Issue: July 16, 2009
There’s a new Saturday in town: Third Saturday this weekend, when SN&R will present the inaugural Design Downtown.From 3-9pm, Sacramento artists and musicians will converge on K and 10th streets for a “creative block party.” Fashion, performance art, craft vendors, live bands, food, drinks—the powers that be here at SN&R HQ tell me this is going to be one helluva arts and cultural celebration. Find out more here, at SN&R’s Web site.See you there and Think Free!
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Think. Talk. Repeat.
Sacramento talk radio got a boost five years ago with the launch of Jeffrey Callison’s Insight.
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Selling out local
Think shopping at the local big-box store is helping your community? Think again.
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Riders vs. raiders
California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal rules the state Legislature’s raid on transportation funds illegal.
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Letters for July 16, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Bros in different area codes
This chick needs to realize the engagement is off.
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Picture of health
A layoff + a health incident = writer’s not-best year.
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Water worries
Task force report on Delta should serve as wake-up call.
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Pick your pot—of tea
This Englishman went up to Folsom and came down a tea guru.
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Uncle Tomás’ ghetto pass
The Mexican on how to sell out in Spanish.
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Critical thinking at the Bee
No more movie critics at The Sacramento Bee, but lots of wine writers.
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I want you back
Nostalgia for the Jackson 5 brings memories of seventh grade civics class.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Return from Neverland
On the alleged democratic revolution in Iran and Michael Jackson’s death.
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Why I go to church
A spiritual experience led John McLean to return to the Catholic Church.
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Blogging from the meat world
A local blogger and Internet addict logs off for a month. The e-mails pile up, withdrawal kicks in, but then something clicks (not a mouse).
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Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
SN&R reviews a play by Flying Monkey Productions at the Geery Theatre.
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Much Ado About Nothing
SN&R reviews a play at the Sacramento Theatre Festival.
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Third Saturday awesomeness
Downtown transforms into creative district with fashion, art, music and beer.
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Doodles, drinks and roller derby
Derby art show presents artistic side of ass-kicking dames.
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Never too late to roar
The Lion in Winter gets a short run in Grass Valley.
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Reaching the end
John Updike’s final collection of stories covers all his familiar ground.
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Something new … really new
River Stage kicks off its Playwright’s Festival of New Works this weekend.
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The day the buzz died
Francois Fly of Trash Film Orgy died? Well, he was a poo eater, so, I mean, we probably should have seen this coming, no?
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Swordplay in the ’hood
More buff guys, plucky chicks and swords. How much fun can one summer take?
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Fare to fare
Greg Lucas on Sacramento’s many Thai restaurants—and how he prioritizes when he’s in the mood for spiced beef salad.
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In the spirits
Taylor’s Market’s Dick Ebert drinks mostly wine, but when he wants a cocktail, here’s what he drinks.
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Red meat in the black
John Gonzales, owner of Nationwide Freezer Meats, opted to drop burger prices by 25 percent to celebrate the eatery’s 40th anniversary.
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Wanderlust Festival: Sounds like a stretch
OK: It’s a new weekend festival in the Lake Tahoe mountains where you can do yoga, meditate, relax, hike—and then trip out to deejays like Girl Talk. Pretty rad.
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Brody Dalle’s unique beauty
I can’t believe she dated that dude from Queens of the Stone Age. WTF was she thinking.
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Thurs, July 16, Garrett Perkins Project
Garrett Perkins’ aphrodisiac sounds will make you want to do it. And yeah, Woody Allen had sex in a museum in that one movie, but you’d better behave at the Crocker Art Museum this Thursday. I’m sure there are security cameras, anyway.
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Thurs, July 16, Geographer
This band is like Keanu Reeves killing dickloads of people and flying around on wires. Huh!?
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Fri, July 17, Sleep
Great: now I’m going to have images of Jessica Alba bending over a chair in my head all week. Wait—I like this image.
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Sat, July 18, Indie vs. Hardcore Fest
A life and death battle between suburban Sacramento indie rock and hardcore. Who will win? You, Jesus … and someone with a guitar in their hand.
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Who rocks the grilled cheese?
Charles Albright, Knock Knock, 7evin, Evolv, Guitar Hero, DAM Haus, Coconut Coolouts, Bruce Lee, Shasta soda, Beyoncé, androgynous robots, Jay-Z.
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Wizard of yawns
This latest Harry Potter is a sleeper, a bore, suffering from major miscalculations by writer Steve Kloves and director David Yates.
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Two Lovers
Will the real Joaquin Phoenix please stand up? Is it the drugs on David Letterman, or is he just an Andy Kaufman wannabe?
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