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dive in when the going gets tough... Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com In our last issue I started this column with a list of the many reasons why I love making Submerge. This time around I’m not feeling that sort of enthusiasm. Right now I’m stuck at my computer designing the issue, writing this column and doing all the other fun stuff that must be done to make sure this issue hits the streets on time, all while having a nasty flu/cold thingy warping my creativity and making me feel extremely nauseous. What I’m trying to get at is there is no calling in sick to this job, ever! And sometimes that sucks. I’m not sure exactly what kept me going. It definitely wasn’t the vitamins or medicine, which made me feel even more sick (should have eaten something). I’m pretty sure it was our caliber of content that kept me truckin’. Since I’m not feeling so well and I want to wrap up this issue so I can go sip some Theraflu, cuddle with my cat and dog on the couch and numb my mind with the latest stream of Survivor, I’m going to cut to the chase and simply tell you what’s up with this issue. On our front cover we have Musical Charis. This popular local band is releasing their fourth album called FOOL$ GOLD. They will be celebrating its release at The Townhouse Lounge on Oct. 11. On page 26 you can read our feature story to learn about the band’s special family dynamic, what you can expect from their live shows and how much they actually travel and play music each year. Another local band we feature in this issue is The Old Screen Door. With a little more than a year together under their belts, this band will be coming out with a five-track EP with songs they claim are crowd favorites. Become familiar with this band starting on page 20, and don’t forget to pick up a copy at Marilyn’s on K on Sept. 29. Oakland’s Zion I will be coming to Ace of Spades on Oct. 6 in support of their newest album Shadow Boxing (available on Oct. 2). On page 18, discover why the new album means so much to MC Zumbi and what sort of discipline has helped keep him focused. AmpLive, who produced all but three tracks on the new album, also divulges the challenges he still faces after all these years. As for non-music related content, we have a feature on one of Midtown’s newest restaurants, Bacon & Butter, headed up by Chef Billy Zoellin. I must confess, I’m not much into breakfast and this stems from the fact that I’m just not a morning person. After reading more about this restaurant, I’m now willing to set the ol’ alarm clock a wee bit earlier this coming week. From what Zoellin tells us, it’s right up my alley with grass-fed animals and local and seasonal fare. Learn more about Zoellin’s history, the biggest challenge he faces with his new restaurant and the community table at Bacon & Butter starting on page 12. On the back cover, the largest photo is of local artist Bruce Gossett. His Speed Equipped show opens at So-Cal Speed Shop on Del Paso Boulevard on Oct. 6 with a reception being held on Second Saturday, Oct. 13. On page 14, you can read our interview and grasp why Wacky Packs and hot rod culture are appealing and inspiring to Gossett, as well as read about how he teamed up with John Cardiel to produce a series of skateboard decks for Anti-Hero. Enjoy issue #120. Don’t get sick, wash your hands, get plenty of sleep, don’t stress out, exercise, eat healthy foods, take vitamins (just not on an empty stomach) and read every issue of Submerge.
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Legendary Sacramentobased singer/songwriter Kevin Seconds (of the highly influential hardcore punk band 7Seconds) is readying the release of a new solo record, Don’t Let Me Lose Ya. The 10-track album, which Kevin calls his fifth “official” solo release (he’s made all sorts of homemade, limitedrun releases over the years), will be available through Asian Man Records on Oct. 9. “I kept it pretty simple and close to my heart,” Kevin recently told Submerge. Rather than enlisting the help of musicians from all over the country, which Kevin had considered, he kept everything close to home. “I’m really fortunate to have some amazing and talented people so willing to help me out, my wife Allyson first and foremost, of course. I’m never more excited than when I’ve got my vocal parts done and I know it’s her turn to come in and sing.” Kepi Ghoulie played drums, Alison Sharkey laid down crucial cello parts and David Houston, who recorded the album at his studio, played on the album as well. “I’ve known David for 17, 18 years now,” Kevin said. “I consider him to be one of my closest friends, I love the man. He’s brilliant, fun to hang out with and inspires me in so many ways I cannot even begin to tell you.” After recording his last couple solo albums himself, Kevin felt like he needed to collaborate a little, to reach out and let someone he knows and trusts put their touches on this new album. It paid off. “It was actually the funnest, easiest time I’ve ever spent in a recording studio,” he said. That definitely comes off when you listen to Don’t Let Me Lose Ya, nothing feels forced, it’s very organic sounding and Kevin’s masterful songwriting and storytelling are right up front on display as best as they ever have been. Catch Kevin Seconds live on Friday, Sept. 28, where he’ll open for his old buddies Simon Feck at Torch Club. “Believe it or not, that will be my first time playing there, and I’m pretty psyched,” he said. His official CD release show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Naked Lounge. That show will also be Kepi Ghoulie’s and Kevin’s U.S. tour kickoff. For more information and to pre-order Kevin Seconds’ new album, visit Kevinseconds.com or Asianmanrecords.com.
With October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, local organizations like Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation are gearing up for important events like the sixth annual Blues for Life concert at Torch Club owner Marina Texeira and Torch Club on Sunday, Cindy Love of Albie Aware Oct. 7. This year’s show will feature a dozen top-notch performances from bands like Walking Spanish, Arden Park Roots, Mercy Me!, Keri Carr, KB & the Slingtones and many others. Cindy Love, executive director of Albie Aware, says this event is the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year. “We do about 17 events a year,” she said. “We’re very busy, but this one is one of the bigger ones. Events like this are our lifeblood, without donations, we can’t do the work we do.” The foundation was created in memory of longtime Sacramento resident Albie Carson who succumbed to breast cancer in 2002. Her husband Doug Carson founded the organization to raise money to help others in the community who face their own battles with this disease. “Albie didn’t get the proper follow up testing that she needed when she was done with her treatment and her cancer came back,” Love said. “Albie Aware is Doug’s passion to make sure that all women get tested properly. Our mission is to provide direct services to the community.” So that means raising awareness, making screenings available, guiding through follow ups, providing free educational classes, etc. Albie Aware is very “hands on,” as Love puts it. This year’s Blues for Life is $25 in advance (get tickets online at Eventbrite.com or at Torch Club) and $30 at the door. There will also be a raffle, silent auction and pasta cook off, all benefiting Albie Aware. There will be two stages, one outside the Torch Club on the corner of I and 15th streets, and one inside the club. The party goes from 1 to 9 p.m. and Love says they are hoping for a crowd of up to 1,500 people. Breast cancer is a serious issue, no doubt, but most of Albie Aware’s fundraising events aren’t too heavy, Love says. “It’s a festival vibe. We have a good reputation for having fun.” To learn more, visit Albieaware.org.
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Fourth Annual Crush Festival: Sip Wine and Paint a Masterpiece at the Old Sugar Mill • Sept. 29–30 Participate in The Painted Cork’s “Paint and Sip” class and try an array of wines from the area at the Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg, Calif., during the fourth annual Crush Festival. Intimidated by the word “masterpiece?” That’s what the wine is for! Buy a bottle from one of Clarksburg’s many surrounding wineries to enjoy throughout the class and take the edge off. Beginners are welcome and all supplies are included. After your class, wander around the festival and enjoy wine tastings, live music and even take part in a grape stomp competition for prizes. The Old Sugar Mill boasts eight wineries in one location and is located at 35265 Willow Avenue, Clarksburg. The festival starts at 11 a.m. and goes until 5 p.m with painting classes being held both days from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. General Admission is $15 online and $20 at the door, with $50 granting you access to the festival as well as a seat in the art class. Go to Oldsugarmill.com to purchase tickets.
