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Sorta-new food critic Funny how things work out. In April 2006, I was proofreading this very paper on Mondays and Tuesdays, then delivering issues to state buildings the rest of the week in a last-legs Acura Legend. It was the job—or so I thought at the time. Apparently, I wanted something more. Which lead to a third part-time gig, doing editing work for a glossy rag called Midtown/Downtown Monthly. This was one of those awkward, slumber-inducing community newspapers where one overworked, undertalented writer (me) does most of the stories. The thought of going back and reading those issues is tantamount to dental work. But it was one of those “learning experiences”—while it lasted (three months). The publishing brass that owned the paper did, however, actually allow me to hire one regular writer: a food critic, Becky Grunewald. Becky stuck with Midtown/Downtown as the rag quickly grew up under the leadership of more Sactosavvy editors, and thankfully got a new name: Midtown Monthly. She went on to ink dozens of restaurant reviews during her six-year run. And now, this week, it’s dining déjà vu: I’m in an editor chair again, and the first writer to be hired is none other than Becky. The coincidences abound: Her debut review (see page 35) is of Asian Café, a modest Thai-Laotian spot off the beaten trail a few miles from this paper’s Del Paso Boulevard headquarters. SN&R’s Cosmo Garvin, what with his schnoz for a winning and underappreciated lunch spot, was lost in north Sacramento a couple of summers ago before stumbling across this gem in a rundown Noralto strip mall. It’s now our favorite, notsecret-for-much-longer destination. I’d ask my new co-editor, Rachel Leibrock—who’ll take over this Editor’s Note every-other week—to lunch here. But I know better than to invite a vegetarian out for chicken gizzards. —Nick Miller

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Instagram. It’s like Facebook but no words—I mean, you can write a little bit of words, [but] it’s just pictures. You have an account. You just take pictures of your life. There’s no profile. Anybody can be a photographer. You can change the setting ... you can make it glowy!

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through the Spanish Inquisition. I am currently working on committing suicide by fork. Bon appétit! It ain’t over until the fat lady sings!

Re “A nuclear feud” by Christopher Arns (SN&R Green Days, July 5): How nice to see that we have another anti-nuclear crusade going on by a man that helped close Rancho Seco [Nuclear Generating Station]. I hope that LETTER OF he is quite proud of himself, along with Bob Mulholland, THE WEEK Mike Remy, Homer Ibser, Ed Smeloff, Jane Fonda and all the rest of the anti-nuclear nuts that are out there. At that time, SMUD was not allowed to spend money or airtime to defend against these people—after having spent $400 million to upgrade that plant— but this time, they are going up against private utilities who can spend the money to fight their ballot measures. I hope that Pacific Gas and Electric [Company], San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Edison go to court and get an injunction—because these companies don’t have to abide by a nonbinding referendum—and then tell them to stick it where the nuclear fuel rods don’t shine. Michael Stinson Sacramento

A burger-flipping alternative Re “Neighborhood news is good news” by Cosmo Garvin (SN&R Beats, July 5): Thanks, Cosmo Garvin, for this piece. Access Sacramento is excited about our Neighborhood News Youth Correspondent program. Each of the six-plus guest correspondents is sharing new insights about their lives and their concerns. By doing so, they are earning a stipend and further awards for excellence. We hope this model helps young people grow as journalists and offers an alternative to a summer of flipping burgers to earn a few bucks. SN&R is the first media outlet to recognize this new effort, and we appreciate your kind words. Stay tuned for more at www.accesssacramento.org.

focuses on better understanding the needs of these fascinating animals in increasingly fragmented habitat. Sadly, this puppy will never contribute to that effort. Daniel Tichenor Castro Valley

They’re coming for our hunting dogs! Re “Inhumane and unsporting” by Jennifer Fearing (SN&R Guest Comment, July 5): What is clear is that The Humane Society of the United States wants to ban all hunting. Hounds are just a start. By the way, Plott hounds are bred to hunt, not to be couch potatoes or “pampered pets.” They are purposebred dogs that will be eliminated if the HSUS has its way, along with many other breeds of hounds.

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Poor puppy? Re “Inhumane and unsporting” by Jennifer Fearing (SN&R Guest Comment, July 5): Too bad this puppy will spend his life on the couch, rather than discovering the excitement of using his keen sense of smell to locate bears and mountain lions like his close relatives that belong to me. Jennifer Fearing’s absurd description of this process makes it clear that she has never seen it done. We owe most of what we know about mountain lions to dogs of the type he could be come. His relatives have achieved the capture of many mountain lions for the UC Santa Cruz study that

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Don’t get between the fork and the mouth! Re “Greedy and gluttonous” (SN&R Letters, July 5): Dear Ms. [Janet] Schultz, please stay away from my plate! Yes, the human animal is predatory; not only of other species but their own as well. Yes, humans are omnivores! Yes, I like happy chickens— but only because they taste better. As a member of PETAC (People Enjoying Tasty Animals Club), I believe in eating what’s offered to me without first putting my host/hostess

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Embrace change Re “Music Circus goes AARP” by Kel Munger (SN&R Scene&Heard, July 5): This is exactly what happened to the [Sacramento Jazz] Jubilee, now called the Sacramento Music Festival. As a member of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, I have seen this decline up close. I warned the STJS about the age of their audience for years and that we needed to figure out a format that would attract a younger audience. My pleas fell on deaf ears. I am bummed about Music Circus following the same path. I hope the organizers of Music Circus can turn this around before it’s too late. The festival waited too long to attempt change. I don’t think they will be able to afford to put on the festival next year. It would be a shame to lose Music Circus in the same fashion. Your organization better embrace change, sooner rather than later. William Bua Sacramento

There’s more than one way to scratch Re “(Don’t) hang the deejay” by Josh Fernandez (SN&R Music, June 28): I hope I’m correct in saying your intentions to clear up any “misconceptions” were good but, after reading this three times, I really think you are very misleading in this article about Skratchpad Sacramento. There are many aspects of a deejay: a club deejay, underground deejay (non-mainstream/club), a mobile deejay, etc. Each one has a unique set of skills associated with them. “Turntablism” is a bona fide deejay skill, I agree, but this gives the impression that if a deejay isn’t using vinyl to scratch with, he or she is not a true deejay. Plus, you totally bypassed the skill of scratching on a CDJ, too. With the advancement of technology in the deejay realm, using a laptop to mix with is only one medium used by deejays. Thirteen years ago, I was taught to mix using vinyl, and, over the years, I’ve seen various other types of equipment—such as CDJs, laptops and midi-controllers—introduced. Each one of them has their own set of skills to perfect, and not

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one of them should be taken lightly, because the deejay can be just as bad spinning vinyl as he/she can be on any other medium. I do feel that turntablism is an art that deserves every bit of recognition for the required skill, and the fact is that it is very entertaining to watch live. Many underground deejays still bring out the Technics [turbtables] and scratch during their set, even if they mix using CDJs.

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Correction Last week’s Scene&Heard column (“Music Circus goes AARP” by Kel Munger) mistakenly stated that the musical Fiddler on the Roof was based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It is based on a story by Sholem Aleichem. The story has been corrected online.

Clouded visions of blackberries danced into the whir of mother’s blender. My voice never cracked when I spoke of my need to climb the cliff where I’d once seen gulls and where I remember having seen crows against a sky dotted with clouds that I often wished I could stick a needle through and sew together like that string of dolls I had created when I was younger. Those dolls a blur in time; memory that sometimes fails. —Trina L. Drotar

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FRONTLINES Shush! That space between the old City Hall and the new City Hall buildings downtown is called Sa’Cumn’e Plaza. Did you know that? Bites didn’t, until reading the proposed new rule making it illegal to hold protests and vigils and press conferences there without a special permit. Under the current democratic regime, people by COSMO GARVIN participate in all sorts of First Amendment activities at City Hall all the time, mostly without incident. That’ll change under the proposed new rules, due to heard by the Sacramento City Council’s Law and Legislation Committee on July 24. In a nutshell: no permit, no right to peaceably assemble. And if you don’t have your application in to the city manager at least three days ahead of time, no permit. So if you want to hold a spontaneous event to protest a police shooting (God forbid), or a city council vote to subsidize a sports arena (ditto), forget it, that’s going to be illegal. The permits will cost money, of course—free speech isn’t free—though the fees have yet to be determined. And anyone holding an event will have to be able to prove they are insured for that event. If you do get manage a permit, you’ll only be able to hold your event between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. If you wanted have your event after work— you know, so people will come—forget it. That’s illegal, too. It should go without saying that there are no bullhorns, no amplification of any kind, no cowbells or other noise makers allowed without a permit. Also: no balloons, commie. The new rules would also prohibit a whole spectrum of vague but potentially undesirable behavior, such as “any conduct that unreasonably disrupts city business” or “use any water feature, statue, sculpture, architectural or design feature in a manner inconsistent with its intended use.” The nasty little authoritarian cherry on top is that the ordinance declares most of City Hall a “non-public forum.” “City Hall is intended to be a place of business,” explained city spokeswoman Linda Tucker. Gatherings, she said, “can be disturbing when we’re trying to work.” So, shush. Bites asked Tucker to be a little more specific. What particular disturbances are cropping up? “Syringes,” she replied. “Litter.” Also, “harassment of passersby,” “washing clothes in the public fountain” and, certainly not least, “feces.” Wait a second. All that stuff is already illegal. Everybody knows you can’t just leave your syringes and feces lying around after your press conference. Of course, everybody assumes the ordinance is Everybody knows you directed at Occupy can’t just leave your Sacramento and/or homeless activists camped out on the syringes and feces grass in front of City Hall. Tucker assured Bites it is lying around after not. Which is good, because your press conference. that would be ridiculously hamhanded. Right? “Sounds like the new proposed rules are a solution in search of a problem,” said Craig Powell, president of Eye on Sacramento, a taxpayer group that focuses on issues of government waste and fiscal restraint. His group has had many events in the plaza, without permits and without problems. “There are already ample laws on the books that would curtail the occasional excesses of the Occupy folks,” he said. “The city just needs to enforce them.” Now, Bites doesn’t want to give the impression that these new rules will entirely curtail free speech at City Hall. The permit requirements only apply to gatherings of people. So they wouldn’t prevent any lone malcontent from standing in the middle of Sa’Cumn’e Plaza and muttering, “This is what democracy looks like,” to himself. “You would still be able to do that as a one-person protest,” Tucker explained. Just as long as you don’t bring a balloon. Ω

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Scientists think an asteroid smashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs and most other large land animals by Cosmo Garvin on the planet. Another big-extinction event occurred much more recently, during the last cosmog@ ice age that ended 10,000 years ago. That’s newsreview.com when about half of the large mammals in the world disappeared; scientists believe it was due to climate change. And about 250 million years ago, about Read Geerat Vermeij’s 95 percent of all the life on the planet sudand fellow scientists’ June article, denly went extinct, and over the millions of “Approaching a state years that followed, all new species slowly shift in the Earth’s evolved to take its place. biosphere,” in Nature In fact, the history of life on Earth is full of at www.nature.com. these dramatic “state shifts.” Over and over again, some force or forces, gradual or sudden,

combined to push the Earth past a tipping point, to reshuffle the global biological deck, or maybe even throw all the cards up in the air. “This one is unique in that we caused it,” said UC Davis paleontologist Geerat Vermeij. Wait, “this one”? Vermeij is talking about the state shift that he and some fellow scientists believe is happening right now. Vermeij was born in the Netherlands and has maybe just a slight accent. He’s soft spoken, but he’s kind of a big deal, and has written books with sweeping titles such as Nature: An Economic History and The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything From Seashells to Civilization. He appeared in a PBS documentary, and his bio

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reads that “he probably knows more about molluscs and their shells than anyone alive.” He’s also probably one of the few blind paleontologists around. Back in 2000, when Vermeij was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal by the National Academy of Sciences, they praised him for “extracting major generalizations about biological evolution from the fossil record, by feeling details of shell anatomy that other scientists only see.” When he sat down for an interview with SN&R, he held a fat Braille copy of an article he recently worked on, plainly titled, “Approaching a state shift in the Earth’s biosphere.” A much thinner, non-Braille version of the article was published in the journal Nature in early June, just ahead of the Rio de Janeiro conference on climate change. Vermeij was just one of 20 scientists who contributed research in their special disciplines. UC Davis mathematician Alan Hastings also worked on it, too, adding research on the mathematics of regime changes. T LL US TO I

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“We are having many effects, feeding upon one another in a sort of ghastly way.” Geerat Vermeij paleontologist, UC Davis Had Vermeij been the lead author, the study might have had a grabbier headline. “I think style is important,” he said with a little smile. Not that the study’s conclusions need a lot of dressing up. “Humans are now forcing the biosphere toward another [state shift], with the potential for rapidly and irreversibly transforming Earth into a state unknown in human experience,” the authors conclude. Human-driven climate change, overpopulation, overdevelopment, overfishing, the elimination of top predators in most ecosystems and overexploitation of resources—the list goes on. But the root causes are not surprising. BEFORE

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“Human population growth and percapita consumption rate underlie all of the other drivers of global change,” according to the report. The human population on Earth is somewhere around 7 billion now. It’s growing by 77 million people a year, and is projected to be 9.5 billion by 2050. It might be worse if not for education, birth control and a global rising standard of living. “We’re actually beginning to get a handle on population,” said Vermeij, “though it’s going too slowly.” But all the trends on global per-capita consumption are headed steeply up. “It would help a lot if we could make it unfashionable to be a really big consumer,” said Vermeij. More people, of course, means more of the planet has already been transformed by human use. Forty-three percent of the land on the Earth has been converted to agriculture or urban use. And 50 percent of the Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems will have undergone state shift by the year 2025. The authors compared that to the fundamental transformation of the Earth’s surface during the last ice age “when [about 30 percent] of the Earth’s surface went from being covered by glacial ice to being ice free.” Meanwhile, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased by more than a third compared to pre-industrial levels. That’s leading to global warming and acidification of the oceans. “It may not be completely obvious to us as urban individuals,” said Vermeij, but all of the separate shocks to the system are acting in a positive feedback loop, increasing the possibility of a flip. “We are having many effects, feeding upon one another in a sort of ghastly way,” said Vermeij. Like Vermeij, UC Davis mathematics Hasting said he thinks this state shift is probably irreversible. “By the time you see the effects, it’s really too late,” he said. The paper’s lead author, UC Berkeley biology professor Anthony D. Barnosky, told the Los Angeles Times that in the worst-case scenario, this state shift “could actually be the equivalent to an asteroid striking the Earth” and lead to the loss of 75 percent of the biodiversity on the planet. The authors could be wrong. Probably not wrong about climate change or overpopulation or overconsumption.

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After all, there is scientific consensus on these issues, said Bradley Cardinale, a University of Michigan professor of ecology. “No reasonable scientist doubts that humans are transforming the planet in a way that is not sustainable,” Cardinale told SN&R. The question is just how fast these transformations are taking place, and “whether they are linear and continuous, vs. abrupt thresholds from which there is no return.”

“By the time you see the effects, it’s really too late.” Alan Hastings mathematician, UC Davis Cardinale acknowledges there is “solid theoretical evidence” that tipping points may occur in ecosystems. But he cautions that there is “very little data from real systems” to prove tipping points and thresholds truly exist. And he worries that the Nature article is “seriously overstating their certainty on the issue when, in fact, there is an ongoing scientific controversy.” Even within the group of 20 authors of the state-shift article, Vermeij said there’s some division between the optimists and the pessimists. “It’s useful to be optimistic. People don’t react well to pessimism. They stop trying to help. So, I’d like to be optimistic. But I’m not,” said Vermeij. “The best we can do is slow it down. If we can slow it down, then we have some chance of adapting to it.” Ω

“This is the worst jail I’ve ever been in. And I’ve been in some real shitholes.” That’s the less-than-glowing review from one of the Sacramento main jail’s better-known guests, activist Cindy Sheehan. She joined about 50 other people last Saturday in a march on the jail and office of Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, demanding the creation of a civilian oversight panel for the sheriff’s department and jail. Along with Sheehan—and a large contingent of Occupy folks, young anarchists in black bandanas and veteran organizers—was Sacramento resident Annie J. Harmon. Her 47-year-old son Lamont Harmon was shot and killed by Sacramento sheriff’s deputies in February. It was during a late-night snack run to a convenience store near Fruitridge Road and Stockton Boulevard. According to the sheriff’s department, Harmon tried to run when he was stopped by deputies investigating a report of a stolen car. At some point, Harmon reached toward his waistband, and deputies shot him. No weapon was found. “The coroner just left a note on my door, telling me to call them,” Harmon told SN&R. She later learned that 18 shots had been fired, 10 of which stuck her son. She is now pursuing a lawsuit against the county. “I want justice for my son. We’re not supposed to be afraid of the police. They should be helping us,” she told SN&R. The Harmon incident was one of a string of shootings by Sacramento sheriff deputies—six people have been killed so far this year. At the same time, Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully has decided that her office will no longer investigate police shootings or in-custody deaths, because there isn’t enough money in the budget. “So, we’re here, offering to do Jan Scully’s job for her,” said organizer Andy Conn, as the group prepared to start its march. There have been periodic calls for some sort of civilian oversight of the jail and sheriff’s department—mostly

rebuffed. Complaints about jail deaths and excessive force got so bad during the Sheriff Lou Blanas administration, that Blanas relented just enough to allow creation of the Office of the Inspector General. The office is staffed by former sheriff deputy and San Bernardino police chief Lee Dean, who by most accounts is doing a good job with no resources and little ability to do more than make recommendations. “Lee Dean comes in, and he tries to clean things up. But the deputies have told him, ‘We’re not accountable to anyone,’” said activist Linda L.R. Roberts. There weren’t a lot of details presented at Saturday’s protest about what a stronger civilian oversight body might look like, how it would be different than the limited oversight given by the I.G. or the City of Sacramento’s Office of Public Safety Accountability. But Roberts said the first step should be taking the jail out of the control of the sheriff’s department and putting it under the control of the county board of supervisors. “It’s our jail. We’re paying the bills. It’s not designed to torture people and kill them in,” she added. The group did attract one counterprotestor, Granite Bay landscaper Robert Dixon, who wore an American-flag T-shirt and said, “If you don’t like the conditions of the jail, don’t go.” (Cosmo Garvin)

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“There’s no city in America that’s home to both a major-league and minor-league team,” Zak Basch, spokesperson for the River Cats, told SN&R. So, Cabaldon asked, if the River Cats leave, “What happens to the bond payments that have to be paid that last through 2030?” That’s right: Residents of the city of Sacramento, Sacramento County and West Sacramento would still have to foot the bill on bonds that otherwise would be paid via healthy ticket sales at Raley Field. Despite these three strikes, Think Big and Johnson still aim to move forward. At the press conference, Johnson announced that the MLB effort would be a 12-week “exploratory” look into viability of luring an MLB team from another city. He may have gotten his answer in less than half a day. It’s worth noting that press materials made available to the media before the conference made no mention of West Sacramento or Raley Field, but that Johnson and Think Big did state at the conference that bringing an MLB team to the region could involve landing a squad at Raley Field. Mayor Cabaldon questioned the sincerity of this statement—why would Think Big, whose charged with revitalizing downtown Sacramento—work to the economic benefit of West Sac? Plus, can you actually build a major-leaguesized stadium at Raley Field?

