Ben Raskin

Category: Salt Lake City

  • CWMA 2008 @ The Woodshed

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    There’s a little known fact about The Woodshed. Underneath the floors lies the scariest dirt floor in Utah. The only property that has been a bar longer in Salt Lake City than The Woodshed is the Alta Club. The difference between the two properties is that he Alta Club has been SLC’s most exclusive club…

  • Mr. Creosote Watches A Sundance Movie

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    It was like looking in the back of Linda Lovelace’s throat for 44 minutes. Who would have thought that this little ticket could cause so much emotional, psychological and physical damage to me, my family and my friends? It was like a Willy Wonka golden ticket that promised an evening of vomiting and nausea instead…

  • The Sailor and the Catwoman

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    You’ll never forget breaking your legal hymen. I had been running The Woodshed for two months when I popped my court cherry. For those of you that have never been served with papers, imagine being in a car accident in slow motion. The impact is inevitable. The collision is brutal. The sounds are horrible. All…

  • Outdoor Retailers Are Horrible People

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an explicit column. It is intended for mature audiences. It is a sin to kill a whale, bear or an elephant. It’s probably because I am a large omnivore with no real natural predators that I think these animals should never be killed. They’re massive, majestic and beautiful and deserve to…

  • Sundance & Outdoor Retailers

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    He is a lot smaller than I thought. Robin Williams was heading southbound on Main Street in Park City Utah three years ago when I intercepted him. In a rare moment of being calm and collected, I simply reached out my hand and said that I loved The Fisher King. He shook hands with me…