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In with the New Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Happy New Year people! With the New Year comes resolutions and that means time for change. But don’t worry, we didn’t do any sort of major changes to Submerge in issue No. 101, but we did a couple of small things to two columns that I would like to point out.

“Refined Tastes,” the column that undoubtedly makes everyone hungry (or thirsty depending on the topic) is now going to be called “Tongue and Chic.” Our trusty foodie contributor Adam Saake came up with this clever little title. We all have wanted to change the column title for a while now and figured 2012 would be the perfect time. We’re excited to have him put his valuable touch on the title. Same great column, new name!

For the very first “Tongue and Chic” column— which can be found on page 9—Saake wrote a piece on Broadacre Coffee in downtown Sacramento. Hope you are thirsty for some coffee knowledge.

Another small column revision comes with “The Grindhouse.” Our ever-so-wise editor/film reviewer/ Jameson lover, James Barone, will continue to enlighten you on new films hitting the big screen but after years of debating if we should do a rating system or not, we decided to give it a go. We don’t have anything out of the ordinary, just a faithful five-star rating system that you have come to know and love.

On page 24, not only will you be able to read Barone’s two cents on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you can see how many stars he gave it. I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews on this film, so it’s interesting to get an in-depth assessment that’s longer than 140 characters.

Please enjoy the rest of our regular columns and killer content in this lovely issue.

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The first ever Capitol Comedy Competition is a five-week comedy showcase featuring comics from all over California battling it out for a $1,000 grand prize. The final two weeks of the showcase are Jan. 4 and Jan. 11. You’ve still got time to catch one of these hilarious shows, all of which take place at Harlow’s. Each week one winner and one runner-up earn themselves a spot in the Jan. 11 finale. The first week’s winner was Insane Wayne Jackson (from Stockton) and the runner up was Tristan Johnson (from Oakland); the second week’s winner was Jay Rick (from Oakland) and the runner up was Anderi Bailey (from Sacramento); and the third week’s winner was Stephen Furey (pictured, from Sacramento) and the runner up spot went to Leroy Stansfield (from Oakland). Week four (Jan. 4) will be hosted by none other than Sacramento’s own rising comic star, Mike E. Winfield, as well as DJ Racer X, and will feature eight comics each with a 15 minute set. There are only two spots left in the Jan. 11 finale—who will it be? The Capitol Comedy Competition is being put on by Conscious Vibes, a local events company that is coming off a huge year where they booked acts such as Dwele, Goapele, Dead Prez, Questlove, Bilal, KRS-One, Planet Asia and many others.

For more information about the Capitol Comedy Competition and other Conscious Vibes events, visit Consciousvibespresents.com.

There are a couple of cool things kicking off at Dive Bar (1016 K Street) this month. First up, Le Twist Tuesdays, a new weekly funk/disco/electronic/soul party with DJs Sam I Jam, Adam J and Taylor Cho that starts on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 9 p.m. Then on Sunday, Jan. 15, Dive Bar’s free live music series called “Live Free or Dive Sundays” begins with a performance from Adrian Bourgeois at 9 p.m. The following week, Jan. 22, Mondo Deco will play and the week after that, Jan. 29, Jesi Naomi and the Trippers are up.

For more information about Le Twist Tuesdays, Live Free or Dive Sundays or any of Dive Bar’s other events, visit Divebarsacramento.com.

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This may be the weirdest billing of bands ever, but on Saturday, Jan. 7 at The Boardwalk (9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevile) there is sure to be some fun had at the “Backyard Blues and Hiphop Review,” put on by James Allen Productions.

In one night, and for only $10 in advance or $15 at the door, you’ll experience a mash-up of blues music from performers like Fillmore Slim, Forrest Barnes, Sunny Blue Band and more as well as live hip-hop from acts like Cowboy and A Thug (pictured), Swiss Thebigcheez, Juana Blaze and others. There will be plenty of hickory smoked barbecue and proceeds from ticket sales go to the Sounds of Heaven.

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Tons of Local Music Scene Photos at Bows’ January Art Show For local music scene aficionados, Bows and Arrows’ January art show, titled Eye-Fi: A Retrospective of SN&R Sacramento Music Scene Photography, is one you will not want to miss. At the show’s opening, which is on Jan. 6 from 6 to 10 p.m., there will surely be a whole lot of, “Hey look, that’s so-and-so from such-and-such band,” and definitely a lot of, “I was at that show!” Featured photographers include Wes Davis, Amy Scott, Shoka, Jesse Vasquez, Nick Miller, Carlos Amaya, Don Button, Jon Hermison, Sean Stout, Steven Chea and more. Just some of the local artists captured by said shutterbugs are Ganglians, Appetite, Exquisite Corps, DJ Whores, Mahtie Bush, Kill the Precedent, Sea of Bees, Chase Moore, Dead Western, !!! and many more. At the opening there will be artwork for sale, as well as food, drinks and a live DJ. Bows and Arrows is located at 1815 19th Street. If you can’t make it to the reception, make sure you stop in before Feb. 2 to see the photos.

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Pruning Workshop For all you green thumbs out there, don’t miss this Pruning Workshop on Saturday, Jan. 14 for a chance to hone your pruning skills. Put on by the Sacramento Public Library, this hands-on workshop will be taught by UC Master Gardener Judy Eitzen who will discuss simple pruning techniques and tips for all you home gardeners out there. This free workshop takes place from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Belle Cooledge Library, located at 5600 South Land Park Drive in Sacramento. For more information, call (916) 264-2920, or visit Saclibrary.org.

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Joshua Denton decided to combine his passion and love of craft brews with the education he received from Sacramento State’s Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration program, Brew Your Own Adventures Fermentation and Recreation Tours was born. Denton’s next tour, the “Welcome 2012! Beer Tour,” is taking place on Saturday, Jan. 14 and for just $50, you’ll get a safe (and sober) bus driver to take you to three different local breweries where you will taste and learn. First up is Track 7 Brewing Co., a brand new micro-brewery in Sacramento (located near Sacramento City College in the Land Park neighborhood), where you will get a backstage look at how things work as well as a taste of four of their beers. Then the tour will head to Hoppy Brewing Co. in East Sacramento for a “talk and taste,” where you will also get four tastings. Then, wrap the day up at Pyramid Brewery downtown on K Street, where, keeping with the theme of the day, you’ll get four samples. The tour picks up on the corner of 10th and K streets at 12:30 p.m. (you can sleep in and still make it!) and drops off at the same location at 4:30 p.m. To learn more about this and other tours and to reserve your spot, head to Brewyourownadventures.com.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah… a lot of shit happened in 2011. Big deal, I say! Thanks to 24-hour news networks and our Internet overlords, we were all there to see what went down. I feel like this past year’s major events have been pounded into our heads over and over again to the point of numbness. Now that the year has ended, we are being bombarded with “Top Ten Things That Happened in 2011” articles.

What I don’t need right now is rehash of the crap we never really stopped talking about. I’d much prefer if we talked about all the things that didn’t happen.

For example, the world’s financial system didn’t (completely) collapse in 2011. Greece put forth a Herculean effort to slay the beast with its debt-laden club, but that 30-headed, 100-armed, 80-legged, spineless, heartless bastard of an exchange system just keeps on trucking. Greece can thank countries like Germany for saving its ass when it was on the verge of collapse. Germany really must have learned its lesson from WWII, since the last time it was in such a position of power things went rather differently. Add to the list of things that didn’t happen: WWIII. Across the pond in the good ol’ U.S. of A., plans to fix the economy were slow going at best. Apparently, we built the road to recovery right through the middle of both houses of Congress, who then decided that they weren’t going to do shit in 2011. Sure, they bickered, horse traded, blackmailed, threatened, lied, cheated and stole, but what did they accomplish that actually benefited the rest of us? Instead, we got a stalemate of epic proportions, pitting morons against idiots in a battle to see who can fuck up the hardest. My verdict: it’s a DRAW! Each member of Congress has proven himself stupider than the next, creating an infinite loop of idiocy like some sort of moronic M.C. Escher sketch.

