Issue: July 02, 2009
This week’s cover story offers up “5 reasons for marriage equality.” No, writer Kel Munger isn’t going to give you a knuckle sandwich--but SN&R too has five good reasons to pick up this week’s issue, out on newsstands today. Or else ...1. Sacramento Area Music Award winners announced, including photos from Saturday’s SN&R Music Fest2. Learn 10 ways to keep air pollution and smog to a bare minimum3. A unique take on what’s going on "over there" in Iran4. The King of Pop and the Mayyors of Sac come together, at last, in this week’s Sound Advice5. Boom, ahh: A guide to Fourth of July fireworks-watchingThanks for reading,SN&R
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5 easy steps to marriage freedom
For marriage equality to win next time, five things need to be done.
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Ben and Lonny, one year later
One year after taking a seat on SN&R’s pink couch, the Phillips-Lesenanas are still happily married—and working for the return of marriage equality to California.
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Straight/gay/domestic
The breakdown of which couples get what rights.
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He could not tell a lie
Anthony Woods went to war, and the Army sent him home for being gay. Will California’s 10th District send him to Congress?
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Man with a mission
Barry Wyatt wants to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
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The tagger and the DA
The Placer County DA says Corey Simpson-Upmeyer is a gang member. Since when is tagging worth seven years of prison time?
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I copyright the songs
Music companies like ASCAP use ‘mafia’ strategies to crack down Sacramento businesses.
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How green will our Valley be?
Can Sacramento Valley grow sustainably?
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Crop swap fever
Oak Park Crop Swap means edible produce won’t go rotting.
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Throw another peach on the barbie
Food tastes better when it’s grilled on a barbecue, even fruit.
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Letters for July 2, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Don’t orgasm your stress away
Despite cultural beliefs, sex and exercise don’t eliminate stress.
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Fed up? Fed out!
A modest proposal for a return to metal-backed money.
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Mosquito city
My brief excursion into the realm of vector-borne diseases.
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Sew natural
Laura and Becky Carter of downtown’s Velvet Leaf boutique.
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Seems to be steroids
The Mexican on idiot letter writing and baseball.
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Constitutional craze
Everybody and their weird uncle has a plan to save California.
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Your help required!
Help keep smog and pollution to a minimum this summer!
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Festival daze
The 2009 Sacramento Area Music Award recipients.
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Variations on Betrayal: An Allegory for Five Colorful Clowns
SN&R reviews a current production at Beyond the Proscenium Productions.
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She Stoops to Conquer—The New Mozart Musical
SN&R reviews a current production at the Fair Oaks Theatre Festival.
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Let freedom pee
Firework shows in and around Sac for the Fourth of July.
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Fahrenheit hamburger-on-bun
New documentary Food Inc. screens July 3 at the Crest Theatre with special guests.
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Some guys have all the luck
Opening this week at Big Idea Theatre: Some Girls.
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Music Circus’ 2009 season: flappers, lumberjacks, cats
Music Circus: As much fun as you can have without a stifling-hot tent.
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Pastafarian
“Pasta Dave” Brochier makes pasta at Mulvaney’s Building & Loan and Tulí Bistro.
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Drape yourself in velvet (cake)
Get some cake baked by Sandra Dee’s Bar-B-Que & Seafood, Rick’s Dessert Diner, Babycakes and Sugar Plum Vegan.
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Ice-cream evolution
Masullo Pizza’s ice-cream sandwich is life-changing.
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Furr-ociously independent
Blitzen Trapper is on mega-indie label Sub Pop, sure, but the band still does things their own way.
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Fri, July 3, Pyronauts
It’s not the ponytail, it’s the surf tunes.
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Fri, July 3 Goodness Gracious Me!
The name almost says it all.
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Tues, July 7, Reverend Beat-Man
The Reverend Beat-Man from Switzerland plays the Blue Lamp.
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Michael Jackson and Mayyors, together at last
Canonizing kings and crushing souls.
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Food, Inc.
There’s real nutritional value in there somewhere.
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