Issue: August 11, 2011
Dear SN&R reader!
In this week's Frontlines, the big news is that comedian and political commentator Bill Maher is bummed out. He's bummed out on President Barack
Obama, who "signed his own death warrant," Maher argued, with last week's debt-ceiling deal. And he's bummed on the perennially nutso Tea Partiers, not to mention on run-of-the-mill, scummy Republicans, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and
even Sacramento's pot club imbroglio. Nick Miller chats with the Real Time With Bill Maher host in time for his show in Sacramento.
In our feature story, local poet and regular SN&R contributor Josh Fernandez asks: Who was Charles Bukowski? His Sacramento friends, lovers and buddies say "Hank," as they called him, was a simple poet, husband, fabulist. The poet laureate of skid row. Not necessarily the drunk barroom brawler of lore. Fernandez hangs with his old pals and unearths the real Bukowski.
And what really happens when hundreds of thousdands of nerds and geeks converge on San Diego for its annual Comic-Con International event? Hilton Collins reports for the Arts&Culture section on the big to-do down south.
Also this week: Greg Lucas ups the ante and goes big at Yard House in Roseville, Rachel Leibrock jams it with Calexico, Jim Lane takes in The
Help, and Nick Miller shares a Russ Meyer-Roger Ebert story about boobs.
SN&R Staff
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The real Bukowski
Notorious drunk or gentle laureate of skid row? Sacramento friends reminisce on the 91st anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s birth.
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Politically incorrigible
Bill Maher chats with SN&R before his show in Sacramento on Friday, August 19.
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Curbside quarrel
CalRecycle cracks down on Sacramento’s Set It Aside recycling outfit while city gives company green light.
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Take it to the (food) bank
Assembly Bill 152 would incentivize California farmers to give fresh fruits and produce to aid organizations such as the Food Bank of Yolo County.
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Conceptually thinking
City officials get abstract while they “think big” about the future of the Kings arena and rail yards.
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Not so hot, so hot
Sacramento was cool, but the rest of the country was friggin’ hot!
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Missing green
Federal green dollars go unspent in California.
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Letters for August 11, 2011
Love, hate, indifference—readers express their opinions, sometimes about each other.
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Emotional self-rescue
Advice for a reader to stop counting his chicks before love has hatched.
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Energy choice
High energy usage and high rates, or energy-saving programs, lower rates and less air pollution. Which will we choose?
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One banana, two bananas …
Shonna McDaniels and the National Academic Youth Corps find there’s always money in the banana stand.
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Keep the femme, lose the fam
The Mexican dishes on livers and languages.
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Paid strong
Sacramento’s new city manager ain’t no dummy; California’s education system doesn’t play FAIR.
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Who’s smoking what?
Just how much did the tobacco lobby spend in last election?
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Editorial Cartoon
This week’s cartoon from the mind of John Kloss.
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Pirates of the American River
In Sacramento, the river always wins.
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Mecca for nerds
Hanging with Sacramento’s geekiest at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego.
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How Else Am I Supposed to Know I Am Still Alive?
SN&R reviews a new production by California Stage and Teatro Espejo.
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Boobs, weenies and a movie
Russ Meyer’s Mudhoney screens, plus roasted weenies, at Verge Center for the Arts on August 18.
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Seven days of booze
Don’t miss fun at the annual Midtown Cocktail Week.
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Keep your pants on
Graham-a-Rama takes In Trousers (In Concert) to the Cosmopolitan Cabaret.
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Buried in the dirt, drowned in the river
Susan Preston at B. Sakata Garo gallery.
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Like Fricker, like son
Father and son share the same name and exhibition of photography.
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Do the Zombie walk
The hybrid strain Black Zombie at Antelope Alternative Solutions can dull migraines, increase appetite and offer pain relief.
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Climate fascists
Christian Parenti’s Tropic of Chaos connects climate change and violent political upheaval.
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Tradition and spectacle
UC Davis grad Uyen Hua’s debut collection of poems, A/S/L, reflects a fading empire focused on celebrity.
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A little bit gospel and quite a bit gay
The Moon Lecture Series at St. Mark’s kicks off this week with Bishop Gene Robinson and singer Jennifer Knapp.
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Cultural confluence
Juuri, a 27-year-old Japanese-American painter from Oklahoma, creates art influenced by both of her cultures.
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The Eradication of Popups
A poem by Red Slider of Sacramento.
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Energy and marijuana: inside out
Indoor-grown meds are the best-selling kind of cannabis. But outdoor growers say there’s a huge, unprecedented environmental cost paid that could irreparably damage the medical-marijuana movement.
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On the road again
It’s road trip wonderland in the heartland.
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Big in Roseville
Everything gets ratcheted up a notch at this new Fountains in Roseville shopping center destination.
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Baaaad to the bone
Try an alternative to the bovine rut: Goat cheese, milk and meat.
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Liquor lore
Speak easy about spirits next time you’re at the bar with this new book from Jason Wilson of The Washington Post.
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The beet goes on
The beet is the sweetest of all the root vegetables—and their greens are tasty, too.
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Shh, don’t tell them
Cookies that happen to be vegan don’t necessarily mean they’ll happen to be disgusting. Really.
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Finding the best stories
Calexico visit Ace of Spades this Thursday, August 18.
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Fri, Aug 12, Eilen Jewell
Eilen Jewell does Palm’s Playhouse this Friday.
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Fri, Aug 12, Forever Goldrush
Forever Goldrush make a comeback at Harlow’s this Friday, August 12.
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Sat, Aug 13, Non Stop Bhangra
Non Stop Bhangra does it free at UC Davis this Saturday, August 13.
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Sun, Aug 14, Questlove
Don’t just stare at Questlove during his deejay set at Harlow’s on Sunday, August 14.
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Sun, Aug 14, Old 97’s
Old 97’s come back to Sac, this time at Harlow’s.
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Mon, Aug 15, Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd brings a large world view and ethereal vocals to an all-ages crowd at Luigi’s.
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Tues, Aug 16, Sole and the Skyrider Band
The Skyrider band and Tim “Sole” Holland do Sol Collective this Tuesday, August 16.
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Wed, Aug 17, Jackie Daum
Jackie Bristow and Jackie Daum do Marilyn’s on K.
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Another Earth
This movie needs Ed Wood to make it … something.
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Cowboys & Aliens
Explosions, Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig aren’t enough to save this one.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Even motion capture can’t help a series that’s gotten out of hand.
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Sarah’s Key
The French had a place in the Holocaust, and this three-star movie explores it.
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