Coachella Valley Weekly - April 11 to April 17, 2019 Vol. 8 No. 4

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THE SOUNDTRACK TO A COACHELLA EXPERIENCE:

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CONTENTS

2019 Coachella Music & Arts Festival.... 3 CV Music Showcase - Round 5............... 4 Coachella - Wallows................................ 5 Coachella - Sofi Tukker........................... 6 Coachella - Kayzo.................................... 7 Don't Be Clueless - What To Do In The Coachella Valley.................................. 8 Publisher's Picks..................................... 8 Benefit Concert of Champion................ 9 Palm Springs Fashion Week.................. 9 2019 CV Music Awards Nominees....... 10 Breaking The 4th Wall- Maytag Virgin... 11 Reignwolf at Pappy & Harriet's............ 11 Consider This - Linda Ronstadt........... 12 Art Scene............................................... 13 Pet Place ............................................... 14 The Vino Voice ...................................... 15 Club Crawler Nightlife .................... 16-17 Good Grub - Glitch................................18 Brewtality.............................................. 19 Screeners .............................................. 20 Book Review.......................................... 21 Safety Tips ............................................. 21 Haddon Libby ....................................... 23 Dale Gribow.......................................... 23 Film - Tysen Knight.............................. 24 Travel Tips 4 U....................................... 24 Parkinson's Research Organization ... 25 Ask The Doctor..................................... 25 Awaken with Lizzy & Aimee................ 26 Free Will Astrology............................... 27 Mind, Body & Spirit ............................. 27 Cannabis Corner - The Lighthouse...... 28 Cannabis Corner - Puff Parlour............ 28 Cannabis Corner .................................. 30

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22 SETS TO SEE AT THE TWENTY YEAR OLD COACHELLA MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

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Bassnectar - From San Francisco house parties to Burning Man, aka Lorin Ashton, combines impressive visuals with Dubstep, drum and bass, electronica, downtempo and “nu skool breaks” to impact an audience connected by community vibes. bassnectarreflective.com Beach Fossils - Brooklyn-based indie rock band that brings a lo-fi, shoegaze sound with dreamy notes and recollections of surf rock in a post-punk revival. beachfossils.com Billie Eilish - Born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell, this singer-songwriter (along with her brother Finneas) owns the modern music landscape with self-determination and complete creative control of her electro-indie pop that has won fans the world-over with her multi-gold and platinum singles. billieeilish. com boy pablo - What happens when a Norwegian with Chilean roots forms a band in the Viking stronghold of Bergen, Norway?

A pop-rock jangle pop band known as “boy pablo” is born! boypablo.com *Calypso Rose - Born April 27, 1940 in Bethel Village, Tobago, Linda McArthaMonica Sandy-Lewis, aka Calypso Rose brings a timeless cool with soulful roots and a spirit that will delight your ears. French singer Manu Chao discovered her work and helped to produce a Platinum album and breathe new life into this Queen of Calypso. You have to Google her as the website is down.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - The British-French actress-singer combines the DNA of English actress mother, Jane Birkin and French singersongwriter, Serge Gainsbourg to bring her dream pop, alternative rock to the stage. Her 2009 album was produced by Coachella first year headliner, Beck. charlottegainsbourg.com Childish Gambino - Actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, musician and DJ, Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino brings his gifts to the stage. His number one hit, “This Is America,” brought him critical acclaim along with four Grammys. A mix of hip-hop, funk, R&B, and psychedelic soul. childishgambino. com

he year was 1999, and Goldenvoice brought a mix of indie rock, EDM, and hip-hop together at the Empire Polo Field for just $50 for a day pass. The stages were graced by Beck, Rage Against the Machine, the Chemical Brothers and Moby.

The first year was rough but a future star was born! Twenty years later, no doubt ticket sales drive success and the selection of this year’s festival lineup with headliners Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande along with a heavy lineup of homogenous EDM and hip-hop acts reflects a changing landscape that is light on rock and roll and surprise. In search of my Coachella playlist, I connected with some established underground acts, some new beats and a handful of popular artists that keep music alive and fresh. There is even one local band that brings a blend of music and culture that reflects the authentic Coachella Valley flavor.

As I scrolled through the acts searching for the sounds that satisfied my Coachella thirst, I am most impressed with Cola Boyy, aka Matthew Urango, a 28-year-old multiinstrumentalist and singer from Oxnard, California. Urango, who grew up in a multicultural mix of Native American, Hispanic, white and black family, combines the unique spices of rock, soul, funk, a dash of punk and some Latin groove into a deviant form of disco that will get your head bopping and your feet moving as he inspires joy in the hearts of all who hear his song.

Alice Merton - Storming onto the mainstream musical stage with her number one hit on the U.S. alternative charts “No Roots,” the German-Canadian-English singer and songwriter delivers a worldly progressive pop that hits hard with a groove. alicemerton. com Do Lab - A collective of talent that brings electronic music and artful experiences to inspire change, while uniting communities with a shared experience that transcends time and space, while guiding a mission to create a more peaceful, planetary culture. thedolab. com

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CHVRCHES - The Glasgow, Scotland band brings a worth synth-pop and indietronica genre to a fortunate Coachella crowd.

Originally designed to be a studio-only project, the band quickly grew in popularity and hit the road and climbed the charts.chvrch.es *Cola Boyy - Cola Boyy, aka Matthew Urango, a 28 year-old multi-instrumentalist and singer from Oxnard, California. Urango, who grew up in a multi-cultural mix of Native American, Hispanic, white and black family, combines the unique spices of rock, soul, funk, a dash of punk and some Latin groove into a deviant form of disco that will get your head bopping and your feet moving as he inspires joy in the hearts of all who hear his song. recordmakers.com/artist/cola-boyy-29 Hurray for the Riff Raff (PrimaFund.org Pa’ Lante) - An Americana band from New Orleans, led by Alynda Segarra, a rock musician of Puerto Rican heritage. Their song “Pa’ Lante” captures the Puerto Rican ethos post-Hurricane Maria and the extended video recently premiered at SXSW. hurrayfortheriffraff.com Iceage - The Danish punk rockers embody a post-punk, art-punk sound that teeters on the psychedelic rock sounds of The Black Angels. If you are hungry for some raff riffs of Rock and Roll, check out the finest grit from Copenhagen. iceagecopenhagen.eu Kid Cudi - Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi aka Kid Cudi, brings his original creativity packed

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4TH ANNUAL CV MUSIC SHOWCASE ROUND 4 WINNER:

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ast Sunday evening, The Hood Bar and Pizza once again played host to the 5th round of competition for the 4th Annual CV Music Showcase where the desert’s best musicians from multiple genres go head to head with their eye on the final prize which includes, $2,000 cash, studio recording time with David Williams owner of Melrose Music and a photo shoot with Steven Young Photography.

The judges for the night included Julie Montante owner of PSA Organica and the 420 Lounge, TK Program Director from 93.7 KCLB and David Williams of Melrose Music.

Matt Claborn The first to take the stage is no stranger to stages all over the desert. Local crooner, Matthew Claborn, performed a strong, passionate and heartfelt acoustic set that not only showcased his compellingly distinct vocals, but his fantastic guitar skills. Truly a writer’s, writer...Claborn’s music is lyrically driven and dripping with heart. There is something beautifully dark about so many of his songs, yet, he is simultaneously giving you a piece of soulful Americana in his style.

He truly is a compelling performer and if you ever get a chance to check him out live, do so without hesitation.

Nolan Lowlife Member in good standing with local, hip hop supergroup, Death Merchants; Nolan Lowlife brought his solo act to the Hood stage and did not disappoint. Being in a multigenre competition can be an uphill battle for a rapper but, “A games” were brought by all and Nolan showed heart and soul that accompanied high energy, confidence and

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lyrical prowess. His DJ provided tracks that had the kind of kickback flow that you crave from West Coast rap which highlighted a set that was polished and solid. There is no surprise as to why Nolan oozes confidence in his performance; with 5 albums under his belt over the past decade, Nolan Lowlife is a virtual veteran of the desert hip hop scene.

That said, I am looking forward to seeing a lot more from him in the future.

Jetta King As the winner of round 5, Jetta King and her band which included, Tyler Ontiveros, Carlyn Basore and Nick Hales, cemented their place in the finals which frankly makes this competition just that much more nail biting. As sweet as she is on the eyes, Miss

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King brings the triple-threat of stellar vocals, highbrow musicianship and killer lyrics.

I have seen Jetta perform many times in the past and I have loved every minute of it. When you watch Jetta King perform it’s almost like you are in a restaurant where you ordered a sweet dessert, only to be surprised that it came with a sprinkling of spice and a side shot of something wonderfully potent. She also happens to be one of the nicest girls you might ever have

the privilege to meet. Ms. King is all over the place these days so join the rest of the cool kids, check her out and see why she is a definite contender for the top prize.

Jetta King will join previous Showcase Finalists: Empty Seat, Giselle Woo & The Night Owls, Ormus and Derek Jordan Gregg at the ultimate showdown! The CV Music Showcase Finals are on Saturday, May 4th at The Hood Bar& Pizza. $5.00 at the door.

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with emotion that has called together an almost cult-like following. A neo-psychedelia flows seamlessly into trip-hop and hip-hop then turns into alternative rock to keep you moving and grooving to soulful lyrics and beats reminiscent of inspirations, “The Pharcyde” and “A Tribe Called Quest.” kidcudi.com Little Simz - English Rapper, singer and actress Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, aka Little Simz, combines hip hop with experimental instrumentation and exploration. Strong lyrics and unexpected drops and beats make this act a worthwhile check-in. littlesimz.co Men I Trust - Hailing from Montreal, Quebec (Canada), this dreamy indie electropop band was formed by high school friends in 2014. Their hit single “Say, can you hear,” drives with a danceable bass line while dreamy notes float over the sounds that recall early tracks from “The Cure.” Get your chin-bounce on with this trio! menitrust.tumblr.com Ocho Ojos (Coachella) - Representing Coachella, CA, this Latin Fusion brings their

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os Angeles-based trio, Wallows, which includes, Braeden Lemasters (vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar), Cole Preston (drums, backing vocals), Dylan Minnette (vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards) have played major festivals like Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, Life Is Beautiful, and Voodoo Music + Arts Experience. Wallows are now gearing up for another headlining tour, which they’ll kick off by making their Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival debut. Having released their full-length Alt-rock debut album Nothing Happens, with the help of Grammy Awardwinning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Future Islands, Angel Olsen) on March 22, their Coachella Weekend I set will be the first time they perform songs from the album live! The LP features the first single, “Are You Bored Yet?” with guest vocals by Clairo, who is, as luck would have it, also scheduled to perform on Coachella Sundays April 14th and 21st.

Coachella Valley Weekly spoke with Wallows this past weekend on a conference call. The running joke was that none of them were in the same room. You’ll get it after the first question/response.

CVW: Where are you guys?

Wallows: “We don’t like each other enough to get on the same phone, but we’re all in the same room…we’re all in kitchens.”

CVW: So you all will be performing at Coachella in exactly one week.

Cole: “It’s crazy, but it’s something we’ve wanted to do forever. It’s one of those weird things where yesterday I was sitting down and I was thinking to myself, ‘wow, by this time next week we’ll be done playing Coachella.’

If you would have told me that any time in my life there would be a point in time where I would say to myself, ‘oh, this time by next week we’ll be done with Coachella,’ I would have said, ‘your’e crazy!’ So it’s cool we’re finally playing. My thought is, it’s so sick! I can’t wait; this is something we’ve always wanted to do.”

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evolved combination of cumbia, psychedelic chicha, hip hop, funk and electronica back to the Coachella stage. This will surely be a wonderful live and improvisational show! ocho-ojos.bandcamp.com Parcels - The Aussie band will get you in a flow and make you dance even if the Coachella winds try to defy your good time. Disco meets soul with an electro-pop beat that keeps the crowd swaying. They drew the attention of former Coachella performers “Daft Punk,” who co-produced the hit single “Overnight,” in

2017. parcelsmusic.com Shame - If you are tired from the EDM and hip hop heavy lineup, stop by the stage to indulge in “Shame,” as the shoutiest British rockers from South London bring a welcomed alternative, post-punk rock energy to Coachella.

“The idea of a rock star is offensive,” says Charlie Steen, the singer of the band in a 2018 interview with “The Guardian.” shame.world Tame Impala - The Australian psychedelic music project returns to Coachella to headline this year’s class. The “epiphany pop” band hails from Perth and is actually just one man- Kevin Parker, who thought he had a better chance at grabbing attention if people thought he was a band. For live performances, he brings along some talent to support the Grammynominated act. tameimpala.com The Interrupters - The L.A.-based ska-punk band combines the talent of three Bivona brothers along with Aimee Allen on lead vocals. The band has toured with “The Mighty Mighty Bosstones,” “Less Than Jake,” “Reel Big Fish,” “Rancid” & “Bad Religion” among other

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notables of the genre. wearetheinterrupters.com Weezer - Perhaps the most senior musicians on the slate, alternative rock mainstays, “Weezer,” will at least be a reminder of the genre that used to dominate the festival. If all other acts fail to deliver, at least you can look forward to this show full of classic hits and their latest album of awesome covers from an era when music didn’t suck as bad as this Coachella lineup. weezer.com For those of you not inspired enough to purchase a ticket or not in the tax bracket to afford such a luxurious spend, the good news is that YouTube will Live Stream several performances. The bad news is that most of those shows will be of the most expected acts and not many of the picks listed above.

If you want to watch from your phone or at work or home on your computer, check out yt.be/coachella to watch without the heat and hassle. For those interested in my “Coachella Soundtrack,” I suggest curating a playlist on Spotify and sharing with others. Be safe out there and take care of each other!

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sound is broad and developed and after your accomplishments thus far, some may say you’re “seasoned”.

Wallows: “We’ve played together for a long time but the majority of the time it was on a super small scale at random small clubs in L.A. The shows have gotten bigger and that’s definitely the case on this next tour. I think what’s interesting is that it still, in no way, can prepare us for what we are about to do at Coachella because it’s such a big event to play. It’s such an honor and it’s hilarious, it’s the very first two shows of our tour! The biggest shows we will have played have not happened yet! It’s hilarious that we’re starting off at Coachella, we may feel a little more seasoned but there’s nothing that can quite prepare us properly; It’s not like we’re prepping for a giant crowd or anything or expecting much of it in that way but for us mentally it’s such a big deal. There’s no way to be properly prepared. It also means that every single one of the new songs will be debuted.

The first time that we play these songs live will be at the first weekend of Coachella, it’s just so hilarious.”

CVW: The first three songs of Nothing Happens really pull you in.

Wallows: “The track list was very thought out. It was with flow in mind. It builds. We wanted the album to feel like a journey or a live show. It was definitely on purpose. There’s

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some really cool transitions throughout the album too.”

CVW: You all started out as fairly young as a band.

Wallows: “On paper, yeah, we were like 14, I guess it depends on what country you’re in, if 14 is considered a kid.”

CVW: I believe your art is indicative of your world view and it shines through in the music. There’s a sophistication as well.

Wallows: “I’m glad you hear it in the music.

A lot of these songs started being written years ago. It is like some people say, ‘you have your whole life to write your debut album.’

That’s what this feels like for sure, there’s a lot of old ideas that we knew we wanted to make on our first album eventually, there’s also songs we made up right before recording them, it’s all over the map in that way.”

CVW: Any leisure time for you during Coachella?

Wallows: “Cole has been playing a lot of Fortnite. We’ll probably come back to L.A. to work out the kinks of what happened in Weekend I and some other press things. We only have a few days between Weekend I and II. Weekend I we can hangout but after Weekend II we leave immediately and drive to Portland. Then we kick off the rest of the tour up and down the west coast and all around, we’re on the road for five weeks.”

CVW: Who are you looking forward to

seeing perform at Coachella?

Wallows: “We do want to see Tame Impala, Ariana Grande, Beach Fossils, It’s the first year in a while where I want to see every headliner. The 1975 will be great, we’re also looking forward to The Garden, Iceage and Shame.”

CVW: I know you can’t divulge your stage or set time but are you happy with the outcome and what kind of turn out are you expecting?

Wallows: “We’ve been going to Coachella for a long time. We hope our first year is not the Gobi at noon. We play early and I think that’s good for a band our size, early on a Saturday. I feel that’s the best day you can play early, because I feel on Friday people are still driving from L.A. and they say, ‘oh, let’s go all day tomorrow,’ so I feel that’s how we can catch people. Then after Saturday, they’re like, ‘fuck no! I’ll go at 5 on Sunday’. I’m super excited for our set time.”

Check out Wallows on Coachella Sundays!

Stage and time to be determined. Pick up Nothing Happens on all major music platforms. wallowsmusic.com

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SOFI TUKKER – CONTAGIOUS POSITIVITY PERFORMING ON COACHELLA SUNDAYS

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rammy-nominated for the 2018 Best Dance/Electronic Album for Treehouse and 2016 Best Dance Recording for Drinkee, the potent musical duo SofI Tukker are graciously returning to the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Coachella Valley Weekly was enlightened by the wide-ranging conversation as we spoke via Bluetooth as they drove to rehearsal for a show in Phoenix as they properly prepare for the “big stage” once again.

CVW: This is your second time performing at Coachella. Does the excitement taper off?

Sophie: “We’re so excited! We’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. We’ve been preparing for a long time too. We’re playing on Coachella Sundays!”

Tucker: “We played Coachella in 2017 around 3 p.m. We learned about the desert heat last time for sure. I think it will be a little cooler this time so it should be nice.”

CVW: One thing that sets Sofi Tukker apart is the use of multi-instrumentation in your live shows. How do you predetermine what you will do on stage?

Sophie: “We’re kind of a cross between a lot of things. And sometimes we play DJ and dance festivals and sometimes it’s like the live band for a stage or festival. We straddle the line between the two. We’ve been working on our visuals for a long time and we’re going to be debuting it at Coachella 2019.”

Tucker: “The difference between us and other dance/DJ artists is we’re actually up there playing. Sophie’s playing guitar and singing, I’m playing bass hitting the ‘thing’.

We have this big sculpture; we call it the The Book Tree. We’re gonna be revealing the new version of it at Coachella and it’s basically this giant sculpture in the middle of the stage that we hit with drum sticks that triggers different sounds. We have performance art.

We are very active, we don’t hang around controllers, we try to make electronic music

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as interactive and live as possible and also still go crazy and still have it be a big dance party. We also do a DJ set that we have done at some festivals. This is gonna be our real live 2.0 show.”

CVW: Your new song Fantasy is great and it sounds like it will go over well at Coachella.

Any more new music on the horizon?

