Issue: December 12, 2002
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Critters in the ‘hood
As suburbia pushes farther into wild habitat, some wildlife is pushing back.
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Deported to Cambodia: a love story
Woman follows boyfriend as he’s deported to Cambodia.
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A hard habitat to break
When humans and animals clash, your tax dollars pay for trapping.
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Letters for December 12, 2002
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Those complaining liberals
A week of shouting from the left in Sacramento.
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Here come the stumps
While the rest of us ate turkey with our relatives, the Bush administration did away with measures meant to protect our national forests.
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America has spoken—I give up
If the election results are really the voice of America, why not give up?
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No rest for the brain-dead
Two of the Six Women With Brain Death reveal the secrets behind the play’s record-breaking run at the Studio Theatre.
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Nothing to sniff at
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Time: “Lure of the Rings”
Time magazine has no business peddling full-blown reviews on movies made by its parent company. Ergo, its take on The Two Towers.
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Let it snow
This year’s Christmas CD from 98 Rock may not contain the next “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” but it’s pretty decent as a local rock sampler.
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Humbug tussle
Synergy Stage’s production of Harry Kondoleon’s Christmas on Mars is unlike any other holiday show in town.
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Food Stuff
Alma’s Café, in laid-back Walnut Grove, serves up breakfast, coffee and community dish the way it was done in the pre-Starbucks era.
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Adaven is not a drug
Local roots-rock band Nevada Backwards plays Americana music, as in California sideways.
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‘Command Collective’ lights up Espresso Metro, kinda
Three local electronic-music acts took the stage at Espresso Metro, with mixed results.
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Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods
Blues doesn’t get any more messed up than Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods’ Mama Says I’m Crazy, a 1967 set just issued by Fat Possum.
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Five Points Band
A weekly mix of mini music reviews to whet your audio appetite.
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James Finch Jr.
Local Americana singer-songwriter James Finch Jr. cuts a rather stunning debut.
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That Kai Kln connection
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Personal worst
Personal Velocity is serious, artistic … and lousy.
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