While Congress sat on its hands, the banks kept theirs in their pockets. Hopefully, you didn’t need any cash in 2011 to do something crazy like invest in your small business (job creators!) or home, because the bank wasn’t about to give you shit. The almighty dollar was worshiped by the big banks, and they wouldn’t let it out of their sights. Instead they stacked more and more scratch, making the banks themselves the only people who got paid in 2011.

Perhaps there’s a chance to make a change with the 2012 elections. I only say “perhaps” because I’ve been watching the party sludge build up all through 2011. Do you really want to know what didn’t happen last year? Take a look at the presidential primary campaign season so far.

Donald Trump did not prove he wasn’t a complete douche bag. Herman Cain did not remember to keep his dick in his pants. Rick Perry did not realize he was going to have to talk so much or ever make sense. Mitt Romney did not reveal the location of his off switch, nor did he enable his emotion chip.

Michele Bachmann did not cleanse the world of gays and socialists as she had been praying to do. Rick Santorum did not cleanse his Google presence of neither semen, lube nor buttholes.

Newt Gingrich did not convince the country that the moon needed to be mined or that we ought to be able to jail federal court judges if Congress doesn’t agree with their opinions. Ron Paul did not write racist articles that he may have signed and possibly profited from. Poor, seemingly normal John Huntsman didn’t really stand a chance against these nut jobs. Finally, Barack Obama did not prove he was an American by providing birthers with a sample of the first shit he took upon exiting the birth canal so it could be tested for Kenyan dietary staples. For shame, Obama.

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Speaking of old shits, a lot of famous people died this year. There were definitely some sad ones for me, but I was actually more surprised by the ones that didn’t die. I was pretty sure Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen were both going to kick the bucket in 2011.

Those two are like a train wreck on the deck of a sinking Titanic. If LiLo and Chuckles ever hook up, may God have mercy on our souls.

Which brings me to the last (and most important) thing that didn’t happen in 2011: God, Allah, Jesus, Yahweh, Krishna, Jehovah, Buddha, Shiva, Thor, the Devil, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Harold Camping, Nostradamus, Dictators, terrorists and/or patriots [Insert Deity/Enemy/Perceived threat/ soothsayer/random asshole here] did not destroy the Earth in 2011. May I/he/she/it/ you/they/we/me/him/her/us/nothing continue to keep up the good work for many more years to come!

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1014 10 th Street, Sacramento Words & Photos Adam Saake

The last time we left the Celia brothers, Jake and Lucas, they had moved on from their first venture, the chic and elegant Bloom Coffee and Tea out in Roseville, and were onto their next entrepreneurial endeavor, Pause Kitchen and Lounge, which was literally a stone’s throw away from Bloom. Unfortunately, this past August saw the closing of their swanky establishment that had a focus on small plates and thoughtful spirit pairings and found the two brothers back at their drawing boards once more.

Luckily for the Celias, their drawing boards are accompanied by very sharp pencils and the Crayola 64 set, if you catch my drift, and these boys wasted no time in setting out to create their next work of art.

This time, along for the ride are two of their long time employees from Bloom, Justin Kerr and Andrew Lopez, who share the Celias’ passion for finely crafted coffee and the vision of bringing it to the masses. The idea for a coffee shop was in place and the four started looking for a space in the midtown/downtown area. With a stir of perfect timing, the firmly established Temple Coffee on 10th between J and K streets was gearing up to relocate from their original location, a charming Hobbit-like structure that was once a bookstore, to a new location just around the corner. This brewed the right opportunity and the perfect space for the four partners to capitalize on their new venture—Broadacre Ltd. Coffee.

With the addition of two more opinions weighing in, decisionmaking could get hairy. Especially since the brothers had been calling the shots at Bloom and Pause for the past couple years.

But Lucas says the addition of Kerr and Lopez is all for the better.

“We definitely saw [Justin and Andrew] as assets and as minds we thought could bring something to the table,” says Lucas.

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“There are definitely conversations that have been hashed out, and we argue sometimes but at the same we end up at a better result than we would have if was just the two of us.”

Those minds all thinking in unison have created a new and knowledgeable destination for quality brewed coffees and beans in the heart of Downtown Sacramento. The location is perfect for foot traffic and their reputations from Bloom precede them. That means those seeking a good cup of Joe know exactly where to go, and Lucas says business has been good so far.

In many respects, Broadacre is a coffee shop like any other.

Tables and chairs are aligned in neat rows along the narrow corridor leading to the counter. An espresso machine hisses and gurgles, the crescendo tick of beans spilling into the grinder can be heard and the plates and cups collide to complete the symphony of a busy café. The pastry case is full of croissants and muffins from Freeport Bakery and Doughbot Donuts to accompany your beverage. Angled walkers in stride pass briskly in the morning, some stopping in for a quick cup of coffee on their way to work—some unconcerned by what the sign reads on the outside, only interested in the almighty caffeine contained within.

But there are subtleties at work that make Broadacre unique and make them a premier location in town to get premium coffee and an authentic café experience.

It all starts with good coffee and Broadacre has got that covered.

“We just had Verve at Bloom, and so we were an exclusive account,” says Lucas. “Here it’s very dynamic, and it’s changing all the time. We have four coffee roasters and it changes once a month—one drops off and another comes on. So there are always different coffees around.”

Aside from Santa Cruz, Calif.’s Verve Coffee, which the Celias still carry, their other roasters include San Francisco’s Ritual Roasters, Chicago’s Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea and Portland’s Stumptown Roasters. With the coffees rotating so frequently, it’s important that Lucas and the rest of the team dial in the espresso and make sure the transition to the new coffee is smooth.

“It’s not an easy thing to do if you don’t have the right skill set to manage changing out coffees every day, dialing in espressos and making sure everything tastes good all the time.

You need to taste it, you need to have a good palate to be able to know that the espresso you’re pulling is tasting good,” explains Lucas.

Good coffee deserves careful preparation to make sure the final product, what’s in your cup, stays consistent. Broadacre currently offers four different methods of brewing for you to choose from: Hario V60, Aeropress, French press and Chemex.

All have their different qualities and can bring out different notes in the coffee or reduce oils. Each method can be explained to you if you don’t know which one best suits your tastes. It’s also prepared right before; meticulously weighed out and treated with care.

When I arrived to chat with the brothers, Jake and Lucas were behind the counter helping customers and preparing their own coffee to drink. Both dressed in clean and pressed collared shirts that were tucked into their slacks; belts and dress shoes to match. Their thick, black tufts of hair neatly combed and groomed, a mirror of their surroundings. On the left counter, the shiny and new La Marzocco Strada espresso machine that Lucas spoke fondly of. White mugs sat orderly on the top, and behind the counter two-dozen rocks glasses, each filled with weighed-out portions of fresh coffee beans, awaited the grinder. Three scales rested neatly across the counter; another necessary component for ensuring consistency with how much water is required for the perfect cup. There’s this air of fun about all the young baristas there, seen in their honest smiles and their passion for coffee and how it’s served. Their blog posts that speak to the search for great coffee are always signed off, “the broad acre boys” like they’re some kind of Wild West Robin Hoods; taking the pretentiousness out of carefully brewed coffee and giving it to the common Joe drinker to enjoy. When you walk inside Broadacre, you feel compelled to stay a while and that’s exactly how the boys like it.

