Issue: November 12, 2009
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Head knocker
The road to the NFL is paved with countless concussions. Just ask former San Francisco 49er George Visger.
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Train in vain
When it comes to the state’s high-speed rail system, Sacramento is a backwater.
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Mom on a mission
A Sacramento woman is nationally recognized for protesting a roof-tarring project.
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Voters go Green
California Green Party goes five for five in special election.
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Just chill
SMUD hosts a workshop on how to efficiently heat Sacramento homes this winter.
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Letters for November 12, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Naked cell-phone pics always mean trouble
Joey talks about cheating husbands and pregnant nieces.
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Sunset for Sunrise skaters
The skateboarder ban at Sunrise Mall is basic profiling.
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Mustache from the heart
Grow some lip turf and raise money for kids.
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Hoo-has and imperialistic mierda
The Mexican on hoo-has and lingua franca.
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Corporate contamination
RT sells out. Starbucks contracts germaphobia.
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Farewell to a true democrat, autocrats in love
Gathered from the SN&R blogs.
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Revolving-door syndrome
Can Michelle Smira’s job changes teach Sacramento a lesson?
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History is calling
We are finally so close to health-care reform.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Private scars made public
There’s no shame in being the victim of domestic violence, but it’s a shame that the media demanded Rihanna comment.
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Saved by cable
Finding salvation in football, Bobby Flay and the alphabet soup of crime dramas on cable television.
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Dear France, Sorry about that whole wine-boycott thing. We still love your grapes. Yours, Sacramento
Each year, the French celebrate harvest with a fruity, youthful wine called Beaujolais; now, Sacramentans want in on the party.
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The Spoon River Anthology
SN&R reviews a new production at the Actor’s Theatre.
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The Trials of Clarence Darrow
SN&R reviews a new production at the Thistle-Dew Dessert Theatre.
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Gilded treasures and stitched wonders
Upcoming exhibitions at Sacramento galleries and museums you won’t want to miss.
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Spaceships and cowboy hats
Stingray Sam plays at Movies on a Big Screen.
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Water and nice
Maria Winkler exhibits paintings at Sacramento State.
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Muscle-bound and dead
The destruction of Chris Benoit, the murder of his family and the WWE: It’s a tragedy and a crime story.
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Lethal crustacean
You open the book. You read one page, then turn it. You repeat this action. You’re enjoying this book.
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Panto raid
It’s traditional funny business that turns the world upside down. Don’t get your panties in a twist; it’s panto!
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Six degrees of fuzzy logic
Photographer Richard Gilles explores scientific theories and graphic design in his new work at Axis Gallery.
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What Would Dr. Huxtable Do?
Ted Cox checks out female Jell-O wrestling. For charity, dude.
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Swingin’ swords at Santa
Oak Hills Church’s Henry V snubs Christmas audiences.
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A little more zing
Volturno’s soup is worth the trek to Del Paso Boulevard; the rest, a “work in progress.”
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Jewish laundry
Food blogger Melody Elliott will either become the new French Laundry of matzo-ball soup or end up hanging out at a kibbutz.
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Good apples
Between Dixon and Davis, Coco Ranch offers a tasty, organic alternative to agribusiness uniformity.
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Punk doctors, pop cures
Friendly Fire’s drummer Jack Savidge dances his way out of a rocky hospital stay.
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Honky-tonk like a teenager
Oklahoman Leon Russell, a veteran with a teen’s spirit.
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Fri, Nov 13, Loch Lomond
Scotland’s largest freshwater lake in Sacramento? No, it’s just indie folksters Loch Lomond playing at Luigi’s Fun Garden.
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Sat, Nov 14, Dame Satan
San Francisco’s Dame Satan will deliver!
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Sun, Nov 15, Winter Gloves
Who said Canadians don’t show us love?
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Beats kill, prog saves
Dusty Brown, Moog, jams, DJ Whores, Golden Bear, the better Madonna song, The Refuge, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Midtown, Dressed in White, Darren Zinzer, Shaun Slaughter’s birthday, bull riding, Miss Toats, the Townhouse, Dog Party, Lucy Giles, Old Ironsides, the Brodys, the Snobs, Pink Floyd, The Wall, Harlow’s, Sexrat, Light Rail.
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Rock the boat
A bunch of deejays on a boat just off Great Britain.
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The Accidental Husband
Griffin Dunne’s film is too god-awful to appease any demographic.
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The Taking of Pelham 123
Someone make a time machine and save John Travolta.
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Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Robert Zemeckis falls in love with mo-cap all over again.
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