Submerge Magazine: Issue 118 (August 27 - September 10, 2012)

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#118 Chelsea Wolfe The Clash of Old and New

Mama Kim Eats Del Paso Gets Delicious

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Ziggy Marley Come Together

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dive in ENDLESS SUMMER Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com With less than a month of summer left, I feel like I still have so much to do! Barbecues, outdoor movie nights and pool parties must fill my September calendar, not to mention the fact that I still need to squeeze in a camping trip before it starts to get too cold.

One thing that I find essential to go along with most summer activities is my Bob Marley station on Pandora (yes, I still use Pandora once in a while). There’s something about reggae that feels synonymous with this season. Artists that frequently pop up on this station as I lounge near my pool are Bob Marley’s ever-so talented sons Damian, Stephen and Ziggy.

As our front cover probably gives away, we were lucky enough to speak with Ziggy Marley, Bob’s eldest son. The best part about it was when our writer and senior editor, James Barone, told me just minutes after he completed the interview with Ziggy that he got him to talk about his love for comic books, which are one of Barone’s favorite things in life. They also discussed more serious topics such as the Occupy movement and American politics in our interview that starts on page 26. If you’re up for an end of the summer reggae concert, catch Ziggy Marley just 45 minutes from Sacramento on Sept. 8 at Cache Creek Casino in Brooks, Calif.

Another fun idea for these final days of summer is the Sacramento Comedy Festival, going down from Sept. 7 through 15. This is only the festival’s second year and it has already been extended from four to nine whole days! That’s lots of laughs people. Our writer Amy Serna spoke with one of the organizers Brian Crall (who is on our back cover) as well as a few other comedians, giving you a run down of what you can expect starting on page 18. There will be over 100 comics involved, from locals to out-of-towners traveling in just for this event. And if you’re looking for a deal (because aren’t we all), you can see all 25 shows for just $55 if you buy a pass. BOOM. Want to cross off attending an art reception from your list of things to do before summer is over? Submerge highly suggests biking over to Bows and Arrows on Sept. 7 for the opening reception of Signs of Growth by Mitra Fabian. This extraordinary installation artist, sculptor and teacher answers some of our writer Blake Gillespie’s questions about her obsession with “satin finish Scotch tape,” her thoughts on humans tampering with nature and how key lighting and photography play a role in her sculptures.

See some of her past installations and read more about what Fabian has to say about her work starting on page 12.

I haven’t heard much chatter about the fact that Mama Kim’s, one of my favorite food trucks in the area, has a new stationary location on Del Paso. So naturally I thought we should probably cover it in Submerge. To my surprise—and to our writer Nur Kausar’s—it’s not at all the same menu as found on her truck. As you will find in our piece on page 14, at this sit down restaurant you can expect southern food with a touch of California flair.

And last but definitely not least we have a feature on Chelsea Wolfe by Josh Fernandez. In this engaging piece, which can be read on page 20, Fernandez talks with Wolfe about her past stage frustrations, ancient and modern imagery, as well as her ditching Sacramento for Los Angeles. If you’re like me, you’ll be happy to learn Wolfe has a new album due out on Oct. 16 called Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs. More importantly you’ll have the opportunity to see her perform live at Harlow’s on Sept.

5 alongside Screature and ESS. As always, please enjoy our regular columns and check out our music, comedy and miscellaneous calendars as well as “Submerge Your Senses” for more things to do before the summer ends!

Enjoy issue #118, Melissa-Dubs

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Sacramento street punk legends Whiskey Rebels are throwing in the towel after more than a decade of rockin’, and they have lined up two epic Northern California farewell shows on Aug. 31. and Sept. 1 for fans and friends to celebrate, reminisce and sing along one last time.

“We actually kind of stopped playing a little while ago,” vocalist Charles Gladwyn (better known as Big Chuck in the punk community) recently told Submerge. “Different friends of ours mentioned many times that we should play a last show, so we just said screw it, and we decided to do it. Not to say we won’t have a good time, obviously. There was no big dramatic breakup necessarily, we just kind of stopped. So we thought it would be fun to play the songs one last time, you know?”

Whiskey Rebels formed in 1999 and since has toured countless times up and down the West Coast. They also did several East Coast tours and even made it to Europe once. They released a ton of material: a couple full-lengths on GMM Records, multiple split albums with both Sacrramento locals (like the Hanover Saints) as well as other important California punk bands and they were on a bunch of compilations as well.

“There are parts of it that are weird, there are parts of it that are not,” said Big Chuck of the band’s final shows. “I actually honestly always kind of thought it was weird when bands did have last shows. But I get it now, it’s like fuck it, lets just play a couple last shows and make it a blowout thing. It’ll be fun.”

On Friday, Aug. 31 catch Whiskey Rebels at 924 Gilman Street alongside Pressure Point, Gravemaker, Factory Minds and Shambles.

Doors open at 7 p.m., cover is $10 and all ages are welcome.

Then on Saturday, Sept. 1 it’s your last chance to see them at Plainfield Station in rural Woodland as part of a seriously bad-ass lineup including DCOI, Brain Rash, Union Hearts, Monster Squad, Sabertooth Zombie and Bastards of Young. Doors open for that one at 4 p.m., it’s also all ages and the cover is $10.

“I can honestly say that I don’t think shows like this have been in Northern California in a long time, just in terms of the lineup and these bands all being on the same bills together,” said Big Chuck. “Most of the bands are major Northern California punk bands. They’re all bands that had a big impact on us and on California too.”

Be sure to keep an eye out for members of Whiskey Rebels playing in their other projects: Cold Feelings, Grim Tide and Setting Sons.

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One of Sacramento’s most beloved radio shows is returning to the airwaves.

Local Licks, a weekly show that features local and regional music, will begin airing again on 98 Rock on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 9 p.m. with host Andy Hawk. Local Licks started in the early ‘90s and has seen many hosts, most recently Mark Gilmore, who was laid off

by Entercom last year when his department was eliminated. That effectively killed the show, until now that is.

“Everybody seems as excited as I am,” Hawk told Submerge of the shows return. “Even just five years ago there were three radio stations with very different all encompassing local music shows.

Long story short, the rating system dramatically changed, for the better and for worse in a lot of ways. One thing it really hit was these kind of shows.”

These “specialty radio” shows, which Hawk has plenty of experiencing hosting (remember Punk Rock Academy and Sounds of Sac on KWOD?), started disappearing left and right. But Hawk says that with time the station has evolved and figured some things out about how to make a show like this work no matter what the ratings are. “We’re committed to doing it for the community and doing it for Sacramento, no matter what the ratings might be,” he said.

This is great news for the greater Sacramento area’s music community. Getting airplay on a specialty show like Local Licks might not make you a famous rock star overnight, but it sure helped boost the careers of local rock duo MC Rut, Hawk pointed out. “We played it and everyone heard it and went ‘that’s awesome’ and all of a sudden it was in regular rotation!”

So if you are in a band or know someone who is, have them submit their best professionally recorded songs to Andy Hawk via email (locallicks@krxq.net) or via snail mail (Entercom Sacramento, Attn: Local Licks, 5345 Madison Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95841).

“This isn’t going to be just the best of Sacramento hard rock, which might be the misconception,” Hawk said. “Even before, Mark played Autumn Sky! There was always stuff like that on there. I want it to be reflective of what’s going on in Sacramento, not what’s just reflective in hard rock.”

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Coors Light Crawfish and Catfish Festival at Rio Ramaza Event Park • Sept. 8 & 9 Crawfish, catfish, alligator, oysters, shrimp, gumbo, jambalaya, PoBoys, barbecue, roasted corn, sausages, gourmet pizza, desserts like bread pudding, cobbler, short cakes, fresh fruit… Phew! Are you hungry yet? ‘Cause that’s just sample of what you’ll find at the Coors Light Crawfish and Catfish Festival on Sept. 8 and 9 at the Rio Ramaza Event Park, located at 10000 Garden Highway on the Sacramento River between Elverta and Riego roads, Admission is only $5, with kids 12 and under being free. There is also a $5 parking fee, which includes a shuttle.