“The notion that they would cannibalize Raley Field to develop in the rail yards is offensive. That’s not how we do business in this region.” Christopher Cabaldon mayor, West Sacramento Architect Joe Diesko, with HNTB architecture, helped construct Raley Field in 2000. He said you could put a MLB stadium in Raley Field’s footprint—but that it would likely cost hundreds of millions. And—contrary to the urban legend—you can’t just make Raley Field taller. “Anybody that has some reasonable knowledge knows you can’t slap an upper deck on it,” Diesko told SN&R. Since the press conference, Cabaldon said he’d spoken with Think Big head Kunal Merchant and has exchanged voice mails with Mayor Johnson. But he remains frustrated: “This was definitely a foul ball.” Ω

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It’s California State Fair time again! I think about the fair nearly every morning when I look at the collection of photo-booth prints sitting on my bedroom mantle. Starting in 1995, when my son was 7 and my daughter was 3, we took an annual photo in the booth. Usually, the first photo in the series was sort of serious, then, each one would get more and more silly. The progression of our lives can be seen through these little photos. The missing front tooth, the years where my son wore his little league hat daily, the many different styles of hair and the joy we had being together. In the early photos, I take up a big part of the frame with my two little kids. Then, as the kids get bigger, they take up nearly the whole frame. In some of the later photos, I am hidden in the background with just my nose barely visible. The photos bring back memories of a happy and exciting day. A day of testing my nerve as the children go on the elephant ride. Or a day of discovery when we watched a baby pig come into the world. And then, when Natasha was into horses, we had to see the horse shows. And when the kids were older, we visited the high-school art shows. Of course, the rides. In the early years, we struggled with the fact that our planet has arbitrary and unfair laws that somehow deny a person from going on a ride just because of their height. And then, once we’d passed that hurdle, there was the task of determining which ride was too scary, too babyish or just right. Choosing the ride was always done the same way: by taking turns. Natasha would choose the first ride, then Nick would chose the next. Believe me, much thought went into these hefty decisions. One decision took no thought, especially when my wife came along. We would be on the Ferris wheel when the nightly fireworks came on. There we could see the whole fair and the fireworks on the only ride that Deborah really liked. At SN&R, we have worked with the people that put on the California State Fair, people I happen to like. We helped them put together the program that ran in our paper recently. I hope you’ll find it useful when you go to the State Fair. The original concept of the fair was to celebrate the best in the state. A lot of time, energy and passion went into making all that fun happen, bringing together the animals, the artwork, the food items and the thousands of exhibits at the fair. So, visit the California State Fair this year. Be sure to stop by the photo booth and capture your own memories. Ω

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Recent mountain lion incident has conservationists worried about species’ future A mountain lion attack two weekends ago on a 63-year-old camper in Nevada County left the victim scratched and bloodied. by Alastair Bland Now, cougar allies and advocates worry that the incident—the first California attack on a person since 2007—may generate unwarranted publicity and excitement over the presence of the big cats in a time when their own numbers may be dropping. “Every time an incident like this happens, people get excited,” said Tim Dunbar, executive director of the Mountain Lion Foundation, based in Sacramento. “Reported sightings jump like crazy, and the people who say these animals are ravenous monsters that need to be controlled by hunting, it just vindicates their efforts.” The victim of the attack, who was camping alone on a tributary to the Yuba River, woke up before daybreak on Sunday, July 1, to find a mountain lion pawing and biting at his head, face and torso. The man scrambled from his sleeping bag and managed to push away the cat. The two faced off Green Days is on the for between 15 and 30 seconds before lookout for innovative the mountain lion turned and ran, sustainable projects throughout the concluding the two-minute-long inciSacramento region. dent, according to a report from the Turn us on at Department of Fish and Game. The sactonewstips@ victim drove himself to a hospital in newsreview.com. Grass Valley, and though his injuries were not life-threatening, the scratches and puncture wounds were “severe,” according to Mike Taugher, a communications officer with the Department of Fish and Game. The attack is an anomaly of a sort. Almost never before in California has a mountain lion, also called cougar or puma, attacked a sleeping person. Mountain lions, according to Dunbar, more often stalk and pounce from behind—classic predatory behavior. Dunbar suspects the July 1 incident involved a cat driven by curiosity, not predatory motives. “What bothers me is that this will even be listed as an ‘attack,’” Dunbar said. “It’s certainly the BEFORE

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Or, spoken with a little more historical gravitas, a land-grant university: Now, there’s a concept. It dates back to the 1800s, when colleges were funded by the development and/or sale of federally granted lands. It’s a noble idea—that, as a country, we value teaching and research so highly as to tie our most nonrenewable of resources to the education of the young. Auntie Ruth is an alumna of UC Davis. A former employee, too, and as employee-employer relationships go, she’s blown hot and cold. Enough so that when the institution thumps its chest, she rolls her eyes a little; enough so that when they screw the pooch, she mourns a little, after the, um, fury has worn off. (Will the campus bookstore ever sell pepper-spray canisters with the campus logo on the side? Atta boy!

Experts say California’s cougar population peaked in the late ’90s. A recent attack near Nevada City has conservationists worried for the species.

strangest attack I’ve ever heard of.” Mountain lion attacks on people are extremely rare. Since 1890, only 15 people have been bitten or scratched by wild mountain lions in California. Six of the attacks were fatal. “It’s because [cougar attacks] are rare that they draw a lot of interest,” Taugher said. “You’re much more likely to get struck by lightning.”

“What bothers me is that this will even be listed as an ‘attack.’ It’s certainly the strangest attack I’ve ever heard of.” Tim Dunbar executive director, Mountain Lion Foundation, based in Sacramento Sport hunting of mountain lions has been illegal in California since 1972. At the time, an estimated 600 cougars lived in the state. Today, California is home to between 4,000 and 6,000 of the animals, according to Fish and Game estimates. But California mountain lions may now be growing scarcer. Some experts believe the state’s cougar population peaked in the late 1990s and has been dropping ever since. Still, California is a stronghold for the species, which has vanished from most of its former American range. Once living coast to coast, cougars exist today in only 14 American states, and development, habitat encroachment and hunting could threaten their future. Currently, Fish and Game officials are tracking, with the intention of

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killing, the mountain lion responsible for the July 1 attack. Taugher notes that cougars that have attacked once are more likely to attack a second time. Each year in California, scores of mountain lions are legally shot or trapped after allegedly killing pets or livestock. Such killings are allowed via depredation permits issued by the Department of Fish and Game. Dunbar would rather see people “learn how to take care of [their] pets and livestock,” instead of hunting and killing cougars for behaving naturally. He and other cougar advocates fear that, with the state’s human population rising, the longterm future of the mountain lion could be at stake. “There’s essentially no mountain lion population east of the Rockies,” Dunbar said, “and last year the eastern cougar was listed as extinct. California is the only state still with a ban on mountain lion hunting, but even here, mortality has gone up drastically. They seem to be struggling.” Ω

Institutions of higher learning can be just as stupid as the rest of us. Et al., et al., et al. Neither mourning nor a roll of the eyes is called for upon the one-year anniversary, thereabouts, of the Public Garden Initiative at UCD. Befitting an agricultural institution—a moniker the campus will never lose no matter the effort expended—the campus consistently gets its gardens right. Ruthie has written about the Oak Discovery Trail and, long before that, has been a devotee of its arboretum, especially the garden of native plants over by the vet school. Over the last year, departments as far flung as earth and physical sciences and the design department are sprouting gardens as part of a unified campus effort, “a rededication of the campus to the principles of sustainable horticulture, the environment and academics,” according to acclaimed conservationist Peter H. Raven. E&PS has a rock garden with some really big rocks, and the design department is gearing up for a “showcase … for designs that put discarded goods to new uses,” according to UC Davis Magazine. Add a renovated grove of redwood trees, an extension of the arboretum into downtown Davis (aided by $900,000 in bond money from the state) and an ever-evolving edible garden within the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, and UC Davis is a good place to spend a cheap weekend morning. Start up at the west end of campus by the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, and work your way down to Putah Creek, vast stretches of which should really be renamed Putah Body-of-Standing-Water-BestSuited-for-Ducks. This much, at least, is all good. Ω (Come friend Aunt Ruth on Facebook and let’s hang out.)

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Government spends money doing things it shouldn’t be doing. Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget has more than $1 million spent on the office of the lieutenant governor, which is necessary because … why? Another liberal perspective: Similarly, the larger the pool of educated people, the more society is likely to benefit from having provided its members with the tools needed to cope with problems, education, including college, should be made available to all who want it, regardless of their ability to pay for it. There are an abundance of reasons for creation of the country’s current fiscal mess, including fraud and incompetence by individuals whose decisions and job performance affect the economy directly. But two reasons directly involve government. No. 1: Government spends more money than it should, because it does some things that it shouldn’t be doing or needn’t be doing. In California, for example, the governor’s 2012-2013 revised budget proposal includes an expenditure of more than $1 million for the office of the constitutionally

required lieutenant governor, which is necessary because … why? The Constitution creates the Board of Equalization, and the proposed budget allocates $386,351 for its operation. There is also the Franchise Tax Board, and $669,385 is its proposed budget. There is much duplication of responsibilities. They should be merged. There’s much, much more in government spending that can be trimmed, and the trimming would be easier if the Constitution were rewritten. But, No. 2, there are the sadly successful schemes of wealthy individuals and businesses to avoid paying a share of the cost of government, at both the federal and state levels. Certainly, there are many people collecting welfare who shouldn’t be doing so. But that’s nickels and dimes. Wealthy corporations collecting welfare and not paying their fair share of taxes, that’s dollars. Lots of dollars. In August 2006, the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a 370-page report estimating that tax-avoidance schemes by super wealthy American individuals and corporations are costing the U.S. Treasury as much as $100 billion a year in taxes that should have been paid, but aren’t: One-hundred billion dollars. Every year. And growing. It might be double that this year. A Washington Post story last fall quoted a report that “examined the finances of 280 corporations from 2008 through 2010 and found that 30 paid zero taxes or used loopholes to wind up with negative tax rates.” The IRS 2010 tax report disclosed that 1,470 American billionaires and millionaires had paid zero income taxes. In 2011, according to the IRS, the number of tax-evading billionaires and millionaires exceeded 5,000. The Republican reason for opposing higher taxes for the wealthy is that an increase would reduce the amount of money available for job-creating investment. But the Bush administration tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 allowed wealthy individuals and corporation to save billions of dollars from their tax bills, billions that would then be available for job-creating investment. But the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in 70 years. So where did the tax savings go? The tax cuts are still in effect, because their extension was supported by President Barack Obama, apparently forgetting why he was elected. It would seem that more than government needs fixing for society to be free and secure and productive. Ω

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Sprawling for dollars In the Sacramento region, speculators can still purchase that Sacramento residents just re-elected the outlying agricultural land cheaply, then persuade same business-as-usual county supervisors. local governments to approve development Consider the alternative: In Germany, there. Once approved, the speculators can then despite the euro zone troubles, unemployment sell the land for 50 to 100 times more than they is at 5 percent and the average wage is paid. If these speculators do a deferred tax under $53,000. There, developers must sell land to the IRS’ like-kind exchange out of their newly local governments at the agricultural land price valuable land, they do not even pay income tax and repurchase it at the development land on that 5,000 to 10,000 percent profit. All they price. The public gets the profit, not some pay the locals is chump change in planning fees. speculator, and developers have no incentive to The incentives obvibuild sprawl and by ously support Why do local governments lengthen commutes. Mark Dempsey ever-expanding edge Some hopeful a Sacramento County development—sprawl. approve annexing more signs remain. The writer who was a These incentives are Sacramento Area land? Because it’s realtor and vice chair as unnecessary as they Council of of a Sacramento are outrageous in an era profitable for land Governments’ County planningadvisory council when local governBlueprint project may speculators, not because ments are financially yet persuade local it serves the public. strapped. Sacramento planners to make County has 20 years pedestrian-friendly, worth of infill land to develop now. Why do mixed-use, nonsprawl developments the rule local governments approve annexing more rather than the exception. After all, that’s what land? Because it’s profitable for land speculathe market wants. The most valuable property tors, not because it serves the public. per square foot in the region is in such a nonHave a comment? Proposition 13 was supposed to help sprawl neighborhood—McKinley Park. Express your views However, the egregious profit from rezonin 350 words on grandma keep her house, but it certainly helps speculators hold onto land cheaply. ing that enriches land speculators is one a local topic of interest. These incentives to speculate reveal dysfunctional public policy that appears to be Send an e-mail to Sacramento’s local governments are at worst off the table, at least for this election cycle. Ω editorial@ newsreview.com. corrupt, or at best clueless. Yet our demands for good public policy have dwindled so much BEFORE

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Fire for thought It’s impossible to look at the images coming from the “super fire” in Colorado Springs, Colo., without thinking about how easily it could happen here. In fact, it has: The 2007 Angora fire in South Lake Tahoe falls into this category, with 250 homes destroyed and 3,000 acres burned. And, according to recent news reports, U.S. Forest Service scientist Malcolm North says that conditions in Northern California make more of these “super fires” inevitable. More people than ever before are living in fireprone areas—actually, in places where the ecosystem has evolved to include fire as a natural part of life. That’s the West: Many of our trees and grasses have evolved to need fire as part of the renewal process in their lifecycles. But we see fire as the enemy, and—thanks to changing temperatures and weather patterns—the last decade has been the hottest in recorded history. Don’t believe us? Ask anyone who farms or gardens; planting times have been moving up considerably. Or ask an insurance agent. It’s easy to think that the mild winter we had was a gift, but it also means that the forest canopies and grasslands are dried out much earlier than in years past. We need to be prepared for these fires—and the California Department of Forestry and Just as it’s rather Fire Protection can help with that—by clearing defensible foolish to build in a space around homes; creating alert systems and evacuation floodplain—and yet plans for our family, friends, we do—it’s also and neighbors; and making sure that we do our part to foolish to continue avoid accidental fires. But we also need to address to build our homes the underlying issues here. in fire-prone areas. The first is our continuing insistence on moving into areas that aren’t really safe for us to live in. Just as it’s rather foolish to build in a floodplain—and yet we do—it’s also foolish to continue to build our homes in fireprone areas. These housing developments may be beautiful, but to a fire, all they are is fuel. Rather than fight with nature, we need to look at ways to live with it, and that includes restricting development in fire-prone areas, just as we do in flood-prone areas. For more information about fire preparedness, Further, we need to take steps now to mitigate the disaster we’ve enacted on our planet. The recent news- visit the California Department of Forestry making study by UC Davis professors Alan Hastings and Fire Protection and Geerat Vermeij and their 20 co-authors made clear website at www.fire.ca.gov. that we’ve already affected the climate so profoundly that a permanent shift is rapidly approaching. That will mean earlier fire seasons and more Information about “super fires,” among other things. We need to be pre- assistance for the pared, and we need to work together to ameliorate as Colorado fire is available at http://help much of the damage as we possibly can. coloradonow.org. The tasks are huge. We can start by offering assistance to those who have been affected by the fire, by preparing our own homes and communities for fire season, and by joining with our fellow citizens to make sure that our environment and our climate take priority in public policy. Ω

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Did the controversial KHTK radio host save the Sacramento Kings, nearly build a new downtown arena— and then get fired for it?

B Y N I C K M I L L E R NICKAM@NEWSREVIEW.COM

P H OTO S BY W E S DAV I S

T’S NOT THE MOST BLAZING-HOT SUMMER AFTERNOON EVER, YET IT MIGHT JUST BE HELL FOR CARMICHAEL DAVE:

suburban parking lot, tripledigit heat, Roseville, the third day in a row running errands at Fry’s Electronics, unemployed guy spending thousands of dollars on equipment, two (surely cranky) preschoolers in tow. He paces back and forth just outside his SUV in this ground zero of summer scorch, the black asphalt toasting as he does what he does best— talk—on his iPhone, while chain-smoking cigarettes. This goes on for 45 minutes. His two kids, Avery and Mason, are inside relishing the car’s air conditioning and DVD player (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, if you must). “I keep checking on them,” Dave assures, “because I have this nervousness that the AC will go out.” And he confesses: “I feel like the shittiest dad in America.” This, of course, is not true. And, in his defense, the 36-year-old, born Dave Weiglein, had a shockingly nightmarish kickoff to his summer when CBS Radio unexpectedly—and without explanation—fired him on May 9. 18

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Dave is a local boy made good. He started at KHTK as a caller and ended up with his own morning show. He was also the main man in the grassroots effort to keep the Kings in Sacramento with the Here We Stay campaign and major newarena booster. This earned him his enemies, sure, but also a legion of fanatics. So, his dismissal from CBS Radio set off outrage—and speculation—among Sacramento Kings fans, family, friends. Many blame the Kings owners, the Maloofs, an easy target, for Dave’s sacking because of how he criticized them when the arena deal went south. Others argue KHTK morning-show host Don Geronimo, what with his purportedly insatiable ego, pulled the trigger. Whatever the reason, Dave himself is finally ready to talk. “Peel back the layers,” as he puts it. At the same time, he’s also just trying to move forward. He and his wife, Melissa, for instance, have agreed to no longer discuss his firing. Most of Dave’s time now is spent on new radio shows, one with former ESPN personality Sean Salisbury, called Sean and Dave Unfiltered; and another with former late-night KHTK co-host Sean Thomas, called Dave and Sean Uncensored. These broadcast live from The CD Networks headquarters, a.k.a. Dave’s garage, a.k.a. the “man cave.” It’s kind of a ramshackle operation—what with his kids often interrupting for diaper changes and lunch—but that didn’t stop The CD Networks’ podcasts from shooting straight to No. 1 on iTunes during its first week.

