Coachella Valley Weekly - April 29 to May 5, 2021 Vol. 10 No. 7

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Museum Of Ancient Wonders

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The Last Chance Texaco

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Mama’s House: HeartBeat Of Love

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Pepper Thai

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BY CRYSTAL HARRELL Coachella Valley Weekly (760) 501-6228

publisher@coachellavalleyweekly.com coachellavalleyweekly.com facebook.com/cvweekly twitter.com/cvweekly1 Publisher & Editor Tracy Dietlin Art Director Robert Chance Sales Team Kirby Club Crawler Nightlife Editor Phil Lacombe Head Music Writer Noe Gutierrez Head Feature Writer Crystal Harrell Feature Writers Lisa Morgan, Rich Henrich, Heidi Simmons, Tricia Witkower, Jason Hall, Esther Sanchez Writers/Contributors: Robin Simmons, Rick Riozza, Eleni P. Austin, Craig Michaels, Janet McAfee, Bronwyn Ison, Haddon Libby, Sam DiGiovanna, Dale Gribow, Denise Ortuno Neil, Rob Brezny, Dr. Peter Kadile, Dee Jae Cox, Angela Romeo, Aaron Ramson, Lynne Tucker, Aimee Mosco, Michelle Anne Rizzio, Ruth Hill, Madeline Zuckerman Photographers Robert Chance, Laura Hunt Little, Chris Miller, Iris Hall, Esther Sanchez Videographer Kurt Schawacker Website Editor Bobby Taffolla Distribution Phil Lacombe, William Westley

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he local music scene drives the heart of the Coachella Valley’s arts and culture. Melrose Music is a music production studio owned by David Williams, where several desert-based artists have recorded their songs. The studio recently celebrated its fourth anniversary, marking it as a staple of the Valley, and an important part of the musical process of many homegrown musicians.

Williams founded Melrose Music Studios in 2006 on the Raleigh Film Lot in Hollywood.

Melrose Music Studios Palm Springs was founded in 2017 in the historic district of Downtown Palm Springs by himself and his wife Mary. The original studio location is still going strong with many famous and new

talent artists recording there. Melrose Music Palm Springs was built after it was decided to relocate the residence to Palm Springs for a change of pace. When Williams and his team realized that there was a thriving community of musicians in the desert, it was an easy decision to build the additional studio location here.

“Palm Springs has been on a tremendous growth and renewal spurt. So many clients tell me they just moved here. With the pandemic, I saw a large uptick in film and commercial recording as talent now located in Palm Springs needed a place to do voice work. It’s a new and exciting time in the desert. I actually spend more time here than I do in my LA Studio,” said Williams.

CONTENTS Melrose Music Palm Springs .................. 3-5 Museum of Ancient Wonders .................... 6 Consider This - The Last Chance Texaco .... 8 Club Crawler Nightlife................................ 9 Mama's House: Heartbeat of Love .......... 10 Travel Tips 4 U............................................ 10 Screeners ................................................... 11 The Vino Voice .......................................... 12 Keg Whisperer .......................................... 15

Melrose Recording Studios is a solid creative environment designed for recording, mixing, voice overs, ADR, podcasts, audiobooks and mastering. These services include an experienced team on board for development and support. Using world class top line gear and years of industry experience, the studio strives to bring client visions to life.

The gear used at Melrose Music for recording are API, Neve, Neumann(U87), Pearlman, A-Designs, Aurora(GTQ2), UA, Tube Tech, and much more. They also have a studio drum kit available for drummers. For mastering, Sonic Solutions is their platform of choice, mixed with the analog outboard gear (Manley, Avalon, TC Electronics, Waves, Universal Audio, and Genelec) to deliver an unmatched quality for masters.

The LA studio has the majority of the celebrity list. The Melrose Music studio there has enjoyed working relationships with many artists like Erica Banks, Snoop Dog, Chilly Chill, Def Leppard, The Pointer Sisters, George Clinton, Rockwell, Brian Holland, and many others. Local talent is the focus in Palm Springs. Among the artists who have been in so far include Jill Sobule, Jessika Von Rabbit, Ukulena, Derek Jordan Gregg, Empty Seat, Cari Cartmill, Krystofer Do, More Than Circles, Nolan W. Moore, Jason Nutter, Jetta King, Alex Santana, Ethan Vega, Erik Mouness, Braun Fraulein, Tony Marsico continue to page 5

Pet Place ............................................... 16-17 Haddon Libby ........................................... 18 Dale Gribow .............................................. 18 Health - Keto.............................................. 20 Good Grub - Peppers Thai........................ 20 Swag For The Soul .................................... 21 Free Will Astrology .................................. 21 Safety Tips................................................. 22

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(The Martini Kings), Kassandra Carroll, Brad Parker, Courtney Chambers, Bri Cherry, Esjay Jones, Brad Mercer, Peter Sutter, Robert Poole, Jos Burrell, Bob Fabian, Everett Beau, Neil Cohen, Cynthia Costello, Neil Kramer, and Vinny Berry.

“It’s exciting. It really doesn’t feel like four years have passed. I’ve made so many great friends and business relationships since I’ve been here. I’ve had some amazing collaborations. My work with Palm Springs Recording Studios and Leanne McNeil and Kid Tari has been an awesome journey that continues to thrive. Venturing postpandemic, I have plans in the works for some ground breaking live music performance concepts with my good friend, Steve Johns,” explained Williams.

The fourth anniversary for Melrose Music is on May 5th, but with the pandemic still curtailing events, the studio is going to hold off doing a major celebration until next year so they can commemorate five years substantially.

The first step in the recording process is meeting everyone involved with the recording and taking a tour of the studio.

Listening to prior recordings and plotting out a production plan is next. Artists typically come in with either pre-recorded music to sing to or a band project. Williams will determine a production plan and set recording dates.

Vocal projects utilize the sound booth while full bands will use the entire studio to record basic tracks. Overdubs and mixing will follow.

Williams toured previously, playing guitar in bands for ten years, only becoming involved in the studio scene when he moved to LA. His experience playing music for so

long was the perfect pathway into recording, mixing, and mastering music.

“Having a professional studio located downtown is an important necessity as recording services of all types are vital for both the artistic and commercial communities.

With over 25 years of experience in the recording industry, I feel my production and engineering skills bring the bar up to a high level of professional audio production,” said Williams.

Coachella Valley Weekly would like to congratulate Melrose Music for reaching a milestone of four years, and these local artists would also like to commemorate the studio’s anniversary by sharing their experiences recording there: “David Williams has been the most impactful Engineer & Production partner I’ve ever worked with and the most skilled.

I had my first session at MMSPS in February 2020. I needed to Track all Vocals (and some Keyboard overdubs) for my album, Kill Hollywood. Fast forward and we’ve coproduced & released the album and are recording together a live album in Joshua Tree next month. In my long, very seasoned, hard slog of a music career, David Williams is the most potent mix of engineering skills coupled with a consummate musician’s musical sensibilities. That inspired and pulled out of me the best performances in studio of my life. Talent needs tools and with David Williams behind the board utilizing his top legendary gear and bringing years of experience recording a wide spectrum of genres and artists, any project is in the best hands. So, I’m celebrating the existence of both his Melrose Music Studios Palm Springs

and the man that is the studio! Huge respect for David because he respects the craft and craftsman while keeping it all about the music.” - Cari Cartmill “Melrose music is a welcoming place. I have spent tons of time there. The sound quality is at large! The producer David Williams is a good-hearted person and has an amazing talent. I have seen him turn a simple, average song into an amazing song.

It’s an all-around great place to get your music out of your head and into the world for people to enjoy. Get into the studio for a great experience!” - Jason Nutter “Only the most consummate professional can take 40-year-old cassette tapes and turn them into a hit record. And that is exactly what producer/mastering engineer, David Williams, has done with our band, the NoBS, in his studios, in Hollywood and Palm Springs.

