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Voting? Are You an Idiot? When the NM Constitution trumps democracy
different today, so you could argue that the constitutional ban applies to modern-day idiots, too.
successfully argue that case? Have you ever seen a Trump rally?
Modern-day idiots? You know, people who wear flip-flops to the dentist, change lanes without signaling, watch Duck Dynasty, chew with their mouth open, clean their ears on the elevator, listen to Barry Manilow, start their sentences with “Anyhoo …” and support Donald Trump.
But surely not all of his supporters are idiots … No, we also have racists, misogynists, homophobes, xenophobes, sociopaths, psychopaths, imbeciles, morons, cretins, simpletons, halfwits, dunces, lamebrains and numbskulls, but generally it’s hard to tell those people apart from your everyday idiots.
Watch it—I love Barry Manilow. Then don’t try voting in my precinct, you idiot! BY RO BE RT B A S L E R
Hey, Bob? Aren’t you the guy in charge of Santa Feans for Trump? I guess I am …
I think I understand. You’re afraid some fancypants lawyers for the Democrats will try to disenfranchise your supporters on the grounds that they are idiots. Do you think they could
What about amending the state constitution, to make it more idiot-friendly? That’s been tried several times, always unsuccessfully. One proposed ballot initiative, in 2002, fell far, far short of the required 75 percent. Clearly, New Mexicans still do not want their idiots in the voting booths. That’s going to bite the Trump campaign right in the butt. There must be a solution to this. Wait! What if you could prevent voting place officials from spotting the idiots? I mean, how are they going to know who is an idiot? Have you ever seen a Trump rally?
You guess? Yeah, our campaign has just been dealt a major blow here in New Mexico, and I’m still reeling from it. A major blow? Your candidate is the presumptive nominee! It’s in the bag. Your only concern should be how many idiots you can get out to vote for him in November. That’s just it. We’ve discovered the New Mexico Constitution bars certain people that we were heavily depending on from voting.
You already asked me that. I’m serious. What if you had seminars for your supporters, to teach them how to pass for normal voters? Hmmm. Go on, I’m listening. Let’s say you provided a facility where Trump supporters could come on Election Day, store their guns and knives, hit a punching bag to vent their anger, take some psychotropic drugs to calm down, put a rolled-up copy of The New York Times under their arm and then head for the polling station? So you’re saying, let them pose as well-informed, well-educated citizens, just long enough to vote?
What people? Idiots. You’re mistaken. Of course idiots can vote here! Otherwise, how would some of our officials have been elected? Like, for instance … I’m afraid it’s true. Article VII of our constitution, written more than a century ago, outlines who is eligible to vote and then adds, “except idiots, insane persons and persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime …”
Exactly. That’s brilliant! I love it! And can you absolutely assure me they won’t run into any Mexicans, Muslims, black people, Native Americans, gays or journalists at the polling station?
I’m stunned. See, back then, “idiots” referred to mentally deficient people. My dictionary actually still includes that definition but says it’s no longer in use and is considered offensive.
No, of course I can’t guarantee that. Why would you even ask? Have you ever seen a Trump rally?
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am Taub wants to bring New York-style Jewish baked goods to Santa Fe with his company, Flour & Water. Eliza Lutz already has four artists signed to her recording label, Matron Records. Jessica Brommer’s startup company, Stalworth Shoes & Boots, aims to reintroduce the forgotten art of handmaking shoes. Whether they’ll get funding help from Santa Fe’s latest entrepreneurial accelerator depends on how skilled they are at selling their ideas to others. MIX Santa Fe’s 2016 bizMix contest took off on June 2 at Skylight, during the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. While daylight still penetrated the nightclub’s canopy windows, chamber members, public servants and elected officials mingled with 12 teams of entrepreneurs who made the cut to pitch their ideas. “I’m not terribly good at this self-promoting, marketing bit,” says Brommer, who like other finalists navigated the crowd with a balloon tied around her arm, wearing a blue sticker inviting attendees to “Ask me about my business idea.” “The biggest challenge for me is to get out of the studio and go talk to people,” she says. “It’s pushing me to approach things in a different way.” Representatives of new companies as diverse as John Warmath’s Bolt (a clean-energy-based version of Uber) and Jakub Svec’s Perk (which has patented an affordable version of high-end coffee brewing machines) will also develop written business plans and receive mentorship from community leaders, all the while competing for $50,000 in cash and prizes. Kate Noble, the city’s special projects administrator for economic development and communications, helped start the annual bizMix program (now in its fifth year) as a joint initiative between the city and the chamber of commerce, spinning off from its monthly MIX networking meetings. Past winners include Planit Mapper, Santa Sidra, Paper Dosa and Canyon Vista Cooking. Noble calls bizMix a “distilled accelerator” because of its compressed schedule. “If you can distill how you’re going to make money, you win,” Noble says. As finalists are inundated with inquiries, they refine their presentations and tweak their pitches in response to feedback. Noble listened in as Jackie Camborde described her company, SuccessStyle. “She was really wordsmithing,” Noble observes later, “whether she would ‘edit’ or ‘curate’” women’s wardrobes.” This year’s winners will be announced at New Mexico Hard Cider, which won $500 as a bizMix finalist in 2013, after which it opened a taproom in the Luna Center. But don’t look for effusive praise from company owner Craig Moya. Rather than crediting the accelerator program, he says the business’ success
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is due to “mine and my wife’s motivation to do something.” If bizMix is an effort by the city to encourage new business growth, Moya doesn’t see this borne out in their dealings with local companies. The taproom lies within Santa Fe’s historic district, and he claims the regulatory oversight was burdensome. “The city really is not business friendly,” he says. “They held me up for two months opening [New Mexico Hard Cider], just because of the patio fencing.” Cheesemongers of Santa Fe owner John Gutierrez, who won $5,000 in the 2014 bizMix competition, has
It’s giving people a chance to throw something against the wall and see if it sticks. a more charitable view. “The mayor’s office has been both responsive to issues we’ve had with the regulatory environment, as well as just supportive in general,” Gutierrez says, “of entrepreneurs and new businesses and growth in Santa Fe.” Gutierrez, who opened a storefront downtown, says he appreciates government efforts to develop a progressive and sustainable business community while preserving Santa Fe’s unique essence. Out of the nine companies that have won the bizMix competition between 2012 and 2015, seven appear to still be in business. Haj Khalsa’s Planit Mapper app no longer exists, but he says that’s not the point. “It’s not how much revenue is created, but how many times people were willing to go out there and start something new. That’s what bizMix is doing. It’s giving
people a chance to throw something against the wall and see if it sticks.” Khalsa also places great emphasis on the networking opportunities provided by the competition. “The most significant part of the process for me was the mentorship. … Some of the mentors I met at that time continue to be mentors for me.” Noble says that mentorship is “profoundly influential on the mentors, too. … I had one mentor say to me, ‘This made me remember why I was passionate about my business in the first place.’” Many past finalists give back to the competition in one way or another. Khalsa himself serves as a mentor, from time to time. Melanie Boudar, one of the current finalists, calls the process a “valuable experience. We get paired with mentors who help us with our business plans. It’s always good to have help to go over the financials and things that you’re going to face and test the viability of your revenue streams. … It’s a real thorough but concentrated business course.” Boudar’s Cacao, the Art & Culture of Chocolate plans to serve gourmet chocolate (drawing on the regional flavors of New Mexico and Hawaii), offer workshops in making chocolate and provide a cozy atmosphere to indulge one’s love of the delectable dessert. As chamber members entertained business proposals at the pitch contest, Boudar served up samples of her products. Before the evening was through, attendees placed wooden nickels in popcorn buckets bearing the name of their favorite bizMix company. Maybe it was her professional presentation, or maybe it was the flavor of sea salt and vanilla bean still lingering on the voters’ tongues, but whatever it was, it was enough to hand Boudar her first win. Pitch contests and mentor nights continue through the summer, with winners announced on Aug. 18. The next pitch contest is at 6 pm on July 21 at Yares Art Projects, with a final presentation planned for 5:30 pm on Aug. 11 at Thornburg Investment Management.
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or 151 years, Santa Fe has only had one full-service hospital. With a June 2 development plan approval from the city, Presbyterian Healthcare Services is on track to build a second. Presbyterian Medical Center in Las Soleras expects to break ground later this summer, though an exact date has not been set yet. Helen Brooks, Santa Fe administrator for Presbyterian, tells SFR the not-forprofit hospital plans to serve patients there as early as 2018. The 285,000-square-foot facility will occupy a 40-acre plot of land in the developing Southside triangle between Cerrillos Road and Interstate 25. Presbyterian opened a clinic on St. Michael’s Drive last year, where a variety of primary and specialty care services are offered. The new facility will focus on outpatient services, including general surgery, orthopedics and podiatry, with a service list that includes imaging (MRIs and CT scans), behavioral health and a 24/7 emergency department with 20 exam rooms. Approximately 30 inpatient beds will be reserved for short stays, Brooks says. Take, for example, someone who needs hospitalization for pneumonia, or an overnight surgery patient. For most longer-term, acute care procedures, such as brain surgery, Christus St. Vincent will remain Santa Fe’s primary destination. “The goals are to keep care in the community, provide choice, expand access, and also effectively use Presbyterian’s experience to lower the cost of care,” says Brooks. Presbyterian’s entrance into the hospital market has garnered support from community leaders, including Mayor Javier Gonzales, who say Santa Feans will benefit from more competition and health care choices. But some in the medical services community worry that the new hospital won’t cover the region’s most pressing health care needs. One service that won’t be initially available at the Las Soleras facility: substance abuse prevention and treatment. Santa Fe County’s drug overdose death rate more than doubles that of the nation, while neighboring Rio Arriba has the highest rate. The subject arose during a county Health Policy and Planning Commission meeting in April. Presbyterian presented their hospital proposal and answered questions from health professionals and advocates on the other side of the table. “They made a lot of effort to say they would look at the community needs, and I felt that was a pretty glaring example of a dire community need that they
decided they wouldn’t respond to,” says Wendy John- forcing Christus St. Vincent to make “difficult decison, medical director of La Familia, who attended the sions about the types and complexity of services we provide and subsidize.” meeting. Brooks demurred when asked whether PresbyteriNot now doesn’t mean not ever, Brooks suggests. Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital in Albuquerque pro- an could one day insist its health plan members solely vides a number of programs for people battling drug rely on its own system for health care needs. “We intend to complement existing services in the commuand alcohol addiction. “We recognize that substance abuse prevention nity,” she writes in response to SFR’s inquiry. and treatment are important in this community,” she Presbyterian’s health plan covers about 37,000 says. “We’re looking at what resources might exist, Santa Fe-area residents, including 15 percent of inand we’re looking to see how we might partner with surance payers and 23 percent of commercial payers those resources or supplement them.” at Christus St. Vincent’s facilities. Presbyterian anIn an aging county with stagnounced its new medical center nant population growth, the prosin March, which it says is driven pect of increasing saturation of the by demand for more choice from health care market isn’t making evPresbyterian health plan memeryone happy. bers. We intend to Christus St. Vincent Chief AdAlong with its own coverage, ministrative Officer Lillian MonPresbyterian contracts with complement existing toya chastised Presbyterian in an most other insurance providers April column that appeared in the serving New Mexico. services in the Albuquerque Journal, suggesting The new medical center will that its competitor’s “entrance not, however, accept plans ofcommunity. into this market signals its attempt fered by Humana or Molina to serve only the most profitable Healthcare, the latter of which patients, which consists of their mostly serves Medicaid patients. health plan members.” Christus St. Vincent accepts In other words, Presbyterian both, suggesting some patients would be plucking away some of Christus’ more lu- could still end up at the older hospital. cratively insured patients, leaving the older hospital Presbyterian, for its part, estimates that in 2014, it responsible for most of the city’s poorer patients. provided more than $16 million in free medical care But Christus St. Vincent, which came under the and more than $89 million in uncompensated care control of a Catholic health conglomerate in 2008, is in New Mexico. Under federal law, hospitals with the not exactly an underdog. The county is dotted with resources to do so must treat anyone with a medical clinics and urgent care centers bearing its name, and emergency. in 2011, Christus acquired Physicians Medical Center, As New Mexico’s second-largest private employa smaller hospital originally aimed at providing an al- er, Presbyterian employs more than 10,000 people ternative for surgeries. Last month, Christus started throughout the state. The organization estimates it work on a $40 million expansion of its medical center will create 295 jobs at the Santa Fe medical facility, on Hospital Drive. The system also provides funds for along with 214 temporary construction jobs. some local nonprofits that provide behavioral health Meanwhile, Entrada Contenta Clinic, an urgent and substance abuse services. and primary care center run by Christus St. Vincent, Montoya suggests some of those amenities could opened last year, just across the street from the future be in danger. She posits that Presbyterian could one Presbyterian site. According to Christus spokesman day direct its plan members to use in-house services, Arturo Delgado, the clinic has been “very busy.” SFREPORTER.COM
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usic. It’s the one thing everyone everywhere has in common, the one true universal language … music is everything. This is why we make this annual music issue. We do it because, like you, we love music and our little town’s forays into the artform. OK, we sometimes fully hate it, but regardless, whether we’re getting tips from the pros on how to home record (page 16), hearing from the younger generation about what they feel about the scene (page 19; spoiler alert: He’s bummed), checking in on the state of local music education (page 20) or reviewing who knows how many albums (page 24), we know the quickest way to make friends is through music. This year, we’ve included the winners of band categories from our upcoming Best of Santa Fe issue as way to better highlight their talents, rather than lose them in a sea of categories like Best Chiropractor or Best Comptroller. We also formed a jury of musicians, promoters, writers and producers to select three Albums of the Year as a way of giving a little extra credit to our amazing local talent. The winners of this prestigious award will also play live for SFR’s Music Showcase on Sunday, June 12. The free event goes down at the smaller Whole Foods (1090 S St. Francis Drive) and features food trucks, vendor booths and precious beer. Anyway, as Rob Gordon famously posits of music fandom in the 2000 film version of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, when it comes to most people, “What really matters is what you like, not what you are like.” So arm yourselves. Create. Consume. Discuss. Disagree. Argue. Just never ever stop. SFREPORTER.COM
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How to make an album without leaving the comfort of your house
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hough there is a certain level of turmoil and undervaluation of music associated with the internet and the world of album production, the good news is that recording is no longer a thing that only studios can handle. Do you have a laptop? Then you’re good to go. Programs like GarageBand and ProTools have put the power directly into the hands of the musicians. But even though a simple microphone plugged into your MacBook makes all of this possible, you might still want a few tips on how to get the most out of your home recording setup. Here’s how the local pros who have shirked the professional studios prepare to make their own albums:
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bands like The Cherry Tempo and Mistletoe, now records under the name Strange Magic. “I would say recording as simply as possible with a good audio interface is really helpful,” Romero advises. “Also keeping all my instruments, microphone and laptop well within arm’s reach.” Romero uses the Apogee One as his interface and records his beats with an electric MIDI controller/drum kit, which he routes through a plug-in called Addictive Drums. “It’s great because I usually record in the wee hours of the morning, and the Apogee One is a small, iPhone-sized device that allows for one mic and one line input; the portability helps me quickly switch between vocals, bass and guitar, and it’s got a pro-level analog-to-digital converter, which is nice to have.”
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Nicolle Jensen is understandably all about the vocals, given her amazing range and voice-centric style. “My first thought would be to be sure you have a microphone you like and that’s true to your voice/instrument, and a pre-amp,” Jensen says. “My second would be As for David 3 that working in spaces that Badstubner, a are not specifically sound sound engineer who THE BEST recording dedicated is has played with challenging, because some everyone from PIECE OF ADVICE of my neighbors are Anthony Leon to the compensating for sadly defunct I CAN GIVE IS TO something by driving really Treemotel, home NOT OBSESS WITH loud vehicles.” She refers to recording is a little audio bleed or background more scientific. “I IT BEING PERFECT. noises that wind up on a would acoustically recording—a serious pitfall treat the space I for any home production wanted to track and enthusiast. “I’ve lost a few mix in, tame first takes to traffic noise,” she reflections and try to cautions, “so I use a shóji screen with level out the bass frequency response some insulation to surround myself, as best as possible,” Badstubner says. but big noises will sometimes still “Oftentimes, homes are not the most creep through.” desirable acoustic locations, and before I would invest a ton of money into gear, I’d invest that capital into 5 Albuquerque-based guitarist Dave Jordan, who once played acoustic treatment.” Badstubner notes with Javier Romero and now haunts that even modest gear can achieve a the stage with Award Tour, has advice killer sound if the room is treated that is perhaps less technical, but is properly. “The other thing that trumps nonetheless a very valuable piece of all of this,” he adds, “is to make sure information. the songs and performances are the “The best piece of advice I can give best they can be. In the end, that’s all is to not obsess with it being perfect,” that really matters.” Candyman Strings & Things employee and stalwart bassist for funk act The Sticky, takes a simpler approach. “Mic the entire house when recording the drums,” he says. “Put mics everywhere.”
Jordan says of laying down tracks. “Let things be a little noisy, a little lively, [and] let some mistakes happen; there’s life in the human aspect. The more you remove that, the colder everything gets.”