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101 North Brewing Co. Sacramento Release Party at de Vere’s Irish Pub Sept. 27
Come meet the brewers of Petaluma’s newly established microbrewery, 101 North Brewing Co., and taste their premiere beer, Heroine India Pale Ale, at their Sacramento Release Party at de Vere’s Irish Pub. The keg will be tapped on Thursday, Sept. 27 starting at 6 p.m. with the festivities going until 9 p.m. On the brewery’s website, 101northbeer.com, Brewmaster Joel J. Johnson said they strove for an ale “that would distinguish itself as immortal amongst the common, and with an unforgettable name.” While you chug down their delicious IPA, they’ll also let you in on what intoxicating new brews will be coming up next. The pub will be serving the Heroine IPA at $6 a pop for a 14-ounce pour.
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Northern California Pinup Girl Competition at Powerhouse Pub • Sept. 29 Come cheer on your favorite Housewife, Cowgirl, or Bettie Page style pinup girl at the Powerhouse Pub in Folsom (614 Sutter Street, Suite D) on Saturday, Sept. 29. Pinup contestants will be judged based on their responses to a Q&A section as well as crowd response, so make sure to let them know you like what you see! Winners from each category will be featured in Pin Up America magazine. Enjoy barbecue and drinks from the outside bar as you check out the classic cars that will fill the pub’s parking lot. The ladies can occupy themselves at Maribou Salon’s booth, where they can get their hair and makeup done pinup style. You can also watch contestants duke it out in the “Best Pinup Tattoo,” “Barbershop Pompadour” or “Mustache Competition” categories. If you like to shop, plenty of vendors will be at your service. A raffle will also take place with proceeds benefiting the charity Ride to Walk, whose mission is to provide therapeutic horseback riding activities to children and young adults with neurological disabilities. After the competition comes to an end, live bands will rock the stage until last call. The event kicks off at 2 p.m. and general admission is $10. For contest entry information, visit Norcalpinupcomp.eventbrite.com. SubmergeMag.com
Happy Hour Mixtape Swap at Phono Select Records • Oct. 6 Music lovers of all genres will be exchanging mixtapes at Phono Select Records’ weekly swap on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Phono Select Records (2312 K Street). Be sure to make a cover for your mix including track and artist info and bring a copy for the store to play during business hours. Bragging rights could be yours the next time you hear your mix blasting at the shop. And don’t be fooled by the term “mixtape,” CDs are welcome too! Guest DJs will spin beats while partygoers enjoy free beverages and snacks provided by Insight Coffee and Bitchin’ Vegan Bake Sales. Meet new music-savvy friends and discover new artists while relishing in the joys of a 15 percent off storewide sale. The swap is held every first Saturday of the month. For more information, visit Phono Select’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/ phonoselect.
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Capital Capture Gentlemen’s Club Emily Bonsignore A simple defining piece can add a uniqueness to any look. A singular twist to a classic outfit is enough to turn a humdrum guy into an urban gentleman. I find men’s fashion more fluid from season to season in terms of continuation of trends, as opposed to the ever-changing women’s fashion. Here are a couple of stylish gents I spotted this weekend!
Kyle Mitzel rocks an all earth tone look while doing some weekend thrifting in Midtown. The foundation of his outfit is elementary consisting of a rust colored T-shirt and pair of olive shorts. However, a few distinctive details make this look eye-catching. First, Kyle’s T-shirt is reminiscent of sedimentary rocks, an apropos visual for his earthy ensemble. Have an interesting focal point when it comes to basic tees, a cool graphic can certainly change the look of an outfit. Kyle goes sockless, an ongoing trend with penny loafers for casual occasions. Finally, tortoise Lucite wayfarers, an acrylic plastic trending in both men’s and women’s fashion accessories, top it off. Mix classic pieces with contemporary trends to achieve an expert look.
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While on a late night coffee run to Weatherstone, I spotted Nick spending his evening doing the daily crossword. I was impressed by his confidence to mix patterns, which is one of my favorite trends. Nick’s mixing is subtle, just a pop of plaid over his striped sweater is perfect for a casual weekday night. If you are hesitant to mix patterns, do not be timid. Try simple patterns, such as polka dots and stripes in similar color schemes at first and as you become more comfortable try bolder, brighter prints like paisleys and florals. To keep the patterns the focus keep the rest of the outfit understated as Nick does. A classic pair of blue jeans and a silver wristwatch completes the look.
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The Optimistic Pessimist Back to the Future of Back to the Future II Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com
With less than three years to go, the future is almost here. Massive changes are on the horizon that will affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives, hopefully for the better. How do I know these changes will happen? Because, thanks to Hollywood, I’ve seen the future. In 1989, my 9-year-old self watched breathlessly as Marty, the Doc and a soon to be unconscious Jennifer flew into the future. When they arrived to stop the meddlesome Griff from ruining Marty Jr.’s life, the display on DeLorean dashboard read Oct. 21, 2015. Three years doesn’t give us much time; fortunately, we’ve already made some headway. Three promises from the future are here now. Like Marty Jr., we Americans love watching more than one TV channel at a time. Marty Sr. was a big fan of the videophone in 2015 and Skype and Facetime have brought this mostly unused novelty to the present. Finally, the Café ‘80s showed us that, in the future, Ronald Reagan would be used to shill Pepsi and hamburgers. While this one hasn’t quite happened yet, the Republicans almost unveiled a holographic Ronald Reagan at this year’s Convention in Tampa, Fla. Clearly we are off to an excellent start, but what of all the future advances left to come? Much of what was shown to us in the film falls into two distinct categories. Our first chunk of future fantastic is going to come to us through the fashion world. Tired of buying clothes that just don’t seem to fit once we get them home, big timers in the fashion world, like next year’s Project Runway winner, will push the envelope and end this dilemma with the self adjusting (and self-drying) jacket. Americans are constantly pushing the envelope, and by envelope, I mean the tensile strength of their pants. We are getting fatter and nothing in the film says that is going to change. In the future, not being able to see your feet over your fat gut may be common, but it won’t be a problem because we will have self-tying shoes. Lest you think laziness is our destiny, the professional male population of
the world should take note that we will soon be required to wear two neckties. As a lawyer, I am not looking forward to this at all. Of course, the future isn’t just for the clothes horses; 2015 has stuff for the tech geeks too. We were introduced to two future technologies right in the beginning of the film, and they are game changers. It may be hard to believe, but in just three short years we are going to have flying cars that are powered by fusion reactors that run off garbage. Not convinced that this will be the case? Take a drive down Highway 99 and see for yourself that the government is already tearing up all of these soon to be worthless roads. Oddly enough, the future isn’t all about advancements. Some of our current and most relied-upon technologies seem to be absent in 2015. No mentions are made of the Internet, let alone silly cat videos, in the future. No doubt the Web will be eliminated soon to prevent hackers from taking over the world. But what of our cell phones? We can still get on the Internet from there, right? Unfortunately, I think the answer is no, as we see Marty Jr. using a pay phone in 2015, and there wasn’t one idiot yapping away on his cell phone in the Café ‘80s. No Internet or cell phones means no emails or text messages and America’s grasp of the English language is already too far-gone to expect us to return to handwriting letters. With few options left, the future has gone way back into the past and dug up what is now considered a pretty worthless technology: the fax machine. Remember; put your document in face up if you want the recipient to be able to read it! With only three years left, we have a lot of work to do. Some of these changes are here already and others really just require us to forget the advancements we’ve made already. But the real challenge lies in all of the things we haven’t invented yet and there is only one way those ideas will come to fruition. So think, McFly, think!
