Submerge Magazine: Issue 129 (February 4-18, 2013)

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Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com There is nothing more discouraging than keeping up on your New Years resolutions to eat better, drink less and exercise more only to be rewarded by getting sick. So on that note, I’m going to keep this short and sweet.

While I like to think Submerge turned 5 years old in January, since that was the month I really learned how the heck to officially start a business (got a fictitious business name, licenses, etc.), some may mark it on the day we first put out an issue, which strangely enough happens to be the exact same day this issue hits the streets (Monday, Feb. 4), back in 2008.

I know I’ve said it many times before, but making Submerge is a lot of hard work. I’m not sure what keeps us going. I always joke that I think it’s Red Bull.

Really, five years is a long time to do anything, let alone make a print publication, especially in this day and age.

And during those years I’ve been privileged enough to work with my boyfriend, turned business partner, turned fiancé, Jonathan Carabba, as well as with one of my best friends, word jazz aficionado and senior editor James Barone, and of course the many remarkable contributors-turned-friends along the way. Thanks guys and gals!

But beyond that, what I think really keeps Submerge going is all the talent here in Sacramento and the surrounding areas. With 129 issues now under our belt, I can easily say that we’ve featured some of the most creative musicians, comedians, artists, chefs, bartenders, entrepeneurs and more from our region, as well as countless national acts that have toured through our city. It’s exciting to think that going forward into our sixth year, we will be telling even more entertaining stories.

Shout out to all of our advertisers, supporters and valued readers, without all of you it also wouldn’t be possible to make this publication.

I’ll leave you with our two first cover designs ever. From the beginning we have been proud to bring together such diverse music coverage, and I think we’ve only gotten better over the years due to strengthening our arts, comedy, food, film and other coverage as well. We hope you agree. Thanks for reading Submerge!

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Sacramento funnyman Keith Lowell Jensen is set to release his newest comedy album on Feb. 19 on Stand Up! Records and even the title of the album is hilarious: Elf Orgy. We’re not going to try and explain why it’s named that, you’ll just have to listen for yourself and find out, let’s just say it’s a funny (and somewhat disturbing) story that involves Keith as a child masturbating to a comic book scene of, you guessed it, an elf orgy. OK, we basically just told you. Still, listen to this album! It’s fantastic! Plenty of Sacramento-area jokes, too (sorry “Murder Park,” I mean, Oak Park). You’ll be able to find the album on iTunes and Amazon but make sure you mark your calendar for Sunday, Feb. 24 when Jensen will headline a killer show at Punch Line (2100 Arden Way) as his official CD release show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the cover is $15, 18-and-over only. Learn more about Keith Lowell Jensen at his website, Rockass.net.

Pop rock concert, plus special opening guests, NEW POLITICS, Tickets are $10 for Sac State students and $14 General, available at the Sacramento State Box Office or online at www.SacStateUNIQUE.com

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Our favorite new-ish Midtown restaurant/bar Red Rabbit is celebrating their one-year anniversary with a sweet party on Saturday, Feb. 9. Top bartenders Jayson Wilde (of San Francisco’s Bourbon and Branch) and Travis Kavanaugh (of Shady Lady) will be guest tending, music will be curated by Shaun Slaughter and there will be free-flowing punch. There will also be an unveiling of an original piece of artwork by local-performance-artist-turnednational-phenom (thanks to America’s Got Talent) David Garibaldi. I can’t believe it’s only been a year, ‘cause we’ve sure spent our fair share of time bellied up to the bar at Red Rabbit enjoying amazing cocktails and farm-to-fork food. Congrats to the owners and staff, your place is really top-notch! Red Rabbit is located at 2718 J Street and the festivities start at 8 p.m.

EXHIBITION JAN 28–FEB21 RECEPTION THURS, FEB 7 6:00PM–8:00PM

Midtown record store Phono Select’s last day at their current location (2312 K Street) will be Sunday, Feb. 10. In a recent press release, owner Dal Basi explained that they lost their lease and were given a 30-day notice from their landlord. “As many of you know,” he wrote, “we’ve been looking for a new location for a few months now and although we may have found something, nothing is set in stone and we will be moving immediately into a large warehouse space.” It will take them a few months to get set up and during that time, Basi says they will “concentrate on expanding our online business and solidifying our vision and mission of being ‘Sacramento’s Best Independent Record Store.’” Keep an eye out at Phonoselect.com, Facebook and Twitter to learn when and where they will reopen at their new location.

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One of our favorite East Sacramento joints, Clark’s Corner (5641 J Street), has a new open mic night every Friday. Grab your guitar, mandolin, keyboard, cowbell or whatever it is you play and come sign up and perform a couple tunes. The first two weeks were a great success and saw a large turnout of both local performers (many of them being past SAMMIES winners) and attendees looking to hear some music. It’s being hosted by local musicians Andrew Barnhart and Mac Russ, and there will also be featured performers each week (Feb. 8 will be Rook, Feb. 15 will be Jeremy Nelvis). Sign-ups start at 9 p.m. and all ages are welcome. There is no cover, but donations are accepted with 100 percent of proceeds going to the SPCA or other local charities. If you’re a performer, this is a great opportunity to get in front of a welcoming crowd, and if you’re just looking for good music, food and cheap drinks ($3 drafts, $3 wells, $6 apps), this is the place to be on Fridays. Hit up Facebook.com/clarkscornerbar916 for more information.

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Two local punk bands will celebrate new releases on Saturday, Feb. 9 together at The Colony. The Bar Fly Effect will be releasing two separate EPs, What Happened Last Night and Live at the Where House?, while The Scowndrolls will be releasing a full-length titled Dying Breed. The Strange Party, The Community and Civil War Rust are also on the bill, so with five bands in total there will surely be no lack of rock provided on this night. The cover is a measly $5, so plan on bringing extra so you can snag some new music and merch. All ages are welcome and doors open at 8 p.m. The Colony is located at 3512 Stockton Boulevard.

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What started as a friendly rivalry between a few custom car-loving buddies has since turned into one of longest running and most renowned indoor car shows in the world. Now in its 63rd year, O’Reilly Sacramento Autorama will host more than 500 of the finest custom cars, hot rods, classics, motorcycles and specialty vehicles from around the county. Happening from Feb. 15 to 17 at Cal Expo, this is an event you won’t want to miss if you’re the type of person whose head turns at the sight of a sweet ride. General admission at the door is $18, kids ages 6 to 12 are $8 and those 5-and-under are free. Hit up an O’Reilly Auto Parts ahead of time and you’ll save yourself a couple bucks. The event is open from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Visit Rodshows.com for additional information.

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Join Sacramento historian William Burg on a delicious and entertaining stroll through Midtown on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Sacramento Heritage Dessert Tour will start at noon at Midtown Village Cafe before hitting up Rick’s Dessert Diner, Trey B Cakes, and Devine Gelateria. What a perfect way to kick off your Valentine’s Day festivities! The tour is $30 per person and tickets can be purchased online at Sacheritagedesserttour.brownpapertickets.com. The tour will last approximately two hours and it is wheelchair accessible.

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Dream a Little Dream

Twenty One Pilots are new to Fueled by Ramen and may be the label’s next big success Words James Barone

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rummer Josh Dun sounds a bit winded during our interview, but that’s understandable. One half of one of 2013’s bands to watch (according to MTV) just got off stage. He and Tyler Joseph, collectively known as Twenty One Pilots, played to a sold-out crowd in Bowling Green, Ohio, just minutes before our interview.

