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ISSUE DESERT LEGEND

BRANT BJORK

JOINS THE STELLAR COACHELLA LINEUP!

Milky Chance

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Jamestown Revival

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Chicano Batman

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2Toxic

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Simon Kitchen+Bar

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The Slice

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You Can Take the Man out of the Desert but You Can’t Take the Desert out of the Man

Contents

Brant Bjork................................................. 3 Neon Carnival............................................ 4 Lisa’s Coachella Picks................................ 6 Rich’s Coachella Picks............................... 7 Coachella Traffic Info................................ 7 Coachella - Milky Chance.......................... 8 Coachella - Jamestown Revival................ 8 Coachella - Chicano Batman.................... 9 Coachella - Matthew Koma...................... 9 Ace Hotel Desert Gold Party .................. 10 Moby @ PS Art Museum ......................... 11 CVCT Open Call ....................................... 11 Breaking The 4th Wall .............................. 11 Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition.......... 12 Backstage Jazz - Joe Baldino................. 12 LMS - 2Toxic............................................. 13 Consider This - Stiff Little Fingers.......... 14 Art Scene - RM Artist Homes Tour.......... 15 Pet Place................................................... 16 The Vino Voice......................................... 17 Club Crawler Nightlife............................ 18 Pampered Palate - Simon Kithen+Bar.. 20 Pampered Palate - The Slice................... 20 Screeners................................................. 22 Book Review............................................ 23 Real Estate............................................... 26 Haddon Libby.......................................... 27 Dale Gribow............................................. 27 Safety Tips................................................ 28 ShareKitchen........................................... 28 Community - CV Rescue Mission........... 28 Sports Scene............................................ 29 Sports....................................................... 29 Health & Fitness ...................................... 30 Free Will Astrology.................................. 31 Mind, Body & Spirit................................. 31 Life & Career Coach................................. 32 Ask The Doctor........................................ 32 Weiss Cracks............................................ 34

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Desert Rock Legend Brant Bjork performs at Coachella

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omegrown desert rock legend Brant Bjork will take the stage at Coachella Music & Arts Festival on Friday, April 10 & 17. Bjork, who will be promoting his new album, Black Flower Power, assured me that he will also be performing some of his older material from the impressive and extensive catalog of music he has recorded throughout the years.

Bjork, known for being the original drummer and co-founder of the trailblazing desert rock band Kyuss, has had a successful solo career since leaving the band in 1993.

He has toured Europe many times, released at least 10 albums, and has a body of work that stands on its own apart from his Kyuss history.

Aside from his solo career he has been a member at some point of many bands including: Kyuss Lives, Vista Chino, Fu

Manchu, Mondo Generator, Fatso Jetson, Brant Bjork and the Bros, Brant Bjork and the Operators, and currently, Brant Bjork & the Low Desert Punk Band.

Bjork was kind enough to sit down and chat with me recently and answer a myriad of questions.

CVW: What do you feel is different about this album from your previous albums?

BB: I’ve recorded quite a few records and they’re all different in their own way of course. But this record…I pulled together some musicians and we recorded live because I wanted to get that live feel and energy and I definitely feel that we caught that. I went for a more deliberate, heavy, sonic sound; something a little more electric. It still lays back and still grooves, but I was listening to a lot of that pre-heavy rock like late 60’s and was trying to kind of modernize that vibe. Like the Blue Cheers.

CVW: How do you feel that your sound has evolved over the years?

BB: It’s hard to say how it’s evolved because I’m always experimenting. I don’t really think of myself as a musician but more as an artist. I just really love to be creative and I just want to make music that rocks and grooves and to sing words and melodies that move people. Sometimes I go for a sound that’s in your face and other times a sound that’s reserved and pretty.

It just depends on my mood. I don’t really have a sonic destination I just go with the way I’m feeling at the time.

CVW: Who played on the album?

BB: The guitar player is Bubba DuPree, bass player is Dave Dinsmore and the drummer was Tony Tornay. I have a new drummer but Tony plays on the record.

CVW: So you have a new drummer that

will be playing with you for Coachella. Is there any particular reason that Tony is not playing with you anymore?

BB: Ummm….I just felt like it was time to get a new drummer…(laughing).

CVW: So what’s your favorite song on this album?

BB: I know it’s kind of a boring answer but I tend to not really have favorites. Again it depends on my mood. Today I might like “Controllers” tomorrow it might be the last song on the record. I like them all. It’s a body of work that I’m proud of. I love and accept it for what it is. And it’s exactly what it needed to be.

CVW: You’re a multi-instrumentalist.

What instrument do you most enjoy playing?

BB: My answer would probably be the same. I don’t really have one. I just enjoy the creative process of music so much that I’ll play a cowbell if I have to. I just like to take an idea or an inspiration and watch it go through the birthing process and have it become a reality. If I need to play bass then okay, if I need to get behind the drums… bitchin’, if I have to do everything then fine, I’ll build the house with every tool I’ve got.

CVW: Is there an aspect of the music that you least enjoy?

BB: Well you know when you make music and you dedicate your life to being an artist and making music for a living that obviously involves the business and business is a necessary part of the merry-go-round and it can be challenging and very sobering. I’d much rather get in the studio or on stage.

CVW: What do you feel is the most pivotal or defining moment of your career?

BB: The most defining moment right now is when I made the decision to quit

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PAPER MAGAZINE PRESENTS NEON CARNIVAL APRIL 11, 2015. IN Partner WITH PACSUN, “DOPE” THE MOVIE AND TEQUILA DON JULIO. Returning for its 6th Year During Music’s Most Celebrated Festival.

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he Neon Carnival, the famed latenight outdoor dance party created

by Brent Bolthouse will return to Indio, CA on Saturday, April 11th for the sixth consecutive year with amusement park rides, games and more. Known for attracting the who’s who of Hollywood, this year’s event will be presented by Paper Magazine along with partners PacSun, “Dope” the movie, and Tequila Don Julio, who will be providing the specialty drinks. DJs Ruckus, Politik, Jesse Marco and Kayper will perform late into the night in the California desert.

Consistently bringing a fresh take on everything fashion, music, art, and overall lifestyle, Paper epitomizes what Neon Carnival represents, and is the reason why Bolthouse feels this collaboration makes perfect sense and is so special this year.

“Partnering with Paper Magazine for this year’s Neon Carnival is the next logical step for taking our annual event to the next level,” says Brent Bolthouse, creator of Neon Carnival.

“The synergy is palpable, and I know this is the start of a great partnership. I look forward to having Paper as a long-term partner for the Neon Carnival, and am confident that this year will be the best one yet.”

“Paper Magazine is thrilled to partner with Neon Carnival,” says Paper Magazine. “Music is one of our big passion points. Neon Carnival brings the worlds of fashion, music and

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celebrity together in one great event. “ In addition to the traditional Neon Carnival games and activities guests enjoy each year, PacSun has created a custom game specifically for the event and will be offering guests the chance to win prizes from some of PacSun’s top brands. Tequila Don Julio will be serving up specialty cocktails from the Airstream Speakeasy, which is a 1967 vintage Airstream trailer that has been retrofitted into a bespoke, mobile bar. Mixologists will be traveling to Indio to craft the drinks, and if guests are lucky enough they also might have the opportunity for a private Don Julio 1942 tasting on board the Airstream’s VIP booth.

Neon Carnival was created by Bolthouse Productions and continues annually at the Aviation Airport during music’s biggest festival weekend.

For more info, please visit Neon Carnival on facebook.com/neoncarnival.

Guests must be 21+ to attend and we remind all attendees to drink responsibly.

NEON CARNIVAL IS AN INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED EVENT. IT IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH NOR ENDORSED BY THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. ANY VERBAL, WRITTEN OR OTHER STATEMENT OR REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS WHOLLY INACCURATE AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF NEON CARNIVAL.

my day job and make music fulltime for a living and make my first solo album. That was a really important step for me and maybe I didn’t even realize at the time how important, but a major pivotal moment. I was directly stepping out from being a unit and saying ‘hey, as an artist I have visions and inspirations that I feel I have to follow and take responsibility for on my own’ and somehow that turned out to be this career.

CVW: And how long has that been?

BB: Since 1999.

CVW: So what are some of your other favorite projects that you’ve done?

BB: Actually, interestingly enough, last night we just dropped our last track for our new record up at my studio in Joshua Tree.

We just recorded a whole new record last week, 10 new songs. I think it’s my best record yet. And the recording process was just really a super awesome pleasure. And we really tracked some amazing music, to a 16 track ½” all live with our new drummer, Ryan Gut, and I think it’s really good stuff.

CVW: That’s really exciting since you just released Black Flower Power in the last year.

BB: Ya…it’s like let’s strike while the iron is hot while the creative juices are flowing and get to work. What are we waiting for?

CVW: So is this new album like an extension of the current one or does it go in a whole different direction?

BB: Black Flower Power is very specific.

I had a very specific design and direction when I made that album. Like I said I was kind of obsessing on a modern version of blues and a Blue Cheer kind of thing and really heavy shit. And this time around it’s different. It’s got more funk and boogie elements and more jammy and improvised parts and actually more structured tracks too. It’s a completely different effort. I think Black Flower Power was an artistic statement that needed to be vented and made and I got it out of my system and now it’s time to move forward with these new ideas that are exciting to me.

CVW: So when do you think you will be releasing the new material?

BB: Well it depends. We’ve got a really busy year ahead of us supporting this album. We’ll consistently work on this recording and hopefully have it wrapped up by the end of the year. As far as the release, that’s something I will discuss with my management and see when the best time is to do it. We still got a lot of life to squeeze out of Black Flower Power. We’re going to be touring Europe all summer and then we have a headlining tour in Europe in the fall.

But we’re already looking to play some of this new stuff live.

CVW: How do you feel about this being your first time playing Coachella being from the desert? And what songs will you be performing?

BB: First of all I’m beyond excited to be playing Coachella. It’s a real honor. I’ve always been excited that this type of festival is right here where I grew up and I’ve always wanted to be part of it and now I am.

I’m going to be playing some old stuff of course but I have an extensive catalog with

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CVW: What bands are you interested in watching at Coachella?

BB: I haven’t really taken the time to see who all is playing aside from the headliners.

I mean AC/DC is a no brainer. I think Tame Impala sounds like an interesting band. I love Steely Dan. Other than that I might wanna just play and soak up some sun and have a few pops and get home and relax.

CVW: Who in the business today do you most respect?

BB: You mean in the business at large?

Wow! That’s an interesting question. I think Jack White is a pretty respectable artist. I haven’t listened to a lot of his music but I’m very aware of his moves as an artist and I think he maintains a respectable stance in the business. I’m always kind of pulling from the past. I read George Clinton’s book last fall and that was a real inspiring personal history. It’s amazing how innovative he was not just as an artist but as a business man.

And how his business was always about making the art as good as it could be. He was a very uncompromising artist.

CVW: Is there anybody that you would like to collaborate with?

BB: I wouldn’t mind doing a record with DJ Muggs who used to be the DJ for Cypress Hill. I’ve always been wrapped up in the past with jazz and blues and classic rock, but there are elements of hip-hop that I really like. I think it would be really cool to tap into a genre of music that I’ve never done yet.

CVW: So who are you listening to now?

BB: I bounce around, but the other night we were listening to John Lennon, James Brown, Blue Oyster Cult, some old Stones records. It’s not so much artists I get attached to but albums. The other night I threw on some old Kiss stuff (laughing).

CVW: Do you think that the direction music has gone in with all the rapidly growing technology that something has gotten lost along the way for teenagers growing up today that don’t get to appreciate music the same way we did by going to the record store and caring about the whole album?

BB: Well I think it’s a colossal drag and in fact I was just having a conversation with my guitar player and it’s a pretty dark reality. I used to complain because I thought I was born too late and missed out on all the good music, but now I realize how lucky I was to come from maybe one of the last generations to enjoy music from record stores and recording tapes at your friend’s house. And for the most part that’s all gone.

And now with the new technology the rituals and the quality are just not part of it. But I think kids are starting to become aware of what they’ve missed out on. And there’s no law on going out and buying a record player and buying some vinyl and just not accept Apple as the only way to get your music.

CVW: Do you still live in the desert?

BB: I live in Venice but I have a house and a studio in Joshua Tree.

CVW: Is that studio just for you to record your music or is it open to record other bands?

BB: Well it has been for me to record, but I’m open to anybody coming up and in fact I encourage people to come up and tap into this creative energy source. I wouldn’t mind providing an experience for some of the younger bands to come up or bands of all ages to have an analog experience. I have the ProTool option too if people want that.

I’m just a fan of analog. I’m just about at the point where I can open the doors to that.

CVW: What do you like to do in your downtime?

BB: Well I don’t really have much downtime (laughing). I have a wife and 2 boys that are 3 and 4, so I like to spend time with my family. My downtime might come at 11:00 at night and I’m watching a Pink Panther episode. Being a fulltime father, husband and musician keeps me pretty busy. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

CVW: So are you over being asked about Kyuss?

BB: (laughing) Well I’ve been over it since 15 years ago, but it’s part of my history and I accept that. I can’t deny my history.

CVW: So can I ask what your relationship is like now with all of the guys that were original members of Kyuss and those that came in after you left?

BB: Ummm…I mean, I really don’t (hesitates), well… the one member that I probably have the most relationship with would be Nick (Oliveri). And that goes back to the beginning because I was friends with Nick before I really knew any of the other guys. John and I obviously have worked very close together over the last 3-4 years and I love John and I don’t have any problems with John Garcia. And Fredo (Alfredo Hernandez) and I have had our history together and I don’t see him a lot anymore but I have a lot of respect for him as a drummer and when we see each other it’s good. Obviously I don’t have a relationship with Josh (Homme) or Scott (Reeder); they kind of represent a mindset that as an artist I’m not really supportive of. And it’s almost a philosophical thing. It’s really that simple.

Chris (Cockrell) and I are very close still and we talk consistently and in fact I was just talking to him about helping him get this great record out that he’s been sitting on.

But see that’s just kind of how it all goes back to the origin of Kyuss. I mean Chris and I started the whole thing. We were best friends and we’re still friends and we pulled Nick in.

CVW: So who do you consider the original members of Kyuss? Not Katzenjammer or Sons of Kyuss, but Kyuss?

BB: The original Kyuss was Josh, John, Nick and myself. And Blues From the Red Sun was what I consider to be the one record that really captured the essence of what the band was. Then Scott Reeder replaced Nick on bass and Alfredo replaced me on drums when I left in ’93.

CVW: So what advice would you give young bands today to try to avoid what the 4 of you went through with the dismantling of the band and the lawsuits?

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BB: Well people need to remember that we were all really young when we started Kyuss. We were boys becoming men and we never really had a chance. It would’ve been unnatural for us to fully understand what we were going to experience and know how to navigate it. There was just a purity to the music. What I’ve learned from my experience is that a band is a collective of people all being on the same page and in agreement to work together for a common destination. My advice is that if you all get on the same page from the beginning and you can all bond on what the vision is and where it’s going and why, then I think the odds are in your favor to arrive at your destination.

Kyuss had a tremendous amount of raw talent and powerful musical ideas, but right out the gate we weren’t all on the same page, so it wasn’t built to last. It was an explosion and a pretty awesome one. But it wasn’t a unit to last because there was internal conflict from the beginning on very basic issues. So for kids coming out today if you want to have something you can really nurture, with comradery and longevity, then you just need to make sure you’re all on the same page from the beginning.

CVW: So what do you think the desert music scene is like today compared to back in the Kyuss and generator party days?

BB: It would be hard for me to say because I don’t live there anymore and I’ve not participated in the low desert scene in a long time. (laughing) So I don’t really know what to say except I will always support the music going on there because that’s where my roots and beginning are from. For me I’m kind of a product from my era and for me my time in the low desert was the late 80s and it was a beautiful time but shortlived.

CVW: So is there anything else you want our readers to know about Brant?

BB: It’s an honor to be part of your paper.

I’m a desert musician: Once a desert punk always a desert punk. I’m a low desert punk.

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ike sands in the hour glass, so fly the days of our lives between music festival seasons, and every April, so do the numbers of transient music fans pouring into the Coachella Valley. This festival that takes place in our own back yard, now in its 15th year, has become one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the United States, last year tallying an attendance of 579,000 over six days, and grossing a record-breaking $78.3 million. Hopefully this year, the sand won’t be whipping us all in our faces, and teeth, lodging itself in parts of our anatomy that we never realized were exposed at 50+ miles per hour.

Monsoonal weather conditions have made national news the last two years in a row during the festivals first weekend, so I asked Patrick Evans, Chief Meteorologist for CBS local 2, what conditions to expect this year. He happily replied, “Expect great weather for the first weekend of Coachella. Mid to upper 80s, and lots of partially clad 20-somethings is my forecast, with a significant chance of bands you’ve never heard of.”

