Issue 70 (October 11 - 25, 2010) by Submerge Magazine

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas

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Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Despite the fact that every single member of a band plays a significant roll in having a certain sound, a good drummer can take that band to a whole other level. There’s been quite a few times when I’ve watched a band and the drummer really stole the show. Three that I’ve seen that really stuck out were Samantha Maloney, who I saw with A Perfect Circle, then with Mötley Crüe and even another time with Peaches; Josh Freese, who’s drummed with The Vandals and Nine Inch Nails; and 20-year-old Mike Byrne, who recently toured through Sacramento with The Smashing Pumpkins. The coordination involved and being able to move each limb and have them operate independently from one another is mind blowing to me. Only after a few tries can I rub circles on my stomach with my left arm and pat my head with my right at the same time. There are plenty of good drummers out there, but the outstanding ones are in very high demand. They’re wanted for multiple tours and tons of recordings. Case-in-point would be the subject of one of our cover stories, local drummer extraordinaire Zach Hill. He admitted to us that he’s been on at least 100 or more records! After touring with almost every one of his label’s (Sargent House) bands, he finally was able to finish his own solo album called Face Tat, which will be available in stores as of Oct. 19. Please flip to page 22 and read about Hill’s art form, which to him is deeper than words. I could see how people in the music industry could get burnt or could clearly just need a break. Both Mike McColgan (of Street Dogs) and Bilal Oliver had significant pivotal moments in their lives, yet they are back making music and even releasing albums this year. McColgan, who originally sang for Dropkick Murphys, left to pursue a career with the Boston Fire Department. After a few years, he came back to play music full-time and formed his current project, Street Dogs. Releasing their fifth full-length this past August and touring to support it, McColgan took the time to talk to us about the shit that pisses him off. Please check out our interview starting on page 18. Bilal, after having major praise from his first album, took a turn with his career. After the completion of his second album, Love for Sale, his label shelved it due to a leak. After dealing with major label bullshit and growing from it, with it almost being a decade since his last official release, he’s finally back with his newest album Airtight’s Revenge. On page 11 you can read our interview with Bilal describing what he was able to take away from his situation. Chico, Calif., band (by the way of Sacramento) Chingus will be releasing an album this month titled Whose Chingus. They will be celebrating at Old Ironsides on Saturday, Oct. 23. On page 14 you can learn about their definition of Chingus, how they surpassed being a “college band,” as well as learn what’s in store for their main member, Mark Gonzalez, who is also a big contributor to other bands in the Sacramento jam and rock scenes. We also have some other great, non-music related content in this issue: We have a feature highlighting a few pop-culture costumes that might be up your alley for Halloween this year. They’re great ideas for those on a tight budget, as well as helpful if you’re looking to team up with someone. Our couples costume ideas are great for boyfriends and girlfriends or if you’re looking for something if you’re just a couple of friends. It’s Halloween, guys love being dressed as girls, and some girls love being warm, so going dressed as a dude works too. We also have pieces on Crocker Art Museum and Two Rivers Cider Company that are worth checking out, as well as our regular columns that are always guaranteed great reads.

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The stream Movies have been ruining books since the ‘20s. But now albums too? Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is currently working with HBO executives with plans to make NIN’s 2007 album Year Zero into a television mini-series. Helping Reznor with the project is producer Lawrence Bender (Pulp Fiction), writer Daniel Knauf and executive producer Kevin Kelly Brown (Roswell). BBC Worldwide Productions is also involved. “It’s been an interesting and very educational process,” Reznor said. “Now we’re writing drafts back and forth. So it’s very much alive and incubating at the moment.” Year Zero was considered by Reznor to be a concept album that tackled current issues in the U.S. government and how they would affect future generations. Singer/songwriter Regina Spektor will be releasing a CD/DVD combo later this year. The Russian-born artist’s Live in London was recorded during a December 2009 performance and will hit stores Nov. 22. Spektor performed 22 songs that will make it on the CD portion of the release, including three tracks that have only been performed at concerts. The DVD takes viewers backstage at the London show and includes sound-check footage and a tribute to the late Daniel Cho, Spektor’s cellist who drowned in Switzerland in July.

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Lil wayne lands in solitary It’s safe to say that James Burns doesn’t like Weezer very much. Burns has organized a petition on Thepoint.com with hopes of bringing down Weezer, a band Burns says has abused fans for years. The goal of the petition is to raise $10 million and offer it to Weezer if the band agrees to break up. “If all 852,000 of you who bought Pinkerton pitch in $12, we will meet our goal,” Burns says in the petition. Weezer has responded to the organizer, telling him to make it $20 million, and he’s got a deal. Lil Wayne almost made it through his jail stint without an incident. Unfortunately, he just couldn’t go without his music. The rapper earned a trip to solitary confinement this week after he was caught wearing headphones. The punishment is severe—23 hours a day in isolated lock-up until his scheduled release in November. Apparently Wayne, who is serving time at Rikers Island for a gun crime, was being helped by a fellow inmate who was concealing an MP3 player for the rapper. Headphones or no headphones, Lil Wayne still managed to release an album, I Am Not a Human Being, while in prison.

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Glee has surpassed the Beatles as the “artist” with the third most singles on the charts. The Glee cast has registered 75 total singles, surpassing the Fab Four’s 71, the BBC reports. The show’s singles, of course, aren’t original songs but covers of the country’s biggest hits. Why Glee is even in the same conversation as artists like the Beatles, Elvis (No. 1) and James Brown (No. 2) is absurd to me, yet it shows the power of television. Glee and American Idol have impacted the music business more than anything else in the past 10 years, save perhaps Napster. Please stop comparing Glee and the NOW! series to legitimate artists’ careers. (B.F.) Local band Life in 24 Frames is hard at work on its first full-length release, which is being produced and engineered by Robert Cheek of By Sunlight. Everything he touches turns out great, so look for that release to please ears all over the Sacramento region and beyond. On Oct. 22 at Luigi’s Fungarden the band will host a “Live Album Listening Party” where they will play the new record in its entirety, giving fans and friends a chance to hear the new material before its fall/winter release.

San Francisco indie band LoveLikeFire will once again grace Sacramento with its presence on Oct. 16 at Townhouse Lounge. I’ve seen this band before, and let me just say they’re incredible! Also performing will be I’m Dirty Too, a rocking duo consisting of Jess Gowrie (formerly of Red Host) and Zac Brown (who plays in a million rad bands like DoomBird and Dusty Brown to name a couple) and The Dreaded Diamond, a much-talked-about Sacramento band who recently worked with Ira Skinner at his new studio, Alley Avenue Studios. As if that isn’t enough awesome-ness for one night, there will be two DJs spinning as well: Tim “Kicksville” Matranga (who’s “Kicksville 29 B.C.” radio show has been broadcast on KDVS for over 17 years) and Spencer Sullivan (who used to host “Metal Mondays” at Golden Bear.) Doors open at 8 p.m. and it’s just $5 to get in. The other day I was pulling into the Submerge office and saw what looked like a music video shoot going down on a stoop across the street. Turns out it was Lee Bannon and Chuuwee working with San Francisco-based multimedia production company Adventure Refugee, headed by award-winning director, cinematographer and photographer James Adamson. They were shooting for the track “Sac! (916)” off their recently released mixtape Hot N’ Ready. They said the night before they shot a video for the track “6 Feet Deep” as well, so keep an eye out for both of those by following @ChuuweeTUS and @ Bannon916 on Twitter. (J.C.)

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Heart Boutique Sacramento fashionistas listen up. Your newest option just opened this past Second Saturday: Heart Clothing Boutique. Located at the corner of 19th and Capitol (1903 Capitol to be exact) and headed by our good friend and amazing photographer Amanda Lopez’s sister, Vanessa Lopez. This cute and well-put-together boutique is full of shop-o-holic scores. Featured brands include, but aren’t limited to: Keds, Melody Ehsani Jewelry, BB Dakota, Tulle and Sac Diego Hat Company. Guys, grab your girls and girls, grab your friends, it’s time to go shopping.

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CORE Dance Collective’s The Doorway Sacramento’s very own CORE Dance Collective is at it again with their newest work entitled The Doorway, an entirely new piece by artistic director Kelli Leighton. CORE’s press release for the event says, “The athletic contemporary and jazz movement is inspired by the unique personality of the different rooms in a Victorian mansion. The Doorway stimulates your eyes and ears and toys with your emotions while you to follow the dark and quirky characters entangled within the house.” In a recent e-mail conversation with Blair Cacanando, CORE’s assistant artistic director, she agreed that this performance would be perfect for our editorial section “Submerge Your Senses.” “We keep describing to people that it is going to be an all sensory experience, not just a show in a theater,” she said. Perfect! Not only can you see the dancers’ awe-inspiring performances, you can hear them, feel them even (hey, get your mind out of the gutter, we mean feel them emotionally sick-o). The Doorway will premier at Benvenuti Performing Arts Center, located at 4600 Blackrock Drive in Sacramento, on Oct. 22–23. There will also be performances the following week on Oct. 29–30. Tickets are just $15 in advance and $20 at the door, for more information visit www.coredancecollective.org.

