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Loretta Could’ve Been a Contender

Instead, Sanchez is ending her political career the way it started—as a joke BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO

was recently telling a reporter who might do a story on Orange County’s . . . something . . . for a national publication to never underestimate Loretta Sanchez, the longtime congresswoman who’s running for Barbara Boxer’s California Senator seat against state Attorney General Kamala Harris. “Yeah,” said the reporter, “but she always does stupid things,” going on to repeat the greatest hits: claiming that Vietnamese and Republicans were conspiring to take her seat, greeting a group of Indian-American Democrats with a stereotypical Native American war whoop, saying between 5 percent and 20 percent of Muslims are supporters of terrorism, and so much more. “Yeah,” I replied, “but she always somehow bounces back.” I said this hours before the Los Angeles Times broke the story that Sanchez coyly threw out there that maybe President Barack Obama endorsed Harris over her because the two of them are AfricanAmericans. She said that in an interview on Conexión California, a public-affairs show that Times reporters Phil Willon and Jazmine Ulloa happened to catch a portion of on a Sacramento Univisión station. The key quote happens early on, when Sanchez tries to explain to the host why she thought Obama sided with Harris, an endorsement she has loudly complained about since. “It’s because they have—I believe they have—what he’s said is that they have a friendship of many years,” Sanchez babbled. “She’s African-American; so is he. They know each other through meetings.” ¡Pinche Loretta! Sanchez tried to walk back her comments almost immediately afterward, issuing a statement that read, “In no way did I imply or intend to imply that President Obama endorsed Kamala Harris for racial reasons. I was stating the fact that the endorsement was based on their longterm political relationship.” Which happened to include that they’re both black. But that wasn’t even Sanchez’s most bewildering moment of that week. That happened on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, a confab she was not scheduled to address. Instead, it was her sister Linda—a firebrand progressive from Norwalk—who had a speaking slot, exhorting the party faithful to vote for Hillary Clinton. But near the end of Linda’s speech, Loretta silently slid behind her, grabbed her arm and raised it in triumph, clapped, then stood behind Linda through the rest of the speech with

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a hard grin and a steely stare. National commenters immediately wondered what the hell was Loretta doing there (while Willon is a good reporter, it’s unfair of him to say Loretta “crash[ed]” the stage; he’s obviously not an older sibling because we can punk our younger siblings at any time—it’s in the Constitution). This should be Loretta’s year: leaving a congressional seat she’s held since 1996 for the big time, during a year in which Latinos matter more than ever before to the Democratic Party. A longtime supporter of Clinton, Sanchez is reportedly aiming for a high-level position in Hillary’s administration if she doesn’t win the Senate race. Local Democrats are in need of her support in key races. Instead, Orange County’s sole Democratic congresswoman seems to be ending her political career the way it started: as a joke that no one ever took seriously. In a county full of idiot congress people, no one has willingly, stupidly offered more rope to hang themselves than Sanchez. Dana Rohrabacher’s embarrassment of a career is almost excusable compared to what Sanchez has offered: someone who keeps doing and saying pendejadas despite knowing better. She infamously started her political years as a Republican named Loretta Brixey, unsuccessfully running for an Anaheim City Council seat in 1994 under her married name. One wonders how OC politics would’ve unfolded if she had won that race; GOP head Tom Fuentes probably would’ve marked her as a rising star in the party, there wouldn’t have been

a Latina to run against Robert K. Dornan in 1996, and Dornan would’ve held his seat long enough for the Republicans to groom someone to replace him—maybe Brixey? Instead, seeing the seismic shift in Latino electoral preferences, Sanchez ran against Dornan in 1996 using her maiden name—a genius move. But she decided to place on her campaign staff Howard Kieffer, a man who had served prison time for stealing the assets of an elderly woman. Sanchez denied his involvement, faxing a statement to the Weekly . . . from a machine inside Kieffer’s office. And her career went on like that—to borrow a favored Chicano aphorism, Sanchez became her own crab pulling herself down back into the bucket. In the previous decade, it was her unwillingness to co-sponsor the DREAM Act despite being called out about it publicly again and again by undocumented college students. This year, it’s her quixotic campaign to take on Harris, someone with far more statewide name recognition. She might’ve had a better chance if she had waited for Senator Dianne Feinstein to retire, but far more injurious to her chances is continued fights with her own party leaders. Her anger at Harris and Obama is a virtual repeat of her proposed fund-raiser at the Playboy Mansion in 2000; the DNC chair took away her speaking role at that year’s convention, reinstating it only after she moved it to Universal Studios—and then she backed out of it altogether, dismissing it as just three minutes she could’ve spent better elsewhere.

Sanchez is not a failure at all. Her 1996 defeat of Dornan was one of the most important events in Orange County history—for that alone, she deserves a statue in Mile Square Park. The OC GOP has gone mad trying to defeat its Moby Dick since then, to the point that its leaders have given up even trying to court Latino voters anymore—a development Sanchez doesn’t receive nearly enough credit for. But as she concludes her congressional—and most likely—political life, the best that can be said about Sanchez is that she proved one giant disappointment. She’s the Anaheim Angels of local politicians— one epic, unlikely victory, followed by years of underachievement and what-ifs. She could’ve been a contender, the person who could’ve galvanized the Democratic Party in Orange County to destroy the GOP once and for all. Instead, her influence on local politics has been negligible, her political machine nonexistent, the OC Dems as squabbling and impotent as ever. Come on, Loretta. Please prove me right to that national reporter. Por favor bounce back from this week, and whip OC Democrats into shape (start by endorsing progressive Bao Nguyen over nice-but-boring Lou Correa in the race to replace you). Don’t let your only legacy other than defeating Dornan be those wacky Christmas cards featuring your cat—you’re better than that, right? GARELLANO@OCWEEKLY.COM

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» GUSTAVO ARELLANO DEAR MEXICAN: The word “cholo” means “mixed race” or “mestizo.” So isn’t using cholo to refer to gangbangers or other delinquents racist? I’m Cuban, but please don’t group me with idiots such as Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. Cubicle Chula DEAR CUBAN POCHA: There are multiple meanings of “cholo.” The word derives from the Nahautl xolo, and its first documented definition was in Alonso de Molina’s epic 1571 NahuatlEnglish dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana; there, he said the Aztecs took it as “paje, moço, criado o eƒclavo” (“page, waiter, servant or slave”). Spaniards being Spaniards, they applied the term to refer to the offspring of an Indian and a mestizo. Mexico being Mexico, it then became a palabra to apply to lower-class people, which spread across Latin America and into the United States. Gabachos being gabachos, they took cholo and made it into a derogatory slur applicable to all undesirable Mexicans. And pochos being pochos, they reappropriated cholo, then dumped it on gang members, not realizing that they were essentially calling the homies “dirty Mexicans.” Don’t you just love how we don’t know our history? DEAR MEXICAN: I read in one of my Mexican conspiracy theory magazines that Frank Zappa was not a founder of the Mothers of Invention. One of the two founders was actually a Mexican from SanTana. Is this a Mexican Jimi Hendrix type of mentira? Confundido DEAR CONFUSED POCHO: For once, the Mexican conspiracy magazines—those that insist

that Thomas Edison’s middle name was Alvaro, that Walt Disney was an orphaned Spaniard, and that Mexico will win the FIFA World Cup in this millennium—are right. Roy Estrada was the bassist for the Mothers of Invention, which got its start as an OC band named the Soul Giants. And Estrada was born in SanTana, the most Mexican big city in America. But let’s not go out and try to claim him like we do Ted Williams and Joe Kapp: Estrada is serving a decades-long prison sentence in Texas for being a chester. DEAR MEXICAN: I’m deeply saddened by this treatment of Mexican people and how it affects my family. It bums me out. My husband’s family doesn’t like me because of my race, and I know they are embarrassed of me and our children. I don’t feel welcome in their homes, and it puts a burden on my husband to be in the middle. Sometimes, I feel so undeserving of even being alive. I know I am a sensitive type, but this is ridiculous. . . . I try to stay away, but I am forced to participate in family functions even though I am uncomfortable. Any advice besides divorce? Bummed

