In Concert: Tera Melos & Marnie Stern
A cold and rainy night in Sacramento did not dissuade fans from coming out to see Sacramento’s native sons, Tera Melos, on the last night of their U.S. Tour with Marnie Stern.
Herland: A Review
Gilman uses the land as a metaphor for the female body as well as the domesticity to which women have oft been assigned. Reassigning land especially highlights the specious reasoning behind labeling women’s sphere as ‘natural’ instead of merely conventional. Interestingly the novel’s weaknesses betray the very conditions of alterity under which the author labored.
Film: The Kids Are Alright, 2010
Given the glowing political conversation surrounding director Lisa Cholodenko’s gay family portrait, The Kids Are All Right, I expected a tight little PSA-portrait of a happy, healthy lesbian couple raising a family rather than an actual film. Instead, what I found was a layered, interesting story of an unconventional family upended by the arrival of [...]
Best Band Never Heard: Fops
Did you like the Pretty In Pink soundtrack? If so, then you will LOVE San Francisco based duo, Fops.
Review: Byrne’s Book – Bicycle Diaries
…There is a minimum of proselytizing in Bicycle Diaries, something not easily said about much of today’s bicycle community.
Red Box: Sunshine Cleaning 2008
Mid week boredom leads to a Red Box Rental: Read why you should rent this movie or not….
Review: Fang Island & Red Sparowes at the Blue Lamp.
If you missed this show you missed out! But Red Sparowes is playing a few more Cali dates and Fang Island are about to blow up so they’ll be touring probably forever. Don’t miss them!
