Coachella Valley Weekly - September 19 to September 25, 2019 Vol. 8 No. 27 by CV Weekly

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NICO FLORES OF SE7EN4

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2019 CV MUSIC AWARDS WINNER FOR ‘BEST PUNK BAND’ & ‘BEST FRONTMAN’

BY NOE GUTIERREZ

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CONTENTS Nico Flores of Se7en4............................. 3 Derek Jordan Gregg .............................. 5 Anne-Britt .............................................. 6 Theatre - CV Rep Conservatory............. 6 Luis Fonsi at Fantasy Springs ................ 7 Adam Lambert at Fantasy Springs ........ 7 Consider This - Bleached........................ 8 Personal Profile - Karen Devine ........... 9 Travel Tips 4 U - Imago Galleries........... 9 Pet Place ............................................... 10

A TRIP TO HIS BRAIN

ust so you know, Nico Flores doesn’t do cake and ice cream for his birthday. What does the ‘Best Frontman’ of the ‘Best Punk Band’ in the Coachella Valley prefer? Cookies! Flores (vocals), Steve Hall (drums), Trevino Martin DeBajo (bass) and Chris Williams (guitars) will be taking their brand of desert rock to Hollywood once again to perform with Punk Rock-Rasta Soul rockers (HED) p.e. at Whisky A Go-Go on Thursday, September 19th. Flores took some time out from his birthday celebration, kicking it with family and eating cookies to talk to Coachella Valley Weekly. CVW: You have a show on 9/19 at the Whisky with (HED) p.e. How stoked are you and the band? Flores: “There’s two bands that I grew up listening to and the guys that inspired me to

be a frontman, SNOT and (HED) p.e. We’ve opened for SNOT before and now I get to play with (HED) p.e., it’s a bucket list thing for me, I’m pretty fuckin’ excited! The Whisky just called us one day and offered us a direct support slot. The last time we played there was with PRONG. It was a sold-out show and we got to hang out with the band and Tommy Victor.” CVW: It must be a challenge to be so separated by distance as a band. How have you made it work? Flores: “Steve’s in Los Angeles, Trev lives in Santa Cruz, Chris is in Yucca Valley and I’m in Palm Desert. We’re all just keeping in touch on the phone. We rehearse at West L.A. Studios sometimes for four hours straight. Our last rehearsal was super-tight so now we come back with a set list and determine a song order and how we’re going to come out. Back in the day, when we were in our 20’s we would practice every weekend and it was fun. Now we all live in different towns. Now it’s an excuse to get together. We set it up,

shoot the shit and goof around, get tight and happy with it.” CVW: Your full-length album Let’s Get High and Fight was released in 2014 and has one of the best Rock songs to come out of the desert, Incomplete. How is the new Se7en4 music coming along? Flores: “The newer music is a little more Punk. It’s a little faster and a little harder. Steve and I were listening to some of our older music and we talked about how we used to play fast shit all the time that was more Thrash and high energy. After this show we’re going to focus on new music and record a new album. Mikey Doling (SNOT, Soulfly, Channel Zero) has been bugging me and he now has a new studio. I’m excited. I think by the end of summer, we’ll have enough material.” CVW: Congratulations on your ‘Best Frontman’ CVMA win. There’s definitely an art to what you do on stage. What drives you? Flores: “I’m a fuckin’ old guy, these young guys need to step it up. I love doing it. Every artist must express themselves in different ways. It’s a great outlet for me. I love being up there. I love the energy the crowd gives back. It’s very rare that I’m not feeling it.” CVW: Congratulations on your ‘Best Punk Band’ win also. Punk Rock has flourished in the desert. continue to page 5

The Vino Voice ....................................... 11 Club Crawler Nightlife .................... 12-13 Good Grub - Just Java ..........................14 Brewtality .............................................. 15 Screeners .............................................. 16 Book Review.......................................... 17 Safety Tips ............................................. 17 Haddon Libby ....................................... 19 Dale Gribow.......................................... 19 Free Will Astrology............................... 20 Sawg For The Soul................................ 20 Cannabis Corner................................... 22

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Flores: “There’s a lot of great Punk bands out here. People continue to take notice. We haven’t been forgotten. It proves our antics are still appreciated. We stick in peoples’ minds. I’m grateful people still like us and come out to our shows and support. We have a great music community who supports each other, it’s super-fucking rad!” CVW: Se7en4 does not perform very often and you’re not necessarily out there pining for support but when you do play it’s the stuff of legends and you have a huge turnout. Flores: “We really don’t promote ourselves much. I feel the music and the show speaks for itself. It’s better than any photo shoot. The biggest compliment I get is when someone comes up to me after a show and says, ‘Hey man, I don’t even listen to music like that but that was awesome!’ I love that shit! There are the people who know what to expect to hear from us and then there’s the ones who are drawn in. It feels really good.” CVW: What are your thoughts on the

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com desert’s live music venues and those you have played out of the area? Flores: “We all know there aren’t many places to play out here. Every band performs when they can. Despite the lack of venues, the scene has grown so much, probably thanks to Phil Lacombe and Tracy Dietlin. There’s no negative playing out here. I love The Hood and I love Red Barn. We played Date Shed with HELMET before too! In L.A., Steve does all the leg work. He’s really good at promoting and has hooked us up with some killer shows. We’ve played at Rainbow Bar and Grill a few times, Whisky A Go-Go, the Key Club, Cat Club and Crazy Girls Hollywood where we blasted our music while these naked chicks danced all around us.” CVW: How do you balance family, work and your passion for music? Flores: “It’s surprisingly very enjoyable for me. I do work a lot. When you’re in a band you work a lot. My kids are rad! They are 4, 6 and 16 years old. My young ones know they aren’t able to listen to daddy’s band just yet, ha ha! Palm Desert is my home. I like playing

DEREK JORDAN GREGG

erek Jordan Gregg has found the thing he wakes up for in the morning. It’s a source of value in his life and make’s his life worthwhile. It reflects his inner self as an individual and expresses his faithfulness. It creates a mental state in which he feels at ease. It was never forced on him and was undertaken willingly, giving him satisfaction and a sense of meaning to life. DRG is music. The Coachella Valley’s musical present and future is in the capable hands and voice of DJG. We spoke with DJG to celebrate his dual CVMA win. CVW: How did you feel after winning the 2019 CVMAs for ‘Best Singer/Songwriter’ & ‘Best Americana/Folk’? DJG: “I felt a strong sense of pride and honor. I’ve been focusing on my solo career for the past year or so, primarily, so I feel like my efforts and my focus have not gone unnoticed. I feel appreciated. It’s rare to feel that way as an artist.” CVW: How is your new solo music coming along? DJG: “So very well. I’m working with Nathan NaCaál, former drummer for eevaan tré & The Show. The album is taking longer

September 19 to September 25, 2019

out in L.A., but I love coming back to reality and just hanging out with my kids. I sit down and watch cartoons with my kids sometimes and I listen to all these theme songs to these cartoons. Wouldn’t it be rad if some local musicians got together to form a band just for kids’ parties and all we do is play the theme songs to cartoons like Duck Tales and Johnny Bravo?” CVW: After it’s all said and done, where do you see Se7en4’s place in the history of music? Flores: “I just hope we make it in the books and people are talking about us years from now. I remember when Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies used to dive off shit. I just want people to remember us and say, ‘those old dudes are bad-ass!’ We do this for fun and people like us. When we were young, we wanted to ‘make it’ and be rock stars. Now we’re just happy being the coolest dudes on the block.” A not paid for advertisement from the Coachella Valley’s favorite frontman: “Buy all your THC products at West Coast

2019 CVMA WINNER FOR ‘BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER’ & ‘BEST AMERICANA/FOLK’

than I had anticipated but this record will be my magnum opus, at least in this point of my artistic career. This particular body of work holds the finest songs I’ve ever written. I’m so excited to share but also completely horrified that the recordings won’t do the compositions justice.” CVW: You’re now a desert music scene veteran after establishing The Hive Minds and your solo music. What can you say about your journey from Oregon to now? DRG: “It’s been a ‘trip’, ha-ha.” CVW: Your guitar work is complimentary to your vocal style & lyrics. How have you developed the craftsmanship of all three to coincide? DRG: “I feel like a lot of people who write songs on guitar really just use the guitar as an accompanying instrument...never yearning for improvement or trying to do anything of interest, ya know...like they just want to sing and the guitar is a necessary tool. To me this is disrespectful to such a wonderfully unique instrument. My craft is my guitar, my vocals, and my words. They’re all important to me and I take them all seriously.” CVW: The Hive Minds have been together for several years now. What has kept that band resilient? Any updates on new shows or music? DRG: “Well, Sam Gonzalez has only been with us on bass for a year or two whereas Sean Poe (drums) and I have been together closer to six years. I think respect and consideration has kept us tight, not to mention a solid foundation of friendship and good memories. We’ve been on an unofficial hiatus while I do my solo thing and Sean and Sam work on Avenida. But we’re getting together soon to talk about the direction we’d like to take for the coming year. A few things are for sure, we will be back, and we will be back with some new material. We’re currently looking for a dedicated bass player. Sam would like to focus on rhythm guitar, keys and synths, as well as the impressive vocal work he lends to the group.” CVW: You’re constantly performing and are a highly sought after artist. What are

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some of your upcoming shows & residencies? DRG: “Funny you should ask; I’ve been lucky enough to be accepted into the Sammy G’s family in downtown Palm Springs. I’ll be playing there from 12 – 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday starting October 4th. I’m also at Moxie Palm Springs every Saturday 6 – 9 p.m. I’ll be hosting the Palm Canyon Roadhouse Jam Sunday, October 8th and I’ll be on CBS Local 2’s Eye on The Desert October 10th.” CVW: This area seems to be close to busting out and becoming the mecca for music we’re predestined to be. How close is our music scene to truly becoming like Austin, TX or Seattle, WA? DRG: “It’ll take a lot of work and A LOT of camaraderie on all of our parts. But I definitely see it headed that way if we play our cards right. A scene needs to be so tight and so talented that it treats every unit like an irreplaceable link. We’ve definitely got the talent, but we all need to work for each other and work with each other. I know we can.” CVW: You are distinctly well-respected by many musicians in the desert. I’ve had conversations with artists like Courtney Chambers and Robbie Waldman who have shared their admiration. Who do you look to for creative motivation when needed & why?

Cannabis Club Palm Desert and if you want to teach your kids self-defense, take them to Coachella Valley Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!” Upcoming show: Th. 9/19 – Whisky A Go-Go – Hollywood, CA w/ (HED) p.e.