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Southern California, Sublime is more popular than ever. The reconstituted Sublime With Rome tours the world; their back catalog continues to sell well. Critics who dismissed the bar ballads and soul vocals of Bradley Nowell are finally reassessing their worth. Millennials and Gen-Zers can quote lyrics as easily as gnarled skankers and rockabillies. “They’re definitely one of my favorite bands,” says Nikki, a twentysomething woman walking down Pine Avenue in the East Village Arts District. She’s wearing a black Sublime shirt, complete with the sun and clean white script above it. Two other times that day, I had spotted that exact logo, once on the shirt of another twentysomething lady at Alamitos Beach and again on the back window of a car driving down Pine. “I mean, ‘Caress Me Down’ and ‘Date Rape’ are both classics,” Nikki says, “and it’s summertime in the LBC, you know?” But a fascinating cult has evolved around the art of Sublime. The band’s name tattooed in Old English on Nowell’s back served as the cover art for their eponymous 1996 release and remains one of the most famous of the 1990s. That crying sun that the homies admired— the cover image of their 1992 debut, 40oz. to Freedom, an album that didn’t sell well in its initial release—has transformed into shorthand for Southern California beach culture, something as emblematic of the region’s scene as the Beach Boys or surfers of decades past.

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he two men in front of a booth at the Body Art Expo convention in Pomona resembled homeboys straight out of American Me: black tank tops, backward baseball caps, dark-gray shorts, each heavily tattooed with black-and-gray portraits and imagery down their arms and back. Before them was a galaxy of iconic rock-band logos on T-shirts, including the golden “W” of Wu-Tang Clan; the Doors’ bubbly lowercase font; a red, yellow and green headshot of Bob Marley; and the Rolling Stones’ wagging tongue. None of those interested them. Instead, one of the guys pointed at a bunch of T-shirts reppin’ Sublime. The maroon one had the band’s hometown of Long Beach written in white under the group’s name; the black tee featured a round “LBC Sublime” logo in an ornate font. But the homie kept looking at a simple white shirt with a basketball-sized print of a multicolored crying sun across the chest: resplendent, oversized, a skeleton on the bridge of its nose, a devil on one cheek and a switchblade on another, a mushroom for a brain—folk art to the max. And then the homie blurted out a common conversation opener in beach-themed dives, pretty much the official compliment of SoCal surfer and stoner bros everywhere from Menifee to Solana Beach, Baja Sharkeez to Woody’s Wharf. “Dude, that’s a sweet Sublime shirt!” Two decades after the trio’s eponymous album propelled them to national recognition and quickly became a summer soundtrack for

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n army of Sublime merchandise is now marching into stores across the world, all approved by Nowell’s widow, Troy Holmes, and the band’s label, Surfdog Records. The Old English lettering and sol regis is everywhere in American lowbrow fashion: Hot Topic, Spencer’s, Macy’s, Old Navy and Target. Decals on cars and bootlegged T-shirts are hawked in swap meets. There are socks, skateboards, posters, shower curtains and wallets. The first officially licensed surfboard design is in the works. Wearing a Sublime logo now has little to do with the music or Long Beach itself. Sporting band merch historically identified the wearer with a scene, an exclusionary tribe. But the Sublime ethos was always about hosting an eternal house party, with an open-door policy as long as you’re going to have a good time and not harsh anyone else’s scene. So Holmes has gradually phased out the city from a lot of Sublime products because she thinks the feelings and ideas should translate to everyone who wants them, regardless of geography. “Second to the music, the art is the strongest message Sublime has to offer,” she says while flipping a pancake in her San Diego-area home. “It doesn’t represent a single place or a point in time. It can be any beach or anywhere. It doesn’t have to just be about Long Beach.” Holmes, who runs an Instagram account dedicated to people taking photos of themselves wearing Sublime gear, says she’s always surprised when she enters a restaurant and her waitress is wearing a Sublime logo or when half of a tattooed logo is peeking out from the clothing of someone at the grocery store. “Growing up in the punk-rock and ska and skateboard scenes, you wear uniforms pretty much all of the time,” Holmes says. “You’re being anti-fashion and anti-whatever else you’re doing, but there’s still a uniform. Anti-fashion has always been a big part of our life, so to see that art become a part of the subculture, it’s really cool.”

pie Ortiz sits at the drawing table in the backroom of Seal Beach’s Still Life Tattoo. He’s wearing a shirt he designed, a black tee with a detailed yellow dragon and the letters DGWD (for “Don’t Get Weird, Dude”) through the middle of it. His dark hair is slicked back to stay out of his eyes, which are fixed on a small printout of the cover art from the CD version of Sublime’s 1993 single “Badfish”: a red koi cutting through the waves, an inner eye beaming on its forehead, done in a Japanese woodblock style. An outlined, half-painted allblack larger replica of the same image sits on the desk in front of him. “I stole this idea out of the back of a tattoo magazine,” Ortiz says. “Later on, I

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looked at it and I was just like, ‘Fuck, that thing sucks.’” The stoic Chicano is his own harshest critic. From the fish to the sun to the font style and beyond, Ortiz is the guy who has created nearly all of the artwork emblematic of Sublime for the past quarter-century, including the covers of the Doin’ Time EP, the compilation Second-Hand Smoke, and the box set Everything Under the Sun, along with dozens of variations for all sorts of merch. “I created something, but to me, it holds way more spiritual essence than any kid saying, ‘Oh, my god, you did the Sublime stuff,’” Ortiz says. “An artist creates [art] out of emotions. That shit was created out of emotions and friendships and love and hate and all that.” Ortiz knew the Sublime guys long before using nail polish and Krazy Glue to draw a precursor of his famous sun—a trick he’d learned while working in a screenprinting shop as a kid. The artist became “punker” friends with bassist Eric Wilson at Will Rogers Middle School in Long Beach, using his skills to illustrate Wilson’s musical ventures: concert fliers, band shirts, spec album covers and more. When Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh teamed up with Nowell to form Sublime, Ortiz became the group’s de facto artist. “Opie’s been as big of an influence in our music as we have in his art,” Gaugh says. “It’s been a real symbiotic relationship. Everything about Opie’s art is real, and everything we did is based on life experiences that we all shared. That’s why I think it’s lived on for so long.” The band’s first Ortiz design was a T-shirt featuring Jimi Hendrix’s face with

the dreads of H.R. of Bad Brains. He then made a Sublime-themed pillowcase for Nowell, as well as the group’s first piece of official merch: a shirt with a simple lion design that’s now a much-sought-after Holy Grail for die-hard fans. But with the release of Sublime’s 1991 cassette single, “Jah Won’t Pay the Bills,” Ortiz realized

he wasn’t just creating some merch for a high-school band anymore. “When they took the picture, and they had the dogs all there, I knew it was something,” Ortiz says, “and it was pretty cool to be a part of something like that.” But the design that changed his life started as a T-shirt. Ortiz had sold Nowell ORTIZ: THE MAN BEHIND THE SUN

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ow in his mid-40s, the tattooer gets a kick out of his children pointing out everything from T-shirts to shower curtains with his designs on them— but he’s conflicted about his designs’ creeping ubiquity. “[Those items are] so based toward mainstream when Sublime isn’t really based toward mainstream,” Ortiz says. There was a long stretch during which he wasn’t too keen on tattooing his sun design or talking too much about his relationship with the band, not wanting to be typecast. “To me, Sublime is still underground,” he says. “Only because people found out about how good it was back then is why it became more mainstream. We wanted to do designs that were designs that we liked and that we wanted to do. All it takes is good ideas and real shit, not some watered-down stuff. It was kind of going that way, and it was bumming me out.” So Ortiz enlisted the help of the Seal Beach-based Sullen Art Collective for an art show timed to the 20th anniversary of Sublime’s release. “Troy and I have been trying to do a limited-edition line for about 10 years now, but we were never able to get it on board with any companies. Troy linked up with Sullen, and she liked the clothing they were doing, so we’re doing it through them,” Ortiz says. “Instead of doing all the art myself, I picked some artists who I respect—and I’m sure the band respect.”

