Coachella Valley Weekly - May 26 to June 1, 2016 Vol. 5 No. 10

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coachellavalleyweekly.com • May 26 to June 1, 2016 Vol. 5 No. 10

CVMAs

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Desert Soul Club

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Unity Frenzy

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Teddy Quinn

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Vicky’s Of Santa Fe

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DHS Cannabis

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Publisher & Editor Tracy Dietlin Art Director Robert Chance Sales Team Deborah Evans Classified Manager & Nightlife Editor Phil Lacombe Features Writer Lisa Morgan, Rich Henrich, Heidi Simmons, Denise Ortuno Neil, Judith Salkin Writers/Contributors: Robin Simmons, Rick Riozza, Craig Michaels, Bronwyn Ison, Haddon Libby, Janet McAfee, Rachel Montoya, Angela Janus, Dale Gribow, Raymond Bill, Sam DiGiovanna, Rob Brezny, Eleni P. Austin, Noe Gutierrez, Sunny Simon, Dr. Peter Kadile, Bruce Cathcart, Julie Buehler, Flint Wheeler, Laura Hunt Little, Lola Rossi, Jack St. Clair, Dee Jae Cox, Patte Purcell, Rebecca Pikus, Janet Newcomb, Angela Romeo, Esther Sanchez, Alex Updike, Jenny Wallis, Uncle Ben Photographers Laura Hunt Little, Scott Pam, Lani Garfield, Chris Miller, La Maniaca, Esther Sanchez Distribution Phil Lacombe, William Westley

CONTENTS Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce.....3 CV Music Awards Roundup.................. 6-8 Desert Soul Club.......................................9 Mosey Bravo...............................................9 Unity Frenzy ...........................................10 Backstage Jazz - CVMA Jazz Jam...........10 Teddy Quinn ...........................................11 Consider This - Iggy Pop.........................12 Art Scene - Stephanie Bell......................13 Pet Place..................................................14 The Vino Voice ........................................15 Club Crawler Nightlife............................16 Pampered Palate- Vicky’s Of Santa Fe...18 Screeners.................................................20 Book Review............................................21 Haddon Libby.........................................23 Dale Gribow............................................23 DHS Cannabis.........................................24 Safety Tips...............................................25 Health & Fitness......................................25 Eddie “El Gato” Elguera..........................25 CV Derby Girls.........................................26 Sports Scene...........................................26 Free Will Astrology.................................27 Mind, Body & Spirit ................................27 Ask Jenny................................................28 Life & Career Coach ................................28

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JETBLUE AIRLINES NAMED “LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR” AT BY AMY BLAISDELL PALM SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS & INSTALLATION PALM SPRINGS MODERNISM WEEK, ARRIVE HOTEL DEVELOPERS, PALM SPRINGS STYLE MAGAZINE, BELLA DABALL AND OTHER CITY STARS HONORED ON JUNE 2 AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL

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s the City of Palm Springs continues to experience a historic renaissance as one of the hippest, most happening, ultra-cool resort destinations in the country, the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce will present its annual awards to a host of glittering community stars on Thursday, June 2 at its annual awards and installation luncheon.

The 11:30 a.m. event will be held at the Renaissance Palm Springs, 888 Tahquitz Canyon Way. The galaxy of city stars slated to be honored include: Ezra Callahan, Chris Pardo, Peter Karpinski, Chris Putnam, David Isen, Matt Steinberg, “Business Persons of the Year” – These six entrepreneurs had a dream to build a new hotel from the ground up in Palm Springs, a feat which had not been accomplished in decades. Mission accomplished! With the recent opening of the new 32-room Arrive Hotel in the City’s Uptown Design District, the dream is reality and a new generation of visitors is flocking to Palm Springs to hang by the pool and enjoy gorgeous mountain vistas and high tech amenities never seen before in a Palm Springs boutique hotel. Not to mention, the Arrive has received unprecedented media buzz which has hipsters excited to literally “arrive” in town for a one-ofa-kind vacation. To check in, visit www.

ArriveHotel.com.

JetBlue Airlines, “Large Business of the Year” – Thanks to the arrival of a wildly successful new seasonal non-stop flight to and from New York City to Palm Springs International Airport, JetBlue Airlines has served as a tremendous economic booster to the City of Palm Springs and the entire Coachella Valley, providing new jobs and countless tourism dollars to local businesses and hospitality partners. The popularity of these new flights literally had East Coasters “chomping at ice” to get out of the cold to sunny Palm Springs and the word is JetBlue customers are so enamoured with the Palm Springs destination… they’re never leaving!

For ticket information, visit www.JetBlue. com.

Sherman’s Deli and Bakery, “Medium Size Business of the Year” – One of the City’s longest running and most successful deli’s, Sherman’s is a true Palm Springs icon and a favorite among locals and visitors alike who

appreciate the delicious food and excellent customer service provided by Sherman’s son Sam Harris and his much loved staff.

Sinatra and all the stars of the desert used to dine at Sherman’s… and today you’ll find some of the biggest stars in the world still love Sherman’s Deli and Bakery. View the menu at www.ShermansDeli.com

Locations 760, “Small Business of the Year Award” – Locations 760 owner Kip Serafin specializes in worldwide location scouting and logistics management for large corporations, film, photo shoots and event management at a host of iconic Palm Springs celebrity homes, hotels and other locations. The company may be best known for securing the iconic Bob Hope estate in Southridge for the Louis Vuitton Cruise 16 Collection last May in Palm Springs. The event was major economic booster and brought hundreds of global fashion and business insiders to town, not to mention celebrities from all over the world and more than 15 million media impressions.

Visit www.Locations760.com for more information.

Coachella Valley iHub, “Business Innovation Award” - This award goes to a visionary non-profit or organization working to create jobs, stimulate the local economy and transform the business community through innovation. Operated by the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, the iHub is a state-designated incubator funded by the City of Palm Springs, Desert Healthcare District and Wells Fargo Bank which focuses on cutting-edge start-up businesses in the renewable energy and associated technology space. For more information about the iHub, visit www.

CVEP.com.

Officer Baron Lane, Palm Springs Police Department, “Business Community Appreciation Award” – Officer Lane has served as the Police Department ‘s liaison to the homeless community and to local businesses impacted by the many issues surrounding the problem of homelessness in their neighborhoods. Lane has been an invaluable asset to businesses looking for assistance and his tireless commitment and dedication to serving our community has been unparalleled.

Hot Purple Energy, “Green Business Award” – This solar company is much appreciated in Palm Springs for its

commitment to the environment, excellent customer service and for an incredible cost-saving solar installation at Las Casuelas Terraza in downtown Palm Springs. In addition, owner Nate Otto was a long-time member of the City of Palm Springs Sustainability Commission and his dedication to helping businesses “go green” is well known throughout the Coachella Valley.

Palm Springs Style Magazine, “The Palm Springs Buzz Award” – The city’s coolest new magazine celebrates the iconic style of Palm Springs… and it’s called Palm Springs Style of course! Editor and publisher Katy Carrier’s beautifully photographed magazine publishes four times a year and has become a must read for locals and visitors alike -- showcasing the city’s fashion, architecture, local shops, boutiques, designers, restaurants and super chic resorts with a distinctly stylish Palm Springs flair that everyone is buzzing about!

Visit www.PalmSpringsStyle.com to catch a glimpse.

Palm Springs Modernism Week, “Community Vision Award” – With more than 80,000 lovers of the City’s famed mid-century modern architecture in town this past February, Modernism Week is a uniquely visionary 10-day special event that has reached the greatest of heights over the past 12 years, boosting the city’s economy and forever transforming Palm Springs into an international mecca when it comes to celebrating the aesthetics of all things modern. In addition, a new preview week has been added in October which continues to bring the spotlight to Palm Springs. Visit www.ModernismWeek.com for the latest on next year’s swanky events and happenings. continue to page 5

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Bella daBall, “PS I Love You Award” – Brian Wanzek, also known as Bella daBall, is one of the city’s most recognizable and exuberant ambassadors. Often called upon to serve as emcee at local charitable events, ribbon-cuttings and grand openings, residents and visitors alike have become so enamoured of Bella, she’s become a city celebrity whose passion for Palm Springs is known far and wide as a blogger for Huffington Post and one of the stars of a recent national advertising campaign for the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism.

Kristy Kneiding, Desert Tasty Tours, “Entrepreneur of the Year” – Kneiding, a self-described foodie, is the founder of

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Desert Tasty Tours, an innovative company which provides walking tours and a yummy “Taste of Palm Springs” from some of the city’s most fabulous dining destinations.

Eating your way through the tour is just one of the many ingredients… add a dash of Palm Springs history, a cup of culture and a dollup of famous resident name dropping… and you get a delicious day of fun along legendary Palm Canyon Drive. For more info, visit www.DesertTastyTours.com Candice Held Palm Springs, “Rising Star Award” – Palm Springs fashion designer Candice Held designs her own original prints for elegant scarves and unique silk scarf dresses at her flagship boutique located in

the Shops at Thirteen Forty Five on North Palm Canyon Drive. Held has even designed a signature “Palm Springs Scarf.” Celebrities like Drew Barrymore, Maria Sharapova and Tyra Banks are big fans of Held’s colorful designs which perfectly complement the iconic Palm Springs style.

To see the stylish designs everyone is talking about, visit www.CandiceHeld.com.

Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism, “Superstar Award” – As Palm Springs continues to experience a renaissance as one of the hippest, most happening, ultracool resort destinations in the country, this incredible success is due in large part to the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism, whose mission is to market the iconic Palm Springs “Like No Place Else” brand to visitors from around the world. Thanks to their tremendous success, local business is thriving, developers are investing in new

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hotel properties and renovations, the City’s hotel transient occupancy tax is soaring, airlines like JetBlue and WestJet continue to add flights and global brands like Kimpton, Andaz and Virgin are chomping at the bit to serve a new demographic of younger visitors excited about the city’s ultra-cool vibe. Go to www.VisitPalmSprings.com to check out the bureau’s phenomenal work promoting Palm Springs, like no place else!

“It’s definitely an “A” list of award honorees this year,” said Nona Watson, CEO of the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce.

“We are thrilled to be paying tribute to the innovative people and businesses that are such an important part of the magic that makes Palm Springs like no place else and we thank them for investing our city.”

For tickets, call (760) 325-1577 or visit www.pschamber.org.

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CVMAs

2016 CV MUSIC AWARDS

WINNERS, SNAPSHOTS & MEMORIES A

STEP & REPEAT PHOTOS BY LAURA HUNT LITTLE PODIUM AND STAGE PHOTOS BY SCOTT PAM

s the owner, Promoter and Producer of the 3rd Annual CV Music Awards I would like to Congratulate all of the winners AND the nominees. You didn’t have to take home a trophy to be an amazing musician in this thriving desert music scene. Being nominated in your category alone was a compliment to what you have accomplished and that you are doing something right! And for those not nominated…please know that there were many categories that had only 1 or 2 points keeping you from being one of the 6 or 10 nominated in your category. We had a total of over

24,000 votes this year, from you the people, and that says a lot about how passionate you are about this local music community.

And to the winners, be proud of what you accomplished this last year, or perhaps years leading up to your win.

