Coachella Valley Weekly - September 26 to October 2, 2019 Vol. 8 No. 28

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WILLDABEAST

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2018 & 2019 CV MUSIC AWARDS REIGNING CHAMP FOR “BEST RAP/HIP-HOP”

BY NOE GUTIERREZ

Coachella Valley Weekly (760) 501-6228

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

CONTENTS

Willdabeast ............................................. 3 Provoked ................................................ 5 The Bermuda .......................................... 6 J Patron .................................................... 7 Xpression................................................ 8 Tiptoe Stallone ....................................... 8 Row Low.................................................. 9 Diana Krall at Fantasy Springs.............. 9 Consider This - Redd Kross.................. 10 Mikayla Fazzone.................................... 11 Breaking The 4th Wall - Peter Pan ....... 11 Pet Place ............................................... 12 The Vino Voice ...................................... 13 Club Crawler Nightlife .................... 14-15 Pampered Palate- The Vine Wine Bar ... 16 Brewtality .............................................. 17 Screeners .............................................. 18 Book Review......................................... 19 Safety Tips ............................................. 19 Haddon Libby ....................................... 21 Dale Gribow........................................... 21 Sports Scene......................................... 22 Travel Tips 4U........................................ 22 Free Will Astrology............................... 23 Mind, Body & Spirit.............................. 23 Ask The Doctor..................................... 24 Cannabis Corner................................... 24 Cannabis Corner- RICH Cannabis Co.. 26

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he winner…by majority decision…and still, CVMA ‘Best Rap/Hip-Hop’ artist…

WILLDABEAST! We understand this is not a boxing match or even a battle for superiority for that matter. What it is to WILLDABEAST is a fight for his music. Randal is also a leader in the music community and has shown this by providing support to other artists and aligning himself with like-minded orchestrators like Mikey Reyes, PROVOKED and The Bermuda. Coachella Valley Weekly interviewed William Randal, the man behind WILLDABEAST, to help our readers understand the odyssey of Desert Rap and Hip-Hop from the artist’s standpoint.

Congratulations to the CVMA 2019 ‘Best Rap/Hip-Hop’ artist WILLDABEAST! CVW: You’ve had some big things happen to you in the past couple of years. How do you maintain your humility when you’re looked to for consistent excellence and on such a big stage every time you perform?

WILLDABEAST: “The past couple of years have been such a vital time in the growth of my music. Winning an opening spot for Kurupt at Date Shed, taking the victory at the CV Music Showcase, back to back CVMA awards for ‘Best Rap/Hip Hop’ and releasing a quality EP, Provoked and Willdabeast, on 12” with one of my best friends PROVOKED, all possible through my relationship with Jesus Christ. It’s as easy as breathing to maintain my ability to deliver ‘A++’ Hip-Hop every time my craft is on the mic.”

CVW: You have a talented partner in crime in PROVOKED, (Daniel Sullivan), going as far as writing and recording an entire album with him. What do you want to share about your relationship thus far?

WILLDABEAST: PROVOKED and I have been making music together close to 20 years.

In my opinion he is one of the hardest working Hip-Hop artists in the Coachella Valley hands down. Besides dropping an instant classic of an EP this year, PROVOKED and I will definitely be dropping more albums in the near future as well as our solo projects. I consider Daniel and all of our close circle family without a doubt.”

CVW: You thrive on other collaborations with other artists like Desert Rhythm Project.

What do you enjoy about the give and take of a live performance with a band like that?

WILLDABEAST: “Performing Hip-Hop music with the band is ideal. There’s no other feeling than being on stage sharing your craft with other musicians. It amps up the energy 10 times. Also, I love DRP with all my heart.

They always have my back like I always have theirs. Once you perform with the band it almost seems pointless not having one around full-time. Honestly, I would love to have a fulltime band of my own and that is something I’m probably going to be arranging as the next year approaches.”

CVW: Congratulations on your ‘Best Rap/ Hip Hop’ CVMA win for the 2nd year in a row!

What does the recognition mean to you?

WILLDABEAST: “Honestly, the recognition drives my motivation. It’s driving me to push further than I ever thought I would go with my music. Getting my name out there is also a plus for sure. But it just more solidified inside myself that people actually like my music.

For real, I love everybody that supports and continues to back my art, much respect. And next year I hope someone else wins the award straight up. I can name a few who deserve the award ASAP. It’s all about love.”

CVW: What are the plans for new WILLDABEAST music?

WILLDABEAST: “I plan to continue working on my solo projects to build my content. I’m taking my compositions towards a more musical direction by composing my beats with live instruments. Also, I’m getting more in touch with emotions that are inside and allowing them to surface. I just want to be honest with people who listen to my music.”

CVW: Do you have any shows scheduled?

WILLDABEAST: “I have a few shows lined up to keep me busy. The first show is September 28th at The Hood in Palm Desert.

We will be celebrating Tracy Dietlin’s birthday.

Then I will be accompanying DRP at Joshua Tree Music Festival October 10th – 13th. Tickets are available at joshuatreemusicfestival.com.

I am also really excited about the next show October 18th and 19th, which is the 12th Annual Concert for Autism at Tack Room Tavern. Then PROVOKED and I will be blessing the stage at

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STREET, going down at the Westfield Palm Desert atop the parking structure November 1st. Followed by November 9th’s Synergy Music and Arts Festival, where we will be promoting our latest self-titled EP.” CVW: What haven’t you attempted yet that you hope to?

WILLDABEAST: “I hope to accomplish incorporating live music into my performance, such as looping instruments and manipulating drums live. Showcasing my production skills on the fly is definitely a goal that’s going to be attempted real soon.”

CVW: What is one experience in life that, without it, you wouldn’t be the artist you are today?

WILLDABEAST: “Honestly, there’s just a few individuals accumulated in my life that formulated my experience and motivated my artistic form in rhyme. Daniel Sullivan, Gustavo Ibarra, Esteban Andrade, Jonathan Olvera, Mikey Reyes and Matt Rickert. Without them in my life, my experience with Hip-Hop would not have been as vibrant. Much love to every one of them. RIP Gus and Matt.”

CVW: How long have you been making music now, as WILLDABEAST? WILLDABEAST: “I’m going on about 20 years. My homies Brett and Mikey came up with the name when I was a freshman in high school. It’s stuck ever since, and I used it every time I made music. It kind of represented what I was about on the microphone. I was always real aggressive to defend the Hip-Hop culture.

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WILLDABEAST continued from page 3 my inner beast is now directed more towards aggressive positivity if that makes sense. A spiritual gangster in other words.”

CVW: You are involved in every aspect of your music. How does your creative process differ when you are creating beats versus vocals?

WILLDABEAST: “My creative process all originates from the spirit. The beat speaks and I answer with words. There are a few ways this happens. Sometimes the words will come as I am in the process of creating a composition.

There are times when I have to complete the beat. Then I listen to it over the next couple days, and let it drive the story out of my creative cache. Once I have written the lyrics to my beats, they belong to the song. Just like one of the instruments.”

CVW: How do you think your surroundings have shaped you creatively & in what way(s)?

WILLDABEAST: “Whether it was good or bad, my surroundings definitely shaped my creativity by producing a mind whose imagination does not stop. Sometimes I wish it would, but then I remember some people don’t think at all, so I take it as a blessing. Go with it. Trust the process.”

CVW: I know things have not come easy for you and you make it seem easygoing and without drama. What has been your biggest challenge in maintaining momentum & motivation?

WILLDABEAST: “I guess my biggest challenge in maintaining momentum and motivation would be balancing work and my music. At one point I know that my music will become a main source of income so I can do what I love for a living, but as an independent artist the process is slow. I just know wholeheartedly that this is my path and I stay with it. As long as I operate in the boundaries of love, Christ and family, my outcome will always be success. I just go with the flow.”

CVW: What is next for WILLDABEAST? What do you want your supporters to know about you?

WILLDABEAST: “My next step would be finding management and distribution. I feel I’m ready for that elevated level and would love to go on tour or even end up with a spot at Coachella one year. None of my goals would be possible without my supporters so I would just want them to know that they are a big part of what I represent through my music. God Bless!”

CVW: Anything else you’d like to add?

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WILLDABEAST: “I would like to thank Alzander Thomas for the amazing cover artwork. Contact him on Instagram @a.d._83 for custom art. Also shout out to Rick Rodriguez for the WillDaBeast (W) Logo.

Contact him @ibelieveinasone for your graphic designs. Much love to CV Weekly.

Big ups to Chance Rickert, DRP, PROVOKED, Wendy Sullivan, Source1st, DJ ODC, Alpine, The Bermuda, Thoughts Contained, Xio

PROVOKED – POETRY IN PERPETUAL MOTION Photo by Chance

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ince the release of his most recent solo album, One Life, and the highly successful collaboration with WILLDABEAST, PROVOKED has prospered through his exceptional persuasion of HipHop that has engineered a path towards poetic prominence.

He is preparing to release a new album entitled, PROVOKED POETRY, that will undoubtedly guarantee his imprint in the archives of Hip-Hop history. After speaking with PROVOKED, it’s apparent that THIS is where he takes off from.

Coachella Valley Weekly communicated with the self-made lyricist who has journeyed through the eyes of many a storm only to flourish and be blessed beyond his aspirations. Case in point, this past year on his birthday he married his beautiful wife Wendy and then performed on one of the biggest stages in the world, Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, with his comrades Ocho Ojos, Savier1, J Patron and Verzo Loko.

Here is our conversation.

CVW: Tell us about PROVOKED POETRY the album.

PROVOKED: “On the new album, I literally wrote every single song on the way to work, from work or in the shower. Honestly, that’s usually what I’ve done in the past. I just dropped a YouTube video that is the intro to the album, so the listener knows where it’s headed. The song is going to be called “Breakaway.” I’m stoked for PROVOKED POETRY. I’m not doing any features on this one, it’s gonna be all me! It’s twelve tracks and they are all locally produced and engineered.

I go to all my standard shit, cadences and delivery along with my messages and what I really aim to say and what I feel is PROVOKED POETRY. It goes deep. In essence, I feel that Hip-Hop IS PROVOKED POETRY. Rap is a form of poetry and lyrical expression.”

CVW: You have consistently put yourself out there and your albums are really just an extension of yourself.

PROVOKED: “I feel a lot of the time HipHop is coming from a place of what’s going

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on in that person’s life and what provokes them to write that shit. With me, it’s about the current state of the world, what’s going on in my daily life and the experiences that I’ve had. It’s also about all the bullshit I see, all the lies and all the fuckin’ horrible stuff that really provokes me to cut the things that I do and the messages I present. I want to encourage and motivate people. I feel that this is it. It will set the bar higher for me and then past it I’ll start trying new shit. I feel like I had to get this out of the way; to say, ‘here it is!’”

CVW: What do you want to come to pass from the release of PROVOKED POETRY? PROVOKED: “My main thing is, I want to be having fun with the music and make good content to try and keep this domino effect going. I’m going to go hard and be assertive. I feel I need to come out with the best content.”

CVW: The album you recorded with WILLDABEAST has had a very positive reaction, not only from the Coachella Valley but Hip-Hop enthusiasts around the world.

September 26 to October 2, 2019 Sanchez, Versastyle, Giselle Woo and the Night Owls, Thr3strykes, Jack Patron, Death Merchants, DJ Rawkwell, DJ Smoke-One, DJ Slic Vic, Osirus, GreenSkull Family, Xpression, Triple Digitz, the entire Desert Music scene, Nigel Dettelbach, Flat Black Art Supply, Project Mayhem, Twerp, G.O.O.N.S., MCKG, Verzo Loko, Toni Bakal and KCOD crew, Chuck Films, Stretch, Mikey Reed, Barnett English, Noe Gutierrez, my mom Andrea, my beautiful daughter Marley, my sisters Rachel and Jerrica, my love Desiree Sidhu. And Ya Don’t Stop! Thank you for all the continuous love and support! willdabeasthiphop.com IG: @willdabeast_hip_hop Upcoming Shows: 9/28 – The Hood Bar & Pizza – Palm Desert, CA 10/10-10/13 – Joshua Tree Music Festival – Joshua Tree, CA 10/18-10/19 – Tack Room Tavern – Indio, CA 11/1 – STREET – Palm Desert, CA 11/9 – Synergy Music and Arts Festival – Coachella, CA

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That billboard promoting the album sets a higher standard too.

PROVOKED: “I’m stoked about the success. I’m proud of Will. It’s all been a blessing. All the shit that came from that and the response was huge. That whole billboard shit was a trip too. We did a lowkey Kickstarter for that and we sent it to every single person that we knew privately. I told myself that one day I would get one, but I didn’t want it to be fancy and there it is on Indio Boulevard.”

CVW: You and Wendy are still newlyweds. How does it feel to be married to your best friend?

PROVOKED: “I’m ready to get this show on the road and own a home and just live life and continue to love her throughout all my years. Everything has been going great and we’re having hella fun!” provokedmusic.com Upcoming Shows w/ WILLDABEAST: 11/1 – STREET – Palm Desert, CA 11/9 – Synergy Music and Arts Festival – Coachella, CA Photo By Brian Blueskye

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he Bermuda’s recent unusual disappearance from the desert music scene is not connected to paranormal or extraterrestrial activity.

Instead, it was attributed to the natural attrition of the trio to a duo. With the bullshit aside, the group is ready to move forward and get back to a “MADD” pace and, as they say in their collab song “No Stress” with WILLDABEAST, “go where the wind blows.”

Coachella Valley Weekly solved the mystery of The Bermuda during a rap with the pair.

CVW: What does the world need to know about IvytheGiant & MaddHatter?

MaddHatter: “The world needs to know that IvytheGiant and MaddHatter are taking The Bermuda’s music to y’all soon!

