Submerge Magazine: Issue 162 (May 19 - June 2, 2014)

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas

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No Peace for

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Con Brio Get the Funk Up!

Michael Franzino

Looks to Make Music Alone

Life in 24 Frames Everything Changes

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Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com We’ve been printing Submerge for about six-and-a-half years now. One of my favorite things about being around so long is seeing new local bands get together, hearing what they create and watching how they continue to develop over time. If a band can stand the test of time dealing with whatever life throws their way (things like having children, changing jobs, etc.), they can be like a fine wine, getting better over time.

I’d say that’s the case for two groups that we’re featuring in this issue, DLRN and Life in 24 Frames. We actually featured both years ago.

On our front cover we have DLRN, a hip-hop duo comprised of Sean LaMarr and Jon Reyes. It’s clear they are continuing to flourish over the years—through their albums as well as their music videos—so we here at Submerge are excited to interview them once again.

This year they are doing it big with two releases. Originally, they were going to make one album, Neon Noir; but instead, they decided to break it into two separate EP’s. And the first half will be coming out on June 3 through Waaga Records.

Check out our feature on page 10 to read about why they decided to break the album up and how the two will be different; also learn more about a song and video off the album called “Fear and Loathing.”

On page 14, we have an interview with members of Life in 24 Frames. We featured them way back in 2010 when they were a four-piece, and with time they’ve been down to a three piece and back up to their current six-member masterpiece.

I caught their great set at Assembly for Autumn Sky’s EP release show in March. Luckily, you’ll have a lot of opportunities to see them coming up: opening for The Unlikely Candidates on May 24 at Assembly, playing downtown Concerts in the Park on June 6 with Dance Gavin Dance, then at Assembly once again on June 13 alongside Geographer. I’m really excited about their momentum and hope they keep it up!

Before you go out and see one of their performances, be sure to catch up on the band in our interview. Read about the changes founding member Kris Adams experienced after having a son, as well as his thoughts on film and music videos. The group also chats it up about their newest member, Lindsey Pavao (known for being the Sacramento semifinalist on Season 2 of The Voice).

Our back cover features a San Francisco band, Con Brio.

They are no stranger to Sacramento and play at the Torch Club every few months. They are making their way back to our city again to play the third annual Torch Fest this Memorial Day weekend. With frontman Ziek McCarter now at the helm, they have more vigor than ever before.

Read our interview on page 12 where McCarter and founding member Micah Dubreuil talk about influences and inspirations in their funk/soul journey.

And finally, where there is live music and people gathering, it’s not hard to find Kenny the Dancing Man! You know him, the older shirtless gentleman always dancing for the masses in Sacramento. Last year, after !!! (Chk Chk Chk) played Concerts in the Park, someone introduced him to me. Kenny was really polite and the most enthusiastic guy ever. So with outdoor festivities kicking off this spring and summer, we would like for you to familiarize yourself with this dancer who is just trying to have fun and dance with girls, all starting on page 26.

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In our last issue of Submerge we featured Sacramentobased progressive/posthardcore group A Lot Like Birds’ vocalist Kurt Travis and his new solo album. Now another member of the group, guitarist/songwriter Michael Franzino, is branching out and planning a solo project of his own, only this one has an interesting and rather unique twist. The project will be called alone. and will see Franzino retreat to a cabin in the middle of nowhere in complete isolation for a couple of months to write a record that he will eventually record and release DIY, sans record label. Franzino has started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $10,000 to cover recording expenses, hire musicians to play on the album and to rent a cabin and feed himself while he’s holed up in seclusion writing. “I wish to write the project in isolation because it is of my belief that the most profound art comes from the feelings of loneliness and longing,” Franzino said in a promo video on the Indiegogo page, which can be found at Igg.me/at/ fundalone. He went on to say that the new music will be “a deeper exploration into the softer and more ambient/melodic side of my writing” and that “the songs will more heavily feature a string section, a horn section, a more eclectic use of percussion, more choral aspects, more electronic sounds, and a general tenacity to have bigger compositions and a wider array of noises.” He points to a few songs on ALLB’s 2013 album No Place as examples (“Hand Over Mouth,” “No Nurture,” “Kuroi Ledge,” and “Myth of Lasting Sympathy”), but mentions that they are “just a taste.” If you wish to donate to Franzino’s newest musical adventure, you’ll be rewarded with all kinds of goodies, everything from early downloads, to physical CDs with exclusive album art, posters, hand-printed shirts/patches, guitar tablature booklets, sneak peak Skype sessions from the studio, heck, for $350 he’ll even tattoo your full name on his ass (not a joke!). Look for Submerge to keep you in the loop on what happens with alone. and Franzino’s quest into the unknown. The dude is an incredibly talented composer and multi-instrumentalist and we cannot wait to hear what that crazy brain of his comes up with out there in the wilderness. Hit up Facebook.com/wearealone for more information.