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DRG: “Did other musicians really say that? Ha-ha, I’m kidding. I look everywhere for motivation, there’s so many talented artists in this desert, but really, life, experience, pain, beauty…that’s where the music comes from.” CVW: What would be the ultimate residency in the Coachella Valley? DRG: “I mean, I gotta say, I’m pretty excited about Sammy G’s. That’s been one of the hotspots as far as live music in the valley goes for at least a decade. If I play my cards right, I may land a couple evenings there as well but as I said, I’m just happy to be part of the illustrious family. Not only am I lucky enough to do what I love so often but this is going to help a lot as far as resources go to bring me into the next phase in my career. Trust me, big things are coming.” CVW: Your songs are introspective & delve deep into the subject matter of you. Where did you learn about that vulnerability & why is it important to you? DJG: “I’ve always been humbled by the beauty of one’s vulnerability. I think that it takes the strongest person to be vulnerable, especially without being pathetic. Or to be fragile but to never break. These songs are definitely an observation of my experience here, but they are also directly related to or at least are metaphors for situations other people can relate to. My body of work, especially my solo work, is a statement on the human condition for myself and for the rest of us. I’d like my listeners to understand but also to feel understood. Everybody wants to feel like they’re understood. I guess I’ve always been able to detect bullshit. If something comes off as feigned it’s a big turn off. Art should be naked and unafraid.” CVW: Is there anything else you’d like to share? DJG: “Man, I think I’ve talked enough. Sorry for being a little long-winded, I’m just very passionate about what I do. Thank you so much for letting me share a bit about my Ikigai (reason for being).” Listen to The Hive Minds 2016 EP Really Don’t Mind the Waiting on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio and deezer.

September 19 to September 25, 2019

LOCAL MUSIC

hen Big Rock Pub, in partnership with Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services (CVSAS), put a call out to local songwriters to write an anthem for those harmed by human trafficking, several artists answered the call. Anne-Britt’s song, “Butterfly,” was selected among five others. Little did we know what kind of impact she would have on everyone in attendance. This is her story. “All my life I’ve been an athlete. I began swimming at age 7 in my native Denmark. Ten years later, I was the national champion in the 200m backstroke. After moving to Palm Springs in 1992, I took up ice skating and advanced to the adult nationals when I was 26. I’ve been a swim coach, and recently became a certified Pilates instructor. I’ve also pursued my passion for singing including local gigs, appearing in musicals with Palm Canyon Theater, and studio recording. My love for singing originated in Denmark where I grew up singing every morning at school. I went

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ANNE-BRITT – “BUTTERFLY”

on to perform solo at Tivoli Gardens and with the Danish National Church Girl’s Choir. Until last year, I was on track with my two great passions, singing and teaching. My Pilates practice was taking off at Infinity Pilates, and I was booking gigs from Palm Springs to La Quinta. I was in heaven.” “In mid-May of 2018, I had what appeared to be some sort of gastrointestinal issues. I waited until my annual physical in early June to see a doctor. The next several months were taken up with test after test after test. Everything came back negative with some minor exceptions which led to a brief cancer scare. Once cancer was ruled out, I continued seeing a variety of specialists until I started to have difficulty walking. August 10th was the first day I needed assistance walking. By August 26th I was in a wheelchair. I’ve been in one ever since. More testing ensued and, after a couple of visits to the ER, my condition was deemed to be neurological. I’ve been under the care of a first-rate neurologist at UCLA

since September 2018. My initial diagnosis was Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, but while that accounted for the extreme fatigue it didn’t explain the paraplegia, muscle spasms and paralysis I’ve been experiencing. Last week I was given an additional diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder. Between those two conditions, all my symptoms are accounted for. The cause is unknown, the details of what’s happening in my brain and body are not known, and there is no known treatment other than medications to manage the symptoms. The prognosis is also unclear. I could get better, worse, or stay the same.” “With so much of my life taken away from me, I’ve turned to music and songwriting for a creative outlet. I originally wrote “Butterfly” as an expression of my frustration and sadness about getting sick. Not knowing what’s wrong with my body has been especially difficult. When I sang my song for friends, family and colleagues, I was surprised to see how the song touched anyone who had sadness or frustration in their life. When I saw an ad in the CV Weekly for the “Songs for Freedom” songwriting contest, I knew “Butterfly” would speak to victims of sexual assault and human trafficking, or anyone suffering from misfortune not of their own doing.” “Of all the performances I’ve ever done, performing at the “Songs for Freedom” songwriting contest is the one I’m most proud of. It’s the first time I’ve ever sung an original tune in public, and I did it while battling some very challenging health problems. As a young swimmer in Denmark, I had a mantra that translates to ‘I can. I will. I must.’ I called on that spirit to get me to the stage. But once I began singing, I was transported to that place where

BY LISA MORGAN only music can take you. Sharing my song, my art, my feelings with others who may be suffering, was a healing experience. Through music I want to stay as positive, grateful and upbeat as possible. As a teacher, my greatest satisfaction was helping other people. I can’t teach right now but singing and songwriting is a great new outlet for me. The more I can help others, the more I am helped.” Anne-Britt’s performance of “Butterfly” was spellbinding, commanding the full attention of a packed bar, setting a tone for an incredibly impactful event. While it was a strong contender, her song was not ultimately chosen as CVSAS’ anthem. This anthem belongs to her, to take with her to others, wherever she goes. Like its composer, the song is awe inspiring. Anne-Britt and her song “Butterfly” will be showcased at Big Rock Pub Saturday, September 28th at 8:30 PM along with contest winner, Mikayla Fazzone’s “Stronger than Me.” If you are in need of a little inspiration in your life, you will get more than you bargained for by attending. CVSAS will be present with an information table and solutions to deter human trafficking here in the desert. It will be followed by a night of live music and dancing with Lisa and the Gents. Big Rock Pub is located at 79-940 Westward Ho Dr., Indio, CA, off Jefferson Avenue. Go to TheBigRockPub.com for more info. Follow Ann-Britt at www.annbrittsings.com.

CVREP CONSERVATORY OPENS NEWLY BUILT CATHEDRAL CITY FACILITY

THEATRE

OFFERING THEATRE ARTS CLASSES FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, ADULTS – BEGINNERS TO PROS IN ACTING, IMPROV, SINGING, AND WRITING

or the past 10 years, The Coachella Valley Repertory (CVRep) Conservatory, an educational branch of the Coachella Valley Playhouse located in Cathedral City, has been offering local children and adults a unique opportunity to discover their path by exploring and growing their performance skills and creative abilities as actors, singers and writers. Having recently moved to a dedicated, fully equipped performance facility in Cathedral City, the newly built CVRep Conservatory is now able to expand their Theatre Arts Training programs to include a broader more extensive selection of classes, all mentored by seasoned theatre arts professionals. “These classes foster new artistic outlets for the community

and its creativity, allowing for professional and fledgling actors and writers to grow in comfort and confidence as they present their work.” – Ron Celona, Artistic Director CVRep Conservatory Fall 2019 Classes will offer some returning favorites along with some brand-new classes with instructors Judith Chapman, Gilmore Rizzo, Francesca Amari, Jim Spalding, Kevin McMahon, Glenn Rosenblum, Leslie Tinnaro and Georgeana Mimms. Adult Classes include: Beginning Acting; Scene Study; Movement Based Acting; Build Your Own Cabaret Show; Beginning/ intermediate and Advanced Writing Workshops; Voice for Adults, and a Broadway Musical Lecture Series for non-performers and performers alike. Classes for Children and Teens include: Singing for Children; Acting and Performance Workshops for ages 8-10, 11-14 and 15-18, Improv for Teens, Broadway Babies for children 4-7 interested in acting, singing and dancing. CVRep Playhouse and Conservatory is located at 68510 E Palm Canyon Drive (corner of Hwy 111 & Cathedral Canyon) Cathedral City, CA 92234 For further Information regarding class schedules and costs or to register, visit the CVRep website at www.cvrep.org or please call the Box Office at 760-296-2966.

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY is a nonprofit, professional regional theatre that proudly has Small Professional Theatre (SPT) status with Actor’s Equity. CVREP MISSION STATEMENT: Coachella

Valley Repertory is an educational and dramatic theater organization that presents innovative productions and children’s outreach programs designed to enrich the quality of life for Coachella Valley residents and visitors.

MUSIC

LUIS FONSI

uis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, better known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a multi-award-winning Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for racking up Latin-Pop smashes, one of them being the record-breaking Despacito, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee and the equally smashing remix with Justin Bieber. The song’s video is also the most watched video on YouTube EVER with more than 6.4 billion views and counting! The Reggaeton Pop single Échame la Culpa, recorded with Demi Lovato, was also a huge hit. He’s won five Latin Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Latin Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards and has been nominated for four Grammy Awards. He released his new album VIDA in February 2019, and it has sold over 1 million copies in the United States. Coachella Valley Weekly spoke with Fonsi by phone as he continues his path to Indio, California for his performance at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on 9/20/19. Tickets are available at their box office or online at fantasyspringsresort.com. CVW: A large percentage of our population in the Coachella Valley is Hispanic and your music is very popular in this area with your romantic ballads, dance tunes and rock songs. What should attendees expect from your show? Fonsi: “That’s music to my ears. I’m excited to be there with you on the 20th. We started this tour about three months ago. We’ve been in Europe since early June performing in amazing cities and connecting with the crowds. We started our West Coast run and it was an amazing kick-off. I’m looking forward to performing in Indio for the very first time. I have six guys in the band and four dancers. It’s a cool show. My early songs were very romantic so there’s a lot of singer-songwriter

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VIDA WORLD TOUR - COMING TO FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH

acoustic guitar tunes and my new album, VIDA, has that Hybrid/Urban Pop sound. I designed a show like a roller coaster. I want people to know who I am. I’m not a one-sided artist. I love the acoustic guitar and I love the big dance numbers. I’m taking the audience on a trip with me.” CVW: What are some of the contrasts between European and American audiences? Fonsi: “Every single crowd is different, even if you’re in the same country. For example, the north of Spain is completely different from the south. When you compare a European show to a U.S. show, the main thing in the U.S. is that it’s a mixed crowd. You don’t know if it’s going to be a more Latino audience or a more American crowd. When you’re in Spain you’re going to get Spanish fans. We did a show in Zurich, Switzerland and we had a 70% Swiss crowd with many Latinos who are out there studying, visiting or living. It’s always nice to connect. Every show is completely different in the U.S. and that’s what makes it exciting. I usually go out there and feel a crowd out and

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speak in both languages. That ‘s what music is about. It’s about bringing people together. It doesn’t matter whether I’m singing English or Spanish, it’s music, that’s the best language ever.” CVW: What are your thoughts on the direction of Latinos in the music industry? Fonsi: “I think we have great representation and we have a long way to go. Latin music is in a really good place, but we still have things to do. We can’t deny in the past few years that Latin music has grown incredibly. You go out to Europe and to the clubs where half the music they play is Latin music. You see artists like me and my colleagues performing in festivals and American television shows like regular American artists more than we did 5 or 10 years ago. Every other week you see a Latin artist performing on The Tonight Show. I’ve performed on there twice in the last two years. I feel as though there is a space that has gotten wider, a door that has opened and there’s more acceptance of Latin music in the U.S. where before it was a bit more taboo that if you didn’t understand the language you automatically turned away from it. The success of Despacito opened a lot of doors. You have Justin Bieber performing with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, it makes you dance and feel good, and it became a #1 hit and broke every record. We see artists like Bad Bunny performing with Drake or J Balvin doing a remix with Beyoncé. It’s part of the culture now. It’s in a beautiful place and I’m proud to be an artist and to live in the time that we’re living in, however, we need to grow even more.” CVW: What can we do to improve opportunities for Latin artists and their music? Fonsi: “I think it just takes time for people to open up. It must be one of those things where you tell yourself, ‘I like this, and I want to enjoy this culture’. From my point of view,