It’s been three years since we’ve dropped a project and right now is the time for us to make our statement in Hip-Hop. The music that we have finished for our new EP is the best music we’ve made to date…period!

We’ve been working with a great engineer in the studio and created this collection of songs that fit and flow great as a project. The whole goal with this project and any future or past project is to show anyone that listens what we feel life is and should be about…the bigger picture.”

CVW: You have a few shows coming up.

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THE BERMUDA

What do you like most about performing live & what do you want people to take away from your performances?

MaddHatter: “Yeah, we have actually been getting back into shows, since we finished recording the project, we figure it would be good to come out of the cave we been in and start stirring up a buzz again.

The last three shows we performed were amazing! The crowds have been intense, they are loving all the new songs. Ivy and I have created one of our dopest sets. For me, the best part of performing is being able to take control of a room full of people that have no clue who the hell you are, but if they fuck with you by the second or third song you look across the room and ask them, ‘HOW THE FUCK Y’ALL FEELIN TONIGHT?’ and the whole crowd reacts in chaos, it takes me to a place of just complete happiness. I want people to walk away from our set wanting more, I want them to be tired and sweaty ‘cause our set had them moving or jumping or feeling the damn song. I’ve always watched rappers perform live and how they perform and what I always took away was if you entertained that fucking crowd and everyone left with this grin on their face and shirts sweaty, they would always show up again, and tell their friends about you. I want people to see our set and experience all their emotions by the end of our set.”

IvytheGiant: “I think whether performing in front of 5 or 200 people is an incredible feeling that you just can’t describe with words, there’s a certain energy and connection we create when we perform and seeing people respond to it in such a positive way is fucking awesome! When we know we’re going to perform live we always prep ourselves and figure out ways that we know people will love and interact with us, so at a show, we give people something completely different that they don’t feel when they listen to a song off the internet. We’re here to show you guys a good time and make sure you enjoy every second of it.”

CVW: You’ve been friends for a long time & together as a group since 2014. How do you address the necessary balance between

THE MADD GIANTS OF DESERT RAP & HIP-HOP friendship, artistry (writing & performing together) and the business of music?

MaddHatter: “Ivy and I have been friends since about middle school so about 13-15 years, I think. So, we will always be brothers; even if the music doesn’t work out. The fact that I can share a stage with Ivy means I trust him with my life, so I don’t have to worry about the business side of things, we always looked at the business to be split right down the middle 50/50. In 2018 we were going through a lot of personal issues in our lives and that’s why Ivy and myself kind of disappeared. But being able to get your personal life on track, the music side of shit just fell right into place, that’s why I would say now, ivy and I have never had better chemistry on stage and in the music and when The Madd Giants EP drops I really think everyone will be able to hear and see that. A lot of people have been saying the chemistry on stage looks so natural, so Ivy and I go damn whatever we’re doin’ its working so let’s keep axing at it then, why not ya know?”

IvytheGiant: “Personally, I think it’s just that we’ve been great friends for a long time and when it comes down to the music and business aspect of it we can always figure things out so easily because we both have the same vision in what we’re trying to do and achieve, so I just see it as two homies just having fun and doing their thang. We’ve never been the type to think of ourselves individually before the other person and the group, we both do it for the love of music.”

CVW: What separates The Bermuda sound from others in Rap & Hip-Hop? IvytheGiant: “What separate us from other artists are the goals and dreams that we have thought of and just really trying to expand them to their full potential, we’re very determined in what we’re trying to do and we will never quit on music.”

CVW: Looking back on The Chronicles & Backyard Hooligans, what were the highlights for you in writing and recording those albums?

MaddHatter: “I look back at The Chronicles as one thing and one thing only.

Ha-ha, that was our starting point, I feel to be an artist you have to have a beginning, and

BY NOE GUTIERREZ that’s The Chronicles; I had a bad flow and cringe lyrics ha-ha, but I’ll always love to go back to it because it shows how much we’ve grown. Backyard Hooligans was a teaching point. It showed what recording procedures worked and that’s when we really dabbled in creating and trying to find our sound which was headed in the right direction.”

IvytheGiant: “Just like MADD said The Chronicles was just a starting point and Backyard Hooligans was more of an experimental project where we tried to tackle all kinds of ideas. And I’m not ashamed of any of them, it shows you how much you progress and reminds you of what you created back in the days you started out. Creating projects is always an exciting adventure to us, we never know what to expect.”

CVW: You all have experience with other genres and sub-genres of music. What are your favorite types of music?

MaddHatter: “I feel like we have come from listening to a wide array of music. So when we create music there really is no boundary we aren’t sure about, we make music for people to listen to and take something away from the songs, whether it be something simple like ‘that song was tight’ to ‘that song made me change my life around’. To be told those things about the songs you poured your emotions and soul into, you sit back and go, ‘damn, they took what we made and took it to a whole other level’. The greatest thing to me in life is to put something out there you made and help save someone’s life. The friendships that we have made since we’ve started The Bermuda are stronger than friendships I’ve had for years. The world is full of negative, but I feel waking up every morning is a gift.

As it is, there’s a lot of division and hate in this world. Ivy and I feel like music can bring anyone together around the world and to spread that positivity into this world is what it should be about. We aren’t afraid to try something new. I love Rap, Metal and old school Country. Instigator is a dope ass local

www.coachellavalleyweekly.com band out here, those dudes sound like their straight out the hair days, its dope.”

IvytheGiant: “I’m a fan of anything if it catches my attention. I’ve always been a fan of Reggae and Alternative Rock, that’s what I mainly listened to in high school, it wasn’t until my sophomore year where I started getting into old school Hip-Hop and that’s where we kinda get our inspiration from.

We’re always down to try new things and we have. We always try to infuse our version of Hip-Hop with other fundamentals of music and I think that’s what makes us interesting.”

CVW: What’s 2019/2020 looking like for The Bermuda?

MaddHatter: “What’s next is our new

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he Colombian-born and Coachella Valley resident J PATRON is in constant motion. If he’s not writing and producing music, he’s performing and touring. If he’s not developing new clothing designs, he’s spinning as a DJ. In the modern world of DIY creativity, he’s an artist built from the ground up. His tenacious approach to his music career is a template for any artist to mimic.

J PATRON’s joint performance of the song Xibalba at both weekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2019 with Ocho Ojos, Savier1, PROVOKED and Verzo Loko was a significant milestone in the chronicles of CV music. Not only did that achievement shed light on the stupendous Latin artists we treasure, but it also contributed a platform to the multifaceted and universal Rap and Hip-Hop desert music scene.

Coachella Valley Weekly spoke with PATRON to talk about his future and the outlook of Coachella Valley Rap and Hip-Hop. CVW: What have you been up to and what are your plans in the coming year?

PATRON: “Right now, I’m focused on putting out new music backed with content.

I recently toured the United States and Latin America. I’ll be going out again to do a U.S. tour in March, starting in Austin, Texas at SXSW 2020 and we’ll hit all the big cities in Texas. Then we’ll head to Miami, then up the East Coast, Midwest then come back home.

There is an international tour in the works.

project The Madd Giants EP, which should be out before the end of the year. It’s what we feel like is ‘our sound’, where we need to be and that we’re on the right path. We worked with producers all over the world, we have some incredible local features on there. It’s an amazing sound from the first track to the last. We have a show in October with NECRO and Madchild at Catch One in Los Angeles, so that should be a fun party.

After that we are going to take a small break from shows, and start getting the videos and promo material ready for The Madd Giants, we’re also throwing the idea around of a small tour in promotion for the EP. We kinda let it happen on its own and we go with it,

and that mentality has been great so far so that’s the formula we’re going with now.”

IvytheGiant: “Our newest project is by far the greatest music we have ever created; we found an amazing producer that has taught us so much already, but we know this is only the beginning of our next chapter for the group.”

Upcoming Shows: 9/28 – The Go Lounge – San Diego, CA 10/26 – Catch One – Los Angeles, CA Find The Bermuda on FB: facebook.com/TheRealBermuda Watch & listen to the song No Stress by The Bermuda & WILLDABEAST: youtu.be/5oLZu4YKFek

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The music video for my last project, American Dream and Colombian Fantasy, should be dropping soon. It’s an animated video from my friend Javier from Mexico City for the song “Duro” featuring Yoga Fire.”

CVW: You attended and performed at SXSW 2019 and had significant exposure and success. Are you returning next year?

PATRON: “Yes, I will be building a tour around it. When I tour, I usually always go solo, but this time I’m taking Razor J with me. I’ll definitely have him on guitar and a DJ who can perform on a drum machine and

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the cat I’m looking at is a great keyboardist too. When I perform with Razor J it’s just a whole different energy, that kid is wild and super-fucking talented and great on stage.

I’m trying to create a vibe on stage rather than just vocals.”

CVW: In your opinion, what can CV artists, fans, the community and media do to continue to support an upswing in growth for Rap and Hip-Hop from this area?

PATRON: “Just keep doing what you’ve been doing the last couple of years. It’s been crazy growth within the local Hip-Hop community from Phil Lacombe and Tracy Dietlin at CV Weekly to Brian Blueskye at Desert Sun to KESQ and CBS2, a lot of the press has opened doors for a lot of us; we have more fans, more shows and more visibility because of it. When you think of music in Southern California no one thinks of the desert when it comes to Hip-Hop, everyone thinks of L.A., Compton or South Central. We got a booming scene out here. At one point, it was way bigger than it is right now, but now it’s going back up on that wave. Everything has its peaks and valleys; we’re working our way back up. Everyone has a different target population and market, I specialize in the Latino, Urban, Reggaeton, Cumbia and HipHop, so it’s hard to get the attention of the non-Latino communities so I do a song with PROVOKED or a show with WILLDABEAST and our fans are all blended with each other and at the end of the day its Hip-Hop. We end up growing from each other; it’s amazing. It’s a lot of help when we have the opportunity to be interviewed or to be nominated for awards, people take you more seriously. It’s not just somebody making music in their garage or bedroom and uploading it, these artists are spending money on billboards, PR campaigns and music videos; there’s a craft and money behind it.”

CVW: What kind of advice can you provide serious artists from our area and abroad?

PATRON: “I would advise all artists to sign up with one of the performing rights organizations ASCAP or BMI to register and copyright all your work so you can get paid and don’t have to just depend on show money and merch sales. You can generate some income from your music. It’s not a lot but it’s something. Little by little it can grow.

BY NOE GUTIERREZ It’s not as great as it used to be, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Be creative with your merch. Put your brand on everything. Put your logo on a coffee mug, everybody drinks coffee. Don’t just record a song and upload it on SoundCloud, put some thought into it, market it, spend some money on it, work with a PR company who can put it on some blogs.”

CVW: You’ve been known to light the candles at both ends. Do you consider yourself a workaholic?

PATRON: “It wasn’t until this year that I started working smarter instead of harder. I read a book about the The Pareto Principle or the 80/20 rule. It says that 20 percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. I went back and looked at all the songs I created with less effort and less time and didn’t think too much about them and just let them flow naturally. Those are the songs that get the most plays. I wake up every morning at 5:30. I play music or start working on music and meditate or get a little workout in and then I’ll go into writing mode.

I’ll read a little before to get some fresh words in my head. I’ll read books that I’m really into.

I have a schedule, Mondays and Tuesdays are production, I’ll produce and work on beats, Wednesdays and Thursdays I’ll work on lyrics. Friday and the weekend I’ll do shows and work on clothes. I also design. If I don’t have a schedule my brain is fuckin’ scattered everywhere and I’ll get overwhelmed. With no organization and nothing written down, things become harder to accomplish. If you’re not a workaholic in this industry, there’s no place for you. It’s your hobby if you’re not a workaholic. It’s my passion, my dream and my reality. You have to block time to make your time. I write, plan and list everything. If you go in my studio there’s a vision board on my wall with notes all over it.”

CVW: Any final thoughts to share with our readers?

PATRON: “I appreciate the love. Don’t just listen and buy the music, but make it to the shows, buy the merch, keep interacting with us and let’s keep the ball moving.”

Upcoming Appearances: 9/27 – bart lounge – Cathedral City, CA – Special DJ Set 10/20 – Club 5 Bar – Indio, CA – Live Performance jpatronmusic.com

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here’s no hiding from it. The Write Path is the high-profile “features” album of all “features” albums. The new maxed out record from Coachella Valley native Xpression spotlights some of the biggest names in Rap and Hip-Hop today. It’s a hit list of artists that Xpression does not shy away from by adding his signature cadence and rhythmic lyrical compositions. Bolstered by the assistance and participation of other desert natives, Ronnie King and Ckeelay, Juan Carlos Fajardo, Jr. is shot out of a cannon and has infinitely made his mark with this highly ambitious and completed piece of art.

Fajardo has steadily remained open about the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges he has experienced in his life, that is witness to the openness, love and encouragement he has from his family, who are towers of strength within the community in which he lives.

It’s go big or go home for Xpression. He holds his own here and possesses the thickest set of musical armor in the performances of all his guest artists. The armor is not meant to protect him, but to display a show of force.

Producers on the album include Bebo Beats, Ronnie King, Di Muro, Karmic Basis, Cutty Dre, Anthony Flores, Yoey Composes, Rikanatti and Dj Third Degree. The Write Path was mixed and mastered by Rikanatti and recorded by Anthony Flores.

Below is the CV Weekly album review: Lilith (feat. Bizzy Bone) “In the beginning…”. A great first track. In a way, a Book of Genesis for the album. “Lil’ Ripsta’s” rapid fire lyrics form the nucleus of the energy from the intro track. Bizzy Bone is the youngest member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and is faultless here. Xpression follows suit nicely by advancing the supersonic baton.

