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dive in anticipation... frankly, it’s a bitch

Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Waiting for an artist you love to release a new album is difficult. It doesn’t matter if they are new or an old group you’ve loved for years, you just can’t wait to hear what’s next—that is, as long as it’s good. There’s nothing like reading an interview to get the latest update and find out where the hell these artists are in the process. Sometimes there’s news/information you don’t want to hear at all… like the record isn’t even close to done, or sometimes they give you a tease and let you know what to expect or at least when you can expect it. All in all, after reading an interview with a band or artist you are fascinated with, you at least know more than you did before.

I think my title for this column pretty much sums up the majority of this issue’s features.

As a longtime fan of A Perfect Circle, I’ve been waiting for a real third album (I’m sorry but eMOTIVE does not even count in my book) for what seems like a lifetime now. Our feature on page 8 gives you a bit of an insight as to where they’re at in the process of writing a possible new album from the main songwriter of A Perfect Circle, Billy Howerdel. While the information might not be what APC fans are dying to hear, it will inform you on Howerdel’s solo project, Ashes Divide, as well as let you know what vocalist Maynard James Keenan is focusing on for the time being. And if you aren’t a fan and don’t know much about them, our feature will give you a wonderful idea of what APC is all about.

I haven’t seen them live since APC opened for Nine Inch Nails (which was actually the second concert ever at Sacramento Valley Amphitheater back in 2000), but it was the best concert I’ve ever seen. So imagine my excitement to hear APC will be performing a show at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on July 29.

While I doubt they can top the full-moon amphitheater ambience of that summer night so many years ago, it’s nice to know they will be playing all their wonderful, heavy-yet-ambient songs I’ve come to love. Rumor has it they’ll be playing a new song, too, which I am definitely anticipating!

Same goes for when Neon Indian comes to Sacramento to perform at the Greens Hotel on July 23 at LAUNCH. I cannot wait to potentially hear new songs. Neon Indian offers a fresh sound that some call chill-wave, which I would consider to just be psychedelic-meets-synthpop. In the last few years, Neon Indian has received major praise from Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. In our interview on page 14, Alan Palomo mentions that he is working on a follow up to his 2009 release Psychic Chasms. Hooray! I know that many folks were wondering if there was ever going to be a second full release. Palomo also discusses the influences his parents had on him growing up, his love for synthesizers and a previous experience in Sacramento.

Forever Goldrush, a local act whom you might have heard of back in the late ‘90s to early ‘00s, unfortunately shelved their third album before it could see the light of day. With a new record label based out of Sacramento, Test Pattern Records, behind Amador Frequency, nine years later the record will finally have the official release it so deserves. That’s some anticipation for you, Forever Goldrush fans. In our interview on page 24, Tony Cale and Mason DeMusey clue you in on what to expect from this long overdue release, Amador “the County,” as well as recording new songs this coming September. Be sure to check out their CD release show at Harlow’s on Aug 12.

What happens to be my favorite story in this issue is our feature on artist and prisoner Salvador Aceves. Yes, I said prisoner, as Aceves is currently serving a sentence in a medium security prison in Vacaville, Calif. Despite his situation, Aceves has an art exhibit called Perdition displayed at Spanglish Arte in Sacramento until August 5. Learning about Aceves’ circumstances and his passion for art leaves us with one of the most moving stories Submerge has printed to date. Our writer, Blake Gillespie, and Aceves literally hand-wrote letters to each other in order to make this feature story and interview happen! On page 12 you can view some of his art work displayed in the show and read about how one package from his sister changed his life, as well as the California Youth Authority and why Aceves thinks it’s a failing system.

As always, there are plenty of other great reads in this issue too. On page 28 we have an album spotlight on locals The Nickel Slots’ sophomore release Five Miles Gone, on page 29 you’ll find a review of the hilarious film with an all-star cast Horrible Bosses, and on page 26 check out a review of the beloved Sacramento gem, Japanese sweet shop Osaka-ya. Plus tons of other great stuff!

Enjoy issue #89, Melissa-Dubs

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Muse frontman Matt Bellamy is taking that saying to heart. Tired of boring music recorded with two feet on the ground, Bellamy is trying to take his band’s act into outer space. The Muse singer is trying to get on one of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flights into space so that he and his band mates can make a music video or record a song. Bellamy’s interest in the galaxy stems from a telescope he received while performing in Moscow. Bellamy told Contactmusic: “I think that would be cool. Would I be scared? I think I’ll be alright.”

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Maroon 5 fans will get to see if singer Adam Levine really has moves like Jagger. Rolling Stones legendary frontman Mick Jagger will appear in the music video for the song that bears his name. Levine’s track “Moves Like Jagger” features his The Voice television partner Christina Aguilera. The song was first performed on the NBC television show and soon hit No. 1 on iTunes. The music video began production Friday.

It remains to be seen whether Jagger, who turns 68 on July 26, still has moves like Jagger.

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Apparently, Michele Bachmann wasn’t who he had in mind when Tom Petty recorded “American Girl.” After learning that the Republican presidential candidate was using the track as her introduction song at a rally, Petty’s legal squad immediately hit Bachmann with a cease-anddesist notice. Petty, the liberal rock star, also took similar action in 2000 when George W. Bush used “I Won’t Back Down” in his presidential campaign appearances. Maybe Petty wouldn’t have had as big a problem if Bachmann used “Free Fallin’,” “Even the Losers” or “You Got Lucky.”

SoundScan has been tracking digital album sales since 2005, and for the first time, an artist has reached 1 million album downloads. Eminem’s 2010 album Recovery passed the 1 million mark this week, bringing its overall sales to 3.9 million (including physical copies). In the six years since digital sales have been recorded, only 12 albums have even reached the 500,000 downloads mark.

Eminem is expected to soon be joined by Adele, whose album 21 should pass 1 million downloads in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Eminem is not sitting on his success. The rapper is working with Royce da 5’9” as the duo Bad Meets Evil. Their EP Hell: The Sequel debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 with 171,000 total sales.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback and reigning Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, a native of Chico, Calif., has launched a new record label called Suspended Sunrise Recordings and with it a group by the name of The Make. Comprising of core members Jeff Schneeweis (guitar/vocals), Trevor Sellers (bass) and Sarah Ann (guitar), The Make might be new, but they’re not unseasoned.

Schneeweis and Sellers both played and toured together for years in the band Number One Gun, who were signed to Tooth & Nail Records, and Sarah Ann has a solo project called See You Soon. Having been longtime friends with the now superbly famous Rodgers, who is an avid music fan (rumor has it he plays a little guitar, too), Schneeweis and crew were able to share The Make’s early demos with him and he thought they would be perfect for his new label. On June 30 they debuted their single “Get It,” an upbeat poprock song along with a polished and ridiculously professional looking video produced and directed

by Murphy Karges, bass player for Sugar Ray. To download the song “Get It” for free, hit up Themakemusic.com and to view the video visit Youtube.com/makethemake. Warning: this song may get stuck in your head for days at a time and cause involuntary rhythmic spasms in your feet, hips and/or neck.

Hometown heroes Cake recently announced backto-back shows in Davis on Oct. 6 and 7 at Freeborn Hall, located on UC Davis’ campus. The shows will be all ages and tickets will be $32 in advance and $37 at the door. Tickets go on sale July 22 and will be available through Tickets.com. I’d give it until mid-September, tops, before both these shows sell out, so if you want to see them act fast.

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CHLLNGR, aka Steven Jess Borth II, is a rising Copenhagen-based (by way of Sacramento) electronic musician/producer with a new album out now on Green Owl Records called Haven. I was fortunate enough to hear this record early and it quickly found its way to the “allowed to play out loud and not on headphones only” play list at the Submerge office. I see the Grimey crowd digging it, as it dabbles in dub step. Hip-hop heads might get on board too, as some of the elements of the beats sound like straight old school shit. Haven has a little something for everyone: It’s smooth, subtle and easy to listen to. Absolutely perfect for late night “chill sessions,” if you know what I’m talking about. CHLLNGR masterfully combines elements of dub and R&B with what he describes as a “nocturnal aesthetic.” The nocturnal thing makes perfect sense when one watches the video for “Ask For,” which was filmed by Bjorn Stig Hansen over two summer nights in a Danish forest two hours outside of Copenhagen with one really bright light and a camera. It’s minimal, but it does not lack impact. Captivating shadow usage and slow-moving shots throughout the video make it apparent you can do a whole lot with one light and one camera when it’s pitch black. See (and hear) for yourself: Vimeo.com/CHLLNGR. Marilyn’s on K, one of Sacramento’s live music gems, is celebrating its 13th Anniversary on K Street on Saturday, July 23 with Dane Drewis Band and Alma Desnuda. Show starts at 9 p.m. and there is a $7 cover charge, 21-and-over only.

