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dive in Stay Creative, Sacramento! Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com The Sacramento creative culture seems to be this crazy roller coaster. While the artists, musicians, etc. who live here are obviously important, what might not seem as noticeable to the average person are the businesses who showcase their talents. It can be pretty depressing as a Sacramento resident when you hear of your favorite venues, galleries or even boutiques closing. For example, a place where I’ve enjoyed going to see several Second Saturday art shows, United State, will soon be closing its doors for good. Just last month, Artifacts on K Street closed its doors, even Havoc closed a couple months ago. A year or so before that, SaraJane’s, who had some of the best art shows in town, also ceased. All are businesses that have been a staple in our creative culture one way or another. Sure, times are tough, but it’s important to remember to support local businesses. These are the people trying to make Sacramento a better place to live! On the upside of this, it’s been a breath of fresh air having the new all-ages music venue Ace of Spades open, it’s exciting to hear Luigi’s will be opening another Fungarden in Davis (also all-ages), and it’s nice to know people like Olivia Coelho and Trisha Rhomberg, the founders of Bows and Arrows, have dove head first into an immense business remodel and are finally emerging with a new space that continues their vintage boutique but expands their vision as a music venue, art gallery and cafe. Starting on page 12 you can read more about their story and how Bows’ new location manifested. On page 14 you’ll also learn about the crucial third piece to the puzzle, Jaymes Luu, who teamed up with Coelho and Rhomberg and will be bringing Fat Face’s delicious sandwiches and gourmet popsicles to Sacramento. All three of these inspiring ladies grace our back cover. Props to Nicholas Wray for the rad photos! We also have some fantastic music coverage in this issue. On our front cover we have Blaqk Audio. The project consists of Davey Havok and Jade Puget, two members of the punk group AFI. These two started this electronic side project back in 2006 and released one album in 2007 called CexCells. And since that first release I hadn’t heard much about Blaqk Audio’s future, just a rumor of a new release this year called Bright Black Heaven. Noticing that they were playing a show at Ace of Spades soon (June 4), I wanted to get the scoop and learn more about what’s going on in their world since they got dropped from Interscope. We were able to get an interview with one of the best singers and showmen of the past two decades, Davey Havok. In our interview on page 24 you can learn about the status and ideas for what might become Bright Black Heaven, that Havok did in fact live in Sacramento back in his impressionable youth, and what it was like being a part of the Broadway cast of American Idiot where he played St. Jimmy. Any time you hear The Detroit Cobras are coming to town, you know a great time will be had, at least that’s what came to my mind when discovering they’d be stopping at Blue Lamp on June 9. Rachel Nagy and Maribel Ramirez, the group’s foundation, spoke with us about a new record in the near future (like Blaqk Audio, their last record was released in 2007). They also lay out why they cover the obscure songs they do. Check out page 8. The Speed of Sound in Seawater might be one of the best band names out there! However, what makes them so great in my book is that they have this substantial sound, which really shows in their recently released EP titled Underwater Tell Each Other Secrets. Overall TSOSIS are a technical band, think “math-rock.” But for the guys in the band it’s important that they keep their sound slightly “loose,” which might sound weird to some, but can really add a human aspect to it. I’d go as far as to say their music has a “jam-y” feel. Please read our feature on page 26 where you can really grasp that these guys have great heads on their shoulders. You can even go see them for yourselves on June 17 when they play Luigi’s Fungarden. Last but not least, we here at Submerge would really appreciate if you’d support our wonderful advertisers. By doing so it allows us to be a creative outlet for the Sacramento region. Thanks! Melissa-Dubs

Issue 86 • May 30 – June 13, 2011

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Paramore posted a preview of their new song “Monster,” which will be released on the upcoming soundtrack for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The single is the first song posted by Paramore since original members Josh and Zac Farro left band. Paramore will be filming a video for the new song, which will steam in full on Paramore.net on June 3 (single to be officially released June 7). The full soundtrack will be released June 14, featuring songs by Linkin Park, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Goo Goo Dolls, a Mastodon cover of ZZ Top and more.

Fergie told Bang Showbiz that the Black Eyed Peas will soon be taking a break to enjoy more personal time. And with this personal time, Will.i.am will be releasing a solo album. Fergie leaked the news in a recent interview saying, “I believe Will is coming out with a solo album. I’ve heard it. It’s called Black Einstein and it’s amazing.” She went on to say, “I’ve been waiting for him to come out with this for so long because I want it. He won’t give it to me. I want it for the gym. He’s so amazing—just such a genius lyricist and I’m really excited for his project.” Will.i.am’s 2007 solo album, however, didn’t come with much success. Lady Gaga confessed that Iron Maiden changed her life in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. Gaga attended a Maiden show this past April in Florida and watched the show from the center of the crowd. “We were dancing and singing and everyone was just so into it. Jumping and dancing… I mean, it was like absolute no judgment, no prejudice, [just] freedom and love for music. It doesn’t matter who you are; you don’t need to know anything about music to love it. Everybody was hugging me, high-fiving, fistpumps in the air.” She commented on the loyal fans Iron Maiden has despite the band’s lack of commercial success, “Iron Maiden’s never had a hit song, and they tour stadiums around the world, and their fans live, breathe and die for Maiden, and that is my dream. That is my dream.” No word yet if any of the members of Iron Maiden attended Gaga’s spectacle of a show, but I presume not. In other news... A new strain of marijuana has been named after Justin Bieber, and apparently Biebs isn’t happy about it. Toronto dealers have been selling JB Kush with a message that reads: “To help you get through those tough times with your loved one, and make you closer.” Sources say JB Kush hasn’t quite made it to a dispensary near you.

Issue 86 • May 30 – June 13, 2011

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The Beach Boys band leader Brian Wilson told the U.K. paper The Sun that he admits the band’s classic Pet Sounds album isn’t as good as The Beatles’ Rubber Soul. “It’s a good album, but not the best. I think The Beatles’ Rubber Soul is still the best album of all time.” Both albums are often considered by critics and fans to be two of the best albums ever. With Rubber Soul, The Beatles took a giant leap forward in pop music, making a truly artistic album from front to back. Brian Wilson took notice and has been said to have drawn inspiration from the Beatles’ classic when he wrote much of Pet Sounds. In a recent interview with BBC, Wilson even suggested it’s possible the surviving members of The Beach Boys could tour together again. “I’m considering it,” he told the BBC. “I don’t know yet, but I am considering it. Nothing’s really holding me back. I just don’t know if I want to be around those guys, you know? They’re zany guys. They’re crazy.”

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Beloved Sacramento rock band Shortie will play on Aug. 20 at Ace of Spades, their first show since breaking up five years ago. Guitarist Anthony Paganelli (who currently plays in Will Haven and also has a new project called Horseneck) recently told Submerge, “The idea of the Shortie reunion came up because we all were chatting about music and projects we were currently and recently in. Ryan [aka Pogus, vocals] mentioned that we should all get together at some point and hang out and watch our old tour footage. He put up a couple songs from a show we played at CBGB on Youtube. Then, of course, the idea of us playing again came up.” The guys hit up Eric Rushing to see if he’d be interested in hosting the show at his new venue, Ace of Spades, and he didn’t hesitate to say yes. “Eric was our manager,” Paganelli said. “So it’s full circle.” Shortie saw a fair amount of success back in their heyday: record deals, sponsorships, legit tours and songs in movies (2005’s Hostel), television shows (Viva La Bam, CSI, North Shore) and in video games. What I’ll always remember Shortie for, and what I’m looking forward to seeing most on Aug. 20, was their balls-to-the-wall live energy. They put on a damn good show back when they were young bucks. Let’s hope they can still bring it. “We are just so happy to play this show and have our friends there so we can have a super good time and party all night long,” Paganelli said of the reunion. “So many people we haven’t seen since the last Shortie show will hopefully make it out.” A slew of killer bands will be opening, including F1rst Class Citizen, Eightfourseven, Self Centered, Above the City, The Seeking and Mark Wears Clogs. Hit up Aceofspadessac.com for more information.