There will be tons of live music and dancing (dance lessons, even) and obviously plenty of food, so bring your appetite and lawn chairs so you can relax after stuffing your face. Rio Ramaza has plenty of shade and misting fans to help cool you down, so don’t let a little heat stop you. For more information, visit Facebook.com/CrawfishCatfshFestival or Louisianasue.com.

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Put on by Alison Kranz and local photographer Nicholas Wray (who frequently contributes to Submerge), 400x400 is a proximity based photo project where the organizers asked for community contributions that would capture the character of our city block-by-block. “The idea for 400x400 is to get people—even people who wouldn’t necessarily consider themselves photographers—out, walking around and observing the city surrounding them,” Kranz told Submerge.

“We heard about a couple projects doing something very similar and decided it was something Sacramento needed,” Wray added.

With our downtown/Midtown blocks being approximately 400 feet by 400 feet, the organizers want each installment of 400x400 to focus on just one block at a time around where the host venue is for the next showing. For September’s show, which will take place at Broadacre Coffee (1014 10th Street) starting on Saturday, Sept. 8, they asked local photographers of all levels, from camera phone junkies to pro camera toters, to focus on the block around Broadacre between 9th and 10th streets and J and K streets. “The clouds, the buildings, the sidewalks, the people, anything is fair game as long as it is within the perimeter of the block,” Kranz said.

If you’d like to take part in 400x400, “like” it at Facebook.com/400x400 or visit 400x400.com to learn more about how to submit your photo(s) and to learn which block will be the next to be featured. Kranz and Wray hope to make it a recurring thing. “We would like to do every block in downtown/Midtown,” Wray said.

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Sunrise MarketPlace’s Sunrise at Night Concert Series is coming to an end on Sept. 14, and in Submerge’s opinion, they saved the best show for last: Blondie and Devo! New wave fans eat your hearts out! Hear classics like Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” “One Way or Another” and Devo’s “Whip It” live in this 2,500 seat outdoor pavilion. Tickets start at $39.50 and are available at Sunrisemarketplace.com. On Sept. 8 Kool and the Gang along with The Commodores will perform.

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Capital Capture Pump up the Basic Emily Bonsignore If you are anything like me, then you struggle with shaking things up in your shoe closet. I am guilty of buying the same pair of black pumps, because I am wary to drop serious cash on a pair of colorful, trendy heels. However, I think it’s about time I spice up my shoe collection with a little home DIY. Here is a simple step-by-step process to turn bland, black heels into hip, neon pumps!

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Next paint a layer of white paint onto your shoes and make sure to cover all of the taped off region. The white paint will help your neon color stand out more against the black base. Let the shoes stand for an hour or so, just to make sure the paint is completely dry before you add your next coat.

Now it is time to paint on a couple coats of neon paint. In my case I chose green, but yellow, pink or blue would look great as well! While the paint is still somewhat wet, dab the painted cap with wet fingers. This ensures that the cap looks smooth and shiny, and that no brush strokes show.

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First, you will need a pair of round toe black heels (mine are suede, which I think works well), a roll of painter’s tape, a tube of white and neon color acrylic paint and a paintbrush.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Dec. 21 is creeping up and you know what that means: goodbye cruel world! That’s right; the world is set to end on Dec. 21, 2012. For all of you naysayers out there, our ultimate doom has been foretold in a Mayan calendar left undestroyed by some neglectful conquistador 500 years ago. Modern day experts, with little to no knowledge of Mayan beliefs or language, have deciphered these calendars and can confirm that the world will end this Dec. 21!

Not to fret, with a little more than three months left, there is still enough time to prepare. You might be wondering, if the world is ending, what is there to prepare for? Human beings are like cockroaches in that we are both good at surviving disasters. So, despite the best efforts of the Mayan Gods of Death, Hunhau and Uacmitun Ahau, there are bound to be survivors.

If you are one of the lucky ones, you are probably going to need some help if you hope to stay alive so you will need to find an expert of sorts. Unfortunately, only one man meets the bill for this particular situation: Mel Gibson.

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the director of Apocalypto? Who has a better chance of surviving our future hellscape than Mad Max? Also, while he is a racist wife-beater, Mel’s special blend of crazy will certainly scare off other bands of roving marauders and keep your loot safe.

Of course, even Detective Riggs is going to have an off day and sometimes you are just going to need to run. Your new gang is going to need a fast and easy way to get the hell out of dodge, so who better to have around than a truck driver? Smokey can get you and your stuff where you need to go quickly and in one piece. Smokey will also know how to use a CB radio, which may be the only form of communication left once your precious iPhone battery dies. Finally, naked girl mud flaps may be the only porn left in the future and Smokey probably has stacks of the damn things.

Just because the world is ending doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look your best. Survivors will still need haircuts, teeth cleanings, open heart surgery, liposuction, breast augmentation, tattoos and subsequently, tattoo removal. Now you could get a different person for each one of these tasks, but then

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you’ll have seven more mouths to feed and seven more egos to keep in check. Anyone who has spent an afternoon watching reality TV on E! or Bravo will know that it’s never a good idea to get too many of these types of people in a room at the same time. What you really need is an old timey barber who can cover all of the above tasks and may also have skills with leaches.

When leaches won’t cut it, you are going to need to turn to science. Many Americans believe that science is out to harm them. They are concerned about di-hydrogen oxide melting their insides and sodium chloride burning their faces off.

A scientist can tell you that those things are just water and salt and are required for survival. When the schools are gone, we risk reverting back to the Dark Ages unless we keep our knowledge base alive, and a scientist can help us do that. If you play your cards right, everyone in the gang gets pocket protectors and possible access to various chemicals and lab equipment that may be useful to the next member of our party.

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culptor, installation artist and Sacramento City College professor Mitra Fabian turned an obsession with tape into an enlightened path toward a full-time life in the arts. The answer was on her desk, stuck to her fingers and keeping her chip bags sealed.

Mitra Fabian uses tape a lot and not just in her art. She admitted in one interview that she tapes chip bags shut when she’s finished. In her twenties she subtly incorporated tape into her art, which mostly utilized wood and metal, as an adhesive for hand-made paper, flower petals, leaves and bee’s wax. By graduate school she created an entire thesis on tape. “And not just any tape,” she joked. “But satin finish Scotch tape. No, I don’t get paid to say that.”

If her month-long installation at Bows and Arrows, near 19 th and S streets, entitled Signs of Growth, is a continuation of her most recent works, be mindful of the crystal and slimelike growths around the collective. Fabian’s work with tape and office supplies reduces the inanimate to an unrecognizable state and arranges it in a manner that returns it to an organic growth or infestation. She has an uncanny ability to make hardened glue globules look like hatched insect eggs, wound tape becomes icy crystals, and neatly folded blinds look like a giant fungus. She’s listed as a sculptor but could double as a scientist or worse yet, a mad scientist.

“I definitely have apocalyptic, science fiction notions running through my brain,” she said. “As the line between natural and artificial becomes ever more difficult to discern, I dream of new organisms generating from these bizarre marriages.”

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“I equate my process to that of child’s play. Not in the sense that it is easy, but rather that I spend time with the material, playing with it. Pulling it, pushing it, taking it apart. I want to discover its limits of manipulation while hoping that it does something interesting.”

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At the time I was looking for a material that was translucent with which I could build easily. I tried resin, various kinds of fabric and paper. None of these worked; resin was too time-consuming and toxic, fabric would not hold shape. I wanted something more immediate. And I realized that the answer was right in front of me—something I used and have a strange obsession with—tape! And that is what started the office product trend.

Were you by chance working in an office around these supplies?

Yes, sort of. I worked as a production manager for a furniture company in Los Angeles. Half my day was spent overseeing the people who refinished and upholstered the furniture and the other half was spent at the showroom—behind a desk, processing orders, filing. These systems of order and the products that facilitate the process became a curiosity to me.

As you began tinkering with items, it appears as though your discovery led to a manipulation that renewed the item to its organic state or linked it to something more organic, like crystals or the drip effects in caves. Can you elaborate on these phenomena within your work?