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Downtown Sacramento is about to get a whole lot sweeter when Icing on the Cupcake’s new store opens up at 1121 Alhambra Boulevard (in between Jamba Juice and La Fiesta Taqueria to give you a general idea). Icing already has two stores in the region, one in Rocklin and one in Folsom and on Oct. 16 they’ll celebrate the grand opening of their first downtown spot. This month their special flavor is caramel corn, and if you take just two seconds to navigate to their website, www.icingonthecupcake.com, we’re pretty sure your mouth will be watering at the sight of this salty and sweet delectable treat. “We took rich vanilla butter cake, topped it with a creamy caramel butter cream frosting, and finished it off with fleur de sel and a piece of caramel corn,” says the description. Mmm, sign us up for a dozen! Also this month, Icing on the Cupcake is donating one dollar from every “Pinkdelicious” cupcake (Icing’s “signature cupcake”) sold through Oct. 31 to CureBreastCancer.org. Their cupcakes are sweet and so are their hearts!

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The Optimistic Pessimist Political Ro-Sham-Bo Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com Politics are just a big game, nothing more. Until recently, it was mostly a two-player game, with both sides locked in a stalemate for the past 20 years or so. Dug into their respective trenches, the Democrats and Republicans took pot shots at one another, with neither side really ever gaining much ground. It’s been quite a cluster-fuck, but that was apparently only the beginning. In the past year, the Tea Party has taken it up a notch to dumb the game down. The result is pure ridiculousness. There used to be some honor in the game, respect even (just a little), but no more. No longer akin to a chess match, politics have regressed into something much more childlike. Thumb wrestling would almost describe it, but it’s much more lazy. Besides, today’s politicians seem to prefer games of chance where they can gamble our futures away. Perhaps a better game would be RoSham-Bo. Of course, a three-way Ro-ShamBo means each side’s actions cancel out another’s, causing a null game. Politicians would like this since, essentially, no one wins or loses. Fun, huh? So, I guess the only question left is which party will pick rock, who wants paper, and who chooses scissors? Based on their actions to date, I think I have pretty good idea of how it will all go down. The Tea Party is so bloodthirsty. They won’t be happy until everyone’s assholes are resting comfortably on the end of a bayonet. Unfortunately, bayonets are not an option in Ro-Sham-Bo; so, the Tea Party will have to go for the next best thing: scissors. While a seemingly obvious choice, it won’t be easy for the Tea Baggers to settle on scissors. There is going to be a lot of discussion about how the hand gesture for scissors looks a lot like a peace sign. To quell their fear of hippies, they’ll agree to attach blades to their scissor fingers. Showing a clear disregard for the safety of others, they’ll run with their scissorfingers and scream that the end is near. The Tea Baggers will cut out the already bleeding hearts of all liberal/commie/ socialist/elitist devils across America. When not literally disheartening their enemies, the Tea Party will use their scissors to cut up

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the Constitution in order to protect its true meaning (at least as it’s defined by the Tea Party, or amended by Jesus). Believe it or not, we will have to rely on the Republicans to save us from the scissorfingered, brainless, Tea Party menace. The Republicans see themselves as immovable, resolute and solid, like a rock. They are also stubborn, burdensome, jagged, obtrusive and annoying, just like rocks. They stand in the way of progress and break the backs of those forced to haul them away. Rocks can also be used to build walls, and we all know Republicans love them some walls. From gated communities to border fences, America is going to be so “safe.” And if things get unsafe, Republicans will use their rocks to stone their enemies. It’s about to get biblical, bitches! The Democrats will take about nine months to actually make their move, so they will be stuck with the only remaining option, paper. Despite the lack of choice, Democrats will debate the matter to exhaustion. In the end, the aerodynamically efficient hand gesture for paper will win them over to accepting the only choice they had in the first place. They will write things on paper and read it out loud in the House and Senate chambers, and everyone will have to listen. They will write wonderful new laws, only to feed them to their fellow “paper” people, who will tack on so much crap that the paper they started out with ends up looking like an origami asshole. They will never stop patting themselves on the backs for covering those stone-headed Republicans with their lovely paper. With all their enemies vanquished, the Democrats will prepare to “better” the world. They will use tons of paper, writing long-winded, inarticulate and often redundant laws that never seem to work out as originally intended. Eventually things will get so bad that Democrats will use pieces of card stock to slit their wrists, leaving the country in the hands of the Libertarians, Green Party and the American Freedom Party. I can’t even fathom what kind of game those three might play.

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A Masterful Revenge

Soul singer/songwriter Bilal comes back with a vengeance after a lengthy absence Words Corey Bloom | Photo Eric Coleman

Born in Philadelphia in 1979, Bilal Oliver was immersed in music at a young age. As if through osmosis, he absorbed the energy of the jazz and soul greats that paved the roads he roamed, studying the sounds and applying them as he saw fit. Educated in the arts, he nurtured his dream into a reality and by the time he was 21 already had heavyweights like Dr. Dre and Raphael Saadiq in his corner. His debut released in 2002 was met with resounding praise, but fate took a turn when his followup Love for Sale was leaked, then shelved, eventually resulting in Bilal parting ways with what he had worked so hard for. The sudden left in his life may have been the right move, as almost a decade after his debut he has pieced together his most creative and liberating piece of work. Airtight’s Revenge (a mark of triumph over the leak) finds Bilal playing the role of the alchemist; blending genres, cross-pollinating sounds and burrowing his way into his own niche. The only constant is the signature voice, and the conviction from which it comes. Read on, and bare witness Oct. 24 at Dream Nightclub. I understand early on you learned to recreate Miles Davis and other jazz cats’ songs with your voice. Was that something that you just took to, or did someone hip you to that? My friends in high school were jazz musicians, and we would always scat all the tunes, that’s just how we would do it. It intrigued me, and then I realized all the great jazz musicians like Dizzy Gilisepe and Satchmo did it, so I followed that. Hip-hop at this time was getting really big in the United States. Did you ever go through a rapping phase or did you always stick to singing? I went through a little of a rapping phase. My name was… It was a while ago, but it wasn’t anything serious. Did I hear you start to say you had MC name? Yeah, I wasn’t going to disclose that [laughs]… I changed my mind. MC Think [laughs]. From being a kid to teenager, you were signed when you were 19. How have your goals changed since then? Well, I always knew I wanted to have a band and make music. That’s always been my dream since high school, and it’s all come to fruition. This is my career. I’m making a living off of doing this, so I think I’m living that. It has to be different musically now on this go-around. When I was signed to a bigger label, the whole catalyst was to make this one big single that would blow up. I used to say, “Man, I wish I could just make music and not really focus on making that one single.” After a while your whole album starts to sound like that “one big single.” Now, I’m in a situation where they allow me to just make music. I’m able to do a lot more. I went back to the singer/songwriter thing I was starting to do on Love for Sale. I played keyboard on all but two songs, and I wrote them all from piano, so I got to play a lot more. I heard an interview where you were talking about how you took two years off from music after the Love for Sale situation. You were talking about how you were hanging out with a painter, and how he referred to himself as a musician so that he wouldn’t have the pressure of being a great painter, and how you then in jest called yourself a painter on the flip. Is there a painter you find parallels with as a musician? I would say someone in the angle of Salvador Dali. He was very skilled, but he mixed everything up and stretched it out and mutated to an obscene level to where it was something new. He knew how to draw appropriately, but he painted so inappropriately. He made his own way. He had the technique to do whatever he wanted to do, and he was just out there.

Without going through that two-year period, do you think you could have made an album like this or was it critical to Airtight’s Revenge? It was absolutely a critical time. I felt like I was making really contrived shit, so I had to stop and reevaluate things. Whenever I feel like I’m going in circles, I try to find the root of it again. The way you find the root is to dig. I just stopped what I was doing and took a step back from it all for a minute and didn’t really think about it. That was crucial; it was my detox. I know you worked with Chuck Treece, who was affiliated with Bad Brains. Was his influence something new for you? Yeah man, Chuck Treece. He really opened me up on this record. Playing with Chuck put me up on a lot. I got into Bad Brains a little in high school, but I got into Ahmir’s [?uestlove of The Roots] collection and found stuff like I Against I and, whoa. After that, I got the whole catalog. I had known Chuck for like 10 years. I met him when I was singing in D’Angelo’s band. When I met him he was playing guitar, but he was also playing drums for a minute with Bad Brains so that just tells you what kind of musician he is. We started jamming out, and shoot, he’s just a monster. But yeah, it taught me how to play with a certain ferocity and simplicity. Simplistic, but I still put my jazz inflections in there. I’m always trying to make the complex simple, in a complex way. Sorta like espresso. Make it a little more potent, but simple at the same time. Like James Brown did with the funk. And like Dali did with the painting. Yup [laughs].

“He was very skilled, but he mixed everything up and stretched it out and mutated to an obscene level to where it was something new. He knew how to draw appropriately, but he painted so inappropriately.” -Bilal on surrealist painter Salvador Dali

Yeah, being out there artistically speaking, can be difficult in the major label world. I assume you had people trying to change what you were doing? Yeah. I went through that. With my last situation, it came up a lot. It was never you have to be like this, but you gotta dumb it down a little bit so people can understand that. I’ve heard that before.

See Bilal perform live with his full band on Sunday, Oct. 24 at Dream Nightclub. Also performing is Jimmie Reign. Doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m.