As for the event itself, I couldn’t be more proud of every performance, and this year all genres were well represented and appreciated. We had some amazing collaborations this year starting with the cool vibe of the Jazz Jam that kicked off the Preparty awards to the opening of the second half of

WINNERS NOT PHOTOGRAPHED: Best Jazz Instrumental – Will Donato Best Event DJ – Alf Alpha Best Band Photographer – Chris Miller Best Live Performance Venue – Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneer Award - Sonny Evaro & The Family

Lifetime Achievement Award - Terry Reid

Best Band - Caxton Best Female Vocalist - Christina Reyes

Best Alternative Band - Yip Yops

Best Duo - David Macias & Giselle Woo

Best Rock Band - Blasting Echo

Best Rap/Hip Hop & Best Live Performance - Thr3 Strykes

Best Bass - Dan Dillinger

Trailblazer Award - Gary Arce

Best Metal Band - House Of Broken Promises Best Drummer - Mike Cancino

Best Reggae Band - Acoustic Movement

Best Live Cover Band - Long Duk Dong Best Frontwoman - Chelsea Sugarbritches

Best New Band - Hollace

Best Blues Artist - John Stanley King Best Producer - Ronnie King

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Trailblazer Award - The Hellions

Best Keyboards Andy Cahan

Best Jazz Vocal - Slim Man

Best Album - Bridger “Forces Against Us” & J Patron “Latino Immigrant”

Best Punk Band - Bridger

Best Country Band - Lisa Lynn & The Country Gentlemen

Best Male Vocalist - Michael Keeth

Best Club DJ Alex Harrington

Best Frontman Nick Flores

Best Promoter - Ming Bob

Best Adult Contemporary - Gina Carey

Best Guitar Mike Pygmie

Best Event Promoter BB Ingle

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by Steven Hall of Se7en4, to the off the hook collaboration of the rap/hip-hop community, to the All-Star collab performances with Long Duk Dong at the After Party. There were also special moments that included John Carey & Smooth Brothers doing a beautiful tribute to Prince with “Purple Rain” and the heartfelt and tearful “In Memory” tribute to our dear friend Randy Hewitson, owner of Musicians Outlet and SIR, where John Stanley King sang one of Randy’s favorite songs, “Needle and the Damage Done,” by Neil Young, followed by a poignant slide show of Randy, perfectly put together by Rob Pickett.

Special Awards were given out as well.

“Trailblazer Award” to The Hellions for their years of bringing their special brand of ‘rawk n roll’ to the desert, as well as Gary Arce, also receiving a “Trailblazer Award” for his years of being a staple in the desert rock scene.

Another highlight of the event was the Evaro family being presented with the “Pioneer Award”

for decades of providing this desert with music from one generation to the other. It was beautiful to have so many Evaro’s on stage including Angie Evaro, accepting for husband Sonny, who was not able to attend due to his recent health issues. What an amazing and talented family!

Personally, it was extremely gratifying to see so many people from different musical genres all having such a great time together, laughing, sharing, congratulating and collaborating. There was such a cool vibe in the room and so much love and positivity that my heart is truly full. Everyone left their egos at the door which made for an enjoyable night.

I just want to thank everyone who came out to the CV Music Awards on Sunday. Thank you to the all the bands that performed and congratulations to all the winners AND nominees. There was so much love, support and respect in that room; amazing performances and collaborations. The music community of all genres hanging out with each other giving hugs and high fives. That’s what

it’s all about and why I do this. You all made me feel like it is worth it.

Thank you to all our sponsors: Presenting Sponsor- Hot Purple Energy (David Herrlinger & Nate Otto) Jackalope Ranch (Paul Goldstine, Lee Morcus), Crater Lake Vodka (Kathleen Schriefer & Jim Bendis), Coachella Valley Brewing (David Humphrey, Jamie Brothers Humphrey, Chris Anderson), the Riviera Palm Springs (Frederick Berry), Desert Wraps (Shelly Sheppard & Soterios Anagnostou), DarMar Awards (Martina Webster & Daren Webster), CV 104.3 (Jimi Fitz), Loving All Animals. A huge thank you to Paul Rodgers and his wife Cynthia for donating the amazing signed acoustic guitar from Bad Company and all the goodies that came with it. Robert Chance, my Art Director at CV Weekly, for putting together the big screen and slide shows, Ming Bob, Maria Alaina Majiros, Tom Edwards for working the door. Ray Bill and Kris Bossi for taking care of our VIP seating, Curtis Hendricks & Sarah Hendricks for setting up and handing out the awards, Pablo

May 26 to June 1, 2016 Ortiz and his security crew, my “Dream Team” Brandon Ray Henderson, Kevin Swank from CYM Lighting and Pat Connelly from All Star Sound for making everything run so smooth and look and sound so amazing! Gregory Little for assisting with so many things , Brian Champagne for video, Scott Pam, Esther Sanchez, Laura Hunt Little and Steven Young for photography. And our emcees for the night: Bianca Rae, Patrick Evans, Bronwyn Ison and Craig Michaels. Thank you to our resident DJ Alex Harrington, who also won for Best Club DJ. And Long Duk Dong, who won for Best Cover Band and Chelsea Sugarbritches, who won for Best Frontwoman, nominee DJ Guy Worden for DJing the VIP afterparty, Maily Pinkerton O’Neil for waiting around 4 hours to do my hair, my beautiful daughter Michelle Brewer & Michael Brewer for all their support. And Cindy Hewitson and Musicians Outlet & SIR for providing the backline. And as always, “my man” Phil Lacombe for being my partner in crime. continue to page 8

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LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

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INTRODUCING THE DESERT SOUL CLUB A PALM SPRINGS MOD / SOUL / FUNK DANCE PARTY!

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he Desert Soul Club is Palm Springs’ monthly mod /soul /funk dance party, bringing the True Sounds of Mod to the low desert. Created by DJ Bobby California and “DJ Lee” Joseph, the heart and soul of the Club is based on irresistible dance grooves from a universe of wonderful hit and unknown records produced during the R&B, beat, mod, Motown, heyday of the early to mid-60s, extending through the funk era of the late 60s and early 70s up to the dawn of disco. Northern soul, freakbeat, boogaloo, afrobeat, and psychedelic soul will all be represented from Memphis, Chicago, New Orleans, Philly and beyond. Bobby and Lee dig deep into their knowledge and cache

of globe-spanning tracks, inviting you to stomp, shout and work it on out!

Join the Desert Soul Club Facebook page at facebook/Desert Soul Club.

Become a charter member of the Desert Soul Club at its first official dance party at Tonga Hut Palm Springs (254 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262) on Saturday, May 28, 2016. The needle drops on the first 45 at 9:00 pm sharp. Admission is free, but be sure to wear your dancing shoes.

The DJs Bob Deck aka DJ Bobby California grew up on oldies radio, and as a teenager, skateboarded and listened to punk rock to escape from the post-modern nightmare

of his Wichita, Kansas. Bob attended Kansas University in Lawrence, where he studied graphic design and was a fullfledged music junkie, sharing his diverse musical discoveries on his “7-inch Show” on college radio station KJHK. Upon graduating, he remained in Lawrence, designing album covers, flyers and posters for many of the bands in the local music scene, and co-published a music fanzine called “micromag.” Eventually, his love of modernism and California sunshine led to a move to the mid-century modern mecca of Palm Springs, California, where he continues as a freelance graphic designer and DJs under the moniker “Bobby California,” named after a song by Curt Boettcher (The Millennium, Sagittarius).

“DJ Lee” Joseph is a lifelong music fan, record collector and pop culture aficionado.

As a young child, Lee was obsessed with records and enamored with tiki and Polynesian pop inspired by the sights, and sounds, at Tucson, Arizona’s Kon Tiki restaurant located in the neighborhood where he grew up. He spent the early part of his 20s managing an indie record store in Tucson then moved to Los Angeles to

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immerse himself in numerous underground pop culture scenes while playing bass in several groups, scouring thrift stores, swap meets and yard sales for vintage clothing, tiki mugs, and old records. His mid-century centric record label Dionysus Records, is now in its third decade. Currently, Lee also runs a small PR company called Reverberations Media whose clientele includes Tiki Oasis, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, and Designer Con. Lee plays bass for Joshua Tree’s Jesika von Rabbit and also has a weekly show on LuxuriaMusic.com called “Over Under Sideways Down” which airs Monday 8-10 PM PST. Reverberations Media www.reverberationsmedia.com (818) 415-5543 www.dionysusrecords.com Check out “DJ Lee” Joseph at: • Designer Con 2016 Pasadena • Hearsay! Downtown Los Angeles • Jesika von Rabbit Joshua Tree • La Luz De Jesus Gallery Los Angeles • Lethal Amounts “School Days” L.A. • Tiki Oasis 2016 “Monster Island” San Diego

LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

ECLECTIC POP MUSIC TO INVADE THE YUCCA VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL

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osey Bravo will perform in concert in Yucca Valley California as part of the Towns Summer Music Festival. Mosey Bravo is a pop rock band with catchy all-original music and a big vocal and guitar sound. The bands style melds folk /country rock, 60’s British pop, with reggae and roots rock rhythms.

The sound is rich in contemporary song craft and singular in nature and the band is known for delivering highly charged live performances.

Vocalist, composer and guitarist Michael

Callan, is responsible for the bands design.

His probing lyrics address personal and social forces of our time. Callan has played with George Harrison and performed in Chuck Berry’s band. Callan also performs as a solo artist and acoustic guitar instrumentalist.

Mosey Bravo includes Bobby Furgo on Organ and Violin, Daniel Boening on Electric Bass and Trevor Montgomery on drums The concert takes place on Saturday August 10th from 7 to 9 PM on the green at the Yucca Valley Community Center.

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LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

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BY MORGAN JAMES

UNITY FRENZY O

ne love. A unity of all people. Peace in a chaotic world. All themes of Reggae music popularized in the 1960’s. Cut to 2016 in the Coachella Valley where the Desert Reggae scene has grown from a small, underground movement into the mainstream with bands like Unity Frenzy ready to make a splash. With many venues touting weekly Reggae nights, and festivals springing up worldwide celebrating “music without borders” Unity Frenzy is ready to launch into the scene and spread peace and love through music.

I was introduced to Paul Vasquez 2 years ago when he came through the CV Open Mic Competition. It was his first time playing in public. I spoke with him this week about that experience. “I fell in love with playing for an audience,” he proclaimed. “It got me excited to keep playing. People were really supportive so I continued coming back and meeting other musicians to play with.” As Paul’s confidence and excitement grew, so did his fan base and opportunities to play other venues. Networking with popular local Reggae bands like Higher Heights, Paul met others who shared his musical vision. “We are all singing the same message,” he said.

“We are all friends sharing roots music with whoever is out there ready to receive it.”

Recently, Unity Frenzy has gone through a band overhaul adding new members, creating new music, and planning a tour this Summer.

I spoke with Unity Frenzy’s manager, Kristen Brawley about how this all came about. “I booked Paul at my event called Rock Steady Reggae at The Culturas Music and Arts Ranch in Coachella this past February,” she said. “I was blown away by his voice and talent. We got to talking about what I can do to help him and he asked me to be his manager. I have 16 years of experience within the music industry doing everything from art, hosting, emceeing, stage production, dancer, and

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now singer of roots music. I started singing along with Paul and we harmonize really well together so he asked if I would perform too. In the meantime, feelings grew so we recently made it official.”

With the addition of killer bassist Matt Miller from Remnants of Man and dynamic drummer Erik Mouness from Ten Fold, Unity Frenzy is really shaping up for an intended Summer tour. “We plan to hit Ensenada, El Centro, and San Diego,” reveals Paul. “Then we’ll head up north near San Francisco to Haight Ashbury for the Groove Festival in early Spring.” One big stop along the way will be “Rootstock” which is a 2 day world famous festival organized by Juan Pablo Rojas II in Baja, Mexico. Mr. Rojas was available for comment and happily shared about the event: “I began Rootstock four years ago to unite and heal musicians through the power of conscious music. I believe in no separation by borders and that we are all one race.”

Unity Frenzy is thrilled to be included in the line-up.

Paul advised that the band is “always writing” and “currently working on an original album that all of the members are writing together.” Kristen shared that, “While the band plays strictly roots music, we have expanded to include a metal/blues/jazz lead bassist and an all genre drummer so that the music has a well-rounded sound while still adhering to traditional roots.” When asked about goals for Unity Frenzy, Paul shared “We don’t play for money. We play for fun with the hopes that we will have the opportunity to travel, see the world, and connect with people. This world is in a crazy state right now. We hope to bring people together by spreading peace and unity through Jah music.”