Yes, this online-radio thing just might pay off. But Dave says his goal isn’t payback against his old employer. And he’s not about revenge, either. No, he wants a reckoning.

‘YOU’RE NOT MI K E WA L LACE’ It’s 48 hours after CBS fired Carmichael Dave, and he’s all alone. The wife, the kids—they’re at the gym. The house is silent. So, Dave does what any former radio host would do: Turn his smartphone into a Ustream broadcast, give away his home phone number on Twitter, fire up a makeshift radio program, start chatting. “I’m not going Charlie Sheen, man, I swear to God,” Dave announces to the world, live from his man cave. Dozens of listeners tune in in a matter of minutes. “I’m just bored. I want to say, ‘Hi.’” The phone rings. “Not The Carmichael Dave Show, how can I help you?” he answers. There’s an awkward chat with a perfect stranger. Soon, things get metaphysical. “Do I even own my own name?” “The lawyers are figuring that out,” he jokes, answering his own question. If you heard Dave’s shows during his KHTK 1140 AM days, you know then that he’s kind of a Kings die-hard. Maybe even a blowhard. Some might say a testosterone-fueled, mixedmartial-arts loving, gruff Republican bro. Or an unapologetic Mayor Kevin Johnson sycophant.

Some of this is true (if you didn’t support the proposed arena, you’re probably dead to him), some of it is nonsense (he voted for President Barack Obama, actually). The real story of how Dave Weiglein became Carmichael Dave goes all the way back to when Rush Limbaugh broadcasted here in Sacramento. This is when a 12-year-old Dave made his first call into a radio program in 1985. “Oh, God, I don’t even remember what I asked him,” he says now. But his heart was racing. “I was hooked, man, I was hooked.” He was a nerd for radio. “I had a little boom box and box full of blank cassette tapes,” he remembers. “And as soon as a [Kings] game was over, I’d lock myself in the bathroom and call in the post-game show.” He also recorded every show and turned those calls into homework, obsessively replaying them. “Basically, I’d be my own program director. I’d grade myself. I had bullet points, notes. I took myself real seriously.” And so did KHTK’s Jason Ross, who one day told Dave that if he called in to the station after every game, they’d put him on-air first thing right after it was over. His big break. “And that’s when I switched from ‘Dave in Carmichael’ to ‘Carmichael Dave.’” This eventually lead to a KHTK internship. Which led to a $10-an-hour sports-update job. Which led to his own time slot, the late show from 10 p.m. to midnight, with current podcast partner Sean Thomas.

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And, as it turns out, Carmichael Dave was a ratings boon. So he was promoted to the 7 p.m. gig, then, in 2010, the holy grail: a morning-drive sidekick position with his talk-radio “idol” on The Don Geronimo Show. And some icing on that cake: He also got his own spot, and a contract, the noon to 3 p.m. gig called The Carmichael Dave Show. Dave figured he’d bomb. But the Arbitron ratings—which measure listener data for radio stations—revealed mad love: The Don Geronimo Show jumped from 22nd to second place among 20- and 30-year-olds. Meanwhile, Dave’s own The Carmichael Dave Show at 10 a.m. shot from 18th to eighth place. It was gravy: Carmichael Dave, darling of the Sacramento sports-talk world, earning $75,000 a year and the adulation of sports fans. He teamed up with the mayor and founded Think Big Sacramento—formerly called Here We Build. They nearly erected a temple to the Kings—this on the heels of preventing those rascally Maloofs from U-Hauling their asses to Disneyland. The kid from Carmichael was now a marble-mouthed, shit-stirring, fun-loving Sacto sports savior. But then, after more than two decades as a caller, Dave’s relationship with KHTK fell apart in a matter of weeks. This past April, after the Maloofs bailed on the arena deal, Dave turned on the brothers, trashing the Kings’ owners on his show and on Twitter. And then, after 14 loyal years, the brass at CBS Radio, without giving reason, turned on Carmichael Dave. BEFORE

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CBS general manager Steve Cottingim called Dave into his office. “I was told by my boss that there were some out there who saw me as a shill for the mayor,” he remembers of this particular meeting weeks before his actual firing. “It was reiterated for me that KHTK is the home of the Kings, and that the Maloofs value us, and that KHTK values the Maloofs as partners.” The boss took Dave off his 10 a.m. show and replaced it with the syndicated The Dan Patrick Show, a crushing blow. But not as bruising as what came next: an order to “back off the arena situation.” “But it wasn’t really, ‘It’s just best if I back off,’” Dave explains. “It was, ‘Drop the arena situation. You’re not Mike Wallace.’” In response, Dave pulled out his cellphone and showed his boss a text message. From the night before. From George Maloof. “Dave, you’re a class act,” it read. “There’s a reason why you’re one of the guys we talk to.” Even more, Maloof also gave him three different cell numbers on which to call him. “That’s the owner of the Kings,” Dave told his boss. “That’s the one everybody hates.” To this day, Dave’s still unconvinced about the Maloofs’ role in his firing—even though it sure seems like the brothers must have complained to CBS Radio, perhaps at some higher-up, New York City-based level of the corporate food chain. As Dave says, “A lot of people ask me, ‘Did the Kings have anything to do with you getting fired?’ And the answer to that is no. … Not really.”

THE ANTHONY ROBBINS OF PES S I MISM The coffee-brown-colored bags under Dave’s eyes seep into his cheek bones, and his beard is a bit scraggly. Of all the places he should be right now, he’s way out in Woodland, a downhome spot in old town called Mojo’s Lounge & Bar. The plan was to be the evening’s celebrity bartender—but instead, he’s out front smoking. Every so often, someone asks to use his iPhone app to find a drink recipe—“Look up how to make a flaming gorilla tit!”—to which he obliges. You can’t say it on air, “but tit should absolutely be allowed on radio,” Dave adds. He pulls the phone from his baggy jean pocket and finds a message from his wife. She’s not happy: Perhaps the house is a mess, and surely the kids need some TLC. All this, and Dave hasn’t even told her yet that his car was rear-ended on the drive out to Yolo County. Bummer time. A fan walks up to Dave, shakes his hand. “Now I get to put a face to a name,” he proclaims. “And it’s a massive disappointment,” Dave deadpans. There’s not a huge amount of bombast to Dave’s radio-show temperament, and even less in real life. He towers over most crowds at 6-feet-4inches, but often hides on the fringes of the action. He seldom drinks and never smokes pot. At Kings games, he watches from the tunnels on

the side, just like the team’s general manager Geoff Petrie. Dave’s go-to punchlines are also typically self-effacing downers. “I want to be the Anthony Robbins of pessimism,” he whispers, sipping an iced tea back inside the bar. Dave’s online-radio co-host Sean Thomas—with whom he does the new Dave and Sean Uncensored every weeknight at 7 p.m.—is also at the bar. They used to hang out at KHTK until midnight doing the late show, and Thomas says 14 years of radio spotlight hasn’t changed Dave. “And that’s one of the beautiful things about him,” he explains. “He has an ability to rally people—which is strange, because he is a recluse who can’t help find himself in the spotlight.” Last year, the reluctant Dave found himself at the forefront of the movement to keep the Kings in Sacramento. This earned him new fans. And enemies—including this evening’s host, Yolo County supervisor Matt Rexroad. Dave and Rexroad, in fact, once faced-off in a Twitter war over the arena: Dave, as with all things Kings, was gung ho that new regional taxes help pay for the digs. Rexroad rolled his eyes at this and Tweeted that Dave was “chasing unicorns”—a mantra quickly adopted by Dave as a rebuff to arena naysayers. Tonight, however, the two are friends; Rexroad has even advised Dave on his possible next career move: political candidacy.

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DAVE’S WIFE, MELISSA, HOLDS THEIR TWO KIDS, MASON (LEFT) AND AVERY, JUST OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN RAIL YARDS—RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPOSED SACRAMENTO KINGS ARENA SITE. CHANCES OF TAKING THE FAMILY TO A GAME AT A NEW ARENA ARE NOW LESS THAN SLIM.

“I WAS TOLD BY MY BOSS THAT THERE WERE SOME OUT THERE WHO SAW ME AS A SHILL FOR THE MAYOR. AND TO BACK OFF THE ARENA SITUATION. BUT IT WASN’T REALLY, ‘IT’S JUST BEST IF [YOU] BACK OFF.’ IT WAS, ‘DROP THE ARENA SITUATION. YOU’RE NOT MIKE WALL ACE.’”

“The universe he talks to isn’t voters, and that’s a problem,” Rexroad concedes of Dave’s electability. “But he already knows what he believes in. A lot of candidates don’t even know what they believe in yet.” “Vote Carmichael Dave” is no joke. Dave even went so far as to ask KHTK this spring if he could run for Sacramento County supervisor. The station shot him down. Some say he could he have been a worthy adversary to incumbent Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan, who narrowly avoided a runoff this past month. Meanwhile, Dave has his eyes on 2016. His wife Melissa says anything is possible. “I never doubt him,” she says. “If he says he’s going to do something, he does it.” Sure, such as transforming the garage into an online-radio station—how does she feel about that? “Ask me in two months.” It’s a Thursday night back at Casa Dave, and Melissa has just arrived home from her new job at a lending company. She cracks open an orange can of Rockstar, then leans against the washing machine. Dave removes his trademark pink Hello Kitty headphones— no joke—and tells his wife that he and Thomas spent their entire radio show talking about who has the largest penis in the NBA. “That’s because you’re gay,” she shoots back. Dick and fart jokes eventually give way to real talk: Health benefits and, specifically, what they’re going to do when Dave’s coverage runs out next month, which just so happens to also coincide with the couple’s fifth wedding anniversary. Dave exits to the side yard and lights up a smoke, but soon grows nervous—feet shuffling side to side in the gravel—when Melissa starts talking about why she thinks he was canned. He wants her to be mindful of what she says, at least in front of this reporter. “They knew that before they fired him, I didn’t have a job,” she vents. “And that we were going to close on a house. They knew our financial situation.” It’s true: CBS Radio general manager Cottingim, the very guy who fired Dave, was allegedly helping the couple pick out new homes in Roseville. They ended up staying in Antelope: Dave was sacked a week before they were supposed to close on the new place. “You’d think they’d have some kind of loyalty,” Melissa sighs. “She wanted to egg the station the day after I was fucking fired,” Dave says. This didn’t happen—but a fan did post a “Dave Lives” sign at 5248 Madison Avenue, KHTK’s headquarters. Thin and petite with black-rimmed glasses, Melissa grows explosive when talking about the firing. They don’t argue, but it’s the first time the husband and wife have brought the subject up in more than two weeks—surely because it’s stressful, painful. Possibly because they don’t see eye to eye on why he was fired. “I’d like to have this conversation five years from now,” Dave says, which sort of puts the lid on the chat. Melissa agrees that it does no good to dwell on it. Then they move closer to each other. Melissa sighs, “I get all pissed.” Dave says softly, “And I get a little emotional.”

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Dave’s daughter, Avery, peeks around the door into the man cave. “I want apple juice,” she whimpers. “I’m about to take a commercial break,” daddy Dave hollers, still on the air. He invites Avery over to the microphone. She pauses, then speaks into the mic: “Daddy, why are you so smelly?” The man cave is definitely sauna-esque. But also classic: a tan, tumbledown sectional, mismatched with a turquoise-green three-seater, faces a 4-foot-tall Toshiba TV. There are golf clubs, a bar with copious vodka bottles, a fridge full of Pepsi and energy drinks, a Don Geronimo fantasy-football-league trophy, and more neon than most sports bars. There’s also amazing memorabilia, including a complete set of San Francisco Giants Will Clark cards, a Mickey Mantle poster, signed mixed-martial arts posters and Dave’s prize possession: a 2001-02 Kings lithograph with each player’s autograph. Right now, it’s nearly triple digits outside, the garage door is ajar in a vain attempt to circulate air, and, because Dave started up again after his firing, cigarette smoke lingers. The show ends. Dave removes his pink Hello Kitty earphones and then realizes he forgot something: the apple juice. As he puts it, “Is there any other host in the world who has to change diapers during a commercial break?” Indeed, a lot has changed since Wednesday, May 9, when Dave was summoned to sit down for a meeting at KHTK headquarters with CBS brass Cottingim and program director Geronimo. It happened fast: Cottingim informed Dave that CBS Radio wanted to “go in a different direction.” He wasn’t being fired for cause, Cottingim said, but a decision already had been made: He was no longer family at KHTK. Geronimo “was tearing up” during the meeting, Dave says, as he told his former partner that there was “nothing he could do.” “I was told that this decision came from above Sacramento,” Dave says. Which raises the question: Why would anyone at CBS New York give a damn about Carmichael Dave? Two words—Maloof money. Consider: If CBS corporate was in fact riled by Carmichael Dave, some obervers say it’s very likely because of the Maloofs. Dave’s firing wasn’t a budget issue; they hired his replacement three weeks later. As former Bee sports reporter and current Sports Illustrated writer Sam Amick wrote people need to “connect the dots” when it comes to Dave’s exit. He speculated that because Dave’s campaign to keep the Kings directly contradicted the wishes of KHTK’s premiere advertiser, it’s pretty obvious why he was sacked. “Their radio home is now without mirrors. All windows,” Amick tweeted. Spokesman Eric Rose denied the Maloofs asked to fire Dave. But maybe the Kings owners simply complained to CBS corporate? Maybe that was enough for the media behemoth to fear losing its No. 1 Sacramento advertiser? Dave doesn’t buy it. He says, if anything, that he was “too soft” on the Kings. Tom Ziller, editor of local Kings blog Sactown Royalty, says he has “no conspiracy

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DAVE LIKES TO JOKE THAT HE’S THE “SHITTIEST DAD IN AMERICA” EVER SINCE BEING FIRED. BUT HEAR HIM TALK, AND YOU REALIZE NOTHING’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE KIDS.

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“HE HAS AN ABILIT Y TO RALLY PEOPLE—WHICH IS STRANGE, BECAUSE HE IS A RECLUSE WHO CAN’T HELP FIND HIMSELF IN THE SPOTLIGHT.”

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Or, as Geronimo told his listeners the day after Dave was let go, “Radio is a cutthroat business.” And, sometimes, it’s a stab-you-in-thegut-and-let-it-bleed business. “KHTK was my life, man,” Dave says, choking up, his voice cracking. “I’m actually getting emotional, because I’ve never talked about it. Everything I am. I grew up listening to them. I went a different road to get there. I was always a company man. I never asked for raises. … They wanted me to do this shift, that shift—whatever, fine. I never had a producer. I never had a budget. I had to do my own show, top to bottom. I never got the benefits of other stars at that station. I always felt like the adult at the kids table on Thanksgiving. “But I was ecstatic about it,” he adds. “I’m on my dream radio station in my hometown, talking to my friends—are you fucking kidding me?” Then, like the turn of the dial, the show was over. So who fired Dave? Does Occam’s razor wins? Is the simplest explanation the best? How about this: The Maloofs made overtures to CBS about Dave. CBS higher-ups—in an era of contracting revenue—got shaky knees about losing Kings money. Cottingim got sick of hearing about Dave from his overlords. But as the arena deal crumbled, Dave persisted. And fans loved him for it. But then, finally, tough love for Dave. Yet tough love cuts both ways. “They fired me. I love ’em,” Dave says. “But now they can go fuck themselves.”

WE PROTECT OUR OWN Dave’s Toyota Scion—he calls it a “toaster”— veers through the two-lane back roads of Antelope toward west Roseville, wheat-brown fields giving way to suburbia’s outskirts. The volume’s off, but the radio is set at KHTK 1140 AM.

theories” about why Dave was fired. “If he doesn’t think the Maloofs pulled strings, I believe him,” Ziller says. But he added: “The Maloofs have proven to be completely untrustworthy in Sacramento, and Dave is clearly an effective grassroots voice whose insight rarely painted the brothers in good light. Nothing would surprise me when it came to them.” So, what about Don Geronimo? Dave admits that no one has a larger ego than his idol. And people close to Dave are convinced that—because of his rising-star status due to the publicity surrounding the arena issue—Geronimo fired Dave to keep the spotlight on himself. Despite multiple emails and phone calls, both Geronimo and Cottingim refused to speak to SN&R for this story. Cottingim did finally reply via email: “We wish [Dave] all the best with his new venture.” Dave considers Geronimo a “dear friend,” the guy he even drove to the ER once when Geronimo bloodied his head. “If I ever found out [Geronimo] had anything to do with it,” Dave says of his radio hero, “it would crush me.” But what Dave says in public and what Dave believes is not entirely simpatico. There’s a severance agreement with CBS that legally binds Dave to keep his mouth shut about certain matters, for instance. It’s still a business. BEFORE

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The toaster stops at Woodcreek Golf Club, where course manager and head pro Rob Frederick greets Dave. Frederick was one of the first three to call him after he was fired—Mayor Johnson was the first, and also Urijah Faber and DeMarcus Cousins, among other notables. Even a text from George Maloof. Mark Twain said that “Golf is a good walk spoiled,” which best describes this twilight round of nine holes. Dave looks the part in his white collared shirt, tucked in with shorts and white spikes. But the final score is ugly. Still, Carmichael Dave’s second act hopes to be more birdie than bogey. There won’t be the proverbial Hollywood ending, such as in Mr. Mom, when Michael Keaton got his job back. And it will take months—years?—for Dave to make a living off The CD Networks. But there’s a silver lining. A hole in one, even. When Dave was fired, people called him for days, offering help and money. “At first, I felt ashamed, almost. Here’s these people pitying me and offering their charity.” But then, it clicked. “These people didn’t pity me, they loved me.” Dave argues that Sacramento, famous for its inferiority complex, also has a “we-protectour-own complex.” It’s the same obsession that drove Dave and fans during the Here We Stay campaign. Sure, critics give Dave flak for telling National Public Radio last year that “Sacramento sucks.” And for calling downtown “the hole.” He says this is just the sentiment of a man venting. “For once,” he explains, “I just want one thing to go Sacramento’s way.” Dusk settles in on the ninth hole, sprinklers pop out of the grass and soak the rolling greens. “You’ve seen Tombstone?” Dave asks. He explains a scene near the end, when Doc Holliday argues that Wyatt Earp isn’t out for vengeance against the gang who killed his brothers; Earp just wants justice for Tombstone. Dave does his best outlaw impersonation and quotes Holliday: “It’s not about revenge,” he drawls, “it’s about the reckoning.” Ω

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ARTS&CULTURE Patrick Phipps’ illustrations, on display through August 12, at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, are inherently simple yet intense, freewheeling and sometimes even grotesque.