In those words? Yes [laughs]. “You gotta dumb it down, people are idiots.” SubmergeMag.com

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There’s only one thing as bad as getting religious literature on Halloween while Trick or Treating: a half-assed Halloween costume. With various gatherings and parties to attend, costumes are obligatory. Even more daunting than simply dressing up, this year you…(lip-biting)… aren’t solo. You and your significant other have to think of costumes to wear together. To avoid making a bad costume even worse with couple cutesyness, you’ve been trying to think of a good costume for two that is fairly easy to execute, is clever and funny (your friends have high standards), is comfortable and cost-effective. Sounds as though, like many, you have found yourself in a costume conundrum. Submerge has got your back. The following are just a few ideas that are sure to be hilarious and leave you with enough money in your wallet for a good beer. The best costumes ever are ones that play on social satire or are throwbacks to more ridiculous times in our youth. A box of Franzia, a “bear-fucker,” Sarah Palin, “Dick in a Box” and Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” back up dancers are some hilariously, infamously good costumes. Thanks to social media, YouTube, television and movies, 2010 provided us with a plethora of new characters to imitate. Avatar characters, reality television “stars,” President Obama, MTV VMAs meat-dress Lady Gaga and YouTube phenom Antoine Dodson (“Hide yo kids, hide yo wife…and hide yo husband.”) are just a few. There are three rather important points that need to be kept in mind for Halloween. • ‘Ho-Factor: Just because you wear lingerie or a teenie bikini does not mean you have a legit Halloween costume. A “sexy” anything isn’t really a costume if you are actually sexy on the daily. We all wish we had the bods to show off, and if you do, good for you! But try going for humor, not ‘ho-factor. • Weather: It’s going to be cold at the end of October. Even indoors, even with scary amounts of booze, chances are it’s going to be uncomfortable wearing next to nothing. Obviously this is up to personal preference. • Obstruction: Although a costume involving wearing a large box, board, shower, oven, or other large objects can be funny, they are usually an impediment to a good time.

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Taking into account these points, here are a few suggestions:

Snooki & The Situation These two costumes from MTV’s Jersey Shore are super easy and possibly extremely entertaining, which is why half the people out and about will be dressed as one of these two. But the trick is all in the execution. For Snooki, try picking a season or particular episode. Season One Snooki is a great version, and there are two ways to go with it. Grab a brightly colored trucker hat, a long black wig, some big/ nearly clear bedazzled sunglasses, a tight T-shirt, some spandex workout capris and carry around one of those huge, individually wrapped pickles and you could be “Snooki at the Shore House.” With the exception of the pickle ($2) and the long black wig ($15– $25), you or your friends probably have everything else you might need to complete the look. You can walk around and say, “You guys, pickles is my thing,” in your best New York/Jersey accent. The second Snook-look is “Snooki on the Prowl.” Slip into any tight-fitting and short stretchy dress in black or leopard print and take previously mentioned black wig and get your “poof” on. If you don’t already own a Bumpits (no judgment, honest) to get that big, mound of lift hair look, you can grab one at your local Target ($10). With this Snooki, you can spit out lines like, “My ideal man would be Italian, dark, muscles, juice-head guido.” And, “I’m not a guido, I’m a guidette.” For both looks, a bad fake tan ($8 bottle), hideous fake nails ($5 press-ons), fake eyelashes ($4) and an upper lip so brown it looks dirty will ensure an accurate costume. Check out and memorize more quotes online at Jerseyshorequotes.com. For “The Situation,” take any T-shirt with a design on it and buy some rhinestones ($3) and glue and get to bedazzling. Get creative or use one of the many acronyms reapeated by the cast. “GTL” is a good choice. Do the same to some dark jeans and put too much gel in your hair. Smile and talk out of the left side of your mouth about “grenades” and “zoo creatures.” Be sure to don sunglasses and lift up your shirt often to display your abs (or some drawn-on ones). SubmergeMag.com

Sookie Stackhouse & Bill Compton Oh True Blood! The characters of True Blood are so sexy, salacious and bloody good. The third season finale that aired Sept. 12 left viewers to “bite” their time until next summer to see what’s next for part-fairy, telepathic Sookie and 174-year-old Vampire Bill. Bill is an easy and comfortable costume for dudes. Dark-colored jeans, shirt and jacket are easy enough to come by. Plastic fangs should be only a few bucks. Baby powder can help give your skin a lighter pale color and red lipstick can be used to create some “blood” around the mouth. The southern accent, mysteriously furrowed brow and gentlemanly demeanor will make this costume great—all are free. Dressing as Sookie is a slightly different story. You can be waitress Sookie, serving True Blood at Merlotte’s. A white T-shirt (short or long-sleeved), black bottoms and green apron is all you need to wear. For the “Merlotte’s” logo, buy some iron-on transfer paper ($6–$10), recreate the logo using the Bankoli font in bold on any basic design program. Use a friend’s color printer, if you don’t have one, and iron it on the top left. An apron can be made easily from dark green fabric from any fabric store and the assistance of iron-on hem tape ($2). Finish the look off with a blond ponytail, a tray and a bottle of True Blood. You can buy manufactured True Blood—a blood orange-flavored soda—from HBO.com, but it will cost you time and money. A four-pack will cost $30 with shipping and can take up to a week. Mixing it with vodka doesn’t make it taste better. Try putting red dye in a bottle of strawberry soda and taping a True Blood logo around it. Be sure to paint the center of your front teeth black to simulate the gap in her teeth (black eyeliner works well, liquid is the best) and smile extra big to show it off, like when Sookie gets nervous. Bloody good show.

Katy Perry & Elmo After her “scandalous” Sesame Street appearance in which she sang a kid-friendly version of her song “Hot N Cold” while playing tag with Elmo, Katy Perry has been the topic of comedic conversation lately. Having some huge honkers and chasing a furry puppet around could be considered lewd or extremely funny. Even Saturday Night Live picked up on it and featured a skit in which Katy Perry is squeezed into an Elmo T-shirt, her cups runnethed over, in a parody of the public’s sensitivity to children viewing the “tops of boobs.” Ladies, you’ll need a light green outfit that is fairly bare on top. A tube-top or spaghetti strap shirt or dress should work. A short dark wig, three big fake white and pink flowers, and a piece of white lace netting acting as a mantilla-like veil will be necessary accessories. Bright pink lips, big fake eyelashes and pearl-like earrings are a must. You can fake-jog, sing and play tag with your dude dressed as Elmo. An Elmo costume could be difficult, but here are a few suggestions to make it easier. Gentlemen, wear all red, paint your face and hands red and color your hair red with hair color spray ($6), paint your nose orange. Not down for the paint? Find an image of Elmo’s face online, print it out, glue it to a piece of cardboard, cut holes for eyes and adhere to a something to hold it up to your face. Speak in the third-person as Elmo and play tag with your Katy. You can make this funny by really getting into character. This costume can easily work for ladies with dogs that can’t be left at home. Wrap your pooch in some fuzzy red felt for a puppy Elmo. Or go alone (it’s good to have options) as SNL Katy Perry; in an Elmo T-shirt cut down the middle, plaid skirt, clear black-framed glasses and pigtails. Halloween happens Hope these ideas help solve some this and every year costume conundrums and get some hearty, on Oct. 31. Check a alcohol-induced chuckles. Boo-yeah! calendar for more details.

Issue 70 • October 11 – October 25, 2010

It’s All About the Times

College-Grown “Jam” Band Chingus Still Thrives in Adulthood Words Blake Gillespie | photo Maja Sofi

Mark Gonzalez is part of a tight-knit camaraderie of musicians and friends specializing in the earthier side of music. The house parties are typically in a secluded part of Chico, Calif., or his former Midtown home with attendees prone to bare feet and swaying. He’s not in a jam band, but he’s also not denying that his band Chingus won’t deliver a few extended exploratory arrangements in its live set. Most college-grown start-ups don’t last past graduation, but as it flirts with a decade of band-hood, Chingus carries on by having on and off fits of dedication. All of the members play (or have played) in other bands; outsourcing their talents to Ten Mile Tide, 2me and Dane Drewis’s band, to name a few. There are side projects within the group like The Prize Inside and First Man, a fusion jazz project between drummer Zach Bowden and saxophonist Adam Walter. Gonzalez, the lead guitarist, is a classically trained musician that can play your wedding, bar mitzvah or set up on a stool in your local watering hole. “It helps that everyone has their own job and is well off in their job to a point that we don’t need this band to succeed,” Gonzalez said. “All of us at some point have pulled the ‘I’ll do what I can for now’ card.” I know what you’re thinking. What’s a “chingus?” I did not hesitate to research its origins, not wanting to make assumptions based on perverted impulses that led me to assume it was a dick joke. Turns out, it is Mexican slang for the male sex organ, but it can also be a colloquial replacement of “do-dad” or “thing-a-ma-bob”— take your pick of silly slang used when you suffer a brain fart and can’t recall an object’s proper name. The third definition, written in September 2003, on urbandictionary.com is “a quality jam band from Chico, Calif.” Bassist Marcus Schmidt was quick to come clean about the online entry. “I think I have to claim some responsibility for that one. I believe I searched Chingus then saw the definitions, just missing one important definition. Now whoever said ‘they get lots of bitches,’ I would guess that was our manager at the time, Joe Reynolds…quite the sensationalist.”

