Coachella Valley Weekly - August 22 to August 28, 2019 Vol. 8 No. 23

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Nigel Dettelbach

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TK - 93.7 KCLB

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UB40

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The Zombies

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Amber Jordan

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Animal Samaritans

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PAULY SHORE – LIVE AT THE HOOD BAR & PIZZA

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CONTENTS

Pauly Shore at The Hood......................... 3 Nigel Dettelbach.................................... 5 TK - 93.7 KCLB......................................... 5 UB40 at Spotlight 29 ............................. 6 The Zombies at Fantasy Springs........... 6 Business Profile - Amber Jordan............ 7 Consider This - Rob Laufer..................... 8 Philanthropy Profile - Tom Snyder – CEO of Animal Samaritans ......................... 9 Travel Tips 4 U......................................... 9 Pet Place ............................................... 10 The Vino Voice ....................................... 11 Club Crawler Nightlife .................... 12-13 Pampered Palate - Wholly Mole!..........14 Brewtality .............................................. 15 Screeners .............................................. 16 Book Review.......................................... 17 Safety Tips ............................................. 17 Haddon Libby ....................................... 19 Dale Gribow.......................................... 19 Free Will Astrology............................... 20 Swag For The Soul................................ 20 Cannabis Corner................................... 22

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omedian Pauly Shore represents a generation of the early 90’s thanks to his success as an on-air MTV VJ along with his show Totally Pauly and cult classic comedies like Encino Man and Son in Law. Shore will be headlining Comedy Night at The Hood Saturday, August 24th at The Hood Bar & Pizza in Palm Desert, California.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at The Hood at 74360 Highway 111. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Coachella Valley Weekly spoke with “The Weasel” by phone as he ‘munched on some grindage’.

Pauly Shore’s Random Rants Shore produces a weekly podcast called Pauly Shore’s Random Rants that’s not so random. He put’s his heart and soul into the series and it’s hilarious. “It’s stuff that’s in my head, my train of thought process and how I develop my comedy. Every day I’m always

thinking about jokes and what’s funny. We’re comedians, that’s what we do, we can’t stop our brains from naturally looking at society and trying to make light of it. It’s the incubus of my material.” The improvisation and back and forth with his producer Jason are the highlights of Random Rants. If there was a thought that Shore is forgotten, this podcast and his current stand-up show quite the contrary. Shore agreed, “I’m really excited about the podcast, it’s hard for me to get excited about anything because I’ve been doing this for so long. I’m enthusiastic about it because it’s old school Pauly.”

The future of the podcast also includes booking guests. “I first wanted to set it up by myself. Just to figure out what the fuck it is. I was really just trying to find out the rhythm of the whole thing. Now I’m getting more comfortable the way the whole thing is and now I’m gonna start having people on.” The podcast is homespun with Shore participating in every aspect. “Everything is on your own these days. It’s crazy. No one supports you; you have to do it yourself.”

That self-sufficiency was instilled in Shore by his parents.

Sammy & Mitzi Shore Shore’s parents played essential roles in the trajectory of his career. They divorced when he was three years old. His mother, Mitzi, co-founded, with his father Sammy, The Comedy Store in Los Angeles in 1972.

Through the club, she had a huge influence on the careers of up-and-coming comedians for decades. His father was an actor and stand-up comedian who was chosen by Elvis Presley to open for him at his comeback performance in 1969 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Shore shared about his parents, “My mom would be saying, ‘take it easy.’ My dad would be saying, ‘tell the truth.’ They had good runs. My poor mom she had Parkinson’s the last part of her life and that was fucked up. My dad, he just died of old age.” Shore has achieved a sensible approach to carrying on. He shares, “There’s a time for mourning. Enough is enough. It’s definitely an interesting part of my life. It is what it is. When you get my age, these are the things that you’re dealt.”

Uncharted Territory Shore’s determination and state of potentiality shows that he is comfortable with the unknown. “I think in life you have to do what works for you. I think that’s the key.

Everyone is different in life. Even polygamists, you and I look at that as crazy but hey, if it works for them. When I was in Saudi Arabia, Americans have such a preconceived notion of people that wear the turbans and burqas.

And that’s just how they dress and how they act.” Shore is as accepting as he is mature.

Shore’s gratified with how things are currently. “I need to accept the fact that I’m not with a wife and kids and I’m OK. I’d rather be alone, than be in a situation that I’m not happy with. Of course, I want love, I can get it from my friends and my fans, but this is where I’m at right now, as of today,

the summer of late July 2019 this is where I am. I think it’s important that in life you have to be happy with exactly where you’re at.

Maybe someday I will be married and then that will be that. You can’t ‘woe is me’ your whole life.”

Long-time Association Shore is no stranger to the Coachella Valley. He has consistently performed in this area for years and as a teen partook in raising hell in the late 80’s. “I used to party there in high school. Palm Springs is cool. When I come on the 24th I want to make it a whole weekend, so I want to come out there and enjoy the desert. I’m glad there’s a venue out there now doing stand-up.”

Touring Now in his early 50’s, Shore has continued to develop his stand-up career since opening for Sam Kinison in the 80’s. “It’s who I am.

That’s why I like touring. I just did Big Bear and that was awesome. I’ll be in New York at Caroline’s on Broadway in mid-August then I’m coming to Palm Desert, then to the Carolinas. Mostly it’s solo, but sometimes I travel with comedians.”

Guest House featuring Pauly Shore Shore will be starring in the motion picture Guest House directed by Sam Macaroni.

The comedy also stars Mike Castle, Aimee Teegarden, Steve-O and Billy Zane. The movie is about a newly engaged couple who finds the home of their dreams and it quickly becomes a nightmare when the previous owner’s friend (Shore) continues squatting in their guest house. It leads to a turf war that ultimately ruins their house, their marriage and their lives. Shore shared about the movie, “I just finished Guest House and it was a pretty big budget. It’s pretty funny and should be out early next year. It’s all happening.”

Shore is in full swing with his weekly podcast, new film and persistent touring.

Catch him at The Hood on 8/24 for his continued comedic progression. anchor.fm/pauly-shores-random-rants paulyshore.com

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NIGEL DETTELBACH – COMEDY PROVACATEUR

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he Hood Bar & Pizza’s booking agent, Nigel Dettelbach, had a vision. A vision to make The Hood Bar THE comedy haven in the Coachella Valley. Most thought he was half-baked. Even after providing a platform for local comedians like Kris ‘Cricket’ Bossi, Jacob Cantu, Dacoda Miracle and Isabella Luisi who, together with Dettelbach, created a successful formula featuring local talent, the odds were stacked against their efforts given the finicky palate of the desert’s night-loving audience. Once the native comedy threshold was achieved, it was time to book bigger acts. Dettelbach decided to make trips to Los Angeles comedy clubs like The Comedy Store to book headliners like Ian Edwards, Jamie Kennedy, Erik Griffin, Malcolm Hatchett, Sara Weinshenk, Frank Castillo, Ryan Reaves and Sandro Iocolano.

On Saturday, August 24th, Pauly Shore will be newest headliner for Comedy Night at The Hood Bar & Pizza in Palm Desert, California.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at The Hood at 74360 Highway 111. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Coachella Valley Weekly contacted Dettelbach as he prepared to, once again, sell out The Hood.

CVW: What was your vision when you decided to start Comedy Night at The Hood and how close are you to that vision?

Dettelbach: “It really all started after I watched an old Rodney Dangerfield special and thought to myself, ‘why don’t we have a weekly comedy night at The Hood?’ Another big inspiration was seeing local comic Jacob Cantu perform stand-up regularly at The Hood’s open mic. He taught me a lot about the current L.A. comedy scene which inspired me to bring comedy to The Hood on a weekly basis. I wanted The Hood to be a place where local and famous comics could call home, while develop material on stage and make it a hub for legit stand-up in the Coachella Valley. I feel like I

have hit my original goal and now on to the next one which I am currently working on with comic Ian Edwards, there are big things in the works!”

CVW: What have been your favorite moments so far?

Dettelbach: “My favorite part has been seeing the development of local comics and the growing number of turnouts week after week.

I would also say becoming friends with a lot of the headliners I have booked has been great.

It has opened a lot of doors in the industry for me.”

CVW: You work hard to book musical acts as well. What do you have planned for the future of music at The Hood?

Dettelbach: “Booking is a tricky art. It’s a very strategic thing especially out here in the desert. But I just hooked up with a great booking agency that’s going to send me some awesome acts. I am very optimistic about The Hood’s musical future.”

CVW: The Hood owner Brad Guth basically hands you the keys to The Hood and trusts you with his baby. What can you tell us about Brad that we may not know?

Dettelbach: “Brad is the best boss I could have ever asked for. Anyone that knows Brad or just met him knows how welcoming he can make you feel. He’s is all about customer service. I respect his sense of business. He’s all about the numbers which is how you run a successful business. One thing people may not know about Brad is that he is the hardest worker at The Hood physically too. He opens the bar by himself every morning and it’s not an easy task.”

CVW: Who’s your legitimate “white whale” of comedians you’d like to book?

Dettelbach: “Joe Rogan, who I am currently working on. I have his cell number! Nick Swardson would be funny too!”

CVW: You started out working with local comedians when you started this journey & you’ve been a big part of opening the local culture of comedy to the Coachella Valley.

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music. He has deeply rooted himself in the community with constant support of charitable organizations as well. “We try to serve the community the best we can, whether it be a telethon, local bands, playing the right music, facilitating events, concerts, whatever it is, it’s a big deal.” He is on-the-air Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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What else needs to happen for local comedians to thrive?

Dettelbach: “Two words, comedy festival!

That’s the new project I’m working on with some big-time names, things are getting very surreal.”

CVW: You are known to have a dry sense of humor. Where did you learn to appreciate comedy and what comedians did/do you admire?

Dettelbach: “I was lucky enough to grow up with really funny friends. We all got along through skateboarding and making funny home movies. We shared the same sense of humor and it’s always been a part of me. I have home movies of me at five-years-old impersonating Jim Carrey, so comedy has always been with me.”

CVW: You’ve scouted comedians at venues in Hollywood, etc. What have you learned through this process & how do you determine that a comedian is a good fit for The Hood & this area?

Dettelbach: “I exclusively go to The World-

TODD ‘T.K.’ KILLIAM – CV MUSIC CHAMPION

3.7 KCLB celebrates their 28th birthday this month by Rockin’ the Desert. As winner of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music Award for Best Radio Station, KCLB and Program/Music Director and on-air personality Todd ‘T.K.’ Killiam plan to rock even harder.

Originating in 1991, KCLB continues to play the established hits along with new rock tunes and the music of local rock and roll artists.

Dropping Anchor – In the span of five years at KCLB, T.K. has pushed the envelope of what a disc jockey is capable of. “I like where I am. I chose the Coachella Valley for a reason. I had a 12-year run in Los Angeles. I wanted to go somewhere a little more relaxed. So, I went back to San Diego where I started my radio career. Then the Coachella Valley came calling.

I would regularly come to the Coachella Valley to vacation and of course attend the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and I just like the desert. So, it was the right time. I’m very happy where I am and have no plans on leaving.”

He remains a true champion of Coachella Valley musicians and live music venues. His support of all things desert is peerless with his on-air interviews and the playing of new local

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Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood. I have developed an awesome relationship with the place. When I go to the venue I am put on ‘the list’ and I get to go backstage and the private hang-out spots to meet the real-deal people. It’s all fun but extremely natural at the same time.

As far as booking, I recognize talent when I see it. If I think they are great I invite them to The Hood. The same goes for the bigger names but I have to think will the desert folk pay $10-25 for this. That’s where strategic booking comes into play.”

CVW: How excited are you for Pauly Shore coming to The Hood? Tell us some of your favorite Pauly movie moments.