The growing presence of technology is not only a significantly large part of the festival’s showcased music, but also apparent in some interesting developments in the Coachella mobile app. By downloading the free app on your phone, you will be able to activate your wristband, find a map of the entire festival, or find your friends, who will automatically update their location whenever they open the app. You can schedule your must see bands, and you will be immediately be made aware of any conflicts, as well as share schedules with friends. You can schedule your meals the exact same way. You will be able to either efficiently keep track of your friends this year, or avoid them like a ninja. EDM artist, Kaskade, has been contributing to the “News & Social” portion of the app with pictures and blogs from his last couple of Coachella Fest performances. Artists are also providing a Spotify stream this year (this in spite of record label, Universal and Taylor Swifts’ recent bold statements against the music streaming mogul).

Within the app, you will also find the festival dos and don’ts (under FAQ) which seem to have changed a bit so pay attention my friends. Don’t hate the messenger - I am just reporting the facts, but apparently, you may NOT bring in chairs or blankets or umbrellas, but you MAY bring your beach towel, fanny pack, and parasol. Do not be the chain wearing, weapon packing, laser pointing, flag waving, bota bag carrying narcissist with a selfie stick, who gets left out of the festival while you watch the camel pack wearing guy in dancing shoes and a back pack get in with his Go-Pro and a smile.

I am going to list a little bit about each of the bands I think should definitely be on your nifty Coachella App schedule. By no means do I mean to disqualify or discourage anyone from any part of the lineup, or to be incomplete in my information about them, but I only have space for 2000 words and, like you, I have to make my choices.

AC/DC: Now I’ve heard people complain about these guys being on the bill, and I respond with stunned silence, followed by the smacking sound of the palm of my hand against my forehead (because smacking other people is not socially

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Lisa’s COACHELLA FEST 2015 Picks acceptable). This may not fit in the with the EDM lineup, but this band is legendary. With original founding member, Angus Young, still fighting the good fight, after decades of riding the industry roller coaster amidst painful losses, opposition and disappointments, nobody has more to bring to the stage. Since forming in 1973, AC/DC has sold more than 200 million albums, making them one of the best-selling acts worldwide. These guys ripped through the glass boundaries of commercial rock and roll and are credited with opening the door for the Heavy Metal industry. If you fault Paul Tollet for his choice of headliners, I would do so quietly.

You may be confronted by the spirit of the bands departed, original vocalist, Bon Scott, that lives in all of us who were saluted by this ground breaking band: “We just want to make the walls cave in and the ceiling collapse. Music is meant to be played as loudly as possible, really raw and punchy, and I’ll punch out anyone who doesn’t like it the way I do.”

(Bon Scott’s words, not mine) Being able to see this band live is a gift, and you need to tell Paul Tollet, “Thank you.”

Alabama Shakes: It happens only once in a while, when a band blows every industry theory about what “sells”, clean out of the water. This band was just too good to ever be ignored. They are the stuff that the greats were made of back in the day when music was more than marketing.

Alabama Shakes is sheer authentic melodic soul food for starving times.

Allah-Lahs: This band captures all that is good about the old school days of rock and roll (What would happen if SoCal beach music met London’s Kinks, fell in love and had a baby who grew up to be best friends with Arthur Lee and his band Love).

Although it can’t be proven, these guys may be the contemporary grandchildren of such beautiful fusion.

Alt J: From Leeds, England, this band would be the definition of English Indie Art Rock. Ever fascinating to listen to and sonically delicious, they stir in the strong flavor of EDM without burying their beautiful, human element. The band’s unusual sound comes from their university days together, making music in student halls on a garage band program with noise restrictions, unable to use bass drums or bass guitar. Drummer Thom Green suffers from Alport syndrome and is now about 80% deaf. Scream loud for these guys – you will be compelled to, and they deserve it.

Alvin Risk: Proof that something good can come out of Washington DC, Marcio Alvarado, brother to the artist known as Painted Face, has been producing electronic music behind an angelic voice and working with associates like Skrillex, since 2003. EDM fans will love the artistic power and technical expertise of this artist.

Angus and Julia Stone: Representing the indie folk genre with strong pop sensibilities, the brother and sister duo from Sydney, Australia are enchanting. They are winners of several APRA Awards (Australasian Performing Right

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Association): Songwriter of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Single of the Year. nominated at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year in 2015. You may want to block out your spot early to get anywhere close to this artist on stage.

Bad Religion: One of the best-selling punk rock acts of all time. Shame on you if you do not leave your EDM love fest to see them! And if this is one of the bands you’ve never heard of, tell no one and google them immediately. It may be time for some serious life changes. But that’s ok. Bad Religion is the band that will take you there. With their hard driving honest attack on everything that makes you feel safe, you will be better for it.

Benjamin Booker: Booker has been described by the Chicago Tribune as “a raw brand of blues, boogie and soul”. Having cut his teeth as a kid on DIY Punk, and beginning his performing career in New Orleans, this guy’s first 4 track EP Waiting Ones, was a collection of low-fi, blues influenced, folk punk with handclap percussion. This artist is ever evolving and will be a treat to watch.

Belle and Sebastian: Like traveling purveyors of light infused folk, this group from Glasgow, Scotland, just released their 9th studio album (yes, they’ve been at this a while). The album, Girls in Peace Time Want to Dance, is a catalyst for such celebratory things. Their group energy, both in their music and stage presence, will cast a spell on you and infuse a little bliss into your dehydrated sonic senses at a festival that can cause a bit of heavy sensory overload. This band will refresh you in more ways than you will expect.

Built to Spill: Guitarist/Vocalist, Doug Martsch (formerly of Treepeople), is the founder and the one constant in this group, and signed Built to Spill to Warner Bros. Records in 1995 and a rare deal that allowed it to retain a large degree of creative control over future albums. Built to Spill produced its first major label release in 1997 with Perfect from Now On which was met with critical success, and caused Built to Spill to become one of the United States’ most recognizable indie rock bands.

They are supporting a new album, Untethered Moon due out April 21st, the first since 2009.

Florence and the Machine: They released their first album Lungs in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2009. Much of the material on the album was written as a reaction to what turned out to be a temporary break-up with Welch’s former boyfriend. Welch said, “He prefers me not to talk about it. It’s funny then singing about it.” Always be careful how you treat a prolific songwriter…always.

They have continued to be dominant in both the UK and the US charts ever since. This band has broad appeal and is just simply, brilliant.

Hozier: Andrew Hozier-Byrne nown is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter who has been taking us to church with him since his debut single was released in 2013. By December 5, 2014, it was announced that “Take Me to Church” was

Jack White: There are some artists that constantly evolve. They never sit still, and are constantly at the helm of a new project with several others anxious to escape the confines of their mind. Jack White is one of those. A highly respected musician and producer worldwide, the experience of seeing this creative entity live, will be nothing short of intriguing and awe inspiring.

Jenny Lewis: “Consider Lewis the Emmylou Harris of the Silverlake set” – Entertainment Weekly. “Her girlishly seductive vocals are more versatile than ever” - Rolling Stone “One of the best albums of the year.” - The Onion AV Club, Spin, and NPR music critic Meredith Ochs. These are things that are said about a talented girl who was invited

by Conor Oberst to record a solo record with him and equally talented others for record label, Team Love. In 2008, Lewis released a second solo album, titled Acid Tongue. In 2014, Lewis released The Voyager, an album that took 5 years to complete and is a reflection on her previous band, Rilo Kiley’s, break-up and the death of her father. With few women fronting the Coachella stages solo, this artist, will shine as a gender representative, but stands on her own as a musical creator and performer, without bias.

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness: McMahon is a singer/songwriter who was formerly the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin.

On April 30, 2013, he debuted his first solo work, entitled The Pop Underground, followed by his debut album Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, released October 14, 2014. Owning everything that made us love the Lumineers and Of Monsters and Men, but flying solo, this artist is a passionate treat.

Other obvious choices for me are St. Paul and the Broken Bones, a uniquely, bluesy rock I discovered while watching the music-passionate Dave Letterman show. Steely Dan will own me during their set for their legendary harmonies and timeless music (I doubt I can be friends with anyone who doesn’t appreciate them). And to my delight, Sturgill Simpson, who has brought authenticity back to a genre that at times breaks my heart for its shallow commercialism, will be present at both Coachella and Stagecoach, and will be most assuredly loved by both audiences.

Please see full interviews with the bands Milky Chance and Jamestown Revival in this issue.

The Magnificent Seven or Eight not to Hate at Coachella

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he beast is upon us. There is nowhere to hide. A swarm of festive fans are heading to the Polo Fields for another addition of Awesome Sauce in the desert. The line up is set but as of this article, the bands were waiting for the final schedule of when they will take the stage. This year, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will bring bands from far and wide, from continents near and away, sounds from the past and into the future for a cultural class to relish.

It can be overwhelming, even if you’re not going to the fest you still have to know what time to tune in online, through satellite radio or even on your TV this year.

So, here’s a brief overview of seven bands not to miss, even if you don’t know who they are, you want to dismiss these bands from your musical agendas. If God is Love and you love Music, then God is Music, at least according to my logic. These bands will definitely take you to Church and lift to Heaven. May you never be the same…

extraordinary. I rate them with a James Brown Rating of 4.8. There is a reason they’ve sold over a million albums quietly.

Hozier SATURDAY

Fitz and the Tantrums SUNDAY It’s like a soul sermon right out of a Detroit Motown, Church for the Sonic Souls.

This act will blend notes, build lyrics, blast into the chorus only cherubs could sing and then make you dance! I’ve been following Fitz and the Tantrums since 2012, then still only making noise in Silverlake. I saw them do a show after their recent catapult into stardom and they performed like kids at Christmas! Their appreciation for their fans is unyielding. If you are not familiar with hit songs now on the radio such as More Than Just a Dream, Fool’s Gold or Pickin’ Up the Pieces, it is time to educate your ears boys and girls. This is absolutely a must see on your list of who to check out.

Time to get your Crazy Pants on as this American activist, rapper, singer and songwriter from Harlem is set to show you what performance is all about! Known to be outspoken, her New York passion is clear and her talent is as large as the Apple is Big. She is an amazing vocalist often shifting numerous times throughout a song while playing with lyrics in a word play like fashion, with plenty of alliteration and assonance, showcasing her talent as a songwriter and entertainer. She blends hardcore hip-hop with pop and dance and will not disappoint.

Alt-J SATURDAY Shear genius at play coming atcha from Leeds! Distinct vocals (or falsetto yelps) from lead Joe Newman will leave you guessing where such strange intoxicating sounds come from, it’s mesmerizing and highly addictive. Lots of tunes may have been heard in Sons of Anarchy, Weeds, Silver Linings Playbook, The Way, Way Back and the BBC. This is what I listen to when the mood needs to be changed from the dull and ordinary to something instantly

Anyone Wanna Go to Church? Is there anyone who hasn’t heard this hit single Take Me to Church? If you need a cleansing, baptize yourself in the mood and melody of Hozier. Recently, Billboard Magazine referred to Grammy-nominated band as “Coachella’s Cool Kids.” A viral sensation, the title track of his EP went every where, thanks to YouTube. Now the Irish, son-ofa-bluesman, sets to melt your heart on the grand stage. With five hit singles off of their EP, these “cool kids” will shine.

Azealia Banks FRIDAY

Benjamin Booker SATURDAY Prepare to be impressed by this BLUES ROCK singer/ songwriter from Virginia Beach, VA but now calling The Big Easy home. He cites Blind Willie Johnson, T. Rex and The Gun Club as influences. It’s a raw sound with soul infused with blues that will make you want to boogie! You’ll feel the hair stand on the back of your neck as your mind ponders familiar sounds of a garage rock band on the big stage. He plays with intensity and heart that leaves you wondering how will he end this awesome.

Tame Impala FRIDAY Prepare for a journey of mind from Perth, AU. Grammy nominated Tame Impala is a

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psychedelic rock band guaranteed to make you think you are in a parallel universe of some of the great sounds of the 60’s and 70’s. It’s a symphony of sound or as lead singer Kevin Parker puts it, “it’ll sound like a church being stuffed inside a shoebox and then exploded.” The band has opened for The Black Keys and played along side numerous notable acts such as MGMT, The Mars Volta, Kasabian and Yeasayer.

MØ SUNDAY Fresh off of Netherlands #1 song Lean On, this hot Danish recording artist blends electronic, indie pop, soul and alternative dance into the sounds of a perfect summer playlist. She’s the “Breakthrough Artist of the Year” in Denmark a’pop” don’t think this girl can’t bring it, she has guts reminiscent of Siouxsie Sioux and Janet Jackson.

Russ Liquid FRIDAY Is a sonic super nova! The genre box would explode if Mr. Liquid were forced into one. His music defies such simple-minded constraints and instead provides an escape into musical landscapes previously unknown to humanity. You will be transported “on an inter-dimensional adventure to the deepest circles of his musical universe, steering audiences into an expansive world of visceral beats, laced with spiraling instrumental accompaniments, and adorned with melodies that only a masterful improvisationalist could manifest,” as his facebook page states.

Be safe out there, drink plenty of water before, during and after the show and remember, this is COACHELLA, traffic will be heavy, people will be plentiful and parties will be everywhere. Don’t Drink and Drive or forget your sunscreen and sunglasses.

Weather looks to be perfectly designed for this year’s Festival. Enjoy!

2015 Coachella traffic Information

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he Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be held at the Empire Polo Club on April 10, 11 and 12 and April 17, 18 and 19, 2015, at 81-800 Ave 51.

FRIDAY APRIL 10-SUNDAY APRIL 12 AND FRIDAY APRIL 17 - SUNDAY APRIL 19, THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS WILL BE PRIMARY ACCESS ROUTES FOR THE FESTIVALS: · Jefferson St, southbound, from I-10 to Ave 52 · Washington St, southbound, from I-10 to Ave 52 · Monroe St, southbound, from I-10 to Ave 52 · Highway 111 at Jefferson St · Highway 111 at Monroe St · I-10 exit eastbound at Jefferson · I-10 exit eastbound at Monroe ROAD CLOSURES: · Ave 49 between Hjorth St and Monroe St · Ave 50 between Madison St and Jackson St · Hjorth St between Ave 49 and Ave 50 · Madison St between Ave 49 and Ave 52 ALTERNATE ROUTES: · North and South travel, use Washington St, Jackson St, Calhoun St and Golf Center Pkwy · East and West travel, use Fred Waring Drive, Miles Ave, Ave 48 and Ave 54 UBER/TAXI LOCATION: · Ave 49 and Monroe St on the southwest corner inside the venue PARENT DROP OFF AND PICK UP: · Ave 52 and Madison St inside the venue CONTINUED FOR 2015: Absolutely NO PEDESTRIANS OR PEDESTRIAN FESTIVAL ACCESS will be allowed on Monroe St between Ave 49 and Ave 52.

Pedestrian Access IS available at the corner of Ave 49 & Monroe St AND at the corner of Ave 52 & Madison St. Please note that golf carts are not permitted on any of the above-listed streets.

There will be approximately 35,000 guests shuttled into and out of the concert venue from various locations throughout the Coachella Valley to help ease traffic conditions.

For concert questions or problems, please call (760) 541-7800 or email to concertinfo@ indio.org

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MILKY CHANCE Has A Clear Chance at Being a Favorite Coachella Find

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hile these guys have been labeled a “German Folk Duo”, do not let your predeterminations of what that might sound like fool you and keep you from discovering something kind of - well, amazing. In fact, this band would be considered an Americana Roots Alternative had they been born here. Still, the terms “Americana” and “alternative”, being the catch all descriptors they are, may still be too narrow in describing this kaleidoscopic fusion of genres. Call me crazy, but as I listened to “Flashed Junk Mind”, “Running”, Down by the River” and “Stunner”, I swear I heard hints of Everlast and Weezer, mixed with equal parts of Death Cab for Cutie and Mumford and Sons, atop a reggae down beat plucked with bright folk-ecent flair. To some, this may sound as unappealing as spaghetti tacos, but I assure you that it is as tasty and as innovative as the bacon wrapped, cheese and jalepeno, kosher hotdogs…on a pretzel bun.

Milky Chance is made up of Clemens Rehbein (vocals and instrumentals) and Philipp Dausch (production and DJing). Both originating from Kassel, Germany, they have several singles and one album on their own imprint Lichtdicht Records. Their first single, “Stolen Dance”, was released in April 2013, peaking at No. 1 on charts in countries such as Austria, France, Belgium (Wallonia), Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. It also won the 1Live Krone radio awards for Best Single.

The duo’s debut album, Sadnecessary, was released in October 2013 and peaked at number 14 in Germany. SPIN named Sadnecessary their Album of the Week. The band made their TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in October 2014, and also won the European Border Breakers Award that month.

They toured the United States and Canada in late 2014, but as Rehbein explained, it was a very busy couple of weeks. Their tour in America this year, will give them their first opportunity to really “be” here and take in the many parts of the US. CVW: How long have the two of you been playing together?

Rehbein: We met our Junior year in high school. On that first day, you’re looking around the classroom trying to see who’s cool and who’s not…We clicked though. It didn’t take long at all for us to notice that we got along great. We were in a band together that year with other people. We’ve been playing together a little over 6 years now.

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CVW: I hear so many different influences when I listen to your music. Who are your influences actually?

Rehbein: (laughing) There are a lot of influences from the 50’s all the way through the 90’s and throughout the 21st century…

Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, the Beetles... a lot of bands. But we also had a circle of friends back home - everyone is really into music and we would get to jam together. We share a lot of different styles.