Art of the Flow (feat. Demetrius, King Los & Kéta) Symphonic piano intro and melody. More speedy lyrical deliveries from the featured artists.

A head bobbing tempo. Kéta’s fetching vocals oblige the dramatic pace and tone of the tune.

Lockdown (feat. Locksmith & Julius) More of a fear-based tempo that is reminiscent of an 80’s horror soundtrack. The rap content from Locksmith, Julius and Xpression is a progression of

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slow burn. “If they try to fuck with us, they better watch out, got the rap game on lockdown, if anybody crosses my path they getting shot down”.

187 (feat. Cassidy & Jag) Slower tempo. Emphasized on this track are Philly rapper Cassidy and West Coast artist Jag. Murder here is lyrical in nature. The beat and keyboard melody complement each other G-funk era style.

Purple Juice (feat. Don Michael Jr. & Demetrius) The fourth “Popular Track” on the album according to iTunes is this hard hitter. Xpression’s flow shines here. The rap game requires thick skin and this song reinforces the need to heed that it’s a tough ladder to climb.

Hiphop Ain’t Dead (feat. Cyhi The Prynce & Kxng Crooked) LBC Slaughterhouse member Kxng Crooked & Cyhi The Prynce impress that they are alive and well. The song has meaning, feeling and soul. In 2006 Nas said that Hip Hop Is Dead. Xpression stomps out the notion with his killer verse.

Bullshit (feat. M.R.G , M.C. Infinite, Ckeelay) The song will be popular in dance clubs with that intro. Ckeelay has a syncopated delivery that is easily recognized. That nonsensical and untrue talk can be misleading and deceptive. The bullshit is best left behind.

Eyes Wide Shut (feat. Chino XL) An apocalyptic piano intro and outro. The hook is haunting in the fullest sounding track thus far. The instrumentation and orchestration are of prime production. The Bronx-born Chino XL shows why Rick Rubin signed him to his American Recordings label in the mid 90’s.

Enigma (feat. The Grouch) The first track featuring The Grouch. He reels off, “I want to live love…tell me how we get to be a big enigma…look what we did to us…how we gonna fix up everything we mixed up?” As individuals we can be puzzling to understand.

Social Network (feat. M.R.G. & Kid Vishis) M.R.G.’s two of three tracks he’s featured on.

Laid back tempo a la the “gangsta lean” where you’re driving holding the wheel while leaning to your right bobbing your head to the bumpin’ beat.

The song describes the perils of social media and the false realities that can be mistakenly relied

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Bad Bitch (feat. Bizarre & Castro Escobar) Detroit export Bizarre, youngster Castro Escobar and Expression extol the tales of waking up in the morning next to an independent and confident woman, tongue-in-cheek of course.

What You Want (feat. Mellow Man Ace) The Mentirosa rapper Mellow Man Ace is featured here. A driving track with lower octave grand piano courtesy of producer Ronnie King.

Xpression should expect heavy rotation for this song up in da clubs.

To the Top (feat. Kxng Crooked) #2 for Kxng Crooked. Similar to the way this album was approached, Xpression reaches for the sky and accomplished that here. “We going straight to the top”.

Keep it going (feat. Millie Millz) Another inspirational song that encourages self-improvement. Millie Millz talks about making moves and paying dues. Keep it going has that Urban contemporary feel defined by R&B and Soul. A song with real broad crossover appeal if Xpression decides to release as a single.

Stay You (feat. Catalyst Bars, Joe Lewis, Millie Millz)

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chase since the early 2000s,” states Rapper and Promoter, Chris “Tiptoe” Stallone.

Born and raised in Indio, Stallone has been a leader here in the CV in the Rap/Hip Hop genre.

He took the time to answer a few questions for our Hip Hop Issue.

CVW: Can you give us a little background on CDs you’ve done?

Stallone: “I’ve had 3 projects total to this date. My first was a group project, Home Invazion Hi Music da Album. Then I dropped The 8th Seed Vol 1, which led to my last completed project, Everybody Hates Chris. I’m currently working on a new project called I Hustled to Get Here, an EP slated to drop this holiday season, Lord willing.”

CVW: I know you’ve been a solid Hip Hop/Rap performer here in the valley for a while, but recently it seems you’re more of a promoter. Can you tell me about the difference between being a promoter and performer?

Stallone: “On the artist side I started getting more involved in the event planning of shows I was involved in, but overall, I’ve done shows

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here and events dating back to the paraiso days, but about 4 and half years ago I started doing booking and started promoting mainstream artists, most of the times coming out of my own pocket as investor into the events in

collaboration with Sol Sports night club/mi lindo sinaloa coachella enterprises LLC. The difference in being promoter than the artist is you have all the responsibility to make sure the show goes smooth after getting the word out to the masses. So as a promoter under Indio Sport Ent., I was able to branch off into promoting businesses as well as shows, events, grand openings, etc.”

CVW: You have a Halloween show coming up. Let’s talk about that.

Stallone: “Yes, we are at The Hood in Palm Desert October 18th. I’ll be one of the hosts as well as rocking the mic. It’s featuring other dope local artists also featuring C Dubb from northern CA. This event is powered by Matty v and Chris.

I hope everyone can make it out and bring a costume lol.”

CVW: How has the CV changed over the years with the Hip Hop genre?

Stallone: “I think over the years we have a lot more artist here of all ages trying out this music game...with the internet and programs making it easier to become a rapper and be an artist. So now we have a good saturation of

BY NOE GUTIERREZ That reminder that we all need to be ourselves in anything we do and with anyone we encounter.

We must stay true and be willing to learn.

Every Life Matters (feat. M.R.G. & Blvk Dmnd) The song starts off with the sounds of a scene all too familiar on the streets across America, sirens and outcries of harassment and police brutality. Xpression uses his platform to share the message to stop the violence all the way around.

Sacrifices (feat. Zion I & Vasti Gabriella) A joyful beat and uplifting synth part. Oaklandbased Zion I aka Zumbi and Xpression talk about what they have given up in order to advance themselves and build a legacy their younger generations can emulate. The singing from desert beauty queen Vasti Gabriella is the cherry on top.

Still Need You (feat. The Grouch & TRQS) TRQS provides that 90’s vocal vibe that’s sensual and soothing. Oakland artist and founding member of The Living Legends, The Grouch, is humble in his delivery of a vocal that feels like a conversation with his lost loved one. Xpression follows with his own ode to family who have passed on.

The Write Path (feat. Athena Reign & John Fajardo) With the adorable voice of his daughter presenting the title track, The Write Path is a synopsis of his challenges backed by a piano run that sounds very familiar. His father breaks it down in prayer, so that “JC” is reminded that there is a Higher Power at work and that it is absolute.

Mom Outro (feat. Angelica Guajardo) The supportive and positive words from his mother will resonate with any person doing their best to make their parents proud. Mom unequivocally shows why Xpression has no reluctance in “expressing” himself. xpressionthemc.com Fnd Xpression on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Google Play, Amazon Music, and YouTube.

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talented artists that all have the same thing in common, and that’s learning the ins and outs of the music game. There used to be a handful of us now there are artist all over the CV.” CVW: What would you do to make the hip hop scene better?

Stallone: “Just keep providing different types of platforms for artist here to get exposure opportunities and to be seen and heard.”

CVW: Who have been your major influences?

Stallone: “My kids have catapulted into being my main influence today cuz I do a lot of this to provide for them. Also, everyone in the game that has showed me how to brand myself and things attached to what I’m involved in.”

CVW: What do you want to say to the CV music community?

Stallone: “To the music heads in CV... keep grindin and stay prepared. Learn the music game and support the supporters #swish.”

Upcoming Show: The Hood Bar & Pizza on October 18 Halloween Show $10 Presale at: talesfromthehood.bpt.me or $15 at the door.

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round 3 years ago at the annual event, Synergy Fest, was the first time I encountered Row Low performing and I was immediately taken back by his energy, charisma, stage presence and lyrical flow...not to mention the fact that he already looks like a star. Little did I know back then what a truly interesting guy he is.. One of the most versatile rappers I personally know, over the past few years Row Low, (who is also a working actor), has stretched himself as a performer stylistically and continues to push boundaries through musical genres. A proud husband and father of two, an immigrant, a storyteller and a generally philosophical dude, I am always happy for any time I have with him to discuss music, ideas and life.

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CVW: Let’s talk about what you are up to these days.

Row Low: “I’ve been cranking out a lot of music and just really trying to stay fully present and aware in each moment. Currently I am fully immersed in the creative process. I have a few partnership projects I’m working with, myself and also as a solo artist.”

CVW: And what about your acting career?

Row Low: “I was actually in the Showtime series, White Famous, which was pretty cool even though it only lasted one season. It was super surreal being there and on set, rubbing elbows with Jay Pharoah. Ironically, I played a musician in the show. We had a band called,

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‘Angry Black’ that was sort of a rebel, punk band. It was a lot of fun. There have also been some commercials and a few other things since we last talked.”

CVW: Acting aside, you have been putting out a lot of music and videos lately.

Row Low: “Yeah! Mainly my focus has been on putting brand new music out and merging genres.”

CVW: I’ve been hearing that merging of genres in a lot of the new stuff you have been releasing. Have you been going through some transitions, genre-wise over the past couple of years?

Row Low: “Yeah, I guess there has been somewhat of an overt transition but inwardly,

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rall has been making music since she was a toddler. Growing up in British Columbia, her dad, Jim was an accountant and Jazz enthusiast, her mom, Adella was a school teacher. Thanks to her dad, she absorbed the Great American Songbook, (music by composers like Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter, to name a few). By age 15, she was playing Jazz piano in a local night spot and three years later she received a scholarship from Berklee School Of Music in Boston. Following matriculation, she headed to Los Angeles to begin her career in music.

By 1990, she relocated to New York and three years later, the Justin Time label issued her debut, Steppin’ Out. In 1996 she had switched to the venerable Jazz imprint Impulse, and it was her third album, All For You: A Dedication To Nat King Cole, that put her on the map. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Jazz charts, setting the stage for her next two albums, 1997’s Love Scenes and 1999’s When I Look Into Your Eyes. The former hit #1 on the charts, the latter was the first Jazz album in 25 years to receive a Grammy nomination for Album Of The Year.

It lost, but she did collect one for Best Jazz Vocal.

The 21st century brought more success, with her Look Of Love album and Live In Paris.

On a personal note, 2002 brought heartache and happiness. Her mother lost her battle

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with Multiple Myeloma, and mentors like Rosemary Clooney and Ray Brown also passed away. But she met Elvis Costello, part of Punk Rock’s inaugural Class Of ’77.

Born Declan McManus, his dad Ross was a Jazz trumpeter and vocalist for Big Band orchestras. Elvis’ music hopscotched genres and by then, he’d recorded albums devoted to Country, Soul, Classical music and Jazz.

The pair were perfectly matched, and they married the following year at Elton John’s English estate.

I have always been this guy who has been influenced by a lot of heavy stuff such as, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Incubus, Limp Bizkit and even Tupac and Bob Marley. A former drummer of mine I think said it best. He was like, ‘Dude, you just like revolutionary music.

It’s all you’ve really ever been into.’ And I was like, ‘Yes! That’s it!’ And I guess that’s why there is a lot of the stuff that’s coming out that doesn’t do much for me. And don’t get me wrong, I love a lot of contemporary music, but there isn’t much out there that I am extremely moved by unless it’s genrebending or unless it pushes the envelope or challenges the current, cultural zeitgeist.”

CVW: Let’s talk about the most recent incarnation of your sound.

Row Low: “The current, ‘paradigm’ that I am in would probably be on the trap-metal side. There is definitely a heavier influence because trap music is naturally heavy. It’s built from oppression; it’s built from struggle and trying to make something out of nothing.

Metal has a lot of those elements as well so fusing the two together was almost necessary for me although I am definitely not limited to that situation. It really just all depends.” soundcloud.com/rowlow facebook.com/RowLow

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Diana’s next album explored new territories, veering away from her usual mix of Jazz standards. Instead, 2004’s The Girl In The Other Room embraced contemporary songwriters like Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Mose Allison and even her husband. She and Elvis also co-wrote several songs for the album. Again, she has a #1 record. But she and Elvis’ greatest collaboration came two years later with the arrival of their sons, Dexter and Frank.

In the ensuing years, she has averaged

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a new album every three years. From This Moment Now, was released in 2006, followed by the Bossa Nova flavored Quiet Nights in 2009. In 2012, she partnered with producer T-Bone Burnett for Glad Rag Doll, which concentrated on pre-World War II Jazz songs culled from her dad’s voluminous record Collection. Three years later, she took a sharp detour, focusing on AM Pop/Rock hits from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. 2017 saw the release of her 13th studio effort, Turn Up The Quiet.

A return to her Beloved Great American Songbook, it also reunited her with mentor Tommy Li Puma (sadly, he passed away not long after recording was completed). The result was an impossibly elegant record that truly swings. Her newest record, Our Love Is Here To Stay, arrived in 2018; a collaboration with the legendary Tony Bennett, it featured songs from George and Ira Gershwin.

Naturally it went to #1 on the Jazz charts.

Much like Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Norah Jones, Diana Krall is at her most appealing when she accompanies herself on piano. Her earthy playing perfectly complements her recherche contralto vocals.

She has been Grammy nominated 13 times, winning five awards.

(Tickets for Diana Krall are $99, $79, $59, on sale at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone (800) 827-2946 or online At FantasySpringsResort.com)

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hen Los Angeles embraced Punk Rock in the late ‘70s, it was partially a rejection of the mellow, laid-back, cocaine-infused music that dominated the charts. Bands like Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Toto and the Doobie Brothers, along with solo artists like Jackson Browne and Kenny Loggins played music that was polished to the nth degree. Punk was the antithesis, jagged and primitive, sloppy and amateurish.