Local musician Teddy Briggs (aka Appetite) is teaming up with Davis-based Crossbill Records (home to Sea of Bees, Jake Mann + the Upper Hand and other great artists) to officially release his album Scattered Smothered Covered produced and recorded by Raleigh Moncrief. “It is the official release of the CD-R I passed around last fall,” Briggs said. He pointed out that it’s been re-mixed, though, and that “a few things have been re-recorded or added to previous tracks,” and that “two new tracks will be added to the record.” He mentioned that the track order has also been re-arranged and that a third new song, or “bonus song” as he put it, will be added to the digital release of the album, bringing the track totals to 10 on vinyl and CD, 11 on the download version. Of his relationship with Crossbill owner Michael Leahy, Briggs said, “Michael is a good friend of mine; we go way back, maybe six years. We first met when we were both working at KDVS in Davis as radio DJs. He has been very supportive and encouraging of my music. He really loves music, and he is in it for all the best reasons.” Briggs has assembled a new live band lineup that includes some “familiar Sacto music scene contributors,” including Carson McWhirter (Everybody) and Jesse Phillips (Ellie Fortune) on guitar, Addison Quarles (Chelsea Wolfe) on bass and Sam Coe (Sea of Bees) on drums. Look for a mid-August release of Scattered Smothered Covered and also look for this newly formed lineup to perform around town throughout the summer. Keep an eye out at Crossbillrecords.com and at Appetitemuch.tumblr. com.

Rad event alert! The Davis Music Festival is going down at five venues around the quaint college town on June 25. E Street Plaza, Odd Fellows Hall, Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, Delta of Venus and Little Prague will all host shows simultaneously throughout the day. The lineup is quite solid, including Truth and Salvage Co., Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack, Garrett Pierce, The Blank Tapes, West Nile Ramblers, G. Green, Miss Lonely Hearts, Musical Charis and many others. A $20 wristband purchased either through the festival’s website (Davismusicfest.com) or at Armadillo Records (205 F Street) will get you into all the venues. Proceeds will benefit Davis Schools Arts Foundation, which seems like a perfect fit considering the festivals mission is to “bring the community together in celebration of local, regional, Bay Area and national acts, in order to raise funds for the benefit of our local elementary, grammar, middle and high-schools’ art, music and performing arts departments.” Good music, great cause, no brainer. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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Etsy is an extremely popular e-commerce website that focuses on vintage and handmade items, art, crafts and supplies. It’s a fantastic tool for artists and craft makers of all sorts to reach a worldwide audience. On Friday, June 10, IndieSacramento Craft Collective (Indiesacramento.blogspot.com) is throwing a party at Fremont Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to celebrate the online marketplace as part of a “Global Craft Party.” Last year’s first-ever global party saw over 5,000 people participate in over 500 meet-ups all over the world. This year, Etsy is challenging all creative types to beat those numbers! You don’t have to sell on Etsy to attend, either, as it’s open to anyone who has an appreciation for handmade, DIY goods. As Etsy put it, “Musicians, painters, sculptors, photographers, farmers, hackers, gardeners, designers, jewelers, bookbinders, printmakers, teachers, makers and doers of all stripes, as well as art enthusiasts, curators, vintage lovers and supporters of the independently made, we’re calling on you!” We know there is a lot of you out there, Sacramento. There will also be a photo booth, potluck (attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to share), a craft supply swap (bring your unused or unwanted supplies for trade), swag bags and more. RSVP at Meetup.com/etsy/Midtown-Sacramento/101597.

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Shannapalooza Annual Music Festival at Swabbie’s on the River Now in its fifth year, Shannapalooza is an annual all-day music festival held the first Saturday of June featuring many of Sacramento and Northern California’s most talented musicians. This year, the event is taking place on June 4 at Swabbie’s on the River (5871 Garden Highway), a fantastic setting for such an event with its outdoor stage, familyfriendly environment and serene atmosphere. This year’s lineup includes the Nibblers, Walking Spanish, Indian from Pluto, Crossing the River and In the No. All ages are welcome, there’s a $5 cover charge and music will go from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m., or “until the police shut us down!” as the event’s website, Shannapalooza.com, so elegantly put it. We like your style, Shannapalooza!

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The Sacramento Food Co-op’s Community Learning Center and Cooking School (located at 1914 Alhambra Blvd., adjacent to the Coop’s store) has a ton of cool stuff on their June calendar: learn how to make everything from classic French crepes (June 2) to quick and easy springtime vegan cuisine (June 9), tasting your creations along the way. The standout workshop in our opinion is on June 14, the “Sensational Sushi” class, where attendees will learn the technique for rolling sushi as well as making nigiri, sashimi and other types of sushi rolls. Everyone will make a California roll with avocado, an innovative smoked salmon roll with pickled red onions, and a light and refreshing cucumber roll. You’ll eat everything you roll, so make sure you come with an appetite. The class runs from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and pre-registration is required. Visit Sacfoodcoop.com or call (916) 455-2667 for more information.

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Second Annual Piñata Festival! Our good friends at Spanglish Arte (located at 905 23rd Street) are excited to be hosting the second annual Piñata Festival on Saturday, June 11, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sacramentans of all ages and backgrounds are invited to experience this free and ever-so-vibrant event set to take place on 23rd Street between J and I streets. It’s a unique celebration of piñatas through art, live music, food and free workshops. The entire block will be lined with custom colorful and avantgarde piñatas, vendors of all sorts (folk art, custom jewelry, culturally infused food, etc.) and Papel Picado to “not only bring out the mood of celebration, but it will also create a vibrant experience for everyone who attends,” said Spanglish Arte owner Mari Arreola in an official press release. Local artist Danny Schieble, known for his “Tapigamy” sculptures, will be onhand, creating his own piñata masterpiece for spectators to view. Also, for this year’s event, Arreola has invited private individuals, organizations and local businesses to sponsor or bring out their own piñata in the shape of their logo to enter it in a special contest. A portion of the proceeds from every sponsored piñata will benefit the Washington Neighborhood Center. There will free piñata workshops throughout the day, too, if you’re feeling crafty. Basically, this is the block where you’ll want to spend your time this Second Saturday, as it will have it all: art, live music, dancing, great food, good company, what else could you ask for? For more information about Spanglish Arte, visit Shopspanglish.com. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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he Detroit Cobras are good at what they do. So good, they kept the critical media scratching their collective temple as to why the band struck a familiar chord, but the origins were not quite traceable. Four albums and a gang of singles deep, the Cobras’ garage and R&B nostalgia earned them the company of their most-beloved songwriters and a friendship with a particularly notable Grammy Award-winning, Detroit-raised producer. It is old hat to fuss with clever ways of calling the Cobras a cover band. The Detroit Cobras are a cover band. Don’t let them tell it with a fine slant. The good news is, they’re a band with exceptional taste rooted in the vaults of lesser known Ronettes, Irma Thomas and Otis Redding hits. Guitarist Maribel Ramirez sums it up with, “To me it’s not important whether you write or you don’t write, it’s that you come up with great songs.” The Cobras are far too rad to play your cul-de-sac soirée, Fire Department barbecue fundraiser or wedding reception. It leaves the covers of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” to the animatronic band in Chucky Cheese restaurants. “We’ve never reported ourselves to be a cover band. It’s not like we’re doing Motown review and I’m coming out with my hair in a beehive doing Supremes songs,” lead singer Rachel Nagy said. “Once one critic found out, other critics started raving, but we never said we wrote them. It’s not a hidden issue.” It’s been four years since Tried & True, making my first inquiry quite obvious—what’s the haps on a new record? Turns out, the Cobras are waiting on fellow Detroit native Don Was, a man whose production is well worth the delay. If the name is not ringing a bell, perhaps these will: Lyle Lovett, Iggy Pop, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Garth Brooks and The Rolling Stones. “The whole Don Was thing is kind of nebulous right now. He’s a very busy man.” Nagy said. “We’re talking about maybe mid- to end of summer to start recording. We may even do it backwards now that all the hip kids are putting out singles. Just start putting stuff out as we record it.” While the Cobras wait for Mr. Was to grace them with his time and expertise, we took to discussing the meat and potatoes of the Cobras’ next step in being the best darned (cover) band around. With the cat out of the bag and old songwriters coming forward at their shows, it’s an exciting new time for the band, in which perhaps an original or two might sneak into the tracklisting.

