Issue: July 31, 2003
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Sounds like Americana
A new musical genre is forming in Sacramento. It is a move back in time to when songwriting came from the heart and the community.
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Dueling egos of the AM dial
Talk radio played a key role in igniting the recall drive. But talk-show hosts stake competing claims about who was there first.
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In one era and out the other
Woody Guthrie’s simple songs inspired more than one generation of California singer-songwriters.
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Letters for July 31, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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FBI nabs suspected bookworm
Imagine a country where reading in public can get you in trouble. Now guess what? You’re living in it.
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New kids on the planet
Is your kid smart and hard to handle? Perhaps he or she is an “indigo child.”
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Vipers and buggy whips
Bites considers the voice behind the Viper and Bill Lockyer’s obsession with faxes.
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Put spam in the can
Congress could help stop the spam assault by passing Senate Bill 1231.
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Discrimination under the lights
Why light tennis courts and keep basketball courts dark?
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Touch your dork
The secret to the Knockoffs’ punk-rock longevity? A dork-to-jock ratio of 3-to-1.
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Blood atonement
Sally Denton’s new book revolves around an episode of shocking violence carried out in the name of the Mormon faith.
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Bocce ball, cannoli and Vespas
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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These don’t go to 11
Sacramento Unplugged, the SN&R-produced compilation CD, has more than a whiff of old KZAP.
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Altar egos
Summer gospel-themed shows are a great idea, but Sing Hallelujah, currently at Garbeau’s, could use more music and less dialogue.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor re-fashioned into a hillbilly comedy? Tahoe Shakespeare’s production goes there.
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That’s amore!
The second location of Giovanni’s Old World New York Pizzeria in East Sac may not be a marvel of interior design, but aah, the pie!
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Food Stuff
Agua fresca? Hey, it feels really good going down on a hot day.
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Spontaneous combustion rules
Gary Young used to drum for Pavement. Now he invents stuff, runs a studio and plans the triumphant return of Hospital, his prog band.
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Alternative to what?
Corporate alternative rock may be an oxymoron, but when it’s played well, as it is by local band Phrenik, it can be quite good.
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Various artists
The hit-filled soundtrack to summer action flick Bad Boys II also functions as the relaunch of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy imprint.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leon Botstein
When turn-of-the-previous-century composer Max Reger moved beyond neo-Romantic-Baroque revivalism to impressionistic tonal colors, the results were luminous.
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Jimmy Scott
At age 78, Jimmy Scott may be the greatest living jazz singer, as this 10-song disc demonstrates.
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Some sweet relief in Newcastle
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Damned nation
Northfork, the third film in Mark and Michael Polish’s heartland trilogy, is a surreal vision of a doomed Montana town haunted by angels, circa 1955.
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