Inspired by Punk’s D.I.Y. ethos, band’s like X, The Germs, Fear and the Weirdos served as L.A.’s inaugural class. They also opened the door for Circle Jerks, Agent Orange, Black Flag and the Dickies. The most lasting effect of the scene was it was inclusive. That meant there was room for Roots Rockers like the Blasters, the Rock, Rhythm & Blues of Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, the Blues/ Punk/Psychobilly of the Gun Club as well as Los Lobos, who served up a piquant comboplatter of Norteno, Country, Folk, Tex-Mex and Soul.

Surreptitiously slipping into this sprawling musical landscape was Redd Kross. Originally known as the Tourists, the band was formed by brothers Steven (vocals/bass) and Jeff McDonald (vocals/guitar). They were both attending junior high in the L.A. suburb of Hawthorne, best known as the home of the Beach Boys and Emitt Rhodes. The brothers were 11 and 14 when they played their first gig, opening for Black Flag.

Musically, Jeff and Steven were influenced equally by Iggy and the Stooges, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Who and T. Rex along with cultural touchstones like Linda Blair, “The Exorcist,” Kiss, Charles Manson, Tater-tots, The Partridge Family, Saturday Morning cartoons, and the Carpenters.

Rodney Bingenheimer was an early champion of Redd Kross, playing their nascent songs on his taste-making KROQ radio show, Rodney On The Roq. Their debut EP arrived in 1980 and their endearingly ramshackle long-player, Born Innocent (named for the controversial TV movie starring Linda Blair), came out a year later. A second EP, Teen Babes From Monsanto, was released in 1984. A tip of the hat to seminal influences, the band covered obscure cuts

by David Bowie, the Stones and Monkees’ primary songwriters Boyce & Hart.

That EP served as warm-up for their masterpiece, Neurotica, which came out three years later. The record hit that Glam/ Punk/Power Pop sweet spot, and confirmed that Redd Kross was more than their kitsch inspirations. Unfortunately, label issues kept the band in limbo for three years until they signed with a major, Atlantic. It was there they achieved commercial liftoff with the 1990 album Third Eye. A sharp synthesis of their influences, paired with crisp musicianship and catchy songcraft.

Irresistible songs like “Annie’s Gone” and “Bubblegum Factory” received airtime on MTV, the band had finally moved past their niche status.

Their next two efforts, 1993’s

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Phaseshifter and 1997’s Show World felt positively stripped-down by Redd Kross standards. Both albums achieved a modicum of success during the height of Grunge. But by the end of decade, as Boy Bands and ex-Mouseketeers took center stage, the brothers decided to take a break from Redd Kross and each other. At this point, Jeff had married Charlotte Caffey of the Go-Go’s and Steven was married to Anna Waronker from that dog.

During the early part of the 21st century, Jeff kept a low profile. Along with Steven, he played a band member in Allison’s Anders’ sixth feature film. “Behind The Sun” (of course, the brothers already had memorable turns in low budget indies like “Desperate Teenage Lovedolls,” it’s sequel, “Lovedolls Superstar” and the more conventional “Spirit Of ’76,” featuring early idol, David Cassidy). A more familial project was Ze Malibu Kids, a band that featured both McDonald brothers and their wives.

Steven McDonald took an opposite tack, jumping from production work with bands like Turbonegro, Imperial Teen and fun, to independently adding bass parts to White Stripes songs, recording a solo EP, as well as playing on albums by John Doe, Kristian Hoffman, Tenacious D. and Sparks.

In 2010 he formed OFF! with Circle Jerks’ front-man Keith Morris, Dimitri Coates and Mario Rubalcava. Five years later he joined venerable Punk progenitors, The Melvins.

Finally, in-between Off! and Melvins’ commitments, he and Jeff decided to reunite Redd Kross.

Their sixth album, Researching The Blues was released in 2012. Not only did it feature the classic Neurotica line-up of guitarist Robert Hecker and drummer Ray McDonald, (no relation), but it contained 10 killer tracks that retained the essence of their teenage appeal while addressing 21st century concerns. It received rave reviews, pleasing old fans and winning new ones.

Luckily, we didn’t have to wait another 15 years for a new Redd Kross album. The pride of Hawthorne has returned with Beyond The Door. The band’s latest incarnation includes guitarist Jason Shapiro and Melvins’ drummer Dale Crover. The record crackles to life with a supercharged take on Henry Mancini’s “The Party.” Originally part of the score from the Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers’ 1968 film of the same name, the garish Psychedelia is right in McDonald Brothers’ wheelhouse. Full of thrumming bass lines, pile-driving drums and skitter guitars. Slightly generic ‘60s lyrics that announce “the party is groovy and everyone here loses control” only ratchets up the kitsch factor.

Back when the McDonald boys got their start, their exuberance outstripped their acumen, but their natural abilities quickly caught up to their passion. Take a track like “Ice Cream (Strange And Pleasing),” which opens with flickering electric and plangent acoustic guitars, before a rumbling bass and a walloping backbeat kicks in. The vocals are shimmery and wide-eyed, and candy-coated

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lyrics like “Yellow, pink and violet scenes, bright garbage as far as you can see/Pastel girl arrives by truck, gets stuck in the alley of her dreams,” conjure up kaleidoscopic Mop-Top imagery. They fully wig-out on the instrumental break, adding AOR-flavored wah-wah guitars, downcast bass and a percussive fusillade that recalls the kamikaze comic book panache of Kiss.

The title track, naturally named for the slightly cheesy Italian-American horror film starring “Nanny And The Professor’s” Juliet Mills, is powered by roiling bass lines, a rock steady rhythm and see-saw guitars. Cryptic lyrics limn the movie, which was an awkward pastiche of “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Exorcist.” Slithering through the mix, HonkyTonk piano runs seem wildly incongruous, yet, it’s perfectly in keeping with this sideways celebration of Me Decade excess.

“Fighting” is surprisingly muscular, eschewing ‘70s shag carpet and ‘60s Flower Power for tensile bass lines, shards of jagged guitar and a brain-rattling, blitzkrieg beat.

Slightly sentimental lyrics seem to address the need to sustain as Redd Kross and make music. As well as obliquely thank the fans for continuing to care. It also contains this perfect couplet; “K-Pop girls singing Beefheart songs, his gal bimbo wants to sing along.” Quelle surprise! the McDonald Brothers are into K-Pop. The best tracks here strike the perfect balance between teenage obsession adept craftsmanship. “Fantastico Roberto” opens atypically with a quiet click-track rhythm before a bludgeoning beat blasts through, adding slashing power chords and searchand-destroy bass lines. The vocals are surprisingly sneer-y, even as the lyrics venerate California ladies, Godiva-haired men, Firebrand Jackie and an impressive effigy; “Eclipsing stars with withered hands, a statue of the invisible man, stands glorious, opaque and pale, gathering mold as gold for sale, Fantastico Roberto.” The arrangement’s Glam-tastic crunch recalls the Bubblegum charms of The Sweet. Stratospheric guitars are unleashed on the break, launching the song into interstellar overdrive. A Modal acoustic coda provides a surprising finish.

On “What’s A Boy To Do,” splintery guitars, angular bass and tumbling drums give way to a stompy rave-up, that adds mellotron colors, rippling castanets and

virile harmonies. The lyrics navigate the hairpin turns of wedded bliss, offering this wry observation; “Two people, each one sometimes on the other’s nerves/Around the corner just off the exit to learning curves and new detours.”

Meanwhile, on “There’s No One Like You,” shiny-squally guitars and rumbling bass lines are tethered to a tick-tock rhythm.

The sweet/sour harmonies are the perfect accompaniment to lyrics that are by turns, sentimental, smart-ass and protective.

Taking Harry Chapin’s drippy “Cat’s In The Cradle” guilt trip and flipping it on it’s ass, the opening couplet is sardonic; “You came home from across the street, you did Shabbat and it was really sweet, then stone-faced and right on cue, you said you didn’t like me cuz’ I’m not a Jew, there is no other quite like you..” The final verse is awash in paternal love; “Our epic journey has just begun, the story of a father and his magic son/It may be corny but you know it’s true, your mama even helped me write this song for you.”

That was one of the two songs here written by Steven. The second is “The Party Underground,” a Glam/Punk anthem that cautions against the corporeality of groupthink; “Herd mentality, grazing on a diet of dull normality” and (naturally) celebrates K-Pop. Other interesting tracks include the stinging stop-start of “Jane Hoople” and the frenetic flash of “Punk II.” The record is bookended by covers, opening with Henry Mancini’s “The Party” and closing with a version of Sparks’ “When Do I Get To Sing ‘My Way’.”

The original was released 25 years ago and featured a Black & White Film Noir video that promised “gratuitous sax and senseless violins,” and highlighted the fauxsibling rivalry of Ron and Russell Mael. A pulsating dance song, it leaned closer to the Pet Shop Boys than the quirky, tonguein-cheek angularity that characterized their oeuvre. Redd Kross’ interpretation is more guitar-driven, spiky and sharp. But lyrics like “When do I get to sing ‘My Way,’ when do I feel like Sinatra felt,” resonate. Especially since mainstream success has eluded both Sparks and Redd Kross. It’s a poignant end to a great record.

The band received some assistance from Anna Waronker on backing vocals, Gere’ Fennelly on piano, plus Buzz Osborne (Melvins) and Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on guitar.

40 years ago, no one would have predicted that a couple of brothers inspired by Glam, Power Pop and Punk and obsessed with Tater Tots, the Brady Bunch, and breakfast cereal would manage to stick around and still make great music. Beyond The Door finds the McDonald Brothers at the height Of their powers. Long Live Redd Kross.

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e truly didn’t know what to expect when we put the call out on behalf of Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services (CVSAS) for a song/anthem that would represent those deeply affected by the evil of human trafficking and sexual assault. It’s a tough subject to approach and even tougher to have experienced. The response surprised us all, not only because of the amazing heart that was put into song, but the quality of the compositions and performances! Not one artist left the stage without bringing the entire house to an awe inspired gasp followed by a mad search for tissues. The panel, who had to choose between the artists and the songs performed at the event, were absolutely anxiety ridden at having to choose.

One song and one performance not only stirred hearts but became a battle cry for those injured by unspeakable tragedy. The song was “Stronger Than Me,” composed and performed by Mikayla Fazzone, an Academy of Music Performance student, whose introspective perspective on something she had never herself experienced coupled with her fiery energy, shook the building to its foundation. “Stronger Than Me” is an open letter to victims to fight, to be stronger than those of us who have not been injured. It is insightful beyond the years of the average teenager and builds from a gentle plea to a battle cry. The experience of it, performed by this young, blooming talent, was mind altering.

It compelled further investigation of the artist and her future.

CVW: Did you come from a musical family?

Fazzone: “Well, I was adopted from Perm, Russia when I was 8 months old. I’ve lived in the valley for my whole life ever since. My parents are not musical, but who knows about my biological parents.”

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CVW: How did you fall in love with music?

Fazzone: “I believe I first fell in love with music when I was in elementary school. I heard chord changes in songs and realized that I wanted to do that somehow as well.

Therefore, little Mik learned to play guitar and as soon as I learned chords and applied them to my own music that I was making, that’s when I found music to be my love. Since the day I picked up a guitar in Old Town San Diego, I’ve always wanted to have a career in music!”

CVW: Who are your musical inspirations?

Fazzone: “My inspirations have varied throughout the years. First it was One Direction, then 5SOS, who still is to this day, then the metal band Slipknot, and now currently Elton John and Bernie Taupin.”

CVW: How has being part of the Academy of Music Performance (AMP) helped your music?

Fazzone: “Before AMP I was just performing at my church and teaching myself how to play instruments and how to play cover songs.

When AMP came along, it gave me an identity in music and a freedom to discover who I am onstage and as a human being. Thank you, Will Sturgeon, (AMP Music Director) you’re the best!”

CVW: What inspired you to enter the “Songs for Freedom” challenge?

Fazzone: “I started writing the song as soon as I heard about the opportunity, which happened to be in the middle of boarding my flight to Chicago. Basically, my concept for this song was to be as inclusive as possible and try to get inside the mind of both victim and survivor. I thought of my own life as well – the hardships I have gone through and still are going through. I thought about what things I would like to hear in my personal anthem for strength and recovery.”

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o truly appreciate fantasy, one must suspend disbelief. Throw caution and critical thinking to the wind and sacrifice realism and logic in exchange for experiencing the joy of magic and imagination without bounds. Normally these are the expectations in theatre where a whole world transpires upon the stage within a very short period of time. Children grow old, or not, they fly with the aid of magic fairy dust or they outsmart evil pirates who are being pursued by crocodiles.

Such is the world of Peter Pan, originally created by Sir James M. Barrie in 1902 and later in 1954, adapted as a musical by Carolyn Leigh, (lyrics) and Morris ‘Moose’ Charlap, (Music).

Additional music by Jules Styne, additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

Palm Canyon Theatre, has undertaken the most recent production of this magical show, Directed and Choreographed by the multitalented SE Layne whose skills allow this classic show to fly to new heights.

It is sometimes a challenge to pluck a single notable performance from the midst of such a large and engaging cast, but without doubt, Kellee McQuinn’s portrayal of Peter Pan was mesmerizing and truly awe inspiring.

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The show began a little slow, introducing multiple characters during the doldrums of putting the children to bed. But when Peter Pan, (McQuinn) flies through the window the audience is immediately captivated. And fly she does, literally, with the aid of fairy dust and a few invisible wires. McQuinn’s charming and charismatic portrayal of the boy who refuses to grow up, is enough to completely suspend all logic and inspire you to take that trip to Neverland.

