

  • Shameless Plug

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    This time last year I had written approximately a dozen columns and I honestly thought I a chance of winning blogger of the year in City Weekly’s Best of Utah. Man alive was I out of my mind. I recently re-read the first blogs I posted on Google’s BlogSpot and was surprised I didn’t get…

  • Bill Eubank, Dick Nixon and Other Mentors

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    How the Hell do we have a President’s Day? I am certain I am the only American that genuinely loves President’s Day that hasn’t served in the White House or attended an RC Willey sale. To me, it’s not the three-day weekend or the big box sale prices. It’s not because it always seem to…

  • What Do These Beads Get Me Anyhow?

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    Every Tuesday is a Fat Tuesday for me. Leave it to a bunch of dirty swamp dwellers to bastardize a Catholic holiday. Mardi Gras is in full-swing across the nation and will be celebrated at the club this Saturday night. I was lucky enough to check out the full brass band practice on Wednesday and…

  • Pink Elephants At Utah’s Legislature

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    The Utah Legislature is in session again and these means it is open season on Utah liquor laws. Rep. Patrice Arent’s HB 283 was unable to get out of committee with a 4-3 vote. Rep. Arent’s bill was for a one-year trial period of keeping the DABC package stores open on holidays. On the surface,…