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It’s been a while since the last Detroit Cobras record. What’s the motivation going into the new record? Maribel Ramirez: Being able to record a little better. We make decent records, but we’d like to take it a little further than we already have—make it more powerful. We’ve done a decent job by ourselves. In talking to Don [Was], it’s something we both want to do. Will there be a shift in the bands that influence the music? MR: It’s digging deeper. It’s almost attitudewise, you know what I mean. We’re a little more grown up and we still want to make a dance record, but dance by our definition. Rachel Nagy: Was said to us, “Look, I won’t do this if I don’t know what to do. If I don’t understand this and don’t know what I can bring to you guys, I won’t try to fake through it or turn you into something you’re not.” And that’s what we needed to hear. Does the band feel pressure of possible misrepresentation, considering the songwriting process is built upon previous works? Do you ever get approached by disgruntled fans or the original songwriters? MR: You’d think we would have, but to tell you the truth, most people don’t know the records. People aren’t really going to come up to you and tell you negative things anyway. When we cover a song people go looking for it. Most don’t say, “Hey, I know that.” When we were in Europe, it was cool to see the effects of having done this. People come out and say, “Let me show you what I’ve got.” In Los Angeles a person came to the side of the stage and said, “There’s a person here who says you covered one of their songs.” I remember thinking, “I thought most of them were dead?’ Who the fuck is standing at the door.” It was Jackie DeShannon [one of the first female singer/songwriters in rock ‘n’ roll]. We went to a little studio and wrote a couple of songs with her. One of the songs we wrote during that session I want to use on the next record. I at least want to give it a shot.

Have you ever had someone try to pull the wool over you and pretend to be related to one of the deceased musicians to get paid in some form? RN: The closest thing that ever happened to that was Mickey Lee Lane’s brother. I don’t think we met him, but I think he sent us a letter. It was cool, but then died. The next thing you know we’re getting these long e-mails from his brother. He started on the whole, “Yeah, I actually wrote that and here’s some other stuff I wrote that I’d love if you guys would do.” It was very obvious that he hadn’t written anything. The other music he was sending us was terrible. It was really bizarre shit like I don’t think we’ll be doing a dance remix of the blues anytime soon. Other than that, we’ve never really had anyone try and play us. Considering many of these songs are obscure hits that are either out of print or impossible to find, has there ever been an interest to do more for the originals beyond the band’s interpretations of them? For example, a label that focuses on reissues or a compilation? RN: We absolutely have the utmost respect, it’s one of the reasons we do what we do. But this is our personal jukebox. We get together, share each other’s weird records, drink some beer and play the songs we love and find fun. Other than that it was not supposed to be anything deeper. I wouldn’t really call us collectors. I’ve lost so many records. It comes down to the difference between boys and girls. The girls run around, dance and have a good time, while the boys are the librarians discussing who begat who. We’ll leave all the reissuing to those boys that are great at cataloging and remembering and not losing their records and not moving from a house and forgetting two boxes in the attic.

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Despite the recent spat of bipolar weather in Sacramento, we’ve still fallen victim to Mr. Sunshine’s brazen rays. Even when overcast, our city sky is bright, beating down on the streets and seriously impairing our eyes. What better than to have protection that is fun, stylish and extremely useful? Sunglasses seem to be the ultimate in summer style and function. Many gens around town are wisely shielding their peepers, and doing it with funk and flair. Bold black, la vie en rose, animal print and opaque, sunglass frame color is as interesting as shape. Plus, sunglasses make everyone look mysteriously fetching, allowing anyone a prestigious persona.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Still here? Yeah… me too. As you are probably aware, May 21, 2011, was supposed to be the day Christians lovingly refer to as Judgment Day. Just before a massive earthquake scheduled for 6:00 p.m. (conveniently enough in each time zone), all the goodie-two-shoes of the world were supposed to vanish in a puff of smoke and be whisked off to Heaven, leaving the rest of us to live five months of torment on Earth before the world ended on Oct. 21. Harold Camping of Oakland-based Family Radio had crunched the numbers and everything seemed in order. The results were clear; much more clear than they had been back in 1994 when he last incorrectly predicted the end of the world. He closely consulted the Good Book this time and there was no question about it: Judgment Day had to be May 21. And yet, the magic day has come and gone and here we are. In his own words, Camping was “flabbergasted.” A cursory review of the numbers shows that Camping’s calculations were perfect. After all, his numbers all came from God, sorta. Camping’s divine equation started with a simple, but infallible premise: Jesus was crucified on April 1, 33 A.D. Any school kid could tell you that. With that in mind, Camping only needed the other variables. Camping looked toward the obvious and decided that Judgment Day is about three things: atonement, completeness and of course, Heaven. You look lost, but hang in there…it’s all about to make sense, for, you see, atonement is worth 5, completeness is worth 10 and Heaven, well that’s worth 17.