I equate my process to that of child’s play. Not in the sense that it is easy, but rather that I spend time with the material, playing with it. Pulling it, pushing it, taking it apart. I want to discover its limits of manipulation while hoping that it does something interesting. I want it to undergo a transformation; in my own naïve way I am playing scientist. I like the idea of taking something manufactured and forcing it through a metamorphosis to become something that looks natural. I enjoy those kinds of ironies because I am fascinated with the persistence of humans tampering with nature.

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I don’t think many artists find the idea of viewing themselves as scientists all that appealing, since artists are usually pursuing the creative over the concrete. Did you ever want to be a scientist?

When I was young, I did not want to be a scientist. I was not a strong science student, so I never thought I had enough smarts to pursue something like that. But when I think about how I played as a child, I was playing in the mud, creating worlds with natural materials and watching insects with rapt fascination. Now in my adult life I recognize my interest in science, but I still don’t think I have the brains to contend with things like chemistry. I am much happier watching anything David Attenborough hosts! I did study anthropology in college, and my husband is a professor of anthropology and archaeology, so I often feel my social science background definitely plays a role.

I get this feeling like your work is making a statement on humans tampering with nature. What’s your opinion on our role and interference?

I think it’s inevitable and maybe necessary that we tamper. It’s human nature. And I think that very often people are trying to improve upon something. For instance, I recently heard about a genetically modified mosquito that is bred to produce offspring that will die. Considering how I just got eaten alive in rural France for the month of July, I thought, Hooray! That sounds fantastic! But the skeptic in me then thinks, how do we know that this won’t go terribly wrong? That the mosquitoes won’t somehow build up a resistance to it?

Sometimes we tamper to save things, like animals on the endangered species list. But if you think about it, that is kind of a bizarre endeavor. I am usually not of this opinion, but sometimes I wonder if something is meant to go extinct. The repercussions of keeping it around artificially may somehow be worse.

Some of your work has a grotesque or abomination feeling to it, as though the natural is rebelling or in conflict to its surroundings. Is this from our tampering or do you view it as an evolutionary necessity?

Both. I think humans constantly underestimate the intelligence and power of nature. Going back to the mosquito example—how do we know that it won’t over time adapt to circumvent the modification and become more fertile?

Besides the sculptures themselves, the lighting and photography of the piece seems to play a vital role. Would you agree?

Absolutely. I am naturally drawn to materials that emit or reflect light in enticing ways. So ensuring that the light shows off these assets effectively is very important. That makes the photography challenging sometimes. I either hire a professional or spend lots of time correcting in Photoshop.

Is the use of shadow intentional?

The shadow is a direct counterpart to the light, so yes, it does become important. As far as what it conveys… I am not sure. In many cases a sense of drama.

Have you picked up little tricks to gather up a large amount of materials at an economical price? Even free?

I often collaborate with local manufacturers in using their “garbage.” But I also have a few sources that sell these cast-off materials for reasonable prices. And if it’s a household product, I will put the word out, and I will get free Signs of Growth will be on display at Bows and Arrows donations. At in Sacramento from Sept. 7 one point, I through Oct. 3. An opening had all my reception will take place neighbors from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 7.

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Sacramentans have raved about Mama Kim’s tri-tip sandwiches, crafted expeditiously in her food truck. When I heard Kim Scott had opened a restaurant, I thought a sit-down establishment would be more my style, so my fiancé and I drove to 1616 Del Paso Boulevard one Saturday to take a break from packing for a move and try Mama Kim Eats.

We anticipated a quick sandwich after reading truck reviews and talking to locals.

Imagine our surprise walking into the restaurant—me smelling like bleach after scrubbing floors—to find a contemporary space with hostesses carrying tablets to display photos of the chef’s seafood special and a maître d’ taking us to a seat that faced a blues band.

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chandeliers and a bar with seating faced opposite the Del Paso entrance. Next to the bar, patrons could watch chefs prepare white-plate presentations through an opening that looked into the kitchen.

Confused and underdressed, we settled in to watch the band and order from an eclectic menu that included both small plates and dinner platters. I sucked down the Delta Peach Cooler, a blend of white wine and peach nectar with sliced peaches, kiwi, strawberries and blackberries floating on top. Throwing out inhibitions of ordering day boat scallops for $12 in sweatpants (bourbon beurre blanc sounded too enticing to pass up), we decided multiple small plates would be easy. The woman next to us ordered barbecue sauce-smothered ribs and ripped them off the bone with her teeth while wearing pearls, so I felt better about my appearance.

We also ordered the farmers market salad with feta and homemade green goddess dressing, and Louisiana lamb sliders with whole-grain mustard sauce, goat gouda, arugula and sweet potato chips.

The scallops proved to be some of the best we’ve ever had in a restaurant.

I normally don’t order them because I’ve had better luck at home than the chewy, smashed ping-pong balls some serve, but Kim Scott’s scallops had the right creamy smooth inner texture with a slightly seared exterior. I only wish they had been completely submerged in that bourbon sauce, rather than barely bathed. The salad stayed straightforward yet filling—with sunflower seeds, fresh greens and tomatoes spread across a large serving for two despite being labeled “small plate.” My only regret was ordering the lamb sliders. The meat turned out dry

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and not as gamey as I like my lamb. I would have also liked more gouda and more of that homemade mustard, since it’s not every day you can replace that neon yellow generic stuff with something healthy. The sweet potato chips, however, should be bagged and sold in every supermarket on the planet from now on. They were addictive and didn’t leave your fingers shiny with grease.

Scott and her partner Philip Rayburn—who sang with blues band Kumyn and warmly mingled with guests during our dinner that evening—have accomplished a multifaceted feat. They have melded comfort food, class and local culture, all in an area of Sacramento that has yet to establish enough business to warrant daily visits.

Del Paso Boulevard, dotted with boarded storefronts, graffiti-covered fences and barren sidewalks, is under redevelopment to become the design district of Sacramento.

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After finding the building at 1616 Del Paso was available for rent, Scott decided to not only open her new restaurant but also provide event space and jumpstart her next food project in the same location: a small plates, desserts and wine bar. The result is a mixeduse space for delicious and local-conscious food and culture.

“A lot of changes are still coming to this area,” Scott says, noting that her private event rental space in the building should attract future shows, plays, art presentations and more.

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Besides stimulating an otherwise deadend street, Scott and her partner always wanted to open a restaurant. Timing, space and money were major factors, so the two started with catering, added a food truck almost two years ago and finally found the perfect location to realize their original dream.

“We like to be comfortable when we go out but we also like a good glass of wine and good food,” Scott says about her inspiration for Mama Kim Eats. “It finally came to be.”

The new southern flair is made up of traditional southern food with a touch of California. Local produce really brings out the best in the dishes and keeps things interesting as Scott buys what she can find that day to come up with specialty dishes.

Other unique aspects include using Japanese sake in the cocktails instead of other hard liquors and making their own jalapeño syrup for the signature jalapeño martini.

Can’t make it for dinner and free music in the evenings? No worries. Scott also hosts a jazz brunch Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and serves up everything from chicken and waffles to eggs benedict with her own housecured bacon, cheddar chive biscuit and creole hollandaise.

The food and the atmosphere make Mama Kim Eats a worthwhile trip down Del Paso. That’s what Scott hopes anyway. For now, dinner is only served Thursday through Saturday.

“We want to expand when people start coming down here,” she says. Now there are a few delicious reasons.

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here is only one place where you can see 120 comedians in nine days. And we aren’t asking you to travel to San Francisco, Las Vegas or New York for this epic week. All of the comics are going to make their way to the Capital City to try and make your stomach hurt from laughing. The Sacramento Comedy Festival is ready to make its second appearance in September but this time with a lot more laughs to go around. You can catch local and out-of-town stand-up comedians, improv groups and sketch comics at Luna’s Café (in cooperation with comic Keith Lowell Jensen) and the Sacramento Comedy Spot from Sept. 7 through 15. The mastermind behind the giant laugh fest is Brian Crall, a veteran comic and owner of the Sacramento Comedy Spot, whose goal is to make Sacramento the next destination for great comedy.