Hardcore punk band Trash Talk, who still rep Sacramento as their hometown despite currently being located in Los Angeles, are releasing a new full-length album called No Peace on May 27. Known for their circle-pitinducing, high-energy, often bloody live shows, Trash Talk does shit their own way and they don’t pull their punches. They are the only non-hip-hop group on Odd Future Records and they’ve got a really rad “collective” mentality, utilizing the talents and skills of all of the creative friends they’ve surrounded themselves with over the years to make things happen. For visual and audio reference of this, we highly suggest hitting up YouTube and searching for “Trash Talk Tough As Leather,” it’s a well-done, documentary style short film (five minutes) that follows the band through a typical day at their downtown L.A. headquarters. “Trash Talk Collective is more than just the music,” frontman Lee Spielman says in the video. “It’s a squad of everybody who does different things. If we want to do something we just talk to each other and figure it out. We don’t have to like, go ask a boss, or like ask the label whether or not we can do this or do that. If we want to go on tour with a rapper, we go on tour with a rapper. We do whatever the fuck we want, because it’s our shit.” No Peace is 16 tracks total, is available now for pre-order, and according to a statement on the band’s website (Trashtalkhc.com), “It is hardcore punk, it is hardcore hip-hop, it’s a way of telling you to shut the fuck up if you try to pigeonhole it.” Well-known hip-hop producer Alchemist contributed two tracks to the album that Trash Talk “drag through the gutter, knuckles up. Drums like brass knuckles.” There is also a bonus track that features King Krule and Wiki from Rat King “spitting rain on soft skulls.” Umm, can you say sounds badass! If all of this isn’t enough to make you want to get your hands on No Peace, crank it loud and fuck some shit up, we don’t know what will.

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Any Radiohead fans out there? If so, would you like to see, hear and experience a bunch of Radiohead classics in a live environment without having to pay, like, $87 for a ticket and without having to drive to the Bay Area and back? You’re in luck! A huge group of some of Sacramento’s most talented musicians are bringing you the second ever Radiohead Tribute Show at Marilyn’s on K on Friday, May 30. Hosted by local boy on the rise James Cavern (who also headlines Concerts in the Park earlier that same night), this show will feature a special performance from local ambient rockers Life In 24 Frames and an exciting set featuring names such as Lindsey Pavao, Autumn Sky, Eddie Pig Underwood, as well as members of local bands Saint Solitaire, Odamé Sucks, Cold Eskimo, Joseph in the Well and more! The Facebook event page says “From the rabid guitar play of ‘Electioneering,’ hypnotic sounds of ‘All I Need,’ to the haunting sounds of ‘Exit Music’ we will cover an array of Radiohead favorites!” This show gets underway at 9:30 p.m. and is just $5, but as the official CIP afterparty, if you’ve got your wristband on, it’s free.99! To learn more about the event’s host, hit up Facebook.com/JamesCavernMusic.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Did you feel the Earth stop for about four minutes on May 5th ? That was the cosmos mourning Beyoncé as her world shattered.

Bey’s sister, Solange, hates Jay Z and tried to open a can of whoop-ass on him in an elevator following a Met Gala afterparty. TMZ released a security video of the fracas and now Bey’s perfect world is no more. If you haven’t seen the video yet, then it’s time to cancel your CompuServe account and open your fucking eyes! This thing is everywhere!

To fuel the fire, the internet speculation hive mind is running at a rate that, if used for worthwhile purposes, would find a cure for cancer in about 3.6 seconds. The e-mob won’t stop until they have answers to their questions. Why doesn’t Bey stop Solange? Is Jay cheating on Bey? Is Bey cheating on Jay? Hey Bey Bey? Where did Solange learn to kick that high? How much is the bodyguard getting paid for putting up with this shit?

Whatever the pay, the bodyguard should be asking for more. After having to keep Solange at Bey bay for what turned out to likely be the longest elevator ride of his life, I’d say a contract renegotiation is definitely in order.

Dude was octopus-like, holding Solange back while also collecting her shoes and purse from the floor. On top of all that, he still managed to run the elevator and keep the doors open or closed as was appropriate for the situation. It may have been the hardest four minutes of his career and he absolutely killed it.

For Solange, it looks like it might have been the angriest four minutes of her life.

