Issue: September 11, 2003
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From the front lines, with love
Cpl. Garth Talbott never thought he’d wind up in the Army, let alone in the war in Iraq. His letters tell the story of a war barely more contained than chaos.
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Know your riots
Authorities and activists weigh the fallout from Sacramento’s ministerial-conference protests.
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No Hope for MESL
How Sacramento High School’s best-performing academy got lost in the transition.
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Candidate of the week
Robert Anton Wilson launches the Guns & Dope Party.
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Full metal straitjacket
The Bush administration’s version of the Iraq war is far from reality.
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Letters for September 11, 2003
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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The sixth extinction
A writer traces her migration from Midtown Sacramento to outer suburbia and then the construction zone that is El Dorado Hills.
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Animal house
Kristie Fenyoe is a foster parent for animals awaiting adoption.
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Building harmony
Sacramento responded to 9/11 with A Call for Unity.
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We should learn from 9/11 …1973
In remembering 9/11, we should reexamine our foreign policy.
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Lights, camera, autumn!
What’s coming to the big screen this fall? The usual fare: big-budget blowouts, “serious” Oscar contenders, dumb teen flicks and a few charming little movies.
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Conversation pieces
Three longtime CSUS associates—Jack Ogden, Irving Marcus and Richard Feese—exhibit together this month at the Solomon Dubnick Gallery.
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Forty feet of frosting
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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The beast with six hands
The Groovie Ghoulies release a “new” album and play two shows at Old Ironsides. How can you beat that?
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Hope springs eternal
Woodland Opera House stages The Rainmaker, a 1950s vintage Western that sings like a hymn to high self-esteem.
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The Good Guy
Two longtime radio guys (and, briefly, sitcom stars) are in the second week of a two-week run of The Good Guy, a look at mundane superhero life.
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Middle-earth delights
Crest Cafe, conveniently located next to the Crest Theatre downtown, is a good (and inexpensive) place for hearty Mediterranean dining.
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Food Stuff
El Dorado County rib joint Poor Red’s is still the world’s largest purveyor of the liqueur Galliano, which goes into the restaurant’s “golden Cadillac” cocktail.
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Trick or treat
If goth makes a big comeback, Seattle-based quintet Faith & Disease will be poised to reap the benefits.
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Get Syrius? Maybe
One radio station’s battle of the bands at a Folsom club is turning up some Syrius contenders.
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Marty Friedman
Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, whose “Guitarevolution” tour hits Orangevale, makes a Camaro-ready instrumental guitar disc.
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Boubacar Traoré
The soundtrack to a documentary about Malian guitarist Boubacar Traoré will be a treat to any fan of African blues.
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Warren Zevon
Cancer didn’t prevent Warren Zevon from making one of this year’s best albums.
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Various artists
When record companes let remixers in to plunder their jazz catalogs, cool things can happen.
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The world’s first official “skate folk” tour
Mudhoney guitarist Steve Turner, touring with former Thrasher photographer turned singer-songwriter Nik Freitas, hits the True Love on Wednesday.
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Great Scott
Matchstick Men is Ridley Scott’s best character-driven movie since Thelma and Louise. In fact, it’s better than that.
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Event Schedule
September 13, 2003 | 8pm | Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis.
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Honoring Dr. Metwalli B. Amer
Recipient of the Building Unity Award for Outstanding Contributions to Interfaith Understanding and Cooperation.
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Performers
Celebrate the richness and diversity of our community.
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