Dettelbach: “The Weasel! What else can I say? I grew up with his movie Bio-Dome. That was my movie! Also, pretty much everything else he’s been in. A lot of people just think of him as the actor from the 90’s but he was an MTV superstar when it was still Music Television. And his parents were the ones who started the comedy store in the early 70’s. He grew up in The Comedy Store as a child surrounded by all these legends. Now he is running his YouTube channel and constantly on the road touring. He is always working! Follow him on Instagram!”

CVW: What’s the deal with Slipping Into Darkness? (in my Jerry Seinfeld voice) Dettelbach: “We just finished our album! 12 songs total! Six songs produced by Eduardo Arenas, bassist from Chicano Batman and the other half produced by Pete Dee, guitarist from The Adicts. Matches made in heaven!

Our engineer was Grammy-winning producer and mixer Cameron Webb. He is famous for engineering everything Motörhead did from 2004 up until Lemmy Kilmister’s passing and has worked with Sum 41, NOFX, Megadeth and Limp Bizkit. All three of those connections are currently shopping the album to record companies, so we’re in really good hands.” soundcloud.com/slippingintodarknessmusic hoodbarandpizza.com

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years! Besides 93.7 KCLB, he’s been on-air at Indie 103.1 Los Angeles, 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles, 92.3 KHHT Los Angeles, 97.3 KLLC San Francisco, Xfm London/Manchester and San Diego at Rock 105.3 KIOZ, 92.5 XHRM, 101 KGB, and FM 94.9. T.K. has also appeared on MTV’s Punk’d.

Devoted Audience – T.K. is appreciative of his listeners loyalty. He shared, “We are thankful to the people of the Coachella Valley for voting 93.7 KCLB ‘Best Radio Station' in the 2019 CV Music Awards,” shared T.K. “Our management at Alpha Media, Billy Madison, Shelly Dunn and I are honored to serve the community! We work hard every day to keep KCLB consistently fresh and unpredictable.” KCLB has raised the rock flag and keeps it flying high. “Some people say, rock is dead, but in the Coachella Valley, it’s not even close,” T.K. asserts.

Desert Music Family – ‘Live and Local’ T.K. and Alpha Media are rewriting what it means to be ‘community-oriented’. T.K. declares, “93.7 KCLB will continue to support local bands on-air, with interviews, playing local music, and backing local shows. From my perspective. The local music scene is in a great

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place with uniquely talented bands and artists.

There are so many different styles of music in the Coachella Valley. It gives everyone a voice.

That’s the truth. This is the most fun I’ve ever had.”

Along with local bands, they support the shows and venues. “There are many local shows nightly at venues all over the Coachella Valley. Too many to keep up with at times.

That’s a great problem for our desert friends, bands, and venues.”

Advance Forward – Alpha Media, 93.7 KCLB and T.K. are behind ALL local bands going forward. All local artists can send their music to tk@937kclb.com. There are bigger plans from T.K. in helping the area’s music scene continue to progress. “Something I’ve been working on is the KCLB Local Music Fest. An event that will showcase all the desert’s talent and be backed by captains of the industry like KCLB and Coachella Valley Weekly and key players like Lisa Lynn Morgan, Brian ‘Puke’ Parnell, Desert Music, Josh Heinz and BB Ingle.

It will happen.”

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UB40

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40TH ANNIVERSARY ‘FOR THE MANY’ TOUR. AT SPOTLIGHT 29 CASINO SATURDAY, AUGUST 31ST

B40 are reggae artists who built their fame with a magnificent medley of original material and some very successful covers to become one of the world’s best-ever selling artists thanks to hits like ‘Food for Thought,” “Red Red Wine” and “I Can’t Help Falling In Love.”

Their story transcends working-class origins and the long haul they endured to become one of the world’s most successful reggae bands.

UB40 is James Brown, Duncan Campbell, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Martin Meredith, Tony Mullings, Laurence Parry & Brian Travers. The band will be bringing their 40 years of momentous reggae to the Spotlight 29 Casino Showroom in Coachella, California on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at spotlight29.com or at their box office.

Coachella Valley Weekly spoke with vocalist and guitarist Robin Campbell from his home near Birmingham, England where he was readying for his ride to Heathrow Airport to begin the U.S. leg of their 40th Anniversary ‘For The Many’ Tour.

CVW: Earlier this year, your saxophonist Brian Travers recently had two brain tumors removed. How is he doing?

Campbell: “He’s recovering. He’s a lot better than he was. He’s still undergoing treatment.

He’s going to be out of circulation until the end of the year at least.”

CVW: I’m aware that you’ve performed in the Coachella Valley in the past. Any recollection of past shows?

Campbell: “I’m really not sure. I’ve been told that we’ve played in the Coachella Valley before, but I can’t remember it. With four decades of touring it gets more and more difficult to remember places, Ha Ha!“ CVW: UB40 is one of the most popular acts to come out of Birmingham, England, the same area where Led Zeppelin, Duran Duran, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) were found. It’s amazing!

Campbell: “We are proud of where we’re from. We have five of the original six members still in the band. It’s pretty much the same. We have a couple of extra horn players and keyboard

player. We now have my other younger brother as vocalist. Basically, we’re the same mix as we’ve always been. We’re the same gang of friends that we’ve been since we were young.”

CVW: What do you remember from the first UB40 show at Hare & Hounds in 1979?

Campbell: “I remember quite a lot about it really. I’ve been back to the venue many times over the years. It’s a favorite hangout of ours and we drink there regularly. I know the venue well and I remember being quite terrified. It was the first time and we had no idea how the audience was going to react to us, and it turned out favorable. I was very encouraged.”

CVW: UB40 is known to be involved in political and societal issues that are important.

Campbell: “We’re a politically-minded group of people and we have been active in various causes over the years. Rock Against Racism was one of our earliest projects that we supported.

We observed the cultural boycotts of South Africa until Nelson Mandela was out of prison and apartheid was over, so we’ve always been political individually and as a band. We’ve taken stances.”

CVW: The band name comes from a government form issued to people claiming unemployment benefits. According to a recent report, the unemployment rate in the UK is the lowest level in 44 years.

Campbell: “I think that is the grossest misrepresentation of the actual facts. They’re not the lowest figures at all. We have the highest poverty levels that we’ve had for many

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generations. We have the highest poverty levels for children. There are millions of people living off food banks. But of course, you can map out the figures any way you’d like to make it appear that you have the lowest unemployment levels and that’s exactly what they’ve done. They’ve done that by forcing people to work for minimum wage and there are millions of people who are in poverty and starving. That’s basically how I feel about that. It’s a pile of bullshit and lies.”

CVW: How has UB40 adapted to the changes in the music industry and how music is published and sold?

Campbell: “That’s just the march of time and technology. There’s not much you can do about it. It’s the way of the world. Everything changes whether you like it or not. The older you get, probably the less you like it. I still listen to a lot of vinyl.”

CVW: You reference Sam Cooke, Otis Redding & Stevie Wonder as significant influences for you personally.

Campbell: “I think possibly influences like that are subconscious. I don’t think of any particular singer when I’m singing. I just try to sound as good as I can. I don’t think of myself in the same class as those artists. Those are people that have changed the way pop music is sung.

I’m nowhere as good a singer as any of those you mentioned. I just do my best. I love harmonizing.

I’m equally influenced by The Everly Brothers.”

CVW: UB40 has a significant musical and social influence on other artists. How aware are you of this?

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Campbell: “That’s something I’m very proud of. Technically, as a singer, I don’t rate myself highly enough to be mentioned in the same sentence as Sam or Stevie, who are sublime singers. I only wish I had a tenth of their talent.”

CVW: Your new album For the Many was released in March 2019 as well as a Dub version of the record. Both have received enthusiastic reviews from fans and critics. Could the release of your first album since 2013 have gone any better?

Campbell: “It would appear it’s exactly how we want it to be. The aim was to get back to what we were doing in the early 80’s and try to sound similar and to produce the music in the same way to have all the Dub passages and the political content. friends and fans are all saying the album is like a throwback. It could be the third album from our career. Which is exactly what we were trying to do. It’s very gratifying to hear that. The response in the UK is stupendous. The response from the fans has been phenomenal.”

CVW: The reaction of the audiences at your recent live shows is remarkable. What are you expecting from U.S. crowds?

Campbell: “We hope it happens in the states and in Coachella. We want the same thing. It would be great if we got the same reaction from amazing crowds. It’s just wonderful to be still doing what we do and have the kind of support that we get. Wherever we go is just phenomenal.

I guess that’s why we still do it.” ub40.global spotlight29.com

DISCUSSING THE GROUP’S LEGACY & TOURING WITH BRIAN WILSON

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hen The Zombies recorded “This Will Be Our Year” for their seminal 1968 album Odessey & Oracle, they couldn’t have foreseen that their most successful year as a band would be 2019. In March, the British pop legends were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (alongside Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, The Cure, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, and Roxy Music), and this summer they’re on the road with Brian Wilson for the Something Great From ’68 and More tour, which makes its way to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Sunday, September 1st at 8 p.m.

Known for their shimmering vocals and bluesy keyboards, the band will play Odessey & Oracle in its entirety, plus classic hits such as “Time of the Season,” “She’s Not There,” “Tell Her No,” and “She’s Coming Home.” In a recent interview, lead singer Colin Blunstone talked about the group’s early days and how

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their signature sound evolved.

FELCI: You have one of the most unique voices in pop music, alternately described as “breathy” and “smoke-silked.” How did your vocal technique develop and who were your influences as a singer?

BLUNSTONE: “Like many other musicians of my era, early influences included the original greats of rock ’n’ roll: Elvis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Over the years, [keyboardist and songwriter] Rod Argent has shown me so much about phrasing as we have worked on songs together. Rod always says he learnt to write songs writing for my voice and I certainly learnt to sing professionally through singing his songs). More recently, a singing coach called Ian Adam taught me the basics of actually physically singing.”

FELCI: The Zombies were initially categorized with the British Invasion groups.

But you quickly established a signature sound

to set you apart. Describe the group dynamic and how the band’s sound evolved.

BLUNSTONE: “The band was always a keyboard-based band that featured harmonies. When we formed this was quite unusual as nearly all bands featured three

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guitars. I also remember us being inspired by a very wide spectrum of music from classical music to modern jazz, the blues, rock ’n’ roll and pop. Although this helped to make us sound quite different, it also created a problem in promotion and marketing where

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com we sometimes confused an industry who likes to specifically categorize its artists.”

FELCI: Your first major hit in the U.S. was “She’s Not There,” followed by “Tell Her No.” Do you remember Rod bringing those songs in to you and the band? It’s hard to imagine anyone else singing them.

BLUNSTONE: “I especially remember Rod bringing “She’s Not There” into a band rehearsal. I was absolutely amazed as I had no idea he could write songs, and on top of that I think we all knew immediately that it was a special, brilliant song and as it turned out, a song that would change all of our lives. Later I remember before the “Tell Her No” session began at Decca Studios in West Hampstead we received a telephone call from America telling us that “She’s Not There” had just gone to No.1 in Cashbox. What a way to start a session!”

FELCI: The Zombies disbanded in 1968 shortly after the release of the baroque psychedelic classic, Odessey and Oracle.

What were the circumstances surrounding the recording and subsequent breakup?

BLUNSTONE: “I think we all remember this a bit differently. Some of the band remembers there was a feeling even before we started Odessey and Oracle that this would our last album. I certainly don’t remember feeling this way, although one thing we all agree on was that it was time to break away from our original producer Ken Jones. In effect, our last album was produced by Rod Argent and [bassist and songwriter] Chris White. When it was finished, I remember feeling that it was the best we could possibly do which made it

bitterly disappointing when the first single was not a commercial success. All in all we started to perceive ourselves as being an unsuccessful band that had simply run its course. Ironically later we realized that we had always had a hit somewhere in the world and I do sometimes wonder what might have happened if the band had continued.”