Twenty One Pilots are known for its high-energy live show, which may feature Dun playing his kit in the crowd or Joseph back flipping from his piano into the audience. It’s a perfect compliment to their explosively catchy blend of hiphop, hardcore and electronica. It’s also the formula that has garnered the Columbus, Ohio-based twosome some much deserved attention and a slot on star-building label Fueled

by Ramen. Though Dun admits that he and Joseph really didn’t know what they were getting themselves into when they embarked upon this wild ride, he’s excited that they’re on the cusp of realizing their wildest dreams.

Just a year ago, Twenty One Pilots played Bowling Green to a much different crowd. Dun says the group was in the small Ohio college town, thrown in perhaps as an oddity in a hip-hop festival. It’s funny how fast things can change.

“No one knew who we were, and there were maybe 30 people there,” Dun says. “So it’s kind of cool to come back a year later and sell out this little club.”

It was selling out a show in Ohio that got Twenty One Pilots to where they’re at now. A packed venue in the band’s hometown got the ball rolling, and labels began to take notice.

“We didn’t think that was that big of a deal, but that caught the attention of the industry,” Dun says. “So then a couple weeks after that, we had a little over a dozen record labels that sent us emails and said that they were interested in signing us.”

Dun and Joseph spent the ensuing months flying back and forth to Los Angeles and New York, meeting with various labels.

“Even then, Tyler and I didn’t know what that all meant,” Dun admits.

Eventually they settled on Fueled by Ramen, the label that sent bands such as Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco and Fun into major stardom.

“Ever since the beginning, we worked really hard to brand ourselves as a band,” Dun says of the decision to go with Fueled by Ramen. “I haven’t seen that done a whole lot. There are a few bands that really stick out as far as branding themselves, like where the logo is more recognizable than the band name… That’s what we were into from the beginning. Fueled by Ramen I think has done a really good job of branding itself as a label. We really connected with that.”

Twenty One Pilots began their “branding” with an easily recognizable logo, which looks something like this: |-/. It was created by Joseph’s roommate, Mark, who’s been supporting the band since the beginning.

“He’s all things creative to us,” Dun says of Mark, who’s also created videos for the band. “He’s been there since day one. I don’t think we’d be where we are without him.”

More than just a recognizable mark, the logo also holds significance for the band members.

“It has a couple of meanings. There’s a lot of tension and struggle and battle within ourselves and each other every day,” Dun says.

“At the same time, this logo, this obscure design, there’s something we’ve come up with where if you create something, and you’re all alone, whether it’s a painting or a song or whatever. If you create something where only you can understand the full meaning of it, is the beginning of finding purpose for yourself and your life. The logo represents that in the sense that only we totally understand what it means. It means Twenty One Pilots, and it represents purpose and creativity.”

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In 2012, Twenty One Pilots released their Fueled by Ramen debut, Vessel, an album as rife with struggle as it is infectious. Hip-hop beats clash with sugary pop, as rapping gives way to clean and even screamed vocals. Heavy electronic beats collide against symphonic passages. The most amazing thing about it is how it all works. This isn’t a sort of Franken-music situation, where a multitude of styles are stitched together into an awkward monstrosity. Instead, it seems to acknowledge the commonality between all forms of popular music and exploits that to wonderful effect.

Vessel was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Greg Wells and engineer Ian MacGregor. Prior to this debut, Twenty One Pilots recorded their music in Joseph’s basement studio. Stepping up into an actual recording facility was a new experience for the band, and one that Dun says the band entered into with some measure of fear.

“It was scary at first,” Dun says. “In the basement, as much as we didn’t know what we were doing, we had complete control over what sounds we had to work with and the direction of the song.”

It didn’t take long for Wells and MacGregor to quell that fear, however. Wells, who has worked with Weezer and Adele in the past, proved to be the perfect person to guide Twenty One Pilots through the intimidating process of making its first proper studio album. Dun says Wells and MacGregor added ideas while incorporating what Dun and Joseph had worked on in their basement, fortifying the structure of what made Twenty One Pilots popular in their hometown in the first place.

“The best thing about Greg was that he loved it from the beginning, and he wanted to keep the integrity of what it is that we did in Tyler’s basement,” Dun says. “We’ve got a lot of the same programming on the album and even some of the same vocal takes that were done in Tyler’s basement.

What we weren’t skilled in was making it sound bigger and fuller and getting the live drums captured.

“He put such tasteful ideas into the songs,” Dun continues in praise of Wells. “[He and McGregor] are both just so good at what they do. Greg would come in and work his magic on these songs and make them sound the way that we wanted them to. They both interjected their ideas, and we all worked together really well. Those things are really the main fears that we had going into the studio and handing over the reigns to somebody else.”

As for how the band’s mindset has changed now that they’re out of the basement and poised for the big time, Dun says, for the most part, the status quo remains. Twenty One Pilots’ live show is still their bread and butter. It even affects how their music is written, as Dun explains the band’s outlandish stage stunts sometimes influence the directions of their songs. Though they may have more eyes and ears pointed in their direction, Dun says he and Joseph haven’t deviated from the course they set out upon when they started Twenty One Pilots.

“We’re working harder now and playing a lot more,” Dun says. “But…we’re just going to go up there, just the two of us, and go completely nuts and lose our minds with a bunch of people. But we’re still shooting for things as big as we can dream of.”

Watch dreams come true when Twenty One Pilots play Sacramento State’s University Union Ballroom on Feb. 19.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets can be purchased through the band’s official website Twentyonepilots.com.

“If you create something where only you can understand the full meaning of it, is the beginning of finding purpose for yourself and your life. The logo represents that in the sense that only we totally understand what it means.

It means Twenty One Pilots and it represents purpose and creativity.”

– Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots, on the band’s logo

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I am unfortunately a teenage girl cliché and love Valentine’s Day. Although some dread even the sheer thought of this Hallmark holiday, I believe everyone should embrace it. As over said as it is, it really is a time to remember the people you love, or possibly as a day to splurge large amounts of love on yourself. I decided to spend my time leading up to Valentine’s Day doing some relaxing (or so I thought) DIY clothing modification at home.

As it was my first time working with fabric dye, I managed to turn everything from my arms to my rug red. So beware before you embark upon this colorful and loving journey.

You will need a white shirt, rubber gloves, two boxes of fabric dye, salt and a bucket.

Depending on the type of fabric dye you use, the directions for preparing the fabric and dye will differ.

Once you have everything prepared use a half box of dye for the first dip. Submerge the shirt completely.

It will be a very light shade of the color chosen.

Add the remaining dye from the first box and dip your shirt only halfway.

For the third dip add the entire second box of dye and dip a few inches of the bottom of the shirt in.

The color variations will look very pronounced, so immediately following all the dips wash your shirt separately from the rest of your laundry. This will cause the dye stages to blend and create a pretty ombré effect!

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The Optimistic Pessimist The Second Amendment could have used an editor. While there is still some squabbling about capitalization and punctuation, everyone agrees that ol’ No. 2 states, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” You couldn’t tell by its awkward phrasing, but this Amendment must have been pretty important to the writers of the Bill of Rights; only freedom of speech, press, assembly and religion got higher billing.

This makes sense as the founders had just won a bloody eight-year war for their independence from King George III; they couldn’t afford to lose all they had just gained.