Marilyn’s consistently has great shows: rock, Americana, pop, folk, live band karaoke, whatever you want to hear you’ll find it there. I have a feeling they aren’t going anywhere for at least another 13 years. We here at Submerge will never be able to thank them enough for their support over the years and for playing host to our 50th Issue Party back in January 2009, which featured DJ Mike Diamond, the previously mentioned CHLLNGR and Sacramento MC-extraordinaire TAIS. It was a night we will remember forever (at least, the parts we didn’t black out for—hey, we had a limo), and it couldn’t have happened without this venue. A million thanks to you, Marilyn’s on K!

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by Elizabeth CurridHalkett The Warhol Economy is a fascinating book that we think many Submerge readers would enjoy. Penned by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, the book focuses on how art and culture play such vital roles in a great city’s economy. It focuses on New York, sure, but the book is sure to hit home in creative communities everywhere, especially here in Sacramento. CurridHalkett will give a keynote speech on Friday, July 15 at the 2011 Midtown Business Association Annual Gala, taking place at Harlow’s (2708 J Street).

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to attend. Don’t be fooled by the Chopaderos Bicycle Club members’ outlaw-like look. As Florez puts it, “Our club has a hardcore image, but we’re all kind-hearted people. Being a member of the Chopaderos is about being an honest person, being somebody who’s out there for the community, working with charities and whatnot.” Although Florez is the sole Northern California full-member, he said that fellow club members will come from cities around California such as San Diego, East Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pomona and San Jose.

With them, of course, will come their impressive rides.

Florez also pointed out that every Second Saturday (as well as the day before this year’s big show in Fremont Park) he and his Chopaderos “prospects” and “hang arounds” host a big ride through downtown and East Sacramento with the meet-up spot being Suzie Burger.

“We just stop at all the different bars and burger joints and whatever, we support it all,” Florez said. “That’s just something that we do for the bicycle culture of Sacramento.”

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Half-yard of Beer from Yard House in Roseville With over 120 beers to choose from and delicious food to boot, it’s well worth the drive out to the brand new Yard House at The Fountains in Roseville. Our favorite thing about this spot is their half-yard glasses, because, well, we like beer. A lot of it. All at one time. You can also order in a goblet, pint or six-pack sampler (our second favorite thing about this spot). Say everyone at your table likes Belgian beers; they’ve got a six-pack with six different Belgians. Boom, you’re set. Yard House is located at 1166 Roseville Parkway and they open daily at 11 a.m. Half-yards are only available Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and they’ll run you anywhere from $7 to $9.50.

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Scream It Like You Mean It Tour on July 19 On Tuesday, July 19, Ace of Spades will host the 2011 Sacramento stop of the Scream It Like You Mean It tour, featuring headliners Breathe Carolina, a Denver-based genrecrashing electronic/rock/pop/screamo duo. Chiodos, I See Stars, Modsun, The Air I Breathe, The Color Morale and Sierra Skyline are also on the bill. This all-ages show starts at 5 p.m. and tickets are available for $19.95 online at Aceofspadessac.com.

Tickets are also available at all Dimple locations, The Beat and Armadillo Records. Ace of Spades is located at 1417 R Street in downtown Sacramento.

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Billy Howerdel reunites A Perfect Circle for their first full North American tour in years Words James Barone | photo Tim cadiente

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t may be a bit melodramatic to call Billy Howerdel a rags to riches story, but the guitarist and primary songwriter for A Perfect Circle, and more recently frontman for Ashes Divide, has certainly led a charmed musical life. Back in the ‘90s, Howerdel was working as a guitar tech for some of your favorite bands, including Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins and Tool. His work with the latter was life-changing. After getting to know Tool’s enigmatic frontman Maynard James Keenan, the two eventually struck up a more meaningful musical partnership. Songs Howerdel had been working on spawned a sort of post-alternative supergroup—A Perfect Circle, of course—which has included members from the aforementioned bands as well as Primus’s Tim Alexander, Zwan’s Paz Lenchantin and Marilyn Manson’s Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez). Certainly, not bad company for your first serious band.

As A Perfect Circle, Howerdel and company gained nearly as many accolades as the bands its prominent members came from. The group burst on to the scene with Mer de Noms in 2000, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard charts. Three years later, APC released another highly successful album, Thirteenth Step, which upped Mer de Noms’ ante and reached No. 2 on the Billboard charts, selling over 230,000 copies in its first week. Though it’s often used in hyperbole, the term “supergroup” seemed to be almost muted in describing APC. After 2003, though, the well seemed to have run dry.

APC released eMOTIVE, a lukewarmly received collection of anti-war song covers (including “Imagine” by John Lennon) and one new-ish song, “Passive,” which was a reworking of a song Keenan and NIN’s Trent Reznor had created for their Tapeworm side project. APC has been officially on hiatus since 2005, freeing Howerdel to release his first “solo” album under the guise of Ashes Divide in 2008 (Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright). This brief break also allowed Keenan to delve into the dark, psychosexual weirdness of his first Puscifer release, 2007’s V is for Vagina.

APC may have been on hold, but it wasn’t forgotten. Soon after Howerdel wrapped up work on Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright, his attention turned back to the group with whom he started out. After a small five-city (Seattle, Los Angeles, Los Vegas, San Francisco and Tempe, Ariz.), 14-date tour in November 2010, the band now stands ready to embark upon its first full North American tour since 2004. Beyond that, though, as Howerdel tells Submerge, APC’s future plans are still being written.

Howerdel says that the dates the band played late last year were always meant as a precursor to a larger tour, but

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they were also a sort of testing ground to see if the interest was still there after such an extended layoff.

“When we put the shows on sale, and they sold out immediately, we thought, ‘Hey, people haven’t forgotten who we were,’” Howerdel explains. “We needed to see how the shows went and what it felt like getting to know each other again musically, but other than that, yeah, we had the intentions of doing this.”

As the current 29 string of dates (which officially kicked off in Portland, Ore., on June 29 after they played Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio on May 22) would probably indicate, APC passed the test with flying colors. Not only were audiences receptive, but perhaps more importantly, the band members— Vandals drummer Josh Freese, ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and Puscifer/Ashes Divide’s bassist Matt McJunkins join Howerdel and Keenan in rounding out the current lineup— were energized by playing as APC once more.

“It was received well, but it felt great playing I think for everybody, barring having a cold the whole time,” Howerdel says. “Maynard and I were sick the whole tour. It was harder on him than me, because he had to sing, which is awful having to sing when you’re sick, but I think he did admirably.”

Still, despite the positive response, Howerdel says the band took a cautious approach when planning the current tour.

“We have to trust our booking agent and him saying touring is really grim. There are bands out there that are tried and true that are struggling to sell tickets,” he says. “We proceeded along the way accordingly. We’re doing good-sized places and not trying to get too aggressive on it. It seemed like we picked the right-sized places for the appetite that’s out there.”

Fans eager to hear their favorite APC songs will certainly be rewarded on the tour, but those hungry for more will get a small taste of what may be to come. Howerdel reports that the band plans to play at least one new song on the current string of dates.

It may not sound like much, but it’s a start. Over the past three years, Howerdel says that he also took a hiatus from writing. He explains that becoming a parent played a big part in taking a break.

“It’s a silly obstacle, but it’s the honest truth that I haven’t had a place to work that I didn’t want to run from every time I got in there,” Howerdel says. “I really need to find a spot to work, so maybe we’ll make some money this summer and I’ll get myself a studio—get myself a rehearsal studio that doesn’t have fiberglass falling from the walls.”

However, now that he’s accustomed to the routine of

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waking up and going to bed earlier than he’s used to, he does find he’s becoming more productive.

“I believe I get more done by getting up at the same time every morning,” Howerdel explains. “I mean, there’s something great and bohemian about, ‘Oh, it goes off when you will.’ It’s great, but there is something you fight in the beginning about having a schedule and having domestication entering your reality. You definitely can have more focus.”

Becoming a frontman for his own band also played a hand in the new material Howerdel has been working on. He says it has given him more of an appreciation for what his partner in APC Keenan has on his plate as primary vocalist.

He says it made his songwriting more purpose-driven as opposed to leaving it to “the ether just thrown out and whatever happens, happens.

“In regards to singing, it gave me a newfound appreciation for what it meant to really do it,” Howerdel says. “I always sang with APC, but I always sang backup and to a lesser extent.

To have that be the focus—I went from 90 percent guitar and 10 percent vocal to really 99 percent vocal and 1 percent guitar in Ashes, sort of, at least as far as how many calories I burnt worrying about each position… It’s tough work singing.”