The story of Peter Pan and the lost boys of Neverland has had many incarnations on stage, film, books and through music. It has never been a story that I found of particular

BY LISA MORGAN

CVW: What was the experience of performing for the “Songs of Freedom” event?

Fazzone: “The whole experience was very eye opening for me. This topic that I sing about is not an easy one to talk about or have conversations about. Though it’s important, we, in a way, want to avoid the awkwardness of the conversation even though we care very deeply about the ones who get trapped in this evil business of human trafficking. My hope for this song is that I can help build bridges to more educated and easier conversations about human trafficking.”

CVW: What do you see for yourself as a

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musician in the near future?

Fazzone: I have a lot planned, and I’m so excited about everything coming up. I’m planning on releasing this song on all music platforms either this November or the very beginning of next year- whatever feels right.

As for my personal music, I’m planning on growing and performing a lot more. Hopefully my own band grows as well. The end goal is to be in the mainstream and be able to reach around the world with my music but still stay grounded and keep service at the heart of it all.

I dream big, I know! But I believe that it’s the only way to truly live life.”

You can see Mikayla Fazzone perform her song, “Stronger Than Me” at Big Rock Pub, September 28th at 8:30 PM along with “Songs for Freedom” finalist Ann-Britt. The solo performances will be followed by a night of live music and dancing with Lisa and the Gents. Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services will also be on hand with information about upcoming events and how we all can be part of the solution to end human trafficking here in the Coachella Valley.

The Academy of Musical Performance is a contemporary music education program whose goal is to enrich the lives of young musicians living in the Coachella Valley by fostering productivity and social responsibility through creativity, communication and collaboration in the development and enhancement of musical performance and concert production skills through participation in a “rock band” style educational setting. Find out more at www.ampcv.org/home.

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interest as a child or as an adult, I always wondered why the only little girl, Wendy, had to take on the adult role, so that the boys could continue to be unencumbered and taken care of? But if you allow yourself to let go of your critical thinking, and just accept that a single spot of light, dancing across the stage is an actual fairy, then Tinkerbell becomes as real as any other character, and imagination takes flight.

The live music that is a mainstay of Palm Canyon Theatre, is always one of my favorite aspects of any of their shows. Musical Director Jaci Davis, (Piano), David Bronson (Drums,) and Larry Holloway, (Bass,) are truly amazing in

their ability to create a musical ambiance that enhances the magic of any show.

J.W. Layne’s set design was absolutely beautiful. And no doubt that Derik Shopinski is one of the Desert’s most gifted costume designers, but in this show, it’s his performance as the crocodile, perpetually in pursuit of Captain Hook, that really garnered my attention. The use of a car ‘creeper’ as a prop that allowed the crocodile to skillfully navigate across the stage was brilliant.

If you are a fan of Lost Boys and Fairies and Pirates, sprinkling fairy dust and flying off on adventures, then Peter Pan, is definitely the show for you.

Peter Pan, is running through September 29th. And Palm Canyon Theatre’s season lineup includes several not to be missed, classics.

The Palm Canyon Theatre, is located at 538 North Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.

For Reservations: Box Office: (760) 323-5123 www.palmcanyontheatre.org Dee Jae Cox is a playwright, director and producer. She is the Cofounder and Artistic Director of The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project. losangeleswomenstheatreproject.org palmspringstheatre.com

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he search for a missing 10-mo-old puppy named Ollie spanned an incredible 200 miles from Aptos to the town of Angel’s Camp. Ollie’s humans, Jake Stamp and Logan Fordham, were on vacation on the East Coast while a friend watched Ollie.

On September 13, the friend took Ollie and two other dogs on a road trip to visit someone in Angel’s Camp, stopping only once for gas in the tiny town of Farmington. Apparently, the dog jumped out of a rolled down window although the friend does not know where.

Ollie’s distraught humans booked a flight to return home immediately. It was a dog lover’s worst nightmare, and the vast rural area made the odds of finding Ollie very ominous.

Surveillance video from the Farmington gas station showed Ollie still in the vehicle when it left there.

Jake and Logan did everything imaginable to find their beloved Shepherd Lab puppy.

They spent the next 8 days staying in motels, combing rural roads and fields, posting and handing out flyers everywhere they went. They posted Ollie’s story and photo on Facebook where a local news reporter spotted it and contacted the couple. They told Ollie’s story on the television news pleading for the public’s help. Thousands shared the news station’s video and Ollie’s Facebook post. People pitched in to post over 1,000 flyers in the community.

Jake reports, “Not a single business said ‘no’ to putting a poster in their window. We were

MEET CHAMP Gorgeous 1 ½ yr-old German Shepherd waits to meet you at the Humane Society of the Desert. This handsome fluffycoated fellow is smart, energetic, and good with children. Champ will make a great family dog!

Shelter located at 17825 N. Indian Canyon, North Palm Springs (760) 329-0203.

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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heartbroken, but the support from so many people in the community was amazing and we are very thankful. We are incredibly touched by the outpouring of support. We gave flyers to homeless people who were also extremely helpful.”

On September 21, after several false leads, came the phone call, “I’ve found your dog!” A woman near Farmington recognized Ollie from the flyers when she spotted him in an orchard.

The friendly dog came when she called his name. There soon was a jubilant reunion.

However, Ollie lost 12 pounds during his ordeal, and he required surgery to repair the

broken femur in one of his back legs.

Countless dogs go missing every day. It’s heartbreaking not to know how they are, whether they are hungry, injured, or even if they are still alive. Ollie’s story reminds us to involve social media, include as many people as possible, and DON’T GIVE UP. Here are some tips should your dog ever go missing.

CREATE A FLYER - Not computer savvy?

Find a young person to help. Boiler plates to make flyers with your dog’s photo are available on www.bestfriends.org or www.petbond. com. Put up flyers on bulletin boards including Starbucks, vet clinics, animal shelters, and on telephone poles. Pass out flyers to postal workers, gardeners, utility workers, tree trimmers, and others who work outside. Keep flyers simple like the one Jake made for Ollie, and offer a REWARD. MAKE SIGNS – Large, colorful, eye catching size signs can be posted on telephone poles, at dog parks, and at intersections controlled by traffic lights.

SOCIAL MEDIA - Post your dog’s photo on Facebook and ask your friends to SHARE and TAG. Post on the Facebook page “Lost and Found Pets in the Coachella Valley”. Post your dog on www.NextDoor.com and Paw Boost. Include your telephone number and location where the animal went missing. Check Petharbor.com and Craig’s List.

GO DOOR TO DOOR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD - Lost dogs that are friendly often end up in a within a 20-block radius

BY JANET McAFEE from your home. Go door-to-door in the immediate neighborhood. Check backyards, vacant homes, fields, schools, businesses, and underneath cars. Children are often a good source of information about stray pets in their neighborhood.

CHECK LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS - Go in person to your local public shelter since you are the best one to recognize your pet. All shelters check for microchips and ID tags, but sometimes these get lost. Return to the shelter every few days. Look in the kennels, search the “Found” book, the “Dead” book, and fill out a lost report at the front desk. Check with private shelters and rescues.

CONTACT THE MEDIA - Check to see if local television and radio stations have programs to help with missing dogs. Post a notice under the “Lost Pets” section in local newspapers such as the Desert Sun and Penny Saver. Continue to check the “Found Pets” column.

DON’T GIVE UP! - Most missing pets are returned to their owners within a short time.

Others come back home weeks or months later. Some that are microchipped turn up years later in shelters thousands of miles away.

Unneutered male dogs are much more likely to run away, and this is yet another reason to sterilize your pet.

Janetmcafee8@gmail.com

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ged vintage wines were the staple of wine collectors for so many years. Whether one was fortunate with a home wine cellar—being it a fancy wooden wine nook, or an air-conditioned underground room, or simply a cool space under the stairway or in the closet, holding a selection of wine from great vintages of the past simply made their day. It was if they held a time of history in their grips— well, at least a bit of wine history contained in a bottle.

These days, not so much! The times of spending beaucoup bucks on wines twenty years or older are no longer the particular interest to the millennials or many of the new wine enthusiasts on the scene. The obvious question for most is why spend $250 on one bottle when you can almost buy two cases of good tasty wine for the same price.

Or another question becomes, is a $300 Cabernet Sauvignon really ten times better than a $30 one? Lots of folks find that comparison specious when it comes to aesthetics and wine appreciation overall.

Other folks can settle on a delicious $30 Cab. The brave new wine world can handle any position.

A great vintage year means “nature cooperated with the winemakers; vines remained very healthy and were able to

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produce a prolific number of buds; then on through the summer—mini heat waves and fast cooling little rains maintained the vines; thereafter harvest time was ushered in quickly and efficiently with no rain in sight Let’s accept the fact that world class wine can age wonderfully—as it develops complexities that weren’t present in its younger days. Sensually experiencing these flavor complexities from great wine regions, from idyllic “vintage” years, from bottles with labels and dates of the past are summed up often as one of life’s great pleasures.

The 1960s and 1970s—particularly the ‘70s—were a time when America started to notice wine and drink it. And in the 70s, wine enthusiasts started to see that

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some wines had investment potential as some were increasing in price. If one could hold them long enough, prices would rise significantly. Many people became aware of that particular and peculiar market, and, all of a sudden, American investment bankers and others started to invest.

Little did we know that the next decade of the 1980s would bring an even greater upturn in prices. In the 80s, great vintage years in established wine regions fueled the craze to invest in wine. Add that to the fact that a new wine critic, Robert Parker, arrived on the scene just when the fat and juicy Bordeaux vintage of 1982 was bottled.

Parker loved fruit forward wines and America seemingly followed.

At the time, I happened to enter and play the wine investment game when a wealthy client of mine asked me to buy at wine auctions held in San Francisco, particularly at Butterfield & Butterfield. So, to be able to intelligently bid on vintage wines up for sale, I had to do my due diligence. And so began my avocation as an enthusiast where I studied the world’s valuable bottles and drank as much as I could.

Learning the best vintage wine of the previous decades with every type of world class wine was de rigueur as I went on my way investing. And one had to keep up with the first-class wine world that was ever expanding; fortunately my client was very pleased that we kept making lucrative decisions.

1985 was a very good year. It seemed that every world class wine region produced

excellent to great wine, be it Bordeaux, Napa-Sonoma, Australia, Rhones, Spanish reds, Portuguese Ports and Italian Barolos and Brunellos.

Be it a God thing or whatever you wish to call it, the 1985 harvest report, from all over the world, seemed to describe the vintage as a “classic growing season provided by a long, slow, generally cool summer and evidenced by very deep green foliage, probably the deepest yet seen in a decade.”

The vintage was considered as one of the best paced ever, allowing vintners a less hectic harvest when every grape seemed to ripen at the same time.

Particular ‘85 red wine from the wonderful wine regions was stellar: Port declared it a Vintage Year and classified it with previous classic such as ‘45, ‘63, ‘70, ‘77. The ‘85 Burgundies were as smooth as velvet with complexities to the hilt!

California Cabs had great heralded vintages such as 1951, 1958, 1968, and, of course, the famed 1974. Most Cal connoisseurs rate the ‘85 and ‘74 as the best. The ‘85 Pensfold’s Grange Hermitage produced in Australia is a rare find with a bottle selling for as much as $5,000.

Even regular wine production was fantastic. I remember Trader Joe’s buying all the 1985 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon they could acquire from the winery (which meant some hard cash apparently). Trader Joe’s had so many cases for sale that went for $25 apiece! Those of us in the know bought as many cases as we could fit in the car. That wine was so delicious and the best buy in decades at $2 a bottle.

When I think back, of course I made mistakes—but the mistakes were at least tasty. Unlike those Texas brothers who captured the silver market before it tanked, we at least got to enjoy the world’s supply of 1850 Verdelho Madeira that I thought would take off as did the Vintage Port market. It didn’t . . . but Cheers!

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THE VINE WINE BAR PALM DESERT ANNOUNCES NEW HOURS AND EVENTS

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he Vine Wine Bar in Palm Desert announced new hours and events for the upcoming season starting Sunday, September 22. In addition to offering a diverse selection of wine and a variety of delicious food, the menu also includes craft beer, martini flights, specialty cocktails and full bar options.

The new hours will be Monday through Saturday 4 p.m. to close and Sunday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Happy hour, featuring $6 wines and $6 bites will be offered Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

“We are excited for the upcoming season and the specials we have planned,” said Cathy Serif who co-owns the bar with her husband, Laurie. “From live music and weekly food and drink specials, to mixers and fundraisers, there’s always something fun happening and we invite everyone to come in and unwind.”

On “Motherboard Mondays”, The Vine Wine Bar is offering half off any bottle of wine from the Vault List with the purchase of the signature charcuterie board. Every Wednesday enjoy free Bavarian pretzel bites with the purchase of a craft beer. “Italiano Thursday” specials include a free trio of Italian meatballs with the purchase of a bottle of wine.

Friday and Saturday evening patrons will be treated to live music from 7 p.m. to 10

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p.m., featuring the sounds of Vinny Berry, The Fun with Dick and Jane Band, The Desert Crows and other local favorites. With the bar opening at 9 a.m. on Sundays, catch some football and enjoy two craft beers for just $12.

Starting October 23, make Wednesdays feel like a weekend and stay out late while enjoying DJ Guy Wordon from 8 p.m. to midnight and all night happy hour including free Bavarian pretzel bites with the purchase of a craft beer.

For all the singles ages 30 to 45, The Vine Wine Bar will be the site of a speed dating event in partnership with Match Made, on Monday, September 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. More age groups will be added for future events. Tickets are $30 and include a drink. To register for the event visit eventbrite. com and search for “speed dating at The Vine Wine Palm Desert.”

On Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, any U.S. Military veteran with a valid military ID will be treated to food and drink specials.

Save the date, Friday, January 17, 2020, for The Vine Wine Bar’s one-year anniversary celebration.

The Vine Wine Bar is located at 74868 Country Club Drive, Suite 103, Palm Desert.

For more information call (760) 341-WINE (9463) or visit thevinewinebar.com.

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’ve spent the last several installments guiding you through the history of flavored malt beverages and how they relate to the hard seltzer trend that is now in vogue. Light, spritzy, fruity flavors have dominated the adult beverage industry this past summer, with ciders and fruited, sour ales sharing popularity throughout the warm season. But much like the seasons, trends change. Cooler weather and shorter days mark the beginning of fall, and this is the perfect weather for barrel aged beer.

I mean, realistically, beer had been fermented and stored for centuries in wood before someone had the bright idea to fashion vessels out of steel. Wood is porous, it swells and shrinks with temperature changes, and is difficult to clean. But even with the advent of steel aging, wooden barrels have their place. You’ll lose a portion of your beer to evaporation, the flavor might likely suffer from oxidation, and if not cleaned carefully, the microbes living between the barrel staves can infect and ruin the beer. The only upside to all of those negative possibilities is the incredible complexity of flavor that barrel aging can add.

It’s a pretty massive upside.

Goose Island Beer Company is widely credited for reviving the barrel aged beer tradition in America, when in 1992, brewer Greg Hall filled 6 empty Jim Beam barrels with his Imperial Stout. Poured at festivals and at Goose Island’s taproom, bourbon barrel aging

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instantly caught on with fans who enjoyed all of the new flavors introduced by the marriage of rich, decadent beer and earthy, complex wood. The entire barrel had soaked up a small portion of the whiskey it once held, seasoning the wood and infusing it with the caramel and vanilla notes of bourbon whiskey. Wood itself is made of many compounds, one called vanillin gives off vanilla notes to whatever

is stored inside of a barrel. White wines are usually aged in new white-oak barrels, where the vanillin leeches out of the wood and creates the prominent vanilla flavor so present in a chardonnay. California white wines have the dubious reputation of being so heavily oaked that the flavor tends to suffer, beers that are matured in used barrels tend to benefit from the secondary and lesser compounds that haven’t been leached out of the wood yet, and they compliment certain types of beer perfectly.

Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout set the benchmark for barrel aged beers, and many other breweries soon took note and began using the method themselves. While vanilla notes come most prominently from barrel aging, so do flavors of caramel, toffee, mocha and honey. Many people compare the flavors of vanillin to that of young coconut, with different styles of beer each having certain characteristics complimented by the wood tones. The flavor of wood itself is unique, tasting the way sawdust smells.

Overpowering and out of place in simple and delicately flavored beers, there is a reason no one bothers oaking a hefeweizen.

A strong malt backbone benefits the most from barrel aging, but not only stouts benefit from the technique. Firestone Walker’s Helldorado is a blonde Barley Wine that draws notes of honey, coconut, and vanilla from the wood the same way a white wine does. With a flavor reminiscent of bourbon-

BY AARON RAMSON glazed graham crackers, Helldorado has a dense, concentrated breadiness that can be appreciated by all barrel-aged connoisseurs.

James E Pepper is a whiskey maker who had sold many of their used bourbon barrels to beer makers before deciding to make a beer themselves. Deciding on an Imperial Brown style of beer rather than a stout or a Barley Wine, the caramel and toffee notes take center stage, with nutmeg, chocolatecovered fruit, and spice being prominent flavors in their 1776 Ale. There are no sharp, coffee-like flavors to be found in a brown ale, the flavors being more toasted than roasted.

The one unifying theme in styles of beer that benefit from barrel aging, are high ABV’s (alcohol by volume). The mighty expectation to the rule is Firestone Walker’s DBA, or Double-Barrel Ale. A British-style pale ale, DBA blends a portion of the batch that’s barrel aged back with the rest of the batch that’s steel aged, allowing for just hints of the oak character to peek through. At just 5% ABV, this beer allows the young coconut and vanilla flavors from the wood to blend perfectly into the caramel laden malt body of the beer. DBA is one of the rare examples of a well-done, low-alcohol barrel aged beer.

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CLASS ACT

BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS as Clara Bow. Movie magazines of the era claimed that Griffith and crew were lost at sea for three days. But this was most likely a publicity stunt. DVD. Alpha Video.

NOW PLAYING: DOWNTON ABBEY The Crawleys and their devoted staff prepare for the biggest event in their lives as they prepare for the royal visit of England’s King and Queen, not knowing what scandals, romance and intrigue the event will unleash and how it will impact the future of Downton.

If you have been a fan of the six seasonshow, this lavish big screen edition delivers just about everything (with the exception of Lilly James) you want and expect all made even more majestic on the large theatrical screen.

This beautifully rendered, elegant and

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satisfying, film stands on its own even if you haven’t followed the series. Recommended.

NEW FOR THE HOME THEATER: ALADDIN The live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic gets the full 4K UHD treatment, but does it make the movie experience better? Not really.

There was something cheap looking about the sets and the entire production. And worse, there’s little chemistry and no sparks between the two leads. Mena Massoud does his best to at least hit his marks as he goes through the motions of the “lovable street

rat.” English actress/singer Naomi Scott’s Princess Jasmine is pretty and can carry a tune. But there was something missing.

Will Smith is disappointing as the weirdly bulked-up, hulking Genie. He’s no Robin Williams when it comes to delivering manic, improvised riffs. Guy Ritchie directs without the insight and energy we’ve come to expect.

Even the money shot of the romantic flying carpet sequence and song is sadly lacking when compared to the beloved animated version. Nice box art though.

Extras illuminate a whole new world behind the scenes including on-set visits with Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud and guy Ritchie, a deleted song, several deleted scenes and not so funny bloopers. Disney.

THE TALL MEN (1955) Now on hi-def Blu-ray, the director of the groundbreaking Oregon Trail epic The Big Trail (1930) returns to the rugged frontier and serves up the rousing tale of a cross-country cattle drive fraught with danger, frisky with romantic rivalries and entanglements and loaded with action. The nice-looking widescreen frame is filled with a succession of panoramic scenes of often stunning beauty.

Directed by the masterful Raoul Walsh and adapted by top screenwriters Sydney Boehm and Frank Nugent. Ex-Confederate brothers (Clark Gable and Cameron Mitchell) form an alliance with a shady businessman (Robert Ryan) on a perilous cattle drive across 1,500 miles of hostile territory from Texas to Montana, and an even more treacherous rivalry for the affections of a feisty frontier woman (Jane Russell).

Filmed in Cinemascope and scored by Victor Young, whose rousing work is available on an Isolated Music Track. Twilight Time Movies Limited Edition.

IDOL DANCER (1920) The main appeal of this film is as an historical artifact. It was shot just over 100 years ago! The print is not great, but it is watchable enough to glean the story.

On a remote South Pacific island, the natives are torn between two opposing groups of white colonizers: the missionaries who want to convert them and the slave traders who want to condemn them to eternal servitude.

D. W. Griffith completed Idol Dancer in only 5 day, shooting in Fort Lauderdale and the island of New Providence in the Bahamas while waiting for his new studio in Mamaroneck New York to finish construction.

Chosen to star was 21-year-old Clarine Seymour. Tragically, a few weeks after the movie was released, Clarine died – the cause given “strangulated intestines.” At the time, many thought Clarine could be as big a star

WHIRLPOOL (1949) Mind games, both for its characters and the audience, fuel the suspenseful melodrama of this noir thriller reuniting director Otto Preminger with his Laura star Gene Tierney, giving one of her best performances as a mentally troubles socialite caught shoplifting – and ensnared in the dark scheme of a manipulative astrologer/ hypnotist (José Ferrer to frame her for murder.

Richard Conte and Charles Bickford costar as Tierney’s psychoanalyst husband and the investigating police detective.

Written for the screen by Ben Hecht (Spellbound) and Andrew Solt (In a Lonely Place) and hauntingly scored by another Laura veteran, the great David Raksin, Twilight Time Movies Limited Edition (only 3,000 units). robin@coachellavalleyweekly.com

BOOK REVIEW

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"MOSTLY DEAD THINGS"

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here was a time when a family business was passed from generation to generation. Typically, the son would learn his father’s trade, and he in turn, would one day teach his son.

Many successful businesses still function this way. In Kristen Arnett’s Mostly Dead Things (Tin House Books, 356 pages), a woman must come to terms about passing along the family taxidermy shop.

Jessa Morton’s father decided his daughter was more cut out for taking dead animals apart and putting them back together again, than her brother Milo.

So, Jessa learned the taxidermy trade at a young age following in her father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. Animals that her grandfather stuffed still took up space in the shop. Her father and grandfather were known for their creativity and expertise.

After Jessa’s father takes his own life -- at the office -- Jessa must run the family business. One day, Jessa’s mother sneaks

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into the shop and creates an obscene diorama made from the stuffed animals lying around and displayed it in the storefront window. The image goes viral, and a woman from a new art gallery wants to feature Jessa’s mother’s unique work.

Jessa thinks her mother has lost her mind. She gathers the family, her brother, niece and nephew, to try and stop the exhibit. But, it gets complicated as Jessa becomes involved with the gallery owner, while also trying to earn a living and pay the bills.

The family is forced to confront the father’s suicide, as well as the family dysfunction that manifested over the years and left them emotionally crippled.

Together, they work out a future that can benefit them all.

Jessa is a fresh character. I appreciated her integrity as she does her very best to work in a field that is gruesome as well as beautiful. She never doubts her ability and she recognizes her skills are unique. Jessa comes to realize she does not have to do it all alone. Her nephew and young niece are happy to be a part of the family business -- maybe too happy. Sometimes killing animals to stuff them.

I also liked the changing relationship between Jessa and her brother Milo. I liked Milo’s laidback style. The siblings are complete opposites, yet have been in love with the same woman, Brynn, since

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childhood. But it was Milo who married Brynn and had kids with her. Even though Jessa and Brynn continued to have sex.

Unfortunately, Brynn abandoned them all. This shared loss brings the family even closer.

Author Arnett does a wonderful job

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sharing Jessa’s world and her complicated love life. Her same sex relationship with Brynn, which she believed was a secret, was not. Turned out that everyone knew. Jessa’s regret and acceptance of who she is and her discovery of what she truly wants is a lovely journey.

However, as much as I enjoyed getting to know Jessa, the taxidermy details were hard for me to take. It was far more graphic than I had expected, and I can’t stand to see any living thing in pain or harmed. I have a new appreciation for good taxidermy and what goes into it – literally.

FROM THE CHIEFS CORNER

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

“FALLING” RIGHT INTO FIRE SEASON!

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his is the first week of Fall, and with it comes Santa Ana winds!

Though fire season is year round, Fall typically brings triple-digit temperatures, low humidity and gusty winds bringing high fire danger and red flag warnings.

What is a Santa Ana? According to the California-Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP), the Santa Ana is a “dry, sometimes hot and dusty wind in southwestern California that blows westward through the canyons toward the coastal areas.”

Santa Ana winds can occur during fall, winter and spring, but they tend to peak during October through December.

As firefighters, we dread the Santa Ana’s, and no – not just because they can irritate our allergies or bring on dry skin. The winds don’t cause wildfires; people, accidents, vehicles and disasters both natural and man-made do.

Many times intentional!

The Santa Ana’s have a particularly devastating history of fanning the flames, creating some of the largest and most destructive fire events in Southern California.

In fact, they are sometimes known as the “devil winds.”

It’s not just a Southern California problem.

Diablo’s and Sundowners occur in Central and Northern California. When large wildfires strike, many resources and personnel are called on throughout California and even out of state to help. California has one of the most efficient mutual aid systems in the country.

When multiple fires occur, it stretches our resources.

Regardless of where you live, wildfires impact everyone. Resources are dispatched from every city/county in the state. Resources get stretched thin. Air quality is affected, highways get closed, school classes get cancelled, utilities are interrupted, and it cost tax payers millions of dollars to fight these fires.

Here are some tools to help you prepare: sce.com/outage-center/preparing-foroutages A map where power outages may be occurring: poweroutage.us/area/state/california Are you prepared? Visit readyforwildfire. org/Prepare-For-Wildfire Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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ast week, the Primetime Emmy Awards of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences were shown on Fox as part of its regular rotation with CBS, NBC and ABC. While NBC received nominations for This is Us and The Good Place, CBS, NBC and ABC collectively garnered zero primetime Emmy’s. This year’s host-less event drew the lowest ratings in the award ceremony’s history with an estimated 6.9 million viewers.

In a country of 120 million households, that is not very good (although Tom Lennon’s commentary was).

HBO won the most awards at 34 (of 137 nominations) followed by 27 (of 117 nominations) for Netflix and Amazon with fifteen. Game of Thrones alone received a record 32 nominations. NBC had the most nominations of the traditional broadcasters (7) with The Good Place and This is Us nominated for Best Comedy and Drama, respectively. Back in 1974, CBS set the current record for most wins by a network with 44 wins.

The most nominations for a network in a given year was 137 by HBO this year due principally to Game of Thrones which has won pretty so many awards that the accounting firm that guards the ballots cannot keep track anymore. For comparison, over its nearly 45 year run, Saturday Night Live has accumulated 72 wins from 270 nominations, placing it a distant second.

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What does all of this tell us? Could traditional network television be going the way of terrestrial radio and even more terrestrial-made-of-tree-pulp newspapers?

It seems that better funded and uncensored alternatives are easily outperforming old school network options that are somewhat hamstrung by their networks and contracts with local affiliates.