6 Hip-hop MC Zach Maloof, who
goes by the name State of the Mingo, operates his own home studio, which is also open to the public. Maloof says that it’s all about preparedness. “It’s hard to get into the creative process when you’re constantly watching the clock, especially because recording takes much longer than you’d think,” he says. “I’d recommend doing a demo at home first, in order to save time and money. I get plenty of artists in my studio who are extremely underprepared, and it really slows down the process.”
7 Audio professor Jason Goodyear,
who works for Santa Fe University of Art & Design and Santa Fe Community College (dude, he knows what he’s doing, OK?), says to not fight the space in which you’ll work. “You can only improve a space so much without construction, so listen to it, understand it and learn what you can and can’t do with it,” Goodyear remarks. “And don’t just use one room; if you have more than one room, they have different sonic characteristics.”
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Santa Fe youths can do BY PAU L BALD E R A M OS
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s a 17-year-old musician in Santa Fe, I’m thankful for chances I’ve had to experiment and gain experience, but I am still incredibly disappointed by the local community’s efforts to organize and create opportunities for aspiring young musicians. My family ended up here a few years before I was born, and I started playing drums when I was 8. Now my range has grown to include guitar, bass, marimba and trumpet. My wide taste in music, listening to artists such as the Jackson 5, Green Day, and The Beatles, motivated me to go into my community and find new bands to appreciate. As I explored the scene, I found myself underwhelmed by the variety of styles played. Given, I would only see local music at restaurants or downtown, but it was primarily mariachi or cover bands. Many people love those, but it didn’t match my own creative interests. Regardless, some
fliers, talk to locals? No? OK. Then, don’t be surprised if no one shows up! 18 year-old local musician George Helfrich, of metal band Choking on Air, sums it up perfectly. “I don’t hear about shows, and no one hears about my shows,” he says. Another reason for Santa Fe’s youth to be apathetic is the lack of effort from many venues and a shortage of places for kids to play their music. From what I’ve seen, the musical culture is incredibly divided. In order to play shows at certain venues, a musician has to know the right people, and has to sound a certain way. Plus, the majority of the venues in Santa Fe are bars, which does not help local youth. Even if they do theoretically play a show there, the audience is going to be full of people they’ll be unable to interact and communicate with due to age differences. Some all-ages venues make it difficult to book shows if a band is outside their inner loop or doesn’t have a recommendation from insiders. Venues that ask bands that are just getting started for videos of previous shows or recordings of their music make it nearly impossible to even get a foot in the door. I do understand the gamble that it takes for said organizations to invest more to support their own scene their time and interest on groups with no previous recognition, but these larger organizations could team up with youths to put on all-ages shows. Not only would that give the kids new music, but being a new friends and I decided to play opportunities, they could musician requires a lot music together. A pair of brothers I give themselves more of behind-the-scenes met at school knew how to play drums diversity and potentially work. And it’s a realm and piano, and I taught the pianist create a new fan base EVERYONE where it is impossible to play bass. We found an additional for youth bands. This to cheat your way to guitar player and then, later, a new could also cause more CAN MAKE more fans or a higher pianist. Once the band was formed, attendance at various number of social media MUSIC, BUT BEING we would practice our songs in the venues. In the same views—that is solely brothers’ basement, but none of us sense, it would be the A MUSICIAN dependent on the had any idea where to start with responsibility of the kids musicians themselves. recordings or live performance. Then in the bands to advertise REQUIRES A LOT There is a growing we discovered Warehouse 21. The these shows and make distance between the organization was kind enough to give sure they’re profitable for OF BEHIND-THEdream and the work, us time to record and experience both themselves and the and there are such high playing live shows. We started to build venues. SCENES WORK. expectations, but little a following for the group we call Luck Encouraging the action to make success Streak. community to show up possible. I often hear Not every kid who shares my dream creates support for artists kids who say they wish even gets this far. One of the most and for local businesses, more people would significant issues of this generation is which only helps our come to their shows, and all I have how many kids never have to put effort economy and community. The venues to say to is, how well did they try to into something they want. If you want and bands are businesses, in the end, advertise? Did they put one status up good grades, you can easily look up but through reasonable cooperation, on a Facebook page and expect the the answers to a math problem instead our musical community can become entire city to show up? Or did they go of working it out yourself. The same the kind of tight-knit community that around and talk to people, hand out goes for music. Everyone can make is found in so many other cities.
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SFPS Bands on Stage performed at the Lensic in spring 2013.
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hen students pick up a piece of sheet music or an instrument, they can perceive a wall of difficulty. Can I really play this song? Through coaching and practice, often, the answer becomes a yes. Music in schools gets a nod for increasing intelligence and test scores, for giving students a reason to come to school, says Leanne DeVane, Santa Fe Public Schools music education coordinator, but “music might be the portal to everything else for them. There they find their self-confidence, their identity, their expression, and they find challenges, and they find that they can succeed in those challenges.” When the realization suddenly hits that they can play that difficult
passage or sing a song that pushed their limits, DeVane says, “then they learn that they are smart, that they are capable.” That’s an effort that’s reaching more and more students in Santa Fe’s schools. In the last eight years, the number of students enrolled in Santa Fe Public Schools music programs at least doubled. Between the 2008-09 and 2015-16 school years, enrollment increased in band programs from 1,064 to 1,932, in chorus from 441 to 1,077 and in orchestra/strings from 84 to 776. There basically was no orchestra program when DeVane started, she says, but they were able to use funds from a mill levy to purchase instruments and put them in the hands of kids. Now some 43 percent of students in grades 4-12 participate in music programs. In addition to band, chorus and strings,
that scores in math and reading and access for students, the climate had improved in every school. On in the rest of the state hasn’t been so average, those gains were 22 percent friendly. for math and 12 percent for reading, “I was deeply saddened to see and all of them surpassed increases articles in which our governor seen in test scores throughout their rejected $5,000 for band school districts. Half saw significant instruments at a Las Vegas high increases in attendance rates, school, calling the purchase ‘pork,’” and more than half saw reduced The Candyman’s Cindy Cook pointed suspensions. out in a press release about a recent trip she took to Washington DC to Even non-arts classroom teachers join 91 music industry leaders and incorporate arts into core content artists in advocating for music education. Along with other items, Gov. Susana Martinez stated that instruments didn’t WE MUST MAKE create jobs or develop the state. “My plea to our IT A PRIORITY TO governor is to understand that we must make it IMPROVE EDUCATION a priority to improve education for our kids,” FOR OUR KIDS. Cook said. Nationally, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has rolled out the Turnaround Arts Initiative, which uses arts programs instruction. Eighty-five percent of to try to close achievement gaps teachers at Turnaround Arts schools and increase engagement at lowreported doing so, saying that it performing schools. An independent seemed to help keep students on task evaluation in 2015 of the eight local and reduce classroom disruptions. schools that participated in the pilot Integrating arts and core program, launched in 2012, found curriculum comes home in Santa Fe’s COURTESY SFPS
some schools also offer guitar and piano classes. No student gets turned away for being without an instrument; the school district will provide them as needed. If there’s work still to be done in the music program, though, it lies in retention. Students start programs with a good deal of enthusiasm in elementary and middle school, but that participation wanes by high school. The district is tweaking its approach to music education this year by recommending against starting students with instruments in fourth grade, when they can only take two music classes each week—and even that can be cut into by taking standardized tests or going on field trips. “It’s not because we don’t have good teachers. It’s not because we don’t have support. It’s not because we don’t have interest,” DeVane says. “It’s because they don’t have enough time with the teacher.” Instead, students can start in fifth grade, again with two days a week of instruction for the first year, and then daily instruction in middle school and high school. The hope is that by starting a year closer to when they can have daily instruction, students will see increased success with their instruments and therefore stick with it longer. Starting in kindergarten (and even at times in pre-K), all students get music education for one hour each week, designed to lay the foundation for music skills and music literacy, with activities for developing a sense of melody and tone. By high school, the opportunities for students to use music to access other community organizations blossoms, and the list of options is massive. Santa Fe Youth Symphony, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Sangre de Cristo Chorale, Santa Fe Community Orchestra, Concordia Santa Fe, Santa Fe Opera and The Candyman Strings & Things all have enrichment programs that involve students, connect them with mentors and put instruments in their hands. While Santa Fe Public Schools has been recognized three years in a row as a “Best Community for Music Education” by the National Association of Music Merchants, an award that acknowledges the district’s support for music programs
Young students from various Santa Fe schools take part in the annual choral performance, Cantamos Santa Fe, last April.
classrooms with the Santa Fe Opera’s Active Learning Through Opera program, a two-pronged approach to increasing the use of the arts in classrooms by working with students on writing songs or working on visual arts and poetry or adapting a folktale into an opera, and by teaching arts integration workshops with teachers as a way of making meaningful connections between an art form and an academic topic. “All the research is there that arts integration makes learning sticky in a way that is just remarkable to see,” says Charles Gamble, ALTO program manager with the Santa Fe Opera. They hear about that, anecdotally, from teachers, Gamble says, and see it quantitatively in pre- and postassessments of the residencies. Those reports focus on specific academic standards, like students’ abilities to sequence stories and change their modality—to take in, synthesize and recreate a story as an opera, for example. Students also put their high-end listening skills to the test, as shown in their ability to collaborate and listen to one another through an improvised scene. There’s also a shift in their metacognitive ability to reflect on what they’re learning, why it’s important and what it makes them question, Gamble says, and that in particular appeared in their songwriting workshop, Songs of Freedom, in which students write original songs. The first year focused on the Civil Rights movement, the next on the refugee crisis. “A number of students in their post-assessments and their reflections talked about how their process of both studying the refugee crisis and writing a song about it helped them recognize, one, that there was a real world problem, and two, that there was something they were able to do about it,” Gamble says. “A number of students felt like they could do something to help, even if it was just about raising awareness. They felt some agency and some ownership in the process.” He also saw them looking to other areas of concern, like climate change, and making the connection that this, too, was something that needed more attention, and that they could write a song about. Their teachers led by example—they took creative risks, he says, finding that edge of what they know and playing past it.
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Best of Santa Fe comes early this year!
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K, so you know how we do that huge Best of Santa Fe issue every year? Sure you do, it’s the one that lets you nominate and vote for your favorite, uh, everything that Santa Fe has to offer and that also coincides with that huge Best of Santa Fe party of ours? Well guess what—we’re changing it up just a little bit here. We are just the worst at keeping secrets, and since we had already tabulated the votes from more than 17,480 registered users (that’s, like, so many users, you guys), we thought y’all might want to get the info on the winners of our music categories just a little bit early. This way they won’t just be buried in there between Best Dog Hairbrush Manufacturer and Best City Surveyor. Our line of thought was inspired by all the nationwide voting madness and, given all the crazy voting weirdness, we thought you’d like to see democracy actually work. Besides, these people work their asses off to bring you good music, and you chose
’em, Santa Fe. So read on and learn about who you believe to be the very best bands and musicians in town. And then get out there and see them live ... y’know, since you love them so damn much.
COUNTRY OR AMERICANA 1st Bill Hearne Oh, surely by now you’re more than aware of the tremendous talent that is Bill Hearne. He’s the stuff of legend, the kind of flat-pickin’ country badass they just don’t make anymore. Over the years, Hearne has produced more albums and played more live concerts than most could even dream of, and his schedule of appearances remains pretty full to this day. “I’ll have 25 years at La Fonda next February, and I couldn’t be more honored,” Hearne says. “I’m just … it’s deeply appreciated to be a repeat winner and to be loved by my hometown folks.” Good ol’ Bill says he’s got tentative plans to get to work on a new album with his nephew, Michael Hearne, and that they’ll utilize crowdfunding to do so. And he always appears at Michael’s Big Barn Dance up in Taos, but don’t wait till September: Catch him right here in town. When you do see him, make sure you say hi. Hearne is one of the nicest guys around, which is cool because usually awesome musicians are weirdos. 2nd Joe West 3rd Anthony Leon and the Chain
HIP-HOP Alex Maryol
1st Boomroots Collective OK, so maybe they’re slightly more reggae in nature, but front man Mark Ortiz (who you may know as
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the MC Circumference) lays down the rhymes so smooth, and you know you love it. And sure, it’s a little tricky to categorize a reggae band with an MC frontman, but it seems like you’ve worked it out. Anyway, it isn’t like we’re swimming in reggae bands around here, and Boomroots Collective is pretty for real when it comes to that whole “good vibes” thing. “We are honored and excited to use this to fuel our passion in the studio as we work on our second release. Our main goal has always been to bring feel-good music, vibes and energy to our live shows,” Ortiz says. “We are always bringing a conscious message, whether it be social, economic, political or spiritual.” And really, that’s what you want in a hip-hop/reggae group. Well, that and an awesome soundtrack to which you can get really stoned. Ha ha! Weed jokes!
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Sage Gray
METAL Fields of Elysium Music streaming giant Spotify recently discovered that more people are listening to metal than any other genre, and it’s not really that surprising; metal fans are loyal. Just look at the explosive reaction to the genre on a local level, and you know that those who search for heavier jams are some of the most passionate of all music fans. “Our influences, though largely metal, vary so much, and while writing is an interesting process for us, the underlying theme that stays true regardless of method is that we
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really want to make music that we would listen to,” guitarist/vocalist Quanah Lee tells SFR. “We strive to make music we love, even at the risk of being unpopular.” Well, Fields, you’re clearly not unpopular.
2nd Devil’s Throne 3rd Blood Wolf
ROCK 1st Alex Maryol If ever there was a poster boy for the term “hometown hero,” it’s Maryol and his long-standing love affair with blues-rock. Recent years, however, have found Maryol exploring the more traditional rock elements of his craft while cautiously expanding into territory we might call indie-rock. Throw in a sassy new beard and his trademark technical guitar skill, and you’ve got one of the best our town has seen. Maryol is, in fact, so good that even though he plays solo most of the time, the city of Santa Fe has seen fit to award him a win in the band cateogy. This means that he’s doing the work of at least three people. But have you seen him play? Maybe we should say “slay,” because when this guy picks up a guitar, everyone else who plays guitar just feels terrible about what they’ve been calling music this whole time. “I feel very honored to have been voted best rock band,” Maryol says, “and to have such awesome support from Santa Fe music lovers.” 2nd JJ and the Hooligans 3rd
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This year yielded over 40 album submissions conceived and created right here in New Mexico. There were so many, in fact, that we had to bring in guest writers like blogger Jonny Leather, Rumelia’s Alysha Shaw and SFR publisher Jeff Norris to lend a hand. We also begin a new feature wherein a special jury of musicians, writers, promoters, etc. helped to select three albums of the year, and the artists behind these standout releases will play SFR’s Music Showcase on Sunday, June 12 at 2 pm. You can read about the jurors below. Some of the records reviewed within are incredible and some are downright awful. Regardless, all were undoubtedly the product of hard work. There’s a lesson in there about pride, probably.
THE GUEST JURY JESSIE DELUXE currently plays in two bands: Fox White and her solo project, Jessie Deluxe. On Tuesdays, Jessie hosts a night at Skylight called Revolver Tuesdays, a showcase of local and national artist, DJs, bands and pop up galleries. Along with rocking and promoting, she’s also working on a massive festival to take place in 2019 close to Santa Fe. Deluxe has worked in the studio with Dave Jerden (Jane’s Addiction, Poe), Chris Goss (Masters of Reality, QOTSA), David Rowntree (Blur), Kim Fowley (The Runaways) and Geza X (Sonic Youth). She has shared the stage with artists such as Lil Kim, Amanda Palmer, Fu Manchu, HR of Bad Brains, Mondo Generator, The Donnas, Abby Travis, Rooney, The Dollyrots and Fatso Jetson.
JONO MANSON is a prolific singer-songwriter and veteran performer, with a long track record that includes major-label releases as both recording artist and producer. He is the owner of The Kitchen Sink recording studio in downtown Santa Fe. During a career spanning four decades, he has performed everywhere from the local dive to Madison Square Garden. His songs have been recorded by Grammy-winning artists and have been featured in major motion pictures, on network television and in national advertising campaigns. Since moving to Santa Fe in 1992, Manson has collaborated closely with many local and regional recording artists and has been the recipient of numerous New Mexico Music Awards including Album of the Year, Best Producer and the Norman Petty Producer Award.
3 WEEKS LATER W.A.R. Guitarist Chris Riggins might just outshred every other six-string samurai in town, and there is almost too much to dissect when it comes to his technique. So rather than point out the quarter-notes and arpeggios and finger-tapping and other blistering insanity that blasts out of every corner of W.A.R., we’ll just point out that anyone who can say they like Jason Becker or Paul Gilbert should pick this thing up, like, yesterday. The downside of this, however, is in how so much effort has been put into getting the guitar work just right that it overshadows the other elements. Were there vocals of any kind?
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DAVID GEIST is a concert pianist, cabaret performer, composer, conductor and educator and has enjoyed an illustrious career working on Broadway shows such as Cats, Les Miserables, The Lion King and many more. Geist has performed with and coached such world-renowned singers as Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, Betty Buckley and Rita Moreno, and composing legends Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber have engaged him to perform their music in concert and theater settings. He performs regularly at his cabaret room, the Geist Cabaret, located inside Pranzo Italian Grill.