With the disbandment of the Continental Army, Navy and Marines shortly after the war, militias were needed, encouraged and sometimes required. This network of militias kept the country safe until the Constitution was ratified by the first states and the military was reestablished. The further development of local law enforcement agencies meant that militias were no longer needed to protect the country.

While the need for militias may have died out, our love of guns did not. Today there are an estimated 270 million guns circulating in the U.S. population. That’s nearly a gun for every man, woman and child in the country. Those guns and their shooters kill 30,000 Americans each year. We’ve also seen 25 mass killings in this country since 2006, seven of which took place in 2012 alone. I am a proud gun owner and a fan of the Constitution as well, but this shit has got to stop.

The NRA wants to blame gun-related deaths on things like video games, movies and music for glorifying violence, but that argument ignores reality. Culture is our biggest national export and our music, movies and video games are distributed around the world. They watch the same movies and play the same video games as we do; yet, for some reason, the citizens of other first world countries don’t shoot each other all the time as we do.

When it comes to mass killings at least, mental illness seems to be a factor. This country has done a terrible job of helping the

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We could also limit the number of guns an individual is allowed to purchase in one year, so as to prevent straw purchasers from buying guns for people who legally can’t. Those who do legally buy guns should be required to take a gun safety course before they are ever allowed to leave with a firearm. The guns that they buy and the clips that come with them should have limited capacity.

If you need more than six shots to hit something, then you might want a lesson.

We need to do something. Thousands of people are dying every day so that some old white guys can shoot pheasants and paper targets shaped liked Osama Bin Laden. I understand that guns are and may always be a part of our national identity, but we don’t have to sit back quietly while they pick us off one by one.

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mentally ill. Prescription drugs replaced therapy long ago and patients were cut loose into the streets to live on their own devices. Today, much of society views going to therapy as a shameful thing or a sign of weakness, leaving those who need it too embarrassed to actually get it, which leaves the rest of us guessing who is too dangerous to have a gun.

Speaking of crazy people, some Americans think they need guns to protect themselves from the government. What they don’t realize is that no matter how many guns they own, they will always be out-armed. The U.S. Government has more tanks, aircraft carriers, submarines, attack helicopters, fighter jets, bombers, cruise missiles, bunker-busting smart-bombs and chemical, biological and nuclear weapons than anyone else.

They also have attack drones, so they can kill you from the comfort and safety of an office chair.

How’s that for a violent video game?

All jokes aside, there are some things we could do to reduce the amount of gun violence in this country: Better reporting of warning signs and direct threats made by patients to therapists would surely help reduce some of our gun issues.

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Pizza Rock’s owner Tony Gemignani played his part in the revitalization of K Street and now looks to bring his recipe for success to Sin City Words Nur Kausar

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hen Pizza Rock opened in 2011, its owners joined area entrepreneurs in helping transform K Street from a dim portion of downtown to a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood in the midst of revitalization.

The city has a ways to go, but Pizza Rock owner Tony Gemignani says he and co-owners George Karpaty and Trevor Hewitt have had success, choosing K Street because of its great potential and the steady business of the co-owners’ clubs—Dive Bar and District 30—in the area.

“It was a concept we had talked about for many years,” Gemignani says of Pizza Rock’s nightclub vibe—from the rock music rendition of Michelangelo’s Adam painted on the ceiling to the savvy music system allowing for sound to be simultaneously transmitted between Pizza Rock, Dive Bar and District 30.

Gemignani credits the restaurant’s success to his hardworking management and staff, top quality ingredients, diverse menu and unique atmosphere.

“We are always updating and changing so it’s a diverse menu,” he says. “We keep our core pizzas and [appetizers] and everything but we tend to change parts of the menu to suit the customers. Sacramento likes substance, Sacramento likes value and when you look at our bigger pizzas, the Sicilian and the Romana, you get more for your money, so those have really taken off.”

Ironically, one of the biggest sellers is also Gemignani’s burger, ordered anywhere from 80 to 100 times each day, he says. It’s something he’s looking to branch out with down the road.

In the meantime, Gemignani and partners have decided to open a second Pizza Rock in the ideal place for the concept—Las Vegas.

“For the new Pizza Rock in Vegas, we got together to plan everything, and that’s part of us,” Gemignani says about the team’s enthusiasm to design the entire place from the bottom up. “[In Sacramento] we were

“We keep our core pizzas and [appetizers] and everything but we tend to change parts of the menu to suit the customers. Sacramento likes substance, Sacramento likes value and when you look at our bigger pizzas, the Sicilian and the Romana, you get more for your money, so those have really taken off.”

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a big part of every decision, from the carpet, menu, vibe, all the way down to the people we interview. It’s an experience, a package and that’s what we look at, from how the restaurant should look to how the servers should act. They’re a little edgy, but that’s what’s cool.”

When it comes down to it, however, Pizza Rock has repeat customers not just because of the vibe, but because of the food, which is made with fresh local ingredients as well as specially imported items from Italy.

An award-winning pizza maker and instructor who owns three restaurants in San Francisco and has four other projects in the works, Gemignani had 20 years of experience to bring to the Sacramento table when restaurant talks first began.

In 2007, Gemignani took first place at the World Pizza Cup in Naples, Italy, in the Neapolitan category with his Pizza Margherita, becoming the first American in history to win the honor. Today, Pizza Rock and Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco recreate that award-winning pizza using the exact ingredients and oven.

He won first place at the 2011 World Championship of Pizza Makers, has won several Food Network challenges and landed in the Guinness Book of World Records for spinning the largest pizza dough base (33.2 inches) in two minutes. Gemignani also owns and operates the International School of Pizza in San Francisco, teaching several styles, certifying professionals and instructing nonprofessionals for home cooking.

At his restaurants, you will not only find his classic Italian pies and dishes, but also authentic Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Detroit and other styles of pizza.

“When I won a bunch of awards, I traveled worldwide and nationwide, and during those stops, I ended up working with a lot of great independent operators who had different ingredients and different customers,” Gemignani says. “When you looked at those styles [in other places], people had not been doing them correctly or not at all. I wanted a restaurant with multiple ovens, multiple flours, multiple tomatoes to make each one authentic. I’ve been lucky enough to work with great people and go back to my restaurants and bring those styles.”

Asked which style is his favorite, Gemignani laughs and says he likes them all, if they’re done right.

“It’s like saying which pasta you like best, like you like spaghetti but hate linguini, but you can’t say you like one and hate the other because it’s still pasta,” he says. “If the pizza is light, not too weighed down, the dough is matured properly and you use fresh ingredients, I like it. But you can really screw that up.”

Freshness, Gemignani learned at a young age, is key. Growing up on a farm in Castro Valley, Calif., Gemignani watched his mom cook every day with the ingredients they grew.

Coincidentally, he also gets his design interests from his mom, whom he watched decorate an inviting home for his family for years.

At 18, Gemignani started working at his brother Frank’s Pyzano’s Pizzeria in Castro Valley (which closed its doors just last year after 21 years). He later attended Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli to become a certified pizza master and has worked nonstop since.

For those who can’t visit his restaurants or attend his school, Gemignani has written two cookbooks and is working on a third, which is, of course, pizza-related.

But for the man who eats, breathes and dreams pizza, he still has a lot of new ideas up his sleeves, and will continue to roll them out at Pizza Rock in the near future.