In 2005, Crall created a comedy club that was easily available and affordable for comics in training and audience members. “We decided from early on that we are going to be different from any other club and we are going to be accessible for people,” Crall said over the phone. “They don’t have to spend a lot of money and they are going to get a good quality product.”

The Comedy Spot, located in Midtown, is a hot spot for standup comedy, sketch comedy and improv, drawing in big crowds.

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improv team) and a Top 10 podcast who will all be performing at the festival.

“People come from out of town and they love our stage,” Crall explained. “They always compliment us on our professionalism and the quality of the local comedy groups, especially ones that the Comedy Spot produces.”

After more than seven years of running the Comedy Spot, Crall decided to create a comedy festival that can call Sacramento home. One way that Crall is spreading the comedy love is by inviting comics from all across the country to see what Sacramento has to offer.

“If we are going to make Sacramento a destination, we have to have a reason for people to come here in the first place, and people love performing in festivals,” Crall said. “We have people coming to Sacramento to see what we do, then they will start spreading the word and let people know that we have a great scene and that this is the place to do good comedy.”

Not only does the Festival draw comics and audience members to the Capital City for comedy but it’s a great way to put a spotlight on talented local comedians. A few of the performing local acts include Keith Lowell Jensen, Ngaio Bealum, Michael O’Connell, John Ross, Queenie TT, Carlos Rodriguez, Chazz Hawkins, Kristen Frisk and the improv group Mayhem from ComedySportz.

One of the local talents to be featured in the festival is Nick Pettigrew, the co-producer of Critical Hit, a geek-centric comedy variety show that was created at the Comedy Spot.

“I’ve been a geek my whole life and I love doing comedy, but it was hard doing geek-orientated stand-up but not finding an audience for it,” said Pettigrew over the phone. “So I wanted to create a show where I can make my own audience.”

Another great local to be showcased is Cheryl the Soccer Mom, whose style of comedy does not seem to match her innocent name. A few years ago, Cheryl was a legitimate

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soccer mom who would drop off the kids at practice and lived in the suburbs. But at a comedy club Cheryl has a hilarious and sometimes dirty stand-up routine.

“It depends on the audience. If it’s that kind of show, I can totally go there,” she said. “Not always but pretty often.”

Even though her soccer mom days are nearly over because her oldest child is leaving for college soon, her comedy career is quickly taking off. She has recently filmed a show for Nickelodeon and has been invited to participate in the World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas. Without the support of local Sacramento comics, getting started in the comedy world would have been tough, she said.

“When I started out all of the Sacramento comics were so helpful and so welcoming. I can’t imagine getting a better start in any other city,” she said. “There’s the typical [comedy] politics that you find anywhere but overall the support for new comics is really strong and support for each other, we’re happy for each other’s success.”

The Sacramento Comedy Festival is not holding back support for the out-of-town comedians. Multiple comedians have been invited to perform in the 25-show festival by Crall himself. A few of the traveling comics (improv and stand-up) include Joe Klocek from the Bay Area; Matt Gubser and Priya Prasad from Oakland; Andrew Holmgren from San Francisco; 70-year-old comedian Sandra Risser from Concord, Calif.; and Brent Gill from Denver. Former Comedy Spot cast member Jeff Sloniker will also be performing at the festivities.

Leeman Parker, Sacramento native and member of improv group Bro Squad 5 from Hollywood, Calif., performed at the comedy festival last year and anticipates the upcoming shows.

“The place was packed, and it was a really cool atmosphere to do a show,” said Parker about the Comedy Festival last year.

A first time performer in the festival but veteran standup comic, Kurt Weitzmann, who has been seen on Comedy Central, MTV and multiple comedy stages in San Francisco is also scheduled to perform for this year’s fest.

“I’ve always loved the Sacramento comedy scene. I’ve always thought it was really good people that came out of there,” said Weitzmann. “I’m just glad they’re doing it. I think it’s a great idea.

I think every city should have a comedy festival. It’s not hard to do, everybody loves comedy.”

Everyone does love comedy, but I’m not sure if putting on a comedy festival is as easy as it sounds. Brian Crall along with the help from Mignon Foster, who is in charge of the logistics of the show, has been planning this festival for over a year. They have been working on making the festival bigger and decided to extend the festival to eight days.

“We just started off very simple last year. We did four days, and we tried to pack in as many things as possible but it was a lot of fun,” Crall explained. “We didn’t do a lot of publicity last year, it was just more of a trial run year…but this year we are going all out.” As soon as the 2011 laughs were over, Crall and Foster got straight to work on an encore. They have created an original logo for the festival, a website and have been screening tapes from comics across the country who wanted to participate. After all of this work, Crall is hoping for a big turnout.

“We want as many people to come out and get a good sampling of what we do, and we have put a festival pass together that allows you to see every show at the comedy festival for $55, when we have 20-plus shows that’s a pretty good deal,” he added.

The Sacramento Comedy Festival will kick off opening night with a ribbon cutting ceremony and music from the local rock group Dog Party. After that for eight days, you watch stand-up comics and improv groups from across the country brave We don’t have the space to the stage, you can geek out list all the acts who will be with Nick Pettigrew and listen performing at the Sacramento Comedy Festival. Good thing for to Cheryl the Soccer Mom’s you, ticket prices are affordable MILF joke. With every laugh enough that we won’t have that comes out of the festival, to. You can go see them for yourselves. The fest runs from Brian Crall will be one step Sept. 7 through 15 and for just closer to making his goal a $55, you can see every show. Go reality in making Sacramento a to Saccomedyfest.com for more info and to purchase tickets. destination for comedy.

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“I was religious during my formative years, so I think that sort of Biblical language permeated my way of thinking.”

– Chelsea Wolfe

photo Alex Hinchcliffe

Chiaroscuro

Chelsea Wolfe’s music is a study in contrasts Words Josh Fernandez

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remember watching Chelsea Wolfe perform many years ago at a small café in Sacramento.

The sound system was old and out of date, patrons talked too loud, blenders whirred maniacally and Wolfe had that look in her eye like she wanted to annihilate the world, one human being at a time. Her delicate face—deep set eyes and thick, pouty lips—is good for emoting, and ultimately bad at hiding emotion. Right when she began playing, the microphone cut out and then buzzed, snapped and failed again. Finally, after the sound crackled for the last time, she mumbled something under her breath that sounded a lot like, “Fuck this,” threw down her guitar and walked off the stage. Perhaps it’s the sadist in me, but I love watching that kind of shit—artists in

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turmoil; the very real moment between creation and insanity; the instance of the gentle poetic soul breaking clean in two. While some say a tantrum is tedious and unprofessional, I say a good mental breakdown is simply part of the show—a bonus performance. This elegantly dramatic mental collapse is something Wolfe seems to have perfected over the years, but it’s not something that she’s exactly proud of.

“It used to be really bad,” Wolfe says of her stage frustration. “I would play two or three songs and have to leave the stage. I didn’t like playing in an atmosphere where I didn’t feel welcomed, either by the sound person or venue or crowd—or myself, even—so in the past I’d just say ‘fuck it,’ and be done.”

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But over the years, and perhaps even despite herself, Wolfe has been mesmerizing audiences, first capturing our attention with her 2010 release, The Grime and the Glow, a collection of catchy but distorted and unsettling tracks, like “Moses,” which reaches Black Sabbath levels of fuzz cut in half by Wolfe’s starkly clean, yet heavily reverb-y vocals. A year later, Wolfe would release Apokalypsis (again on Pendu Sound Recordings), which continues the musician’s penchant for darkness, yet pays strict attention to texture, both sonically and emotionally—the music displays a certain amount of gloom, but isn’t necessarily gloomy, and it’s Biblically referential without being obvious.

“I was religious during my formative years, so I think that sort of Biblical language permeated my way of thinking,” Wolfe explains.

“Don’t read that as me having any sort of religious agenda, though. I am just fascinated

by Biblical imagery, as well as Nordic and Greek mythologies. I’m into the ancient and the modern and constantly trying to reconcile them within myself and my songs.”

