Issue: August 06, 2009
Dear readers,
This week’s issue isn’t pretty.
On the cover, Cosmo Garvin looks at Sacramento’s 10 worst polluters, or "toxic ten"--an ignoble bunch if there ever was one.
In the arts section, Nick Miller hangs out with local horror filmmaker Jason Rudy and chat about dumping bodies in the river and his latest feature: a slasher romance flick about a 20-year-old virgin who’d rather slaughter her lovers than screw them. Yikes!
Feeling dirty after all that? OK ... so why not vote in this year’s SN&R Best of Sac 2009. You’ll be automatically be entered to win a 50cc urban scooter from The Scoot Shop, which in turn will allow you to sell that clunker in your driveway and go green.
I bet you clean up well,
SN&R
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Worst in show
It’s anything but pretty when it comes to naming 10 of the Sacramento region’s top polluters.
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Watching the sheriff’s watchdog
Lee Dean has been Sacramento County’s inspector general for two years. But has he been effective?
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From city to suburb
Sacramento area farmers’ markets—from downtown to the suburbs—offer produce and community.
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This way to market!
The only guide to the Sacramento region’s farmers’ market you’ll ever need.
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Letters for August 6, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Lying by ommission
A soon-to-be divorcée on the rebound, a dating streak with heartbreakers and a BFF with relationship baggage—man, it’s a busy week.
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It’s your health
It’s not as if the two extremes are the only choices when it comes to health-care reform. It’s time for reasonable people to weigh in for sensible solutions.
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Playing with fire
The Brotherhood of Firebenders, a local husband-wife fire-dancing troupe, will amaze you with their poi-twirling technique. They’re fire experts—and have the scars to prove it.
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Fútbol in the Empire of the Sun
The Mexican presents a special soccer edition.
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The donors have spoken
PG&E’s power grab … oh yeah, K.J.’s, too.
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Lose your delusion
The birthers and deathers epitomize the depth of depravity to which Republicans are willing to sink.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Come together
Find out which Sacramento region representatives support auditing the U.S. Federal Reserve—and which ones who don’t.
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Shared experience, shared faith
The death of a beloved son led this couple to open a funeral home as a way to help others cope with grief.
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Director’s cut
The local filmmaker’s latest takes a stab at the horror-romance genre.
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Dutchman and Petra
SN&R reviews a new production at Celebration Arts Theatre.
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Midtown Cocktail Week: Get your drink on
Competitions, classes, concoctions—plenty of beverages will be served at Sacramento’s bars and restaurants all week long.
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If paintings and pub crawls aren’t enough
Second Saturday gigs for the cheapskate and the rump shaker.
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Shake it to the lake for Shakespeare
For professional Shakespeare, the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival is the closest to home this summer.
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Inherent Vice: A Novel
American literary giant Thomas Pynchon uses a dope-smoking detective to illuminate the inevitable buzz kill of time.
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Movement afoot
Lambda Players Theatre has a new home in Glitter Gulch.
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Dystopian stupor
Local artist Justin Lovato injects grotesque enlightenment into a bewildered society.
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Eating trash in Davis
A University of California student goes deep … into a Dumpster.
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Italian American Reconciliation at B Street Theatre
Love, Italian-American style: soup, wine, zip guns and a lotta laughs.
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Yellow jersey
Rick Mahan’s new East Sacramento pizza joint emphasizes fresh and local eats, serves up simple pizza and Californian fare, and gets the four-star stamp of approval.
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The meat cure
Grange sous chef Brad Cecchi is really into charcuterie—bellies, necks, bacon and all.
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The raw-milk challenge
Government officials warn against consuming raw milk, but it is in fact legal in California. Too bad it tastes like grass. Hah!
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Bring treats, get ink
Dave Feldpausch of DavePops brought us dairy-free popsicles, so of course we wrote about the guy.
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Grub Dog: pretty persuasion
Austin resident and Sacramento expat comes home again.
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Blue Cranes say ‘Eff you, elevator jazz’
Portland quintet Blue Cranes makes rock critics use words like “polished” and “innovative”; Josh Fernandez uses water metaphors.
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Thurs, Aug 6, American Steel
Think Joe Strummer lost, ambling down K Street drunk singing the chorus to songs he doesn’t even know. That’s American Steel for ya.
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Fri, Aug 7, Xyphl
Go for Xyphl’s extraterrestrial sound, stay for the ’80s nostalgia and sexy leggings.
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Sat, Aug 8, The Pine Box Boys
The Pine Box Boys mix up the classic country and psychobilly, and it’s an inglorious thrill.
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Mon, Aug 10, Dwele
You know Dwele: When you’re eating those chicken McNuggets, you hear that soulful voice, those sexy beats. Hey, where’s that honey-mustard dip?
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Disco sticks and rabbit holes.
Delorean, D. Scott, 5th Ave, Jon Reyes, Langston Hughes, Red Tyger Church, badassery, State Cap., Mississippi, Atlas Sound, Panda Bear, Lady Gaga, Sister Crayon, Ganglians, peeholes, Fire Escape Bar and Grill, jalapeño burgers.
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Lynn Shelton’s Humpday
Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard play Ben and Andrew, two straight dudes making gay porn.
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Beau Geste
A brother desert adventure without CGI aliens or Shia LeBeouf.
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(500) Days of Summer
Who knew that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel would star in the Annie Hall for the 21st century.
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Aliens in the Attic
John Schultz’s mediocre sci-fi comedy is rated PG for pervasive testicle-contusion humor.
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Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep is so perfect she’s boring, and you must be bored, because Nora Ephron’s light touch and lively pace—and Amy Adams—gives this film a lot going for it.
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Soul Power
Broad-minded cinéma vérité prevails in this nonfiction film, which documents 1974 Zaire with outtake footage from When We Were Kings.
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Funny People
Judd Apatow’s third movie isn’t always funny, and that’s a good thing—because you can’t expect Adam Sandler to deliver laughs anymore.
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