In the truest relation to its name, the band is neither a thingy that is never defunct nor a full-time job. Saxophonist Adam Walter feels the Urban Dictionary entry speaks of the band’s quasi-cult status as a well-kept secret in the jam scene of Northern California. After forming during its college years at Chico State, Chingus recorded its debut, Butter and You Like It, in 2004. Graduation led to employment, putting Chingus on an unofficial hiatus. The friends played together when possible, never calling it quits, with Gonzalez playing under the Chingus moniker even if only one or two of its members could make the gig. “I think we got a bigpicture view,” Walter said. “The group can function without some pieces, say the horns or keys, now and then, but we usually try and make sure everyone can make it nowadays. As work, other bands and life take people across the country from time to time, I think the musical connection that the group has is strong enough to stand the test of time.” The artistic respect shared amongst the group is enough to inspire outbursts like “why don’t you get a room,” which the band would most likely do and make a lot of jam noise. As for the classification of “jam-band,” Gonzalez joked that until they make a habit of locking themselves in a room and dropping acid (which will never happen), it’s never going to play a significant role in the band’s identity. “‘What’s this going toward?’ is my hope for any jam that we get into,” he said. “The conversation has to make sense. It can’t just exist because we want to jam. If you listen, there’s always a cue to wrap it up, but that cue doesn’t come until a certain energy point is reached. You’re never trying to rush out quick.” The propensity to jam comes from a musical conversation that’s been established since the fledgling years of Chingus. There are no self-taught wildcards in Chingus. Each member wields a strong musicianship that lends to the dialogue of the jam. “When [keyboardist] Glenn [Keithly] is ripping some insane solo out it will start off soft and conversational, then will work its way into a full on explosion of sound,” Schmidt said regarding the chemistry. “And it is through understanding Glenn’s mad scientist brain that we all

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instinctively know when a change is coming. That happens with everyone in the band, but with all that said, I try to be the glue.” Chingus maintains its relevancy like most of its compatriots in the jam scene, by playing for friends who never tire of its music. “Being a Chico band, we lived for playing house parties,” Gonzalez said. “There’s an opportunity for us to play resorts up in Tahoe, but our real exposure still comes from parties in Berkeley, where we’ll sell a couple CDs out of the car.” Not since college have any of the band mates lived in the same city, which does not seem to bother anyone. “We would hang out together if any of us lived in the same city,” Gonzalez said. “But, that separation makes the times we do get together all the more vital. I love the energy.” With the long-overdue follow-up Whose Chingus near completion, the band is as focused as it’s ever been to embrace these vital coming months. Gonzalez, known as Gonzo to his friends, is planning a move to Columbus, Ohio, in November, which will once again strain the productivity of Chingus. “I think Gonzo is following his heart, and I’m proud of him for that,” Schmidt said. “Who knows where the change will lead him or us. I certainly think we’ll still tour in the spring. It’s just a little bitty plane ride.” The enigmatic nature of the band makes Whose Chingus a fitting title for its new album. Once again, I know what you’re thinking. No, it’s not a grammatical error; it’s intentionally vague. The actual story behind the title involves baffled state troopers and band paraphernalia, but the unwritten story is how long will Chingus carry on, whether in local infamy or obscurity. No one is comfortable with putting a deadline on Chingus. “As far as I can see, this band will continue to play years from now,” Gonzalez said. His band Chingus’s new album, Whose Chingus, will drop this month. The mates echoed the sentiment that CD release show in Sac will be at despite the distance they expect to Old Ironside’s on Oct. 23 with the tour in the spring. Crazy Harris Band opening (doing their own CD release that night as well). Oct 22nd at Cooper’s in Nevada City.

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Rile ‘Em Up Street Dogs’ Mike McColgan spreads words of punk rock wisdom Words Anthony Giannotti • Photo Cindy Frey

“There’s a lot of fucking shit pissing me off right now,” Mike McColgan, lead singer of Street Dogs, gruffly says in response to a question about where he gets the inspiration for his politically and socially charged lyrics. You’d think the emotional and physical toll of releasing five studio albums in eight years and a few world tours would have squelched McColgan’s fury. “All the shit that happened with Bernie Madoff, the tough economy is affecting everyday Americans. A lot of people are living beyond the breaking point. Society is really pissing me off right now.” In 1998, after two years fronting the Irish-American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, McColgan left to follow his lifelong dream of becoming a firefighter. He couldn’t stay away from the stage for long, forming Street Dogs in 2002. Street Dogs are known as a Boston-based working-class punk rock band, praised for their in-your-face lyrics, pint-glass-raising anthems and high-energy shows. Showing he’s not all piss and vinegar, McColgan says, “I’m one of the luckiest men alive. To do what I get to do, I have to pinch myself every day to make sure I’m not dreaming.” He’s not kidding. Not only have they had the privilege of sharing the tours with bands such as Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, Rancid and Flogging Molly, but they released their fifth full-length album this summer and are heading out on another headlining U.S. tour this fall. The Street dogs show no thought of slowing down either, McColgan says, “After releasing Fading American Dream in 2006, there was no looking back for us. This is what we do.” I got the chance to catch up with the man, the myth, the legend Mike McColgan to talk about the new album, more of what pisses him off, the spirit of punk rock and The Clash.

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You guys have changed it up a little bit for this summer’s self-titled release. This album seems to have faster songs and a fuller sound. The deluxe iTunes version of the album features a few different versions of some songs, giving it a much more Celtic tinge than previous Street Dogs releases. Nothing is off the table with us. We recorded 35 songs for this album and these are the best 18. We feel that this is our best collective effort to date; that’s why we went with the self-title for this release. It’s five guys working collectively. This record was an easy record to make, and it’s the most honest representation of us. The drums really stand out on the new album; they seem to be very prominent. I like the way it changed your sound a little. [Laughs] I joked while we recorded this album that we were just four guys lucky enough to play in a band with [drummer] Paul Rucker. I think recording in his hometown of Fort Collins [Colo.] really motivated him. It motivated all of us. It’s such an amazing city. Recording at the famous Blasting Room helped too.”

You’ve been in this comfort zone of outcasts for quite a while now. Where do your punk rock roots stem from? Without The Clash I don’t think I’d be in a punk band; I honestly don’t think I’d be compelled to sing or write. We wanted to play it like Stiff Little Finger or The Clash. The Clash was public service announcements with guitars. The Clash took you all over the world with their songs, showed you where the problems were. They got people to take part in life. That was the first band that ever did that for me. [Laughs] I don’t think we are the next Clash or want to copy their style; we aren’t even fit to hold their jock straps, talent wise or music wise. They just put forth such a good example.

“There are a lot of injustices in our society that really piss us off. If enough people stand up and change the things they don’t like in their own lives, it will eventually change everything.” – Mike McColgan, Street Dogs

The lyrics of the new album cover a lot of different topics, everything from the U.S. economic situation, the still turbulent political environment, how the tech age overloads us with useless crap and songs about blowing off the steam created by these problems with friends. But would you agree the underlying message is self-empowerment? We wanted to make a bold record. We have songs about personal empowerment, personal freedom and the search for personal redemption on this record. I hope our lyrics encourage people to get off the couch and do something with life and not take anything lying down. We want people to make a difference in their own lives. Don’t sign out of life; find something to believe in, find something that compels you… There is so much bad stuff going on right now. There are a lot of injustices in our society that really piss us off. If enough people stand up and change the things they don’t like in their own lives, it will eventually change everything. So you believe being confrontational is what punk rock is about; if you don’t like something, get in someone’s face and change it? That’s what punk rock has always been about. Don’t follow along with the norm, shake things up, question authority, don’t follow the status quo like sheep. I like being the underdog. I like being the outcast. I like being different. It’s where I feel comfortable. It’s where I fit in.

You are very adamant about the spirit of punk rock. In the song “Punk Rock and Roll” you talk about the spirit of punk not being able to die. Do you believe that the spirit of punk can’t die, that it is an ever-evolving being? There is no way the spirit of punk can die. There is always going to be an underdog out there fighting for himself and his friends. Even though punk is not very commercially viable right now, we have faith in the younger generation “carrying the torch” so to speak. Out there on the road we see it in every town we visit. That is one of the reasons why we love touring so much. We get to see the kids go crazy just like we did.

While the music industry is struggling and a lot of bands are having a hard time, especially on the road, you guys seem to tour almost year ‘round. We are a throwback band when it comes to touring. We go grass roots with it; we want to earn fans the old-fashioned way. We want to go out every night and give our fans the best live performance we can. A little bit at a time, over time, has given us a crowd. We have pretty good followings on both coasts, but we always try to visit every corner, nook and cranny of the country. Those out of the way spots are where we find the most enthusiastic kids. With the expectations and comparisons a band like Street Dogs brings, did you guys have to do your time, cut your teeth to prove that you were in it for real? We had to prove that we weren’t just jumping on a hot wagon, and I think we have done that because we have no axes to bury, no resentment toward other bands. Some of us came from successful bands [Dropkick Murphys and Mighty Mighty Bosstones]. We didn’t want Just hours before press, to rely on past successes. We wanted to start something Street Dogs’ Oct. 17 performance at Venue in new, fresh. We are out there doing it because we love it.

Sacramento was canceled. However, you can see the band live at Slim’s in San Francisco on Oct. 16.