JONNY LEATHER spent over a decade in New York City writing about music for such publications as New York Press and Brooklyn Vegan and often documenting live performances with his camera. His music photography has graced the pages of New York Magazine, SPIN, Billboard, Paste, Village Voice and Magnet. A passionate supporter of the underground, he founded indie label/music collective Mecca Lecca Recording Co. in 2010. In early 2015, Leather abandoned the suffocating steel and concrete for the open space and slower pace of Santa Fe. Soon after, he began immersing himself in the local scene. Over the past year his music blog, meccalecca.com, has shifted focus toward this region with artist interviews, concert listings, live photos and more.
PASCUAL ROMERO grew up playing
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folklorico and flamenco around Northern New Mexico, but gained notoriety after relocating to Los Angeles and launching a 16-year career in metal. He is most known for being in Southern California bands In This Moment and Pathology, as well as his live performances with Fear Factory. He toured extensively with bands such as Between the Buried and Me, Intronaut, Moonspell, Enslaved and Divine Heresy, to name a few, and currently serves as lead guitarist for Santa Fe doom band Devil’s Throne. Between tours, Romero found himself working in TV/film, which prompted him to found Kronos Creative, a boutique production and events company. Romero is currently trying to decide whether or not he likes the new Doom game.
ciplinary artist and sensitive provocateur. She founded and co-manages Zephyr, a community arts studio for music rehearsal, performance, art exhibition, workshops and collaborations as of yet unseen. Shaw coordinates the Lifesongs program at the Academy for the Love of Learning, a program that facilitates intergenerational musical collaborations between elders, youth and artists over the course of months, culminating in high production value community concerts of original co-authored works. Shaw performs and teaches music from the Balkans and Mideast in the all-female ensemble, Rumelia. She’s interested in the role and power of music in society.
makes music for strangers and friends with her band, The Bus Tapes. Her guitar is bigger than she is, and her voice is one she found along the way while performing for audiences in the Southwest. She collects notes left in tip jars, the odd NM Music Award, old guitars and stage selfies. She’s shared the stage with music icons and people falling over into her monitor, and enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Yeah, but did you hear that totally bonkers run on track 3? Riggins has definitely distanced himself from any competition in a town full of accomplished guitarists, but on 3 Weeks Later’s next effort, they might want to bring that level of attention to the other instruments. Still, it’s one hell of an album that’ll absolutely delight any metalhead who goes in for that shredder shit, by which we mean all metalheads. (Alex De Vore)
ALIEN SPACE KITCHEN Some of This Is True Some of This Is True comes out of nowhere as a killer set of rock and fucking roll songs played by obvious
fans of the less-than-serious side of their chosen genre. Shades of punk a la X, Descendents, Sex Pistols or even Santa Fe acts like The Floors (RIP) mesh with Breeders-esque vocals and a silly aesthetic that importantly reminds us that music needn’t be emotionally devastating to be valid. Yes, ASK is goofy and fun, but they’ve got the chops to back it up and may have one of the most solid bassists this region has ever heard. Standout tracks like “Rock A Go Go” and “Better Daze” overshadow missteps like undermixed vocals by showcasing the band’s obviously encyclopedic knowledge of ’90s alt.rock (the good kind), and it’s basically a certainty that they’re a whole hell of a lot of
fun live. Watch out for Alien Space Kitchen; they’ll sneak up on you and actually make you enjoy music on a level other than cerebral. And in case it wasn’t clear, that’s a good thing. (ADV)
DAVID BERKELEY Cardboard Boat I listened to David Berkeley on one of those fortunately rare Santa Fe days when the clouds were low and the futility of wishing for summer seemed more real than ever. It was a perfect record for such a day. Songs like “Hole in My Heart” and “Brighter Day” seemed written especially for the frustrating, slow drift from spring to summer. Cardboard Boat is warm, well written and a nice friend on a gray day. (Jeff Norris) BIG SWING THEORY Big Swing Theory Did you know that Taos is home of a truly righteous swing band? No? Well, now you do, and their name is Big Swing Theory. Now that you know this, go get their self-titled debut album. All but one of the pieces on it are original works, but that might not be apparent on a first listen, as this group is so good at
emulating the jump blues and swing styles of the 1940s, they sound as if they were from that era. If you like what you hear and get inspired by the secret dance moves you explore in your living room when no one is looking, take a drive up to Taos and try out said dance moves at one of their regular live performances. (AS)
BRIAN BOTKILLER In Case of Revolution Brian Botkiller is pissed off in a way very similar to how KMFDM used to be pissed off. The electronics/ live instrument/DJ-ish performer’s new album proves this really hard in its disappointed-by-the-goverment aesthetic. It’s a call to action shouted through a hard-hitting industrial filter that basically announces to everyone that they’ve got to do something, anything, if they want our country to progress in positive ways. And though the harsh noise and punk rock attitude would be perfect psych-up music for anyone from the candiest of ravers to the spikiest of the spiked jacket set, it may not be the kind of thing that works for everyone. And that’s just fine, because you really have to exist within a certain socioeconomic strata to get the full effect of Botkiller’s sound and lyricism. A limited run of albums came with a cinder block—y’know, in case of revolution—and Botkiller really nails the overall presentation. Just be aware that you’ll probably need to already like his brand of electronicdriven insanity and its ilk to get the most out of the experience. (ADV)
CACTUS SLIM AND THE GOAT HEADS Cactus Slim and the Goat Heads The ultimate issue with this selftitled album of blues-rock covers from the Sandia Park trio is not just in its boring execution and
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FREDERICK ARAGÓN Can You Feel It? I never imagined I would hear Native American flute paired with a reggae beat, nor would I have ever expect I’d like it. Luckily, Frederick Aragón’s Can You Feel It? surprised me. Feel It? is unbelievably, stylistically varied and musically adept, and Aragón dabbles in electronic, pop, reggae, folk, Irish, orchestrated, R&B and other musical styles to take you on sonic journeys. Holding it all together is his rich voice and soulful flute playing. The whole record puts you at ease quickly and unexpectedly, all the while engaging your ears in something unexpected and unique. This record exemplifies Aragón’s innovation, risk-taking and creative exploration, and it’s inspiring. Go listen, and get a little out of the box. (Alysha Shaw)
COLOSSAL SWAN DIVE Colossal Swan Dive For Santa Fe punk royalty like Nick Mares and Gabe Archuleta of Knowital (one of the finest bands that Santa Fe has ever seen) to reunite and pick up bassist David Goldstone and then record at producer Augustine Ortiz’s up-and-coming studio, The Decibel Foundry, is a godsend to pretty much anyone who looks fondly on their first forays into heavy post-punk way back when. Mares’ screamed vocals display a mad passion that he’s actually proven to the local scene tenfold, just don’t call it a comeback. Over 10 furious tracks, the band takes us on a tour of the good old days when acts like Cave In or Snapcase inspired a generation of emo kids who had grown sick of being emo and just wanted to slay, and this trio of absolute monsters still knows when to pull it back just enough, and at the right moment, to set up a completely crushing breakdown you almost won’t believe. You’ll be shocked they’re a trio and even more blown away by how the hell you’ve never heard of ‘em before now. Mathy tracks like “Into the New” compliment the insanity of numbers like “Die with a Man’s Gun” in a way Santa Fe has seen maybe never and the rest of the world has missed desperately since Botch called it quits and formed other bands that nobody loves anywhere close to as much. It doesn’t really matter where your tastes fall on the heavy music spectrum; so long as you’re looking for something that lives between the faster and thrashier aspects of punk rock and the more intelligent side of metal, Colossal Swan Dive has it for you. If we were forced to name a downside, it’d be that 10 tracks still doesn’t quite seem like enough, but it’s exciting to think about whatever these guys will bring to the table next. All we know is that it’ll have us headbanging like there’s no tomorrow. (ADV)
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REVIEWED bafflingly mixed vocals, but in how it comes across as endlessly selfindulgent. From one moment to the next, it’s hard to tell if Cactus Slim is too far away from the mic or shouting through a megaphone or what, but someplace between the wanky solos and unintelligible singing, it becomes clear: At the end of the day, the only people this band is really going to impress are inebriated baby boomers more interested in shouting over the music to their companions that they totally know that Chuck Berry song as they prove, once again, that some people around here much prefer dancing—genre irrelevant—to anything truly musically worthwhile. Neil Young’s “Down by the River” is a surprise diamond in the rough (though that might be more due to how hard Young rules rather than this particular version), but the rest is pretty much forgettable before you’ve even come to the final track. (ADV)
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LISA CARMAN The Way It’s almost a shame that The Way proves to be little more than just OK, as the cast of backup musicians Lisa Carmen enlists is quite impressive, and the frontwoman herself can clearly play and sing. With local heroes like Justin Bransford, Eryn Bent, Kevin Zoernig and more, one might assume we’d have a masterpiece on our hands, and in the moments that recall the female heroes of music like Carole King and Joni Mitchell, it comes so very close to that that it’s all the more frustrating when Carman veers into Amy Grant-like territory (read, kind of church-y) and derails the whole dang thing. Now, nobody is faulting anyone for their faith or anything, and there is certainly something to be said of talented musicianship—
The Way has that in spades—it’s just that the overall feel is more akin to someone having the money and guts to rent out a studio rather than an actual, palpable knack for songwriting. A sad mom might like it to listen to during some morning affirmation ritual she uses while she drives to work and the darkness of her solitude closes in, but for those of us who want something slightly new or rocking or even just interesting, this ain’t the place to look. (ADV)
CAROLINE AND THE CAROLINES Time Caroline and the Carolines debut release sounds like they come from a haunted ghost town filled with ethereal folk sirens, armed with otherworldly guitars, singing of desert adventures and the mysteries of the universe. Time is an utterly pleasant aural experience. It’s deep music that sounds like country and is seasoned with humor and sass. The vocal harmonies make you feel as if you are being led out to the vast empty sea of the desert by sweet cowgirl barbershop quartets promising rich barbecue and whiskey. Get your hands on this album to be transported to a different time of slow, soulful, dreamy country dances, a place where women’s voices heard in such lovely original musical expression isn’t such a pleasant surprise. (AS)
DANNY T AND THE STEALING THUNDER BAND Fantasyland Danny T and the Stealing Thunder Band’s special brand of blues-rock isn’t to be missed, even if Santa Fe can occasionally burn out on bluesrock. Fantasyland is full of energy and sincerity that can be lacking in mainstream music, and the album is comprised of original songs that are insightful, real, heartbreaking, funny and even a bit political. The musicianship and creativity of the band shines alongside Danny Talache’s guitar which, throughout the album, stands out significantly as storyteller in its own right. Between that guitar, the walking bass lines, the gentle yet driving drums, the pleasant vocals and the occasionally biting verses, this record demands a listen. (AS)
DYSPHOTIC Chaos Terrain Chaos Terrain is the coming together of so many local metal masters that there’s basically no way it could go wrong. Carrion Kind’s Augustine Ortiz on bass, Devil’s Throne’s Zac Hogan on guitar, Future Scars’ Ben Durfee on drums and vocalist Pascual Romero (of more bands to even begin to list here) is a pretty sublime match-up, even if it does stray into repetitious territory now and then. Romero is to be congratulated for commanding a guttural growl through which lyrics are actually discernable, and Hogan’s guitar setup and tone are so absurd that live shows—now few and far between, and without Romero—are the kind of affair that reach into your chest and grab hold of your heart with some kind of brutal, icy death grip. Terrain contains a mere six tracks, but this means they cut the fat to keep it in that sweet spot between loving it and metal fatigue.
Songs do tend to bleed into one another after a while, but Durfee’s fabled prowess not only keeps it varied, it proves he lives up to the hype and more. This one’s for the stoners and head-bangers, a cerebral journey for crossed arms and angry frowns. Metal fans, unite under your new idol and listen. Then listen again. Then one more time. Then maybe listen to something else. (ADV)
MIGUEL DeLUCA Wind and Water Classically trained guitarist Miguel DeLuca definitely has chops. The dexterity of his nimble fingers is put up to the challenge on Wind and Water, as he takes aim at the work of past virtuosos such as Heitor VillaLobos, Joao Guimaraes and Django Reinhardt. It’s no easy feat, and in an often-hypnotic display, DeLuca proves he’s no butcher. The resulting collection of songs is the kind of pleasant disc you can throw on during a Sunday afternoon, sit back and relax. Wind and Water does, however, lack that very special inviting warmth that can be found within the finest of comparable albums. DeLuca’s performance, while certainly skillful, is also not without flaw, and the raw solo presentation offers him no room to hide even the slightest of imperfections. (Jonny Leather)
DO TELL Hotend: The Do Tell Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill The best jazz players remain loose, even when tackling the compositions of their most respected elders. The trio of Dan Clucas (coronet), Mark Weaver (tuba) and Dave Wayne (percussion) masterfully pays homage to the great saxophonist and composer Julius Hemphill over the six thoughtfully chosen
cuts on Hotend. A great improviser, Hemphill’s works leaves space for the trio to freely showcase some of their own personality while holding true to the mood of the originals. Without a conventional or predictable structure, free jazz can be too heady for some, but Do Tell presents these songs with an approachable vibrancy that finds balance between complex, engaging artistry and listenability. By presenting the tunes using different instrumentation from Hemphill’s own recordings, Clucas, Weaver and Wayne are able to provide a fresh perspective while highlighting Hemphill’s case for warranting more widespread notoriety. (JL)
DRASTIC ANDREW Live Without Warning Drastic Andrew is comprised of some of the best musicians in Santa Fe, and their album, Live Without Warning, is well-played, well-engineered and well-mastered. The themes and messages are certainly uplifting, and the intentions are good, but you may need to wade through a few tracks to really get into the swing of things. If you do stick with it, you may be pleasantly surprised. One of the more musically interesting tracks is “Alien Creature.” The addition of synth and sax makes for a funky beast of a song that gets your ass shaking, and it’s followed by the very prog rocky “Evolution,” which makes me wish this whole album started with these tracks. “Send Him Back” is also a winner. It’s conveys a rockabilly Elvis thing that makes you wanna wiggle. (AS)
FEATHERICCI Sza Geow When a local DJ is able to make music a full-time job, there’s almost no question it’s because
they know what the fuck they’re doing. Feathericci proves that for the bazillionth time with his newest release, Sza Geow, a tight, three-track EP that encapsulates his trademark desert-dance feeling and serves as a breezy reminder that electronic music need not be a painfully harsh and unnerving series of terrifying noises. Feath knows the importance of how to build toward something dancey, and he does so through seamlessly layering one catchy track over another, with airtight pacing and a knack for never over-stuffing a song. Everything is in its right place, nothing feels like it’s too much and the fidelity of this thing is off the charts. Even for the “We love instruments!” set, there’s plenty here to fall in love with, and the bouncy progression that begins with “Mushdoum” and then comes to a head someplace in the middle of the closer, “Cloudy,” may as well grab your arm, lean over and whisper in your ear, “You didn’t think you liked this kind of stuff, and yet here we are.” And yet here we are. (ADV)
GALACTIC WITCHCRAFT Strange Birds It’s quite possible that Stavo Mustang Craft is a sort of new wave incarnation of Jad Fair. In his 30-plus years, Fair has continuously released worthwhile records in which his unbridled desire to create and his childlike imagination overcome any limitations within his own musical ability and lo-fi production. A totally DIY effort, Galactic Witchcraft’s second album, Strange Birds, possesses a uniquely personal characteristic highlighted by Craft’s own vibrant and playful personality. Drawing from precursors such as early Depeche Mode and Gary Numan, in a dry, partially spoken baritone, Craft delivers 10 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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REVIEWED sociopolitical anthems with varying degrees of success. The title track hints at a far less sinister version of Suicide’s “Girl.” “Evermore” is a delightful sophisti pop ballad. And there’s something innately clever and insightful about the opening lines of the poppy “Mirrors.” which finds Craft noting that, “People pick up a cell phone like they used to reach for a cigarette/to transfer social anxiety and personal attention to an object.” With Strange Birds, Galactic Witchcraft has presented an idiosyncratic experience, but also one that’s undoubtedly still very rough around the edges. (JL)
JOAQUIN GALLEGOS Nuevos Comienzos Woah. Joaquin Gallegos can play the shit out of a guitar, and his passion is so thick on this thing that it’s hard to miss. Gallegos is that local guy who trained in the States and in Spain and who kind of shirks that weird flamenco mandate that tradition be considered above all else. Yes, you will recognize this as flamenco, and you will be blown away by his masterful technique, but where Gallegos shines is in his rock background. It lends a sort of dangerous feel to the 10 tracks collected here and proves that even though tradition is important, progress is, as well. Each moment shifts from beauty to downright
impressive and all points in between, and it’s hard not to get swept up in the soulful rhythms and rhythmic clapping. One can only dream, however, of a day when Gallegos hires some kid to walk in front of him with a fan so his hair is never without a gentle breeze in which to blow majestically. (ADV)
HATE ENGINE Lost in the Collision Sorry, dude. Hate to break it to you, but someone stole your favorite Killswitch Engage record. Ease up. It wasn’t me. No, seriously. Back the fuck off! You’ve really got an unhealthy amount of rage pent up inside of you. Here, take this new Hate Engine CD. Maybe it’ll help. Lost in the Collision may not be up to your usual standards, but it’s still a relentless chugging caterwaul of thrash-meetsgrindcore. You’ll have an impossible time making out any lyrics from Mike del Rio’s indecipherable combination of barks and screams, but I’m not sure that’s really such a problem. They may not be rewriting the rules of metal, like your cherished Neurosis or Gorguts, but they’re also taking enough chances to make themselves more interesting than your run-of-themill Anthrax wannabes. You’re looking for something pulverizing enough to exhaust that aggression of yours, and you’re not a total metal snob, so I have a feeling this will do the trick. (JL)
STEPHANIE HATFIELD Traces Stephanie Hatfield returns with her first set of recorded songs in some time, and while Traces, which was produced by her husband Bill Palmer at Frogville Studios, is certainly a representation of growth and maturity for the songwriter, it’s just not a complete winner throughout. Songs like “Stay Lover Strong” do indeed
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highlight Hatfield’s exquisite voice, and the Linda Ronstadt/Roy Orbisonesque melodies found on standouts like “Wrap My Limbs” or “Talking to the Dead” carry an emotional depth and weight that set up a stunning tune like “Confession” with an almost mathematical precision. Elements new-ish to Hatfield’s sound, like bright trumpets layered over a much darker feel than her previous Americana-ish songs, are a welcome addition to her repertoire, and Palmer is, as always, killing it with the production. That said, Traces features a number of less enticing songs that fade from memory almost immediately. Of course, Hatfield has proven she has gas in the tank and is willing to embrace new ideas, and we’re willing to bet whatever she puts together next will be the true standout record in her career. (ADV)
LOREN HAYNES A Memory of Time In the late ’70s, Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” set off a wave of saxinfused soft rock. A Memory of Time originates from a terrifying alternate universe in which that classic smoothas-silk nightclub sax was never thwarted from its invasion of rock and roll. It’s no surprise that Loren Haynes has embraced that somewhat-dated sound. His first album since shedding the “Ashton Jones” moniker is deeply indebted to a Springsteen legacy that prominently featured Clarence Clemons. With the assistance of Frogville’s Bill Palmer and an excellent cast of musicians, Haynes has conceived an album that is impeccably crafted but falls into the trap of sounding like a team of skilled musicians coming together to unearth the remains of one of Bruce’s lost records. If that’s what they were shooting for, it’s an admirable attempt in which pulling off the Boss’s lyrical depth is their greatest challenge. (JL)
DANIEL ISLE SKY Waiting for You Leave it to someone who studied for a week under the tutelage of Donovan to infuse your mind with a set of wriggling earworms, one of which happens to be about a magical unicorn. And yes, “magical unicorn” is a redundancy—but by the time you’re 12 songs deep into Daniel Isle Sky’s Waiting for You, it’s understood that simple and catchy has reigned victorious over anything of a deeper variety. Sky applies the lessons of his mentor over a set of breezy pop folk tunes that carry forward much of Donovan’s peaceful spirit, without sounding like a facsimile. While Sky still has a ways to go before writing anything with the breathtaking beauty of “Catch the Wind,” many may find sublimity within the sunshine-tinted jangle of the title track or the heartfelt, cello-accented “Sister Valerie.” Waiting for You could benefit from a shorter run time, especially if it leads to the removal of this head-scratching verse from “City of Faith”: “What kind of candy is the world made of/Does it melt in your mouth or wash away/Picture perfect postcards everywhere/Where once a bloody massacre.” (JL)
JERONIMO KEITH Jeronimo Keith Another terrific Frogville Records/Bill Palmer-produced record by a guy I had honestly never heard of but want to hear again. I was expecting heavy Stevie Ray Vaughn influences (and there are a few) on this album—and there is plenty of that bluesy guitar rock, for sure—but this is good moody stuff. Great playing, great voice and a pleasure to listen to. The music is clean and direct and real. This guy has got to play Santa Fe more often! (JN)
KODAMA TRIO Kodama Trio Kodama Trio’s debut album is an excellent exposition of original jazz music. Some of the album flourishes on the more abstract end of the jazz spectrum, which may be difficult for those new to the genre, but novices will find more accessible pieces, if they wait for them. Aficionados, however, may be surprised that a record as fabulous as this lives in Santa Fe.