Looking forward, we can expect over the top options like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney TV to outpace traditional delivery methods in growth. Poor customer service and high prices have helped alternative delivery methods like these to gain traction leaving traditional broadcasters increasingly reliant on live sporting events and local news.

To better understand the shift in viewership underway, Nielsen studies show

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that 94% of American households have a television. Of these 120 million households, Comcast has the largest share of households at 22 million of the approximately 45 million households that get cable television. Services like DirecTV and Dish have 30 million homes while FiOS and U-Verse have a little under 10 million. This means that about seven in ten homes receive network programming through more traditional delivery bundlers like one of those named, a decline from nine in ten homes only 15 years ago.

At present, there are a number of companies competing to win your share of the over the top delivery approach. Rather than having a satellite dish or cable box, devices like Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku can deliver content from your internet connection to your television while apps deliver content to your tablet, smartphone or computer.

Nielsen surveys show that virtually all 25-34 year-olds watch television via an over the top service like Netflix or YouTube.

Meanwhile, services like DirecTV Now, Hulu Live, YouTube TV and Sling TV are early providers of bundling services traditionally offered by cable and satellite providers.

In a sobering sad statistic, Nielsen recently reported that the average American watches approximately five hours of television a day. This equates to a full-time job over the course of a week! If viewed in terms of

an 80-year lifetime (Happy Birthday, Dad), that would equate to 16 years in front of a television.

While these statistics are alarming, there is some good news – viewership is on decline. Offsetting this is an increase in gaming where statistics suggest that the average ADULT spends about one hour a day gaming, an increase of over one hour a week from 2018. People between ages 26 and 35, game the most at 8.2 hours a week, followed by 18-25 year olds at 7.8 hours, and 36-45 year olds at 7.75 hours. Adults over 60 years of age spent 5.6 hours gaming.

Haddon Libby is the Founder and Managing Partner of Winslow Drake Investment Management. For more information, please visit www.WinslowDrake.com or email Haddon at Hlibby@WinslowDrake.com.

LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE INJURED & CRIMINALLY ACCUSED

10 TIPS TO GET MORE MONEY ON AN ACCIDENT CASE

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e all should forgive an at fault driver for an accident, because it is just that... an accident and not an intentional act. However, everyone would agree that the accident victim deserves to be fairly compensated for their pain and suffering. To get fair compensation, follow these tips: 1. STOP and take pictures with your cell phone of both cars, injuries, license and insurance info.

2. Call the police even if no injuries.

3. DO NOT TALK to anyone without your lawyer’s permission...it’s evidence. It’s not what you say but what the other party THOUGHT THEY HEARD YOU SAY. Get the other driver’s license and Insurance info.

Also TAKE DOWN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. The insurance companies watch your Facebook and Twitter posts, which may show you playing sports or talking about a vacation. This arguably suggests you are OK and do not need medical treatment and that you are able to lift your luggage.

4. Get medical attention asap by ambulance to the Hospital or Urgent Care... even if no apparent injuries: Many Victims do not realize the severity of an injury and don’t seek immediate treatment. Later they realize the pain they are experiencing is accident related. Some victims don’t take an ambulance because they have to pick up their kids or they are concerned

about the hospital and ambulance costs.

5. DON’T give the hospital YOUR insurance/ Medicare/ Medicaid information. Let your lawyer deal with it: Once Medicare/Medicaid is notified it takes 6-12 months to get them to respond to lien payment information. In addition there is a new law that the only medical bills that can be considered by the jury are those not paid by any insurance or Medicare/ Medicaid.

If Eisenhower charges $50,000 and they have an arrangement with Medicare etc. to accept $9,000 as payment in full and the patient is then responsible for $1,000 we can only submit $1,000 for the jury to consider.

A few years ago that $50,000 medical bill would result in a $150,000 settlement offer. If $1,000 is all the Victim has to pay we will get settlement offers of $2500 to $3500.

6. Contact a Lawyer immediately: If no attorney, the insurance company can contact you to get a statement. Your lawyer will never know what you said or what the adjuster/investigator thought he heard you say. With a lawyer there is less of a chance for a “mistake”.

7. Let your lawyer assist in obtaining medical care on a lien with a doctor that knows how to write a medical report. The doctor’s report is almost as important as the injuries the doctor writes down. Ordering Physical Therapy rather than having you sit in a hot bath is crucial too. A lawyer should

urge you to list all injuries from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes and to take that list to each doctor’s appointment. All that information should be shared with each medical provider. Arm you doctor with ALL your medical complaints 8. Go to your lawyer’s body shop.

9. Purchase high insurance limits including UM. 10. Follow instructions and agree to go to trial when necessary. Do not sign anything.

The paper you sign could be a release...or just an authorization to obtain your medical records. Do not trust the adjuster who says if you have further problems they will take care of it.

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ust three short weeks into the NFL season, the landscape of the league has completely changed due to a slew of quarterback injuries. Both perennial contenders and up-and-coming teams have been bitten by the injury bug at the most important position in the sport, leaving franchises to scramble to form new game plans built around backup quarterbacks and hope they can weather the storm until their starter returns. Below we break down the biggest quarterback injuries from across the league and how their teas are responding to their new reality.

Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers Injury: Ben Roethlisberger suffered an elbow injury during the Steelers game against the Seahawks in Week 2, requiring surgery that will end his season. Backup status: Mason Rudolph subbed for Roethlisberger on Sunday and played admirably, completing 12 of 19 passes for two scores and one interception. Still, the second-year quarterback out of Washington State will have to get up to speed with the starting role quickly if the Steelers hope to make a run.

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What it means for the team: Roethlisberger led the league in passing last year with 5,129 yards. His absence leaves a huge amount of production to be filled, and it’s not clear if Rudolph is up to the task of throwing 40+ times a game. With the AFC North loaded, head coach Mike Tomlin will have to pull off something special if the team is going to bounce back from its 0-2 start.

Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints Injury: Drew Brees was knocked out of the Saints Week 2 matchup against the Rams after defensive tackle Aaron Donald smacked his throwing hand while attempting to block a pass. He’ll have surgery and is estimated to be around six weeks away from game action.

Backup status: Teddy Bridgewater got under center for the Saints in Brees’ absence. While he has experience as a starter, Bridgewater wasn’t able to move the ball much against the Saints stout defense. Taysom Hill will likely also get in a few plays at quarterback to provide some variety in the Saints gameplan, but he’s also proved a valuable pass-catcher so far this season. What it means for the team: The Saints were considered one of the favorites to represent the NFC heading into the 2019 season. Should Brees’ recovery go smoothly, they could still be in the running for a playoff spot once he returns. New Orleans will have to weather quite a storm until their starting quarterback is back in action, with games against the Seahawks, Cowboys, and Bears set for the coming weeks.

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Foles suffered a broken left collarbone in his Week 1 debut with the Jacksonville Jaguars just moments after throwing his first touchdown as the team’s starter. He underwent surgery and was placed on the team’s injured reserve list, and will be eligible to return in Week 11 should he be fully recovered. Backup status: Rookie Gardner Minshew took over quarterbacking duties after Foles’ injury and impressed in his debut, completing 22 of 25 passes thrown in the Jaguars Week 1 loss to the Chiefs. He put the team in position to win in Week 2, but a failed two-point conversion sunk Jacksonville to 0-2 to start the year. What it means for the team: Minshew has outplayed expectations through two starts with the team. However, the Jaguars will need to put together something special if they’re going to bounce back from an 0-2 start and still be in a position to contend once Foles returns.

Sam Darnold, New York Jets Injury: Sam Darnold is out for a few weeks dealing with a case of mononucleosis and is hoping to be back

by Week 5 when the Jets travel to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles. Backup status: Trevor Siemian was Sam Darnold’s replacement to start the team’s Week 2 matchup against the Cleveland Browns, but suffered a seasonending ankle injury in the first half of the game.

Rookie Luke Falk stepped in under center but was unable to mount a comeback in the second half as the team dropped to 0-2 on the season.

What it means for the team: The Jets are likely thankful that they have an early bye week this season, as Darnold is only expected to miss

HEATHMAN HOTEL TRAVEL TIPS & ENTERTAINMENT 4 U

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ne of Portland’s most recognizable landmarks, the iconic Heathman Hotel blends rich history with a reverent appreciation for the arts. A cultural fixture since the day it opened in 1927, the hotel underwent a renovation in 2018 that highlights its one-of-a-kind Library and reaffirms the property’s role as a welcome respite for the creative, artistic set in Portland and visitors from around the globe. The experience at the Heathman Hotel is more

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than surface-deep. Here, the art of service is alive and well, from the welcoming doormen to the Russian Tea Experience in the Library to Bedtime Story turndown service.

LOBBY The Heathman lobby engages guests’ imagination with sculptural features and create opportunities for social interaction.

Behind the front desk will hang an intricate three-dimensional map, aptly named “200 X 200,” that highlights Portland’s unique 200 ft. long city blocks, a human-scale feature of the city’s geographical layout that is celebrated and admired amongst city planners for making Portland one of Americas most walkable cities.

THE HEATHMAN LIBRARY Located within the former Tea Court

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Lounge, a soaring two-story space in the heart of the hotel, the Heathman Library features more than 3,000 volumes signed by their authors in a grand bookcase that spans the full height of the room to prominently showcase the autographed tomes and make them accessible to guests. These signed editions from Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winners, U.S. Poet Laureates and a former U.S. President as well as a cross section of genres and styles, represent more than 30 years of guests who have signed their books to contribute to the collection.

ACCOMMODATIONS 151 guestrooms at the Heathman embrace the beauty of the Portland landscape with natural materials and reclaimed elements to create comfortable, sophisticated space for curling up with a good book and drifting off

BY FLINT WHEELER one more game before making his return.

This Sunday’s trip to New England to play the Patriots likely won’t be pretty, and coming back from 0-3 to make the postseason is undoubtedly a tall order. However, the Jets will at least have their starter running the show.

Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts Injury: Just before the start of the season, Andrew Luck announced his shocking decision to retire from the NFL. While the Colts opted to pay out Luck’s entire bonus — a move that seemed to keep the door open for a potential return to the NFL should Luck decide he’s not finished with football for good — it left Indianapolis with a much bleaker outlook on the season than initially expected. Backup status: Jacoby Brissett had already been taking No. 1 reps with the Colts through the preseason, so stepping into the role after Luck’s announcement wasn’t as jarring a transition as it might have been under different circumstances. He’s played well so far, helping Indianapolis to a 1-1 start to the year. What it means for the team: The Colts still have plenty of talent on both sides of the ball, and could very well make a run at the AFC South title should the cards fall right for the team. Still, their status as a potential challenger to the Chiefs and the Patriots at the top of the conference took a tough blow with Luck’s departure. G’Luck!

ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LYNNE TUCKER to sleep.

RUSSIAN TEA SERVICE The Heathman’s long tradition of tea service is served with a twist during The Russian Tea Experience in the hotel’s library.

Featured teas are a compendium custom blends and greatest hits from Portland’s Smith Teamaker. Russian Tea is served on Sundays only for now. Reservations are required, must be made 48 hours in advance by calling (503) 790-7752 to reserve For more information, rates, direction please visit www.heathmanhotel.com.

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FREEWILL ASTROLOGY

Week of September 26

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Comedian John Cleese speaks of two different modes toward which we humans gravitate. The closed style is tight, guarded, rigid, controlling, hierarchical, and tunnelvisioned. The open is more relaxed, receptive, exploratory, democratic, playful, and humorous. I’m pleased to inform you that you’re in a phase when spending luxurious amounts of time in the open mode would be dramatically healing to your mental health. Luckily, you’re more predisposed than usual to operate in that mode. I encourage you to experiment with the possibilities.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Upcoming adventures could test your poise and wit. They may activate your uncertainties and stir you to ask provocative questions. That’s cause for celebration, in my opinion. I think you’ll benefit from having your poise and wit tested. You’ll generate good fortune for yourself by exploring your uncertainties and asking provocative questions. You may even thrive and exult and glow like a miniature sun. Why? Because you need life to kick your ass in just the right gentle way so you will become alert to possibilities you have ignored or been blind to.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist John irving asked, “Who can distinguish between falling in love and imagining falling in love? Even genuinely falling in love is an act of the imagination.” That will be a helpful idea for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Why? Because you’re more likely than usual to fall in love or imagine falling in love—or both.

And even if you don’t literally develop a crush on an attractive person or deepen your intimacy with a person you already care for, I suspect you will be inflamed with an elevated lust for life that will enhance the attractiveness of everything and everyone you behold.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know your body is made of atoms, but you may not realize that every one of your atoms is mostly empty space. Each nucleus contains 99 percent of the atom’s mass, but is as small in comparison to the rest of the atom as a pea is to a cathedral. The tiny electrons, which comprise the rest of the basic unit, fly around in a vast, deserted area. So we can rightfully conclude that you are mostly made of nothing. That’s a good meditation right now. The coming weeks will be a fine time to enjoy the refreshing pleasures of emptiness. The less frenzy you stir up, the healthier you’ll be. The more spacious you allow your mind to be, the smarter you’ll become. “Roomy” and “capacious” will be your words of power.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “We don’t always have a choice about how we get to know one another,” wrote novelist John Irving. “Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly—as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct flight from Heaven to Earth.”

This principle could be in full play for you during the coming weeks. For best results, be alert for the arrival of new allies, future colleagues, unlikely matches, and surprise helpers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In North America, people call the phone number 911 to report an emergency. In much of the EU, the equivalent is 112.

As you might imagine, worry-warts sometimes use these numbers even though they’re not experiencing a legitimate crisis. For example, a Florida woman sought urgent aid when her local McDonald’s ran out of Chicken McNuggets. In another case, a man walking outdoors just after dawn spied a blaze of dry vegetation in the distance and notified authorities.