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ur parents were always quick to emphasize taking our time when they were nurturing us. Chew your food. Walk don’t run. But the age old axiom to stop and smell the roses seems lost in our modern culture of efficiency and impatience with download speeds, commuter traffic and restaurant ticket times. Local chef Billy Zoellin’s new breakfast and lunch restaurant Bacon & Butter is a friendly reminder to take our time, because even slowing down is valuable. At 28, Zoellin has climbed the ranks of local artisan cooks at an impressive speed. He began as a busser at BIBA and Andiamo, while still in high school. When he wasn’t keeping the tabletops orderly, he helped with prep work out of a natural curiosity with the kitchen, which he claims is in his blood. “My grandma used me as a kid for catering,” Zoellin said. “It went from being a busser and enjoying cooking to having a kid and needing a full-time job. So, I quit baseball and started cooking.” His fast rise in status continued with his education at the American River Culinary School. After enrolling as a student, he quickly became a TA. From there it was prep cook at Mulvaney’s. It was only his third job in a kitchen. When he took over the head chef job at Golden Bear last year, his menu caught the attention of Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. “Everywhere I’ve gone,
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I’ve never been satisfied,” he said. “It’s part of my personality, I’m very meticulous with how I like things. If I see something I like, I will follow until I can go off on my own path with it.” With 18-and-over nightclub Bar Fly, formerly and ironically called Club 21, in need of a liquor license, Zoellin was asked if he was interested in opening his own restaurant in the front of the building. “This place is a club at night,” he said. “For liquor licenses you typically need food. Instead of working for other people and signing off on my menus that I create, the items I put my heart and soul into, I decided to do it for myself. It was time to roll the dice a little bit.” On such a fast track with his career, Bacon & Butter appeals to a need for Zoellin to slow down in order to adapt to the learning curve of running his own business. Early criticisms of Bacon & Butter (located on 21st Street between K and L streets) mostly leaned on an annoyance with the wait, either for a table or the ticket time. It was an issue not lost on Zoellin and his staff. “Our biggest issue has been time,” he said. “But I challenge any one of those critics to open a restaurant and serve top quality food in a timely fashion to 500 people on a weekend and see how it goes. See how many weeks it takes to get that ticket time down and have everyone feel good about their meal.” It was said not out of frustration, but as a matter of fact. It’s the sort of challenge that would make for a great new Food Network competition show. Zoellin hopes his patrons will come to Bacon & Butter to enjoy the simple pleasures of a well-prepared Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
meal with many appealing environmental guarantees. At Bacon & Butter the meat is all grass-fed; the bacon is nitrate-free; the vegetables are sustainable, seasonal and local fare; the bread comes in daily; and the coffee is from Old Soul. “We’re not a greasy spoon. We have a commitment to local and seasonal fare,” Zoellin said. “Breakfast places will cut corners because prep time is at a minimum. Here you won’t find a lot of boxes and bags in the back. You won’t find a freezer. We want to make things from scratch like grandma would or mom would.” Was it not always worth it to wait for grandma’s made-fromscratch cooking? The morning I visited Bacon & Butter, I cleared my schedule and allotted myself a rare chance on a weekday to eat breakfast—a ritual usually limited to a pot of coffee or Cheerios. Mayor Kevin Johnson held a business brunch of 30 that same morning. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 8 and end at 9 a.m. I arrived at 9:10 a.m. to two empty tables littered with discarded napkins, used utensils and plates with only sauce stains remaining. It’s unwise and unfair to criticize a new restaurant’s ticket times, especially when it’s an owner not named Paragary, but given the efficiency apparent from that morning’s remains, Bacon & Butter have worked out the kinks. My mountain range of country potatoes, hash and eggs over easy, topped with corn salsa was well worth the wait and a larger portion than I expected for the price. The hash needed no salt, while the corn salsa had just enough jalapeños to give it a subtle kick in spice. The server ribbed me that I barely put a dent in it, but it felt as though even if it was only a rolling hill spread, I’d eaten my fill. The menu at Bacon & Butter is crafted for the adventurous or even the average Joe or Jane. If biscuits and gravy or flapjacks are all you need, your desires will not be compromised. “I’ve cooked a lot of dinner in my career,” Zoellin said. “It became a challenge of how do I apply what I know to breakfast and make it acceptable. You put fried sage on things and have your whimsical takes on fare, while staying within the guidelines of local, sustainable and always seasonal.” As I sat post-meal near the bay window alternating sips of Old Soul coffee, a mason jar of water, and a mason jar of Greyhound, I took in my surroundings. Chef Zoellin told me for their refurbished interior, they had a picture in mind. It was of a sharply dressed man in the Depression era going out for a job interview. The idea was to create a place that man might have stopped into for coffee. The interior is of simpler times, when items were handcrafted and plastic was barely existent. Above the community table is an old wash bin, hung upside down from the ceiling, with a clock that never quite ticks on time attached to the bottom. Small light bulbs hang from the bin to light the table. It is both a piece of history
and a piece of modern art. Along the outer walls are plywoodframed photos of cowboys (frames built by Zoellin), and shelves hosting trinkets that Zoellin found in antique stores. “It fits my personality,” he said. “It fits what we do, putting a sustainable practice to recycled and refurbished products. We are modern post-Depression era, that’s where we are.” As Zoellin and I sat with the community table within an arm’s length, I had to know, “Why do you think people fear the community table?” After a good laugh and a shared confusion, he offered, “Don’t be afraid to sit next to a neighbor.” “Start a conversation with someone,” he went on. “Ask them ‘how’s the hash?’ Maybe their review will help you decide what to have next time.” He’s not giving up on his experiment to get his customers to relax and say hello to their fellow neighbors. He hopes that someday the community table will be the place to sit, rather than a compromise. For now, his regular, Dave, sits there most mornings, reading the paper and making small talk with the service staff. Strike up a conversation with Dave sometime. Yelp is an outlet for blowing off steam. If you want to read a review of Bacon & Butter, flip through the encyclopedia pages in your check booklet that’s dropped off at the end of the meal, an idea Zoellin stole from Mulvaney’s. In it, you’ll read short and sweet thank you signatures of people who hope their favorite items never leave the menu and who can’t get enough of those pancake shots (a treat I intend to try on my next visit). These are the messages from people who took the time to hand-write their appreciation in ink, rather than blog bullet points in haste.