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Cider 101 Two Rivers Cider Company 4311 Attawa Avenue, Suite 103 • Sacramento words Adam Saake • Photos Leon Moore For some time, it seems as though cider has been an accessory to our beer lineup. There’s always an ale, a Hefeweizen, maybe a stout, definitely a few lagers and then there’s something you don‘t recognize. “What’s that on the end?” you might ask. “That’s a cider,” the bartender replies. Not enough people are familiar with ciders to make that their choice if they don’t know what they’re getting. Something “too sweet” is usually associated with cider— unfortunately with most popular ciders, that’s the truth. But another truth is that well made, dry cider is delicious. It will also get you lit if you’re not careful, and it goes awesome with food. Hold on. That sounds a lot like beer. With fall upon us, it seemed very appropriate to dedicate this issue’s Refined Tastes to the wonderful beverage that is fermented apple juice. And what better way to do this than for Submerge to take a visit to Sacramento’s own cidery, Two Rivers Cider. A small operation located just on the other side of the Sutterville bypass in the Land Park area,

these guys are making world-class cider that is steadily finding its way onto many shelves and taps on the West Coast and beyond. Two Rivers Cider was started in 1996 by owner and cider master Vincent Sterne, who tended bar at Rubicon Brewing Company for many years. Sterne was an avid home brewer who’d occasionally help with batches of beer at the brewery and was also a judge at beer competitions around the area. He always had the dream of opening up his own brewery, but many new breweries were popping up left and right. But what Sterne noticed along the way is that nobody was really doing proper cider. Ace Cider from Sebastapol, Calif. had popped up around then, but that was the extent; and so Sterne decided to branch off and start making cider on his own. “I jumped into making cider head first,” remembers Sterne. “I didn’t have a lot of experience in the beginning.” While Sterne was waiting for his cider license to go through, he was at his cidery

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making 1-gallon batches that turned into 5-gallon batches that eventually became 55-gallon tanks. Today, the cidery brews about 210 to 240 gallons at a time and will have brewed roughly 20,000 gallons at the end of this year. Not bad for an operation as tiny as Two Rivers. “People are surprised how small we are,” says cider master Nick Vellanoweth. “They come here [to the cidery] and think we’re much larger.” Fresh out the tank and ready for some carbonation, the Gravenstein, which is a single varietal apple, was light straw colored and the nose smelled of fresh green apple skins. Like all of Two Rivers’ single varietals that also include Fuji, Granny Smith, Pink Lady and McIntosh, the Graventstein was crisp and dry in the British style. Real cider enthusiasts look for this quality as most of the mainstream cider producers add extra sugar to make it sweeter. The only thing Two Rivers adds for sweetness is fresh apple juice. “Americans don’t really understand a dry cider. They want that sweetness,” says Vellanoweth. “We try to find that balance of not too dry and not too sweet.” More people are catching on though, and cider has made its way onto the tap selection at many bars and especially at craft breweries. Small cideries like Two Rivers find homes easily at the smaller production breweries, mainly because they are birds of the same feather who are part of the same cause. And Sterne, having come from Rubicon, had good relationships with many breweries as it was, so getting his cider on tap in the beginning presented few problems. Other places haven’t been so easy to persuade; Vellanoweth and Sterne have tried to make their way into many an establishment with cider in hand, ready to turn as many people on to their product.

What’s also helped get them out there is their semi-recent entry into the bottle market. The first was their dry English cider that they started bottling about two-and-a-half years ago in 22 oz. bottles that at first was only available at Corti Bros. in East Sacramento. Along with doing their own distribution, they were also bottling their own cider on a small single bottler. They still bottle the English cider themselves, but their most popular ciders like the pomegranate and huckleberry are outsourced to Fox Barrel due to the large quantity of bottling required. Most of the flavored ciders, which also include blood orange, are available year-round except for the cranberry, which is available during the winter, and the lemonade that are available appropriately during summer. There have been many experiments along the way like Vellanoweth’s prized boysenberry cyser, such as a hybrid of fermented honey, cider and fresh boysenberries. Pear, apricot and mango are a few others but not all graduate to become a certified Two Rivers cider. “We don’t make anything that tastes fake. If it doesn’t taste like something we’d do, then we don’t put it out,” says Vellanoweth. Look out for what Two Rivers does next as they expand their operation and head in the direction of making sustainable, bio-dynamic cider that will be bottle conditioned. That means you can feel good about ordering “that one on the end.” Cheers.

You can find Two Rivers Cider by the bottle at Corti Bros., Sacramento Co-op and Taylor’s Market as well as on tap at many places around Sacramento including Dad’s Kitchen, Rubicon Brewing Company, Red Lotus and Hot Italian.

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If Zach Hill is anything, he’s prolific. The definitive characteristic of his drum style is constant movement, an unrelenting source of rhythm. The list of musicians he has performed with extends across the globe. This year alone, his name will accompany a drum credit on five studio releases: Cryptomnesia by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Ice Capped at Both Ends by Diamond Watch Wrists, by- from the duo Bygones, Aggressively Humble by CHLL PLL, and last but not least Face Tat by Zach Hill himself, scheduled for release Oct. 19. He plays drums for one out of six groups on Sargent House Records alone. And there are more recordings pending, the upcoming Hella record being one. Just to catch him for a conversation, Submerge had to squeeze two hours from his week-long break between a tour of South Korea and Japan with Carson McWhirter, and an Australian leg with the Boredoms he left for before we even went to press. Hill is aware of the all this. “Not to sound pretentious, but I’ve released over 100 records,” he said. Self-taught, he’s become a financially independent musician. He states it simply, “I’m proud of most of what I’ve done.” But to summarize his catalog is a superficial gloss of what Zach Hill is all about. Behind a quiet demeanor lies a restless mind, stirring constantly like so many endless drum fills. We talked mainly about the process of recording the new album and how his schedule creates a disruptive focus that enables him to participate in so many projects simultaneously. We also discussed the appealing qualities of an expressive live performance and improvisation.

And then he left for Australia. Face Tat is a fast-paced album full of hard-hitting drums and a million sounds that prove difficult to catalog. Multiple musicians aided Hill in his composition. “A lot of friends definitely contributed good amounts to the record,” says Hill. “Generally when I make my own records, there’s a lot of other people involved, writing, contributing musically. We record together and by the time they hear it I’ve changed it completely, in lots of different ways. Whether it was cut up or totally deconstructed or destroyed, I take whatever my friends have contributed and make it something different.” This process, reworking the material parts and manipulating them into new sounds, is a consistent approach to Hill’s songs. In digital recording this could lead to endless editing, yet Hill has been able to stay focused. Many of the tracks have specific structures, which the guest musicians build upon, “It’s a specific idea or sound or part that I’ll ask a friend to play,” says Hill. “Or, I’ll play myself; I’ll already have a drum track, with the song entirely composed on drums, and I’ll have an idea of rhythmically and/or melodically what I want to happen. Or, I’ll be working with a series of samples of sounds that other friends contributed while they were playing with me and I’ll flip those and change them up. It’s a sound collage style, nontraditional. There’s a lot of diversity within the record. I’m excited about it.” One exception to this process of recycling musical parts would be “Face Tat,” which is a duet of sorts between Hill and guitarist Carson McWhirter. A YouTube video is available of them Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

recording, which reveals little change to the finalized song. Hill’s calendar is filled with touring, which means recording the album had to be done over a long period of time. “I recorded with my friend Andy Morin at home studios all over town,” says Hill. “Because of touring and all kinds of stuff going on, other musical obligations, it was recorded over the course of a year, with breaks. I’d work on it for a month and then I’d have to leave. I didn’t want it to be genre-hopping, but I wanted to have it evolve and touch on all sorts of sources, approaches and feelings.” The constant interruptions never felt like an obstacle for Hill, who was able to utilize his time at home. “I like working on records in concentrated periods, having focus, and then also having space away so that you can sit on it and listen to it and get an outside perspective of what you’re doing,” he says. “I work best like that, rather than just digging myself in a hole for months working on the same shit over and over and over. Sometimes having distance keeps me from changing something that is just cool how it was at first. It can keep me from working something into the ground.” Despite the small periods of time available, Hill was able to compile a lot of material for

the album, which contains 13 songs. “I always record way more than is necessary for the most part,” he says. “I’m always recording, when I’m practicing or whatever. I’m recording right now and I don’t even know what it’s for. Once I create a deadline for myself then I think about all of the things I’ve been compiling. It’s a motivator to actually finish it. Nothing’s ever really finished.” Next spring, Hill will have the time to schedule a tour in support of Face Tat, but he says there’s much work to be done before then: “I need to put together a group to perform that material. I’ve thought about doing raw, more abstract versions of the material. It’d be awesome as a minimal three-piece, more stripped sounding. It’s not necessary to cater to the album because that’s not going to happen—based on the way it was made. For a more literal version I would need like four or five people, probably. But it would take a certain type of person or player in order to do it.” Hill has strong motivation to play. It’s something he’s been doing for 15 years and the drums are almost a part of his consciousness. He likens working on his craft to a bodily expression: “I don’t sit there and practice rudiments all day or anything like that. To me practicing is doing a lot of different things. It’s normal for me to practice