Sophie: “We’ve got a lot of new music coming. We just released Fantasy a couple weeks ago and we’re following up with a bunch of new music. We’re just unrolling in that phase of our musical lives now.”

CVW: What’s on your agenda for your break between Coachellas?

Sophie: “We played other shows last time but this time we’re gonna hang out a little bit.”

Tucker: “We’re gonna go back to L.A. we have some sessions and will work on some songs. We’re not gonna be touring so it will be a little more relaxed. The day after the second weekend of Coachella we leave for a month to tour Australia. We’re gonna try and rack up a little sleep in between the two weekends.”

CVW: What was it like early on for you two pre-Sofi Tukker?

Sophie: “We met our senior year at Brown University. Tucker would say he was majoring in ‘basketball’, ha ha.”

Tucker: “I actually majored in history of art and architecture but I went there to play basketball.”

Sophie: “I was studying a lot of different things. I majored in conflict resolution and I was studying Portuguese.”

Tucker: “Well I played small forward and shot a lot of 3s.”

CVW: Sofi Tukker continues to expand the art of music making. Where do you see your musical march taking you? Is there a journey’s end?

Tucker: “From our point of view, we still feel we have so far to go and we still have so

many goals to reach. I just think we’re people who will always have more goals, more things we want to do and more people we want to connect with and make more impact. Luckily for us there’s no issue for having the drive or wanting to work hard for it because that’s just who we are. We’ve been touring for three years straight now and we don’t really stop and we don’t really plan to, we just want to keep building and building. We just feel we have a really long way to go so there’s no issue in becoming content.”

Sophie: “I think that’s part of what makes what we love so much better as a band. We come from such different places when we meet in the middle, that’s what Sofi Tukker is. I can’t even imagine having a third or fourth person because that’s the whole point of our band is that it’s exactly where the two of us meet.”

CVW: Has there been any significant artistic discord and when that has happened, how have you resolved any conflict?

Sophie: “We’re pretty good at talking through things. Creatively if disagreement happens, we usually scrap it. If we don’t both love something than we are not going to do it.”

Tucker: “There’s no compromising. If one person loves it and the other one doesn’t then it’s not a Sofi Tukker song.”

CVW: Our desert music community is increasingly wide-ranging and we’re seeing many artists flourish because of the community support they receive. Did either of you have that prior to or in the early days of Sofi Tukker?

Tucker: “I wasn’t really involved in the music community growing up, I was just focused on basketball and being an athlete.

I was just in a different culture and world. I grew up in Boston so there was nothing like Coachella around.”

Sophie: “I moved around a lot. At my schools, there were other people making music but I didn’t live anywhere long enough where the music scene could be a big part of my life. We also started quite late.”

Tucker: “I didn’t make music until I was a junior in college. I really switched out my whole identity and just started focusing on music. I had some close friends support and some family and my parents for sure but definitely had a lot of people saying, ‘that’s not your thing, what are you doing?’ And, ‘you can’t’ just totally fit in and do something else from what you’ve spent doing your whole life’. It was a weird time for me; I was like, ‘why not?’ ‘Sure you can!’ It was an interesting time.”

CVW: There’s no way around the elephant in the room. Where does Sofi Tukker fit in the music world?

Tucker: “One of the more fascinating things about us is we don’t exactly fit into a genre. It’s sort of like in high school where the people that are friends with all the groups but not necessarily in one of the friend groups. We’re cool with everyone, that’s sort of how we are in the music scene. It’s hard to pick what genre we are in, we keep making

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new things that are confusing it even more, and we kind of like that. We don’t feel limited and we don’t feel restricted to certain sounds and to certain instruments. Genres get so specific, especially with dance music these days. It’s a fun thing that we don’t fit in. I think it matches up with our personalities too because I didn’t fit in as an athlete, Sophie didn’t fit in whatever she was doing, Ha Ha!” CVW: Are there any basketball techniques or intelligence that can be transposed to the music world?

Tucker: “The broader answer to that question is I‘ve been shocked as to how many crossover skills that I think we benefit from my basketball life. The most important basic one is hard work and working through pain. We would wake up at 4 am and go run stadiums until you threw up, lift, go to class, back to practice for four hours, ice bath, get done and have an hour to try to study before you fall asleep then do it again. Just going through that and that being normal life when I got into this, I was like, jeez, I could sit in the studio for forty hours and I’m more comfortable than when I am running stadiums with a grown man screaming in my face. When we first started getting in the studio I remember Sophie was like, ‘I’m getting tired’, and I was like ‘so! We can push through a little bit’. She really adapted to that quickly.”

Sophie: “I still really believe in sleep!”

Tucker: “Ha Ha! We’re very health conscious and we try to take care of ourselves the best we can. Sophie has definitely rubbed off on me in other ways. It’s just the idea of working harder than everyone else. It’s not a competitive thing. I’m still from a competitive world. The beauty of this (music) is a lot of teams can win at once. You don’t have to have a loser necessarily. We go out every night and we play a game, we warm up and we work out before the shows, we go out and play and we can win every game. There’s no team across from us trying to make us lose, that’s a beautiful thing. But also, in my head, I’m still like, ‘you know what, when I’m not working, someone else is working and getting better’. That was always something that was put in my head from basketball and I think that mindset is still good to have.”

CVW: I’m just kind of blown away by how you two approach Sofi Tukker and each other. We could all learn a lot about music and life from you two and your relationship.

Tucker: “The music is definitely coming from a really cool friendship. We fill in the gaps where the other one is in need. We’ve learned a lot from each other.”

Sophie: “We also talk each other up pretty well. We’re very excitable but when the other gets excited and eggs the other person on we’re a force.”

Tucker: “It’s contagious positivity!” sofitukker.com

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magine this…the seemingly subdued Hayden Capuozzo is walking in New York City seeking a secluded and quiet spot away from the noise of construction and the disruption of vehicle and foot traffic to be interviewed by cell phone for Coachella Valley Weekly in anticipation of his Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival debut. So, in a few days, the artist better known as Kayzo, will be directing a fortress of sound in front of hordes of humans as he makes resounding and heavy music with his entourage of special guests. Oh the irony!

In 2012 Kayzo was accepted to Icon Collective, a music production school based in Los Angeles, California, and graduated after 9 months. In the same year he was chosen as the winner of Insomniac’s Discovery Project.

Winning the event allowed him to perform at Escape from Wonderland that year, which was also his first gig as a DJ. Kayzo is also a new type of musician. He’s not only a DJ and music producer…he’s a facilitator, having worked with a myriad of artists developing a movement that appears to be a new wave in the interlocking of rock and electronic music. Here is our Coachella Valley Weekly conversation with Kayzo, performing on Coachella Fridays April 12th and 19th (Stage and set time yet to be determined).

CVW: You are an accomplished musician, DJ and music producer. Despite that, do you have any pre-Coachella jitters?

Kayzo: “This will be my first time performing at Coachella. I did Heineken House in 2016. That was fun but to me that’s a separate event. This is the main event right here. I’m very excited to have this chance to play Coachella.”

CVW: What should Coachella fans expect from your set?

Kayzo: “We have a lot of special guests and cool things coming out. I’m about to put out my next single from my next album with a band called All Time Low and the song is called, “Up In Flames.” It’s something we’re going to be debuting in a new way at Coachella and we’re definitely excited about that release post-Coachella. The curation and vision I’ve had these past years of rock music and these bands like this tour I’m doing now combining my favorite electronic artists that I work with and some of my favorite bands and we’re doing a line-up that’s not just

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KAYZO – ‘UNLEASHED’ AT COACHELLA 2019

straight DJ. We get a combination of rock and electronic mixed and then go into a DJ and then back to a band and then when we finally get to my set. The better representation is that It’s a live experience. I’m still DJing because it’s still something I love to do but also I have a drummer on tour with me, Frank Zummo from Sum 41, and he has a Street Drum Corps team of four guys. The best way to put it is the Blue Man Group as a Metal and Grunge artist without the blue paint.

They’re drumming on oil and steel drums and grinding with grinders to the music with sparks flying and crazy stuff. It’s a whole different kind of experience. We spent three days prior to the tour having them transcribe all of my music to the drum sheet music. The entire show is choreographed. We have tons of special things for different moments in the set. I’m also drumming in the booth myself.

When you see it, it’s one overall experience.

I think it gets music fans to a different spot to give them something different that can be done on the live performance side. Fans are looking for something different and an outlet that they can enjoy and get inspired by. That’s what Unleashed is; it’s breaking boundaries, taking things from my past and moving them forward. I don’t want some nostalgic factor.

My goal is to take that moment and bring in the present and then evolve it and move it forward where music is going so it’s not a nostalgic factor. It’s taking the evolution of rock music and stuff from our past to stuff in the present with electronic and all the technology and how it’s moving forward together creating a whole new wave.”

CVW: What is the Doghouse Takeover?

Kayzo: “The Doghouse Takeover is still going. The concept goes back to 2014. It started with me wanting to put together my own line-ups and shows earlier on in my career. Bringing something different to the table and throughout the years. With Unleashed, in the past years I’ve wanted my music to take roots from my past rock, metal, pop and vocal stuff and have that cross the threshold into my all my singles I’ve been doing. The idea being Unleased and these Takeovers is to take the live performance and raise it to the level of the music so there’s a visual representation of this world I’m trying to create with music.”

CVW: How do you feel about two weekends of Coachella and avoiding any monotony?

Kayzo: “Both weekends are going to be different. For this show we’re able to work on the fly like a band versus just a DJ set. I’m able to cue and navigate with my drummers about how to improve. Last night I played Montreal, tonight I’m playing New York and it will be two different sets. Coachella provides us two different opportunities to showcase it in different ways.”

CVW: You’ve worked with so many different artists. The most recent release was your collaboration with blessthefall for the song “Before the Storm.” How did that come about?

Kayzo: “It’s the ever-continuing goal

of mixing these two worlds together and evolving. I’ve been a big fan of blessthefall for a while and I had my manager reach out to their manager initially and when they were interested on working together, I was contacted by the lead singer Beau and some of the guys in the band. We started talking and the song kind of came about. They sent me some go-go stems and guitar stems they had recorded and tracked from a demo. I was in New Orleans for a festival and they sent me a bunch of stems. I put everything else on hold from my day off. I immediately started working on the song and finished it within a day.”

CVW: I understand you grew up playing hockey.

Kayzo: “Before I started making music I played hockey my whole life and moved around the U.S. and Canada and went semipro for a while. When I got done playing hockey at 19 I actually went to Texas Tech University for a semester. I lived in Lubbock before I moved to L.A.” CVW: Where did the inspiration come to start a career in music?

Kayzo: “I wasn’t really making music when I lived in Texas. I was dabbling in it. In 2012, I moved to L.A. for music. Prior to that, I had no idea how to make music or any type of music production and knowledge. I’m more of a ‘be in a room and ask questions with people who are like-minded to learn kind of a guy.’ That’s why I moved to L.A.” CVW: Does being in L.A. inspire you or influence your writing?

Kayzo: “I wouldn’t say it affects my writing. Just being in L.A. and being so accessible to my friends I get inspired by them and collaborations or people who are coming into town. It’s a great area to be down the street from a million different options creatively and musically to work and

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be inspired. Most of my inspiration is from being away from L.A. I’m constantly away from there touring. My inspiration comes from all over depending on where I’m at.”

CVW: It appears you have a bucket load of resiliency, fearless determination, constant striving for excellence, and a genuine passion for your art. How do you prevent artist burn out?

Kayzo: “I think that’s all what all of us in the music industry have to do to keep in the back of our heads, to put things in perspective and take time for yourself to mentally and physically keep yourself healthy. If you don’t, that takes a toll on your writing. If you’re touring too much and you’re not being healthy or take the time to get proper sleep it will affect your art and your creative mind. In the past few years it’s been especially important for me to take time for myself and to take time from writing and touring and keep a well-rounded life so I can be fresh mentally and physically to do my best performing and making music. I know all too well with friends in the industry, myself included, you go through those moments where you’re constantly touring and it starts to affect you mentally. You have to know when to take time for yourself and take the time to recharge so you’re never hitting those lows that you have to stop doing what you love. It’s always a learning curve with touring as you get older. Learn from others who have done it before you, take it to heart, and do what works for you. At the end of the day, we have to put ourselves first. As much as we’d like to work ourselves to the ground.

Take that time off to be healthy.”

CVW: There’s a phrase that’s tirelessly posed time and again that states, ‘rock is dead’. With the popularity of Hip-Hop and Electronic music, do you subscribe to any part of it?

Kayzo: “It’s about opening doors. I don’t want bands and people that I look up to in the rock world to feel like electronic music is like an overcasting cloud over their music to where they feel they can’t really understand or be invited into that world. My opinion is, we’re opening doors wide open to let them know there’s people on my side of the industry that grew up listening to pop and rock, punk and metal and are inspired by it daily within our own music and want to bring them into the fold with us and have them evolve. Just have these sounds come together and meet in the middle. There are so many artists like Bring Me the Horizon who are pushing the envelope from the band side introducing a lot of interesting moments of electronic that we resonate with on my side. My goal is to be on the electronic side and come to a middle ground where a new sound can be done and push it forward, open new doors and try to pioneer it in some way.

Maybe it’s something that hasn’t been done yet. It gives kids the idea to be comfortable thinking outside of the box and taking risks.” *Attention rock and music fans*: Take a risk on Kayzo! kayzo-music.com

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DON’T BE CLUELESS

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oachella Valley is the land of festivals.

With two weeks of Coachella, Stagecoach, and many other festivals throughout the year (Rhythm, Wine, & Brews and the one-off legendary Desert Trip) we’ve earned our spot on the map as a live music destination. What locals know, and many visitors don’t, is that there is so much more to do here.

A particularly unique activity to add to your desert to-do list, is Desert X. This biennial interactive art experience is in its second year and spans from Whitewater to the Salton Sea with nineteen different art exhibits that are extremely Instagrammable. All are free and open to the public and range from sculptures to virtual reality experiences. Find the map on their website, www. desertx.org, and plot your path as you visit as many as you can before catching the set of your first Coachella artist of the day.

While you’re checking out the Desert X spots on that side of the valley, a trip to Joshua Tree National Park is a must. This park draws rock climbers, hikers, and tree lovers alike with its beautiful namesake Joshua trees, interesting rock formations, flora and fauna, and even a view of the San Andreas Fault. Go to www.nps.gov/ jotr/index.htm for directions, closings, and any other important info. Joshua Tree is just one of many exciting outdoor escapes in the valley. For hikers looking to get a healthy start to their day before heading into the festival madness, there are many popular trails to hit. In Palm Desert, the

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Bump ‘N Grind and the Cross are the two most easily accessible and well-traversed trails. This website will give you directions to those hikes (or any others in the valley): www.alltrails.com/us/ california/palm-desert.

Great news for locals and visitors – the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is back open! Take a two and a half mile ride in the world’s largest rotating tram car to the top of San Jacinto State Park at 8, 516 ft. altitude. Once at the top, you can dine at two restaurants, look over the valley from the observation decks, check out the natural history museum or the gift shop, or even take a hike (there are over 50 miles of hiking trails). Tram tickets are $25.95 and can be purchased online in advance: www.pstramway.com or at the station the day of.

You may not see Ke$ha this year at Coachella, but you can visit where she shot her video, “Praying,” at Salvation Mountain. This bright and colorful mountain is a work of art in and of itself and is worth the trip to Niland, past the Salton Sea. Entrance is free and down the road you can visit Slab City and East Jesus, eclectic, strange, and intriguing areas of art and sculptures that you have to see with your own eyes to believe (www. salvationmountain.us).

For anyone still looking to perfect their festival look, Coachella Valley is a haven for fashionable shoppers. El Paseo, also known as the Rodeo Drive of the desert, has hundreds of shops – from clothing to hair salons and restaurants. You can find upscale stores the likes of Gucci and Saks 5th

Avenue here, as well as locally-owned boutiques such as Blonde, BG’s, and Grayse. The food options are plentiful – and delicious. Piero’s Pizza Vino has authentic Italian cuisine with a walletfriendly all-day happy hour in the bar. Kitchen 86 is new to the street and serves food until 2am for those who rocked out so hard all day they forgot to eat. For festival ‘dos and braids, El Paseo is home to many salons, including Mai Salon and Sherry Mesa the Salon, both specializes in the best of festival hairdos. For a full directory of stores: www. elpaseocatalogue.com.

While you’re in the desert cities, try some of the eateries that have become institutions. Many would say a trip here isn’t complete without trying a sandwich or a slice of cake (both the size of your head) from Sherman’s Deli, which has locations in Palm Springs and in Palm Desert (www.shermansdeli.com). Shields Date Garden is known for its infamous, and sinfully delicious, date shake (www.shieldsdategarden.com). Another perfect choice for drinks and delicious food before hitting the festival is Jackalope Ranch in Indio.

Their BBQ is to die for and will help fuel a night of dancing and walking the polo grounds (www. thejackaloperanch.com).

Not to worry if you spend a lot of money on drinks and food at the festival – there are several casinos nearby that you can double down at and win your money back (or lose it all, such is gambling). Check out Fantasy Springs Resort Casino (www.fantasyspringsresort.com) and

Spotlight 29 in Indio, or Red Earth Casino in Thermal. (www.redearthcasino.com) This is only an abbreviated list of the entertainment this valley holds. A few other ideas: Escape Games at the River in Rancho Mirage (www.escapegamesattheriver.com), Jeep Tours (www.red-jeep.com), Laser Oasis in La Quinta (www.laseroasis.com), Shots in the Night at Indian Wells Golf Resort (www.indianwellsgolfresort. com/shots_in_the_night), or Boomers in Palm Springs (www.boomerspalmsprings.com). Enjoy your time at the festivals and have fun exploring the Coachella Valley!

tables. Not just a restaurant, but an experience.

Located at 79940 Westward Ho Dr. on the corner of Jefferson St. in Indio. 760-200-9844 or visit bigrockpub.com Next up is Alps Village Restaurant at 77734 Country Club Dr. in Palm Desert. Open from 11:30am – 8:30pm. This restaurant is so warm and inviting due to owner Blanca and her sister Zrinka making you feel like your family. The food is amazing and the bar has all my favorite wines like La Crema Pinot and a refreshing rose and my Ketel One Cucumber Mint vodka (not many places carry the new botanicals). They also have a big barrel of house made infused vodka with pineapple that is quite tasty. But their food is what will keep you going back. Just a few favorites are their Cold Cucumber Soup (yes…I have a cucumber thing going), their Chicken Cabbage Soup (which you’re going to need if you have a hangover and need a quick cure), the fresh Berry Salad and the Alps Beet Salad are yummy, you’ll have to try their Oktoberfest Soft Pretzel (individual or a large one to share with friends) with several special mustard sauces for dipping and what I like to refer to as their crack cheese/butter which is a little bit of heaven, the signature sausage platter and the cheese fondue are not to be overlooked.