DAVID KUNCICKY An American in Texas Kudos to Kuncicky for registering the super-apt website domain, “oldfiddleguy.com,” and double-kudos for absolutely slaying, old fiddle guy or not. An American in Texas not only weaves in and out of styles so deftly it’s mind-boggling, the entire production is absolutely perfect. From the Spanish-sounding opener
LONE PIÑÓN Trio Nuevo Mexicano Setting aside for a moment the culturally accurate portrayal of New Mexican Hipsano folk music found on Lone Piñón’s debut release, can we just say that these guys slay? The musicianship on this album is off the charts thanks, in part, to the deep reverence displayed by its members. Jordan Wax, Greg Glassman and Noah Martinez are all studied musicians who embed themselves into the muscial cultures they espouse, and it’s in this intensely passionate means of operation that they completely nail their sound. Vocals sung in Spanish highlight the high-energy musicality of each and every track, and we’ve even heard
BUSY McCARROLL O’ Fair New Mexico OK, so what’re we listening to here, you guys? One song? OK. And it’s from 1915? Rad. That’s great. We love old songs, and we love Nuevo Mexico, too, and McCarroll is clearly a great vocalist. But where’s the rest of the album? Oh dang, this is it?
Allright, cool. I just hope we didn’t, like, pay anything for it because c’mon … it’s just one song. Maybe it’s the kind of thing that can be handed out in gift bags at some luncheon for friends of the mayor, or maybe we’ll find a free stack of these babies at the front desk of some downtown hotel. Either way, it’s hard to really know what the endgame is here, and ultimately, we don’t actually care because we already forgot what we were talking about. (ADV)
PAULA RHAE McDONALD Broke-Down Blues Six songs are packed into this record like a fully loaded pistol. All of them are hot, strong and ready to strike at
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LIFESONGS: LOVE IS HERE Songs and Poems from the Heart When I was a teenager growing up on Boring Court, a very appropriately named street in Atlanta just off Boring Road, I had a friend named Scott whose dad drove a massively long baby blue Mercury Marquis. He always had a lit filterless Camel he tapped into a little sandbag ashtray on the perfect dash of the Marquis, and he would take us to this and that in his car, which glided effortlessly through the suburbs. Lifesongs is the kind of music he listened to: easygoing but somewhat confused about whether it was music or just trying really hard not to be threatening. This record, a cross-section of the Lifesongs program which matches elders with songwriters to create original compositions based on their lives, is perfect for someone like Scott’s dad: ready to slide through suburbia and let things go in one ear and out the other. (JN)
they’ve received the blessing of New Mexican folklorico legend Cipriano Vigil. This would be an excellent entry point into a long and proud muscial tradition and is a must-own for any fan of this type of music—especially that fiddle work on opener “La Petenera.” It’s actually mind-blowing. (ADV)
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GRISHA KRIVCHENIA Darkness & Light Many pianists possess the technical ability to play the works of the master composers, but more often than not, their performances possess a certain undeniable sterility. On Darkness & Light, Grisha Krivchenia doesn’t simply recite the works of Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt, he delivers them with impact and emotion. From the fluttering keys of Chopin’s “Etude, Opus 25 No. 1” to a trio of movements from Beethoven’s powerful “Sonata No. 14,” every note is presented with an endearing admiration and appreciation. What’s most impressive about Darkness & Light is that when Krivchenia transitions from Liszt’s “Vallee D’obermann” to his own “Concert Etude No. 1,” there’s no sudden dropoff in quality. In fact, Krivchenia’s three compositions included here are all rather gorgeous and fit beautifully within the overall stunning melancholy that ties together the works of the masters. (JL)
“Old Stoat” and the oh-so-bluegrass movements of “Snake in the Grass” to the Irish-esque “Bending the Dragon” and the gorgeous closing title track, the entire album is so jubilant that Kuncicky’s absolute love of fiddledriven numbers practically jumps off the album and hugs you tight. In a sea of emulators, the man has gone all-original amid an old-timey style of music, and this is no small feat. Like fiddle? You need this. (ADV)
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This record features three distinctive songwriting styles, which give it an engaging ebb and flow, and the ensemble’s musicianship is demonstrably stellar. The recording captures some of the frenetic energy that is inherent to the live improvisational performance of jazz. (AS)
GREG BUTERA Tell Me Now Back in the seventies in the small-townish (then) Atlanta, my mom listened to one station and one station only—WPLO. It was AM radio, and it was the kind of country Dwight Yoakam rescued in the eighties and Sturgill Simpson is reviving yet again today: boozy, sad, straight-up country with none of the rock and roll flashiness that ruined the scene for years. Santa Fe’s Greg Butera is standing rank with the old school with “Tell Me Now,” produced and recorded by Will Courtney. Santa Fe seems to have quietly become more than half a glass of good bourbon when it comes to recording great country music, and Butera stands shoulder to shoulder with the Frogville-recorded Jim Keaveny’s “Out of Time” and 2014’s “The Lights of the Chemical Plant” by Robert Ellis. The record oozes pure country and keeps going with an intensity that makes Butera and his band sound like they might need to pack up a van and head east for Nashville. Highlighted by Butera’s lyrics and the steel guitar of Ryan Little, this album is a gem and perfect accompaniment to a PBR on the back porch while watching the tomatoes grow this summer. (JN)
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the head as well as the heart. It’s got the Bill Palmer engineering touch that seems to work well with women like McDonald and Stephanie Hatfield, and Palmer brings out powerful voices and the passion of women who believe in their music. This is a good record for listening by yourself with a nice glass of bourbon or sitting with a friend you are more than a little fond of. All of the songs are great, but “Broke Down Fool” was my favorite. Check out the drum track with the wonderful Mick Fleetwood-esque offkilter beat to it. (JN)
COCO O’CONNOR Turquoise If you’ve ever been to a club in Nashville, Coco O’Connor’s Turquoise will sound familiar. This album is full of well-produced country pop songs, and it was actually recorded in Nashville, which lends itself to a certain recognizable style. O’Connor sings with power and a gritty voice that’s laced with twang. “Empty in California” is the best track on the album—it’s catchy and dancy, and the hook really gets to you. The surf rock guitar makes one think of lowriders and palm trees, and then it surprises with bits of country heft. Turquoise was produced by Grammy-nominated Margaret Becker (who is responsible for 21 No. 1 hits on Christian radio) and features five collaborations between her and O’Connor; you can hear her influence a bit in the album’s aesthetic. The songwriting, musicianship and production value of this album are all solid. (AS)
OCTAVELEVEN This Hyperlink We can all agree that an album written by robots would be the coolest thing ever, right? Yeah, that’s
what I thought. And the good news is that Philip L Maddux’s Octaveleven comes so effing close to that and is, honestly, brilliant. This Hyperlink plays out like Yes (and I’m talkin’ Rick Wakeman Yes) was hired to write the soundtrack to a dystopian video game about the killing of all humans. Maddux’s off-kilter and alternatetimeline-futuristic rhythms pile up amid complex time signatures courtesy of Future Scars drummer Ben Durfee, and Paul Wagner (of DIY artspace, Zephyr) rounds out the madness with hog-nosed bass sounds so chunky and excellent they wouldn’t seem out of place on a funk record. The bad news is that Octaveleven isn’t likely to play live anytime soon, and that’s a damn shame. The good news, however, is that Maddux and company’s bizarre EP is here to blow minds, and it is easily available to people who can dig the very interesting, albeit aimed toward specific tastes, style at play. This Hyperlink could easily be divisive, but for those who do or will get it, it’ll become a mainstay of keyboard insanity they’ll cherish forever, or at least until the next album comes out. Until such a time, think of it as a companion piece to Close to the Edge and be so pumped you’re the kind of genius who can dig on some proggy shit. (ADV)
OL’ DAGGER Ol’ Dagger Yes! This is the one. Like, the one; that one album that fully marries the older metal style of Lemmy with the ’90s excellence of Sepultura and then throws in all kinds of thrashy punk and black metal for good measure before it practically makes you shit your pants because you also are way into Sick of It All. Ol’ Dagger doesn’t reach across genre lines—it downright wrecks and rewrites them
courtesy of Ben Brodsky’s impeccable percussion and the interplay between guitarists David McMaster and Corbin Pfeffer. Bassist Dex Valdez knows where the rhythm lives and beefs up the overall sound in that perfect jud-juddy way, and singer Dave Ahern-Seronde pulls from so many eras of punk and metal vocal work that it’s nearly impossible to believe he’s just one guy. Each and every track is a stunner, but if ever there were a defining song for this salty band of fucking swarthy dogs, it’s in the power-violence opus of “Vulture Culture,” a brilliant dissection of their many influences wrapped up in one neat package and shoved down your throat with reckless abandon, just like you like it. (ADV)
OUTSIDE AGITATORS Outside Agitators Picture a movie wherein a lot of montages take place in roadhouse bars; where tough guys with bandanas on their heads park their motorcycles nearby and where women in cutoff shorts wriggle suggestively to a band that plays from behind one of those chicken wire cages designed to prevent thrown bottles from injuring anyone. Did you think of ZZ Top? OK, good. Now imagine that Billy Gibbons and crew were busy, and they had to bring in a similar enough band that, while definitely fine players with a sound not unlike the backing track of a truck commercial, was missing that special something that sets them apart from all the other bands in Austin or Nashville that sound just like them. That band, believe it or not, is Albuquerque’s Outside Agitators, and their self-titled album may ask important questions like “Why Are People Like That?” but the important thing to remember here is that none
of us is going to remember this band as of the end of this sentence. (ADV)
FRED SHUMATE The Whole Wide World A shivering harmonica sets the scene of a tumbleweed drifting cautiously through the desert landscape to the feet of a weary traveller. Fred Shumate is that weary traveller, singing in a rootsy croon that might pass as a poor man’s Leon Russell. The bluesy folk rock ballads move along at a gradual pace, guided by Shumate’s aching piano. Bill Palmer, Arne Bey and Don Richmond flesh out the songs with the kind of understated sophistication expected from Frogville Studios. It’s a familiar style of roots rock that has existed for decades, and Shumate manages to reveal his portrayal of the genre with a heartfelt originality that fills The Whole Wide World with vitality. Two of the album’s finest moments, the title track and “While Trying to Escape,” are accentuated by Richmond’s shimmering mandolin, and Shumate even pulls off an impressive cover of the Motown classic “Stop in the Name of Love.” It’s an album characterized by distinctly local origins that does not leave the outsider unwelcome. (JL)
NATHAN SMERAGE Rain Check If the name Nathan Smerage is familiar, it could be because he spent the last few years riffing it up as the guitarist for classic rock throwback act Venus and the Lion. On his debut four-track EP, however, Smerage leaves bluesy guitar fuzz behind in favor of ethereal, acoustic (mostly) beauty with barely noticeable, minimal effects laced throughout his songs. Think the incidental music from a Zach Braff film or, appropriately, the soundtrack to a CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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rainy day; this music is very cinematic in its movements and hits a certain European flair a la music one might imagine when thinking of Paris. The only real problem with these instrumental numbers is that there aren’t enough of them, but that’s a small price to pay. The production on Rain is spotless but deftly avoids overdoing it in favor of being unobtrusive—Smerage’s playing is the star of the show, and ain’t nothing going to take away from that. Make a note to mentally congratulate Smerage for not only showing his stylistic range, but for being one hell of a guitarist. (ADV)
THE SWANK BROTHERS Lo Fi-No Fi Know what’s weird? I was just thinking to myself how there aren’t enough albums that sound like a bunch of dads got together in a garage, put a 4-track in the corner under the thickest pillow they could find and then got down to some serious jamming. Thank God Lo Fi-No Fi came along, too, because otherwise I’d have had no choice but to listen to an album that sounded like it was the product of actual planning and effort or that took into account the valuable time of the listener. Like most music fans, my first goal when looking for records is to find something that seems to never end and that features nonstop noodling layered over some bastardized version of funk without the funk. By all means find this record if, like me, you love to furrow your brow in confusion over the point of an album before you slowly decide that it was 13 awesomely self-indulgent tracks to which a slideshow of your grandma’s trip to that one sea where everyone floats would be preferable. (ADV)
THUNDERSTORM CLUB Welcome to My School This is a hard one, because what kind of monster would dare give a poor review to an album produced by the Turquoise Trail Charter School and that features a band called The Thunderstorm Club Kids? Plus, have you seen the talent on this thing? Jon Gagan, Baird Banner, Char Rothschild … it’s a veritable cornucopia of amazing local musicians. And it’s cute, and that’s fine. We might
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instead point out that it’s a little sneaky to submit an album that heavily features elementary school kids, as it kind of forces reviewers to write with kid gloves (so to speak) so they don’t break the hearts of the young tots. That said, “Things I Like to Do” is actually a super-fun tune and felt pretty good to hear. I mean, I like to eat ice cream, laugh all day and make new friends as well. One does wonder what would’ve happened had I just demolished this album for obviously being little more than a keepsake for parents to put in their box of kid stuff and one day open with a time capsule-like reverence, but like I said before—what kind of monster would I have to be? (ADV)
TRIO ANDALUZ Sights Unseen Trio Andaluz is at first glance predominantly Middle Eastern in style and instrumentation, but as you listen, you’ll hear the influences of jazz and the avant garde. Sights Unseen is comprised largely of original music that has a contemporary edge tempered with traditional roots. The combination of Middle Eastern percussion, oud, extraordinary lead vocals and harmonies expresses a sort of timeless, placeless wistfulness. It’s perfect after-hours music, pairing nicely with wine, cigarettes and long looks at the stars. But it’s funky, too. Meagan Chandler’s voice boggles the mind: wispy, lilting, a hybrid of classical, Middle Eastern and experimental vocals. There are moments where she evokes a kind of mellower Kate Bush. Gregory Gutin’s percussion is hypnotic, traditional, yet accessible. Jeremy Bleich’s mastery of the oud is steeped in his unique musical and compositional style, which makes the work stand apart. Highly recommended listening. (AS)
JOE WEST Joe West’s Theater of Death Official Soundtrack, Volume 1 If you’re a fan of musicals and darkly funny macabre works of art, this album is for you. It’s a soundtrack of Joe West’s spooky, boozy, comedic musical experience that happens annually in Madrid at the Engine House Theatre around Allhallows Eve. Listening to the opening track alone in your house past midnight is not recommended, unless you like feeling
just a little uneasy. The songs on this recording are a dynamic selection of original pieces that may elicit vivid, theatrical memories if you have attended previous productions of Theater of Death. They also stand on their own without that context. They might make you laugh and feel just a little more haunted as you enjoy the musical intelligence and wit that underlies them. (AS)
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FLAMINGO PINK! Ghosts in the Ground
WOVEN TALON Westlands Andrew Tumason has always brought an eclectic collaborative level of experimentation to his work within the Santa Fe music scene with bands like Evarusnik or even Luke Carr’s Storming the Beaches with Logos in Hand. But now, for his first major solo release, Tumason strikes out on his own as Woven Talon, and his debut record does not disappoint. A solo acoustic effort that surely could be classified as singer-songwritery, Westlands differentiates itself enough from just about anything you’ve heard of late and stands in a league of its own in terms of style and uniqueness. Tumason proves to be a patient and careful curator of sounds on songs like “Tesu Tru,” a bizarre instrumental journey that merges a somewhat Middle Eastern style with droning bass notes that make it almost sinister, if not for the beauty. Westlands is like a sonic story or the backing track to a selfreflective meditation. As a whole, the album is borderline conceptual and is perhaps best digested in one straight listen, but if there were a standout track to be found, it’s the Morriconereminiscent “The Great Divide,” wherein Tumason seems to channel the sadness and energy of composer Gustave Santoallala and pretty much announces that he’s got some serious feelings. (ADV)
