Issue: August 20, 2009
It’s Thursday, and your weekly, free SN&R is on a newsstand near you.
Here’s a peek at what you’ll find inside:
- When a local attorney underwent brain surgery last year to remove a golf-ball sized tumor from his brain, little did he know it would transform the way he thinks.
- How do rappers get so popular? They do it with ’Eaze.
- A new Web site shows low-income patients how to cut down on their medical expenses. Check it out.
- Is free the new bling? Jonathan Kiefer explores a business model made for the recession.
Speaking of which: Think Free!
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Bill’s right brain
Surgery for a brain tumor gave this left-brained Sacramento attorney a stunning glimpse of right-brain possibilities. Now he’s a changed man.
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Split personality
The May/June issue of The Therapist, which looked at the pros and cons of same-sex unions, has proved to be divisive reading for California’s marriage and family therapists.
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Curing the hospital-bill blues
Are medical bills burying you under a mountain of debt? A new Web site shows low-income patients where to get the fee discounts mandated by California law.
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Fish fight
Auntie Ruth responds to criticism of SN&R’s Marine Life Protection Act story from a West Coast public-relations man.
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Asmus book buzz
Peter Asmus releases Introduction to Energy in California, the latest edition in the California Natural History Guide series.
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Fruit of the earth
In a race against time, a UC Davis scientist goes on a global search for figs, pomegranates and walnuts.
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Letters for August 20, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Matchmaker or career breaker
One woman’s promise to introduce her single girlfriends to her husband’s co-workers could jeopardize his career—and their relationship.
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Seven-month sentence
Spend time in a wheelchair, get an attitude adjustment.
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Blank’s equation
Most farmers love what they do, but everybody has their breaking point.
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Racing homer
This guy trains friggin’ pigeons for competition!
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Refried reading
The Mexican on derogatory slang for Euros and cherry-picking Catholics.
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Two visions
City Hall needs an overhaul. How do we best do it?
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Riot lessons
Prison should not be our default response to crime.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Suspicious minds
UC Davis author and history professor Kathryn S. Olmsted explores the paranoid mindset in Real Enemies: Conspiracy and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11.
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Comfort in a strange land
The Immigration Support Network wants to reach out to immigrants as Christ reached out to strangers.
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Land of the freebies
The best way to make money may be to offer products for free. Huh?
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Trails, blazed
American River Canyon, Tahoe Rim, Spenceville Wildlife Area—Stir-crazy SN&R interns take a hike, report back with good dirt.
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The Green Room: A College Musical
SN&R reviews a new play at Friends of Dorothy Productions.
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile
SN&R reviews a new play at the Chautauqua Playhouse.
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Six Women With Brain Death
SN&R reviews a revival at Lambda Players.
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Outside Lands rocks the park
If an excuse was ever needed to visit San Francisco, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is it.
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Embrace freebies
Summer’s not over yet, and more free events at Cesar Chavez Plaza prove it.
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Why lie? He needs the money
See a show. Have some laughs. Take home a CD.
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Love the fookin’ alt music
Music journalism or extended adolescence? Let the reader decide.
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Rama-lama-new-shows
Graham-a-rama’s got a new lineup set. Don’t miss the best cabaret in town.
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Wild bears attack band
Saturday night at Sophia’s Thai Kitchen.
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Mad about her … and her, too
Lies, love and sexual obsession get a workout in Closer at Big Idea Theatre.
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It takes a chef
Sapporo Grill Steak House’s sushi is masterful, but the rest needs a few tweaks to begin trending upward.
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There goes the (foodie) neighborhood
Bellalu Catering’s Dani Luzzatti grew up in a culinary family and eating at local restaurants. She chats about how the city’s changed.
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Golden State goulash
The International Association of Culinary Professionals will teach you about food history.
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Stay-classy lasagna
This dish may be cheap and easy, but it’s still classy.
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Dezit-Eaze and Dev-Wright: Tell your crew to be ’Eaze-y
The Sacramento emcee and producer earn it. It helps, of course, if you have sick rhymes and hooks.
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J. Tillman at Blue Lamp: He stands alone
The Fleet Foxes’ drummer has been making music solo far before becoming a Fox.
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Sat, Aug 22, Cana Mecânica
This guy sings in Portuguese, sounds grungy but for some reason is more comprehensible than Eddie Vedder.
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Sat, Aug 22, Dave Gleason
Dave Gleason performs at Old Ironsides, bringing that honky-tonk hoedown L.A. goodness.
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Tues, Aug 25, Christmas Island
Christmas Island is like, well, Christmas in the summer. Only Santa gave you a beat up, janky sleigh—and boy does it ride well, though!
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Thurs, Aug 27, Limbeck
These guys used to be arrogant dudes from Orange County? Well, now they smell like sawdust. Hmm.
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Haters, lovers, spankers, fakers
SacShows, This Old Pistol, Bidwell, Kate Gosselin’s hair stylist, Laura Winn, Sacramento Rock Music Examiner, Silverchair, Autumn Sky, haterade, Pissed Jeans, dry-humping, Lux Interior, Amanda Blank, Red Bull and porn, Lady Gaga, date rape, Carlo Riley, Michael Jackson, Badlands, the King of Pop.
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The gloury of it all
Everyone’s favorite filmmaker to love or hate, Quentin Tarantino, does World War II—Nazis, resistance, and the whole kit and caboodle.
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The 10th Victim (1965)
1960s sci-fi socialist sex comedy—now that’ll get them rowdy in those town halls.
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Born in ’68
A frustrating film that’s too busy developing characters, including a second half of the film that uses leftists as ornamentation in every pop-culture event of the past 30 years.
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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Kevin Rafferty directs Super Bowl XXXII—The Movie. Just think it over, Kevin.
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Just another poorly written post-grad tale featuring Sienna Miller’s “Shits-burgh” remark. Ouch.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
It’s a science-fiction date flick tailor-made to draw in men and women.
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Jeremy Piven is still making horndog party movies 15 years after PCU.
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