Issue: October 28, 2004
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Praise the Lord and pass the guitar picks
He’s been famous, and he’s been humbled. But all along the way, Michael Roe believed in redemption through honest lyrics and rock.
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Invading Reno
Sacramento volunteers battle to turn Nevada blue.
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Anger management
Sacramento Bee ombudsman Tony Marcano, hired away from The New York Times just last year, calls it quits.
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Jesus with a backbeat
These days, rock and religion can work together.
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Letters for October 28, 2004
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Stage fright
Torry L. Cardon helps people clear the clutter and prepare their home for potential buyers.
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Governor propositions public
More pathetic uses of the race card.
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Voting for dummies
If you don’t have a clue about all those propositions and measures, don’t vote.
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The morning after
Get out and vote, but be prepared for almost anything on November 3.
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We’ll have to observe ourselves
Above-board elections require citizen involvement.
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First, I look at the persimmon
A rich series of still-life oil paintings by local artist Jo Ann Barbis, at the Art Foundry Gallery, gives an old look to modern subject matter.
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Where the beat stops
Sacramento’s annual tribute to Jack Kerouac, October in the Railroad Earth, celebrates 25 years and its final performance this weekend.
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You’ve got male
Lads: A Memoir of Manhood is evidence that this angry, talented young writer should find some better material.
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Halloween for adults
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Not ready for prime-time players
The second Pollbooth Knockdown! get-out-the-vote event, on Friday night at the Grand, features host Jonah Matranga, the documentary Unprecedented and five local bands.
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Meeting Mae West
Dirty Blonde celebrates Mae West but offers little insight into her life.
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The Vagina Monologues
With the area’s first extended run of The Vagina Monologues, Sacramento will have to get used to the V word.
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Wretched excess
The popular appeal of The Cheesecake Factory eludes SN&R food critic Kate Washington.
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Finding the soul-y grail
The Merced Blue Notes—the great lost R&B band from Northern California—are honored by a 26-song compilation CD.
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Old-time religion
If you love those warbly voices that sound like a 78-rpm record that’s fixing to splinter, San Francisco singer Jolie Holland is your kittie’s meow.
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Duran Duran
The current 1980s revival has spawned a pretty good Duran Duran comeback.
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Richard March
Richard March cements his place as one of the area’s most promising Americana singer-songwriters with These Dreams.
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Low. Ri. Der.
Soul-funk-latin-rock band Brother Nefarious celebrates the release of its new CD on Thursday at Davis’ G Street Pub.
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Weird science
Shane Carruth wrote, produced, directed, composed music for and helped shoot the low-budget sci-fi marvel Primer. Oh, and he co-starred in it, too. And it’s pretty good.
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