Issue: July 23, 2009
Hi everybody (and that means you, too, Dr. Nick Riviera),Another seven days has passed, it’s time for your weekly e-dose of the Reno News & Review! This week on the cover, we take a look at a hidden treasure of Reno, punk music videographer Joe Rees. The Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, The Cramps, this guy has more bands documented on video than you can shake a camcorder at. Also in this week’s favoriteindependent newsweekly, we’ve got mariachis in the Arts & Culture section, Mexican treats in Foodfinds and tittie twisters in Musicbeat. Please follow the links below to read the finest in provocative news and arts coverage. Don’t forget to enter our songwriting contest, and be sure to read the Editor’s Note for how to join our annual short-fiction competition. And as always, thanks for reading the paper. If it weren’t for you, we couldn’t get the credit cards to develop the massive debt we’re buried under.Brian
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Punk on Tape
Reno resident Joe Rees documented some of the greatest performances by some of the greatest bands of the punk era.
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Democrats push ahead on health care
President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid have limited control over the process of drafting a health care plan.
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Real ID, version 2
Democrats try to make the federal driver license law palatable.
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Krolicki prosecutor named
Nevada attorney general goes outside the ranks of prosecutor and selects a criminal defense attorney.
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Favorite daughter
Actress Dawn Wells talks about growing up in Reno.
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Which Nevada Politician Are You?
Jim Gibbons joins the masses on Facebook.
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Smells like Best Of
It’s a sweet-smelling potpourri of saccharine scents.
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Letters for July 23, 2009
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Coping with Alzheimer’s
Bruce writes about handling his mom’s memory loss.
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Naysayers give up their power
Statesmen don’t show their cards before they’re called.
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Song of the south
Back by popular demand, Mariachi Sol de Mexico spices up Artown’s World Music Series.
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Pioneer saints
The Church of Latter-Day Saints at the Lakeside Ward celebrates family and the lineage of the faith.
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Gone to Potter
The sixth Harry Potter flick is almost as disappointing as the second Matrix.
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Wall of sound
Always Fierce make mountains out of sonic molehills.
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Comida rápida
This is a great place to pick us some grub, fast, cheap and to go.
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Racing for the sun
Nevada Wilderness Project encourages clean energy that also works for wildlife.
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Eco-friendly brothel
Bike riders get cheaper sex in a German brothel.
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