RETURNS TO FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20TH

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resh off a summer tour with Queen, multiplatinum-selling vocalist Adam Lambert returns to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino’s Special Events Center on Friday, December 20th at 8 p.m. Tickets for the global superstar are $59, $79, and $99, are on sale this Friday, September 20th at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at www. FantasySpringsResort.com. After blowing audiences away as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol, Lambert released his debut album, For Your Entertainment, which featured the hit “Whataya Want From Me” and earned a Grammy nomination. Lambert’s sophomore effort, Trespassing, made history by becoming the first album by an openly gay artist to reach No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada. His highly anticipated third record, The Original High, included the smash “Ghost Town.” In 2013, Lambert joined the cast of Fox’s

Glee and took on the role of Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The singer gained a new fan base in 2012 when he became the frontman of Queen, embarking on two huge world arena tours that sold out in minutes and garnered critical acclaim. This past summer, Queen + Adam Lambert completed a tour of North America and announced a string of stadium shows across Australia, New Zealand and Japan in 2020. In between his solo career and touring with Queen, Lambert has ventured into film acting, including a cameo in the Oscar-nominated Freddie Mercury bio pic Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as voicing the character Emperor Maximus in the animated-live action hybrid movie Playmobil: The Movie. Most recently he released the single “Superpower” ahead of his highly anticipated EP, Velvet: Side A, which drops September 27th. Tickets for Adam Lambert are $59, $79, and $99, on sale available this Friday,

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as an artist, we must make great music. We want to go out there and have people connect with what we do. That’s my main job, make great songs, collaborate with other artists and mix things up. That’s what I did with Demi Lovato, we recorded a #1 single and we both sang in English and Spanish. Let’s all come together, let’s celebrate each other’s cultures and languages. Let’s not draw a line between genres. I grew up here in the states listening to the same music American people listened to. I’m influenced by Stevie Wonder and Boyz II Men and at the same time I listened to José José. It’s cool that I can bring that little angle to the table. It’s up to us to bring our ‘A’ game every time we’re recording or on stage and hopefully, we’ll continue to grow.” CVW: You’re the father of two children, a boy and girl, what has changed for you as an artist since becoming a family man? Fonsi: “It gives me a sense of direction. Suddenly everything went into focus a lot more. There’s somebody at home waiting for me. It’s not about my success, it’s about them now and leaving a legacy behind and making sure that they’re proud of what I’ve done. The destination has become a lot clearer. I’ve always been really motivated and organized but now the motivation is even more. It’s about balance. I’m a workaholic. I love to be on tour and in the studio but there’s nothing I love more than to be with my family. It’s a constant balancing act. It keeps me on my toes. If you’re able to find that balance where you’re able to be there for your family and your fans, then it’s a win-win situation. There is a happy medium.” luisfonsi.com

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September 20th, at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via phone (800) 827-2946 and online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com.

September 19 to September 25, 2019

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eah, I know how this ends-and I’d watch it again every loss and every win/through the growing pains-and the awkward phase-from the Valley to L.A.” That’s Bleached, sharing a bit of their origin story on their newest record, Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? Third albums are tricky, an artist, or band has their whole life to write and record their debut, effectively shooting their (creative) wad. A sophomore album simultaneously refines a sound or gets the kinks out. Most often a third record is make-or-break time. When Blondie arrived in the late ‘70s, their first two albums made some noise, wrapping Girl Group harmonies around a Punk Rock attitude. But it was their third effort, Parallel Lines, that hit the jackpot, both critically and commercially. The same is true for Elvis Costello. The cognoscenti dubbed his debut a classic, and his second record was streamlined and stripped-down. But it was his third, Armed Forces, that felt like a revelation. While Blondie fanned the dying embers of Disco, without inflaming their Punk fans, Elvis cautiously embraced the day-glo technicolor of New Wave. Bleached has managed the same feat on their third effort, Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough. The members of Bleached have known each other their whole lives as they are sisters, Jennifer and Jessica Clavin. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, they became obsessed with Punk Rock early on. They soaked up the anarchic sounds of the Ramones, the Misfits, the Germs, and the Gun Club. Their parents, Linda and John, were completely supportive offering endless encouragement and guitars. By their early teens the girls were taking the bus into Hollywood on a weekly basis and becoming habitues of The Smell. The all-ages venue, located in downtown L.A. provided a safe space for kids already enthralled by the DIY danger of Punk. The girls were immediately influenced, seeing bands like Abe Vigoda and No Age on stage. When Jen was 19 and Jess was 15, they joined their first band. As part of the distaff five-piece, Mika Miko, they played a series of West Coast and national tours, sharing stages with bands like the Gossip and Black Lips. They released a series of 7” singles before signing with the Kill Rock Stars label in 2006. That year they issued an official long-player, C.Y.S.L.A.B.F. By 2009, the band had called it quits. At this point, the sisters took a break from each other, creatively speaking. Jen moved to New York to study fashion, and Jess stayed busy in L.A. playing with local favorites, Cold Shower. Still, the pair continued to write songs together, even though the collaboration was long distance. When Jen returned to the Golden State in 2011, the siblings reinvented themselves as Bleached. Bleached released a series of wellreceived singles, through a variety of obscure labels before signing with Dead Oceans Records. Their full-length debut, “

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YOU THINK YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH?” (DEAD OCEANS RECORDS) BLEACHED “DON’T

Ride Your Heart arrived in early 2013. A sharp synthesis of Punk and Pop, wrapped in shimmery Girl Group harmonies, it felt like an instant summer classic. Critical acclaim was immediate and the album peaked at #18 on Billboard’s Top Heatseeker chart. Relentless touring and the constant temptations of living in L.A. made it difficult for Bleached to begin writing their second record, so the sisters retreated to a remote cabin in Joshua Tree where there were less distractions and minimal cell phone reception. In the quieter environment they managed to knock out 30 new songs. Returning to the studio with producers Carlos de la Garza and Joe Chiccarelli, they pared down to 10 essential tracks, which became their second Album, Welcome The Worms. Released in 2016, it expanded their horizons, adding new switchbacks and contours to their sound, while remaining true to their primitive influences. Critics remained impressed and their fan-base increased. Of course, when the girls began making music for a living, they fully embraced the Rock N’ Roll lifestyle, and all of its trappings. Maybe they didn’t exactly Party like it was 1999, or achieve Go-Go’s heights of debauchery, but they had a good time. During the run-up to Welcome…, Jennifer decided to quit drinking. At first, Jessica continued to imbibe and it created a bit of separation for the sisters, whose bond has always seemed symbiotic. Wisely, Jennifer refrained from proselytizing. Several months later Jessica decided give up alcohol as well. Back in sync, the pair began hitting their practice space on a daily basis, rain or shine, from noon to six. This newfound sense of clarity and discipline informed the songs that ultimately wound up on Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough. The record’s first three tracks effortlessly hopscotch from one style to the next, confirming the sisters’ diligent woodshedding has really paid off. “Heartbeat Away” kicks it off, low-slung riff-age connects with slashing power chords, wiry bass and a punishing beat. Wry lyrics celebrate their hard-won success while simultaneously casting an affectionate backward glance at their humble beginnings; “I crawled my way to the top of the hill, but man I long for the valley still, the sweet below is all I’ve known, but it’s only a heartbeat away.” The sunny, see-saw shapeshifts on the bridge, as the girls affect a lush and dreamy Fleetwood Mac-y vibe, acknowledging commitment to a sober reality happens one day at a time; “I could go back to the way it was, all it would take is a slip in the mud…” before returning to the pounding chorus and a scabrous outro. “Hard To Kill” opens with an insistent whistle-y refrain that threatens to get all Peter, Bjorn & John-ish on our asses before it’s sideswiped by a four-on-the-floor Disco beat, sinewy guitars Squiggly synths and spidery bass lines. Taking a page from Debbie Harry’s Playbook, the icy vocals convey a cool remove that belies playful lyrics that

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winkingly reference the Cure; “Cuz Friday, I’m in Love,” and revisit their misspent youth. Propulsive cowbell is layered in (and who amongst us can resist a cowbell), as the arrangement takes an angst-y left turn into Talking Heads territory. Although the title “Daydream” hints at a Shoegaze-y sound, down-tuned electric guitar, vroom-y synths, handclaps, roiling bass and a stompy beat say otherwise. Exploding like a Charms Blow-Pop, the song is chockablock with chewy goodness. Pining for an ex, the lyrics catalogue regrets; “Stuck inside a daydream again, write you a song I’ll never share, send you a message to see if you care/What a disgrace, what a mistake, it’s caught in a haze of yesterday, I fucked up, this was just a phase.” By adding a blast of fuzzed-out guitar and a few “ah-uh-ahs” the self-pity is magically washed away. Bleached continues to pledge allegiance to ‘80s New Wave on both “Somebody Dial 911” and “Silly Girl.” The former manages to capture the gauzy angularity that was a trademark for both the Psychedelic Furs and the Cure. The melody is anchored by sleek guitars, tinkling bells, kaleidoscopic keys and a galloping gait. The lyrics equate the highs and lows of instant attraction to chemical dependence; “You’re more fun to be around, higher than the clouds, nod out on the couch, saying such sweet things to me, when you’re swimming in dopamine…somebody dial 911 before I fall in love, we better hide the drugs I think I’ve had enough.” On the latter, poppy synths partner with static-y guitars, waspish bass and a whip-smart rhythm. The arrangement lands somewhere between the intellectual angst of ‘til tuesday and the Jungian pulse of Tears For Fears. The confrontational lyrics pull no punches, “Playing like you’re clean, but your eyes are telling me, calling at 5am, crawling, seeing things again…don’t you think you’ve had enough?” To quote Elvis Costello, the best tracks here walk the line “between tenderness and brute force.” The lyrical self-aggrandizement of “I Get What I Need” is matched by prickly electric riffs, strutting bass lines and a rat-atat beat. Crackling with electricity, the singa-long, shout-it-out chorus, nearly obscures the admission of “I lie to get what I need.” Tensile guitar licks ricochet through rubbery bass and a walloping back-beat on “Rebound City” Toxic exes are categorized