It’s “doom folk,” as some call it—a layered exploration of complexity caught somewhere in between PJ Harvey’s angelic call of the soothsayer and Gorgoroth’s wickedly dirty odes to Satan. In fact, Wolfe’s version of Norwegian black metal band Burzum’s “Black Spell of Destruction,” with unintelligible chanting and grating repetition, manages to sound less pop-y and a hundred times scarier than the original (if that’s at all possible). Wolfe’s fascination with the complexity of existence not only manifests in her eerie and beautiful music, but in pretty much everything she does.

“I’m inspired by a macro and micro view of the world…questioning everything from big to small. I like to explore contrasts: idealism and reality, physicality and spirituality, light and death,” she says. “Answers come in the form of epiphanies for me. Something about putting things into words and phrases, into a piece of work like a song or album, helps me to make sense of it. There was a perfect line in [Tom Robbins’ novel] Jitterbug Perfume: ‘The ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.’”

As for the reception of Wolfe’s music, it’s been overwhelmingly positive, from a glowing review by The Needle Drop’s feisty music nerd Anthony Fantano to an NPR review that literally left the writer scratching his head in blissful confusion (“When the slow-burning bummer that is Apokalypsis hits your misery nerve in clear focus, it hits hard,” wrote Lars Gotrich).

All-in-all, not bad for a Sacramento girl, right? Which then begs the next question: What’s the deal with artists living in Sacramento and then ditching it for Los Angeles? (Hear that, Trash Talk?)

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“I took my time finding my voice and figuring out what the fuck I was doing with my music in Sacramento,” Wolfe says. “Sacramento is a great place to do that because there are very supportive folks there and a great community of musicians, but it was time for me to leave.

I’ve always been an outcast musically anyway, so I don’t think it mattered where I lived; I just needed to be in a place where I was around people who were inclined to work and get things done in music and art.”

That said, Wolfe’s Sept. 5 return to Harlow’s in Sacramento (where she’ll play songs from both The Grime and the Glow and Apokalypsis, as well as new material, plus a few tracks from an upcoming acoustic album, Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs, due Oct. 16) brings forth a bit of moody ambivalence.

“I don’t feel particularly excited or not excited for playing in my hometown, but I do look forward to seeing friends and playing music,” Wolfe says. “I only wanted to do the show if I could put together the bill, because I’ve been wanting to play with Screature for a while now and I really didn’t want to come play with bands

I’ve never heard before.”

And that answer—full of truth, edge and hesitance—is precisely the angst-ridden Chelsea Wolfe that we have come to adore: the kind who uses (in her own words) “harsh, King James phrasing,” the kind who colors the world in the black paint of truth netted with a laced veil of brusque melodrama…that is the Chelsea Wolfe we’re paying to see, whether we admit it or not.

But the stage antics—the nervous rage, the pissy demeanor, the throwing of the instrument in a tantrum of mental anguish—are things of the past; it’s all under control, she says.

“Over the years…I challenged myself to stick it out even if I wanted nothing more than to get off stage,” Wolfe assures. “Now I only get weirded out if there are technical problems, but I still force myself to keep Chelsea Wolfe will play Harlow’s on Sept. 5 with going and lose Screature and ESS. Tickets are myself into $10 for this 21-and-over show the music no that gets underway at 9:30 p.m. To preorder a copy of matter what’s Unknown Rooms and check happening out a sample song, go to around me.”

Chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com. photo David Fathi

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8.27 Monday

The Blue Lamp The Moans, The Akabane Vulgars, 8:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Our Last Night, Casino Madrid, For All I Am, Adestria, Outsiders, The Will The Way, The Sun Sets Here, 6 p.m.

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 w/ Todd Clouser’s Love Electric, Jeff Denson Trio, 7:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Nuance, 7:30 p.m.

Power Balance Pavilion Neil Diamond, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club Work Your Soul, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 7 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

8.28 Tuesday

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

G Street WunderBar DJ Larry Rodriguez, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Civil Twilight, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Phono Select Brass Bed, 7 p.m.

8.30 Cazzette

District 30 9:30 p.m.

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Pine Cove Battle of the Musicians, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub College Night w/ DJ Rigatony, DJ Alazzawi, 10:30 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 7 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Guests, 8 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; Island of Black & White, 9 p.m.

8.29 Wednesday

Bows and Arrows Stupid Man Suit, Vinnie Guidera, Carson McWhirter, 8 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Lovelorn, OLLA, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Beres Hammond, 9 Tomorrow, DJ Inferno, 7 p.m.

Kuumba Collective Art Gallery The Music of Charlie Parker, 6 p.m.

Marilyn’s Barrel Fever, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Misamore, Twitch Angry, ZeroClient, 8 p.m.

Press Club Divers, Killdevil, Sun Valley Gun Club, 8:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 7 p.m.

Shine Now! Miles, From the Sky, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Buster Blue, 9 p.m.

University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Nooner w/ Island of Black & White, 12 p.m.

8.30 thursday

Ace of Spades Turquoise Jeep, KMAC, F.A.M.E., Lil Bit, 7 p.m.

Amador County Fairgrounds JoshuaFest w/ The End Up, Bleach, Golden Youth, Blood and Water, Pioneer, Owen Pye, 6 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Skratchpad w/ DJ El Conductor, Rated-R & Kwes the Bess, Celskii & Deeandroid, Mista-B, Primo, DnZ, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Henessey, SOL, The Gwap Boiz, YMC, Legions of D.O.O.M., Speak EZ, YO, Light Skinned Creole, Rocc Steady, Aice Duece, Slim12th, 7 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Fishbone, Dirty Filthy Mugs, The Devil’s Train, 7 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

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

District 30 Cazzette, 9:30 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Geoff Baker, Mike James, 8 p.m.

Fremont Park Hot Lunch Concert Series w/ Not An Airplane, Honyock, 11:30 a.m.

Harlow’s Mustache Harbor, 10 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides The Strangelife, Moose Knuckle, Sonada Malay, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Tom Drinnon, 9:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 7 p.m.

Shine Wolfhouse, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen French Cassettes, Brass Bed, The Hugs, 9 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Aces Up, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Mike Blanchard and the Californios, 9 p.m.

Ace of Spades Altessa, Abstract Abyss, Lost Freedom, No Sympathy, 6:30 p.m.

Amador County Fairgrounds JoshuaFest w/ MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, Fate Under Fire and more, 1 p.m.

Beatnik Studios Richie Lawrence and the Yolos, Nearly Beloved, 9 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Jem & Scout, Whiskey & Stiches, Little Heart, Goldener, 9 p.m.

Blush Chucc 1 (Album Release), SL the Franchise, C-Sicc, Sky High and more, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Trench, Secure Sounds, The Jet Black Popes, Saythia, Dammit Kayla, Jilt vs Jonah, Tao Jiriki, 7 p.m.

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

District 30 DJ Billy Lane, DJ Mark West, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Golden Cadillacs, Biv and the Mnemonics, Hello Echo, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Arden Park Roots, Wooster, 10 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Rachel Wagner, Tuco & Blondie, Odame, Julie Meyers, Aiyana Cadwell, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Cover Me Badd, 9 p.m.

Midtown Village Cafe Buk Buk Bigups, Franklin’s Mint, Andrew Diamond Henderson, 8:30 p.m.

The Nugget River Park Cosmic Family Gathering w/ Music Tribe, ZuhG, Massive Delicious, Jammhead, Element of Soul, Musical Charis, Low Tide Riot, 3 p.m.

Old Ironsides Merkin, Drinking with Clowns, Self Proclaimed, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Notorious, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Ryan Hernandez, 5 p.m.; Sugadady Band, 10 p.m.

Shine Xochitl Hermosillo, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Extra Classic, Sands, Body Swap, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer and Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Afro Funk Experience, 9 p.m.

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Vega’s Dr.Velvet & The Social Drinkers, Proof & Proving, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Ken Koenig, Clark Reese, 2 p.m.

9.01 Saturday

Amador County Fairgrounds JoshuaFest w/ Five Iron Frenzy, The OC Supertones, Manafest, Under Cities, A Holy Ghost Revival and more, 10 a.m.

The Blue Lamp The White Barons, Black Mackerel, Rock Bottom, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Chixdiggit, The Secretions, Boats!, Flip the Switch, The Carbonites, 7 p.m.

