Issue: August 28, 2003
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They play, you pay
The Kings are hoping to move into a brand-new arena north of downtown. There’s only one catch: The taxpayers will have to foot much of the bill.
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Russians are coming
A leadership exchange program gives foreign legislators a taste of the American dream.
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Letters for August 28, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Total amnesia
Arnold Schwarzenegger can’t seem to recall anything about his secret meeting with Enron’s Ken Lay. Perhaps this will refresh his memory.
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Sting like a Bee
A Bee writer gets stung, while fair exhibitors drown in sewage.
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Less gas, more miles
Lowering the speed limit would solve a lot of problems cheaply and quickly.
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Ciao Sacramento, hello Manhattan
This weekend, Low Flying Owls, another soon-to-be-expat local band, say goodbye to Sacramento.
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It’s a wonderful life
Mark Jacobson finds out what happens when you take your kids out for a global spin.
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Bush Orwell ‘04
The president’s re-election Web site is up and running for 2004.
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Good things come in twos
This just in: Cheap bear is “hip,” plus a couple duos of note.
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Bard in the hills
Again, Sierra Shakespeare Festival continues the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival’s repertoire, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Merry Wives of Windsor. That’s about to change.
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Murder at Howard Johnson’s
Murder at Howard Johnson’s, a raucous three-person comedy about murder gone awry, hits Garbeau’s.
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Shellfish heaven
For anyone who looks at a body of water and thinks “food,” the south area’s Jumbo Seafood Restaurant equals heaven. And it’s open late, too.
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Food Stuff
Not concerned about calories? Cramer’s Bakery on Freeport Boulevard has just the old-school cake for you.
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Still great spring waters
Now far-flung, members of the mid-1990s Davis band Harvester return to Sacramento for a 10-year reunion show.
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The Miles, Jackpot and incest
Two local bands now contain three very good songwriters each. Can the Miles’ Dave Brockman and Jackpot’s Rusty Miller share the spotlight?
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The Raglan Baroque Players
Giuseppe Tartini’s Baroque violin concertos were a harbinger of classical music.
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d. boon & friends
The late Minutemen guitarist d. boon’s legacy is honored with this odds ‘n’ sods collection, even though its appeal is for hard-core fanatics only.
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Bishop’s on the Q
For something slightly less than ecclesiastical, check out Warren Bishop and the Holy Men at the temple of the Fox & Goose this Friday.
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Slayer: War at the Warfield
Hellish metal act Slayer’s War at the Warfield DVD offers a feast of triple-speed guitar leads.
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