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Five symbolizes atonement because Exodus 30:15 says, “The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.” You God-fearing wealthy Republicans out there latched on to the half shekel right away, as you are wont to do. That coinage is important because one half shekel is the same as saying 0.5 shekels. Any mathematician will tell you that decimals have no place in math and can be ignored, leaving us with 5. It makes complete sense, which leads us to our next number. Completeness can be valued at 10, because, well 10 is a complete number. This one requires little explanation. We scale things from 1 (shitty) to 10 (badmuthafuckinass) all the time; just ask Bo Derek. The only time 10 isn’t perfect is when you have an amp that goes to 11. Last I checked, only one of such amp was ever built, making it a statistically insignificant factor for our calculations. So the first two numbers make sense, but why does Heaven equal 17? I mean, shouldn’t it equal 7? After all, many a great rock song has taught us that Heaven rhymes with seven. To the doubters out there, that should be your first clue. How many nuns have to tell you that rock ‘n’ roll is the Devil’s music before you understand? The Devil wants you thinking Heaven is seven just to throw you off. He has a vested interest in keeping you alive past Judgment Day. God would never rely on such creative contrivances as rhyming anyway. Dude is clearly a mathlete. So we have our numbers now, but how do we unlock

the mystery? Adding, subtracting and dividing can be ruled out; otherwise the world would be over already. Multiplying seemed closer, but still the result just wasn’t big enough. This conundrum stumped Camping for years until one momentous night. Camping had been standing on his toilet hanging a clock when he fell and hit his head on the sink. When he came to, he had his answer: multiplying the numbers together was right, but he needed to square the result to get his answer! And the answer was 722,500. From there it was just a hop skip and a jump to determine that May 21, 2011, is exactly 722,500 days from the death of nearly every Mexican’s favorite namesake. So, if the math works, why are we still here? Maybe God was a victim of the iPhone daylight savings bug that keeps plaguing the world. You’d think that someone would tell God he missed the big day, but then again, would you want to tell God his watch is off? Harold Camping has come to another conclusion: the math is right, he just misjudged the severity of God’s wrath. Camping would now like you to know that God has five months to toy with us before he ends it all in a flash of fire and brimstone. So, enjoy it while it lasts. And if you need something to do with all your useless money, I hear Harold Camping’s Family Radio is taking donations.

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Sharper Arrow, Tighter Bow Bows and Arrows readies new space

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acramento is home to a large community of artists that continue to thrive with the help of each other as well as the trailblazing efforts of people like Trisha Rhomberg and Olivia Coelho. The 30-something, young business owners partnered in November 2007 to open Bows and Arrows, a vintage fashion store that over the years evolved into a multi-use space. The 17 th and L street location was home to many Second Saturday art openings, some of the most amazing yet quietly talked about music shows, Pearl Records vinyl shop, Thunderhorse Vintage, a moped shop, the Junkee shop and most importantly a meeting place for young creatives who had a place to congregate and share ideas. And as much as Rhomberg and Coelho loved their space that they had poured so much of themselves into over the years, these two entrepreneurs were still hungry to expand and do even more. So, on June 4, Rhomberg and Coelho will open an even more ambitious version of Bows and Arrows at a new location at 1815 19th Street in Sacramento. “We had been enjoying our Second Saturdays, our arts shows and our music shows a lot at our old location. We thought that it would be nice to focus more on the art, have a different building, a nice focused area for an art gallery and be able to serve beer and wine,” says Coelho. The two began what would be become a tedious, yet invaluable learning experience as they searched for the perfect space to carry out their new and improved vision. Coelho had experience finding buildings, but on a smaller scale, when she opened her first vintage boutique Olipom. She sought out a second building for Olipom after the first

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their previous space. This time around, though, things will be a lot more legitimate and more in tune with how an actual live music venue operates. That means that Bows has applied for an entertainment permit since their occupancy is over 49. These permits aren’t easy to come by, if they are even able to acquire one at all, and they’re expensive: $1,400 a piece and nonrefundable. On top of that, the permit requires that two security guards, approved by the Sacramento Police Department, be on duty for all the shows. Again, having security at shows isn’t the issue, it’s the cost associated with those requirements. “If we have 30 people come, they each pay $3 and we make $90 off the door and we pay $250 out to security…we’re at a loss every time we try and have a show,” says Coelho. But Rhomberg and Coelho aren’t here to bitch and moan and not do anything about what they don’t agree with. Both owners have made their presence known at Midtown Business Association mixers, Midtown Merchants meetings where Coelho is a board member, and they even sat down and had a beer with Councilman Steve Cohn. After an MBA mixer, Rhomberg and Coelho, along with a group of local movers and shakers all sat down with Cohn at Midtown’s Streets of London. “He had no idea how hard of a time we’re having trying to showcase local musicians. We’re not busting windows out of places. We’re not these wild and crazy people, but there’s nowhere to have it,” says Rhomberg. They’re both extremely passionate about not only making some real changes themselves, but also about empowering and inspiring the young artists and small business owners to do the same. “There are sympathetic ears, but they can’t hear you screaming when you’re at a house party with all of your friends. How is anyone in power supposed to know that there are all these disgruntled young people in town who aren’t up to no good?” says Coelho. Rhomberg says that things like being able to talk with Cohn, attending the MBA mixers and

having their voices be heard are all great opportunities to take some steps forward in the right direction. She fears that if more spaces, like the new Bows and Arrows, which will have a gallery to feature local and emerging artists, don’t begin opening and flourishing more often, then our artists community will find homes elsewhere. “How are we ever going to have our own creative class if everybody feels they need to leave and go to San Francisco or Portland or Los Angeles to make a living in an arts industry? We have to keep our creative class here. We have to provide them jobs and we have to provide them venues to showcase their talents so people know about them,” says Rhomberg who along with Coelho is also a working visual artist. June 4 will also be the first gallery opening with a stunner of a show from San Francisco-based artist Hilary Pecis. Pecis recently had a spread in Juxtapoz Magazine, and she’s represented by the exciting Guerrero Gallery located in the San Francisco’s Mission District. Her work is collage constructed from found Internet images, piled and manipulated to form impossible landscapes and designs. Her work will fit in perfectly with everything going on in the new space that Coelho says will be based off of their taste and aesthetic. “When it really comes down to it, it has to be something that we’re drawn to and inspired by,” says Coelho. Part of that draw and inspiration is behind the partnership with Jaymes Luu of Fat Face, who will be taking over the café space to do her signature sandwiches and gourmet popsicles (see page 14). Friend Becky Grunewald, local writer and foodie, took the Bows duo to Davis where Luu was operating inside a very small space. Grunewald wanted to show them what could be done without a hood inside a smaller kitchen, the one similar to the Bows and Arrows kitchen. It turned out to be a serendipitous

meeting where the three hit it off immediately. “We liked her right off the bat and it just seemed like such a nice cohesion. It was like love at first sight,” says Coelho. In no time Luu was on board and the vision for the new space was complete. The collaboration of Bows and Fat Face will be fruitful no doubt. Rhomberg and Coelho have been working, along with some trusted palates like sommelier Michele Hebert, on assembling a wine and beer list for the café. Delerium Tremens, West Coast IPA and others are among the beers being considered for the list along with four draft beers. With Luu’s food that is packed with unique flavors, you might see some interesting parings taking place. “I want to do that, and I know Olivia and Trisha want that. I’m definitely going to work toward that,” says Luu. It all seems like a lot going on: the café, the music venue, the gallery and of course the thing that started it all, the vintage fashion. If local fashionistas are concerned that Rhomberg and Coelho have lost their focus when it comes

“How are we ever going to have our own creative class if everybody feels they need to leave and go to San Francisco or Portland or Los Angeles to make a living in an arts industry? We have to keep our creative class here. We have to provide them jobs and we have to provide them venues to showcase their talents so people know about them.” – Trisha Rhomberg, Bows and Arrows

to the clothes, fear not, because they will be merely focusing their inventory so more shoppers can feel comfortable while browsing the racks. “There’s a very specific breed of people that…want to see everything they can see. But the majority of people get very overwhelmed… and I feel like in order to make the shopping experience more enjoyable and more intimate, we had to edit the selection,” says Rhomberg. Whether you’re a hardcore shopper or casual, a beer drinker or prefer wine, a lover of art and music or you’re creative juices flow from food, the new Bows and Arrows has something for you. And when it all boils down, it started with two young creative minds with a passion for all the things they love and a loyalty to the city they live in. “I want everything. I want to literally, physically surround myself with amazing beer, good music. I want to be sewing and making handmade clothes, I want to look at vintage clothes for inspiration. And I want to show my art and show my The new Bows and Arrows, friends’ art. I want located at 1815 19th Street opens it all and I want to June 4 with an exhibit by Bay Area artist Hilary Pecis. Jaymes share it all,” says Luu’s Fat Face popsicles also Rhomberg. figure to be a major attraction at the new location. For more on Fat Face, read our article on page 14.