IN A SEARCH F O R S O L I D A R I T Y, PAT R I C K P H I P P S S H E D H I S A R T I S T I C B A G G A G E A N D F O U N D C R E AT I V E K I N S H I P

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art collective Sketch Klubb, a tiny Bart Simpson head pops up—cartoon eyes moving just to the left of the URL in your browser’s address bar. Sometimes, too, new initiates into the Klubb (a bona fide club, by the way) find themselves “jumped in”—tasked with drawing Bart and Lisa Simpson in a “compromising position.” It’s a bit that hints at the S.K. aesthetic—but there’s a lot more to Phipps’ art than such pop-culture regurgitations. This month, Phipps brings Sketch Klubb to the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento with the exhibition What Does it Mean to Excel? Launched in 2005, Sketch Klubb is Phipps’ brainchild, but in the years since, he says it’s taken on a life of its own. Based in Houston, where Phipps resides, the club is currently composed of 12 professional artists who meet every other Saturday to draw and socialize. Phipps, reached via email in London, said he created Sketch Klubb out of a need for artistic solidarity. “[I] needed some way to talk to sympathetic artists,” he said. “I needed some friends that were free from the baggage of the local art scene.” A typical S.K. meeting, he said, is casual. “We usually play some sort of music while we work, and often someone will bring [doughnuts] or breakfast tacos to eat,” he said. “There’s a lot of good-natured ribbing that goes on and people share new books and zines they’ve gotten with each other. The meeting lasts as long as people want to stay.” 24

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Then, each month, a group member takes on the production of a zine, compiling the work from all those meetings into a handheld format. “Most of us still believe in the seductive qualities of a book, and we’ve gotten pretty good at making some nice zines,” Phipps said.

PATRICK PHIPPS’ WORK IS A FREEASSOCIATED MIX OF GROTESQUE NUDES, CLIP-ART-STYLE FIGURES, CONFRONTATIONAL TEXT, AND YES, DRAWINGS OF SIMPSONS CHARACTERS THAT WOULD MAKE THE CENSORS AT FOX CHOKE ON THEIR TONGUES. In addition to the monthly publications (some of which have provocative titles such as “Bacon Tits” and “Nasty Butts”—the latter of which is entirely composed of line drawings of misshapen posteriors), the group also creates books and gallery installations. Prior to starting S.K., Phipps, who has a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Texas at Austin, worked as a successful gallery artist in the Houston arts scene where he sold work that exhibited “elements of drawing, photography, sculpture, and installation art.”

Then, after his primary gallery folded, Phipps said he decided to “back away” from art’s more commercial aspects. “I realized at a certain point that I hated having misguided conversations about work with people who had no idea what they were looking at,” Phipps said. “It seemed shallow and disingenuous to have a conversation with someone just to sell a drawing or a painting.” Sketch Klubb, he added, set a different but successful standard. “We never intended to show our work to anyone. It was done purely for us,” Phipps said. “After a while, we began to get requests to see what we were doing.” The result, he said, was liberating. “I stopped caring about looking for an outlet for my work. I made what I wanted to make and was happier for it.” Jenny Stark, a Sacramento State University associate professor of digital media and film who curated Phipps’ CCAS show, said she became familiar with the artist’s work while teaching at the University of Texas at Houston. At the time, she says, Phipps ran the bookstore at the city’s famed Menil Collection museum. “His knowledge of art history and contemporary art was just amazing, so I would go and spend time in the bookstore looking at all the art books and talking to him about art,” Stark said. “He served that role for a lot of people.” Stark said she feels a kinship with Phipps’ art. “The lines of text make me think about the fragments of narratives, so there are these little moments, almost [like they’re]

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from movies that don’t make sense in a traditional narrative but relate to how I approach experimental filmmaking,” she said. “I’ve always felt a bond with the way he makes work.”

“I REALIZED AT A CERTAIN POINT THAT I HATED HAVING MISGUIDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT.” Patrick Phipps Phipps’ Sacramento exhibition, she added, consists of a series of illustrations that are compelling despite their seemingly inherent simplicity. “[The exhibition] will have a casual, almost studiolike feel to it. I know having a grid of drawings is neither groundbreaking nor innovative, but I love shows like that,” she said. “It will be graphic and will likely have some mature content. …I hope it will be funny or compelling or inspirational.” Much of Phipps’ work consists of small line drawings and watercolors; a clearly free-associated mix of grotesque nudes, clipart-style figures, confrontational text, and yes, many drawings of Simpsons characters which would make the censors at Fox choke on their tongues. According to Phipps, the work is inspired by everything from pop art, Dada and the surrealists to the underground Zap Comix of the ’60s and ’70s. BEFORE

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As part of the Sacramento show, Phipps and members of CCAS hope to spark interest in a satellite Sacramento branch of Sketch Klubb. The first meeting is scheduled to take place during the exhibition’s opening reception on Saturday, July 14, with local artists Melanie Bown and John Conley at the helm. Subsequent meetings will continue monthly at Bows & Arrows (1815 19th Street). The title of Phipps’ show reflects a bit of artistic fate. Initially, Phipps said, Stark misread a snippet of text in one of his drawings as, “What does it mean to excel?” thinking of it, not surprisingly, as a philosophical question about striving for personal excellence. In reality, however, it was a question about the computer software program. Though a “happy accident,” it sparked a conversation between the two about the nature of success, which is at the heart of the Sketch Klubb concept. Phipps said he’s changed his definition of success radically over time. “Success for me used to be the whole idea of being an art star, of having a gallery and traveling the world to make your work. Now, I find the whole thing repugnant,” he said. “Success for me, these days, is getting to make my work on my terms.” Ω

Usually, when I think of an island—especially one dubbed Gilligan’s Island—I think of a half-mile or so of sandy beach decorated with shells. This is not what I find at the actual Gilligan’s Island, however. In reality, it’s a pit stop for rafters, located in Carmichael between Ancil Hoffman Park and Hagan Community Park. Here, the small mound of clay looks foreign next to its sandier surroundings of the American River bank. Though absent of plant life, local rafters bring it to life with laughter, drinks and tunes. I’m not actually on the island, but I’m close—just one swim away from being part of the scene. The boats create an invisible line between the islanders and everybody else on the river’s shore, giving it a sense of privacy. Throughout the afternoon, rafts pile on and off the island, making this river break seem as important as the rafting experience itself. Indeed, this stop serves as a last chance to be carefree before returning to life’s responsibilities—but it’s also a place where people look out for one another, ensuring their safety. Relaxation comes, at least in part, via blue aluminum cans raised for a birthday celebration against a backdrop of brightly colored bathing suits. Windblown faces tilt back pouring out an emotion of gregarious cheer—after pouring down some carbonated brew, that is. A beer bong catches my eye—not to mention all the people jumping and dancing around. Hmm. Must be part of the island’s ritual. Chatter and music fills the air as one proud rafter tells me he brought three female friends from Stockton to check out the scene. Meanwhile, a woman swims across the river, and reaching the shore, a nearby islander turns around and takes her hand to help her up to the island. Standing on land, she smiles in triumph. The island is full of activity but not packed. “Today’s not so busy,” one island regular tells me. “I’ve seen this place so busy, you can barely even see the water—just rafts.” Another sunbather shares stories, including one about an older man bringing a stripper’s pole for interested dancers. She describes, too, scenes of mud wrestling and fighting. The scene in front of me now, however, is docile in comparison: Perhaps it’s my timing, but I don’t see any rafters gone wild. Before dusk falls and as the beer runs out, the people on the island start to say their goodbyes. On the riverbank, they pack up coolers, children are corralled and bikes are unlocked for the journey home. A CD player, carefully towed away on a small raft of its own, floats down the river, taking the island’s tunes with it. In the end, I wonder what it is like to cross to the other side and stand on the island, looking out onto the riverbank. It’s as if just being there could bring back my carefree sense of youth. But, alas I do not have a raft. For now, this is a place is for rafters taking a break from life. It’s their watering hole, and, even if only for an afternoon, it represents a sacred moment to let go, believe in and trust in one another. —Kate Paloy

Patrick Phipps’ What Does it Mean to Excel? is on display through August 12, with an opening reception on Second Saturday, July 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, 1519 19th Street; (916) 498-9811; www.ccasac.org. For more information on Sketch Klubb, visit http://sketchklubb.com. Or learn more about the Sacramento branch at http://facebook.com/sketchclubsacramento.

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Don’t eat the photos

Without the evolution of photographic technology, modern man wouldn’t be able to capture a picture of his cat stuck in between the sofa cushions and send it to everyone he knows via his mobile phone in a matter of seconds. Lucky, aren’t we? And even luckier are we for the opportunity to see that evolution of the photographic medium— albeit by arguably more deliberate and artful capturers than the cat-lady man—in Brought to Light: Masterworks of Photography From the Crocker Art Museum. Mix it up this Second Saturday by taking in the exhibition—which features work from the 19th and 21st centuries and artists Thomas Annan, Ruth Bernhard, Dean Burton, Lewis deSoto, Harold E. Edgerton, Robert Heinecken, Chris McCaw, Marion Post Wolcott, Tracy Snelling among others—as an appetizer to the art walk. Although, it may feel like a full meal, with work that reconsiders the photographic process like McCaw’s, whose long exposures on vintage silver-gelatin paper are actually cooked by the sun inside the camera. But there’s no need to worry: It’s delicious and digestible.

Where: Sacramento Temporary Contemporary, 1616 Del Paso Boulevard; (916) 921-1224; www.stcgallery. webs.com.

Where: Hanford St. Gallery, 291 Hanford Street in Sutter Creek; (209) 267-8074; www.hanfordstgallery.com. Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Through July 29.

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“Habitat II” by James Groleau, color mezzotint.

Off the beaten art-walk path

Lest it be forgotten, the soaring temperatures and idle youth in wincingly short shorts indicate that it’s summer, and the opportunity for adventure is ripe, and frankly, ought to be had. And fine art surely has its place in this escapade. Take, for example, a short road trip down Highway 49 to Sutter Creek to the Hanford St. Gallery to discover the work of James Groleau in Salt Granite Spruce. The Bay Area artist’s series consists of detailed panoramic landscapes done with a 17th-century printmaking technique called mezzotint, and as a result, his images often have a classical yet dark feel to them. And in the month of August, the gallery will present another of his series called Gates of Rochefort (August 2-26), which consist of mezzotints of ancient French architecture sewed onto antique deeds from the 1800s, and are infinitely less icky to set eyes on than adolescents in Daisy Dukes. BEFORE

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“Self Portrait Looking Up” by Sacha Newley, ink and pastel, 1999.

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Where: Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street; (916) 808-7000; www.crockerartmuseum.org. Artist lecture: Thursday, July 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. with Lewis deSoto. Hours: Tuesday through Wednesday and Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Through September 2.

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Special Events SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM: So you’ve been on LinkedIn for a while and your virtual CV is a thing of beauty; but now what? Interested in learning about what else you can do with this powerful social media tool? Join for an evening of LinkedIn learning as Sonny Mayugba shares his expert tips on how to put LinkedIn to work for you. Th, 7/12, 5:30-7:30pm. $25. The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar. 2718 J St.; (916) 706-2275; http://forum0712 .eventbrite.com.

SACRAMENTO NORTH JOB FAIR: Meet face-to-face with top employers at the National Career Fairs Job Fair. Attendance is free for job seekers. Register online and you will receive the company list and an online job fair guide. Th, 7/12, 11am-2pm. Free. Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Ave. in Lincoln; (916) 408-7777; www.nationalcareerfairs.com.

WEDDING AND EVENT FAIRE: Planning a wedding or a private event? Then attend this event to see more than 40 preferred vendors including caterers, photographers, deejays, photobooth providers, dessert makers, flowers arrangers and wine distributors. Th, 7/12, 6pm. $10. Old Sugar Mill, 35265 Willow Ave. in Clarksburg; (916) 744-1625; www.carvalho familywinery.com/ ourEvents_winery.shtml.

Art Galleries SMITH GALLERY: Views of the Capital, An exhibition featuring Takayuki Harada and other local artists. Th, 7/12, 5-8pm. Free. 1020 11th St. (916) 446-4444.

Kids’ Stuff JUGGLING AND CIRCUS ARTS: Dana Smith presents an interactive juggling and circus arts show. Smith demonstrates three club juggling, ball spinning, hat tricks, hand balancing stunts and other one-of-a-kind feats. Audience volunteers are invited to share the stage with Dana. Th, 7/12, 4pm. Free. North Highlands-Antelope Library, 4235 Antelope Rd. in Antelope; (916) 264-2920; www.sac library.org.

Concerts TWILIGHT THURSDAYS: Enjoy warm summer nights at the Sacramento Zoo with extended hours on Twilight Thursdays, June 14th through July 26th. Dinner specials, live music, car show and activities start at 5 p.m. Visit www.saczoo.org for each evening’s theme. Th, 5-8pm

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DON’T MISS! ALL GEEK COMEDY SHOW: For the show’s one-year anniversary, Critical Hit takes on the Mecca of the geek world: Comic-Con. For one night only, Critical Hit will recreate the convention experience inside the Sacramento Comedy Spot. F, 7/13, 9pm. $10. Sacramento Comedy Spot, 1050 20th St. Ste. 130; (916) 444-3137; www.saccomedyspot.com.

Special Events BEER, BRAWLS & BABES: Have a fun-filled evening at the Historic City Cemetery as you learn about some of the area’s most infamous historical women. Enjoy Ruhstaller beer and hot dogs as some of Sacramento’s most colorful characters Come to Life. This is a 21-and-over event. F, 7/13, 7, 7:45, 8:30 & 9:15pm. $25 (includes two beverages). Old City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway; (916) 264-7839; www.oldcity cemetery.com.

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participate in a costume contest and shake a leg to three local folk and country bands. This is the opening night for a weekend-long carnival and maker’s fair featuring oldtime country fun and games mixed with a healthy dose of weird and wild carnival antics. F, 7/13, 5-9pm. $10. Boeger Winery, 1709 Carson Rd. in Placerville; (530) 622-8094; www.pluckyfluff.com.

J MOSS: Catch Grammy award nominee J Moss with Elaine Moonie, Angelo Luster, Sista O & Devine Praise and Ascension. This nationwide tour is an exhibition of seven of today’s leading voices in Christian music and spoken word, and it will feature hip-hop artists, too. F, 7/13, 7pm. $20-$25. Woodlake Hotel, 500 Leisure Ln.; (916) 912-0473; www.wood lakehotel.com/concerts -events.shtml.

BILL MEDLEY AND PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Enjoy some of the greatest hits from the swinging ‘60s through today when Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort presents the Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley and Paul Revere & the Raiders. F, 7/13, 7:30pm. $20-$100. Jackson Rancheria Casino Hotel, 12222 New York Ranch Rd. in Jackson; (800) 822-9466; www.jacksoncasino.com.

MARTY COHEN AND THE SIDEKICKS: Join Marty Cohen and the Sidekicks for an evening of food

and music in a relaxing setting. Bogle Vinyards will present the trio accompanying themselves on acoustic guitars and bass, performing original acoustic folk-pop tunes and folk classics. F, 7/13, 6-8pm; F, 8/10, 6-8pm. Free. Bogle Winery, 37783 Road 144 in Clarksburg; (916) 744-1139; http://boglewinery.com.

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DON’T MISS! HELLO KITTY PARTY: Shoe

Daca is hosting a Hello Kitty party for kids and adults. Snap pics of you with a life-size Hello Kitty. There will be Hello Kitty prizes, drinks and music. DJ Mon will rock cute beats and local singers perform live. The best Hello Kitty outfit will win $50 in Hello Kitty products. Sa, 7/14, 9am-1pm. Free. Shoe Daca, 2992 Freeport Blvd.; (916) 442-2559; www.shoedaca.com.

Special Events SAMBA & CAPOEIRA: Join this Brazilian Center event featuring a Brazilian band, food, drinks and samba. Sa, 7/14, 8pm-12:30am. $10. Move! Studio, 600 Broadway; (916) 387-7344; www.braziliancentersac.org.

RACE FOR THE RING: Grab a friend, a bike and a cell phone to join the 4th annual Race for the Ring. Teams of two solve riddles and complete challenges sent via text message while biking throughout downtown Sacramento. The top 10 finishing teams with the most points at the end of the competition will win jewelry from Rogers Jewelry Company and other prizes. Sa, 7/14, 9am-1:30pm. $50 per team. Raley Field, 400 Ballpark Dr. in West Sacramento; (916) 456-1980; http://raceforthering.event brite.com.

STREETS OF SOUL: This series of events features visual artists, musicians and vendors. The creative child of Chris Vo, these events capture the organic creation of artists and the organic sound of live music. Sa, 7/14, 5-11:30pm. $10-$15. The Artisan Building, 1901 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 781-4925.

HEALTH FAIR: Retirement community Crosswood Oaks will be holding a health fair featuring health screenings, consultations, door prizes, lectures and more. Sa, 7/14, 10am-3pm. Free. Crosswood Oaks Retirement Community, 6650 Crosswoods Circle in Citrus Heights; (916) 722-3447.

VERY SPECIAL ARTS DAY: Enjoy a day in the park and participate in several different art “funshops” for kids of all abilities. Activities include painting,

Family Winery and Crisp Catering present Grapes on the Grill, pairing Carvalho Family Wines with smoked and grilled dishes from chef Joe Thompson and Crisp Catering. F, 7/13, 6pm. Call for pricing. Old Sugar Mill, 35265 Willow Ave. in Clarksburg; (916) 552-7477; www.crispcatering.com.