and dismissed; “Tommy was an accident, Billy, I got a bit obsessed, Travis was a psychopath.” (Wait, was his last name Bickle?) The guitar solo ascends like Icarus, but pulls out before the obligatory crash and burn. On “Kiss You Goodbye” we-are-Siameseif-you-please guitars sparkle and fade over prowling bass lines and a syncopated 4/4 beat. A necessary break-up is nearly hampered by public opinion; “Tell your friends I’m not like what they say, and maybe we’ll meet again someday, searching for the words trying to make everything ok/ Tell me it’s not worth the pain, baby we’re a hurricane.” The instrumental break is all whooshy synths and splattery guitars, before noting “feeling so alive, cuz some things are meant to die.” On the aforementioned “Valley To L.A.” Girl Group gravitas meets Bubblegum Crunch. A wash of keys collide with jangly guitars, popping bass lines and a snapback beat. The lyrics sketch out a vivid portrait of the artists as young (wo)men, (with apologies to James Joyce); “Through the gray and decay of this beautiful place” the sisters’ warmly recall when the band Operation Ivy was their drug of choice, backyard parties, Punks with mohawks, hitching over the hill for shows at the Glass House and their own nascent attempts at performing Other interesting songs include the sharply spiky “Awkward Phase,” which recalls the bygone era of No Doubt croptops, disposable cameras and kissing with braces. “Real Life” weds corrosive guitars to an insistent handclap beat, and contains this sagacious phrase; “I don’t want to give up all the stupid things that make me me.” The album closes with “Shitty Ballet.” Here, coiled acoustic riffs pool and eddy around the sisters’ beatific harmonies, halfway through, the song explodes, ratcheting up the tension and tempo adding shuddery electric guitar and pummeling drums. The lyrics excoriate an unfaithful partner, insisting “Don’t wanna pretend it’s okay when it’s not.” As the arrangement collapses in on itself, the poopy pas de deux is complete. It’s a fractious end to a dazzling record. Jennifer and Jessica handled all the instrumentation themselves, playing guitar, bass, keys and synths. They relied on Spencer Lere to provide drums and percussion. This is their most assured record to date, Punky and Power Pop-y in all the right places, adding hints of sophistication and introspection. With clear eyes (and full hearts), they evoke their younger years, assessing the fumbles, foibles, triumphs, tragedies and milestones. Ultimately, they realize, they wouldn’t change a thing. The Clavin sisters are all grown up, but they aren’t done having Fun.

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SIMPLY DEVINE: A WORD WITH KESQ’S KAREN DEVINE

aving graced the screen for 27 years in the Coachella Valley, broadcast journalist Karen Devine has established herself as not only a local television personality but also a trustworthy source for desert breaking news. Despite her professional success, Devine maintains an air of humility with her trademark smile as she takes her spot at the anchor desk. Devine was raised in Northern California in the city of Saratoga, approximately 50 miles south of San Francisco. She attended West Valley Community College where she took part in track and cross country for a coach she had been training with since she was ten years-old. Devine then moved to Southern California to attend Cal State Fullerton. “When I got to Cal State Fullerton, I met with an advisor who said they were starting a broadcast journalism program and he thought I would excel in those classes. I said, ‘O.K.!’ and that was the start of what turned out to be an amazing career,” said Devine. Devine’s decision to pursue journalism was influenced by a passion for writing. She had written for her high school newspaper and was interested in adding the element of

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interviewing people and getting information out to the public in the form of television news. After being hired as a reporter, Devine moved to the Coachella Valley in 1992 for her first network affiliate job with KMIR, the NBC station in Palm Desert. It took only three weeks in the position before she was promoted to 11 p.m. Anchor. Devine worked at that station for 17 years and was eventually hired by the competition, KESQ, in 2009. She has remained there since, anchoring and reporting for the past ten years at the Desert’s News Leader. “As an Investigative Reporter for KESQ’s I-team, I love taking on an issue and helping to solve a problem. It’s very satisfying. It helps that I love working with John White and Haley Clawson. We actually like each other,” shared Devine. Some highlights of Devine’s career so far have included winning Emmys, Edward R. Murrow and Golden Mic awards for her reporting and newscasts. She references notable honors like her Emmy win in 2009 for “Teens and Prescription Drug Abuse: The Epidemic,” a piece she worked on with

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September 19 to September 25, 2019

PERSONAL PROFILE

then Congresswoman Mary Bono, who told her personal story about her son becoming addicted to opioids. Devine received Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for her two-part series, “It Happens to Boys,” where she spoke with a convicted sex offender about how he lured boys and followed a local law enforcement team who tracked local sex offenders, and “Right to Die”—telling the story of a local man who was arrested for murder after being unable to put back his terminally ill wife’s oxygen when she pulled it out. “The hardware is nice, but more importantly, it’s the feedback from the community that keeps me going. It has been a very rewarding profession for me in that regard,” stated Devine. Devine recently received a large response from the community for her two-part series, “Questionable Care,” about skilled nursing facilities in the Valley and the kind of care they provide. “I received no less than 20 phone calls and emails daily from people who needed to talk about their experience for at least three months after the first story aired. I was able to find information from the State and the County on how to help some of these people for free, and I am working to continue the conversation with our local government officials to hopefully make some changes,” explained Devine. Devine credits the younger members of the KESQ staff who are tasked with doing multiple jobs involving editing, reporting and social media skills for inspiring her to continue learning in her field. She also finds inspiration in her family. “My eldest son, Zach Boetto, is a working reporter in Columbia, Missouri for KMIZ. We can talk shop now. We speak the same language and I have to say, he has taught me a lot and helped me understand and embrace the direction television stations are going to

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connect with viewers,” said Devine. During her downtime, Devine enjoys traveling to watch her youngest son, Tony, play collegiate baseball for Santa Clara University as a catcher going into his junior year. In the offseason, she spends time with her boyfriend traveling to different concerts, and has nights out with friends and family. Devine also participates in several different speaking engagements and annual events for local organizations she supports like The American Cancer Society’s Desert Spirit Chapter, Palm Springs Women in Film & Television, The Girlfriend Factor and the Warburton. Ultimately, Devine wishes to continue building her legacy as one of the leading faces of the KESQ news station. In the future, she sees herself enjoying a view, drinking a glass of wine, listening to great music, reflecting back on a great career and perhaps teaching others what it takes to have staying power in a career like broadcast journalism. “I am just like everybody else. I love my family and friends. I’ve had my ups and downs in my personal and professional life… I’m approachable and I am not judging you. I just want to know your story,” stated Devine.

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September 19 to September 25, 2019

PET PLACE

here are more than a few tears being shed at Loving All Animals/Pet Rescue Center after Lynne Lockwood gave notice of her retirement which is effective October 1, 2019. Lynne exemplifies the heart and soul of animal rescue, and Coachella Valley animals have benefitted from her talents for 10 wonderful years. She filled various staff positions during the past 9 years, always showing endless compassion for the animals and a keen ability to inspire others to join the cause. How did Lynne become involved in animal welfare at Loving All Animals? Her previous careers were in airline sales and teaching school. In 2009, Lynne’s deaf 9-yr-old PekaPoo dog, Baby, went missing from her Palm Desert home. The dog could not hear people calling her, but fortunately was fitted with a collar and ID tag. Her neighbor, Lindi Biggi, telephoned to say she found Baby, and the two women immediately clicked when Lynne retrieved her dog. Lindi told Lynne about her exciting new nonprofit organization, Loving All Animals, and its plans to combat the problem of homeless pets. An ardent animal lover, Lynne was surprised by the extent of this problem in the Coachella Valley, and immediately signed up to volunteer. Loving All Animals grew, and soon Lynne was hired to answer the office phone calls. Several years later, Lynne became my

MEET KIBO This energetic 2-yr-old German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix hopes to find someone to play ball and take him hiking. Handsome 75-lb Kibo has a Blue Merle coat. Come meet him at the Humane Society of the Desert, 17825 N. Indian Ave, North Palm Springs. Call (760) 329-0230 for hours & directions.

KITTENS! KITTENS! It’s raining kittens this week at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus shelter. Come meet this fluffy cream tabby 11-wkold female kitten, ID#A1546868, and all her little buddies seeking homes. Located at 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms, www.rcdas.org, (760) 343-3644.

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rescue partner, rescuing and adopting dogs for the organization. She participated in pet adoption events in our community, too numerous to count. With her enthusiastic, gracious and welcoming personality, Lynne’s current position as Office Manager/ Volunteer Manager is another perfect match for her talents. Lynne reports, “We have such wonderful and compassionate volunteers. They are so willing to do any task, whether it’s transporting animals to the vet or cleaning kennels.” Lynne explains, “The people at Loving All Animals, throughout many changes over the years, are united by sharing the same goal which is helping the animals. The core

mission of Loving All Animals is to rescue these animals and get them into wonderful homes. Loving All Animals was always my second family. So it’s bittersweet that I’m leaving them to move to be near my own family. My husband Chuck and I will join our daughter Katherine and son-in-law Cameron in the Las Vegas area. My two rescue dogs, Corky and Buffy, will happily join their two pups.” Lynne contemplates the changes she has seen in animal welfare during the past 10 years, “Ten years ago, people used to brag about the pure breed dog they purchased for thousands of collars. Today, folks brag about how their rescue dog transformed into the best dog ever. There is a major shift in how

BY JANET McAFEE community cats, previously called feral cats, are treated. These cats used to be rounded up and euthanized at public shelters, but today they are trapped by volunteers to be spayed or neutered and then returned to live their lives in the community.” Playing the harp is Lynne’s other passion, and she will continue to work part time playing beautiful music. We will continue the work at Loving All Animals/Pet Rescue Center, committed to carry on the loving spirit and kindness that Lynne bestowed to so many humans and animals. Lynne shares her parting thoughts, “If you want to do something where you make a difference every day, Loving All Animals is the place to volunteer or foster. Your reward is that wonderful feeling you get when you comfort a frightened dog or foster a tiny underage kitten.” Lynne hopes others will join the “army” of animal advocates in the Coachella Valley. Considering adopting, fostering, volunteering, or donating. Contact Loving All Animals at (760) 834-7000 or www.lovingallanimals.org. Good luck Lynne Lockwood and thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We love you, and you will always be a part of our family! Janetmcafee8@gmail.com

THE VINO VOICE

elcome back my friends, to the wine show that never ends! I think I’ve used that line, or something similar, to open up a previous Vino Voice column a couple three times here at the CV Weekly. And why not? We don’t need the weatherman to tell us the autumn leaves (or cactus points) are turning and a new season—tourist and otherwise—is upon us. It’s happening already; even before the mass of Canadian snow birds show, Palm Springs businesses and surrounds are experiencing a faster than usual start in September and the pace is expected to continue as it all meets up with the great weather coming! Oh!—and we’re talking about the new wave of beer, wine & spirit tastings, events, shops, dinners & shows happening within the coming days and weeks: So as is my habit to simply ramble on some of the news that comes my way, let’s see what we know and what’s out there to satisfy a thirsty valley: BEATS & BREWS FESTIVAL ALERT!! The Good News happens quick in this valley!! Talk about a kick-start! This Saturday, September 21st The Saguaro Hotel Annual Beats & Brews Festival is the most colorful beer & tequila celebration in the entire Coachella Valley. As well, it’s a veritable Craft Beer & Music showcase…. “a Community Gathering”… hey, it’s one Helluva Desert Brew Party! Every attendee gets unlimited sampling of craft beer from tiny micro-brewers to the biggest breweries in

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September 19 to September 25, 2019