He’s the boss!” - Brad Parker

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Krystofer Do

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“David takes pride in your work as if it was his own. That’s not something you get working with any producer. I feel at ease working there. You know you’re not going to be rushed to put out garbage. David’s the man.” - Derek Jordan Gregg “I was very excited to meet David. He has worked with Empty Seat on a couple of projects for mastering and has brought out the best in us. Professional quality and great collaboration. I did a Christmas song on a whim and he jumped right in with mandolin and slide on the spot. It was magic! Looking forward to dropping two more songs with him this summer. He is half Hollywood/Palm Springs just like us, so he is a cool cat to chill with too. The best is yet to come!” - Erin Marie of Empty Seat Please contact Melrose Music at melroserecordingstudios@gmail.com for inquiries and quotes.

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LOCAL BUSINESS

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any Coachella Valley history buffs would be surprised to know that tucked away next to the Big Lots of Cathedral City is a museum that houses treasures from the past. Nestled between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, the location at Cathedral Gateway Plaza on the corner of HWY 111 and Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City’s Arts and Entertainment District is a wonderful beginning for an ambitious start-up museum with a rich inventory of popular exhibitions to display.

The Museum of Ancient Wonders opened to the public on October 26 of 2019 and was shuttered on March 13, 2020 when COVID-19 hit. Before the closure, the museum was scheduling tours for students and senior citizens from retirement communities, along with events, conventions, weddings, and birthdays. The museum has since then reopened on March 17 of this year.

The museum was closed for one full year practically to the day—shuttered on March 13, 2020 to March 17, 2021 with two brief re-openings in between.

Joseph McCabe, the museum’s Director of Development, has been working hard during the pandemic to raise funds from Riverside County, local, and national foundations, and the federal government. Shuttering a new museum venue for a year could have resulted in permanent closure, but with the generous support of the owners of Cathedral Gateway Plaza, and the financial support of a handful of Coachella Valley residents, the museum continues to strive to bring the ancient world to the Valley’s doorstep.

“We all have an invisible thread that connects us to the past. The Museum of Ancient Wonders provides access and a rare opportunity for visitors to immerse themselves into the ancient and prehistoric

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MUSEUM OF ANCIENT WONDERS PRESERVES HISTORY

worlds of life on Earth, rarely seen outside of major museums in much bigger cities.

With or without travel restrictions, visiting the museum is like traveling to the great museums of the world without having to leave your own backyard,” stated Executive Director and Chief Curator Alberto Acosta.

While traveling these collections to more than 50 museum destinations throughout the U.S. and Canada, Taiwan, and Puerto Rico over the last 21 years, Acosta kept his eyes open for a region that would benefit from the permanent establishment of these exhibits to leave as a potential legacy for future generations. After visiting the Greater Palm Springs area in 2018 and discovering its passion for modernism and contemporary art, Acosta decided a museum of exhibitions with a focus on the worlds of ancient civilization and prehistoric life could give context to how we live our lives today.

Designed to enhance universal curriculum development for local and surrounding school districts, colleges, and universities, these unique collections also provide tourist

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incentive for a burgeoning hospitality industry. With access to replicated artifact treasures and important laboratory cast fossil discoveries, these fully curated museum quality exhibitions supply educational, cultural, and economic engines for those who may not have access to the originals.

“I decided to welcome visitors with a lobby dressed in African masks of antiquity representing tribal communities in existence more than 3,500 years ago.

To see the originals, you would have to travel to the Louvre Museum in Paris, the British Museum in London, and all the great museums of Europe. We installed the famous Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, commonly known as Lucy, named after the Beatles song, ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ from the National Museum of Ethiopia located in Addis Ababa courtesy of Donald Johanson, the paleoanthropolist who found her in 1973 and who is responsible for the establishment of the Institute of Human Origins at the University of Arizona, Tempe,” said Acosta.

Lucy is one of more than 50 fossil displays

in their collection that tell the story of human origins.

The main 5,000 sq. ft. gallery displays reproductions from the tomb of Tutankhamun, commonly referred to as King Tut. With introductions to the history of ancient Egypt and King Tut’s parents, the center island depicts what Howard Carter and his aristocratic benefactor Lord Carnarvon saw upon entering the tomb.

The next chamber of the main gallery focuses on the private life of the pharaoh by displaying his most intimate objects: his bed, sandals, dressing mannequin, jewelry, and gameboard, to mention a few.

The last gallery is devoted to the Mesozoic Era: The Age of Dinosaurs. Displayed in geological chronological order it begins in the Triassic period more than 250 million years ago, progressing through the Jurassic, and finally ending in the Cretaceous period.

The artifact and fossil specimens were commissioned and acquired with the help of experts in the field of anthropology, archaeology, Egyptology, and paleontology.

The list includes the Egyptian Art Center in Cairo, and the Pharaonic Village in Giza, which employs artisans with access to the originals along with replicas from Artisans Guild International.

The Museum of Ancient Wonders will be hosting an art exhibition titled Ancient Reflections in Contemporary Art on view May 7 and 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. These paintings and sculptures will be available for sale and admission to the museum is free during these hours with a request for donations. This exhibition of works by six artists juxtapose contemporary paintings and sculpture against a background of 18th Dynasty Egyptian artifacts and is curated by Darrick Lackey of Fine Art Consulting. The museum is planning lectures from experts in the fields of Egyptology, anthropology, paleontology, and geology as well as guest curators, poets, musicians and artists to fill a slate of monthly activities.

“With more families moving to the Valley, and tourists looking for things to do, I think the museum’s presence is timely and worthy of our attention and broad support. It is vital to our success that every resident of the nine ‘pearl cities’ that make up the necklace of the Coachella Valley utilize and promote our efforts to establish this museum permanently for now and future generations. Our current acquisition list is long and filled with iconic paleontological and archaeological treasures from worldwide locations, including original antiquities to augment replica displays. With support from our local communities, the Museum of Ancient Wonders is slated to become one of the Valley’s most prominent, popular, and diverse museums,” exclaimed Acosta.

Ticket prices and more info at moaw.org.

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“LAST CHANCE TEXACO: CHRONICLES OF AN AMERICAN TROUBADOUR”

BY ELENI P. AUSTIN

BY RICKIE LEE JONES (GROVE PRESS)

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ack in 2009, Rock journalist Barney Hoskyns wrote “Low Side Of The Road,” fairly complete (but unauthorized) biography of Tom Waits.

When he requested an interview with Rickie Lee Jones, she demurred, saying she was saving her stories for her own autobiography. I thought that is the book I want to read. Now that book is finally here.

In the Spring of 1979, Rickie Lee made a huge splash with the release of her selftitled debut album. Buoyed by the infectious single, “Chuck E.’s In Love,” it vaulted to the top of the charts landing at #3. It received five Grammy nominations and won one for Best New Artist. But this book chronicles everything that came before.

Born in late 1954, Rickie Lee was the third of four kids born to Richard and Bettye Jones.

His dad had been a moderately successful vaudevillian known as Peg-Leg Jones.

Both of her parents had been orphaned at various times in their childhoods. These painful experiences motivated her mom to want a stable marriage and family life.

Meanwhile, her dreamy and musically talented dad nurtured showbiz ambitions, even as he drifted from one menial job to the next.

Rickie Lee endured a peripatetic childhood, moving back and forth from Chicago to Arizona to California to Washington. As a kid, she made her own fun, she pretended to be a horse, had an imaginary friend named Boshla and learned the rudiments of guitar and piano. As she got older, she wrangled horses for real, and her dad exposed her to Jazz and Broadway music. She promptly fell in love with the musical “West Side Story.” That obsession was supplanted in early 1964, when the Beatles made their historic debut on Ed Sullivan’s television show.

She grew up fast, physically and emotionally, her home life remained chaotic, the family was constantly on the move. Even when she made new friends, she lost them almost as quickly. For Rickie Lee, music became her safe place. She didn’t want to date the Beatles or Rolling Stones as much as be them. Music was an escape.

Just before her 11th birthday, her beloved older brother, Danny was involved in a devastating motorcycle accident that sent the family into a tailspin. He survived, but nothing was ever the same. Rickie Lee began to test her boundaries. Rebellion became a requirement for survival.