“It’s normal for me to practice interweaving patterns and rhythms, basically not stopping for an hour. I’m improvising in free form, or with form, in and out of time. Whatever I have in my head instantly happens on the drum set without breaks. It’s just my style or whatever. I try to play infinitely...” – Zach Hill SubmergeMag.com

interweaving patterns and rhythms, basically not stopping for an hour. I’m improvising in free form, or with form, in and out of time. Whatever I have in my head instantly happens on the drum set without breaks. It’s just my style or whatever. I try to play infinitely, that’s my approach to practice. Zero stopping, zero pauses. Flipping things, reversing things, in and out of everything I can think of in my mind, changing speed, changing punctuation, running through everything I feel like I know on the drums. I’m connected by the drums, being able to put all of those things in any shape or form together. By practicing my brain and my body on that level, I’m able to interlock or change any kind of beat. That’s also practicing your endurance, practicing the physicality of playing the instrument.” His description of playing drums fluidly is comparative to stream of consciousness writing, where the author lets the text move forward in composition without intent or hesitation. Hill says, “I’m really into seamlessness of playing. There’s a sound I’m always trying to achieve of hyperfluidness, and I don’t mean that in the sense of being graceful. It’s not necessarily a peaceful fashion or a proper, correct way of playing. My favorite musicians, I can’t sense them thinking about what they’re going to do next. That’s the two things I’m interested most about playing music, particularly live. A live show is all about projecting energy.” The musical energy that Hill admires stems in a way from his mellow external mannerisms. He places it within a space of aesthetic representation: “Just like with any art form, you’re expressing something that can’t really

be expressed in any other form. We all have something in us that needs some other platform to get out. Words don’t cut it; normal interaction doesn’t cut it. Talking about it defeats the purpose of even doing it in the first place. It’s a double standard because the entire reason you do it in the first place is because you can’t talk about it. I can’t even explain what I’ve got going on. That’s the whole point.” Hill’s experiential perspective of music is evident in his experimental works and their subversive forms. “Anything I’m involved in there’s a natural tendency to be going against the grain. I’m drawn to a contrarian’s perspective. That’s just my spirit, to not accept everything at face value. That’s just what I relate to, wanting to look at things a lot deeper and I think that’s a common thread in all different forms of music,” says Hill. In pursuing music, Hill attempts to “find something that’s relevant, or make a statement that’s of the future, not the past. I’m not a big retro person.” And ultimately Hill is quite happy to be drumming forward into tomorrow. “It’s definitely a blessing. I’m far from jaded. I’m still way grateful and really inspired to do what I do.”

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The Blue Lamp Phantogram, Josiah Wolfe, 8:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. G St Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Cold War Kids, 7 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays w/ The Lords of Outland, James Neil, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Strapped for Cash w/ Nuance, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club The Happy Medium, Holy Rolling Empire, Jeffrey Valentine, 9 p.m. UC Davis: TCS Building Evan Parker & Joel Ryan, 7 p.m.

10.12 Tuesday

Capitol Garage Open Jazz Session w/ SalmonJoe, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Traditional Irish Jam Session, 7 p.m. G St Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Michael Miller, Cydney Robinson, 7 p.m. Marilyn’s Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Lipstick w/ DJs Shaun Slaghter, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub DJs Rigatony, Alazzawi, 9 p.m. Press Club Twist & Shout w/ Dear Left Brain, DJ Billy, 9 p.m.

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10.13 Wednesday

Bisla’s Open Mic, 9 p.m. Blackwater Cafe Open Mic, 7 p.m. The Blue Lamp Larry & His Flask, Brian Hanover, Jason Welt, Travis Chance, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Unearth, Carnifex, Armed for the Apocalypse, And Came Back Brutal, Awaiting the Apocalypse, 7 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m. G St Pub DJ Larry the Flower Vato, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Overtone, 7:30 p.m. Luigi’s Fun Garden Musical Charis, Dog Party, Holy Rolling Empire, Der Spasm, 7 p.m. Marilyn’s Thomas Nicholas & Marianne Keith Acoustic Tour, 8:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ host Lare Crawley, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Elvin Bishop, 7 p.m. Press Club Pushtonawanda, Norfolk Jacket, 9 p.m.

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Barcode Nightclub & Lounge DJ Wreck, DJ BTRIXX, 9 p.m. The Blue Lamp Three Bad Jacks, Col. Jimmy & The Blackfish, The Cheatin Hearts, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk I Wrestled A Bear Once, Eyes Set To Kill, Chelsea Grin, The Chariot, Vanna, 6:30 p.m. Capitol City Hotel Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. CSUS: University Union Ballroom Punk Slam w/ Bastards of Young, Drastic Actions, Phantom Jets, Supreme Pro Wrestling, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Ran, 8 p.m. G St Pub DJ Somebody, 10 p.m. Golden Bear Catch Hell w/ Shaun Slaughter, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Gaelic Storm, 7:30 p.m. Marilyn’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Ron Reeser, DJ Slick D, DJ Dan Saenz, 9 p.m. Naked Lounge Downtown Live Odame, Jake Kilgore, Neil Irani, 8:30 p.m. Old Ironsides E-Squared, Saturday Japanese School, Hearts & Horses, 9 p.m. On The Y You Be the Rockstar

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Arco Arena Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Bruno Mars, 7:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Track Fighter, ALLINADAY, Running Riot, Trial By Fire, Victims of Delight, 7:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, 10 p.m. Delta of Venus Garrett Pierce, Timothy James Wright, 8 p.m. Distillery Sex Slaves, Riot Radio, Murderlicious, 10 p.m. The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Freex, Sucker Punch, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Jay Shaner, Rich Driver Band, Gabe Nelson, 9 p.m. Golden Bear Crucial Fix w/ CrookOne (Decibel Devils/ Team Sleep), 10 p.m. Harlow’s Brubeck Brothers Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Luigi’s Fun Garden Secretions, 9:00 News, Scowndrolls, SIMPL3JACK, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Contraddiction, Ali McNeil, Family Bandit, 8 p.m. Marilyn’s No Bozoz, The Athens, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Jus James, 9 p.m. Naked Lounge Downtown Live Adam Thompson, Katie Jane, 8:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Lite Brite, The Denver Pile Drivers, 9 p.m. On The Y MDL, Wasted Liberty, Flipoffs, No Comply, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse (Winters) Tommy Castro, Rick Estrin, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Cheeseballs, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Arnold, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Patton Leatha, 9 p.m.

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10.16 Saturday

The Blue Lamp Z-Man, Random Abilideze, Augustus The Elephant, DJ Rated R, 9:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Arden Park Roots, Fate Under Fire, Prieta, Self Centered, Ambient Sunrise, Thea Skotia, Not Your Style, 7:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., 8 p.m. Capitol Garage The China Kats (tribute to the Grateful Dead), 10 p.m. Capitol City Hotel Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Club 21 Risqué Nites w/ Allan Guevera, Mike Diamond (Birthday Bash), Sex & Weight, My Cousin Vinny, 10 p.m. Club Car In the No, 9 p.m. Club Retro Hazel and Vine (Farewell Show), Push Push Pull, Josiah James, Lybecker, Stephan Hogan, 7 p.m. Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic: Russian Romance, 8 p.m. Crocker Art Museum Neo-Crocker 2010: A Modern Culture Party w/ performances from Rjd2, Shaun Slaughter, Sacramento Ballet, Vulcan Crew, NSAA & Ross Hammond, Exquisite Corps & more, 8 p.m. Distillery Glass Fire, 10 p.m. Fox & Goose Kevin Seconds, Switchbacks, 9 p.m. G St Pub DJ Charlie, 10 p.m. Golden Bear Sweaty w/ DJ Whores, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Dane Drewis, The Quinn Hedges Band, 9 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Corner Pocket, 4 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Flamenco Del Sol feat. Gopal Slavonic, Leta, Drea Pacot, Roger Aton w/ dancers Sara McKinny, Masako Numasaki, Helit Maniv, singer Maggie Boyce, 8:30 p.m.

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Laughs Unlimited Retro Active, 3 p.m. Luigi’s Fun Garden Loma Prieta, La Dispute, Touche Amore, Early and Often, A Lot Like Birds, 7 p.m. Marilyn’s Dave McGraw, Andy Friedman, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Billy Lane, 9 p.m. On The Y You Be the Rockstar Karaoke w/ Larissa, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Papas Garage, 3 p.m. Press Club The Flower Vato’s Soul Party, 9 p.m. Sacramento Horseman’s Club Gulf Coast Blues w/ Larry Garner, Alabama Mike & 3rd Degree, Lil Joe Washington, 2 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Dippin Sauce, 8 p.m. Tropicana Street Dogs, Devils Brigade, Flatfoot 56, Continental, 6 p.m. University Union Ballroom, CSUS Ozomatli, 7:30 p.m.

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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. G St Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club Somni, Euphonic Quazar, Paper Pistols, 9 p.m. Ruggles Warehouse Rotting Out, Ill Intent, Plead the Fifth, Soul Search, Whoremonger, 6 p.m. Studio 21 (Rocklin) K Sera, From Indian Lakes, The Dreaded Diamond, The Kelps, 7 p.m.

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10.20 Wednesday

Bisla’s Open Mic, 9 p.m. Blackwater Cafe Open Mic, 7 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Delta of Venus Martin Purtill, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Traditional Irish Jam Session hosted by Linda Relph, 7 p.m. G St Pub DJ Larry the Flower Vato, 10 p.m. Marilyn’s Afton Showcase, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ host Lare Crawley, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live w/ Andy Hawk, 9 p.m. Press Club Hump w/ DJ Whores, 9 p.m. Shady Lady Straight, No Chaser w/ CrookOne, 10 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Nick Moss & the Fliptops, 9 p.m. University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS The Isaac Howl, 12 p.m.