THE NEW SEASON OF WINE TASTINGS & HAPPENINGS

the industry. Pale Ales, Porters, IPA’s, Lagers, Pilsners, Stouts, and some of the wildest brews you’ve ever tried! And let’s not forget the festival’s Tequila sampling at the hotel’s El Jefe Tequila & Taco Bar! There appears to be a brewery line-up of 40 or more which includes Karl Strauss, 21st Amendment, Babes Brewhouse, Coronado, SLO, CVB, Maui, and so many more. The bands for the day’s line-up include: The Flusters, brightener, and Eevan Tré. DJs include Sabio, Wet Hand Dan and J. Roberts. The Saguraro Hotel 1800 E. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs CA. 92264 760.323.1711 * Tickets $40-$45. Ace’s “Golden Grapes” wine tasting series continues through December: The Ace Hotel & Swim Club located at 701 E Palm Canyon Drive, in Palm Springs, 760-325-9900 presents a monthly poolside wine tasting series leading up to the Second Annual Palm Springs Wine Festival in December. The curated selection

BY RICK RIOZZA

of wineries represents just a few of the new California vintners who are transforming the landscape of wine in the Golden State and beyond. www.acehotel.com/palmsprings I personally love this series because it gets us wine enthusiasts interested and involved with the new wave of wine makers. Last year’s “First Annual Palm Springs Wine Festival” was an absolute hit (my article then was titled “A Wine-Soaked Weekend at Ace Hotel”) and we’re all eager and looking forward to the next one, as mentioned, it’s taking place on the 7th and 8th of December. Further, I anticipate this Vino Voice column to particularly focus and bring attention to this new wave with preview articles discussing the new vintners coming aboard. The specific winery to be showcased on Sunday, noon to 5pm, September 29th, is Nomadica; “Where the can is the new canvas.” There’s nothing like a safe can of wine around the pool. Ace’s high on this brand! It’s tasty stuff and artsy as well. It’s all fun and we look forward to being there. Check out their cool website: www.nomadica.wine. Other innovative wineries to look for at the Ace Hotel poolside will be Amy Atwood Selections on Sunday, October 13th, and, Scribe Winery on Saturday, November 9th. We’ll talk about these wineries when the time comes. A year ago, last August, we did a restaurant review article on Acqua California Bistro at The River. And we received some great affirmative feed-back. Now for a quick up-date, know that Acqua is the perfect mid-valley destination for an afternoon glass of wine and a bountiful buffet of delicious appetizers and hors d’oeuvres served from 4:30-7:30 pm, Sunday to Friday. The price is right, too, at just $7.99 for the appetizer buffet and$4.99 for a glass of Acqua’s delightful Chardonnay or Cabernet wines. The ever-changing Acqua Bar Buffet will include a choice of pizzas from their very own pizza oven, pastas, salads, meatballs, housemade dips,

sliced meats and many other small bites that pair perfectly with a glass of wine or a cocktail. Now that this column’s feelers are out and about, I’ve just heard from marketing maven, Chris Clemens, at Clemens Public Relations, who is assisting FG Creative with the Desert Cancer Foundation. Here’s what she emailed me:

Desert Cancer Foundation’s Annual Corks and Cuisine event will be held at Ironwood Country Club, one of the Coachella Valley’s premiere private Country Clubs, on Saturday, November 16, 2019, from 6 – 10 p.m. The unparalleled dramatic natural surroundings will enhance this evening of unrivaled pairing of food, wine, craft cocktails, and entertainment. Tickets are $295 each, at corkscuisine. desertcancerfoundation.org. This is always a wonderful charity event to put on your calendar. Some of the new wine bars around town that this column needs to visit, include, The Vine Wine Bar in Palm Desert, and, Bouschet in Palm Springs. Fortunately for me, I get the skinny on The Vine Wine Bar every week since it advertises on this very page! “Spread your wings and experience a flight with us … that include the red, white & the bubbly.” We’re in on this invite and look forward to visiting this venue and perhaps meeting with you readers. Look for a full review in an up-coming article. I just heard from Costa Nichols, who we’ve all come to know and love at his prior business for so many years, Desert Wines & Spirits in Palm Springs. He and his wife Zola are off to ventures in Las Vegas—so we wish them the best. The new venue that took over at the same spot is Bouschet. Check out their website: www. bouschet.com. See you at their wine tastings on late Saturday afternoon. Cheers!

September 19 to September 25, 2019

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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; 760-564-4111 Steppin Out 6-9pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760-3252794 Hot Roxx 6:30pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-3452450 Country Night w/ Rob Staley 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; 760-365-5956 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio 8pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND COCKTAILS; TP; 760-343-2115 Stand Up Comedy w/ Jacob Cantu, Michael Morocco, Izzy Ortiz and more 9pm PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Keisha D 6:30-9:30pm 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

CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; PD; 760-200-1768 Michael D’Angelo 6:30-9:30pm, DJ 9:30pm COACHELLA BAR; Coachella; 760-5419034 TBA 10pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 Viva Friday’s w/ DJ Banks 9pm DESERT BEER CO.; 760-360-5320 Hover 8pm DESERT FOX; PD; Christine & the Lost Keys 9:30pm 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 EVZIN; PS; 760-656-8764 Desert Rhythm Project 8pm 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; 760-820-1213 TBA 8pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; 760-656-3444 Karaoke w/ KJ Marjovi 9pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 In the Name of the Dead and DieSineGration, E.A.S. and Tribute to Ghost 9pm HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 Keisha D 7pm HOTEL PASEO; PD; Michael Keeth 6-9pm HOT SPOT@SPOTLIGHT 29; Coachella; 760-775-5566 Fresh 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 TH 19 HOLE; PD; 760-772-6696 Agave Karaoke 8pm Blues Masters 8pm 29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367-3505 LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-2896736 Various Artists 7pm Jasmine Tomasso 6:30pm LA QUINTA BREWERY; PD; 760-200ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 2597 Lance Riebsomer 7pm Heatwave DJ Sets noon poolside, and LA QUINTA RESORT; LQ; 760-564-4111 10pm Steppin Out 6-9pm AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760-325REGENCY; IW; 760-674-4080 Avenida 2794 Hot Roxx 7:30pm 7-11pm LE FE WINE BAR; PD; 760-565-1430 AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-202TBA 9:30pm 1111 Live Music 6:30pm BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 DJs LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-3452450 Jamestown 9pm and Performances 7pm MASTRO’S; PD; 760-776-6777 TBA BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Parick 6:30-11pm Morris, Brian Dennigan and Leon Bisquera 6:30-10pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm BIG ROCK PUB; IND; 706-200-8988 California Celts 8:30pm MIRAMONTE; IW; 760-341-2200 Trio Envy 5-9pm BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 The Stanley Butler Trio 6-10pm MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 Eevaan Tre THE CASCADE LOUNGE, SPA RESORT 6-9pm, DJ Pedro Le Bass 9:30pm CASINO; PS; 888-999-1995 DJ Chase NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Martinez 9pm Karaoke 8-1:15am CASTELLI’S; PD; 760-773-3365 Patrick THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Tuzzolino 5:30pm Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 O’CAINES; RM; 760-202-3311 DJ Tone The Myx 7pm 10pm CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George PALM CANYON ROADHOUSE; PS; 760Christian 6-9pm 327-4080 Southbound and Co. 9pm

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www.coachellavalleyweekly.com PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND COCKTAILS; TP; 760-3432115 Red’s Rockstar Karaoke 9pm PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Black Market Trust 8pm RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 TBA 9pm ROCKYARD@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-345-2450 Rock Stallion and PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365-5956 CASCADE LOUNGE, SPA RESORT Sid the Cat Presents: Durand Jones & the CASINO; PS; 888-999-1995 DJ Michael Appetite for Destruction (GNR Tribute) 7:30pm Indications and Rudy De Anda 8pm Wright 9pm PEABODY’S CAFÉ; PS; 760-322-1877 CASTELLI’S; PD; 760-773-3365 Patrick SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro Karaoke 7:30pm Tuzzolino 5:30pm Brothers 8:30pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND CASUELAS CAFÉ; PD; 760-568-0011 SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE COCKTAILS; TP; 760-343-2115 Red’s The Myx 7pm FISHERMAN’S MARKET; PS; 760-322Rockstar Karaoke 9pm 9293 Barry Baughn Blues Band 8-11pm CATALAN; RM; 760-770-9508 George PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Christian 6-9pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE Brenna Whitaker 8pm FISHERMAN’S MARKET; LQ; 760-777CHEF GEORGE’S PICASSO LOUNGE; 1601 The Smooth Brothers 8-11pm RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 TBA PD; 760-200-1768 Abie and Natasha 9pm 6:30-9:30pm, DJ 9:30pm SHELLY’S LOUNGE@TORTOISE ROCK RENAISSANCE; PS; 760-322-6000 Live COACHELLA VALLEY BREWING CO; TP; CASINO; 29 Palms; Rojer Arnold & Bobby Music 6-9pm 760-343-5973 CVB Octoberfest Parking Furgo 9pm Lot Party w/ James Velasquez, Tim & Val, SONOMA GRILLE@EMBASSY SUITES; RIVIERA; PS; 760-327-8311 Michael Matt Hunkins, Christina & the Lost Keys, Keeth 8-11pm PD; 760-340-6600 Denny Pezzin 6-9pm Josh Heinz, Reborn by the Sunshine, ROCKYARD@FANTASY SPRINGS; SOUL OF MEXICO; IND; 760-200-8787 IND; 760-345-2450 OC Vertigo and L.A. Miguel Arballo and Mega Sun 12-10pm Latin Music 10pm COPA NIGHTCLUB; PS; 760-866-0021 Sound Machine (Gloria Estefan Tribute) STACY’S; PS; 760-620-5003 Jessica DJ Banks and Mr. Miami 9pm 7:30pm Bridgeman 8pm DRINGK; RM; 760-888-0111 DJ 9pm SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-347Brothers 8:30pm ELECTRIC SPORTS LOUNGE; YV; 7609985 MissConstrued 9pm 228-1199 DJ Ceddy Cedd 9pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE TRILUSSA ITALIAN RISTORANTE; PS; FISHERMAN’S MARKET; PS; 760-322EN VIVO@SPOTLIGHT 29; Coachella; 9293 Barry Baughn Blues Band 8-11pm 760-775-5566 Los Angeles De La Banda 760-328-2300 Julius & Sylvia Music Duo 6-10pm 9:30pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE THE VINE WINE BAR; PD; 760-341FISHERMAN’S MARKET; LQ; 760-777FISHERMAN’S GROTTO; PD; 760-7769463 Fun with Dick and Jane Band 1601 The Smooth Brothers 8-11pm 6534 Jack Ruvio 5:30-8:30pm 7-10pm SHELLY’S LOUNGE@TORTOISE ROCK FRANK’S PLACE; IW; 760-797-8700 WANG’S; PS; 760-325-9264 Live Music CASINO; 29 Palms; Rojer Arnold & Bobby Rebecca Clark 6-9pm 6:30pm Furgo 9pm GADI’S BAR & GRILL; YV; 760-820-1213 continue to page 18 SONOMA GRILLE@EMBASSY SUITES; TBA 8pm PD; 760-340-6600 Denny Pezzin 6-9pm HENRY’S SPORTS BAR AND GRILL; CC; SOUL OF MEXICO; IND; 760-200-8787 760-656-3444 DJ Ray 9pm Latin Rock 10pm THE HOOD; PD; 760-636-5220 The Last STACY’S; PS; 760-620-5003 Krystofer Minute Hip Hop Show w/ RowLow, T-Lick, Do 4:30-7pm, Mark Lee 8pm Shane Francis, Chardonnay and more 9pm TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-347HOODOO COCKTAIL GARDEN @ THE 9985 Crimson Crow 9pm HYATT; PS; 760-322-9000 The Carmens 7pm TRILUSSA ITALIAN RISTORANTE; PS; 760-328-2300 Julius & Sylvia Music Duo HOT SPOT@SPOTLIGHT 29; Coachella; 6-10pm 760-775-5566 Fresh 8:30pm THE VINE WINE BAR; PD; 760-341-9463 INDIAN WELLS RESORT HOTEL; IW; Vinny Berry 7-10pm 760-345-6466 Bob Allen 6pm WANG’S; PS; 760-325-9264 DJ Galaxy KOKOPELLI’S; YV; 760-228-2589 5pm Karaoke 8pm WOODY’S PALMHOUSE; PS; 760-230LANDMARK LOUNGE; LQ; 760-2890188 Tony Grandberry 6:30pm 6736 Eevaan Tre 7pm LAS CASUELAS TERRAZA; PS; 760325-2794 PS Sound Company 1pm, Hot Roxx 8pm TH LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-34519 HOLE; PD; 760-772-6696 Dude 2450 Jamestown 9pm Jones 8pm 29 PALMS INN; 29 Palms; 760-367-3505 MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm Bev and Bill 6:30pm ACE HOTEL; PS; 760-325-9900 Skyrager MIRAMONTE; IW; 760-341-2200 Trio Envy 6-10pm (Psychemagik) and C. Love noon MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 Derek Jordan poolside, and 10pm Gregg 6-9pm, DJ Pedro Le Bass 9:30pm AGAVE LOUNGE@THE HYATT NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 REGENCY; IW; 760-674-4080 Steppin’ Karaoke 8pm Out 7-11pm THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin AJ’S ON THE GREEN; C.C.; 760-202Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm 1111 Cabaret on the Green Open Mic 7:30pm O’CAINES; RM; 760-202-3311 DJ Tone BART LOUNGE; C.C.; 760-799-8800 DJS 10pm and Performances 7pm PALM CANYON ROADHOUSE; PS; 760327-4080 Country Night w/ Roger & The BERNIE’S; RM; 760-202 4499 Horace Miller, Brian Denigan and Leon Basquera Roadhouse Rebels 9pm 6:30-10pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365-5956 (((Folkyeah))) Presents: Ariel Pink and BIG ROCK PUB; IND; 706-200-8988 Jennifer Herrema 6:30pm Snaps for Sinners 8:30pm PEABODY’S CAFÉ; PS; 760-322-1877 BLUEMBER; RM; 760-862-4581 Gina Carey 6-10pm Karaoke 7:30pm