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’d exercise caution when saying to your friends, “Get your Fat Face on!” They might take it the wrong way. Preface it by letting them know that it’s actually a good thing and you’re not attacking their winter waistline. Fat Face is the name of Jaymes Luu’s sandwich and gourmet popsicle business that has recently closed shop in Davis and will now be take residence in the new Bows and Arrows space (see page 12). Luu describes the name of the business as a funny term for enjoying really good food, but in very humble way. It’s a term that she and her friends came up with that’s a very fitting definition, considering that Luu’s food is both good and humble. On the Fat Face website, Luu encourages customers trying her popsicles to be “adventurous” and to “challenge their palates.” This might seem like a disclaimer for the outthere kind of flavors, but who wrote the rules on what a popsicle should be, anyway? Luu has been pushing the boundaries with her frozen confections, and the boundaries have never tasted so good. Among some of her more popular flavors is the Kaffir limeade and avocado, an interesting concoction for the title of “most popular.” Apparently fans of Fat Face have taken the challenge. Fat Face’s previous location was on L Street in Davis, a small space where she not only served her signature popsicles, but also cranked out delicious sandwiches to boot. Grilled cheese with beer poached figs, smoked salmon, cola braised pork sandwiches or asparagus-filled breakfast “sammies” are some of the fun and sometimes wonky menu items that can be found at Fat Face. Ingredients are seasonal and specials can change on a whim, depending on who Luu has heard a suggestion from that day. “[I get suggestions from] a lot of people I work with or customers will come up and be like, hey I think you should make this-and-this popsicle,” says Luu. “That will spark me to make new flavors.” Luu is currently working on a mango and sticky rice popsicle and one of her newest flavors is something she calls the “bacon and egg.” Luu describes it as a “very yolky vanilla

custard with a ginger bacon caramel.” At the new location, Luu plans to extend her menu by playing off of the beer and wine list that Bows and Arrows owners Trisha Rhomberg and Olivia Coelho have been piecing together. The potential for crafting some small plates has sparked an interest for Luu, and she’s already got some ideas in mind. “I want to have a pickle plate, fun popcorn; I’m trying to have more fun bar food like olives, but figure out how to make that more interesting than just olives,” says Luu. When Luu decided to collaborate with Rhomberg and Coelho, she was drawn to their commitment to the project and how serious they were about making it all come together. They already had a building locked down, a kitchen in place and agreed to take on the build out. If all that wasn’t appealing enough, Luu also just simply liked what the whole thing was about. “I appreciate their vision for what they want to do and what they want to bring; a community they want to create with their art stuff and their music,” says Luu. The feeling was mutual. “We went to eat lunch at Fat Face in Davis…walked in and loved everything about it. Super simple, sophisticated food that was local, seasonal, farm to table, scrumptious ingredients—really interesting flavors mixed together. The presentation was really humble but it was really good food,” says Coelho. There’s something about Fat Face that Sacramento just hasn’t seen yet. It’s hard to put a label on and difficult to pigeonhole or compare with another cuisine. With the amount of support that was shown by Sacramento at the first annual Mobile Food Truck Festival, it’s clear that we love walking up to a truck to get something tasty. And wasn’t that idea born from the jingle of the neighborhood ice cream truck or paletero cart? Luu herself was at that festival, conducting a sort of Sacramento dry run, and her line was as long as the rest. Looks like we’re in for a fun summer. Now go get your Fat Face on.

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Luigi’s Fungarden Hail the Sun, So Stressed, Former Animals, Di Bravera, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Bad Catz, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry & DJ Hailey, 9 p.m. The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Set in Stone, 3 p.m. Torch Club Aaron King & Friends, 4 p.m.; Johnny Guitar Knox & the Soothers, 8 p.m. ZuhG Life Store Ken Teel, 2 p.m.

6.06 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 Monday's hosted by Ross Hammond w/ The Dave Lynch Group, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Strapped For Cash w/ Nuance, 7:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

6.07 Tuesday

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Traditional Irish Jam Session, 7 p.m. Harlow’s California Guitar Trio, 7 p.m. Marilyn’s Wires & Wood, 8 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub DJs Rigatony, Alazzawi, 9 p.m. Press Club Uncontrollable w/ DJ Alki, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 6 p.m. Shine Open Mic Night w/ special guest hosts, 6 p.m.; Beller & Daum, 7:30 p.m. The Stoney Inn Karaoke Contest, 10 p.m. T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Kate Gaffney, 5:30 p.m.; Dippin Sauce, 9 p.m. ZuhG Life Store Open Mic Night, 6 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp Onry Osbourne w/ Rob Castro Iame, Void Pedal, Cloudy October, Max Bundles, 9 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Rewind, 8 p.m. Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ host Lare Crawley, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub The Left Hand, Infamous Swanks, Gundown, 9 p.m. Press Club Hi Fi Sound Technicians w/ The Conductor, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 6 p.m. Shady Lady Straight, No Chaser w/ CrookOne, 10 p.m. Tin House Studio and Gallery Experimental Open Mic, 8 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Mind X, 9 p.m. Uncle Vitos (Davis) Boom Bip w/ The Flower Vato, 10 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Detroit Cobras, Girl In A Coma, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk The Creepshow, The Devil’s Train, The Jetsinns, Avenue Saints, 7 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. District 30 I Love House w/ Ron Reeser, Double K, Danny Mijangos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Martin Purtill, Robert Jordan, Chris Knight, 8 p.m. Golden Bear Shaun Slaughter, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Freddie McGregor, 10 p.m. Liquid Nightclub DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. Luigi’s Fungarden Montgomery Party, Mountains, 8 p.m. Marilyn’s RockOn Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Bones McDonald, Rich Driver, Jay Shaner, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Chris Gardner Band, Attwater (Single Release Party), 9:30 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 6 p.m. The Stoney Inn Colin Raye, 6:30 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Harley White Jr. feat. Aaron King, 9 p.m. Vega’s Blues Jam, 7 p.m. continued on page 22