Megan Burns is at it again, this time with another exploration of keyboard and synth-heavy weirdness, not unlike Bjork in her quieter moments, but with a retro Kid A era Radiohead vibe. It remains an interesting direction for Burns’ Flamingo Pink! project which, until recent years, was all about whisper-quiet solo acoustic indie-folk, but it’s an exciting evolution nonetheless. Burns is clearly experimenting here, and to pretty amazing results, thanks to a noticeably new mastery of her relatively new equipment; if her previous stab at this kind of music, It’s Our Job to Know We’re Dinosaurs, was the hypothesis, this is the proven result. Layered lo-fi vocals add endearing warmth to Burns’ flawed but gorgeous voice, a voice you can feel deep down in the pit of your gut, and there’s a lot more going on with Ghosts than we’ve seen previously from the local artist, as she cleverly takes poppy sounds into darker areas and seems to flirt with the exploration of death and dying, perhaps as an examination of transformation or transition? “You wrote me a letter/you made me this way/you know I’m gonna get better” she croons on the titular track, and we can feel her ache through what seems almost like gratitude toward whomever penned the missive. It doesn’t even matter what was in that letter, and we never think to ask. This actually showcases what may be the most important aspect of Burns’ lyricism: She’s mastered subtlety and emotion on a level most musicians work a lifetime toward but never quite reach; Ghosts is obviously teeming with feeling, but it is never overt or in-yourface; rather, Burns’ ability to slowly build to something magical while maintaining a grasp on what works from song to song is astonishing. She should be proud of this album, and the rest of us should be clamoring to own it. It is the very essence of songwriting distilled into six perfect tracks. Even audio blemishes have their part to play and work in sublimely human contrast to the electronics of the backing tracks. It’s hard to imagine how she’ll top this one, but if the progression of the Flamingo Pink! timeline can be used as a kind of guide, there’s only room to go up from here. (ADV)
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EROTICA Burlesque troupe Zircus Erotique has been making waves and wriggling suggestively since 2008, and by implementing elements from vaudeville, comedy and bellydance, they’ve built quite a name for themselves. “For this show we’ll have three performers, Miss Catwings, Lola Love and Moulin Rouge, who are from Hawaii, and it’s their first time in New Mexico,” ZE director/producer Mena Domina tells SFR. “We’ll be doing a mix of performers choice, neo-burlesque and classic, so it should be very highenergy.” Host LinZ MCs once again as well, so leave the kids at home for this one and prepare yourself for a titillating evening of debauchery. (ADV)
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Zircus Erotique Burlesque & Variety Show: 8:30 pm Friday, June 10. $20. The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N St. Francis Drive, 231-3803
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Bridging the Gap The Bridge is Santa Fe’s most exciting new venue option cause the frequency with which shows are booked is on the rise. “My focus has been on that outdoor aspect,” Lock says, “because we just don’t have an outdoor venue since Paolo Soleri [Amphitheater] closed.” In order to properly celebrate SFBC’s awesome new direction, Lock and crew will kick off the summer with a performance from legendary Jamaican reggae band, Israel Vibration. It’s about as authentic as it gets, and even people who don’t much like reggae (like me, for example) can still get behind the concept of feel-good summer fun spurred by such an infamous act. We can breathe easy, Santa Fe. Lock’s got our back here. And with upcoming shows from acts like Los Bon Bon or Kyle Hollingsworth of The String Cheese Incident, summer in our weird little town looks brighter than ever. (Alex De Vore) SANTA FE BREWING CO.’S MUSIC VENUE REOPENING WITH ISRAEL VIBRATION 7:30 pm Thursday, June 9. $20. The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co., 37 Fire Place 424-3333
With a name like Trash Mullet, one might expect a night of grungy punk rock from these Los Angeles-based musicians. Lead singersongwriter Delaney Moos tells SFR, “I was kind of being ironic with how nice our music sounds.” The band bills itself as freak folk, featuring nontraditional elements like clarinets and trombones. Moos’ sultry twang and simplistic banjo waltz rhythms recall early blues and country records. You can practically hear the pops beneath the phonograph needle. The band plays at 8 pm, but get there at 6 to check out the distorted oil paintings by Mike Frick. It’ll be freaky. (Andrew Koss) Sour Mugs with Trash Mullet: 6 pm Saturday June 11. $5. Zephyr, 1520 Center Drive
MUSIC CRAY-CRAY If you hear a soulful howl echo through the arroyos Tuesday night, it’s probably just Robert Cray’s performance at the Lensic carrying on the wind. Longtime musical partners Richard Cousins and Dover Weinberg will accompany the blues legend, with Les Falconer on drums. Cray has been jamming with Cousins since they were teenagers. After nearly 50 years of trading riffs, set lists are rendered unnecessary. “I’ll probably just get on stage and call it,” Cray tells SFR. “I like not knowing what’s going to happen.” With such versatility, the potential for a unique concert experience is endless. (AK)
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Santa Fe Brewing Co. owner Brian Lock is well aware that the previous tenants of the venue aspect of his business could have given the space a bad name. “We’re trying to rebrand and distance ourselves from some of that reputation that it had maybe picked up,” he tells SFR. “The idea is that everything be updated, upgraded and better.” And he ain’t kidding. According to Lock, The Bridge (formerly known as Sol Santa Fe) has received extensive remodels and additions. The stage has been revamped with a brand-new elevated sound system, the patio has been expanded with grassy areas, and a dedicated space for food trucks to pull up and operate has been created. Frankly, it sounds amazing. Says Lock, “We’ll be beginning construction on a pedestrian bridge late this summer or early fall that will allow patrons to get a beer in any of our licensed areas and then take that beer to other areas, for example, the beer garden we have planned, and not have to worry about drinking it too quickly or leaving it unfinished.” This is great news for Santa Fe, not just because the outdoor stage at The Bridge is, handsdown, the best venue in town, but be-
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WED/8 BOOKS/LECTURES BOOKS AND BABIES Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 The popular Santa Fe Public Library’s Books and Babies program is all about getting your weirdo kids into books. It’s good stuff. Studies have shown that kids who are into books generally wind up with way cooler and way noisier jobs. You wouldn’t ruin that for your kid, would you? Of course not. 10:30 am, free
MABEL DODGE LUHAN & COMPANY Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 A reading from a new book on Luhan who, by all accounts, was really into artsy things. 6 pm, free SANTA FE ASTRO ASSEMBLY Santa Fe Oxygen and Healing Bar 102 W San Francisco St., 690-2383 Discussion of national, local, global and personal events in the light of astrological archetypes. Anyway, here you go, hippies—have at it. 7-8:30 pm, free
DANCE SWING DANCE! Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Oh, you better believe this event title has an exclamation point, and that swing is still a thing. Even if you forgot, it’s still a thing.And it don’t mean a thing if it does not have that swing ... thing. 6:30 pm, free
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CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Chess for kids is what this is. 5:45 pm GREEN HOUR HIKE Los Alamos Nature Center/ Pajarito Environmental Education Center 2600 Canyon Road, 662-0460 Hike with the whole family, because nothing means a good time like making your kids walk forever and ever. 10 am, free TAPS AND TABLETOPS Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 All right, ya bunch of pasty weirdos—here’s booze and tabletop gaming, together at last! 6 pm, free WORLD TAVERN POKER Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 It's poker, you guys. Every week. 6 pm, free
STATES OF GRACE SCREENING Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, 986-8518 States of Grace captures the profound transformation of a revered physician and her Buddhist family in the wake of a life-changing accident. Sounds like a life-changer. 5:30 pm, free
MUSIC BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and vocals. You know the drill over at Vanessie by now. Live or die, the choice is yours. 7 pm, free THE BUS TAPES La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Happy 55th birthday to Bus Tapes bassist Case Tanner. You may be all wrinkly and weird, but we sure don’t wish you any specific harm. Oh, and this band plays folky rock. 7:30 pm, free
ELECTRIC JAM WITH NICK WYMETT AND ALBERT DIAZ Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 You bought an old Telecaster at a yard sale—you know what to do. 8:30 pm, free JENNINGS & KELLER Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Guitar, vocals and pedal steel complete the tools this Americana/folk duo uses to create their sound. You’ll notice a distinct lack of pickaxes and acetylene torches, but that’s a whole other tool story. 8 pm, free JOAQUIN GALLEGOS El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Flamenco played beautifully as Gallegos steals your girlfriend (or boyfriend ... we don’t know his deal) through the power of flowing hair and flamenco which, coincidentally, is the title of his autobiography. 1 pm, free
PRINCE TRIBUTE AND WEEDRAT Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Jessie Deluxe keeps her weekly rock show rockin’ with rock plus a special Prince tribute from dudes who like Prince more than you’ve ever liked anything. 6 pm-1 am, $5 RAMON BERMUDEZ JR. TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 All that smooth solo guitar playing for which Bermudez is known. So basically, if you like those things, you’re probably feeling pretty good right now as you read this listing. Go forth, enjoy the guitar. Plus wine! 6 pm, free TODD TIJERINA BAND The High Note 132 W Water St., 919-8771 With a name like Todd Tijerina, you’d assume the guy was a Marvel superhero. He’s just a blues guy, though, although we suppose that’ll have to do. 8:30 pm, free CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Los Lonely Boys stop by Mom’s to do laundry before their Camel Rock Casino show on Friday. TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Smooth piano action to facilitate your pizza and pasta eating. Pay attention, too, because piano guys secretly thrive on attention and love. And your tip. 6 pm, free UNDERGROUND CADENCE Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St. We don’t know what the name means, but pretty much as long as Evanessence doesn’t show up, we’re cool with whatever goes down. 8:30 pm-12:30 am, free WEDNESDAY NIGHT KARAOKE Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 We don’t want to hear about someone fucking up Hedwig, so be smart about your songs. 10 pm, free
THU/9 BOOKS/LECTURES 101 THINGS TO DO IN SANTA FE BEFORE YOU DIE Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 Longtime librarian Pat Hodap’s new book is surely about chile and stuff. Or maybe it’ll say stuff like, “Go skiing.” Anyway, the point is that this book will go down in history as the most important book in the history of books. It’ll be in time capsules and stuff. 6 pm, free BOOKS AND BABIES Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 This popular library event is popular because it gives parents two seconds to breathe while their kids pour over books and make friends with parents with whom someone might make a play date. Think about it. 10:30-11 am, free
SILKSCREENING Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 Make your very own designs for clothing or for art or pillowcases (we've seen them make some cool-ass pillowcases). 5 pm, $10-$20
EVENTS COMMUNITY SEWING CIRCLE Muñoz Waxman Gallery 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 Yes! We love the idea of a bunch of sewers stitching out friendships and sewing up quilts for people with awful diseases! 6 pm, free NICKEL STORIES op.cit. 564 N Guadalupe St., 428-0321 You’ve got five minutes to read your piece, what do you do? You write succinctly and read quickly. People clap. You change literature forever. 6 pm, free
FILM ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE La Tienda Performance Space 7 Caliente Road, Eldorado, 465-9214 Alice moved out of Alice’s parents’ house like, eight years ago. Oh, they had California dreams, but they only made it as far as Arizona, where everyone is a terrible racist. And we mean everyone. Ellen Burstyn is cool, though, and this 1974 film is iconic because of something or other. The music, maybe? We don’t know—we’re young! 7 pm, free
MUSIC BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 You must remember this, Finnie plays the classics and pianos and guitars and all that jazz. 7 pm, free
THE BUS TAPES La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Bus Tapes return to folk once they’ve filled out bassist Case Tanner’s AARP paperwork. 7:30 pm, free DADOU Pizzeria da Lino 204 N Guadalupe St., 982-8474 Accordion? Dadou’s got your accordion right here! 6 pm, free EQUINOX Starlight Lounge at Montecito 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 Jazzy little jazz ditties and show tunes and more. 6 pm, free GARY VIGIL Inn and Spa at Loretto 211 Old Santa Fe Trail, 984-7997 Solo guitar and vocals. 6 pm, free GERRY CARTHY Bar Alto at the Drury Plaza 828 Paseo de Peralta, 424-2175 We had cooked up this whole joke about banshees (some of us are Irish, so it’s cool), but we respect Carthy too much. 7 pm, free HOGAN & MOSS Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 This Marfa, Texas duo kicks off their Great Western Tour. 8 pm, free SANTA FE BREWING CO.'S MUSIC VENUE REOPENING WITH ISRAEL VIBRATION The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co. 37 Fire Place, 424-3333 After the mess that was the last tenants of this great place, we were all scared, but SFBC is building themselves The Bridge, a handy portal between the venue and other areas. Beloved reggae act Israel Vibration is the first new band to christen the thing. Thank Jah! (See SFR Picks, page 35.) 7:30 pm, $20 CONTINUED ON PAGE 40
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t’s Sunday evening of Form & Concept’s opening weekend, and founder Sandy Zane sits at the front desk in the shade of several massive bouquets. She’s counting out the cash drawer in preparation for closing time. In its first three days, the space in the Railyard District storefront that previously housed Zane Bennett Gallery has mostly sold jewelry from its gift shop, and Zane and cofounder Frank Rose couldn’t be happier. “Jewelry can be more of an impulse buy than art; if it’s selling, that allows us to show other cool stuff like this,” says Rose, surveying walls filled with colorful quilts by Santa Fe painter and textile artist Vanessa Michel. Form & Concept’s inaugural exhibition, Made in the Desert, features New Mexico and Arizona artists who manipulate a wide array of media, from ceramic to neon. “We really want to do some things that are different,” Zane says, flashing a determined smile. “We want to knock your socks off.” Rose ascends to the second floor of the space and follows a balcony bordering the atrium into another series of galleries. There’s still a sliver of Zane Bennett Gallery’s formidable historic collection on view up here, though that business has mostly moved to an online sales model. An immersive, multimedia piece called La Cocina by Priscilla Dobler is partly installed in one of the rooms, and Virtual Object, a show of sculptures made by 3-D printer, will soon occupy the rest of the second floor. It’s not every day in the art world that works by Francis Bacon, Sol Lewitt and Bruce Nauman make way for objects that could be considered craft or design. “The work of craft has been maligned as something that is just about material and in some ways has been associated with ‘women’s work’ in a derogatory way,” says Rose. “In the Renaissance, this split started to happen where craft was associated with labor, and art was associated with ideas. To me, it’s a false di-
chotomy. The lines are super-blurry.” Along with the diverse work downstairs, La Cocina and Virtual Object attack these longstanding divisions from every angle. Dobler’s installation is a model of her mother’s kitchen made from colorful, woven panels. The Seattle artist comes from a long line of Yucatanian hammock weavers on her mother’s side, and her father’s mother handwove textiles in Scotland. Multimedia elements throughout the installation trigger kitchen sound effects and audio recordings of people from various socioeconomic backgrounds being interviewed about food and identity. A projection on the stove shows the artist’s mother making tortillas. Dobler originally pitched La Cocina to the Currents New Media Festival but had trouble describing how all of the elements would come together. Rose, who helped produce last year’s Currents and sits on the board, caught wind of the project and connected with Dobler. “It’s difficult because of the way you label work … is it fine art, or is it craft? Yes it’s craft, but there’s a concept here—for some reason, Frank understood,” Dobler says. “It’s the same with identity. I look very Mayan, but I’m also Scottish and GermanAmerican. I get pushed into this box, ‘Oh, you’re Mexican,’ when I’m other things as well.” Virtual Object, which Rose curated with Frank Ragano and Mariannah Amster of Currents, features 11 artists from across the world who synthesize art and cutting-edge design. Rose heads back across the atrium to look over some early arrivals for the show in his office. Intricate white sculptures of skulls, animals and insects by Joshua Harker line the shelves next to Rose’s desk. Harker, who lives in Chicago, was an early pioneer of 3-D printed art. He spent decades in the industrial design industry, dreaming up ways
Priscilla Dobler’s woven panel kitchen blows minds at Form & Concept.
to turn the surreal images in his head into three-dimensional objects. “3-D printing really democratizes the sculpture process, which falls in line with issues of reproduction that were pushed with photography, lithography and even writing,” Harker says. “We have this notion that when things are reproduced, they have no value. 3-D printing upsets the status quo and makes people rethink what is art, and what’s the validity in it.” For Rose and his growing crew of collaborators, disruptions like this open the door to colorful, highflying explorations. La Cocina and Virtual Object debut at Form & Concept this Friday in conjunction with the Currents New Media Festival.