Keep your ears peeled for Unity Frenzy and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

BACKSTAGE JAZZ

BY PATTE PURCELL PHOTOS BY SCOTT PAM

JAZZ AT THE CV MUSIC AWARDS

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hat a night of music! This is the first year that Coachella Valley Music Awards has added an additional jazz category to the awards. Some of my musical friends and some I’d never met were nominated in two categories. The first was Jazz Vocalist of the Year Slim Man, Rose Mallet, John Carey and The Smooth Brothers, Mikole Kaar, Yve Evans and Cat Lyn Day were nominated. Slim Man took home the award.

He was delighted to be chosen. Slim Man has been in the desert for a couple of years now and I’ve worked with him since 2010.

He’s a very talented guy from Baltimore with incredible smooth jazz and music credentials.

He’s also just come up with a great new cookbook. I’ll be doing my column next week on Slim and fill you in on all the details.

The other category was Best Instrumental Jazz Artist, the nominees were Will Donato, Joe Baldino, Craig Chesnut and Chase Huna.

This category was full of people that I know and love. Guitarist Joe Baldino and I have been working together for 2 years. I’ve worked with Craig and Chase on multiple occasions and Will and I have a long lasting friendship.

Will Donato took the prize. Will was out of town so they asked me to accept the award for him. I congratulated Will and said he was undeniably the most beloved musician in the desert and we were so proud of him in his national career. I mentioned he’s double billed with Jesse J and has been playing with A List Artists all over the country. It was a wonderful

moment for me to see him get the recognition he deserves.

Some of my favorites performed in a jazz jam to open the show including Slim Man vocals and bass, Joe Baldino on guitar, John Carey on guitar, Theo Coakley on keys, Craig Chesnut on drums, Mikole Kaar on sax and Rose Mallett on vocals. They jammed to “Route 66” and Rose Mallet jammed it into “Stormy Monday.”

Patrick Evans and Bianca Rae of KESQ emceed along with Tracy Dietlin publisher of Coachella Valley Weekly who looked beautiful in her long flowing dress. What an amazing job! So well organized and professional. It was such a treat to see some of my other friends including Ronnie King who won the Best Producer and his brother John Stanley King one of my favorites who took the award for Best Blues Artist home.

The lovely and talented Gina Carey won the Best Adult Contemporary Artist. John Carey got another standing ovation for his tribute to Prince with “Purple Rain.”

The venue was the fabulous Riviera Palm Springs Ballroom with its 40 ft stage. Exquisite sound and lighting were provided by All Star Sound and CYM Lighting with backline provided by SIR and Musicians Outlet owned by the late hometown music hero Randy Hewitson. It was a beautiful evening filled with wonderful music. Tracy Dietlin and Phil Lacombe can be very proud of their accomplishment. Bravo!

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BY LISA MORGAN LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT WORLD RENOWNED “TED QUINN REALITY SHOW” AT PAPPY AND HARRIET’S SAYS GOODBYE TO QUINN AND HELLO TO A NEW ERA

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t would be impossible to talk about the wonderful evolution and magic of the now world renowned Pappy and Harriet’s, recently voted “Best Live Music Venue” at the Coachella Valley Music Awards, without mentioning its equally beloved “Teddy” Quinn.

Monday nights were handed over to him to try and build up what was once a slow night for the venue. Fast forward to his ninth year hosting the open mic, that over the years has been attended by the likes of Robert Plant, Jessie Coulter, Shooter Jennings, among others famous and yet famous, reservations have to be made over a month in advance to secure a table near the stage.

Ted Quinn began his career at the age of 3 on a television commercial. He has contributed stories to KCET’s “Artbound” series, and has been profiled in Ruben Martinez’s “Desert America.” He’s made a dozen albums, several with Fred Drake at the legendary Rancho de la Luna. He also curates the Beatnik Lounge in Joshua Tree, where he also produces Radio Free Joshua Tree.

CV Weekly was honored to interview Quinn regarding his announcement that he was stepping down from the open mic night that he built into a huge success after almost a decade: CVW: “What prompted you to run the first open mic? How did it all start?”

QUINN: “I had been doing an open mic at the Beatnik Lounge for several years already, and Robyn, who I’d become friends with when she and Linda took over Pappy’s, called to ask me if I’d try doing one there.”

CVW: “What prompted you to retire from something that you have built into such a huge success?”

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Photo By Sophie Eleanor Turner

QUINN: “It seems counterintuitive, but 9 years is a good run. That’s how long Fred lived at the Rancho. It’s a year longer than my longest relationship! My son is ten, and he’s grown up with me there. His first public appearance was there at ‘Sage Fest.’ I’d been wanting to pare down my schedule and spend more time working on a new record and my book.”

CVW: “What were some of your most memorable moments from the past 9 years?”

QUINN: “The other night, First Aid Kit, from Sweden, signed up and ended up backing a little girl from Canada, their biggest fan, on their song, “Emmy Lou.” That was a rock dream come true, as was hosting Ke$ha, who played a few years back. I had no idea who they were until later.”

“One night, the amazing, late folksinger, Judy Van Ruggles, was up there with her banjo, telling stories. She inspired Leslie Feist (pop

Photo By Eva Soltes

artist also known as “Feist”) to get up and perform. Feist said she hadn’t heard anyone tell stories like that since she lost her grandmother.”

“I gave Dave Ryan his nickname, DER, after he signed up, using only his initials. A great drummer, Jeff Boaz, returned to playing after a 20 year gap. He was brought by Jamie Browning, a descendent of the poets, who had played the opening riff on “Last Train to Clarksville.” I was intimidated by her at first, but I soon found that cellist, Jennifer Irvine, was an exceptionally gifted improvisational player. I met one of my best friends, and a great musician, Leslie Mariah Andrews here, on Jagger’s birthday six years ago, and we’ve been playing together since.”

“Jeff Boaz (drummer) and I had just finished playing the song, “19th Nervous Breakdown,” when I heard that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ daughters were there. I went to them and apologized. Thea Richards smiled and said, ‘It was fucking magical.’”

“Every week had surprises. If I had a label, I’d sign singer/songwriter, Nigel Roman, immediately. The Castagnes were the most exciting band I’d seen in years; their mom had driven them cross country from Montreal to record with my old mate, Tony Mason. They should be world-famous.”

“Putting up a microphone for Jessie Coulter and her son, Shooter Jennings’ after-wedding dinner on a slow Monday night is one; it felt sacred to me. Another night was when the author and star of “Hair,” James Rado, was there. I’ve been obsessed with that score since I was a kid, so I stood on stage and sang half the soundtrack to him a cappella.”

“A pivotal experience was meeting Andre

Gregory, who came for dinner with artist Randy Polumbo. My Dinner with Andre, is my favorite film. He was as kind and wise as I’d imagined.

He kissed my hand and said, ‘Live a great life.’

It was right after Bowie died, and both of those things made me realize I had some work to get done.”

CVW: “What will you miss the most?”

QUINN: “Hanging out with Robyn in the sound booth, laughing, sharing stories. I’ll miss Linda, Cody, Dave and Stacy feeding my dog scraps at midnight.”

CVW: “What is going to happen to the open mic after you leave?”

QUINN: “It will keep going - there and in venues all around the desert.”

CV Weekly was also able to talk to Robyn Celia, co-owner of Pappy and Harriet’s about Ted Quinn, a personal treasure to the entire staff, and his departure. She responded with love and optimism: “We will miss Ted terribly.

He has stuck by Mondays, and has been our fearless leader through thick and thin. He has put his heart into this night, and we will try our best to keep it going. Ted cannot be replaced, so we are going to have guest hosts every week. My hope is I can talk him into being one of the guests hosts once in awhile!”

It is certain that Ted Quinn will continue to be a force of light and love in the high desert.

Like all of those who have regularly been blessed by Quinn’s gifts, CV Weekly would like to wish him all the best in the endeavors of his heart as well as thank him for giving a spotlight to the musical heart quests of so many others.

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CONSIDER THIS

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BY ELENI P. AUSTIN

“POST POP DEPRESSION” (LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS)

nd it’s all about the dancing kids, and it’s all about the sex/And it’s all about the kicks, and it’s all about the dancing pricks…and it’s all about done.”

That’s Iggy Pop, waxing reflective on his new song, “In The Lobby.”

Early in his career, Iggy earned the affectionate sobriquet the “Godfather Of Punk.” It was a musical genre he practically invented. James Newell Osterberg, Jr. was born in Muskegon, Michigan, the only child of two loving parents.

Growing up, he became enamored with Blues, early Rock N’ Roll and Rhythm & Blues.

He played the drums in High School bands like the Iguanas and the Prime Movers. (It was during his tenure with the Iguanas that he first became known as Iggy). His infatuation with the Blues was so all-consuming that he dropped out of the University Of Michigan and moved to Chicago.

Galvanized by those seminal sounds, as well as emerging bands like the Sonics, the Doors and MC5, he returned to his home state, formally adopted the stage name Iggy Pop and formed the Psychedelic Stooges.

(Soon shortened to just the Stooges). The original line-up included brothers Ron and Scott Ashton on guitar and drums and Dave Alexander on bass.

Iggy was inspired by the over the top showmanship of James Brown and Mick Jagger. He also caught an early Doors show where Jim Morrison performed while clearly tripping on acid. All these elements coalesced and he became the most outre’ frontman in Rock history. He was the first to stage dive, roll in broken glass, puke and intentionally whip out his, um, second microphone His antics enhanced, but never detracted from the Stooges’ shows. They were quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most incendiary live acts on the scene. Signed to Elektra Records in 1968, their self-titled debut, arrived in 1969. Produced by exVelvet Underground visionary, John Cale, their music sounded like nothing else in the pop landscape. Brutal and primordial, it served as a template for every Punk record released in the next 40 years.

Their sophomore effort, Fun House was recorded in Los Angeles and released in

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1970. Unfortunately, it was ignored by critics and consumers alike. The band faltered and soon Iggy was in the grip of heroin addiction.

Dropped by their label, the Stooges kind of imploded. Luckily, Iggy met super fan, David Bowie, whose star was on the ascendancy.

Bowie helped secure a deal with Columbia Records and whisked Iggy off to England, intent on producing his first solo album. But a search for backing musicians proved unsatisfactory, so the Stooges (minus Dave Alexander) reunited. Newcomer James Williamson took over guitar duties and Ron Ashton switched to bass. The result was “Raw Power,” their most assured record to date.

Despite its brilliance, Raw Power didn’t reverse the band’s fortunes. The Stooges broke up and Iggy descended more deeply into drugs, eventually checking himself into a mental institution. Although David Bowie was certainly mired in his own addictions, again he rode to Iggy’s rescue, inviting him to join his “Station To Station” tour.

More lastingly, they both relocated to Berlin. In the quieter environment, they were free from scrutiny and able to loosen the grip of addiction. It was there Bowie created his own Teutonic tryptich, Low, Heroes and Lodger. He also produced Iggy’s first two solo efforts, The Idiot and Lust For Life. Both albums were released in 1977, cementing Iggy’s position as the premier Proto-Punk provocateur.

Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s Iggy continued to record and tour with mixed results on albums like Kill City, New Values, Soldier, Party, Zombie Birdhouse, Blah, Blah, Blah, Instinct, Brick By Brick, American Caesar, Naughty Little Doggie and Avenue B. During this era, he collaborated with James Williamson, Ivan Kral from Patti Smith Group, members of the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Guns n’ Roses, Kate Pierson from the B-52’s and superstar producer Don Was. In 2003 Iggy reunited (and it felt so good), with Ron and Scott Ashton on his 14th solo album Skull Ring. It was such a pleasant experience that they resurrected the Stooges. At Ron’s suggestion, they recruited Minutemen bassist Mike Watt (Dave Alexander passed away in 1975). The line-up was augmented with saxophone player Steve Mackay and they played Coachella that same year.

The Stooges recorded their fourth studio album, The Weirdness, in 2007. Sadly, in early 2009, Ron Ashton died from a heart attack, once again, James Williamson stepped in to handle guitar duties. In 2010, the Stooges were finally inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. (They had been eligible since 1994, and found an unlikely champion in Madonna, who actively advocated for their inclusion). A final Stooges album, Ready To Die, released in 2013 received universal acclaim. Scott Ashton died in 2014, but their legacy lives on in Gimme Danger, a Stooges documentary directed by Jim Jarmusch. It recently debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.