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Davey Havok ponders the endless possibilities of Blaqk Audio’s forthcoming album, Bright Black Heaven Words James Barone

ubmerge caught up with Blaqk Audio frontman Davey Havok (you may also know him as the singer for dark punk band AFI) at a strange time. At the moment, though he and his partner in Blaqk Audio Jade Puget (AFI’s guitarist) are very hard at work writing new songs for their forthcoming album, Bright Black Heaven, Havok doesn’t really have anything immediate to plug; which, as you’ve probably noticed, is the main reason why artists do interviews in the first place. “It’s been a while since I’ve spoken to anybody,” Havok jokes as he tries to remember the name of a recent song (“Down Here”) the band had posted to the Internet. “It kind of catches you off guard, because you’re not used to talking about this stuff.” Havok and Puget began working on Blaqk Audio’s Bright Black Heaven shortly after the dance-pop/electronica project’s first album, 2007’s CexCells, was put to bed. In fact, Bright Black Heaven was even completed, but disagreements with their former label Interscope left the album in a sort of limbo. Undeterred, Havok and Puget stuck to what they do best—making music—and an album’s worth of songs ballooned into what could be an entire catalog for some bands. The result is a murky future for Blaqk Audio, still searching for a label, but as we discuss in the following interview, an undefined path ahead doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. According to Havok, there are now 33 songs tracked and ready to go for Bright Black Heaven. On top of that, 10 to 15 more are written but remain, as of our interview, unrecorded. With the amount of material they’ve been working on, it’s easy to forgive Havok’s fumbling for a song title. Some of the songs that have been created for Bright Black Heaven are three years old, including the aforementioned “Down Here.” “‘Down Here’” was the first song that we completed after CexCells,” Havok explains. “We were actually sound checking that song during the CexCells tour.” Given the span of time over which these songs were created, there are certainly differences in the material. Havok says that Puget steers the direction of Blaqk Audio as far as the music is concerned; however, Havok has noticed that what he’s received from Puget over the past three years has run the gamut of the electronic music spectrum. “We have a lot of very dramatic, dark, down-tempo songs; we have lots of very high-energy pop-y songs,” Havok says. “There’s some stuff that’s glitchy, big room stuff. There’s more traditional synth pop-sounding stuff. It’s really all over the place, which is going to make it difficult when it comes time to choose what’s going to be on Bright Black Heaven, because as I’ve said, there are so many options.” While the variety may make it tough to choose which of the songs make the cut, Havok also acknowledges that it’s sort of exciting knowing Bright Black Heaven can go in a variety of directions. “It is fun, because it really leaves the door open for us,” he says. Though their future is unclear, it’s still possible to check out some of the music Blaqk Audio has been working on online. “Down Here” and “Bon Voyeurs” are available on the band’s Soundcloud page (Soundcloud.com/ blaqkaudio). Also, Havok says he hopes the group will release “some 12-inch singles before summer is over.” He also hints that these singles may be available for download. In the meantime, Blaqk Audio fans will have to wait and see, but good things do come to those who wait.

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Blaqk Audio, obviously, is so much different-sounding than AFI. Was that something that you thought about? Like when Dave Grohl went from Nirvana to the Foo Fighters, he was still doing a similar type of rock music, so his fans with Nirvana could make the jump to the Foo Fighters more easily. What we were doing with Blaqk Audio, we really didn’t take AFI into consideration at all. It doesn’t really have— other than two of AFI’s members are in Blaqk Audio—they really don’t have anything to do with each other. It wasn’t a matter of what we do with Blaqk Audio wasn’t meant for AFI fans. Of course, we’d be happy to have AFI fans, and we’re always happy if AFI fans appreciate what we do, but it’s such a completely different kind of music, that wasn’t really taken into consideration. When you originally conceived Bright Black Heaven, there must have been a certain vibe to it. Now that you have so many different songs, is there any inclination to change the title and make it something completely different? Not so much. When I think about it, and I think about the songs we have, I think we can put a group of songs to create an album that fits well with the title Bright Black Heaven. I’ve also fantasized about releasing three albums—creating Bright Black Heaven and creating sister albums that are more polarized, less balanced than the Bright Black Heaven album. I can envision doing a Bright Black Heaven album that has elements of our darker side and our pop-y side, and actually do another two where one would be all up-tempo pop, and the other would be all down-tempo, dark dramatic stuff. I don’t know if that’s going to happen. Probably not…we don’t even have Bright Black Heaven coming out [laughs]. It’s a little ambitious to be looking for three when we don’t even have one. You might as well aim high. Right? Maybe one of the three will come out.

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You said that Jade holds down the feel of the album musically. What have you been focusing on lyrically since the last album? You know, it’s kind of an extension of the themes that were on CexCells—that hedonistic, sexual scenario/ ethos that is running through that record, and it kind of goes further beyond that. For me, electronic music is so otherworldly, which is odd, because it’s so manmade. It’s a machine, but it’s very fantastic. It evokes these images of these endless possibilities of otherworldliness [laughs]. I’ve always loved electronic music for that reason. It has always inspired me in very different ways than acoustic instruments have. Bright Black Heaven is very similar thematically to CexCells. A lot of it is kind of biting—I wouldn’t say tongue-in-cheek, but there’s a lot of humor to it, dry humor, sometimes. It’s hard for me to talk about, again, because there are so many songs. I don’t even know what’s going to be on it.

“For me, electronic music is so otherworldly, which is odd, because it’s so manmade. It’s a machine, but it’s very fantastic. It evokes these images of these endless possibilities of otherworldliness. I’ve always loved electronic music for that reason.” – Davey Havok, Blaqk Audio Changing gears a bit, you played St. Jimmy in the Broadway cast of American Idiot this past March. I saw in an interview you had with Mark Hoppus before your run started that you’d always wanted to do something on Broadway. Now that the experience is passed, did it live up to your expectations? It’s funny, because it really did. It’s funny you should ask that, because it sounds outrageous and trite to say, but it was very much a dream come true in every respect. As I said in that interview you saw, I grew up dreaming about doing something like that and thinking it would never possibly happen to me, and now that I’ve done it, it was exactly how I dreamt it would be—living right in the center of Manhattan, near Times Square, getting up every day and performing with a hugely talented cast who, as it was in my dream, were really welcoming. There was a huge

solidarity between them and us. And of course, the actual performance and being in the show was so gratifying. It’s so fun and has such a purity to it and a precariousness to it and an energy to it that’s unlike anything I’ve ever really experienced, except for when I was doing it growing up, but that was at a completely different level than Broadway. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Is that something that you’re hoping to pursue further? I would love to do more acting and more theater. It’s something I’ve always enjoyed, and having just done it, it just reaffirmed how much I love doing it and how much it means to me. I seemed to get a pretty good reaction when I was out in New York, and I met some people, and I do hope they’ll call again. I’m sitting here and waiting for Broadway to call [laughs]… I wasn’t waiting before and it did, so maybe I should stop waiting and it will again. I heard that you used to live in Sacramento. I did. I lived in Sacramento from about 1980 to 1986. So you were a kid at the time. Yeah, I was a kid, but I wasn’t a baby. I have vivid memories of the city. I used to go to Go Skate, which was a skate shop, I think, on Fair Oaks… There were malls. I remember that I used to go to Sunrise and Birdcage, and they had midnight movies at both. They had Rocky Horror and The Wall. Frozen yogurt—the beginning of the frozen yogurt craze. Everyone thinks Pinkberry is a new thing, but in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s there was Honey Bear Yogurt, and there was a Vans store in Sunrise as well. I always coveted the Spicoli checkered slip-on Vans, but I was so young that I could never get them, because they didn’t make them in kids’ sizes back then, which is really sad. I’ve never had a pair to this day. I can get them now… I’ve often thought I should get those just to have them, because I’ve always wanted them. Why do you think you haven’t gotten them yet? I don’t know. I just can’t picture what I’m going to wear them with… But you can pretty much wear them with anything. It’s not like I don’t have a bunch of Vans, because I do. I suppose I eventually should.