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In the Blood

Jesi Naomi finishes up her first album with The Trippers Words Jenn Walker • photo Greg Pond

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or Jesi Naomi, energy is everything. If you focus your energy on the things you desire, and release that energy out into the world, you will attract the things you want in life.

So once she had her mind set on playing music back in 2009, she took some advice from her aunt.

She began telling everyone she knew that she was going to become a musician.

Next thing you know, the singer/songwriter was singing ballads at Capitol Garage. Then she met local indie band Bell Boys at Fox and Goose downtown during an open mic night, and they helped her learn the tricks of self-promotion. Later she met local jam band ZuhG, of which she is now a member.

When Naomi is playing solo, ZuhG members JR Halliday, Bryan Nichols and Kevin Martinez comprise her backup band, altogether as Jesi Naomi and the Trippers. In March she will go on a two-month “For the Love of Music” tour, performing both in ZuhG and as a solo artist.

Two years into the music scene, the 24-yearold is now preparing for Jesi Naomi and the Trippers’ debut album, Earplay, to be released in January.

Earplay is seven tracks of blues and soul combined with psychedelic nuances and djembe, saxophone and ukulele thrown into the mix. It was recorded in the span of around three months by Joe Johnston at Pus Cavern.

The album opens with “Kosen Rufu,” which is the title of both the intro and outro tracks. It is also a guiding theme of the album. Broadly defined, it is world peace through individual happiness, a concept stemming from Buddhism. As a practicing Nichiren Buddhist, this concept is paramount for Naomi. “[Kosen Rufu] is world peace by making each person have their individual peace,” she explains.

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Certainly this applies to the song “Change Train,” which Naomi wrote for her mother, who was an alcoholic.

Her mother’s attention was constantly split between her children and the bottle, and Naomi remembers thinking, “If I write this song, I want her to find her change train. If I sing this song as many times as I can, she’ll get better.”

A year later, after performing the song show after show, her mom told her she had gone sober.

Though school had never been Naomi’s thing, it is what brought the Chico, Calif., native here to Sacramento. Naomi thought she was going to make music videos for a living. She was enrolled at Sacramento State as a media/marketing major.

Yet reading, comprehension, spelling, memorizing was the sort of thing she felt detached from. Whenever she hit a burn out point, she would think to herself, “Forget this. I’m gonna go paint.” Up to this point, painting had been her artistic release.

But somewhere along the way she discovered the pianos in the music rooms at school. Then a guy by the name of Richard Martin started listening in on her practicing piano and pushed her to learn scales.

“That’s where it all started,” she remembers. “I just needed a little direction.”

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“There’s no better way to learn than to just get thrown into the deep end and hope to swim.”

– Jesi Naomi

That Christmas her younger brother taught her how to play the guitar, something she thought she would never be able to do, mostly because the thought of memorization intimidated her. But memory is just a muscle, she can now say with confidence, and what’s more important than memorization is feeling the music. And she has come to realize that she’s got music coursing through her veins.

“Music is in my blood,” she says earnestly.

You could say Naomi is following in her father’s footsteps. He played drums in a band called Pole Cats back in the day and went on tour when she was still in her mother’s belly. Though he’s no longer in a band, he played drums on the track “Hold Me Nice” on Earplay. It is the first song Naomi ever wrote, back when she was learning how to play piano.

She often catches people by surprise when she reminds them that it’s only been two years since she started playing music.

“There’s no better way to learn than to just get thrown into the deep end and hope to swim,” she laughs.

Yet when she is performing it is as though she’s been a musician on a stage all her life, as though that is where she is meant to be. She wields a sense of confidence and power that is hard to come by in a performer.

Offstage Naomi is warm and easygoing. Sitting in the practice space behind the ZuhG Life store, she sips on Earl Grey tea and speaks effortlessly about her music in a conversation that lasts a good 45 minutes. She wears an enchanting smile on her face and responds coolly in a bluesy tone.

Make no mistake that this is a woman with self-respect.

In a way, Naomi says, women have it easier in the music world because they are more marketable.

The notion is that they just have to look good.

“That in turn makes it harder for a woman to really put out her true soul,” she says.

“I’m not going to go up there and wear some skanky outfit and not know what I’m singing,” she continues. “I want the music to shine, that’s pure beauty to me.”

Still, she’s been approached by the occasional creep for the wrong reasons.

There was one, she recalls, who made himself out to be the big-time producer who would get her work noticed.

“I thought I was going in to make a demo tape, [but] it wasn’t like that,” she says. “Thank God my mom raised me to know about those kinds of things.”

She went her separate way, with her mind in one place. It’s all for the love of music.

And despite the few exceptions, Naomi says she’s received a wealth of support from her male colleagues.

“I feel like I get a lot of respect being a [female musician], especially if I respect myself,” she says.

If that is the energy Naomi puts out into the universe, certainly that’s what she’ll receive.

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Do What You Feel

Res and Talib Kweli defy expectation as Idle Warship Words James Barone • photos MEL D. COLE

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alib Kweli has become synonymous with underground hiphop. Through his solo career and his collaborations with DJ Hi-Tek (Reflection Eternal) and Mos Def (Black Star), Kweli has enjoyed mainstream attention that hasn’t tarnished his artistic credibility. Res (pronounced reese), a rock/pop/soul singer from Philadelphia, may not be as well-known, but she’s no less talented. Signed to MCA Records, her 2001 debut How I Do received some attention with video play on VH1 before she fell victim to the major label machine. A few years back, Res and Kweli began hanging out in a studio, writing songs. They called it Idle Warship, but it wasn’t until the release of the band’s first album, Habits of the Heart, in November 2011 that the project began to realize its potential, according to Kweli.

“Idle Warship was an abstraction before Habits of the Heart came out,” he says. “We’ve been doing this for four years. Now we’re getting a lot of interest from a lot of artists who are just now starting to get it.”

Fans of both artists’ solo careers may at first balk at the songs on Habits of the Heart. This isn’t the hip-hop Kweli has become known for with a simple addition of a prominent female voice on the hook. In fact, Res is at the fore of many of these tracks with Kweli playing more of a supporting role. “Are You In,” for example, is a spacey funk-flavored rock track where echo effects lend Res’s earthy vocals an ethereal quality. “Covered in Fantasy” gives listeners the Kweli they know and love, showcasing his word-heavy flow, but the beat behind him might be something you’d more likely find in an electronica track. Res, singing the chorus, chimes in with, “There’s a lot more inside of me,” as if to request that fans leave their expectations behind them and come along for the ride, wherever it may lead.

“I think that the album feels like a total collaboration between the producer, what Kweli brings to the table, what I bring to the table, the writers that we work with,” Res says of Habits of the Heart. “It’s bigger than just what Talib and I do.

It’s all the stuff that we love, and all the music that we love that we’re not able to express in our solo projects.

“I feel like this group brings out the best and the most unusual things in everyone.”

These songs may be unusual, but their charms are apparent.

While Idle Warship may not be receiving accolades in the way of album sales just yet, Habits of the Heart has caught on with some critics and fans. More importantly, however, it’s lit a creative fire inside Res and Kweli. When Submerge spoke with the two artists, Kweli mentioned that he and Res are already working on a second Idle Warship album (this in addition to Kweli’s new solo album Prisoner of Consciousness and a new Black Star album both due out in 2012). Res says that the new music is still in its early stages, however.