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THE CALENDAR “He should explain to her that he doesn’t want to be emotionally hurt as much as he wants to feel exposed and vulnerable, and that can be a thrill,” said TP. “It can be hard for people to understand how humiliation can be fun. But humiliation play is one way to add a new dynamic to their sexual relationship.”
I’m a 33-year-old straight guy with a small dick. I have a girlfriend of seven years. When we met, I was really insecure and she had to spend a lot of time reassuring me that it didn’t matter—she loved my dick, sex with me was great, it was big enough for her, etc. I broke up with her once because I didn’t think she should settle for someone so small. After some hugely painful nights and another near breakup, we are in a good place now. We have lots of great vanilla sex, we love being together, and we recently got engaged. After everything I put her through—and I put her through hell—how do I tell her that being mocked (and worse) for having a small dick is the only thing I ever think about when I masturbate? I want a woman to punish me emotionally and physically for having such a small and inadequate dick. There’s porn about my kink, but I didn’t discover it until long after I was aware of my interest. (I grew up in a weird family that lived “off the grid,” and I didn’t get online until I got into college at age 23.) I’ve never been able to bring myself to tell anyone about my kink. How do I tell this woman? I basically bullied her into telling me that my dick was big enough—and now I want her to tell me it isn’t big enough. But do I really want her to? I’ve never actually experienced the kind of insulting comments and physical punishments that I fantasize about. What if the reality is shattering? -Tense In New York “I was in a similar situation years ago with my then-girlfriend, now-wife,” said TP. “I was too chicken to tell her about my fetish and worried she wasn’t satisfied with my size, so I didn’t want to bring more attention to it. I eventually went to a pro Domme and felt guilty about doing it behind my girlfriend’s back.” TP, which stands for Tiny Prick, is a prominent member of the SPH (small penis humiliation) fetish scene. TP is active on Twitter (@ deliveryboy4m) and maintains a blog devoted to the subjects of SPH (his passion) and animal rights (a subject his Domme is passionate about) at fatandtiny.blogspot.com. “I got really lucky because I found the Domme I’ve been serving for more than 10 years,” said TP. “It was my Domme who encouraged me to bring up my kinks with my wife. I only wish I had told my wife earlier. She hasn’t turned into a stereotypical dominatrix, but she was open to incorporating some SPH play into our sex life.” According to TP, TINY, you’ve already laid the groundwork for the successful incorporation of SPH into your sex life: You’re having good, regular, and satisfying vanilla sex with your partner. “TINY’s partner is happy with their sex life, so he knows he can satisfy a woman,” said TP. “That will help to separate the fantasy of the humiliation from the reality of their strong relationship. I know if I wasn’t having good vanilla sex, it would be much harder to enjoy the humiliation aspect of SPH.” When you’re ready to broach the subject with the fiancée, TINY, I would recommend starting with both an apology (“I’m sorry again for what I put you through”) and a warning (“What I’m about to say is probably going to come as a bit of a shock”). Then tell her you have a major kink you haven’t disclosed, tell her she has a right to know about it before you marry, tell her that most people’s kinks are wrapped up with their biggest fears and anxieties… and she’ll probably be able to guess what you have to tell her before you can get the words out.
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I was traveling and forgot to pack lube, so I amused myself with some old conditioner I’d brought. It had some menthol in it or something and it tingled a bit, but it did the job. When I woke up, my dick had shriveled into a leathery red sheath of pain. I looked at the bottle again, and it wasn’t conditioner, it was actually a 10 percent benzoyl peroxide cleanser. After a few days, my leathery foreskin flaked off and the pain went away. Should I be concerned about my dick? -Onanism Until Cock Hurts No, OUCH, your dick should be concerned about you. You’re the one who, despite having a foreskin to work/jerk with, grabbed the nearest bottle of whatever was handy instead of using the masturbation sleeve the good Lord gave ya. And you’re the one who didn’t read the label on the nearest bottle of whatever before pouring its contents all over your cock. Caveat masturbator! I have a health question/problem. About a week and a half ago, the wife and I had sex. Being the genius that I am, I got the idea to put two condoms on because I thought it would help me last longer. (Spoiler alert: It didn’t.) The problem is, I guess the double condoms were too tight, and climaxing hurt quite a bit. For all intents and purposes, it’s like I duct-taped the tip of my penis shut and tried to blow a load. Even days after, the left side of my penis head was really sensitive and it hurt. It’s gotten better, but it’s too sensitive to touch from time to time. I have a doctor’s appointment to make sure I’m okay, but it’s two weeks away. I’m a little worried I may have hurt my prostate or urethra or something. From my basic googling, there doesn’t seem to be any medical advice about this. Help please? -Penile Problem Possessor “The application of an external constriction to the penis did potentially cause the pressure in the urethra to rise, possibly traumatically, during ejaculation,” said Dr. Keith D. Newman, a urologist, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a regular guest expert in Savage Love (his most prestigious professional accomplishment). In other words, PPP, somehow those two condoms conspired to dam up your piss slit— aka your urethral meatus—and the force of your impeded ejaculation damn near blew off your cock. “We sometimes see a similar phenomenon occur with people who wear constriction bands or cock rings that are too tight and try to either urinate or ejaculate with the ring on,” said Dr. Newman. “The result is a traumatic stretch of the urethra and microscopic tears in the lining of the urethra (mucosa). This disruption in the lining allows for electrolytes in the urine (particularly potassium) to stimulate the nerves in the layer beneath the lining (submucosa), thereby creating a chronic dull ache, such as PPP describes.” Your urethra should heal just fine in time— within a couple of weeks—but there are meds and other interventions if you’re still in pain a few weeks from now. “The bottom line is never impede urination or ejaculation by obstructing the urethra,” said Dr. Newman. On the Lovecast, sex blogger Ella Dawson on the herpes stigma: savagelovecast.com mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter
JOE WEST TRIO Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Psychedelic country with West and friends, and believe us, he’s got some good-ass friends, and he’s bringing them down to Second Street Brewery. 6 pm, free LATIN NIGHT WITH VDJ DANY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 All the bachata, cumbia, reggaeton and Latin dance jams you can handle. And then there are even more of those things after that. Maybe you can’t handle them all, but Dany brings lasers, so suck it up and get going. Jeeze. 9 pm, $7 LILLY PAD LOUNGE Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Rebel Frog brings you the best in old-school funk, hip-hop and soul. So, like, if you’re hoping to do it, this is the way to go. 10 pm, $7 LIMELIGHT KARAOKE WITH MICHÉLE The Palace 142 W Palace Ave., 428-0690 Karaoke is really fun, even when you suck. Especially when you suck, actually. Then people don’t hate you for not sucking. What we’re saying is, don’t do it, opera singers. 10 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 The solo jazz guitarist proves that even though we all like to make fun of jazz, the genre can boast some damn impressive musicians. Anyway, here’s a joke: What’d the jazz musician get on his SATs? Drool. Swish! 6 pm, free STEVE HILL & COOKIN' The High Note 132 W Water St., 919-8771 Hill scoffs at the very notion of the letter G and does the singer-songwriter thing. 8:30 pm, free TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Smooth piano action to facilitate your pizza and pasta eating. 6 pm, free
THEATER PROOF Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A famed mathematician dies, and his daughter finds a proof he created and calls it her own. This Pulitzer winner is directed by Robert Bendotti and starts Jody Durham, Geoffrey Pomeroy, Jonathon Richards and Tallis Rose. 7:30 pm, $20
FRI/10 ART OPENINGS BRUCE HELANDER: RODEO RIDER AND OTHER WILD PICTURES Tansey Contemporary 652 Canyon Road, 995-8513 Helander's collages have appeared in The New Yorker (so you know they’re highbrow), and some say his work is among the most recognizable in the medium. Catch his newest painting/collage mash-ups or forever be sad. 5 pm, free CARY CLUETT: COOL FIRE Axle Contemporary 670-5854 This show will feature three televisions packed into the moveable art-van, and a chair centered between them. Presumably you sit in the chair and go like, “Woah!” Jokes aside, we love Axle and you should also. Catch the van as part of the Currents Festival at the Railyard Plaza. 8 pm, free LA COCINA form & concept 435 S Guadalupe St., 982-8111 In conjunction with Currents, an exhibit from Seattle-based sculptor Priscilla Dobler. Yay, new gallery! 5-7 pm, free EDIBLE ART TOUR Canyon Road Walk the infamous art street and find art you can eat. 5 pm, free EMILY MASON: RIPPLE EFFECT LewAllen Railyard 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 988-3250 Bask in the vibrant abstract color schemes of Mason's oil paintings. Bask, dammit! 5:30 pm, free INHERIT THE DUST photo-eye Gallery 541 S Guadalupe St., 988-5152 This may have been a more apt title for that movie about the Scopes Monkey Trial, but it’s actually photographer Nick Brandt’s absolutely amazing work. 5 pm, free KEVIN COURTER: AMERICAN WEST Sage Creek Gallery 421 Canyon Road, 988-3444 It's all outdoorsy like John Candy or something when it comes to this solo exhibition full of landscapes, farms and barnyard animals. God bless you, noble chicken. 5 pm, free MEDIA ART EXHIBITION Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 New Mexico School for the Arts Visual Arts Department is mounting an exhibition in conjunction with Currents New Media Festival to showcase work made in the school’s Media Arts classes. All day, free
MICHAEL ROQUE COLLINS LewAllen Railyard 1613 Paseo de Peralta, 988-3250 Known for his large-scale works, this show includes pieces done in watercolor and India ink. 5 pm, free UNDER THE RAINBOW Medicine Man Gallery 602 Canyon Road, Ste. A, 820-7451 We’d point out that Dorothy didn’t like to be under the rainbow, but we’d also point out that this show of Navajo weavings spans 1880 to 1920. Thus, they are beautiful and we should all just be cool. 10 am, free
BOOKS/LECTURES BOOKS AND BABIES Santa Fe Public Library Main Branch 145 Washington Ave., 955-6780 Take yer kids to this thing. It’s for them. And you want them to be into books, right? Of course you do. 10:30-11 am, free
EVENTS CURRENTS 2016 OPENING NIGHT El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 555 Camino de la Familia, 992-0591 As you may know, we love this annual multimedia arts fest. Do yourselves a huge favor and at least pop in once. We’re pretty sure you’ll go back a bunch more. 6 pm, free ENDURANCE RIDE Rodeo de Santa Fe 3237 Rodeo Road, 471-4300 The perfect day for you equine aficionados who like to hit the trails and hum that song from Three Amigos to yourselves. Ha ha! That movie rules. 9 am, free STATE EMPLOYEE OPEN HOUSE New Mexico State Library 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, 476-9700 If you can imagine a more exciting event, we’d like to hear about it. 11 am, free WHEELS DOWN OVER TOKYO Warehouse 21 1614 Paseo de Peralta, 989-4423 This here project is a multimedia entity headed by Robert McCormick featuring an outside projection installation on the outside west wall of Warehouse 21 during the Currents New Media Festival in the Railyard. 8:30 pm, free ZIRCUS EROTIQUE BURLESQUE & VARIETY SHOW The Lodge at Santa Fe 750 N St. Francis Drive, 231-3803 Ooh la la and all that—burlesque has come to town. So know that while it is totally erotic, it’s also artistic and pretty fun (see SFR Picks, page 35). 9 pm, $20
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ALCHEMY WITH DJ POETICS Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Hip-hop, Top 40, dance jams, and plenty more. It's seriously a lot, all right? I mean, you try DJing if you think it's easy. 9 pm, $7 BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and vocals like they used to do, which is to say that it’s done well. 8 pm, free BRYAN DUNNEWALD First Presbyterian Church SF 208 Grant Ave., 982-8544 Part of First Pres’ TGIF lineup which, sadly, does not include Urkel. 5:30 pm, free DAVID GEIST: GEIST CABARET Pranzo Italian Grill 540 Montezuma Ave., 984-2645 Piano tunes from this experienced musician. 6 pm, $2 DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Even more piano and even more vocals than we’d previously thought possible. 6 pm, free DJ 13 PIECES Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Dance party? Dance party! 8 pm, free THE INCREDIBLE WOODPECKERS El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Rock ’n’ roll that’s incredible. 8:30 pm, $5 JAZZ AT MUSEUM HILL CAFÉ Museum Hill Café 710 Camino Lejo, 984-8900 This is probably one of the better names for an event, because it says what it is and also where it is. It would be like our paper being called the “Available Everywhere Paper.” Well done, jazzy jazzers! 7 pm, free LOS LONELY BOYS Camel Rock Casino 17486 US Route 84/285, 984-8414 Wait a sec. We think we remember this band. They had that one hit, right? “Fly Away,” I think it was called? Have fun at this, moms. 8 pm, $30 PIGMENT Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Tunes by the locals make for a jammy few hours. What we’re saying is, if you like weed ... 8:30 pm, free SAVOR La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Cuban street music can take you out of your routine element for a bit. 8 pm, free
Damon Griffith may be known to some as a member of freak-folk act, Cloacas, and to others as so-called “mouth DJ,” Heavy Breather. But he’s also the only authentic puppet engineer in town, and that’s as cool as it gets. For his most recent project, Damon and his wife Sabrina helped construct and operate custom puppets for The Love That Would Not Die, a locally produced short film/pilot episode for a puppet-led zombie musical. (Alex De Vore) Why puppets? I guess for me it comes down to the art of the fool, or how it’s a way for people to pick something up and use it to reflect. You can put a puppet out, and people will want to play with it, and then there’s this part of them that is allowed to come out through that. It’s almost insidious, like, ‘Oh, it isn’t me doing this thing!’ People are so inhibited, I think, and it’s a way for them to let some of that out. And it isn’t all we do ... we make what you could call old-world toys, and that’s kind of unique. We do hobby horses, handmade stuff. Puppets aren’t that big of a thing in America. Usually they’re more, like, muppet-y, and there’s a perception that they’re kind of just for kids, and they’re not. It’s an old-world art form, and I know there are some other businesses that do handmade toys, but as far as I know there’s not places making puppets on the same scale.