Not long after, Rickie Lee and her boyfriend, Ricci, stole a car and split town.

Their destination was Los Angeles (‘Let’s go to L.A.’ I suggested, my cousin lives near the

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Sunset Strip. We can ask people, someone will know her”). Their gas tank got them as far as City Of Industry. She returned home, very much against her will. But after a few more escapes, her parents resigned themselves to her wanderlust.

Rickie Lee packed a lot of living into her first 20 years. On her own she crisscrossed the country, mostly hitchhiking, she made friends, aligned herself with kindred spirits and narrowly avoided disaster.

Those experiences, as well as her parents’ histories, later informed her most enduring songs. By this time, she had discovered Laura Nyro, Van Morrison, Dr. John and had seen Jimi Hendrix live. Always in the back of her mind, her dream was to become a musician.

A bad boyfriend experience left her stranded in Chicago. A kindly police officer helped her out and they stayed in touch. It was also around this time she tried heroin.

The feeling was overwhelming.

Finally, she landed in Venice Beach. It was there she crossed paths with pimps, musicians and drug dealers. She made lifelong friends like Mary Simon and Sal Bernardi. Unsung heroes like Mark Vaughan, Ivan Ulz and Alfred Johnson recognized her innate musicality.

One night, Ivan was playing at the Troubadour and invited Rickie Lee to crash his set. Chuck E. Weiss was working there and he quickly called his pal Tom Waits, insisting he had to hear to the girl onstage.

After playing her own nascent composition, “Easy Money,” she followed up with a tender rendition of her dad’s song, “The Moon Is Made Of Gold.” In the middle of that song, “Almost on cue, I saw the kitchen door open and release a halo of light around the shadow of someone, someone watching me. Almost hiding. I felt him. I knew right away, it was Tom Waits’ scraggly shadow, formed by the kitchen’s light.”

Rickie Lee and Tom seemed perfectly matched. Each exhibited an affinity for all things vintage, from music to clothes to cars. But they danced around each other for a while, forming a tentative friendship.

Intent on pursuing a career in music, she cycled through a series of dullsville jobs, never quite understanding why she got fired. One office gig afforded a lot of down time, allowing her to work on lyrics for works-in-progress that would later evolve into “Chuck E.’s In Love,” “Youngblood” and “Coolsville. In the evenings, she would work out the melodies.

Whenever she was on the verge of giving up, her mother would encourage her to persevere. “She stood strong (she was always so strong!): ‘I know you feel bad right now, but don’t give up on your dream.

Maybe you’ll be the one who succeeds.

Don’t you quit now. Don’t give up without trying, Rickie.’ My mother. She was a mom from a long line of determined women who faced incredible adversity and was now reminding her daughter where she came from and where she was going. She kept me going when I wanted to set it all down. I guess it was the dark hour before the dawn.

For even as I declared myself incapable, the threads of my life were braiding all around me.”

Not long after this crisis of confidence, she’d left Venice and had moved to a dismal flat in Beachwood Canyon, she and Tom Waits acted on their mutual attraction.

He didn’t even have to give her the “baby, baby, don’t get hooked on me,” speech.

Post-coital body language said it all. Lonelier than ever, Rickie Lee retreated.

Ivan Ulz stepped up again. He called Lowell George and began singing Rickie Lee’s praises and literally singing what lyrics he remembered from “Easy Money.”

The Little Feat front-man was working on his solo debut. He included “Easy Money”

on “Thanks, I’ll Eat It Here.” This was the break she needed. Soon enough, Lowell had taken her under his um wing, and she was traveling the streets of L.A. in style, riding shotgun in his Range Rover. (Sadly, he died before he got to see her career take off).

Her newly raised profile brought her to the attention of Warner Brothers Records president, Lenny Waronker. Rather quickly, she secured a publishing deal and signed with the artist-friendly label. Suddenly, Tom Waits was back in her orbit, and this time it felt like for keeps. A real Film Noir romance.

But Rickie Lee wasn’t finished flirting with danger, re-introduced to heroin, she began dabbling, secretly chasing the dragon, even as her wildest dreams were coming true and she was recording her selftitled debut.

Released in the Spring of 1979, her album garnered a bit of buzz. The label helped introduce her prodigious talents by creating a series of promotional videos.

By utilizing the emerging marketing tool they began to reach a broader audience.

The gamble paid off and she was invited to perform on “Saturday Night Live.”

Once again, her mettle was tested, when it became time to choose which two songs to sing. The effervescent first single, “Chuck E.’s In Love” was the obvious choice, but when the producers wanted the swingin’ “Danny’s All-Star Joint” to be the second number, she balked. She insisted the other song had to be her moody manifesto, “Coolsville.” Lines were drawn in the sand, but Rickie Lee was adamant. She triumphed and maintained her hard-won integrity.

Following her appearance on “SNL,” album sales exploded. Even though Disco and Punk were the musical lingua franca of the late ‘70s, critics and fans alike responded to her bohemian charms. Equal parts Jazzy chanteuse and intimate singer-songwriter, her songs were by turns intimate, buoyant and occasionally grandiloquent. Although short-sighted music writers tried to lump her in with Joni Mitchell (blonde women with guitars!), Rickie Lee was quick to point out her musical touchstones were Laura Nyro, Van Morrison, Broadway, Jazz and her dad. Her album peaked at #3.

Everything seemed to be coming together. She embarked on her first tour.

Sold-out shows garnered rave reviews. She was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Superstar photographer, Annie Leibovitz shot the cover and announced “’You’re the sexiest person I have ever photographed next to Mick Jagger.’” Rickie Lee remembers thinking at the time, “I am way sexier than Mick Jagger.” Meanwhile, Time magazine dubbed her “The Duchess Of Coolsville.”

By now she was actually cohabitating with Tom Waits. Even so, it still felt like one step forward and two steps back.

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com As her fame began to eclipse Tom’s, he grew more possessive, almost expecting to take on a traditional housewife role. But when she confessed her heroin habit (“If he loves me than I can tell him,” she thinks.

“I think I can tell him. I need to tell him.

Now. About the dope”), he practically broke up with her. Ultimately, she decided she didn’t want her fame to “tarnish his cool crown” and they’re done. Devastated, she wrote the heartbreaking “Skeletons” song.

Retreating to her mom’s house in Olympia, Washington, she begins work on what would become her magnificent sophomore record, Pirates.

After winning a Grammy for Best New Artist, Rickie Lee relocated to New York City where she began a romantic relationship with her pal, Sal Bernardi, kicked heroin and completed Pirates, which arrived in 1981.

She sums up the ensuing 40 years in about 25 years, which is disappointing.

But hopefully means she’ll start working on a volume two that will delve deeper into marriage, motherhood, divorce and the inspiration behind brilliant albums like Flying Cowboys, Traffic From Paradise, Evening Of My Best Day and The Other Side Of Desire. As well as life on the road, love, loss and the vagaries of the music business.

Rickie Lee writes exactly as you hope she would. She’s sharp and honest, she displays a quick wit and a mordant sense of humor. Her prose is matter-of-fact and deeply intimate. There’s a specificity to her language that matches the vivid imagery

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found in her songs. She tells her stories and shares her secrets and it feels as though she’s speaking only to you. It’s equal parts confessional and conversational.

Mostly, it makes you want to listen to her music non-stop. I’m listening to it right now. Full confession, Rickie Lee Jones has had me under her spell since I saw her perform on “SNL” a few weeks before my 16th birthday. It was the music I’d been waiting for all my life, I just didn’t know it. I forgot her name, but luckily, I saw a huge poster in the window of Licorice Pizza and promptly bought the cassette.

I was instantly transported by the fingerpoppin’ cool, moments of bravado mixed with vulnerability. I felt like it mirrored my own moments of arrogance and fragility. I couldn’t get enough, I still can’t.