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elax and enjoy a variety of coffee concoctions, and collaborative munchies, in the laid back atmosphere of Just Java in Bermuda Dunes. It’s the kind of spot that adds well to any neighborhood, where, on any given day (weather permitting) you can observe Just Java patrons enjoying the outside patio that the coffee haven provides. As soon as the desert weather cools in the slightest, coffee lovers are populating the patio with a relaxed demeanor, as if they are all on vacation And whether they really are or not, the vibe at the corner spot will bring

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out the “just chilling” attitude. The interior of Just Java is as equally inviting as their outdoor space. With warm wood tones and cozy accents, coupled with the aroma of coffee that wraps your senses like a blanket, it’s definitely somewhere you would like to spend some time in. Their menu at Just Java insures something tasty for everyone, from Caffe Latte’s, Espresso’s, and Cappuccino’s, to their Iced versions, to Frosty Java’s such as Chai Frost, Vanilla Caramel Frosts, to even Fruit Smoothies including Mango Madness and Blueberry Blast, there is bound to be something for you to enjoy. For me, my go to beverage at Just Java is their Mint Mocha Frost, topped with

whipped cream. It has a super chocolatey richness to it, lightened up slightly by cool mint, and of course their whipped cream can make anything taste delicious, and is the first part of the coffee drink that I devour (it never has a chance). Sometimes I enjoy my Mint Mocha on the premises, and sometimes I take advantage of their convenient drive-thru and have it at home. If you looking for something to go with your java or smoothie, Just Java has many belly pleasing items to choose from, such as Quiches, Fruit Bowls, Muffins and Pastries. If you’re there during lunch hours, try one of their many sandwiches, salads or Daily Specials posted on their standing kitchy chalkboard on the counter.

BY DENISE ORTUNO Just Java opens bright and early at 5:30 am daily for all of you dawn birds out there who need your morning jolt, and into the late afternoon for those of us who like to sleep in just a smidge more. No matter if you’re stopping by for your morning wake-up cup of java before work, or just relaxing with friends over some croissant and coffee, Just Java will be just right! Just Java is located at 42-102 Washington Street, Bermuda Dunes CA 92203

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September 19 to September 25, 2019

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picked up a 12-pack of Crispin hard cider the other day and let me tell you, it was delicious. Sure-sure, those skinny, cylindrical, rose gold and metallic periwinkle cans make them look like energy drinks in drag. And sure-sure, hard cider isn’t what all the kids are drinking these days, but I wasn’t exactly left with a whole lot of options. The hard seltzer isle of my local grocery store was as barren and lifeless as Kylie Jenner’s frontal lobe. I’m gonna need surgery to fix my legs, cuz I can’t stand you hoes. You drank all the f*ckin’ White Claw. Much like the Popeye’s chicken sandwich frenzy that had the pea brained among us dying to get their hands on an otherwise common and pedestrian menu item, viral marketing proved for White Claw that a firestorm of trending tweets can create demand where there previously was none. White Claw had been sitting placidly on store shelves for three years, occasionally enjoyed by drinkers who wanted a light and gluten-free alternative to beer, but otherwise indistinguishable from its peers in the hard seltzer shelf of your local Walmart. All of that changed on June 25th, 2019, when internet comedian, Trevor Wallace, uploaded a three-minute long sketch that simultaneously roasted and lauded White Claw, and created a cultural phenomenon in the process. Embodying the zeitgeist of Generation Z humor, Wallace rattled off ironic slogans

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and dry-witted zingers in a video titled, “Drinks White Claw once,” where he coined the now nauseatingly overused catchphrase, “Ain’t no laws when you’re drinking Claws, baby.” The video begins with a black-garbed Wallace distractedly texting on his phone when he’s handed a White Claw. He curiously takes a sip, and is instantly transformed into a floral shirt and flipped cap wearing bastion of good times, explaining to listeners that White Claw is basically Four Loko that went to private school, and he only drinks the stuff on days that end with “Y” (“that’s all of ‘em, Margret, hah hah,” he explains to end the joke). Trevor Wallace did in three minutes what White Claw producer, Mark Anthony Brands could not do in three years; he made the product an instant status symbol of

carefree, ironic enjoyment. The video garnered Trevor Wallace millions of new followers across all platforms of social media, and soon, millennial soccer moms and Gen Z wannabe influencers alike began posing on Instagram with their favorite White Claw flavors, aping lines from Wallace’s video. While hard seltzers held plenty of appeal for those wanting a benignly inoffensive alcoholic beverage, the White Claw brand now became synonymous with cool, a fun trend that was a joke everyone could

be in on. While Boomers and Gen X’ers cautiously stayed away from taking part in the craze, they seemed to be the only ones not spending summer 2019 getting mildly buzzed on White Claw. And much like the much-maligned Popeye’s chicken sandwich, the viral trend turned nationwide craze caused product shortages, as consumers chased social media clout through product ownership. The proverbial shark had finally been jumped, as the Fox News organization declared in the clickiest click-bait headline ever, “Millennials freak out over nationwide shortage of White Claw.” Apparently, we drank all the White Claw. Even the gross lime ones. And while every news outlet salaciously reported on this fact with glee, I have not been aware of a single riot or fight over the last remaining cans of the Claw. It’s as if everyone is as in on the shortage as they were the binge that led to it. Rival hard seltzer brands like Truly and SpikedSeltzer have no doubt seen an increase in sales, as Clawcasians settle for whatever Black Cherry flavored hard seltzers they can find. Product reps are currently reassuring us that production facilities are working overtime to brew more Claw.

September 19 to September 25, 2019

SCREENERS

NOW PLAYING: JOKER

Two evil clowns dominate theater screens as the summer ends. Both movies are worth seeing, Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård), the demon clown from Stephen King’s “It” novel, is clearly a supernatural entity from another realm. But it’s Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of mentally ill, disconnected Arthur Fleck in Todd Phillip’s examination of a marginalized misfit

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that is truly the most bone chilling because Fleck is one of us. He’s a human being. Phoenix plays Fleck as a pathetic loner just trying to find his place in Gotham’s fragmented society. By day, Fleck is a clownfor-hire -- one of those faceless sign twirlers we see on street corners. At night, Fleck attempts to be a stand-up comic, but he quickly discovers the jokes are always on him, it’s the story of his life. Phillips’ “Joker” is a brilliant stand-alone origin story not seen on screen or read before. What makes this film as unsettling as it is engaging, is the empathy we feel for Fleck as he makes one bad decision after another while trapped – not really living -- in a cyclic

life of bad decisions and their escalating and awful repercussions. This most welcome and gnarly look at Batman’s arch nemesis is an inspired and cautionary fable that fits like a puzzle piece in the chaotic jig-sawed picture of our bloody, contemporary American life. NEW BLU FOR THE HOME THEATER: THE STAND (1994)

Stephen King’s ground breaking apocalyptic mini-series based on his massive novel has been brilliantly restored in high definition with enhanced visual effects. This edition features all four parts of the sixhour Emmy Award winning TV series. The collector’s edition comes packed with special features, including audio commentary from Stephen King and director Mick Garris and a full-length behind-the-scenes featurette showcasing the making of the miniseries. Led by an all-star cast, including Gary Senise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Corin Nemec, Rob Lowe, Miguel Ferrer and Laura San Giacomo. The movie follows a group of survivors after a deadly plague wipes out the entire population. Those remaining must align themselves with either the forces of good, led by the fail 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Ruby Dee) or evil, a group steered by Randal Flagg (Sheridan) a man with a lethal smile. The two sides face off in a climactic battle that will determine the fate of mankind and the world! CBS/Paramount.

DILLINGER (1973) Warren Oates is memorable as the title character in this gripping, mostly true but underrated crime drama from writer-director John Milius. The movie delivers lots of exciting gunplay and action set in an evocatively rendered 1930’s rural America. Besides Oates, the wondeful cast includes: Ben Johnson, he’s obsessd G-man Melvin Purvis, a youthful and pretty Cloris Leachman plays Anna Sage, the “Woman in Red,” Richard Dreyfuss is Baby Face Nelson, Steve Kanaly is Pretty Boy Floyd and Michlle Phillips is Dillinger’s “Indian” girlfriend Billie Frechette. Author Stephen Prince provids a facheavy comentary track that gives a lot of background on the real history of Dillinger’s story. There’s also a fascinating new interview with producer lawrence Gordon. 2K Restoration. Arrow Video/MGM.