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a homemade screenprinted shirt featuring a sun comprised of Aztec parts and other images. The singer liked that $20 shirt so much that he wore it down to the threads over the course of a tour, then hung it high on a wall of his studio apartment. Sublime’s manager, Mike “Miguel” Happoldt, approached Ortiz about doing another for the band’s upcoming debut. He was into it, so he brought Happoldt to Westminster’s Art Supply Warehouse to get the tools necessary to paint a modified version. “When I came up with the concept, I was just creating art,” Ortiz says. “I remember Miguel came to pick it up from me in the alley on Fourth and Walnut [in Long Beach]. He looked at it, and he was lost for words. He handed me $150, and he bought it to get it put on the album. Later on, Brad gave me some more money and said, ‘Hey, don’t sue me about the sun,’ and I thought, ‘Oh, I should totally sue him about the sun now.’” He never did. Instead, Ortiz became Nowell’s go-to tattoo artist, most famously doing the lettering across his back that adorned the cover of Sublime. Not only did Ortiz provide the tattoo and photo for the record, but he also drew the floral border surrounding it and had even painted a prior design of a junkie clown that MCA Records told the band they couldn’t use. “Brad would have to get all wasted to get tattooed because he thought they hurt really bad,” Ortiz says. “We drank some Jack Daniels one time when I did his back, and I kept drinking it all. He was like, ‘Hey! You don’t need it!’ and I was all, ‘Well, you don’t need it either. You’re already fucked up!’ Troy [Holmes] would

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den Grove’s Collective Ink on March 19. Hanna jokes that it’s one of the few times he’s been able to tell the stone-faced Ortiz was genuinely happy. The evening was capped by a performance by Nowell’s son, Jakob, who was just a baby when his father died. “There were, like, 300 people surrounding [Jakob] while he was playing acoustic Sublime songs, and you could just tell they were so stoked to see him,” Hanna recalls. “He played his set with his mom and everyone around him smiling, and then when he was done with his set, he said something like ‘Irish goodbye!’ and jumped over the back fence and ran off.”

ost people go to Floyd’s 99 Barbershop in Belmont Shore to get a haircut, but it’s also become a destination for Sublime fans over the past year. Muralist Jonas Never decorated its lengthy parking lot wall with a series of images that represent different aspects

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commissioning Sublime art], but if they didn’t do it, then someone else would be doing it,” Holmes says. “I told them that I would do it because I never want to walk into a store again and see something I didn’t have or that we didn’t approve.” But while Holmes wants to spread the Sublime legacy as far as possible, not everyone involved in the band’s history is as enthusiastic. “With consumerism

says. “I saw no problem putting a baby tee in there, and now, almost every morning, I post a picture of someone wearing a Sublime baby tee from Target. The generation that started listening to Sublime is all having kids now.” Everything from those tiny shirts to the largest Sublime beach blankets goes through Holmes now. She hasn’t always been in charge of all of the band’s mer-

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and marketing in the current state of our capitalist society, anything that will turn a profit as a commodity is sought by the marketers,” says Marshall Goodman, a.k.a. Ras MG, Sublime’s other former drummer, producer and DJ. “It’s good because it’s seen by a lot of people, but the marketers in consumerism just grab it because it’s cool. Everybody in the underground already knows; they already get it. But to just turn into another thing to generate money—I’ve got mixed feelings about that.” “It’s been mass-marketed, but it really started grassroots,” Happoldt says. “It was supposed to be an inside joke, but then I guess it got exposed a little bit. I just wanted the album to look cool, and Opie just nailed it. If it was shitty, I don’t know that it would’ve went that far.” The co-founder of Skunk Records has more invested in the sun than the other Sublimers. Ortiz’s original work was lost in the shuffle of taking it from painting to album art, and Happoldt would like it returned. “I want everyone to know there’s a $10,000 reward for anyone who brings that painting back,” Happoldt says. “When we took it to get the film made for the CD, it was way out in the desert, and it took me a while to get back to pick it up. When I went back, it was gone, and the person in charge had been fired. I think they liked it, so they just took it when they quit or got fired. It’s got to be out there somewhere, and I just want it back.”

chandise, but it’s something she now zealously monitors. Roughly a year after Nowell’s death, Holmes saw a large cardboard display and poster advertising 40oz. to Freedom at a Newport Beach record store. She didn’t like it and knew no one in the group had approved it. “I called management, and they said the record company was [in charge of

In Holmes’ eyes, murals such as Never’s help to keep the Sublime legacy alive and expanding. The fans who saw the original lineup live and bought the albums after Nowell’s death know the group’s legacy. Holmes is now focused on the future. “Target is the place where our generation shops for ourselves, our kids, our husbands and our grandkids,” Holmes

of Sublime and Nowell’s life, with Ortiz’s morose sun in the center. “The tricky thing was that I didn’t want to just repeat the same images over and over again,” Never says. “I threw in the Queen Mary just to represent Long Beach and show where it was. It’s hard as one artist to do another artist’s design, so luckily, the wall was big enough that I could do all the imagery that [Ortiz] wanted.” For Never—whose work includes a mural in Silverlake featuring local artists from Beck to Silversun Pickups—choosing the right content and style was only half of what makes his Sublime mural so meaningful. The black-and-white images of the band, Lou Dog, and Nowell with his infant son have become a public memorial for not only fans, but also the Sublime family. The barber shop is near where Nowell’s parents still live, and according to Never, Jim and Nancy Nowell stop by to enjoy the mural every time they go to one of their favorite breakfast spots. “It’s still kind of surreal to be a part of all of it because I grew up listening to them,” says Never, who had a Sublime sticker on his first car. “Growing up and seeing how much of an impact on what I did and how [the band] combined different genres kind of inspired what I’ve done with combining graffiti and pop imagery. Just the fact that his family and friends and Troy dig it, that’s just an awesome thing to be a part of.”