That finger was wagging at Hov before she even got through the elevator doors and she immediately started swinging wildly at him when they slid closed. If a dude as big as that bodyguard grabbed me from behind during a fight and said, “Don’t hit Mr. Carter,” I would probably listen. In her rage, Solange must have heard him say “Go ahead, kick harder,” so she did.

Her first pedal assault fired off high into Jay’s chest like she had been practicing with the Rockettes all winter. Her second kick was a

Bey Bey’s Kids Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com bit more sinister. She really went for the gusto on that one. If you haven’t seen the video yet, after Solange windmill swings and high kicks Jay in the chest, she manages to land a side kick to his Rockafellas. It was one of the few hits that actually made Jay lose his cool and step at Solange.

Clearly he is upset, but the weird part is, Jigga seemed ready for it. In the footage, Jay’s hand is often down by his crotch with his fingers held together ready to slap away or grab a foot thrown in their general direction. It almost looks like this has happened before. As far as I can tell, Solange is not a known dick kicker, but who knows what happens in private. It does make me wonder if Jay Z is in an abusive relationship with his wife’s sister.

So, the story so far is Jay Z got kicked in the dick by his wife’s little sister in an elevator in New York City. No comments were made by the parties involved other than some passive aggressive Twitter posts. Beyoncé and Jay went to a New Jersey Nets game without incident. A week or so after the elevator incident, Hov and Solange were seen together at a jewelry store browsing for loot.

No explanation was provided, but she was either buying him a gift to apologize or he was buying her something so she won’t kick him in the unit

again. Either way it looks bad for Jay. This is the kind of shit that ends rap careers.

If there is anyone who knows about ending careers, it’s one Queen Beyoncé. Remember when she was in Destiny’s Child with Kelly Rowland and that other chick whose name you forgot because Beyoncé cut her loose? Michelle… something.

Yet, she seemed to be the picture of calm in that elevator. She stayed above the fray, which is odd considering her husband and younger sister are fighting just inches away from her.

Where was Sasha Fierce? I kept waiting for her to throw up her arms and stun everyone into unconsciousness, but it never happened. No lasers came from her eyes or death rays from her fingers.

Her gyrating booty did not cause anyone’s head to explode. In fact, she barely spoke and only moved when the spinning Solange/bodyguard Tasmanian devil came into contact with her.

Unfuckwithable. Beyoncé remained calm and poised in the eye of the storm. Not a hair looked out of place when the four of them finally exited the elevator to the snapping cameras of the paparazzi. This was not her first rodeo. Bey, apparently, don’t play that. She leaves that shit to the children.

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Words & photo By Alia Cruz The great debate of Sacramento Summer 2014: Is the “Sushirrito” actually good? Ever since Wrap N’ Roll took over the old Trey B Cakes spot on L and 19 th, it has generated a plethora of mixed reviews and opinions.

First of all, let’s talk about Wrap N’ Roll’s number one attraction, the “Sushirrito.” It’s almost exactly as it sounds: a sushi roll the size of a burrito. Fish, rice and veggies are held together by seaweed wraps and eaten like you would eat a burrito...no chopsticks.

Some of you sushi snobs will probably completely turn your back on this place. I feel you on that, only because this place doesn’t exactly fall in line with the artistry of traditional sushi. These are basic sushi rolls that have been super-sized times four; and frankly, these rolls were never meant for you.

However, there is no denying that this is one genuinely fresh meal that is perfect for a hot summer day. On a recent trip, I ordered the triple sashimi and soft shell crab wrap. There were generous amounts of all ingredients, and everything looked pretty and proper. The staff says the fish is delivered daily from the beloved Sunh Fish Co., and the greens are always nice and crisp. The portions are more than filling, but leave you full in a “Man, I kinda ate actual legit food groups and feel satisfied” way rather than, “Oh, I’m SubmergeMag.com

uncomfortable and need to be rolled to my bed now” kind of way. As a lover of spice, I think they did a nice job of making their spicy rolls and sauce actually spicy.

As you struggle to get to the last bites of your roll, though, be prepared to look like a doofus as it all begins to fall apart and crumble in your hands in all-too-perfect unison with the Drake songs playing in the background. I would like to think I struggled gracefully, but finding rice in my hair says different.

Aside from the Sushirrito, Wrap N’ Roll has a full menu that includes rice bowls, Asianfusion nachos, fries and Spam musubi. I have consistently heard that the Spam musubi dish is awesome here. Prices are in the $10 range for rolls, which seems OK for what you get. Wrap N’ Roll is also open ‘til 2 a.m. on the weekends to cater to the late night crowd. Though I have to say, I don’t know what person would come to this place after a night of drinking and eat sushi. Eating an enormous sushi roll after drinking, or whatever weird thing you’ve been doing at 2 a.m., sounds like a mistake.