However, increased productivity may not translate to a new APC album any time soon. Howerdel says that while he’s writing more now, most of the songs he’s working on are marked for Ashes Divide. While there’s material out there for another APC project, he’s not looking to rush it.

“Last summer, I started writing again, wrote about seven songs and gave Maynard a few to chew on,” Howerdel says.

“He’s working at them at his pace. I don’t badger him on the issue. I just wait for him to present something.”

With Keenan currently in the studio working on the new Puscifer record (Conditions of My Parole, due out October 2011), APC may have to wait. This tour, however, will be sure to whet appetites for the band’s U.S. and Canadian fans. At the close of our interview, Howerdel does promise more recorded music from APC, but there’s no firm date on when it can be expected or what form it will take. As he says of the band’s hiatus and the process of recording his first album for Ashes Divide, “It always takes A Perfect Circle will play longer then you think it’s going to Sacramento’s Memorial take… It’s something you can’t really Auditorium on July 29. For plan. It’s one thing that drives people more information on what around me crazy. I don’t plan so APC is up to and to order much, because my world is about tickets for the show (price of admission is $49.50), go to being inspired and doing things Aperfectcircle.com. spontaneously.”

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“When we put the shows on sale, and they sold out immediately, we thought, ‘Hey, people haven’t forgotten who we were.’ We needed to see how the shows went and what it felt like getting to know each other again musically, but other than that, yeah, we had the intentions of doing this.”

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Though running might not be the top reason Sacramentans are sporting miniskirts, they are a practical and fashionable way to stay cool in this settling summer heat.

“I was making easy, youthful, simple clothes, in which you could move, in which you could run and jump and we would make them the length the customer wanted. I wore them very short and the customers would say, ‘Shorter, shorter.’”

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I <3 Haxors Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com It used to be so cute. A little snooping here…a smidge of copyright infringement there; most of us didn’t even notice. Things went on that way for a number of years. I’m too lazy to pin down exactly when hacking came to the attention of the populace, but I’d guess it was sometime around the release of The Matrix. I mean, Neo saved Morpheus, hacked Agent Smith, presumably boned Trinity and freed himself from the Matrix, all in about 90 minutes! The nerds of the world saw that shit and caught hacker fever.

So while most of us continued to waste countless Internet hours on AOL, Friendster, MySpace and eventually Facebook, hackers built a culture complete with its own beliefs, desires and language. Then they started picking targets.

In the last few years, the world saw a glut of once private information taken by hackers from companies and individuals alike. It’s been a liberating, informative, entertaining, painful, damaging and eye-opening run.

Through it all, hackers have garnered fans and enemies.

For those who hate them, there are plenty of reasons to complain. Getting your credit card number jacked and posted on some hacker forum is not cool, and having your identity stolen can be a nightmare. While I can think of a few people who wouldn’t have a problem sending e-mails about Viagra and other dick-enhancing drugs, most people would prefer if those kinds of e-mails didn’t go out with their names on them.

Like the subject matter of their spam e-mails, hackers can be dicks. Reporters from an English newspaper owned by News Corp. (the parent company of Fox) hacked the cell phones of a kidnapped teen and the victim of a terrorist bombing. As if this wasn’t bad enough, the reporters even deleted messages to make room once the voice mail inbox was full. Police have a hard enough time finding the right people to punish; do we really need someone to make matters worse?

Of course, it’s not all bad; there are also good hackers. Some of these good hackers

are called “white hats.” White hats use their knowledge and skills to improve the security of governments and businesses. They design programs to prevent hacking attacks or to stop them once they have been launched. These people are the reason why your computer works (most of the time) and why you have been getting away with using the same Hotmail password since 1998. These are all great things, but the white hats aren’t the only hackers doing good out there. Take Wikileaks, for example.

The information released by Wikileaks changed the world. Documents obtained by hackers and given to Wikileaks confirm our suspicions that the world is truly a fucked up place. We’ve learned that government leaders will say anything to appease the populace, even if they have no intention of following through with it. Their release has caused massive uprisings in Africa and the Middle East, toppling power structures that the west thought could not be moved.

When not talking politics, hackers are often delving into their other favorite areas: porn and music. The amount of free, hacked porn and music on the Internet is mind/ear/ load blowing. When was the last time you bought a physical CD? Are you really buying every album on iTunes? Aren’t you glad you don’t have to go through the embarrassment of renting porn at a video store? Before free, hacked porn, I was forced to watch porn between the squiggles of cable channels to which I hadn’t subscribed. It was ridiculous; tits and elbows were virtually identical. I still mix them up. The elbow is the one with the nipple right?

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Gangster’s Paradise

Salvador Aceves finds art behind bars

Words Blake Gillespie

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he art of Salvador Aceves displayed in Spanglish Arte gallery on the corner of 23rd and I streets depicts the graphic and unforgiving lifestyle of the prideful Latino gangbangers. At first glance it is a glorification of the lascivious and criminal temptations of a deviant youth.

But dismissing Aceves’ collection as such is a crime. Aceves’ “gangster’s paradise” is the work of an exiled man confronting his last chance at redemption.

Aceves was incarcerated at the age of 17 for first-degree murder, after living in the United States for two years. His family moved as illegal aliens from Jalisco, Mexico to Santa Ana, Calif., in 1989. His infatuation with the neighborhood gangs began with fights at school, arrests and short trips to the California Youth Authority juvenile halls. By age 19 he was in a Level 4 maximum security prison serving a 25-to-life sentence.

Aceves discovered art in prison, and with not much of a life lived on the outside, he drew from what he knew—gang life. His drawings were not done in admiration, but to escape perdition by facing his memories and exploring the deceptions that lead to a banger’s demise. “When I first came to prison I didn’t know how to draw, much less paint,” Aceves wrote in a letter to Submerge.

“Interested in the arts, I collected any kind of art material I was able to get my hands on. Then through a quarterly package, my sister sent me a tablet of Bristol board paper and a set of 48 Prismacolor pencils, and it was then that I discovered color and fell in love with it.”

With three years remaining in his sentence, Aceves’ communication with the outside world is limited. Our correspondence was restricted to a letter sent and a letter received, but it was clear from our brief exchange he is not the delinquent that entered prison. The tough-mindedness instilled in him as a “graduate of C.Y.A.” has matured into wisdom to warn future generations of the perils of the lifestyle. Through the poetry and stories written alongside his artwork, he presents a deeper criticism of gangs often overlooked by outsiders who either glorify or brutalize the culture.

The following is pieced together from our correspondence, in which Aceves explains the discovery of his talent and the failing institution of C.Y.A.

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I’m curious as to how long you were in a maximum-security prison before the opportunity to profit from art became apparent to you. Did you discover the venture on your own or did the art bring recognition, which then prompted a figure within the prison to inform you of the profits possible?

It never crossed my mind then, I just did it because I truly loved and enjoyed doing it. And I never forget the first piece I ever sold. It was a drawing I had up in my cell-wall, and this guy that used to pass by my cell all the time… one day he asked me if it was a poster, and he offered to buy it, to put a price on it. Of course I didn’t know how to price my work. He offered $25, and I was satisfied with that. I was just happy and proud that someone was willing to pay for something I had enjoyed doing. And that’s how it started really. It was other inmates that priced my work, and the old law of supply and demand came to apply in my case. I could only produce so many works a month, so they would offer to pay more just so I could do a piece for them.

As you were probably informed I was incarcerated at 17 years old. My parents, disappointed and demoralized, returned to Mexico only three weeks after my arrest. So from the beginning I was left to fend for myself, so at the beginning I only made enough money to pay for the basic necessities. Hygiene items (toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shampoo, etc.), a little bit of food.

When I started to profit a little more I made a point of saving some of the money I made. After paying for supplies and the things I needed in here, the rest of the money I sent to my sister and it was through her that I managed to invest in bonds and mutual funds (the safest for a longterm investment). At the time my release was inconceivable I just decided to save for “future emergencies.” But last October when I appeared in front of the BPH [Board of Parole Hearings] I decided to hire a private attorney to represent me, and much of this money was used, so I’ll have to start from zero again.

The images you create are striking considering the length of time you’ve been imprisoned. I had not considered the image of a young Mexican male embracing a gang life to be unchanging in style or mentality since the late ‘80s. It’s as though your images present the Mexican gangbanger as iconic. Would you agree? Are your drawings purely based upon the life you once lived in Southern California or is there a modern influence at play either from images you’ve obtained in prison or from communicating with newer inmates?

Yes, I agree and I believe people of different ages can identify with the concept of my images present. Much of my drawings are based in the life I have lived and of those around me. However, yes, I allowed myself a modern

influence of dressing style and maybe a car model with the sole purpose of presenting my younger peers with images they could identify with—with something that was familiar and immediate to them.