Bows and Arrows Wife & Son, Musical Charis, Island of Black & White, 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Sarah Geronimo, Mark Bautista, 4 & 8 p.m.

The Cave Jang, Hafner, Magickool Doods, Two Snakes, 8 p.m.

District 30 DJ Mark West, 9 p.m.

Elkhorn Saloon The Golden Cadillacs, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Gillian Underwood, The Lurk, Donald Beamen, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Retro Union 2012 w/ Gene Loves Jezebel, Harrison Price, DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ David X and more, 5:30 p.m.

Harvey’s Sammy Hagar, 8 p.m.

Hoppy Brewing Company Acoustic Bluegrass Brunch w/ The Spillit Quikkers, 11 a.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Ape Machine, Armed for Apocalypse, 8:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Ross Hammond & Amy Reed, Toni Bruna, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Musical Charis, Nathan Leigh, Girl from Ipanema, 9 p.m.

The Nugget River Park Cosmic Family Gathering w/ South Watt Social Club, CFR, Monkey Flower, Iconoclast Robot, The Old Screen Door, Marc Del Chiaro and more, 11 a.m.

Old Ironsides The Lipstick Weekender w/ DJ Shaun Slaughter, DJ Roger Carpio, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Plainfield Station Whiskey Rebels (Last Show), Monster Squad, DCOI, Sabertooth Zombie, Brain Rash, Union Hearts, Bastards of Young, 4 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Apple Z, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Ryan Hernandez, 5 p.m.; Sugadady Band, 10 p.m.

Rio Ramaza Event Park One Love One Heart Reggae Music Festival w/ Mykal Rose, Midnite, Ziggi Recado and more, 11 a.m.

Shine Aloha Radio, Lava Pups, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Anita Tijoux, 2Mex, Chuuwee, Dibiase, NASROCKSWELL, El Indio, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5 p.m.; Orquesta Dharma, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Digital Underground, 7 p.m.

The Nugget River Park Cosmic Family Gathering w/ Northbound Train, Instagon, Total Perspective Vortex, Tao Jiriki, Isaac Bear, Garage Jazz Architects, Autumn Sky and more, 12 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Asylum w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Maxx Cabello Jr., 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Northern Heat, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Tess Sell & the Poor Man Band, 8 p.m.

9.03 Monday

Ace of Spades Against Me!, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Joyce Manor, 6:30 p.m.

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.

Old Ironsides The Nuance, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

9.04 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Brown Bird, Kevin Lee Florence, 8:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Haven Underground Black Mountain, Quest for Fire, Solos (feat. Spencer Seim from Hella and Aaron Ross), DJ Tim Green, 9 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Dante vs.

Zombies, 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.

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

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Guests, 8 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Hans Eberbach, 5:30 p.m.; Wingnut Adams, 9 p.m.

9.05 9.02 wednesday

Sunday

Ace of Spades The Melvins, Big Business, Abominous, 7 p.m.

Amador County Fairgrounds JoshuaFest w/ Switchfoot, Relient K, The City Harmonic, Everyday Sunday, Josiah James and more, 10 a.m.

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

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Ace of Spades Powerman 5000, Prylosis, Fair Struggle, White Minorities, The Original, 6:30 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose John Courage and the Great Plains, Stephen Yerkey, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Missy Higgins, 7 p.m.; Chelsea Wolfe, Screature, ESS, 9 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Cosmetics, Soft Metals, Flowerss, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Highway 12, Defyant Circle Acoustic, The Monomyth Inception, Bypassing Oblivion, 8 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Three Stages Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Howell Devine, 9 p.m.

9.06 Thursday

Ace of Spades Buckethead, Samples, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Session, 9 p.m.

The Cave Drawing Out Life, Amazing Disgrace, Word Of Man, 8 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

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

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Kirk Ross, Boscoe’s Brood, Skippin’ Brook, 8 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Something Fierce, Occult Detective Club, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Jason Buell Band, 9:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Wildlife Control, Midi Matilda, 8:30 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Whiskey Dawn, Joshua Paige, 9 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Styx, 8 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Lonesome Locomotive, 9 p.m.

9.07 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Static X, Winds of Plague, The Browning, Davey Suicide, Chernobog, 6:30 p.m.

Auburn Event Center Ten Mile Tide, Sean Lehe, Bumptet, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Four Eyes, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Back Seat Lovers, Dana Gumbiner, 8:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk CamaCauz-Z, Marcella, Cherry Red, Tre Solid, Aziz, Masyah, California Bear Gang, J Menace, KG Mano, Studder, Kaylee, 7 p.m.

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

The Cave Amazing Disgrace, Drawing Out Life, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose Richard March, Bathtub Gins, Claudeo, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Tainted Love, 10 p.m.

Mix DJ Elliott Estes, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Grub Dog and The Amazing Sweethearts, Blossom Rock, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Atomika, 5 p.m.; Steel Breeze, 10 p.m.

Shine Urban Sherpas, The Signifiers, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Rehab, Moonshine Bandits, Matt W. Gage, 6:30 p.m.

Antiquite Mason Privee Whitenoise Jazz Festival w/ Harley White Jr. Trio, Joe Mazzaferro Quartet, Alex Jenkins Trio, Anthony Coleman II Quintet, Ross Hammond Trio, Take 5, 12 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Smirker, Le Kelton, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Arsonists Get All the Girls, Hypno5e, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, Bispora, Calista Sky, In Theory, The War Within, 6:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Ziggy Marley, 8 p.m.

The Cave Apex of Apathy, 8 p.m.

Corner Pocket Sports Bar Spiritual Octane, 9 p.m.

Crest Theatre Benise, 7 p.m.

Elk Grove Bike Park Bikes and Bands w/ Mr. Rogers, Misamore, Shot of Honesty, Bypassing Oblivion, Soulevity, Overwatch, 11 a.m.

Elkhorn Saloon Merle Jagger, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Atomic Bride, DriveThru Mystics, Capt. Amazing and the Okay I Guesses, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s By Sunlight, Doom Bird, Little Foxes, 9 p.m.

Harrah’s B-52s, 7:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Fascination, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Atomika, 5 p.m.; Steel Breeze, 10 p.m.

Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen Desario, Arts & Leisure, Croissants, Captain God, 7 p.m.

Shenanigans Mondy, Mouthpeace, Genkis Khan, 9 p.m.

Shine Miko Tolliver, The Speak Low, John Malcolm, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Fox & Woman, Split Screens, Tor Hosue, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5 p.m.; Daniel Castro, 9 p.m.

Townhouse Whitenoise Jazz Festival w/ Daisy Spot, Storytellers, Cave Women, Emily Kollars, Leo Bootes and more, 12 p.m.

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9.09 Sunday

The Blue Lamp Mercies, Autumn Sky, Alex Nelson, Honyock, 5 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Blame Sally, 8 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Asylum w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, 9 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Michael Beck & Gone Country, 7 p.m.

Shine Astral Cult, The Trees, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Bleedin’ Hearts, 8 p.m.

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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.

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Silversun Pickups, School of Seven Bells, Atlas Genius, 7:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Nuance, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

Comedy The Cave Carlos Rodriguez, D-Funk Robertson, Chad Meisenheimer, Matt Raymond, Monica Archuleta, Aug. 31, 8 p.m.

Laguna Town Hall Comedy Under the Stars, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Keepin’ It Comical w/ G King, OJ the Jokeman, Kul Black, Cizzle, hosted by D Tyler, Aug. 30, 8 p.m.

Comedy Open Mic Showcase, Sept.

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The Real (Funny) Housewives of Rio Linda, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.

Ty Barnett, Luke Francis, Sept. 7 9, 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 Inside Joke Comedy Tour w/ Vince Royale, Butch Escobar, Ben DelCastillo, Lil Rob, Bryant Hicks, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

Mo Mandel, Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Sept. 5, 8 p.m.

Dov Davidoff, Sept. 6 - 9, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic Scramble, Aug. 27, 8 p.m.

Comedy Space w/ Tim and Ray, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Top 10 List Podcast Live!, Aug. 31, 8 p.m.