FELCI: In the interim, you briefly left music and went to work as an insurance company.

Why and what was that experience like?

BLUNSTONE: “Like many other bands in the ’60s we were very poorly managed. This resulted, after three years on the road, in the three non-writers in the band being absolutely and completely broke. All three of us had no choice but to find jobs very quickly when the band broke up. Unlikely as it may sound I simply phoned an employment agency and took the first job they offered me. In a strange way, I think it helped me get over the disappointment of the band finishing, as I was kept so busy that I had no time to dwell on the demise of The Zombies.”

FELCI: Al Kooper has been credited with securing American distribution for Odessey and Oracle, which led to the slow-burn success of “Time of the Season.” Were you more surprised when it finally became a hit or that it took so long?

BLUNSTONE: “Odessey and Oracle would not have been released in the states if it had not been for the support of Al Kooper.

He risked his career at CBS to champion our album in front of Clive Davis, who at the time was not going to release it. Even then, “Time of the Season” was the fourth single to be

released from the album, which made it a huge surprise to me when after all that time it eventually became a hit.”

FELCI: Is there any “lost” material — albums or singles shelved — from The Zombies’ original incarnation that fans would love to hear? Any rarities in a vault somewhere?

BLUNSTONE: “Because we played a lot in the states in the ’60s we sometimes noticed American hits that didn’t chart in the UK. This was certainly the case when we recorded Little Anthony and The Imperials’ “Going Out Of My Head.” A lesser-known fact is that we recorded a demo of the Temptations’ “My Girl.” But just as we were getting ready to record it properly Otis Reading released it in the UK and it went on to be a big hit. That demo is the only remaining track recorded by the original Zombies that has not been released. No one knows where it is and now I fear it is lost forever.”

FELCI: One Year, your 1971 debut solo album, is an underappreciated gem produced

by Rod and Chris. You wrote four of the tracks — which are your favorite songs from that album and do you perform them in concert?

BLUNSTONE: “Strangely, a track from One Year, “Say You Don’t Mind,” was a big hit in the UK although it wasn’t a success in America, the exact opposite of “Time of the Season” which was never a hit in the UK. It is a favorite solo album of mine and amongst the tracks that I play most would be, “Say You Don’t Mind,” “Misty Roses” and “Her Song,” all featuring wonderful strings arrangements by super talented Chris Gunning. I do sometimes

AMBER JORDAN: A PICTURE PERFECT BUSINESS

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aking a name for yourself as a business owner is no easy feat, as it takes the right amount of determination and ingenuity to build a respectable reputation. Amber Jordan has done just that with her own photography business and the creation of the Boss Babes CV local meet-up.

Born in Riverside, Jordan moved to the Coachella Valley in 2005, because of economic and job opportunities that weren’t available in her hometown. She eventually attended a business school for Medical Assisting in Indio, although her true passion was in photography—a love she has possessed since high school.

In 2013, Jordan started her photography business not just as a hobby, but out of necessity since she was going through a breakup with her fiancé at the time and needed to supplement her income as a single mom for her three children.

She officially named her business “Amber Linn Photography” and specializes in natural light, wedding, and portrait photography.

“The best part of my job is knowing that I’ve gotten to successfully capture the most important moments forever for my clients.

Weddings are my favorite because those days only happen once. You can’t do a ‘re-take’ and everyone is just glowing and so high on love. It’s the best feeling,” said Jordan.

With the satisfaction of preserving timeless memories for her clients, there are also some downsides to capturing candid moments.

“The most difficult part of my job is hearing people say they don’t like the pictures because they don’t like the way they look. It’s just awful, because they don’t see what I see. They only

see their flaws and I see beauty or engagement with their children, or them laughing at what their husband said. People don’t realize they are beautiful in the way they laugh, in the way they look at their kids, or the ways they hug their partner,” explained Jordan.

After achieving a certain level in her career, Jordan felt like giving back to other self-made local businesses. That was when she started the Boss Babes CV local meet-up on August 16 of last year, recently celebrating their first birthday.

Boss Babes is a community of female business owners and entrepreneurs who want to grow their business via social media and create meaningful collaborations with others.

This is the pillar of the Boss Babes community,

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perform a string quartet section during both Zombies and solo concerts.”

FELCI: Rod and yourself performed in the Palm Springs area last fall, and there seemed to be a genuine friendship and affection between the two of you. What is the status of your relationship and how has it changed over the years?

BLUNSTONE: “Rod and I spent our formative years together rehearsing and performing in the original Zombies. We have been friends now for over 50 years through thick and thin and I think we work together now better than ever. I have the utmost respect for him as a musician and as a human being and feel more comfortable, safe and inspired performing with him than anyone else.”

FELCI: Finally, tell us how the tour with Brian Wilson came about. Why does your music fit so well with his? What fans can expect on Sept. 1 at Fantasy Springs?

BLUNSTONE: “All of the original Zombies were huge Beach Boys fans and also great followers of Brian’s more recent work with his fantastic band, so that when the opportunity came up to tour with him we jumped at it. I think that both The Zombies and Brian Wilson have wonderful songs to choose from in their repertoire, and that those songs will perfectly complement each other making a unique and exciting evening of unforgettable music.

Tickets for Brian Wilson and The Zombies — Something Great From ’68 and More tour are $89, $69, and $49, on sale at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at FantasySpringsResort.com.

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and it is still in the process of growing with seven active chapters as of today.

“Boss Babes provides business owners a space and a platform to connect with each other at our meet-ups. In addition, we foster collaboration amongst the members which ultimately and naturally takes their business to the next level,” said Jordan. “My partner Alexandra Miklosova and I envision a huge future and expansion for Boss Babes not just locally, but also across the U.S.” Although Jordan is best known for Amber Linn Photography and Boss Babes CV, she is also the founder of the “I Do Crew” So Cal/ Palm Springs. This is a group for brides, grooms and event vendors with a focus on the Greater Palm Springs area.

“It enables all vendors and creatives to help with event planning, quotes and tips/tricks for our lucky couple tying the knot. I also co-own a Photo Booth Company with my husband. We call it “Wild+Free Booth” and we have a beautiful tiffany blue vintage camper we›ve converted into a photo booth, as well as rustic open air photo booths we offer for events,” shared Jordan.

With so many accomplishments and business ventures under her belt, Jordan still has time to unwind in her downtime. She loves going off-roading with her husband in Death Valley and also camping in Calico Ghost town, and discovering more trails in Idyllwild.

“My husband is such a rock for me and is always encouraging me to go for it, and my friends I have made really reiterate that I am doing big things. That feels good because I just

want to leave this life knowing I tried to help and encourage people to do the best they can out of love and a goodness that comes from the heart,” stated Jordan.

In regard to women who are looking to start their own business, Jordan encourages them to question everything, have faith in themselves, and always take chances to live without regret.

“You always have control in creating exactly what you want your life to be... It’s a terrible feeling just living your life out of necessity. Live your life like it’s an adventure and a gift,” advised Jordan.

Visit amberlinn.com and Boss Babes Coachella Valley on Facebook to see Jordan’s work and learn more about growing local businesses.

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CONSIDER THIS

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t’s been nearly 10 years since Rob Laufer released his last album, but the L.A. native hasn’t been idle. A go-to guy in the music industry for decades, lately he has sidelined his own career in order to assist other artists in bringing their musical visions to fruition.

Rob grew up in Tarzana, which is technically part of L.A. proper, but actually, it’s nestled deep in the San Fernando Valley. The site of author Edgar Rice Burroughs former ranch, it is named for his iconic character, Tarzan.

By the middle of the 20th century, it was a small, bedroom community. Rob has noted his earliest musical inspiration came from his mother, quietly singing in Yiddish as she washed the dishes.

Although his family wasn’t particularly musical, Rob started piano lessons at age six, and picked up the guitar a year later. Around the house he created primitive drum kits out of plastic waste paper baskets, Quaker Oats boxes; essentially using whatever was available.

Early influences included the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Skip James. Later he embraced the music of Joni Mitchell, Todd Rundgren, Stevie Wonder, Hendrix, Bowie, Nilsson, Spirit, Brian Eno, the Band and Laurie Anderson. He wrote his first song at age nine.

Pretty soon he had mastered guitar, piano and drums, and was becoming proficient on upright bass. He sped through a series of bands through high school and college with names like Wells Drive, Rob Laufer and The Prime Ministers, Max Hitchcock and The Hi Fives and Big Branch.

Once he finished college, he began pursuing a music career full-time. One of his earliest gigs was as part of the Los Angeles cast of “Beatlemania,” (he played George).

By the early ‘90s, he had become a fixture on the L.A. music scene and secured a record deal. His debut, Swimming Lessons arrived in 1993. Two years later he returned with Wonderwood. He cultivated a loyal fan base, and was featured on Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) radio stations like KSCA, as well as the taste-making KCRW. The critics were paying attention, praising the rich melodicism threading through his introspective Folk-Pop. Pretty quickly, music supervisors also began taking notice.

Accordingly, his music was heard in commercials as well as TV series like “Melrose Place,” “Felicity” and “Scrubs.” They also appeared in films like “Baby Mama” and “In The Land Of Milk And Honey.” Concurrently, Rob became an in-demand session player, popping up on recordings by Fiona Apple, Frank Black from the Pixies, Melissa Ferrick and the band Ok Go. When Cheap Trick frontman, Robin Zander released his solo debut in 1993, Rob’s song “Reactionary Girl” was the lead-off track.

His “Beatlemania” experience reaped unexpected dividends at the turn of the 20th century, when Beatles producer George Martin was putting together an orchestral concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The historic event featured members of The Bangles, The Police, Peter Case, Brad Delp from Boston and Adam Duritz from Counting Crows. Sir George tapped Rob to sing two songs, “For No One”

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and “A Day In The Life.”

A few years later, he was invited to perform similar duties when Cheap Trick teamed up with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper.

More than just a one-off performance, Rob played several live dates with them, in fact the New York show was released on DVD. Fastforward to 2010, the Bowl curated another Beatles themed program featuring Patti Austin, Bettye LaVette, and Todd Rundgren.

Once again, Rob was included in the line-up and got the chance to perform “Let It Be,” with Todd, his longtime musical hero.

Back in the early ‘90s he made another long-lasting musical affiliation with the Wild Honey organization. A musical charity whose proceeds go to an Autism think tank, as well as a plethora of good causes, started with a tribute to Beach Boy genius Brian Wilson in 1994. Recently, they have become known for their ambitious, yet deferential tribute concerts saluting the Band, Buffalo Springfield and the Kinks. For the last few years, Rob has served as musical director for an ad hoc orchestra that usually features the cream of Los Angeles’ music community.

Although he has sporadically released his own albums, The Iron Age in 2006, Excruciating Bliss three years later and The Orange EP in 2010, Rob’s music has taken a backseat to an array of commitments. But somehow, in the last few months he found time to record his fifth long-player, The Floating World.

The album opens tentatively with “Avalanche.” Braided acoustic guitar makes way for plaintive pedal steel, sidewinding bass lines and a kick drum beat, all the while, plunky piano notes advance and retreat. The melody shares some musical DNA with the Beatles’ epochal “In My Life.” Opaque lyrics like “The best of intentions and worlds are destroyed with a sidelong glance,” are shaded with longing and regret. A honeyed guitar solo offers on the instrumental break offers a bit of a respite.

Both “Bolt Of Blue” and “Space + Time” are a couple of stripped-down rockers. The former is powered by strummy guitars, shimmering keys, a rollicking back beat and a honking horn section. The arrangement strikes the perfect balance between exuberance and menace, even as lyrics add a healthy dose of narcissism; “Suit yourself instead of others, you’ve been kowtowing too long, you’d please your friends, sisters and brothers, even when you know it’s wrong.”