What prompted me was exactly what you mentioned, I did not wish my art to be mistaken as a glorification of ganglife. It was also a futile attempt of explaining the why of “IT.” The why of this love, but how can you explain the thousands of wasted lives, some dead, some locked up doing life, for something that really makes no sense?

It’s interesting that around the time you were convicted, there was a shift in the effectiveness of the once innovative California Youth Authority. It seems as though your experience with the C.Y.A. was more of a rite of passage that accelerates a youth’s understanding of gang life—like it’s a university system for gangs instead of a juvenile corrections program. Is this an accurate comparison to the flawed institution? What is the “Y.A. mentality” you mention in your biography?

It is an accurate comparison to the flawed institution, and that’s why most of the C.Y.A. institutions that are left are complete lockdown institutions. The system has lost control of its own institutions. And to a young gangbanger it was a rite of passage. It was considered that if you “made it” through C.Y.A., you’ll make it through everything. It was a physical, but more than physical it was a mental game you had to endure, and in C.Y.A., the “weak” were separated from the “tough” real quick. Separated, labeled and outcasted, these “weak” guys had to go through hell. So you had no other choice but to fight your way through, fight and fight and endure ‘til you made it and graduated. And whether you graduated to prison or to the streets, you “made it” and we were proud to be called “Y.A. babies” ‘cause you were tough, ‘cause you fought, ‘cause you represented your neighborhood and your set gratefully, ‘cause you weren’t a punk, ‘cause you were “strong minded,” and you felt respected.

And this perception of yourself and the way you think others think of you gives you a sense of confidence and untouchability that fills you with boldness, fearlessness and a daring spirit to take on the world and this is the Y.A. mentality I talked about. This is the Y.A. mentality these youngsters take back to their neighborhoods, where they are looked up to, and it’s these youngsters that take their gangs and their neighborhoods on their shoulders and it’s a vicious cycle. Most of these youngsters don’t last. They either end up dead or back in prison with a life sentence over their heads, and statistics show that a high percentage of youths paroled from C.Y.A come back. So this is the Y.A mentality I wrote about.

“It was considered that if you ‘made it’ through C.Y.A., you’ll make it through everything. It was a physical, but more than physical, it was a mental game you had to endure, and in C.Y.A., the ‘weak’ were separated from the ‘tough’ real quick. Separated, labeled and outcasted, these ‘weak’ guys had to go through hell. So you had no other choice but to fight your way through, fight and fight and endure ‘til you made it and graduated.”

– Salvador Aceves SubmergeMag.com

Salvador Aceves is in a medium security prison in Vacaville. While serving time and selling artwork from his cell, Aceves earned a G.E.D., a college A.A. degree in Liberal Arts and an A.S. in Business Management. In January 2011 the California Board of Prison Term set his release to approximately three years from now. Perdition, an exhibit of Aceves’ art is now showing at Spanglish Arte. For more info, go to Shopspanglish. com or call (916) 446-1213.

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Wide Awake

Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo Rides the ChillWave Early and Often Words Amy Serna

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any people aren’t awake at 4 a.m., unless they work a graveyard shift or are still stumbling around after a night of heavy drinking. But before the crack of dawn, Alan Palomo has “crazy, sleepless, caffeine, adrenaline fueled” music sessions. He is busy recording his sophomore album as Neon Indian, while an ample supply of green tea, cigarettes and synthesizers keeps him awake.

“You’ve ever been so tired you think you just heard somebody say your name or you just hear a random sound that wasn’t really there?” Palomo asked. “Your mind starts playing tricks with you and I realized that if you do that long enough and you close your eyes, you literally start to conceptualize these sounds. I like working that way because it takes you to that place.”

Palomo’s seen his late night music jams go from his bedroom to concert venues around the world. Shortly after releasing Psychic Chasms in 2009, he did not expect to receive a huge response from music fans and critics everywhere. However, Neon Indian was named “Best New Music” and ranked Psychic Chasms No. 14 on Pitchfork.com’s “Top 50 Albums of 2009” and was called one of the “Best New Bands of 2010” by Rolling Stone. This past March, Palomo found himself doing what he does best in the early mornings to record a four-song EP with The Flaming Lips.

“We went into it with no particular template set, then it came together in such a nice way. It was definitely a lot of random 4 a.m. nonsense,” Palomo said with a laugh. “And these meditative walls of noise that would just go on all night.”

Originally from Texas, Palomo formerly released music under the name VEGA and was an ex-band member of Ghosthustler before becoming known as Neon Indian. He anticipates the release of his second album in September. “It’s good to be able to put the last little strokes before putting it to bed,” Palomo said. “And finally having this album see the light of day. It’s pretty incredible.”

Many people like to claim his music as one specific genre, such as chill-wave, pop, electronic and even easy listening.

But instead of categorizing his music, Palomo tries to leave a sense of mystery in his music to let the listener’s imagination take flight. “There is a beauty to the sort of sonic ambiguity,” said Palomo. “You don’t know exactly what you like about it but overall it creates an effect.”

Submerge caught up with the man of mystery over the phone after he was working on the finishing touches for his next record.

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Your first record was pretty much just you and your laptop.

Can we expect the same for the second album?

I was definitely hit with that option of just doing another bedroom record. To me, Psychic Chasms is perfectly representative of what was available to me at the time. It was just like, how much can you get out of one synthesizer, a laptop, and a couple of random effects? This one, the location has changed, the circumstances have changed, and the sound has changed too. I have developed a philosophy that I never want to write the same record twice.

I always want it to make it feel like the perfect little snapshot of where I am in this particular point in time. And that’s exactly what this record is feeling like.

During the ‘70s and ‘80s your dad was a Mexican pop singer.

When you were watching your dad as a kid did you always know you wanted to make music?

Oddly enough growing up, I related a little bit more at least creatively to my mom, who was a film buff. I really wanted to explore that medium at least in whichever way seemed available at the time. In a strange way, writing an album or a collection of songs always sort of feels like filmmaking in that sense.

It’s sort of looking at it as one complete concept. It’s like a series of moments or narratives that’s all kind of meant to explain one idea and then move on to the next. That’s sort of the whole foundation of Neon Indian is that there’s not really a template or a way in which it’s supposed to sound, you can always expect it to be its own individual thing every time I do it.

How do you normally get the creative juices flowing when writing music?

I think it takes a lot of cigarettes and for it to be pretty late at night. I have to really create an environment and sort of state of mind to just allow ideas to tumble out.

If I’m in a good place, I can finish a song at night, but if it’s just something that I’m forcefully doing, then it’s just like this long grueling process.

It happens over the course of several days. I don’t really know. I’m still trying to figure out what exactly it is that puts me in that sort of happy place, so to speak. But when it’s there, I definitely like it.

How did you first fall in love with synthesizers?

I think there was this one keyboard at this pawn shop in San Antonio, Texas, called Krazy Kat Music. It ended up being this thing called the Oberheim OB-X, and I just saw it there. As soon as I flipped it on and just hit the first note, I was overwhelmed at these sensations of childhood and lot of the pop music that I grew up listening to. I think these instruments really do have a way of making these sounds that can create a time and a place or a context, almost out of thin air. I think ever since then, I’ve gotten progressively more and more obsessed.

How was playing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?

Very, very surreal. When we were asked to do it, it was literally two days before because, I guess, Kings of Convenience had dropped out. It was a pretty bizarre experience and it ended up being one of the coolest moments of my life. It’s so weird; I don’t really remember it. As soon as [Jimmy Fallon] was holding the record and said our name everything got really slow, and I kind of blacked out. When I look back at it and watch the video, it’s really strange. It’s like I wasn’t even there.

I hate to bring up bad memories but last time you were in Sacramento, there was a little incident with someone stealing your sound equipment. Did you get any of that back?

No unfortunately not. It’s kind of a bummer because the synthesizer that I wrote my first record on is still just out there somewhere.

Somebody parked in the wrong hotel parking garage and the next day there was a hole in the window and all of our shit was gone. It was a real damper given that was our first real extensive tour.

It was kind of a whirlwind.

I’m sure somewhere around Sacramento there’s a synthesizer. It was a signature series Prophet ‘08 synthesizer.

It’s somewhat rare. If you turn it on and it has the sound from “Dead Beat Summer” [from Psychic Chasms], then you found it.

Neon Indian will headline the 2011 LAUNCH Music/Fashion/Architecture/ Art/Design Festival held in Sacramento at Greens Hotel (1700 Del Paso Blvd.) on July 23. Also appearing will be Little Foxes, D.A.M.B., Exquisite Corps and many others. Tickets are $20 the day of the event and $15 in advance. For more information, go to 5432launch. com or check out their ad on page 23.