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Literary Events CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB OPEN MIC: California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch hosts an open-mic for writers. Sign-ups begin at 6:45 p.m. Readings are limited to 10 minutes per person. Listeners are welcome. F, 7/13, 7-9:30pm. Free. Barnes & Noble, 6111 Sunrise Blvd. in Citrus Heights; (916) 344-5778; www.cwcsacramento writers.org.

Concerts FLANNEL, MERRYGOLD & THE GOLDEN CADILLACS: Join for the Yarnival’s opening night, drink wine-coolers,

Art Galleries COFFEE WORKS: French-Style Photography, In honor of the 11th French Film Festival in Sacramento, Coffee Works has a French-themed photo exhibit. Sa, 7/14, 5-9pm. Free. 3418 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 452-1086; www.coffeeworks.com.

DELICIOSO HAIR AND SKIN PARLOUR: Tropical beer caps, Local artist Carlo Joaquin Stowers in a new exibition featuring a mosaic paintings made with tropical beer caps. Refreshments will be served. Sa, 7/14, 5-9pm. Free. 916 24th St.

PATRIS STUDIO AND GALLERY AT S12: 2nd Saturday Art Walk at Patris Studio, Great artwork in a variety of mediums by some of the area’s top artists.

Second Sa of every month, 210pm through 12/29. 1200 S St.;

(916) 397-8958; www.artist-patris.com.

SACRAMENTO GAY & LESBIAN CENTER: THEshow, THEshow’s mission is to showcase both emerging and established artists of the Sacramento region in an environment of creativity, love and acceptance. Second Sa of every month, 5-9pm through 12/8. Free. 1927 L St.; (916) 442-0185.

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Kids’ Stuff Juggler Izzi Tooinsky tells a story about a little juggler who has big dreams. Every night the juggler enters a world of dragons, spirits, wizards and fools. In each tale the little dreamer learns more about happiness, balance and fun. F, 7/13, 4pm. Free. Southgate Library, 6132 66th Ave.; (916) 2642920; www.sac library.org.

drawing and tons of messy art fun. Sa, 7/14, 11am-3pm. Free with paid park admission. Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Dr.; (916) 808-7462; www.fairytaletown.org.

OK, SURE: THERE’S NOT REALLY A BATTLE between the Trash Film Orgy and the Sacramento Japanese Film Festival or anything. But they’re both happening this weekend at the Crest Theatre. And besides, doesn’t a mashup of horror flicks and Japanese films sound friggin’ cool? Anyway, the SJFF happens this Friday through Sunday, and TFO opens at midnight on Saturday, and then continues weekly through August 18. For more information, check out the following guide to both festivals.

TRASH FILM ORGY DON’T MISS: OPENING NIGHT If you miss opening night, you’ll miss the infamous Zombie

Walk and, of course, the midnight screening of Sam Raimi’s 1992 film Army of Darkness. Departing fom Cheap Thrills (1712 L Street) at 10 p.m., the Zombie Walk features costumed participants who will drag and writhe downtown toward the Crest before the film’s midnight screening. Note: There’s currently a fundraising campaign underway to pay for various walkrelated expenses such as city permits and insurance, so visit www.indiegogo.com/tfozombiewalk to contribute before the Friday deadline (no pun intended). Visit www.trashfilmorgy.com for more information. All films are for an 18-and-over audience. Tickets to all screenings are $10, or $9 for zombies.

STUDIO 24: deviantSAC collective artists show, DeviantSAC members will exhibit their illustrations, paintings, sculptures and photographs. The DeviantSAC art group is composed of local up-and-coming artists trying alternative ways to exhibit their works throughout the Greater Sacramento area. Sa, 7/14, 4-9pm. Free. 22220 K St. (916) 442-8262; www.studio24.com.

UNION HALL GALLERY: COLOR, LIGHT & FORMS - LANDSCAPES, Inspired by California Impressionists’ Edgar Payne, Franz A. Bischoff and the Canadian Group of Seven’s colorful landscapes of the early 1900s, this is a collection that borrows from masters and reenvisions through contemporary eyes. Ciamarro paints plein air on wood and canvas. Douglas Adam Bradley offers a live wood sculpture demonstration in garden. Refreshments will be served. Sa, 7/14, 6-9pm. Free. 2126 K St.; (916) 448-2452.

Concerts SOME FEAR NONE: Some Fear None performs this Second Saturday Hair/Art/Fashion/Music show. All proceeds benefit Sacramento’s SPCA. Sa, 7/14, 6pm. Free. Lush, 2000 I St.; (916) 447-5874; www.facebook.com/ somfearnone.

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DREAM BIG AND READ WITH TREVOR WYATT: Trevor Wyatt presents a high-energy magic show that inspires kids to follow their dreams. He will share books about people who dreamed big and achieved success. Meet Trevor’s magic doves and Poof the Magic Rabbit. Su, 7/15, 3pm. Free. Sacramento Public Library (Central Branch), 828 I St.; (916) 264-2920; www.saclibrary.org.

Concerts WORLD LATIN MUSIC CONCERT: Yolo Mambo plays world music and jazz on guitar, ukelele, percussion and vocals. Su, 7/15, 6pm. Free. KetMoRee, 238 G St. in Davis; (530) 574-4172; www.yolomambo.com.

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Special Events TRIVIA NIGHT AT KILT PUB: Join Questionable Trivia at Kilt Pub every Monday for two rounds of general knowledge questions. Prizes include discounts on food and drink. Teams must be between two and six players. Show up around

“High Octane Street Fair” on Vernon Street in downtown Roseville features live bands playing every Tuesday, food, a beer and margarita garden, a farmers market and fun zone for kids. A classic car show features more than 120 classic cars from before 1973. Tu, 5-9pm through 7/31. Free. 316 Vernon St. in Roseville; (916) 786-2023; www.2025events.com/ 5701/index.html.

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DON’T MISS! KALAIKOIL DANCE AND ARTS OF INDIA: Swetha Dixit

demonstrates the Bharatanatyam dances of south India in this interactive and educational program. Tu, 7/17, 4pm. Free. Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave.; (916) 264-2920; www.saclibrary.org.

18WED DON’T MISS! SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS:

Catch a one-night-only screening of Play the Hits, a film that documents LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy’s final 24 hours with his band as they play their final show, and the day after. W, 7/18, 8pm. $10.50. Crest Theatre, 1013 K St.; (916) 442-7378.

LIBRARY REOPENING CELEBRATION: Rio Linda Library staff will host a reopening celebration featuring a balloon artist and free refreshments (while supplies last). The 4000-square-foot building has been closed since April due to water damage from roof leakage. Tu, 7/17, 3pm. Free. Rio Linda Library, 902 Oak Ln. in Rio Linda; (916) 264-2700.

DON’T MISS! THE WIGGLES: The Wiggles, the world’s most famous children’s entertainment group, has announced that 2012 will be the final year of its original lineup. After 21 years of entertaining, this year’s summer tour will be the last opporunity for families in Sacramento to see the original group perform together. Tu, 7/17, 6:30pm. $15-$75. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301 L St.; (916) 808-5291.

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Special Events SUMMER NIGHTS CELEBRATION: During Summer Nights, Nevada City’s landmark historic district is closed to motorized traffic and filled with arts, crafts, classic cars, food, drink and music. Leading Sierra foothills musicians perform on outdoor stages throughout the downtown area. W, 6-9:30pm through 7/25. Opens 7/11. Free. Broad St. in Nevada City; (530) 265-2692; www.nevadacity chamber.com/blog/nevadacity-events/summer-nights.

RELATIONSHIP REPAIR SHOP: Facilitated by Laura Hansen, author, international speaker, counselor, and native Sacramentan, come to this event to learn new insights and communication tools each week to help fix what’s not working in your relationship. Tu, 7-9pm through 8/28. $5. Ancient Future Urban Sanctuary, 2331 K St.; (916) 265-0203; www.Laura-Hansen.com.

Come celebrate and contribute to sustaining future projects. Enjoy music, beer, wine and food from some of Sacramento’s finest restaurants. W, 7/18, 6:309pm. $25-$30. The Courtyard, 1322 O St.; (916) 204-8260; www.alchemistcdc.org.

CATALYST FOR CHANGE FUNDRAISER: From Urban Farm Stands to CalFresh processing at local farmers markets, this programs helps re-connect urban residents to the local food system; many low-income communities now have access to healthy, locally grown produce. ILLUSTRATION BY HAYLEY DOSHAY

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quick, cool and healthy dinner ideas perfect for hot summer nights in Sacramento? Chef Rina will share cooking techniques and recipes for cold soups and summer salads sure to please the entire family. This special monthly cooking class is focused on incorporating fresh ingredients designed for a healthy and well balanced diet. W, 7/18, 6pm. $20. Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, 1220 Arden Hills Ln.; (916) 213-4373; www.ardenhills.net.

ONGOING DON’T MISS! CA STATE FAIR:

The 18-day California State Fair is a robust celebration of the State of California, its industries, agriculture and diversity of its people. For many the State Fair is the culmination of hard work throughout the year. For others, the State Fair is a family summer tradition of enjoyment with plenty of entertainment, fascinating exhibits, popular livestock venues and mouthwatering food. 7/12-8/29, 11am-11pm. $6-$10. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd.; (916) 263-3000; www.bigfun.org.

Special Events GEOTHERMAL FORUM & FIELD TRIP: UC Davis will be holding a one-day forum to explore the issues and current trends in geothermal energy and geothermal heat pumps in California. The forum will be followed a one-day field trip to the Geysers Visitor’s Center and Geothermal Plant as well as a tour of a geothermal heat pump system at an off-grid winery in the Napa Valley. Tu, 7/17,

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8am-7pm; W, 7/18, 8am-7pm.

Fourm: $190, field trip: $190; both:$360. UC Davis Conference Center, Alumni Ln. and Old Davis Rd. in Davis; (530) 752-0152; www.regonline.com/ CGECForum2012.

DON’T MISS: CLOSING NIGHT This night of films looks to be the festival’s pièce de résistance. Beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, a double screening features the documentary The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom and the film David & Kamal. The Tsunami & the Cherry Blossom is an Oscar-nominated documentary about the 2011 tsunami in Japan, its aftermath and survivors. David and Kamal highlights the difficulties of a Palestinian boy and a Jewish boy who try to become friends in Jerusalem. It’s directed by Kikuo Kawasaki and co-presented with the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival. Single tickets for films cost $10; all-festival passes cost $35. Visit www.sacjapanesefilmfestival.net for more information.

SUMMER CAMP FOR DOGS: Treat your dog to the ultimate summer experience exclusively for dogs. This month, Wag Hotels, a pet hotel in West Sacramento is hosting its annual summer camp for dogs. Each week of the camp has a different summer theme with each day having unique activities designed to be fun and engaging. M-F, 7am-7pm through 8/17. Opens 7/16. Call for pricing. WAG Hotel, 1759 Enterprise Blvd. in West Sacramento; (916) 373-0300; www.waghotels.com/ summer-campsacramento.cfm.

Wait, there’s more! Looking for something to do? Use SN&R’s free calendar to browse hundreds of events online. Art galleries and musems, family events, education classes, film and literary events, church groups, music, sports, volunteer opportunies—all this and more on our free events calendar at www.newsreview.com. Start planning your week!

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Papaya salad is another signature dish in both Thai and Lao cuisine; the Lao version is typically stronger and fishier (are you sensing a pattern here?). In fact, papaya salad is so beloved, I once witnessed a papaya-eating salad contest at a Lao New Year festival, although no one could eat it fast enough for a winner to be declared. Asian Café also makes the salad with cucumber—a summery, fragrantly green option.

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The single best dish at Asian Café is the nam kao tod, a crispy-rice entree. Nearly every culture that eats rice has a meal built around the crusty rice layer at the bottom of the pot. In Iran it’s called chelo with tahdig, and of course the Spanish have paella. Asian Café’s nam kao tod is made by taking ground pork, letting it bake on the bottom of the pan with the rice, and then stirring and frying the whole thing up fresh the next day with dried Thai chilies and scallions. It may be hidden, but once you step out of its drab surroundings and into the cheery oasis of Asian Café, you’ll find out what the neighborhood denizens already know: Lao dishes are where it’s at. Ω

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Estelle’s Patisserie With its marble tables and light wooden chairs, there’s an airy atmosphere, casual and cozy. Estelle’s offers an espresso bar and a wide assortment of teas and muffins and rolls for the breakfast crowd as well as sweets, including DayGlo macarons. For the lunch-inclined there are soups, salads, sandwiches and meat or meatless quiche. One of the authentic touches is the spare use of condiments. The smoked salmon is enlivened by dill and the flavor of its croissant. Its tomato bisque is thick and richly flavored, and, in a nice touch, a puff pastry floats in the tureen as accompaniment. Everything is surprisingly reasonable. Half a sandwich and soup is $7.25. A caprese baguette is $5.25. Ham and cheese is $5.75. There’s a lot to like about Estelle’s—except dinner. Doors close at 6pm. French. 901 K St., (916) 551-1500. Meal for one: $5-$10. ★★★1⁄2

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Mati’s There’s a reason “Indian Express” was part of Mati’s previous title. A variety of dishes are offered daily in a buffet, but Mom serves instead of diners slopping

stuff onto their own plates. Options are fairly straightforward: A small dish at $6.99 with rice and two items, and a large, which has up to four items, at $8.99. Subtract $1 if going vegetarian. There’s five dishes in the daily veg rotation, most of them vegan. Offerings run the gamut from mild to spicy, although the temperature of spicy is well within tolerance, except for the most heat adverse. This is straightup, nicely prepared Indian food without frills. Mom and daughter make it even more appealing. Indian. 1501 16th St.; (916) 341-0532. Dinner for one: $9-$12. ★★★

The Porch The Porch is light and white with a vibe that suggests the airy sweep of an antebellum Charleston eatery. One can only envy the extensive on-site research conducted by chef Jon Clemens and business partners John Lopez and Jerry Mitchell, creators of Capitol Garage. The most enjoyable menu selections are salads or seafood sandwiches or entrees. Slaw on the barbecue pork sandwich elevates its status, and its pickled vegetables are sweet and tart, adding an additional dimension. The shrimp and grits dish, while laden with cheddar and gravy, is a synergistic mélange— perhaps The Porch’s trademark dish. Also in the running is the purloo, the low country’s version of jambalaya, with andouille, crunchy crawfish appendages, and the same sautéed bell peppers and onions that also appear in the grits. Southern. 1815 K St., (916) 444-2423. Dinner for one: $20-$30. ★★★

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Sampino’s Towne Foods Sampino’s Towne Foods turns out to be a bright jewel in a drab Alkali Flat strip mall of paycheck cashers and

laundromat. It’s everything an Italian deli should be and more, right down to the Louie Prima on the box and the timpano in the refrigerated display case. Several lobbyists, who elect to drive the six to seven blocks from their offices near the capitol, to pick up sandwiches or—in one instance—five meatballs, begin spewing superlatives when asked their views on Sampino’s. Italian Deli. 1607 F St., (916) 441-2372. Dinner for one: $7-$15. ★★★★1⁄2

chairs just six blocks away. Flavor combinations are a big part of the Formoli playbook, and the blend of the tower’s components is the payoff just as it is in the salad of beets—wafer-thin enough to be used interchangeably in the carpaccio—with shaved fennel, frisée, a few orange segments and pistachios laced with a stentorian balsamic vinaigrette. Mediterranean. 3839 J St., (916) 448-5699. Dinner for one: $20-$40. ★★★★

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To quote Gov. Jerry Brown from his first iteration as California’s chief executive more than 30 years ago: “Small is beautiful.” Juno’s proves this axiom in spades. The menu is fairly compact and slanted more toward lunch than dinner. Juno’s macaroni and cheese, which comes with rock shrimp on rigatoni, a Grana Padano, Gruyère and cheddar trio and a dusting of paprika, is a creative take on a comfort-food classic. In the traditional-sandwich realm, all start out with the advantage of Juno’s homemade sour— but not sourdough—bread with its crunchy crust and soft interior. In the soppressata salami sandwich, the bread amplifies the tartness of the pepperoncini while the turkey sandwich with provolone, tomato, arugula and pesto requires several napkins as the oil in the pesto seeps inexorably through the airy bread slices. American. 3675 J St., (916) 456-4522. Dinner for one: $5-$10. ★★★★

these many weeks hence—the situp-take-notice plate remains the pork tonnato sandwich. It’s the Italian peasant spread or sauce made with tonno—tuna—tonnato that empowers this open-face masterwork. Spread on a toasted half baguette, the tonnato is the foundation upon which the pork rests. Above the pork is an awning of mixed greens, with a generous overhang, sprinkled with not enough crispy onions and paperthin slices of pickled fennel. There isn’t space to wax poetic about the cordon bleu sandwich, the burger, the designer cocktails or the fizzy water from Wales. See for yourself. Very authoritative. American. 1300 H St., (916) 594-7669. Dinner for one: $12-$20. ★★★★1⁄2

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Formoli’s Bistro Formoli’s is the other half of the restaurant swap on J Street that sent Vanilla Bean Bistro (formerly known as Gonul’s J Street Cafe) to Formoli’s old warren and brought Formoli’s into its current high-ceilinged, spare, dark cranberry space of black tables and

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Vanilla Bean Bistro Gonul’s J Street Cafe has moved up the street and evolved into the Vanilla Bean Bistro. Its narrow, lowceilinged coziness is consonant with its understated, whatever-theimpulse-inspires alchemy that owner/chef Gonul Blum, has shown over the past eight years. Blum hails from Turkey. That country’s culinary tradition provides a sturdy foundation, but for her, it serves more as a launching pad. A recurring feature practiced here is the inclusion of fruit—preserved and fresh—in many dishes. And the tabbouleh delivers a roundhousepunch flavor combination. Turkish. 3260-B J St., (916) 457-1155. Dinner for one: $10-$20. ★★★★1⁄2 The Wienery The Wienery is wondrous, metaphysical, even. This 35year-old East Sacramento landmark sells old-fashioned steamed franks and sausages. The menu warns that the Fiesta Dog—refried beans, onions, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and taco sauce—is “surprisingly good.” Who can quarrel