Okay, I gotta go, The Last Chance Texaco is coming on. It’s perfect that it’s also the name of her book. Automotive metaphors like “Well, he tried to be Standard, he tried to be Mobil, he tried living in a World and in a Shell/There was a block-busted blonde, he loved her-free parts labor, but she broke down and died, and threw all the rods that he gave her,” are deft and economical. The instrumentation is spare, but the arrangement is expansive, and somehow makes it seem like Big Rig trucks are whizzing past you on a desolate and lonely highway. Her book has that same verisimilitude. I almost want to re-read it right now, it’s that good.

Monday, May 3

Casuelas Café - Mighty Sweet Country Night w/ The Desert Suit Band – 6pm The Nest – The Trebles – 6:30-9:30pm

Thursday, April 29

Tuesday, May 4

Casuelas Café – Voices Carrie – 6pm Chef George’s – Lizann Warner – 6:309:30pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Rockyard@Fantasy Springs – Whiskey Tango – 6pm The Nest – The Trebles – 6:30-9:30pm The Slice – Sergio Villegas – 5-8pm

Wednesday, May 5

Friday, April 30 Saturday, May 1

Sunday, May 2

Ace Hotel – Jazz Night w/ Mekala Session – 7-9pm Casuelas Café – Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs – 6:30pm Chef George’s – Tim Burleson – 6:309:30pm Cunard’s – Bill Baker – 6pm Melvyn’s – Mikael Healey – 5pm The Nest – The Trebles – 6:30-9:30pm The Slice – Marc Antonelli – 5-8pm Vicky’s of Santa Fe – John Stanley King and Danny Flahive – 6-9:30pm

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COMMUNITY

PLANS UNDERWAY FOR MAMA’S HOUSE SECOND RESIDENTIAL HOME

(left to right) Herschel Walker, Heisman Trophy winner and featured speaker, Jan Lupia, Event Co-chair, Founder & Executive Director of Mama’s House, Patricia McDonnell, Event Co-chair, Honorary Co-founder & Board Director of Mama’s House, Larry Elder, Attorney, Author, Radio and TV Talk Show Host and featured speaker.

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They can’t succeed alone, and need the support of community members like you to really make a significant impact.

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SCREENERS

DEATH HAS BLUE EYES (1976)

In his directing debut, maverick Greek filmmaker Nico Mastoraskis delivers a generous dollop of non-stop car bike and helicopter chases, a bevy of beautiful girls with guns, striking soft-core eroticism, psychic thrills and Cold War politics set against photogenic landscapes of 70s Greece, all presented for the first time in a new HD master transfer.

When local gigolo Chess (Chris Nomikos)

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: RETRO GREEK EXPLOITATION

greets his vacationing friend Bob Kovalski (Peter Winter) at t Athens airport, the pair embark on a string of scams and erotic dalliances that eventually bring them in contact with Geraldine Stenwetz (Jessica Dublin), an elegant wealthy woman and her glamorous daughter Christine (Maria Aliferi).

Geraldine blackmails the two cheeky bachelors into acting as bodyguards for Christine, who has telepathic gifts.

After fleeing from a series of assassination attempts, it soon becomes apparent that Geraldine herself may not be quite whom she seems. Before much more time passes, our two leads find themselves in the middle of a political conspiracy of interna-

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BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS tional significance.

Standard if minimal extras. No director’s commentary but there is an interview with filmmaker Nico Mastoraskis.

This Greek thriller has a moderately diverting story, a killer sound track (for 1976!), great locations, attractive cast (the two leads made me think of Siegfried and Roy and a great poster. What more do you need? This transfer is a new director approved restoration from original camera negative. Arrow Studios. Blu-ray. robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

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THE VINO VOICE

BY RICK RIOZZA

EARTH DAY’S SPARKLER!

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o what wine did you celebrate with for last week’s Earth Day? Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

I don’t know if we’ve had this particular discussion before, but among wine, beer, cocktails or hard seltzer it seems as though the most natural adult beverage to cheer on the environment is wine.

Not to belabor a dubious argument, but one does need some structured refrigeration to make a lager beer; or, some distillation materials to produce vodka, tequila, or a whiskey. But wine can be created by simply throwing some grapes into a vat. I’ve done it! We threw some ripe Muscat grapes into a large glass container, covered it and within a week, we had some tasty rose.

All right—so let’s get back to what wine we’re using to toast Mother Earth. In today’s world, climate change and environmental sustainability are of unprecedented concern.

In order to combat these issues, it’s critical for companies around the world to use renewable energy and adapt sustainable practices within the areas of agriculture and infrastructural development.

Honestly, in the last twelve months or so, we’ve had the opportunity to write on many of the organic and sustainable farmed vineyards from Bonterra to La Crema, from Landmark to The Organic Cellar of Laguna Hills whose curated portfolio offers the best organic, vegan, and biodynamic wines from around the world. But there’s nothing like a fun challenge to choose a particular wine to celebrate a particular day If you remember, last summer we did a column titled “The 2020 Surprise Sipper.” where we wrote on a British sparkling wine that is rumored to be one the Queen’s favorite; and, the Champagne-style wine of choice served at Pippa Middleton’s wedding.

Indeed, it alerted many of you wine folk that world class premium sparkling wine is alive and doing well in England.

And that wine was the 2013 Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs. Our review comments included: “So on the nose, you’ve got that classic combination of English orchard fruit and zesty citrus, with decadent warm pastry tones and hints of nutty complexity.

Remember this blanc de blancs wine is 100% Chardonnay, and the aromas show a pure focused core of Chard.”

Nyetimber wines are made in England from 438 acres, the largest vineyard in the UK with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier—the classic Champagne varieties.

Their aim was to make premium sparkling wine that would rival Champagne.

During my research of the Nyetimber Estate Vineyards I came to learn that they designed their vineyards with “wildlife corridors” so as to not disrupt the larger surrounding wildlife; thus, they protect their habitats by replanting the woodland and wildflower meadows.

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endeavors include putting sheep to use instead of lawn mowers in winter. This significantly lowers carbon emissions and their droppings even help contribute nutrients to the soil using natural and gentle ways of protecting the grapes. The estate uses sonar, kites and bird bangers before considering microbicides. And they consistently make natural fertilizer out of pressed grape skins and other winemaking waste.

Further, the winery tells us: “The climate here in England allows for the slow ripening of our grapes, allowing us to achieve the optimum levels of ripeness and acidity, as well as the complexity and finesse for which our exquisite wines are renowned.”

“Spread across several separate sites, our vines are perfectly suited to the green and chalk soils of Sussex, Hampshire and Kent. The gentle south-facing slopes allow for the best possible exposure to the English sunshine, ensuring our grapes achieve the optimum level of ripeness before harvest.”

With all that in mind, well—I just couldn’t resist it: last week our family quaff for Mother Earth 2021 went to Nyetimber’s flagship wine, the Classic Cuvée MultiVintage.($55). The winery notes are sound & succinct: a classic blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier that has distinctive toasty and spicy aromas. A palate of honey, almond, pastry and baked apples gives it a hint of decadence.

British wine maven, Richard Hemming opined, “Tasting the Classic Cuvée reminded me of just how excellent Nyetimber is: it has all the delicious bakery and fresh-apple aromas of traditional-method sparkling wines, plus a wonderful earthy, mushroomy note. The high acidity gives it zip and salinity, but there is plenty of flesh on these bones, providing excellent balance.”

“The average score for Nyetimber’s last three years of the non-vintage is equivalent to Roederer, Bollinger, Pol Roger and many others. In fact, it's closer to Krug.” Hey— you’ve got to love the Brits when it comes to the French!

For Earth Day, we enjoyed this British sparkler with hot & spicy wings from organically fed free-range chickens. With its fast & furious bubbles, it was a match made in ecosystem heaven—if you will. Cheers!

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ne of the very best ways to explore the vast myriad of styles and flavors of beer is to get out and visit the local brewers at one of the many Tasting Rooms which dot the Coachella Valley. They are scattered like seeds in the desert wind, so no matter where you reside, the odds are stacked in your favor that there is one within five miles of where you reside.