All of their entrees are delicious but I suggest the Linguini Garlic Shrimp, the Linguini Chicken

Alfredo (hard to say which of those is my fav), the Lamb Chops, the Mama Milka’s Stuffed Cabbage and the Beef Shish Kebab. They have a full menu and also serve several types of pizzas. It is the best German food in the desert and they offer Glutenfree, vegetarian and vegan options. 760-200-5400 or www.alpsvillage.com.

Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells is both my pick for dining and Spa. The Well Spa is hands down my favorite Spa in the desert providing the best therapists. While all of the therapists are top-notch, I recommend Monica and Jay as my favorites. Whether you are staying at the property, just enjoying a massage or catching a meal at Citrus & Palm Restaurant or enjoying a cocktail in the Tavern Bar, you will feel like you’ve been transported to a Mediterranean style villa with beautiful desert mountain views. In the restaurant Chef Paul Hancock has created a tasty menu with some very unique flavors. If I’m feeling like having a drink and appetizer in the bar, I enjoy their Fish Tacos or Lobster Quesadilla. My go to meal in the restaurant is the King Salmon, always prepared to perfection, crusty on the outside and moist on the inside, with root vegetables and the best Farro Risotto you will ever taste. Other tasty items include the Lobster Salad, Rosemary Beef Brochette, Tuna Poke, Pumpkin Tamales and the Imperial Montana Wagyu Beef Bolognese Spaghetti. They have a full menu with many other delicious items to choose from along with a unique craft cocktail menu. They also have an amazing Brunch every Sunday 9am-1:00pm. You won’t regret stopping by this beautiful property located at 45000 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells.

Call 760-341-7200 or visit www.miramonteresort. com.

Cork & Fork is another one of my favorite restaurants and is located close to festival grounds and a couple of hotels you might be staying at. A smaller eatery that is always packed, I suggest making a reservation in advance (like as soon as you read this). Owner Andie Hubka has created a place that us locals love to dine at and enjoy small plates that can be shared. Everything

on the menu is fantastic, but let me suggest the Poached Lobster Shooters in butter (yes!! And they are amazing!), Goat Cheese Bruschetta (you’ll never have it anywhere else as good), Local Date Plate (you’re here in the land of dates you might as well partake), Ahi Sesame Poke Nachos (so good), Street Tacos , Filet Mignon or Tequila Lime Shrimp (yes they are as delicious as they sound), the Nonno Pizza with smoked mozzarella, Fulvio’s Italian sausage (local Weatherman/Eye on the Desert Entertainment host Patrick Evans’ family sausage that’s all the rage here), shallots, fresh rosemary and balsamic; definitely one of my fav pizzas, and of course, the Seared Scallops with maple sweet potato puree, brown butter and sage. This is my favorite place in the desert to get Scallops because I’m one picky person when it comes to them being prepared to perfection and Cork & Fork always gets it right. They are also known for their wine tasting flights. Located at 47875 Caleo Bay Dr. in La Quinta. Call 760-7777555 or visit www.corkandforkwinebar.com.

A couple other hot spots I suggest are Stuft Pizza, which has 2 locations: 78015 Main St. #100 in La Quinta 760- and their other location at Westfield Shopping Mall 72840 Highway 111 in Palm Desert. I’ve never had a bad meal there and the menu is SUPER extensive so there’s something for everyone. They also do takeout. Call 760-7779989 or visit www.Stuftpizzabarandgrill.com.

If you’re looking to hang out at the local bar that hosts the most Live Local Bands, then checkout The Hood Bar & Pizza (check out their music lineup on page 17 in this issue). As in their name they have excellent pizza and their Tots are the deal! 74360 Highway 111 in Palm Desert 760636-5220. www.hoodbarandpizza.com.

One of my favorite smaller neighborhood bars is Desert Fox located at 44750 San Pablo in Palm Desert. This bar has that old school Martini bar feel with live music (check their ad on page 16) and yes…they also have my Ketel One Cucumber Mint vodka. www.desertfoxbar.com.

Ok, my work here is done! Get out and enjoy the Coachella Valley!

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BY TRACY DIETLIN

o help all of you festival attendees navigate the waters while you’re here in town I decided to put together a list of some of my favorite restaurants, bars and spas.

These are places that never let me down and I hope you will enjoy them too.

Let’s start with Big Rock Pub in Indio at.

Obviously you’re into music or you wouldn’t have spent all that money to attend Coachella and brave the harsh temperatures and howling winds.

So Big Rock is your place. It’s almost like a museum as it has so much rock & roll memorabilia hung all over the walls. The bathrooms are even decked out. Owner Ken Hanna has done an amazing job with his vast guitar and memorabilia collection even hanging every guitar himself. You will also get to catch some great entertainment while there which you can check their ad in this paper or go to their website. But most important is their delicious food. They have my favorite French Dip Sandwich that is to die for. Other tasty menu items include savory appetizers like Charred Brussel Sprouts tossed with Applewood Bacon, House Made Potato Chips with Blue cheese, Elote Mexican street Corn, Chile Verde Nachos, Charred Edamame with Togarashi seasoned Soybeans, a delicious Hummus Duo, House Made Onion Rings, a crisp Wedge Salad and the best Chicken Tenders, just to mention a few. A couple of my favorite entrees include their Grilled Salmon with toasted Israeli Couscous, 12 oz. NY Strip Steak, Half Roasted Creole Chicken, Beer Battered Fish & Chips and the their Pub Burger is the best burger around accompanied by my favorite French Fries anywhere. They also have fun craft cocktails like the Band Hattan, Purple Rain, Strawberry Fields Forever, Paradise City, Heat of the Moment and Stairway to Heaven just to name a few. Trust me you don’t want to leave this off your list of places to go. They also have a beautiful outdoor patio overlooking a golf course and even have pool

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BAR & GRILLAPRIL 13, 2019 - 2 PM MUSIC BENEFIT FOR ‘CHAMPION’ GADI’S

ecently in Joshua Tree, Champion, a pit bull mix, was shot in the face with buckshot and beaten so badly he was taken to Malibu Coast Animal Hospital for surgery to remove the pellets that were embedded into his skull and several teeth that had to be removed due to the severe beating he endured. The High Desert, Coachella Valley and Orange County music communities are as strong as ever and are rallying around Champion by organizing a benefit concert where 100% of the proceeds will go to covering the ongoing medical treatment for Champion. Three pieces of buckshot remain deep-seated in his skull and still have to be removed. The show will take place at Gadi’s Bar & Grill and is ALL AGES! Suggested donation is $10 but the organizers will gladly take any amount that you are able to give. Gadi’s is located at 56193 Twenty Nine Palms Highway (Highway 62) in Yucca Valley, California. The show will begin at 3pm with acoustic artist Dana Larson and close out with desert metallers ORMUS! The full line-up: 3pm – Dana Larson (acoustic) 4pm – Jetta King (acoustic/electric) 4:45pm – Desert Queens (AKA Sticky Doll acoustic) 5:30pm – Perlüm (classic rock covers) 6:15pm – Firebug (acoustic/electric) 7pm – Karr (alternative rock) 8pm – Frozen Charlotte (gothic rock) 9pm – Call Upon Your Gods (melodic death metal) 10pm – Instigator (desert thrash metal) 11pm – Ormus (desert metal) Coachella Valley Weekly is supportive of benefit organizer Greg Gendron and friends stepping up to help Champion. We spoke with Greg for the backstory and a few of the artists performing to get their take on the show and feelings about the resilient Champion.

GREG GENDRON (Desert Queens & event organizer): “So one day I get a text from my singer Cynna’s sister who is in Oregon saying ‘have you seen this?’ It was a link to a post by a mutual Facebook friend on March 11th that was asking for help for this poor dog who was found shot in the face point blank and had prior been brutally beaten in the head. Shortly after, I saw the article in the Desert Star all about the incident and life threatening seriousness of the dog’s injuries and the help needed with donations to cover the absorbent veterinary cost. The woman who found the dog on her property made a call to the founder of Animal Authority Rescue Team (AART), Kristal Mackie. She is a one-woman show who helps rescue many animals in need out here in the High Desert. Kristal was the one who went to get Champion, (which was on a weekend after hours so no regular vet up here was open), and got him the special service down the hill he needed in order to have a chance to live.”

“When I read the post in the news article I was so infuriated, I was beside myself with anger and really felt like I wanted to do something. I don’t have a lot of money but I do have a band, and I am a major animal lover. I knew that we could do something to raise some money somehow. So I put together the April 13th benefit at Gadi’s and

SHOT IN THE FACE AND SEVERELY BEATEN, CHAMPION NEEDS HELP TO SURVIVE reached out to all my STICKYFEST bands and personal friends I have here in the High Desert and made it happen.”

“According to the event page on Facebook it’s going to be largely attended which means hopefully a lot of good donations for Champion’s surgeries and medical after-care bills which are over $5,000! 100% of proceeds will go directly to his medical bills and AART. We hope you can come out and help however you can, even if it means just being there and having the awareness of what goes on in our community, and the importance of reporting any time you see ANY type of animal abuse.”

INSTIGATOR: “Here’s what we’ve gotta say, we’ve always had a real great experience working with Greg on gigs and events in general. Not to mention the ultimate badass-ery of events like Stickyfest itself!”

“With regards to animal rights, I think it’s safe to say that there’s no reasonable opposition as to why animals shouldn’t be treated kindly and with respect! The fact that our local music scene can come together for such a great cause, following such a dramatic example of pure animal abuse, is a great quality in itself. Cheers to our scene for coming together!”

FIREBUG: “We were asked by Greg if we were available to perform at the benefit for Champion and of course we said yes!

We are against animal abuse! It is cruel and most of all evil to inflict such suffering on an animal, in this case Champion the dog. We are happy the proceeds from this benefit will go to covering the medical expenses for Champion’s recovery.”

CALL UPON YOUR GODS: “As for our participation, Greg happened to catch our first show at The Hood last month and was impressed with our performance. We were more than happy to accept his request for us play the benefit for Champion. This will be our second gig ever so we are planning a special treat for our set.”

“As for animal rights, everyone in the band are animal lovers. We all have pets. Animal rights are just as important as human rights.

Every living creature deserves respect. It was heartbreaking seeing the photos and hearing about the terrible things that happened to Champion. So this benefit is really something special and we hope to see all our friends and family out for this one.”

PERLÜM: “We can honestly say that animal abuse isn`t something we tolerate.

It goes without saying, that it’s cruel, evil, immoral, and all else that applies. We are gratefully proud to be part of this event in support of such a great cause. It’s a cause to aid Champion’s medical expenses, and it’s a cause in the fight against animal abuse, and to extend and solidify animal rights. ”We only wish for the kind of abuse Champion received to cease. It’s awful to see a living creature be tortured like Champion was. Whether it’s a deer, raccoon, dog, or cat, no one deserves such treatment. The person who hurt Champion will be brought to justice!”

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DANA LARSON: “Animal rights are just as important as human rights. We, as a species, wouldn’t be here without animals. They have provided a broad number of things, which allowed not just our survival, but quality of life. Throughout history, we’ve used them for such things as food, clothing, protection, transportation and companionship. Dogs are especially close to us. They lead the blind, detect seizures, go into combat, and bring comfort to the sick and dying, and on and on. And they ask for so little in return!

In that regard, animals deserve our respect, love and protection. I’m participating in the benefit for animal rights because I want to raise awareness about animal abuse. It’s not a pleasant subject, one most people would rather not think about. But we all need to be on the lookout for animal abuse and do everything we can to stop it. It’s a cause I gladly give my efforts to.”

JETTA KING, NICK HALES & TYLER ONTIVEROS: “We’re all animal lovers. We all have multiple critters in our homes. I have five myself! From what I hear, Champion is recovering well, so it’s already a win. Gonna be an awesome day of music I reckon!”

If you are unable to attend, please donate at this link: gofundme.com/f/dog-brutally-beatenamp-shot-in-the-face-needs-help

PALM SPRINGS FASHION WEEK EVENTS

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alm Springs Fashion Week (PSFW), today announced its line-up of fashion designers and artists for its 2019 Spring Fashion and Beauty show taking place on April 11, 12 and 13 at the Riviera Hotel in Palm Springs.

PSFW is bringing the best in music festival fashion and beauty to the Coachella Valley with beauty pop-up cabanas of leading hair stylists, make-up artists, nails, and more surrounding a 100 ft. runway suspended over the pool at one of Palm Springs jewel resorts in the desert.

This three–day event Palm Springs Fashion Week, produced in part by FashioNation, will host a star-studded guest list and Red Carpet arrivals that will be as iconic as the models on the Runway.

Designers include: THURSDAY APRIL 11 • ROGER FIGUEROA • DIMODA ALTEIER • TUMBLER & TIPSY • BLACK TAPE PROJECT

FRIDAY APRIL 12 • ROOTS BY BELLA • CIRRONE • RICHARD HALLMARQ • CANDICE CUOCO • CYNTHIA ROWLEY SATURDAY APRIL 13 • SIWY DENIM • CORAL CASTILLO • HOUSE OF GRAYLING PURNELL • GEORGE STYLER • LASCANA • JM COUTURE Artists and DJ’s playing throughout the three-day event include: • DJ ARVI MALA • JAIRA BURNES • VALI • ASHLEY BRINTON • ABRINA • DJ EC TWINS • KRYOMAN • TESS O’REILLY • ANNIE SOLLINGE PSFW brings together the best in Festival, Swimwear, & Resort fashion brands that foster creation and international development. It seeks to promote fashion and music culture, where design and creation have a major market impact by keeping festival fashion at the forefront of the global fashion scene.

More info on Tickets and VIP Access can be found at psfashionweek.com

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2019 CV MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES

Voting begins Thursday, April 11 and ends Sunday, May 25 at midnight. Go to CoachellaValleyWeekly.com BEST BAND Giselle Woo & The Night Owls Caxton Mega Sun Desert Rhythm Project The Flusters Brightener House of Broken Promises The After Lashes Ocho Ojos Slipping Into Darkness

BEST ROCK BAND John Garcia & The Band of Gold Blasting Echo Sleazy Cortez Mega Sun The Hellions Death in Pretty Wrapping Black Water Gospel The Classy Mother Fuckers Giselle Woo & the Night Owls BEST METAL BAND House of Broken Promises Death in Pretty Wrapping Robotic Humans Ormus Brain Vat When Tides Turn Intsigator In the Name of the Dead Murkocet He Films the Clouds BEST PUNK BAND The After Lashes The Hellions Throw the Goat Se7en4 The Sweat Act Facelift The Kathy’s Upper Class Poverty Mondo Generator BEST ALTERNATIVE ROCK The Flusters Empty Seat Yip Yops Sunday Funeral Cakes & the Assholes 5th Town Right On Right On Captain Ghost Rival Alaska Firebug BEST RAP/ HIP HOP WillDaBeast Provoked Verastyle Thr3 Strykes J Patron Thoughts Contained Dozzi Doz Al Ro$$i Nolan LowLife Mike Lavish BEST REGGAE Mozaiq Desert Rhythm Project Higher Heights Crucial Culture Unity Frenzy BEST LATIN BAND/ARTIST J Patron Giselle Woo Ocho Ojos Elektric Lucie Verzo Loko

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Adrian Crush Bohemio Nacho Bustillos

Patricia Welch Keisha D Barry Minniefield

BEST JAZZ VOCALS Slim Man Symara Stone Keisha D Deanna Bogart Johnny Meza Meagan Van Dyke Yve Evans Diane Schuur Rebecca Clark Bob DeSena

BEST R&B Eevaan Tre Gina Carey Keisha D Barry Minniefield John Carey Porsia Camille Cakes & The Assholes Chris Lomeli

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STAGE REVIEW OF ‘MAYTAG VIRGIN’

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udrey Cefaly’s new play, “Maytag Virgin,” Dezart Performs final season offering, has all of the makings of a good play. The dialogue is well written, witty and insightful. The characters, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Nash and Jack Key, are very likable and who doesn’t love a good love story with a slow southern burn leading to an anticipated happy ending? A wonderful set design, created by Thomas L. Valach and excellent direction by the talented Deborah Harmon all contribute to the makings of a hit show. Yet it still felt like something was missing. That slow burning attraction between the characters leading to a predictable conclusion never seemed to catch fire and burst into flames.

Lizzy Nash, performed beautifully by Kay Capasso, is an Alabama schoolteacher, recently widowed and making efforts to keep her lack of grieving and perceived shortcomings between her and God, as any righteous southern woman is taught to do. Capasso is wonderful in this role, just the right amount of stubborn strength and vulnerability to make Lizzy a very sympathetic and identifiable character. Joel Bryant portrays Jack Key, a really nice guy who is also a teacher and buys the house next door to Lizzie in an effort to start fresh and move beyond his own grief after losing his

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BREAKING THE4TH WALL

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DEZART PERFORMS

beloved wife a couple of years earlier.

Bryant, is a talented actor who gives Jack all of the human qualities that make him so likeable. Jack discovers a bag of love letters in his new house, they were written by the previous owners who shared a 40-year relationship. Jack is convinced that the old man who died in the house is still haunting the place. Jack and Lizzy begin reading the letters and bond over conversations about grief and regret.

In the process of dealing with the trials and tribulations of two people not looking for love, but finding it anyway, Lizzy and Jack slowly begin to tear down the walls that have served to protect them from the human frailties of life.

There are some moments that are gems to be gathered and appreciated in the midst of the predictability. During a thunderstorm Lizzy steps out into the rain wearing a bathrobe and allows herself to be baptized by the downpour, perhaps hoping to wash away the ‘sin’ of the secret she harbors. I did love the special rain and thunder effects. Jack, in his nervousness to make things perfect rushes about in nervous excitement getting things set just right for his evening with Lizzy. The characters are human, Maytag Virgin is a slice of life peek into your neighbor’s window and maybe that is enough if you are in the mood for a simple girl meets boy love story. Cefaly’s play is well written and creates

PAPPY + HARRIETS PRESENTS: REIGNWOLF

BY NOE GUTIERREZ

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 - ‘HEAR ME OUT’ VINYL AVAILABLE FRIDAY 4/12/19

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he critically-acclaimed three-piece rock ‘n’ roll band Reignwolf is headlining Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown this Thursday, April 11th in support of their long-awaited, highly anticipated debut full-length album, Hear Me Out, which was just released March 1st. Providing support for this show only are special guests IRONTOM! Doors open at 7 p.m. and show begins at 8 p.m. You can still purchase tickets at eventbrite. com/e/reignwolf-tickets-58442486049.

