Issue: April 23, 2009
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A thrilling ride
SN&R’s owner looks back to the beginning and straight on to the future.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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20 big stories
Just in time for SN&R’s 20th anniversary—two decades worth of the best stories!
This article was published on 04.23.09
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You work at SN&R? Are you a writer?
Stories of people who made the paper what it is today, and some who will build the paper of tomorrow.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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And now, a word from former staffers …
One-time SN&R writers are granted a little space to say a lot.
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An art director’s view
A look at the best from an art director’s view.
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Top 20 anniversary slogans/ideas we decided against at the last minute
The anniversary ideas that got away.
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Homage to album covers
SN&R’s tribute to the great album covers.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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Top 20 redeeming things about Sac
A reader stops and gives us 20.
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Letters for April 23, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Nacho Libanés
The Mexican on Lebanon, department-store etiquette and stress.
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The end is not near
Global warming. Economic depression. Fuel shortages. Sizing up Sacramento, 20 years from now.
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Twenty, hindsight
Sacramentans share thoughts on two decades of arts, music, literature, sports and city culture—and how to support artists during the next 20.
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Pick from a Haggis
Making good use of that that foreign-thief/ambivalent-American-magnetism formula since 1960.
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Write on, Sac
When it comes to literature—especially poetry—Sac really shines.
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Keep it slow
Slow Food Sacramento co-chair Melinda McRae Beer.
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Lager ladies
Rubicon Brewing Company’s third annual Women in Brewing event.
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Passage the hell out of India
Black Lips gig in Sacramento, where a night of homoerotic, punk-rock high jinks doesn’t (necessarily) end in handcuffs.
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Don’t guilt me into liking them
KDVS, What’s Up?, Death Cab for Cutie, Record Store Day, Ross Hammond, L!fe.
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Baby, it’s a wild world
Disney’s latest foray into Mother Nature.
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Crank: High Voltage
We would so not let Dwight Yoakam be our doctor.
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Valentino: The Last Emperor
Valentino Garavani: just your average, impeccably tasteful and wealthy—and very tan—Italian man.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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Make a difference
Notes on an anniversary from SN&R’s publisher.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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Long time gone
Reflections on the tension between sales and editorial.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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Teenage riot
What our “teenage spy” learned from doing the story.
This article was published on 04.23.09
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Phone home
Or, how I cost my publisher $200,000—and lived to tell about it.
This article was published on 04.23.09