10.21 Thursday

28th & B Skate Park Murs, Los Rakas, DLRN, Chase Moore, Kodac Visualz, DJ Wanted, Sleeprockers, 7 p.m. Barcode Nightclub & Lounge DJ Wreck, DJ BTRIXX, 9 p.m. The Blue Lamp Joe Firstman, Roem Bauer, 8:30 p.m. The Boardwalk E-Reese, 9 p.m. Capitol City Hotel Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Club 916 Decry, Beerlords, Rat Damage, Snot Cocks, Puke and Spit, 6 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Fox & Goose Poetic Justis, 8 p.m. G St Pub DJ Somebody, 10 p.m. Golden Bear Shake & Shout w/ Shaun Slaughter, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Asleep at the Wheel, 7:30 p.m. Marilyn’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Ron Reeser, DJ Slick D, DJ Dan Saenz, 9 p.m. Naked Lounge Downtown Live Vesuvius, Baron Stelling, Zach MacLachlan, 8:30 p.m.

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10.22 FRIDAY 24th Street Theatre An Evening of Rock N’ Roll Tales and Music w/ Ray Manzarek (The Doors) & Roy Rogers, Electropoetic Coffee, 7:30 p.m. Arco Arena Justin Bieber, 6 p.m. Beatnik Studios Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Evarusnik, The Kairos Trio, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp SambaDa, 9:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Mickey Avalon, Perls, Machette Fight, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, 10 p.m. The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Take Pride, Last Night In Town, Heartless Nightlife, Hugo Stiglitz, Cadence, 8 pm Fox & Goose Not for Profit, The Polymers, 9 p.m.

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Arco Arena Nickelback, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, 6:15 p.m. The Blue Lamp Batusis, The Secretions, Dungeons & Drag Queens, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Memento Mori, Journal, The Descolada Virus, I Wish We Were Robots, Hugo Stiglitz, 8 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Fall Vietnamese Concert: Viet Thao, Y Phung, Thien Kim, Minh Tuyet, Toc Tien, Doan Phi, Kieu Oanh, Le Huynh, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Capitol City Hotel Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Club Retro Jamies Elsewhere, Ten After Two, Carcery’s Vale, Beyond The Grove, Paint Over Pictures, Pledge The Silence, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Diseptikons, Shots Fired, Sans Sobriety, 10 p.m. The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Rue The Night, Mezza Luna, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Nautics, Musical Charis, Laris Bryski, 9 p.m. G St Pub DJ Charlie, 10 p.m. Golden Bear Sweaty w/ DJ Whores, 10 p.m.

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10.24 Sunday

Barcode Nightclub & Lounge The Asylum w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, KJ Groth, DJ Darkstar, 9 p.m. The Blue Lamp Reggae Bashment w/ DJ Wokstar!, 9:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Horrorpops, Fangs on Fur, The Muertones, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Dream Bilal, Jimmie Reign, DJ Reese Roundtree, 9 p.m. Golden Bear Industry Night, 7 p.m. Harlow’s Bachata Lessons, 6 p.m.; Salsa Lessons, 7 p.m. Laughs Unlimited The Fabulous Devilles, 3 p.m. Marilyn’s Jazz Session w/ Shelley Burns, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Billy Lane, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Sac Blues Revue, 3 p.m. Press Club The Flower Vato’s Soul Party, 9 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Mind X, 8 p.m.

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Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. G St Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club The Nibblers, The Tender Cinders, DJ Larry, 9 p.m.

Comedy Laughs Unlimited Who Got Jokes? Comedy Competition, Oct.14, 10:30 p.m. Paul Ogata, Andrew Norelli, Oct. 13 - 17, Wednesday, Thursday, 8 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. Kermit Apio, Jason Resler, Oct. 20 - 24, Wednesday, Thursday, 8 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Keith Lowell Jensen’s Wednesday Night Comedy, Oct. 13 & 20, 8 p.m. Marilyn’s On K Comedy Open Mic, Oct. 12, 9 p.m. Punchline Comedy Club The Occasional Cannabis Comedy Festival w/ Ngaio Bealum, Keith Lowell Jensen, Caitlin Gill, Oct. 12 - 13, 8 p.m. Gilbert Esquivel, Oct. 14 - 17, Thursday & Sunday, 8 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

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Misc. 16th and J Streets Midtown Bazaar, Saturdays, 7 a.m. Barcode Ground Zero’s snowboard movie premier party: The Storming, Right Brain Left Brain, Bon Voyage, live music, giveaways, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. Benvenuti Performing Arts Center CORE Dance Collective presents: The Doorway, Oct. 22 - 23, 7:30 p.m. Beatnik Studios Red Night Poetry w/ Patrick Grizzell, Will Staple, hosted by Genelle Chaconas, Oct. 13, 8 p.m. Bisla’s Pub Quiz Trivia, Mondays, 7 p.m. Bistro 33 (Davis) Pub Quiz, Mondays, 9 p.m.; Poetry Night, Every 1st Wednesday, 9 p.m. Cafe Americain 2010 Vampire Ball, Oct. 23, 8 p.m. California Automobile Museum “Artomotive” Photography Class w/ Richard Ellman, Oct. 16, 9 a.m.

Cal Expo Oktobeerfest, Oct. 16, 2 p.m. Cal Expo: Miller Lite Grandstand Live Harness Racing, Fridays, 6:20 p.m.; Saturdays, 5:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Trivia & Movie Night, Mondays, 9:30 p.m. The Colonial Theatre Sacramento Horror Film Festival, Oct. 21 - 24 Community Center Theatre A Song & Dance Concert w/ Maja and Rayver, Lucita Soriano Mayr, Jbelen, Melanie Brown, Capitol Roots, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Crest Theatre In the Mood: A 1940’s Musical Revue, Oct. 12 - 13 Sacramento Ballet Capitol Choreography Competition, Oct. 15 & 22, 7 p.m. California Lectures presents: Alex Ross’ Listen to This Bass Lines of Music History, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. The Guild Theatre Movies on a Big Screen presents: Deep Red, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.; Ghost Bird, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Hilton Hotel - Arden West Pre-Halloween Masquerade Ball, Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Holiday Inn - Capital Plaza Black and White Masquerade Ball to Benefit Sacramento Iceland, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. It’s All Yoga Free Yoga Class, Fridays, 4:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, Thursdays, 8 p.m. Sol Collective Salsa Dance Classes, Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Urban Arts Workshop Series: Freestylin’ w/ Task1ne, Oct. 12, 6 p.m.; Aerosol Arts and Mural Design w/ Duston Machado, Oct. 19, 6 p.m. Time Tested Books The Sacramento Living Library w/ Richard Simpson, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. Townhouse Record Club Movie Night & Lounge, every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. University Union Ballroom, CSUS Lecture & Book Signing w/ Luis Alberto Urrea (author of The Devil’s Highway), Oct. 11, 7 p.m. The Urban Hive Sacramento Social Media Club presents: Journalism 2.0: How Social Media Has Transformed the News, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m.

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The Crocker Art Museum, circa 2009, lacked a certain vibrancy. There was some traditional sensibility to be appreciated in the structure and art, but there was some serious vivacity missing from the museum experience. Sometimes, the most striking, influential, emotionevoking art is void of vibrant color. But let’s be real, Sacramento is not a city noir. Our lifestyles, geographic location and favored activities are vibrant, proclaiming color! We love sun, which makes grass greener, flowers brighter, tomatoes more red and our skin more tanned. Golden rays nourish our food, souls and artistic sensibilities. The Crocker Art Museum was founded in 1885 and was the first museum established in the Western United States. Thanks to private donations, the Teel Family Pavilion, a 125,000-square-foot expansion to the original museum designed by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates Architects (who has designed renovations for various universities and libraries, as well as the renovation of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York), has recently been completed in efforts to update the original museum. The expansion was needed to allow the museum to exhibit its growing collection, create and offer educational programs and be a greater cultural resource for California. The new Crocker Art Museum, which celebrated its grand opening Oct. 10, seems to reflect the color of California in a chic, thoughtful, intriguing and inspiring way; much like any world-class museum does. The splendor of color breathes life into the new Crocker Art Museum. Bright art, lively events, colorful music and fresh food add great new energy to the Crocker. There’s loads of new art to view on strategically painted walls. And nary a wall is crammed with paintings like the galleries of Crocker’s past; instead many works are leisurely displayed on expansive new wall space. Some pieces are new additions, but many have been stored at the Crocker and can now be shown in brand new gallery space. “Forty percent has never been seen before, or at least not for 80 years,” said Lial A. Jones, director of the Crocker Art Museum. This Crocker expansion obviously was constructed to provide art for the ages. Traditional paintings still hang about, but very bright, colorful art encompasses most of the third floor with Californian art sculptures, paintings and installations. Traveling exhibits, as well as European and Asian art, are also on this floor. Pop-style art piece Untitled by Albert Contreras is bright and fun with big X-shaped swipes of what look like different brightly colored handfuls of glitter hair gel. Another great piece is a mosaic tribute to