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More Hard Work Than Hard Drinking

Dry County Drinkers’ Frontman Jon Emery Iverson Puts In Real Country Heart Words Robin Bacior • Photos Jenna Brimage

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ountry music is the everyman’s music. In its truest form it represents the plight and hard work of an American. Dry County Drinkers not only embody the country sound, but the effort itself. While still celebrating their December release, One Drink, One Smoke, One Song, and getting ready for their album release show, the band is already getting in the studio to work on their new album.

How did it all start for Dry County Drinkers? For frontman Jon Emery Iverson, it began while he was living in Sonoma County, Calif., working at an Americana Radio station. While there, he got some of his musical education, and began going to The Black Cat in Penngrove (now Mack’s Bar & Grill) for live shows. He was also playing in a different band called Jon Emery and the Heartbroken.

“That was kind of where it all started and then kind of railroaded into Sacramento,” Iverson said.

Once here, he began looking for a band and found some musicians seeking a singer. The group joined forces and soon became Dry County Drinkers, now consisting of Iverson (guitar/vocals), Randolph Charles (guitar/dobro) and Mark Halverson (drums).

Right off the bat, live shows are a strong suit of Dry County Drinkers. The rowdy country vibe is of course a big help, but what really makes them stand apart is their interactive quality.

“The only way I know people are paying attention is if I talk to them,” Iverson said. “If I get a response, it’s like, ‘Awesome, I’m doing my job.’”

The Drinkers aim to give just as much energy as they ask for.

“The crowd is only as excited as the band is, so we like to be really animated on stage,” Iverson said.

It goes beyond the on-stage energy for Dry County Drinkers.

During their sets they’re good at keeping the crowd excited, but they know that before they get to the rowdy audience they need to be fully prepared.

“We’re not the type of band that shows up in whatever we wore to work that day. We put forth an effort to make the show look…as if we put forth an effort,” Iverson said.

They’re ready with the right gear, they’re energized for the show, but still the preparation and interactive energy doesn’t stop once the set is done. The guys get off the stage and stick around to chat with anyone and everyone.

“When we get down off the stage we’re available to talk to people. It’s basically shaking hands and kissing babies, and it’s totally fun,” Iverson said. “It’s part of being a band that wants to be a little more than a weekend warrior band or a cover band.”

Another part of that extra effort is thinking about the audience and what they’ll enjoy. For instance, Sacramento is home to a large community of cover bands, which can make it tough for a live act playing originals. Dry County Drinkers take that into account with their own repertoire.

“We have to get up there and sometimes compete with cover bands that are playing stuff that people already know,” Iverson said.

“When we’re writing new material we always think of different ways to not make it sound like the last song we did, but make it familiar enough that people are like, ‘I think I heard that song before,’ or think, ‘Oh cool!’”

The guys also use a lot of audience participation. While opening for David Allen Coe, they had the whole crowd screaming back at

“When we get down off the stage we’re available to talk to people. It’s basically shaking hands and kissing babies, and it’s totally fun. It’s part of being a band that wants to be a little more than a weekend warrior band or a cover band.”

– John Emery Iverson, Dry County Drinkers them for “Guess What I’m Drunk.” Even if there are only 15 people, the Drinkers keep their enthusiasm level high.

“We’ve been really lucky, but we’ve also been really professional,” Iverson said. “When we’re in [the venue] oddly enough we’re not in there to get drunk, we’re in there to be professional.”

Iverson started his honky-tonk interest with cover-band Two Dollar Pistols. That led him to other huge Drinkers influences like Jerry Reed, Hank Thompson and Dale Watson. The Drinkers strive for the tongue-incheek nature of old-style country, always finding a way to keep spirits up.

“Even if they’re heartbreaking they find some kind of key word to lighten the mood,” Iverson said.

The Drinkers follow that country motif and keep their shows lighthearted and fun. With that and the general bourbon-focused good-time lyrics, it might come as a surprise that the Drinkers have participated in multiple fundraisers, and it started with them hosting their own. Back in 2011 when the tornadoes hit the south, Iverson took it upon himself to try to find a way to help.

“We donated $140, and that was the catalyst,” Iverson said.

The Drinkers continued on with some other fundraisers, including Bands For Boobs and a Charter School fundraiser, during which they toned down the lyrics and performance a bit.

“We try to make it enjoyable for everybody so we’re not some rag tag group out there causing trouble at a charity event, because it’s not about us, it’s about the charity,” Iverson said.

As for the future of the group, there are no plans on slowing down the hard work.

“We’re doing our third self-produced record now. We’ll see how far that takes us,” Iverson said.

Dry County Drinkers will play Sacramento on Feb. 22 at Luna’s Café with Tell River and Zach Kincaid. To find out how to get a hold of their album One Drink, One Smoke, One Song and to keep up to date on their forthcoming album, go to Drycountydrinkers.com.

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Dry County Drinkers took a minute to each talk to Submerge about their best and favorite types of bourbon and shared a story about why they loved it so much.

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“My first sip will always be my favorite. We used to call it ‘Charter 7,’ but the official name is Old Charter Aged 7 Years.

“When we were in seventh grade my friend Bud’s grandma moved into his North Highlands home. She had a bottle of Charter 7 sitting on her bedroom dresser for ‘medicinal’ purposes and we soon began doing a little medicating of our own. We would take a quick slug right out of the bottle. It hurt so good! Like a burst of explosive butterscotch. Even the caramel, oak and rye fumes were intoxicating. The bourbon was a beautiful bronze to start, but we eventually added some water until it was obvious that we may get busted.”

Randolph Charles

(Guitar/Dobro)

“Jim Beam Black Label Double Aged…

“I drank it for the first time, well over a decade ago, after learning that it was Booker Noe’s [Jim Beam’s master distiller] favorite table whiskey. Booker was a member of the Jim Beam family and died in 2004. My wife and I have shared many bottles together with each other and our friends. Lots of great memories…”

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“It’s a toss up between Maker’s Mark and Knob Creek.

“My first whisky was Maker’s Mark… For a long while I was strictly a beer guy but a good friend of mine with a pretentious palate and a wallet to match had a dinner party and he asked if I wanted something to drink. Thinking he was going give me my ‘usual,’ I said, ‘Of course!’

He handed me a small glass of Maker’s whisky, neat.

I looked at him with trepidations, and he looked at me with a smile and said, ‘Ya don’t shoot it, you sip it… kinda like a good wine.’ So, I sipped a good amount, swished it around in my mouth and swallowed bits at a time. I must’ve had the most sour look on my face because my friend was laughing and he said, ‘Good ain’t it?’”

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o t w o d H e e c c Su ic s u M n i MC Ruby Ibarra cut her teeth rocking shows in Davis, but has since taken the Internet by storm Words Josh Fernandez • photo Donna Ibarra

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uby Ibarra has grown. Not physically, of course.

She’s still small as a tree stump, but with a widereaching Internet presence and a new mixtape, Lost in Translation (hosted by DJ Kay Slay), under her belt, the 5-foot MC has expanded in the hiphop sense of the word.

Ibarra can rap her ass off. When she first started rocking shows several years ago in Davis (where she attended college), crowds couldn’t help but to take notice. She was a spectacle to behold. Not only did Ibarra move around the stage with finesse and precision, it was clear that the petite rapper had an innate talent for language. Her word choice, diction and annunciation—even the way the syllables moved from her mouth into the atmosphere—brought new excitement to the medium of MCing. Steadily, Ibarra has found her footing and she has started to climb.