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Bowl & Ramen Randomness yields wonderful rewards at Bowl & Ramen, a ramen eatery under the same ownership as Mana Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar. This venture may explain the miso soup, not a common occurrence in other Korean joints, which is proffered here, along with the eight banchan dishes. It also explains the initially incongruous ramen and California Roll combo. For the less intrepid and the spiceaverse, there’s the second half of Bowl & Ramen’s name with nine ramen options, including ones that feature dumplings, cold buckwheat noodles and potato noodles. If not a believer in the miracle of sundubu, Bowl & Ramen offers conversion. This unique tofu stew has mushrooms, veggies, onions and an egg on top but simply reciting the ingredients doesn’t do the combination justice. Here, the bibimbap is presented in an artful way; among the dish’s vegetables are small cubes of zucchini that appear out of place but skillfully

augment the other flavors. Korean. 2560 Alta Arden Expy., (916) 487-2694 Dinner for one: $9-$15. ★★★1⁄2

Phaya Thai Thai places seem to define heat differently. At some, requesting “medium hot” still leaves lips tingling for many minutes afterward, while “hot” causes eyes to bleed and steam to gush from ears. Phaya is more circumspect in its application of heat. Medium is barely so and hot is closer to medium. Here, the tom kha gai coconut soup is a bit sugary but, in its vegetarian iteration, brimming with plenty of tofu, dried red peppers with seeds, mushrooms, tomato wedges, galanga and cilantro. Thai fried—as with Thai sweet and sour—is far less heavy than entrees of the same name offered by the region’s northern neighbor, China. Pleasantly provocative is the avocado curry—a panang curry featuring myriad slices of avocado. Portions are large here: The beef salad is enough for two and does have some heated heft. Another salad worth consideration is one featuring a sweet, chewy sausage with plenty of cucumbers, red onion and mint. Refreshing, particularly on a hot Sacramento day. Thai. 4310 Marconi Ave., (916) 482-5019. Dinner for one: $10-$15. ★★★1⁄2

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Pangaea Two Brews Cafe Tables, tall and short, are large and communal, fostering that casual camaraderie that should be the goal of any self-respecting

brewpub. There’s a fairly extensive menu, including breakfast items. Not to put too fine a point on it: Pangaea’s offerings are not beers that will be found at a Save Mart Supermarket or even Nugget. They are nuanced. Brewed with artisanship. In some cases, for hundreds of years. There’s the usual panoply of French dip, hot pastrami, Reuben and so on. Among the signature offerings is The Gobbler. Turkey, natch. Cranberry sauce, natch. Then red onion, several roma tomato slices, a thicket of green leaf and pepper jack cheese, all shoehorned into a big baguette. Brewpub. 2743 Franklin Blvd., (916) 454-4942. Dinner for one: $10-$20. ★★★1⁄2

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caramelized onions and a sweetish hot chili sauce. This kind of hogwild legerdemain, mixing and matching items found elsewhere on the menu, is what elevates this grub shack to well beyond a simple sandwich place. American. 4261 Truxel Rd., (916) 285-6100. Dinner for one: $8-$12. ★★★★

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Las Islitas Scrawled on the front window below Las Islitas is the phrase “de Nayarit.” Nayarit is a state on the western coast of Mexico of which Las Islitas is a coastal town that, one must infer from the menu, goes for seafood in a major way. The shrimp a la cora serves up plenty of grilled, reddusted, exoskeleton-still-attached shrimp sprinkled with chili that set off with tomato and cucumber slices and red onion half moon slivers. Spicy, messy and memorable. The cazuelitas is a cold seafood stew punctuated with tomato, cucumber, red onion, avocado slices and a lime sauce so intense that bits of tostada are needed to leaven its potentially overpowering impact. It’s a joyful discovery that appears to be complimented, as many of the meals are at other tables, with michelada in foot tall mugs with chili-peppered rims. Mexican. 3618 A St., North Highlands, (916) 331-4302. Dinner for one: $15-$25. ★★★★

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The coolest beans With its passionate and knowledgeable consumers, and a diverse array of local shops—including Temple Coffee, Insight Coffee Roasters and Old Soul Co.—Sacramento is certainly a bastion for coffee lovers. If you’re one of the city’s many coffee drinkers, you might enjoy this event: International megachain Seattle’s Best Coffee (part of the Starbucks Corporation) hosts a Red Cup Showdown this weekend at the California State Fair. And while you more than likely prefer, say, Chocolate Fish Coffee to Peet’s Coffee & Tea, this competition will surely feature innovative recipes you’ve never seen before. Fifty entrants vie to impress judges (including Food Network star Jeff Mauro) while attempting to create the nation’s most “imaginative new coffee drink.” The winner takes home $500 and will have a chance to win $10,000 after competing against winners from other states’ fairs. It happens July 12, at 11 a.m., in the Miller Lite Grandstand’s Clubhouse. —Jonathan Mendick

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I separated from my wife of 20 years and have been dating a woman for four months. But it’s like the woman I initially met and fell for is gone, and I am dating a woman who is either crying when we can’t be together, or begging me to never leave after we argue, or just emotional and expecting me to interpret her feelings. Or she doesn’t feel well. Maybe I have been out of the dating scene so long that I don’t know what is normal. I do love my girlfriend, but I don’t think I could live with her after my divorce like she expects. Is this a viable relationship? Yes, if you enjoy dating a woman who is emotionally imbalanced. Oh, she might be beautiful. The sex may be mind-blowing (or just more consistent than it was with your wife). But the first relationship after a breakup is called a “rebound” for a reason. After a marriage flatlines, we search for proof that we are still attractive and desirable. We yearn most for whatever we lacked during the marriage. If your wife was emotionally distant or you were shut down (or both), your concept of an emotionally healthy person is rusty. As a result, you probably can’t tell the difference between a hot mess and someone who is emotionally open. Yes, there is a similarity: Both are high maintenance. Here’s the distinction: The emotionally open person manages the bulk of her own emotional self-care. The hot mess wants you to take care of her, before, during and after her meltdowns. Sound familiar?

I stopped tithing at church when I lost my job, but I keep encountering people and articles where a broke, unemployed person tithes and is blessed with abundance. Is this a sign? It’s a sign that you feel desperate and are facing temptation. Given your circumstances, that’s understandable. Here’s reality: Most people have one personal story of unexpected abundance arriving in their lives. Some of those stories are tied to tithing with no expectation of return. You are willing to give if you receive. That’s a contract, not a process of spiritual surrender. So be a spendthrift. Pay your bills on time, give without expectation. All the while, pray that the needs of others (not yours) be transformed into abundance. Finally, if you disregard this advice and give to your church, find out exactly where the money goes. Giving it directly to a charity is sometimes a greater benefit to the world. Ω

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Harrower, Big Idea’s artistic director, has previously demonstrated his skill with doing stage cuts of Shakespeare, but he’s outdone himself this time. The Life and Undead of King Henry V is taken from four canonical plays that all deal with the same historical period: Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V. Harrower’s artifice is to suggest that Henry IV’s act of usurping the throne by deposing Richard II—thus disrupting the divine right of kings and upending God’s order—has unleashed the zombie apocalypse. And what a glorious thing it is! Add relative newcomer Ryan Snyder as Prince Hal (later Henry V) in a dynamic portrayal and the outstanding Jeffrey Lloyd Heatherly as the best Falstaff, dead or living, we’ve seen recently, and you’ve got traditional theater that’s bloody fine—and just plain bloody, when the zombie hordes descend. An excellent cast—and much larger than usual at Big Idea—includes a number of good performances, including Denver Skye Vaughn as Poins (who puts a new spin on Prince Hal’s relationship with the cutpurse) and Justin D. Muñoz as a hilarious cowboy Pistol—which makes perfect sense, now, doesn’t it?

The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most silly, simplistic plays, a clumsy comedy that was one of the Bard’s very first efforts. Since the story is so basic— twins separated at birth face mistaken identities as adults, it’s also one of the easiest and most common for theater companies to liven up by adapting it to different times and places. This year, the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival places The Comedy of Errors in Turkey, 150 years ago, which gives them opportunities to add belly dancers, ethnic music, magic tricks and colorful costumes. In fact, in addition to a hardworking, fun cast and co-directors, best of show goes to Nicole Sivell for her wildly imaginative and colorful costumes, each one a delight, with features that include impressive oversized hats for the more comedic roles and beautifully rendered outfits for the main characters. The basic story involves twin babies who get separated during a sea storm, and years later end up in the same town. Of course, madcap high jinks ensue when people mistake each of them for the other. The cast is having a blast, though the pacing in the first half is hampered by trying to incorporate too many added elements. The rhythm and action pick up during the second half, especially the twin meet-up comedy routine cleverly designed by co-directors David Harris and George Schau, which showcases the play’s very funny scene stealer Tara Henry. While The Comedy of Errors is very accessible because of its simplicity, the language can make it a bit confusing for children and teens—best to review the basic story before attending. —Patti Roberts

The Comedy of Errors; 8 p.m. on July 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 29; in repertory with King Arthur on July 13, 15, 20, 22, 27. $15-$18, children 6-12 are free. Sacramento Shakespeare Festival at the William A. Carroll Amphitheatre in William Land Park, Land Park Drive and 15th Avenue; www.sacramentoshakespeare.net. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.; bring lawn chairs and blankets. Through July 29.

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Two absurdist plays—The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg and The New Tenant by Eugene Ionesco—get a viscerally and intellectually entertaining staging by the B Street company. God bless Buck Busfield—he’s picked a great way to open the 2012-13 season. The deliciously goofy and charming story of the Plaids, a classic 1950s all-male singing group who return from the Great Beyond to perform the show they never got to when they were alive. T 6:30pm; W 2 & 6:30pm;

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Runaway Stage Productions goes all the way with this adaptation of the 1996 film. The transfer from film to Broadway is more or less smooth, and the cast gets a lot of laughs. F, Sa 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 7/29. $15-$22. Runaway Stage Productions at the 24th Street Theatre, 2791 24th St.; (916) 207-1226; www.runawaystage.com. M.M.

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Main Street Theatre Works sets Shakespeare’s bawdy and rollicking battle of the sexes in New Jersey, with a Sinatra soundtrack and a motorcycle. Director Susan McCandless favors activity and suggestiveness (but not over the line for kids) in this fine summer show. F, Sa 8pm. Through 7/21. $12-$17.50, with a $49 “family pack” (two adults, two students). Main Street Theatre Works at the Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, accessible from N. Main St. in Jackson; (209) 295-4499; www.mstw.org. J.H.

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Campy comedy with a metastructure, as the cheesy lounge act Maxwell, Butternut and Bean (Bill Arnold, Michael Pearce Donley and Bob Stromberg) performs for—and involves— the audience. It’s either family-friendly fun or a strange open-mic night, depending on your point of view. W 7pm; Th 2 & 7pm; F 8pm; Sa 2 & 8pm; Su 2pm. Through 7/22. $20-$38; student rush available. The Cosmopolitan Cabaret, 1000 K St.; (916) 557-1999; www.calmt.com. J.M.

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This musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famous children story is all bright colors and snosberries; more music and less substance. The kids are cute, Willie’s a bit on the two-dimensional side, and the adaptation itself—well, we’ll take a gobstopper any day. The only plus is that it’s under the stars in Fair Oaks. F, Sa, Su 8:30pm. Singalong shows on 7/8 and 7/15. Through 7/22. $8-$15. Fair Oaks Theatre Fest at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre, 7991 California Ave., Fair Oaks; (916) 966-3683; www.fairoakstheatrefestival.com. M.M.

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The current installment, Ice Age: Continental Drift, expands on the 2010 cartoon short Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up, which circulated with Jack Black’s 2010 stinker Gulliver’s Travels. In that short, the dogged squirrel’s pursuit of (apparently) the only acorn in the universe causes the breakup of Earth’s prehistoric landmass into the various continents, and the short itself is incorporated here in its entirety. (Was Continental Crack-Up just an unacknowledged promo for Continental Drift? Probably; boundless creativity isn’t exactly a hallmark of the guys who make these movies.) To some, Scrat’s single-minded pursuit of that acorn is as hilarious as Wile E. Coyote’s endless plotting against the Road Runner. At the very least, Scrat is the closest the Ice Age franchise ever gets to being funny, so when the movies cut away to him sniffing and squeaking around, it’s at least a relief from the dismal ordeal of the main story. The main story this time around gives us Manny the mammoth (voice by Ray Romano) having teenager troubles with his daughter Peaches (Keke Palmer), while mom Ellie (Queen Latifah) plays referee. The continental split strands Ellie and Peaches on one side of the break, and Manny on the other with his pals Diego the saber-tooth cat (Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo). Also along this time, for reasons that wouldn’t be worth going into even if I could remember them, is Sid’s grandma (Wanda Sykes), who spends the movie making the kind of cantankerous wisecracks Sykes makes in all her movies.

Anyhow, as Manny and his party drift away on their island of ice, he shouts to Peaches and Ellie that no matter how long it takes, he’ll find them, and they should “head for the land bridge”—he even points with his trunk and the camera zooms in so we’ll know what he’s shouting about. How he plans to get to the land bridge himself from his little ice island, or how that’s going to help him find Peaches and Ellie, we’re never told. But hey, your intelligence is being underestimated here; it’ll go easier on you if you don’t ask questions. The plot thickens when Manny and his crew run afoul of a band of pirates, sailing the bounding main on a ship-shaped ice floe. Heading this desperate crew is Captain Gutt (Peter Dinklage), some kind of ape (an orangutan, maybe, though he looks about as much like an orangutan as Sid looks like a sloth). His first mate is Shira (Jennifer Lopez), a sabertooth cat like Diego—and we know where that’s going, right? Why Gutt insists on menacing Manny and the gang is never quite clear, but menace them he does, even going so far as to get his hands on Ellie and Peaches— though how he finds them, or even knows who they are, is left as unclear as everything else. At least Peaches has come out of her teenybopper sulk; she’s learned that that mammoth clique she wanted to hang out with isn’t as cool as she thought, and she’s really, really sorry she yelled at Daddy last time she saw him.

To some, Scrat’s single-minded pursuit of that acorn is as hilarious as Wile E. Coyote’s endless plotting against the Road Runner. Have I wasted enough of your time yet? Can we just cut to the bottom line? Ice Age: Continental Drift is worthless junk, just like the three worthless movies that came before it. It’s not as stupid as, say, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but it’s the same kind of waste of time, offering nothing in return for the 95 minutes or so you’ll never get back. And it’ll probably make the franchise another billion bucks. Maybe they should hand out “In my case, H.L. Mencken was right” signs with the 3-D glasses. Ω

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Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios reboot the Spider-Man franchise, hoping to compensate for the loss of director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire. Retelling the whole story from square one was a mistake; the clunky script by James Vanderbilt, Steve Kloves and Alvin Sargent only reminds us of how clear and economical David Koepp’s script was back in 2002. It still might have worked if they’d been able to replace the irreplaceable Maguire, but Andrew Garfield can’t come close; he turns Peter Parker into an unlikeable, twitchy, sullen mumbler—the kind of character you avoid making eye contact with on public transportation. Director Marc Webb does what he can, but the movie needs a star at the center of Spider-Man’s web, not the black hole Garfield plays. As the love interest, Emma Stone is wasted. J.L.

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Directors Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz follow pop diva Katy Perry on her 2011 California Dreams Tour, with side trips into biography and interviews with Perry and her family, friends and support staff. We get glimpses of Perry’s Pentecostal Christian roots, her early flings at faith-based music, the inexplicable failure of her first record label to develop her career (was there ever a more perfect example of middle-of-the-road bubblegum pop?), and most startling and touching, the collapse of her 16-month marriage to Russell Brand. It’s a sympathetic, even adoring portrait, and Perry herself comes across as likeable and unaffected. The movie also documents the undeniable fact that the star’s flashy concerts and her coquettish candy-box eroticism certainly give her wide-eyed fans their money’s worth. J.L.

Magic Mike

An experienced male stripper (Channing Tatum) takes a feckless young slacker (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing, teaching him the ropes of exotic dancing while developing a cautious flirtation with the kid’s skeptical older sister (Cody Horn). Reid Carolin’s script is a fountain of unlikely clichés (the unlikeliest being that the diffident, underfed Pettyfer would be such a sensation his first time on the runway), but the director, the unpredictable Steven Soderbergh, gives the clichés a surface gloss of credibility. Better yet, Tatum seems to have found his signature role; his dance moves are great, and in a few short years he’s progressed from an inert lump to an actor of some promise. Horn, too, is a find; it’s almost worth the price of admission just to watch her face the first time she sees Tatum dance. J.L.

Men in Black III

An alien criminal (Jemaine Clement) escapes from prison, goes back in time, and kills the Man in Black who sent him up: Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). This leaves K’s partner J (Will Smith) the only person in the present who remembers him (the reason is foggy but never mind—if he didn’t, there’d be no movie), so J travels back to 1969 to work with K’s younger self (Josh Brolin) to prevent the murder—and by the way, also to save the world. Written by Etan Cohen and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, this second sequel to the 1997 smash is a vast improvement over the first one, and may even be better than the original. The story is fast and funny (with a sweet and surprising twist at the end), the pacing sharp, and Brolin does a bang-up impression of Jones. The only drawback is the dim (and superfluous) 3-D. J.L.

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In ancient times, a Celtic princess (voice by Kelly Macdonald) rebels when her parents (queen Emma Thompson and king Billy Connolly) decide to betroth her without asking her thoughts on the subject. In a snit, she makes an impulsive bargain with a witch to “change” her mother, and the witch does—she changes the queen into a bear. Written by directors Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell and Brenda Chapman, with an assist from Irene Mecchi (story by Chapman), this latest Pixar feature has the customary supple Pixar animation, and it’s never less than gorgeous to behold. But it may be a case of too many cooks; the story lacks punch and never even comes near the mythic resonance it tries for. Indeed, it seems patched together from remnants of The Little Mermaid, mixed with a heaping dollop of “I hate you, Mom!” J.L.

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In Wes Anderson’s new movie, co-written with Roman Coppola, a 1960s New England town suffers mild upheaval when a sensitive Boy Scout (Jared Gilman) runs away with the girl he loves (Kara Hayward). Anderson still knows better than anybody how to survey the cusp of adolescence with all the existential angst of a midlife crisis, and, for relief’s sake, to salt his findings with droll irony. He revels in bric-a-brac production design, eloquent riffs on stagings from his earlier films, and a tendency to arrange his stars—Bob Balaban, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis—in handsome tableaux. But there’s also a welcome new allowance of naturalness, particularly in landscape and weather. The filmmaker’s typically tasteful musical affinities lean here toward English composers especially; sometimes it seems like he could’ve just done a video for the entirety of Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Which, of course, would be fantastic. J.K.