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Sacramento artist taps into a childhood obsession for his latest show Words Joe Atkins
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op art in the ‘60s and a growing critique of consumer culture at the end of modernism led art into an aesthetic of mash ups, parodies and pastiche. Pulp art, comic books, baseball cards and the developments of global branding strategies all collided into Wacky Packs, a series of stickers that mocked consumer goods through parody, produced by Topps Trading Company in 1967, and originally illustrated by Art Spiegelman (writer/ artist of the graphic novel Maus) and Norman Saunders. Fast forward 45 years, the influence of these seemingly benign stickers can be found in the artwork of Bruce Gossett. Gossett’s works have been seen at a few select galleries around Sacramento and sold at various car shows over the past decade, but his current work draws specifically on the playfulness and base impulses of a childhood fascination: Wacky Packs. His artwork follows this tradition of plagiarism and parody, using existing advertisements and iconography from the custom car world to create tongue-in-cheek fine art works that connect an adult world of masculine custom hot rods with the juvenile playfulness of puns and gore. Gossett has developed his art over the years working with multiple graphic forms, all of which have influenced his relationship to the canvas, his preferred medium. He’s printed T-shirts, rock and car show posters, stickers and done customized airbrushing and detailing on cars. He once tried his hand at stand-up comedy, only to realize he didn’t like the spotlight and has since found his calling in a small, insolated shed-studio in the back yard
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of his West Sacramento home. Gossett spent years going up and down California, attending car shows, selling his works: T-shirts, posters, stickers, fine arts. And the influence of this culture has been foundational to his development as a graphic and fine artist. But it’s not just car culture in general that Gossett finds alluring, it’s a specific subspecies of that broader category, those custom car creators, the seedy underbelly of that combination of Detroit automobiles and California counter culture. This DIY renaissance of the automobile, the material object that transported America from farmlands to urban spaces, appears in the work of Gossett as an image set to be appropriated and employed according to a particular set of aesthetics. These counter culture references are manifest in his current work, the Speed Equipped series, which will be shown for Second Saturday in October at So-Cal Speed Shop on Del Paso Boulevard. The Speed Equipped show focuses specifically on parodies of logos for hot-rodding companies like Moon Speed Equipment, from which the show takes its name. Gossett has created a set of produce brands with the low-brow humor of those Wacky Packs, and he has even been tapped by AntiHero Skateboards and local John Cardiel to create the artwork for a pro-series of decks. Gossett’s works span multiple culture groups and as such he’s a significant contributor in the battle against bourgeois ideals and high-art. He’s a working class artist, and that’s just why we like him. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
Tell me about your new show, Speed Equipped. I was obsessed with Wacky Packs in the ‘70s. They were parodies of national products. You know, household products, Windex and stuff like that. They basically mocked them and made fun of them. They were stickers in chewing gum packs. I remember kids covering their closet doors with them, much to the chagrin of their parents. I got obsessed with them. It was funny. The imagery was so base and crude, like it was painted with a broomstick or something. The humor was just great. Finally, I thought about it one day, and I’ve never seen parodies of the speed equipment. I’ve always been immersed in the car thing, and I thought why not make fun of the icons of the rod and custom world. It’s something I’ve been working on over a two-year period. I’d like to get them out there and get them seen. I think there’s a generation that grew up in the ‘70s around Wacky Packs, skateboarding, punk, irreverence and that audience totally would get it. I’m also showing some of my Builders Series. It’s the guys that build cars that I dig, but they’re the new generation of builders as opposed to the old generation. It’s not fair cars and Sunday drives, lawn chairs and car shows. There’s a new generation of builders and hot-rodders and the vast majority of them are coming out of the skateboarding world.
What’s the best and worst parts about being an artist? Being locked in the studio is boring, frankly. There’s nothing more I’d like to do than be in the studio for 10 hours and paint. But by that eighth hour, I’m probably pretty sick of it. The days are weird. There are times when it’s fun; there are times when it’s work. I think I like the beginning and the end best. I like when it hasn’t been touched and I first lay in backgrounds, working from the rear forward. You’re establishing a mood when you first start, so it’s fun. Anything is possible. And in the end, it’s always nice to finish something. You’re happy it’s out of the way. Once I finish something, I don’t want to look at it for a while. Then a week later I’ll obsess over it for about a week, and then I’m usually pretty good with it. For that reason I always have half a dozen paintings going at any given time.
What is it about cars and hot rod culture that you find so alluring? I’ve always had old cars. My first car was a 1972 Chevelle I fixed up before I had my license. It seemed like a meathead world to me. You’ve got to understand the ‘80s. It was the dark days for this car thing. There was a renaissance in the ‘90s, and I got introduced to Big Daddy Roth and that whole world. It was like the thinking man’s hot rod. It was the Bad News Bears, and I missed that from when I was a kid. I realized there were these weirdo hotrodders, and it totally clicked with me. I decided to get back into it. I built a few cars. I just jumped in. Even if it doesn’t have cars, I still call some stuff hot rod art. It’s just got an aesthetic. Even a portrait or something, just the way the paint’s moved, it screams hot rod to me. I like a lot of aggression in my art, a lot of action and movement.
How do other forms, graphic design, T-shirt printing, etc., influence your work? These are like complex graphics really. My knowledge and experience over the years from different industries, sign painting, pin-striping, graphic applications for hot rods, on vehicles, I get a lot of influence from those other forms. To produce really clean graphics you work rear forward. Do your infill colors and then hit the black lining. It’s really the cleanest way of producing stuff.
Can you explain how that series is different for you? How it’s a change of direction from your previous work? The Builders Series is more photo-based. Sometimes it’s the vehicles they build, and I’ll focus on that. Other times I’ll start introducing images of the builder, so it’s a little more personal. It’s difficult, painting portraitures and capturing likenesses. It’s more representational, photo-realistic, but I’m making them psychedelic, lots of drips, lots of maneuvering of the surfaces so that you know it’s a painting as opposed to an airbrushed, photo-realistic work.
When did you decide to take your artwork seriously? After about the first year, I took it seriously. I started in 1989. I’ve always designed stuff and did things with paint. We stole Testors paints from Thrifty’s and pay for a ten-cent ice-cream cone, and we’d customize our skateboards. I’ve always been around cars, my family was in the car industry. I wanted to get away from it, so I actually tried my hand at stand-up comedy. That didn’t go real well. Then I took a class at City College, the material was stale but I took to it real easy. I realized not only that I had an aptitude for it, but that I enjoyed it. And I was useless in other areas. I just had a short attention span, and the art thing seemed limitless. It really took off in the mid 90s when I really started pursuing more of a car based or an automotive bend.
How’d you get hooked up with Anti-Hero Skateboards and John Cardiel? Cardiel saw my Fresh Ripe and Delicious show at A Bitchin Space. He saw the preview in the University Art window, and he totally got it. He totally remembered the Wacky Packs. He said, “I’ve got six riders and I want you to personalize a piece for each one.” I got where each rider was from, their hometown, where they were born. I did a bit of research and developed ideas. It was crude, tounge-in-cheek, vulgar, but it was a skateboard company, no holds barred, and he totally got it. He’s a squirrel; he’s cooler than shit. It was the most perfect client you could ever ask for.