In between Stooges records and tours, Iggy made more solo records, Beat ‘Em Up,

Preliminaires and Apres’. The latter two sung entirely in French. He also carved out a niche as a character actor, appearing in myriad movies and television shows.

Although he has been a solo artist nearly 40 years, Iggy Pop has always thrived in a collaborative setting. In 201, he met Queens Of The Stone Age front-man, Josh Homme at the Kerrang! Awards in Germany. Two years later he reached out to Homme to produce his 17th solo album.

Homme drafted QOTSA/Dead Weather bassist Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. In early 2015 foursome retreated to Rancho de La Luna in Joshua Tree for two weeks and spent another week at Homme’s Pink Duck studios and created Post Pop Depression.

The album opens with the spare and haunting “Break Into Your Heart.” The workman-like rhythm is accented by a kickdrum beat, sweet n’ sour guitar licks and a tinkling piano. Iggy’s mien pivots between lovelorn suitor and stubborn stalker.

Iggy has always come across as the selfappointed Junkyard Dog of Rock n’ Roll. Even now, as he speeds toward 70, he remains defiantly shirtless and sinewy, equal parts icon and outlier. But the fact remains, that he has written some undeniably catchy songs.

Advertisers have used tracks like “Lust For Life” and even the ferocious “Search And Destroy” to shill for cruise lines and luxury automobiles. So it’s unsurprising to find a surfeit of hook-filled tracks here.

The layers of twinkly vibraphone and steel drums that open “American Valhalla” hew more closely to the Oriental mysticism of “The Siamese Cat Song” from the Disney classic “Lady And The Tramp,” than to any Stoner Rock or Proto-Punk paradigm. But that’s part of its charm.

Buttressed by boomerang bass lines, morse-code guitar riff-age and a snap-back beat, the lyrics seem to search for a bit of heaven on earth, a place for Iggy and Jesus and maybe some Vikings to mix and mingle.

Or perhaps he just saw a chance to rhyme Valhalla with “holla,” and went from there.

“Gardenia,” the first single, shimmers and shakes with arch blasts of shang-a-lang guitar and propulsive rhythms. Iggy’s shaded vocals are at their most Bowie-esque as he pursues a woman whose attributes include an “hourglass ass, powerful back and slant devil eyes.”

The best tracks here are “Sunday” and “German Days.” The former is tethered to

a galloping gait. Stripped-down guitar riffs sting and strafe through the see-saw melody.

Under Iggy’s lyrics extoling the pleasures of a lazy Sunday afternoon, Sharlotte Gibson provides breathless backing vocals and Josh Homme adopts his best Brothers Gibb falsetto. When the song powers down, a lush string section takes over, playing a majestically waltzy outro in ¾ time.

The latter opens with staccato guitar licks and suddenly time signatures shift, as a pummeling back-beat and punky piano runs tilt and shudder. Josh and Dean’s dueling guitar virtuosity collide and compliment as they navigating a series of thrilling aural switchbacks. Iggy’s vocals are appropriately Visigothic as he enigmatically insists “Germany must germinate, germinate in a German way.”

Other interesting tracks include the shambolic Spaghetti Western “Vulture.”

Here, the lyrics offer an acrid swipe at the scavengers who populate the record industry; “Hoping to profit, he’s nobody’s friend, if he gets near your bones he’ll clear/ He’ll jump your bandwagon ‘til it’s your corpse he’s dragging.” Iggy ends the song with a wordless yowl that’s part daven, part war cry.

“Chocolate Drops” is a stately Soul pastiche powered by prickly guitar, lap steel, vibraphone and graceful piano notes. The lyrics include vivid scatological imagery that sort of drafts off the old adage “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.”

Finally, the aforementioned “In The Lobby” weds prickly power chords to pushpull rhythms and a dissonant melody. The lyrics find Iggy cryptically unpacking his legend and squinting toward his sunset years.

The album closes with its penultimate track, “Paraguay.” The sing-song acapella intro gives way to strummy acoustic guitars and Flamenco-flavored piano notes.

Naturally, it changes course again, locking into a bludgeoning rhythm as a squalling, fractious guitar solo circles the melody like a screeching seagull.

Iggy drifts from contemplating retirement in the tropics, quickly launching into a vitriolic spoken rant, (“I just thought, well, fuck it man”), that is thoroughly disconcerting. He comes off less the feral, menacing Punk, and more like a grouchy Get-Off-My-LawnGrandpa. It’s something of a restless farewell.

With both Lou Reed and David Bowie gone, Iggy Pop remains the lone sentinel. He has hinted that this might be his last album, noting, “In The Lobby,” that “it’s all about done.” Although, if anyone can pioneer AARP Punk, it’s Iggy.

Post Pop Depression debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200, making it his highest charting album in America. It’s also made a huge splash around the world. More importantly, It is his most satisfying album in decades. If Iggy is ready to to ride off into the sunset now, he can. The artistic and commercial success of this album only enhances his legacy.

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STEPHANIE BELL & “BLUR”

SAYING ALOUD WHAT OTHERS WON’T

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rt is often associated with beauty.

Sometimes art reflects a darker side. First time feature film director Mischa Marcus is tackling that darker side.

She is the writer/director of the upcoming feature film Blur.

Blur is a coming-of-age story about an African-American girl, Layla, who is abducted and forced into prostitution at the age of ten. Seven years later, Layla is discovered lying half-dead in an alley, unable to speak.

Detective Amy Walker helps Layla untangle the memories of her horrific past to bring her perpetrators to justice so Layla can start anew.

Blur tackles the dark side of human nature but it is a story of hope and redemption.

The story is told through the eyes of a seventeen-year-old Layla who is recovering after seven years in captivity as a sex slave.

The film portrays with brutal honesty, the unimaginable circumstances of a Layla yet captures how her life is saved through the power of friendship, the empowerment of female spirit, and the strength of family.

But don’t be lulled into thinking that Blur is fiction. The story of Layla is too often repeated. Layla is many children – child sex trafficking does not discriminate. The children are all ethnicities, all religions, all income levels, all ages and all sexual identifications.

The epidemic is real and the lethargic response from society is baffling.

Coachella Valley resident Stephanie Bell Veneris is producer of Blur. Why take on such a project? “This film is creates awareness.

Without awareness this problem remains shrouded in darkness,” said Stephanie. “But this film also focuses on the survivors of child sex trafficking. These children and young adults are survivors. And we, as a society, should be ready to receive them.”

“My family is social activists. We are not ones to sit on the sidelines. We get involved.

As a filmmaker, I know that film can be a very powerful voice for social activism. I look for projects that have a social conscience.

When presented with Blur, I knew I had to be involved.”

“A film like Blur faces many obstacles.

Firstly, it is the subject matter. No one wants to admit the problem exists. Secondly, we need to recognize that the Coachella Valley is a short drive from two of the three most

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active locations of child sex trafficking – San Diego and Los Angeles. The third, San Francisco, is less than an 8 hour drive. Lastly, we have failed these survivors. US born children removed from sex trafficking, have few resources available to them. Too often they are sent into the foster care system and labeled ‘damaged.’ Older children are sent to juvenile detention facilities. Why? Why treat the survivors as felons? It seems unbelievable but all too true.”

“As I worked on this film, we were surprised to find the lack of meaningful programs.

Project Blurring the Lines is the first prong for us. Blur is a newly formed 501(3)(c). We plan to open a facility in the Coachella Valley to help these survivors. We will us the power of art and film to help facilitate the healing process.”

The planned facility, in addition to counseling and safe haven, will give survivors the opportunity to learn about the film business. “We will have acting, directing, editing, lighting, writing, design - in short if it is needed to create a film, we will teach it.”

And Stephanie knows how to do it. With over 18 years in production and business and legal affairs, she understands how the pieces fit. “I have worked for Interscope Communications, Paramount Pictures and Franchise Pictures. I am also the producer of the award winning sci-fi film Inverse. I am also developing new projects based on the Ben Blackshaw series written by Robert Blake Whitehall.”

Blur is nearing completion but the project still needs additional financing. “There are many ways to get involved. Visiting our website, www.blur-themovie.com, provides suggested ways people can help. We hope to present Blur at Sundance and the Palm Springs International Film Festival.”

“This issue cannot be ignored. I am very proud to be a part of the dialogue seeking change,” stated Stephanie.

Stephanie’s commitment to this cause cannot be understated. Stephanie’s commitment to the Coachella Valley is equally strong. Stephanie noted, “Film makes an impact. It can entertain. It can change lives. I hope that am changing lives.”

For more information regarding Blur and the epidemic of child sex trafficking, visit www.blur-themovie.com.

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PET PLACE

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BY JANET McAFEE

GREYHOUND RACING BANNED IN ARIZONA

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hese beautiful majestic Greyhound dogs are popular among pet lovers, and various rescue groups network them throughout the United States.

Greyhounds are sweet, mild mannered dogs which makes them popular among dog lovers who adopt them after they are “retired” from their racing careers.

While Greyhound racing provides gambling entertainment for some humans, this profit driven practice involves extensive suffering for the animals. Greyhound rescue organizations work against a system that results in thousands of the Greyhounds being killed annually when they retire or if they become too slow to win a race. When they are not racing, the dogs may endure lives of desperation and confinement, living inside stacked warehouse kennels up to 20 hours a day. The larger dogs can barely stand or turn around in their kennels.

Greyhounds were selected for sport as they are the fastest dogs on earth, able to run up to 45 miles per hour. However, racing frequently results in orthopedic injuries. Veterinary care is minimal or nonexistent, and injured dogs are routinely killed. Other dogs die of heat stroke while being transported in trucks in a largely

unregulated system. Racing dogs may test positive for cocaine and anabolic steroid injected to increase their speed.

This month Arizona joined the majority of states to ban Greyhound racing. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey made it official when he signed the bill, commenting, “Greyhound racing has run its course in Arizona. It’s heartening that these beautiful greyhounds will soon be off the track and in loving homes. For any families looking to adopt a new canine companion this summer, I encourage you to consider one of these gentle and intelligent dogs.” Rescue groups have already begun efforts to place

the animals in foster and adoptive homes, coordinating efforts with the National Greyhound Association.

California is among the states that have outlawed greyhound racing. Active tracks only remain in the states of Florida, Iowa, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Alabama. For more information about how to end this cruel practice, go to www.GREY2Kusa.org.

More information about adopting a rescued Greyhound, including a list of their California rescue groups, can be found at www.adopta-greyhound.org.

People who have adopted one of these lovely, elegant animals love their sweet, mild mannered nature. Quiet and dignified,

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they are well mannered indoors. While they can be a bit timid with strangers, they are loyal and loving to their own humans.

These sensitive dogs prefer a quiet, calm home. They don’t do well in environments with tension and loud noises. Greyhounds usually do well in a home with medium size or large size dogs, but because of their heritage, they may chase cats and small dogs. Quality rescue groups will screen them for “cat compatibility”. Greyhounds require daily exercise, but because they can run toward danger at high speed, they must be exercised in a secure area. They require a yard with a tall fence as they can jump great heights.

Greyhounds possess superior intelligence, while exhibiting a quiet but surprising independence. They may be confused when they come to a new home, so folks adopting them need to be patient and gentle. Gentle training works best with these docile creatures who respond best to praise. Amazingly, their beautiful spirits are not broken by their early deprivation and training, and their sweet souls will reward you with loyal gratitude for giving them a second chance.

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THE VINO VOICE WINNING WINE STORAGE IN THE WILD WEST! A

May 26 to June 1, 2016

BY RICK RIOZZA

s the titular Wine Steward of the Desert, it is always incumbent for me to alert all of the wine enthusiasts around to stop, look, heed, & take notice of the long summer season ahead. We’ve learnt not to cry over spilt milk; but crying over our treasured wines damaged by the heat—that’s on us!