Prometheus

With Alien, in 1979, director Ridley Scott, more or less invented the modern sci-fi horror genre; now he’s warmed it over with this prequel for no apparent reason other than the privilege of stealing back his own fire. Scott’s reclamation, expectedly engorged with pomposity and meticulous production values, also includes a few people or approximations thereof, most notably Noomi Rapace as a researcher investigating humanity’s otherworld origins, and Michael Fassbender as an inscrutable android. Gory freakouts ensue, and Scott manages a technically impressive equilibrium between the sleekly gadgety and the grotesquely suppurating, but so what? Before long, it’s hard to tell between specific familiar franchise bits and general genre clichés, or to want to. Screenwriters Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof somehow turn a surplus of exposition into a shortage of clarity. There’s a lot of spelling out of what still amounts to muddled nonsense. J.K.

Rock of Ages

An Oklahoma girl (Julianne Hough) in 1987 Hollywood hopes to make it as a singer but ends up working in a club on the Sunset Strip and falling for an aspiring rocker (Diego Boneta). The movie version of the hit Broadway jukebox musical surrounds these appealing youngsters with stars (Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Catherine ZetaJones, Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige) and flashy retro-rock musical numbers, staged with electric glitz by director Adam Shankman and choreographer Mia Michaels. The story is stretched too thin for too long, and an added subplot with Zeta-Jones as the mayor’s wife out to clean up the Strip does little more than

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A glib salesman (Chris Pine) flies to Los Angeles for his estranged father’s funeral, where he learns for the first time that he has a half-sister (Elizabeth Banks); he makes her acquaintance without telling who he is, and becomes involved with her and her son (Michael Hall D’Addario). Written by Roberto Orci, Jody Lambert and director Alex Kurtzman, the movie gets off to a contrived and rocky start (D’Addario’s role is particularly poorly written). But something happens along the way; the raw, vulnerable sincerity of Pine and Banks’ performances gets under our skin, and the movie rises above its Lifetime-channel trappings to become something sharper, more keenly observed. The final scene is especially poignant. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Pine’s mother, Olivia Wilde his patient girlfriend; both are excellent. J.L.

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Safety Not Guaranteed

A Seattle magazine writer (Jake M. Johnson) and his two interns (Aubrey Plaza, Karan Soni) investigate a mysterious loner (Mark Duplass) who has placed a want ad seeking a partner in a time-travel experiment (“Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed.”). In the process, one of the interns (Plaza) finds herself drawn to the man, and begins to think he may not be such a crackpot after all. Written by Derek Connolly and directed with deadpan wryness by Colin Trevorrow, the movie has a kind of standard Sundance Channel roughness in its look and style, but otherwise it’s hard to pin down: Rom-com? Sci-fi? Satire? Ultimately, it seems hardly to matter, because the movie fairly bulges with quirky hangdog charm—virtually a four-character movie, with Plaza and Duplass meshing particularly well. J.L.

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As an asteroid approaches to destroy the world, a man named Dodge (Steve Carell) and Penny, a neighbor he barely knows (Keira Knightley) set off on a quest to find Dodge’s long-lost sweetheart—and other things they never expected. Writer-director Lorene Scafaria sets up and end-of-days romantic dramedy as Dodge and Penny trek cross-country meeting an odd lot of characters. But the movie runs into trouble because a crucial, intangible ingredient is missing: chemistry between Dodge and Penny—or more to the point, between Carell and Knightley. Nobody’s really to blame; it’s chemistry, and sometimes the magic just doesn’t work. J.L.

In 1985, a friendless boy wishes that his Christmas teddy bear could come to life and be his friend, and his wish comes true. But by 2012, nothing has changed except their voices; the boy (now played by Mark Wahlberg) and the bear (voice by director and co-writer Seth MacFarlane) haven’t grown up; they just sit around smoking pot and talking trash, and the boy/man’s girlfriend (Mila Kunis) is getting tired of it. MacFarlane’s first feature (he’s the brains behind TV’s Family Guy) just misses being a real classic. The script (co-written by Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild) is raunchy and irreverent, riddled with pop-culture jokes and nonstop laughs; the visual effects are seamless; and there’s a good message about friendship and growing up. Come to think of it, it may turn out to be a classic after all. J.L.

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1. “Lazuli”—Beach House: Gives a feeling of optimism and peace that perfectly complements a summer bike ride or barbecue. 2. “Secrets Make Sounds”—French Cassettes: The song’s catchy melodies and organic movement give you no choice but to dance. 3. “Section Eight”—Kapowski: Delves into the rich sounds of jazz, pop and electronic music, creating a sound that won’t escape your ear. 4. “Colin”—Peter Broderick: Will cover your body with chills and fills your eyes with tears. This song forces you to appreciate how beautiful summer and life is! 5. “All My Heart”—Alto: The interweaving of the strings and voices complement each other so well. Century Got Bars

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1. “Ruin”—Cat Power: I drove around L.A. with a friend, and we listened and danced to this on repeat all night. 2. “Why Like This”—Teebs: I’m obsessed with this song. 3. “You’re the Kind of Girl”—Lee Fields & the Expressions: Soul music at its best. 4. “Do the Astral Plane”—Flying Lotus: Feel-good jam. 5. “Daredevil”—Fiona Apple: A triumphant song on heavy rotation in my car. DJ Larry Rodriguez

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1. “Nem Vem Que Não Tem”—Wilson Simonal: Sexy, celebratory and life-affirming. 2. “Soon as I Get Home Tonight”—Blah Blah Blah: The Chicago-based brothers have obviously been sipping from the poppy gourd of Morrissey—and it never tasted so good. 3. “Sun Goddess”—Ramsey Lewis (featuring Earth, Wind & Fire): This tune has healing properties. It saved me from a bad psilocybin trip at Stinson beach 23 years ago, [when] all I had to do was play it in my head. 4. “2000 Blacks Got to Be Free”—Fela Kuti and Roy Ayers: This jam emanates good vibes and sunshine all the way to the very end. 5. “Na Mangueira”—Zuco 103: This strange and quirky samba never fails to confound dance-floor goers with its cartoonlike characteristics.

1. “I Get Around”—2Pac: Take me back to seventh-grade summer—the year right before 2Pac died. 2. “Hay”—Crucial Conflict: Back home in Detroit this was a huge hit. Never bothered learning the verses, but just looked forward to screaming “HAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!” Dope! 3. “Dilemma”—Nelly, featuring Kelly Rowland. A favorite summertime song. 4. “First of the Month”—Bone Thugs-NHarmony: I remember trying desperately to learn the words while chillin’ on my best friend’s porch that summer. 5. “Luv 2 Luv U”—Timbaland & Magoo: Always makes me think of summer, because I rapped Magoo’s part in a talent show at a summer festival one year while my friend did Timbaland. Adrian Bourgeois

1. “The Other Side of Summer”—Elvis Costello: Elvis at his acerbic best, writing about everything that’s wrong with the carefree season. 2. “Ride the Wild Surf”—Jan and Dean: Hal Blaine’s insanely brilliant drumming and the song’s soaring strings give me chills every time. 3. “Girls in Their Summer Clothes”— Bruce Springsteen: The Boss proves he can write a perfect pop song. 4. “The Fourth of July”—Justin Farren: A perfect encapsulation of dreams, doubts and love that may or may not have ever been, in the image of a firework, burning brilliantly and then vanishing a moment later. 5.“All Summer Long”—The Beach Boys: The perfect send-off to summer, both literally and metaphorically, with the group prophetically warning, “Won’t be long till summertime is through,” and then Brian Wilson alone answering defiantly, “Not for us now!” Ω

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Two bands, one deejay New rules: Can’t we all get along? And by get along, I mean you, promoters and band members, doing the right thing and not booking more than three bands for a show. Can it happen? This, of course, isn’t a novel rant, both in this column space and elsewhere. A popular local blogger even picked up the moratorium-on-fourband-shows cause this past week. And I couldn’t agree more: It doesn’t matter how efficient the stage managing is or how long a band’s set lasts. A big reason why turnout is struggling at certain shows is because no one wants to sit through more than three bands. There are exceptions: Ace of Spades (1417 R Street), what with its semiregular, eight-band hardcorenight lineups. To which legions of loyal fans flock, even lining up along R Street before the doors open. That’s a Sacto scene that defies sound advice. It also belies good sense—I can’t imagine sitting through one, let alone eight, of those acts. Yet, somehow, it works for them. But for the rest of you: How about two bands only, plus a deejay? Let the groups play a little longer, then cut loose some up-tempo grooves to chill things between acts? It’s a model that works for Leap in the Dark, the twice-a-month dance and rock throw down at The Press Club (2030 P Street). It’s got a band or two, then deejays Mike C,

Hailey and Tim Matranga take turns keeping the asses moving. Hold on: Turns out four bands— Pleasure Gallows (Oakland), Thee Merry Wells (Anaheim, Calif.), Cochinas (South Bay Area), the Ugly Kids (Los Angeles)—will vie for your attention in between deejay tunes at the LITD this Thursday, July 12. So much for my praise. At least the party’s only $3 and starts early at 9 p.m.— plus, you get a dollar off if you wear a Disney T-shirt. Jiminy Cricket! State Fair gigs: Is anyone stoked on the California State Fair bands this year? I thought not. Sure, there’s the tired and true: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rick Springfield. The requisite party stoppers: the Cheeseballs, Wonderbread 5. And the tribute blands (the Beatles, the Police this year). Yup, kind of predictable, uninspiring. Of course, if you put enough deep-fried banh mi sandwiches and winegarden rosé wine in a belly, it doesn’t really matter what band plays, so long as there’s a chair to pass out in. Anyway, the State Fair bands this year include the Department of Rock, which kicks things off Thursday, July 12, at 8 p.m. And during the fair’s tenure, the Turtles, Cody Simpson, Funkalicious, Dave Mason, Jim Messina and more will grace the promenade stage. Go deep and buy “Gold Circle Reserve Seats” at

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California WorldFest Now in its 16th year, this four-day festival blends music, dance, crafts and international food—even a children’s program. The campground boasts eight stages and a pan-global mix of acts, including locals Mumbo Gumbo and Chicano rockers Quetzal, the BhangraCeltic dub of Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin and the Afrobeat of Nigerian Brothers. Highlights include prog-folk group California Guitar Trio (Thursday); Ani DiFranco’s literate, impassioned folk (Friday); FESTIVAL irony-soaked geek-rockers Cake (Saturday, pictured); and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel’s roots jazz; (Sunday). 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley, www.worldfest.net.

—Chris Parker

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Mariee Sioux

The Diva Kings

Celebrating 10 years as a band, A Single Second will ring in its second decade of music at this week’s Friday Night Concerts in the Park series with Another Damn Disappointment, the Walking Dead and more. Around this time last year ROCK the guys released their second full-length album and performed at the park. Although this year hasn’t produced new material for the band, A Single Second continues to rack up miles touring all over California and the Northwest—while still making time to support our music scene by attending dozens of shows each month. DJ Blackheart will keep the music going between sets. 910 I Street, www.facebook.com/asinglesecondsacca.

I first heard Mariee Sioux’s music because she was nominated for a Best Folk/Songwriter Sammie in 2008, and was immediately taken aback by her style and ineffable qualities. One on the lengthy list of Nevada City alumni that has enjoyed national success (read: Joanna Newsom, Alela Diane and Zach Hill), it’s easy to not recognize her as a regional artist. But her sound—like that of her fellow N.C. artists—is unique, blending flavors of Native American music, FOLK traditional folk and what is often described as psychedelic folk. This hometown album-release show also features the Moore Brothers and Neil Haydon. 226 Broad Street in Nevada City, www.facebook.com/marieesioux.

ACE OF SPADES WHITE MINORITIES SOME FEAR NONE - ICONOCLAST ROBOT - HEADLINES ANIMISM

SATURDAY, JULY 14

THE JACKA & HUSALAH GAUDY BOYZ & A-MAD-G

SUNDAY, JULY 15

NIPSEY HUSSLE CLYDE CARSON - MACARTHER - NOAH - TORREY TEE

TUESDAY, JULY 17

REVEREND HORTON HEAT SUPERSUCKERS - GODDAMN GALLOWS THURSDAY, JULY 19

TALIB KWELI PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

The Diva Kings have been gigging around town for a while now. Only, up until recently, they’ve done it under the name Thaw Jack Frost. This four piece plays feelgood, bar-band rock ’n’ roll ROCK that’s got a steady groove and a slick ’90s alt-rock vibe. Bands like the Spin Doctors, Dave Mathews Band, Hootie & the Blowfish and Counting Crows come to mind—back when every rock band on the radio had a danceable shuffle. This show is the official CD-release party for a new album as the Diva Kings, making the name change official. They shall be no longer known as Thaw Jack Frost. 1400 Alhambra Boulevard, www.facebook.com/thedivakings.

1417 R Street, Sacramento, 95814 www.aceofspadessac.com

ALL AGES WELCOME!

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PACIFIC DUB & KATASTRO EAZY DUB - ISLAND OF BLACK & WHITE

Tickets available at all Dimple Records Locations, The Beat Records, and Armadillo Records, or purchase by phone @ 916.443.9202

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—John Phillips

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FRIDAY, JULY 13

Blue Lamp, 8 p.m., $8

Haven Underground, 7:30 p.m., $15

Cesar Chavez Plaza, 5 p.m., no cover

Nevada County Fairgrounds, 5:30 p.m., $20-$160

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The last couple of times I saw Talib Kweli perform in Sacramento were vastly different experiences with one thing in common: The influential Brooklyn rapper wowed the audience on each occasion. A few years back at The Boardwalk, it HIP-HOP was just Kweli, a deejay and two singers. On display that night was his unique flow, conscious without being preachy. Earlier this year at Harlow’s, he performed with Idle Warship, featuring singer Res and a live band that blew away an unsuspecting crowd with passion gone awry. This time out, it’s solo Kweli again, with a live band and surprise guests. Count on hearing something unique. 1417 R Street, www.twitter.com/talibkweli.

Since 1984 guitarist Steve Kimock has left his sonic fingerprints all over the Bay Area music scene and beyond as co-founder of the experimental psychedelic jam band Zero. His current project taps deep instrumental grooves as his quartet slithers, steams and crescendos seamlessly throughout layer upon layer of rock, funk, jazz, balladry and blues. A free live EP JAZZ-ROCK download—featuring Kimock’s co-conspirators keyboardist Bernie Worrell (Talking Heads, Parliament Funkadelic), drummer Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, David Lindley) and bassist Andy Hess (Gov’t Mule, Black Crowes)—is available at his home page. 2708 J Street, www.kimock.com.

—Jonathan Mendick

—Rachel Leibrock

Ace of Spades, 7:30 p.m., $25-$65

Harlow’s, 8 p.m., $28

This KHHM-FM Hot 103.5 listener-appreciation party features Jamaican dancehall star Sean Paul and Bay Area beat makers the Cataracs. Paul brought dancehall—an upbeat reggae offshoot featuring toasting (rapping)—to a worldwide audience. So, it’s no surprise that nearly 5 million people “like” his Facebook page. His worldly instrumental backing beats—featuring instruments such as sitars and castanets—reflect his diverse (English, Chinese, Afro-Caribbean and Jamaican) heritage. He’s DANCEHALL also collaborated on party jams with Beyoncé, Rihanna and Pitbull. Note: It’s $20 to purchase a Cache Club card, which gets you into the show for free. 14455 Highway 16 in Brooks, www.allseanpaul.com.

Sacramento DJ Roger Carpio and local musician Chris Tafoya celebrate their shared birthday with this Bastille Day party featuring the Bay Area pop band the Slippery Slope. The 10-piece band, originally founded on the premise of crafting POP “psychedelic cabaret,” has since has since expanded its sound to include jazz, French and Brazilian pop and sultry R&B. With its woodwind section, smoky vocals and a penchant for dramatic timing, the band creates music that’s at once theatrical yet never artificial. Harley White Jr.’s new band, the Ugly Mangos, and Tender Tour—featuring Tatiana LaTour— are also on the bill. 1517 21st Street, www.facebook.com/theslipperyslope.

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Steve Kimock

Cache Creek Casino Resort, 7 p.m., $20

TownHouse Lounge, 8 p.m., $7

—Paul Piazza

—Mark Halverson

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SATURDAY 7/14

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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/16-7/18

Tipsy Thursdays, Top 40 deejay dancing, 9pm, call for cover

Fabulous and Gay Fridays, 9pm, call for cover

Saturday Boom, 9pm, call for cover

Sin Sunday, 8pm, call for cover

Mad Mondays, 9pm M; Latin video flair and Wii bowling, 7pm Tu

CRAZY BALLHEAD, MR. P CHILL & THE TRUNK OF FUNK, BLAQUELISTED; 9pm

THE DIVA KINGS, HUCKLE; 9pm, $8-$10

KELLI SCARR, FRENCH CASSETTES; 8pm Tu, $8

TRACK FIGHTER, OVERWATCH, FOR ALL I’VE DONE, SIX WEEKS SOBER; 7pm

MERCEDES AVE, SELF PROCLAIMED, CITADEL, I, THE CAPTAIN, COVENTRY SOMEBODYS, YOURS FOR A NIGHT; 8pm SQUARE, ENGRAVED IN ARMOR; 7pm

RED LINE CHEMISTRY, OTHERWISE, STARS OF BOULEVARD; 8pm W, $10-$14

BLUE LAMP

1400 Alhambra, (916) 455-3400

THE BOARDWALK

POTLUCK, DGAF, THE DRP, KUNG FU

9426 Greenback Ln., Orangevale; (916) 988-9247 VAMPIRE, QUETTE DADDIE; 8pm

BOWS & ARROWS

1815 19 St., (916) 822-5668

COLD ESKIMO, PICTURE ATLANTIC, MOONDROOL; 8pm, $5

Makers Mart, a hand-made art and craft event, 12-6pm, call for cover

CAPITOL GARAGE

Champion Sound Reggae, 10pm, $5

Papasotes’s Karaoke Explosion, 9pm, no cover

Geeks Who Drink pub quiz, 8:30pm W, no cover

Salsa Fridays, 9pm, $5

Latin music and Top 40, 9pm, $7

Big Band Swing DJ, 8-11pm Tu, $6; Top 40, R&B, House, 10pm W, $7

1500 K St., (916) 444-3633

THE CAVE

3512 Stockton Blvd., (916) 317-9999

ASTROZOMBIES, I.V., BEER JUNKIES, FINAL DECAY, FEARECTION; 7pm, $5

CLUB 21

1119 21st St., (916) 443-1537

THE COZMIC CAFÉ

594 Main St., Placerville; (530) 642-8481

Open-mic, 7:30pm, no cover

DISTRICT 30

1016 K St., (916) 737-5770

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DJ Benji Lugo, DJ Eden Roc, 9pm, call for cover

DJ Serafin, DJ Benji Lugo, 9pm, call for cover

Denim Ball deejay dancing, 9pm W, call for cover

FACES

Deejay dancing and karaoke, 9pm, $3

Hip-hop and Top 40 Deejay dancing, 9pm, $5-$10

FOX & GOOSE

TELEMETRY, SCHEMING SCARLET, DENVER SAUNDERS; 8-11pm, no cover

FAMILY PHOTO, GOLDENER, THE WATER DISTRICT; 9pm-midnight, $5

SLY PARK, STONE IRIS; 9pm-midnight, $5

DJ Smilez, 10pm-1:15am, no cover

DJ Alazzawi, 10pm-1:15am, no cover

DJ Crook One, 10pm, call for cover

DJ Whores, 10pm, no cover

HOT RAIN, J BOOG; 10pm, $10

MIDNIGHT PLAYERS, 10pm, $12

2000 K St., (916) 448-7798

Hey local bands!