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survival of the fittest
Zion I looks inward on new album Shadow Boxing Words James Barone
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“We decided we’d do a live album. It was a totally different energy,” Zumbi says of the thought behind Atomic Clock. “It didn’t even feel like a record, honestly, Atomic Clock, it just felt like we were doing a quick project. Shadow Boxing feels like something I feel. Atomic Clock, I felt it when we made it, but it’s not as deep of an idea around it for me personally.” It’s not surprising that Shadow Boxing holds a deeper meaning for Zumbi, who has become a father in the time since Atomic Clock. He has also been getting into martial arts as of late as a way to improve his physical health. His still new fatherhood and his practice of tai chi play a heavy influence on the themes found on Shadow Boxing. “The title of the album is referencing the battle of the self, self-affliction, but also like the confrontation of finding something wack within yourself and having the courage to look at it, be honest and conquer it,” Zumbi says. “It’s about embracing your inner-demons, but taming them.” The discipline he’s learned through martial
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arts have also helped his focus, Zumbi says. “I’m creative, but I have bad habits like everyone,” he explains. “What do they say? Idle hands are the devil’s play thing? “I have to keep myself in a cool place. If I mess around and stay up all night, I might get injured. If I mess around and stay up all night, my son’s going to wake up at 4 in the morning, and I’m going to be too tired. It’s basically giving myself these different responsibilities, just like for myself, just to become a better, more responsible human being, and it’s been a blessing.” Zumbi also went back and referenced some of Zion I’s early albums when writing for Shadow Boxing. Though he says he doesn’t usually listen to the group’s past recordings, doing so this time around reintroduced him to the MC he was a decade or so ago. He liked what he heard. “With the Mind Over Matter songs, I was like, wow, I was really in the zone,” he says. “I remember back then, all I did was rap, meditate
and do capoeira. That’s it. I wasn’t chasing girls, nothing. The reward in life was to be in the studio and rap.” What Zumbi heard was a hungry rapper. He made a conscious effort to put himself back in that headspace. “I was like, OK, I was flowing better then than I am now,” he says. “I was really being honest with myself in some cases. I had to get back in the zone like that.” Whatever his reasons, it certainly seems to be working. Shadow Boxing sounds big, mean, aggressive and even extremely catchy, as evidenced in the grimy hooks of the title track and the bouncy electro beat of “Human Being.” Beyond that, though, there’s a rich variety of tones at play on Shadow Boxing, from the house reggae-tinged “Sex Wax” (featuring Collie Buddz) to the smoothly soulful “Life’s Work” (featuring Goapele). Meanwhile, the over six-minute “Joe Frazzzier” stands out as a compelling centerpiece, a sort of hip-hop/prog hybrid. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
“With the Mind Over Matter songs, I was like, wow, I was really in the zone. I remember back then, all I did was rap, meditate and do capoeira. That’s it. I wasn’t chasing girls, nothing. The reward in life was to be in the studio and rap.” – Zumbi, Zion I “That was just a crazy electro beat that I had, and [Zumbi] really liked it,” says AmpLive, who produced all but three tracks on Shadow Boxing. “He wrote something to it, but he sounded a little too far out, so I convinced him to do something more palatable. But then it lost its edge, so I wanted to just sort of bring that back.” After the verses were laid down, AmpLive says the song felt a bit unfinished. Zumbi encouraged him to take the track further, to really draw it out. The producer was happy to oblige. “I carried it out as far as it could go,” AmpLive says. “It got really crazy at the end, and I was like, we can’t end it like this, so I brought the music back so we could end on the same vibe.” Though Zion I seems to revel in the fact that they can employ such a wide variety of sounds with success, AmpLive mentions that he’d like to try to have more uniformity to his songs. “It’s more of a struggle to me to have everything sound the same,” he says. “I’ve been trying to do that a lot more. I do all kinds of
different music, so I can do that easily if I wanted to, but I’m bored with changing it up all the time. My challenge now is keeping everything on the same wavelength. “I think that probably for more of my solo stuff I’ll focus on that aspect of everything, maybe where everything is the same BPM or something like that,” AmpLive continues. “I just want to see what happens, because I’ve never done an album like that.” This may come as a surprise to Zumbi, but if there’s one thing the MC has become used to in his years working with AmpLive it's that the producer continues to amaze him. “That’s what’s so dope about it,” Zumbi says. “I’ve known this guy for over 20 years. When you know anybody for that long, sometimes things become predictable, but that’s the beauty of the music. There’s always a surprise lurking. It’s always so fresh.” Zion I fans will get the opportunity to hear the group’s fresh new songs on the road this fall during a 30-city tour with DJ Minnesota. In addition to that, Zion I will also be releasing a mixtape with the help of Brooklyn, N.Y.'s DJ J. Period called Bomb First. The mixtape will also feature A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson and others. Zumbi calls Bomb First a “family project.” “If this was a battle for the soul of music, these are the people we would choose,” Zumbi adds. Given the duo’s track record, it’s doubtless that there would be plenty who would choose to side with Zion I for the same fight.
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Sacramento’s The Old Screen Door stakes its claim in the Capital City Words amy serna • photos Joel Dockendorf
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uring the course of 19 months, four guys have managed to accomplish what most bands attempt to achieve in years: to get noticed. The “rock and soul” Sacramento group, The Old Screen Door, is quickly gaining momentum in the local music scene and they are just getting started. They have received over 2,300 likes on their Facebook band page, recently won Folsom Live Battle of the Bands and are catching the eyes of numerous local concert promoters. “We are at the point now where we don’t have to cold call for places to play anymore, they are all calling us,” explained frontman Garrett Wildgust in front of Peet’s Coffee. “Due to our unique ability to play with any type of band, we can mold with any kind of group.” Wildgust and his three band mates, drummer Harrison Reich, bassist Jonathan Maldonado and keyboardist Michael Buck have created music that seems impossible to categorize in one genre. Some could argue that their music sounds similar to blues rock, pop and even progressive rock. They like to stick to good old fashioned “rock ‘n’ roll” but with a classic feel and have a story to tell with each song. “Everyone would tell us that when they would come to see our show it was like listening to a mix tape because we play one song that’s dance
rock, then we play another song that’s blues,” Reich said. “It doesn’t necessarily sound like you are listening to the same band because we really have no stylistic qualifier.” The Old Screen Door have been working to bring out their first self-titled “mix tape” EP, with five dance songs that have been named “crowd favorites.” Since they were officially formed as a band in March 2011, all four members have agreed to take no pay they receive at gigs but instead place it in their “band bank” in order to get their EP completed. Each recorded song is not only danceable but gives the audience members something to ponder. Their music holds deeper meanings then what appears on the surface. One of their songs titled “Bar Fight” has nothing to do with drunkards smashing bottles over their heads but is a metaphor for how they think society lives. “It’s about everyone fighting each other to get ahead,” said Wildgust. “When are we going to stop repeating history and move forward with something new and something better for society? The name [of the song] doesn’t ever portray the song’s meaning per se, it’s more of an outward view on the subject.” To come up with these metaphors for life, The Old Screen Door collaborates with each other inside and outside of the studio. All four artists bring Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
their own individual talents and ideas to create a song. Reich has only been drumming for two years and his first time performing on a stage was with this band. Although he is a fairly new musician, he has picked up the drums very quickly and couldn’t seem more comfortable on stage. “I just try and go for it,” Reich said. Buck brings a more formal approach from behind his keyboard with his knowledge of music theory, which he studied at American River College. Wildgust has been singing and performing ever since he was a kid. “I’ve been a singer since I could hit notes,” he said. “I was hitting Mariah Carey notes before I hit puberty.” And originally a lead guitarist, Jonathan Maldonado doesn’t like to take the traditional route when playing the bass and adds
his own personal spice, said Wildgust. “It’s been a really cool learning experience for me as a musician to grow with these guys,” added Wildgust. “It’s really been a give and get kind of situation.” The Old Screen Door couldn’t have passed their musical message without the help of their friends and family. Wildgust’s cousin creates all of the graphic art for the band’s posters and website, his aunt helps to write the content on its band website and press releases, and Harrison’s mom allowed the band to practice in the living room when they first got started. The first fan club consisted of friends and family, who would attend every show and enjoy every minute of it. “They are all stoked because they
“For how much we put in and how much we are getting back now, it’s priceless.” – Garrett Wildgust, The Old Screen Door
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wanted to be there, they love the music on top of the fun they have at the shows,” said Wildgust. They have helped to spread the band’s name, even the acronym of The Old Screen Door has inspired phrases like “Get TOSD,” “I’m TOSD” or “Way TOSD” at their live shows. “We try and market as well as we can and we try different things from the other bands that we know, to just try and make sure that we get to everyone possible,” Reich said. “We try everything we can to see if we can get people out and it’s working out pretty well. We get a lot of return visits. A lot of people find us to watch us again.” With the support of their family, they only had to be together for a week and a half to get up on stage and perform as a band. “Ever since then I’ve been booking the shows. It’s been a super crazy dream with everything that we’ve been doing,” added Wildgust. Their publicity and hard work is quickly starting to pay off. Each band member considers
being part of the band as a part time job, they dedicate a lot of their time to getting noticed and perfecting their music. “We can always do better,” said Wildgust. “I think that’s why we progressed so fast, it’s just that drive to become something good to listen to.” The band has been working overtime to fit in band practices three times a week, have one live show a week and continue to talk about their band everyday. “For how much we put in and how much we are getting back now, it’s priceless,” said Wildgust.