See Blaqk Audio play Ace of Spades in Sacramento on June 4. Boggan and Hamm FM will open. The show gets underway at 7 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to Aceofspadessac.com. To keep abreast on Blaqk Audio’s new album and to check out some of the band’s new tracks, point your browsers to Brightblackheaven.com.

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The Speed of Sound in Seawater Are Out For A Good Time Words Jonathan Carabba • Photo Cait Loper

here’s been a lot of crazy shit happening around the world lately—maybe you’ve noticed? Earthquakes, tornadoes, Osama bin Laden’s death, all this nonsense about the Rapture! It can be overwhelming and downright depressing at times to turn on the news or read the newspaper, or, let’s face it, stare at your Facebook feed. For these reasons and so many others, it’s important to have creative outlets in life where you can simply have fun and get your mind off things. The members of local indie-pop-meets-math-rock band The Speed of Sound in Seawater know just this. “If we ever stopped having fun, we would stop making new music,” admitted lead vocalist and guitarist Damien Verrett during a recent conversation in a midtown coffee shop. “That definitely is key.” Fellow six-stringer Jordan Seavers (who also sings) agreed with that notion. “Obviously the music is important,” Seavers said. “But we’re not so much like, ‘We’ve got to make it as a band!’ We just have fun playing music.” The theory of “having fun” makes its way into every aspect of the band: song titles, album titles, even their promo photos—one of which sees the four young gentlemen dangling their feet in a swimming pool while sporting pink bath robes. “There are so many stupid little inside jokes on the new EP,” said Verrett, referring to the group’s latest offering, a five-track EP

released on April 27 titled Underwater Tell Each Other Secrets. “Lyrically, in titles, so much of it,” he said. “Even the name of the album, it’s just this stupid inside joke. It’s something Fernando [Oliva, drums, vocals] said like maybe three years ago. We were all swimming in the pool and he comes up and whispers to me, ‘Do you want to play underwater tell each other secrets?’” He laughed and continued, “I just thought it was the funniest thing ever, and we remembered it. When it came time to name the new EP we were like, ‘Let’s call it Underwater Tell Each Other Secrets.’” “We’re all pretty goofy,” Seavers butted in. “We like to entertain other people but we like to entertain ourselves at the same time and just be goofs.” All jokes and goofiness aside, The Speed of Sound in Seawater are a really talented band, and Underwater Tell Each Other Secrets showcases their ability to blend technically advanced playing (i.e.: a flurry of finger tapping, complicated hammer-on riffs, shifting time signatures and rhythms, etc.) with an undeniable knack for writing pop-y, memorable melodies. When listening to their songs, it’s difficult not to think of one the genre’s pioneers, Minus the Bear. Verrett recalls when he first heard the Seattle-based group. “I remember just finding them randomly on some forum and someone was calling it ‘math-rock,’ and I

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was, ‘What the hell is that? I’ve never heard of that.’ Then I listened to it and I was like, ‘Well, that’s exactly what it is.’” Verrett went on to explain how he thinks Sacramento natives Tera Melos and Hella are good examples of bands at one end of the math-rock spectrum as far as being “way out there and not as accessible,” and that groups like This Town Needs Guns and Maps and Atlases are at the other end of the spectrum and are becoming “indie sensations who have songs in commercials and stuff.” He went on to say, “I didn’t really know if those two sects of math-rock were aware of each other, but I feel like we’re more leaning toward the pop-y side. I like that about us.” For Underwater… TSOSIS enlisted Robert Cheek as producer/mixer/engineer and from March 11 to 13 they worked out of The Hangar, arguably one of Sacramento’s most credible recording studios, where they did all the takes live. Seavers and Verrett both agreed that it was a sonic match made in heaven. “I was actually thinking about this last night,” Verrett said. “Just how many records he’s produced and engineered that I’m a huge fan of. There’s got to be like six or seven that are just some of my favorites.” He goes down the line: Tera Melos, RX Bandits, Mister Metaphor; all bands that TSOSIS share qualities with. “It just fit so well,” Verrett said of the pairing with Cheek. “He’s from here, he records all the music we love, he’s really experienced in the genre. He just got us instantly.” For months leading up to The Hangar recording sessions, the band practiced full-on dress rehearsal style, setting up microphones around them and demo-ing their songs in the living room of the house in Elk Grove in which Verrett grew up. “We actually share the same practice space as Damien’s dad does,” Seavers joked, referring to Verrett’s father’s R&B cover band formerly known as The Detours. “Once my mom gets home we have to play a little quieter,” Verrett joked. “I really don’t like having to quiet down, these guys are always like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry Mrs. Verrett, we’ll turn it down,’ and I’m always like, ‘No guys, we

don’t have to do that!’ It’s really funny, that has to have influenced our music in some way.” This is a fair assessment, considering TSOSIS rarely use distortion on their guitars, giving their music somewhat of a shimmer and an overall easier-to-listen-to vibe than bands with heavily distorted guitars constantly blasting. “Damien and I both really like jazzy tones and stuff like that,” Seavers said. Verrett jumped in, “And all the distorted parts hit so much harder when they’re so infrequent, you know? If there’s hardly any distortion, you really notice.” Their songs are consciously “loose,” too. Frequently, the skilled musicians will slip in and out of one part into another, sometimes perfectly in sync, sometimes not, giving their recordings an organic feel. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘Man we sound really sloppy, we need to clean it up,’” Seavers admitted. “But then sometimes I’m listening to another band and I’m like, ‘It’s so cool they’re sloppy, I want to play like that.’ It sounds a little more fun when people are sloppy.” With a new EP freshly tucked under their belts, along with two others (2009’s Blue Version and 2010’s Red Version), TSOSIS has a plethora of songs to pull from when they tour throughout California this summer. “It’s odd that we’re at the point where people are like, ‘Oh your first EP is the best one!’” Verrett joked as our conversation was coming to an end. “It’s like, ‘Are you kidding? That was like $200 and we made it in like eight hours, and you think that’s the best? We just dropped a lot more on this one; you better think it’s the best.’”

The Speed of Sound in Seawater will play at Luigi’s Fungarden on Friday, June 17 alongside Town Hall, The Relatives and The Dreaded Diamond. Show starts at 8 p.m., is $5 and all ages are welcome. TSOSIS will welcome back their former bassist Lucas Ulrici for this show and a number of other performances this summer, as their current bassist Michael Littlefield will be busy recording with his other band, A Lot Like Birds. To learn more about TSOSIS and to stream or download tracks off all three of their EPs, visit Thespeedofsoundinseawater.bandcamp.com.