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BOOK REVIEW

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"WHAT THE F" BY BENJAMIN K. BERGEN NONFICTION

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like a cuss word now and then – one in particular provides me with a lot of satisfaction. Sometimes it just feels good to enhance my statement. Although it can be the right word to make your point, it can also backfire and make things worse. In Benjamin K. Bergen’s What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains and Ourselves (Basic Books, 289 pages), swearing may be more than using “bad” words, it may be a natural part of our language. Author Bergen is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the Language and Cognition Laboratory. He has made bad language his primary focus -- really bad language. These are the heavy-hitters, which are banned for public use. You can hear and read bad words daily. But, they are most often coming from private communication sources and our friends. (As an example, I have used the F word in this column. My editor allows me to express myself and my right to free speech as a columnist.) But the

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wider use of profanity is also on the rise. From politicians to pre-teens, profane tweets are more prolific than ever, revealing much about our society’s growing intensity. Bergen divides profanity into four main categories: religion, copulation, bodily function and social groups. (Although my editor is generous and understanding, I will not repeat them. You have to get the book if you haven’t already figured out what the real taboo words are.) The author reveals the history of our bad words and their usage. He looks at other cultures as well to see how bad language is expressed around the world. Japan has only one bad word: “Baka” which means foolish. Hardly seems to hold any power from an American point of view, but in Japan to be called baka is an insult. The irony about our most beloved and despised bad words, is that all profane words were derived from non-profane origins. Again, I will not give examples, but it is shocking to think that some of the words we consider vulgar and totally inappropriate were once street signs or spoken in polite society. Turns out, some bad words were once fashionable. Bergen also breaks down forbidden four letter words to explore the structure of the sound quality. Neurologically, profanity use comes from different places in the brain. There is reflexive swearing for instance when you stub your

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toe or slam your finger in the car door. I use profanity more emotionally –irritation, anger, and the incompetence of others -- or my own. Finally, the author asks the most important question: Does exposure to profanity have a negative effect on society? Bergan asserts that the relationship is in fact the other way around. “Our parents and the culture we grew up in programmed us to suppress profanity. But it’s re-enacting these same

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suppressive responses as adults that makes profanity as powerful as it is.” We like it! What the F is a lot of fun to read, especially if you tend to use a curse word now and again and here and there. It is also a fascinating cultural experience. On page one, Bergen acknowledges that the words he will analyze in the book are vulgar, shocking, offensive and hurtful. But also important. In writing about these words, at least for me, Bergen has taken some of their power away. As a reader, and a lover of the F word, it has given me understanding, insight and pause. I like to say it, but at the same time, hate to hear it from someone I do not know well. I am more selective and thoughtful about the use of my favorite curse word. But what the fuck do you care?

FROM THE CHIEFS CORNER

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES? SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH!

uicide is on the rise. Regardless of race, gender, age, fame, financial status, it is rising! Having suicidal thoughts does not mean someone is weak or flawed. More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control. “Let’s look at some statistics and warning signs,” says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. “Maybe we can help prevent one more!” According to the CDC, nearly 45,000 lives were lost to suicide in 2016 alone. Know the Warning Signs: Threats or comments about killing themselves, also known as suicidal ideation, can begin with seemingly harmless thoughts like “I wish I wasn’t here,” but can become more overt and dangerous. Increased alcohol and drug use. Aggressive behavior. Social withdrawal from friends, family and the community. Dramatic mood swings. Talking, writing or thinking about death. Impulsive or reckless behavior. Is There Imminent Danger? Any person exhibiting these behaviors should get care immediately: Putting their affairs in order and giving away their possessions. Saying goodbye to friends and family. Mood shifts from despair to calm. Planning, possibly by looking around to buy, steal or borrow the tools they need to complete suicide, such as a firearm or prescription medication. If you are unsure, a licensed mental health professional can help assess risk. Risk Factors for Suicide: Research has found that more than half of people (54%) who died by suicide did not have a known mental health condition. A number of

other things may put a person at risk of suicide, including: A family history of suicide. Substance abuse. Drugs and alcohol can result in mental highs and lows that exacerbate suicidal thoughts. Intoxication. More than one in three people who die from suicide are found to be currently under the influence. Access to firearms. A serious or chronic medical illness. Gender. Although more women than men attempt suicide, men are four times more likely to die by suicide. A history of trauma or abuse. Prolonged stress. Isolation. Age. People under age 24 or above age 65 are at a higher risk for suicide. A recent tragedy or loss. Agitation and sleep deprivation. Can Thoughts of Suicide Be Prevented? Mental health professionals are trained to help a person understand their feelings and can improve mental wellness and resiliency. Depending on their training they can provide effective ways to help. If you have suicidal thoughts or know someone that does, contact a licensed qualified mental health therapist immediately! If you or if you know of someone contemplating suicide, contact or call: Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 & suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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tatistics can be informative and misleading. Some help us to make sense of a complex situation while others are meant to obfuscate and confuse. Some Confuse Some of the best misuse of statistics and facts came from the tobacco industry for decades. In 1946, Camel boasted that more doctors smoked Camel cigarettes than any other brand. Camel even tried to assure expectant mothers that a simple indulgence like a cigarette would help with an expectant mother’s disposition and help keep them from feeling ‘edgy’. Oddsmakers The night before the Presidential election of 2016, statisticians had Hillary Clinton with an 85% chance of victory for President of the United States. As we all know, that did not happen. According to OddsShark.com, the once 2016 long-shot and current President is the odds-on favorite for reelection in 2020 at +110. That means that if you were to bet $100 and Trump was reelected, you would win $10. Of the football team-sized field of contenders for the Democratic nomination, ‘Pocahontas’ Elizabeth Warren has +425 while vinyl-playing Joe Biden is at +500 and fading. Bernie Sanders is +900 while California Senator, Kamala Harris is the closest of the long shots at +1600. Andrew Yang and his Yang Gang are at +1800 while the only openly gay candidate, Pete Buttigieg, is +2500. Moving on from the political to tropical disturbances, the next storm to follow the destructive Hurricane Humberto this year will

be named Imelda after which we can expect Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo and Melissa. The 2020 storm season will start with Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzolo and Hanna. Income and Employment Statistics According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income (meaning half are above and half are below) was $63,179 for 2018, up 1% from the prior year. This was a lower level of gain than at any point since 2015. Western states (includes California) earned a median wage of $69,520 while the Northeast (includes New York City) had the best wage growth at 4.3% to $70,113. Southerners did the worst, up a scant 0.3% to $57,299. The median pay was up 3.4% in 2018 with men earning $55,291 and woman earning $45,097 or 82% of what a man earns. American-

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Asians earned the most at $87,194 followed by Caucasians at $70,642, Hispanics at $51,450 and African-Americans at $41,361. The top 20% of earners took home 50% of all pay while the bottom 20% took home 3.5%. Thirty-eight million Americans continue to live in poverty. While this 1.4 million fewer than 2017 and the lowest levels since 2008, it remains a blemish on our country. Americans without healthcare rose for the first time in years to 8.5% of Americans or 27.5 million, an increase of 2 million people. When we look at the unemployment rate for the state, the official rate is 4.1%. When we look at a more accurate portrayal of the real unemployment rate (termed the U6 unemployment rate), 8.6% of all working age Californians are not employed. Nearly one in nine working age people in Los Angeles

County are unemployed. Nationally, this number is 7.4%. Here in Riverside County, the unemployment rate is 3.7% and average hourly earnings of $28.11. According to CoreLogic, at the end of July, the average price of a home in Riverside County at $395,000 is 2.9% higher than last year. For comparison, Los Angeles County rose by 5% to $635,000, Orange County fell 0.8% to $729,000 and San Diego County was flat at $580,000. Your 401k Statistics All U.S. stocks as a group are up 21.7% for the year through September 15th. It sounds impressive until you look at the 1 year number which is 4.8%. While a 5% return isn’t bad, U.S. bonds produced an 8.5% return over the same period. That said, past results is most certainly no indication of future performance. Haddon Libby is the Founder and Managing Partner of the award-nominated Fiduciary Investment Advisory practice, Winslow Drake Investment Management. For more information, please visit www.WinslowDrake. com or email TWells@WinslowDrake.com.

LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

DUI? COURT IS ONLY HALF YOUR PROBLEM he DMV hearing takes place before a plea and in most circumstances results in an unfavorable ruling. As a rule, DMV hearing officers don’t care about anything but the chemical test, though THAT IS NOT THE LAW! If you are unsuccessful with DMV or court, your license is suspended for 30 days before you can request a restricted license. You must DMV $125.00, prove DUI class enrollment and file an SR-22. The court suspension is different from the DMV suspension, but they result in the same challenge for a defense lawyer. There are only three issues at the DMV hearing. They are set forth on the back of the DMV paper you received. The main issue is if the officer had probable cause to stop or contact you and whether the chemical test is beatable. The DMV has the burden of proof on all three issues and must win on all three issues to take your license away. However, the DMV does not use the same rules of evidence as the courts do and they usually win 98% of these DMV Hearings. THE DMV HEARING IS A PER SE HEARING AND IF YOU HAVE .08 OR HIGHER YOU ARE PER SE “GUILTY” IN THEIR EYES. By statute DMV is black and white. The hearing officers

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have NO authority to negotiate or extend courtesies. Unless we request your attendance, don’t appear. While you have the right, it is not a good idea as you could be called to testify over our objection and what you say can be used in court as they tape the hearings. DMV Hearings are arguments over evidence, not the facts Clients incorrectly hope if they “plead for their license” they will have pity and get a break. The hearing officer might pity you, but they will still take your license. DMV hearing officers have no authority to “Plea Bargain” or deviate from the statutory penalties. This administrative hearing does not follow the same rules as court and the DMV Hearing Officer is the Prosecutor AND the Judge. At DMV, we must knock out one DMV issue to save your license and avoid paying a reissuance fee. IF a hearing is requested within 10 days and a STAY is requested, then your license is good until the hearing results. If you had a DUI with an accident and you talk to your insurance carrier please don’t volunteer you had a DUI too. It is their responsibility to find that out. Even if you had a traffic accident the carrier does NOT always know that alcohol was involved. Remember: Silence is Golden and

Handcuffs are Silver so DON’T TALK to POLICE without your lawyer’s permission. Though often referred to as a DUI criminal defense lawyer, I choose to not view my DUI clients as “criminals”. I prefer to view them, and more importantly to treat them, as good, honest people that have found themselves in a scary and unfortunate situation after screwing up. I look upon my job as protecting the Constitutional Rights of every American who drinks, drives and gets arrested for a DUI or has an ACCIDENT. I do however “Change Hats” when I SUE Drunk Drivers for damages to my Injured or Deceased (Wrongful Death) clients. ARTICLE IDEAS? DALE GRIBOW 760-837-