The latter is anchored by growling guitar riffs, tensile bass and a kinetic rhythm.

Keening violin and cello emphasize Rob’s anxious ennui; “Don’t be afraid to come alive, nothing will leave you satisfied, all over the world they’re saying just give me one good ride.” The arrangement revs on the break as careening guitars stutter and pinwheel, becoming positively modal.

Three songs are opulent and cinematic in all the right ways. “The Holding Sea” wraps chunky guitar, shivery synths and stealthy keys around a syncopated groove. Lyrics wax rhapsodic about a place “where cedars held the sky and quatrains wander free.” Lush and languid, the break features sinewy electric guitar cresting over courtly acoustic arpeggios.

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On the title track, plangent piano folds into nimble acoustic guitar and a tick-tock beat. Baroque and beatific, there’s an elusive eloquence to this seaside serenade. to paraphrase Sam Cooke, it just kinda just sends you.

Finally, “This River” is accented by shang-alang acoustic guitar, ricochet bass, meandering piano and a Snap-back beat. The melody feels like a cosmic cousin to the Byrds’ “Ballad Of Easy Rider,” and Cat Stevens’ “How Can I Tell You.” Rob’s tender croon is world weary, as he searches for some emotional rescue; “It was not enough to leave well enough alone, to walk away and say it was good and now I’m okay/Oh of course it was enough, it was like a dream discovering that yearning could be matched and more, to hear the canyons open and roar, of course it was like a dream.”

This album is packed with indelible melodies and inventive arrangements, but the standout track is “Highway Machine.” A minor key masterpiece in ¾ time, it features jangly guitar, lowing cello, lonesome pedal steel, lyrical violin and a heartbreak beat sparkling piano chords underscore Rob’s melancholy mien. As the melody soars, he plots an escape from life’s banalities; “You don’t have to walk that thin grey line, rise at dawn when all roads are blazing, and morning seems to read your mind/Highway machine, we’ll let go expectation, ride away with me, we’ll fly in-between.” Fluttery Spanish guitar swirls around cascading piano notes on the break, adding a pastoral patina. When it shimmers to a close, the listener is destined to hit “repeat.”

Other interesting tracks include the Folk-flavored “As Long As You Belong” and

“Fence,” a bucolic torch song that veers into Bacharach country. The album closes with “Hippie Love.” While it seems perfectly timed for the wave of flower-child nostalgia washing over the country, (The media seems intent on commemorating every aspect of the 50th anniversaries of the Moon landing, the Manson Murders and Woodstock), it’s doubtful that is Rob’s intention.

A stompy back-porch ramble, it paints a vivid portrait of a “teenage acidhead… awash in a wave of consciousness, his sense of freedom was soaring.” He connects with a soul mate, urging her to “Come away with me, paradise is just around the bend, we’ll hide from the man, we won’t have a plan, our hippie love is like the wind.” It’s a sweet story, unclouded by cynicism, even as the smell of “grass and patchouli fills the air.”

Rob plays nearly all the instruments on the album, but he also received some assistance.

Dave Pearlman played pedal steel, Lyn Bertles and Matt Fish were featured on violin and cello, respectively. Eric Drew Feldman added organ and horns, Danny McGough provided Wurlitzer and signals, Carl Sealove tackled string bass and Nick Vincent handled conga duties.

A confluence of events conspired to create this album that included a re-introduction to the music of Bon Iver and a deep-dive into the voluminous back catalog of the Late, Great Tom Petty. Rob felt inspired by the latter’s easy-going song craft, which, in turn, motivated him to try and not over-think things.

That proved to be a sharp strategy.

The Floating World is one of those kinds of perfect albums that takes up residence on the stereo and never leaves. The record is by turns, graceful, playful and sincere. As a singer-songwriter, Rob Laufer occupies the same sort of rarified air-space as Peter Case, Freedy Johnston And Michael Penn.

Although it’s a sure bet that he will continue to lend a hand on other artist’s projects, as well as conjure up some musical magic as he puts the Wild Honey orchestra through it’s paces, hopefully he’ll carve out some time to create his own music. He has been missed.

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ANIMAL SAMARITANS.. MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY DAILY FOR OUR FURRY FRIENDS!

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nimal Samaritans was founded in 1978, with an urgent goal of helping to find a solution to the epidemic of shelter overcrowding and the unnecessary euthanasia of adoptable animals that resulted from it. The organization has compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the humans who love them. In their view, dogs and cats are not just animals – they are valued family members and as such, should be treated with care and respect.

Animal Samaritans believes adoptable homeless dogs and cats deserve a chance at life and to live in a loving home, through its animal rescue, animal shelter, and pet adoption programs.

Being pioneers in low-cost spay and neutering, Animal Samaritans today offers two State-ofthe-Art Vet Clinics offering affordable pricing, because nothing can be scarier than when your family pet needs care and you may not be able to afford it! In addition to maintain affordable prices, Animal Samaritans provides Financial Aid to qualifying low-income pet owners, because they consider care of your animals to be their duty. From low-cost spay and neuter services to their two state-of-the-art nonprofit Veterinary Clinics, to their unique Humane Education and Animal Companion Therapy Programs, Animal Samaritans is not your average animal welfare organization.

“We believe that kindness to living beings is both innate and learned,” stated Tom Snyder, CEO of Animal Samaritans. “I am happy to report that our unique Humane Education Programs are helping create a new generation of kinder, more respectful citizens. We do not just save the lives of animals and provide them forever homes from our No-Kill Shelter. Our organization has dedicated staff who are stationed within local shelters that have not yet been able to institute no-kill policies. Our rescue efforts add capacity to the county shelter by recognizing and working to find safe haven for at-risk animals. In partnership with Riverside County Animal Shelter, we connect these animals with potential guardians and rescue groups. This program has been an enormous success, having saved more than 12,000 animals, and we have only just begun!” Snyder continued.

For 41 years, Animal Samaritans has believed in the healing power of animal-human connections! This is part of the reason why the organization’s relationships with their animal friends are so meaningful. These are bonds as strong as family, and at Animal Samaritans these bonds are honored as such. Because of this, Animal Samaritans has created healing curricula that offers animal companionship as a form of treatment.

Some of the amazing and truly caring work this organization does includes: FINDING FOREVER HOMES for the animals the staff has saved from Kill Shelters.

The organization’s TWO VET CLINICS operate under a simple principle of Pets.Not.Profits.

These Clinics are priced affordably and offer a wide range of standard animal care. Some of the many services these two Clinics offer include spay and neuter services, pet wellness exams, pet dental, micro-chipping, vaccinations, blowout bars, etc.

THE HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAM is based on a philosophy dedicated to the principle of creating kinder communities through kindness to animals. Every year, Animal Samaritans educates more than 12,000 school children, and also provides summer camp for children who might not otherwise have opportunities to bond with animals.

THE ANIMAL COMPANION THERAPY PROGRAM utilizes the healing power of animalhuman connection.

THE SILVER PAWS PROGRAM never gives up on an animal because it’s “too old”. Animal Samaritans values living beings in their later years of life, and makes a special effort for their care and to find them forever homes.

Animal Samaritans’ three major fundraising events that support its programs and services for the upcoming season in the Desert include: • DECEMBER 8, 2019 – “MEN OF THE DESERT” FASHION SHOW & CHARITY LUNCHEON at Omni Rancho Las Palmas.

• MARCH 22, 2020 – LE CHIEN EVENT AT FASHION WEEK EL PASE0 • APRIL, 2020 – “OLD BAGS” LUNCHEON WHY SUPPORT ANIMALS SAMARITANS “We know you have many choices when it comes to how to invest your philanthropic dollars, and we take seriously the stewardship of your investment with our organization,” stated Tom Snyder. “According to the Better Business Bureau, the average charity spends 37 cents per dollar of its budget on administration and fundraising. At Animal Samaritans that number is close to10 cents on the dollar. This means the other 90 cents goes to our mission and services.

This is just one of the reasons for more than four decades that Animal Samaritans is among Southern California’s most trusted animal welfare organizations,” Snyder continued.

Animal Samaritans is a 501 (c3) nonprofit and is Coachella Valley’s Lead Animal Welfare organization. The community-at-large can help support Animal Samaritans by donating today or by giving a gift from their estate, will, trust or other financial instrument.

For additional info on Animal Samaritans, please call 760-343-3477 or visit www. animalsamaritans.org.

ANIMAL SAMARITANS story by Madeline Zuckerman. Ms. Zuckerman is Owner of Madeline Zuckerman Marketing & Public Relations, Inc., a full service Marketing Communications firm located in Rancho Mirage, California. She can be reached at 760-328-2880 or at Madeline@ zuckerman-marketing.net

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BY LYNNE TUCKER

WILLOWBROOK APPLE FARM OAK GLEN, CA

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heir orchard was planted in 1910, making our Stayman-Winesap apples over 100 years old. The Swanson Family acquired the farm in 2002 and officially opened Willowbrook Apple Farm in 2004. Through years of dedication and hard work, Willowbrook Apple Farm into a beloved family destination and the bestreviewed farm in Oak Glen. Willowbrook Apple Farm is a small, family-run operation.

They hope you will visit them and allow them to welcome you to Willowbrook Apple Farm.

Their small 100-year-old family farm is nestled against the San Bernardino Mountains in beautiful Oak Glen, CA and they would love to welcome folks to enjoy the farm-life with them.

Star, their mini-donkey, would also like to invite you to visit him…especially if you promise to share one of your apples!

Willowbrook will be opening for apple season on Labor Day Weekend! They will have their old-fashioned apple cider presses for u-press apple cider and their caramel apple dipping station ready to go. Due to our extended winter, their berries are ripening late, so they hope to have some berry picking as well! Their apples are not quite ripe enough for u-pick, so to protect their century-old apple trees they will be waiting to offer u-pick until they are ready. Their best guess – late September. Sign-up for their email list and you will get a notification when u-pick officially opens!

For more information visit their website www.willowbrookapplefarm.com.

(You have my info on me, so I don’t think I need to type it in each article Lynne Tucker is a Travel Writer and Photojournalist based in Palm Desert)

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alm Desert dog groomer, Susan Clark with The Pampered Pet, noticed a large number of dogs with foxtails in her salon this summer. Normally, the few dogs Clark sees with foxtails come from outside the Coachella Valley. However, this year’s rainy winter brought a proliferation of the wild grasses into this area. Clark explains, “The foxtails are horrible this year!

I’ve found them between dogs’ toes, inside the ears, in the genital area, and even in the anal glands. In some cases, pet owners unfamiliar with the spikey dry grass have no idea how dangerous it is.”

Foxtails are common along trails, in fields, in dumps, in marshes, and in meadows. Due to our state’s record wet winter, foxtails are widespread throughout California right now. They can invade a dog’s body through various routes, and can potentially be lethal if left unchecked. Foxtails can dig deep into your dog’s nostril or ear canal or under the skin in no time, and often so fast you don’t notice them. Because they travel, they can infiltrate and perforate internal organs.

A quick stroke of a foxtail with your fingers can help explain why they are so dangerous for dogs. The barbs, though microscopic, only allow for one direction movement, making it difficult to remove them. The awn only stops traveling inside your dog’s body when it comes to a barrier such as a bone

ADORABLE KITTEN Adorable orange tabby & white kitten promises to entertain you with his antics! This 10-week-old male kitten is just one of the many cats & kittens who will greet you at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus shelter, 72-050 Pet Land Place, 1000 Palms. He is cat ID#A1529249.

Contact (760) 343-3644 for hours & directions, www.RCDAS.org

MEET ANGELO Angelo is truly an “Angel” dog! He is mellow, playful, and full of love for his future family. The shelter volunteers love this boy, and Angelo enjoys being brushed & petted.

Come meet him at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus shelter, 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms. He’s dog ID#A1518382. (760) 343-3644.