There are many advantages to visiting a Tasting Room as opposed to heading out to a bar or restaurant. First and foremost, you should encounter a knowledgeable staff who comprehend the many idiosyncrasies of their products and can assist in steering you toward a more pleasurable experience. They should understand their portfolio of beers and be able to accurately guide you through the tasting experience.

Another benefit of visiting the brewery Tasting Room is freshness. Considering the fact that three of the four ingredients in beer are malted barley, water, and yeast; beer is best described as liquid bread. Just like bread, beer tastes best the closer to when the production process is completed. There is simply no comparison to a fresh loaf of bread right out of the oven from your local bakery; nothing available at the grocery store can hold a candle to the spongy, doughy texture and flavors which simply pop. Beer is exactly the same way, so going straight to the source makes all the sense in the world.

A third advantage of visiting a Tasting Room is the experience. Employees understand the many nuances in pouring beer, and they do so in beer-ready glassware in an effort to enhance the tasting experience. What is a beer-ready glass? Quite simply, it’s a glass free of anything detrimental to the visual appeal, aroma, and taste of the beer. Beer-ready glasses, often referred to as beer-clean glasses will optimize flavor, delivering beer just as the brewer intended it to taste.

Speaking of delivering beer just as the brewer intended, the beer lines in the draft system at brewery Tasting Rooms are, as a general rule, much cleaner than those of neighborhood bar or restaurant. Great brewers are natural born cleaners and their neurotic OCD cleanliness issues extend to the system in which they use to pour their beer.

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Yeast and microorganisms never sleep, so a thorough cleaning and sanitizing of the beer delivery system is generally conducted every fourteen days…and in many cases, even more frequently than that.

Tasting Rooms come in varying shapes and styles. Both La Quinta Brewing and Coachella Valley Brewing have Tasting Rooms located in the actual brewing facility. In addition, La Quinta has two satellite Tasting Rooms; one in Old Town La Quinta and another in Downtown Palm Springs. These outpost locations have one advantage over brewery locations in that they may offer guest beers from other breweries while the production facilities may only pour their house beers. Desert Beer Company in Palm Desert and Las Palmas Brewing in Palm Springs fall into the brewery category as well.

Another variation of the Tasting Room theme is the Brewpub. These are pubs or restaurants with a brewery on the premises making their own house beers as well as offering guest beers. Local examples include Babe’s Bar-B-Que at The River in Rancho Mirage and my home base, the brand-new Taproom 29 located just inside the entrance to Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella. While most brewpubs tend to serve basic ‘pub grub’, both Babe’s and Taproom 29 have fantastic menus and offer an eclectic dining experience.

Fun fact: Babe’s is by far the oldest operating brewery in the Coachella Valley, having been opened in August of 2001 by Don Callender, founder of the Marie Callender’s restaurant chain. Don also opened two other breweries; Babe’s Slim Pign’s in Redlands and P.H. Woods in Moreno Valley.

My tasting strategy when visiting a Tasting Room for the first time is to opt for a tasting flight of four or five sample pours of different beers. Most of the sample glasses range from four to six ounces and the flight is generally priced close to what a full pint would cost.

This allows me to evaluate several beers without suffering from palate fatigue while avoiding overconsumption as well. Samplers are a great way to branch out when tasting styles you might generally avoid or have never experienced before. It’s much easier on the psyche to dump two or three ounces of beer as opposed to twelve or fourteen…and it is more cost-effective as well.

When putting together a flight, my approach is to arrange the beers from the least bitter to the most aggressively hopped. If you are unsure of the preferred tasting order, your beer guide behind the bar will be happy to lend some assistance in this area…they should be expertly trained on this subject. The old adage of tasting from the lightest to the darkest just doesn’t apply any longer.

As you taste your flight, pay special attention to the story each beer is telling you in

three parts; Entry, Midtaste, and Finish. Make note of what you enjoy and what doesn’t exactly make you happy as this will come in handy when your flight has been completed.

Finished your flight? Now it’s decision time and you generally have two options; purchase a full pint of your favorite from the flight, or, in establishments with an extensive tap list, dive right into a second flight. You win either way, but one word of caution; if you are used to American Light Lagers, these beers will

pack a punch which may surprise you. Plan ahead by designating a driver or utilize a risesharing service such as Uber or Lyft. Without a plan, poor decisions result from the intake of alcohol and results can range from expensive (DUI) to disastrous (Death) and I need every one of you to be back here next edition when we head out to visit some of these locations.

When Ed Heethuis isn’t brewing at Spotlight 29 Casino for 29 Brews, you will find the Certified Cicerone® / Brewmaster out on his road bike, running his dental floss ranch, or talking beer with the patrons at Taproom 29.

He may be reached at: heethuis.ed@gmail. com or wherever beer may be found in the wild.

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hey were inseparable partners on the job, on patrol to keep their Cleveland Ohio community safe.

It was a sad day on April 14, 2021, when retired Sheriff Dan McClelland and his little k-9 partner Midge passed away a few hours apart. However, it somehow seemed fitting considering how the man and dog were inseparable and their lives intrinsically intertwined.

Retired Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland passed away in a hospital at the age of 76, losing his brave battle with cancer. Several hours later, 16-yearold Midge suddenly passed away at his family home, the Sheriff’s family members suspecting she died from a broken heart.

Dogs know when we are sick, detecting our illness with their powerful sense of smell, and becoming alarmed as our condition worsens.

Despite her miniscule frame, Midge valiantly fought crime. The bonded pair left an amazing “pawprint” on the citizens of their community, and their passing received media coverage around the nation. During her service to the community, Midge was recognized all over the world, receiving

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SHERIFF DAN MCCLELAND AND HIS K-9 PARTNER MIDGE, TOGETHER FOREVER fan mail from all parts of the globe including Europe, Asia and Africa. She made numerous appearances on television, always impressing audiences.

Typically K-9 officers are large breed dogs such as German Shepherds, Belgium Malinois, Boxers, and Labrador Retrievers.

Their duties involve sniffing out bombs, detecting narcotics trafficking, bringing down criminal suspects, conducting search and rescue, as well as other law enforcement tasks.

Dan McClelland had other ideas when he selected Midge, the runt of her litter, to be his crime fighting companion and ideal drugsniffing dog. This spunky adorable 8-pound Chihuahua/Rat Terrier mix was certified by Guinness World Records in 2006 to be the smallest police dog in the world. She might not have tackled any suspects, but she bravely performed other law enforcement duties. Unlike large and more aggressive breeds, little mild-mannered Midge would search vehicles without tearing up the upholstery. She was also the perfect size to search underneath a vehicle.

McClelland’s successor, Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand remembered driving a golf cart with McClelland and Midge in the Great Geauga County Fair. He reports they had to ride very slowly while swarms of people flocked to them to pet and fuss over Midge.

Hildenbrand recalls, “McClelland would joke that people would see him and would say, ‘Hey there’s Midge and whats-hisname’. I think she was more popular than him.” Midge’s arrival everywhere was like bringing Elvis Presley to the midway!

Sheriff McClelland retired in 2016 after 13 years as Sheriff in this semi-rural county near Cleveland. He spent a total of 44 years in law enforcement. His last decade as Sheriff was spent with his K-9 trained and capable partner Midge always by his side.

The pair were superstars everywhere they went. In the office, Midge napped on a bed beside McClelland’s desk. Her amazing sense of smell never failed to detect the presence of illegal drugs, busting Cleveland

area drug traffickers in the cutest way!

However, some of her most important work was done in school classrooms where Midge taught children the importance of serving one’s community and how to avoid danger from strangers.

Midge expertly maintained her K-9 certifications until the pair jointly retired.

When McClelland retired, there was no doubt that Midge would become part of his forever family, joining him and his wife on recreational vehicle trips around the country.

Dan McClelland’s family announced that he and Midge will be buried together.

If you believe that all dogs, with their pure hearts, go to heaven when they pass away, the Sheriff and his dog are now reunited, joyfully patrolling the heavens together!