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For one night only, the Pacific Amphitheatre at the OC Fair becomes a boogie wonderland with an exciting performance by Earth, Wind & Fire. Although a few of the group’s original members have sadly passed away, including founding member Maurice White, the current lineup continues to perform the spiritual and uplifting combination of R&B, disco, funk, jazz, rock, pop, and African music that put their names on the map. Many of their hit singles from the ’70s are iconic dance tracks today: “Shining Star,” “September,” “Let’s Groove,” and the jazzy, funk-laced, R&B slow jam “After the Love Has Gone.” Expect to hear those, plus plenty of tracks that feature their amazing percussion and horn sections, further cementing their status as one of the biggest forces of popular music. Earth, Wind & Fire at Pacific Amphitheatre at the OC Fair, 100 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa; www.pacamp.com. 8:15 p.m. $47.50-$80. —AIMEE MURILLO

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In the late 1960s and ’70s, Richard Duardo went from being the West Coast’s answer to Andy Warhol, with his screenprinted portraits of celebrity musicians and actors, to forming his own political art collective Centro de Arte Publico in Highland Park, becoming a mentor to younger Chicano artists.The Muckenthaler welcomes a retrospective that charts 40 years of his career, including his large-scale portraits of Jimi Hendrix and more, as well as his graphic-design work for LA bands the Plugz, the Screamers and the Brat. “Richard Duardo: Artist and Master Printmaker” at Muckenthaler Center, 1201 W. Malvern Ave., Fullerton, (714) 7386595; themuck.org. 10 a.m.Through Aug. 21. Free. —AIMEE MURILLO

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This musician has grown up before the eyes of Mexico, becoming one of its most critically acclaimed artists. As a teenager, Natalia Lafourcade stepped into the spotlight with a self-titled debut that beamed with bratty bravado.Twelve years and many studio albums later, she showcases the depth of her life experiences on Hasta la Raíz, her Grammy Award-winning masterpiece.The musical moods Lafourcade crafts on that 2015 release are subtle enough to allow her pensive lyrics to fully seep in.The pain of heartbreak is perfectly accentuated on “Lo Que Construimos,” while the tension of love is powerfully framed on “Nunca es Suficiente.” Lafourcade is at the height of her creative powers. Natalia Lafourcade at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; www.observatoryoc.com. 8 p.m. $35. —GABRIEL SAN ROMÁN

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Koreatown a few years ago. There isn’t much on the menu that’s actually Korean, though. Instead, there are great renditions of Chinese seafood-restaurant staples that would take multiple trips to explore, starting with shrimp lightly battered, deepfried, then wok-tossed with the usual aromatic blend of scallions, sliced jalapeños and garlic. You can get lobster cooked in the same manner. But the cheapest of these options is the crispy smelt, a generous platter of whole, finger-long pieces of the fish bursting with roe. The leftover smelt heated up great in my toaster oven the next day. I ate it with steamed rice, the one thing it desperately needed. I also enjoyed a seafood salad full of crab tossed among lightly dressed greens. More crabmeat can be had cradled in bibb lettuce with bits of bacon and avocado. Our waiter described the lettuce cups as tasting like “the best handheld Cobb salad you’ll ever have.” He wasn’t wrong. He was also right about the lobster ravioli. He’d recommended it after I told him I’d already tried the uni pasta. Though it was 10 times as rich—drowned in more cream and dotted with pieces of perfectly cooked shrimp than a cardiologist would advise you to eat in one sitting—the lobster meat reveled in it. Who knew that lobster is best when it’s overloaded with butter? Oh, yeah, everyone. EMC SEAFOOD & RAW BAR 14346 Culver Dr., Irvine, (949) 748-3979; www.emcseafood.com. Open Sun.-Tues., 11 a.m.-midnight; Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Dinner for two, $50-$100, food only. Full bar.

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istered more as macaroni and cheese than anything involving sea urchin. If I didn’t taste much uni in that dish, it wouldn’t be the last time. The same thing happened with the uni toast I ordered on my second EMC trip. Despite twice the amount of raw uni crowning the two hors d’oeuvre-sized pieces of griddled bread, for which I paid $13, it was the blue cheese tang of the triple crème that I tasted most. The uni’s subtle sea-custard sweetness lingered quietly somewhere in the back. A better way to have uni here was to spend $5 more to get it in its raw, natural state—spikes and all. EMC Seafood & Raw Bar’s chefs seem to perform exceeding well when they do as little as possible to seafood. I ate a briskly chilled carpaccio made of nothing but scallop in a sea of ponzu, each thickly cut steak dabbed with electric zaps of yuzu kosho. And the oysters, no matter the origin or price point, were shucked so carefully not a single errant piece of shell interrupted my slurps. Sharing the same owners as the sushi chain Wokcano, the restaurant seems to know that beyond the uni pasta, you’re there for the raw stuff. The oyster shuckers are placed front and center, behind a glass partition, working over waist-high mounds of ice. They’re what first grabs your attention as you enter this former Elephant Bar, which is now an echo-y room that’s equal parts Fisherman’s Wharf and mall food court. EMC’s customer base is predominately Asian, specifically Korean, most of whom are probably familiar with the original EMC Seafood that hit it big in LA’s

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hen you see uni pasta on the menu, do your eyes, like mine, gravitate toward it as though sparklers surrounded it? It seems to have become de rigueur at every Asian fusion restaurant that’s opened in the past few years. Fusion Bites, inside Fountain Valley’s Ayres Hotel, recently upgraded its version to include black tobiko. At some point, Kitchen Republic at Bella Terra did it. There are even versions of it out there that don’t even qualify as pasta; the trendy OPM Restaurant & Lounge in Huntington Beach uses udon, for instance. Now uni pasta has seeped into the menus of OC’s newest seafood restaurants—the Asian-fronted ones, at least. I recently slurped a soupy version at Mission Viejo’s Anchor Hitch that used ramen. At the new EMC Seafood & Raw Bar in Irvine, that was the dish two different waiters on two separate trips recommended above all else. “It’s our most popular item,” one of them said. I ordered it, of course—my umpteenth uni pasta dish in so many months. EMC’s version was served in a bowl and showered with torn flecks of black nori. A single lobe of uni crouched at the summit of the noodles. And when I twirled the spaghetti around my fork, the thick, yellow gravy that pooled beneath started to cling to the strands. It was so rich in cream it not only looked like cheese sauce, but it also tasted as if it came from a blue box of Kraft. In fact, it may be the cheesiest uni pasta I’ve eaten. In my brain, the dish reg-

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lakely’s Chicken & Pizza has a great story: named after and created for an autistic Villa Park High School graduate who loves to cook and host. Many of the workers at the cavernous restaurant are also special-needs adults, and a portion of the proceeds from to-go snack bags and salads helps to secure their employment. This heartwarming story is featured on fliers attached to each table, a reminder that food is sometimes more than just an opportunity to stuff yourself silly. But don’t think of this review as a charity case because Blakely Larsen and his crew have perfected the art of Mexicanstyle chicken. An order of charbroiled pollo brings out the perfect hen: skin turned to caramel, white meat transformed into luscious pillows. Rotisserie is even better; the drippings each bird gets from the chickens twirling above it seep down to the bones, resulting in breasts, drumsticks and wings so plump you half-expect each bite to shoot out juices as though a water gun. Each meal gets accompanied by beans, rice and your choice of corn or flour tortilla—it’s like your tío’s carne asada Sunday brought indoors with air conditioning and the friendliest staff this side of the Harvey Girls. More chicken? Find it in a fine chicken and waffles, the meat turned into nicely fried tenders. Get it shredded in a large burrito far better than the space’s previous tenant (the forgettable chain Freebirds World Burrito) could’ve ever created. Calorie-conscious people can go with a Mexican chicken salad, veggies and roughage and cheese and salsa combining for something sprightly. There are also pizzas and hot dogs, but take a clue from its surfing-chicken logo and go with the birds. That’s really it, save for the awesome rotating aguas frescas (last time I was in, it was watermelon) and Dole Whip worthy of the Tiki Room. And that’s fine: This county needs more chicken-only places, the better to offer affordable, delicious needs for the masses. Hey, Blakely: All you need is a Broaster®. Do that, and you’ll be on your way to becoming our own Colonel Sanders—and I’m sure you can create better commercials, too!