The Old Screen Door will throw a CD release party on Sept. 29 at Marilyn’s on K. James Cavern and B&B Music Factory will also perform. A $10 cover for this 7:30 p.m., 21-and-over show will also get you a copy of the EP. For more, go to Facebook.com/ TheOldScreenDoor.
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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Le Twist Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Matt Schofield, 8 p.m. Marilyn’s Joseph Eid, Rob Larkin, 5:30 p.m. Midtown Village Cafe Acoustic Open Mic, 8 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub College Night w/ DJ Rigatony, DJ Alazzawi, 10:30 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 7 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Guests, 8 p.m. T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Torch Club Quinn Hedges, 5:30 p.m.; Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, 9 p.m. Townhouse GRIMEY w/ Pyramidz, Motorhome, Subdocta, Whores, Crescendo, 9 p.m. ZuhG Life Store Gypsy Fish, 6 p.m.
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Ace of Spades GZA, Sweet Valley, Killer Mike, Bear Hands, 7 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m. G Street WunderBar DJ Larry, 10 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Island of Black and White, D. Motif, Cidney Cunningham, Verbatim, 8 p.m. Press Club (Waning), Man in the Planet, ESS, 8 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 7 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Keri Carr, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Christian McBride Trio, 8 p.m.
9.27 thursday
Ace of Spades Hatebreed, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, Deez Nuts, 6 p.m. The Blue Lamp Scratch Pad w/ DJ Los, 7evin, The Administrator, Mr.Vibe, DJ Phase, Mr. P Chill & Mike Colossal, Cleen & Elephant Gerald, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Mack Spence, Jack Darwin, Nick Cohen, Zack Wheeler, Sixes & Sevens, Aliciya Angel, Nature, 7 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. District 30 Aly and Fila, Ray Reverse, Trenix, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Pete RG, Better Days, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Monophonics, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Bueno, Mark Snipes, Kundt, K-Ottic, Kali Streetz, Sheye T, DJ Rhyno, Mayhem Musik, 8 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Matisyahu, Dirty Heads, Pacific Dub, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Storytellers, Crossing the River, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, Dj Elliot Estes, 10 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Kymmi & Diamondback, 9:30 p.m.
Press Club FFFreak! w/ CARMEN, DJs Hothobo, Joel Brut, CrookOne, Dogtones, 9:30 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 7 p.m. Shine Groovin’ High, Stephen Yerkey, 8 p.m. Sleep Train Amphitheatre Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Rachel Farley, 7:30 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Con Brio, 8 p.m. The Stoney Inn Jason Buell, 9:30 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Steve Freund, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall San Francisco Symphony, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Christian McBride Trio, 8 p.m.
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The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, 10 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Plea for Peace Center September Mourning, Dead Rabbits, Rob The Cartel, Get Scared, 7 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Apple Z, Mother Mayhem, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Ice House Blues, 5 p.m.; Cover Me Badd, 10 p.m. The Refuge Jonathan Rundman, Keith Gray, Adelynn Lackey, 7 p.m. Shine EGG, Allons-y, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Trails & Ways, So Many Wizards, The Range Of Light Wilderness, 8:30 p.m. The Stoney Inn Dry County Drinkers, 8 p.m. Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill Brett Eldregde, Scott Paul Graham, Bobby McDowell, 7 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5 p.m.; Simon Feck, Kevin Seconds, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Elvis Costello, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Christian McBride Trio, 8 p.m. Woodlake Hotel Tom Rigney & Flambeau, 6 p.m. ZuhG Life Store Magik Spells, 6 p.m.
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Ace of Spades Ozomatli, Beso Negro, 7 p.m. Auburn Event Center Dave Alvin Saturday & the The Guilty Ones, The Cash Prophets, Gunslinger Bob Woods, Ace of Spades Dead Rabbits, Get 7 p.m. Scared, Rob The Cartel, Oh! The Beatnik Studios Final Friday’s w/ Horror, The Silver Lining, 6:30 Beaucoup Chapeaux, 6 p.m. p.m. The Blue Lamp Hero’s Last The Blue Lamp Vespa Club Mission, The Other Brittany, Scooter Rally feat. The Inciters, The Bell Boys, Hey Zeus, The Riot Radio, City of Vain, 8 p.m. Campfire Crooners, Mike James, The Boardwalk Black Light Burns, Ken Burnett, Lare Crawley, Adrian The Witch Was Right, Fartbarf, Bellue and more, 7 p.m. Madison Ave, Zeroclient, Dedvolt, The Boardwalk Young Dizzy, 7 p.m. Parallel, Smurfy, Moxie, 24-7, The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, Penny, The Gatlin, Mac J, JB 8 p.m. Sactown, Lazie Locz, Cali n Bows and Arrows Nice Monster, Fluence, The Nieghborz, 7 p.m. Carly DuHain Band, Devon Farren, Bows and Arrows Communist 8 p.m. Daughter, Nick Sinetos, Grampus, Center for the Arts AntiSocial, 8 p.m. Wishing Stick, Opposition, Persist The Boxing Donkey Chris 2Me, 8 to Rise, Bunjee, 6 p.m. p.m. Crest Theatre Eclipse (tribute to Capitol Garage Get Down to the Pink Floyd), 7 p.m. Champion Sound w/ Prezident Elkhorn Saloon Keri Carr Band, Brown, DJ Esef and special 6 p.m. guests, 10 p.m. Fox & Goose Akron Engine, Blame Elkhorn Saloon Stephen Yerkey, the Bishop, Erik Spenser, 9 p.m. 6 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Tommy Fox & Goose In Letter Form, Sly Castro and the Painkillers, 7:30 Park, 9 p.m. p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Luna’s Cafe David Houston & Harlow’s Coyote Grace, 7 p.m. String Theory, Mark Harrod, 9 Luigi's Fungarden The Hungry, p.m. The Kelps, Marcus Cortez, Mondo Marilyn’s The Old Screen Door Deco, 8 p.m. (CD Release), James Cavern, B&B Luna’s Cafe Elizabeth Busch, Music Factory, 7:30 p.m. Lennox Fleary, Amanda Christine, Mix DJ Mike Moss, 9 p.m. 8 p.m. Old Ironsides Jem & Scout, Marilyn’s SexRat, Golden Ghosts, Mondo Deco, Victory and Sicfus, The Sizzling Sirens, 9 p.m. Associates, Cigarette Machine, Old Ironsides The Moans, The 9 p.m. Left Hand, Avenue Saints, The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti Strange Party, 9 p.m. V, 9 p.m. On The Y Brain Rott, Human Filth, Extripate, Killgasm, Embodied continued on page 26 >> Torment, Slip into Coma, 8 p.m. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Plea for Peace Center Sans Sobriety, Portside, Total Chaos, Get Bent, 7 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Infamous Swanks, Relic 45, 9 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Ice House Blues, 5 p.m.; Cover Me Badd, 10 p.m. Sacramento Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic, 2 p.m. Shady Coffee and Tea Love Royale, Humble Wolf, TJ McNulty, Thomas and Plecker, 6 p.m. Shine Jen Roger & Ken Burnett, William Patton, Tara Tinsley, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Sic Alps, Exray’s, Twin Steps, 8:30 p.m. Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill Chapperall, 9 p.m. Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, Laurie Morvan, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Christian McBride Trio, 8 p.m. ZuhG Life Store Orange Morning, The Listen Now, 2 p.m.
Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. Crest Theatre Far Cry Chamber Orchestra Of Boston, 2 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Youngblood Hawke, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Kyle Vincent, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Plea for Peace Center Slatwall, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Lydia Pense, Cold Blood, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Jason Buell, 7 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Ira Walker, 8 p.m. Townhouse Low Flying Owls, Lite Brite, 9 p.m. ZuhG Life Store Grounded, Mickey Muffins & the Adventure Fun Squad, Adrian Bellue, 12 p.m.
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10.01 Monday
Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays w/ Hearts & Horses, Swimming In Bengal, 7:30 p.m. Midtown Village Cafe Hip Hop w/ DJ Kyle, 8 p.m. Old Ironsides The Nuance, 7:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club Burnin Waves, Sacto Soul Rebels, Rebel Radio, 8:30 p.m. Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m. Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill Karaoke, 7 p.m. Townhouse Open Mic, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Lang Lang, 8 p.m.
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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Midtown Village Cafe Acoustic Open Mic, 8 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub College Night w/ DJ Rigatony, DJ Alazzawi, 10:30 p.m. Shakers Pub Yankee Brutal, Arms Aloft, 8 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Guests, 8 p.m. T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Torch Club Alex Nelson, 5:30 p.m.; Lew Fratis, 9 p.m.
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Center for the Arts Jerry Douglas Band, 7:30 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 DJ Michael Toast, Brian Lilly, DJ Katz, Miguel, 9 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m. Midtown Village Cafe Midtown Out Loud, 6:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti-V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Some Fear None, Egostall, 8 p.m. Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill Due West, 8 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Howell Devine, 9 p.m. Townhouse The Helio Sequence, Slowdance, 8 p.m. University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Nooner w/ Not An Airplane, 12 p.m.
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Words Zachary Ahern Photo Crystal Wade For roughly 15 years, Mason Jennings has been creating a palatable brand of folk pop that has gained him the adoration of fans and critics alike. Jennings possesses the keen ability to put you in his shoes with lyrical stories that could apply to any American’s life. About 20 minutes after the billed show time, the quickly increasing crowd loudly socialized in small groups close to the stage. It was assumed at this point an opener would soon be coming on stage, but instead Jennings emerged from behind a curtain and grabbed his acoustic guitar and harmonica. He finished tuning his guitar and looked up at the eager crowd stating, “Good Evening. Thanks for coming.” Touring in support of his new album Minnesota, Jennings pleased the crowd by playing an eclectic mix of tunes from nearly all of his 10 albums. He opened with “Crown,” a classic fan favorite from 2004’s Use Your Voice, which tells a story of the pain and confusion sometimes caused by romantic relationships. He followed with the upbeat “Living in the Moment,” which expresses post-relationship matters with close friends. Jennings cited his travels in Northern California as being inspiration for songs like “Darkness Between the Fireflies.” He also mentioned his roots, having grown up in Honolulu, Hawaii, which may have contributed to his laid-back approach that can be perceived as pure and effortless. Jennings has always possessed a savvy ability to write catchy, folk-y pop tunes with personal lyrics that come directly from the heart. And whereas dime-a-dozen folk/pop artists emerge too frequently lacking authenticity, Jennings continues to stick to his guns of pure songwriting, but has upped his game expressing he has been spending more time playing the piano, learning how to read music, and practicing Bach songs. Jennings' music provided sentimental feelings with nearly every song performed, fitting for the final days of summer.
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Musical Charis' band members discuss their penchant for collaboration and their mission to bring “real gold” back to the music scene Words Jenn Walker Photo Sam Barlow
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wo of the core members of local indie pop band Musical Charis are in separate rooms of the same apartment engaged in the same conversation. I am on the other end of the line. We're speaking together on a conference call. It is a new experience for all of us. I am talking to Blake Abbey and Jessica Brune, the band’s vocalists, and guitarist and keyboardist, respectively, about their upcoming Oct. 11 release of FOOL$ GOLD on JMB Records. Despite being miles away, I feel like I am dealing with a family. They soon will be, I later find out. In addition to being band mates, they are engaged and live in the same apartment, along with the band’s bassist Colin Vieira, guitarist Bradley Abbey (Blake’s brother) and a bunny rabbit. It’s the apartment they are in now as they field my questions. Like family, they are talking over each other, and to make matters worse the reception is lousy. Despite the hiccups, we manage to carry out an engaging conversation as they fill me in on the album, touring and their musical values. “It seems like a lot of things in music and art, fashion, and pop culture, a lot of it is like fool’s gold,” Abbey says, explaining how they came up with the album title. “It’s just shiny
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and bright, people want to hold it and touch it, but it doesn’t have the same value as gold. “But the more that we grow in character and as a band, I think the closer we get to realizing how hard it is, how deep you have to dig for gold and the value of it when you get it,” he says. Abbey, Brune, Bradley and Vieira spent about a week total, split before and after this year’s lengthy spring tour, recording with music engineer Joe Johnston at Pus Cavern. Now they have an album they hope will stand out against the bounty of overproduced, unoriginal material put forth in the music industry. It was a collaborative process, a coast-tocoast exchange, Brune suggests. Others, including Jarrod Affonso on drums, Brian Brown on the keys and Shawn King, contributed. “Sunlight Stalker,” the last track on the album, was a joint effort between musician Chris King in Florida and Musical Charis. In a Postal Service-like exchange, King wrote the music, and the band wrote lyrics to accompany it. The result was an album that Abbey says is quite unique, an attempt to produce “real gold.” “I don’t think this CD is epic, but I think it’s one-of-a-kind, I haven’t heard anything like it,” he says. Their fourth release following their 2011 album Ace of Space, FOOL$ GOLD is seven tracks of soothing indie pop and lush harmonies with progressive underpinnings. It is somewhat more technical sonically than their previous albums, Abbey explains, and the rhythms are more intricate, adds Brune. Since their formation in 2008, following the Abbey brothers’ and Vieira’s relocation from Florida to Sacramento, Musical Charis has been recognized for their folk appeal. In fact, they