Janetmcafee8@gmail.com ----------------------------------------------Here is a partial list of Inland Empire shelters and rescue groups where you can adopt a cat or dog. Please check their websites in advance for updates on adoption procedures during the quarantine.

COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS – The county shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. You can

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Sweet Blade looks sad because his brother dog Max became ill and passed away this week. Your loving home will make this sweet 5-yr-old German Shepherd boy happy again. Blade is kid friendly, dog friendly, everything friendly!! He waits for you at the Humane Society of the Coachella Valley.

Complete application online at www. orphanpet.com and call for appointment to meet Blade at (760) 329-0203.

This special needs boy is 18 lbs of kitty love! CoCo Lino has diabetes and takes his daily insulin like a champ. He loves all humans and other cats. He waits for a home at the Palm Springs Animal Shelter. Go online at www. psanimalshelter.org and complete an adoption application, and call (760) 416-5718).

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BY JANET McAFEE view the animals at all four Riverside county shelters at www.rcdas.org, and get the ID number of the animal you want to adopt.

Email them the animal’s ID number at shelterinfo@rivco.org, or schedule a virtual adoption appointment at www.rcdas.org, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, (760) 343-3644. (Public) PALM SPRINGS ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. They schedule appointments Wednesday through Monday. View their animals online at www. psanimalsshelter.org, 4575 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs, (760) 416-5718. (Public) ANIMAL SAMARITANS – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. View their animals at www. animalsamaritans.org. Email acorrow@ animalsamaritans.org to foster. Located at 72307 Ramon Rd, Thousand Palms, (760) 601-3918. (Private) CALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE - The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 73650 Dinah Shore, Palm Desert. View their animals at www. californiapawsrescue.com, (760) 656-8833.

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HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt a dog or cat. This shelter has lots of big dogs and some cats. View some of their animals at www.orphanpet.com. Located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, (760) 3290203. (Private) KITTYLAND – The shelter is closed so call for an appointment to adopt a cat. Located at 67600 18th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs, www.kittylandrescue.org, (760) 251-2700.

(Private) FOREVER MEOW – Foster based rescue for cats located in Rancho Mirage. Contact them at www.ForeverMeow.org, (760) 3356767. (Private) PRETTY GOOD CAT – Foster based rescue for cats located in La Quinta. Contact them at www.prettygoodcat.com, (760) 660-3414 (Private) BFF4pets – Foster based rescue for dogs and cats located in La Quinta. Email them at rescues@bff4pets.com, (310) 431-7818 (Private) LOVING ALL ANIMALS – The shelter is

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closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Located at 83496 Avenue 51, Coachella, www.lovingallanimals.org, (760) 834-7000. (Private) LIVING FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY – Large outdoor shelter for dogs and cats up Hwy 74, view animals at www.livingfree.org, and call (951) 659-4687 for an appointment (Private) MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY – Located at 4646 Sun View Rd, Joshua Tree, www.mbhumanesociety.com, call between 11am-4pm for updates (760) 366-3786 (Private) CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ANIMAL SHELTER – The shelter is closed but you can call for an appointment to adopt. Hours for adoption 10am – 4pm Tuesday thru Sat. Google “City of San Bernardino Animal Shelter” for website to view animals and get the ID number of the animal you want to meet. Located at 333 Chandler Place, San Bernardino, (909) 384-1304 or (909) 3847272. (Public) SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT DEVORE – Shelter is now open for walk ins 7 days a week. Call (909) 3869280. View animals at www.sbcounty.gov/ acc and get the ID number of animal you want to meet. Located at 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino (Public).

DREAM TEAM ANGELS RESCUE - Foster based rescue located in Grand Terrace/San Bernardino area. Contact them through website www.DreamTeamangelsrescue. com, (360) 688-8884. (Private)

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ousing prices are going crazy. So is the price of a gallon of gas or a bag of groceries. Despite these apparent signs of inflation, the Federal Reserve Bank says that these price increases are ‘transitory’ in nature and will go away. The last time I was told something would go away almost magically was when COVID first began causing havoc on the United States. A year later and we are still dealing with a virus that we can only hope does not try and transitory itself into a new variant that further disrupts society.

These are the types of excesses that happen in a heavily manipulated economy as is the case today.

The best way to combat higher prices is to fix your expenses now. As an example, if you own a home, make sure you have a fixed rate loan that lasts for as long as you expect to live in the home. For many, the home is the greatest store of value and you want to preserve that value by locking in on today’s low rates.

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As it relates to that home, consider buying a solar power system for your house. If the price of oil goes up, so will energy prices. Not only do you get a tax break for having solar but you have removed the risk of higher energy prices from your summer air conditioning bill.

I look at a lot of 401k accounts. One thing that I notice is that people have too much in fixed income/ bonds. When the market crashed last year, many stocks fell by 40% while some of the most impacted sectors of the economy priced for bankruptcy. At that time, many investors became more conservative only to be too fearful to reinvest later as stock seemed too risky.

There is no question that parts of the market are too risky. Some stocks are priced like the dot.com bubble of twenty years ago while companies that should have go bankrupt, soar to record prices due to an odd speculative mix of Reddit investors and Wall Street professionals. While these headline

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on’t be stupid and have a 1/5th on the 1/5th of May, and thereafter get arrested for a DUI over the Cinco de Mayo weekend. Remember, there will be Checkpoints everywhere. Furthermore, note that you must appear in court on the date on the yellow citation you were given when arrested. In addition, you must request a hearing with Department of Motor Vehicles within 10 days. Thus a DUI arrest kicks in two separate proceedings…….the Court and a DMV Hearing.

A DMV “Administrative Per Se” (APS) hearing presumes a driver is per se “under the influence”, if the DUI CHEMICAL RESULTS (PAS aka Preliminary Alcohol Screening or Blood test), shows the driver to be .08 or higher.

In order to save your CDL (California Driver’s License)/Driving Privileges, your lawyer, not the driver, should request a DMV hearing within TEN (10) DAYS. Additionally, REQUEST A DMV IDENTIFICATION CARD at the same time, as you will need some form of proof with a picture during the ensuing period of time!

If the driver sets the hearing it will be set out 30 days. However, if we request it, we can get it set farther out and probably continue that. This allows our client a good license for all that time. After the DMV hearing, we advise the Hearing officer that our client has

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story stocks grab our attention, many stocks remain undervalued. When investing, try and maintain a well-diversified portfolio constructed of strong cash flow companies with reasonable debt levels as these types of investments will typically outperform over the long run.

Bond aka fixed income looks to be a low to negative return investment as interest rates and inflation increase. If you want to avoid this value trap, consider holding a higher than normal level of equities. Should you do this, avoid the ‘chase for yield’ that many investors lean toward as a replacement for bonds. A chase for yield means that someone likes to buy stocks with the highest dividend yield.

A key mistake to this approach is that many people will end up with too much invested in one sector over another and often choose companies that are far from best in class in their respective industries.. Real Estate Investment Trusts and Oil & Gas are two sectors known for heavy dividends that often exceed the ability of the stock to perform over the long-run. As

BY HADDON LIBBY a result, the investor gets a big dividend at the expense the value of their investment.

While you want to fix your expenses as fully as possible, avoid doing the same with your investments. If inflation is running at a 3% annual rate, your investments need to earn more than 3%. If you earn less than the rate of inflation, you are losing buying power.

If all of this is too much for you to make heads or tails out of, find an investment advisor, like me, that can help explain the complicated and often confusing world of investment management.

Haddon Libby is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Winslow Drake Investment Management.

For more information, please visit www.WinslowDrake. com.

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not driven for all this time and “try” to talk them out of the suspension.

The 10 day time limit begins running from the issuance/arrest date on the Pink Order of Suspension/Temporary Driver’s License, known as the Administrative Per Se (APS) form.

This is true whether you have a California or out of state license. The Administrative Per Se/Order of Suspension/Temporary Driver’s License Endorsement is the 8 x 10 PINK DMV form PS360 (sometimes white) that the officer gave you when he/she took your license. It gives you the right to drive for 30 days before your right to drive in California is suspended for 4-5 months.