“We wanted to be sort of the type of thing where we put out an incredible second album quickly, which makes people be like, ‘Yo, did you check out their first album?’” Kweli adds. “That’s where we’re at with it right now.”

Kweli and Res discuss, among other things, the benefits of having two Libras in the same band in the following interview.

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One song that really attracted me, which was strange because the slower songs don’t usually jump out at me first, was “Beautifully Bad.” It’s a gorgeous track. I was wondering if you could talk about where that one came from a little bit.

Talib Kweli: That’s my favorite record too. The title Habits of the Heart came from that one.

Res: I think the songwriting on that is really great. A woman named Zenya Bashford, she penned that, and Kweli as well. It’s a story that resonates with every woman.

You know, being in a relationship that you love for so many reasons, but at the end of the day, there are one or two things that you know are so horribly wrong with the relationship that make it a bad relationship, and it’s those one or two things that are the deciding factors. It’s a give and take, push and pull kind of record. I think Talib’s verse is really dope, and it was done right. I think the vocals I do complement it, and the music is really simple, but I don’t know, really profound at the same time. If the beat was anything more, it would have taken away from the song. You really get to hear the emotions.

It’s funny how the simplest song can really strike a chord. Do you find that when you’re working, that less is more?

Talib: That’s a lesson for me, because I have such a wordy, loquacious style. I like to listen to complex beats. I enjoy beats with a lot of things going on. If you listen to my records through my solo career, it’s been a challenge for me to find the right beat that matches my style as opposed to rapping over music where my style gets lost. But Idle Warship brings me closer to that balance.

Res: I was thinking, when we were in the studio doing a song, I did notice that you, Kweli. You were like, “OK, more, layer it,” and I think my preference is to have less, but again, this group is different than what I would personally do, and that’s what I like about it. I see that it’s changing—well, not changing 100 percent—but it’s making me feel like I can do more layers in songs and pushing the envelope in what I’m doing with my own sound.

Talib: It doesn’t even always work for me, if I can criticize myself. What I like to hear isn’t always necessarily what I sound the best on rapping.

From talking to you guys, it sounds like you balance each other out in a lot of ways.

Is that something that developed over the four years you’ve been collaborating together or something that you noticed right away?

Res: I think we both know for the most part what we like. I can be convinced, though. Talib is a wordsmith, and he can convince me sometimes when I’m like, “No, no, no…”

Talib: Don’t give me too much credit, though. I can only convince you when I’m right [laughs]. When I’m wrong no amount of words will convince you. I only go hard when I’m right.

Res: I guess we do balance each other out. We’re both Libras, and we do agree on a lot of things musically, but visually, we don’t—at all. When he’s like, “Red,” I’m like, “Blue. What are you talking about?” Or something like that.

“I’m finding it a challenge for me not to do Idle Warship music on my new solo album.”

– Talib Kweli, Idle Warship Do you think you’re going to bring your experience from working on this album to what you’re doing in your solo careers?

Talib: I’m finding it a challenge for me not to do Idle Warship music on my new solo album… You have to do what you feel. At the same time, I’m trying to have respect for the body of work… It’s more about does it fit the album rather than what people expect of me. Now I’m in an Idle Warship mind state, and that’s where I’m at with it creatively. Now for the first time in my career, I have to physically and mentally switch gears because Idle Warship isn’t an abstraction any more, it’s real. I’m making decisions based on the sound and based on what I want to do. I think Idle Warship has helped me be more true to myself musically.

Res: It’s kind of hard to get out of a mode. Now that I’m writing solo songs, I’m going to the mix engineer who has made some songs for Idle Warship, and he does dance and deep house, and I’m like, “I kind of like that,” but I normally do more rock/pop and alternative songs in my solo career… You don’t want to make 12 or 13 of the same record, but at the same time, you know you have a certain brand and a certain sound, so I feel you on that. It’s like, hold on. You’ve got to say, “I’m supposed to be creative all the time, no matter what I do.” Do you stick in a certain lane or do you keep going? I think it’s a problem for any artist.

Talib has a bunch of projects, and you have your solo stuff as well as Idle Warship.

Do you think it’s easier not to have side projects and just focus on one thing?

Res: I think it’s easier to have side projects. I think it’s better for an artist to have side projects. You learn more about what you can do. When you team up with other people, you get more aspects of yourself out there. There are songs that I’m singing on this record that I couldn’t even write myself. I don’t even write in that key. I’m pushing myself to sing a lot harder, and it’s a lot more challenging for me to sing Idle Warship than my solo stuff… Doing more projects, doing different things makes you a better artist. Period.

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Submerge’s

Apocalypse Survival Guide

When the World Ends, You’ll Thank Us

D

ecember may seem far away, but it’s not. Don’t worry, we’re not going to tell you that now is the perfect time to start your holiday shopping. We’re here to tell you there won’t be a holidays. According to a misinterpretation of an ancient timepiece, Dec. 21, 2012 will be the end of the world. At least you’ll be able to engulf four pounds of turducken one last time on Thanksgiving.

Don’t fret, though. The end of the world doesn’t have to be so bad. You don’t have to feel guilty about all the stuff you ate during this past holiday season. If you’re one of the survivors, that extra blubber you packed on may come in useful for the long, cold days ahead.

If movies, television and apocalypse-themed literature have taught us anything, apocalypsing isn’t an exact science. There are over 6 billion people on the planet, and it would be simply improbable if all of us were taken out with one fell swoop from Death’s scythe. Some of us are going to fall through the cracks.

Maybe even you! With that in mind, we decided to compile this handy list of things you can fit in a backpack that could very well save your life, or at least keep you from going crazy as you wander the barren wastes that used to be the Galleria. There’ll be plenty of parking.

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A Book

In an old episode of The Twilight Zone, a man survived a nuclear holocaust by chance while reading in a bank vault. He was bummed at first, but then realized he had all the time in the world to read all the books he wanted. Now you have that kind of time. That Kindle you got for Hannukah may have awesome battery life, but now that public utilities have been abandoned, it will run out eventually. Books are cool, because when you’re done reading them, you can eat the pages to put a little extra roughage in your diet or, if it’s heavy enough, use it to bag yourself a rat for some extra protein.

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Cigarettes

A Kitten You may remember the Will Smith film I Am Legend, in which a man and his dog are the lone survivors left in New York City, pitted against hordes of these weird zombie/vampire things that have wiped out most of humanity. The dog bails Smith out of a few hairy situations, but we’d opt for a kitten companion in the real world. Sure, a kitten won’t save your life, but maybe you’re better off having less of a committed relationship with your pet. A dog’s love is unconditional, but a feline’s heart is more fickle. If it runs off, you’d probably be less apt to chase it into, say, a zombie-infested abandoned hospital. Also, if you ran out of food, you’d most likely feel less bad about eating it.

If you’re not a smoker, the apocalypse would be a great time to start.

Cigarettes are an excellent way to curb your appetite when food is scarce (perhaps adding a few weeks to your kitten’s life expectancy). And, since everyone has been so health conscious in recent years, there’ll be plenty to loot from ransacked corner stores. In the popular Fallout series of video games, bottle caps have replaced paper money as currency in postapocalyptic America. Our point being, the same sort of thing could happen in real life, and cigarettes have much more intrinsic value than bottle caps. Conveniently, once you’re smoking a pack and a half per day of filterless Camels, you’ll be sure to never be without another useful survival tool…

read often. your brain will thank you.

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Matches See item No. 3…

Also, you may need to build a fire or whatever.