So here’s some chilling news: The Wine Vault of the Desert is the number one wine storage place in Southern California—and don’t you just love it!—it’s located right around the corner here in Palm Desert!

Good wine storage is not really an arguable topic; although, it would be fun in a debate class challenge to take the position that heat is good for wine. For instance: “My fellow master debaters—the fact that my hundred dollar Cabernet, once lusciously deep purple, which sat in my garage for a while, is now brown in color, perhaps has taken on versatile qualities . . . in cooking, it may provide a different nuance to my Steak Madeira.” Good luck.

Wine storage, especially in the desert is common sense. There’s a difference, between storing wine for near-term consumption (a week or two) versus storing it for the longer term. As you would expect, the longer you hope to have a wine last, the more care you need to make sure that your wine lasts as long as it possibly can.

Unless your next career move is to produce Sherry or Madeira wine, never allow a wine to get hot. If a wine gets too warm, two things can happen. First, the wine can essentially cook which will change its flavor in a negative way. Second, as the wine heats, it will expand in the bottle. This can actually cause the cork seal to fail. This might simply mean that wine seeps through or around the cork. In extreme cases, the wine can actually push the cork partially out of the bottle. Once the cork seal has been broken in this manner, not only has the wine gotten too hot, there is a greater

chance of it becoming contaminated by chemicals or bacteria.

If a wine gets hot, you should try to drink it as soon as possible. But be prepared to pour it down the sink or “water” your plant if it tastes “off.”

One of the best deals for wine enthusiasts who maintain either a small or large collection of wine is to become members of The Wine Vault of the Desert.

It is a state-of-the-art 10,000 sq. foot wine storage facility, with a 24 hour alarm and surveillance system & back-up generator.

It has been in business since 2009 and still has room to store 13,000 more cases of wine. And the place provides some really unique services besides simply keeping your wine safe & sound.

Indeed, as you see below, lots of good and fun aspects to being part of the wine vault nation. My friends, wine wise guys Ralph and Jack, are the owners and are very friendly; they always look forward to taking your call if you have any questions at all.

If you haven’t yet spoken to them—well, call them right now! (760) 345-3000. (With all the services they provide, I’m almost amazed that they don’t also spit- shine your finger-stained bottles ...uh, maybe they do?—like I say, give them a call.)

Besides your resting wines enjoying a constant 55 degrees & 65% humidity, look to having them secured and bar-coded for a complete data base and inventory system. This is a great benefit if you haven’t organized your wine collection lately.

Wine Packing, Pick Up and Delivery Service available, and, the facility will accept your wine from wineries, wine clubs, or whatever so that neither you nor your wine has to wait around.

I especially like the fact that they use FedEx, which delivers in the morning. Now is not the time to receive your wine that has been on a truck for the better part of the day.

The facilities also provide a leisurely office area should you wish to—perhaps grab a bottle of two from your collection and share a taste or so with one of your favorite wine stewards about town. By the way, I am available.

And now—one of the star benefits is the THE WINE VAULT’S RESTAURANT PARTNER PROGRAM: FREE CORKAGE! Free at last! Free at last! Now you can enjoy a great meal at over 40 of the valley’s best

and well known eateries where you can bring in your own wine without charge.

Of course that’s great news and you’ll wish to go on-line immediately at wvotd. com/restaurant-program to see your favorite diners. And new restaurants are added continually! You only have to store A MINIMUM OF TWO CASES of wine to qualify for this program!!

During the hot months ahead, if you’re signing up for the first time, mention this article to Jack or Ralph and get an additional 2 months free storage time. They will be more than happy to show you around the facilities and make the best offer whether you have two or two hundred cases to secure.

The Wine Vault, 77556 El Duna Court, Ste. B Palm Desert, CA 92211 (760) 3453000. Email: info@wvotd.com Monday to Friday: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm After hours, by appointment and offhour access may be made by either a phone call or email Rick is your somm-about-town and proudly wears his Wine Vault tee. Contact him at winespectrum@aol.com

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May 26 to June 1, 2016

THE PAMPERED PALATE

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BY MORGAN JAMES

VICKY’S OF SANTA FE

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icky’s of Santa Fe has long been lauded a desert gem, and during my first experience at the restaurant this week I found out exactly why that is. 27 years in business and it shows. Vicky’s of Santa Fe has created an atmosphere of lively elegance. The Santa Fe-style building in and of itself advertises grandeur as it sits just South of Highway 111 in Indian Wells. Inside, the ballroom and adjoining bar are stunning and I am seated at my table in the dining area. Though the room is in full with the hum of guests talking, laughing, and really enjoying their time, I can lightly hear the band playing in the background. The warm lighting is relaxing and cozy, although the room is brimming with guests at every table. I am told that the restaurant was remodeled two years ago to the neutral earth tones that are exhibited today. Beautiful!

The bread served was brushed with a light garlic butter, titillating my taste buds already. The Sautéed Mushrooms and Parmesan Truffle Fries were very good, however I had no clue that I would be in for the best Filet Mignon I have ever tasted.

Drizzled with a creamy blue cheese sauce, I expected the steak to be good, but it literally melted in my mouth. I also tried the Macadamia Crusted Chilean Sea Bass with a

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Thai coconut sauce and while flavorful and delicious, was no rival to the Filet Mignon in my book. In fact I may have eaten another for dessert, but the portion was so generous I thought better and decided on Apple Pie a la mode. Well, talk about generous portions- the pie could have been an entire meal! Sweet, savory, hot, cold, you really do get it all with this handmade dessert which is contrived fresh right there in the kitchen of Vicky’s daily. I was impressed to find that Vicky’s also boasts a walk-in 4,000 bottle wine cellar with an extensive collection of wines.

While I absolutely relished my dinner, my ears were eager to take in John Stanley King Live! and “A Band of Four” as they played energetic popular songs. Just about the entire ballroom was out on the dance floor which spilled with dancers of all ages right into the bar area. Excitedly I tapped my feet along with the crowd- you really couldn’t not. In fact I was thrilled to find

out that Vicky’s offers live music seven nights per week. Oh and what an offering!

Mike Costley plays Tuesdays 6:30-10PM, Thursdays feature Carolyn Martinez & Trio from 6:30 to 10PM, and John Stanley King on this Friday night was just knocking it out of the park.

Restaurant Week runs June 3rd to the 12th this year and I know where I will be. I urge you to take advantage and visit Vicky’s of Santa Fe in Indian Wells. I can honestly say that this is my new favorite place to dine

and that Filet Mignon just won’t stop calling my name!

MAY /JUNE 2016 Vicky’s of Santa Fe Weekly Schedule Open Tuesday thru Sunday 4:30pm11pm Closed Monday Mike Costley & Trio | Every Tuesday 6:30-10pm Jazz, Ballad, Swing, Rhythm & Blues and Contemporary.

Lizann Warner | Every Wednesday 6:30pm-10pm Jazz, Rock, Pop, R&B, Classical and Country.

Carolyn Martinez & Trio | Every Thursday Evening 6:30pm-10pm | Lively Jazz.

‘Meet the Corwins’ | Every Friday Early 5:30pm-7:30pm Jazz, Standards and the Great American Songbook.

John Stanley King Live! And “A Band of Four” | Every Friday Late 8pm to Midnight Music Mix of Originals, R&B Classics, and Favorites from The Beatles, James Taylor, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton and a hand full of Sinatra Type Songs for all the lovers.

The Carmen’s Music Duo | Every Saturday 6:30-10pm Blues, Jazz, and Rock & Roll.

John Stanley King & Trio Every Sunday Evening 6pm-9:30pm Jazz, Acoustic and Classic Rock.

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SCREENERS

SILLY 70’S L.A. NOIR THE NICE GUYS

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No. 214

striped hot pink opening credit font, the thumping wa-wa disco tune track and the perfectly nuanced ugly smog effect that permeates the exterior LA views.

A bloated Russell Crowe and selfdeprecating pratfall prone Ryan Gosling topline this Warner Bros. release that reunites Shane Black with producer Joel Silver. The magic of their intense, visceral “Lethal Weapon” outing is not fully ignited here, although there’s plenty of action, blood and just enough requisite nudity.

I waited in vain for some onscreen chemistry between Crowe and co-star Kim Basinger -- remember how good they were in “LA Confidential” The outstanding performance here is from Angourie Rice, the thirteen year-old Australian actress who plays Gosling’s daughter. She alone makes this movie worth seeing. Now playing.

NEW FOR THE HOME THEATER: DRESSED TO KILL (1980)

Writer director Shane Black calls on his “Lethal Weapon” muse to invigorate this sleazy, slapstick seventies buddy detective comedy drama about a pair of private eyes who by chance find themselves in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy while investigating the apparent suicide of a popular porn star. There’s a lot of unapologetic vintage Abbot & Costello DNA in the physical interplay between the two leads. Some of it works. A lot does not. The LA seventies vibe is upfront in the curvy

ALICE’S RESTAURANT (1969)

the hood of low-life drug dealers, pimps, deviants and society’s scum in this kick-ass action film. Writer director Jack Hill (Foxy Brown, Switchblade Sisters) pulls out all the stops in this fun 70’s action flick that’s new on Blu-ray. Olive Films.

THE DETECTIVE (1968)

Brian De Palma ascended to the highest ranks of American suspense filmmaking with his virtuoso, Hitchcockian styled but explicit erotic thriller. Both tongue-in-cheek and scary as hell, Dressed to Kill revolves around the grisly murder of a woman in Manhattan and how her psychiatrist, her

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brilliant teenage son, and the prostitute who witnessed the crime try to piece together what happened while the killer remains at large. With its masterfully executed scenes of horror, voluptuous camera work, and passionate score, “Dressed to Kill“ is a veritable symphony of terror, enhanced by memorable performances by Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, and Nancy Allen.

This restored 4K digital transfer is director Brian De Palma’s preferred unrated version.

It features a crisp uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Nice extras include: • A new conversation between De Palma and filmmaker Noah Baumbach • New interviews with actor Nancy Allen, producer George Litto, composer Pino Donaggio, shower-scene body double Victoria Lynn Johnson, and poster photographic art director Stephen Sayadian.

• Also, a 2001 documentary on the making of “Dressed to Kill.” I liked the bit about the different versions of the film and the cuts made to avoid an X rating.

Criterion. Blu-ray.

Singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie stars in writer-director Arthur Penn’s freeflowing, free-wheeling, counter-culture comedy set during the turbulent 60’s as adapted from Guthrie’s musical monologue Alice’s Restaurant Massacre.

Guthrie himself portrays a young man who sees his life unraveling through a psychedelic drug -fueled haze, as he and his friends (and the plot) spin toward an explosive conclusion. Alice’s Restaurant also features musician Pete Seeger as Himself. Olive Films. Blu-ray.

COFFY (1973) Voluptuous Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Jackie Brown) stars as Nurse “Coffy” Coffin in the mother of all Blaxploitation films.

Coffy is a one-woman vigilante force, out to even the score with those that have hooked her sister on drugs. Using her feminine wiles (along with more traditional deadly weaponry), Coffy is determined to rid

Frank Sinatra stars in this adult thriller about a no-nonsense cop wrapped up in a disturbing homicide case even as he attempts to deal with the disintegration of his marriage to wife Karen (Lee Remick).

Complicating matters is his new relationship with the wife (Jacqueline Bisset) of another murder victim. Abby Mann’s taut screenplay is based on the novel by Roderick Thorp. Jerry Goldsmith wrote the score (it’s available on an isolated track. This edition is limited to only 3,000 units. For more info check screenarchives.com. Twilight Time Movies. Blu-ray.

Questions or comments?

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BOOK REVIEW

ON BEING REAL

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“AT THE EXISTENTIALIST CAFE”

BY SARAH BAKEWELL NONFICTION ----------------------------------------------------don’t know what it’s like in your house when the family is gathered around the table, but at mine, the conversation more often than not, turns to the big questions of life: What does it mean to be alive? Why is there something and not nothing? What’s real?

