The Beat: Sacramento with Honyock’s El Castillo and Boy Romeo’s Shorts EP
First, a brief introduction. At a recent event a friend bemoaned the lack of outlets that cover local music, let alone review albums. I offered…
Articles by Blake Gillespie
Abolish Sacramento’s police
A familiar scene that dominates national media has found its way to Sacramento. Communities of color in the streets, making themselves visible and their voices…
Sacramento’s bid for the NBA All-Star Game envisions a bright future without the poor
Sacramento is back on its bidding bullshit. This morning under the shadows cast by the Golden 1 Center, city officials alongside the Sacramento Kings front…
‘Lady Bird’ is much more than a love letter to Sacramento
One of our own sits across from Fresh Air’s Terry Gross, fielding questions from one of the preeminent modern interviewers on NPR. This is a…
Waiting for dominance – the 2017-18 Sacramento Kings season preview
This year Sacramento Kings fans find out what happens when the front office sends 28-10-5 to the New Orleans Pelicans. That was the stat line,…
Artist of erased Wide Open Walls mural speaks out
In Monday’s Wide Open To Criticism: The Aftermath of Wide Open Walls it was reported that New Zealand artist Askew One did not respond to…
Wide Open To Criticism: The Aftermath of Wide Open Walls
The murals painted in a two week span for Sacramento’s Wide Open Walls festival are a sight to behold. Forty murals in a fortnight is…
Behind the Breton Block
Sacramento Bee columnist Marcos Breton often writes divisive pieces. In the era of Mayor KJ he carried water for City Hall, and more recently sided…