Issue: October 22, 2009
Five reasons to pick up SN&R on newsstands this week!
5. Rachel Leibrock’s new column, Popsmart. This week: bursting balloon boy’s bubble
4. The latest on the Nestle water plant’s future, including a growing anti-Nestle contingent
3. A look at when to do No. 1 during the movies, in Daniel Barnes’ new column, Cinema Scoped
2. A look at Sacramento police’s latest fix-ation: fixed-gear bicycles
1. Ted Cox and Sena Christian look at the latest Christian, anti-feminist movement: Quiverfull!
Think Free,
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Baby makers
Locals in the Quiverfull movement want the women to bear children, the men to preach the word of God.
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Out of practice
A precipitous drop in primary-care physicians may cause sweeping problems in rural areas.
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Captains outrageous
Two sheriff candidates have something in common: Each has been the subject of an investigation for alleged impropriety.
This article was published on 10.22.09
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Green gigs
Here’s your map to snagging a green job in Sacramento.
This article was published on 10.22.09
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Bloated planet
Local events fighting rising CO2 levels during the International Day of Climate Action.
This article was published on 10.22.09
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Meltdown is imminent
Saturday, October 24 is International Day of Climate Action.
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Letters for October 22, 2009
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Play the fool
This mother foretells the future, and it looks bleak.
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Reality beats
Serving up sick hip-hop and R&B—and Hollywood’s finest reality-TV vixens.
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The corruptive leers of teenage boys
The Mexican on high-school dropouts and ay yi yis.
This article was published on 10.22.09
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Tapped out and boxed up
Sacramento city councilman moves to slow Nestlé water plant; can Mayor Kevin Johnson get Westfield out of its box?
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Furloughs mean crappy service
This week’s offerings, culled from the best of SN&R’s blogs.
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Tool o’ the day: Arianna Huffington
This week’s offerings, culled from the best of SN&R’s blogs.
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Editorial cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Full of hot air
CNN should fact-check its own news circus, er, cycle.
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Fighting for peace
If Barack Obama was Muhammad Ali, would peace have a chance?
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Sacramento fixed-gear bikes: braking the law
Sacramento police recently began targeting fixie bikes without brakes. Are the bikes really illegal, or are cops simply going after a counterculture scene?
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I Am My Own Wife
SN&R reviews a new production at the B Street Theatre.
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Speech & Debate
SN&R reviews a new production at Capital Stage.
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Nosh on this
SN&R uses California terms like “love me some grub” or “get my munchies on,” so “nosh,” for us, is sophisticated.
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All in the family
Monte Schulz, son of famed Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, will read his new novel at Time Tested Books.
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A very traditional Shrew
Historic theater, a bit of The Three Stooges, and the Shrew’s up to snuff.
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Old man at sea
A corpse, a cruise and a crusty old detective make this book by local author William Doonan a fun read.
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Fruit in the family
It’s all in the family when Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor take some pomegranates to Europe.
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Smell the karma
He’s a little bit beatnik, a little bit Buddha soul. It’s Kerouac!
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Offbeat Halloween fun
It’s pink. It goes on your head. It might be considered a costume. It’s collective fun for Halloween. Don’t miss it!
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Hipster Moses and his new rapture
The Red Sea parted and some bearded white hipster attempted to dance, but we were freed.
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And the winner is …
It’s triple the fun as the Sacramento Ballet brings in guest choreographers to compete with new works.
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‘I came to eat dim sum’
Greg Lucas explores his insatiable sluttiness for dim sum.
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What a dish
Cecilia Gray tries to sell you a chrome toaster—and you’re sold!
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Old Soul to open in Oak Park
Starbucks bails on Oak Park, and then Old Soul bails out its coffee lovers.
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Taken by a notion
What Sacramentans can learn from a Swede who recorded an album in Pakistan.
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Sat, Oct 24, Fate Under Fire
Why so serious with the cover songs?
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Sun, Oct 25, Navigator vs. Navigator
Verses out of Mike Patton’s wet dreams.
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Tues, Oct 27, Times New Viking
That lo-fi sound is still good, if everywhere.
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Go forth and multiply
Dickie Peterson, Blue Cheer, Davis, Peterbildt, Andrew “Duck” MacDonald, Paul Whaley, the Streets, Mike Skinner, The Boardwalk, Kevin Mark Trail, Dan Deacon, Alexis Gideon, Luigi’s Fun Garden, Nuclear Power Pants, crustaches, Jamie Foxx, hookers.
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RunPee at your own risk
RunPee.com helps with your personal intermission but is flawed.
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Rough road to high fashion
This Coco Chanel biopic takes artistic license and runs with it.
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Land of the Lost
Not as wretched as its 26 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The Other Man
Liam Neeson chases down Antonio Banderas … and plays chess with him, you know, since he was screwing his wife, Laura Linney.
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A Serious Man
The story of a schlemiel who hopes to be a mensch, but only suffers for his efforts.
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Where the Wild Things Are
With the framework so enlarged, the feelings seem to shrink.
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Don’t sweat the Brussels sprouts
Magpie Caterers Market and Cafe’s Ed Roehr can help.
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A brew for all seasons
Sacramento Brewing Company says there’s no reason not to like beer.
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Eat dessert first
Sweat treats don’t have to come after dinner—they don’t even have to be chewable.
This article was published on 10.22.09