White Trash Stand-up Show, Aug. 31, 9 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Festival, Sept. 7 - 15 Shine Zach Anderson, Johnny Taylor and more, Aug. 31, 8 p.m.

Thursday Night Jive w/ Chazz Hawkins, John Ross, Daniel Humbarger, hosted by Tyler Kinney, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.

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

Tommy T’s Open Mic Night, every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

CoCoa Brown, Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Craig Shoemaker, Sept. 6 - 8, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m.

University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Erik Griffin, Keith Lowell Jensen, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.

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20th & K Streets Sacramento Rainbow Festival 2012, Aug. 31 Sept. 2 Alex Bult Gallery Work by Susan Tonkin Riegel, Sept. 4 - Oct. 6 Axis Gallery Chance Encounters by Shirley Hazlett, Sept. 1 - 30 Beatnik Studios Final Friday w/ Jack Alvarez, Christine Hodgins, Wayne Jiang, Aug. 31, 6 p.m.

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Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, every Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Fremont Park Chalk It Up Festival, Sept. 1 - 3, 10 a.m.

The Greens Hotel REEL Bike-In Theater: Best In Show, Sept. 6, 6 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Mather Airport California Capital Airshow, Sept. 8 - 9, 9 a.m.

Old Sacramento Gold Rush Beer Crawl, Aug. 31 Gold Rush Days, Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 Pavilions Shopping Center Fashion’s Night Out, Sept. 6, 6 p.m.

Phono Select Records Happy Hour Mixtape Swap, Sept. 1, 6 p.m.

Pine Cove Ultimate Bar Challenge, Trivia and more, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Raley Field Mexican Soccer League Exhibition Match: Club Atletico Monarcas Morelia vs. San Luis FC, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.

Rio Ramaza Event Park Coors Light Crawfish & Catfish Festival, Sept. 8, 11 a.m.

Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento Greek Festival, Aug. 31 - Sept. 2 Shenanigans Fashion in the City, Aug. 31, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Flash Function: Short Stories, Sept. 5, 8 p.m.

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Legend andLegacy

Ziggy Marley is a musician all his own Words James Barone • Photos Kii Arens

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he name Marley is synonymous with reggae. Obviously, that's due to the transformative music and brilliant songwriting of Bob Marley. Though he was just a young man when he died, his music has affected people from all walks of life in a variety of different ways. Whether simply wafting through a marijuana smoke-filled dorm room on Saturday or inspiring rebellious, under-privileged youths to rise up worldwide, Bob Marley is one of music’s most enduring figures. His music doesn’t only live on in fans, but through his children. Bob’s eldest son Ziggy is now 43, seven years older than his father was when he passed, and though he draws liberally from his father’s rich catalog of songs, Ziggy has certainly become a force of his own in the world of music.

Most of us strive to meet or surpass the achievements of our parents, but most of our folks don’t have a day dedicated to them.

Recently, the city of Los Angeles, where Ziggy now resides, proclaimed Aug. 7 Bob Marley Day. “It was a nice honor for my father,” Ziggy said to Submerge in a recent interview.

“Everyone knows my father—his music, his personality, his lifestyle. There’s nothing hidden there about him, and so it’s good that they can accept him in that light.”

Bob Marley Day coincided with the Bluray/DVD release of Marley, a new documentary about the beloved songwriter directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland).

Ziggy served as one of the film’s executive producers.

“It’s in-depth, it shows a lot of different aspects of my father’s life and gives people a better understanding of who he is and will give people a connection to him and all that he went through—good times and bad times,” he said of the documentary.

If having a legendary father has put added pressure on Ziggy to succeed, you’d never know it by looking at him. Even though he’s

been doing music since childhood, he still seems to have the same level of affection toward his craft, and it doesn’t seem to bother him that his father’s music is so popular with his audience. In a recent interview with ABC’s Nightline, Ziggy joked, “If I’m doing a concert, and I’m having a problem with the audience, I just play a Bob Marley song. All I have to do is play a Bob Marley song, and I’m good for the rest of the night. ‘Alright, I got them now. Let me go back and do some of my stuff.’”

He should feel secure in his own success, because Ziggy has had plenty of it. After an award-winning career with his siblings as part of The Melody Makers, Ziggy branched out on his own in the early ‘00s, earning a Grammy for his 2006 solo album Love Is My Religion, and his most recent effort, 2011’s Wild and Free also garnered a nomination for the Best Reggae Album at the 2012 Grammys (which his brother Stephen won).

Lately, Ziggy has been busy touring and also digging into the roots of reggae as a DJ on SiriusXM satellite radio channel The Joint. His monthly program, Legends of Reggae, delves into the music that provides him with the most inspiration. Ziggy told Submerge that hosting the show has rubbed off on his own music.

“I hear so many songs I wouldn’t have heard if I wasn’t doing the show—songs from way back in the history of reggae music,” he said. “If I wasn’t a DJ, I probably wouldn’t be listening to some of those songs. I enjoy doing it for that reason. I get to hear so many songs.

It’s very good for me.”

He listed The Melodians and Ken Boothe as acts that he’s been listening to more recently.

“I draw from the oldies, and they’re inspiring,” Ziggy said. “It’s the music I come from. It’s helped me to create new music just to hear where I’m coming from.”

Ziggy Marley gave us more insight into where he’s coming from—and where he’s headed—in the following interview.

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In June you released a free single “Can You Feel It” that you wrote in collaboration with Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes. How did that song come together?

That song kind of started out of another song that I was doing called “Kingston.” While the Occupy movement was happening in America here, I started some lyrics that were about that movement… In Jamaica, we have a lot of politics, and politics are big here in America too.

The song I was writing, which was kind of working around what was happening in Jamaica, had some connection with what was happening here at the time. I just flipped it around and made a song about what was happening here with the Occupy movement. That’s where that was coming from.

Did you follow the Occupy movement closely, and is it something you aligned yourself with?

Not really aligned, but I was happy to see people, because I think America is reaching a state of lackadaisical people movement. I know the ‘60s and the ‘70s and the movement of people was vibrant.

Nowadays, just like in the Occupy movement, they find a way to label it and spin it around so it becomes less effective. I was just happy to see people standing up for something at that level where it’s not about a student or religious thing, or even a politic per se, it was just a people thing…and how the economic structure of America seems to have been manipulated by those who have this inside knowledge or inside track. The common people don’t have that inside thing…

I want to see more of that. What I knew America for was that, really, people standing up in the streets and protesting things, and changing things… During the Gulf War and even after that, I was wondering how so many things were being put over on the American people. How are all these things being done, and the American people seem to not be involved in it?

I was just happy to see people up and about and giving the system a run for its money. That song was a part of that.

I was reading through the lyrics of “Can You Feel It” and there was one passage I really liked that goes, “Can politicians find a solution? / Some may have good intentions / But when the root is corrupted / You know the fruit can’t be trusted…”

Yeah man, this is true. That’s true. I don’t know, man. The political system in America is used to divide people, and it’s used heavily because now all you find is that you have Democrat and Republican, but none of them is telling the truth. It doesn’t matter what the truth is, it’s what the Democrat idea is or what a Republican idea is, it doesn’t matter what the truth is, you know? The party lines have been drawn so deeply. I think it’s a great strategy to keep us apart and to control the people. It’s being done right now, right here in America.

People cannot stand up for one thing together because they’re so divided. Republicans and Democrats can’t come together to stand up for something, because the system has divided them so deeply. It’s a real disservice to the idea of what America is. The people who we see as Americans or how we saw Americans, that portrayal of them is much different than the reality of what Americans are today, in terms of people who stand up.

“Republicans and Democrats can’t come together to stand up for something, because the system has divided them so deeply. It’s a real disservice to the idea of what America is. The people who we see as Americans or how we saw Americans, that Your last album Wild and Free came out in 2011. portrayal of Are you working on something new now? them is much Well, we just started the writing season. How different than I work is that I write according to seasons. It the reality of happens very naturally where I just find myself what Americans starting to write songs in the past two or three are today, in weeks, and I can feel like, oh yes, I feel my mind terms of people and my body are getting ready to write a new who stand up.” record. So that’s where we are, but we have so – Ziggy Marley many other things to do, like Marijuanaman, which is a graphic novel. Generally I want to do stuff outside of music and then come back to music.