Hear Me Out, released independently on March 1st, has been receiving rave reviews across the board, with some critics already calling it a top album of 2019. The album features 10 blistering new songs from the trio including the hard-hitting first single “Black and Red” and newest single “Over & Over.” Mixed by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Depeche Mode), Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys), Vance Powell (White Stripes, Chris Stapleton) and Tchad Blake (Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Cage The Elephant), Hear Me Out was recorded in Saskatoon, Canada, Los Angeles and Seattle with Cook writing/co-writing/co-producing all of the tracks on the album.

In 2014, Rolling Stone named Reignwolf an “Artist You Need to Know.” Yet over the past seven years, Cook and company only rolled out a handful of singles, racking up over 10 million plays on Spotify.

Coachella Valley Weekly spoke with Jordan Cook (vocalist/guitarist) as the band prepares to head out on a run of Spring and Summer tour dates in support of Hear Me Out featuring a mix of headlining shows and festival appearances, including Woodstock 50, Bunbury, Epicenter, Osheaga and Welcome to Rockville.

CVW: Where are you now and what are you looking forward to most in playing the revered and renowned Pappy & Harriet’s?

Cook: “We’re in Saskatchewan, Canada for a couple days and get back on the road then come over to you. We get in the day we play. As timing would have it, we have a few friends from Europe and Seattle coming to the show so it’s gonna be wild. We’re looking forward to it. I can’t think of a better place to release our vinyl, it feels right. I’ve had a lot of friends play there and the date that

Paul McCartney played there of course. I heard about that and then it was just something that I need to do. I’ve never been but It’s gonna be awesome! I’m looking forward to it. Getting into a legendary place like Pappy’s and playing for the first time in the desert It’s gonna be awesome. I would like to add that the amount of buzz that I’ve heard about this show is special and I can’t wait!”

CVW: Tell us about the rest of the band.

Cook: “We’ve had the same drummer, Joseph Braley. The bass player is somebody I grew up with, his name is S.J. Kardash. We used to do two guitars instead of having a bass player and since this record is a little more bass heavy it was just kind of the way it turned out. S.J. has been playing bass for us for a couple of years now. There’s that undeniable connection when we play together it’s been really nice having him out with us.”

CVW: Reignwolf performed at Coachella in 2013. What do you recall about that performance?

Cook: “Yeah, we played Coachella at the very start of Reignwolf and that was great. I remember we played early day. The first weekend, there were a few people there and by the second weekend there were a lot of people, it was awesome man!

It was a feeling so good to be at this festival. I remember during our performance I was in the crowd and a friend had loaned me a guitar, and I forgot I was playing his guitar! I was so into the show. I remember, I was in the crowd and I threw it back onto the stage. This guitar was so breakable, usually. It was flying in the air, when it came down and hit the headstock of the guitar and somehow it was perfectly fine and I can’t get over that because every other guitar I’ve ever thrown in the air like that has always been broken; it was kind of a magic set for us.”

CVW: Your new album Hear Me Out is inspired. The day after your Pappy’s show, Friday, April 12th, you’ll be releasing the vinyl edition. And it happens to be Record Store Day on April 13th.

Cook: “We’re kicking it off at this show. It will be released on vinyl at this next show. We’ll bring it a night early to have it at the show. It will be cool.”

CVW: Your sound has been compared to some of the greats, Soundgarden, Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age, etc.

Cook: “The compliments mean a lot to me.

an ideal scenario for two people to find love and live happily ever after. Harmon’s direction and added nuances no doubt puts the true flavor in this show.

But other than their individual emotional barriers, there really is zero conflict or surprises in this story.

Maytag Virgin, can be seen through April 14th, at Dezart Performs, located at the Palm Springs Women’s Club, 314 S Cahuilla Rd, Palm Springs, CA For show and ticket info: dezartperforms.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. losangeleswomentheatreproject.org palmspringstheatre.com

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The cool comparisons. It’s nice to be out and have people on our side and be able to do special things that we want to do like the desert show.”

CVW: You’ve had a lot of success since you began Reignwolf and the response has been over-the-top. In addition to Coachella, you’ve performed at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Glastonbury and Download as well as opening for some of the most influential bands including Black Sabbath and Pixies.

How do you stay motivated as a band?

Cook: “Every time we play it’s kind of a new experience. Every time we play it’s bigger and better than the night before and I think with us, we’ve never played a song the same, which might be why we haven’t had a record up until now. It was something about not committing to one version.

These are all new songs for us. We’re probably about 8-10 shows in and these songs are so fresh for us. It’s been exciting to have new things to play, people showing up and having heard the record, we’ve noticed people singing along. We’re kind of hanging on the edge ourselves.”

CVW: You have IRONTOM providing support

at the Pappy’s show. What can you share about them?

Cook: “If you’re familiar with drummer Jack Irons, he played in the early days of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and also Pearl Jam. His son Zach Irons started this band. They’re an L.A. band.

I don’t know them that well but I know they get what we’re doing, we’ll see what happens.”

CVW: Reignwolf claims their home as the Pacific Northwest. What have you gained from being in Seattle?

Cook: “In Seattle everyone helps each other.

Within the first two weeks of living in there, I found bands like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and all these people you want to be checking you out, they actually were really good to us and pushing us. We got to meet Pearl Jam in the studio a little bit. And the Soundgarden guys, if it wasn’t for the bass player Ben Shepherd, I wouldn’t know the drummer in my band, he introduced us. It seems like there’s a little less ego and everyone is trying to help out each other. That’s the vibe I got in Seattle.

We’ve been really fortunate in Seattle and KEXP 90.3FM, the local radio station, has been really great to us. It really is one of those places where if people are behind you, they’re behind you.”

CVW: You have a little break after the Pappy’s show. Any Coachella plans?

Cook: “There isn’t a plan to go to Coachella, but at the same time anything can happen. The only thing we have for the next two days is perform an in-store at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach on Saturday. The nighttime is open; I would love to go check it out for sure.”

CV Weekly also connected with IRONTOM vocalist Harry Hayes regarding the show and subsequent plans, “We’re really excited to obliterate the walls and halls of Pappy and Harriet’s along with the great Reignwolf! Also, we’re gonna be slathering the streets of the USA on our co-headline The Midnight Love Tour with The Unlikely Candidates, coming up in May. The tour comes through L.A. on May 19th at Bootleg Theater.” reignwolf.com – irontom.com pappyandharriets.com Reignwolf LIVE In-Store Performance Saturday April, 13th – Fingerprints Music - 420 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90802 - (562) 433-4996

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or better or worse, the female vocalist that defined L.A. Rock in the ‘70s was Linda Ronstadt. The Tucson, Arizona native was born in 1946, the third of four kids.

Her father, Gilbert, came from a pioneering ranching family and was English, German and Mexican. Her mom, Ruth was originally from Michigan. Her father, Lloyd Groff Copeman was a prolific inventor who created early forms of the toaster and microwave as well as the grease gun and electric stove.

In 1960, at age 14, along with her brother Pete and sister Suzi, they began performing around town as The Three Ronstadts. It was around this time she met talented musician, Bobby Kimmel and local banjo player Richard Saltus. Along with Pete and Suzi, the five-piece briefly became The New Union Ramblers.

Bobby relocated to Los Angeles and kept in touch with Linda, encouraging her to pursue a career in music, once she finished high school.

She completed a semester at University Of Arizona before announcing to her parents that she was heading to L.A., (she left that same night). Once she arrived, she and Bobby formed the Stone Poneys with Bobby’s new pal, Kenny Edwards.

Discovered while rehearsing in a Venice Soul Food restaurant, the trio was signed to a deal with Capitol Records and made three albums in the span of just two years. Their (definitive) version of Mike Nesmith’s “Different Drum” made it to #12 on the Billboard charts. Just as the band was coming apart at the seams, it was clear that Linda Ronstadt’s star was on the rise.

Her solo debut, Hand Sown…Home Grown arrived in 1969. Along With male contemporaries like Mike Nesmith, Rick Nelson and Gram Parsons, her sound mined myriad influences; Rock, Folk and Country. At this point she was still making ends meet doing voice-overs on commercials.

Her next three albums, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt and Don’t Cry came in quick succession. Preceding Don’t Cry she assembled a touring band that almost immediately became the Eagles. Although she received her first Grammy nomination for a song off the Silk… album, it was her final Capitol release, 1974’s Heart Like A Wheel, that catapulted her to stardom.

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The record hit #1 on the Billboard charts, her singles, including a cover of the Everly Brothers’ “When Will Be I Be Loved” crossed over to the Pop and Country charts. Nominated for four Grammies, it won in The Best Country Vocal Performance Female category. For the remainder of the ‘70s, Linda could do no wrong. Signed to the artist-friendly Asylum label, she continued her winning streak with epochal efforts like Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams and Living In The U.S.A. Linda’s wonderfully nuanced vocals allowed her re-fashion seminal songs by Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, Betty Everett, Neil Young, Doris Troy, James Taylor And the Rolling Stones, nearly making them her own. But her real genius lay in championing up-and-coming singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Karla Bonoff and Warren Zevon.

Rather than remain locked into one genre, Linda followed her muse. Drawn to the emerging Punk and New Wave style, her Mad Love album from 1980, featured three Elvis Costello songs (and had him grumbling all the way to the bank). The record made it into the Top 10, but it was the first time she didn’t receive unanimous critical acclaim.

Punks thought she was poaching their music and longtime fans were a little puzzled by her embrace of this snotty style.

That didn’t phase Linda, that same year she went to New York to perform the lead in “The Pirates Of Penzance,” opposite Kevin Kline. Turns out, her voice was a natural fit for Operetta, hitting her marks as a coloratura.

Her efforts garnered a Tony nomination and she later appeared in a movie version of the production.

For the remainder of the ‘80s she deftly pivoted from one genre to the next.

She recorded three albums of standards, orchestrated and arranged by Nelson Riddle.

Although Harry Nilsson, Willie Nelson and Carly Simon had already issued albums that delved into the Great American Songbook, they never matched the success of Linda’s lengthy foray. Next up she teamed with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. The pals had sung together informally for years, but on the album Trio, took a deep dive into Traditional Country and was a hit. It climbed to #1 on the Country charts and #6 on the Rock charts. (Trio II was released in the late ‘90s).

That same year, she honored her MexicanAmerican heritage by partnering with the three greatest Mariachi ensembles; Mariachi Vargas, Mariachi Los Camperos and Mariachi Galleros De Pedro Rey. Cherry-picking classic Ranchera songs that she’d grown up listening to (her Aunt, Luisa Espinel, had been an international singer back in the 1920s), the result was Canciones de Mi Padre. It became the biggest-selling non-English language album in American history. Influenced by standard bearers like Lola Beltran and Lalo Guerrero, it won the Grammy for Best Mexican/Mexican American Album in 1988. (She followed up in 1991 with Mas Canciones).

Following these rewarding expeditions, she continued to make albums from the late ‘80s

“LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD” (RHINO RECORDS)

BY ELENI P. AUSTIN

until 2004. She had a massive hit with 1989’s Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind. Her subsequent efforts, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, and We Ran typically mined the Country/Rock hybrid she helped invent. She also collaborated on albums with Emmylou Harris and Cajun singer Ann Savoy. Her final studio album, Hummin’ To Myself was a Traditional Jazz effort.

Although she had some fairly famous romances, Linda never married. In 1990 she adopted a daughter, four years later, she adopted a son. She officially retired from the music business, and wrote a musical memoir, “Simple Dreams.” In 2013, she revealed she had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.

The loss of muscle control, has sadly, left her unable to sing. With a career that has spanned 28 studio albums, 10 Grammy awards and a long-overdue induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, she has never released a live album. Recently tapes were discovered from a concert she filmed for HBO in 1980, they’ve now been released on CD and LP as Linda Ronstadt Live In Hollywood.

The album opens with a rollicking take of “I Can’t Let Go.” A ‘60s chestnut that was originally a hit for the Hollies, Linda’s version strips away the polite British harmonies, revealing a taut, urgent Rocker that features Byrdsy guitar riffs and a prickly solo on the break. Although the lyrics’ chart a course of romantic betrayal and equivocation; “When I think of how you love and desert me, I’m the broken-hearted toy you play with,” her agitated vocals tell a different story.

Although this concert was meant to promote her latest album, Mad Love, the songs in this 12-song set cover the gamut, sometimes in slightly recalibrated form. Take “It’s So Easy” and “Hurts So Bad” from her 1977 juggernaut, “Simple Dreams.” The former, benefits from a more muscular arrangement as well as her playful vibe. Anchored by a four-on-the-floor beat, grooving bass lines, stuttery guitars, silky organ colors and plenty of cowbell, it locks into a Latin flavored lilt on the break.

Although Buddy Holly wrote the song, Linda took ownership two decades later.

The latter, originally a hit for Little Anthony & The Imperials, features whiplash guitar riffs, popping bass runs, (think “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” now banish that song from your mind forever), and sympathetic keys. Her pliant voice shifts from pleading to growling within a

few syllables, practically scorching this torchy entreaty.

“Faithless Love,” from “Heart Like A Wheel,” is brilliantly showcased. Written by J.D. Souther, this Soulful back-porch ballad opens with finger-picked banjo notes and her homespun vocals. As the tune progresses, electric piano and lonesome pedal steel wash over the austere arrangement. But the focus remains firmly on the elegant heartbreak of lyrics like “Faithless love will find you, and misery will entwine you.”

The best tracks here display Linda’s seemingly effortless vocal dexterity. The heartbreak of “Blue Bayou” has never felt so palpable. Roy Orbison’s South of the Border charmer unfurls slowly, lush electric piano, in-the-pocket percussion lachrymose pedal steel and filigreed guitar notes, underscore Her yearning tone. She sings the final verse in Spanish, and the results are positively thrilling.

“Willin’,” the Trucker’s lament from Little Feat’s first record is another tune Linda took possession of early in her career. (Although it’s hard to picture her as a long-haul trucker).

Cascading acoustic guitar is buttressed by twinkly piano and a Rock Steady rhythm. She completely imbues lyrics like “I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah, driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made/ And if you give me weed, whites and wine, and you show me a sign, I’ll be willin’ to be movin’.”

Finally, “You’re No Good” is the sultry kissoff that allows Linda’s band to shine as much as she does. Strafing guitar riffs connect with a handclap beat, menacing bass lines and curvehugging keys. With full command of her vocal prowess, she offers a stinging rebuke, then fully steps back and cedes the spotlight to her band. Dan Dugmore on guitar and pedal steel, bassist Bob Glaub, drummer Russ Kunkel, exLittle Feat-er Billy Payne on keys, superstar guitarist Danny Kortchmar, and old Stone Poney compadre, Kenny Edwards on banjo, backing vocals and guitar. More backing vocals were provided by singer-songwriter Wendy Waldman and Peter Asher (who’s day job was manager to Linda and James Taylor).

Other stellar tracks include the fluttery “Just One Look,” the breezy self-deprecation of Warren Zevon’s “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me,” the Punk-y attack of “How Do I Make You,” (written by the desert’s own Billy Steinberg), and the rippling Rock N’ Roll travelogue of “Back In The U.S.A.” The album closes with an intime reading of “Desperado,” featuring just Linda accompanied on piano.

Live In Hollywood is a short 40 minute set, meaning Linda chose to leave some of the songs on the cutting room floor. Hopefully, one day the whole concert will be made available.

Let’s face it, Linda Ronstadt could sing the phone book and it would be as compelling and nuanced as the songs she sang about emotional treachery and misplaced affection.

It’s sad that she can no longer make music. But at least she’s left us this.

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BY ANGELA ROMEO

HELLO GOODBYE: ART IN THE DESERT

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esert X will be winding up as Coachella and Stagecoach swarms the valley. But these are not the only happenings.

The fifth season of Desert Hot Springs Springs Classical Concerts continues with a performance by soprano Stacey Fraser and pianist Alastair Edmonstone at Grace Church.

The concert takes place at 4pm on Sunday, April 14th at Grace Church, 17400 Bubbling Wells Rd., Desert Hot Springs. Admission is free, but donations at the door are welcome, and go directly to supporting the concert series.

The concert will feature Canadian soprano Stacey Fraser and Scottish pianist Alastair Edmonstone. The concert will present works by both living composers and composers of the early 20th century. In addition, Fraser and Edmonstone, will present A Suite O’Bairnsangs, a song cycle by ScottishAmerican composer Thea Musgrave, known for her critically acclaimed opera Mary Queen of Scots, as well as an excerpt from Japanese composer Koji Nakano’s Spiritual Forest.

Two galleries are schedule to close their doors. Colliding Worlds Fine Art will close as of April 15. The gallery will launch an online version in the near future. “It is bittersweet to close the gallery as it means so much to me,” said owner Angela Romeo. “But this frees me to return to my own artwork.”

Also slated to close June 30 is JTAG in Joshua Tree. Founder Frederick Fulmer noted, “Having spent the last 10 year developing the gallery to provide a creative space for artists, its time to focus on my own studio practice. I am truly grateful for the support & opportunity to meet so many talented artists in our community.”

JTAG is an example of what can happen when communities work as one. “The first JTAG Opening was 2009 at 61645 29 Palms Hwy next to Natural Sisters Café. The original group of artists for the inaugural show consisted of Diane Best, David Burnham, Frederick Fulmer, Steve Rieman, John Luckett, Karen Florek, Tina Bluefield,” continued Fredrick. “In September 2010 the gallery moved to its present location at 61607 29 Palms Hwy. It was remodeled and redesigned to create a space worthy of showcasing dozens of new local artists. The

gallery also provided a space for workshops, poetry readings, music & artist talks for free.”

In the last nine years last 9 years JTAG has hosted over 90 exhibitions including major shows featuring artists Ed Moses and Ed Ruscha as well as photographer Kenro Izu. “JTAG hosted exhibitions of artists from the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency every year. One of the favorite shows was the Annual Community Salon Style Exhibition,” noted Frederick. “Our last show will be the June 15-30, JTAG EXPO 2019, which is fitting for a closing since this is one of our major events with more than 80 artists showing works.”

Is there a future for JTAG on July 1st? “I hope someone will be interested in taking over the gallery to continue providing artists a professional space to showcase new work. The legacy of JTAG won’t fade. JTAG will continue to have an online presence representing artists with our Joshua Tree Art Gallery website and Artsy.net location.”

For more information on JTAG visit joshuatreeartgallery.com

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PET PLACE MILES, THE FIRST GERMAN SHEPHERD

e was a magnificent animal, with a beautiful fluffy coat that hinted this German Shepherd might be part Malamute. Incredibly, he was not adopted after a month at the San Bernardino City Shelter. Volunteer Magen Arquette took a special interest in the Shepherd, and named him Miles. Magen requested and received an extension for his time there, but now that time was running out.

