Tag: Sacramento
The Sacramento Teen Weeping Over Titanic
Every time the name Greta Gerwig is brought up, it’s practically a non-starter that Sacramento will be as well. That much held true in Gerwig’s [Read More…]
Angelyne 4 Governor of California: A Mirror of the State’s Psychology
California provides fodder for the world, there’s no denying it. Sometimes, that fodder is aspirational, and sometimes that fodder serves only to invoke more mockery [Read More…]
Brad’s Status Is The Same As the Rest Of Ours, Or: No One Is Actually As Into You As You Are
There is no denying the precise motive behind Mike White setting the stage for 2017’s Brad’s Status in Sacramento. It is the perfect place for [Read More…]
Tower Closed Anew: Russ Solomon Dies While Watching the Oscars
Even prior to The Beatles providing hard evidence to stodgy adults that there was value in the music industry–the kind of value they could actually [Read More…]
Lady Bird Will Be Even More Sacramentan in Australia
Sacramentans have that unique, angst-ridden edge about them that thrived quite nicely in the type of mainstream pop culture that supported the tonal vibes of [Read More…]
Taking Cues From Her Sacramento Forebears, Didion and Ringwald, Greta Gerwig Adds to the Parsimonious List of Abashed Love Letters to the City
As Greta Gerwig’s directorial and solo writing debut, it’s only right that she should go for the most autobiographical subject possible: the California capital city [Read More…]
Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” is the Soundtrack to Sacramento in Other People
No one can fully understand Sacramento unless they’re from there. Unlike New York or L.A., it is not the sort of place that can become [Read More…]
Kanye West Cancels Rest of Tour Most Likely Because He Was Traumatized by Sacramento
Anyone who is not from Sacramento, who has not suffered the den of slack you experience the second from entering cannot possibly understand or empathize [Read More…]
In All Things Must Pass, It’s Evident That Sacramento’s Greatest Legacy is Tower Records, Not Joan Didion
Sacramento is not known for much. Somehow, it has consistently evaded the hipster boon of other similarly sized towns like Austin and Portland. Sure, in [Read More…]
The Importance of Being As Earnest As Frances Ha
In modern film, it’s difficult to find a character that possesses any amount of sincerity. All you get these days are clever automatons in the [Read More…]