That kind of communicating through music is what made us like being musicians.

CVW: You are constantly writing music that is, lyrically, very strong. Do you ever get writer’s block?

Rehbein: Sometimes you have these moments, but then you just have to relax and take your time. Don’t hurry yourself, and just let things go. Ideas come best when you feel comfortable and not stressed.

CVW: With all the touring you’re doing, is it hard for you to continue writing?

Rehbein: Actually, writing on the road has been pretty easy. We’ve been touring three weeks and I’ve finished three songs.

CVW: What can we expect at your Coachella Fest performance?

Rehbein: It will be the three of us, Philipp Dausch and our friend, Antonio. Antonio will be playing guitar, but he will also be playing the blues harp…that’s a special moment in our show for us.

CVW: How has all this success treated you so far?

Rehbein: It’s a situation you dream of. It’s a privilege; not everyone gets this opportunity. It is still surprising to us, so we work hard to give the people something back on stage.

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Jamestown Revival

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amestown Revival is the musical autobiography of two friends, Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, who grew up together in Magnolia, TX. While they ventured at solo careers, they never liked music as much as when they played it together, and as talented as they were, neither did their audiences. Ultimately the two had the audacity to pick up and move to LA when everyone else was migrating to Nashville. With whispers of Creedence Clearwater Revival blending in with the engrained Texas voices of Willie Nelson, the Everly Brothers, Guy Clark and Stevie Ray Vaughn, they each chased a sound that would encompass the South with classic American and Western rock. Together, with a harmony quality and tone that is usually only genetically created, Jamestown Revival, in all their California soaked Texas charm, are going to make you fall in love with them at Coachella.

If Jamestown Revival’s autobiographical, soul grabbing, nakedly honest, first fulllength album, UTAH, makes you like them, their down to earth, comfortable-in-theirown-skin demeanor, will add them to your life long playlist like a couple of old friends.

In order to capture the spirit of the music, the two found a log cabin high within the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The pair, along with their band and engineer, set out to convert it into a temporary recording studio.

With wild moose right outside the window, and aspen leaves spinning in the wind, they tracked the 11 songs that make up UTAH. Performed live, with no headphones, and entirely to tape, the process captured the moments in the room.

CVW: Exactly how and when did you start working together?

Jamestown: We started relatively early, age 21, and toured as separate and solo artists, but when we played together, that’s when we got the best audience reaction.

And I guess you could say we were feeling a little bit uninspired about our solo careers.

CVW: So what made you decide to move to LA instead of what might seem the obvious choice, Nashville?

Jamestown: It really was not a big thought process. There wasn’t a whole lot of deliberation. One day we were like, ‘I kind of think we should move to LA’, and

Cycles of Existential Rhyme and Reason with Chicano Batman

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usic, like life, comes in cycles. We have movements and waves and of course, there is always a scene in the usual cities that tend to recycle cool like plastic. Then, there are those places that are remembered, if not revered, places that may never be an epicenter of trend but are responsible for generations of music, places like East L.A. On the other side of Silver Lake, one band has been continuing the legacy of the old neighborhood- CHICANO BATMAN, playing Sunday at Coachella.

Fresh off a mini-tour with Jack White- yes, these guys are that good and even cooler than you can imagine a band with such a name would be- Chicano Batman will bring their brand of music in two languages (Spanish,

then we were like, ‘Ok, cool! Let’s do it!’ It just seemed like the right thing to do.

CVW: You guys are back in Austin now.

In retrospect, how did that decision work out for you?

Jamestown: It was obviously one of the best decisions we ever made; being we just started the band, it provided us a lot of material to pull from. It was good for us to be away from home, and be uncomfortable.

It was probably the most influential thing we’ve ever done for our musical career.

The combination of the California sound, combined with where we were personally, who we were listening to and what we were writing was all pivotal. We focused on our place in the world there, and it solidified our identity. That is something that has travelled with us even back in Texas now, and will stay with us forever. That is the coolest thing, we really discovered ourselves.

CVW: What has been your favorite part so far?

Jamestown: Selling out the Troubadour for two nights in LA was beyond awesome.

If you would have told us that in three years time, we would do that, we would have called you a liar, and thankfully, you would have made a fool out of us. That made us realize we were doing something that people were really connecting with. Playing the ACL Festival in Austin...growing up in Texas, that was huge for us. Our past tour was incredible as well. We sold out shows in Boston, Washington DC, New York, Seattle, Portland and LA…all across the country, there were people coming out to see us in sold out rooms. We’ve played for years to 20 people. For that to turn into 500…, we can truly say, we are totally appreciative for each and every person in that room.

I still can’t believe we’re playing Coachella! That’s another thing...I would have never thought we were cool enough for Coachella.

English) just to make sure no one misses out on the fun. Their facebook bio reads like a story from a fable about a band that once was yet can still be discovered if you still believe original music exists in the world. According to the facebook: Chicano Batman is your sonic outlet from the monotonous, back into the soul.

Ethnomusicologists in their own right… students of rhythm, globe trotting on a quest to reclaim and represent the musical roots of their past generations. Drawing from a broad range of 60s and early 70s Brazilian bossa nova and samba, spacey psychedelia, slowjam soul with a pinch of surf-rock cumbia, the quartet uniforms their act in retro ruffledtuxedo shirts from a thrift store near you.

Chicano Batman…more than a musical force… an adventurous and opinionated superhero…

I gave Carlos Arevalo, the guitarist, a call the other day to talk more about music, festivals and the meaning of life.

CV: Have you been to Coachella as a fan?

CA: Yeah, it was in the early years, it was half empty, beautiful. I think it was like 2002.

The last year I went was 2007.

CV: What bands are you looking forward to seeing?

CA: St. Vincent, Master Marko, AC/DC, Steely Dan- I have a soft spot for, Anti-Mask, and of course, Jack White.

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CV: What does it mean to you as a musician, band member to be on that stage now?

CA: Wow. It’s such a good place to showcase diversity.

CV: Your blend of music is not common.

Is it more of a challenge not being labeled?

CA: We’re just doing our thing. We’re not worried about that. We want the passion to come through. We’re bilingual which catches some people off guard. But the music transcends. We don’t think about fitting in.

CV: Like a Chicano…Batman?

CA: (He laughs) We’re coming from a soulful place. The root of “Chicano” means mixture. A lot of people can be a “Chicano” Batman. It’s about the roots of who they are, their identity.

CV: There is a lot of emphasis on you guys and racial politics. Is there a message you want to get out to the world?

CA: I don’t think we are in your face political. Our themes are universal- love, heart break, struggles. We like the juxtaposition of the UFW and BATMAN in pop culture. No matter where you come from, what you have

Meet an Electronic Man (of the Year), Matthew Koma

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t might surprise you that this son of a singer/songwriter and self-proclaimed super fan of The Boss, yes, Bruce Springsteen, turned out to be the current Zeus of EDM. He’s seen The Boss over 30+ times, grew up going to Lollapalooza and Warped Tour and claims Elvis Costello as an inspiration. His musical versatility has guided his curiosity and crafted his talent.

He’s worked with Britney Spears, Dillon Francis and Shania Twain just to mention a few of the names he’s crafted songs and sounds with to date. I had the pleasure of interviewing him this week about his upcoming Coachella show, culture and what’s to come.

CV: Is this true or rumor- you started in Punk Rock?

MK: Yeah, it’s all music to me. I don’t like to be put in a box.

CV: Just like Coachella, a fine blend of genre defying music. Is this your first Coachella?

MK: No, but it will be the first time I get to do a full set.

CV: What are you looking forward to being able to do this round?

MK: It’s a chance to put on a full show and give people a clearer picture of what I do.

CV: How did growing up in New York shape you musically?

MK: Growing up in New York, I had so

much access to music, CBGB’s and so many clubs. I played in bands. It influenced me a lot as a singer/songwriter.

CV: How do you define your influences?

MK: Hmm…you know, it’s tough, I think music influences music just like culture influences culture. Collaboration really helped me find my voice in an organic way.

CV: It’s interesting that you say “organic” coming from the EDM world where we don’t often view “electronic” that way.

MK: Working with different musicians and being a fan of music really gives a license to be open. If you listen to mine, or anyone’s Spotify playlists or what’s on their iPod’s, the mix is so varied. I might not subscribe to an artist but still listen to them just the same. Perhaps that’s a less committed fan but I think taste is more open now than ever before. It all leads to unknown genres. It’s all just music, really.

CV: How does collaboration work for you with the artists you’ve recorded with?

MK: It all depends. Each one is different.

I work differently depending on what I’m doing. I adjust. Sometimes I’m writing lyrics or melodies or working with Springsteen, which was a true dream come true, a real honor.

CV: You’ve worked with some greats, for sure, any moments really stand out?

MK: My first radio hit “Clarity” was special. There will never be another first.

CV: What do you want people to know about your music?

MK: Songs are a private journey, small studies. It’s great when people can connect with that emotion even if they don’t know the journey behind it.

CV: What are you working on next?

MK: My record. I’m finishing that soon.

CV: What can we expect from this one?

MK: I feel like I’m really discovering my voice and getting better as a songwriter but I hope to bridge the gap between a lot of genres or ideas about EDM. I want this to be more of a represented body of my work. I want it to serve the EDM community as well as the songwriter community.

CV: What’s the message of your music?

MK: It’s an expression of self, a life journey, it’s sincere and I want people to relate to that emotion from telling stories, the soundtracks of their every day. I want

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had to overcome, we can all be superheroes.

CV: I love the universal message- be a Superhero or better yet, a Chicano Batman!

CA: You don’t have to have a Super-power to impact people positively.

CV: TRUTH! As recognized by Jack White… how was that tour?

CA: Ah, man, it was great. We learned a lot and want to keep that momentum going into Coachella and after.

CV: How has having a manager and a team helped you guys?

CA: It really helped us transition. Red Light is national, high profile. We’re really happy to be part of a team.

CV: Sometimes fans worry when a band starts to be recognized. How are your fans doing?

CA: I think some think we’ll forget about them but that’s not how we think, not what we’re about. We appreciate the support of all our fans. They’re diehard! They’ll keep us grounded as we branch out and bring the world together with our music!

CV: Amen! www.chicanobatman.com

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them to experience it like a great author, sign on board for a journey.

CV: Do you think musicians need to worry as much today about “The Industry?”

MK: I don’t think we need to worry about the industry as much. Make music that is connecting with people is all that’s really important, whether that’s a hundred people or one million.

CV: What’s the importance of festivals like Coachella?

MK: With technology, we’re always in six places at once. Festivals allow us to get lost in the now. I look forward to walking around and seeing the art and discover my next new favorite band. I get to be a fan here as well.

CV: Who will you see?

MK: Ryan Adams, Bad Religion, Jenny Lewis and several surprises.

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Ace Hotel & Swim Club events Presents Desert Gold 2015 F&B Partner Five Leaves to Operate Pop-Up

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very year during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Ace Hotel & Swim Club catches the spirit of celebrating music, art and getting great people together. Their seventh annual Desert Gold- a kaleidoscopic feast of sight and sound and sun worship in the shadow of the San Jacinto Mountains- takes place April 9–20, 2015. Desert Gold offers festival-goers the opportunity to relax, refresh, network and indulge at an inspiring intersection of global creative culture and good party time.

Five Leaves-the masterminds behind the hotel’s newly re-imagined roadside diner King’s Highway-will operate a pop-up kiosk by the pool each weekend during the festival, offering breakfast burritos from 8am to noon and tacos from 11am to 4pm. A 24-hour menu featuring the Five Leaves burger, a Brooklyn favorite, will also be available. In addition to cocktails, beer and wine, LA-based detoxifiers Moon Juice will pop up with a refreshing selection of juices, nut milks and elixirs.

This year, organizers are tipping their hats to dublab radio-a web radio collective that’s been dedicated to the growth of progressive music, arts and culture for the past fifteen years. They’ll be broadcasting pool bangers and patio anthems live at Ace Hotel & Swim Club every day during Desert Gold, as well as curating programming in the Amigo Room both Saturdays of the festival, calling on a diverse musical line-up of friends, mystery guests, eclectic independent labels and far-out record selectors.

LA’s much-loved party crew The Do-Over lands at Desert Gold for the fifth year in a row with resident DJs and special guests, plus Amoeba Records-the world’s largest independent record source-will provide selects from their expertly stocked collection. New York-based artist MOMO helms the annual Commune Wall Mural with a large-scale design inspired by color, space and the transcendent California landscape.

Jud Mongell and chef/partner Ken Addington, the culinary visionaries behind Brooklyn’s beloved Five Leaves and the new food and beverage partners at Ace Hotel & Swim Club, recently revamped the menu of the hotel’s roadside diner King’s Highway. Formerly a Denny’s restaurant, Jud and Ken’s carefully cultivated menu focuses on fresh, locally-sourced ingredients, re-imagining desert diner fare to celebrate the ineffable, bohemian spirit of the wide open West. The Amigo Room, a festive bar featuring artisanal cocktails and craft beers, features dishes that draw inspiration from Oaxaca, Mexico and the diverse flavors of Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Market-driven craft beverages round out the beverage selections, including cocktails on draft, an international wine list and an extensive list of local and foreign craft beers.

“We’re thrilled to partner with Ace Hotel again

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at Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs, and we look forward to the poolside Coachella pop-up,” said Jud Mongell, owner of Brooklyn’s Five Leaves.

“We hope festival-goers will relax and enjoy the new King’s Highway menu and special Five Leaves dishes along with the fun entertainment options.”

King’s Highway and The Amigo Room are open every day from 7am to 11pm, and remain open until 2am on Friday and Saturday. Please visit acehotel.com/palmsprings and follow Ace Hotel on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For reservations call 760.866.6180.

Please find more details about Desert Gold 2015 in the schedule below.

DESERT GOLD 2015 LINEUP Thursdays-April 9 & 16 Amigo Room Reunion with DJ Day + Do Over (10pm–2am) Open to the Public / Free Fridays-April 10 & 17 Swim Club Pool dublab DJ Poolside (12–6pm) Open to the Public/ Free (until capacity met) Hotel Guest/ VIP General Admission with RSVP Friday, April 10 Amigo Room Moon Block Party Event (10pm–2am) Open to the Public / Free Friday, April 17 Amigo Room Stronghold with DJ Journée (10pm–2am) Open to the Public / Free Saturdays-April 11 & 18 Swim Club Pool dublab DJ Poolside (12–6pm) Open to the Public/ Free (until capacity met) Hotel Guest/ VIP General Admission (RSVP) Amigo Room dublab DJ (10pm–2am) Open to the Public / Free Sundays-April 12 & 19 Amigo Room Hit City Presents “A Sunday Kind of Love” (10pm– 2am) Open to the Public / Free Swim Club Pool dublab DJ Poolside (12–6pm) Open to the Public/ Free (until capacity met) Hotel Guest/ VIP General Admission (RSVP) Wednesday, April 15 Moroccan Patio Bart Davenport acoustic set (7–9pm) Open to the Public / Free Monday, April 20 Swim Club Pool DJ Waldo (12–6pm) Open to Hotel Guests Swim Club Day Passes

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Coachella Valley Community Trust events Announces Second Open Call for Academy of Musical Performance The Annenberg Theater at Palm Springs Art Museum Award Winning Musician, Photographer, Chronicler, and Blogger on Architecture and Design Welcomes Moby Grammy

properties and his own contemporary work.

He has written about design, architecture, and architectural preservation for various publications including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vogue and GQ. A Q&A session will follow the discussion. Note: this is not a musical event.

Tickets are $25 and go on sale March 16. They can be purchased online at www. annenbergtheater.org or by calling or visiting the Box Office. Box Office hours are Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more information about the Annenberg Theater at Palm Springs Art Museum please visit psmuseum.org or call (760) 322-4800.

Breaking the 4th Wall

A Stage Review of “August: Osage County”

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ark cannot begin to define Palm Canyon Theatre’s production of Tracy Letts’, play, “August:Osage County”. I don’t recall ever being so enthralled with a play that inspired such a dichotomy of emotion.

I absolutely hated the story, but loved being reminded that good drama does not always come wrapped in a pretty package. This play is drama at it’s very best. And like a bystander watching two trains speed towards each other on the same piece of track I was perversely captivated as I watched the family portrayed in this Pulitzer Prize winning drama, rip each other to shreds.

August: Osage County is the story of the Weston Family. Set in the plains of Oklahoma, the play weaves together the tragic lives of a family that seems hell bent on self-destruction.

Judith Chapman performs the tortured role of drug-addicted matriarch, Violet Weston.

Without even uttering her first line, my eyes were riveted to this character. Chapman’s gutwrenching performance was award winning. A woman filled with such self-loathing that the hate-filled words spill from her lips like shards of glass, cutting and ripping into the flesh of her family. Her alcoholic husband, Beverly, played by the distinguished veteran actor, Jason Lewis, has disappeared and her family comes home in an earnest effort to support Violet during this tragic experience. They find the house dark, with it’s windows covered and taped shut in an effort to block out any sense of time and a reflection of the Weston’s spiraling dysfunction.

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he Annenberg Theater event, “Intersections: A Conversation with Moby,” takes place Sunday, April 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. This engaging discussion with Moby will be moderated by designer Brad Dunning.

