Issue: August 26, 2010
Greetings SN&R readers!
This week we’re pleased to present… drum roll please… our Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll issue.
Can married people have great sex? In our Arts & Culture section, SN&R’s advice columnist Joey Garcia returns to a controversy she sparked a few weeks ago in her response to a woman’s sexless marriage.
What’s that smell? We present a special pull-out section Capital Cannabis Guide.
Got live music? On the cover, we offer up our readers nominations for the 2010 Sacramento Area Music Awards.
Don’t miss any of it!
SN&R
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What’s your favorite nation? Sammies nomination!
SN&R’s weekly music column goes prime time to champion the 2010 Sacramento Area Music Award nominees.
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Oil crisis response
The Sacramento region sent loads of specialists to the Gulf of Mexico in its time of crisis.
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Face to Facebook
Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman and other California pols face off on Twitter and Facebook. But state politicians are a mixed bag online.
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The bridges of Sacramento County
Most Sacramento County bridges hang tough, but some are ‘deficient’ and need help.
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Don’t shred on me
Experts dismiss West Sacramento’s auto-shredder facility environmental review. Loaves & Fishes seeks to keep the city’s homeless hydrated.
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Make a splash
Dive Bar’s mermaid tank makes a splash on K Street.
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Tomatoes for lunch
You say tomato, we say three-course meal prepared by chef Michael Tuohy at Grange restaurant.
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The toxic and the toilet
Eco-friendly housecleaning services grow to meet demand for nontoxic homes.
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Letters for August 26, 2010
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Man of the house
The beginnings of a Greek tragedy plays out as son, and only man in the family, is torn between offering support to his mother or to his eldest sister.
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Go ask Alice (Paul)
Women’s rights anniversary draws out anti-Meg Whitman nurses and other detractors.
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Green building retrofits
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks to Sacramento’s Greenwise group.
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Still fighting for drug-free kids
Sacramento-area nonprofit Pathway to Prevention starts up a new documentary about teens and alcohol and drug abuse.
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Take a hike, live en paz
It’s hard being a Mexican these days, and why they don’t just take a hike.
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Mosque misfire
In the face of the controversy behind a proposed Islamic cultural center near ground zero, let’s all stand up for religious freedom.
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Sex-starved marriage
What does it take for married couples to have frequent, satisfying sex?
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The Underpants
SN&R reviews a new production at Big Idea Theatre.
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Bringing the Dude back
West Sacramento’s Capitol Bowl hosts the third annual Big Lebowski Party.
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Under the hill
East Sacramento’s Elliott Fouts Gallery features several artists under the age of 40.
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Capital Stage at the armory
Capital Stage moves from Old Sac to Midtown next spring.
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Boring until it isn’t
War Is Boring is a graphic memoir of an addiction that will get you killed in a hurry.
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Trend to the end
Gary Shteyngart’s new novel is a different kind of American dystopia: youth-obsessed and sex-crazy, with no room for humanity.
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More winning work
The American River Review, the literary-and-arts journal at American River College, has another top-notch edition.
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Poetry or stories, take your pick
A pair of readings to kick off Sacramento’s last August weekend at the Sacramento Poetry Center and Placerville’s ArtSpace.
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we don’t say it’s wrong, says it’s right
A poem by Henry 7 Reneau Jr., of Davis.
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Rap-festival wrap
Lauryn Hill was only one notch above a guy peeing on his own leg.
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Women with guns
Celebration Arts’ production of Flyin’ West shows pioneer women with gumption—and guns.
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Late night pho king
Vietnamese served fast and open until the early morning on weekends.
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Eggs-ellent
Localize your eggs: the Sacramento City Council vs. the Campaign for Legalizing Urban Chicken Keeping, a.k.a. CLUCK.
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Art of grilled cheese
Leftovers and foraging: Grilled-cheese sandwiches never were so fun.
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Cheesy rejection
Daiya is a great vegan cheese substitute, if you want cheese without a case of the bloats.
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Size matters
Sacramento Jazz Orchestra brings big band to clubs, camps and schools.
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Fri, Aug 27, Lindsey Cook
Sacramento’s Lindsey Cook will perform at Beatnik Studios’ inaugural Last Friday music and art show.
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Fri, Aug 27, Raphael Saadiq
Sacramento native Raphael Saadiq will open for the Dave Matthews Band at Sleep Train Amphitheatre.
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Wed, Sept 1, Slayer
Slayer will perform in Sacramento’s Arco Arena.
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Wed, Sept 1, Lower Dens
Lower Dens will perform at Sacramento’s Luigi’s Slice and Fun Garden.
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Live from West Sacramento!
Doom Bird’s Kris Anaya and Joe Davancens kick it in West Sacramento with Sound Advice.
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Man of steel
Stanless Steel—yes, that’s his name—can lift a pickup truck, but his life seems to crush him.
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The Last Exorcism
Sick of Blair Witch pseudo-doc horror? Then prepare to barf at this.
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Mao’s Last Dancer
Even Mao would dance if Joan Chen played his mother.
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Piranha 3-D
Surprisingly good. And crunchy. It’s D-Day with fish and tits.
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The Switch
Eeeny, meeny, miny, sperm. Daddy donor pulled the ol’ switcheroo.
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Vampires Suck
Yes, vampires suck. They really, really suck. And this movie bites.
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Welcome to the Capital Cannabis Guide
A resource for Sacramento medicinal-marijuana patients.
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Sacramento green pages
The 411 on Sacramento medical-marijuana dispensaries, doctors and smoke shops.
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In search of Sacto’s premier strains
Our writer looks to the experts—and within—to find Sacramento’s best cannabis.
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Follow the scrip
A sometimes smoker, first-time patient shares his experience obtaining a medical-cannabis doctor’s referral.
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