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Not long after she graduated, Ibarra began making music videos and posting them on YouTube, a couple of them making their way to the depths of Internet’s World Star Hip Hop (aka Red Light District), known for its obsessive attention to hood brawl videos and clips of naked crackheads twerking in the streets. While WSHH may very well be the sign of a rapidly declining civilization, there’s a certain prestige that comes with having one of your music videos displayed there, if not simply for the amount of Web traffic that the site generates on a day-to-day basis (perhaps the same rationale personal injury lawyers use when they advertise on bus stop benches).

Anyhow, when Ibarra realized her video posted on WSHH, she was ecstatic, if not a little clueless.

“I didn’t know that it was up online until I opened up my Facebook and I had like 100 friend requests,” she explains.

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knew if it was featured on there that it would allow me to reach out to a bigger audience and get my views up.”

To date, almost a quarter-million people have viewed the miraculous video of Ibarra spitting that nasty freestyle over a classic Channel Live beat where for two minutes she stands in front of a microphone, weaving her voice in and out of the drums, speeding up and slowing down to create textured tones and patterns. Impressive, indeed. Even the comments on the video (which on WSHH can be some of the most foul and ignorant examples of the English language to ever grace the Internet) remained unusually generous: “Dope!” exclaimed Tommy Yang; “cuz is cold,” said mr.cer913kc (who might win an award for the worst screen name ever). Even Cincothakid had enthusiastic praise: “She got tha stupid dope moves, respect.” But with the good always comes the, well, strangely racist: “Chink bitch is type nice hopefully she

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signs with somebody can actually advance her career and not just anybody.”

Perhaps it’s the thought that counts.

Ibarra recalls encountering these less-than-kind comments: “It’s funny because I told my mom that the video was featured on that website and she went to go check it out,” she says. “And I didn’t know she was going to go and read all the comments.

She’s like, ‘Man, there’s a lot of haters on that website.’”

Haters aside, Ibarra has pushed through negativity and kept her eyes on the mic, even garnering odd comparisons to more established rappers, such as Kreayshawn and Raekwon.

“That’s a pretty broad spectrum,” she laughs, slightly entertained by the incongruous pairing. “So I guess I fall somewhere in the middle.”

But with an increasing show of technique and bravado, Ibarra managed to by pass most comparisons and solidify her own, unique style—a barrage of well-crafted lyrics with a slight Filipina lisp. She began making a name for herself, and with that name came a tiny (but growing) digital empire.

“I decided to focus on releasing videos online,” she says.

“I noticed that a lot of the media today is Internet-based, and a YouTube video is this generation’s demo tape. I’ve tried to release videos on a monthly basis.”

It worked. Ibarra got a message one day from Hieroglyphics producer Domino, who she was able to meet and record a few tracks with in the studio. And soon enough, she met DJ Kay Slay and eventually set out to record a collection of her own songs, an undertaking that ultimately became Lost in Translation, a mixtape that manages to combine the MC’s powerful command of language with her penchant for ‘90s-era beats.

“The idea has been around for me for three years now,” Ibarra says. “I always wanted to put out a solo project just because people have been asking me if I had a full body of work.”

Lost in Translation is certainly a full body of work, as it culls from a diverse well of the hip-hop canon. The track “Boom Bip” utilizes a choice A Tribe Called Quest sample to recreate a genuine golden era vibe. In “Set it Off,” Ibarra guns her vocals full-force over RZA’s “Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)” beat. And one of Ibarra’s favorite tracks, “Guess Who,”

“It’s funny because I told my mom that the video was featured on [World Star Hip Hop] and she went to go check it out. And I didn’t know she was going to go and read all the comments.

She’s like, ‘Man, there’s a lot of haters on that website.’”

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is a serious and heart-wrenching tale of a woman’s search for identity and self-worth.

“That one stands out for me because it has a positive message and I guess people are used to me doing that type of lyrical, underground east coast sounding hip-hop,” she says.

“That one’s a bit different and actually had more meaning.”

And there’s even some unintentional comedy on the Lost in Translation mixtape, where the host, New York’s DJ Kay Slay, manages to severely and loudly mispronounce Ibarra’s last name in between almost every song (“My home girl, Ruby eye-BEAR-AH!”). It’s a blunder that Ibarra laughs off like a pro.

“When I got his audio files, it was basically the week of me releasing the mixtape, so it was kind of too late to have him go back in the studio again,” she says. “We were like, ‘Fuck it. Let’s keep it on there. People always sabotage my name anyways.’”

In the end, the mixtape, heavily laden with punch lines and odes to old school rap, is both nostalgic and new. For every retro-boom-bap beat, there’s the MC, whose complex language catapults listeners from the past into the not-sonear future, all in the space of one track. And as a rapper, she’s fearless, never shying away from topics like personal struggle, culture and triumph. On “LIT,” the mixtape’s concluding track, Ibarra touches on the core of who she is, as a woman, a rapper and as a Filipina. Over a murky, guitarladen beat, she rhymes: I devour all these nouns, but I can’t tower over vowels.

I confess sometimes the accent got me feelin’ far from proud.

And so I tried to translate, hyphenate the culture gap, Never realizing hiding that was putting culture back And words are powerful when kids be memorizing raps, Spitting it verbatim, this is where the higher learning’s at.

I gotta write verses to better understand self, But sometimes be sayin’ words don’t understand myself.

It’s more than verbal language just to reach communication; I got so much to say, but I’m lost in translation …

Ruby Ibarra’s Lost in Translation mixtape release party—with performances by Rasar (formerly Random Abiladeze), Task1ne, Bwan and Kiwi with Bandung55—will be hosted by Christian Bustos with DJ Rated R on the 1s and 2s. The show takes place Thursday, Feb. 28 at Sol Collective (2574 21st Street, Sacramento). Doors open at 8:30.

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Townhouse Wild w/ DJ Billy Lane, 9 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp The Session, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Ballistic Burnout, Victory or Death, Advent Statim, Against It All, Bri, T.O.O.K., 7 p.m.

Friday

Ace of Spades Andrew McMahon, The Reel, 6:30 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Jean-Luc, 9 p.m.

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

The Boardwalk Before You Fall, I Wish We Were Robots, We Rise the Tides, I The Captain, Salythia, Ashes in August, The Sun Sets Here, 7 p.m.

District 30 Penthaus, Mike Diamond, Jurts, Dr. Freezy, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, 9 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Island of Black and White, 6 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose Jay Shaner, Autumn Electric, 8 p.m.

Club Car Brazen Hussies & the Bad Boyz, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Mr. Friend, Element of Soul, Atlantis Rizing, 8:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited The Mike’s, 8 p.m.

The Colony Knifethruhead, Select Sex, Queefer Southerland, Escapement, 8 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Davis Art Center D’Amore Duo, 8 p.m. continued on page 22

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Ace of Spades 6:30 p.m.

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Penthaus, Jurts, Dr. Freezy

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Level Up Lounge Hot Pants w/ DJ Rock Bottom, 9 p.m.

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Mix DJ Elliott Estes, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.; Sil Shoda, Caesium, Brewfish, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Shift, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Anton Barbeau, The Corner Laughers, Willie Wisely Trio, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey James Cavern, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Chaka Khan, 8 p.m.

Club Car Campfire Crooners, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Graham Music Pros Grahamy Awards w/ Bloodsky, RAIDD, Madi, Cici and more, 4:30 p.m.

