Issue: October 14, 2004
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The killing game
For young men, first-person shooters are the hottest computer games around. That’s why the Army’s spent $10 million making one of its own. But there’s a catch. Big Brother gets to watch you play.
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A kinder, gentler surveillance
The FBI meets with the local Muslim community to discuss the government’s pre-election October plan.
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‘Star Wars’ hearing slated for Sacramento next week
Bush administration looking to test-market controversial weapons program.
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Letters for October 14, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Do the monster mash
Wild-ass local painter Skinner shows this weekend at the Toyroom.
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Moonies hold KOVR hostage
KOVR goes right-wing, and the Maloofs get hip.
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The Shelley show
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley seems to have forgotten the main rule of politics: You can’t pay for your ride on the public dime.
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Measure by measure
SN&R weighs in with positions on a few propositions that will appear on the November 2 ballot.
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This war hurts the world
U.S. war in Iraq is having consequences for Darfur.
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Fresh paint
Local pastel landscape artist extraordinaire Terry Pappas has become conversant with oils, too, as you can see at her current show, at East Sacramento’s Elliott Fouts Gallery.
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Ed Wood saves
Sacramento increases its B-movie cachet by playing host to the first Edwoodstock.
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To the bat program!
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Unseating the incumbent
The first Poolbooth Knockdown concert of two, both of them political events featuring local bands, takes place at the Grand on Friday.
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Where there’s smoke
Don’t wait for a tornado to carry you to Oz Korean BBQ, where the meat is grilled tableside.
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Bound for glory
Singer-guitarist Bodhi Busick is a throwback to an earlier era—think freight trains and Woody Guthrie.
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Melanin and soul
After the demise of Looking Star, Hans Eberbach has been singing solo shows—something he should have been doing all along.
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Nancy Sinatra
Nearly 40 years after “These Boots Were Made for Walkin',” Nancy Sinatra makes a comeback album. You were betting she wouldn’t?
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Fairman & Friends
Young local singer-songwriter Christopher Fairman makes a surprisingly deep debut album.
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Sometimes, the hype is justified
If you don’t go see Frank Jordan at the Blue Lamp on Friday, we’ll shoot this cat with a squirt gun.
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Terrorize this!
Team America: World Police, the new all-puppet movie from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, plays both sides of the ideological fence for cheap laughs.
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