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veryone has a go-to sandwich: BLT, grilled cheese, bologna, veggie, etc. Mine has changed from a cold-cut sub combo with Stephanie throughout high school to grilled bread surrounding hot fillings. And while most locals can tell you about the vibe inside dimly lit A Restaurant, it’s a different scene in its adjacent market. This easygoing space manages a steady flow of diners from early morn into the afternoon. Egg-based options fill the breakfast hours, but the lunchtime staples are what chef Shelly Register specializes in. Take her Reuben, for instance: corned beef and Havarti bond with sauerkraut between slices of marbled rye. The ratio

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he county’s best bar recently launched its summer menu, a hearty helping of orange shrimp, perfect sliders and more meals designed to tastefully soak up the ever-stunning libations of Jason Schiffer’s crew at 320 Main. The chingón is also working on some new drinks, too—last time I saw him, he was experimenting with dried New Mexico chiles for some beautiful concoction. I didn’t ask many questions because I was obsessing over the Gardenia.

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and Bénédictine liqueur, with jalapeño forcing the two to make peace on your palate. Spicy, sweet, luscious—to quote Solís, it has a mystic candor (it sounds better in español—I swear!). To further quote El Rey del Bolero, “YEAH!” or whatever exclamation he always used in his act. Great job as always, 320 Main—put it back on the regular menu, por favor. 320 MAIN 320 Main St., Seal Beach, (562) 799-6246; www.320mainsealbeach.com.

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n the open-air “Roof Tap” area of Pine Avenue’s BO-Beau Kitchen, lunch feels more like an underpromoted day club than a traditional midmay meal. For the past few months, the San Diego-transplanted, futureFrench steampunk-inspired concept has been opening its upper-level bar at noon on weekends only, with a too-cool, androgynously youthful DJ spinning a fist-pumping selection of Ace Hotelapproved pop remixes. During this time, it serves its regular nighttime bar menu to a thin crowd of mostly tourists (because they’re the chosen few who can afford $10 plates of bacon-broiled Brussels sprouts). While another BO-Beau location in San Diego rolls out a special brunch menu on Saturday and Sunday mornings, the Long Beach spot is now warming to the idea. This means lots of decadent, boozesoaking stuff such as short rib and truffle poutine, jalapeño macaroni and cheese, buttery chicken pot pie, and a melty turkey Monte Cristo. Some of the appetizers even have the words “big fat” (fries) and “jumbo” (pretzel) in their names to accentuate their opulence. Not interested in downing a full day’s worth of calories in one swoop, though? There are lighter options available, mostly in the flatbread and salad arenas. The presence of tiny globs of chorizo don’t weigh down an otherwise-airy thin-crust shrimp pizza, and the salads are thoughtful full meals in themselves, designed around meat (ahi, steak or chicken) or a medley of vegetables and fruits, dressed in a house-made vinaigrette. BO-Beau’s entry into daytime dining might not be built to attract the low-key Long Beach set, but it’s worthwhile for locals to also check it out. In addition to feeling like a visitor in your own town (BO-Beau’s cavernous bohemian-indus-

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trial design whisks you away—like Vegas away), the weekend hours are some of the only times the Roof Tap isn’t completely packed, so you can actually find a table for your entire group, order drinks and food, and get a full-service experience without an excruciating hours-long wait. (It’s amazing how much better a $17 flatbread tastes when you weren’t elbowing your way to the bar for 45 minutes just to order it.) Since they have the uns-uns music going and you’re enjoying another sunny day on a rooftop patio in paradise, you might as well get a drink with your lunch—but watch the prices. Even local brews can cost a few dollars more than fair market value ($10 for a Budweiserowned Golden Road IPA?), and specialty cocktails also add up quickly. For vodka fans, shots of the neutral spirit from BOBeau’s wide list are all $10, but a house sangria or mimosa ($8) pairs nicely with the vibe as well. After the meal, ask the bartender for a set of paddles and take to the pingpong tables, watch whatever game is being projected on the two big-screen TVs that flank the brick wall, get tipsy and start dancing to DJ Androgynous’ bedroom Bey remix, or, hell, just enjoy the uncharacteristically relaxed atmosphere at the Roof Tap, downtown Long Beach’s newest pseudo-club. BO-BEAU KITCHEN + ROOF TAP 144 Pine Ave., Long Beach, (562) 9830056; www.cohnrestaurants.com/ bobeaukitchenrooftap.

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floating paranoia,” while the Washington Post called it “closer to horror film than documentary”—Vaxxed has reinvigorated the anti-vaccination movement. The movie—which Wakefield describes as a “whistleblower film”—showcases not only heart-wrenching testimonials from parents who claim their children were healthy until after receiving the MMR vaccine , but also recorded conversations between environmental biologist Brian Hooker and CDC employee William Thompson that, according to Wakefield,

establishes a connection between the CDC and Big Pharma. “Thompson was essential to us,” says Wakefield. “For his safety, we made sure that every claim we made could be cross-referenced, and anything that he even slightly speculated, we scrapped. This gave us all the confidence in the world to say that this is fraud. And the reason this is so scary is because it amounts to the most serious fraud in the history of the world.” (For his part, Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who has

blamed Wakefield’s theories for measles outbreaks, wrote for the Hollywood Reporter that the documentary was for people who believed “the moon landing was filmed on a Hollywood soundstage.”) Vaxxed should play well in Orange County, which is home to Dr. Bob Sears, whose best-selling The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child is a bible for the movement. (Sears has stated, however, that his proposed vaccination schedules aren’t anti-vaccine.) In South County, many wealthy families haven’t vaccinated their children at all. As the Weekly reported in 2012, the Orange County Health Care Agency found the county vaccination-exemption rate in 2011 at 2.9 percent, but “at 15 of the 40 elementary schools in the Capistrano Unified School District, more than 10 percent of kindergartners had waivers, according to data from the California Department of Public Health. At one public charter school, Journey, 56 percent of kindergartners were unvaccinated, at least partially, due to their parents’ beliefs.” Anaheim made international news last year after revealing that nine confirmed cases of measles were tied to people who had been at Disneyland or Disney’s California Adventure. And longtime Costa Mesa City Councilman Gary Monahan, who has a son with autism, has raised eyebrows countywide after admitting to skipping vaccinations for his youngest four children. “How do I say this without sounding crazy?” he asked the Los Angeles Times last year. “I don’t want anyone to get measles . . . but you have to make it easier for the parents through the health system to do it the right way. Pounding three live viruses into somebody at 1 year old is devastating.” Vaxxed is coming to local theaters over the next two weeks via an on-demand system that requires a minimum amount of tickets to be sold in order to screen the film; as of this article’s publication, enough seats have sold to guarantee August viewings in Aliso Viejo, Newport Beach and Anaheim, with one pending in Laguna Niguel. “This documentary was the most obvious way for us to get this story out there,” Wakefield says. “If you can’t beat the media, then you must become the media.” VAXXED: FROM COVER-UP TO CATASTROPHE was directed by Andrew Wakefield. To find a local screening, visit gathr.us/films/vaxxed.