The Colony The Bar Fly Effect (Album Release), The Scowndrolls (Album Release), The Strange Party, The Community, Civil War Rust, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Andy and Shahab Tiam, 6:30 p.m.

District 30 Two Year Anniversary Party w/ Hyper Crush, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Andy D, Mango Jennings, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Steelin Dan, 7 p.m.; The Polish Ambassador, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Shine Standing & Staring, Alex’s Hand, Ogo Pogo, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Thomas Rhett, Georgia Rain, 7 p.m.

The Boardwalk Project Born, AMH, Rob Roy, Str8 Laced, Mello, Craig Manic, GFN, I-80 Players, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Downtown Plaza J*Ras and Family, 2 p.m.

Harlow’s The Portland Cello Project, 7 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove A. Jonez, 8 p.m.

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

Mix DJ Mike Moss, 9 p.m.

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

The Blue Lamp The Quick & Easy Boys, Sexrat, 9 p.m.

Davis Bike Collective Elephant Rifle, Dead Net, Kentucky Dirty, Magic Bullets, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Julie & the Jukes, Keep on Truckin, 9 p.m.

Townhouse Drive-Thru Mystics, Pookie and the Poodlez, Captain Amazing and the Okay I Guesses, Mindflowers 9 p.m.

Saturday

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

Powerhouse Pub Gumbo Stew, 3 p.m.; Open Blues Jam, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5 p.m.; Volker Strifler, 9 p.m.

2.09

Broderick Roadhouse Rock On Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Eve West Bessier, 8:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Fascination, 9:30 p.m.

The Where House? The Secretions, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children Macnuggits, Love Songs, Minsky Blackouts, Mad Judy, Dead Dads, 8 p.m.

Sunday

Ace of Spades Schoolboy Q, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rolling Heads, 10 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino ESP, 5 p.m.; Auto Replay, 10 p.m.

2.10

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Notorius, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino ESP, 5 p.m.; The Spazmatics, 10 p.m.

Shine Golden Cadillacs, Walking Spanish, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5 p.m.; AC Myles, 9 p.m.

Townhouse Pop Freq w/ DJ X-GVNR, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Kassie Ortega, 2 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Melody of China Band, 12 p.m.; Highway 20, 7 p.m.

Shine Dead Western, Residual Echoes, Colin L. Orchestra, 4 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Vintage Vandals, Delta City Ramblers, 8 p.m.

2.11 Monday

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.

2.10

The Portland Cello Project Harlow's 7 p.m.

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On The Y Irritant, White Minorities, Warnrv, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti-V, 9 p.m.

District 30 Verdugo Brothers, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Press Club Retox, Rat Damage, So Stressed, Tom Hanks, 8:30 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Old Soul Co. (The Alley) Actively Listening hosted by Autumn Sky and Mr. Erik James, 6 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Sean Fleming, 6 p.m.

Torch Club Bill Mylar, 5:30 p.m.; Dippin Sauce, 9 p.m.

Parlare L!FE w/ DJ Epik, DJ Oasis, DJ Lahn, 9 p.m.

Townhouse GRIMEY w/ DJ Whores and guests, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Maven, Drawing Out Life, 8 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

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Townhouse Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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Tuesday

The Boardwalk Random AKA Mega Ran, DJ Awkward, DJ DN3, Penny, Fade, Rob Roy, Masyah, Arty Fresha, 7 p.m.

Ace of Spades The Green, New Kingston, Street Urchinz, Brodi Nicholas, 6:30 p.m.

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

Bows & Arrows Sea of Bees, Nick Jaina, 8 p.m.

The Colony Concussion, Brain Rash, Creepy Little Legs, Rebel Punk, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist w/ Ming and Ping, Sam I Jam, Adam J, Taylor Cho, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

District 30 DJ Louie Giovanni, 9 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Soft Kill, E S S, Man in the Planet, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose Northern Soul, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, Louisa, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

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

Marilyn’s An Evening of Voice for the Heart & Soul, 9 p.m.

2.12 Sea of bees Nick Jaina

Bows & Arrows 8 p.m.

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Georgia Rain The Stoney Inn 7 p.m.

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Press Club BOGL, Whores, Fame Change, 5th Bar Drop, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Holy Child, 9 p.m.

2.14 Thursday

Ace of Spades Gyptian, Valu Fa, NiceUp, 7 p.m.

The Boardwalk Sauce Game University, Ride or Die Records, Little D, D Rec, 7 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Classical Revolution Handmade Instrument Workshop and Performance, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Lisa Phenix, Kieran Strange, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Close To You (Carpenter’s tribute), 7 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Against the Grain, 9:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fastlane, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Georgia Rain, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Valentine’s Game Show w/ X Trio, 5 p.m.; Candy’s River House, 9 p.m.

Townhouse Wild w/ DJ Billy Lane, 9 p.m. continued on page 24

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Luna’s Cafe Gene Smith Lives, Ross Hammond & Amy Reed, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Zenda Marie, We Are the West, Teton Corp, 9 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ Esef and guests, 10 p.m.

Mix DJ Elliott Estes, 9 p.m.

2.16

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.; Highway 12, Monomyth Inception, Clock Work Hero, Some Fear None, 8 p.m.

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

The Lava Pups Sneaky Tiki’s

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Shine 8 p.m.

2.15 FRIDAY

Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture, 10 p.m.

Club Car Undercover, 9 p.m.

Crest Theatre The Fab Four, 7:30 p.m. (Sold Out)

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Ice House Blues, 5 p.m.; Audioboxx, 10 p.m.

Ace of Spades Baby Bash, Reign, Playah K, Richard The Rockstar, No Mutiny Cliq, Suave Debonaire, R dot Carter, Baeza, Mark Snipes, CBK, Lucky Lefty, 6:30 p.m.

District 30 DJ Billy Lane, 9 p.m.

Shine North Bound Train, Groovin’ High, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose Island of Black & White, Vanessa Oconnel, Natural Drift, 9 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort The Bar-Kays, Zapp, Club Nouveau, 8:30 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

The Blue Lamp In The Silence, Zero Client, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Fishtank Ensemble, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5 p.m.; Kevin Russell, 9 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Dollyrots, Dog Party, 8 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Hot Pants w/ DJ Rock Bottom, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Tony Bataska, 9 p.m.

2.16 Saturday

2.17

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Awkward Lemon, Sean Fleming, T.J. McNalty, 8 p.m.

Sunday

Ace of Spades Soulfly, Incite, Damage Over Time, Chernobog, 6:30 p.m.

Ace of Spades For Today, Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive, Upon A Burning Body, Gideon, Incredible Me, 6 p.m.

Marilyn’s The Bell Boys (Single Release Party), Rocca Varnado, Ancient Astronaut, iDream Music Group, 8:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Blitz: ‘80s Darkwave, Goth, Post Punk, 9 p.m.

Mix DJ Mike Moss, 9 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Rock On Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Cigarette Machine, James Finch Jr., 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Boyz II Men, 8 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Spider, 9 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Apple Z, 10 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Campfire Crooners, 2 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Agent Orange, Simpl3jack, The Aberzombies, No Beatings from Holly, Rebel Radio, 7 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Pregnant, Sun Country, Mucky the Ducky, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey BlackEyed Dempseys, 9 p.m.

Club Car Stonekold, 9 p.m.