the Golden State by Ariel Erestingcol and titled Landmark IV (San Francisco), depicting the Golden Gate Bridge with colorful beads fused to wood. With free WiFi and access to the entire first floor sans admission fee, the Crocker is primed for community inclusion and welcomes all to relax, study, meet and eat at the Crocker Café operated by Mulvaney’s B&L. Only venturing vertically and viewing galleries on the second and third levels will require that you spend some moolah. If you’ve got monies to spend, various drawing, painting, digital photography and mixed media courses are available and will take place in the remodeled basement of the original building. (Prices depend on course and needed materials.) Director of education for the Crocker, Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick said, “Four classrooms with sinks is like heaven to us.” Heaven sounds good. Better yet, a state-of-the-art, 260-seat indoor auditorium and multi-use courtyard mean more music, performances, gatherings and events for entertainment-lovers to attend. Namely, concerts, social events and film showings will rotate weekly and monthly, capitalizing on extended hours on Thursdays until 9 p.m. Each Thursday evening of the month will feature a different type of entertainment. Beginning in November, Thursdays each month will include 1) “Film Frame” 2) “Art Mix” social museum night 3) “Playlist” concert series and 4) “Open Art” beginning in 2011. To kick things off correct, Sacramento artist Wayne Thiebaud’s work is featured in Homecoming, an exhibition appropriate for Thiebaud and The Crocker Art Museum. Thiebaud showed his first exhibit at the Crocker in 1951 and in 2010 painted some fresh pieces just for the expansion. He actually finished varnishing Big Rock Mountain on the floor in front of where it now hangs, for the museum opening. Docent education coordinator Jill Pease boasted about the ability to feature Sacramento-dwelling Thiebaud at the museum. “He is our well known international artist,” Pease said. “Thiebaud is our gem.” You’ll be pleased to know that whatever high expectations you’ve built up over the anticipation of the Crocker expansion will be met. Whatever was lacking aesthetically in the traditionalism of the old Crocker is Download the Crocker Art more than made up Museum App for free at iTunes, for. The architecture getting access to museum and exhibit information. Crocker extends and Art Museum Info: Hours: Tues enhances, but & Weds 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Thurs 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Fri–Sun 10 doesn’t replace a.m.–5 p.m., Closed Mondays. our notion of the $10 admission for adults, $8 for college students. “Pay original. What You Wish Sunday” is every third Sunday.

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Behind the Numbers Freakonomics Magnolia Pictures Opens soon at the Crest Theatre Words James Barone

Economics has become an all-too-pervasive field of study since the onset of The Great Recession (I heard that’s what we’re supposed to call it now). But what happens when economic ideas are applied to things that don’t necessarily mean dollars and cents? In their 2005 book Freakonomics, New York Times reporter Stephen Dubner and University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt teamed up to turn an economic eye toward popular culture. The book was broken up into six chapters and investigated, among other topics, sumo wrestling corruption, baby naming trends and even the economics of crack dealing. Freakonomics went on to sell millions of copies, and spawned a sequel (SuperFreakonomics), a blog and now a feature-length documentary. Freakonomics the film is presented as an anthology that features some of documentary filmmaking’s brightest stars. Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me and Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? fame serves as the opening act with the lightest of the four mini-documentaries. Using reenactments as well as interviews with people on the street, Spurlock tackles the socioeconomics of baby naming in his chapter entitled “A Roshanda by Any Other Name.” It’s certainly the fluffiest of the four pieces, but can also be very funny. Spurlock’s somewhat goofy narration is a nice complement to the lighthearted treatment of what is essentially a very heavy topic, i.e. the divide between white and black culture in the United States. From there, Freakonomics takes on a more ominous tone. Alex Gibney’s “Pure Corruption” delves into the discovery of cheating in the tradition-rich and secretive world of sumo wrestling. Gibney, an Academy Award-winner for his 2007 documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, stitches together interviews with Japanese reporters who broke the story and disgraced rikishi (the Japanese term for sumo wrestlers, literally translated to “strong men”) into a sort of film noir-style short film. “Pure Corruption” looks slick and feels suspenseful, but seems hindered by its brevity. The filmmaker tries to SubmergeMag.com

make a tenuous connection between cheating in sumo wrestling with Bernie Madoff and the near-collapse of the global market, but such a comparison—as well as a investigation of something as steeped in tradition as sumo— proves to be too ambitious for such a short film. “Pure Corruption” is followed by Eugene Jarecki’s “It’s (Not Always) a Wonderful Life,” which discusses Levitt’s proposed correlation between the drop in crime in the ‘90s and the Supreme Court’s upholding of Roe vs. Wade. This portion of the film simply presents Levitt’s findings in a plain and simple manner; however, Jarecki, director of Why We Fight, cleverly weaves together slick animation and clips of It’s a Wonderful Life to at least add some visual appeal. Actor/filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles also provides wonderful narration. Freakonomics does end on an up note, however. Jesus Camp directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady team up once again to present the strongest chapter in the anthology. “Can a 9th Grader be Bribed to Succeed” is the only portion of Freakonomics not taken directly from the book. The short film looks at one of Levitt’s failed experiments in which students from a high school in Chicago are paid cash for bringing their grades to reach prescribed standards. The two central characters of the documentary, Urail King and Kevin Muncy, are both classic underachievers and extremely charismatic, delivering some of the best lines in the film. However, both react to the experiment very differently. In the end, Ewing and Grady present an extremely entertaining and heartwarming story that doesn’t feel sappy or overwrought, and bring Freakonomics to a fitting close. Though the anthology format can often feel scattered and uneven—and certainly some segments of Freakonomics are much stronger than others—introduction and transitional elements directed by King of Kong’s Seth Gordon keep the film feeling very cohesive. However, despite the best efforts of each filmmaker involved, Freakonomics will most likely sink or swim for most theatergoers depending upon how they perceive Levitt’s ideas, which are presented without rebuke. Levitt is put on a pedestal, and while his ideas are certainly provocative and well researched, no one—and I’m sure Levitt himself would agree—is irreproachable. Still, if you haven’t read his and Dubner’s book (and I admit I haven’t) Freakonomics the film serves as an excellent primer without feeling too much like a commercial.

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the shallow end Start Your Search Engines James Barone jb@submergemag.com “Where’s the flying car?” That’s become the rallying cry for those who are dissatisfied— facetiously or otherwise—with the rate of our technological progress. Either way, those naysayers are right. We don’t have a flying car, though pop culture promised such an advance in transportation as far back as The Jetsons— and perhaps even further back than that. The fantasy is nice: Who wouldn’t want to zip to work or Costco or wherever it is people go in a flying automobile—especially if the sounds of its engine was anything close to the melodic percolations of George Jetson’s trusty vehicle? Rush hour traffic would be like a symphony in the sky! The reality would probably be more akin to a symphony of destruction. The harmonious purrs of countless flying cars jockeying for position in the same air lane would most likely give way to the far more earthy sound of fenders bending and people telling each other to go fuck themselves. Who knows? Maybe by the time we have flying cars, people will have abandoned cussing as a form of expression. How boring. For the time being, flying cars are as fantastic an idea as a time machine made out of a DeLorean. How about cars that can drive themselves instead? We already have cars that can park themselves. Toyota’s Lexus division offers cars with self-parking capabilities, and Ford is soon to follow, to ease one of drivers’ most dreaded activities—parallel parking. But what about left turns, merging and other tedious behind-the-wheel headaches? We’re in luck, because a self-driving car is in the works. Believe it or not, it’s not being developed by a massive Japanese think-tank; they’re working on it right here in the U.S. of A., in Northern California, to be precise. However, it’s not one of The Big Three automakers leading the charge, it’s Google. Yes. That Google. “Google is developing—and has extensively tested—technology to build an autonomously self-driving car,” reported an Oct. 9 article on PCMag.com. Extensively tested is putting it lightly. Google engineers have logged over 140,000 miles in the self-driving cars throughout the Bay Area and beyond.

“Our automated cars, manned by trained operators, just drove from our Mountain View campus to our Santa Monica office and on to Hollywood Boulevard,” Sebastian Thrun posted on Google’s official blog. “They’ve driven down Lombard Street, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, navigated the Pacific Coast Highway and even made it all the way around Lake Tahoe.” Video cameras, radar, detailed mapping systems and lasers allow the cars to “navigate the road ahead,” Thrun went on to write. It would appear that Google’s motives are altruistic. Thrun wrote that saver roads were Google’s impetus developing such technology. He cited World Health Organization statistics that traffic accident deaths exceed 1.2 million annually and believes that self-driving cars could reduce this figure by as much as half. Pretty ambitious, but I guess you’d have to be if you were a part of developing such a potentially society-changing invention. Future generations will be regaled with tales from their older relatives about how in their day, they’d have to drive themselves to the store, park their own cars and participate in the archaic practice of driving exams. States may have to develop new revenue models that don’t include monies reaped from DWI/ DUI tickets. Cab companies may dwindle as responsible drinkers will no longer need their services when the bars let out. Children may no longer be accidentally conceived in parked cars in secluded locations; instead, future generations may very well make babies while cruising down the interstate. My generation has become fixated on this fantasy of the flying car, but I think it’s time we let it go. Driving is difficult enough, especially if you’re trying to eat a Big Mac, change the radio station, sip your coffee and complete a text message before the light turns green. If the self-driving car ends up making it through the developmental phase and becomes market-viable, think of the possibilities. Forget, mid-air rush hour collisions. Think worry-free road sodas and road head. Don’t dream bigger, America. Dream better.

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