THE BUMPTET, HUCKLE; 8pm, $12

1001 R St., (916) 443-8825

G STREET WUNDERBAR 228 G St., Davis; (530) 756-9227

THE GOLDEN BEAR

DJ Shaun Slaughter, 10pm, call for cover

2326 K St., (916) 441-2252

HARLOW’S

2708 J St., (916) 441-4693

JAVALOUNGE

WARREN BISHOP, ZEJ & CALEN, BRADY CORCORAN; 8pm, $5

GRAVES BROS. DELUXE, SAN KAZAKGASCAR, JEM & SCOUT; 8pm, $6

NO WHERE BUT UP, 4pm, $5; D.H. PELIGRO, CAPITAL BASTARD; 8:30pm, $6

LUNA’S CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, 8pm, $2

SCOTT COOPER, ODD MONIKER, NOAH NELSON; 9pm, $6

GEINEVERE Q, THE WYATT ACT, DOG PARTY; John Dooly; 8:30pm, $5

MARILYN’S ON K

“Rock On” Live Band Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

HOT BUTTERED RUM, GOOD GRAVY; 9:30pm, $15

NAKED LOUNGE DOWNTOWN

MARTIN PURTILL, CHRIS KNIGHT, ALEX RUIZ; 8:30pm, $5

GROOVIN’ HIGH, WANNABE BARNABY, MASON REX; 8:30pm, $5

ISAAC HOWL, SCARVES; 8:30pm, $7

OLD IRONSIDES

LONG IN THE TOOTH, FACE 4 RADIO; 9pm, $5

THE RICKY & DEL CONNECTION, SICFUS, GHOST RIVER; 9pm, $5

Fascination, ‘80s new-wave dance club, 9:30pm, $5

2416 16th St., (916) 441-3945 1414 16th St., (916) 441-3931 908 K St., (916) 446-4361 1111 H St., (916) 443-1927

1901 10th St., (916) 442-3504

Dragalicious, 9pm, $5

Queer Idol, 9pm M, no cover; Latin night, 9pm Tu, $5; DJ Alazzawi, 9pm W, $3 Traditional Irish jam session, 8-11pm W,; Open-mic, 7:30pm M; Pub Quiz, 7pm Tu,

Industry Night, 9pm, call for cover TORN ACLS, BE BRAVE BOLD ROBOT; 8pm M; STEVE KIMOCK, 8pm W, $28 MAN IN THE PLANET, THE ESTAFETS, LOVE IS OVER; 8pm, $5 Nebraska Mondays, 7:30pm M, $5-$20; Comedy night, 8pm W, $6 MRQ, 5:30pm Tu, no cover

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Jazz session, M; SAMANTHA ARRASMITH, Tu, $5; ZACK GREY, 8:30pm W, $5 BLAME THE BISHOP, 7:30pm M; Karaoke, 9pm Tu; Open-mic, 8:30pm W, no cover

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FRIDAY 7/13

SATURDAY 7/14

SUNDAY 7/15

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 7/16-7/18

ON THE Y

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

ONE MORE LAST TRY, UNWANTED DROIDS, UP AGAINST; 9pm, $5

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Open-mic comedy, 10pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm Tu, no cover

THE PALMS PLAYHOUSE

PATRICE PIKE, 8pm, $15

BILL SCHOLER BLUES BAND, MIKE HENDERSON; 8:30pm, $15 DJ Shift, 9pm, call for cover

DJ Peeti V, 9pm, call for cover

Asylum Downtown: Gothic, industrial, EBM dancing, 9pm, call for cover

670 Fulton Ave., (916) 487-3731 13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825

THE PARK ULTRA LOUNGE 1116 15th St., (916) 442-7222

PARLARE EURO LOUNGE

Top 40, 9pm, no cover

Top 40, Mashups, 9pm, no cover

DJ Club mixes, 10pm, no cover

Top 40 dance mixes, 9pm W, no cover

PISTOL PETE’S

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZES, 9pm, $5

HOOLIGAN, 9pm, $5

Karaoke, 9pm W, no cover

POWERHOUSE PUB

614 Sutter St., Folsom; (916) 355-8586

CALIFORNIA COWBOYS, 9:30pm, call for cover

ROLLING HEADS, 10pm, $10

8 TRACK MASSACRE, 10pm, $10-$25

KAYE BOHLER, 3pm, $10

Country Karaoke, 9pm M, call for cover; DJ Alazzawi, DJ Rigatony; 10pm Tu, $3

THE PRESS CLUB

LEAP IN THE DARK, 8:30pm, $3

Top 40 w/ DJ Rue, 9pm, $5

Top 40 Night w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9pm, $5

Sunday Night Soul Party, 9pm, $5

WORK YOUR SOUL, 9pm M; UNION HEARTS, SHELL CORPORATION, 8:30pm W

SHENANIGANS

705 J St., (916) 442-1268

Comedy Night and DJ Selekta Lou, 9pm, $5

SHINE

Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

MANGO JENNINGS, ANTHONY SAVEDRA; 8pm, $5

Cancer survivors benefit, 8pm, call for cover

Sacramento Freethinkers, Athiests and Non-believers meetup, noon, no cover

Open jazz jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Friends, 8pm Tu, no cover

Comedy open-mic, 8pm M; Bluebird Lounge open-mic, 5pm Tu, no cover

1009 10th St., (916) 448-8960

140 Harrison Ave., Auburn; (530) 885-5093

2030 P St., (916) 444-7914

1400 E St., (916) 551-1400

SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN

Kelli Scarr with French Cassettes 8pm Tuesday, $8. Blue Lamp Indie rock

BRYAN JOHN APPLEBY, LEMOLO, A B & THE SEA, MIDI MATILDA; 9:30pm, TUMBLEWEED WANDERERS; 9:30pm, $5 $7

Sacramento

129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333

STONEY INN/ROCKIN RODEO

CHRIS GARDNER BAND, 8pm, $5

1320 Del Paso Blvd., (916) 927-6023

SWABBIES

5871 Garden Hwy, (916) 920-8088

Country dancing, 7:30pm, no cover, $5 after 8pm

Country dance party, 8pm, no cover

MARCELLUS’ BRIEFCASE, 6-10pm, no cover

CINEMA 7, WARP 11; 3-10pm, $5

ROAD 88, 3-7pm, $5

JOHNNY KNOX, 5pm, no cover; CON BRIO, 9pm, $7

Blues jam, 4pm, no cover; GOLDEN CADILLACS, 8pm, $5

TORCH CLUB

X TRIO, 5pm, no cover; WASTELAND HOP, ECHO CHAMBER; 5pm, $5

PAILER AND FRATIS, 5:30-7:30pm, no cover; TRACORUM, 9pm, $7

TOWNHOUSE LOUNGE

Live music and deejay dancing, 9pm, call for cover

DJ Record Club w/ DJ Roger and Video game party, 3-7pm, no cover; HEATER, 9pm, $5; no cover before 10pm Pop Freq w/ DJ XGVNR, 9pm, $5

904 15th St., (916) 443-2797 1517 21st St., (916) 613-7194

Acoustic open-mic, 5:30pm W, no cover; KERI CARR, 9pm W, $5 Open-mic, 9pm M, no cover; Grimey w/ DEATHFACE, 9pm Tu, $5

All ages, all the time ACE OF SPADES

WHITE MINORITIES, SOME FEAR NONE, ICONOCLAST ROBOT; 6:30pm, $10

1417 R St., (916) 448-3300

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FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 12, 2012

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During an

author tour a few years ago, I was a guest on San Francisco radio station KFOG. For a while, the host interviewed me about my book and astrology column. Then we moved into a less formal mode, bantering about psychic powers, lucid dreams and reincarnation. Out of nowhere, the host asked me, “So who was I in my past life?” Although I’m not in the habit of reading people’s previous incarnations, I suddenly and inexplicably had the sense that I knew exactly who he had been: Savonarola, a controversial 15th-century Italian friar. I suspect you may soon have comparable experiences, Aries. Don’t be surprised if you are able to glean new revelations about the past and come to fresh insights about how history has unfolded.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Tease and

tempt and tantalize, Taurus. Be pithy and catchy and provocative. Don’t go on too long. Leave ’em hanging for more. Wink for dramatic effect. Perfect your most enigmatic smile. Drop hints and cherish riddles. Believe in the power of telepathy. Add a new twist or two to your body language. Be sexy in the subtlest ways you can imagine. Pose questions that no one has been brave or smart enough to ask. Hang out in thresholds, crossroads and any other place where the action is entertaining.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): American

political leaders who have never been soldiers tend to be more gung ho about sending U.S. fighting forces into action than leaders who have actually served in the military. So said former Marine Capt. Matt Pottinger to The Daily Beast. I recommend that you avoid and prevent comparable situations in your own life during the coming weeks, Gemini. Don’t put yourself under the influence of decision makers who have no direct experience of the issues that are important to you. The same standard should apply to you, too. Be humble about pressing forward if you’re armed with no more than a theoretical understanding of things. As much as possible, make your choices and wield your clout based on what you know firsthand.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Let’s

hypothesize that there are two different kinds of freedom possible for you to pursue. One is simplistic and sterile, while the other is colorful and fertile. The first is characterized by absence or emptiness, and the second is full of rich information and stimulating experiences. Is there any doubt about which is preferable? I know that the simplistic, sterile freedom might be easier and faster to attain. But its value would be limited and short-lived, I’m afraid. In the long run, the tougher liberation will be more rewarding.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people believe

that a giant sea serpent lives in a Scottish lake. They call it the Loch Ness monster, or Nessie for short. The evidence is anecdotal and skimpy. If the creature actually lurks in the murky depths, it has never hurt any human being, so it can’t be considered dangerous. On the other hand, Nessie has long been a boon to tourism in the area. The natives are happy that the tales of its existence are so lively. I’d like to propose using the Loch Ness monster as a template for how to deal with one of your scary delusions. Use your rational mind to exorcise any anxiety you might still be harboring, and figure out a way to take advantage of the legendary story you created about it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The soul

should always stand ajar,” said 19-century poet Emily Dickinson in one of her poems, “That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her.” Modern translation: You should keep your deep psyche in a constant state of readiness for the possible influx of divine inspiration or unexpected blessings. That way, you’re likely to recognize the call when it comes and respond with the alacrity necessary to get the full benefit of its offerings. This is always a sound principle to live by. But it will be an especially valuable strategy in the coming weeks. Right now, imagine what it feels like when your soul is properly ajar.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Life always

gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment,” said Zen teacher Charlotte Joko Beck. “This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath.” While I appreciate Beck’s advice, I’m perplexed why she put such a heavy emphasis on lessons that arise from difficult events. In the weeks ahead, you’ll be proof that this is shortsighted. Your teachers are likely to be expansive, benevolent and generous.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A

lathe is a machine that grips a chunk of metal or wood or clay and rotates it so that someone wielding a tool can form the chunk into a desired shape. From a metaphorical point of view, I visualize you as being held by a cosmic lathe right now. God or fate or whatever you’d prefer to call it is chiseling away the nonessential stuff so as to sculpt a more beautiful and useful version of you. Although the process may be somewhat painful, I think you’ll be happy with the result.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m

hoping you will take maximum advantage of the big opportunity that’s ahead for you, Capricorn: an enhancement of your senses. That’s right. For the foreseeable future, you not only have the potential to experience extra vivid and memorable perceptions. You could also wangle an upgrade in the acuity and profundity of your senses, so that your sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch will forevermore gather in richer data. For best results, set aside what you believe about the world and just drink in the pure impressions. In other words, focus less on the thoughts rumbling around inside your mind and simply notice what’s going on around you. For extra credit: Cultivate an empathetic curiosity with everything you’d like to perceive better.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What kind of week will it be for you? It will be like you’re chewing gum while walking down a city street and then suddenly you sneeze, catapulting the gooey mess from your mouth onto the sidewalk in such a way that it gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe, which causes you to trip and fall, allowing you to find a $100 bill that is just lying there unclaimed and that you would have never seen had you not experienced your little fit of “bad luck.” Be ready to cash in on unforeseen twists of fate, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Having

served as executive vice president of the Hedonistic Anarchists Think Tank, I may not seem like the most believable advocate of the virtues of careful preparation, rigorous organization and steely resolve. But if I have learned anything from consorting with hedonistic anarchists, it’s that there’s not necessarily a clash between thrill-seeking and self-discipline. The two can even be synergistic. I think that’s especially true for you right now, Pisces. The quality and intensity of your playtime activities will thrive in direct proportion to your selfcommand.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18 and older. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

wonder if I’m more like a cheerleader than an objective reporter. They think that maybe I minimize the pain and exaggerate

by SHOKA

the gain that lie ahead. I understand why they might pose that question. Because all of us are constantly besieged with a disproportionate glut of discouraging news, I see it as my duty to provide a counterbalance. My optimism is medicine to protect you from the distortions that the conventional wisdom propagates. Having said that, I’d like you to know that I’m not counterbalancing at all when I give you this news: You’re close to grabbing a strategic advantage over a frustration that has hindered you for a long time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Some people

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The fairy’s tale What’s harder to believe: that fairies exist, or that professional fairies exist? The latter is indeed real. Sacramento native Ariel Ryan works for the local branch of Happily Ever Laughter (www.happilyeverlaughterparties.com) Ryan—under her fairy name, Miss Stella—enchants children at parties with magic tricks, puppet shows, face painting, storytelling and balloon twisting. The fairies wear corsets, handmade sequined skirts with petticoats, and wings, of course. That suits Ryan, since she loves dressing up, hugs trees and has a mesmerizing effect on little girls who spot her. Believers and disbelievers alike, read on.

How old are you? Well, my human age is 22. My fairy age is 723.

How do you know that? My mom told me that, but it can also be measured in glitter specks on our wings. I’ve gotten into many arguments with children over that one, but then they try to count the glitter specks, and I’m like, “Oh, that’s a very high number to count to. It’ll take the rest of the party.”

Is this your only job? It is! I’m proud to say I’m a full-time professional fairy.

Before you were a pro, were you an amateur fairy? The best part about this job is that we get picked because we are fairies. I think [HEL proprietor Miss Fae Diddle Diddle] finds these girls who are fairies and haven’t necessarily grown their wings yet. My mom has always said I’m a fairy, and I’ve always considered myself a fairy. There’s something more validating to it when you have a pair of

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legitimate-looking wings—and a paycheck that comes along with it.

Tell me what you do as a fairy. I bring lots of fun things to parties, but truly my job description is to inspire magic and imagination. I go to a birthday party and I have a beautiful elaborate magic show. I have all these amazing puppet friends, and I face-paint with magical colors, and I bring fairy dust and I bring balloons. ... But really what it is is to bring magic, imagination and love with you and you share it with all of the children. Some of them just get so, so excited and so happy that there’re other people out there who believe that fairies exist. Of course, there are the kids who don’t even want to believe, and usually you can change them by the end of [the party].

What’s your favorite magic trick? I can blow bubbles, and if they help me catch the bubbles, I can turn those bubbles into a crystal ball.

How often do you do events? They’re every weekend. ... I’d say 12 to 15 a month.

Client comments on the HEL website praise you and your co-workers for staying in character, but I’m getting a feeling that it may be your actual personalities. You just found out our secret! Most of us are not actually in character.

You’ve placed second and first place in Sacramento’s Promenade of |

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Mermaids for your costumes the last two years. And you have bright red hair, and your name is Ariel. Yes. My name is Ariel, and that’s been my name since birth, but I actually dyed my hair red because … when the movie Moulin Rouge! came out, I fell madly in love with Satine. I thought she was the most beautiful creature in the world, and I wanted to be exactly like her, and when I was 13 or something, I dyed my hair red.

You actually have a mermaid tail that your boyfriend made for you that you swim in. I do! It’s a dream come true. I can’t even explain how wonderful it was to get in the pool for the first time, dive in the water like a mermaid.

When Dive Bar opened downtown, did you think about swimming in its tank? Oh my goodness! The first second I heard about it, I went down there, pushed my way in ... found the owner, and I ran up to her, and I was just in this I’m-going-to-get-this-job mode. I said, “Hi, I’m Ariel, I have to work here, you have to hire me, so I can start anytime.” She laughed and thought it was funny, but she gave me her number ... and she would hire me the next round they were hiring mermaids. … Around that time, that was also when I was hired to be a fairy, so that kind of softened the blow that I didn’t work as a mermaid. And then I got that tail for Christmas.

What will you do when you hang up your wings? I’ve always cared a lot about animals. ... Right now I volunteer at a shelter, but I definitely want to pursue animal welfare. Ω

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