At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sarte, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others, by Sarah Bakewell (Other Press, 448 pages), reveals a crazy world where asking unanswerable questions is normal.

Author Bakewell begins her book in Paris at the Bec-de-Gaz bar in 1932, where three twenty-somethings are sipping apricot cocktails. A little bored and with

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BY HEIDI SIMMONS no other gossip to discuss, they turn to something new -- a conversation about existence.

At the table are Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, who are boyfriend and girlfriend, and the third-wheel, school chum, Raymond Aron.

Just back from Berlin, Aron shares a philosophy he discovered called “phenomenology.” As a phenomenologist, he describes to his pals that you can talk about the apricot cocktail and make a philosophy about it.

There is only one question that matters, the question of being. Aron insists that without asking “the question” one would never get anywhere. Phenomenology disregards intellectual clutter in order to pay attention to the things around you so they can reveal themselves to you.

This nonsense thrilled Sartre and Beauvoir. From here the fire was lit and existentialism was on its way. Authentic being! After Sartre and Beauvoir explored the idea around Paris, each was stimulated to apply this new idea to their lives.

Sartre eventually distilled it into three words, “Existence precedes essence.”

A human exists first before they have meaning. Sartre implies that it is possible to be authentic and free, although it takes effort.

Freedom became the existential mantra. Nothing stops us but our own free choosing. Beauvoir was inspired. Sartre became world famous.

I am not a philosophy major, never the less, this book was a fun read because author Bakewell makes their lives so vivid. Sartre and Beauvoir at times mock philosophy and admit it is silly to try to define reality or explain existence.

Bakewell makes all the big thinkers in the book real people. She connects the dots between philosophers and philosophies.

Most interesting to me, was how the thinking was likely shaped by the time period between the Great War and the start of the Second World War. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Husserl,

Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and many others became real people to me for the first time. Not sure what I thought they were before, but they seemed above reproach and almost like gods rather than ordinary people who struggled with life, trying to understanding their own reality.

There is much more to this book than understanding evolving philosophy. It has sex, drugs and whatever the equivalent to rock ‘n roll was for the time. There are playwrights, revolutionaries, convicts and anthropologists.

At the Existential Café is clearly a labor of love for author Bakewell. She writes conversationally and has an easy manner rather than an academic tone.

She includes a cast of characters, an index and page notes, which adds up to over 120 pages so don’t be intimidated by the page count.

This is a book for readers who enjoy ideas and eccentric characters. It really brings pure thought to life and puts philosophy on a more comprehendible level. I found unexpected delights in this provocative volume. However, I did have to read it with a pencil in hand.

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IN THE NEWS

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ost news broadcasts in recent years have reduced their news content in search of higher ratings. While the news still covers a few key stories, there is really very little being reported for a world of more than 7 billion people.

Fear not, we here at CV Weekly are going to edumicate you on some recent stories that did not get much coverage.

Last week in Italy, one hundred chefs joined together to break a Guinness Book world record when they made a 1.15 mile long pizza. It took eleven hours and five specially made wood fired ovens to cook this monstrosity. In case you want to make this pizza yourself, you will need 44,000 pounds of flour and cheese, 3,500 pounds of tomatoes and about 53 gallons of olive oil.

In Venezuela, Coca-Cola was forced to stop making their trademark product because of a sugar shortage in the country.

This follows on the heels of Empresa Polars’ inability to manufacture beer because of its

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inability to import barley. These shortages are due to Venezuela being near financial collapse due to the fall in oil prices and out of control government spending.

Here in the United States, Puerto Rico is facing its own financial collapse as it struggles with $72 billion in debt. To put this in perspective, the state has 1.2 million residents or $60,000 worth of debt per person - far more than they can afford to pay. Worth noting, 20% of this debt is held in mutual bond funds with Oppenheimer and Franklin Templeton having the largest holdings.

Stateside, five companies hold one-third of all cash held by US companies (excluding banks). More specifically, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and Oracle are sitting on $504 billion of cash. Don’t expect this money to be spent anytime soon as these monies are held offshore. If the companies were to bring the money back to the United States, they would have to pay an awful lot in taxes.

Have you ever wondered what the most expensive product is on Earth? No, it is not printer ink which goes for between $0.13 and $0.75 per ounce. It is antimatter which goes for $25 billion per gram (0.35 ounce).

DALE GRIBOW ON THE LAW

MEMORIAL DAY 2016: HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE

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he Memorial Day Weekend is upon us and that means parties, drinking, driving and accidents. You or a friend may have consumed more beers than you realized resulting in a DUI or Auto Accident.

Karen Devine’s recent ABC report alerted us that there will be many checkpoints within a week of Memorial Day. To avoid this aggravation, DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE or TEXT. Call a Taxi or Uber.......it is a lot cheaper than calling me. The RSO warns us to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

After a DUI or PI Accident, your life will be forever changed because of a possible license suspension, jail and injuries. You worked to keep a clean record and now you worry about increased insurance rates from the DUI or at fault accident... each generating 2 points.

With DUI’s most drivers believe they were “not drunk” and should win their case because they did not deserve to be arrested. The reality of life is that you do not have to be drunk, you merely have to be under the influence or impaired. That is a function of not just how many drinks you consumed, but how much alcohol was in each drink ...as well as the time lapse and weight.

Then you see advertisements for DUI & PI lawyers on TV, the yellow pages or you get letters from out of town lawyers offering to help you......and you don’t know what to do.

Anyone can advertise they handle PI’s and DUI’s and many of these lawyers are not experienced, local and do not know the local judges, DA’s etc.

With a DUI stop the Officer asks the driver to exit the vehicle & asks questions. Most

drivers (and lawyers) don’t know the Breath Test and Field Sobriety Test (FST) at the scene are OPTIONAL. These tests can only hurt their case. It is arguable that taking a Blood Test at the police station or hospital is preferable.

Many believe with the passage of time the reading will decrease by the time the blood is drawn......unless the driver just chugged a drink and the alcohol had not yet gotten into the blood system. The average driver is not aware that it takes about an hour for the alcohol to go into your blood stream and an hour to come out......but now YOU DO! The officer will tell the driver that he smells alcohol on their breath and asks where and how much s/he was drinking. However, The “Dose Makes the Poison”! In other words it’s the Amount of Alcohol, NOT the Number of Drinks that are Important.

Clients often swear they only had one drink but the legal system looks at the total amount of alcohol not the number of drinks. One drink is one 12 oz. beer, 4 ounces of wine or 1 ounce of alcohol. Thus when someone uses a red Costco 16 oz. cup and fills the cup with Vodka and tops it off with OJ they are consuming 1012 ounces of alcohol or 10-12 drinks. If the driver weighs 110 lbs. then before s/he finishes their 2nd drink they will probably be Under the Influence.

The law looks at whether the driver is Driving Under the Influence and the term Drunk Driving is a misnomer as one does NOT have to be drunk. IF one has a .08 reading then they are arguably under the influence/Impaired and the burden almost falls back upon the driver to

Californium, which is used to start nuclear reactors and treat cancer is next up at $25 million per gram.

Those rings that go around your six pack of beer often find their way into the ocean posing serious risks to wildlife. One Florida company, Saltwater Brewery, is looking to solve this problem by creating a biodegradable and edible ring to bind their cans of beer together. A partnership with Doritos might be the way to go.

Over in Louisiana, Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, brought a bill to the floor of the

prove s/he was not under the influence.

My best advice: “If you are arrested for a possible DUI and or having been in an Accident, DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN YOUR LAWYER.” SILENCE IS GOLDEN AND HANDCUFFS ARE SILVER. The sad fact is that law enforcement officers, DA and Insurance Co Adjusters are NOT your friends, no matter how much they tell you they are. They are just doing their job and trying to make a case based on the facts of your arrest.

“Though I am sometimes referred to as a criminal DUI 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.”

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State Senate requiring that exotic dancers be at least 21 years of age. Kenneth Havard, R-Jackson, caused a stir when he proposed an amendment to the bill by adding seven years to the minimum age…and a weight limit on the dancers of 160 pounds.

Nancy Landry, R-Lafayette, found Havard’s amendment “offensive” after which Havard withdrew his amendment and said that his effort was meant to be “a joke”.

Lastly, Canadian couple Dominic Husson and Louise Veronneau recently got married in front of 11,000 guests here in California.

What made the wedding unique was that the guests were not humans but cats. They came to our great state to marry at The Cat House on the Kings just outside of Fresno.

We here it was a purr-fectly beautiful wedding although a few guests got faklempt and hacked up a fur ball or two.

Haddon Libby is an Investment Advisor at Winslow Drake and can be reached at 213.596.8399 or HLibby@WinslowDrake.com.

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.

DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, CALL A TAXI OR UBER.......IT IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME... THE RSO WARNS “DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER” DALE GRIBOW - “TOP LAWYER”(DUI)- Palm Springs Life 2011-2016 10.0 AVVO Perfect Peer Rating “Preeminent” Rating- Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory “Best Attorneys of America” Selected by “Rue” (Limited to Top 100 Attorneys per state) 2015 Client Appreciation Award & Martindale Hubbell Client Distinction Award

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May 26 to June 1, 2016

LOCAL BUSINESS

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BY HEIDI SIMMONS

HIGH TIME FOR DHS: THE CANNABIS CULTIVATION CAPITAL

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here is a buzz in Desert Hot Springs and the locals are high on the possibilities, potential and positive changes coming to their community with cannabis cultivation.

(Throughout this story, in bold font, residents respond to what they think of the city’s new industry and what they want done with the tax revenue.)

The city on the hill with its great views and award winning water has taken the prescient move to become a leader in the quickly evolving marijuana industry. With forethought and research, city officials and leaders looked into the future and acted.

“The Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is very excited to welcome the growers,” said Heather Coladonato, President and CEO of the Desert Hot Springs Chamber and founder of the newly formed California CANNA Coalition. “It’s good for the businesses here as well as for the entire Coachella Valley. It’s bringing jobs to the community, tax revenue and a renewed sense of identity.”

“If the money is spent responsibly and there’s oversight, it’s a good thing. As long as the city is safe and there are more police, then it should be fine. I’d like to see improved roads, sidewalks and more recreation for the kids.” Fernando Guerrero, owner South of the Boarder restaurant, 18 yrs.

The CANNA Coalition (CCC) was established to represent and aid its members in the legal marijuana industry not only in Desert Hot Springs but also throughout the entire state.

“The coalition is here to expertly and professionally manage the cultivation boom and all that comes with it, so the industry can thrive,” said Coladonato. “Our goal is to be leaders, consultants and advocates.

The coalition will serve as an independent agency representing its members at all levels of government.”

Twenty applications for cultivation have been submitted and 11 have been approved.

“We have been able to process the applications in less than three months,” said City Manager Martín Magaña. “It’s not complicated. The entitlements require approval of a Conditional Use Permit by the Planning Commission, approval of a Development Agreement by the City Council and approval of a Regulatory Permit by the City Manager.”

Magaña credits city attorney Steve Quintanilla for his legal guidance and advise.

“It was very important that we were doing what the State of California required,” said Magaña. “His input has been invaluable.”

Community Development Director Nathan Bouvet is managing applications and Magaña is in the process of hiring a Project Manager to specifically oversee the cultivation projects.

“I have concerns because the city has had difficulty managing money in the past. I

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want to see accountability and transparency.

I don’t want to see them use the money to build a monument to themselves in the form of a municipal building.” David Himmler, retired professional dancer, DHS resident, 12 yrs.

When Magaña became City Manager in 2014, he saw an opportunity for the city to capitalize on the burgeoning marijuana industry. “I knew there were many people who could benefit from medical marijuana to treat illness,” Magaña said.

“I saw the medical marijuana industry as a catalyst to economic development.” Magaña conferred with councilmembers, and the city put two measures on the November 2014 ballot, creating ordinance 552 and 553.

On the first measure, Desert Hot Springs residents voted in favor to allow medical marijuana dispensaries. The city currently has five dispensaries doing business with another seven approved and four in planning.

