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Local graphic novelist Aaron Nelson drew on Joseph Conrad’s 1903 novella Heart of Darkness for his theme in Marlow, released this week and illustrated in bold, punchy frames by Dario Carrasco (see cover). Who is Nelson and how did he come up with this novel and its loyal band of allies and soul-dead zombies? Also this week: Greg Lucas bails out suburban Greek eats, Knock Knock drops a new album on Jackson Griffith, and Nick Miller spills about Death Grips signing to Epic Records. Popsmart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Art of darkness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Scene&Heard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
GREEN DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Greenlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CO2 trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 An Inconvenient Ruth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Eco-Hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Why do I spy?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
NIGHT&DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Events Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 All I wanna do is bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Sacramento Beer Week continues . . 21
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Assorted Occupy the Capitol protests are planned throughout California this coming week, complete with mock funerals for public education, a 99-mile protest march from UC Berkeley to UC Davis to Sacramento, and even a proposed “occupation” under the rotunda dome. Protesters say it all marks a new era of collaboration between college students and labor-union members—all of them headed for the Capitol on March 5.
Cosmo Garvin chimes in on the latest Sacramento Kings arena news as citizens weigh the city-NBA-Maloof deal and the council waits for an official term sheet. Also this week: high-speed rail gets a reboot and the head of the California Fish and Game Commission needs to resign. Bites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Rebooting rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Beats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bee nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Yianni’s Bar & Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The V Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Dish Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Eat It and Reap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Food Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
COOLHUNTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 ASK JOEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 STAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Romeo & Juliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Legacy II: We Come From Greatness . . 28 Now Playing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Pariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Check out SN&R’s FREE searchable EVENTS calendar online at www.newsreview.com.
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