“To me, Psychic Chasms is perfectly representative of what was available to me at the time. It was just like, how much can you get out of one synthesizer, a laptop, and a couple of random effects? This one, the location has changed, the circumstances have changed, and the sound has changed too. I have developed a philosophy that I never want to write the same record twice.”

– Alan Palomo, Neon Indian SubmergeMag.com

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Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Buster Blue, Julie the Bruce, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Stevenson Profit, 9 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Summer of Love, 7 p.m.

River Walk Park Skid Roses, 6 p.m.

Shine Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

Shenanigans To Paint the Sky, Parley, The Party Foul, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke Contest, 9 p.m.

Studio 21 Batten Down Your Heart, A Hope Not Forgotten, Defend The Outlaw, Desecrate the Beauty, Final Sin, Crush The Adversary, 6 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Alex Nelson, 5:30 p.m.; Lew Fratis Trio, 9 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

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Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Harley White Jr. feat. Aaron King, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Golden Cadillacs, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store ZuhG (Acoustic), Easy Dub, Simple Creation, Charleee, 4 p.m.

Uncle Vitos (Davis) Boom Bip w/ The Flower Vato, 10 p.m.

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7.15

Cesar Chavez Park The Nickel Slots (CD Release),Whiskey & Stiches, Bright Faces, 5 p.m.

Friday

Barcode Nightclub & Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, DJ P Trick, 9 p.m.

Blue Cue Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Chop Tops, The Cockfight Kings, Coffin Hunter, Matt Gage 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Hans Eberbach, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, Selector KDK, Ras Matthew, Juan Love, 10 p.m.

Colonial Theatre San Quinn (Album Release), Chuuwee, Cooley Mac’n, 880Style Inc., Naveed Fars, Torrey Tee, Illecism, Dezit Eaze, C Plus, Lil Retro, J-Loc, Dubb 20, Bigg Meeze & the Compound, DJ Oasis, DJ King Assassin, 8 p.m.

Colusa Casino DJ Xcell, 9 p.m.

Distillery Boundaries, Drag Me Under, Carry the Torch, 10 p.m.

District 30 DJ David Carvalho, 9 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Mars, Psycho Jesus, Akvon, Post Morten, Psyko South, Divided Allegiance, Lower Level, Syndicate of Silence, 6:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Ryders, Dry Creek Rounders, Trainwreck Revival, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Tainted Love, 10 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Xmas In July! w/ The Yule Logs, Uni & Her Ukelele, Musical Charis, 8:30 p.m.

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Marilyn’s The Bell Boys, James Cavern, 2Me, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Klear Channelz, LenzKrafters, 9 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Walking Spanish, Honyock, 8:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk F1rst Class Citizen, Silent Treatment, Nam Classic, EgoStall, Breva, 7 p.m.

The Radisson Peter White, Gerald Albright, Rick Braun, 6:30 p.m.

The Generals, Fate Under Fire, Hero’s Last Mission The Refuge 7 p.m.

7.16

Luna’s Cafe Richie Lawrence, Julie The Bruce, Katie Thomas, 9 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

The Reel

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Electric Grease, 9 p.m.

Ace of Spades Havenside, Paint Over Pictures, Bulltrue, Beyond All Ends, Man Up! Nancy, Rise Of Serapis, Lifeforms, Last Night in Town, The Descolada Virus, Brothers To Arms, Enmity, 3:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10 p.m.

7.15

Swabbies on the River 3rd Friday Reggae, 6 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Kristy Osmuson, 5 p.m.; Audioboxx, 9:30 p.m.

The Refuge The Reel, The Generals, Fate Under Fire, Hero’s Last Mission, 7 p.m.

Shenanigans Element Of Soul, A Single Second, Sinister Scene, Adam Roth, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen New Heirlooms, Paper Bird, Shelby Earl, 9 p.m.

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The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, 8 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill UCD Childrens Hospital Benefit Metalfest w/ Jack Ketch, Journal, Memento Mori, At The Crossroads, A Holy Ghost Revial, The Antioch Synopsis, Nightmare In The Twilight, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Straight Up Grizzly, 5 p.m.

Fox & Goose Natural Drift Bluegrass, Kathy Barwick, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear Sweaty w/ DJ Whores, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s ZuhG, Wooster, 10 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Night Messenger, 4 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Poor Bailey, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Marshall Wilkerson Blues, 4 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge DJs & Dancing, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Johnny Guitar Knox, 5 p.m.; Sista Monica Parker, 9 p.m.

UC Davis Quad Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, 7:30 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Danny & The 5th Street Cruzers, Sam Phelps, 1 p.m.

7.17 Sunday

Luna’s Cafe Alex Jenkins’ Sound Immersion (CD Release), V Neck w/ Phillip Greenlief, 9 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Dubb DJs present: International Sundays, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Smirker, Strange Tongues, 9 p.m.

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

Mix DJ Mike Moss, 8:30 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Evolution, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Rick Springfield, The Bangles, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Nick Cannon, 8 p.m.

Club 21 Risqué Nites w/ Short Circuit, Mike Diamond, My Cousin Vinny, 9 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Shannon Curtis, Autumn Sky, Annie Bethancourt, 8:30 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Evolution, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Atomic Punks, 10 p.m.

Distillery Daycare, Puzzletree, Intercept, 10 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Kristy Osmuson, 5 p.m.; Audioboxx, 9:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Hired Guns, 3 p.m.

Shine Live Music, 7 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Voltare, The Hey Nows, Mourning Luna, 8:30 p.m.

District 30 DJ White Shadow (Lady Gaga’s Tour DJ & CoProducer), 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Generationals, Gardens & Villa, Hosannas, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Clash of the iPods, 9 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Origin Alive, In Deep, Pierced From Within, 6 p.m.

Mix Gabe Xavier, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Papa’s Garage, 3 p.m.

Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Road 88, 4 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Bone MacDonald & Friends, 8 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Ken Teel, 2 p.m.

7.18 Monday

7.19 Tuesday

Ace of Spades Scream It Like You Mean It w/ Breathe Carolina, Chiodos, I See Stars, The Color Morale, The Air I Breathe, Modsun, Sierra Skyline, 5 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Catelepsy, Fallujah, Pictures in Ruin, White Arms of Athena, 6 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Writer, BukBuk Big Ups, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Hans Eberbach, 5:30 p.m.; The Dippin’ Sauce, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Buddy Emmer, 7 p.m.

Townhouse GRIMEY 1 Year Anniversary w/ Low Limit, UFO!, BOGL, DJ Whores, Crescendo, Jay Two, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Mind X, 9 p.m.

7.20 7.21 Wednesday

Blackwater Cafe Open Mic, 8 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Nether Regions, Brother Of The Sonic Cloth, Cura Cochino, Times of Desperation, 8 p.m.

Blackwater Cafe Monday Night Jazz, 8:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Wind Walker World Music & Dance Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Mix Jazz in the Mix w/ Ava Lemert and the All Stars, 6 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Nick Cannon, 8 p.m.

District 30 DJ Risk One, DJ Tina T, Slick D, DJ Nate D, 9 p.m.

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

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond w/ Anteater, Foothill Jazz Collective, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club Human Toys, Der Spazm, Instagon, Model A, 8:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Tom Drinnon, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Press Club Human Toys, Der Spazm, Model A, Instagon, 8:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Buddy Emmer, 7 p.m.

River Walk Park Urbanfire, 6 p.m.

Shine Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke Contest, 10 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Uncle Vitos (Davis) Boom Bip w/ The Flower Vato, 10 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Chris Clouse, 8 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Rewind, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose Traditional Irish Jam Session, 7 p.m.

Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s Soundgarden, The Mars Volta, 7 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Doghouse, Jaymee Martin, John de Necochea, 8:30 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp Langhorne Slim, Garret Pierce, Henry Wolfe, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk New Year’s Day, It Boys, The Material, Goodnight Sunrise, 7 p.m.

Capitol City Hotel Karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Sacred Fire (Santana tribute), 5 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Club Retro Before There Was Rosalyn, A Veil Apart, Galatia, Causa Mortis, Of Strength And Sacrifice, 6:30 p.m.

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

Crocker Art Museum Playlist w/ Iván Nájera, 6 p.m.

District 30 DJ Dan, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Poetic Justis, 8 p.m.

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Harlow’s Hapa, 7:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Chris Twome, Doug Cash, Hans Eberbach, 8:30 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Buddy Emmer, 7 p.m.

Shenanigans Comedy and Reggae Night, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Jeremy Messersmith, The Lumineers, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn The Buck Ford Band, 9 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Bumptet, Chingus, 9 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Herbella, O’Dell Ross JR, The Bumptet, 4 p.m.

