Issue: January 02, 2003
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Play us a song; you’re the piano man
Don Terra—a debonair piano man with a grown-out Beatles haircut—brings comfort and joy to Sacramento’s retirement-home set.
This article was published on 01.02.03
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Is it safe?
UC Davis wants a biosafety-level-4 lab built on its campus, but some scientists and experts aren’t so sure it’s a great idea.
This article was published on 01.02.03
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Unequal protection
A recent California Supreme Court ruling gives prosecutors a new tool to use against low-income defendants.
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As time goes by
Getting old can be frightening and lonely, and that’s where pianist Don Terra comes in.
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Letters for January 2, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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At home with the homeless
Jim Peth’s work with the homeless is humbling but rewarding.
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Total outrage
The Pentagon wants to conduct surveillance on everyone, all the time.
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We need media diversity
Media diversity is necessary for a healthy democracy.
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Extra butter, please
Every year, our two film critics compile a list of dubious achievements in filmmaking. This year is no different.
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Hail, hail rock ‘n’ roll
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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A beer by any other name
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Patriotic Posters
A Web site offers stirring propaganda art in support of the glorious Bush regime.
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Know Your Place! Shut Your Face!
Another Web site’s propaganda art shows support for the glorious Bush regime.
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Do you realize
While we were out of town, someone slipped in this Flaming Lips review.
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T for tepid
The food at the new Asian eatery T Bistro in Roseville was made deliberately bland by design. It needn’t be.
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Food Stuff
Bet you didn’t know that some of the best non-Caspian caviar comes from right here in River City.
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The Italian connection
Local pop combo the Decibels, once thought to be defunct, get back together with a more realistic set of expectations.
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Gumbiner’s lovely mumbles
The True Love Coffeehouse may be a great place to hear and see quiet singer-songwriters, but get a band like Deathray in there, and it’s another story.
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Liza Minnelli
Like mutant showbiz weirdness? Liza Minnelli’s new disc has it in ample quantities.
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Testify, brother
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Hide in plain sight
Steven Spielberg brings forth a retro-caper featuring Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken and Leonardo DiCaprio.
This article was published on 01.02.03
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