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The only barrier that separated the musicians from the audience members at Sophia’s Thai Kitchen in Davis was a white string of lights. The only items that separated the musicians that made up headliner S. Carey were their own instruments, due to the lack of space on the cozy porch stage. The man playing on the porch that night was Sean Carey, best known as the drummer and vocalist from Bon Iver, who made the wooden panels of the porch move Wednesday night. The show began with an opening set played by Tor House, aka Daryl Jason Lazaro, who stood and sang in front of the other band’s instruments that were piled on the porch. His set only involved him, his guitar, and a few of his number-one fans and friends in the crowd who demanded an encore. Shortly after Tor House was finished with his encore, Other Lives warmed up for their set. Originally from Oklahoma, the folksy sounding band admitted they were kind of making things up as they went along. Even if they were improvising, they played their soothing acoustic set with ease and seemed to love every minute of it. But during the middle of their set, a group of people near the bar started to have loud conversations that could be heard over the music. At one point the lead singer was strumming his guitar and mildly glaring at the people who were making obnoxious bar noise and said to the quiet people in the front, “Thank you very much for being polite.” Despite the ruckus, Other Lives finished their set to make way for the sounds of S. Carey. Sean Carey and his band were playing so close together on the small porch that they could have all joined hands while performing if they wanted to. Carey even said that he was glad to play at such a “unique venue.” They started off their set with a low, ambient hum of the combination of the piano, xylophone, bass,

drums and guitar, then gradually moved into their songs. S. Carey is the type of band that would be great to have every night in your living room before bedtime to provide sweet lullabies for a good night’s rest. It was mesmerizing to watch the xylophone player balance the four mallets between his fingers as he would hit the different notes on the giant bars. Sean Carey made sure to thank everyone almost after every song and at one point moved his talent from the back of his piano to the front of a drum. Intimacy is hard to achieve at most outdoor shows because the acoustics can get lost in the fresh air. But Carey and his band made each audience member feel as if they were given a one-on-one session with the music. That night’s intimacy was felt in the audience members keeping warm with the surrounding body heat on a chilly night; the dark red glow on each performer’s face that was provided by the only “stage lights” for the show; the street light turning on in the middle of the set, providing S. Carey a little more stage light for their performance; the crowd of 30 feeling the porch pulsate beneath them while they held Chimay glasses and beer bottles at their side. Anyone can listen to the music of S. Carey on an iPod, in a video on YouTube, or in the car, but nothing can beat feeling the music on a small porch in Davis. Other Lives

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hoping to reunite with Alex. But Meiklejohn’s documentary throws a curve ball when it reveals Rothbart has a secret. The film purports to be a documentary about love, and in some respect, that’s certainly the case. It seems to examine, and then coldly dissect the conventional wisdom, “When it happens to you, you’ll know.” As Rothbart seeks answers on how to find happiness in his love life from virtually anyone he encounters (including Newt Gingrich, Zooey Deschanel and Ira Glass), the idea of love as it’s presented in the film morphs from a lofty and most noble of emotions into something more apt to inspire intense paranoia and heartache than joy. As far as love goes, most of us have probably discovered that it usually splits the difference between pure ecstasy and sheer misery, with brief flashes of both. My Heart Is an Idiot doesn’t bring anything new to the table in that regard. There is also some loss of focus as Meiklejohn also explores a couple subplots, such as the death of Rothbart’s friend’s mother—an interesting aside, but one that doesn’t seem to tie neatly into the documentary’s central story. Also, as love stories go, it’s a pretty poor one, but that aspect of the film is what makes it interesting. Rothbart as romantic hero leaves plenty to be desired. In a couple instances, he’s referred to as a con artist (even by his own mother). Meiklejohn hangs Rothbart’s dirty laundry out to dry, and over the course of the film, viewers will most likely get a good whiff. In so doing, Rothbart, who provides voiceover narration for much of the film, becomes unreliable. Is he really the classical wide-eyed romantic yearning for love, or just a wannabe Lothario for the personal branding-obsessed blog generation? It’s love, after all—there aren’t any easy answers. David Meiklejohn and Davy Rothbart will be on-hand for a screening of My Heart Is an Idiot, which will be held at The Guild Theater on June 12. The event starts at 7:30 and is sponsored by Movies on a Big Screen. Admission is $5. For more information, call (916) 736-1185 or visit Moviesonabigscreen.com.

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Issue 86 • May 30 – June 13, 2011

The Onion purports to be “America’s finest news source,” and though the site is satirical, its claim is pretty spot on. The best satire, after all, speaks the sort of truth that people shy away from saying aloud in polite society. On May 19, 2011, an article titled “Nation Down to Last Hundred Grown-ups” appeared on TheOnion.com. The title didn’t initially make much sense to me until I read further. The article stated: “The endangered demographic, which is projected to die out completely by 2060, is reportedly distinguished from other groups by numerous unique traits, including foresight, rationality, understanding of how to obtain and pay for a mortgage, personal responsibility and the ability to enter a store without immediately purchasing whatever items they see and desire.” To be honest, all those things mentioned escape me. I'm sad to say that I'm suffering through a prolonged adolescence—a phase of my life that will hopefully be over soon and leave me enough time to stash money away for my retirement. The jar that counts coins that I keep on my dresser—it’s LED readout showing a tally of just over $62—is a noble, if not humble beginning, but I’m certainly going to have to make many more tough choices if I’m ever going to be able to get the RV of my dreams that will take me from Palm Springs in the winter to somewhere nice in Canada during the warmer months, let alone pay for the gas that it will take to keep the thing running. But where does rationality and coolheadedness get you nowadays? It certainly won’t get you on the news or build your personal brand. The article also described a grown-up as people who sometimes put “the greater good above their own interests” and remain “calm when something doesn’t go their way.” They also “admit when they were wrong and respect a viewpoint other than their own.” The last bit I thought was the sharpest critique of modern society. It seems as if freaking the fuck out about whatever got stuck in your craw around brunch time is the preferred mode of expression. Something pissed you off? Just go off about it. That’s why you have a blog, isn’t it? Say whatever’s on your mind or do whatever it takes to make sure people know you’re serious. It doesn’t matter if you’re wrong. If you shout loud enough, that will make it true. You can probably find further examples of this in this and other editions of this very column. (Chalk it up to the trials and tribulations of being your own editor.)

If words aren’t your thing, or you’re not a talking head on one of the myriad pundittainment TV programs, you could always buy a gun and shoot someone you don’t agree with. Jared Lee Loughner thought that would be a good idea. The 22-year-old Arizona man isn’t a big fan of government (I mean, who is, right?!), so he got his Glock on and shot U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in the face, wounding 13 others and killing six, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. Originally, it was thought that Loughner may have been goaded into his heinous act by 47-year-old child Sarah Palin’s rhetoric. While it’s probably true that she’s pure political poison and dumber than a bag of hammers, it turned out that this was one allegation levied against her that was a bit of an overreaction. Loughner is just a nut. In fact, Loughner is so crazy that he’s unfit to stand trial. On Wednesday, May 25, Loughner stood in front of a judge for his mental competency hearing in Tuscon, Ariz. After reviewing two mental health evaluations, federal judge Larry Burns concluded that Loughner “doesn’t understand what’s going on in court, and can’t help in his own defense,” according to a CNN (though perfectly in his right mind when he premeditated buying a gun, ammo and posted on his Myspace the morning of the shooting that shit was about to go down). Loughner wasn’t completely blind to his surroundings, however. Some reports state that during an outburst in the courtroom, the gunman uttered, “Thanks for the freak show.” No, Mr. Loughner, thank you. He will undergo treatment in Springfield, Mo., in the hopes of making him well enough to stand trial. I suppose getting a weapon and trying to rub out someone you don’t like is nothing new, though. Assassinations have been a favorite pastime for humankind throughout history. And I guess it’s nice that we’re civilized enough that we don’t just boil the mentally infirm in oil for cavorting with demons like we used to. In many ways, I guess you could say things are getting better, but make no mistake: these are drastic times. It should follow that drastic measures are called for. Feel free to overreact to this story in the manner in which you deem best.

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