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ne thing’s for sure: Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe is not for the faint of heart. The controversial documentary, directed by Dr. Andrew Wakefield, says its mission is to explore the dark side of the health-care industry and its relationship to vaccines. Through a series of personal home videos and evidence Wakefield says was provided by a worker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Vaxxed zeroes in on a purported link between the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. Wakefield, who helped to author a study on the link between vaccines and neurological injury in 1998 and has researched the subject since, doesn’t shy away from haters. Critics have long dismissed his work as wrong and dangerous; he lost his medical license in England in 2010 after charges of professional misconduct stemming from his since-retracted study, published in the medical journal The Lancet. “I come from a traditional medical perspective, and that is a place of conscience,” says Wakefield, who was trained as a gastroenterologist. “Life leads you to crossroads. You can do what many of my colleagues did and say, ‘Yes, this might be true, but I’m going to walk away from this because it may be uncomfortable for my career,’ or you can do the moral thing and let people know what’s actually going on.” That led to him becoming the director of a film that sparked furious debate even before it was supposed to debut. Last March, Vaxxed was accepted into Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival. But just as quickly as it was announced, the documentary was removed after other directors threatened to pull their films if Wakefield’s screened. “We were initially dismayed,” says Wakefield. “We thought this was the end of our film career.” Several days after pulling Vaxxed, however, De Niro appeared on the Today Show and said, “The movie is something that people should see.” According to Wakefield, this resurrected the documentary. “[De Niro] told his personal story about how he believes his son regressed into autism after receiving a vaccine—and for being a very private person, this was a big deal,” he says. “He normally doesn’t take a stance on anything, and he took a stance on this.” Although critics blasted the film— Variety called it a “slickly produced but scientifically dubious hodgepodge of free-

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Battle, Burn Booth troupe). The Frida Cinema; thefridacinema.org. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $8-$10. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The same year (1986) that this movie came out with Matthew Broderick lip-synching the Beatles version of “Twist & Shout,” Rodney Dangerfield actually sang a cover of the Top Notes song in Back to School. Yet which performance does everyone yammer on about? Proving Rodney really did get no respect, no respect at all. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, (714) 556-2787; www.SCFTA. org/moviemondays. Mon., dusk (approximately 8 p.m.). Free. The Book of Life. I remember seeing the poster for this 2014 animated comedy adventure at a bus bench on Fairview and South Coast Drive and thinking to myself, “Isn’t that something?” Never saw it. Tues., 10 a.m. at Aliso Viejo Stadium 20, (949) 425-3861; Anaheim Hills 14, (714) 282-5953; Brea Stadium West 10, (714) 672-4136; Edwards Market Place Stadium 10, (844) 4627342; Foothill Towne Center Stadium 22, (949) 588-9402; Kaleidoscope Stadium 10, (949) 582-4078; Metro Pointe Stadium 12, (714) 428-0962. $1. Goosebumps. Author R.L. Stine makes a cameo as Mr. Black and says hello to Mr. Stine, played by Jack Black. Mind = blown. Krikorian’s Buena Park Metroplex 18, 8290 La Palma Ave., Buena Park, (714) 826-2152. Tues., 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Free (sponsored by Buena Park Downtown); also at Krikorian’s San Clemente Cinema 6, 641B Camino De Los Mares, San Clemente, (949) 661-7469. Tues., 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. $1. Happy Feet. Emperor penguins mate through song, so when one is born

who sounds like Elijah Wood but can’t sing, he turns to dance in this animated ditty. Regency Charter Centre Cinemas, 7822 Warner Ave., Huntington Beach, (714) 596-3456. Tues., 10:30 a.m. $2. Monsters v. Aliens. Hollywood A-listers Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd lend their voices to this animated tale about a woman who grows into a giant after being struck by a meteorite, then joins monsters to defeat an alien takeover of the world. Fountain Valley Recreation Center, 16400 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley; www.fountainvalley.org/856/ Special-Events. Tues., 5 p.m. Free. Akira. Director Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 adaptation of his manga series that has a bike-gang leader trying to save his friend from a government program called Akira in 2019 neo-Tokyo. Directors Cut Cinema at Regency Rancho Niguel, 25471 Rancho Niguel Rd., Laguna Niguel, (949) 831-0446. Tues., 7:30 p.m. $9. Anomalisa. Employing that freaky, real-life animation you see in some films, this 2015 Oscar nominee from directors Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman (from his play) is about a man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiencing something out of the ordinary. Painful rectal itch? Fullerton Public Library, Osborne Auditorium, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, (714) 738-6334. Wed., 6 p.m. Free. American Graffiti. Before sequels to Star Wars ruined George Lucas as a filmmaker, he made this 1973 dramedy about high-school grads spending the last night of their 1962 summer vacation cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. Like cruising the strip with your buddies,

this movie is overrated, although it did kick-start a wave of late-1950s/early-’60s nostalgia that was capitalized on by TV’s Happy Days. Regency South Coast, 1561 Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, (714) 557-5701. Wed., 7:30 p.m. $9. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Reacquaint yourself with the first flick in the Spielberg/Lucas popcorn franchise before Harrison Ford returns in 2019 with what’s tentatively titled Indiana Jones 5. Fullerton Public Library, Osborne Auditorium, (714) 738-6334. Thurs, Aug. 4., 1 p.m. Free. MCOKER@OCWEEKLY.COM

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way around? Arovista Park, 415 W. Elm St., Brea, (714) 990-7112. Fri., 8 p.m. (movie starts at dusk). Free; also at Portola Park, 301 S. Euclid St., La Habra, (562) 383-4205. Tues., 7:45 p.m. Free (as part of La Habra Police Department’s National Night Out). The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Given all the splatter flicks that have come out since the 1974 release of Tobe Hooper’s masterpiece (or master in pieces), you’d be forgiven for forgetting or being unaware of how unique The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was at the time. Your Friday Night Freakout is a 40th-anniversary 4K restoration—with a director-approved transfer and new sound mix—of the classic inspired by the Ed Gein murders. The Frida Cinema; thefridacinema.org. Fri., 11 p.m. $8-$10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s Lingerie Night with shadowcasters Midnight Insanity. Art Theatre, 2025 E. Fourth St., Long Beach, (562) 438-5435. Sat., 11:55 p.m. $8-$11. Matilda. As a young actress, Mara Wilson had quite a string going with 1993’s Mrs. Doubtfire (her film debut), 1994’s Miracle on 34th Street and her titular role in this ’96 family movie directed by Danny DeVito. She plays an 8-year-old genius with telekinesis that she uses to deal with parents who do not value education and an oppressive school leader. Wilson starred in a few more films, but with her mother’s passing, she lost her passion for acting. She quit the biz and later became a playwright, although you do see her pop up in things such as Broad City. The Frida Cinema; thefridacinema.org. Sun., 11 a.m. $1-$5. Airplane! The 1980 Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker farce, which I have watched and re-watched more times than I can remember, was my go-to answer when people asked me to name my favorite film. I lean more toward Touch of Evil these days, but I still maintain Airplane! is the best movie ever made about the 1970s, as it seems to include references to every pop-culture touchstone from the Me Decade. Make my case after this screening, when Red Guerrilla Media founder/president Joshua Wadrop hosts a live recording of a panel of comedians, cinephiles and pop-culture enthusiasts, including John Webber (8 Heads In a Duffle Bag), Amber Scalzo (Comedy Store, Scallywags), Ricky Trann (Flappers, Ozzie’s), Francis Sky (First Comics News, The Massacre Twins), Mir Waiss Najibi (Brea Improv, Werewolves In Heat) and Keith Carey (Comedy Central’s Roast

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paced production, clocking in at around an hour and 45 minutes. As You Like It, which is directed by Simon, features original folk music courtesy of fellow UCI professor Alan Terricciano and is set during the Great Depression. The play begins at Oliver’s Meat Packing Plant in Chicago, and the characters ride the rails to this Arden, seeking to re-invent their lives just as Shakespeare’s characters did. “We just felt the politics of the play and the social upheaval of the Depression fit,” says Simon. “You’ve kind of got this gangster world, where you have the haves and the have-nots, and just like the characters [in the original] go into the woods to restore their lives, for us, it’s a hobo encampment where the folk musicians are really prized.” Though both have a different focus or setting than traditional Shakespeare, each remains faithful to the original text and intent. “We’re a 21st-century audience, so we see the plays through the lens of our times,” Simon says. “What’s remarkable about Shakespeare’s plays is that they have retained their relevance for over 400 years now. They are as socially and politically potent now as they were when they were written.” As previously mentioned, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance also traffics in Shakespeare. It’s the main text used by Ransome Foster, an East Coast tenderfoot making