The Colony C-Dubb, O.T.F., Sour Diesel, 8 p.m.

Davis Bike Collective The Mallard, G Green, English Singles, 8 p.m.

District 30 DJ Elements, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose E Squared (CD Release), Zachary James & The All Seeing Eyes, Alexandra & The Starlight Band, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s ALO, California Honeydrops, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Ice House Blues, 5 p.m.; Audioboxx, 10 p.m.

Shine The Lava Pups, Sneaky Tiki’s, 8 p.m.

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

Townhouse Pop Freq w/ DJ X-GVNR, 9 p.m.

The Where House? The Left Hand (Album Release), A Single Second, Avenue Saints, The Astrozombies, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Denver J & Avielette, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Open Blues Jam, 7 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Chaparral, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; The Golden Cadillacs, 8 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Coed Pageant, 2 p.m.

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Paula Poundstone The Crest 6:30 p.m.

2.18 Monday

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Luna’s Cafe Fly By, Butterfly, 7:30 p.m.

Erik Griffin, Feb. 7 - 10, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Ian Bagg, Feb. 14 - 17, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic Scramble, every Sunday and Monday, 7:30 p.m.

Harold Night, every Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 p.m.

Comedy Space w/ Ray Molina, every Thursday, 9 p.m.

Odd Fellows Hall Camper Van Beethoven, The West Nile Ramblers, 7 p.m.

The Stand Up Show, every Friday, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.

Anti-Cooperation League, every Saturday, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Top 10 List Podcast Live!, every Saturday, 10:30 p.m.

Press Club Musical Charis, Island of Black and White, The Church, 8:30 p.m.

Ngaio Bealum’s Birthday Show, Feb. 15, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Buddy Emmer Band, 7 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

Townhouse Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Shine Comedy Night, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Nutty Monday’s Comedy Showcase hosted by Lance Woods, every Monday, 9 p.m.

Tommy T’s Comedy Showcase feat. Ruben Mora and Friends, Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Expo Naughty Gras, Feb. 9, 8 p.m.

Community Center Theatre Sacramento Ballet presents: The Great Gatsby, Feb. 7 - 10 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, every Tuesday, 7 p.m.

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

Marilyn’s Sacramento’s 2013 Most Eligible Bachelor & Bachelorette, Feb. 12, 5:30 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium Sacred City Derby Girls Season Opener, Feb. 8, 7 p.m.

Sacramento Ballet presents: Gatsby Prohibition Party, Feb. 10, 4:30 p.m.

Old Sacramento Bars Old Sacramento Mardi Gras 2013, Feb. 9 Pine Cove Trivia Night, every Wednesday, 9 p.m.

Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Red Rabbit One Year Anniversary Party, Feb. 9, 8 p.m.

Sacramento Art Complex Nocturnal by Raphael Delgado, through Feb. 2

Crest Theatre Paula Poundstone, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m.

Darren Carter, Feb. 7 - 10, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Comedy Open Mic Showcase, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

Faizon Love, Feb. 14 - 16, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

Poetry with Legs hosted by Bill Gainer, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Misc.

University Union Ballroom, CSUS The Vagina Monologues, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.

Comedy

Don Barnhart Comedy Hypnosis, Feb. 8 - 10, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Sean Peabody, Chad Heft, Ryan Noack, Feb. 14, 7 p.m.

Sean Peabody, Chad Heft, Feb. 15 - 17, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Mark G, Ellis Rodriguez, Key Lewis, Dennis Gaxiola, Sean Peabody, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.

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

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Art Of Toys Romance feat. artist Mary Lyons, Marca Castillo, Yoland Bello, Feb. 1 - 28 Blue Cue Trivia Night, every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Patients: Artwork by Matthew Mora, Opening Feb. 9, 6 p.m.

Sleep Train Arena Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream, Feb. 13 - 18

University Union Redwood Room, CSUS The Dating Game, Feb. 13, 12 p.m.

YWCA Sacramento Carnaval 2013, Feb. 16, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

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

Cache Creek Casino The Imperial Acrobats of China, Feb. 10

Punchline Comedy Club New Faces Showcase, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

Chinese New Year Celebration, Feb. 16

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The Mistress Band Instagon Marilyn’s on K, Sacramento saturday, Feb. 2, 2013

Words Steph Rodriguez • photos nicholas wray

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o two shows are ever the same, and the band has been around the Sacramento and Southern California areas as long as Lob’s ponytail. Lob being the only consistent bass player and founding member of the amoeba that is the band Instagon.

Instagon is a free-form, experimental jam band that has performed more than 600 shows to date and has logged an equal amount of intentionally rotating band members. So, how does that work, exactly? Lob extends invitations to a wide variety of local talents, like guitarist Ross Hammond or Leticia Garcia of Ghostplay to join in; he’s even included Greg Ginn of Black Flag and Rikk Agnew from The Adolescents and D.I. during past performances.

However, this past weekend at Marilyn’s on K, Instagon celebrated its 20 th anniversary with a one-of-a-kind live show including more than a dozen musicians featuring eight guitarists, a drum circle at the foot of the stage, two drums sets, lots of brass and the list continues.

“When [Instagon] first started it was kind of like, let’s invite everybody out to make noise at once. Then, it kind of evolved into more of a band like it is now and it’s gone through many phases,” explains Lob. “In the early days, I would show up with a hand drill. We even did a show once where it was the Instagon Tool and Appliance Orchestra where there was even a blender section.”

Lob describes Instagon in many words, but two will do just fine—noise art. And it was

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certainly noisy at Marilyn’s this past weekend with audience members staring at the cluster of musicians before them.

Just before Instagon’s performance, Lob calls all participants outside for a few quick pointers, and there are only two guidelines to his improv orchestra, if he brings the tone low, go ahead and feel free to introduce a solo or take the music in a different direction. But, if the tone of his bass is louder or higher, then that’s the signal to just jam along with the rest of the band. After a bit of reefer is passed around and all was said and done, the 20-year rendition of Instagon shuffles one-by-one back inside the venue, some extinguishing their last cigarette before finding a spot on stage.

“It’s really an escape for me. I’m going to invoke this demon and ride it. It’s really like a voodoo ritual,” says Lob. “I’m going to feel the energy and the power from it. I really enjoy the energy of what Instagon brings to the stage and anybody that’s played will attest to that.

To be a part of that is amazing and fun.”

Wails and screams emit from Instagon’s unique, 20-year anniversary performance courtesy of one short-haired woman. A masked man very reminiscent of Hannibal Lecter sits at the foot of the stage aggressively slapping his conga-looking drum, another woman fiddles with her Theremin radiating off-kilter, sci-fi notes while another man dressed in a black top hat and long fancy coat (like something Luciano Pavarotti might Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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wear) gets weird on another Theremin. Then, there’s the saxophonist, who continually wails into a microphone. And then, there are the two drummers, jamming alongside one another toward the back. Plus, the single trumpet player from the band Egg of Winters is dancing about. Oh, and the eight guitarists. Not to mention countless extra musicians hidden behind one another on the crowded stage. In the end, the list of musical instruments goes on longer than “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song and all band members are contributing just about every note scaling the entire alphabet. It’s chaotic.

It’s a bit Sun Ra. It’s a bit tribal. And at the center of it all is Lob, a conductor of noise art and his baton, a bass guitar.