Best known for his music as a multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award winner, Moby is also a photographer, chronicler, and fan of architecture and design. His best-selling CD, “Play,” sold over 10 million copies, and he has remixed or produced tracks for David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Daft Punk and many others.

As a talented photographer, he has been taking photographs since he was 10 years old, while his passionate interest in architecture and design has led him to blogging on the subject, which can be viewed at www.mobylosangelesarchitecture. com.

Notably, Moby’s move from New York to Los Angeles has been well-documented where he moved into the Wolf’s Lair, a large fantasy 1920’s house that he restored. Overlooking Lake Hollywood, it has a guest house designed and built in the 1960’s by renowned architect, John Lautner. His passion for Los Angeles architecture is apparent through his blog.

On April 19, Moby will share his thoughts, photography, and architectural discoveries from his trips throughout the world in a conversation with Brad Dunning. Dunning is a designer known for restoration of architecturally significant

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Yo Younger is Barbara Fordham and gives an absolutely breathtaking performance as the eldest daughter and the self proclaimed ‘woman in charge’ as she makes a futile effort to sober up her mother and handle the loss of her father while her cheating husband, Bill, played

by Nick Edwards, succeeds in being portrayed as a more sympathetic character than his wife, despite leaving his family for a college student half his age. Barbara’s vulnerability only making brief appearances until a dramatic final burst of courage propels her out the door for good.

Barbara and Violet are like fire and gasoline.

Explosive and hypnotic as they bite, claw and set each other on fire in one of the most volatile mother/daughter relationships ever written for the stage. Chapman and Younger do not disappoint in their portrayal of these two women. They are both riveting and engaging as they struggle for control of their lives.

Barbara and her sisters, Ivy (Jennifer Bennett) and Karen (Denise Strand) are prime examples of how fractured family relationships

oachella Valley Community Trust (CVCT) announced it will hold the second Open Call on Saturday, May 2, for youth interested in participating in the new Academy of Musical Performance (AMP). Youth who will be completing 6th through 11th grades at the end of June 2015 are invited to perform to be considered for acceptance into the summer program.

“This is a unique program available to our area youth. We had such a positive turnout and exceptional interest at our first Open Call, we are excited to offer the second and final open call for the 2015 summer program,” said Kate Spates, CVCT Board Member and Dean of Promotions for AMP. Academy of Musical Performance is made possible with a grant from Goldenvoice, and is designed to advance the musical abilities of participants. It is a summer camp for students who know the basics of instrumentation and vocals and are eager to perform on stage. It also affords the opportunity for those interested in stage production, audio and visual production, event management and promotion to become involved in those aspects of the program.

On May 2, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., youth musicians and performers are invited to the open call, which will take place at the Indio Performing Arts Center (IPAC). Interested students are encouraged to pre-register for the open call online at http://www.cvcommunitytrust.org/AMP. They may also register in person at the open call, but online pre-registered students will take priority.

A total of 40 students across each of the music, production and promotion aspects of the program will be accepted. Tuition is $1500 per

student and includes lunch and snacks for each day of the program. Scholarships are available to those in need. Music and vocal instructors will also be needed and are encouraged to contact CVCT. Applications for the production and promotion aspects of the program are now being accepted online.

AMP will run four weeks from June 29 through July 24, 2015, taking place at IPAC Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A public concert performance on July 25, 2015 will showcase the talented abilities of the students.

The Coachella Valley Community Trust (formerly the Indio Youth Task Force) is a unique, non-profit organization originally established in 1994 by the Indio Police Department and concerned citizens in an effort to stem gang activity. The organization continues to this day as CVCT networks with more than 100 community based organizations, including school districts, service organizations, local businesses, media, parents, law enforcement, probation, parks and recreation districts, boys & girls clubs, non-profits and religious organizations, all in its mission of fostering productive and responsible young people through effective community collaborations.

For more info about CVCT or AMP, please visit cvcommunitytrust.org or call (760) 863-2333.

By Dee Jae Cox can become. Each harboring secrets that continue to tear at the fabric of this family.

Ivy’s final scene and realization that her dreams of escape have been ripped apart are heart breaking. And Karen’s denial of a devastatingly ugly and horrific truth send her packing down the same dusty and futile road in her search for elusive happiness.

Johanna Monevata, perfectly portrayed by Morgana Corelli, is the only sane and stabilizing force in this chaotic and hypnotic story. As the Native American housekeeper who is hired by Beverly just before his disappearance, Johanna has the responsibility of being a caretaker and an observer in this family drama. Her American Indian roots are planted deep in the Oklahoma soil and Corelli’s performance was both notable and commendable. She is able to stand out in a supporting role that requires her to blend into the background.

Every southern stereotype can be found in August Osage County. The typical sexist belief that men can grow attractive with age, but women cannot. The ‘stand by your man’ attitude even when he cheats and fathers children with other women you stay in the

marriage, cousins dating each other and the decision to stay with a ‘good man’ out of the desperate belief that he is your only hope for happiness, despite his predilections for 14 year old girls.

This cast more than deserved the standing ovation they received at the end of an emotionally exhausting, three act show. Tracy Letts’ writing is superb. His dialogue crackles and sets fire to the stage. J.W. Layne’s set design was one of the best I’ve seen and it fit the script like a glove, the dual level allowing the audience to view what was happening in every room of the house simultaneously. Steve Fisher’s direction painstakingly and beautifully choreographed. There is a cast of 13, some all on stage at the same time in different rooms of the house and yet Fisher’s direction never allows for distraction from whatever scene is predominate at the moment.

August: Osage County needs to be experienced as a live performance. The energy and passion of the story and the characters is lost in film. It is not a play for the faint of heart, but it is quite obvious why Lett’s won the Pulitzer and Tony for this incredible drama.

“August:Osage County”, was performed April 3rd,4th,5th, at the Palm Canyon Theatre, located at 538 North Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. www.palmcanyontheatre.org Dee Jae Cox, is a playwright, director and producer. She is the Cofounder and Artistic Director for The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project and the host of KPTR 1450’s hit radio show, “California Woman 411” in Palm Springs.

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eek #12 of The Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition was an exciting end to the New Year’s edition!

The $100 weekly cash prize for 1st place, fantastic prizes for 2nd and 3rd places, and the new 50% judge vote and 50% audience applause vote, kept the audience on the edge of their seat. Once everyone performed and the anonymous judge vote was tallied and added to the audience applause score, it was Alana Cross who won 1st place and the $100 cash. HOWEVER, because Alana is already in the finals, she agreed to push the 2nd place winners to the finals. In a surprise twist, 2nd place was a tie between Rick Dame and Brandon of Before the Funeral so both moved on to the Grand Finals Wed April 8th. Rick Dame took home 2 movie tickets to the Mary Pickford Theater and Brandon took home $20 to Stuft Pizza and BOTH will now compete in the Grand Finals April 8th for a shot at a 3 day, 2 night trip to Las Vegas from Crater Lake Vodka, a $500 shopping spree at Guitar Center an Artist Development Session with Producer, Ronnie King, an artist spotlight article in Coachella Valley Weekly and a band/artist showcase concert from Morgan James Entertainment.

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so supportive of the other artists: Mike Sick-boy, Mario Estrada, Johnny Carmona, Rick Dame, Gustavo Gonzalez, Kyle Paras, Brandon Richardson, Will Kelly, Alana Cross and Ocean & Me. I hope to see you all April 8th for the Grand Finals! Look for coverage of this week’s event and the announcement of winners in the next issue of Coachella Valley Weekly! SPECIAL THANKS to all of our sponsors: Ronnie King Music, Guitar Center, Crater Lake Vodka, CV Weekly, Morgan James Entertainment, Stuft Pizza, Mary Pickford Theater, Skitzo Kitty and KAM Music Studio.

The next session of the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition will return very soon so make sure to “LIKE” Facebook. com/TiltedKiltOpenMicCompetition for updates! ALL AGES ALLOWED and YOU may compete EVERY week! PLEASE NOTE: Due to our overwhelming number of interested performers, sign in starts at 7pm and will be closed at 7:45pm. BRING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY and FANS and note that the competition usually ends by 10:30pm so be sure your friends and family know to stay until the end to voice their vote!!! For questions or info about sign-up, please see Facebook. com/TiltedKiltOpenMicCompetition or contact creator and host, Morgan James at MorganAliseJames@gmail.com or (714)6511911

Backstage Jazz

Joe Baldino

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We are so lucky to have some of the best musicians in southern California living right here in the desert!

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ne of those is a very talented smooth jazz guitarist by the name of Joe Baldino. This talented artist is just that in every sense of the word. He brings a passion to his artistry with original songs that capture the soul and the emotions and take you on a flight of ecstasy. I’ve been working with Joe Baldino for about a year now and I’ve watched his career taking off. His new CD, The Flow, is going to be produced by A list artist, and producer Brian Bromberg, who will also be playing on his CD along with some surprise guest artists. This will be the second CD for this talented guitarist. He’s currently doing an Indigogo.com ‘crowd funding’ to raise money to produce his CD. If you’d like to help him make his dream come true you can purchase a CD in advance or contribute in any number of ways. Go to www.indigogo.com and type in Joe Baldino.

Joe has an interesting story. He’s from Michigan and he started playing his original music there. His first gig was at an art gallery.

Joe spent the last 7 weeks of his sister’s life with her in the hospital and was with her when she passed over. This shook him to his core and he realized if he was ever going to perform his music he would have to move to Southern California and so he did. He sold or gave everything away and came out in his car. The first 6 months he stayed with friends until they moved. Then he was on his own. He played everywhere and anywhere he could. He played (plays) lot of charity gigs as he likes to give back and the universe has blessed him. (Film producer John Gefrom is planning to make a documentary about Joe and his music.)

He got noticed by Fitz (Jim Fitzgerald) of KJJZ now 103.9 (The perfect blend) who played his music during his show and gave him some Gardens on El Paseo concerts.

This last weekend he performed with his band at a benefit for the Braille Institute.

Guests were treated to 2 glasses of wine and light appetizers for their $12 admission fee.

A seat under the palm trees made the outdoor concert complete and the weather was perfect.

Joe’s band includes, Hans Zermuehlen on keys (he was Joe Cocker’s musical director), Craig Chestnut on drums, Aaron Mason on bass and Gary Metz on sax. Special guest and local favorite Chase Huna sat in with his sax. Joe’s tunes included “Silk” a silky flowing tune, “Mama Mia” a lively flamenco dance tune, “Benny Blues” his bluesy song and finales with “Skippy Joe” the ‘make you move’ song that will be his new release single for radio play (produced by Brian Bromberg with a fully organic recording).

All of Joe’s music is original. He is dyslexic and can’t read music which makes his genius even more spectacular.

Joe currently plays his solo gig with 3 guitars and extensive tracks on Thursdays at Two Bunch Palms spa and numerous winery gigs in Temecula including Europa and Ponte wineries. He will be starting a weekly casino gig in May. His dance card is filling up with private parties and events all over southern California. If you haven’t had a chance to see Joe, you’ll love what you see and hear. Not only is Joe a great artist he is also a really nice guy and that goes a long way in this industry.

Joe Baldino’s star is on the rise!

Local Music Spotlight

By monica morones

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.C., songwriter, audio engineer, and entrepreneur Carlos Cruz also known as 2Toxic, is a man of many talents. A predominant presence in the local Hip Hop scene, Cruz has collaborated with more than a dozen local artists and in my opinion is one of the hardest working artist/producers in the Coachella Valley’s local Hip Hop scene right now. 2Toxic considers himself to be a poet, writing music that comes from the soul. With a growing brand and an upcoming album release later on in the year, 2Toxic keeps it moving making his presence known, spreading his message, and his love of music.

MM: How old are you and where are you from?

2T: I am 27 years old, born in 1987. I was born in Mexicali, Baja California and was brought to the U.S. at the age of 3 by my mother hidden in a car. I was raised in Desert Hot Springs, CA. MM: How did you get into music?

2T: I have always had music around me.

My mother has always been the type to have music playing depending on her mood, and I guess I just picked that habit up throughout the years. Once I found the music which fit my mood, it just so happened to be Hip Hop, Outkast to be exact. I fell in love with poetry and the power of words and it wasn’t until one of my teachers pushed me to release some of my work at poetry readings where I discovered I had a gift. Eventually my poetry turned into songs and I started investing money into producers, compositions, and making my own songs come to life and I’m fortunate enough to still be here after years of working on my craft.

MM: What would you describe as your style?

2T: I would describe my style as “Spontaneous” simply because like I say it is all based on my mood and the situations that life throws my way at the moment. I’m a very expressive character so I love to make my own mood music that others can vibe to.

MM: How did you come up with the name 2Toxic?

2T: The name 2Toxic came about simply by the freestyles and cyphers we had back in school. One of my closest friends came up with the name and started telling other MC’s I was too toxic for them and we just ran with it.

MM: Do you think the Coachella Valley shows support to the Hip Hop music scene?

2T: The Coachella Valley has actually shown a lot of love to the hip hop scene and has presented a lot of resources and opportunities to a lot of artist out here, whether it be through private investors or major club promoters as well as some of our local radio stations who have made attempts to put local music out through the air waves, such as The Block on 97.7

and Da Shop on U92.7 and thanks to the effort of a very good friend of a lot of us, artist “Provoked”. The love and support is still present, we as artist have to do our part as well and take advantage of the opportunities by focusing in on the positive movements in the valley and moving as one unit to make that possible. I hope to reach out to a lot of my peers in the near future for some new ventures and events that will help benefit our movement.

MM: What do you think is your biggest struggle as an artist?

2T: The biggest obstacle as an artist is keeping focus and managing time between building your brand, making music, and living life. Another would be staying positive in the midst of chaos between peers or negativity centered on one self.

MM: Why do you make music?

2T: I make music as an outlet to my emotions whether I’m happy about something and I would like the world to know. I might be very frustrated at a moment and it will be my outlet to vent, my biggest reason is I simply love it!!! And it’s even greater when people can relate to the things I talk about in my music and they reach out. I make music because music is life.

MM: You also write music for singers.

Do you prefer being in the background or up in front?

2T: I will be honest, if I was blessed with the amazing talent that a lot of these singers in the valley have, which is their voice, I would be a singer myself. To answer your question yes, I do write for singers and it’s a very enjoyable way to satisfy my inner singer. I enjoy making music to put out to the world. I’m pleased with my craft whether me in the front line rapping or in the background writing, as long as I know the records that are being made are being made the way they were meant to be heard and people can feel the emotions we go through to make it happen.

MM: You collaborate with a lot of artists! How important is it to you to work with others and support others in your

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same genre?

2T: Working with other artists is always important as well as staying connected through networks. I enjoy the world of music in its entirety and can acknowledge someone’s talent. You better believe if I think you are talented I will let you know by extending an invitation to work with me on any of the projects I have going on at the moment. Supporting other artist is very crucial, for the simple fact that we as artist know how hard the path in this music business is. It takes teams and units to move forward, so since we are all from the same place we need to show our peers more love and encouragement to keep moving as we would love them to do the same.

MM: You recently released a mixtape called The Exodus featuring 21 tracks of collaborations with many local artists.

What was your goal with this mixtape?

2T: Exodus is by far one of my favorite projects to date, and yes it does include a lot of collaborations with my fellow peers.

The goal and vision I had with this project was to showcase the talent that is out in this valley, while showcasing my abilities as a song writer and engineer. Ultimately the goal was to make Exodus the showcase of versatility that I possess and keep people’s attention on the project without skipping a

song. I pour my heart into my projects and the goal is for people to catch a little of me through my music.

MM: What do you think sets you apart from all of the other MC’s out in the world trying to be heard?

2T: One thing that sets me apart from other MC’s in the world is simple, I’m just being me. My story is unique, there is only one of me, and I have no filters when it comes to the topics I choose to touch on when I’m creating my music.

MM: Can you explain why some MC’s don’t like to be called rappers?

2T: MC’s create an atmosphere in which sets a mood to an event or project, hence the title “Master Of Ceremonies”. Now a rapper can rhyme and slap words together and make a club song or do straight “Bars”.

The difference in my opinion lies in the composition and effort that it takes either to make a record or song, as well as the feeling you receive from both. An MC can tell a story over the most complex to the simplest beat out there and have people follow a message compared to just bobbing to a beat with random thoughts put together.

Biggest difference has to be the emotion and passion dedicated to the craft.

MM: What does the rest of 2015 look like for 2Toxic?

2T: 2015 looks like it promises many blessings, much growth and improvement.

Many projects will be out this year starting off with a collaborative project with The PharmTecs called Toxic Pills and by the end of the year I will be releasing my album Toxicology. Many big events are in the works, partner ventures and a growth in the brand “2Toxic Music” will be in full effect 2015.

MM: Where can we hear your music?

2T: You can find my music on Soundcloud. com, Reverbnation.com, Audiomack.com, also I have 3 singles out on iTunes, Spotify, and all major online markets. All you have to search for is 2Toxic.

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STIFF LITTLE FINGERS

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he band Stiff Little Fingers has been a going concern since they formed in 1977. This is mostly due to the perseverance of vocalist/lead guitarist, Jake Burns.