his way west to teach the shit-for-brains residents of Two Trees, a town on the edge of the prairie in 1890, how to read. Fans of the film might be disappointed, as there is no John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart in Jethro Compton’s adaptation of Dorothy M. Johnson’s short story. The script is largely meh, Brian Newell’s direction is uninspired, and the lack of levels in the actors playing the central love interest, Shane Cullum and Mackenzie Greiner, contribute to a lackluster evening. The costumes are cool, though (Hats! Boots! Guns!), and there are some fine supporting performances from Ryan Paregien as Bert, Monty Montgomery as Reverend Jim and, in particular, Paul Jasser as the black-hatted villain, Valance (he splits the role with Enrique Munoz Jr.). Valance does a stellar job in limited stage time as the steely-eyed ruthless embodiment of the “free” West. HAMLET AND AS YOU LIKE IT at the New Swan Shakespeare Festival, Gateway Commons, near Langson Library, UC Irvine, 4002 Mesa Rd., Irvine, (949) 8242787; newswanshakespeare.com. Both plays in repertory, Wed.-Sun., 8 p.m. Through Aug. 28. $25-$59. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE at Maverick Theater, 110 E. Walnut Ave., Fullerton, (714) 526-7070; www. mavericktheater.com. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 6 p.m. Through Aug. 14. $10-$24.

hether you’re into artisanal presentations of plants or prefer them to just stand idly in the background, you can find something new and different at Long Beach’s Peacock & Co. At the small East Village space, which it shares with clothing store Anneise, owner Stephanie Saharopulos curates, designs and crafts assortments, potted displays and botanical wares. New plants come in weekly— Saharopulos scours nurseries in Los Angeles’ flower district regularly—and range from rubber trees to succulents to pothos, all housed in funky ceramic pots, on hanging macrame shelves or wooden crates, and other decorative presentations. For Saharopulos, house plants don’t just serve as simple decoration; they can change moods and bring happiness to the owner. Before she and Anneise designer Kimberly Latham opened their space in 2014, Saharopulos was an event coordinator and DJ, working with Latham to bring events to the East Village. Saharopulos let go of her event-coordinating company, Peacock Social, to focus on her new passion for interior objects. As demand for her plants grew, so did Saharopulos’ interest in gardening, thus converting Peacock & Co. into a retailer in botanical goods. “I didn’t know I had a green thumb until I was growing this business,” Saharopulos explains. “[Gardening became] like a natural thing for me: The more I did it, the more I just started loving plants, getting my hands dirty and really understanding plants and how they’re living things and they just bring beauty.” Saharopulos’ passion for everything plant-related is contagious, and she is always up for giving customers advice and tips. All the varieties available here are “starter plants,” so even the most novice gardeners can turn their living space into the greenhouse of their dreams. AMURILLO@OCWEEKLY.COM PEACOCK & CO. 440 E. First St., Long Beach; www. wearepeacockandco.com. Open Tues.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.

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or whatever reason, summer is the time when Shakespeare holds court in many theaters. There’s Shakespeare in the park, Shakespeare by the sea, Shakespeare indoors, Shakespeare outdoors and—rumor has it—even in the bowels of hell, where Satan likes to see a little Bard during the warmer months to break up the monotony of watching demons repeatedly tearing out the livers of the damned. Closer to home, Shakespeare Orange County recently finished its much-acclaimed production of Hamlet in Garden Grove, while the traveling troupe Shakespeare By the Sea (www.shakespearebythesea. org) will mount productions of Othello in Santa Ana’s Birch Park, as well as in Long Beach, Whittier, Seal Beach, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo and Irvine in August. And the Long Beach Shakespeare Co. opens Much Ado About Nothing on Aug. 26 (www.lbshakespeare.org). Plus, there’s an ample dose of Shakespeare in the Maverick Theater’s currently running adaptation of the western classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. But the Shakespeare that ought to get the pulse of any Shakespeare-lover truly pulsing can be found in the county’s most unique theater: the New Swan, a portable, 16-ton, three-level, steel-and-wood cylinder stationed on the campus of UC Irvine that seats up to 130. A mini-Elizabethan theater, it’s the most intimate and immersive way to experience a Shakespeare play in the region. Now in its fifth season, the troupe, helmed by longtime UCI theater professor Eli Simon, has cultivated a niche for staging bold new takes on the Bard without compromising the dude’s language and literacy. On tap this year is perhaps the most canonical of Shakespeare’s canon, Hamlet, and the evergreen comedy As You Like It, which gave the world the Forest of Arden and the phrase “All the world’s a stage.” According to Simon, both productions have received enthusiastic standing ovations, something he hasn’t seen before at New Swan productions, and both have fresh spins. Directed by Los Angeles-based freelance director Beth Lopes, this Hamlet focuses heavily on the ghost of the play, Hamlet’s father, whose apparition sets the tragic events in motion. But it also features the ghosts of all those killed in the play (there’s a bunch of them) and how “they motivate the action and inform the living characters,” Simon explains. It’s a briskly

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art of the joy in being a Goth has always been in knowing you don’t quite fit in with normal society. In large metropolitan areas, it’s usually easy for the dark ones to celebrate their Goth pride by gathering at clubs, wherein they can parade their plumage, drink and dance to dark music, and unite in their distinction from proper society. OC doesn’t exactly comprise a large metropolitan area, but a careful examination reveals that we possess not only a few popular locations for Goth-spotting, but also a thriving Goth community. The Weekly is always happy to send some music journalists and photographers to various Goth events so the dark side can get the recognition it deserves, and here we offer a tour of some of its Orange County highlights. So put on your blackest outfit, and let’s take a stroll through the darkness! You don’t have any decent black clothing? Not a problem! We have Hot Topic stores sprinkled throughout the malls of Brea, Orange, Santa Ana and Westminster. For more serious gear, there’s the highly regarded Goth clothing store Ipso Facto. Opened in 1989, fashion designer Terri Kennedy and Bob Medeiros’ shop featured an art gallery and provided bodypiercing services as well as stylish Gothic and punk shoes and clothes for men and women. The Fullerton store continues to sell clothing and shoes as well as essential Goth accouterments and miscellany. Don’t see what you want there? While Wicked Chamber in Costa Mesa is gener-

BY SCOTT FEINBLATT ally listed as a lingerie store, it has so much more! Amongst its many garment styles are a lot of Victorian and steampunk gear. Said gear may not all be black in color, but no one ever said that Goths had to dress in only black. Additionally, Wicked Chamber carries masks, wigs, jewelry and rave wear, and the Weekly has previously named it Best Costume Shop. This mother/daughter business has been helping OC stay risqué and chic since 1997. Still haven’t found the accessories that speak to you? Perhaps you will at the Dragon and the Rose in Santa Ana. Opened in 2009 by Hugh Robbins and Karen Estremo, the store is a cornucopia of pagan delights, including hundreds of oils, herbs, crystals, candles, types of incense, ritual outfits, runes, tarot cards, etc. Interested in doing more than dressing up for a night out? The Dragon and the Rose also offers classes, drum circles and other ritualistic events. Once you enter this realm, you may not wish to leave. Once you’re all dressed up, where do you go? Our fine county provides three choice spots for creatures of the night. With the regularity of a werewolf come every full moon, Anaheim’s Doll Hut becomes Club 7ven on the first Wednesday of every month. At Club 7ven, house and guest DJs spin Goth, industrial, EBM and synth pop (all of which coexist peacefully). On the last Saturday of every month, club Sanctum Sanctorum springs up at the OC Steel House, also in Anaheim. It is here that Gothic, dark wave, death rock, post-punk, ’80s music and EBM are