It was April, 2012, and social media was beginning to network and save more shelter animals from euthanasia. I saw Miles during a shelter visit to pick up a small size dog for lovingallanimals.org. Spending some time with him in a visiting area, I was amazed at how this handsome dog was perfectly command trained. He appeared younger than the 7 years stated on his kennel card.

A couple referred to me through Loving All Animals requested a German Shepherd, and I enthusiastically told them about Miles. They told me they loved the look and description of Miles, and assured me they would go and adopt him the following day.

However, the emails and Facebook postings late afternoon the next day sounded grim for Miles’ fate. I called the shelter and learned Miles was still there. The prospective adopters did not answer their phone. The shelter closed at 5pm and they stopped showing dogs at 4:30pm. I grabbed my car keys and purse and raced out the door, Coachella

MEET MADELEINE This raven black Bombay cat adores all humans, including the small ones. She also loves other cats!

Rescued by www.ForeverMeow.org, call (760) 335-6767.

MEET MAXINE Looking for a special best buddy to go hiking? Maxine is just 11 months old, and full of puppy enthusiasm. Come meet her at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus shelter, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms. Dog ID#A1507309, www.rcdas.org, Call 760-3433644 for info and shelter hrs.

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Valley sand storm that made visibility on the 10 freeway almost impossible. More delays occurred from the rush hour traffic near San Bernardino. I worried I might not get there in time to save Miles.

Thankfully, I arrived before the shelter closed, and the helpful shelter staff handed him over. Being unprepared, I had no large size collar or leash for Miles, who took off with the flimsy lead provided and chased after a cat in the shelter parking lot. Finally he got into the car, and we headed out on the happy “freedom ride” home.

Two offers came in from prospective

foster parents to take Miles during the trip to rescue him. One came from Adell Lantz and another from a couple who had fostered a couple large dogs for Loving All Animals, Curtis Sweesy and Vanessa Ruggles.

Vanessa recalls, “He was such a sweet and easy dog. Because fostering Miles was such a positive experience, we have continued to foster more dogs for over 7 years now, and those 30 dogs included 17 German Shepherds.

We’ve also adopted three German Shepherd dogs of our own, including two seniors. His first night here, Miles jumped on the bed and made himself right at home. Miles was so comfortable wherever he was, moving with us when we bought a house, he took everything in stride. When he was neutered, I could not get him to take a pain pill even though he was crying from pain. After trying everything including peanut butter and cream cheese, I finally wrapped a pill in prosciutto and this classy guy gobbled it down.”

In May 2012, Miles was adopted to his forever home with Carly and Hector Ramirez.

Sadly, we just received the update that Miles recently passed away, but his transition was a peaceful one during his sleep. Miles was a special part of their growing family, and Carly reports, “Miles was a great dog, and our kids absolutely loved him!”

German Shepherds are one of the smartest dog breeds, used in search and rescue missions, working side by side with law

BY JANET McAFEE enforcement officers, and helping our military in combat where they often lay down their lives to save our troops. This breed is almost always “family friendly,” great with children, while also providing calm companionship for seniors.

Why are there so many German Shepherd dogs in our public shelters? It’s heartbreaking to see them discarded and unwanted.

Sometimes these dogs don’t mature until about 3 years, and some folks can’t handle their large puppy energy. As do all breeds, they require training and socialization, and they love feeling like part of the family.

German Shepherds are my favorite breed, as I raised with a special German Shepherd named Boy, my special guardian and best friend. A check of our four county shelters will likely show German Shepherds among their adoptable dogs, www.rcdas.org. San Bernardino City Shelter continues to have German Shepherds among their available large dogs, visit them at 333 Chandler Place in San Bernardino.

Miles’ legacy continues as Curtis and Vanessa continue to love and foster these special German Shepherds. Their dining room wall is filled with photos of their many foster dogs, truly a Wall of Love.

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THE VINO VOICE DOING THE CAN-CAN AT COACHELLA

o I recently spoke with wine steward Mike at the Ralph’s Market in Indio.

For those who know the area, this Ralphs is right down the street from the valley’s famed Empire Polo Club which itself is the venue home to the Coachella Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival in our valley in the remaining weekends this month.

Due to the proximity of this Ralphs to many country clubs and retirement areas, David sells so much booze, his store ranks at the top with liquor sales in the country! Add Coachella and Stagecoach to the fray for the month of April and you’ve got some crazy times.

From the music festivals past, I’ve come to know that Whispering Angel Rosé is one of the most desired wines for the events and related parties—the wine is good and perfect for our spring weather. When speaking to David, I surmised that he must order as much of that Rosé as he could get his hands on. But he corrected me; “No—you can’t bring glass bottles into the festival grounds.” Well—here’s some valuable advice to Chateau d’Eclans (the producer of Whispering Angel), sell your stuff in cans!

Although no glass or metal containers were allowed in the festival grounds in the past at the festival grounds at Coachella, those Car & Tent Campers were and are allowed still to bring in the camping area one case of beer or

wine in cans, or, one box of wine.

But we are now in the brave new wine world where marketing will always lead the way. For the first time on festival grounds, cans will be sold and the cans will contain wine!

Cupcake Vineyards was excited to announce its return to Coachella as the official 2019 wine sponsor. To celebrate the 5th anniversary of this on-going collaboration, Cupcake will bring its wine in cans. “We are honored to be the first-ever beverage in a can available at the festival in Coachella history,” said Eben Gillette, Vice President of Marketing for Cupcake Vineyards.”

Gillette continued, “Our cans are the perfect portable, shareable, and unbreakable solution to enjoying delicious wine outdoors, so there’s no better place than Coachella to show festival-goers a new way to enjoy Cupcake wine. Fans who have come to love the complex and premium quality wines bottled by Cupcake Vineyards can now find two of their favorite varietals –Refreshing Rosé and crisp Sauvignon Blanc – in an all-new lightweight and easy-to-chill 375ml format perfect for festive summer days ahead.”

The cans of Cupcake Rosé and Sauvignon Blanc will also be available at major retailers nationwide starting April 1 for the suggested retail price of $5.99 each. There is no word out on how much they’ll sell for at the festival, but

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we’ll be figuring a premium price.

Back at the Palm Springs’ Ralphs, where I steward, I hear plenty opinions on drinking wine from a can: Long time wine drinkers still prefer the glass but the younger set is doing the can-can and loving it! “They’re so convenient—no corkscrew needed!” “Cans can go where glass bottles fear to tread.” We like the serving size of the can—we don’t have to open an entire bottle”.

Actually the real point in the discussion is how does the wine really taste? To the veteran, they can’t shun off the “tin can” flavor of canny things past. The new generation believes and relies on the new can producers; the wine tastes as good and tastes the same as their bottled stuff.

Many wine marketing data firms confirm the same news: “While canned wine is still a tiny portion of the wider industry, with about 0.2 percent of total wine sales, it’s growing rapidly thanks to millennial drinkers, according to Nielsen data. By comparison, bottled wines grab nearly 90 percent of the industry’s sales, but are growing much more slowly. (Boxed and bagged wines take the remaining market share.)”

“Millennials aren’t looking to spend $70 on a bottle of wine,” Isle said. On average, a 750-milliliter bottle of wine will cost between $11 and $25. Whereas, canned wine drinkers pay about $4 to $7 for a 375-ml can. These cans are the equivalent of a half of a bottle or, about 2.5 glasses of wine. Some wineries are packaging their wine into even smaller cans of 250 ml (about two glasses of wine) and 187 ml (about one glass of wine). Further, the younger set appreciate that wine cans are also easier to recycle than glass bottles and are seen as less pretentious to casual drinkers.

So let’s chill up a few cans and see what’s up: Barefoot Cellars can wine is really popular with the Palm Springs crowd—well, let’s call it what it is: young women buy this stuff up!

They love the fun convenience, the quick chill, and the party. This month’s sale price at Ralphs is two cans for $5.

The Barefoot Wine Spritzers have a line-up that includes Crisp White and Summer Red. The Crisp White has a zesty lemon-lime fizz and is on the dry side as opposed to the sweet;

the Summer Red come off like a light sparkling rosé with hints of berries, sweet peaches, and oranges, with a balance of sweetness.

The Dark Horse can line-up continues to expand. We’ve got the Pinot Grigio and the Rosé we’ve seen on the shelves for a while, and now, Brut & Rosé Bubbles are making the scene. The Grigio has Viognier and Riesling in the mix, so you’ve got light aromatics in a crisp package. The Rosé is refreshing dry but with crisp fruit. The bubblies are very good and pour well from the chilled can and are around $5 a can.

For you Sangria fans, there’s Lolailo all canned-up and ready to satisfy your fruity desires at around $12 for a four-pack.

Butter in cans? The very popular Butter Chardonnay, in a four-pack at $24, tastes the same in a can: it has to be, the brand is too important to mess up. Party On!—Cheers!

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29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367-3505 Bobby Furgo & Co 6pm ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 The Do-Over w/ DJs Dave Nada, Tittsworth, Haycock and Strong 9pm AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT REGENCY; IW; 760-674-4080 Tyler Simmons 7-11pm AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-202-1111 Bill and Doug Duo 6:30pm BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 Guest DJ 7pm BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Rob Carter Trio w/ Brian Dennigan 7pm BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 John Stanley King 6-10pm CASTELLI’S; PD; 760-773-3365 Patrick Tuzzolino 5:30pm CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 Johnny Meza and Co. 6-10pm CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George Christian 6-9pm CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; PD; 760-200-1768 Michael D’Angelo 6:30-9:30pm, DJ 9:30pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 Lipstick hosted by Bella Da Ball 8pm, DJs Banks and Ax 10pm CUNARD’S SANDBAR; LQ; 760-564-3660 Bill Baker 6pm DESMOND’S @ THE S; RM; 760-328-2111 TBA 5-8pm DHS SPA LOUNGE; DHS; 760-329-6787 Karaoke w/ DJ Scott 9pm EUREKA; IW; 760-834-7700 TBA 8-10pm FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-776-6534 Barry Baughn Blues Band 5:30-8:30pm FRANK’S PLACE; IW; 760-797-8700 Patricia Welsh 6-9pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760656-3444 DJ 10pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 Red’s Rockstar Karaoke 9pm

HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 Chris Lomeli 7pm HOTEL PASEO; PD; Michael Keeth 4-7pm LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-289-6736 DJ Alex Harrington 7pm LA QUINTA RESORT; LQ; 760-564-4111 Steppin Out 6-9pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760-325-2794 Hot Roxx 6:30pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-345-2450 Country Night w/ Whiskey Maiden 9pm THE LOUNGE, AGUA CALIENTE; RM; 888999-1995 Quinto Menguante 8-1am MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Karaoke 8pm THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365-5956 Reignwoldfand Irontom 8pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND COCKTAILS; TP; 760-343-2115 Intimate Acoustics w/ Morgan Alise James 9pm PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Sharon Sills 6:30pm RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 Rock-a-holics 9pm ROWAN; PS; 760-904-5015 TBA 6-9pm SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro Brothers 8pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S MARKET; PS; 760-322-9293 The Smooth Brothers 7pm SULLIVAN’S STEAKHOUSE; PD; 760-3413560 Dude Jones 6:30pm TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-347-9985 Closed THREE SIXTY NORTH; PS; 760-327-1773 Mike Cosley 6:30pm VICKY’S OF SANTA FE; IW; 760-345-9770 Robert Salisbury 4:30-6pm, The Refills 6:3010pm THE VINE WINE BAR; PD; 760-341-9463 Derek Jordan Gregg 5-8pm WANG’S; PS; 760-325-9264 Trio NV 5-8pm WHOLE FOODS MARKET; PD; 3rd Annual Beer Garden w/ The Flusters, David Macias and DJ Journee 4pm WOODY’S PALMHOUSE; PS; 760-230-0188 An Evening of Jazz 6:30pm

CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; PD; 760-200-1768 Michael D’Angelo 6:30-9:30pm, DJ 9:30pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 Viva Friday’s w/ DJ Banks 9pm CUNARD’S SANDBAR; LQ; 760-564-3660 Bill Baker 6pm DESERT FOX; PD; Lance Riebsomer 9pm DESMOND’S @ THE S; RM; 760-328-2111 Slim Man 5:30-9pm DRINGK; RM; 760-888-0111 DJ Journee 9pm ELECTRIC SPORTS LOUNGE; YV; 760-2281199 DJ Ceddy Cedd 9pm EL MEXICALI CAFÉ 2; IND; 760-342-2333 Cesar Daniel Lopez on the harp 6-9pm FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-776-6534 Gina Carey 5:30-8:30pm FRANK’S PLACE; IW; 760-797-8700 Frankie DiSalvo 6-9pm GADI’S BAR & GRILL; YV; 760-820-1213 Junkyard and Flexx Bronco 8pm HARVEY’S LOUNGE; PS; 760-320-6868 SLS Event Group Presents: The Vinyl After Party 10pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760656-3444 Karaoke w/ KJ Marjovi 9pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 Silver Sky, Israel’s Arcade and UU 9pm HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 Keisha D 7pm HOTEL PASEO; PD; Michael Keeth 4-7pm HOT SPOT@SPOTLIGHT 29; INDIO; 760-7755566 Nacho Bustillos 8:30pm INDIAN WELLS RESORT HOTEL; IW; 760-3456466 Bob Allen 6pm JOSHUA TREE SALOON; JT; 760-366-2250 Karaoke w/ Troy Michaels 7pm KILO’S CANTINA; TP; 760-835-1363 TBA 9pm KOKOPELLI’S; YV; 760-228-2589 Karaoke 8pm LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-289-6736 Morgan Ashley 7pm LA QUINTA RESORT; LQ; 760-564-4111 Steppin Out 6-9pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760-325-2794 Hot Roxx 7:30pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-345-2450 Fluid in Motion 9pm THE LOUNGE; AGUA CALIENTE; RM; 888999-1995 DJ Jerry 9pm MASTRO’S; PD; 760-776-6777 TBA 6:30-11pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm 19TH HOLE; PD; 760-772-6696 Live Music 8pm MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 Eevaan Tre 6-9pm, DJ Pedro Le Bass 9:30pm 29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367-3505 NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Karaoke Micha Schellhaas 6:30pm 8-1:15am ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 Kande noon, THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Henry The Mattson 2 and DJs 10pm AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT REGENCY; IW; 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm PALM CANYON ROADHOUSE; PS; 760-327760-674-4080 Avenida 7-11pm AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-202-1111 Live 4080 Video DJ 9pm PALM DESERT COUNTRY CLUB; PD; 760-345Music 6:30pm BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 Proper w/ 0222 Steve Williams Experience 6:30pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365-5956 Zach Hayes, Paul Silva and Femme A 7pm Actual Wolf 8pm BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Bill Gulino PEABODY’S CAFÉ; PS; 760-322-1877 Karaoke 4-7:15pm, Patrick Morris, Brian Dennigan and 7:30pm Leon Bisquera 7:30-11pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND BIG ROCK PUB; IND; 706-200-8988 Crimson COCKTAILS; TP; 760-343-2115 Red’s Rockstar Crow 8:30pm Karaoke 9pm BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 The Stanley PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Jerome Butler Trio 6-10pm Elliott 8pm CASCADE LOUNGE, SPA RESORT CASINO; RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 212 Band 9pm PS; 888-999-1995 DJ Chase Martinez 9-1am RENAISSANCE; PS; 760-322-6000 Derek CASTELLI’S; PD; 760-773-3365 Patrick Jordan Gregg 6-9pm Tuzzolino 5:30pm CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 The Myx RIVIERA; PS; 760-327-8311 Michael Keeth 8-11pm 6:30-10pm CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George Christian SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro Brothers 6-9pm 8pm

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SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S MARKET; PS; 760-322-9293 Barry Baughn Blues 8-11pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S MARKET; LQ; 760-777-1601 The Smooth Brothers 8-11pm SHELLY’S LOUNGE@TORTOISE ROCK CASINO; 29 Palms; Rojer Arnold & Bobby Furgo 9pm SOLANO’S BISTRO; LQ; 760-771-6655 Michael Madden 6-9pm SONOMA GRILL; PD; 760-340-6600 Denny Pezzin 6-9pm SOUL OF MEXICO; IND; 760-200-8787 Latin Rock 10pm SULLIVAN’S STEAKHOUSE; PD; 760-3413560 Demetrious and Co. 6:30pm TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-347-9985 Closed THREE SIXTY NORTH; PS; 760-327-1773 Dennis Michaels 6:30pm TRILUSSA ITALIAN RISTORANTE; PS; 760328-2300 Julius & Sylvia Music Duo 6-10pm VENUE@VENUS; PD; 760-834-7070 Jazz at the Piazza w/ Nils 5-8pm VICKY’S OF SANTA FE; IW; 760-345-9770 “Meet the Corwins” 5:30-7:30pm, The John Stanley King Show 8pm THE VINE WINE BAR; PD; 760-341-9463 Jack Ruvio 6pm WANG’S; PS; 760-325-9264 DJ Galaxy and the House Whores 5pm WESTIN MISSION HILLS; RM; 760-328-5955 Michael Keeth 5-7pm WOODY’S PALMHOUSE; PS; 760-230-0188 Rose Mallett 6:30pm