The original trio of Jake Burns, guitarist Henry Cluney and bassist Ali McMordie started off playing in cover bands until they discovered Punk Rock. They took their name from a Vibrators song, and came together in their hometown, Belfast, Ireland at the height of the “Troubles.”

SLF worked their way through grimy Punk clubs and pubs until they signed with Chrysalis Records, who marketed them as Ireland’s answer to the Clash. Right from the drop they offered explosive melodies, coupled with politically charged lyrics. Original songs like “Suspect Device” and “Alternative Ulster,” called attention to the inherent violence of Ireland’s on-going civil war. They also offered a trenchant take on Bob Marley’s Rasta murder ballad, “Johnny Was.” Although they cycled through drummers like Spinal Tap, SLF’s initial run from 1977 until they broke up in 1983 saw the release of four excellent studio albums, Inflammable Material, Nobody’s Heroes, Go For It and Now Then. They also issued an incendiary live record, Hanx.

By the late ‘80s the band had re-formed with Dolphin Taylor behind the drum kit.

Before they could record a new studio album, Ali McMordie quit the band and ex-Jam bassist, Bruce Foxton took over for the next 15 years.

While SLF mostly made their living on the road, they sporadically released studio albums, (Flags And Emblems, Get A Life, Tinderbox and Hope Street) in the ‘90s that never quite captured the urgency of their early recordings. Henry Cluney left the band in 1993 and was replaced by Ian McCullum. In 1998, Dolphin Taylor quit and Steve Grantley

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The 2nd Annual Rancho Mirage Tour of Artists Homes & Studios Saturday, April 18, 2015. This will be an Exciting Event!

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took over drum duties.

Their last studo album, Guitar And Drum, was released in 2003. Five years later, the band was prepping new songs to record when Jake Burns turned 50. Taking stock and reevaluating his life, Burns decided his newest compositions felt very rote and “by the numbers.” He scrapped most of the songs, stripped a couple to their bare bones, and set about crafting a new album.

Without relying on a record company, Stiff Little Fingers partnered with Pledge Music and asked their fans to finance the new album. Within 12 hours they had reached their budget goal. By the end of the pledge, the band had realized 300% of their budget, allowing them to take their time in the studio.

Because Steve Grantley is the only Stiff Little Finger currently residing in the U.K., (Ali McMordie is in New York, Jake Burns lives in Chicago and Ian McCallum is in Los Angeles), they decided to make the album in the U.S. They scheduled the recording in January, so L.A. seemed like the most temperate location.

The result is their 10th album, No Going Back.

A pummeling back beat and scabrous guitars collide on the opening track, “Liar’s Club.” The melody is a cosmic cousin to Neal Hefti’s classic “Batman” theme. All that’s missing is a few well placed “POWs” “BAMs” and “ZONKs”.

The lyrics are a cogent denunciation of George W. Bush and Tony Blair’s cozy complicity in the ramp up to the Iraq war.

“You still stand there, repeating all your lies chapter and verse, and public opinion washes over you/You stand there grinning like a clown, while we stand watching so ashamed of you/You had our faith and let us down.”

Jake Burns’ power as a songwriter has always been his ability to wrap socially conscious lyrics in taut, hook-filled melodies.

Like Mary Poppins adding a spoon full of sugar to make the medicine go down. He continues that tradition on four tracks, “Full Steam Backwards,” “I Just Care About Me,” “Good Luck With That” and “Since Yesterday

Was Here.”

“Full Steam…” is anchored by thundering bass lines and a pile-driving rhythm. Crunchy power chords intertwine with darting rhythm guitar. The lyrics address the banking crisis that paralyzed much of the world in 2008.

Millions of people lost everything while the banking industry walked away with a slap on the wrist.

“So you knuckled down until you lost the job, you ended up just another sorry sod/And all your money well it simply drained away, it’s the end of your career, now it’s over and you’re out on your fucking ear/And all the people who did this have gone away with a big payday.”

The sunny, Glam-tastic guitars and sharp martial cadence on “I Just Care About Me,” belie lyrics that lament the plight of the 99%. Burns rails against the privileged and indifferent 1%. “The wealthy ostracize us, close their windows, just drive by us/Hold themselves in high esteem, and don’t forget their mantra: “Me! Me! Me!” “Good Luck With That” is powered by roiling bass lines, a breakneck beat and crackling guitar riffs that recall both The Sweet and Thin Lizzy. Jake Burns easily inhabits the skin of a venal Wall Street douche. “Gimme all your pension and I’ll make you rich/I’ll invest your cash for you, You’ll do what I tell you to.”

Propelled by a “Johnny Comes Marching Home Again” tempo and pin-wheeling guitars, “Since Yesterday Was Here” questions the efficacy of protest. “So Northern Ireland or Vietnam, pick your cause and make your stand and fight for what you think is right/ We got peaceful protest once again, You can occupy Wall Street and Number 10 and they still won’t give a damn.”

Two songs, “My Dark Places” and “Guilty As Sin” are more personal. On the former, fleet fretwork and rubbery bass fills connect with a rock steady beat. Here Burns candidly explores his own bout with depression, acknowledging every day is a struggle. “The

days look brighter now, yet I know someday somehow I could end up back there in an instant.”

Pennywhistle and strumming acoustic guitars gently wash over the deceptively sweet melody of the latter. The lyrics are a stinging indictment of pedophile priests and the Catholic Church’s role in the cover-up conspiracy.

Every song on No Going Back is a winner, but the two stand-out tracks are “One Man Island” and “Trail Of Tears.” Over triple-time percussion and Tilt-A-Whirl guitars, “One Man Island” offers a vitriolic take on our increasing insularity. Burns sneers and snarls, vowing to never “become a one man island.”

The instrumental break is a take-no-prisoners combo platter of strafing guitar and walloping drums.

Finally “Trail Of Tears” begins slowly, as bagpipe-y riffs give way to Punky power chords and shards of feedback. Here Burns offers a bitter denunciation of the continued oppression of the American Indian. He also takes aim at America’s short-sighted views on immigration. Adopting the voice of the oppressed he offers this philosophical nugget to the oppressors. “Who checked your papers to build this country, Who gave permission for you and not me?/Think back on it, land is the land and it was always free, before you no one had papers, they would simply ‘be’.”

Other interesting songs include the easy skank of “Don’t Mind Me,” and the earnest “Throwing It All Away,” written by Ian McCullum. The album closes the blistering anthem of optimism, “When We Were Young.”

It’s unfortunate that Stiff Little Fingers has never been as venerated as peers like the Clash and The Jam. Both those groups were placed on musical pedestals way back in the ‘80s. Green Day will soon be inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, ironically, they have cribbed their entire sound from the SLF playbook.

Not only is No Going Back a contender for album of the year, it’s easily the most assured effort of Stiff Little Fingers’ career.

his year 8 Artists who live in Rancho Mirage will have their homes & studios open to the public.

Meet the artists in their own creative environments, see how they create their art, hear their passion. In addition, for one day only, there will be a “Pop-Up” Gallery at the Rancho Mirage Public Library, where 7 additional Artists will have their work on display.

The 8 Artists who will have their homes & studios open include: John Henebry, Photographer Shannon Hogan, Painter Gary Kott, Painter & Sculptor Elaine Mathews, Painter Mario Pikus, Painter & Sculptor Jean Range, Painter Jim Riche, Photographer Rita Steffen, Painter Videographer & Filmmaker, Alan Carvalho of Cambridge Video, will once again document the Event with interviews with each of the 8 Artists at their homes & studios (as well as aerial views of their homes & gardens). See YouTube for the 2014 Video “Rancho Mirage Artist Homes Tour” by Alan Carvalho.

The 7 Artists whose work will be on display at the Library include: Nancy J. Camm, Painter Thomas A. Courbet, Photographer John Henebry, Photographer Becky Jayne, Painter Mandy Main, Painter Alicia Rodriguez, Colored Pencil Thomas E. Whalen, Pen & Brush Ink The Creator & Organizer of the Rancho Mirage Artists Tour is Rebecca Pikus, and the Sponsor of the Event is the Rancho Mirage Cultural Commission: David Bryant, Joyce Virtue, Susan Cook, Julie Childers, Suzanne Matthews, and the Rancho Mirage Public Library & Rancho Mirage City Hall.

On Saturday, April 18 the event kicks off at the Rancho Mirage Public Library (on Hwy 111) at 11:00am -- there will be a Presentation, Registration (art tourists will be given a Lanyard), Maps of the Artists Homes, and a short Documentary Film by Alan Carvalho of the Artists & their Artwork will be shown. Registration is open from 10:30am - 4:30pm at the Library. The 8 Artists Homes & Studios will be open from 12:00noon - 5:00pm.

10:30am Pre-Registration (Late Registration until 4:30pm) 11:00-11:30am Presentation, short documentary Film, Registration, Tour Maps 12:00pm-5:00pm Artists Homes & Studios will be open (each Artist will provide Refreshments) For more info, contact the Rancho Mirage Public Library at (760) 341-7323 The entire event is Free to the Public!

Painting by Gary Kott

Painting by Jean Range

Painting by Nancy J. Camm

Photography by Jim Riche

Mask Art by Sharon Hogan

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ou may be familiar with the incredible ability of dogs to detect odors way beyond our human capability. Dogs are used to detect drugs and explosives in airports, they help our military in combat detect land mines, and they valiantly work in search and recovery efforts to find missing people. Service dogs give epilepsy sufferers advance notice to prepare for a seizure. Now new research shows they can play a significant role in sniffing out one of the most insidious human diseases – cancer.

Anecdotes abound of animals that sense when their owner has a serious illness.

Before the medical professionals diagnosed my sister-in-law with breast cancer, their family dog Danny, suddenly began lying close by her side, a shift in behavior that was not understood at the time. During Deana’s long illness, this sweet Spaniel mix, became a constant comfort, carefully arching his body around her as she lay in her hospital bed.

Dogs may not be the only creature with this ability. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

cause of cancer related deaths in women, and currently no effective screening exists for its detection. The dogs are exposed to tissue and blood samples taken from healthy individuals and those with ovarian cancer. The dogs receive a reward when they alert on the cancer sample. One of the participating dogs, a Labrador, detected the ovarian cancer sample 100 percent of the time.

In another study, dogs were able to detect with 99 percent accuracy whether a breath sample came from a patient with lung or breast cancer. The day is coming when dogs’ scent abilities are an accepted cancer screening method. Imagine that soon doctors will be able to take breath samples during routine physical exams, and

A dog Named Two Come visit me and I’ll tell you how I got my name. I am a charming 1-yr-old little Gentleman waiting to meet you at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus. At 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 3433644. Dog ID#1166987.

MEET KaTniss!

Please have Katnip waiting when I arrive at your house! Come get me now at the Coachella Valley Animal Shelter, 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 343-3644.

10-mo-old female, Cat ID#1184748. rcdas.org

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send them to a lab for testing by dogs to screen for cancer.

In one of the largest studies in world, dogs were able to detect prostate cancer by smelling urine samples with 98% accuracy.

Scientists may soon ask, which is the better cancer detector... a laboratory or a Labrador Retriever?

Animal lovers know that a wonderful dog in your home keeps you happier and healthier. Now we are learning of yet another way these marvelous creatures save lives with their instinct, intelligence, and sensory abilities. jmcafee7@verizon.net

by Rick Riozza

Wines that Rock! @ Debbbie Lee’s Classic Creations

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o what happens when the unstoppable force of a wine steward who heads a thousand labels meets up with the immovable presence of a wine gal who carries the best rock n’ roll array of wines around town?

Well—I guess physics aside, they both exist in a loving wine world. And so it is that the lovely and bubbly Debbie Lee—owner of her eponymous Classic Creations gift shop— fashions a fun and inventive selection of gift baskets and more at her Rancho Mirage Marketplace location. Just a few doors down from Pavilions (soon to be Haggen Market), her shop has been around since late 2013.

I first met Debbie Lee when she came over to Pavilions to browse some wine. Catching her reading the labels was a clear indication that she was a wine gal and we quickly made conversation. I had been in her shop previously but had only met her assistant, Nelson. I saw the display of wines with rock n’ roll labels— thought it was cool and have enjoyed ever since referring my wine customers with eclectic tastes to check-out her line.

But Debbie’s is first and foremost a gift shop. And she specializes in custom crafted gift baskets for all occasions. You can see where the “wine” aspect came in where bottles of wine are often desired and included in the craft. Of course the sky’s the limit with what can be included in the gift carriers— from jams, jewels to jollies.

Debbie first began her gift/basket business on-line around 2009. Anyone interested in her featured projects and selections can go online at Betterthanfruit.com to check out her collection; then come by the shop to actually see and feel one’s way around. Debbie personally constructs her baskets, and, as she puts it, “the customers name their own price”.

An active member of the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce, her business was just named the Small Business of the Year Award for 2015. Often times she’ll showcase the work of artists and artisans with their specific items available for purchase. Debbie is also on-board with food and wine tastings.

I mentioned to her about perhaps planning a rock n’ roll wine tasting event at her place— where we can all experience and enjoy tasting these new wines on the market. “Sounds good to me!” she responded.

Covering the Wines that Rock Wine Company at various events previously, I recall them claiming to be “The Official Wine of Rock ‘n Roll”. Their website states, “As passionate wine lovers and die-hard music fans, Wines That Rock is creating its own category in the industry—“Great Tasting Wines Inspired by Music”. Debbie utilizes the portfolio of this very “green” and eco-friendly Mendocino County wine company that continues to apply sustainable vineyard practices.

No doubt her line up of wines and

vintages thereof will vary from time to time, but currently she has the following wines on display for both arts & crafts, and, for your quaffing enjoyment: 2012 Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromas of black currant and cherry are followed by rich flavors of cassis, toasted vanilla bean, and hints of chocolate. Winery notes: Listening to Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon on his iPod, Winemaker Mark Beaman ventured into new territory in winemaking. To capture the intense, brooding, timeless character of Pink Floyd’s masterpiece album he turned to Cabernet Sauvignon, a classic varietal with a deep, complex character that takes a relaxed environment to fully appreciate.

2013 Woodstock Chardonnay. An enjoyably eclectic mixture of rich pear, mineral, and papaya aromas are followed by fresh flavors of Asian pear, citrus, and tropical fruit on the finish, or, as our winemaker likes to say, “sunshine in a bottle.”

2012 Rolling Stones Forty Licks Merlot.

Winery & Tasting Notes: To capture the essence of Forty Licks, the 40 tracks that cover the Rolling Stones’ career, Winemaker

Mark Beaman chose to work with Merlot.

This varietal captures the comfort of turning to a solid classic that stands the test of time.

Much like the band itself, Mendocino County winemaking stays true to its roots with a consistent and confident character not caught up in fads or trends The Merlot captures the attitude of Mendocino County’s style. Aromas of cherries with hints of apricot are followed by bright flavors of raspberry and strawberry and a creamy black cherry-vanilla finish. This dry red wine is a fine match for herb-roasted chicken, grilled beef or smoky chili.

2011 The Police - Synchronicity Red Wine Blend – “Quite literally, this wine represents and manifests the notion of ‘Synchronicity’ as it was interpreted by The Police with their classic album and this wine’s namesake. The term “synchronicity”, Sting’s magnetic vocals and the theme of light and dark in the music were the main influences on Mark while making the wine. The playful, seductive, and haunting union of Carignane, Zinfandel, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Grenache and Viognier make this wine a compelling and delicious study.

“Aromas of fresh rose petals and wild berries. Flavors of juicy strawberry, bright raspberry, with a lush lingering finish. The Grenache and Viognier definitely lighten up the heavy hitters making this a delicious, approachable, and very food friendly wine.”

Definitely wines to rock on with! Cheers!

Join Debbie Lee’s email list to receive special offers and new subscribers get 20% off their next order. Debbie Lee’s Classic Creations 36101 Bob Hope Dr, Suite D-4 Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 (760) 424.8502

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just reported on a fluffy white cat named Leo who literally saved the life of his newly adopted owner, Barbara Bowman. The new pet loved to sit on her lap, but he began to gravitate and paw at the same area on one of her breasts. This odd behavior prompted her to schedule a mammogram which confirmed she had stage three breast cancer. Barbara believes Leo saved her life and gratefully explains, “I never would have noticed the lump if it weren’t for Leo!” Many of these stories have a similarity in that a dog became acutely interested in a certain targeted area of their human’s body.

Dina Zaphiris, a Los Angeles dog trainer and medical scent detection expert, trains dogs to smell cancer. She explains their unique connection to helping people, “Dogs and humans co-evolved, very few species have done that, and our survival depended on each other.” Dogs can smell things in parts per trillion. For example they can smell one drop of blood diluted in 20 Olympic size swimming pools.

Current research is underway at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine that may lead to a breakthrough using dogs to detect ovarian cancer. This cancer is the fifth leading

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The Pampered Palate simon kitchen+Bar at Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs

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ith spring upon us, many of our valley’s best restaurants have modified their menus to allow for seasonally available ingredients. Butternut and Tahitian Squash soups have been replaced with chilled Gazpachos. Prepare to see more pineapple and mango instead of citrus and pomegranate. At the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs, Simon Kitchen and Bar (created by celebrity Chef Kerry Simon, also known as, “Rock n’ Roll Chef”) has introduced some new menu items showcasing some of the freshest seasonal ingredients available. Recently, I was fortunate to have met Executive Chef Jeremy Saccardi and try some of his new creations.