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Weatherappropriate Shoes/ Change of Socks:

You’re probably going to be walking a lot. If Roland Emmerich’s The Day After Tomorrow taught us anything, you’ll need to dress appropriately. If dramatic climate change/ super storms wipe out much of the human race this coming apocalypse, you’re going to need more than a pair of ballet flats. We know. They look cute, but there won’t be anyone left to impress. We hate to break it to you like that, but it’s true.

Consider this tough love. Get something with a sturdy sole and plenty of socks in case you have to go trudging through mud and snow. The world just ended. You wouldn’t want to add “soggy feet” to your list of problems.

Pornography

You may have been loathe to it in the past, but eventually, that lack of human contact is really going to irk you. You’ll probably have to stick to magazines, but luckily for you there’s a wide variety of pornographic reading material for every taste. And hey, this is a perfect time to experiment. Try something new. Nothing’s stopping you! Also, In a Hell Comes to Frogtownstyle scenario, people may be called upon to mate for the propagation of the species. This may require you to have intercourse with unsavory partners. Porn has been facilitating such actions since the dawn of humankind.

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Tinfoil Hat You may be one of the few who managed to escape the aliens’ initial onslaught, but even though they’ve leveled every major human city on the planet, they’ll certainly have scouting parties out to pick off the stragglers one by one. Sure, the alien invaders are on your home turf. You may be crafty and know the lay of the land. But know this, your thoughts will betray you.

It’s scientifically proven that tinfoil hats shield your brainwaves from alien tracking devices. Also, we think they look pretty cool.

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Let Loose

Zebulon hopes to wipe those mean mugs off your faces Words Amy Serna

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inding the perfect band name is no easy task. Musicians spend hours arguing over which words best describe them or whether their title should have a “the” in the front of their name. People can even head to Ratemyband.co and have the computer come up with random, witty band names such as “Step-Mother Trip” or “Cheddar Landslide.” But with local electronic hip-hop duo Zebulon, deciding a name came easy. “It’s actually my name. It’s my birth given name. A lot of people don’t believe that at first,” said Zebulon Griffin.

Originally from Atlanta, the hip-hop musician and drumming instructor moved to Sacramento at age 15. Since then he has experienced the differences in the music scenes between the two locations. One of his favorite hip-hop shows was in Atlanta watching Little Brother play a venue that was packed with energy and people. He finds it hard to find local full-energy concerts in California that remind him of his hometown.

“Everybody in California is just sitting there with the mean mug and back against the wall,” he said. “I don’t go to a show to judge everyone else there. I want to go have fun.”

But with his hip-hop duo, Zebulon and Brian Fleshman might be able to transform those “mean mugs” to inspired ones with their new tracks. Formerly from the group SouLifted, the duo is ready to share their new EP, Future Flash.

Its six tracks will get your head nodding with their catchy beats and thoughtful lyrics. Although they have been together since 2006, Zebulon has only released music this year.

“That’s a really big step to just being able to get it out there,” Zebulon said.

“That’s probably our biggest accomplishment right now.”

Submerge met up with Zebulon outside of Peet’s Coffee to chat about hip-hop, live shows and the upcoming New Year.

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Describe the transition from the group SouLifted to Zebulon.

It was pretty seamless. SouLifted has more of a reggae twist to it but the music that Brian and I were writing only had certain hints of that, most of it was more electronic and hip-hop mixed together.

What do you think of the Sacramento hip-hop scene?

I’m digging what I’m hearing so far. There’s a lot of talent here versus if you go to a bigger city, it’s a little more watered down. For being a smaller city there is a lot of condensed talent in one area.

What is your music writing process?

It comes in waves. There are dry spells where I sit down and I try to force it out, I try to abandon that pretty quickly. There are times when it just comes out. Most of our tracks come together in hours and we revisit them later, when we start to find the project coming together. Most of the songs come together really quickly, so it just happens in spurts.

What is the best part about performing a live show?

The energy, even if you have to work for it or it’s just there in the smallest form. That’s truly inspiring to get people amped up into what you are doing… One guy, he was probably in his sixties, he came up to me after the show and was all about it. A lot of older people kind of look over the fact that it’s hip-hop altogether [and say], “I like your singing.”

Has social media helped your music at all?

I’m not as consistent as I could be. I go through waves of being on it, and there are times when I kind of neglect it. I’m not on Twitter yet. I always stay at least two steps behind the curve as far as social media goes. I didn’t get on MySpace until everyone was talking about Facebook.

Describe your new EP, Future Flash.

Lyrically it’s a lot of storytelling and musically we touched a little bit on all of our favorite types of sounds and genres. It has a little bit of old material that we twisted in a new way. There are a few new tracks that we are really stoked on. Back in July or August we started those sessions and then we wrapped it up in October, so pretty swift. We work pretty quick if the inspiration strikes.

What has been your favorite thing about this year?

Putting out [our] record and physically distributing it. I’ve wanted to do that. I’ve released stuff independently. We have gone that route before, so this is the first time we’ve actually printed it up through a company and we have it online now.

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?

Continue forward with music. Hopefully achieve the goals that we’ve set as far The release of Future Flash will be celebrated with a live show as trying to get at Marilyn’s on K on Jan. 6 at the tour going 8:30 p.m. Also performing will and the new be Iconoclast Robot, The Ricky James Project and Random record out. Build Abiladeze will host the party. momentum.

Tickets are $5. For more on Zebulon, go to Facebook.com/ zebulonsmusic.

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Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Jazz Session w/ the Joe Mazzafero Quintet feat. Jon Hatamiya, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Strapped for Cash w/ Nuance, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Shenanigans Downtown Top Ranking Reggae w/ Young Aundee, DJ ESEF, Selector Lou, 10 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays Open Mic, 6 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp Formula, End Of Days, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Bueno, Mean Doe Green, Chuuwee, Big Omeezy, N-Pire Da Great, B-Smoove, DJ Mighty Mike, Jae Synth, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Acoustic Open Mic Night Talent Showcase, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino NOFX, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub DJs Rigatony, Alazzawi, 9 p.m.

Press Club FFFreak w/ CrookOne, DJ Hailey, Dogtones, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Reggae Happy Hour, 6 p.m.; Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Blue Bird Lounge Singer/Songwriter Night, 5 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Hans Eberbach, 5:30 p.m.; Dippin Sauce, 9 p.m.

Townhouse Grimey w/ Commodore 69, Red Army, Konnekt, DJ Whores, Crescendo, JayTwo, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Winter Sessions w/ DJ Nate D, Benji Lugo, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Lovelorn Trio, Alice Wallace, 7 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Dean Haakensen, Ayyssa Cox, Nathan Dale, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ host Lare Crawley, 8:30 p.m.

On The Y Mentors, Get Shot, Crunchees, RAD, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub BlackEyed Dempseys, Autumn Sky, APT D203, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; The Coalition, 9 p.m.

Uncle Vitos (Davis) Boom Bip w/ The Flower Vato, 10 p.m.

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The Boardwalk Quen, Higher Learning, Seriious, Cal Fig, Kentastik, Cuddy Kev, Fade, 7:30 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Club Retro A Holy Ghost Revival, The Castless, Awaken The Dawn, Causa Mortis, Brood Of Fenrir, Constellations, 7 p.m.

The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 I Love House w/ Steve Duda, Three B, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Avalanche Duo, 8 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Shaun Slaughter’s Revolving Party, 10 p.m.

Marilyn’s Rock On Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Blue Light River, Lucky Laskowski, Dirt Nap Band, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Chikading!, Futurewang, The Crash Thimbals, DJ Mike Rodriguez, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Buck Ford, 9:30 p.m.