DRINGK; RM; 760-888-0111 DJ Journee 9pm ELECTRIC SPORTS LOUNGE; YV; 760-2281199 DJ Ceddy Cedd 9pm EL MEXICALI CAFÉ 2; IND; 760-342-2333 Cesar Daniel Lopez on the harp 6-9pm FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-776-6534 Jack Ruvio 5:30-8:30pm FRANK’S PLACE; IW; 760-797-8700 Frankie DiSalvo 6-9pm GADI’S BAR & GRILL; YV; 760-820-1213 Music Benefit for Champion the Dog w/ Dana Larson, Jetta King, Desert Queens, Perlum, Firebug, Karr, Frozen Charlottes, Call Upon Your Gods, Instigator and Ormus 3pm THE GROOVE LOUNGE; SPOTLIGHT 29; INDIO; 760-775-5566 DJ 8pm HARVEY’S LOUNGE; PS; 760-320-6868 SLS Event Group Presents: The Vinyl After Party 10pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760656-3444 DJ Ray 9pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 Rival Alaska and Daytime Moon 9pm HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 The Carmens 7pm HOTEL PASEO; PD; Michael Keeth 4-10pm HOT SPOT@SPOTLIGHT 29; INDIO; 760-7755566 Nacho Bustillos 8:30pm INDIAN WELLS RESORT HOTEL; IW; 760-3456466 Bob Allen 6pm JC’S CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0733 Vinny Berry 3-7pm KILO’S CANTINA; TP; 760-835-1363 TBA 9pm KOKOPELLI’S; YV; 760-228-2589 Karaoke 8pm LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-289-6736 Eevaan Tre 7pm LA QUINTA BREWERY; PD; 760-200-2597 TBA 7pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760-325-2794 29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367-3505 Bev PS Sound Company 1pm, Hot Roxx 8pm and Bill 6:30pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-345-2450 ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 Jonsi, Julianna Fluid in Motion 9pm Barnick and Friends noon, poolside, and 10pm THE LOUNGE, AGUA CALIENTE; RM; 888AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT REGENCY; IW; 999-1995 TBA 9pm 760-674-4080 Steppin’ Out 7-11pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-202-1111 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm Cabaret on the Green Open Mic 7:30pm MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 Derek Jordan Gregg BACKSTREET BISTRO; PD; 760-346-6393 6-9pm, DJ Pedro Le Bass 9:30pm Linda Peterson 12:30-3:30pm NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Karaoke BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 Earcraft 8pm w/ DJs Captain Osiv, Addemup and Hymn 7pm THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Henry BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Rob Carter Trio 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm 7:30-11pm PALM CANYON ROADHOUSE; PS; 760-327BIG ROCK PUB; IND; 706-200-8988 Laurie 4080 The Refills 9pm Morvan 8:30pm PALM DESERT COUNTRY CLUB; PD; 760-345BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 Gennine 0222 DysFunksion 6:30pm Francis 6-10pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365-5956 The CASCADE LOUNGE, SPA RESORT CASINO; Shadow Mountain Band and 5pm, JP Harris PS; 888-999-1995 DJ Michael Wright 9-1am PEABODY’S CAFÉ; PS; 760-322-1877 Karaoke CASTELLI’S; PD; 760-773-3365 Patrick 7:30pm Tuzzolino 5:30pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 The Myx COCKTAILS; TP; 760-3432115 Red’s Rockstar 6:30-10pm Karaoke 9pm CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George Christian PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Scot Bruce 6-9pm 8pm CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; PD; RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 Buck & Bo 760-200-1768 Abie and Natasha 6:30-9:30pm, Roadshow 9pm DJ 9:30pm ROWAN; PS; 760-904-5015 Lance Riebsomer COACHELLA VALLEY BREWING; TP; 760-343- 6-9pm 5973 Stand Up Comedy w/ Sam Benson Smith, SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro Brothers Tito Flores, Hector Lara and more 7pm 8pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 DJ SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S Banks and Mr. Miami 9pm MARKET; PS; 760-322-9293 Barry Baughn CUNARD’S SANDBAR; LQ; 760-564-3660 Bill Blues 8-11pm Baker 6pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S DESERT FOX; PD; Krystofer Do 9pm MARKET; LQ; 760-777-1601 The Smooth Brothers 8-11pm DESMOND’S @ THE S; RM; 760-328-2111 Philip Poe Epstein 5:30-9pm SHELLY’S LOUNGE@TORTOISE ROCK CASINO; 29 Palms; Rojer Arnold & Bobby Furgo DHS SPA LOUNGE; DHS; 760-329-6787 Karaoke w/ DJ Scott 9pm 9pm

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SONOMA GRILL; PD; 760-340-6600 Denny Pezzin 6-9pm SOUL OF MEXICO; IND; 760-200-8787 Latin Music 10pm SULLIVAN’S STEAKHOUSE; PD; 760-3413560 Demetrious and Co. 6:30pm TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-347-9985 Closed THREE SIXTY NORTH; PS; 760-327-1773 Reggie “Vision” Alexander 6:30pm TRILUSSA ITALIAN RISTORANTE; PS; 760328-2300 Julius & Sylvia Music Duo 6-10pm VICKY’S OF SANTA FE; IW; 760-345-9770 Rose Mallett and Co. 5-7pm, Kal David, Lauri Bono and the Real Deal 7:30pm THE VINE WINE BAR; PD; 760-341-9463 Live Music 7pm WANG’S; PS; 760-325-9264 Live Music 6:30pm WESTIN MISSION HILLS; RM; 760-328-5955 Michael Keeth 6pm WOODY’S PALMHOUSE; PS; 760-230-0188 The Stanley Butler Band 6:30pm

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here’s an 80s time capsule tucked away in Palm Springs in the form of Glitch—a restaurant and barcade that boasts over twenty classic arcade games and just had their soft launch on March 28.

The eatery specializes in Asian street food served within a retro ambience of neon and classic pop culture, emphasizing the word ‘comfort’ in comfort food by creating a casual atmosphere complete with rentable alcoves adorned with décor from the 1980s and 1990s for more private hangouts.

The owners of Glitch, Stephen Hansen and his fiancée Elizabeth Kao, strived to make the restaurant not only an escape for game aficionados but those looking for a unique dining experience in Greater Palm Springs, and they certainly achieved that with the flavorful fusion of Cambodian cuisine with traditional Western staples.

Although arcade games are not typical restaurant fare, with Hansen’s passion for collecting and vintage gaming paired with his fiancée’s detailed decorating, the couple has transformed a formerly abandoned building into a hip new dining destination.

“When we saw how big this space was, the opportunity sort of presented itself.

[Elizabeth] and I both grew up in the mid-tolate 80s and we had a shared goal of creating a husband/wife establishment in Palm Springs.

We’re definitely looking forward to seeing it grow and having people of all ages come play some games, enjoy great food, and just spend quality time together,” said Hansen.

The entire menu at Glitch was designed by Chef Christian Sia, who made each dish easily convertible to vegan and vegetarian options as well. While Sia’s goal was to incorporate

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traditional Cambodian recipes into the menu, he found a way to carefully blend elements from different Asian cuisines into accessible Western entrees.

“My intention was to slowly introduce our customers to Asian street food that was not completely foreign to them, and to get them to enjoy a different spin on their favorite meals through our special spices and ingredients,” explained Sia. This is exemplified in the Glitch Num Pang entree, which is Glitch’s take on the famous Cambodian sandwich of the same name. The dish consists of pork belly, braised pork, chicharrones, pickled vegetables, cilantro and lemongrass aioli fashioned into a French baguette sandwich. The Num Pang is presented as a pulled pork sandwich with an Asian twist, armed with spices that pack a flavorful punch and served with Chinese shrimp crackers instead of typical French fries.

Another standout item from Glitch’s menu is the succulent plate of Asian Wings, comprised of three whole chicken wings dressed in a Chinese-inspired wing glaze topped with peanuts and cilantro, served with a side of carrot and bean sprout salad. Falling under the middle category between light and heavy entrees on the menu, the Asian Wings

leave you feeling full and satisfied with moist pieces of seasoned chicken expertly mingling with a refreshingly light salad.

Among the other dishes that I sampled were the Sichuan Dumplings—a southern Chinese style of chicken dumpling dressed with ginger spiced black rice renege and Sichuan-style pepper oil; the Beef Satay— inspired by the Singaporean recipe; the Napa Cabbage Salad served with orange, fennel, peanuts, and fish sauce; and the Chicken Fried Rice, made of Chinese-style fried rice flavored with sesame, scallions, and Chinese rice wine.

Overall, Glitch’s menu is consistent with the ingredients used in each dish and makes for a unique night out with authentic Cambodian flavors sprinkled within all-American classics.

Glitch’s official opening to the public will be next month, but it is easy to see that the restaurant is already a one-of-a-kind addition

BY CRYSTAL HARRELL to the Greater Palm Springs nightlife.

Glitch is located at 2080 N. Palm Canyon Dr. in Palm Springs 92262. Phone: 310-7390027 Website: glitchpalmsprings.com.

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used to have this friend Chris who ordered a Snakebite every time we went out to a bar. He’d drink pint after pint until he was inevitably throwing up nachos and beer foam in the back alley of the pub, and not a once did I ever ask him what a Snakebite was. I always imagined it was this venomous concoction worthy of a southwestern motif; a deadly combining of mezcal and Modelo, or tequila and Tecate.

When I found out my buddy Chris was getting hammer kablammered on a mix of cider and lager beer, I A) kinda thought that was a wimpy thing for a macho dude to be quaffing without shame, and B) I kinda wanted some (it was years later that I realized my pal Chris was putting shots of Yukon Jack in his cider/lager drinks. So, sorry for thinking you weren’t hardcore, Chris). So, cut to me

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at 21, ordering these beautiful looking halfand half drinks, pints of bronze and strawgold liquid split by a clean, horizontal plane mid-glass. The bartender asks me if I’d ever had a Black and Tan, and when I said I hadn’t, he slid in front of me a half-and-half drink that was even more starkly contrasted than the Snakebite. The pale yellow of lager cut cleanly by the obsidian blackness of stout, the Black and Tan is truly a gorgeous pint of beer. There’s an aesthetic to these drinks that draws the eye and beckons a taste, and an appeal in that it must be mixed fresh, because you can’t put a Black and Tan in a bottle.

Someone forgot to tell the Mississippi Brewing Company that.

Growing up on a steady diet of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry cartoons, I was able to put two and two together and deduce that a brown jug with XXX on it must have been filled with something amazing for hillbilly cartoon characters to always be tipping them back the way they did. Ceramic jugs with small thumb loops have fascinated me ever since, so you can imagine my delight the first time I saw the uniquely designed glass bottle that Mississippi Mud came in.

Perfectly mimicking an earthenware, twotone moonshine jug, Mississippi Mud has hands-down the most idiosyncratic bottle of any beer on the market. Illustrated with the image of a fierce looking alligator, the label is shrink wrapped around the glass bottle, and makes a statement as unique as the

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beer inside. In big, bold letters, the phrase “FAMOUS SLOW BREWED BLACK & TAN PORTER AND PILSNER BEER” is emblazoned across the entire front of the bottle in a bold and gaudy font. I have no idea what the marketing team at Mississippi brewing thought “slow brewed” meant (that’s like saying a bread is slow baked or a chicken is slow fried), but it’s no cheesier of a phrase than “taste the Rockies” is.

MISSISSIPPI MUD – 5% ABV, Mississippi brewing company (contract brewed by the Matt Brewing Company) APPEARANCE: Not exactly the black and tan that you get at a bar, but a light, caramel brown that borders on amber. Crystal clear clarity, and a nicely capped head of foam that disappears quickly. 3.75/5

NOSE: Sweet with the smell of corn, there are some toffee and chocolate notes from the porter. Light hops come through eventually, woody and herbal. 3/5 TASTE: Mild coffee and chocolate with the slightest roasted notes on the finish; the taste really follows the nose on this one.

After several swallows, the impression of a beer with both pilsner and porter flavors is evident. Soft, herbal hoppiness finishes each sip, but there’s also a cheap, sweet twang at the backend of the palate, marring an otherwise enjoyable flavor. 3.25/5 MOUTHFEEL: A high level of carbonation and a medium-thin body combine to give a crisp finish that is definitely pilsner. 3.5/5 OVERALL: It’s been years since I purchased one of these jug-shaped bottles of Mississippi Mud, and I was surprised at how unique this beer still is. While sources online debate who actually brews it (one source claims that “Matt Brewing Company” is actually the Arizona brewing company), it’s a beer that serves as a gateway for those looking to venture outside the realms of their favorite mass market lagers. Inexpensive and not too difficult to find, I’d recommend this for fans of Newcastle brown ale, another lightly flavored dark ale. 3.4/5

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SCREENERS

NOW SHOWING: SHAZAM!

Horrormeister David Sandberg (“Lights Out,” “Annabelle: Creation”) directs Henry Gayden’s witty and heartfelt screenplay that expounds on the notion that we all have an inner superhero just waiting for the right magic to bring it out.

All 14-year-old brooding runaway Billy Batson (Asher Angel) needs to do to make that happen is shout one word “Shazam!”

– courtesy of an ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou) -- to transform into the eponymous

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adult superhero (Zachery Levi).

Created in 1939 by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck. Originally, Batson was given the name Captain Marvel, but that was later changed to Shazam for reasons too complicated to detail here.

In the beginning, Shazam delights in the new and more potent version of himself by doing what any other kid would do -- having fun testing his newfound powers. But there’s an opposing force out there in the form of evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong) who wants Shazam’s magical abilities for himself.

Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a teen.

BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS

Can he skip school? Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands?

Yes, but he’s going to have to master these awesome powers as soon as possible if he’s to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Sivana.

The satisfying but not cloying theme is as much about family - not necessarily the one you’re born with - as it is about super powers and defeating bad guys. This is the perfect antidote to Christopher Nolan’s gnarly take on comic super heroes.

Is this funny and sweetly innocent movie is a sign that DC is ready to take on Marvel?

Early showings suggest audiences are ready to warmly embrace comic book inspired films without the bleakness, darkness and relentless self-seriousness often part of the genre.

Billy and his foster siblings are actually fun to spend time with, and the film›s message of found family is a sweet one indeed.

Strongest recommendation. If you’re looking for an unpretentious, entertaining time at the movies don’t miss this one. It’s full of heart and loads of fun. You will laugh out loud.

NEW FOR THE HOME THEATER: VICE Writer/director Adam McKay is best known for comedies like “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “Step Brothers” and “The Other Guys.”

His movie about Dick Cheney examines the single-minded story of a driven, bureaucratic

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Washington insider who methodically became what many considered the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, retooling the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today. It’s the story of us and how we got to where we are.

Intermittently shifting in tone, consistently inventive, darkly funny, this absurdist biopic is anchored by Christian Bale’s Cheney – a backstabbing, front-stabbing and with the “encouragement” of his wife Lynne (a terrific Amy Adams), a ruthlessly ambitious player.

This wildly entertaining film may be essential viewing for a fuller understanding of our contemporary history and current geopolitical quandaries. It hits like Cheney’s accidental shotgun blast to his fellow quail hunter’s heart in 2006.

Love it or hate it, there’s no escaping the realization that we are indeed one of its characters. The final moments cleverly include a faux but spot-on marketing study for the film we’ve just scene.

Rockwell costars Sam as “W.” Limited extras include some deleted scenes and a Making Of featurette. Twentieth Century Fox. Recommended. robin@coachllavalleywekly.com

BOOK REVIEW

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e don’t get to choose our parents. Even though we may love them and grow to understand them, we may never really know them. In The Editor by Steven Rowley (Putnam, 310 pages), a son must come to terms with his mother.

The story begins with James Smale, a first-time novelist, who has an appointment to meet a Doubleday editor interested in his manuscript. It is a huge opportunity. If the editor likes the book -- and Smale -- it will be a dream come true to actually get his work in print purchased by a major publishing house.

When the editor arrives, Smale is gobsmacked. The editor is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – the former first lady of the United States. She loves Smale’s book.

However, she declares it needs work, a new title, and it especially needs a better ending.

Author and editor form a bond as Smale does his best to work out the very personal nature of the narrative. The manuscript is about his difficult relationship with his mother.

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Smale’s title is “The Quarantine.” It is about a son who locks himself and his mother in a room until he can get her to divulge the secrets he knows lurks somewhere within her soul. If he can find what haunts his mother, then maybe he’ll truly know the woman.

As Smale rewrites, his personal relationships are challenged. His boyfriend grows distant and his mother won’t read the book. But after Smale discovers a family secret, he has a personal breakthrough, which gives Mrs. Onassis the ending she had hoped for.

This story exploits a clever premise and delivers a charming, believable relationship with the famous first lady and Doubleday editor. I really enjoyed dropping into Mrs. Onassis’ life as Smale’s editor.

Author Rowley captures her voice and mannerism. Albeit fictional, it is a glimpse into what her private life might have been like as she tried to blend into New York City and live like a normal person with a job that matters. Rowley clearly did a great deal of research about Mrs. Onassis.

As Mrs. Kennedy Onassis -- the first lady who served as a mother and role model to the country during her husband’s short term -- guides Smale through the rewrite, he gets a fresh perspective about the narrative of the past and lessons on how to move forward with dignity and grace.

At times, I felt the story was an extended

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metaphor. The desire we have for the perfect mother who helps us edit our life and work out the ending with respect and unconditional love. Is Mrs. Onassis a figment of Smale’s imagination?

The Editor is a nice blending of a wellknown notable person of the world into a

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fictional story. As slight as the plot is, Mrs. Onassis is an inspired conceit as Smale comes to terms with understanding the past and the roles we play. However, if Mrs. Onassis were not the editor in the story, I’m not sure the novel would work.

Mrs. Onassis serves as the catalysis for Smale to discover a new admiration for his mother, healing and writing.

Our parents are not perfect, but they are our parents, and they are just people with flaws and a past, who are also products of their time and place on the planet.

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

ARE YOU ROAD RAGEOUS?

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he National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that road rage “involves a criminal act of violence, whereas aggressive driving can range from tailgating to speeding to running red lights.”

“The real root of aggressive driving lies within each of us,” reminds Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.

Drivers can cope by taking an honest look at their driving behavior and attempting to reduce their stress level behind the wheel. April is Distracted Driver Awareness Month!

Here are some things to consider: Get your Z’s. We all know how cranky we get without enough sleep. It makes us prone to feelings of annoyance, resentment and even anger.

Plan ahead. Do you regularly whiz through your morning routine in a whirlwind of chaos, trying to make up time while on the road? Extra time equals calmer driving.

Many of us love and identify with our cars, but sometimes you can take the “car as extension of self” idea too seriously. You’re not as impressive as you think, so let it go… No matter how much power you’ve got under the hood, your vehicle is first and foremost a mode of transportation, not a weapon.

Listen to relaxing music. It will make you less pumped up for action. Breath deep.

I know this is going to be hard for you to accept but It’s not all about you… Perhaps another driver cut you off. Or the car in front of you is braking erratically. Before you assume the

driver is getting off on your rising anger levels, realize that you, as an individual, are not the target. Don’t take things so personally.

Driving with anger ages you. It creates frown lines and people most prone to anger are almost three times more likely to have a heart attack than those with low anger. Other health risks seen in those who display hostility include obesity, depression and stroke. Not only will giving into anger not resolve an irritating situation, it can increase the risk of retaliation.

Think to yourself, “Is making my point worth endangering my life?” Learn to “let it (and them) go.”

Driving a car makes people feel more isolated and protected, allowing them to act in ways they would normally find embarrassing.

You look like an Ass when you drive like one!

Take the self-test. Do any of the following statements sound like you?

– I regularly exceed the speed limit in order to get to work on time.

– I tailgate other drivers, especially those who sit in the left lane.

– I flash my lights and honk my horn to let drivers know when they annoy me.