Revenue generated from the dispensaries for the city, so far, is approximately $150,000.

Wonderful and needed as that money is, dispensaries are the end of the marijuana trail, where as cultivation is the beginning.

Industry professionals refer to the tracking of the marijuana business -- the steps of growing to selling as -- “seed to sale.”

“I’m okay with growing for medical use.

The city needs to invest in a safe haven home for women and children.” Diana Hirst, fitness-trainer, DHS resident 40 yrs.

Many cities across the state have dispensaries, but Desert Hot Springs had the foresight to include the cultivation of marijuana as the second measure. It passed with 73 percent of the vote.

The State of California, just this year, made recommendations regarding cannabis cultivation, but has yet to set down laws.

Recreational use is coming. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act Initiative will likely be on the ballot this November.

A few California communities have prioritized the cultivation of marijuana with a legal set of guidelines and regulations. Along with Desert Hot Springs, there’s the City of Los Angeles and San Diego County.

In Riverside County alone, there are hundreds of dispensaries, but Desert Hot Springs will now be the region’s leader on the seed to sale environment for efficient and professional cultivation, packaging and legal distribution.

For the first time in California, cannabis growers may not only legally grow marijuana under a controlled environment, but they can grow with the protection of the city and police department. Desert Hot Springs has created a business-friendly environment in cooperation with local, State and Federal agencies.

“If they reinvest in the city, wonderful.

With our beautiful views, I want the power poles put underground to enhance the city and increase property values.” Peggy Allen, writer, DHS resident, 19 yrs.

The city has 1.6 million square feet approved for cultivation in an area zoned for light industrial. The city charges an annual fee of $25 per square foot for the first 3,000 square feet, and $10 for every additional square foot there after. The city only allows maximum lot coverage of 75 percent.

The City of Desert Hot Springs covers nearly 24 square miles. Not even one percent of its land is developed, potentially allowing for more industrial growing area.

Many of the existing buildings in the approved grow zone along Little Morongo road and nearby area have been purchased and growers are in the process of getting permits to convert the structures to cultivation facilities.

The application fee for dispensary or cultivation is $5,935.00. Applicants are required to have Articles of Incorporation, a fully drafted site plan and a security plan, which includes seven obligations. The form itself is simple.

In the development process, is a one-acre parcel with designs for a 44,000 square foot greenhouse. According to the CCC, the startup costs associated with the project are an estimated $4 million. That does not include the marijuana plants.

“I have no objection to growers.

Hopefully it’ll bring a cool new vibe to the

community and new jobs. I think something positive will come from the whole venture.”

Armin Lies, care provider, DHS resident, 2 yrs.

The first cultivation groundbreaking will be held for a 70,000 square foot facility Thursday, June 2 at 9:00 on Little Morongo Road between Two Bunch Palms and Pierson.

Southern California Cultivation, LLC, owns the property. The developer of the land is David Snider, a Santa Barbara real estate investor. This is the first cannabis related commercial real estate development for Snider. Phase one of the project has already been fully leased to four separate cultivation entities.

Snider’s project will begin after the building permit is granted, which should be in early June. Construction is expected to take 120 days. When the facility is in full operation it will create 100 jobs. An armed security firm from Orange County has the contract to provide protection once cultivation begins – a city requirement. Tax revenue will be paid by the end of the year, potentially amounting to $705,000. And this is from just one facility!

“It’d be great if the city could provide free city-wide wi-fi. I’m hoping to see more art and music venues in town.” Pamela Manning, designer, DHS resident, 20 yrs.

Last week, the police raided a grower who was already cultivating plants without obtaining city permits. The message: Do it legally or get shut down. Cultivating more than 99 plants must now be in the permitted industrial zone.

“It’s a privilege that the City of Desert Hot Springs allows growing,” said Matthew Haskin, CEO CannaSafe Analytics and member of the CCC. “The proper propagation of cannabis is very sophisticated. It requires a highly controlled environment that’s carefully regulated. It›s far more advanced than growing wine grapes. We intend to help develop consistent replicable products, create protocols and inspire improvements. We›re looking forward to being an integral part of the city’s culture.”

The CCC also points to the wide range of ancillary businesses surrounding cultivation.

Entrepreneurs have approached the DHS chamber to see what jobs might be required to best serve the city’s newest industry.

From construction to security there are a myriad of business opportunities coming to Desert Hot Springs.

“They should have done this a long time ago. I’m looking forward to major improvements, a better police force and new businesses.” James McNaughton, custom carpentry, DHS resident, 33yrs.

“I want to thank the residents for supporting the measures,” said Magaña.

“And I’m grateful to the City Council for their efforts to make this happen.”

Desert Hot Springs is thoughtfully building an industry that may likely produce one of the nation’s most important agricultural crops.

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SAFETY TIPS

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

MAKE IT MEMORABLE THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

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ext weekend is Memorial Day Weekend. “Let’s all take part by being responsible for our self and others” says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. Here are a few safety tips: Travel Safety: Hitting the road locally or with some distance, remember: • Buckle up, slow down, don’t drive impaired.

• Be well rested, alert and patient; give your full attention to the road. Do not text and drive!

• Let someone know your destination, your route, and when you expect to arrive.

Water Safety: Paddle Board? Jet Ski? It’s all harmless fun, right? Fun, certainly. But think before you play.

Whatever the activity, observe these three cardinal rules:

• Wear a Coast Guard-approved life jacket • Make sure the water and weather conditions are safe. Let others know when you hit the water and when you plan to return!

• Learn to swim. Do not swim alone or leave children unattended! Let someone know where and what time your leaving and intend on returning!

Fire Safety: • Never grill indoors or unattended – not in your house, camper, tent or any enclosed area.

• Keep the grill out in the open, away from the house, the deck, tree branches, or anything that could catch fire. Hot grease or ashes could spill from the grill onto the wooden deck or into dry leaves or grass.

For additional safety tips go to: redcross. org/news/article/Memorial-Day-Safety-Tips Happy Memorial Day and Be Safe!

Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

HEALTH&FITNESS

HOW HIGH IS YOURS? MAY ISBYNATIONAL DOUG MORIN BLOOD PRESSURE MONTH

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he National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, Maryland provides global leadership for research, training, and education programs to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases. High blood pressure is a major public health problem that affects 1 in 3 American adults. The condition, also called the “silent killer,” is an important risk factor for health problems including heart attack, heart failure, stroke, chronic kidney disease, and cognitive function decline.

Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. High blood pressure, also called hypertension, happens when this force is too high. It has no warning signs or symptoms, and the only way to know if you have it is to have a pharmacist or health care worker check blood pressure readings using a gauge, stethoscope or electronic sensor, and a blood pressure cuff.

Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.

High blood pressure is a major public health problem that affects 1 in 3 American adults, and many patients have difficulty keeping their blood pressure under control. In 2015,

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results from a National Institutes of Health study revealed that achieving a blood pressure target lower than the target commonly recommended can save lives and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in non-diabetic adults 50 years and older with high blood pressure.

High blood pressure can damage your heart and brain, but you can control it and lower your risk for serious health problems. Brain cells die during a stroke because they don’t get enough oxygen, and strokes can cause serious disabilities in speech, movement, and other activities…and a stroke can kill you. Decreased blood flow to the heart can cause angina (chest pain), heart failure (the heart can’t pump enough blood and oxygen to your other organs), and heart attack (when the blood supply to your heart is blocked and your heart muscle begins to die without enough oxygen).

By living a healthy lifestyle, you can help keep your blood pressure in a healthy range and lower your risk for heart disease and stroke. That means eating a mostly plant-based diet and avoiding salt, maintaining a healthy weight, getting lots of physical activity, not smoking, and limiting alcohol use.

SPORTS SCENE

May 26 to June 1, 2016

PALM DESERT LOCAL AND SKATEBOARD LEGEND EDDIE “EL GATO” ELGUERA INDUCTED INTO THE SKATEBOARDING HALL OF FAME

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he Skateboarding Hall of Fame had its 7th annual awards and Hall of Fame induction ceremonies last weekend at the City National Grove of Anaheim. Created in 2009, The Skateboarding Hall of Fame recognizes and honors the history of skateboarding and those influential figures who have significantly shaped skateboarding and our culture throughout the years.

Joining the 2016 inductees for the 1980’s Era One was Eddie “El Gato” Elguera of Palm Desert, CA. Eddie began skateboarding at the age of 8 in 1970. In 1979, Eddie received the title of U.S. Amateur Skateboard Association Champion for Pool Skating. He then went on to the professional circuit and received Skateboarder Magazine’s coveted award for Vertical Skateboarder of the Year, along with being awarded the “Most Spectacular New Maneuver” with the help of his coach Dale “Sausageman” Smith for inventing the Elguerial, a skateboard maneuver named after him.

The following year, Eddie went on to win the 1980 Gold Cup Series of skateboarding and became the World Champion for the 2nd year in a row. Along with two world titles he had introduced some of the most incredible skateboard maneuvers ever conceived or attempted at that time. In such a short period of time Eddie became a legend in the sport. Today he is considered an innovator, mentor and inspiration to many in the skateboard industry including Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi and Eric Koston.

Most recently, Eddie has created the El Gato Classic Legends’ Weekend, a threeday event honoring and spotlighting the skateboarding legends of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Joined by Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero and many other legends of the sport, the two-time event has drawn hundreds of fans to Palm Springs, and received press in dozens of publications

world-wide.

Eddie is a professional skateboarder and the creator of the El Gato Classic Legend’s Weekend in Palm Springs California. www. elgatoclassic.com Eddie is the Lead Pastor of The Rock Church Coachella Valley. www.therockcv. com. Along with being a full time pastor for over 20 years, he is a widely respected and sought after speaker. With his dynamic approach to teaching, he has traveled worldwide, speaking at conferences, camps, crusades, schools and churches, impacting thousands of teens, church leaders, and pastors with his passionate convictions, seeing thousands saved.

Eddie and his wife of 32 years Dawna have 3 boys, 2 daughters-in-law and one granddaughter. Their mission is to “love people to life.”

FOLLOW Eddie!

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May 26 to June 1, 2016

SPORTS SCENE

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COACHELLA VALLEY LIVE ROLLER DERBY ACTION SATURDAY JUNE 4, 2016. DOORS OPEN 6:00PM, BOUT START 6:30PM AT THE EMPIRE POLO GROUNDS

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ounded in 2012 by a small group of determined local women, The Coachella Valley Derby Girls (CVDG) has grown into a strong, full- roster team of certifiable derby girls. Roller derby is the fastest growing women’s sport in the world with the WFTDA championships broadcast on ESPN this year. Roller Derby might even become an Olympic sport!And there is women’s flat track roller derby action right here in the desert with CVDG hosting at the iconic Empire Polo Grounds (EPG).

EPG is home to world-famous events such as Coachella, Stagecoach, and now… your Coachella Valley Derby Girls as they take on the Foothill Foxettes. The Event The bout (that’s derbyspeak for ‘game’) starts at 6:30PM, doors open at 6PM. Tickets are $10 at the door, $7 online at Brown Paper Tickets. Kids under 12 are free. It’s a familyfriendly sporting event and the team’s Official Sponsor of the 2016 Season Rita’s Italian Ice will be there serving up some

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sweet treats.

How to support your Coachella Valley Derby Girls: • Post to your community calendars • Cover the event • Contact them for media appearances, ticket giveaways, and other promotions • Come cheer ‘em on!

The After-Party Join your derby girls immediately after the bout at The Tackroom Tavern located adjacent to the derby track for drinks, food, and celebration. Directions: Exit 10 Freeway at Monroe, and head south towards Highway 111. Entrance is off of Monroe at Avenue 51 on the right hand side at the Hacienda del Toro gate.

Jeni “Von Doom” Matcham, CVDG Board President jenmatcham@gmail.com Nikki “Hitzcarraldo”Gordon, CVDG PR Coord. (310) 696-9860/nicolehollygordon@ gmail.com The Empire Polo Grounds is located at 81800 Avenue 51, Indio CA, 92201

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BY FLINT WHEELER

WHO IS THE BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL?