Former guitarist of indie rock band Der Spazm and founding member of her newest project Ghostplay, Leticia Garcia, has performed in a couple versions of Instagon and says the music helped her the most at a time when she stepped away from music. She says the improvisational style kept her on her toes and often introduced her to new musicians.

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“That’s what [it’s] about, those little moments of amazing, those musical moments that will never ever happen again. It becomes something special for everyone there watching the show and the musicians playing.”

With more than 600 different combinations of musicians and more than 600 shows logged on Instagon’s website, which is like an intricately kept Internet database, one can read all the names Lob’s invited to play alongside him. He’s even attached dates to each name and whether or not the musician performed a second or third time. Yeah, it’s all there.

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I’m an awful sap when it comes to movies.

Correction: I’m an awful sap when it comes to everything. The older I get, the sappier I become. At this rate, by the time I hit 60, I’ll be reduced to a bucket of syrup. Therefore, though I love all kinds of movies—from horror to indie to action—I do love a good love story.

Unfortunately, this year Hollywood’s not turning up the love with its Valentine’s releases. A Good Day to Die Hard opens Feb. 14, and I really want to see it, but where’s the love, man?

Love comes in all shapes and sizes, so I’ve compiled a few movies that might get you in the Valentine’s Day mood, if you’re a weirdo like I am. If you’re the kind of curmudgeonly doofus who despises Valentine’s Day and turns his/her nose at the very whiff of romance, first, get the fuck over yourself (really, what’s wrong with you?) and second, check out a few of these love-centric flicks that always seem to find their way onto my TV screen.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

True Romance (1993)

There have been many film interpretations of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, but this one is by far the best. I’m no Disney hater. The Mouse’s animated version was endearing, but nothing beats Charles Laughton as the title character scampering up the church bells to impress his beloved Esmeralda (played by the stunning Maureen O’Hara). This is an unrequited love tale, perhaps, but those are usually the best kind. It also involves gypsies and evil priests. If you’re not cheering as Quasimodo triumphantly climbs high on the iconic cathedral, you’re most likely an asshole.

Starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette at their ‘90s best, this is for the person who likes their love stories bloody and full of bullets. Really, is there any other kind? A comic book nerd ends up falling in love with a call girl, who falls in love with him, and when he kills her pimp, all hell breaks loose. Love can conquer all, though, even a horde of bloodthirsty mobsters and a slew of douche bag cops.

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Before Sunrise (1995) Before Sunset (2004) Back in the mid-‘90s, Richard Linklater created a simple tale about two lovers (an American, Ethan Hawke, and a French woman, Julie Delpy) who meet on a train through central Europe. Over the course of one evening they fall in love, and it’s just about the best thing ever. The ending left us wondering if they ever fulfilled their promise to meet up again. Ten years later (in real world time and also in the world of the film), they do. Both these films are purely romances, and if you don’t like them, then we can’t be friends. The third film Before Midnight premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and should be in theaters in 2013. I’ll probably ask it to hold me and tell me everything will be OK.

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Superbad (2007)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Romance? Hardly, but Superbad, for all its dick jokes and low-brow humor is one of the best love stories of the past 10 years. Though there is some measure of romantic love (or lust as the case may be) as Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Sera) attempt to have their first sexual encounters, the real love here is the bromance between our two male leads. Whether you’re a dude or not, we can all value the unique kind of love shared between best friends, and if you’re alone (again) this Valentine’s Day, it’s better than nothing.

One of this year’s award-show contenders, this film is a quirky love story that addresses mental illness and revolves around a group of Philadelphia Eagles fans. For that reason alone I should’ve hated it (because Philly sucks), but Silver Linings Playbook instantly shorted out my sensitivity circuits with its life-affirming awesomeness. There’s all kinds of love in this one: brotherly love, the love of a child, romantic love—it’s a love bonanza, and also extremely well written and acted.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even like the Eagles… OK, that would never happen.

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James Barone jb@submergemag.com When human beings first discovered fire, I wonder if they had any idea what it would mean for their species. Did they have any idea that this mysterious and dangerous apparition they had conjured from maybe a couple pieces of wood would eventually stoke the flames of industry and spark countless revolutions? Could they have possibly foreseen the rise of cities and science and the World Wide Web? Did they know that fire would one day contribute to Applebee’s waitress Chelsea Welch losing her job?

That may be a quite a leap in logic, but it’s important to track things down to their sources.

Nothing just happens. A combination of factors must be considered before you can really understand any event.

Welch was working at an Applebee’s in St. Louis, Mo., when a colleague of hers who had been working the table of a large group received a snarky note on a receipt. It was from a pastor, no less, Alois Bell. Groups of six or more are charged with an 18 percent gratuity, as you probably know, and as you’ve probably tried to pull in the past, Bell had tried to get the bill split up so she could avoid the mandatory tip. However, when the 18 percent was added to her total regardless, she wrote, “I give God 10 percent, why do you get 18?”

I don’t know Bell personally, but I do know one thing that holds true for people in general: You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat the people who work for or serve them.

They may be the most easygoing and friendly person in the world, but if you discover that someone is unduly snippy, condescending or overly demanding of a waitress, you should probably end your relationship with that person immediately. If you are that person, buy a rowboat and paddle out to the middle of the ocean, because you’re no good for society.

Sure, we’ve all had bad service. In those situations, you should probably just keep your mouth shut and tip the absolute minimum.

That’s what civilized people do. Chances are, if the waiter was really that shitty, he or she won’t be working there much longer anyway.

Live and let live. Didn’t Jesus say that?

Well, he probably should have, because those are words to live by. And if he did, Pastor Bell should have kept that in mind. Her server

doesn’t make the rules as far as mandatory gratuities are concerned. I’m assuming if she had, it would be a hell of a lot more than 18 percent. Regardless, Pastor Bell is governed by a much Higher Authority than the Applebee’s Corporate Office. She’s got to answer to the Man Upstairs, and I’m sure if God was seated at the bar at Applebee’s, He’d throw down a generous tip for His appetizer sampler platter and pint of Blue Moon (no orange, thank you). If His service was poor, do you think He’d scrawl some crankyass note on a receipt? Hell NO He wouldn’t. Maybe He’d just leave the change and deal with the issue at another time, if you know what I mean.

Bell should probably practice what she preaches (see what I did there?). But is that really the cause of all of this hubbub? No. This shit happens all the time. It’s probably happening right now in some generic chain restaurant in any mega-shopping plaza in Whereversville, U.S.A., as you read this, but this incident went viral thanks to Welch posting the photo of the receipt to Reddit.

It spread quickly and led Welch, though she wasn’t the person to whom the note was directed, to losing her job. In so doing, Applebee’s started a related Internet shit storm of people demanding the restaurant chain hire Welch back. Applebee’s then countered with an explanation, which only pissed off people more, and then decided (inexplicably, in the middle of the night) to start responding to the angry comments individually, which got people even more pissed and now the minor shit storm about one person losing her job over something stupid turned into an Internet feces tsunami with tens of thousands of comments about why their comments were deleted or ignored or responded to or yadda yadda yadda.

All of this leads us to this—what you’re reading right now. So how did this all start? Was it the ever-growing Internet mob outraged at Applebee’s? Or, that Chelsea Welch got fired for posting a photo? How about the note that started it all? I think it goes back further than that.

You see, about 1.2 million years ago in South Africa (according to an article on WBUR. org) it is believed that a group of prehistoric humans sat down and made themselves a fire…

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