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have been told on several occasions that they are Those who haven’t seen a Musical Charis living in the wrong generation. Brune and Abbey show should know that no two performances are don’t dispute this. alike, partly because they are just as willing to “I think that musically we would be received share the stage with anyone who wants stage better 30 years ago. Old people love our music, time. Thus they have become known for their the folk stuff that we do,” Abbey says. “It’s high-energy, unpredictable performances. dubstep nation now, dubstep is taking over the “We never plan anything,” Brune says. “We’re world.” not like, ‘Oh, it would be so epic if we did this Whatever they have done musically, it and that.’ We just kind of roll with it and have seems to be working. They were nominated fun.” for Sammies in 2010 and 2012, for Best Album During a show, the stage is treated as of the Year and Best Indie Band of the Year, a shared space. The band rotates auxiliary respectively, and in 2011 they won the Best Indie drummers and guitarists onstage or invites other Band of the Year Award. bands to join in. Brune may take Abbey’s guitar While this album strays somewhat from that mid-song, or Abbey might get on the drums. In folk sound, Abbey and Brune agree that it is one any given performance, there might be a trumpet, they will likely revisit in the future. After all, it’s saxophone, accordion, harmonica, congas or easy to switch up musical directions, Brune says, xylophone thrown in the mix. Additionally, just like whipping up a new batch of cupcakes. about anyone (with exception of belligerent “Some people might not like [the new album],” drunks) from the audience is invited to come up Abbey says. “But it was fun for me, which is the and play an instrument. most important thing.” “We consciously try to make it about If you want to produce something relevant in everyone,” Abbey says. “It sucks being in a band the art world, or bring back ‘the real gold,’ then playing the same show every night, especially in you have to get your priorities straight, the way a small town.” Brune and Blake see it. “I want people to go to [our] shows and be like, Which simply means, “Do it because you ‘We’re going to go have fun tonight and we’ll get love it,” Brune says, even if it means collecting to play an instrument,’” he says. pennies. The invitation to participate is an intentional The drive, patience and desire all have to be attempt to encourage local community-building, there to move a band beyond the five-year mark, they explain, though they never force their they say. audience members to participate. “The real dream is just living it,” Abbey adds. So during any given show, 12 bodies might The fourth track of the album, “The Gift,” is end up on stage. On one occasion an audience an ode to friends back in Kansas who are doing member was so engrossed in performing he fell just this—living the “rock n’ roll” lifestyle of off the back of the stage, Brune recalls. loving, having fun, being broke and not caring. “Sometimes it’s a train wreck, but [it’s] a It’s a fancy-free philosophy the members of beautiful train wreck,” Abbey says. Musical Charis put into practice as well. It’s worth mentioning that this band plays They primarily work for themselves, a lot of shows, as many as 150 per year. This sometimes working “under the table,” to make includes a 65-day national spring tour they plan ends meet. annually, in addition to smaller tours throughout The same love of music inspired the band the year. mates to open the Musical Charis Music School in Playing so many shows and tours, including 2009 in the building next to the Colonial Theatre. SxSW, it’s no surprise that the band has grown a It started by just spotting the vacant building and distaste for the predictable party-goers looking to asking the question, “What if?” get blitzed. It’s a common pattern the band has To this day, they teach music lessons out noticed, and it inspired one of the tracks on the of Beatnik Studios, mentoring youth in playing album. Against a dreamy, circus-y tune, “Fortune guitar, piano, singing, songwriting and performing. Teller” takes a stab at the molly kids, who equate Sometimes they will let their students open for their live music experience with popping pills. the band. “It became about a culture of just partying, waking up the next day and starting all over,” Brune says. No doubt they’ll run into more of that during “It seems like a lot of things in their West Coast tour following the Oct. 11 album music and art, fashion, and pop release at the Townhouse Lounge. culture, a lot of it is like fool’s Pill poppers aside, right now the four are gold. It’s just shiny and bright, contemplating house sitters to look out for the apartment and the rabbit while they are gone. people want to hold it and touch The last tour they went on, their turtle died. it, but it doesn’t have the same
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the shallow end You might not realize it from this column, but I’m a pretty easygoing guy. Despite all my neuroses, paranoia and general anxieties, I’m outwardly placid. I don’t get up in arms about things. Not even about things that should really bother me. I guess my outrage reflex isn’t very well developed. This outrage reflex is one of the many ways I seem to be behind the rest of humanity. I can only remember one instance where I participated in group outrage: I was walking on a busy street, and a man in front of me was walking along with a stroller in tow. Inside that stroller was an infant, which is the sort of thing you often find in strollers, that couldn’t have been more than a few months old. Then, all of a sudden, the man ran into a restaurant to check if seating was available. What he forgot to bring with him, however, was the child, still tucked comfortably into the stroller as the agape crowd parted around it. People gasped and jeered. I did too. Of course, none of us did anything about it, but the outrage was palpable. The only two beings unaware of the shared disgust were the man, chatting with the hostess and the baby, cooing in its cozy nook. Outrage, as I found out, is a hell of a drug. It was exhilarating to share such vile feelings with complete strangers. For a brief moment in time, we were all united in our condemnation of this forgetful father and our feelings of superiority over such a horrid man. Really, who would do such a thing? You hear stories all the time where even the most dutiful parent turns his or her head just for a second, perhaps just to toss an empty banana peel into the garbage while spending a lazy Sunday afternoon at a playground when, poof!, their child has been abducted. The gall of this man to just leave that stroller unattended amongst a crowd of… You see! Outrage can make you feel awesome. It validates every feeling you’ve ever had about how much better you are than everyone else. And you are, right? Come on, admit it. Like when you’re driving—especially when you’re driving—no one knows how to drive except you, right? You’re not, though. You’re not better than every one else. Sorry to break it to you. And when I’m honest with myself, neither am I, really. Still, reality TV has become an institution because it preys upon the idea that no matter how shitty your life probably is, you’ve at least made better choices than the dude with five kids from four different baby-mamas, or any one of the crackpots on Dance Moms.
James Barone jb@submergemag.com
Maybe I’m just outraged at outrage, or maybe I’m not as awesome as I think I am because when I let my guard down, I can submit to it as easy as everyone else. Traffic, reality TV and crowded city streets are all good places to experience outrage, but if you want it distilled to its most potent form, the best place to go is the Internet. Specifically, the comments section to just about any article ever posted. Our good friend and editor Mandy Johnston will often send me links to inflammatory articles over Gchat. She’ll usually add an addendum to the link, “You have to read the comments” (italics mine). I usually can’t get past one or two before I start looking like Bill Bixby mere seconds before he, through the magic of TV, became Lou Ferrigno. Recently, though, she sent me an article pertaining to Amanda Palmer, who I had the pleasure of interviewing for Submerge a couple years back. Palmer had always been something of an Internet bright spot. She seemed universally loved, if not for her music, but at least for her connection with fans and her cute Twitter romance with her husband/ fantasy author Neil Gaiman (another Internet bright spot). Using Kickstarter, Palmer recently raised over $1 million to record her latest album Theater Is Evil. Clearly, she has a very generous fan base, but on Aug. 21, Palmer asked them for even more. On her blog, she put the call out for local musicians to join her on stage for each stop on her tour to perform with her band, the Grand Theft Orchestra. Instead of paying these musicians, “we will feed you beer, hug/ high-five you up and down (pick your poison), give you merch, and thank you mightily for adding to the big noise we are planning to make,” Palmer wrote. “Read the comments,” Mandy said. And there was outrage. Musicians lost their shit. In one of the more creative criticisms, Linden Killiem wrote, “What does that merch include? Is there a shirt that says, ‘I played for a touring “orchestra” and all I got was this T-shirt?’” Others were, as you’d expect, a lot cruder. Palmer was sanctimonious in her dismissal of these criticisms, but on Sept. 19, she announced on her blog that she would start paying these “volunteers,” and that also her album charted at No. 10 on the Billboard charts. So everyone wins, I guess. What bothered me most about the incident was that I found myself agreeing with those miserable outragers. I felt it too. In the only act of defiance I could muster, I unfollowed Palmer on Twitter. It felt dirty… And I liked it.
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