– I verbally abuse other drivers whether they can hear me or not.

– I frequently weave in and out of traffic to get ahead.

– I feel the need to set bad drivers straight.

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re driving may qualify as aggressive. Take the detailed Road Rageous Test that determines if you’re driving habits fall under the “aggressive zone,” “hostile zone” or – worse yet – “war zone.” www.aipsnews.com/ rurrageous.htm We’re all bound to lose our cool at some point, but by planning ahead and keeping things in perspective, we can prevent our emotions from getting the best of us. Putting aggressive driving in park will help to ensure your own safety, as well as the safety of everyone around you.

Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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s one of the largest music festivals in the world each year, the Coachella Music & Arts Festival attracts approximately 125,000 people a day resulting in festival revenues for Goldenvoice that Forbes estimates exceed $125 million.

To help you get some perspective on the sheer size of what Goldenvoice orchestrates in the Coachella Valley every year, if we exclude free concerts, there have been only ten single headliner concerts to outdraw the Coachella Music Festival ever.

The largest paid concert ever was for 220,000 by Vasco Rossi in Moderna, Italy on July 1st, 2017. Rossi is one of Italy’s most successful singer-songwriters for more than thirty years. As Rossi retired from touring a few years earlier, the performance was seen by many as a last chance to see him…a feeling experienced by many of us who attended Desert Trip and saw The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, The Who, Neil Young and Roger Waters perform over three days.

Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium is home to the second, third and fourth largest concerts ever. Paul McCartney performed in front of 184,000 in 1990 while Tina Turner sang and danced before 180,000 in 1988 as did Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra in 1980. The only other performers to exceed 125,000 are Luciano Ligabue, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Queen, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and Michael Jackson.

Looking at free concerts, Rod Stewart’s

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The crowd is Rod Stewart’s 1994 New Year’s Eve concert in Brazil

1994 New Year’s Eve concert on Copacabana Beach drew 3.5 million attendees. JeanMichel Jarre matched Stewart’s feat when he played at the 850th anniversary of Moscow in 1997. Jarres’ Bastille Day concert in Paris in 1990 drew 2 million.

The most successful tour of all time has to go to U2 and their 360º Tour of eight years ago with $736 million in revenues. Look at in terms of average revenues per show, U2’s 360º Tour averaged $6.7 million in revenues per show over their 110 shows for an average audience size was 66,000. These were not intimate performances.

Based on gross revenues, Guns N’ Roses’ most recent tour ranks second most successful ever with revenues of $563 million

DALE GRIBOW ON THE LAW

HOW TO BEAT A COACHELLA DUI..

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ell, “beat” may be too strong a word since a lawyer looks for the best result possible with the facts presented. However, following the advice herein, may allow your lawyer to get a drastic reduction or at least have to deal with less evidence against you. Less evidence increases your chances of a successful result. So with COACHELLA here this week, beware of more cars on the road and thus more accidents and DUI’s. More police on the streets means more checkpoints.

Initially, when stopped for a DUI, pull over safely to the side of the road, with your hands on the steering wheel and wait for the officer before you move. Be polite and courteous. Then remember you have the right to remain silent.

Use it! Do not help the police build their case against you. The first question will be “have you been drinking?” Remain silent. You do not want to admit to drinking nor do you want to lie and say you have had nothing. They will smell alcohol on your breath and know you have lied to them. Silence is Golden and Handcuffs are Silver.

Remember, the Field Sobriety Tests, finger to nose, alphabet and walk the line etc. are all optional. You, don’t have to take them. Cut out the card at the end of this article, keep it in your wallet, next to your license and hand it to the officer. These tests are designed by the police to confirm their suspicion of a DUI. In addition the breath test, at the scene, is likewise optional.

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followed by the Rolling Stones “A Bigger Bang Tour” at $558 million, Ed Sheeran’s most recent tour at $556 million followed by Coldplay’s tour of a few years ago.

Based on revenues per show, Taylor Swift’s last tour has the second highest average at $6.5 million. U2’s Joshua Tree tour in 2017 comes in third at $6.3 million followed by Madonna’s “Sticky & Sweet” tour of a decade ago at $4.8 million per show. Remember Madonna?

Looking at attendance per show, Taylor Swift is second at 54,500, U2s Joshua Tree tour at 53,000, The Rolling Stones’ Voodoo Lounge Tour of 1995 at 51,000 and One Direction at 49,900 per Pollstar.

According to Forbes, in 2018, Ed Sheehan

was the top grossing performer grossing $429 million over 99 concert dates. Taylor Swift was second with $315 million over 48 shows followed by Mr. & Mrs Beyoncé at $253 million from 48 shows, Bruno Mars with $238 million from 100 shows and P!nk at $180 million from 88 shows. The Rolling Stones who have been a top grossing act every decade since the 1960s grossed an impressive $118 million from 14 shows.

As a reminder, festival season isn’t over out here in the Coachella Valley.

Country music fans will take over the Polo Fields for the Stagecoach Music Festival from April 26 through the 28th. For more information, visit www.Stagecoachfestival. com.

For those looking for a more intimate, family-friendly festival experience, check out “Live/Love like there is No Tomorrow” at the Joshua Tree Music Festival from May 16-19. For more information, visit www.

JoshuaTreeMusicfestival.com.

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LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

Advise the officer you would be happy to cooperate with law enforcement and take anything that is mandatory. Request a blood test at the station....though you could also take a breath test there. Many professionals believe the blood test is preferable because with the passage of time, your reading is decreasing. The police call someone to draw the blood and if you are lucky, it takes a while to get them there.

Remember, if at the station you do not take a chemical test (Blood or Breath), your license will be suspended for a year.

Even when arrested for a DUI, a good lawyer will looks for police mistakes. Some police prepare poor reports and have bad note taking skills or lack the intellectual capacity and don’t take evidence down as it occurs. They don’t prepare their reports for 45 minutes or so and sometimes write down what they “thought” the driver said. Sometimes there is an improper collection of evidence at the scene and they often do not interview the passenger or look in the car for evidence.

DUI’s are controlled by Title 17, which establishes the protocol for how police departments administer a DUI blood or breath test. It shifts the burden back to the DA or DMV and they have to call experts, and they do not want to do so. Title 17 requires 15 continuance minutes of observation. When the officer gets to the station s/he has to secure their weapons. Meanwhile the defendant is in the car and then walks into the jail. This often breaks

the 15 minute window. A failure to properly collect blood evidence, such as not noting what the blood nurse does after blood draw may result in a dismissal. Likewise, for a missing inversion of the blood vial, so that the blood and anti-coagulant do not mix properly with the preservative of sodium fluoride. If this is not done correctly, then fermentation occurs and shifts the burden back to the DA/DMV. Many officers lack a true understanding of field sobriety tests. They sometimes improperly instruct, demonstrate and record the tests. There are 3 standard tests but, the hand pat, finger count and finger nose are not standardized. They are subjective versus an objective standardized test. Officers often don’t factor in fatigue, the grade or the gravel at the location.

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HOMELESS STREET ARTIST: A TYSEN KNIGHT PRODUCTION

had the opportunity to sit down with Tysen Knight in the wake of the world premiere of his latest documentary “Homeless Street Artist”. Tysen is equally known for both his street-style, boldly colorful art, and beautifully produced films that bring us to the streets to meet the most interesting cast of characters.

This is Tysen’s second film and the second consecutive year that he has been invited to participate in the American Documentary Film Festival here in Palm Springs. His first film, The Art of Hustle: Street Artist Documentary was received with acclaim, winning the Oregon Documentary Film Festival for Best Picture and garnering him an invitation to Grenoble, France. This film can be seen on Tysen Knight’s YouTube Channel: youtube.com/user/TysenKnightFilms When asked about the difference between the two films, Knight candidly explains that this film was extremely personal for him based on a small stint of homelessness he himself experienced. “I just think everybody should have a place to live and stay, food and clothing.

I just can’t imagine people closing their eyes EVERY night, outside in the elements. That’s insane to me, in a country that’s supposed to be the richest country in the world and we have people sleeping on the streets, it just boggles my mind.”

The conversation turned to Skratch. the homeless artist that is the focal point of the film. Skratch made an appearance in Tysen’s first film, The Art of Hustle, Street Artist Documentary and audiences worldwide responded to Skratch. To know Skratch is to love him and this transmuted itself to the audience beautifully. Tysen knew instinctively that Skratch was the perfect subject for his next film. “Everyone was intrigued by Skratch, everyone asked me what had happened to him. I thought about that and decided if I could use this film as a platform to bring awareness to homelessness, why not feature Skratch is his own documentary. People need to know that the people they overlook every day are just as talented as everybody else.”

What happens next, and what perhaps neither Tysen or Skratch even realize, is one

of the most beautiful friendships the audience may ever see develop and unfold before their very eyes. You immediately sense just how much Knight cares for Skratch. Skratch steals the show while Knight takes a backseat, offering calm support and encouragement.

Sitting in the theatre with both Knight and Skratch in attendance watching the movie together, Skratch still cannot believe this is happening and the audience has no idea he is there in the back row, watching himself on the big screen. They laugh with him and they cry with him as they get to know the eternally sunny, optimistic, tipsy, hilariously funny Skratch.

We watch as Knight presents Skratch with a bucket full of brand new art supplies. Skratch cannot contain himself and immediately grabs a bright yellow pastel, takes a bite chews it up and spits bright yellow on the brand new canvas. It’s weird and funny and takes Tysen by surprise, but the finished product shown later is nothing short of remarkable. There are flowers and paint brushes and bright colors pieced painstakingly and chaotically together on a tiny canvas. The sense is that this what the inside of Skratch’s mind looks like. Colorful, beautiful, delightful and without boundaries.

His childlike wonder and joy in the wake of his situation is miraculous.

On a different day, Tysen comes to visit and finds a confused and injured Skratch. His ankle is swollen three times its size. Skratch claims he was jumped and kicked in his sleep.

A sorrowful Skratch is too much for Tysen

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elcome to Old Town! Nestled at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains, Old Town is La Quinta’s gathering place and Main Street.

Here you will discover over 30 cafes, shops, boutiques, salons, and services in a setting treasured for its architectural charm and village atmosphere. Old Town’s unique ambience draws locals and visitors from around the world. Dine on al fresco patios, browse seasonal art shows and farmers’ markets, shop for locally-curated fashion and gifts, or simply enjoy a stroll in a casual and relaxed setting.

There is always something happening in Old Town! Major seasonal events such as Art on Main Street, First Thursdays, Farmers’ Markets, holiday brunches, outdoor concerts, wine tastings and more make Old Town a popular destination for visitors and residents of all ages.

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to bear and he finally convinces Skratch to let him take him to the hospital. After being turned away from a hospital in Palm Desert, Tysen brings him to Desert Regional Medical Center where they take him in and patch him up. The next day, Tysen wakes a sleeping Skratch, only to discover that someone stole his crutches during the night. During the Q and A, an audience member asks Skratch how his foot is and Skratch gravely states that his foot is broken in several places and isn’t healing correctly because he is unable to stay off of it.

“Being homeless is hard,” he says simply.

Two other artists, Catherine Lunsford and Will Harrell are also featured in the film. Both bring a sense of humor to their situation, laced with a cynicism we begin to understand once we start to relate to them as human beings who struggle to survive every day. Tysen treats every artist in his film with deep respect, paying them for their art. A touching moment ensues when Tysen comes to visit and Catherine presents him with a beautiful sketch of Tysen’s trademark logo, a self-portrait Knight drew of himself when he was eight years old. Tysen is visibly touched by the gesture and buys the sketch from Catherine. It hangs on his wall at home along with works from both Skratch and Will.

The film ends, the lights go up and there is a pause while the audience collect themselves.

They soon realize that Skratch himself, along with an emotional Tysen are walking down the aisle. They applaud loudly, cheering Skratch on as he makes his way with Tysen to the stage.

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Tysen is overwhelmed by the response and unable to speak for several minutes, handing the microphone to a delighted Skratch. Skratch takes to the audience immediately, admitting “I didn’t really believe this was happening.

I mean, I knew Tysen was there but I guess I didn’t realize he was actually filming me.

Seeing myself up on that screen, I hate to say it, but I think I sound intelligent!” He laughs in delight at his own intelligence and the audience laugh in delight with him. He speaks with great admiration about Knight. “He was perfect. He just let me be me and when I would get a little lost, he would just make it so simple.

He would ask things so calmly and simply.” He points to Knight and says emotionally, “I love this guy.”

Tysen says a few words and answers a few questions and then invites the founders of Street Life Project, a local nonprofit that serve the homeless in our valley, to the stage.

Christian and Blaire Jelmberg answer questions from the audience on how they can get involved and discuss their soon to be realized dream of establishing tiny home campuses here in the Coachella Valley. Tiny self-sustaining homes to be used as transitional housing. Learn more about Street Life project and how you can help at: www.StreetLifeProject.com.

When asked what was next on his agenda, Tysen says he will continue to make documentaries, his plans with Street Life Project being the top priority. “I want to piggyback off the success of this film and bring Street Life Project into the forefront of the conversation. Their tiny home project is pretty amazing and I believe it can make a huge difference. I want to give them a platform to reach people that may want to get involved.”

Whatever Tysen Knight decides to do next is anyone’s guess. Tysen seems to run at the speed of light, creating art and films and always making sure that he is helping his community along the way. It’s what sets him apart from all the other artists in the valley. This need to serve, help, and most of all, inspire others.

Tysen Knight can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. Learn more about Tysen and see examples of his work at: www.

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COMMUNITY PARKINSON’S RESOURCE ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES 29 YEARS OF WORKING SO KATE SPATES NO ONE IS ISOLATED BECAUSE OF PARKINSON’S BY

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n the patio at Mitch’s on El Paseo under a beautiful sunset, 175 people gathered for dinner to celebrate Jo Rosen and her 29 years of service to the Coachella Valley and beyond. Since 1990, Parkinson’s Resource Organization (PRO) has served countless people caring for and living with Parkinson’s disease, a disorder of the central nervous system which affects movement, often including tremors.

Two PRO board members Michael Rudder and Michael Lu, who both suffer from Parkinson’s disease were honored. Michael Rudder, a successful businessman who has also survived brain cancer, a stroke, and a heart dissection was honored with PRO’s “Nine Lives” award. Michael Lu is a young man, only 30 years old, who works with and helps reintegrate individuals from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds who suffer from medical, mental and physical disabilities. Lu was honored for his tireless positive attitude and given the “Winning at Life” award.

Mitch Epstein said a few words about how Parkinson’s has affected his life as his favorite Uncle lived with and died from Parkinson’s.

When Mitch’s favorite aunt found love again and married her new husband he was later diagnosed with Parkinson’s, illustrating the pandemic that the disease has become.

Jo Rosen was presented with Proclamations from Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Indian Wells, Indio and the City of Palm Springs which declared April 7, 2019, as “Jo Rosen Day” in recognition of her work and the impact she is making globally for people caring for and living with Parkinson’s disease.

Curtis Cannon spoke about his benefits from PRO as a caregiver. Dr. Samantha Peters and Laura Meeks both spoke about the benefits of PRO’s online Wellness Village, which is virtual, vetted Resource Directory and one of the main

sources of revenue for Parkinson’s Resource Organization. Actor Marc McClure, famous for his roles in Superman and Back to the Future, spoke about his relationship with Michael J Fox, and International singer, songwriter, and actor, Trini Lopez, an honorary member of PRO spoke of his admiration of Jo Rosen and his pride in being involved with such a great cause.

Notable attendees included Oscar Ramos, Sheri Auen, Catharine Reed. Bill Remery, Dr. David & Sandy Perkins, Robert & Sharon Keith, Suzi & David Etheridge, Harold & Jane Pollin, Chuck Brandfield & Tom Dreher, Larry & Sunny Le Brookshire, Bill King, Ellie & Jeffrey Tropple, Jay & Pamela Kuhne, Nina & Devin Mann, Michael Moser, Bob Uhlenhop, Kathleen & Tim Kruer.

After a silent auction with several one-ofa-kind trips and a Chinese auction with several themed packages, the grand prize drawing was the last surprise of the evening, donated by Robert & Sharon Keith, which included a one week stay at their home on Coronado Island.

Founder Jo Rosen was the adult child of a person living with Parkinson’s and later a spouse of a person with Parkinson’s. She was inspired to create an organization that would advocate for, educate and provide emotional support for families affected by Parkinson’s. Now known worldwide with an online Wellness Village providing resources for Legal, Insurance, Financial Planning, Caregiving and Care Management, Medical Professionals, Hospice and Science as well as support meetings throughout Southern California.

They are working so no one is isolated because of Parkinson’s and working to find choices in creating the ultimate quality of life.

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April 11 to April 17, 2019

BY DR PETER KADILE

FESTIVAL HEALTH TIPS!

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f you’re prepared, the less likely you’ll miss the party due to illness or injury.

1. Sun protection - Protecting your skin is very important, so make sure you apply sunscreen at least 30 minutes before you go outside. Dermatologists recommend using a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or greater, higher SPF if you are lighter or fair skinned. Choose a sunscreen that protects against UVB and UVA radiation. SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor and ranges from 2 to as high as 50. It refers to the sunscreen’s ability to screen or block out the sun’s harmful rays. The number stands for the length of time one can stay in the sun using the sunscreen before burning, compared to when not wearing a sunscreen.

For example, if a person uses a sunscreen with an SPF 15, that person can be in the sun 15 times longer than without sunscreen before burning.

Make sure you bring the sunscreen with you so you can reapply. If you are dancing and enjoying the festival in the heat, the sunscreen will sweat off, so follow the directions on the bottle on how frequently you need to reapply.

What if you get a sunburn?

- Apply a cool compress to the burned area - Take a cool shower or bath - over the counter anti-inflammatories, such as ibuprofen or naprosyn can help relieve the inflammation and pain - Application of lotions containing aloe vera help to soothe and moisturize the skin.

Some products used specifically for sunburn contain lidocaine, which is an anesthetic and can numb the sunburn pain.

- over the counter 1% hydrocortisone cream may help relieve the pain and itching 2. Allergies - I frequently see patients after they have attended the festivals and they complain of severe allergy symptoms of runny nose, congestion and sneezing which sometimes progress into a sinusitis. I call it the “Coachellafest Crud”. Bring a bandana or a mask to cover your nose and mouth in case it is windy.

The high winds which usually occur during the festivals kick up all sorts of nasty allergens, dust, sand and irritants which can commonly cause itchy, watery eyes, congestion, runny nose, cough, sore throat and sneezing associated with allergic rhinitis.

