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The Cricket: Two more items heading to the technological dustbin?

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:48 MDT

The Cricket: Two more items heading to the technological dustbin?

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 11:46AM MDT

There are few sights sadder than an empty bubblegum machine. My wife sent me a picture of one the other day, taken at a Blockbuster Video store near downtown Salt Lake City. The “Store Closing” signs cover the location’s exterior, and inside the inventory — DVDs, video games, even the store fixtures (including that bubblegum machine) — is for sale at reduced, “everything must go” prices. Blockbuster announced in January that it would close 300 stores in the U.S. this year, leaving about 500 op...

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Salty Cricket Composers Collective to explore electronic music

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:46:03 MDT

Salty Cricket Composers Collective to explore electronic music

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 11:46AM MDT

The fourth Mélange concert for The Salty Cricket Composers Collective will be held May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ladies Literary Club (850 E South Temple Salt Lake City).The works will involve audience participation, video, recorded sounds, homemade toy instruments, beat boxing, iPhones, vocal sounds, Mongolian inspired overtone singing, wind and string instruments, and more. THE PROGRAM AND COMPOSERS:Daniel Day "The Real"- Involves: Electronics and stringsSynergy ...

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Sean P. Means: Celebrating 10 great movie mothers

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:25:11 MDT

Sean P. Means: Celebrating 10 great movie mothers

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 12, 2013 12:25AM MDT

Obituaries can make you cry. The one that ran two weeks ago in The Oregonian, the newspaper in Portland, Ore., for Margaret Groening made me smile. Groening, 94, was the mother of Matt Groening, the cartoonist and creator of “The Simpsons.” And reading through her obituary (reprinted this week by Gawker.com) reveals names familiar in “The Simpsons’ ” fictional home of Springfield. Margaret (or Marge) was married to Homer Groening. Her maiden name was Wiggum (also the name of Springfield’s polic...