7.22 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Axe Murder Boyz, Mindshot, F.L.O.W.S., Intrinzik, Wikid Axe Clowns, Shadow The Ceeper, 6:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, Selector KDK, Ras Matthew, Juan Love, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Prieta, Roman Funerals, Kelps, The Denver Piledrivers, 5 p.m.

Club Retro Jordan Gregory, Aaron Krimetz, Chase Harrison, Taylor Fine, 7 p.m.

Colusa Casino Robbie Allen and the Outer Edge, 9 p.m.

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Zo!, Sy Smith, Jeanne Jolly and live band The Artisan Building 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Voltera, Beyond the Grove (EP Release), Slave Unit, Outshined, 10 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Terra Ferno, Astral Effect, Sovern, Fight Inside, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Hot Tar Roofers, Perpetual Drifters, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Kevin Never Talks, 9 p.m.

Main St. Brewery Prayers for Atheists, Aquifer, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Sky Blu (of LMFAO), 8 p.m.

The Blue Lamp DJ Epik, Man Machine, Kodac Visualz, DJ Fooders, 9 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Iconoclast Robot, Conflict Minerals, James Cavern, 8:30 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Tony Bataska, 8 p.m.

The Foreign Exchange

Crest Theatre George Winston, 7 p.m.

Blue Cue Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Faster Pussycat, Big Boss Graffiti, Venrez, Restrayned, 7 p.m.

7.23

Colonial Theatre Dutch Dirty (of the Dunk Ryders), 6 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Superlicious, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Kyle Williams, 5 p.m.; Decades, 9:30 p.m.

The Refuge Half-Handed Cloud, In Euphoric Company, Kevin Lee Florence, Calendar Kids, 7 p.m.

Shenanigans Free Fan Appreciation Show w/ Stepchild, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Superhumanoids, Rademacher, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Rogue, 4 p.m.

Tin House Studio and Gallery Barn Owl, Low Son, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Hamilton Loomis, 9 p.m.

7.23 Saturday

Ace of Spades Tyler Rich, Method Echo, Autumn Sky, Fate Under Fire, The Repair, Adhara, comedian Hunter Hill 6 p.m.

The Artisan Building Authenticity Tour 2011 w/ The Foreign Exchange (Phonte & Nicolay), Zo!, Sy Smith, Jeanne Jolly and live band, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Dubb DJs, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Angry Samoans, Boats!, Flip-Offs!, No Beatings from Holly, The Scowndrolls, Judhead, 7 p.m.

Golden Bear Sweaty w/ DJ Whores, 10 p.m.

Greens Hotel LAUNCH w/ Neon Indian, Little Foxes, D.A.M.B., Dreaded Diamond, Exquisite Corps, Resa, Jon Droll, Sam I Jam, Taylor Cho, Evrika, Mike Diamond, Favors, Adam J, My Cousin Vinny, 5 p.m.

Jackson Rancheria Jackie Greene, 6 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited The Pickups, 4 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty, Early States, The Mighty, Ben Union, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Justin Farren, Justin McMahon, 9 p.m.

Mix DJ Mike Moss, 8:30 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, 8 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Broughty Cole, Jonny Rulon, I Bison, 8:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Pointer Sisters, The Whispers, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Club 90, Bump City, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts The Deadbeats (Grateful Dead tribute), 8 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Kyle Williams, 5 p.m.; Decades, 9:30 p.m.

Club Retro Stickup Kid, Caleb Lionheart, Kingdom Of Giants, Cadence, Coventry Square, In The Key Of Noise, From Aurora, Alacer, 4:30 p.m.

Colusa Casino Robbie Allen and the Outer Edge, 9 p.m.

Distillery 2 or 3 Guys, Endroit, Phantoms, Mezza Luna, 10 p.m.

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill The Wreckage, Porecelain Hunters, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Rich Driver, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Departure (tribute to Journey), 5 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge DJs & Dancing, 9 p.m.

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

ZuhG Life Store Carl Salmenson, Quinn Hedges, Orange Morning, Sariah, 1 p.m.

7.24 Sunday

The Blue Lamp Jason & The Punk Necks, Blue Jeans Kaki Pants, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Fallstar, A Sequence of Ghosts, And Came Back Brutal, Divine Restoration, Brood of Fenrir, Escalon, 6:30 p.m.

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

Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert w/ Lois Brandwynne (Piano), 3 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Clash of the iPods, 9 p.m.

Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

The Fire Escape Bar and Grill Bloody Phoenix, Knifethruhead, Earslaughter, Excreta, 6 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Four Barrel, 3 p.m.

Mix Gabe Xavier, 8 p.m.

UC Davis Mondavi Center: Studio Naked Lounge Downtown Andrus Shively, RAN, 8:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Mike Zito, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Erin McKinney Band, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Riff Raff, 2 p.m.

Tin House Studio and Gallery Experimental & Noise Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Groovesession, 8 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Jesi Naomi, 2 p.m.

7.25 monday

Blackwater Cafe Monday Night Jazz, 8:30 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Uh Huh Her, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays w/ Lovely Builders, 7:30 p.m.

Naked Lounge Downtown Casey Lipka, Joe Mazzafero Quintet, 8 Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Nathan Owens, 7 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Comedy Community Center Theater Kathy Griffin, July 17, 6 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Robert Duchaine, Andrew Norelli, July 14 - 17, Thursday, 8 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Mark G, Anderi Bailey, July 21 24, 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, Wednesday's, 8 p.m.

Po'Boyz Bar & Grill Comedy Open Mic, Mondays, 9 p.m.

California Museum Riding Concrete: Skateboarding in California curated by Z-Boy Nathan Pratt, now through March, 2012 Capitol Garage Trivia Night, Mondays, 9 p.m.

Mike E. Winfield, July 13, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Trash Film Orgy Presents: Humanoids From the Deep, July 16, 11:15 p.m.; Heavy Metal, July 23, 11:15 p.m.

Myq Kaplan, July 14 - 16, Thursday, 8 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Davis Art Center’s Tsao Gallery Drawing Variations, now through July 22

Cockyasians Comedy Tour, July 17, 8 p.m.

Fremont Park Sacramento Cyclefest Bicycle Show 2011, July 17, 10 a.m.

Punchline Comedy Club

Scott Capurro, July 20, 8 p.m.

Jim Jefferies, July 21 - 24, Thursday, 8 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sunday, 8 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Sportz Mayhem!, every Thursday, 9 p.m.

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Sacramento Comedy Spot Improv 1 Continuous, Harold Night, July 13 & 20, 7 p.m.

Improv 1 Continuous, Cage Match, July 14 & 21, 7 p.m.

Mike E. Winfield, Chazz Hawkins, Nick Aragon, July 15, 9 p.m.

Lady Business, Anti Cooperation League w/ guest Kel Munger, Win Booze or Draw, July 16, 8 p.m.

Open Mic Scramble, July 17 & 24, 7 p.m.

Pop Comedy w/ Jesse Fernandez, July 22, 9 p.m.

Double Trouble and TwoFer, Anti Cooperation League w/ guest Jim Shaini, Asylum, July 23, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Comedy Open Mic, Mondays, 8 p.m.

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Beatnik Studios Red Night Poetry w/ Lob Instagon, Gene Bloom, The Hobo Sapien, July 20, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Irish Pub (Roseville) Open Mic Variety Night, Mondays, 9 p.m.

Cal Expo California State Fair, July 14 - 31

Best Of Open Mic Showcase, July 19, 8 p.m.

Green Hotel LAUNCH Festival: Music/Fashion/ Architecture/Art/Design, July 23 The Guild Theatre Movies On A Big Screen: Vincent: A Life in Color, July 17, 7:30 p.m.; Dreams That Money Can Buy, July 31, 7:30 p.m. j27 Art Gallery Featured Artist: David Arnold, now through July 31 K Street Venues Summer Block Party on K St., every Wednesday Luna’s Cafe Joe Montoya’s Poetry Unplugged, Thursdays, 8 p.m.

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The County Sounds Off

Forever Goldrush’s Amador Frequency finally gets the release it deserves Words Jenn Walker • photo Shannon Gottstein

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phone call with a record was all it took to breathe life back into a local band that has been indefinitely on hold for the past nine years.

If you were around Sacramento during the late ‘90s, you might remember a band called Forever Goldrush. The alt-country outfit was making a name for itself on the local scene, starting with the self-released album Unknown Territory in 1997. They released their second album Halo in My Backpack with Cargo Records in 1998. By 2002 they had toured everywhere west of the Mississippi River and were recording songs for their third album, which was completed, but never officially released, and the band started to lose momentum.

For starters, they couldn’t find a label to put out the record. The album recieved major interest, but nothing came of it. And touring had become overwhelming, setting the band up for burnout.

“Road dogging it was not really gonna do it for us any longer,” drummer Tony Cale said.