Staying well hydrated, supplementing with

vitamin C, vitamin D and omega 3 fish oils can help boost your immune system and help reduce allergy flare ups. Irrigation of the nasal passages with an over the counter Neti pot can help reduce the congestion and runny nose associated with allergy symptoms.

Over the counter (OTC) medications, usually antihistamines, can be effective in the prevention and treatment of symptoms, but can have side effects, commonly drowsiness.

Make sure you read the labels of the various OTC allergy medications to educate yourself on the possible side effects.

3. Hydration - Poor fluid intake, especially in the festival heat, increases one’s chance of dehydration. A person can be dehydrated without feeling thirsty, so it is important to drink water throughout the day and especially if outdoors. A good gauge to assess hydration status is the color of your urine; the clearer your urine the better, dark urine is a sign of poor hydration status. Coffee, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages don’t count as good fluid intake because they actually cause dehydration. Drink water or sports electrolyte beverages.

If you are trying to stay hydrated , you should also never drink from a plastic water bottle that you left in the car. The heat can melt the plastic and the chemicals used to make the bottle could leach into the liquid and introduce toxins into your system.

4. Hand Sanitizer - There will be thousands of people at the festivals. Money changing hands, shaking hands, hugging, crowded dancing, mobs of people, etc...

Since it will be hard to wash your hands all the time, bring hand sanitizer with you.

Hand sanitizers are generally made up of alcohol, glycerin, water and maybe some fragrance added. The alcohol is the main germ fighter. A good hand sanitizer should have an alcohol concentration of at least 60 percent. Hand sanitizer is beneficial if hand washing is unavailable, but it is not as good.

Using a hand sanitizer is good in addition to hand washing. Really, the best way to clean your hands is with soap and water. Washing gets rid of most germs and breaks up oils and removes dirt, which can hide bacteria and germs. Hand sanitizer simply works on the surface of the skin, whereas hand washing will get the water and soap into the small cracks and crevices of the skin.

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EMBRACING YOUR KINGDOM WITHIN

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hen we were kids, the recycling movement hadn’t yet taken shape. People recycled things that had been previously used as a matter of economics. Families had less, so they reused more. Recycling back then may still have been a product of social awareness and preservation efforts, but not to the degree that it is these days.

What is it that has sparked humanity’s desire to propel the recycling movement forward as a social statement? Is it greater awareness and sensitivity to the fact that our planet will deteriorate and become a cesspool if we don’t take collective, responsible action? Or is humanity answering a deeper call and this movement and statement presents as a side effect of something much greater?

Taking notice that our planet is in jeopardy is reason enough to change our habits, but our assessment is that the awareness and motivation to change our views on things such as recycling and reusing comes from a spiritual pull deep within our sacred hearts.

You’ve heard the quote “the kingdom is within”, right? Maybe there is more wisdom in that statement than any of us even imagined.

When we recycle, it inspires us to use creativity to find new uses for the things we already have. Secondarily, this creativity we are exercising as individuals and collective groups, generates favorable ancillary benefits. For example, if you choose to take the old fabric pile that has been sitting in your spare bedroom and make reusable shopping bags with it, you are stimulating your creativity while helping to minimize plastic waste that could otherwise end up in a landfill or in the ocean.

When you choose to tap into your creativity in this way, you are opening the door to an even greater connection and use of your innate talents. Your creativity represents the kingdom within.

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this column, our spiritual lessons revolve around responsible creatorship. As we cross the threshold of the new era, we will feel the inner pull to dig deep into our own kingdoms where we will find creative and productive solutions to our individual and collective problems. In answering this call, we will honor ourselves as responsible creators and perform great service to humanity.

In our pursuit to help you connect more deeply with your “kingdom within” and share your gifts as an enlightened being, we invite you to join our interactive Facebook group and watch our show “Evolve through Love”. Go to facebook.com/groups/ evolvethroughlove.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Qing Dynasty controlled China from the mid-seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. It was the fifth biggest empire in world history. But eventually it faded, as all mighty regimes do. Revolution came in 1911, forcing the last emperor to abdicate and giving birth to the Republic of China. I’m inclined to think of your life in 2019 as having some similarities to that transition. It’s the end of one era and the beginning of another; a changing of the guard and a passing of the torch. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to be very active in deciding and visualizing the empire you want next.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I hope that sometime soon you’ll acquire a new source of support or inspiration. Now is a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to attract influences that are in alignment with your deep values. This addition might be a person or animal. It could be a vibrant symbol or useful tool. It may even be a fantasy character or departed ancestor that will stimulate vitality you haven’t been able to summon on your own. Be on the lookout for this enhancement.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Poet David Hinton analyzed the Chinese word for “poetry.” Its etymological meaning is “words spoken at the fertility altar.” Let’s make that your theme, even if you don’t write or read poetry. I suspect the coming weeks will be a favorable time to take a vow or utter a solemn intention in front of a homemade fertility altar. The oath you speak might express a desire to boost your use of your physical vitality: your lust for life, your adoration of the natural world, or your power to produce new human life. Or your vow to foster your fertility could be more metaphorical and symbolic in nature: the imaginative intimacy you will explore or the creativity you’ll express in future works of art or the generous effects you want to have on the world.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Christopher Robin Milne was the son of author A. A. Milne, who wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. He said there are two ways to navigate through life. Either you “take a bearing on something in the future and steer towards it, or take a bearing on something in the past and steer away from it.” So in his view, “There are those who look ahead and pull and those who look behind and push.” I’m hoping that in the coming weeks and months, you will make a delighted commitment to the first option: taking a bearing on something in the future and steering towards it. I think that approach will inspire you toward the most interesting success.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The national animal of Finland is the brown bear. The national insect is the ladybug and the national instrument is a stringed instrument known as the kantele. As for the national author, it’s Aleksis Kivi, who produced just one novel that took him ten years to write. He also published a short collection of odes and a few plays, adding up to a grand total of less than 800 pages of work. I think that the efforts you make in the coming weeks could have a disproportionately large impact, as well, Leo. What you lack in quantity will be irrelevant compared to the sheer quality you generate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I follow the blogger Evanescent Voyager because she makes me cry with sad joy and exultant poignance on a regular basis. One of her other fans wrote her a love note I could have written myself. It said, “Your emotional brilliance and thoughtful passion break me into pieces and then weave me back together with more coherence than I had before reading you. I revere your alchemical talent for undoing me so you can heal me; for lowering my defenses so I can be open to your riches; for demolishing my habitual trance so you can awaken my sleeping genius.” I believe that in the coming weeks, life itself will offer to perform these same services for you, Virgo. I urge you to accept!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Love is no assignment for cowards.” That’s a quote attributed to the

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ancient Roman poet Ovid. What did he mean?

Was he foreshadowing the wisdom of pop singer Pat Benatar, who in 1983 told us, “Love is a battlefield”? Was Ovid implying that to succeed in the amorous arts we must be heroic warriors prepared to overcome fears and risk psychological dangers? Probably. But I will also point out that it takes as much courage to create fun, interesting togetherness as it does to wrestle with the problems that togetherness brings. You need just as much bravura and panache to explore the sweet mysteries of intimacy as you do to explore the achy mysteries of intimacy. Keep these thoughts in mind as you marshal your audacity to deepen and expand your best relationships in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The literal meaning of the French term jolie-laide is “pretty and ugly.”

Bloggers at wordsnquotes.com define it as follows: “It’s a fascinating quirkiness that’s irresistible, like a face you want to keep looking at even if you can’t decide whether it is beautiful or not.” Jolie-laide overlaps with the Japanese term wabi-sabi, which describes a person or thing that is lovely because of its imperfection and incompleteness. I bring these facts to your attention because I think you have extraordinary potential to be a master embodier of both jolie-laide and wabi-sabi in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As Czech playwright Vaclav Havel (1936–2011) matured, he became a political dissident who opposed the Soviet Union’s authoritarian grip on his country.

Eventually he was a key player in the Velvet Revolution that banished Communism. When Czechoslovakia emerged as a new democracy, its people elected him president. Havel later thanked Lou Reed and the band the Velvet Underground for fully awakening his liberationist leadership. He said their unruly music stoked his longing to establish a culture where total creative freedom was possible. I mention this, Sagittarius, because now is a favorable time to identify the music or art or films or literature that might fuel your emancipation in the coming months.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author J. R. R. Tolkien toiled on his masterpiece The Lord of the Rings for twelve years. Once he finished, it wasn’t published for more than five years. So seventeen years passed between the time he launched his precious project and the time when it reached an audience. I don’t think you will need that much patience in shepherding your own venture to full expression, Capricorn. But I hope you’ll summon as much faith in yourself as Tolkien had to rouse in himself. To do so will bring out the best in you!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Released in 1998, The Prince of Egypt is an animated film that tells the story of the Hebrew prophet Moses. In the climactic event, the hero uses magic to part the waters of the Red Sea, allowing his people to run across the sea floor and escape the army that’s chasing them. To make that seven-minute scene, 28 professional animators labored for 318,000 hours.

In the coming months, you could create your own version of that marvel, Aquarius. But you’ll need a team to help you, and that team is not yet ready to go. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get it ready, though.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean businessman Steve Jobs testified that taking LSD was “one of the two or three most important things” he ever did in his life. It opened his mind in ways he felt were crucial to his development. What are the three most important things you’ve ever done, Pisces? I invite you to revisit at least one of them, and see if you can take it to the next step of its power to inspire you.

What if it has even more to offer you in your efforts to become the person you want to be?

Homework: What other sign would you want to be if you could take a vacation from your actual sign? Why? Write Freewillastrology.com.

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April 11 to April 17, 2019

MIND,BODY & SPIRIT

BY BRONWYN ISON

SELF-CARE & WHY YOU SHOULD

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ou’re hearing about self-care everywhere. Why? Because people are burned out, getting sick and are tired of being tired. We often believe we have to finish just this last tasks or meet that certain deadline. The fact of the matter is, we are overwhelmed, over scheduled and are committing when we want to scream no.

If you don’t have balance in your life, at some point circumstances will get out of control. A lack of balance can lead to severe anxiety and depression. Not to mention a physical toll on your health. As a professional in the health and wellness industry for more than a decade, I can tell you, I’ve met thousands of people who are seeking remedies to find balance and heal. Taking time for yourself is one way to get started with being mindful about your health.

Self-care must fully encompass each aspect; mind, body and soul/spirit. It may sound cliche but it’s the truth. Our mind needs to be functioning properly, our body needs exercise and rest and our soul/spirit needs to be fueled with stillness, prayers, devotionals and affirmations. Being human requires so much. The thought of what it takes to nourish ourselves can feel like a lot. However, if we don’t care for ourselves, how can we be of service to others? Our lives are busy and filled with work, famliy, responsibilities, life’s

unexpected turn of events and so much more.

Yet, I’ve learned if you do all things with balance you can achieve most all your heart desires.

Here a few ways to get started with better self-care: • Make a self-care wishlist • Sign up for a fitness class/yoga class • Take 10 minutes to read a book • Sit in silence for 10 minutes • Grab a fresh pressed juice and take time to enjoy the moment • Get a pedicure • Listen to your favorite podcast • Take a walk • Tell your family you need 20 min (take a bath) • Play the music loud and dance to your favorite song It’s requires discipline to care for you. Get out of your head that it’s selfish to care for you. It can be selfish if you’re spending each day, hours upon hours, only thinking of and doing for yourself. This isn’t healthy either and I would not consider that balance. In fact, most of us feel great when we serve. But, make sure you’ve allowed yourself time on your own.

Bronwyn Ison is the owner of Evolve Yoga, www.e-volveyoga.com, Yoga on Demand, www.bronwynison.com and www. betterforitnow.com 760-564-YOGA

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April 11 to April 17, 2019

CANNABIS CORNER

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LIGHTHOUSE DISPENSARY CELEBRATES 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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s cannabis laws began changing around the United States, the owners of Lighthouse Dispensary hoped there would be a space that would reframe how cannabis can positively impact our lives in a mindful and healthy way. When they couldn’t find one, they decided to open one themselves. At The Lighthouse Dispensary, they value the education of their customers.

They want you to leave their shop feeling better than when you arrived.

Located at 84160 Avenue 48 in Coachella, The Lighthouse Dispensary prides themselves on education and quality control. They have done the research and know the science. You are encouraged to ask questions, because they have answers. “We offer CBD and cannabis education classes by appointment or we can pick up groups by bus. We are big on community outreach,” said Nancy Carle, Assistant General Manager.

To celebrate their one-year anniversary, the dispensary is throwing a huge party! If you’re over 21, you are invited to stop by this Saturday, April 13, from 11 am to 3 pm for complimentary food and music. There will be free pizza, cake and ice cream if you get the munchies and DJ Ceasare spinning tunes while you eat. Cannabis Consultants will be on hand

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to help inform you on the various products and how they can benefit you.

If you miss the grand opening, you’re invited to The Lighthouse Dispensary the following Saturday on 4/20 as cannabis lovers celebrate their favorite day of the year. Be watching for the grand opening of The Lighthouse Dispensary in Palm Springs following Coachella.

If you would like more information you can visit their website lighthousedispensary.com or call (442) 256-3627.

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BY MICHELLE ANN RIZZIO

PUFF PARLOUR NOW OPEN IN CATHEDRAL CITY

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re you a cannabis user in the Coachella Valley who is ready to step out of the shadows and find community? Are you longing for the gone days of the golden years of socializing?

Huzzah! You’re in luck because now you can quench your nostalgia for a good time at the Puff Parlour located on the corner of Ramon and Landau in Cathedral City at the Ramon Towers. Whether you’re looking to gather your friends or looking to meet new ones, the Puff Parlour is a welcoming and modern take on a cannabis lounge. Here’s how it works--head over to Dank DePot and allow The Green Ladies (@thegreenladies_) to help you decide what you’re going to smoke on, complete your purchase, and head back into the waiting room where you enter through a door with words “Puff Parlour” on it. The Parlour is a sleek and atmospheric room fit with comfortable couches, a large table for community building, televisions, arcade games, and most importantly, a Green Lady waiting to help you decide which glass to toke out of or roll a joint for you.

I stopped by during their grand opening and was beyond pleased with the aesthetic, comfort, and welcoming nature of the

Puff Parlour. Inside were various brand ambassadors offering tastings of their products, new and old friends gathering and passing joints, a live artist creating, and an arcade table with every old school game you could ever want to play after ripping the bong. I approached Dakota from Flavor Concentrates and had a dab of Sour Tangie.

Once elevated the space offers everything you need from beverages to games and more. Owners Ruben Harutyunyan and Sahak Ghaghian wanted the Puff Parlour to feel inviting and warm and it is exactly that.

During the grand opening I caught up with Sahak and learned more about his intentions behind the name the Puff Parlour. “I was sitting with my brother and trying to figure out what would be the best word that started with a “P” to work with Puff and suddenly it came to me. Parlour. It evokes exactly what I have in mind when I think of the space.”

Indeed the space feels as though you have stepped into a time capsule to an alternate 1950s where cannabis was embraced. It’s aesthetic matches that of Johnny Rockets, Ruby’s Diner, or a A&W Restaurant with its allAmerican feel meets a modern and hip slate color palette. From the colorful glass pieces waiting for you to use them to the comfy couches, The Puff Parlour will be enjoyed by all walks of life. Interested in making a day out of it? Schedule a game over at the Palm Springs Lanes after and enjoy 2019. Consume responsibly.

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BY CAMERON HATTAN & SHANNON HATTAN, FOUNDERS OF FIDDLER’S GREENS

THE ABC’S OF CBD – PART2: WHAT DOES CBD DO?

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BD is the new buzzword. You can find CBD products in cannabis dispensaries, at the corner store, online, and even at your pet store. In Part 1 of this series, we talk about the due diligence required to find a safe, quality CBD product, but really WHAT IS ALL OF THE HYPE ABOUT? You have seen claims that it can do everything from cure cancer, calm anxiety, treat arthritis, stop Alzheimer’s, and manage pain.

Is it possible that CBD is the miracle remedy we’ve all been looking for and the proverbial fountain of youth? Not likely, but it certainly has its benefits.

IF CANNABIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, WHY ARE WE JUST HEARING ABOUT CBD? There are 2 reasons for this…both resulting from prohibition. First, cannabis was classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance (meaning no known medicinal value) making it nearly impossible for researchers to get federal approval for real scientific studies. Second, as was the way with alcohol bootleggers, cannabis cultivators needed a way to get the most bang for the buck, so they focused on breeding strains with higher and higher THC content, essentially breeding the CBD out of strains that are common today (Consider the value of a jug of vodka compared to a jug of beer).

It wasn’t until 1992 that the endocannabinoid system (ECS) was identified by researchers in Israel. As it turns out, every living creature with a spinal cord has an ECS. The ECS controls every function of the body including mood, appetite, body temperature, and immune function. The ECS acts as the ‘conductor of the orchestra’, controlling much of the signaling within the body and working to bring the body back into balance, or homeostasis. There are receptors through the brain and body that are configured specifically to interact with the endogenous cannabinoids our body naturally produces, anandamide and 2AG, as well as plant-based cannabinoids like THC and CBD. Since the discovery of the ECS, research has slowly been trickling in that consistently shows that our bodies need cannabinoids and that many of the ‘illnesses’ that we see are a result of cannabinoid deficiencies or imbalance.

It is believed that prior to prohibition, we were getting supplemental cannabinoids in our diet through our milk, eggs and meat because the chickens were eating hemp seeds, and the animals were grazing on the leaves and stems of

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feral hemp, and cannabis remedies were a part of the pharmacopeia. With prohibition came a lack of access to a component that our bodies need to function.

SO, IF CBD ISN’T A CURE ALL, WHAT DOES IT DO? As mentioned above, CBD is a soloist in the orchestra that regulates our bodies and one of the thousands of components required to keep our bodies in homeostasis. Think about it in terms of what happens to the body when there is a calcium deficiency or a protein deficiency...it does not operate at peak performance. There are studies that show that CBD helps with inflammationbased issues like autoimmune diseases, depression, neurodegenerative diseases, arthritis, and diabetes as well as being effective at managing stress and anxiety. Additionally, there has been huge success in treating certain types of epilepsy and managing nausea and anticipatory nausea, making it a reliable companion for those undergoing cancer treatments. It also improves mobility, loosens muscles, improves mood at low doses, and improves sleeps which allows the body to naturally detox. It has recently been discovered that the largest concentration of endogenous cannabinoids in the human body occurs in breast milk and that there are more cannabinoid receptors in our brains than all of our other neurotransmitters combined.

So, NO, CBD is not a cure all…. but, it is certainly a key element of balancing your endocannabinoid system and improving your body’s natural quest for homeostasis. Stay tuned as we continue to explore cannabis’s ever abundant gift of health and wellness.

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