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rrieta, the Chicago Cubs’ righthander who is on a run of 24 consecutive quality starts and nohit the Cincinnati Reds in his previous start last Thursday, or Kershaw, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ left-hander whose run of three National League Cy Young Awards in four years was stopped by Arrieta last season?

The original tally ended in a 2 ½-2 ½ tie when one executive from an NL team split his vote between. When asked to pick one or the other, he reluctantly went with Kershaw.

“It’s so close,” the executive said. “It really is a coin flip.”

Those who voted for Kershaw admit that Arrieta is the hottest pitcher in the major leagues right now and is clearly No. 2 behind the Dodgers’ ace. However, the Kershaw supporters pointed to his longer track record of success and the fact that he is 28, two years younger than Arrieta.

“With Kershaw, you’re talking about a pitcher who is arguably already one of the best baseball history,” a scout from an American League team said. “He has been great for a long time. I know he’s struggled in the postseason and he’s been a little shaky in the early part of this season but he’s proven himself over a long period of time.

Those in the Arrieta camp point out to his historical run and that baseball, like all of professional sports, is a business of what have you done for me lately.

“I love Kershaw, but at the moment, there is nobody better than Arrieta,” another NL executive said. “He just overwhelms the opposition. He is not only very capable of throwing a shutout every time he takes the mound right now but he is a threat to throw a no-hitter. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he pitches another nohitter this season, maybe more than that, because he’s really on a roll.”

If Arrieta continues to put up crazy numbers this season and has a better season then Kershaw sure maybe we can say he’s the best pitcher in baseball at this time but I want to see one more great season from him before we give him the crown. I expect regression which isn’t crazy to say after the season he had last year and

it doesn’t mean he will regress so much that he isn’t an elite pitcher just not the best pitcher in the league.

And In Other News…

Back in June 2014, a number of press leaks suggested that the pro golfer Phil Mickelson was under investigation for possible insider trading, along with Pro Gambler Billy Walters and investor Carl Icahn. (Mickelson, Icahn and Walters denied any wrongdoing, and Icahn also wasn’t charged on Thursday.) It was to be expected that journalists would now focus on the most obvious question to arise from the Walters indictment.

Nearly two years later, federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission have filed formal charges.

Walters was arrested on Wednesday night in Nevada and charged with trading on inside information he obtained from Thomas Davis, a former member of the board of dairy company Dean Foods who is cooperating with the investigation.

Mickelson, meanwhile, was named only as a “relief defendant” in the SEC’s civil complaint. According to Andrew Ceresney, the SEC’s director of enforcement, a relief defendant is someone who was a “recipient of ill-gotten gains for which he has no legitimate claim”—essentially that he made money based on the illegal conduct of other people. The SEC made no assertion that Mickelson did anything wrong and is asking that he simply return the inadvertently obtained illegal profit of $931,000 he made trading shares of Dean Foods.

“Phil was an innocent bystander to alleged wrongdoing by others that he was unaware of,” Mickelson’s lawyer said in a statement. Walters’ lawyer, Barry Berke, said: “Prosecutors’ accusations [against his client] are based on erroneous assumptions, speculative theories and false finger-pointing.”

In the Walters case, prosecutors and the SEC are alleging that Walters made sixfigure loans and gifts to help Davis pay off gambling debts, along with other financial enticements, in exchange for confidential information about Dean Foods.

Until the Supreme Court clarifies insider trading law, the public will be left to ponder why some skate free and others don’t.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Week of May 19

ARIES (March 21-April 19): To convey the best strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase, erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what’s left. In other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently empirical, robustly experimental, and cheerfully improvisational -- with the understanding that you must also balance your fun with ruthless editing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being,” wrote Taurus memoirist May Sarton. That’s a dauntingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable future it’s important that you try. In the coming weeks, you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on track and your integrity intact.

Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you’ll have to work hard to fulfill the potential -- as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the fake Holy Grails.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing.

“The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It’s senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect. Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You’re as ready as you will ever be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): French painter Henri Matisse didn’t mind being unmoored, befuddled, or in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process.

Here’s his testimony: “In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows.” I’m recommending that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don’t know where the hell you are and what the hell you’re doing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Proposed experiment: Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries. Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your “I only have eyes for you” gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering. Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it’s the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others,” wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am predicting that the first half of it won’t fully apply to you. Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming yourself. It may not be easy to do so, but it’ll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to reimagine, reinvent, and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason,” says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Far Away Nearby.

That’s a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Here’s how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking

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on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian poet Vera Pavlova tells about how once when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substantially extended her life line. The palmistrylover in her celebrated. I’m seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat.

A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark the hundredth anniversary of Finland’s independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius.

It’s a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra imaginative blessings. (P.S. The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that every one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws, and our bloopers. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don’t decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of control or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It will make you smarter, braver, and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: “When I love / I feel that I am the king of time / I possess the earth and everything on it / and ride into the sun upon my horse.” (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In November 1916, at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hostile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story didn’t end there, however. More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, which had been well-preserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcholic beverage was “remarkably light-bodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse.” (Source: tinyurl. com/toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep are you willing to dive?

Homework: Confess, brag, and expostulate about what inspires you to love. Go to Freewillastrology.com and click “Email Rob.” ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

May 26 to June 1, 2016

MIND,BODY & SPIRIT

TIME ON TASK

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BY BRONWYN ISON

rowing up I often heard, “time on task.” Translation: Time on task is the length of time spent actively involved on a task. Most of us are easily distracted in our fast paced society. We are derailed by some of the most miniscule of things and it obfuscates our concentration.

Generally, I am interrupted numerous times while writing my articles. When we are in ebb and flow, distractions can be the worst curse.

Each of us measure our lives based upon time. There are 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week, 60 seconds to a minute and so on. We all understand time and how important and valuable our time is down to the second.

Educators are most commonly known to use time on task techniques to keep their students engaged. It also improves their capabilities to remain focused for longer periods of time. There is certainly somewhat of a science in conjunction with keeping on track.

Without getting overly technical and possibly overwhelming you, are you able to stay on task? Are you easily distracted in your day-to-day activities? You are likely the average American and remaining on task with anything is challenging. Compose a list of areas in your life you need to improve. Then allocate time towards improving this area of your life.

Every year our taxes need to be filed

by April 15. Why is it that many people procrastinate and file for an extension? Did

you not allow yourself enough time to focus on your forecasted accomplishment? Truly, you didn’t stay time on task. By all means I am not judging you. I do understand life circumstances arise. Overall, it has to due with balancing your time.

When it comes to lesser day-to-day responsibilities we are easily distracted by emails, text messages, household chores, unexpected errands or interruptions. I can attest, and I am right there with you. I presume my question is; how do we get a better handle on ensuring time on task? The best advice I can share is to circle back around and revisit the original topic. Compose a list before entering a meeting. Ensure prior to the end of your discussion that you have checked off and covered every topic you needed to address.

Practice, practice and more practice will help you improve and hone your skills. We are a work in progress. Recognizing you can veer off course is half the battle. If you make a check list and complete your to-do list you will feel less stressed. You are in control so don’t allow others to hijack your time when you have a job to complete.

Remain focused, diligent and motivated to get your work completed. You will feel better about your accomplishments! When you stray off course, remind yourself… Time on Task!

Bronwyn Ison is the owner of Evolve Yoga. e-volveyoga.com 760.564.YOGA

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BY JENNY WALLIS

“WAS ME TELLING HIM MY FEELINGS TOO HEAVY?”

Dear Jenny, I dated someone about 15 years ago and we had an amazing wonderful relationship. However, after about four years together, our relationship ended abruptly. There was dishonesty involved on his part. It took me a while to except that it was over and move on, but I did.

Recently, he reached out to me after finding me on social media. I felt stunned and shocked when I say the message, but I responded and we spoke via Internet as well as the telephone. Even though we had only spoken a couple of times he invited me to his home and offered to pay for my airfare. I was stunned to say the least! I was hoping for a rekindled loving romance, not a one night “sleepover!” I gathered my feelings and then told him exactly how I felt. I spoke my truth. I told him that I was not in the same place I was 15 years ago and I was looking for more.

Normally, I would have hopped on a plane and stayed at his place! But I feel I have experienced growth and I don’t want to take any steps backward in my self worth.

Needless to say, he listened to me and then told me he’s glad we are in contact again and then gave me the old, “keep in touch,” line. At that moment, I felt disappointed, in both what could have been and in myself for thinking it. Then I felt disappointed in being disappointed! What did I do wrong?

Was me telling him my feelings too heavy?

Maybe I should have kept it light. What do you think? - Stacy ------------------------------------------------Stacy, Please never think that speaking your truth is wrong, ever! I should hope you’re not in the same place you were 15 years ago. I should also hope that you have grown enough to honor yourself and your needs and not settle for anything. I love that you are courageous enough to ask for what you want. Do you see what you are doing right now Stacy? You are living outside of your

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story, you are changing your story. Maybe you have always been the type of girl who accepts things whether she wants them or not. But by you stating what you want your old story has to change. And by changing your story, you change your life!

I invite you to consider the possibility that maybe he is in a place right now where he doesn’t feel comfortable with himself.

Maybe he feels that he is in a rut and asked you over because he doesn’t know what else to do. And by you being honest with him and showing him how to honor yourself, it taught him. You are his teacher Stacy just as he is yours. The universe is always out to help you, but it is also always out to help others.

When you settle for anything less than, you are honoring only your small self. And that only keeps you small. Growth can never take place. This past relationship that came into your life might have only come in for a short time to help you see more clearly how you want to be. Or your relationship my take another turn and you may find yourself with each other again. But you will both be at another level, isn’t that great to think about?

Always honor yourself Stacy and honor others as well. You never know where another person is on their journey and what lessons they need to learn. But always know that whatever they say about you or think about you, has nothing to do with you!

- ❤Namaste, Jenny Don’t forget to follow Jenny at www. askjennynow.com, find her on facebook or contact her at 760-505-0952

LIFE & CAREER COACH

BY SUNNY SIMON

GET PREPARED TO RUN THE BASES

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organ entered my office with a half-hearted smile and proceeded to tell me her good news, bad news scenario. The good news was, after a harrowing week at work it occurred to her she hated having a boss. Wondering how that is good news? I, too, was perplexed. Morgan held my gaze and in a hearty passionate voice stated she realized she was born to lead and not to follow, thus revealing the good news.

She decided to join the ranks of successful entrepreneurs. What’s the bad news? She hadn’t a clue where to begin.

In my life and career coaching practice, I find clients often seek advice on how to reach their goals. A common dilemma is where to begin and how to move forward. I often boil my answer down to this power packed sentence: If you are going to belt one out of the ballpark, you need to prepare to run the bases.

Morgan likes to move fast. That adds up to some more good news; she possesses the motivation and is not afraid of change.

Although I admire her gumption to jump in with both feet, I cautioned her on the need to have a solid plan in place. Practically speaking, you don’t quit your day job until you have a secure safety net beneath you.

After counseling Morgan on the basics,

like before plunging into entrepreneurship it is wise to accumulate knowledge on how to run a successful business and reminding her about the need for a marketable product. In addition, to the two other essentials: time and money, I brought up another important factor to consider. Does she really possess the entrepreneurial chops?

Sure, we all dream about being our own boss, but not everyone is wired like a Larry Ellison or Jeff Bezos. One way for Morgan to test the theory of self employment was developed

by TV Shark and real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, in collaboration with Colombia MBA students and Green Light Partners. The team created an Entrepreneur IQ Test that will score the participant’s potential and provide a short summary of entrepreneurial strengths and weakness.

By the end of our session, my client planned to take Corcoran’s test and begin creating a strategic plan. It may be awhile before we see Morgan at the helm of her own company, but with a dose of determination and a ton of preparation, I know she’ll get there. How about you? How are you preparing to run the bases?

Sunny Simon is the owner of Raise the Bar High Life and Career Coaching and the author of the blog, www.lifeonthesunnyside.net

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