This Pink Temporary Driver’s License Endorsement, is good for only 30 days from the issue date. If the DMV hearing is requested within 10 days, your driving privileges can be extended if your attorney requests a STAY. It freezes the suspension.

The suspension is thus delayed until the outcome of your DMV hearing in about 60 days. After requesting a stay, you receive a white piece of paper which is a Temporary Driver’s License via mail...and it will be sent to the address on your license. It is only valid for the time listed on the paper.

Most arrestees do not realize a DUI creates 2 SEPARATE PROCEEDINGS, that both must be

addressed and not confused. One is the Court and the other is the DMV APS hearing. The outcome of one, does not necessarily affect the other. When DMV suspends your license, it is for a four month period. However, if you ask for a restricted license, the suspension is for 5 months.

Sometimes, clients enter a court plea BEFORE the DMV hearing. Though the court does not suspend your license as part of the plea, the court will notify DMV in Sacramento of the plea and need to attend a drinking driving program. That notification will trigger a letter from DMV in Sacramento called an Order of Suspension. This Order of Suspension is for 6 months.

If the court orders you into a Drinking driving program, you will have to show them your California DMV ID Card. All DUI drivers should go to DMV a week or two after the arrest (in Palm Desert on a Saturday after 2pm), to request a printout of their DMV driving record. You will need to show this to the Riverside County Drinking Driving Program, if you are ordered to attend a DUI class.

“Tough I am sometimes referred to as a DUI criminal defense lawyer, I choose to not view my clients as ‘criminals’. I prefer to view them, and more importantly to treat them, as good,

honest people that have found themselves in a scary and unfortunate situation.”

I look upon my job as protecting the Constitutional Rights of every American who drinks and drives and gets arrested for a DUI. I do however “Change Hats” when I SUE Drunk Drivers for damages to my Injured or Deceased (Wrongful Death) clients when I handle their Accident Case.

PLEASE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, CALL A TAXI, LYFT OR UBER………IT IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN HAVING AN ARREST OR ACCIDENT AND CALLING ME ………SO DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER DALE GRIBOW Representing the Injured and Criminally Accused “TOP LAWYER” - California’s Prestige Magazine, Palm Springs Life (PI/DUI) 2011-21 “TOP LAWYER” - Inland Empire Magazine 2016- 2019 PERFECT 10.0 AVVO Peer Rating SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE ARTICLE? CONTACT DALE GRIBOW 760-837-7500/ dale@dalegribowlaw.com

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any women find as they age their abdomens thicken and their weight increases no matter what they try. I’m here to give you hope.

Many women try adopting the low-carb or keto way of eating but get frustrated because they aren’t achieving the results they want.

If you are eating keto and want better results, I’ve come up with 8 options for you to look at to get you past your weight loss challenges.

1. Don’t eat too much protein - Don’t eat too much protein: Women need less protein and can much more easily over-consume protein compared to men. If you and your husband are eating the same size steak, you are eating too much. The easiest way to figure it out is to take half your body weight and eat that amount of protein. Adjust it as you lose weight. Too much protein interferes with burning ketones and fat.

2. Don’t eat too much fat - A keto diet is not a free for all to overdo it on fat. … One of the great joys of low-carb keto eating is adding back fat into our bodies after denying them fat for so long. However, if you want to lose weight, you must burn your own fat stores for energy, not consume all the energy you need by eating fat. Eat more fat than protein, just enough to keep you in ketosis, then watch the body burn its own fat stores.

3. Add in Intermittent fasting - It goes well with Keto and the longer you eat Keto

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you will be less hungry. Don’t try fasting right away. Give it a few weeks and let it happen organically. Many people naturally stop eating breakfast — they just aren’t hungry when they wake up. The number one rule of low-carb eating is “eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full.” If you find you aren’t hungry try fasting overnight as long as you can.

4. Watch out for carb creep - If you have been doing low-carb keto eating for a while, carbs can sneak back into your diet, particularly in the form of sauces, condiments, and nuts or snacks. Keep your carbs at 20-30 total carbs or less when you really want to lose weight and get the scale moving downward.

5. Cut out alcohol temporarily - If you

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small, potent Thai chilies.

Peppers have the usual Thai greatest hits like Pad Thai and Yellow Curry, but they really shine with their veggie entrees.

Most stir-fried Thai veggie dishes use liberal amounts of garlic, Thai roasted chili sauce, soy, and oyster sauce for sweetness and lots of sharp-flavored Thai basil. I especially like their eggplant dishes with their use of tender Japanese eggplant or long green eggplant.

Another unique fresh Thai dish is green papaya salad. Green (unripe) papaya is coarsely grated and pounded in a large

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eppers Thai is one of the original Thai restaurants to open in the Coachella Valley. For twenty years, they have been serving genuine Thai food at their Palm Springs location.

I recall dining in my first Thai restaurant over thirty years ago. I thought, “Wow, this food tastes so fresh and has the spice level I crave. The flavors are so deep and balanced.”

All of a sudden, Chinese food seemed so bland with its sweet and salty combinations.

Thai curries taste very bright with the use of citrus elements like lemongrass, kaffir lime, and galangal all bathed in a creamy coconut broth. Unlike Indian curries in which vegetables are cooked to a mushy consistency, Thais prepare veggies with great crisp texture and bright colors enhanced by herbal notes of basil and heat provided by

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are experiencing a weight-loss stall or even gaining weight on Keto cut out all alcohol for now.

6. Avoid sweeteners - Remove artificial sweeteners. If you have been including keto approved sweeteners like Monk fruit, stevia or Erythritol in your diet, do your best to wean yourself off them and give your body a chance to lose weight faster.

7. Get enough sleep - A good night’s sleep reduces stress and cortisol, the stress hormone that when raised hangs onto abdominal fat.

8. Be realistic - Some women are aiming for an arbitrary number on a scale… a number that has no real bearing or relationship to their actual health and wellness. Set realistic expectation. I see this quite often. Women

BY DAN PARIS mortar and pestle to release its juices and is dressed with brown sugar, lime juice, fish sauce and vegetable oil. If you like coleslaw, you will love this tart lively salad.

Work your way through the menu and feel good about your new healthy diet. Thai cuisine is a natural antidote to our lengthy triple-digit summers with the fresh rice paper rolls and refreshing Thai ice tea.

Peppers Thai (Palm Springs) 396 N. Palm Springs (760) 322-1259 Tuesday – Sunday 11:30 am – 9:15 pm

are aiming for an arbitrary number on a scale, perhaps from a long time ago or an idealized weight they have never achieved — a number that has no real bearing or relationship to their actual health and wellness. If you focus only on the number on the scale you will sabotage yourself. Instead measure your inches. Keto is the best at burning body fat and reshaping your physicality.

Remember that this way of eating isn’t a diet or a fad. It’s an investment in your health and it will give you the ability to age gracefully and have the body you want. Have patience. Your long-term goal is to make Keto a lifestyle change.

About Michelle Borthwick: Michelle is a Keto customization expert and coach.

Keto weight loss results can be greatly improved with Coaching, Customization, Accountability, and a trusted partner to guide you every step of the way. Michelle offers private sessions, proven Keto diet hacks, goal setting, ongoing support and more. If you are interested in a Keto lifestyle designed to get you lasting results, book a 30-minute complimentary private coaching session online at KetoIsEasyCoach.com.

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SWAG FOR THESOUL “Before we choose to incarnate in a physical body, we lay out an intricate plan of what we intend to accomplish and experience during the lifetime. We specify with whom we will connect and engage, and we form agreements with other souls who will claim a thread in the [collective] human tapestry during the same or overlapping time period as us.” Gratitude + Forgiveness x (Love) = Happiness, by Aimee Mosco and Donald L. Ferguson, pg. 13 e are eternal beings. Our bodies expire after a finite period of time, but inner spirit lives on forever. The purpose of experiencing physical incarnation is to grow the soul from a unique perspective during life.