Many of the menu items are intended to be shared as, “Social Plates” and several are intended to be individual entrees; however you choose to enjoy your meal, every dish will be bursting with flavor! Among the shared appetizers, our group shared Wok Charred Edamame with a touch of lime. These little bean pods had a mild smoky spice coating that made them unique and addicting.

One of the table’s favorites was the Veal Meatballs “Parmigiana”. This interpretation of an Italian classic had our mouths watering for more! These tender veal meatballs were coated in panko bread crumbs and fried golden brown before being served with fresh burrata mozzarella cheese and rapini.

A crunchy exterior with a tender, meaty center perfectly complimented the creamy mozzarella.

My favorite small plate was the Tuna Tiradito. Presented before us was a thin layer of fresh tuna, prepared much like a carpaccio.

It was topped with little beads known as, “lime caviar” showing off chef’s knowledge of molecular gastronomy. For texture and flavor, the dish was completed with avocado and pieces of crunchy popcorn. I have yet to see a similar dish presented in this valley and the chef certainly knows how to combine unique flavors and textures.

Flatbreads have become increasingly popular among many, “farm to table” restaurants because it allows for chefs to combine several seasonal ingredients in a dish that everyone loves. Who can say no to pizza? Well flatbreads are just a fancy name for pizza and I am a huge fan! The Wild Mushroom Flatbread is paired with asparagus, walnut pesto, and little bites of cabrales blue cheese, a Spanish cow’s milk blue cheese rich in flavor.

The entrées are great to enjoy individually but I preferred sharing each dish, experiencing many different flavors while getting to know new friends. The Double-Cut Pork Chop was reminiscent of the home cooked pork chops and applesauce my grandmother made for us

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growing up. The pork was tender, served with a bacon and apple relish that combined both sweet and savory.

Another favorite of mine, that I will likely order every time, is the Shrimp n’ Grits. Fresh rock shrimp with a crisp cornmeal coating, served with creamy grits and chunks of ham.

This dish has got to be one of their most popular items as it is like popcorn shrimp taken to a much higher level. The shrimp were crunchy with a little spicy kick to them, you are certain to love them.

With all that food, one would certainly understand if I had passed on dessert, but that was not going to happen after seeing the Mixed Berry Cobbler being served to the table with a scoop of crème fraiche ice cream. The cobbler is made with a little grand marnier and meyer lemon. I think I will do myself a favor and begin with dessert on my next visit

so that I may actually finish for once.

If you have not yet visited the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs, now is the perfect time to do so. The lobby is covered with pictures and memorabilia of Rock and Roll history, and the pool is the place to be on these 90+ degree days. Get your closest friends together for a night on the town and make your first stop at Simon Kitchen and Bar, located at 150 South Indian Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs. Visit them at www.hrhpalmsprings. com or call 760-969-6645

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The Slice in Rancho Mirage

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ometimes a restaurant’s name can be deceiving. That would be the case with The Slice Restaurant.

Until last week, when I had the pleasure of dining there I had always thought it was “just” a pizza place. Much to the contrary, it is actually a full menu, Italian restaurant, and a very tasty one I might add.

My husband and I went on a busy Thursday night when the wait staff was bustling about making sure to attend properly to each table. We were seated immediately and given menus and water, along with a wine menu. We shared a bottle of cabernet while enjoying the basket of fresh bread that was placed before us.

We decided to split a Caesar salad while trying to make the big decisions on our main entrees. The lettuce was crisp and the dressing not overdone, which I always appreciate.

As we perused the menu there were so many items to choose from that I asked our friendly waiter, Pablo, what he recommended, as I was trying to decide between the vegetable lasagna, salmon risotto, or build my own pasta with the meatballs and marinara. He suggested the salmon risotto and described it in delicious detail. Then the owner, Jack Srebnik, came

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over and talked me into the meatballs, but with the Bolognese sauce, which is what I chose. Who was I to argue with the owner?

And of course Jack was right on point.

The sauce was delicious on top of the penne that I selected for my “build your own pasta” dish. The best way for me to measure an Italian restaurant is how good their meatballs are. These were flavorful, tender and moist. I definitely made the right choice, but I look forward to returning to try the salmon risotto that Pablo boasted about.

My husband went for the “build your own pasta” also, and decided on the fettuccini alfredo, with sausage and asparagus. I insisted on a bite of the sausage and it was tasty enough for me to want to go back and try a sausage pizza.

Even though we were full, I had to try the tiramisu. The moist texture and the frosting

on top made it one of my favorites.

There are a few things that I must point out that impressed me about dining at the Slice: freshly grated parmesan cheese on top of my pasta, all sauces are fresh (with the exception of the marinara) and are made to order on the spot, the service is great and the prices are affordable.

The Slice is a restaurant where you can bring the whole family, dine with friends or enjoy a date night out. While they don’t have fancy white linens, the quality of the food and service reflect a restaurant that does. I appreciate a delicious meal with a quality wine list that doesn’t gauge my pocketbook.

I also must note that Jack goes to each table to check on every diner like they were a guest in his home. He also is the co-owner of Maracas Mexican restaurant next door, and it was interesting to watch him go back

and forth during our time there to give the patrons at both restaurants the same attention. Almost every diner there called him by name, but more importantly, he knew their names.

I highly recommend The Slice located at 72775 Dinah Shore Dr. in Rancho Mirage, conveniently located right off the 10 freeway at the Monterey exit by the Rancho 16 theatres. 760-202-3122.

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GREAT FILMMAKERS: FRITZ LANG

Around 1918, Berlin film mogul Joe May assigned Lang and actress Thea von Harbou to adapt the latter’s novella “The Indian Tomb” into a screenplay. Lang began a long personal and professional relationship with Thea, whom he eventually married.

Thea was the source for Lang’s most celebrated films, including METROPOLIS (1927) and M (1931). The latter, about a child killer, made Peter Lorre an international star.

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orn in Vienna in 1890, Fritz Lang was encouraged to be an architect or engineer by his father, who owned a successful construction company. After a brief stint in a technical school, Fritz ran off to Munich and Paris to study art and be a painter.

He traveled throughout Europe, Asia and North Africa and at the start of World War I returned to Vienna to enlist in the army. Severely injured in the war, he wrote several screenplays while recuperating. Still shell-shocked, he returned to Vienna where he acted briefly in the theater and then got a job as a writer in a Berlin production company.

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Lang wanted to direct “Indian Tomb” himself but was considered too inexperienced and May took the reigns and assigned 300 workmen to build sets on his 50 acre Maytown Studio. The resulting three and a half hour epic starring Conradt Veidt is still considered a landmark in German cinema.

When the new Nazi regime banned the exhibition of Lang’s TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, he left Germany and came to

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America after a brief stay in Paris.

Initially under contract to MGM, Lang directed numerous American films, including westerns and intense film noirs, over the next 20 years. By the 1950s, the film biz was in economic decline and the detail oriented, artistically opinionated Lang had acquired a “difficult” reputation.

In the late 50’s, the monocle Lang, his eyesight failing, returned to Germany and made THE INDIAN TOMB and THE TIGER OF ESCHANPUR (1959), which were the first films, he wanted to direct (and which he co-authored almost 40 years earlier!).

Previously available in America only as a heavily edited 90 minute condensation on video titled “Journey to the Lost City,” these newly restored, full frame (as photographed), digital transfers of this two-part story is much more than a gloriously colorful comic book adventure that’s reminiscent of serialized cliffhangers. It would be unfair to detail the plot, but the story centers on western architect Harald Berger called to India by the Maharajah of Eschanupur to repair and remodel the royal palace. Berger falls in love with temple dancer Santha, although she is promised to the Maharajah. Already troubled with a scheming brother and a potential revolt of his subjects, the Maharajah sees their love as a further betrayal. Numerous complications ensue for the embattled lovers. The only American actor is Debra Paget in the eye-popping role of temple dancer Santha.

What make these two epics so fascinating are the stark visionary cinema style and the multitude of themes -- especially human loneliness -- that were so dominant in his art and life. But even more than that, here’s a director who chose to go back 40 years and make his first screenplay his next to last film.

The pace is admittedly and intentionally measured and the sets are obvious, and multilayered. The lighting is much more in the old German tradition of illuminating the set and not just the actors. Complex color harmonies abound within and from sceneto-scene. And the entire enterprise has an operatic feel that adds to the sense of mythic fable that underscores everything.

Lang’s deep personal interest in architecture is beautifully visualized in the elaborate and stunning sets that allow for innovative camera placement to maximize the sense of grandeur.

The architect/engineer hero (Lang’s early but abandoned education in similar fields) eventually explores the decaying, lowest, ancient underground levels of the palace where the “living dead” are kept in darkness.

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The Future of Humans and Their Temporary Home

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In the same manner, the director seems intent on underscoring the subtext rather than the surface plot.

There’s a continuing theme that suggests the destructive power of erotic desire. It’s no accident that Debra Paget’s nearly naked temple dance is what’s most remembered by those who have seen this film. But more than that, according to Lang expert Tom Gunning (“The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity”) there’s the “illusion of power that always undermines any character who believes he’s in control.”

This is the philosophical epitaph of a dark visionary and mature, world-class filmmaker.

As dazzling as it is to look at, this exotic adventure with its kitschy eroticism seems to be saying something much more interesting that the Indiana Jones-like story on its surface.

Lang’s fatalism permeates every frame of this tale. All characters are defeated in their plans for revenge, escape or power and the gods remain indifferent. Lang seems to be focused on intentionally preaching a provocative message that demands a response: Is there wisdom in resignation? Can we control our destiny?

Filmed in German on location in the province of Rajastan, India, the location certainly nuances the film. A fine English dub is available on an alternate audio track. 1,000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE (1960) was Lang’s last film. His career had come full circle. When he died in Beverly Hills in 1976, he was blind.

This is part of an ongoing series of great filmmakers that will appear at random times when there are no significant new films to review. robinesimmons@aol.com

he Earth is a wonderful home. It’s beautiful and filled with amazing creatures. As if perfectly designed for human beings, everything we need for life is here. However, in The Next Species: The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man (Simon & Schuster, 336 pages), author Michael Tennesen shows how the planet’s history may reveal our extinction.

If you treasure the air you breathe and the ground you walk on, this book is an important read. It is also entertaining, fascinating and terrifying. But hope is also present as human nature seems to seek a permanent place in the universe.

Tennesen gives a clear and cohesive overview of how the human race began and where it is today. He starts with past extinctions which affected the planet and ultimately brought about human beings.

He traveled all over the world visiting scientists, talking to experts and examining evidence.

There were five extinctions prior to our age: The Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous. Tennesen shows how these extinctions made way for new and different life forms.

The Permian event destroyed 96 percent

The Next Species

By Michael Tennesen non-Fiction of all species with a supervolcano 251 million years ago. It laid down the elements for dinosaurs. The Cretaceous wiped out 76 percent of species 65 million years ago after an asteroid struck the planet making way for mammals and humans.

Quickly connecting the ancient dots,

Tennesen delivers an easy to follow scientific look at our changing planet and the chemical compounds that came to fruition to enhance life or destroy it. With an understanding of what shaped life on Earth, he moves to the lineage of humans.

Writing that modern man is the planet’s most successful creature, Tennesen reports that the population growth of Homo sapiens has reached its zenith. The population in A.D. 1 was about 200 million.

In 2011, it was seven billion and by 2024 it is predicted to reach eight billion. If the growth rate continues, the population could reach 27 billion by 2100. And that is more inhabitants than the Earth can sustain.

Looking at social trends, wild life, agriculture and the oceans, Tennesen points to dangerously growing and irreversible damage caused by human beings that, if not stopped or reversed, will lead to the sixth extinction.

Tennesen also considers the possibilities of what could happen to humans after extinction or just before. There is a chapter on the colonization of Mars. This isn’t speculation on his part, but actual plans that are in place. Turns out, Mars is a oneway ticket! He also discusses altering our genetic code and Artificial Intelligence as ways humans might live on in other forms or dimensions.

In conclusion, Tennesen says that humans are capable of modifying their behavior and that, if the whole planet would cooperate, it is still possible to push back population models, protect natural resources and rebuild ecosystems.

Tennesen believes no single cause will eliminate humans.

However, even if man can get his shit together, there is still the looming possibility

of extinction from multiple causes that include climate change, disease, lack of resources and Earth being hit by a meteor.

Anyway you look at it, humans have between 100 to 10,000 years before they change or become extinct. Ultimately, the planet will live on -- with or without us.

The Next Species is not doom and gloom or alarmist. In fact, I found it enlightening and positive. Author Tennesen is a science writer. He asks good questions and gives solid, well-explained and researched answers. He reports with wit and optimism and draws thoughtful conclusions.

My favorite idea Tennesen reports on is the “rewilding” of Earth. Reintroducing animals – or their close cousins – back into nature can rebuild ecosystems. This plan includes freeing lions, cheetahs, camels and elephants in Texas.

For the most part, Tennesen doesn’t have an agenda – other than he clearly loves all living things and wants to see humans survive. He vividly paints a vibrant picture of our planet’s past and it’s future. For me, this is the best synopsis of our planet’s biological history and the best big picture view of the threat to human existence.

The Next Species is a significant book for our time. If you are a Creationist, don’t believe in global warming or evolution, please don’t dismiss this book; rather, embrace it. God has not only given you a mind, he has given you Earth. Didn’t he put man in charge of its care? Well, it’s time we step up. At the very least, even if we can’t save ourselves, we could be kind to one another for the time we have left.

Tennesen lives in the Coachella Valley and will be signing The Next Species at Barnes and Noble this Sunday, April 11. Call B&N for more information.

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By Bruce cathcart

Top 4 Places to Retire in the C.V.

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just finished reading an article titled “The Top 30 Cities to Retire in the US” which has obviously inspired the subject of this month’s Real Estate article for CV Weekly. In one of my previous articles I mentioned that I read a lot of “not so good” articles so you don’t have to… well this top 30 list was one of them. Not one city in California made the list and Fargo, North Dakota was ranked #15.

Seriously folks? Fargo, North Dakota the new mecca for retirees? The article did point out that the winters there were “cold”. In terms of an understatement, that’s like saying the summers here are “warm”. Clearly their criteria used to determine “best” did not include world class doctors and facilities, incredible cultural events, festivals, theaters, entertainment, fine dining and of course large resort style communities designed specifically for 55+ adults with modern, quality built, affordable housing and all the amenities one can imagine! Obviously near perfect weather was not an issue for them either. If any of these things were considered then the cities in the Coachella Valley would have been #1 on their list!

Before I share with you the top 4 places to retire in the Coachella Valley I want to take a quick look at the real estate sales activity for the month of March. New readers should know that each month we track the sales activity of homes (and condos) in the Coachella Valley to monitor the relative health of our sales market with the hope that this information will help buyers and sellers to make good decisions in buying and selling their homes. The number of homes sold in 2014 was 11% less than in 2013. So far 2015 is off to a slow start with total sales for January and February being 12% LESS than in 2014.

We are hoping for a strong March to make up the difference.

According to the Desert Area MLS (as of 04/01/15) there were 1,024 pendings of residential properties here in the Coachella Valley in March. There were 888 pendings in the previous month (February) which means activity is up again following our normal seasonal sales pattern. Checking the pendings from March last year (2014) there was only a slightly higher number at 1070 for the month.

But by not keeping pace with last year’s pendings it is a pretty good indication that we will not keep pace with last year’s number of sales in the coming months. This could mean another year of overall declining sales for homes in the Coachella Valley. Checking the actual sales data, in February there were 546 solds and in March we rebounded with 777 solds. This is slightly better than March 2014 where there were 748 solds. So while we gained a little ground in solds last month, we are likely to lose that gain in April closings and still not make up for the lack of sales in January and February. Our inventory of homes for sale stayed relatively the same with 5,054 homes available as of April 1, 2015 compared

to 5,099 at the beginning of March. Lack of inventory is not a reason for the current lack of sales. So far I would describe this year as “surviving but not thriving”.

If you are 55+ years of age and ready to retire, the Coachella Valley offers 4 communities specifically designed with affordable homes (and reasonable home owner fees) with active lifestyle amenities just for you! These are amazing, large, resort style communities that include gated and patrolling security, golf courses, tennis courts, club houses, fitness centers, restaurants, theaters, libraries, craft rooms, and social activities just for seniors. Without ranking them in order, they are: Trilogy (mtlq.com), Heritage Palms (heritagepalmsindio.com), Sun City Palm Desert (scpdca.com), and Sun City Shadow Hills (scshca.com). Combined, these communities comprise approximately 11,000 homes starting in the low $200,000’s and up to $800,000.00 with HOA dues starting from $223.00/month at Sun City Palm Desert to a high of $350.00/month at Heritage Palms. New homes are still being built at Sun City Shadow Hills while the other three communities are now offering resales only. For more information check out the websites listed in this article. If interested please contact your trusted real estate agent for more information. For those retirees who are hesitating to retire here in the desert because of the weather in the summer, all I can say is you are retired! Go visit friends and family in the summer, heck we are only a two hour drive to the beach or the mountains… or better yet, just drive 20 minutes to the Palm Springs airport and take a 4 hour flight to Fargo, North Dakota!