Without further ado, the band members went their separate ways. Vocalist Damon Wyckoff moved back to Amador County while the rest joined other local bands like the Regulars, Soft Science and the English Singles. That was until about three or four months ago, when they received a long-awaited phone call. After nine years, Sacramento record label Test Pattern Records called and said they wanted to put out the album.

Submerge met with Cale and bassist Mason DeMusey to talk about the resurrected album, Amador Frequency, which is due for its release on Aug. 2. It is a compilation pulled from 30-plus songs the band recorded over a span of six to eight months in 2002.

Cale and DeMusey agree that period was marked by musical exploration and experimentation, an explanation they offer for Amador Frequency’s unique sound.

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Barcelona, Sigur Ros, Merzbow, Whiskey Town and ELO. Not to mention the fact their lead guitarist, Josh Lacey, had just left the band, leaving Wyckoff, Cale and DeMusey to do without while producing the majority of the album.

Thus the project quickly became a matter of figuring out how to creatively write songs without a lead guitarist. Turn up the synths and the noise guitars, according to Cale.

Amador Frequency is an entirely different package compared to FG’s prior two albums, Cale said, both of which were very roots-oriented and Americana. The band’s four original members grew up in Amador County, and since the band’s beginnings, “the County” has borne a heavy influence on defining the style of their songs. Lyrically, this album is no different, and songs like “Disconnected” and “Skeleton Keys” still retain considerable twang. But the album is rife with pop appeal, from its opening lighthearted number “Honey I Do” to “Rodeo Boys” and “The Letters.” Pearly synths highlight songs like “Silver Sweethearts,” while “Under the Apple Tree” and “Cup ‘o’ Gold” borderline shoegaze with glittering distortion and wizzing synths.

Nine years later and the band plans to record six more songs that will be different from the rest. Lacey has returned from North Carolina to record and play the album release show in August, the first Sacramento gig the band will have played since its one-time reunion show at Old Ironsides in 2007.

What hasn’t changed is the band’s ability to fly by the seat of its pants. Beyond the Aug. 2 show and recording at Radio Star recording studio this September, there are no set plans.

“Who knows what happens after that,” Cale said. “All this just sort of happened because Test Pattern showed interest in putting out the record, so now we’re just acting like a normal band.”

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In what ways is [Amador Frequency] such a mass departure [from the other albums] ?

Tony Cale: I don’t know, that whole period was a sort of sonic exploration, really.

Mason DeMusey: We were just pushing ourselves to be creative without [Lacey] , and that’s actually pretty much what Amador Frequency ended up being.

TC: We were kind of dealing with a formula that we couldn’t complete, really, because we didn’t have all the components.

MD: Try to stretch our songs without guitar solos.

TC: Or just how much twang can you pull out of a dirge-y noise pop number or something like that? So it was sort of just a free-for-all, easily one of the loosest musical experiences of my life.

Would you say that because that was the theme of the album?

MD: Yeah, with a lot of Damon’s songwriting, again, since we grew up there, a lot of his writing is about these experiences growing up in a rural community, and so we kind of wear that on our sleeves all the time.

TC: When I first met these guys, they were flying the Amador flag really hard. I had never hung out with dudes that were so into their own county in my life, like just completely committed. Even though they were all down here working and doing their thing in the big city and shit like that…

MD: [Laughs] Yeah this was the big city!

TC: All they would do is talk about “the County.”

MD: That’s what us kids call it. Amador, we call it “the County.”

“I hadn’t listened to [Amador Frequency] in years, I’d forgotten about it. Just blew it off. I just thought it was one of those experiments. It may still very well be one of those experiments…”

– Tony Cale, Forever Goldrush From what I’ve read, you’ve gotten comparisons anywhere from Creedence to Lynryd Skynryd, and of course, with the vocals, Eddie Vedder. Do you guys feel like these are very accurate?

MD: The first recording kind of stands on its own as a very alt, very, very country album. And, are those fair comparisons? I would ask a listener.

Because I don’t think Skynryd is a very fair comparison to our first record and our territory.

We’re not that southern pride.

TC: I like Lynyrd Skynryd.

MD: I do too! Don’t get me wrong, I like Lynyrd Skynyrd, but I don’t think that’s too fair of a comparison. Like I said, the first album actually was a lot more country than what Amador Frequency is now, and that’s part of the transition—where we were, and where we’re going now. But it’s fair enough in the respect that it’s very country. Banjo, mandolin, it’s okie.

Pedal steel, you know.

So it looks like it had originally been contemplated for the album to be called Northern California, but then that changed?

TC: For Amador Frequency? Yeah there were definitely different titles going around…

MD: Yeah, I don’t know, I remember Amador Frequency just sticking to that record since the inception.

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That a band that’s been gone for a while is just coming back?

MD: I would hope so, I mean, tickets went on sale today. I think that a lot of what’s motivating me, personally, is just the excitement I’m getting from these guys and from everybody else. And it’s been amazing. I mean, I called Josh, and I asked him if he wanted to come out here to do the CD release show just because it was such a great success and fun the last time I had him out here for the reunion show at Old Ironsides. And he basically told me that he’s been waiting for three years for this phone call.

TC: I mean, at the end of the day, it’s just really nice to be playing with these guys again, no matter what. I’m just really stoked that we get the opportunity to cut six more songs at the end of this summer. I mean, Amador Frequency, I hadn’t listened to that record in years, I’d forgotten about it. Just blew it off. I just thought it was one of those experiments. It may still very well be one of those experiments that…

MD: That fails horribly? But now we have the chance to find out.

TC: But if nothing else, I think the Forever Goldrush’s Amador next two months is Frequency will be available from Test Pattern Records going to probably (Testpatternrecords.com) Aug. 2. be some of the best The band will play a CD release show at Harlow’s in Sacramento two months Forever on Aug. 12. Showtime is 9 p.m.

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2215 10 th Street • Sacramento Words Adam Saake photos nicholas wray

The term “hole in the wall,” often used to describe the tiny joints that warm our big hearts, takes on a new meaning when we’re referring to an actual hole in a wall. In this case it’s actually a square—and on a hot day you’ll see arms protruding from this opening to hand deliver snow cones, fruit freezes or root beer floats to throngs of customers that congregate to cool down with something icy and cold. Next to the window, glass doors open to expose a small Japanese food market with dry and frozen items, and in the case by the register is a selection of manju and mochi.

These little Japanese pastries aren’t filled with ice cream like what you might find at Trader Joe’s, but rather sweet red bean or lima bean paste and even peanut butter or custard. This is Osakaya, a Riverside-area sweets shop that’s been a Sacramento staple for almost 50 years.

Located on 10th Street between V and U streets, a weathered blue and white sign marks the historic confections shop and bakery owned by the Nakatani family. Longtime original owners

Kenji Nakatani and wife Asako Sato, who have since passed away, bought the shop in the early ‘60s and operated using Sato’s original recipes for roughly 46 years before daughter and business partner Linda Nakatani took over in 2009. Osaka-ya began across the street and then moved to its current location, which was once a fish market. Now manju of different flavors, colors and assortments are baked fresh in the back bakery and sold to customers who have grown to know and love them.

“I’ve been coming here for 30 years,” says Sacramento regular Deanna Preciado, who tends to order “something random” whenever she stops by.

Preciado didn’t look a day over 35, and that’s what makes Osaka-ya special. It’s one of the few places that some customers can say they’ve been coming to for most of their lives. We’re all sentimental about things that take us back to our childhoods, and the snow cones and manju are good for just that. When Submerge arrived, there were 20-some-odd people out front who ranged from small children to older folk in their 60s or 70s, each one there for something sweet.

Manju is the general name for the traditional Japanese treats baked and sold at Osaka-ya. Mochi refers to the manju with a sticky, glutinous outside that has a sweet red bean paste in the center. If you’ve never had one before, it sounds adventurous; red beans inside a chewy exterior? But once you take a bite,

you realize why so many people swear by these little delights.

If “chewy” isn’t your thing, other varieties have a cake bun outside that sometimes have flavors like green tea, strawberry and coffee worked into the batter. Another popular variety has a peanut butter chocolate chip filling, and if you’re into creamy, we recommend the chou creams, a French puff pastry with vanilla custard that is often enjoyed frozen. Grab a cold Japanese UCC canned coffee from the mini fridge and voila! Afternoon delight.

One of the more interesting flavors is called kinako ohagi, which has sweet whole rice outside, a whole red bean inside and is dusted with soybean powder. It looks a bit like a truffle and is traditionally served with tea. A Google search of kinaki ohagi led to various pictures of Kit Kat wrappers—one of Nestle’s flavors in Japan, apparently. Gimme a break? Bring it on. Also, look out for the special sakura domyouji-ko mochi, which are wrapped in cherry leaves. These are usually only available in March for Hina Matsuri, or Japanese Girl’s Day. Hina Matsuri is a celebration of Japanese girls and sakura mochi is food traditionally served.

