Sacramento Native Wins NPR Tiny Desk Concert
The winner of the 2024 Tiny Desk Contest is The Philharmonik!
The Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll
Fitting nicely into this week’s Too Dope Theme: “Rock & Roll” (sometimes spelled Rock ‘n’ Roll) is a song by the Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded.
Albums and Movies Are Getting Longer – But We Pay Attention Less?
As we make the transition to digital media, we’re seeing an increase in the length of media, but that doesn’t mean we’re necessarily listening or watching for longer.
Words of Wisdom
“It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much there is to learn.”
How to Have More Meaningful Conversations
In his book Supercommunicators, the writer Charles Duhigg argues that you can learn to get better at connecting with people. A rich, deep conversation can be wonderful, yet feels rare in day-to-day life.
Youth Resource & Employment Fair
Young people 13 to 24 years of age seeking to gain work experience with the city and other local employers this summer are invited to attend the 2024 Youth Resource & Employment Fair. This annual employment fair will be FREE and in-person on Saturday, April 6 from 9:15am – 12:00pm
Climax Blues Band
Gold Plated is a 1976 album by the Climax Blues Band, (originally Climax Chicago Blues Band) from Stafford, England. One of the leading lights of the late 1960s UK blues boom, the sound is similar to Atlanta Rhythm Section or Steely Dan.
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping
What happens when parents who feel they are losing connection with their teenagers are targeted by an organization that promised a series of steps that combined academic education and therapeutic interventions?
Words of Wisdom
“Without noticing we’re doing it, we treat the future as intrinsically more valuable than the present. And yet the future never seems to arrive.”
Asking Better Questions
It’s been a goal of mine to ask better questions, I think it’s fulfilling to learn about the lives and experiences of the people around me. According to the Harvard Business Review “the first step in becoming a better questioner is simply to ask more questions.
Volunteer Clean-Up Opportunities
If you want to take your cleaning outdoors, Sacramento has lots of organizations that will give you an opportunity to do so!
A Band Called Death
I’ve been on a punk kick for about two years now and part of that is nerding out on Death. Death is an American Proto-Punk band formed in Detroit in 1971 by brothers Bobby, David, and Dannis Hackney.