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or when it pops through the skin. Since they can’t be absorbed or digested, foxtails can end up lodged in the lungs, heart, brain, liver, and other internal organs. This ability to travel and penetrate makes foxtails extremely dangerous, and they can be fatal.

If your dog encounters foxtails, make sure to carefully comb through its coat. Check around the ears, mouth, nose, and between the toes to remove them before they have chance to invade his body.

The severity of the symptoms depends on how far the foxtail awns have penetrated.

Signs your dog had an encounter with foxtails includes: • Excessive sneezing in case of foxtails in the nose • Head shaking if foxtails are inside the ear • Lumps on the skin that are painful to touch • Pawing at the eyes, eye redness, and squinting • Discharge from the point of entry on the skin • Bacterial infection Protecting your pet against this nasty weed can help avoid the devastating effects that come with them. Don’t allow your pooch to roam free in fields. Inspect your

BY JANET McAFEE property, and promptly remove any foxtails growing there. Check your dog for foxtails after outdoor sessions, and brush them to remove any hidden foxtails in their fur.

Dogs that spend a lot of time outdoors and hunting dogs are at higher risk for contact with foxtails. The photo here shows you the plant’s appearance, including the dry awns that are so easily picked up on your dog’s fur.

You can remove foxtails with tweezers if you catch them before they penetrate into the skin. Otherwise, you must seek veterinary help immediately. Time is of the essence in getting medical treatment for a dog with foxtails. My own dog, Natalie, recently visited a rural area with lots of high grasses. Soon Natalie began shaking her head in serious distress and crying out in pain. No foxtails could be visually seen by inspecting her ears. However, a trip to the emergency vet revealed two foxtails lodged deep inside the ear canal. Untreated, this could have ruptured Natalie’s eardrums and caused chronic ear infections.

Enjoy outdoor walks with Fido, but keep an eagle out for these dangerous foxtail grasses!

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THE VINO VOICE

aving spent five weeks throughout Europe this summer, it’s pretty hard to pick one area we enjoyed the most. But the main idea was to follow the famous wine regions to fully experience its total ambiance, and, to adequately write about it.

After a quaint stay in the city of Beaune in the Burgundy wine region, we headed to the South of France. Unexpectedly, when traveling south on the Autoroute along the Rhone River, we encountered so much stop and go traffic, that I had to turn off the motorway and take the more scenic route to Nice. I don’t recommend doing this detour unless you’ve got an additional five hours of drive time. But the sights were fantastic: such stirring rocky heights (this is the French Alps after all) but gorgeous gorges, valleys and river ways that we followed through a myriad of turns and curves.

But I was so beaten after such a fullthrottle excursion that I missed appreciating entering the town of Nice. When thinking of Provence, the mind conjures up images of lavender fields, casting purple hues on rolling hills that match the sunsets. You think of the famous sun-drenched seaside towns of the French Riviera like Nice, Cannes, Saint Tropez, Monaco just to name a few. And the rosé wines produced around these areas have set the standard for all the

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new dry rosés we now see in our stores.

We actually stayed in Villefranchesur-Mer which is a serene and beautiful seacoast town; Nice, on the other hand, has become a metropolis, packed with tourists and crowds. But no matter where you are in the south of France, the pink hues of glasses of rosés against the backdrop of the crystal blue waters of the Cote D’Azure— the French Rivera, are absolutely inviting and you want to just drench yourself with the local nectar.

With the all-pervasive smell of local herbs and the sea—every last little thing, including the style of the typically Provencal dwellings, the scene surrounds you while one appreciates the soft complex flavors of the area’s rosés.

Provence saw the first grapes planted in France, in about 600 BC, by the Greeks.

Romans built on what the Greeks started, realizing 2,000 years ago that Provence had an ideal climate for producing wine: mild winters and long, warm summers which were not too hot thanks to the cooling winds. Obviously, due to its geography, it’s the oldest wine producing region in France.

With the combination of vineyards on the limestone hills and those long summer days, Provence produces red grapes ideal for rosé production such as Syrah, Cinsault, Mouvedre, and Grenache. One of the most

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predominant features that can be found in the wines made from this region is the unmistakable aromatic bouquet of lavender, juniper, thyme and rosemary—famously known as garrigue. Other defining notes can be that of wild strawberry, raspberry, wet slate, mint, salted watermelon and candied grapefruit.

Imports of rosé from Provence have doubled in 2016 to 1.27 million cases of wine which makes it almost an incredible 5000 percent from back in 2001 when the U.S. imported just 17,500 cases. And the amount of Provence rosé continues to soar in our American markets. Just check out the rosé wine aisle and see all of the brands, old and new, awaiting your interest.

One of my favorite rosés is from Familyowned Château Minuty, which sits nestled away on the St. Tropez peninsula in the South of France. It has produced quintessential Provençal rosé wines for three generations and is one of the last estates to harvest

their grapes by hand. Further it has had a longstanding commitment to sustainable farming through biodiversity, land preservation and water management.

I remember first trying the M de Minuty at our famed Palm Desert Food & Wine event. It was the 2016 Rosé that had the classic Provençal pale, dry style showing wild strawberry flavors with a balanced acidity. The aftertaste was lightly perfumed, with herbal hints. It was impressive then and is impressive today.

Recently I tasted the 2018 “M” de Minuty, which is a vibrant dry Rose with a pale pink coral color. Fresh strawberry, orange peel and red currant aromas meld into flavors of nectarines and strawberries with accents of watermelon and minerals; medium body, bright acidity and a racy finish. Comprised of 50% Grenache, 40% Cinsault and 10% Syrah, it’s a well-balanced inviting rose that’s perfect for all occasions.

It also comes bottled in a chic and gorgeous curvy bottle that sits elegantly on the table.

You can find this wine at most markets and it’s reasonably priced at $17.

The other Rosé from Minuty is in a different category. The 2018 Minuty Rose et Or is a summer’s treat at $40. Sophisticated and structured, it is an adult rosé that’s quite versatile, appearing wonderfully as a chilled aperitif, able to serve as a refreshing wine for lunches and light dinners, or simply served to impress your guests. It’s very nuanced and elegant; it’s a sipper when contemplating past loves and life.

Immediately one notices its silvery pink color. There are light fruity aromas and subtle flavors of a tropical fruit medley. Its crisp, dry-yet-fruity medium body owns a long finish with notes of wild strawberry, honeydew melon, minerals, and pink pepper.

It’s such a delightful wine, but let’s face it: most of us aren’t quaffing this on a regular basis. Keep it in mind for that special event or meal. Cheers!

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by Bella Da Ball 8pm, DJs Banks and Ax 10pm EUREKA; IW; 760-834-7700 Live Music 8-10pm FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-7766534 Barry Baughn Blues Band 5:308:30pm

HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760-656-3444 DJ 10pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 Red’s Rockstar Karaoke 9pm HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 Chris Lomeli 7pm HOTEL PASEO; PD; TBA 4-7pm LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-2896736 Lisa LaFaro 7pm LA QUINTA RESORT; LQ; 760-5644111 Steppin Out 6-9pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760325-2794 Hot Roxx 6:30pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760345-2450 Country Night w/ JB & The Big Circle Riders 9pm MASTRO’S; PD; 760-776-6777 Finesse 6:30-10:30pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Karaoke 8pm THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-3655956 Firebug 8pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND COCKTAILS; TP; 760-343-2115 TBA 9pm SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro Brothers 7:30pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S MARKET; PS; 760-3229293 VooDoo Hustlers 7pm STACY’S; PS; 760-620-5003 Matt Coleman 7pm TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-3479985 Karaoke 8pm WANG’S; PS; 760-325-9264 Trio Envy 5-8pm

CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George Christian 6-9pm CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; PD; 760-200-1768 Michael D’Angelo 6:30-9:30pm, DJ 9:30pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 Viva Friday’s w/ DJ Banks 9pm DESERT FOX; PD; 5th Town 9pm DRINGK; RM; 760-888-0111 DJ 9pm ELECTRIC SPORTS LOUNGE; YV; 760228-1199 DJ Ceddy Cedd 9pm EL MEXICALI CAFÉ 2; IND; 760-3422333 Cesar Daniel Lopez on the harp 6-9pm FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-7766534 Gina Carey 5:30-8:30pm FRANK’S PLACE; IW; 760-797-8700 Rebecca Clark 6-9pm GADI’S BAR & GRILL; YV; 760-8201213 TBA 8pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760-656-3444 Karaoke w/ KJ Marjovi 9pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 Versastyle 9pm HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 Keisha D 7pm HOTEL PASEO; PD; Michael Keeth 3-6pm HOT SPOT@SPOTLIGHT 29; Coachella; 760-775-5566 Adrian Crush 8:30pm INDIAN WELLS RESORT HOTEL; IW; 760-345-6466 Bob Allen 6pm JOSHUA TREE SALOON; JT; 760-3662250 Karaoke w/ Troy Michaels 7pm KOKOPELLI’S; YV; 760-228-2589 Karaoke 8pm LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-2896736 Various Artists 7pm LA QUINTA BREWERY; PD; 760-2002597 Giorg Tierez 7pm LA QUINTA RESORT; LQ; 760-5644111 Steppin Out 6-9pm TH 19 HOLE; PD; 760-772-6696 LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760Misconstrued 8pm 325-2794 Hot Roxx 7:30pm 29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367LE FE WINE BAR; PD; 760-565-1430 3505 Micha Schellhaas 6:30pm Michael Keeth 9:30pm ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 TBA LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 7609pm 345-2450 Kevon Tyree 9pm AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT REGENCY; IW; 760-674-4080 Avenida MASTRO’S; PD; 760-776-6777 TBA 6:30-11pm 7-11pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-202PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm 1111 Live Music 6:30pm MIRAMONTE; IW; 760-341-2200 Trio BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 The Social w/ DJs LF, RReal and Mata w/ Envy 5-9pm MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 Eevaan Tre Pequeno Flow 7pm 6-9pm, DJ Pedro Le Bass 9:30pm BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Parick NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Morris, Brian Dennigan and Leon Karaoke 8-1:15am Bisquera 6:30-10pm THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin BIG ROCK PUB; IND; 706-200-8988 Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm The Jagerbombs 8:30pm O’CAINES; RM; 760-202-3311 DJ Tone BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 The 10pm Stanley Butler Trio 6-10pm THE CASCADE LOUNGE, SPA RESORT PALM CANYON ROADHOUSE; PS; 760-327-4080 The Refills 9pm CASINO; PS; 888-999-1995 DJ Chase Martinez 9pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-3655956 Jessica Lea Mayfield and Field CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 The Myx 6:30-10pm Medic 9pm

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CASCADE LOUNGE, SPA RESORT CASINO; PS; 888-999-1995 DJ Michael Wright 9pm CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 The Myx 6:30-10pm CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George Christian 6-9pm CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; PD; 760-200-1768 Abie and Natasha 6:30-9:30pm, DJ 9:30pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 DJ Banks and Mr. Miami 9pm DRINGK; RM; 760-888-0111 DJ 9pm ELECTRIC SPORTS LOUNGE; YV; 760228-1199 DJ Ceddy Cedd 9pm EN VIVO@SPOTLIGHT 29; Coachella; 760-775-5566 Banda Reyna Del Valle 9:30pm FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-7766534 Jack Ruvio 5:30-8:30pm FRANK’S PLACE; IW; 760-797-8700 Rebecca Clark 6-9pm GADI’S BAR & GRILL; YV; 760-8201213 TBA 8pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760-656-3444 DJ Ray 9pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 Pauly Shore 8pm HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 The Carmens 7pm HOT SPOT@SPOTLIGHT 29; Coachella; 760-775-5566 Adrian Crush 8:30pm INDIAN WELLS RESORT HOTEL; IW; 760-345-6466 Bob Allen 6pm KOKOPELLI’S; YV; 760-228-2589 Karaoke 8pm LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-2896736 Eevaan Tre 7pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760325-2794 PS Sound Company 1pm, Hot Roxx 8pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760345-2450 Kevon Tyree 9pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm MIRAMONTE; IW; 760-341-2200 Trio 19TH HOLE; PD; 760-772-6696 Barflys Envy 6-10pm 8pm MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 Derek 29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367Jordan Gregg 6-9pm, DJ Pedro Le Bass 3505 Bev and Bill 6:30pm ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 DJ Sets 9:30pm NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 noon, poolside, and 10pm Karaoke 8pm AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT REGENCY; IW; 760-674-4080 Steppin’ THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm Out 7-11pm O’CAINES; RM; 760-202-3311 DJ Tone AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-20210pm 1111 Cabaret on the Green Open Mic 7:30pm PALM CANYON ROADHOUSE; PS; 760-327-4080 Rock Fixx 9pm BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 The Seven/Six Presents: Spit It Out w/ PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365Willdabeast, G.O.O.N.S., Sol Akiva and 5956 The Shadow Mountain Band 5pm, More… 7pm Black Crystal Wolf Kids 8pm BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Horace PEABODY’S CAFÉ; PS; 760-322-1877 Miller, Brian Denigan and Leon Basquera Karaoke 7:30pm 6:30-10pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND BIG ROCK PUB; IND; 706-200-8988 COCKTAILS; TP; 760-3432115 Red’s Wheel in the Sky 8:30pm Rockstar Karaoke 9pm BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 Gina RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 TBA Carey 6-10pm 9pm

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ark, rich and velvety, nothing can compare to this Mexican cuisine king of sauces, the royal Mole.