Join me each month this year as we keep a close eye on our Coachella Valley real estate market. If you have a real estate question or concerns please email me at the address below.

Bruce Cathcart is the Broker/Co-Owner of La Quinta Palms Realty, “Your Friendly Professionals” and can be reached by email at laquintapalms@dc.rr.com or visit his website at laquintapalmsrealty.com.

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The Math to Water Conservation

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alifornia uses about 38 BILLION gallons of water a day or nearly 14 TRILLION gallons of water annually.

This equates to daily use of 976 gallons for every man, woman and child.

That is a lot of water.

When Governor Brown called for a cut of 25% in residential water usage, he was calling for a cut of 500 billion gallons of water usage or 35 gallons per person daily. Given that we are using 976 gallons per person, 35 gallons per person doesn’t sound like much.

Of that 976 gallons, 67% or 654 gallons is used in agriculture. Almond growers alone use 10% of the state’s water supply. Water used in agriculture is excluded from cuts so we need to cut that 35 gallons from the

remaining 322 gallons of water usage per person.

Of that 322 gallons, the average person in California uses 181 gallons a day with more than half for landscaping. Inside of the home, 30 gallons is used to flush toilets, 20 gallons for showers, 16 gallons via plumbing leaks and 16 gallons via a faucet for washing hands, preparing food, etc.

If we eliminated plumbing leaks, replaced shower heads and toilets with low water use devices and cut what is used to water yards by only 10%, we would achieve Governor Brown’s target.

The problem is that many people will not due their fair share in water conservation.

The worst offenders have been people in more affluent communities who use more water because of larger yards as well as pool evaporation.

Locally, Coachella Valley residents use nearly twice as much water as the state average. This is because it takes a lot of water to keep lawns green, citrus fruitful and pools full given our climate. Applying Governor Brown’s 25% cut to a typical Coachella Valley homeowner means that we need to cut our consumption by nearly 50 gallons a

day. Assuming that we fix leaks and use low flow shower heads and toilets, we would need to reduce water used in landscaping by 24 gallons per person. Less grass and more drought resistant landscaping would easily reach the targeted water use reductions.

Where else can we reduce water usage?

Approximately 13% of all golf courses in California are right here in the Coachella Valley. Local golf courses use 37 billion gallons of water annually. Most of this water is drinking water with very little recycled from waste water.

California is the second largest producer of rice in the United States. Given that rice is grown in flooded fields, this seems like a poor use of our limited water resources.

Cattle and cows consume 23 gallons of water daily. Every pound of beef that you eat uses 1,600 gallons of water. If you consumed 8 fewer pounds of beef annually, you would reduce your water consumption by 35 gallons per day.

Beyond all of this, we have another looming water problem. We have overtaxed our aquifers such that we need to add 11 TRILLION gallons of water or 283,505 gallons per person in order to replenish our water reserves to historic levels.

If this wasn’t bad enough, oil companies have polluted the ground water of central

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California by illegally dumping over 3 billion gallons of toxic fracking water with known carcinogens back into the water table. This has rendered many areas in central California with virtually no safe water supplies.

Assuming that the historic California drought continues, creating more desalination plants will become critical. The cost to desalinate sea water is only 1 cent per gallon. Rather than putting state resources into a rail line to nowhere, the Governor might want to think about fast tracking some very large desalination plants.

Dale Gribow On The Law

While Desert Sun reported a story on April 7 about IRS scams and fraud, Dale Gribow has been educating CV Weekly readers on this subject for the last several weeks. You heard it first from attorney Dale Gribow’s weekly legal column right here in CV Weekly.

It pays to be educated (aware) of those trying to steal your hard earned money....Don’t be a victim... read CV Weekly’s legal column by attorney Dale Gribow reporting on more new scams THIS week.

MORE “NEW” SCAMS BEWARE: ON LINE CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND GANGS

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o avoid on line credit card fraud and not be a VICTIM of the “bad guys”, you must be aware of the latest scams/ frauds/crimes in our community. We read and hear about new frauds every day in the paper and on TV. Because there are many seniors in our community, we are considered an easy touch for criminals. Some set up free lunch or dinner “educational” meetings at senior centers or places with seniors. Sometimes presenters do not disclose they are insurance salesman as the Insurance Code mandates. Their sole purpose is to sell their products to the unsuspecting seniors who are often not capable of making financial decisions.

One 90 year old Rancho Mirage woman was recently sold a 10 year Annuity that would last until she was 100. Her investments had been making 8% until she was convinced to convert all of it to an Annuity producing .06%. She was advised by doing this she could place her assets in a trust and thus not in her name. She could then qualify for “free money” from the government’s Aid and Attendance because her husband was a VET. If this has happened to you or a friend call the Senior VET Hotline 760 837-7555.

Thieves target seniors via an online bank act fraud because it is easy to open online checking accounts since no ID is required at the time of opening. ID thieves have found this to be a fast

and easy way of transferring money from drug deals or stolen checks by using many bank accounts previously opened in the victim’s name.

The only thing the “bad guys” need is your name and SS number. Everything else they can manufacture with phony birthdates and license numbers. It is hard for banks to notice these inconsistencies upon a credit check.

The applicant is advised by the bank to stop by a local branch whenever they can, to verify who they are after an account is opened in the victim’s name. New ATM debit cards are then used to remove money and the victim will never be the wiser… unless they happen to check their credit.

If this happens you must contact all the banks to be sure the accounts are closed. Then contact each credit agency (using the reporting info below) with a copy of the filed police report.

You will have to prove who you are by submitting your Social Security, Utility bill and Driver’s License.

To avoid this consider a private locked mail box and provide your bank with a password needed before any action. Check your credit report on a regular basis to be sure you are not a victim.

Other scams I have warned of in recent columns are: Phone scammers; Pay Pal Spoofs; Tech support; New dog; Free Pizza; Mystery shopper;

Vacation property; Elderly; Government imposter; Debt Relief; Package delivery; Health care coverage ID; Bogus Newspapers; Free Products; Ebola Charity; Lender; Utility and EZ Pass scams to name a few.

WARNING: Gangs and thieves are plotting ways to get a driver (mostly women) to stop their vehicle and get out of the car. One trick is to put an infant car seat with a blanket over it on the side of the road. When you stop you will be beaten, robbed and or possibly raped. Obviously this will not happen on El Paseo but with our dark desert there are many dangerous places.

DO NOT STOP …DIAL 911 AND REPORT THIS WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN. Justin Bieber is not the only person throwing eggs. If eggs hit your windshield DO NOT STOP TO CHECK YOUR CAR, DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPERS AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOME MILKY, AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5%, AND YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP AND BECOME A VICTIM. Beware of a RED LIGHT on an unmarked car.

Don’t stop… call 911 and tell the police what you are doing and ask them to check if there is a patrol car in the area and if not to send back up.

PLEASE PASS ALONG this information TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, IT CAN SAVE A LIFE....and your finances.

Report FRAUD and potential ID thefts by contacting: Fraud alert hotline toll free 855-303-9470 or visit website aging.senate.gov/fraud-hotline.

Adult Protective Services, DPSS 760-773-6700.

SENIOR VET FRAUD HOTLINE: 760-837-7555.

Federal Trade Commission ID Theft Hotline 877-IDTheft/ consumer.gov/idtheft.

Social Security hotline 800-269-0271/ ssa.gov/ oig.

Equifax: 800-525-6285/ equifax.com.

Experian: 888-397-3742/ experian.com.

Transunion: 800-680-7289/ transunion.com.

Keep the above numbers and information in a safe place just in case!

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2015 Client Appreciation Award 2015 Martindale Hubbell Client Distinction Award For more than 30 years Gribow has been committed to protecting client’s civil and criminal constitutional rights. Regardless of whether the matter concerns a Serious Accident, DUI, Business, Real Estate or Estate Planning issue, every case is diligently handled with the utmost of respect and care. Gribow offers clients decades of experience and success, thus making him the attorney of choice for thousands of clients.

DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, CALL A TAXI OR UBER…IT IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME! For questions regarding this column or ideas for future columns please contact Dale Gribow Attorney at Law at 760 837-7500 and or dale@ dalegribowlaw.com

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safety tips

by Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

We’ve all met a Snake in the Grass…

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e’ve all encountered them at one time or another, and never a pleasant experience “snakes!” (and I’m not referring to some of those ‘special’ people in your life). “Though snake season usually doesn’t start until mid-March and really picks up steam between April and May, there have been an alarmingly high increase in snake sightings says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.”

If you live, hike or visit areas where snakes are, there’s nothing anyone can do to completely keep the slithery creatures away. But residents can take precautions.

Yard debris, wood piles, gaps under homes, wooden decks and cement patios can attract snakes. Basically anything that attracts rodents will attract snakes. Even water sources, especially now as California is in a drought. Preventive tips include trimming shrubs, fill any ground gaps or holes, remove nearby wood or brush piles, etc. If you have outdoor water sources, like a pond or even a pool, be mindful, snakes need water too.”

It’s best to keep bushes and shrubs six inches or less off the ground. This will make the snake feel less secure when trying to

hide. “As a general rule, if you can’t see where your hands and feet are, there is the potential to be bitten.” If you are bitten, stay calm and dial 911. Lie down and keep the affected limb lower than the heart.

While it is important to be on the lookout for rattlesnakes, there are a number of local non-venomous snakes that mimic rattlers, but are completely harmless. If you do come across a snake, do not antagonize the snake and call someone who is knowledgeable.

Otherwise, leave the snake alone; they generally will leave the area on their own accord.

For additional snake safety information visit: www.wildlife.ca.gov/News/Snake Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

Community CV Rescue Mission to host Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of Joel E. Smilow Annex

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he Coachella Valley Rescue Mission will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Grand Opening of its new Joel E. Smilow Annex, which will serve as an emergency shelter. The new building is located directly adjacent to the Rescue Mission at 84110 Manila St. The Annex consists of a 10,000 square foot building and will provide services for up to 75 men, women and children seeking emergency shelter. Specifically, the Annex will provide 24 hr. care and shelter to the homeless while case management works to assist with individual referrals to either inhouse residential programs or other local agencies. It will include separate sleeping areas for men and women as well as serve as a 24-hour hot and cold weather shelter, providing refuge from extreme weather conditions. Health to Hope, a local nonprofit will lease and staff a space within the Annex for a medical / dental clinic. Now

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that this building is completed, CVRM will be able to reclaim much needed space for our expanding program, including our gym/ multipurpose room.

Since 1971, the Rescue Mission has strived to meet the ever-growing needs of individuals, who for a variety of reasons, have found themselves without the basic necessities of life. A dedicated staff and volunteers serve more than 198,000 hot meals annually and provide 72,000 nights of safe shelter to men, women and children. Food, clothing, and showers are also provided for those who do not shelter at the Mission. More information on how to help support the Rescue Mission, and their programs, can be found at CVRM.org. The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is located at 47-470 Van Buren Street in Indio.

Friday, May 1 • 10:00 am 84110 Manila Street, Indio

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Sharing Knowledge

Learn The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center (it’s for men, too) has a full slate of learning opportunities this week. On Tuesday, April 14th at 5:30pm, Carla Ulloa helps you walk through the steps necessary to qualify for a business loan. Her tips and suggestions will save you time and aggravation as you look for loans.

The next night (Wednesday, April 15th) at 5:30pm, Kim Scanlon walks you through the ABCs of starting your own business. This class will help you in such things as creating your business plan, finding free and low cost support, licensing requirements as well as an overview of legal structures to consider as you build your business.

On Thursday, April 16th at 5:30pm, Haddon Libby will provide a more detailed discussion of the different legal structures to consider when starting a business. This discussion will include the tax impact of each legal structure as well as the ways to minimize your personal liability when running a business.

To register for any of these classes, go to www.cvwbc.org or call 760.345.9200.

Create How cool would it be if you designed

THE LOGO for the Coachella Valley that designates a product as locally grown or made? Sponsored by the USDA and ShareKitchen, you have until April 19th to submit your design. For more information, go to www.CVFresh.info or call 760.459.4259.

Exercise On May 2nd, there will be a GLOW IN THE DARK walk/run (1 mile/5K) beginning and ending at City Hall in Cathedral City.

As you make your way through the course, you will be doused with glow paint. When you hit the finish line, a party begins with an after party DJ! Runners of all ages are invited to participate in this fun walk/ run. There will also be a Health Fair with cooking demonstrations, health screenings, education, exercise demonstrations as well as fun, healthy and tasty food options. To register, go to www.healthglo5k.com.

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by Julie Buehler

Quit Trying To Change The Game: Let Baseball Be Boring

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’m unapologetically “old school.”

I’d rather be picked up in a Ford F-150 than some Ferrari on a first date.

I can carry on a conversation without the assistance of technology, you know, like with real people.

I still enjoy steak and potatoes and can recite the capitals of all 50 states.

I love a great defensive battle between 2 football teams, I love a physical basketball games with no flopping and I love sitting at a ballpark with my beer and brat and buddies and watching baseball.

And I don’t care how long a baseball game takes, it’s the ONE team sport that doesn’t require a clock and MLB should keep it that way.

There’s a push to quicken the pace of the game, based on logic that a younger generation of fans aren’t interested in the 3+ hours each game requires, that the way to garner the attention of sports fans away from hard-hitting football or fast-paced basketball and direct them to the pastoral pastime is by accelerating certain processes and speed up the game.

So MLB has installed a shot clock on pitching changes and a rule that batters can’t take a step out of the batters box, managers’ trips to the pitcher’s mound will be accompanied by a stopwatch and play

should be set to resume promptly after commercial breaks.

It took too many people in boardrooms and brainstorming on a big white board to come up with these dumb ideas.

Baseball is messing with the very thing that makes it so special.

When you’re watching football- 11 big bodies in a chess match with another 11 mammoth men—or you’re watching basketball – constant continuous motion, or hockey or soccer or most other team sports, there is so much going on, it’s difficult to do much be keep your eyes glued to the action.

But baseball is radically different. It’s almost relaxing. Its pace allows fans to take a vacation from the modern, overstimulated life and not watch the clock, but enjoy the surroundings. What other sport celebrates the like of vaunted ivy at Wrigley Field or creates national headlines because the concession stands are so creative?

(Deep-fried Oreos anyone? Churro sundae perhaps? Nachos on a stick then?)

Baseball should be boring. It should take 3 or more hours with each moment spent debating the different eras, pitchers, hitters, the best ballparks, noshing on hotdogs, spitting sunflower seeds, adjusting your ball cap, grabbing some nachos and hoping and praying your eyes are where they need

sports Scene MLB Season kicks off to same ol’ same ol’..

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n his swan song as MLB commissioner last year, Bud Selig scheduled opening day in Australia. Because, hey, nothing says spring and baseball more than playing the season’s first game at 3 a.m. ET 7,500 miles away from the nearest U.S. ballpark.

In his debut as MLB commissioner this year, Rob Manfred scheduled opening day at Wrigley Field at night. Because, hey, nothing says spring and baseball more than playing the season’s first game on a 48-degree Chicago evening.

Now, I’m nobody’s commissioner, but how hard is it to give us an old-fashioned opening day in, say, Cincinnati on a sunny Sunday afternoon?

MLB’s errors in judgment do not dampen my enthusiasm for baseball. It is still America’s game, and, well, this is still America. And as they resume playing ball, Couch Slouch has his eye on several intriguing ball-playing stories: Back on Broadway, it’s “A-Rod, Act III or IV?!” Way back when, I used to defend Alex Rodriguez on many fronts, including rumors of PED use, based on the precept that you’re innocent until proven guilty. Then he was proven guilty and kept acting innocent, which ended our bromance abruptly.

After serving a one-year suspension for PED use, A-Rod penned a handwritten apology to the fans, reminiscent of a school

kid having to write in cursive 500 times on the chalk board, “I will not throw rocks at the other children, I will not throw at the other children”.

In A-Rod’s defense — if I recall the 2007 Mitchell Report correctly — by my count, 408 Yankees were cited for using steroids and human growth hormone. They say to get along you have to go along, so in the fine tradition of Lance Armstrong, A-Rod went along, and along and along and along.

A-Rod is under contract to the Yankees for three more years. If his mind, body and soul somehow hold up, I guess it’s possible he could hit a record-breaking 763rd home run in 2017. Wouldn’t it be something if Barry Bonds could be there, sitting in the left field bleachers at Yankee Stadium, and catch the historic ball?

The Cubs sent Kris Bryant to the minors

to be when that ONE moment happens.

When the amazing takes place and a hitter launches a ball into another stratosphere or a 2nd baseman dives to his left and throws from his knees to force an out at 1st. Or a curveball darts in and out of the strike zone like the fly chasing your last bite of hotdog.

THAT’S what makes baseball great.

THAT’S what makes it the national pastime and why it’s the sport that’s got the greatest nostalgia seeped through its history.

Because while the game is played on the field, life is lived in the stands.

Joyously and thoroughly lived.