River City Saloon Open Jam Night w/ Mike’s Lost & Found Band, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Tom Drinnon & Deuces Wild, 9 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Harley White Jr. feat. Aaron King, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall San Francisco Symphony, 8 p.m.

1.06 Friday

Ace of Spades Force Of Habit, Sucker Punch, Some Fear None, Legion’s Requiem, Automatic Rival, Force Multiplied, 6 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Formula, End of Days, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Cooley Killz, Brutha Smith, Wrath, Murdah the Innocence, Teeth N Tones, Head Hunterz, 7 p.m.

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1.07 Mad Judy

Like Bats, Future Daydream Javalounge 4 p.m.

Capitol Garage Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ Esef and special guests, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts The Chillbilles (tribute to Elvis Presley), 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Weekend Therapy w/ DJ Cokez, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Fishnet Fridays w/ Sizzling Sirens, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Tessie Marie and the Poor Man Band, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Still Time (Final Sacramento Show), 10 p.m.

Javalounge Garage Jazz Architects, Former Animals, Modern American Theatre, Tao Jiriki, 7 p.m.

Marilyn’s Zebulon (Album Release), Iconoclast Robot, The Ricky James Project, hosted by Random Abiladeze, 8:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown The Standout State, The Downbeat Crowd, Miracle Me, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Jupiter, Long in the Tooth, Chris Brewer, 9 p.m.

On The Y Sepsis, GBAA, Symbolik, Aborticide, From Cities to Salt, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Mother Mayhem, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Studio 21 Battle of the Bands w/ Fair Struggle, Surge, The Boogie Monsters, Decapitate the Throne, Midnight Burial, Yours for a Night, Abbey Sky, The Switch, My Dirty Addiction, Brownes Duvahl, 6 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Stacie Eakes & the Superfreakes, 9 p.m.

Vega’s Purification by Fire, Internal Decapitation, Virulent Death, Art of Chaos, 8 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Cory Norris, 4 p.m.

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Saturday The 24th Street Theatre Country Joe McDonald’s 100 Year Anniv. Tribute to Woody Guthrie w/ Richard March, Sherman Baker, Alex Nelson, 6:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Sea Goat Soirée, The Story Tellers, Ol Cotton Deary, The Meat Packers, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Backyard Blues & Hip-hop Review w/ The Kyle Rowland Band, Fillmore Slim, Comedian Andre Baily, Augusta Lee Collins, Sunny Blue Bland, Kottyn, Magician Forrest Barnes, Swiss Thebigcheese, Juanna Blaze, Garrett, First Ladies of the North, Six Shoota, Rider, Cowboy & A Thug, Star, Boss Man Da Ghetto Poet, Tequila, 6 p.m.

Bows and Arrows L’ocelle Mare, Nick Reinhart (of Tera Melos), Zac Nelson, 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Cream of Clapton (tribute to Eric Clapton), 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts Peter Wilson (CD Release), 8 p.m.

Club Retro Punkslam Supreme Pro Wrestling w/ The Infamous Swanks, The Nickel Slots, The Moans, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Chris Fairman, Picture Atlantic, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear Sweaty w/ DJ Whores, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Midnight Players, 10 p.m.

Javalounge Mad Judy, Like Bats, Future Daydream, 4 p.m.; Dead Western, Swimming in Bengal, Invasive Species, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Moe Johnson Band, 4 p.m.

Marilyn’s Jesi Naomi & the Trippers (Album Release), Monkey Flower, The Bell Boys, James Cavern, Brad Relf, 7 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie, Noah Wilson, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Lipstick Weekender w/ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Notorious, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Ruggles Warehouse Plead the Fifth (CD Release), Rotting Out, Downpresser, Stick Together, Shambles, 7 p.m.

Shine Anton Barbeau, Adrian Bourgeois, 8 p.m.

Studio 21 Dynasty, Messengers, Redeemer, Kublai Khan, XSolidarityX, Your Pain My Victory, Mountain Mover (Album Release), Under Cities, The Longest Mile, 4:30 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5 p.m.; The Monophonics, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Rob Burnell, Eazy Dub, James Cavern, Clark Reese, 1 p.m.

1.08 Sunday

The Blue Lamp Songwriters Showcase w/ The Green House Band, 3 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Ketsana Vilaluck, 6 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Clash of the iPods, 9 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Gunshy, 3 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Richard March, Ryan Sutton, Devan Korton, 8:30 p.m.

Press Club Dick Dale & Band, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Big Cat Toll Free, 8 p.m.

Townhouse Live Reggae, 9 p.m.

1.09 Monday

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Jazz Session w/ the Joe Mazzafero Quintet feat.

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Old Ironsides Strapped for Cash w/ Nuance, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays Open Mic, 6 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Dive Bar Le Twist Tuesdays w/ Sam I Jam, Adam J, Taylor Cho, 9 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Acoustic Open Mic Night Talent Showcase, 8 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Sound and Fury, April Martin, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub DJs Rigatony, Alazzawi, 9 p.m.

Press Club FFFreak w/ CrookOne, DJ Hailey, Dogtones, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Blue Bird Lounge Singer/Songwriter Night, 5 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Bill Mylar, 5:30 p.m.; Lew Fratis Trio, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Open Mic, 6 p.m.

1.11 Wednesday

Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Outasight, 9 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown The O’Mulligans, Scooter McGavin, Flynt Steel, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ host Lare Crawley, 8:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub The Old Screen Door, Tao Jiriki, Stoneberry, 9 p.m.

Shine Reggae Happy Hour, 6 p.m.; Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Golden Cadillacs, 9 p.m.

Uncle Vitos (Davis) Boom Bip w/ The Flower Vato, 10 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp The Snobs, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Battle of the Bands w/ The Eclectic, The Electric Shoes, Love Is, Jaxx, Crossroads, Spirit of St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Capitol City Hotel Karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Doom Bird, 5 p.m.

District 30 I Love House w/ Fareoh, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Felsen, Katie Knipp, 8 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Shaun Slaughter’s Revolving Party, 10 p.m.

Javalounge The Finches, The Key Losers, 7 p.m.

Marilyn’s Rock On Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown True Mad North, Upstate Harbor, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Rat Damage, Bad Antics, Armed Forces Radio, Virtue Vices, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Chad Bushnell, Whiskey Dawn, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club Uzi Rash, NASA Space Universe, The English Singles, 8 p.m.

River City Saloon Open Jam Night w/ Mike’s Lost & Found Band, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Sandy & the Saddleback Ridge Boys, 9 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Harley White Jr. feat. Aaron King, 9 p.m.

1.13

FRIDAY Ace of Spades Sacred City InFest w/ I Wish We Were Robots (Album Release), Awaiting The Apocalypse, In Theory, Decapitate The Throne, Escalon, Cadence, 6 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Stalking Distance, Murderlicous, Horseneck, Killdevil, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Battle of the Bands w/ Beyond All Ends, Symbolik, Grab Your Torch and Pitchfork, Calling All Survivors, From Aura, Fewer Than Words, 7 p.m.

Capitol Garage Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ Esef and special guests, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Fortunate Few, Bleedin’ Hearts, Col. Jimmy and The Blackfish, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Joel the Band (tribute to Billy Joel), 7 p.m.; Anthony B, 10 p.m.

Javalounge The Carbonites, Witzend, Girl Migraine, 8 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Autumn Sky, Clouds On Strings, Goat, Former Animals, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Old Screen Door, Tao Jiriki, Island of Black and White, 8:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown The Pinkeys, Whiskey and Stitches, Bob Easton, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Crazy Ballhead, Blaquelisted, One Lost MC, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Steelin Dan, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Shine Brian Jennings, Josh Krage, Matt McClean, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Lee Brice & Band, Tyler Farr, The Brodie Stewart Band, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Shane Dwight, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Monkey Flower, Ross Hammond, ZuhG (Acoustic), 4 p.m.