There’s a rule of thumb that I usually follow when dinning out. I believe that if I can make it at home (because I do love to cook), I won’t order it out. I would rather indulge in menu items that are challenging, and highlight the chosen restaurants uniqueness and expertise. One such item is Mole. It is a sauce that has a mile long list of ingredients, and immensely time consuming. I mean, I could try my hand at it, but I’d much rather leave it to the pro’s, and just be on hand to joyfully eat it….every drop of it.

Mole has a long history and has been around since the 17th century. Its origins are traced to the Puebla and Oaxaca regions of Mexico. Mole (molli) comes from the Nahuatl word for sauce. As I mentioned, the sauce has many ingredients that assist in making it so amazingly delicious. There are variations, but traditional Mole incorporates different chilies (usually ancho and chipotle) tomatoes, tomatillos, nuts, raisins, spices such as cumin and cinnamon, onions, garlic, chicken broth and one of the most distinctive ingredients to the sauce, chocolate, plus about another dozen elements. Yeah, it’s a lot!

Mole can be served as an accompaniment to different food items such as chicken, burritos, eggs, enchiladas, tamales, and as I see it, just about anything. Over the years, I have tried Mole at different Coachella Valley Mexican restaurants, and as I’ve said before in different reviews, I sometimes use it as a scale to determine the restaurants quality.

Here are some of the stand out Mole’s that

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I have tried and absolutely loved, hopefully you will too.

El Mirasol- I remember first going to this long established Palm Springs Mexican favorite over 20 years ago and falling in love with it. My dear friend Steve Johns took me there, and I’ve never stopped going since. Back then I would order the Spinach Enchiladas (which I still order now). But desiring to try something new, I later tried their Pollo Mole Poblano, and that was that.

It was the first time I had tried the Mole, and from then on I was addicted. Rich, deep and luscious with a hint of heat, the sauce threw me for a loop! After that, I went back to my Spinach Enchiladas, but always with a side of Mole. www.elmirasolcocinamexicana. menutoeat.com.

Macarios Grill- When you ask someone who loves Mexican food, where to find the best in the Coachella Valley, Macarios will most likely come up as a recommendation.

Located off of Indio Blvd, the once residential house sits confidently alone, as hungry diners flock to it on any given day. The interior offers a homey feel, and the service accentuates it with lots of smiles and genuine attention.

There is usually live music provided by a talented guitarist that lends to the ambiance.

I have come to enjoy certain menu items at Macarios. And although I keep meaning to try different selections such as their Huachinango, fresh whole snapper with their al mojo de ajo sauce (garlic and olive oil), I keep gravitating to my favorites there, like the Chiles Gueritos (yellow peppers stuffed with shrimp and octopus, topped with melted jack cheese), Camarones Galicia

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(bacon wrapped shrimp in a creamy chipotle sauce) and of course their Mole Enchiladas.

The Mole Enchiladas are filled with chicken, smothered with Mole sauce and topped with fresh queso. I always ask for an extra side of Mole, because that’s how I roll, and I really just can’t get enough of it. The velvety sauce oozes with luxury, making each bite beckon another. I can’t wait to go back! www. macariosgrill.com.

Casa de Silvia- This spot is a rising star on the Coachella Valley Mexican restaurant scene. The little nook in Old Town Indio is family owned and operated, and they are known for their award winning tamales.

But honestly all the food at Casa de Silvia’s is incredible, and I am not throwing that compliment around as hyperbole. The have off the chart Mole, which is one of the spiciest that I’ve tasted. But it works, as the dark lavish sauce commands attention, taking center stage on any plate. They serve it as part as a chicken tamale dish, the Del Sur, and also with chicken breast in the menu selection, Abuellas Mole. I had it as part of

the Del Sur, and as a side (big surprise) to my Chile Verde, just so that I could dip my tortilla in it. Yes, it’s that good! Located at 82-720 Miles Ave, Indio 92201.

My quest for more outstanding Mole continues, and it’s a food adventure that I revel in. If you have yet to try Mole, I encourage you to do so. It is one of the most amazing and complex sauces out there in foodie land, with a heritage as rich as its flavor. Wholly Mole indeed!

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he way that brewers would store their beer in the medieval period was in ice lined caves, dug beneath the dense, spreading canopies of chestnut trees. It was said that in the warm summer months, the beers would mature in cold storage by sitting in cellars lined with ice from nearby rivers and lakes, which is a statement that makes no sense to me since I live in the Coachella Valley and am confused anytime I’m not half a heatstroke away from ending my day. What kinds of summers do they have over there in Germany where chunks of ice are literally just laying around in July? I feel like the first person to hear about ice lined caves during the summer probably was too polite to call bullshit, and now we’re stuck with that story.

Whatever. Before the advent of electricity and refrigeration, these forest cellars full of beer were commonplace, and that’s where the term “beer garden” came from.

I would totally believe that line if I wasn’t already suspicious of the summertime icecave stories, but I digress. Once electricity and refrigeration made the need for these caves obsolete, lagers made with bottomfermenting yeast became the most sought after in the land, and beer made with topfermenting ale yeast became the old-school exception.

Just as there are brewers today who shun new trends, European brewers back then weren’t much different. Seeing the rise of lagers as an affront to their sense of

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THE BEST BEER YOU EVER HAD – ALTBIER

BY AARON RAMSON

tradition, two cities in particular stuck to their guns and defined styles of beer that became synonymous with their regions.

In Cologne, they brewed a pale, fruity and crisp ale that they’d cold cellar like a lager, called a Kolsch. In Dusseldorf, they also cold cellared the ale they brewed, only theirs was a much different beer than the Kolsch.

Proudly bucking trends, they called this beer “alt”, the German word for old, as a nod to it being made with the old-style ale yeast.

The title Altbier also refers to the beer being

cold conditioned for months before serving, rendering it old compared to the way that many ales were present use, meaning they were brewed and consumed very quickly.

Altbier is classified as an amber-hybrid and shares many traits familiar to anyone who’s ever had an amber ale. While American ambers are usually full of caramel and citrus notes from the choices of malt and hop used, the German altbier is grainy and robust with cherry-like esters and a lightly woody bitterness from noble hops.

A stronger variety of alt became known as the secret, or Sticke (pronounced shtick-uh) alt. Originally created as a brewer’s reserve, the Sticke was higher alcohol, with more complexity and flavor, and is regarded as a “double” altbier.

The most commonly found altbier in the American mainstream market is Alaskan Brewing’s Amber Ale. Identified as an “Alt Style Beer” on the label, this ale is fermented slowly at colder temperatures, causing an aged, or older beer. At 5.3% ABV and 18 IBU’s, Alaskan’s Amber is a clean, easy drinking beer that leans on caramel flavors in its malt-forward approach. Nothing beats a true German alt, and Uerige Sticke is hands-down one of the best beers I have ever tasted.

At 6% ABV and 65 IBU’s, Uerige’s Sticke is much more robust in its flavor, tasting intensely like liquid brown bread. Rich with toffee and raisin flavors yet finishing dry with a silky mouthfeel, this beer drinks decadently, and is a testament to the character of old-world brewing. Skillfully made to be wholly unique, this is the beer that made me a fan of the style and has me interested in brewing a Sticke alt-style beer in the near future.

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he passing of counter-culture icon Peter Fonda last weekend jolted me.

The first time I met him was at a preview screening of “Easy Rider” at what was then USC’s fledgling Cinema department in a beat-up old building we called the barracks.

The early cut of the movie blew me away.

At the time I had never experienced a movie that so acutely defined the alienation I felt from what I assumed to be the sacred soul of the America I was taught as a kid. I felt I was

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REMEMBERING PETER FONDA alone. I said it was my private film and that the tag line “They Went Looking for America and couldn’t find it” almost made me cry. But of course, “Wyatt” (Peter Fonda) and “Billy” (Dennis Hopper) did find the soul of America.

I said, I thought the 50-year-old movie was a relevant as ever. Fonda just sadly nodded his head.

The movie went on to be among the biggest grossing films of the year.

But in my opinion “The Hired Hand” is Fonda’s masterpiece. (He directed and starred). It’s worth finding this overlooked gem that’s reminiscent of some the classic westerns featuring his father (like 1946’s “My Darling Clementine”) Peter Henry Fonda was 79 and still working up to his death from lung cancer.

This generous, gentle and gracious man will be missed. RIP

the sole target demographic for the movie and told Fonda so. I shared some of my experiences being a Conscientious Objector -- to involvement in the Vietnam war -- and the subsequent years of FBI harassment and so on. It was brutal...

The last time I talked to him was a chance encounter when he was staying at Two Bunch Palms Spa a few years ago. We reminisced about the wildly receptive USC screening and I thanked him for the movie and again reflected how it felt like it was made for me

NEW BLU FOR THE HOME THEATER: WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961)

Philip Dunne directs Clifford Odets’ thoughtful screenplay that mixes melodrama and music in a surprisingly emotional story that marks The King’s farewell to serious drama that lets the iconic singer show off some fine acting chops.

Elvis plays a Shenandoah Valley delinquent whose angry temperament masks a talent for writing that just might help him escape to a brighter future. Tuesday Weld (!) and Millie Perkins play, respectively, his sultry cousin and childhood sweetheart who compete for his affections. Hope Lang is a supportive psychiatrist. John Ireland and Gary Lockwood are a father and son who have it in for our rebel hero.

Four Presley tunes and a score by the great Kenyon Hopkins grace the soundtrack.

Twilight Time Movies limited edition.

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THE BANANA SPLITS MOVIE The cult-favorite animal rock band from Hanna-Barbera’s 1968 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour variety program is back with a blood-splattered vengeance!

As much as I loved The Banana Splits growing up, there is no doubt there was always something more than a little weird about Bingo, Fleegle, Snorky and Drooper as the quartet of instrument-playing animals (?) at the center of the series. That air of eeriness is exploited to the max in the new horror film that hijacks the concept for all it’s worth.

The film follows a boy named Harley and his family as they go to a taping of the original TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled

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birthday for young Harley. But things take an unexpected turn – and the body count quickly rises. Can young birthday boy Harley, his mom and their new pals escape to safety?

(Do you really care?).

It’s not often one has the opportunity to get nostalgic and horrified at the same time.