Tell me more about the graphic novel. Is that something you’ve always wanted to do?

Well, the graphic novel has been out since last year. I’ve been into comics for a long time. I’ve been into the super hero genre. It’s all about having fun. Creativity should be fun. I want to have fun in what I do. Doing music is fun, and all that creative stuff that I want to do is going to be fun for me to do. I just like doing stuff, and I want to just do it. We’re going to explore more stuff with the graphic novel and some other visual stuff that I’m working on will just show up on the Internet and just make people watch it or download it for free. Not everything is about money or making money. Some things are just to have fun and be creative and share it with other people.

Can you talk about the visual stuff you have planned?

It’s still young in my mind. I haven’t really thought it through. I’m just waiting till I finish touring so I could sit down and work on it really. Right now it’s just little thoughts in my mind. Maybe have an idea for a children’s program. We had a children’s album out a little while ago called Family Time, and I want to do something in that world of children’s education. We have some other crazy ideas, but you’ll probably see them on the Internet when the time comes.

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The grindhouse

Now You See It, Now You Don’t The Apparition Rated PG-13

Words James Barone

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The fun thing about seeing a horror movie is that you know it’s a horror movie. In that regard, you have a certain amount of power that the characters trapped in the story do not. They don’t realize their lives are in peril, but you do. You know that the noises they hear as they snuggle together in bed aren’t just the wind or a raccoon that must have gotten in somehow. So, in Todd Lincoln’s The Apparition, when Kelly (played by the Twilight saga’s Ashley Greene) warns her boyfriend Ben (Sebastian Stan) as he inspects a crawl space beneath the house to “watch out for spiders,” you may even chuckle to yourself as I did, because you know spiders are the least of the poor dude’s worries—even if you’re not sure exactly what he should be afraid of finding in the cramped darkness. In many cases, the not knowing is scarier than the knowing—the fear of the unknown and all that—but there’s a level of trust that you should feel whenever you go into a horror film you will eventually know what Ben, Kelly and perhaps even you, if the movie’s good enough, should be afraid of. Though Lincoln employs just about every tried and true horror movie device in The Apparition, he breaks this cardinal rule in his feature-length debut.

Ben and Kelly are cute lovebirds watching the latter’s parents’ “investment house” in a development nestled in the Southern California desert. The development is so brand new that most of the houses are still empty. Though the house doesn’t seem at all old enough to be haunted, weird stuff is happening. Mostly, though, it’s just furniture being moved and doors being opened.

But then some strange mold appears, a neighbor’s dog wanders in and drops dead and while Kelly’s in the shower (of course)

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something ransacks her closet and musses up her clothes. Clearly, the house is haunted. Even Kelly begins to suspect as much, but Ben convinces her to stay, because, hey, why not.

Turns out that Ben hasn’t been the most honest of boyfriends. He has a shady past that involves conducting bizarre parapsychological experiments with his buddy Patrick (Tom Felton, aka Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies). The experiments got pretty intense, though, and cost Ben’s ex her life. He claims he didn’t tell Kelly because he thought she’d be safer if she didn’t know; clearly, Kelly finds out the contrary.

The danger escalates, or at least it’s supposed to, but there’s no real progression to the story here. The characters flail about as they try to understand their predicament. It doesn’t get any better once Ben reunites with Patrick, who’s supposed to be the expert. He’s just as clueless as everyone else is.

The hapless trio mounts a counterattack against their faceless foe, but it’s really a shot in the dark. It sounds like a situation that could be rife with tension, but it isn’t. Toward the end of the film, they go through with Patrick’s convoluted scheme to rid their lives of whatever it is that’s been tormenting them, employing high-tech equipment and tapping into the local power supply. The procedure breaks windows and cracks walls of the cozy little tract home. Sparks fly. Kelly asks, “Did it work?” No one answers.

The film ends abruptly after lengthy voice-overs culled from Patrick’s audio journal. He rambles on about miscalculations and messing with things he didn’t understand. This thing that’s after them, he says, can manipulate reality so that its prey couldn’t differentiate between the real and the imaginary. It’s not a ghost or a demon, but what is it? Patrick muses that the human race has always had some notion of the supernatural. It would have been nice if this movie had one too.

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the shallow end Bio Mechanics and the Race for the Missouri Senate So, at this point we’ve all heard the comments and felt the heat of the Facebook outrage.

Missouri republican and candidate for the U.S. Senate Todd Akin said that in cases of “legitimate rape” that the female body can launch some sort of biological defense to shutdown the mechanism of reproduction thereby preventing a woman who was raped, legitimately of course, from conceiving an offspring. I wasn’t the best student in science, but even I know that this is probably the most ridiculous thing anyone has ever said.

A lot of the outrage was spawned by the phrase “legitimate rape.” Cleary, this is a boneheaded statement.

Rape is rape, like murder is murder, burglary is burglary, etc. The definitions of crimes are pretty well spelled out in the legal codes I’m sure. You’d figure a lawmaker, or someone who’s in the running to be, would already be well aware of that. But I’m not a lawyer or a senator, so what the fuck would I know?

I’ll spare you a tirade on “legitimate rape.”

Instead, I’d like to discuss this fantastical biological defense system idea, because I love science fiction. I’d also like to keep this from getting political. If you’ve read this column, you probably know which side of the aisle I align myself with, but I’d like to think that not all of the people on the other side share the same moronic beliefs as Akin. Sure, Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor who ran for president back in 2008, has been adamant in his defense of Akin. Though Huckabee has said that Akin made a mistake (duh), he’s also lambasted his republican party mates for leaving the senate candidate out to dry. “Political consultants were ordered to stay away from Akin or lose future business with GOP committees,” stated an email Huckabee sent to his supporters.

“Money has changed hands to push him off the plank. It is disgraceful…” OK so maybe he’s just defending a buddy. That’s admirable, I guess, even if his buddy is a douchebag. But more recently the governor amped up his game in a call to rally Southern Baptist ministers around Akin, calling it a “Mount Carmel moment,” an allusion to a biblical battle.

“You know, you bring your gods. We’ll bring ours. We’ll see whose God answers the prayers and brings fire from heaven. That’s kind of where I’m praying: that there will be fire from heaven, and we’ll see it clearly, and everyone else will too,” he said.

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Like I said, I don’t want to get political.

Maybe it’s just the two of them that are crazy? I’d prefer to think that, even though I may disagree with how Republicans think the country should be run, that they’re decent people who just want to do good and what they think is best for our society. If that makes me an idiot too, well…yeah, you’re right. It totally does.

I must be an idiot because the first thing I wondered was why Akin would even think (much less say) his comments were true. Did he believe there was some sort of gland in charge of differentiating whether or not a sexual act was being performed against someone’s will.

Is it in the brain or the groin? Is it nestled next to the spleen, perhaps? Also, I’ve done enough watching porn on the Internet to know that sometimes the lines can be blurred between what’s consensual and what isn’t, so can this gland be faulty? Is that why some women are unable to reproduce—because the legitimate rape gland just processes all attempts at intercourse as rape? How come no one has ever discovered this gland before? Do men have a similar mechanism that will keep their penises from getting erect in cases of sexual assault?

Other than whiskey, I mean.

Like I said, I was never any good at science, but I’m guessing that the reason why high school bio teachers aren’t telling their students about the legitimate rape gland is because there isn’t one. And I think that’s kind of a sad failure of evolution. As ignorant as Todd Akin’s comments are, I think it would be awesome if the body did have some sort of last-ditch fail safe to thwart sexual predators.

I’d take it one step further, however. It would be my hope that when under attack, the uterus would react by opening some sort of transdimensional portal that would churn with such a powerful gravitational force that it would pull the assailant through the vagina and spit him out into an alternate universe, preferably a planet akin to the jail from the old HBO show Oz, where he must endure shower rapings and forcible salad-tossings for all of eternity. I mean, if you’re going to make comments that have no foothold in reality, you may as well go all the way with it. I hate people who do things half-assed.

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