served up by DJs or local bands for Goths to dance, drink, mope or commiserate to. The OC Steel House also hosts the Gathering; this fledgling Gothic club celebrated its first anniversary on July 23. And every Sunday at the Chamber, Goths can groove to dark wave, industrial, EBM, aggro-tech, synth pop and Goth musico. Hosted at Club Bravo (in Anaheim, too), the Chamber recently celebrated its 15th anniversary with a performance by industrial band Tactical Sekt, whose lead singer/songwriter, Anthony Mather, is a resident of OC. These clubs should provide enough opportunity and appropriate tunage to sustain the lifeblood of local and visiting Goths. However, not all Goths are alike. For those romantiGoths, ether-Goths and vampyres who crave something a bit more elegant, there’s the annual Bats Day In the Fun Park in and around Disneyland. In addition to the aforementioned clubs, this event should establish that Anaheim is the most Goth city in OC. Created in 1999 by Noah Korda and a few friends, Bats Day In the Fun Park has become an international phenomenon. People fly in from all over the world to experience the event, which stretches over several days and includes the Swinging Wake, a costumed ball during which Goths can pose, affect English accents and saunter to their hearts’ delight while dolled up in their finest Edwardian and Victorian-influenced outfits, dressed as a ghost, or in any manner befitting the haunted theme. The following day features the Black Market, an impressively sized bazaar of spooky tchotchkes,

created and/or sold by local artisans and retailers. On the final day, thousands of Goths descend upon Disneyland, making it the Gothiest Place On Earth. On the subject of annual events, Halloween Club has established itself as a destination not only for masks, makeup, costumes and props year-round, but also for darklings to flourish during its annual Spook Show, the fourth of which was in March. We concede that the border city of La Mirada is technically in Los Angeles County, but it is still a mecca for OC Goths who want to enjoy as much darkness as they can during the non-Halloween season. In Fullerton, you can find Abracadaver Productions, the production house of Larry S. Carr, who, for the past 35 years, has been designing and producing scary props for theme parks and movies. Abracadaver also hosts an annual Open House and Halloween Market, the sixth of which was June 25. While many local Goth bands have gone the way of the dodo, there’s still the Last Dance, a Gothic rock band from Fountain Valley (currently touring the UK); Bell Tower Bats, a Goth-styled rock band out of Anaheim; and COLD Complex, a punk/Goth band from Santa Ana. We hope we have whetted your taste for blood, but if you need more, you can tune in to DJ Valerie Streeter’s radio show The Heart Beats Machine on KUCI-FM 88.9 (Saturdays, 10 p.m. to midnight) for regular infusions of dark delights. In the meantime, try to enjoy the daylight! LETTERS@OCWEEKLY.COM

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hen referencing recent alt-rock and reggae artists who made notable national imprints in their subgenres, bands such as Slightly Stoopid, No Doubt and Sublime all come to the top of the list. Although these Southern California groups are still active in one way or another, they are being outshone by Huntington Beach’s Dirty Heads. The five-piece’s strategic plan to expand beyond the venues of the Golden Coast and win over the hearts of many U.S. inlanders with songs such as “Lay Me Down,” “Check the Level,” “My Sweet Summer” and “Dance All Night” led them to headline such infamous large venues as Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Mission, Colorado. But the 13-yearold outfit return to their home county Friday for a show at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre. “We’re so appreciative and honored to be playing it and headlining,” says vocalist Jared “Dirty J” Watson. “Dustin [“Duddy B”] Bushnell and Jon [Olazabal] used to see bands there all the time and sneak in. I love how passionate Duddy gets when he talks about it, too: ‘I can’t believe we are playing Irvine Meadows. I’ve wanted to headline there since I was 15 years old.’ It’s so rad to hear them talk about it.” Dirty Heads are touring in support of their fifth, self-titled studio album, released July 15 via Five Seven Music. Its thematic day-to-night flow starts with the upbeat single “That’s All I Need” and closes with the mellow “Realize It.” Watson says the concept came together when he, vocalist/ guitarist Bushnell, percussionist Olazabal, drummer Matt Ochoa and bassist David Floral were watching the sunset from outside Perfect Sound Studios in LA. “With vinyl coming back and with the trend of building Spotify playlists, we knew we could build a playlist on our album,” Watson says. “Sitting outside [of Perfect Sound] together is when we came up with the artwork, the gradient, the colors and the sunset/sunrise theme. It’s very vintagelike and almost like a mixtape.” The band have touched on heavier topics in their earlier discography, but the sobering layer isn’t immediately prevalent in the new

BY RACHAEL MATTICE track “Under the Water.” Orange County is seeing all-time highs in overdose rates and substance abuse is still prevalent in many local high schools, and Watson reveals the lyrics focus on his battle with addictions to alcohol and prescription drugs. “Two years ago, I realized I was an alcoholic and an addict, and I worked on it,” the vocalist says. “I was ashamed at first, which is the hardest part to get over. This song is about me going through withdrawals and thinking I was mentally ill. I was so depressed, and the chemistry in my brain was so fucked-up. If this song helps someone else in a similar situation, it’s even better. I know I am on a platform and may be able to help people with it.” Overcoming his addictions has reignited his drive and hunger for creating and touring, and he has found a new level of appreciation for Dirty Heads’ fans. “It rejuvenated my love for the band, for working, for being out on the road and for being onstage,” says Watson. “It’s a lot different, and there’s more color in my life. Everything used to be gray.” Primarily sober now, Watson says he makes exceptions for the occasional use of marijuana and mushrooms for both medicinal and recreational purposes. Since weed is typically engulfed in the reggae culture and is a muse on several Dirty Heads’ songs including “Smoke and Dream,” the band aren’t “too political,” according to Watson, but they are pro national legalization and support the need to rally a call-to-action come voting time. “It’s a medicine first and foremost, and it needs to be legal. It’s insane that alcohol is legal and is constantly killing people by causing DUIs, heart disease, liver disease and sheer alcoholism,” he says. “If something natural can help heal people [physically and mentally], rather than taking a pill with side effects, then awesome. When the topic comes up around voting time, we will definitely be flying our flag.” DIRTY HEADS perform with special guests Pepper, the Expendables and Tribal Seeds at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, 8808 Irvine Center Dr., Irvine, (949) 855-8095; www.livenation. com. Fri., 6 p.m. $15-$200. All ages.

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ean Danson works hard and plays harder. No stranger to activity overload, the founder of Ghoulhouse Records works as a graphic designer by day (at one time for the Weekly!) and a label exec by night; he also records and gigs as Sean Gospel with his latest band, Sean Gospel and the Nightstalkers. “We actually had my youngest daughter’s first birthday party earlier today,” Danson says over drinks at a pub near his home in Fullerton. Being able to delegate time wisely is a must when you have to juggle two kids and a full-fledged passion for bringing a burgeoning community of outsider music to the foreground of Orange County’s divergent music consumers. Any OC natives familiar with the garage-rock scene will remember Danson’s previous band, the Gospels, who regularly played the Long Beach and Fullerton area with Death Hymn Number 9 and local favorites Adult Books and the Shrills. “The Gospels was a project I did with my beautiful wife, Erin,” Danson says. “It grew to the point where the next step was to go on tour, but it wasn’t something the others were able to do, so I got a new group together called the Nightstalkers, and that ended up becoming my backing band.” Each of the Nightstalkers, Christopher West on drums and James Demetra on bass, brings his own style to the table. “Chris’ drumming is energetic and booming. It’s the best sound I could ask for from a drummer,” Danson says. “James joined us a little more recently on bass; he synced up with us immediately. [He has a] grimy and glorious bass tone that makes me happy every time it starts.” Sonically speaking, Danson’s new musical endeavor isn’t much of a departure from the Gospels, but, Danson says, the only way to get the exact sound he wants on his albums is to handle the production himself. “In a paid studio situation, you are always under the gun to finish, and you’re out so much money and creative control. Record

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