If this dual emotion is something you desire, then check out the trippy 60’s characters in this all- new tale about fear, power and an oversize puppet rock-band.

This new iteration stars Dani Kind, Finlay Woitak-Hissong, Romeo Carere, Steve Lund and Sara Canning. Eric Bauza voices all Banana Splits “members” Bingo, Fleegle, Snorky and Drooner. The movie premiered on SYFY last October. Warner Bro. Home Ent. POMS

It’s never too late to show your team spirit. This upbeat comedy is about a woman of a certain age who revisits her passion for cheerleading and forms a squad at a retirement community inspiring those around her to live life to the fullest.

The film features Diane Keaton, Pam Grier, Celia Weston and Rhea Perlman. Better than expected. Universal Pictures Home Ent. robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

BOOK REVIEW

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"ALONE WITH YOU"

BY MARISA SILVER STORIES

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t’s tough being an adult. There are so many choices and important decisions to make. Often the baggage of our past weighs us down and gets in the way of clear thinking. The short stories in Alone With You

by Marisa Silver (Simon & Schuster, 167 pages) reveal that the things we think we want may not be what we most need.

There are eight stories in this collection and each has a complicated protagonist whose life is affected by someone close to them either in their past or present.

“Temporary” is about a young woman who moves to Los Angeles from Oklahoma, after the death of her mother. It is a different world and she does her best to fit in, but finds that no matter what she does, or the friends she makes, she will always be an outsider.

A woman’s small dog seems to commit suicide in the story “Leap.” After the dog recovers, she and her husband cannot find reasons to stay together any longer. Her heart broken once, now seems immune to emotional pain.

“The Visitor” finds a nurse assistant who works at a VA hospital preoccupied by imagining the inner lives of her patients and taunts them as they cope with debilitating

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physical and mental maladies.

In “Three Girls,” the past haunts the memories of a woman as she recalls how her family life may have contributed to her bad behaviors and self-destructive tendencies.

When a woman with mental disabilities gets pregnant, her parents are challenged to deal with the situation in “Pond.” The parents keep the baby and must tend to both their adult daughter and growing grandson. At times the extended family copes, but it is also far more challenging and all consuming than they had originally imagined.

“Night Train to Frankfurt” is about a daughter who decides to escort her mother to Germany for a treatment that may save her from cancer. With no other hope for a cure, it doesn’t matter the consequences, as much as surviving the journey.

Polish immigrants struggle to raise their son “In the New World” where the culture and lifestyle is hard to understand and their son difficult to relate to. The way the parents were raised in Poland cannot be translated into American life and a father fails to adapt.

The title story, “Alone With You,” is about the last ditch effort of a family being together for one last memorable vacation. As events unfold, the past and future converge and the trip is a success.

Typically, one or two stories stand out as favorites, but in this collection each story has a subtle impact that continued to resonate.

To the wonderful, regular readers of this column who reach out with favorite books and

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authors, you know I love short story collections and do my best to seek them out to share with you. I know there are those of you who don’t like the short story genre – preferring long reads with a standard plot sequence, which is fine.

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But, Marisa Silver’s Alone With You is an extraordinary collection and exemplifies how powerful and brilliant short stories can be. She is both a skilled writer and a gifted storyteller.

She is able to delve into the hearts and minds of men, women, and children to reveal our universal fears, weaknesses, desires, and dark secrets. And, she does it with efficiency, style and depth.

Our human condition is not unique. We are more alike than different. What affects us personally, impacts us for life.

FROM THE CHIEFS CORNER

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

LIGHTS OUT–BRUSH FIRE–ARE YOU PREPARED?

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s California moves into the heart of our (now year-round) wildland fire season, we have a new challenge to confront,” says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.

Several major utility companies have already begun issuing “public safety power shutoffs” to communities threatened by wildland fires or experiencing red flag conditions. The utility companies’ actions are a direct result of lawsuits they’re facing following allegations their electrical transmission lines caused some of the state’s most destructive fires over the past few years.

Such preventive measures are welcome because they may significantly curb fire starts.

But the measures create another problem for firefighters. Power outages cause a surge in calls to 911. The greater the area affected and the longer the amount of time the power remains out, the more calls come in.

With crews deployed to fight brush fires or staged for quick fire response, we will struggle to respond to power-related calls. That means we, as firefighters and fire service leaders need to help our citizens prepare — and do so quickly.

We need your help to: Emphasize to community members what it will mean to live without power for several days. Create checklists of items people should have on hand, from bottled water to flashlights to medicines to spare batteries for powering cell phones and tablets.

Remind your constituents that WiFi runs on power, and cellular capabilities may be quickly overwhelmed in an outage. It seems obvious, but we are so reliant on texting and looking up information online that we sometimes fail to realize what life will be like without that ability.

Reach out to vulnerable citizens to help them prepare. Those who rely on oxygen equipment or dialysis machines must have a plan to evacuate or at the very least, backup power.

Preplan evacuations and backup plans with critical businesses. Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, senior-citizen housing, schools and daycare facilities all need special attention.

Most of these facilities will have some sort

of emergency power, but some will not. And generators are rarely enough to power all needed functions.

Establish and communicate the locations of cooling zones and shelters that will be available in the event of power outages. Although those who can fare on their own should remain in their homes, elderly people, very young children and sick or disabled people may need to be taken to a location where air conditioning and supplies are available.

Encourage homeowners and business owners to install generators. The city of Lompoc, for example, has initiated a program to waive permits for the installation of backup generators.

When traffic lights go down, who directs traffic? Do you have temporary signage that can be quickly deployed? How are evacuation routes marked? Power outages also frequently lead to an increase in traffic accidents.

Test your emergency communication systems and alerts. Your agency will be judged in part on how quickly and accurately you convey information to the public.

A public safety power shutoff may prevent some wildfires, but it will create a lot more “hotspots” requiring our attention as first responders. Our services are likely to be in such high demand that we’ll probably be quickly overwhelmed. That’s why we need to get the word out now that we can’t do it alone.

Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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t a time when most of us should be thinking of vacations in places infinitely cooler than the Coachella Valley, another school year begins. As explained to me, these earlier and earlier school year starts have something to do with government budgeting. Whatever the reason, common sense (which is not part of the common core curriculum) would suggest that a new school year should start around October 1st and go through June given our summer temperatures.

The National Center for Educational Statistics estimates that we spend approximately $14,000 per year to educate each of our nearly 51 million students in public K-12 schools or more than $700 Billion annually. This does not include another 6 million students in private K-12 schools in the United States or the 20 million people attending U.S. colleges and universities.

Spending at post-secondary schools annually totals an estimated $600 billion meaning that the United States spends more than $1.3 trillion each year on education.

By the end of the new school year, we will have 1 million more Americans with associate degrees, 2 million more with bachelor’s degrees, 820,000 more with Master degrees and 184,000 more with a doctorate or Ph.D. for all of that money.

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According to the OECD and in comparison with other developed countries, the United States spends nearly 60% more per student than other developed countries yet gets lower results.

On the opposite side of the education scale, 67% of students who cannot read to a 4th grade level will someday end up in jail. Ninety percent of high school dropouts end up on welfare while 70%. If a child is not a proficient reader by 3rd grade, their chance of dropping out of school increases four-fold. Learning to read is fundamental to avoiding a grim future.

Approximately 12% of the world is illiterate with Africa having the lowest literacy rate at 50%. In the South Sudan, only 27% of their people can read.

According to CNBC, the least literate city in the United States is Visalia, California. The National Council for Home Safety found that

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Visalia is the 61st most dangerous city in the United States. The most dangerous? The western suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.

Countries with near perfect literacy rates include Finland, Greenland, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Norway. The most literate city in the United States is Ann Arbor, Michigan. Closer to home, San Diego is the 20th most literate city while the San Jose – San Francisco corridor ranks 3rd and 5th, respectively.

Where little to no education often leads to a very hard life in America, those admitted to America’s most elite colleges and universities have a better than average chance of financial success. According to Forbes, 44% of America’s billionaires attended elite colleges. When ranking the most powerful people in the United States, Forbes found that 85% of the most powerful men and 56% of powerful women attended these top schools such as Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Stanford, etc.

While Harvard is the oldest university in the United States having started in 1636, it is a mere youngster when compared with the oldest continuously operating school in the world. That honor goes to the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco. That school opened its doors in 859. For those unfamiliar with the university, it is considered one of the leading spiritual and educational centers in the

Muslim world similar to Harvard here at home.

Some Britons like to think that they have the oldest school in the world. The King’s School in Canterbury UK was founded in 597.

The school shut down within 100 years but reopened in the 1540s.

The first English speaking university was the University of Oxford which was founded in 1096 and continues to this day.

And where were the first schools in world history? Starting around 3,500 BC, they appeared in the southern Mesopotamian region that is known today as Iraq.

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LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

AN ACCIDENT IS NOT AN INTENTIONAL ACT

e must forgive an at fault driver for an accident, because it is just that... an accident and not an intentional act. The accident victim deserves to be fairly compensated for their pain and suffering. However, what goes into determining value?

Unfortunately being in an accident does not mean you will receive a fair settlement offer from the insurance company. You did not win the lottery because you were rear ended.

Many potential clients do not understand why their case is not as valuable as their neighbors...with the same facts.

For a successful Accident case you must: 1. STOP and take cell phone pictures of cars and injuries. Call the police even if no apparent injuries.

2. Don’t talk to police or insurance!

3. TAKE DOWN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. The insurance companies are watching your Facebook and Twitter posts which may show you playing sports or talking about a vacation.

This arguably suggests you are OK and do not need medical treatment and that you are CERTAINABLY able to lift your luggage.

4. Get medical attention immediately, preferably by ambulance. Many Victims do not realize the severity of an injury and do not seek immediate treatment. Later they realize the pain they are experiencing is accident related. Some victims do not take an ambulance because they have to pick up their kids or because they are concerned about the hospital and ambulance costs. Without immediate medical treatment in the first 3

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days, many lawyers are not interested in the case. This is because the insurance company will argue if the victim was really injured they would have sought immediate medical treatment.

5. The Victim should NOT give the hospital their Medicare/Medicaid information.

Once Medicare/Medicaid is notified it takes 6-12 months to get them to respond to lien payment information. In addition there is a new law that the only medical bills that can be considered by the jury are those not paid by any insurance or Medicare/ Medicaid. Today the insurance co has a computer program (Colossus) that analyzes the property damage and whether you took take an ambulance, the amount of the medical bills, appointments missed, number of treatments, etc. It then spits out a settlement value.

6. Contact a Lawyer immediately so the insurance co can’t contact you. If you are not represented by an attorney, the insurance company can contact you and try to get a statement. Your lawyer will never know what you said or what the adjuster/investigator thought s/he heard you say. With a lawyer there is less of a chance for a “mistake” by the insurance company.

7. Ask your lawyer for assistance in obtaining medical care on a lien.

8. Go to your lawyer’s body shop.

Insurance companies recommend body shops with whom they have a working relationship and who agree to keep the damage estimates low. When settling the case, the adjuster argues since the property

damage is low, then how could the Victim have been injured. The last thing a lawyer wants is for his client to get his friend to fix the car cheaply.

9. You should have high auto liability and UM coverage because many of our CV neighbors have no insurance or inadequate limits. Be sure you have Medical Payments coverage.

No matter who is at fault you can present a claim under the med pay section of your policy for up to that amount of money to pay your medical bills. With $25,000 of med pay coverage you can collect up to $25,000 from your own policy no matter who is at fault.

10. Follow your lawyers’ instructions.

11. Do not sign anything. It could be a release or an authorization for medical records. Do not trust the adjuster who says if you have further problems they will take care of it.