Don’t worry, Osaka-ya will still sell you one even if you’re a boy.

There’s a lot of cool historic stuff in Sacramento, but most of it is Victorian housing or behind ropes. There are few places left like Osaka-ya that is half a century old, owned by a family born and raised in Sacramento and selling confections the same way they did all that time ago. History in every bite.

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If America truly is a melting pot nation, its music should reflect that diversity. The Nickel Slots’ brand of Americana-steeped rock ‘n’ roll does just that. Five Miles Gone, 15-tracks in all, was recorded at Sacramento’s Pus Cavern Studios with owner/engineer Joe Johnston at the boards. And while its overarching sound bears a sharp country twang, the album is a comprehensive catalog of American music motifs—from folk to punk.

The album’s title track probably says it best. On “Five Miles Gone,” singer/songwriter Tony Brusca namedrops Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie and even Bob Marley. Reggae may be missing from The Nickel Slots’ musical arsenal (or maybe they prefer not to show all their cards at once), but apparitions of Dylan and Guthrie certainly manifest themselves on songs such as the shuffling folk of “Comfort” and in parts of the lonesome-road bluegrass-infused rock of “Freedom.”

The Nickel Slots’ roots run deep in Americana, but their sound is far from antiquated. Modern influences make themselves evident throughout even the album’s folksier numbers. Again in “Freedom,” the mandolins and acoustic guitars are eventually joined, briefly, by powerful drums and hot electric guitar licks in the song’s crescendo. Elsewhere, the band shows off its talent for crafting catchy

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Words James Barone Amid the giant robots, British wizards and buff super heroes, this past weekend Warner Bros. injected some much-needed laughs into what has been a pretty ho-hum summer movie season so far (with the exception of Cars 2).

Horrible Bosses may not carry with it gargantuan effects or titanic (pun intended) budgets, but its girth does come in the way of a talented ensemble cast who seemed to have free rein to do as it pleased with mostly positive results.

Horrible Bosses starts as sort of a ballad for the modern-day working stiff as the film’s three heroes: Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman), a businessman on the verge of a big promotion; Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis), an accountant at a chemical company; and Dale Arbus (Charlie Day), a dentist assistant madly in love with his fiancée, bemoan their lots in life. Nick’s boss, Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), is an utter sadist, while Dale is tormented by his superior, Dr. Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston), who incessantly tries to get in his pants. Kurt loves his job, and his boss (played by the venerable and distinguished Donald Sutherland), but his boss’ son, Bobby Pellitt (Colin Farrell) is, for lack of a better term, a complete douchebag. As pressures mount and their situations worsen, Nick, Kurt and Dale find that they have no other recourse than to kill their bosses—perhaps the most justifiable form of homicide.

Things don’t go as planned, of course, because this is a comedy, and a solid one at that. Horrible Bosses is proof that a simple premise can be very successful with deft execution. The plot, at times, takes a back seat to the banter, which usually isn’t a problem as Sudeikis, Bateman and Day are in strong form. Sudeikis, especially, is a real treat as an SubmergeMag.com

unlikely lady killer, while Bateman fills a more comfortable role as the straight-faced, albeit slightly off-kilter, voice of reason. Day pretty much reprises his most notable role of Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but hey, if it ain’t broke… Their witty repartee is the engine that drives Horrible Bosses and may be mostly pointless as far as the actual story is concerned, but when it hits, as it often does, it’s so good that it hardly matters.

Not to be outdone, the trio’s all-star supporting cast delivers fine moments in their own right. Farrell is mostly a visual gag, but a good one, and Aniston has her share of scene-stealing moments (even with her clothes on), delivering some of the film’s raunchiest humor. Spacey can be over the top in his role of the archetypical evil boss, but he can also be downright devious—a perfect villain who makes you feel dirty when you’re laughing with him.

Jamie Foxx (Motherfucker Jones) also shows well as the trio’s murder consultant.

With the loose feel of the script, the film really sinks or swims on the banter. Luckily, in such capable hands, Horrible Bosses never gets lost at sea. Sometimes, however, such as how Foxx’s character got his remarkable nickname, the punch line isn’t worth all the jibber-jabbering it takes to set it up. There are also some strangely poignant moments too, such as one scene in a bar where Nick, Kurt and Dale are faced with the various conundrums of what keeps people shackled to their shitty jobs in the first place: mounting bills, pride and stubbornness or the fear that you’ll have to repeat the whole wretched cycle of starting at the bottom if you go somewhere else. Despite a few minor shortcomings, Horrible Bosses has more than enough summer-sized comedic firepower to stimulate your funny bone while you wait to see what happens to that other wizardly trio in their battle against an evil, whose very name I fear to type.

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If I hadn’t been trolling Facebook at the time of the verdict, I never would have heard of Casey Anthony. Ignorance is not something I’m particularly proud of. Apparently it was big news—or at least people perceived it as big news. The 25-year-old Floridian was indicted on seven charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee: first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of giving false information to a law enforcement officer in reference to a missing person. On July 5, a jury of her peers concluded, given the evidence that was presented to them (because that’s how our justice system works), that she was innocent of the first three charges (you know, the big ones) and guilty of the last four. She was sentenced to four years and up to $4,000 in fines, but since she was already in jail for the past three years (Anthony was indicted in October 2008), the judge credited her for time served and knocked a little bit off for good behavior. She’ll be free to go July 17, 2011. The Public was not stoked.

I won’t go into the tragic details of the case. I wasn’t following it, so I don’t know them. I’m more fascinated by the reaction.

You’re probably way more familiar with them than I am, anyway, considering the Casey Anthony case was a pretty hot ticket. In Orlando, Fla., the Orange County Courthouse was the place to be this past Memorial Day weekend. People arrived at 5:30 a.m. in the hopes that they’d land one of the coveted 50 seats to see the public trial firsthand. Outside of Florida, Anthony was the toast of the talk show circuit as misery profiteers couldn’t talk about it enough. According to a June 20 article in the New York Post, on-air personalities such as Nancy Grace and Dr. Drew Pinsky left their competitors in the dust by dedicating their shows to the trial. Grace saw her ratings spike a mammoth 150 percent! While a Dateline special two-hour recap of the trial (for those of us who missed out) was the most watched program of the night it aired.

Murder-shmurder… For the networks it’s a shame a trial like this only comes once a century. Why, we haven’t seen anything like this since… you know who. I have to admit, I was all over that one. I used to rush home from high school just to see what Cochran and the boys were up to. I understand why people are so into trial drama. There’s a reason that Law & Order has been on for a billion seasons

and, thanks to syndication, can be watched pretty much 24 hours per day if you navigate basic cable correctly. It’s riveting, and when it’s real life, it’s even more so. Death, betrayal, shocking revelations, comic relief (if you have the right team of lawyers) —they’re all there.

Unfortunately in the real world, there are no Sam McCoys. Sometimes the outcome isn’t wrapped up with a tidy bow (in roughly 60 minutes with commercials).

Maybe that’s why everyone is so upset.

There’s a beautiful 2-year-old girl dead and no one to take the blame for it. Her mother, clearly the culprit, will walk. But, the public needs to point its finger at something, so the jury might get the brunt of it. But how about the justice system? First O.J., now this? The parallels between the two trials became meme fodder as soon as the verdict hit. I see the correlation: they’re both guilty but proven innocent, right? I thought it was supposed to be the other way around.

Regardless of the outcome of this case, the justice system is just fine. It’s not infallible, but it’s the best system out there. Maybe after another era or two of social evolution, we’ll come up with something better. Maybe Apple will develop the infallible iJury. Until then, be thankful for what we got. Look at it this way, if we didn’t have the presumption of innocence, and it was on the defense to prove their client was not guilty, as opposed to the other way around, there’d be a whole lot of innocent people in prison. That would be a real crime.

But if you’re looking for a replacement, might I suggest Trial by Ordeal? This medieval form of justice was a real hoot, and most likely extremely effective. The accused would have to perform some dangerous task, believed to be under the supervision of God. “Passing” the test and proving your innocence might result in death, but that’s a small price to pay if you think about it. We could require those on trial to fetch a stone out of boiling water and check to see if they’re wounded, or how fast it heals; or, toss them in water to see if they float.

The ones who do are guilty, and though the innocent may be drowned, at least they’ll have a finer reward in the hereafter. To modernize this wonderful tradition, we could hand the accused a revolver loaded with a single bullet and give the chamber a spin. God wouldn’t let an innocent man blow his brains out, but however it shakes out, think of Dr. Drew’s ratings boost.

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