1.14 Saturday

Ace of Spades Smoov-E, Gaudy Boyz, 53 Zip Boyz, Bonustraxx, Status Goes, Pacific Citi, A-Mad-G, 6:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Be Brave Bold Robot, Blisses B, Carly DuHain, Nice Monster, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Battle of the Bands w/ Kingdom Of Giants, Early on the Morrow, The Sun Sets Here, Force of Habit, Grady Finch, Symphonies Set Sail, 7 p.m.

Bows and Arrows Carson McWhirter, Brainstorm, Realization Orchestra, 8 p.m.

CSA Events Center David Lindley, Markus James, Amadou Camara, 6:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Walking Spanish, Ash Reiter, The Heather Show, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear Sweaty w/ DJ Whores, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Melissa Corona’s Soul Experience, 6:30 p.m.; Hot Buttered Rum, 10 p.m.

Javalounge Jilt vs. Jonah, 99,

100, Mark (of Defyance), 4 p.m.; Stephanie Michelle (Album Release), Chikading, XT w/ Aaron Greenz, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Liquorsick, 4 p.m.

Marilyn’s Rhythm Section, 9 p.m.

Mondo Bizarro Mandolin Avenue, 8 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown The Kelps, McDougal, Not An Airplane, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Fascination, 9:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Igor & Red Elvises, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5 p.m.; Kevin Russell, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Alexi Kenney, Hilda Huang, 8 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Be Brave Bold Robot, Ralph Gordan, Instagon, 1 p.m.

1.15 Sunday

Cache Creek Casino Johnny Gill, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Center for the Arts David Hidalgo & Louie Perez (of Los Lobos), 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Live Free or Dive Sundays w/ Adrian Bourgeois, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Idle Warship (feat.

Talib Kweli & Res), 8 p.m.

Javalounge Sacramento Audio Waffle #34 w/ +Dog+, Blood Into Water, Sans Kazakgascar, Destroy Date, Overdose the Katatonic, Melted Cassettes, 12 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Crystal Image Band, 3 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Anthony Frank, Method Echo, Karaj Lost Coast, 8:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Laurie Morvan, 3 p.m.

Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry & DJ Hailey, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Bone MacDonald, 8 p.m.

Townhouse Live Reggae, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Alexi Kenney, Hilda Huang, 2 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Adrian Bourgeois, 2 p.m.

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Punchline Comedy Club Sat., Sun. & Mon., 4:20 p.m.

Old Screen Door, Tao Jiriki, Marilyn’s 8:30 p.m.

1.16 Monday

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Andy Grammer, Ryan Star, 6:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Jazz Session w/ the Joe Mazzafero Quintet feat.

Henry Robinett, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Strapped for Cash w/ Nuance, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Shenanigans Downtown Top Ranking Reggae: DJ ESEF’s Annual Dancehall B-Day Bash, 10 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays Open Mic, 6 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Comedy Harlow's Capitol Comedy Competition, Jan. 4 & 11, 9 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Shaun Jones, Anderi Bailey, Jan. 5 - 8, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Ward Anderson, Steph Sanders, Jan. 12 - 15, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Luna's Cafe Keith Lowell Jensen's Comedy Night, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Po'Boyz Bar & Grill (Folsom) Comedy Open Mic, every Monday, 9 p.m.

Punchline Comedy Club Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Jan. 4, 8 p.m.

Lavell Crawford, Jan. 5 - 8, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sat., 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., Sun., 8 p.m.

The Comedians of Standup Revolution, Jan. 9, 8 p.m.

Sam Bam's Comedy Jam, Jan. 12, 8 p.m.

Kevin Nealon, Jan. 13 - 14, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Doug Benson, Jan. 14 - 16, Sat., Sun. & Mon., 4:20 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Sportz Mayhem Improv Comedy, every Thursday, 9 p.m.

ComedySportz, every Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Jan. 4 & 11, Improv 1 Continuous, 7 p.m.; Harold Night, 9 p.m.

Jan. 5 & 12, Improv 1 Continuous, 7 p.m.; Cage Match, 9 p.m.

Jan. 6, SF Comedy Invasion, 9 p.m.

Jan. 7 & 14, Anti Cooperation League, 9 p.m.

Jan. 8 & 15, Open Mic Scramble, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13, Critical Hit, 9 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Comedy Open Mic, every Monday, 8 p.m.

Tommy T’s Darren Carter, Jan. 5 - 8, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri., 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Sat., 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Bruce Bruce, Jan. 12 - 15, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

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Beach Hut Deli (Midtown) Skate video premier: The Other Ones presented by the iPath team, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.

Blue Cue Trivia Night, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Bows & Arrows A Retrospective of SN&R Sacramento Music Scene Photography, opening reception Jan. 6, 6 p.m.

The “G” Hum Parade: People w/ instruments playing the “G” chord walking through streets of Sacramento, Jan. 7, 1 p.m.

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California Museum Riding Concrete:

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It feels like a cold, hard winter without the kids from Hogwarts to bring children of all ages out to the cinemas, and the first installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit is still over a year away. For those in need of a literary hero translated to the silver screen, Sony and MGM offer Lisbeth Salander from the frozen north of Scandinavia. She may or may not be good with a wand or sword, but she has a whip-smart mind and is lethal with a Taser.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was the first in a trilogy of novels written by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was a wild international success throughout Europe, and even spawned a trio of foreign films starring Noomi Rapace (whom U.S. audiences can see in this holiday season’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), all of which were released in 2009. Now, TGWTDT gets a well-deserved American remake— sort of—with Rooney Mara cast in the lead role opposite the most recent James Bond (Daniel Craig) and The Social Network director David Fincher at the helm. It’s the making of a perfect event film, the kind that you’ll discuss over the water cooler at your office on Monday, but if you’re expecting the usual Hollywood-style big action flick, you’ll be sorely disappointed.

Craig plays Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced journalist who is hired by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to supposedly assist in writing a memoir. In reality, Henrik requires Blomkvist’s help in investigating the murder of Harriet Vanger, Henrik’s niece, who disappeared some 40 years ago. The investigation brings Blomkvist to an isolated island in northern Sweden inhabited by the Vangers and reveals the rich, reclusive family’s tortured and sordid past.

It turns out to be a difficult job, one that Henrik has more or less resigned to be futile.

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investigation. He eventually gets hooked up with Salander, whom the Vangers had hired to investigate Mikael before hiring him, and the two delve into a world full of Nazis, betrayal and Bible-thumping serial killers.

TGWTDT is the sort of movie that grabs you by the nostrils and shakes you around—at times quite violently. The frayed relationships between the members of the Vanger family—i.e. who refuses to speak to whom—is as difficult to keep track of as the myriad character names.

Blomkvist even makes a wise crack about that very predicament as Henrik gives him a breakdown of the Vanger family tree. On top of that, the film hops back and forth between Blomkvist and Salander’s disparate plot lines, with him hot on the trail of an intricate mystery, and her forced to perform despicable acts in order to survive as a ward of the state. Fincher is asking you to trust him as he bombards you with twisted layers of intrigue, a menagerie of characters and scenes of violence that are difficult to sit through, without giving much of an indication where it all might be heading.