Remember: Silence is Golden and Handcuffs are Silver so DON’T TALK to POLICE

without your lawyer’s permission.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s not cost-efficient to recycle plastic. Sorting and processing the used materials to make them available for fresh stuff is at least as expensive as creating new plastic items from scratch. On the other hand, sending used plastic to a recycling center makes it far less likely that it will end up in the oceans and waterways, harming living creatures. So in this case, the short-term financial argument in favor of recycling is insubstantial, whereas the moral argument is strong. I invite you to apply a similar perspective to your upcoming decisions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): African American slaves suffered many horrendous deprivations. For example, it was illegal for them to learn to read.

Their oppressors feared that educated slaves would be better equipped to agitate for freedom, and took extreme measures to keep them illiterate. Frederick Douglass was one slave who managed to beat the ban. As he secretly mastered the art of reading and writing, he came upon literature that ultimately emboldened him to escape his “owners” and flee to safety. He became one of the nineteenth century’s most powerful abolitionists, producing reams of influential writing and speeches. I propose that we make Douglass your inspiring role model for the coming months. I think you’re ready to break the hold of a certain curse—and go on to achieve a gritty success that the curse had prevented you from accomplishing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For twenty-five years, businessman Don Thompson worked for the McDonald’s fast food company, including three years as its CEO. During that time, he oversaw the sale and consumption of millions of hamburgers.

But in 2015, he left McDonald’s and became part of Beyond Meat, a company that sells vegan alternatives to meat. I could see you undergoing an equally dramatic shift in the coming months, Gemini: a transition into a new role that resembles but is also very different from a role you’ve been playing. I urge you to step up your fantasies about what that change might entail.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot,” wrote author Audre Lorde. As an astrologer I would add this nuance: although what Lourde says is true, some phases of your life are more favorable than others to seek deep and rapid education. For example, the coming weeks will bring you especially rich teachings if you incite the learning process now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The American idiom “stay in your lane” has come to mean “mind your own business,” and usually has a pejorative sense.

But I’d like to expand it and soften it for your use in the coming weeks. Let’s define it as meaning “stick to what you’re good at and know about” or “don’t try to operate outside your area of expertise” or “express yourself in ways that you have earned the right to do.” Author Zadie Smith says that this is good advice for writers. “You have to work out what it is you can’t do, obscure it, and focus on what works,” she attests. Apply that counsel to your own sphere or field, Leo. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Yisrael Kristal was a Polish Jew born under the sign of Virgo in 1903.

His father was a scholar of the Torah, and he began studying Judaism and learning Hebrew at age three.

He lived a long life and had many adventures, working as a candle-maker and a candy-maker.

When the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, Kristal emerged as one of the survivors. He went on to live to the age of 113. Because of the chaos of World War I, he had never gotten to do his bar mitzvah when he’d turned thirteen. So he did it much later, in his old age. I foresee a comparable event coming up soon in your life, Virgo. You will claim a reward or observe a milestone or collect a blessing you weren’t able to enjoy earlier.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sailors have used compasses to navigate since the eleventh century.

But that tool wasn’t enough to guide them. A

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thorough knowledge of the night sky’s stars was a crucial aid. Skill at reading the ever-changing ocean currents always proved valuable. Another helpful trick was to take birds on the ships as collaborators.

While at sea, if the birds flew off and returned, the sailors knew there was no land close by. If the birds didn’t return, chances were good that land was near.

I bring this to your attention, Libra, because I think it’s an excellent time to gather a number of different navigational tools for your upcoming quest. One won’t be enough.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What do you want from the allies who aren’t your lovers? What feelings do you most enjoy while you’re in the company of your interesting, non-romantic companions?

For instance, maybe you like to be respected and appreciated. Or perhaps what’s most important to you is to experience the fun of being challenged and stimulated. Maybe your favorite feeling is the spirit of collaboration and comradeship. Or maybe all of the above. In any case, Scorpio, I urge you to get clear about what you want—and then make it your priority to foster it. In the coming weeks, you’ll have the power to generate an abundance of your favorite kind of non-sexual togetherness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As the CEO of the clothes company Zappos, Sagittarius entrepreneur Tony Hsieh is worth almost a billion dollars. If he chose, he could live in a mansion by the sea. Yet his home is a 200-square-foot, $48,000 trailer in Las Vegas, where he also keeps his pet alpaca. To be clear, he owns the entire trailer park, which consists of 30 other trailers, all of which are immaculate hotbeds of high-tech media technology where interesting people live. He loves the community he has created, which is more important to him than status and privilege. “For me, experiences are more meaningful than stuff,” he says. “I have way more experiences here.” I’d love to see you reaffirm your commitment to priorities like his in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’ll be a favorable time to do so.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Medical researcher Jonas Salk developed a successful polio vaccine, so he had a strong rational mind. Here’s how he described his relationship with his nonrational way of knowing. He said, “It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It’s my partner.”

I bring this up, Capricorn, because the coming weeks will be a favorable time to celebrate and cultivate your own intuition. You may generate amazing results as you learn to trust it more and figure out how to deepen your relationship with it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian environmentalist Edward Abbey once formulated a concise list of his requirements for living well.

“One must be reasonable in one’s demands on life,” he wrote. “For myself, all that I ask is: 1. accurate information; 2. coherent knowledge; 3. deep understanding; 4. infinite loving wisdom; 5. no more kidney stones, please.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to create your own tally of the Five Crucial Provisions. Be bold and precise as you inform life about your needs.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We may be surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers,” wrote author Janette Oke. I suspect that observation will apply to you in the coming weeks.

If you’re an atheist or agnostic, I’ll rephrase her formulation for you: “We may be surprised at whom Life sends to answer our entreaties.” There’s only one important thing you have to do to cooperate with this experience: set aside your expectations about how help and blessings might appear.

Poet Muriel Rukeyser said, “The world is made of stories, not atoms.” I’d add, “You are made of stories, too.” What’s your favorite story that you’re made of? FreeWillAstrology.com ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny - Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

SWAG FOR THESOUL

BY AIMEE MOSCO

PROJECTING WITH PURPOSE

“We are creators. Some people have artfully mastered this process while others are still in training. We all have great potential in this arena but like anything, it requires planning, dedication, and focus to be skilled at creating.” – Daily Agreements, Guidelines & Intentions, by Aimee Mosco and Donald L. Ferguson, page 89. t is helpful to view your most desired achievements as co-creative endeavors.

Even if you are a leader, a loner, or a person who believes the only way to get things done right is to do them yourself, you truly do not achieve anything without support in some form.

The fundamental building blocks of creation are magnetic. The energies you lay as a platform for manifestation act like homing beacons for compatible energetic fuels, such as events and people, to support your creation process. These unseen energetic forces represent a collection of resources that are at your disposal. When you know how to invite them in with purpose, they serve to support your highest potential for achievement.

You sit in the center of your creation platform. Being mindful of what you project from within yourself proves useful since your energetic projections act as invitations to the Universe. Consider what signals you are currently sending out. Do your projections align with what it is you are intending to create? Are they magnetizing support for successful achievement of your goals?

For example: if you are looking to grow a successful business, are you projecting energies from within that tell potential customers you are worthy of their trust? If you have developed trust in your instincts and feel confident in yourself, you are projecting “trust” as a signal. You are effectively sending out an energetic invitation to the Universe to deliver customers who will trust and support you as well. If after contemplating your projections you realize that you are lacking self-confidence and are sabotaging yourself in any way with your projections, it’s time to

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take active measures to change the signals you emit.

Try this.

Think about what kinds of projected energetic messages draw support for success.

Make a list of the ones you think will help you most effectively and efficiently achieve your goals.

Turn that list into an exercise that begins with this statement of affirmation: “I am projecting from my energy field the highest possible energetic expression of…” and read your list.

When you refer to this list with repetition and regularity, you are actively committing yourself to managing the projections of your energy field, therefore managing what energies are coming back to you as fuel for your creations.

In my pursuit to help you put your best foot forward, I invite you to join Facebook group Evolve through Love hosted by Elizabeth Scarcella, BB Ingle and me. Go to facebook.com/groups/evolvethroughlove and share with us your wisdom.

Aimee Mosco is an Author, Intuitive Channel, Spiritual Teacher and Co-Founder of Intentional Healing Systems, LLC. Aimee’s passion for helping others inspired her book “Gratitude + Forgiveness x (LOVE) = Happiness”. For more information, find Aimee at ihsunity.com

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ollective Strategies a Certified Small (S.B.E.), Minority (M.B.E.) and Small Local Business Enterprise (S.L.B.E.), organized The State of Cannabiz 2019 Summit at the Adelanto Sports Stadium on August 10. Collective Strategies provides business and workforce development opportunities for underrepresented business sectors and industries. www.StateOfCannabiz.com.

Over 500 attendees listened to panels presenting cannabis cultivation, cannabis and veterans, cannabis laws, cannabis social justice, and cannabis comedy hour. It closed with a cannabis culinary demonstration. Vendors displayed their products and services for the cannabis entrepreneur. I shared the cannabis and medicine panel with Lanny Swerdlow from Brownie Democrats, and Kristine Amobi from Rebalan.

Unique to this summit was the panel on cannabis social justice which included Jazmin Aguiar from The Working Group, Cheryl Branch from Green Believers (GB) and Luis Rivera from Collective Strategies.

Green Believers Social Equity Incubator, established in Los Angeles, is a network with a plethora of nationally recognized cannabis experts, ranging from CPA’s, faith-based leaders to scientists that provide tools needed to convert illegal cannabis cultivators, manufacturers and dispensaries into legal businesses.

There are over 4000 pages to the law which changes every six months. GB mentors these previously legal cannabis enterprises under the 1996 law but became illegal within 24hrs by the 2018 adult cannabis law. GB provides remedial reading, interpretation of profit and loss statements, implementation computer technology to run up front sales, tax laws, safety and control of products.

They are a true community organization dedicated to reducing the black market.

A shout out goes to Eric Goepel who started Veteran Cannabis Coalition. This organization lobbies the federal government to legalize medical cannabis as research has shown its effectiveness for treating PTSD. PTSD untreated can lead to suicide. In 2016, the most recent data available, about 20 veterans a day across the country take their own lives.

Another survey by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America last fall found that more than half of their members know a post-Sept. 11 service member who committed suicide, even though only 8 percent of the country’s population has served in the military.

Eric encouraged attendees to become involved

in political activism as currently no congressman or senator, Republican or Democrat has pushed this issue. While we have a Democratic Congress there is still no action to bring bills to the Senate. This is a disheartening result of the pharmaceutical industry giving large sums of money to both parties. While there are many bills in congress they are going nowhere. Whether Eric’s opinion is reality or not we all must recognize the power we have as voters. It appears as if Senators Feinstein and Harris are doing nothing for the cause.

Ease.com presented results from a data base of over 450,000 cannabis consumers and usage data based on nearly 4,000 survey respondents. 2018 became the year of the female consumer which grew by 92%. Baby boomers are driving the CBD surge.

Female boomers made up 29% increase. Millenials were most likely to reduce alcohol consumption.

Gen Z was most likely to reduce or eliminate tobacco use. In general cannabis consumers reduced their reliance on over the counter medication by 71% and prescription medication by over 35%.

Attending cannabis conferences is an excellent way for a novice to peruse the different products and learn the science behind this 5,000-year-old plant ingested for medicinal purposes. There is always great music food and entertainment for everyone.

Download a code reader on your phone before attending. This allows you to read the lab results on the bottle. Tinctures should have a graduated dropper with hash marks for 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1ml.

The label should tell you the potency of the product specifically how many milligrams of cannabis is in one ml. Starting with tinctures is the best for novice consumers. Edibles is difficult to control so is best left to advice from a medical person.

If you have tried cannabis and did not receive a positive response obtain advice from a nurse or physician who has expertise in cannabis application.

Contact holisticcaring.com for medical professional advice on using cannabis.

Ruth Hill – hilruth@gmail.com

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