Issue: September 24, 2009
This week’s quite the head trip.
Contributing writer Matt Perry looks at Sacramento’s role in the new science of neurogenesis.
Fellow geek Matthew Craggs braves the nerdiness that is Blizzcom, where World of Warcraft addicts unite for a weekend of gaming.
And Josh Fernandez explores corn rows, rappers and skaters.
Think Free, indeed,
SN&R
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Are you tired of your stupid, good for nothing brain?
The emergent science of neurogenesis has produced a vibrant industry—in Sacramento and beyond—that claims it can help you think faster, cope better, remember more.
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Your brain, the doctor
Can you instruct your nervous system not to cause you pain?
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Pit bull makeover
Shedding new light on the most feared dog in America.
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Labor pains
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson’s tenuous relationship with labor could sink his strong-mayor campaign.
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Fine finned friends
Tim Horner presents “Salmon at the Heart of Nature.”
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Letters for September 24, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Disappearing act
Hyperanxiety about losing a lover is not romantic, it’s irrational. So is bolting to avoid communication.
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Waterloo for the GOP
Why passage of Obama’s health-care plan is historically inevitable.
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Lights out
A PG&E study in West Sacramento touts the benefits of LED lighting.
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New energy
Asha Yoga instructor Tamara Standard helps spirits soar.
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Going against the flow
Should Nestlé take Sacramento’s water?
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Smoke, no mirrors
Why do urban Californians pay so much to protect the rural few?
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Southern Baptist sisters
Do Southern Baptists discriminate against women? A former president says yes, but some local members say no.
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Adventures in geekdom
Our writer flies to Southern California for an annual World of Warcraft convention. Will he survive the fringes of nerd culture?
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Go, fight, win marriage equality
Eat yummy vegan food, jam to local bands and fight for marriage equality. Yep, it sounds like the perfect way to spend a Thursday night.
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Beyond creepiness
Sacramento sci-fi convention hosts movie villains, heroes and lots of fun for the sci-fi and horror nerds.
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A weekly dose of musical fun
From a fisherman’s nightmare to a musical appreciation of grief, this small cabaret keeps making a big noise.
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And the pond stares back
There’s nothing like a little narcissism to help you make a billion bucks. Just ask the guy at Facebook.
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Plenty of drama
Two classics of American theater open this weekend at Sacramento theaters.
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The Game Grandmother
A poem by Elsie Whitlow Feliz of Sacramento.
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Year of the Robbers
How many times can this SN&R writer be robbed before going completely insane?
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Wassup with Walken?
You can’t walk across the room without bumping into a Walken in this multiple-personality impersonation show based on the life of Christopher Walken.
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Davis Thai’d up
There are a ton of Thai places in Davis. This one stands out.
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The softest opening possible
Old Soul at the Weatherstone has beer and wine.
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Fish party
Check out the annual Sacramento Sake Fest at Sheraton Grand Sacramento.
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Mashing it up
Del the Funky Homosapien, skateboarding, hip-hop, punk rock—and some white guy with cornrows.
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Thurs, Sept 24, Amel Larrieux
Leave the sneakers at home when you catch Amel Larrieux this Thursday at Avalon.
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Fri, Sept 25, Light Rail
Light Rail, ZuhG and Nice Monster this Friday at Luigi’s Fun Garden.
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Sat, Sept 26, STD
Welcome to the third annual “Birthday show and Food Drive” for the Sacramento Food Bank.
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With friends like these
Kill the Precedent, the CUF, Storytellers, The Boardwalk, Sunspot Jonz, Distillery, guitarists as stripper poles, Byron Blackburn, jazz, Fleeting Joys, Matt McCord, Chris Woodhouse, Nick Reinhart, Zach Hill, Tera Melos, Bygones, Wavves, Ganglians.
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Poetic license
A glimpse of what may have been between John Keats and Fanny Brawne in Jane Campion’s Bright Star.
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Poetic license
A glimpse of what may have been between John Keats and Fanny Brawne in Jane Campion’s Bright Star.
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Goodbye Solo
Is Ramin Bahrani the next great American director?
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Any film where a member of the Black Eyed Peas dies has to be worth at least three stars, no?
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Enjoyable kid stuff, with riotously colorful and visually witty animation.
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The Informant!
We were overdue for a great black comedy of white-collar crime—but this isn’t it.
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It Might Get Loud
Three electric guitar masters brought together to see what happens—but not much does.
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Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Writer-director Tyler Perry returns with another deft mixture of sentiment and family melodrama, this one rather defter than some of his others.
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