And as baseball executives are buttoned-up

in 3-piece suits, crammed around a giant boardroom table in massive leather chairs, complimenting themselves on their own brilliance and deciding how to change the game and cater to a TV audience or some Twitter-crazed, go-too-fast, hyperactive world, they fail to realize the saving grace of baseball is it’s quiet meandering through a life.

Baseball doesn’t pound your senses like other sports, it suggests you pay attention and has many ways of rewarding you for doing so.

Maybe I’m old school, but that should be good enough.

Julie Buehler hosts the Coachella Valley’s most popular sports talk radio show, “Buehler’s Day Off” every day from 1-4 on 1010 KXPS, the valley’s all sports station.

She can also be seen every morning between 6-7am on KMIR sharing the coolest stories in sports. She’s an avid gym rat, slightly sarcastic and more likely to recite Steve Young’s career passing stats than American Idol winners. Tune in M-F 1-4 pst at www. team1010.com or watch “Buehler’s Day Off” on Ustream and KMIR.com for her sports reports.

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even though he might be the next Babe Ruth. Frankly, I don’t care. It was a business decision, and the last time I checked, a team may determine its 25-man roster any way it wants. Heck, in certain parts of Indiana, I believe church softball teams can refuse to serve gay middle relievers.

What’s more interesting are the comments of Bryant’s agent, Scott Boras, The Oracle of Everything. He called the Cubs’ move “ersatz baseball” and said “the CBA is at the apogee of wrongs incentivizing clubs to create a product less than the best.”

Oi Vai! Boras is the son of a dairy farmer; the first word he probably learned was “moo.” How do you go from “moo” to “apogee”? Like many English-as-a-first-language users, I have never uttered “apogee,” “ersatz” or “incentivizing” in any statement, in or out of divorce court.

I try to stay abundantly apolitical, but I’ll say this: The only way Ted Cruz could make himself even less attractive of a presidential candidate is if he picks Scott Boras as his running mate.

Just 90 miles south of Florida, my favorite island nation is kicking it heels. Cuba is literally

the broke family whose kid couldn’t afford to play in your Babe Ruth League, but if he did, his team would win every time.

With nearly two dozen Cuban-born players in the majors in 2015 — led by the likes of Yasiel Puig, Jose Abreu and Yoenis Cespedes — this could be the golden age of Cuban communism meets American capitalism at the ballyard. Rusney Castillo, Yoan Moncada, Yasnany Tomas and Jorge Soler are among other Cuban prospects who might make Roy Hobbs look like Kelly Leak.

And, now, with President Obama ordering the restoration of diplomatic ties with Cuba, I’m thinking big. The Cincinnati Reds once had a Cuban-based AAA team, the Havana Sugar Kings.

Why can’t MLB expand to Havana with a big league Sugar Kings? Feels like a perfect spot for a taxpayer-subsidized ballpark.

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Locals Connect to Create a World Free of MS

Walk MS to benefit the Southern California & Nevada Chapter of the National MS Society

WHAT: Multiple sclerosis destroys connections. This unpredictable disease disconnects the mind and the body and disconnects people from one another.

So it’s only fitting that our connections would be its greatest enemy. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Walk MS events connect people living with MS, people who care about someone with MS, every family affected by it, and everyone who wants to make a difference. Walk MS is a day for our local communities to come together to show the power of connections. At Walk MS, our connections become more powerful than the connections MS destroys.

More than 500 walkers are expected to participate in Walk MS, sponsored by Wells Fargo, at Palm Desert Civic Center Park on Saturday, April 11. The goal is to raise $2.575 million at our 12 Southern California & Nevada Walk sites this spring. Funds raised will support direct services for the more than 20,000 Southern and Central Californians and Nevadans with MS and their families, as well as cutting-edge research worldwide to find better treatments and ultimately a cure for this chronic, unpredictable disease.

WHEN: Saturday, April 11 8:30 am-Opening ceremonies begin 9:00 am-Official Walk MS start 9:00 – 10:00 am-Walkers on route (route maps available on site) 9:15 – 10:30 am-Walkers crossing finish line; families & teams celebrating at finish festival WHERE: Starting line will be in Palm Desert Civic Center Park, 43-900 San Pablo Ave. (Media parking here & media checkin at the stage with Emily Hazlett cell 719.233.7599) WHY: Proceeds raised will benefit the Southern California & Nevada Chapter of the National MS Society. The Chapter

provides programs and services, including educational and wellness classes, direct financial assistance, information and referrals, counseling and support groups, and much more. The Chapter also funds cutting-edge research worldwide to stop MS in its tracks, restore function that has been lost and end this unpredictable disease forever. Visuals of walkers making a difference and raising awareness will tell the story for itself!

FACTS: 2.3 million people worldwide live with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We fund more MS research, provide more services to people with MS, offer more professional education and further more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. Call 1.800.FIGHT.MS or visit nationalMSsociety. org/cal for more information.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of April 9

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Uitwaaien is a Dutch word that means to go out for a stroll in windy weather simply because it’s exhilarating. I don’t know any language that has parallel terms for running in the rain for the dizzy joy of it, or dancing through a meadow in the dark because it’s such nonsensical fun, or singing at full volume while riding alone in an elevator in the mad-happy quest to purge your tension. But in the coming weeks, you don’t need to describe or explain experiences like this; you just need to do them. Experiment with giving your instinctive need for exuberance lots of room to play.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your nasty, nagging little demon isn’t nasty or nagging any more. It’s not doing what demons are supposed to do. It’s confused, haggard, and ineffective. I almost feel sorry for the thing. It is barely even keeping you awake at night, and its ability to motivate you through fear is at an all-time low. Here’s what I suggest: Now, when the demon’s strength is waning and its hold on you is weak, you should break up with it for good. Perform an ultimate, non-reversible exorcism. Buy it a one-way bus ticket to the wasteland and say goodbye forever.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When he was in his fifties, French painter Claude Monet finally achieved financial success. He used his new riches to buy a house and land, then hired gardeners to help him make a pond full of water lilies. For the first time in his life, he began to paint water lilies. During the next 30 years, they were his obsession and his specialty. He made them a central feature of 250 canvases, which now serve as one of his signature contributions to art history. “I planted my water lilies for pleasure,” he said. “I cultivated them without thinking of painting them. And then suddenly, I had the revelation of the magic of my pond.” I regard the imminent future as a good time for you to do something similar, Gemini: Create or find a source of beauty that will stimulate your sense of wonder and fuel your passion to express yourself for a long time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love,” said Cancerian comedian Mel Brooks. Although he was joking, he was also quite serious. More often than we like to admit, desperation infects our quest to be cared for. Our decisions about love may be motivated by a dread of loneliness. We worry about whether we are worthy of getting the help and support we need. It’s a fundamental human problem, so there’s no reason to be ashamed if you have this tendency yourself. Having said that, I’m happy to report that you now have the necessary power to overcome this tendency. You will be able to summon tremendous courage as you revise and refine your relationship with love. It’s time to disappear the fear.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you ever feel reverence and awe, Leo? Are there times when you spontaneously yearn to engage in acts of worship? Is there anyone or anything that evokes your admiration, humility, and gratitude? The coming weeks will be a good time to seek out experiences like these. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will get tender jolts of transformational inspiration if you blend yourself with a sublime force that you trust and respect.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A lot has happened since you were . . . uh . . . indisposed. You’ve missed out on several plot twists. The circle has been broken, repaired, broken again, and partially repaired. Rumors have been flying, allegiances have been shifting, and riddles have been deepening. So are you ready yet to return to the heated action?

Have you learned as much as you can from the commotion that provoked your retreat? Don’t try to return too early. Make sure you are at least 70 percent healed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Rent, but don’t buy yet.

That’s my $250-per-hour advice. Keep rehearsing, but don’t start performing the actual show. OK? Flirt, but don’t fall in love. Can you handle that

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much impulse control? Are you strong enough to explore the deeper mysteries of patience? I swear to you that your burning questions will ultimately be answered if you don’t try to force the answers to arrive according to a set timetable. I guarantee that you will make the necessary connections as long as you don’t insist that they satisfy every single one of your criteria.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Guerrilla Girls are a group of prankster activists who use humor to expose sexism and racism in the art world. Every so often they take a “weenie count” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. During their first survey in 1989, they found that five percent of the artists who had work hanging in the galleries were women, while 85 percent of the nudes depicted in the paintings were women. More recently, in 2012, their weenie count revealed that four percent of the artists were female, but 76 percent of the naked people in the paintings were female. The coming week would be a good time for you to take a weenie count in your own sphere, Scorpio. Conditions are more favorable than usual to call attention to gender disparities, and to initiate corrective action.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The English term “engine” refers primarily to a machine that transforms energy into mechanical power. But its roots are in the Old French word engin, which meant skill or wit, and in the Latin word ingenium, defined as “inborn talent.” I’d like to borrow the original meanings to devise your horoscope this week. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your “engine” is unusually strong right now, which means that your cultivated skills and innate talents are functioning at peak levels. I suggest you make intensive use of them to produce maximum amounts of energy and gather more of the clout you’d love to wield.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What I’m about to say is not a hard scientific fact, but it is a rigorous poetic fable. You don’t need to go to the mountain, because the mountain is willing and able to come to you. But will it actually come to you? Yes, but only if you meet two conditions. The mountain will pick itself up and move all the way to where you are if you make a lot of room for it and if you are prepared to work with the changes its arrival will bring.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you were a fouryear-old, cookies might be a valuable treasure to you.

Given a choice between a bowl of stir-fried organic vegetables and a plate full of chocolate coconut macaroons, you’d probably choose the macaroons.

For that matter, if you were four years old and were asked to decide between getting a pile of macaroons and a free vacation to Bali or an original painting by Matisse or a personal horoscope reading from the world’s greatest astrologer, you’d also opt for the cookies. But since you’re a grownup, your list of priorities is screwed on straight, right? You would never get distracted by a sugary, transitory treat that would cause you to ignore a more nourishing and long-lasting pleasure. Right?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On June 23, 1917, Babe Ruth was the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in a Major League Baseball game against the Washington Senators. After the first batter drew a walk, Ruth got upset with the home plate umpire and punched him in the head. Ejected! Banished!

The Babe had to be dragged off the field by the cops.

The new pitcher was Ernie Shore. He proceeded to pitch a perfect game, allowing no further Washington player to reach base in all nine innings.

In the coming weeks, Pisces, I see you as having the potential to duplicate Ernie Shore’s performance in your own sphere. Coming in as a replacement, you will excel. Chosen as a substitute, you will outdo the original.

Homework: What’s the best question you could ask life right now? Tell me by going to FreeWillAstrology.com and clicking on “Email Rob.” Rob Brezsny Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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Mind, body & Spirit

by Bronwyn Ison

JOURNAL: FOR A HEALTHIER YOU!

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ournalizing daily explores the thoughts and feelings encompassing the events of one’s life. Expressing your thoughts on paper is expedient in your personal growth as well as it relieves stress.

Did you know expressing your thoughts on paper improves your mental and physical health? Studies indicate that if you journal you improve self-esteem.

When we journal we are writing in our adult diary. Did you keep a diary as a child? I kept a diary as a little girl. I recall writing and locking all my thoughts away with the little key that was provided. If you had a diary as a child, did you keep it? If so, have you catalogued your thoughts? Now we are big kids with more mature ideas and thoughts.

Have you considered writing your thoughts down today?

The benefits to writing are bountiful.

You don’t have to articulate to express your thoughts on paper. Remember you will likely be the only audience unless you decide to share. To journal is a simple recording of your life. In fact, when we write about our feelings or reflect on stressful events in our lives, it is therapeutic to release these emotions on paper. You are able to clarify your thoughts, feelings and gain immeasurable self-awareness. Studies have shown you can boost your immune system by keeping a journal. When we release negative thoughts, feelings and emotions on paper we’ve essentially had a therapy session with ourselves.

Commencing to start may be challenging.

Don’t over commit. Keep it simple.

Purchase a journal that which reflects your personality. You may also want to treat yourself to new ballpoint pen. Remember it doesn’t matter where you start… just write.

You will recognize once you start writing it will change your life. Dedicate time each day to express what is on your mind. Also, what you write is never wrong. You own your thoughts and ideas. Don’t hold back or keep them suppressed. It is your perfect

opportunity to work through feelings of anger, resentment and painful experiences.

Over time you will recognize greater balance in your life. Just think… you can affect a profound variance everyday in your life.

Most of us are on overload and we rarely take time to reflect on ourselves. The constant flow of life impairs us. Writing your story is for you or to leave behind for your family to enjoy. Once you have maintained an ongoing journal and you look back on what you have written you may realize the richness of your life.

If you need a little inspiration join Writer/Teacher Doryan Dean at Evolve Yoga.

She uses her book “A Writer’s Workbook” to bring you closer to your writing goal.

In the workshop we explore exactly what your purpose is in your writing, and then begin with “story starters” from the workbook, and share our process with the group. Please join us for this soulful and creative workshop, get to know yourself a bit better, express yourself creatively, open to life and share your personal story!

Bronwyn Ison is the owner of Evolve Yoga. For more information about the Writer’s Workshop, visit e-volveyoga.com or 760.564.YOGA

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Life & career Coach

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by Sunny Simon

How to Increase Quality Time

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he other day I received a note from my friend Jenny in Florida. She read my column about turning down the noise and had this to say: “I try to remind myself everyday to make quiet time for myself. I’m getting better at it. I remember the time when we lost power for most of the evening and into the early morning during a bad storm. After the storm was over, my husband and I (and our little dog) went for a walk holding hands and enjoying the moments; then we came home, got out the candles, sat on the couch and talked about life. We laughed and talked for hours.

It was so enjoyable, no TV, no computer, or internet. I sometimes think about hitting the breaker box just to get my husband away from the TV and me away from my computer.”

Messing with the breaker box might be a bit on the drastic side, but my friend has the right idea. Unplugging from the outside world can be challenging, but as evidenced

by Jenny’s story, letting go of the need for continual online linkage creates more room in your life for people who matter. Sure your 500+ connections on Facebook and your Twitter following are real people, but nothing is more important than sharing

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one-on-one time with those you love.

There are other advantages in poweringdown all electronic devices and experiencing the world without all the static. Ceasing to consume the myriad of information bombarding us daily through the internet and media gives us time to process and create. Writing fresh content for my column or blog doesn’t happen by surfing the net or reading posts on Facebook. I need quiet think-time to design a meaningful message that creates value for my readers.

Ever stopped to consider the additive nature of constantly tuning in? A friend of mine lets the world know where she is at all times by using the “check-in” feature on Facebook. She is one of my very favorite people, but it isn’t really necessary for me to know when and where she gets her pedicures. Oh, you know her too?

Ready to schedule a timeout? Try designating one day a week to unplug. If you cannot manage an entire day, try four hours.

Take time to embrace silence, enjoy nature or connect with a loved one to experience some hand holding and romantic walks. If all else fails, turn off your phone, light the candles and hit the breaker box!

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April 9 to April 15, 2015

by dr peter kadile

Dr. Peter M. Kadile is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He has an integrative, osteopathic medical practice and is also known as the local, house call doctor; Desert House Call Physician. He is on staff at Eisenhower Medical Center and medical director for Serenity Hospice. His office is located in beautiful Old Town La Quinta, 78-100 Main Street, Suite 207, La Quinta, CA 92253. (760) 777-7439. DesertHouseCalls@aol.com. www.deserthousecalldoc.com.

Menopause & Andropause

Doc, my wife is having trouble sleeping and she is sweating a lot at night. Could she be in menopause?

She’s only 46 and I think she still gets her period. - Larry, Desert Hot Springs Larry, menopause is the permanent end of menstruation and fertility, defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period. It can happen in your 40’s or 50’s, the average age in the U.S. being 51. So, by definition, your wife is not in menopause if she is still having her menstrual period. She may be transitioning into menopause, the time period referred to as “perimenopause”.

During perimenopause, the level of estrogen (the main female hormone) rises and falls unevenly. This fluctuation in estrogen causes irregular menstrual periods and may cause symptoms of : - hot flashes and difficulty sleeping - mood changes - vaginal and bladder problems causing dryness and incontinence - decreased libido - bone loss - weight gain

The amount of symptoms and severity can vary from one woman to another and the perimenopausal period can last sometimes up to 10 years. I often tell my patients to ask their mother’s when they went through “the change” to get a better idea of what’s in store for them.

Dr. Peter, is there such a thing as “male menopause”? -Lance, Palm Springs Lance, by definition, no, men do not go through menopause. But as men get older, their testosterone levels start to decrease and may start to become symptomatic even in their late 30’s or early 40’s. Symptom severity can vary and the onset can become gradual. This is known as “andropause”.

Symptoms may vary from person to person, along with the age of onset.

Common symptoms of men going through andopause include: - low sex drive - erectile dysfunction - lack of energy - depression - irritability and mood swings - loss of strength or muscle mass - increased body fat If you believe you are having the symptoms of perimenopause, women should consult with their gynecologist and/ or their primary care physician. If you are a male and think you are going through andropause, consult with your primary care physician or a urologist. A proper history and physical exam with lab testing will help with the diagnosis. There is treatment available for these conditions and may involve the use of hormone therapies.

I do perform evaluation and treatment of these conditions, so you can also contact my office for an appointment.

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