Incarnation represents a specific path of soul study. If your inner spirit has chosen for you to be a man, you will study life from the masculine perspective, just as if you are a woman, you will explore your lessons with a feminine perspective. The same holds true for any of your other qualities and attributes.

These details are written into your soul plan and were determined before you crossed the threshold of this physical world.

You are a purposeful expression of your inner spirit. Who and what you are in this life is only just a fraction of your totality in the spirit realm. Your inner spirit, also known as your higher wisdom, chose this expression to maximize the growth of your soul.

So, what does that tell you?

First and foremost, your higher wisdom has a plan for you. From the human vantage point, you may not consider your innate qualities and attributes to be a choice, but on a higher level, they are calculated with precision. They serve an important purpose that speaks to the growth of your soul. You were “programmed” with them. It’s up to the part of you that’s in the here and now to embrace your talents and creativity so you are able to meet your highest potential

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according to the soul plan your inner spirit laid out for you.

You have been set up for successful growth and are supported in your endeavors every step of the way. You have never been, and will never be, given anything that you are not prepared for in this life. If during times of challenge you remember that your higher wisdom is watching and guiding, you can put your trust in your soul plan and your innate qualities to persevere with faith.

In my pursuit to help human beings remember their divine roots, I invite you to join Facebook group Evolve through Love hosted by Elizabeth Scarcella and me. Go to facebook.com/groups/evolvethroughlove and share with us your joy.

Aimee Mosco is an Author, Intuitive Channel, Spiritual Teacher and Co-Founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC. Aimee’s desire to help others inspired her book “Gratitude + Forgiveness x (LOVE) = Happiness”. Aimee serves as Vice Chair to the World Game Changers Board of Directors, a charitable CIC based in the UK. Find Aimee at www.ihsunity.com.

April 29 to May 5, 2021

FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

WEEK OF APRIL 29

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Poet Allen Ginsberg despairingly noted that many people want MORE MORE MORE LIFE, but they go awry because they allow their desire for MORE MORE MORE LIFE to fixate on material things—machines, possessions, gizmos, and status symbols. Ginsberg revered different kinds of longings: for good feelings, meaningful experiences, soulful breakthroughs, deep awareness, and all kinds of love. In accordance with astrological potentials, Aries, I’m giving you the go-ahead in the coming weeks to be extra greedy for the stuff in the second category.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her poem “Mirror,” Taurus poet Halina Poświatowska wrote, “I am dazed by the beauty of my body.” I applaud her brazen admiration and love for her most valuable possession. I wish more of us could genuinely feel that same adoration for our own bodies. And in accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you do indeed find a way to do just that right now. It’s time to upgrade your excitement about being in such a magnificent vessel. Even if it’s not in perfect health, it performs amazing marvels every minute of every day. I hope you will boost your appreciation for its miraculous capacities, and increase your commitment to treating it as the treasure that it is.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini poet Buddy Wakefield writes that after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004, “the only structure still standing in the wiped-out village of Malacca [in Malaysia] was a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. I wanna be able to stand like that.” I expect you will indeed enjoy that kind of stability and stamina in the coming weeks, my dear. You won’t have to endure a metaphorical tsunami, thank Goddess, but you may have to stand strong through a blustery brouhaha or swirling turbulence. Here’s a tip: The best approach is not to be stiff and unmoving like a statue, but rather flexible and willing to sway.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): No educator had ever offered a class in psychology until trailblazing philosopher William James did so in 1875. He knew a lot about human behavior. “Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being,” he wrote. “They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general, much like a person who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using only his little finger.” I’m going to make an extravagant prediction here: I expect that in the coming months you will be better primed than ever before to expand your access to your consciousness, your resources, and your potentials. How might you begin such an adventure? The first thing to do is to set a vivid intention to do just that.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Someone in me is suffering and struggling toward freedom,” wrote Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis. To that melodramatic announcement, I reply, good for him!

I’m glad he was willing to put himself through misery and despair in order to escape misery and despair.

But I also think it’s important to note that there are other viable approaches to the quest for liberation.

For example, having lavish fun and enjoying oneself profoundly can be tremendously effective in that holy work. I suspect that in the coming weeks, Leo, the latter approach will accomplish far more for you than the former.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo novelist Agatha Christie sold hundreds of millions of books, and is history’s most-translated author. While growing up, she had few other kids to associate with, so she created a host of imaginary friends to fill the void.

They eventually became key players in her work as an author, helping her dream up stories. More than that: She simply loved having those invisible characters around to keep her company. Even in her old age, she still consorted with them. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because now is a great time to acquire new imaginary friends or resurrect old ones. Guardian angels and ancestral spirits would be good to call on, as well. How might they be of assistance and inspiration to you?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “To hurry pain is to leave a classroom still in session,” notes Libran aphorist Yahia Lababidi. On the other hand, he observes, “To prolong pain is to miss the next lesson.” If he’s correct, the goal is to dwell with your pain for just the right amount of time—until you’ve learned its lessons and figured out how not to experience it again in the future—but no longer than that. I suspect that such a turning point will soon be arriving for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In her poem “Every Day,” Scorpio poet Denise Levertov wrote, “Every day, every day I hear enough to fill a year of nights with wondering.” I think that captures the expansive truth of your life in the coming weeks.

You’ve entered a phase when the sheer abundance of interesting input may at times be overwhelming, though enriching. You’ll hear—and hopefully be receptive to—lots of provocative stories, dynamic revelations, and unexpected truths. Be grateful for this bounty! Use it to transform whatever might be stuck, whatever needs a catalytic nudge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I hope you’re not too stressed these days. There has been pressure on you to adjust more than maybe you’d like to adjust, and I hope you’ve managed to find some relaxing slack amidst the heaviness. But even if the inconvenience levels are deeper than you like, I have good news: It’s all in a good cause. Read the wise words of author Dan Millman, who describes the process you’re midway through: “Every positive change, every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness, involves a rite of passage. Each time we ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation. I have never found an exception.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): We can safely say that Anais Nin was a connoisseur of eros and sensuality. The evidence includes her three collections of erotic writing, Delta of Venus, Little Birds, and Auletris. Here’s one of her definitive statements on the subject: “Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, jealousy, envy, all the spices of fear, foreign travel, new faces, stories, dreams, fantasies, music.” In response to Nin’s litany, I’m inclined to say, “Damn, that’s a lot of ambiance and scaffolding to have in place. Must it always be so complicated?” According to my reading of upcoming cosmic rhythms, you won’t need such a big array of stuff in your quest for soulful orgasms— at least not in the coming weeks. Your instinct for rapture will be finely tuned.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “One is always at home in one’s past,” wrote author Vladimir Nabokov. I agree. Sometimes that’s not a good thing, though. It may lead us to flee from the challenges of the present moment and go hide and cower and wallow in nostalgia. But on other occasions, the fact that we are always at home in the past might generate brilliant healing strategies.

It might rouse in us a wise determination to refresh our spirit by basking in the deep solace of feeling utterly at home. I think the latter case is likely to be true for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and longlasting,” writes author Emery Allen. “Not everyone is going to stay forever.” Her message is a good one for you to keep in mind right now. You’re in a phase when transitory boosts and temporary help may be exactly what you need most. I suspect your main task in the coming weeks is to get maximum benefit from influences that are just passing through your life. The catalysts that work best could be those that work only once and then disappear.

Homework: Write an essay on “What I Swear I’ll Never Do Again As Long As I Live--Unless I Can Get Away with It Next Time.” FreeWillAstrology. com.

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SAFETY TIPS

FROM THE CHIEF’S CORNER

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

ONE SMALL CRACK DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE BROKEN!

· Erratic or impulsive behavior · Substance abuse, including prescription drugs It is import we raise our awareness to this growing concern. We all experience difficult times and stress in our lives, and no one should feel ashamed in seeking help to manage those times.

If you feel you are suffering from any of the above or may need counseling, contact a licensed qualified therapist/psychologist.

Remember: “Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage does.”

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