It’s a leap of faith, but luckily it turns out to be a rather rewarding one. The mystery that is at the film’s heart unfolds with great suspense, and once Salander and Blomkvist’s paths finally intertwine, TGWTDT bursts with frenetic energy. Craig and Mara are fantastic together. An odd couple of the highest order— he is clean cut, professional and cosmopolitan while she is donned always in black, her face pierced and shock of jet black hair—the two characters actually share a similar lost-in-thewoods quality. Blomkvist sees his career in ruins and is engaged in a long-standing affair with his boss, a married woman; meanwhile, Salander is a chronic outsider who craves a real human connection more than she’d probably like to admit.

To the film’s credit, the resolution of the mystery doesn’t mean the end of the characters. There is a long epilogue that follows that wraps up most of the loose ends while creating others. What all this does is make for one hell of a long movie—nearly three hours!— but there’s no reason for that to deter you. Get comfortable and enjoy. Baby, it’s cold outside.

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anton barbeau, scott miller, after excreta, side effects Javalounge • Wednesday, Dec. 28 & Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 Words Steph Rodriguez | Photos Edward Goldthorpe DCOI, a punk rock band based out of Davis, just finished hanging their black and white banner last Wednesday night at the Javalounge when an argument between members of the band and venue owner Toben Woodman took place, ending the evening of music immediately.

After Excreta from Vacaville, Calif., and Side Effects of Oakland performed at the Midtown coffee house, more than 30 attendees waited for DCOI to close out the night, but when words between the band and Woodman during stage setup escalated, the evening of punk rock music was sealed with missing equipment, damaged property and plenty of angry show-goers.

“I’m not going to point the finger at anybody, but there were only like five people left in here, so it’s a real short list,” said Woodman about the missing equipment and added a group of people threw chairs into a dumpster and broke the venue’s signs.

“The PA’s missing, dude,” was overheard within the crowd of people congregating on the sidewalk in front of the venue.

“That particular style of music is more aggressive punk rock,” Woodman said. “We, me, I, the Javalounge, allowed that to happen here because we were reaching out to them. I am not reaching out to them any longer. They will not play here until my stuff is returned and even then, it’s debatable.”

Submerge’s attempts to reach DCOI for comment were not answered as of press time.

Other items broken that night, according to Woodman, were smashed microphones and chords.

Despite a missing PA system, the show planned for the following night with Scott Miller and alternative rock singer/songwriter Anton Barbeau was still a go.

“I was going to go borrow the money if had to,

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to get another [PA system] because that’s what we do, the show goes on,” explained Woodman.

“Fortunately the community reached back to us in positive ways and loaned us the equipment and a guy came forth tonight who had heard about what went on last night [and] offered to let us borrow one indefinitely if we need to.”

Thursday night’s show saw a wide demographic of attendees, from salt-and-peppered-haired adults wearing all black to children occupying the big orange sofa. The smell of coffee paired with reverb from the single microphone on stage dismissed the previous night’s incidents as Miller opened the show without introduction, taking requests from the crowd like, “Idiot Son” from the album Plants and Rocks and Things when Miller was in the San Francisco-based band the Loud Family. Not a seat was empty in the coffee shop during his entire performance, which included live excerpts from his book Music: What happened?, a cover of the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and a duet with headliner Barbeau.

Barbeau, a longtime Sacramento musician, is known for his albums The Horse’s Tongue and Waterbugs and Beetles released in the early ‘90s, but the man has a never-ending musical resume that includes writing and producing the album Bag of Kittens with singer/songwriter Allyson Seconds.

Punk rock, indie or maybe it’s a noise rock booked night at your venue of choice—still the Sacramento music scene is both unpredictable and entertaining. One evening hardcore and punk rock reign supreme within the coffee shops and pizzerias that double as venues, but 24 hours later, the alternative singer/songwriters of the ‘80s are witnessed reviving the classics. Although few allages locations exist, it’s apparent from last week’s hiccup that venues will still find a way to put on a show.

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Wherein the Death of a Polarizing Figure Teaches Us a Valuable Lesson About Truth James Barone jb@submergemag.com As if 2011 didn’t have enough notable deaths, Kim Jong Il kicked the proverbial bucket on Dec. 17. The enigmatic and charismatically bonkers world leader ruled North Korea for 17 years before dying of a heart attack at age 69. He took over the reins of the reclusive Asian country in 1994 from the country’s previous leader and Jong Il’s father, Kim Il Sung, who coincidentally also died of a heart attack (the elder Kim made it into his eighties, though).

Around the table on Christmas Eve, after a couple of glasses of wine, a relative showed me a YouTube video of North Koreans mourning the loss of their great leader. I’m painfully cordial at dinner tables, especially during the holidays. Death is not something that I find polite to discuss.

The only thing less polite would be to converse about politics. But the video sure was striking. One image from the video particularly struck me. It was of a man crying—just bawling—on the steps of what I assumed was a government building.

“Can you believe it?” my relative asked.

Given the press Kim Jong Il has gotten on this side of the Pacific, it’d be difficult to believe that anyone would shed a tear over his passing. Yet, here this man was, sobbing so openly you’d think it was his wife or mother. It made me think about how relative everything is. Who knows? Perhaps this reaction was a calculated piece of propaganda to either show that Jong Il was beloved by his people; or, maybe it was a device wielded by those to prove the opposite—that the people of North Korea are so brainwashed that they thought the fruit bat who led them was someone likened to a god.

Even gods die, though. Just ask Zeus. The world wondered if the death of the country’s supreme leader would leave a power vacuum in North Korea. These thoughts were laid to rest on Dec. 29 as Kim Jong Un, Jong Il’s son, was named as his father’s successor. In fact, he was even dubbed “The Great Successor,” which may very well be the coolest title a world leader can have.

According to an article on SFGate.com, Kim Yong Nam, North Korean Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly (I’ll take it back, that is the coolest title a world leader can have) said of Jong Un, “Respected Comrade

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Kim Jong Un is our party, military and country’s supreme leader who inherits great comrade Kim Jong Il’s ideology, leadership, character, virtues, grit and courage.”

So Yong Nam not only has a cool title, but he’s also not shy with the adjectives. I’ve always been fascinated by the North Korean supreme leader, simply because the stories you hear about the country seem so deliciously fictitious. It’s like something out of a surrealist novel, or maybe even an epic poem. When I first heard the news of his death, my knee-jerk reaction was that it was some kind of hoax. Really, I sort of hoped it was, because as crazy as he might have been, his image—the Elvis hair, stoic face and outlandish clothing— made the world more interesting. I wasn’t the only one who thought so. Even as Jong Un was being named the new supreme leader, Kim Jong Il souvenir sales surged just across the North Korean border into China, according to an article published by the Agency FrancePresse. One such vendor of these trinkets stated that she had sold “50 to 60 lapel pins every day during the 13-day mourning period” after Jong Il’s death. Any way you slice it, he certainly had an effect on people.

Who knows what legends will surround the new guy, but he certainly got his career off to a memorable start, one already clouded by conjecture. The Great Successor was unveiled at a massive memorial service for his father that saw hundreds of thousands of people converge upon Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to pledge their fealty and support to the country’s new leader, according to SFGate.com. Strangely enough, CBS News reported that “Tens of thousands” attended the same memorial.

I guess the passing of Kim Jong Il and the tale of his successor are like many other things in life. It’s all about what you want to believe—like Santa Claus, or Balloon Boy, or that watching The Jersey Shore on a regular basis doesn’t make you a terrible person. I’d wager there’s probably a little bit of truth in everything, no matter how bizarre, vile or improbably wonderful, which is most likely why the world is such a fascinating place. Rest in peace, KJI, or some semblance thereof.

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