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

Week of September 19

ARIES (March 21-April 19): We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal. For all of us, but especially for you, it’s a favorable phase to conjure and cultivate more sweet symmetry, calming balance, and healing harmony. In that spirit, I encourage you to temporarily suspend any rough, tough approaches you might have in regard to those themes. Resist the temptation to slam two opposites together simply to see what happens. Avoid engaging in the pseudo-fun of purging by day and bingeing by night. And don’t you dare get swept up in hating what you love or loving what you hate. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.” So said singer and activist Nina Simone. But it’s doubtful there ever came a time when she reached the perfect embodiment of that idyllic state. How can any of us empty out our anxiety so completely as to be utterly emancipated? It’s not possible. That’s the bad news, Taurus. The good news is that in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be as unafraid as you have ever been. For best results, try to ensure that love is your primary motivation in everything you do and say and think. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some things don’t change much. The beautiful marine animal species known as the pearly nautilus, which lives in the South Pacific, is mostly the same as it was 150 million years ago. Then there’s Fuggerei, a walled enclave within the German city of Augsburg. The rent is cheap, about one U.S. dollar per year, and that fee hasn’t increased in almost 500 years. While I am in awe of these bastions of stability, and wish we had more such symbolic anchors, I advise you to head in a different direction. During the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to be a maestro of mutability, a connoisseur of transformation, an adept of novelty. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Granny Smith apples are widely available. But before 1868, the tart, crispy, juicy fruit never existed on planet Earth. Around that time, an Australian mother of eight named Maria Ann Smith threw the cores of French crab apples out her window while she was cooking. The seeds were fertilized by the pollen from a different, unknown variety of apple, and a new type was born: Granny Smith. I foresee the possibility of a metaphorically comparable event in your future: a lucky accident that enables you to weave together two interesting threads into a fascinating third thread. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way,” writes storyteller Chuck Palahniuk, who has completed several novelistic masterpieces. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Leos have assembled much of the dirt and ash necessary to create your next masterpiece, and are now ready to move on to the next phase. And what is that phase? Identifying the help and support you’ll need for the rest of the process. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1959, scandal erupted among Americans who loved to eat peanut butter. Studies revealed that manufacturers had added so much hydrogenated vegetable oil and glycerin to their product that only 75 percent of it could truly be called peanut butter. So began a long legal process to restore high standards. Finally there was a new law specifying that no company could sell a product called “peanut butter” unless it contained at least 90 percent peanuts. I hope this fight for purity inspires you to conduct a metaphorically comparable campaign. It’s time to ensure that all the important resources and influences in your life are at peak intensity and efficiency. Say NO to dilution and adulteration. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1936, the city of Cleveland, Ohio staged the Great Lakes Exposition, a 135-acre fair with thrill rides, art galleries, gardens, and sideshows. One of its fun features was The Golden Book of Cleveland, a 2.5-ton, 6,000page text the size of a mattress. After the expo

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closed down, the “biggest book in the world” went missing. If it still exists today, no one knows where it is. I’m going to speculate that there’s a metaphorical version of The Golden Book of Cleveland in your life. You, too, have lost track of a major Something that would seem hard to misplace. Here’s the good news: If you intensify your search now, I bet you’ll find it before the end of 2019. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1990, the New Zealand government appointed educator, magician, and comedian Ian Brackenbury Channell to be the official Wizard of New Zealand. His jobs include protecting the government, blessing new enterprises, casting out evil spirits, upsetting fanatics, and cheering people up. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find your personal equivalents of an inspirational force like that. There’s really no need to scrimp. According to my reading of the cosmic energies, you have license to be extravagant in getting what you need to thrive. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Do silly things,” advised playwright Anton Chekhov. “Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.” I think that’s a perspective worth adopting now and then. Most of us go through phases when we take things too seriously and too personally and too literally. Bouts of fun absurdity can be healing agents for that affliction. But now is NOT one of those times for you, in my opinion. Just the reverse is true, in fact. I encourage you to cultivate majestic moods and seek out awe-inspiring experiences and induce sublime perspectives. Your serious and noble quest for a meaningful life can be especially rewarding in the coming weeks. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Before comedian Jack Benny died in 1974, he arranged to have a florist deliver a single red rose to his wife every day for the rest of her life. She lived another nine years, and received more than 3,000 of these gifts. Even though you’ll be around on this earth for a long time, I think the coming weeks would be an excellent time to establish a comparable custom: a commitment to providing regular blessings to a person or persons for whom you care deeply. This bold decision would be in alignment with astrological omens, which suggest that you can generate substantial benefits for yourself by being creative with your generosity. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Actress and author Ruby Dee formulated an unusual prayer. “God,” she wrote, “make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.” As you might imagine, she was a brave activist who risked her reputation and career working for the Civil Rights Movement and other idealistic causes. I think her exceptional request to a Higher Power makes good sense for you right now. You’re in a phase when you can generate practical blessings by doing the very things that intimidate you or make you nervous. And maybe the best way to motivate and mobilize yourself is by getting at least a bit flustered or unsettled. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Syndicated cartoon strip “Calvin and Hobbes” appeared for ten years in 2,400 newspapers in fifty countries. It wielded a sizable cultural influence. For example, in 1992, six-year-old Calvin decided “The Big Bang” was a boring term for how the universe began, and instead proposed we call it the “Horrendous Space Kablooie.” A number of real scientists subsequently adopted Calvin’s innovation, and it has been invoked playfully but seriously in university courses and textbooks. In that spirit, I encourage you to give fun new names to anything and everything you feel like spicing up. You now have substantial power to reshape and revamp the components of your world. It’s Identify-Shifting Time. Homework: Say these words in front of a mirror: “It’s bad luck to be superstitious.” FreeWillAstrology.com ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny - Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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BY AIMEE MOSCO

MAPPING OUT YOUR JOURNEY

“…energy responds to your directives, as it has no particular objective beyond the programming it receives…” –Gratitude + Forgiveness x (LOVE) = Happiness, by Aimee Mosco and Donald L. Ferguson, page 50. he most direct path to achieving your goals is one that is mapped. In other words, it is helpful to have a plan when you are looking to create an expected outcome. While a map doesn’t ensure that everything will roll out as anticipated, it is a guideline for achievement that keeps you aligned with a desired outcome. A spiritual map looks different than a physical map, business plan or schedule of events, because its purpose is to secure the matrix underneath all other types of plans. It sets the tone for how your journey unfolds. It allows you to be flexible and remain open to new pathways of opportunity impossible to see in advance, while still serving as a solid guide. Creating a spiritual map is an ideal way to chart an energetic course to success. The best kind of spiritual map is one born of thoughtful contemplation. When you are collecting elements with which to craft your map, consider the underpinnings of the success you have achieved in the past. What underlying qualities guided this success? Self-confidence? Creativity? And what would have helped you to meet with an even higher potential? Listening more intently to your intuition? Striking a better balance between work and play? When you have considered which elements to carry forward from other experiences, and which elements to invite for fortification on your journey, you will be ready to craft your spiritual map.

A spiritual map works in tandem with the energy of the Universe, meaning, energetic resources are most successfully delivered through the application of Universal Laws. You call on support delivered from the Universe by expressing intentions, affirmations and a visualization. Intentions are requests for energy to be delivered to you. The Universal Law of Attraction answers your intent with the gift of supportive energy. Affirmations are statements of belief that you have received the requested energy. The Universal Law of Belief circulates and amplifies the energy you have received from the Universe. A personal visualization is one that depicts your interpretation of success. The Universal Law of Creation trains energy to form energy patterns or bring energy into form in a specific way according to your visual interpretations. When you align the elements of your spiritual map with the function of Universal Laws, you are, in effect, consciously programming the energetic foundation of the experiences you will have on the journey ahead. In my pursuit to help you stay aligned with your soul purpose, 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 experiences. Aimee Mosco is an Author, Intuitive Channel, Global Ambassador for SpeakingfromOurHearts. org, 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 www.ihsunity.com

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CA & THE 116TH CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

ur marijuana advocates, The Brownie Mary Club, the first political party affiliated Cannabis Club in California, and The Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project (MAPP) have been working overtime to bring the following bills to Gov. Newsome’s desk for signature into law. SB 34, The Brownie Mary & Dennis Peron Act will protect compassion programs that donate medicine to needy patients and are currently subject to prohibitive taxes. SB 223 would allow for children to receive cannabis medicines at school. (Gov. Brown vetoed this bill.) SB 305 would allow terminally ill patients to use cannabis medicines in healthcare facilities. Passage of SB 305 is particularly important during this opioid crisis when doctors are afraid to prescribe and when hospice pharmacies are limited in their supply of narcotics. No fewer than 61 individual cannabis-focused bills have been filed in the first seven months of the 116th Congress making it the most cannabis friendly in history. A marijuana banking bill passed a key committee and the full House adopted a farreaching amendment to block federal interference in state legalization laws. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (DOR), who has worked for decades to end marijuana prohibition, said that those “long overdue efforts to reform our outdated cannabis laws are finally resonating in Congress. Bills to address policy failures in cannabis banking, veteran’s access, decriminalization and restorative justice have started moving through the legislative process.” A bill to prohibit the Treasury Department from punishing banks for maintaining accounts for state-legal cannabis businesses also deletes a longstanding rider that has blocked Washington, D.C. from spending its own local tax dollars to legalize and regulate marijuana sales. In July, the House passed via voice vote an amendment to end a Department of Veterans Affairs policy that denies home loans to military veterans because they work in the marijuana industry. The underlying bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), also contains a separate measure added in committee that would let military branches grant reenlistment waivers to personnel if they used marijuana once, or were convicted of a misdemeanor cannabis offense, while off duty. The Senate version of NDAA doesn’t have these marijuana riders, so it will come down to a conference committee to decide if they are included in the finished package. The House Financial Services Committee voted 45 to 15 to approve a bill to let banks service marijuana businesses without being punished by federal regulators. The Senate Banking, Housing

and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on financial services access for marijuana businesses. The Senate Agriculture Committee convened a hearing on federal officials’ efforts to implement the legalization of hemp that was part of the 2018 Farm Bill signed into law by President Trump late last year. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security gathered in July for a hearing on the need to end cannabis prohibition at which every witness—including the one called by the panel’s minority Republicans— supported far-reaching federal marijuana reform. Lawmakers from both parties also broadly voiced support for ending or scaling back prohibition, with most disagreement centering on how to achieve change instead of whether changes are needed. The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held two hearings this year at which legislators discussed proposals to increase military veterans’ access to medical cannabis. February, the House Financial Services Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee convened to discuss and pass legislation that gives banking access issues to marijuana businesses. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DNY), and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) filed bills to deschedule cannabis and set aside funding to support expunging prior convictions. The committee also included a passage in the report attached to a bill funding the Department of Veterans Affairs decrying the “Department’s denial of home loan guarantees to Veterans solely on the basis of the Veteran’s documented income being derived from state-legalized cannabis activities” and directing it to provide an update on efforts to “prioritize investments in research on the efficacy and safety of cannabis usage among the Veteran population for medicinal purposes.” I urge readers to contact your representatives to show your support for legalization of marijuana/cannabis. Ruth Hill lecturers and consults clients on safe medicinal cannabis use. hilruth@gmail.com

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