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THE CALENDAR SEAN LUCY Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 He’s a singer, he’s a songwriter, he is going to make all your dreams come true. 5 pm, free SWING SET Starlight Lounge at Montecito 500 Rodeo Road, 428-7777 When bands insist on having the genre info in their name, we kind of like it. Figure that one out, OK? 7 pm, free THREE FACES OF JAZZ El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 When two faces doesn’t cut it and five faces is just plain absurd, Three Faces of Jazz steps in to jazz you the eff up. 7:30 pm, free TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 We wish you could hear the song we just wrote about piano bars. It was basically about Binkley himself, and it was genius. The point is, you know what a pianist does, and if you don’t, we don’t know what to do for you. 6 pm, free WHISKEY AUTUMN Boxcar 530 S Guadalupe St., 988-7222 Catch tunes from the indierock group that hails from Denver, a land where the weed flows freely and where all those jerk friends of yours moved and act like it was some super-brilliant thing. We get it, Liz, you think Denver is cool. Shit. 10 pm, free ZOLTAN & THE FORTUNE TELLERS Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 Bluegrass and swing and— wait! Is this about the Tom Hanks movie, Big? The one where he grabs Elizabeth Perkins’ boobs and we’re all like, “Holy shit! He’s supposed to be 13?” And then Robert Loggia piano-dances? Is it? Tell us! 7 pm, free
THEATER PROOF Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A famed mathematician dies, and his daughter finds a proof he created and calls it her own. 7:30 pm, $20
SAT/11 ART OPENINGS ROGER TOLL: MYANMAR AND TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY Travel Bug Coffee Shop 839 Paseo de Peralta, 992-0418 Toll lays out the way to a great travel photo. 5 pm, free
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SOUR MUGS Zephyr 1520 Center Drive, Ste. 2 Portraits by Mike Frick on cardboard. We’ve seen a lot of art, and this is some of the coolest art in town right now. Make a point to stop in and observe Frick’s work while you still can (see SFR Picks, page 35). 6 pm, free
EVENTS 19th ANNUAL SANTA FE GREEK FESTIVAL Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 Hey guys, Alex De Vore here to tell you a little about my people, the Greeks. We’re a passionate sort, and we like to eat things when they’re wrapped up in an olive leaf. We enjoy dancing and singing, and once, when my dad was really drunk at a wedding, he did both. 11 am, free BLUES, BREWS & BIKES Taos Mesa Brewing 20 ABC Mesa Road, (575) 758-1900 The third annual drinking and biking event comes to Taos Mesa Brewing, where the dedicated pedal their way to the venue, and proceeds benefit The Freedom in Music project. With eight bands playing on three different stages, this is a musical feast. Get there somehow. Noon, $15 COLLECTING NEW MEDIA ART David Richard Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St., 983-9555 There’s always something good going on over at David Richard. Like this thing; it’s good. 4 pm, free CURRENTS OPENING WEEKEND Railyard Plaza Market and Alcadesa streets, 414-8544 Showing works by over one hundred artists, with live music and refreshments provided by Duel Brewing, Currents keeps on a-rolling. Noon, free DISCOVER DeVARGAS DAY DeVargas Center 564 N Guadalupe St., 983-4671 What with that school taking over Sanbusco Market, all the cool stores are heading to this mall. Check it. 10 am, free
MADRID SOFTBALL TOURNEY Oscar Huber Memorial Ballpark State Hwy. 14, Madrid, 474-4893 We don’t know why you’d want to go watch random people play softball, but now you can. 9 am, free NEW MEXICO COMICS CREATORS Big Adventure Comics 801 Cerrillos Road, Ste. B, 992-8783 Local comics authors and illustrators show their stuff at everybody’s favorite retail spot. Sooooo cool. 1 pm, free PURINA DAYS LIVESTOCK SHOWCASE Tractor Supply Co. 3901 Oliver Drive, 471-9160 So at this thing you can go look at livestock, and suddenly the softball thing from before seems far more enticing. 10 am, free VAGRANT VARIETY BURLESQUE Engine House Theater 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 438-4418 It’s a good week for burlesque in and around Santa Fe. 9 pm, free WOMEN IN FILM SAGE AWARD Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Awards go to some deserving ladies at this very cool event celebrating their contributions to the medum. 7 pm, free
FILM THE AUTEURS Center for Contemporary Arts 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 982-1338 So begins a totally killer weekly series of films from totally amazing directors. Start off with Jean Cocteau’s 1946 classic, Beauty and the Beast. That’s right, he was named after the theater. Or something. 7:30 pm, free
MUSIC 3rd ANNUAL BLUES, BREWS & BIKES FESTIVAL Taos Mesa Brewing 20 ABC Mesa Road, (575) 758-1900 This event keeps on rolling (bike joke!), though we think that beers and bikes seem like a dangerous coupling. Noon, free THE BLUES REVUE Second Street Brewery (Original) 1814 Second St., 982-3030 Traditional folk and blues tunes from these local guys. 7 pm, free BOB FINNIE Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano and vocals. 8 pm, free CONNIE LONG AND FAST PATSY Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Two gals rockin' the mic on a weekend evening. 8:30 pm, free CONTINUED ON PAGE 45
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azòn, chef Fernando Olea’s new place downtown (221 Shelby St., 983-8604), recently expanded its hours to offer a bar menu in the afternoons. It’s a lovely place to spend a couple of hours relaxing over a cocktail and a nibble or two, full of beautiful Mexican art and plenty of charm. The place is thoroughly delightful—but perhaps also overpriced. One recent afternoon, my guest and I racked up a $130 tab with two drinks, four antojitos, or little plates, from the bar menu, and one dessert (including tip). OK, maybe we went a little overboard with our $130 happy hour, but say we just had the two drinks and two snack plates, no dessert. It still would have cost almost $80 with tip. That’s just crazy. The cocktails on the bar menu start at $12 (for the chocolate martini and The Squeeze, a fancy twist on a Paloma) and top out at $19 (for a Manhattan made with mole bitters or a martini with acai vodka and Crème Yvette). So I was technically moderate with the Latin Lover ($18), a stunningly beautiful blend of mescal and bright yellow passion fruit puree topped with a fresh purple orchid. It was not at all sweet, and the passion fruit and lychee mixed perfectly with the not-too-smoky mescal. I loved it. I wrote about it in SFR’s weekly newsletter, The Fork! The xochimilco tacos ($15) on the bar menu were fantastic, and the tortillas were topped with a healthy dose of corn smut (Google it), corn kernels, crumbled queso fresco and some sort of ornamental micro green. They tasted like a pound of exotic butter, and I licked my fingers clean. The shrimp ceviche ($15) was a small cereal bowl swimming with bright, citrusy shrimp and it came with crunchy chips. But by the time I was halfway through my Latin Lover, Sazòn’s charm started to wane a little. I must say I admire Olea’s business savvy. Not everything on the menu is crazy expensive—it’s mostly just regular expensive, but the most exciting dishes and drinks, the ones you absolutely have to try, those are the ones you pay an eye-popping premium for. And they don’t always deliver. The pork belly tacos ($11) contained a generous amount of sliced pork, but the consistency was in between jiggly molten-fat pork belly and crispy-crunchy
Xochimilco tacos: not bad, but not cheap.
“OMG, what is this bacon?” pork belly. It was sort of room temperature, not greasy pork that wasn’t particularly flavorful on its own. Dressed up with fresh onion, cilantro and bright, citrusy jalapeño salsa, the tacos were good, but not really because of the pork. The waiter brought us a complimentary sample of some of the moles, a tablespoon of each in little cups with some extra tortillas on the side. That was fun!
It’s essentially $16 for the privilege of saying you went to Santa Fe and ate grasshopper tacos. And nice! While they were colorful and interesting, it felt like the kitchen was holding back in an attempt to please a tourist’s palate. An apricot mole tasted diluted and bland, while the one made with red chile had a bitter edge. I fell out of love after the grasshopper tacos, a dish that consists of three mini corn tortillas, maybe 3-4 inches in diameter, schmeared with smashed avocado and sprinkled with a tablespoon of 1/2-inch-long grasshoppers that had been fried (although not recently). They come presented on a rectangle of dark
slate. It’s very pretty—and it’s $16. Which is, like, whatever, but then you’re eating one and you’re all, “Huh. Grasshoppers. Wait, I’m paying $5 for these two bites?” It’s essentially $16 for the privilege of saying you went to Santa Fe and ate grasshopper tacos. That’s, what, $1 for food cost, $2 for labor and $13 for the Instagram? I brought my mom to Sazòn because she can never resist ordering the weirdest thing on the menu. If we were in Mexico, she would be the first to order fried grasshoppers from a street vendor. She would be giddy about the adventure, and she’d never remember how much they cost, although it would probably be pennies. Here in Santa Fe, she is exactly the deeppocketed sucker this dish is designed for. (I adore this woman, but she does not care at all how much food costs.) Santa Fe actually has a lot of good Mexican food— maybe not so near the Plaza and not so attractive, but I get the nagging feeling I’m being played when I pay $11 for three underwhelming tacos. So sure, if you’re here for a week and want to go home with a great story and some pretty pictures, by all means, go to Sazòn. I’m sure every dish is worth a picture. Many are fun and delicious and memorable, but the check might leave a bitter taste in your mouth. AT A GLANCE: Open: Noon-5 pm and 5:30 pm-close Monday-Saturday, closed Sunday Best Bet: Xochimilco tacos Don’t Miss: Afternoon patio time
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SHOWCASE KARAOKE Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 Cyndi and Nanci preside over this beloved and long-running karaoke event. We’re still mad about that dude who sang Aerosmith that one time, but that’s cool. 8:30 pm, free SO SOPHISTICATED WITH DJ 12 TRIBE Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Hip-hop, mainstream and EDM. Skylight is the place to be on Saturday nights with DJ 12 Tribe. 9 pm, $7 TRASH MULLET Zephyr 1520 Center Drive #2 Freak folk, friends. From now on, you’ll frolic with fun forevermore. 6 pm, $5 TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Smooth piano action to facilitate your pizza and pasta eating? We love smooth piano action! 6 pm, free WENDY COLONNA AND DORI COLSTON The High Note 132 W Water St., 919-8771 Some call Colonna a songbird, some call her a walking nightmare ... Check out her blues-Americana for yourself and decide. 8:30 pm, $10
THEATER PROOF Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A famed mathematician dies, and his daughter finds a proof he created and calls it her own. This Pulitzer winner is directed by Robert Bendotti and starts Jody Durham, Geoffrey Pomeroy and more. 7:30 pm, $20
SUN/12 ART OPENINGS EVELI: ENERGY AND SIGNIFICANCE Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636 A protege of the famed Charles Loloma, Eveli Sabatie shaped the world of Southwestern jewelry and now you can see these beautiful pieces with your own eyes. 11 am, free JICARILLA: HOME NEAR THE HEART OF THE WORLD Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 704 Camino Lejo, 982-4636 See basketry, micaceous pottery and beadwork from the Jicarilla Apache Nation. This opening day event will have artists doing live demonstrations of traditional artworks. 11 am, free
SUNDAY RAILYARD ARTISAN MARKET Santa Fe Railyard Plaza Guadalupe Street and Paseo de Peralta Buy local arts, crafts, photos and even local berries at this event. Yup. Berries. Word is, these artists are some of the best around. Take that, gallery system! 10 am, free
BOOKS/LECTURES ALICE LOY: CREATIVE START-UPS Collected Works Bookstore 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226 A Journey Santa Fe lecture aimed at the success of creative and cultural entrepreneurs in this-here city. You want to learn how to do cool stuff, don’t you? Well, good. Just go to this thing and you’ll be on track. 11 am, free
EVENTS 19th ANNUAL SANTA FE GREEK FESTIVAL Santa Fe Community Convention Center 201 W Marcy St., 955-6590 There are so many reasons to celebrate Greek culture, not least of which is the food and the music. Math ain’t great, but what can you do when a culture also invented democracy and those super-cool leaf crowns? 11 am, free MADRID SOFTBALL TOURNEY Oscar Huber Memorial Ballpark State Hwy. 14 Madrid, 474-4893 Oh cool! Everyday people playing softball? How could that possibly be boring? 10 am, free NOT JUST FOR THE BIRDS Scottish Rite Center 463 Paseo de Peralta, 982-4414 This here birdhouse auction is apparently a real thing—sorry we doubted the concept of birdhouse auctions—and also benefits New Mexico homeless. 3 pm, free SUMMER SALON New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave., 476-5072 Discuss arts and such in a fashion that will surely make even the most studied aficionado feel excited by the world of said arts. 11 am, free
FILM THE LOVE THAT WOULD NOT DIE: A ZOMBIE PUPPET MUSICAL Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 It’s quite literally a puppet-led zombie musical, and we hear the film is pretty fantastic. We love the Muppets, so by the transitive property, we also love this. Huzzah to Jean Cocteau for supporting local puppet artisans/filmmakers. (see 3 Questions, page 43). 7 pm, free
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THE BLUES REVUE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Have a gospel brunch experience, eat some toast and hear the band jam. Okay, that wasn't a great one; swallow it with a mimosa. Noon, free CHRIS ABEYTA El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Solo songs with Abeyta. 7 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Standards, show tunes, nice haircuts and more. 6:30 pm, free JERRY FAIRES AND FRIENDS Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Faires and his buddies kick out the jams. You kick back the beers. Yeah, between them and you you’ve got a pretty good afternoon going. 3 pm, free JOSH MARTIN & THE NEON MOTELS Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 There aren't many better ways to spend a Sunday afternoon than in the sun with a great soundtrack. Get that weekendfeeling with Martin and his buddies as they meander through hit after hit in a mindblowing display of musical fortitude and awesomeness! 1 pm, free LONE PIÑÓN Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Northern New Mexico roots music played so authentically that even dudes like Cipriano Vigil think it’s awesome. 1 pm, free MIKE MONTIEL HOSTS THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY OPEN MIC Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive, 983-9817 Read the title and know what it is, then maybe sign up and blow minds. We’re willing to bet you’ve got a pretty awesome rendition of “Hallelujah” locked and loaded. 3-6 pm, free MOLLY HARDIN Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 Singer-songwriter jams cause that’s what C-Girl does best. And you’re just like, “Yo! Where’s all those strawberry margaritas at, suckas?” And then they, like, give them to you, and you’re all, “OK, then.” 8 pm, free NACHA MENDEZ Taberna La Boca 125 Lincoln Ave., 988-7102 Nacha brings her pals for Latin/world music fusion. those wine and tapas. 7 pm, free
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SFR’S MUSICAL SHOWCASE Whole Foods 1090 S St. Francis Drive, 983-5333 A special jury chose three albums of the year, and the winners of this prestigious award will play live for your enjoyment! Greg Butera, Flamingo Pink and Colossal Swan Dive perform. Plus, food trucks, vendor booths and, perhaps most importantly, beer! 2-6 pm, free
THEATER PROOF Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie, 424-1601 A famed mathematician dies, and his daughter finds a proof he created and calls it her own. This Pulitzer winner is directed by Robert Bendotti and starts Jody Durham, Geoffrey Pomeroy, Jonathon Richards and Tallis Rose. 2 pm, $20
MON/13 BOOKS/LECTURES POETRY READING WITH CALLED BACK BOOKS & OMNIDAWN PUBLISHING op.cit. 564 N Guadalupe St., 428-0321 Do you guys think they’ll do that thing where they snap instead of clapping? We hope not. That thing really weirds everyone out. Poems are cool, though. 6 pm, free
EVENTS TIME TREKKERS SUMMER CAMP Santa Fe Children's Museum 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 989-8359 Time Trekkers sounds like an ill-fated cartoon about kids who traveled through time solving mysteries, and also they were, like, cool geniuses. 10 am-4 pm, free
MUSIC BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 The beloved country music champ comes to town. And remember—even on your coolest day, you were never as cool as Hearne. 7:30 pm, free
BLUEGRASS JAM Mine Shaft Tavern 2846 Hwy. 14, Madrid, 473-0743 Yup. It’s a bluegrass jam. But don’t worry, because there’s actually good news with that. Bluegrass players are some of the best on the planet. 6 pm, free COWGIRL KARAOKE WITH MICHÉLE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 You and your friends, the collective grand duchies of idiocy, should go to this. 9 pm, free DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Piano, vocals, wine, repeat. 6:30 pm, free
TUE/14 BOOKS/LECTURES BREAKING BIG MONEY'S GRIP ON AMERICA Jean Cocteau Cinema 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528 Panelists include Bruce Berlin, author Breaking Big Money’s Grip on America: Working Together To Revive Our Democracy; Heather Ferguson, campaign manager for Common Cause New Mexico; and state Rep. Carl Trujillo. 7-9 pm, $10-$24
DANCE ARGENTINE TANGO MILONGA El Mesón 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756 Make the dance moves last, and make the dance moves sexy. That’s the Argentine tango way. You’re going to love it, we bet. We hope. Look, we don’t know your life ¡Ole! 7:30 pm, free
MUSIC BEN WRIGHT: OPEN SONGS NIGHT Second Street Brewery (Railyard) 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278 This evening showcases local talent and sometimes presents a hidden gem in our musical community. Ben Wright alone makes the evening lovely. 7 pm, free BILL HEARNE TRIO La Fiesta Lounge 100 E San Francisco St., 982-5511 Hearne returns with his friends to mess you up ... with friendship! And great country music. We should always mention the music. 7:30 pm, free CANYON ROAD BLUES JAM El Farol 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912 Join the bluesiest blues band around and jam with 'em ... y'know, assuming you know what you're doing. Here’s how it works: you show up, sign up and get down within a blues structure. 8:30 pm, free
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Bruce Helander‘s work can be seen in Rodeo Rider and Other Wild Pictures, opening Friday at Tansey Contemporary. DOUG MONTGOMERY Vanessie 427 W Water St., 982-9966 Man! This guy again! Y’know, Ol’ Dougie keeps piano-in’ and vocal-in’ all the time, and that’s cool. Let’s throw some support his way. We’ve even seen some fun singalong action at Montgomery’s shows in the past. 6:30 pm, free THE GUNSELS Evangelo's 200 W San Francisco St., 982-9014 It’s all full of all that pedal steel goodness you know you want. This would be a good chance to pick up Greg Butera’s most recent album, too. 8 pm, free PAT MALONE TerraCotta Wine Bistro 304 Johnson St., 989-1166 The solo jazz guitarist proves that even though we all like to make fun of jazz, the genre can boast some damn impressive musicians. 6 pm, free REVOLVER TUESDAY Skylight Santa Fe 139 W San Francisco St., 982-0775 Weekly arts and music like woah, and the whole thing is hosted by Jessie Deluxe, who totally rules your face. 7 pm-1 am, free
THE ROBERT CRAY BAND Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St., 988-1234 Cray’s band has won five Grammys in their 40-year career and played concert venues around the world, and the Hall of Famer is bound to give you his bluesy best (see SFR Picks, page 35). 7:30 pm, $39
SKY CHOICE Cowgirl 319 S Guadalupe St., 982-2565 This sounds like a brand of coffee you can only get on planes, but it’s actually a singersongwriter. 8 pm, free TUCKER BINKLEY Osteria D'Assisi 58 S Federal Place, 986-5858 Smooth piano action to facilitate your pizza and pasta eating. 6 pm, free
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Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and her eyebrows join super-hunk Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games series) in Me Before You, an emotionally manipulative pile of dreck that tries so very hard to make us feel anything, but generally winds up feeling more like the longest hour and 50 minutes of your entire life. Clarke plays Louisa Clark, a cute-as-a-button 20-something who
just can’t seem to keep a job despite how many weirdly over-expressive eyebrow maneuvers she utilizes or spunky/bizarre outfits she wears. This is a huge drag, because she’s kind of trapped in a shitty life; her family is way poor, and she’s supposed to help out, so when a temp job as a caretaker for a paraplegic comes her way, she’s super desperate and takes it immediately. The wheelchair-bound Will Traynor (Claflin) somehow comes from royalty—though they never mention the
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Lou must grapple between the excitement of a budding romance and doing what’s right, although the moral and societal implications of assisted suicide take a backseat to hormonal angst, and the overall lesson—you’ve got to live, dammit!—is nothing even slightly new. It could be they’re trying to point out that Lou herself is paralyzed in a way, but nobody cares, nor should they. Oh, but it’s not all bad. Ab Fab’s Joanna Lumley pops in for a brief cameo, and Charles Dance (of the criminally underrated comedy The Last Action Hero and also some HBO show) looms around the Traynor mansion, being an actually good actor. Still, little is done to endear us to these characters, and almost everyone comes across as selfish. Whichever acting teacher taught Clarke to constantly twist her face into these inquisitive doe-eyed moron positions should be ashamed of themselves, and director Thea Sharrock (from a bunch of British things you’ve never heard of ) should probably try harder to motivate her actors into performances as believable people. Avoid this movie at all costs—you’ve been warned.