But it turned out to be the rising sun. I’m wondering if you and yours might be prone to false alarms like these in the coming days, Virgo. Be aware of that possibility. You’ll have substantial power if you marshal your energy for real dilemmas and worthy riddles, which will probably be subtle.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I just cut my bangs in a gas station bathroom,” confesses a Libran blogger who calls herself MagicLipstick. “An hour ago I shocked myself by making an impulse buy of a perfect cashmere trench coat from a stranger loitering in a parking lot,” testifies another Libran

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blogger who refers to himself as MaybeMaybeNot. “Today I had the sudden realization that I needed to become a watercolor painter, then signed up for a watercolor class that starts tomorrow,” writes a Libran blogger named UsuallyPrettyCareful. In normal times, I wouldn’t recommend that you Libras engage in actions that are so heedlessly and delightfully spontaneous. But I do now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You could call the assignment I have for you as “taking a moral inventory” or you could refer to it as “going to confession.” I think of it as “flushing out your wornout problems so as to clear a space for better, bigger, more interesting problems.” Ready? Take a pen and piece of paper or open a file on your computer and write about your raw remorse, festering secrets, unspeakable apologies, inconsolable guilt, and desperate mortifications. Deliver the mess to me at Truthrooster@gmail.com. I’ll print out your testimony and conduct a ritual of purgation. As I burn your confessions in my bonfire at the beach, I’ll call on the Goddess to purify your heart and release you from your angst. (P.S.: I’ll keep everything confidential.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Two hundred years ago, Sagittarian genius Ludwig Beethoven created stirring music that’s often played today.

He’s regarded as one of history’s greatest classical composers. And yet he couldn’t multiply or divide numbers. That inability made it hard for him to organize his finances. He once wrote about himself that he was “an incompetent business man who is bad at arithmetic.” Personally, I’m willing to forgive those flaws and focus on praising him for his soulinspiring music. I encourage you to practice a similar approach with yourself in the next two weeks. Be extra lenient and merciful and magnanimous as you evaluate the current state of your life. In this phase of your cycle, you need to concentrate on what works instead of on what doesn’t work.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “When you hit a wall—of your own imagined limitations—just kick it in,” wrote playwright Sam Shepard. That seems like a faulty metaphor to me. Have you ever tried to literally kick in a wall? I just tried it, and it didn’t work. I put on a steel-toe work boot and launched it at a closet door in my basement, and it didn’t make a dent. Plus now my foot hurts. So what might be a better symbol for breaking through your imagined limitations? How about this: use a metaphorical sledgehammer or medieval battering ram or backhoe. (P.S. Now is a great time to attend to this matter.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1965, Chinese archaeologists found an untarnished 2400-year-old royal bronze sword that was still sharp and shiny. It was intricately accessorized with turquoise and blue crystals, precision designs, and a silk-wrapped grip. I propose we make the Sword of Goujian one of your symbolic power objects for the coming months. May it inspire you to build your power and authority by calling on the spirits of your ancestors and your best memories. May it remind you that the past has gifts to offer your future. May it mobilize you to invoke beauty and grace as you fight for what’s good and true and just.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret,” wrote Piscean novelist Gabriel García Márquez. I will add that during different phases of our lives, one or the other of these three lives might take precedence; may need more care than usual. According to my analysis, your life in the coming weeks will offer an abundance of vitality and blessings in the third area: your secret life. For best results, give devoted attention to your hidden depths. Be a brave explorer of your mysterious riddles.

Homework: “It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious,” said John Irving. How are you doing with that? FreeWillAstrology.com ---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny - Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

September 26 to October 2, 2019

MIND,BODY & SPIRIT

BY BRONWYN ISON

SELF-COMPASSION ~ TODAY & ALWAYS

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t took a while for me to wrap the idea of Self-Compassion around my head. You’d think this may be rather simple. Rather it’s quite the contrary. I learned with a lot of soul searching, diligent work and digging deep that I was nowhere near showing myself the kindness and love that I needed.

It’s likely you’re similar to the rest of the human race and your best critic is you. We’re the first to recognize our own shortcomings.

Cutting yourself some slack may never cross your mind. After all you’re human and you never make mistakes. Right? In life we fail.

Quickly, we beat ourselves up because we didn’t measure up to our standards or that of society. This can create stress, tension, anxiety and depression. How does one leave the hamster wheel of life and begin a life of self-compassion?

While it may be challenging to create new

habits in your life, adopting a better sense of love and kindness for yourself is something you will never regret. You will feel less anxiety and pressure when you implement a new plan and take better control of your life.

Discovering self-compassion for yourself can be easy if you’re ready to move forward.

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BY DR PETER KADILE

MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS DUE TO CELL PHONE USE

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he advancements in technology have made it very common for almost everyone to have a mini computer that fits into their hands. Cell phones are everywhere. These mobile devices have taken over our daily lives and will be around for the foreseeable future. As people use their cell phones more and more, we are now seeing a lot of musculoskeletal problems such as neck and upper back pain caused by poor posture and slouching.

Holding the cell phone to your ear for prolonged periods can cause elbow issues, arm numbness and tingling. Texting can cause finger and thumb arthritis.

“Electronic Spine” Cell phones have transformed the way we hold our bodies. You simply have to look at our younger generation of kids and teenagers to see how their neck is always tilted forward and their upper back is slouched when they are using their cell phones. This poor posture is like having a 60 pound weight on your neck. This can’t be good, especially since the average person spends two to four hours in that position. Looking down at cell phones for long periods will cause the bones in the neck to mold themselves into a curved layout. Over time this will be harmful. The spinal vertebrae in the neck will become malformed and the muscles will become weaker, making it more difficult to keep the head in proper position. I truly believe we

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will have an epidemic of neck and upper back pain with deformities in the future due to the very common poor posture people have due to their cell phone use.

Correct posture involves keeping the head up, look straight ahead, and shoulders back. Hold your phone straight in front of you instead of bending down. I don’t see the cell phone going away, so be aware of the risks to your neck and spine due to being on your phone too much.

“Texting Thumb” When your thumbs become painful, stiff or even locked due to too much texting on your cell phone. The repetitive gripping motions when texting or chronically holding a cell phone can lead to joint pain in the thumbs and fingers. If rest and over the counter pain medications are ineffective in relieving this condition, a cortisone injection into the thumb joint may be needed. In severe cases, surgery may be needed.

Elbow Pain Pain at the elbow or numbness and tingling radiating to the 4th and 5th fingers can develop if you spend too much time holding a phone to your ear or resting your elbow on a surface while you hold the phone to talk.

You should avoid these positions that keep your elbow flexed for long periods of time. If rest and activity modifications do not relieve the symptoms, then surgery may be needed for severe cases.

CANNABIS CORNER

BY DR. ROBIN GOINS

CANNABIS EDUCATION & CAREER EXPO

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nterested in a career in cannabis or are you already in the industry and need some extra support? Residents of the Coachella Valley have the opportunity to have it all, and free of charge thanks to the State of California EDD! On October 22nd – 24th the first annual Cannabis Education and Career Expo is coming to the Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs.

This event is sponsored by The State of California, The Southern California Cannabis Council and Western Education Institute.

The three-day event is jammed packed with activities and attendees will receive free training. On Tuesday the 22nd the event kicks off with the Legislative Summit, which is the only ticketed event. The day begins from 10:00am with cannabis tours of local cannabis businesses in the Palm Springs / Cathedral City area. At 2:00pm attendees will hear from a panel of Mayors from Coachella Valley as they discuss the economic impact, challenges and victories of the cannabis industry in their jurisdictions.

Mayors in attendance include Mayor Scott Matas of Desert Hot Springs, Mayor Lupe Ramos Ameth of Indio and Mayor Mark Carnevale of Cathedral City. The Masters of Ceremonies is Dirk Voss, former Chairman of the Desert Hot Springs Planning Commission, which approved many of the cannabis businesses in the city. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the Mayor Panel.

Tuesday concludes with the evening event featuring keynote speaker Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez. Other speakers include Kristen Heidelbach International Representative/Cannabis Division Director, Teamsters and a member of the BCC Cannabis Advisory Committee, legislative updates from the California Cannabis Coalition’s President Ryan Bacchas and an update on the challenges of social justice and inclusion with the current federal cannabis banking bill by CCIA’s Yarrow Kubrin. Tickets are on sale for $75.00 and can be purchased at the SCCCouncil.org.

Wednesday and Thursday are free to the public. Wednesday’s schedule consists of free training for both employers and employees who need to understand the business requirements and best practices for the industry. Those who complete the training track will receive a certificate of completion for either their job development or as potential employees in the industry from Western Education Institute.

Employer topics include presentations

from the State EDD Unemployment Insurance Branch, the Tax Branch, Disability Insurance Branch, the State California Department of Food and Agriculture – CalCannabis, the California Department of Public Health Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch and the California Employment Development Department – Labor Market Information Division.

Job seekers training and topics include An Overview of the Cannabis Job Market, Careers in Cannabis & Transferrable Skills, Live Scanning - What It Means in Cannabis, The Importance of Employee Compliance in Cannabis, Knowing Your Labor Rights in Cannabis & Social Equity and Cannabis Career Training Options. Expert panelists from throughout the cannabis industry will be speaking, including the Director of HR from KIVA Confections and Joe Devlin, Senior Vice President of Ikänik Farms, Inc. The day concludes with a free mixer for job seekers and employers.

The event concludes Thursday with the career expo where job seekers can meet and apply with potential cannabis employers.

Regional, state and national employers will be represented. Special training is also available and includes a special 4-hour Cannabis Drivers Education Training, taught by Steve Domingo of We Drop Co. Students receive their accredited vocational training certification upon completion for a career as a cannabis delivery driver. This class seats only 30 participants, so early registration is encouraged.

Attendees will also enjoy free cannabis tours Wednesday and Thursday of local sponsor businesses in the Palm Springs / Cathedral City area. Those on the tour can learn about the industry and see how the cannabis industry is changing the economic and job landscape in the valley. No consumption will be allowed.

Tours will be provided by MJ Tours and tourers can enjoy a spacious 30-seater bus. The tours are first come first serve, so it is recommended those who intend to tour register early at the event to ensure their seat.

This is the first of many similar events to be replicated throughout the Southern California area. Seats are limited and those interested in the event can register at scccouncil.org/ upcoming-events. Visitors to the site can also download the schedule and see current updates on the event. Expo booths are free to serious employers, including ancillary employers, and registration for a free booth can also be found on the site. Sponsorships are also available and the sponsorship package can be downloaded in the site as well.

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V Weekly: Tell me about the origins of RICH Cannabis?

Rich: I’ve been in the industry for 25 years and I felt like I was being duped with the carts, I would find “all natural” or I would find the strain that I wanted specifically based on its terpenes and its full spectrum nature was not providing what I needed. I personally have had a long history in the industry specifically with concentrates. I started finding that in the vape the strains weren’t matching my experience with the strain. I wanted to provide solventless concentrates to the market so I set out to do so. I don’t want to provide distillate or product that has multiple flower sources. I prefer my product to be single sourced from one plant per batch in order for patients with health issues to be able to receive everything they need from the cannabis plant through vaping. I now have high standards for the type of products I manufacture and use. Clean is the way for me.

CVW: What type of products does your company offer the recreational market?

Rich: Fully cured and cultured hash balls, hash rosin, and dry sift hash. They have a nice rind around the outside and a fresh inside.

Full spectrum CO2 carts, we call them Extra Virgin Cannabis Oil. This means it has never touched any chemicals--its only been through CO2. We don’t use any fake terpenes or cutting agents, everything is full spectrum that is removed from the plant making the oil have batch specific terpenes reintroduced Shatter dots are another offering of .1g, .5g, and 1g. They are able to be easily dabbed that can be handled with your hands and dropped into your rig.

CVW: Do you grow your own product for your concentrates? If so, can you tell me more about the quality of your flower?

Rich: Our flower is currently sourced from like-minded growers and collabs, we have a greenhouse being built and we have our license to grow. We are currently waiting on final approval from the city of Desert Hot Springs. We believe in controlled atmospheric greenhouses-which means it has heat and cooling, CO2, and rays from the sun. We look forward to being able to provide solventless concentrates from our own greenhouse harvests. Our goal is to keep up with our demand.

CVW: Your hash rosin is totally unique to

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the market, can you tell me more about it?

Rich: We do a hash rosin and a normal hash which is more like a hash ball. We also do a dry sift hash. All of it is full spectrum, the hash ball and rosin are full melt. They are either hash which is fully cured buds that is washed and then pressed. The live rosin is frozen for about a week before it’s harvested. It’s chopped down and frozen and then its put into ice water so there are two different ways you can make ice water hash--live rosin or just regular ice water.

CVW: Tell me more about your special battery.

Rich: Because we do not winterize our product it keeps the concentrate thick and viscous. We decided because we did not want to add additives or thinners that we needed a battery. It heats up the glass surrounding the product and not the coil. This allows for the oil to stay tasty and healthy for you. You aren’t burning off THC or any terpenes. It works perfect in any type of weather. Nothing leaks and you don’t lose any of the oil through the heating.

CVW: Where can your product currently be found?

Rich: We are currently in 50 stores throughout California and in the Coachella Valley we can be found at Desert’s Finest, BARE Dispensary, Palm Royale Collective, West Coast Cannabis Clubs, Lighthouse, OG Collective, Organic Solutions of the Desert, and Remedy Inc. CVW: Why did you choose the city of Desert Hot Springs to be the home of RICH? Rich: We found the sun to be really the main point for us--due to our greenhouse beliefs in growing we are excited to harness the sun’s rays and provide solventless concentrates.

You can learn more about RICH Cannabis Co visit www.richcannabisco.com.

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