ME BEFORE YOU Directed by Thea Sharrock With Clarke, Claflin and Dance Violet Crown, Regal PG-13, 110 min.
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specifics outside of his family owns a castle in their sleepy British town—and is a complete jerk. Now, we could understand this jerkiness in that he’s paralyzed, but not only is the backstory of how he became this way fleeting to a fault, we’re apparently supposed to be moved by how Louisa eventually doesn’t treat him any differently for it. What a hero she is! The more time they spend together, the more they fall in love, a ridiculous turn of events that surprises absolutely no one save Lou’s boyfriend (a totally enjoyable Matthew Lewis of Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter fame, only now he’s way hot), who we’re supposed to not like because even though he treats her well, he’s a little self-absorbed. This actually makes him the most believable character in the movie, and besides, it’s a lame premise: “I’ll teach you how to feel again, Will!” And just when Lou is becoming comfortable enough with her job to sit on Will’s lap and creep everyone out by blurring the lines of professionalism, we learn that Will wants to Kevorkian himself, and Me Before You transforms from quirky, albeit ludicrous, rom-com to heavy-handed sad-fest. Tears are shed, brows are furrowed, an absurd number of emotionally scored montages occur and the audience is left to roll their eyes, check their watches and wonder why the hell they didn’t just go to see the new Ninja Turtles movie.
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absurdist comedies of Wes Anderson.” DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE “Told in a sentimental manner that will create a lump in your throat.”
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WEINER Throughout Weiner, the eponymous documentary that chronicles a disgraced politician’s ill-fated run for redemption, Anthony Weiner repeatedly refers to “the thing” that ended his career. The thing, of course, was a sexting scandal. His planned comeback: a bid for New York City mayor. Filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg secured incredible access to the candidate, his team, and most critically, Huma Abedin, the wife who also happens to be a close-confidant of Hillary Clinton. At first, the documentary seems like a run-of-the-mill campaign story. Weiner gallivants during a gay-pride parade, waving a rainbow flag. Abedin introduces her husband at a fundraiser. But then a bombshell drops, and the documentarians’ gamble pays off big time. News breaks that Weiner couldn’t quit his habit of sending x-rated photos to women who are not his wife, this even after he appeared on the cover of People Magazine with the headline “I Feel Like a Different Person.” Kriegman and Steinberg capture the immediate fallout of the scandal’s second act like they have a backstage pass to a political campaign in panic mode. “Are we going to go fucking nuclear, like this is not true?” asks Amit Bagga, a policy director.
In another room, Weiner and Abedin are on speakerphone, trying to do damage control. Weiner explains to his interlocutor that he has his wife’s full support, as she listens with a mix of disgust and incredulity wrinkled in her face. They hang up, and the two sit in silence for what seems like an eternity, unable to look at each other, before Weiner kicks the filmmakers out. Moments later, the couple walks out to cameras and reporters, Abedin smiling. “This is between us in our marriage,” she explains. “I love him. I’ve forgiven him.” Up-close scenes of a campaign in disarray are interspersed with clips of the media in scandal mode, dissecting every public moment of Weiner and Abedin’s life. Why does she stick by his side? How many women were there? What is wrong with him? We know politics is theater, but actually witnessing the principal actors switch in and out of character, as we do in Weiner, is truly astonishing. The rest of the film is filled with sequences like this: In one moment, staffers go around in a circle expressing frustrations with their boss. In the next, Abedin reminds Weiner’s campaign manager to look happy as she exits the building. “Just a quick optics thing,” she says. (Steven Hsieh) CCA, R, 96 min.
THE LOBSTER Colin Farrell plays David, a newly single man who lives in a sort of dystopia wherein those without a partner are sent to a purgatorial hotel and given a month and a half to find a mate, or they’ll be turned into the animal of their choosing. ”It’s an interesting take on societal pressures that dictate we must be paired off if we ever wish to be truly happy, and Weisz, who assumes the role of disembodied narrator for nearly two-thirds of the film, echoes the frustrating weirdness of the setup in a way that suggests she might be David’s conscience (if only he had one). Of course, that’s part of the bum deal humanity has received in The Lobster, and daily hunting for those who shirk the idea that partnership-equals-good (known here as “loners”) consistently keeps everyone on edge; there is no hope for trust between anyone. It’s a good start, and an almost nihilismlite version of the absurdist comedies of Wes Anderson. In fact, anyone who has seen The Grand Budapest Hotel will find a twisted familiarity to the halls and grounds of the sprawling country estate, but whereas Anderson knows how to create consistent characters who we still root for, even at their most obnoxious, The Lobster strays too far into dark comedy’s uncomfortable moments rather than those that are so bad they’re CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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DARK HORSE Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance won the coveted audience award at 2015’s Sundance Film Festival for its enchanting look at the implausible success of Dream Alliance, an underdog racehorse bred by a barmaid and owned by a mixed bag of residents from a poor Welsh mining village. After their mine closes, 23 ordinary people formed a cooperative, or as they called themselves, the Syndicate. Each person in the Syndicate paid 10 pounds a week to support the horse, and their lives became intertwined with his; Dream Alliance revitalized the people and the town. This is more than the story of a race: It is the depiction of interwoven relationships between a group of people and an animal they love. As the group makes incredible strides, they are faced with difficulties, and in their darkest hour, the Syndicate’s only concern remains the life of Dream Alliance, who manages to become the first horse to win a race following stem-cell surgery. This wonderful film shows interviews with the people who were involved, and each brings comedic warmth and honesty to the screen. Dark Horse is sincere, sweet and told in a sentimental manner that will create a lump in your throat. Additional scenes of horses playing in fields, crafted by the superb cinematography of Benjamin Kracun, only add to the endearing overall feel, and besides, everyone loves a hero, right? Dark Horse will make you cry, make you cheer and make you glad you watched it. (Rose Antonelli-Fatton) DeVargas, PG, 85 min.
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THE NICE GUYS It’s only fair to give kudos to Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling—actors who generally tend to take serious roles—for their attempts at slapstick, but the overall cheese factor of The Nice Guys, the newest film from director Shane Black (Iron Man 3), keeps it from ever achieving the levels of cool to which it so obviously aspires. It’s 1977 Los Angeles, a smog-laden playground for criminals and Jackson Healy (a straight-faced yet enjoyably ridiculous Crowe) can be hired to break the arms of all your problems. When a client hires Healy to help her lose a tail, he is unwittingly thrust into a corrupt world of pornographers, politicians and assassins, and when the client goes missing and the villains come a-looking, Healy teams up with Holland March (the comedically acceptable Gosling). What begins as Healy’s quest for answers quickly escalates into a multifaceted mystery involving missing persons, LA’s seedy underbelly and murdered pet fish. The ultimate issue with The Nice Guys is that it just isn’t that funny. Gosling has his moments now and again, and Crowe’s performance is not bad, per se, but lacking. There is humor to be found in a bruiser who casually explains to his victims the medical specifics of their impending broken bones, but he never mines deep enough to strike comedic gold. It comes across as one-dimensional and, when played off of Gosling’s stab at goofiness, highlights this nagging feeling that they turned one good character into two just OK characters. And this is frustrating, because The Nice Guys comes pretty close to awesome more than a few times, like when a neighborhood teen tells our heroes that he’s got a big dick or when Gosling dreams of gargantuan talking Africanized bees. Of course the good guys always win, but it’s always fun to reach that cinematic moment that makes us wonder how they’ll get out of whatever situation alive. Sadly, this never comes, but that’s ultimately just fine, since The Nice Guys is really more of a time-killer than a foray into powerful film. But we knew that, right? Of course we did. We really only went to see the thing because it looked kind of goofy, and we thought it would be fun to see usually dramatic actors get silly. If this was the goal, then they nailed it. Otherwise, it would be wise to take this thing at face value, have a few yucks and then forget about it forever. (ADV) Violet Crown, Regal 14, R, 116 min.
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LOVE & FRIENDSHIP Love & Friendship is thoroughly enjoyable and well made. Directed by Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) from the novella Lady Susan by Jane Austen, we follow Lady Susan herself (Kate Beckinsale of Underworld), a recent widow in search of new husbands for herself and for her daughter, Frederica, played by Morfydd Clark (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). We meet Susan as she moves to new quarters with her former brother-in-law, Charles (Thor 2’s Justin Edwards) and his quivering wife Catherine (Emma Greenwell, also from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). Possible candidates for matrimony include the dull but handsome Reginald (Twilight’s Xavier Samuel), another woman’s husband named Lord Manwaring (King Arthur’s Lochlann O’Mearáin) and the buffoonish Sir James
Martin (Tom Bennett), a man who doesn’t understand that “Churchill” is one word, not a place called Church Hill. A steady flow of letters, delivered by long-faced but impeccably dressed servants, helps to keep the movie moving, with parts of the text of said letters appearing onscreen at times, like self-mocking subtitles. This works well and adds plenty to the gentle humor that runs throughout the entire film. Lady Susan also has a crisp tongue, which she is not afraid to use on most anyone, including the cads who try to catch her eye and Chloe Sevigny (Big Love), who plays her best friend, Alice. Suffice it to say that Lady Susan will probably get her way, no matter who or what the obstacle might be. Some might find the film too talky, but if one listens intently, the dialogue flows freely and with a certain amount of charm. (Jeff Berg) Violet Crown, CCA, R, 116 min.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Mythologist Joseph Campbell analyzed fairy tales for clues about how the human psyche works. For example, he said that a fairy tale character who’s riding a horse is a representation of our relationship with our instinctual nature. If that character drops the reins and lets the horse gallop without guidance, he or she is symbolically surrendering control to the instincts. I bring this to your attention because I suspect you may soon be tempted to do just that that— which wouldn’t be wise. In my opinion, you’ll be best served by going against the flow of what seems natural. Sublimation and transcendence will keep you much stronger than if you followed the line of least resistance. Homework: Visualize yourself, as you ride your horse, keeping a relaxed but firm grasp of the reins.
smart to be ruthlessly efficient as we head toward our destination. But here’s a caveat: According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re now in a phase when taking short cuts may be counterproductive. To be as well-seasoned as you will need to be to reach your goal, you should probably take the scenic route. The long way around may, in this instance, be the most efficient and effective. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “Truth is like the flu,” says poet James Richardson. “I fight it off, but it changes in other bodies and returns in a form to which I am not immune.” In the coming days, Scorpio, I suspect you will experience that riddle first hand— and probably on more than one occasion. Obvious secrets and wild understandings that you have fought against finding out will mutate in just the right way to sneak past your defenses. Unwelcome insights you’ve been trying to ignore will finally wiggle their way into your psyche. Don’t worry, though. These new arrivals will be turn out to be good medicine.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) I will provide you with two lists of words. One of these lists, but not both, will characterize the nature of your predominant experiences in the coming weeks. It will be mostly up to you which emerges as the winner. Now read the two lists, pick the one you like better, and instruct your subconscious mind SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) According to Guinness to lead you in that direction. List 1: gluttony, bloating, World records, the most consecutive hours spent riding overkill, padding, exorbitance. List 2: mother lode, wellon a roller coaster is 405 hours and 40 minutes. But I spring, bumper crop, gold mine, cornucopia. suspect that during the next 15 months, a Sagittarian GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In his poem “Interrupted daredevil may exceed this mark. I have come to this Meditation,” Robert Hass blurts out the following excla- conclusion because I believe your tribe will be especially mation: “I give you, here, now, a magic key. What does it adept and relatively comfortable at handling steep rises open? This key I give you, what exactly does it open?” and sudden dips at high speeds. And that won’t be the How would you answer this question, Gemini? What only rough talent you’ll have in abundance. I’m guessing door or lock or heart or treasure box do you most need you could also set new personal bests in the categories opened? Decide today. And please don’t name five of most frequent changes of mind, most heroic leaps of things you need opened. Choose one, and one only. To faith, and fastest talking. do so will dissolve a mental block that has up until now CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Whether we like to kept you from finding the REAL magic key. admit it or not, all of us have acted like puppets. Bosses CANCER (June 21-July 22) The following excerpt from and teachers and loved ones can manipulate us even if Wendell Berry’s poem “Woods” captures the essence of they’re not in our presence. Our conditioned responses your current situation: “I part the out-thrusting branches and programmed impulses may control our behavior in and come in beneath the blessed and the blessing trees. the present moment even though they were formed long Though I am silent there is singing around me. Though I ago. That’s the bad news. The good news is that now am dark there is vision around me. Though I am heavy and then moments of lucidity blossom, revealing the there is flight around me.” Please remember this poem puppet strings. We emerge from our unconsciousness at least three times a day during the next two weeks. It’s and see that we’re under the spell of influential people important for you to know that no matter what murky or to whom we have surrendered our power. This is one of maudlin or mysterious mood you might be in, you are those magic times for you, Capricorn. surrounded by vitality and generosity. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A few weeks ago you LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A half-dead blast from the past is undertook a new course of study in the art of fun and throttling the free flow of your imagination. Your best games. You realized you hadn’t been playing hard possible future will be postponed until you agree to deal enough, and took measures to correct the problem. more intimately with this crumbled dream, which you After refamiliarizing yourself with the mysteries of innohave never fully grieved or surrendered. So here’s my cent joy, you raised the stakes. You began dabbling with advice: Summon the bravest, smartest love you’re capa- more intensive forms of relief and release. Now you ble of, and lay your sad loss to rest with gentle ferocity. have the chance to go even further: to explore the mysThis may take a while, so be patient. Be inspired by the teries of experimental delight. Exuberant escapades may fact that your new supply of brave, smart love will be a become available to you. Amorous adventures could crucial resource for the rest of your long life. invite you to explore the frontiers of liberated love. Will you be brave and free enough to meet the challenge of VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Five times every day, devout such deeply meaningful gaiety? Meditate on this radical Muslims face their holiest city, Mecca, and say prayers to possibility: spiritually adept hedonism. Allah. Even if you’re not Islamic, I recommend that you carry out your own unique version of this ritual. The next PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Poet Sharon Dolin compares three weeks will be a favorable time to cultivate a closer artists to sunflowers. They create “a tall flashy flower relationship with the inspirational influence, the high that then grows heavy with seeds whose small hard ideal, or the divine being that reigns supreme in your life. shells you must crack to get to the rich nut meat.” As I Here’s how you could do it: Identify a place that excites contemplate the current chapter of your unfolding story, your imagination and provokes a sense of wonder. Five I see you as being engaged in a similar process, even if times a day for the next 21 days, bow in the direction of you’re not literally an artist. To be exact, you’re at the this treasured spot. Unleash songs, vows, and celebratory point when you are producing a tall flashy flower. The expostulations that deepen your fierce and tender comseeds have not yet begun to form, but they will soon. mitment to what you trust most and love best. Later this year, the rich nut meat inside the small hard shells will be ready to pluck. For now, concentrate on LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “The road reaches every generating your gorgeous, radiant flower. place, the short cut only one,” says aphorist James Richardson. In many cases, that’s not a problem. Who Homework: Psychologists say that a good way to elimiamong us has unlimited time and energy? Why leave all nate a bad habit is to replace it with a good one. Do the options open? Short cuts can be valuable. It’s often that! Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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