I can’t imagine throwing a Wrap N’ Roll Sushirrito into my regular dining routine like I would pizza or actual sushi, but I can see myself indulging maybe once every two months or so. If anything, I admire someone bringing a refreshing new concept to Midtown, and getting people so excited and curious about it.

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Your Senses Words Brooke Dreyer

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Mr. Hooper’s Album Release at Blue Lamp • May 24 For the past 20 years, he has been known as Crazy Ballhead, a well-respected hip-hop artist, writer, producer and proud member of the SAMMIES Hall of Fame. Today, he has evolved into Mr. Hooper and will soon be releasing his birth-cry. The Poet Go will be hosting a dual-celebration party at Blue Lamp (1400 Alhambra Boulevard) on May 24, heralding to the release of Mr. Hooper’s new album, The Highs and Lows of a Hero for Hire, and celebrating his upcoming birthday. The event is studded with a lineup including Retrograde Revolution, Mr.P Chill (with DJ Mike Colossal), NSAA, Left Rose and Lauren Wakefield. The doors will open at 8 p.m. for all those 21-and-over, with only an $8 cover fee. For more information, check out Mrhoopersmusic.com.

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Macaron Ice Cream Sandwiches at Ginger Elizabeth Forget anything you have ever known to be blissful, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates has raised the standards of dessert euphoria once more. May 1, 2014, was a glorious day, for it initiated the highly anticipated Frozen Treats season of Midtown. Yes, the macaron ice cream sandwiches are back, and they aren’t alone. The highly acclaimed treats are accompanied by Almond Rocher ice cream bars, frozen hot chocolate parfaits and a flavored variety of ice cream pints. The macarons menu has changed a little bit from last year (don’t worry, the Salty Carmel is still the same), the selection now includes the Caramelized Milk and Coffee (made from Temple Coffee) and the Lemon sandwich is now surrounded by a gingersnap cookie. Stop by the boutique at 1801 L Street, Suite 60 from Tuesday to Saturday (Tuesday to Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.) to pick up yours this summer. Stock up before they go out of season in October. There is no better way to relax this summer than with one of these frozen treats in your hand.

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The South Fork of the American River began proclaiming its glory in the mid-1800s during the historical Gold Rush, attracting miners and pioneers from all over the world. Today, despite the ever-depressing drought conditions, the river is still effortlessly alluring adventurers, but for an entirely different reason. Calling all thrill-seekers, adrenaline-junkies, nature-lovers and venture-newbies alike, we have an opportunity for you to make your summer a little more exciting. SMUD has agreed to a water lease, allowing water flow to the South Fork of the American River for six hours a day, Monday through Thursday. The low-flow days are Tuesday and Wednesday, but why not try some white-water rafting on a Monday or Thursday? Outdoor Adventure River Specialists (O.A.R.S.) has been an online hotspot for water-sport thrill seekers; Oars.com/california contains a ton of sporting and lodging information for destinations statewide to help you plan your white-water adventure this season. Why not plan a weekend camping trip including rafting, kayaking or hiking? O.A.R.S. website has all the intel you need.

It’s time to get out of the city, away from the suburbs, and into the beautiful nature spots of California.

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Champagne at Verge Center for the Arts Opening Exhibition • June 5 On Thursday, June 5, Verge Center for the Arts will be celebrating the opening of their newly remodeled space with an exhibit featuring an artistically accessible treat for guests. The exhibit, curated by San Francisco visual and performing artist Yarrow Slaps and titled Champagne, celebrates the variety of cultural influences inspiring the 16 new and established artists featured in the show. The variety of media is incredibly diverse, ranging from photography to micro installations to minimalist murals. This free event strikes the artistic expression of both traditional and innovative styles exemplified from cultural influence. The opening reception runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at 625 S Street, but the exhibit will remain up through August 24. More information can be attained from Liv Moe by email (liv@vergeart.com), by telephone (916) 448-2985) or online at Vergeart.com.

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go z gonzo p o h hipDLRN Release the first half of Neon Noir Words Lovelle Harris photo Andre Elliott

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hit is about to get weird, folks— Fear and Loathing is about to descend upon Sacramento with a sonic boom reminiscent of the drug-induced adventures shared by a famed Gonzo journalist and his faithful companion.

No, Hunter S. Thompson hasn’t canceled his self-imposed exile from the realm of the living to wreak havoc on our City of Trees; rather, “Fear and Loathing” is the inspiration and title of one of the tracks off the forthcoming release from the hip-hop duo DLRN. And if you’ve checked out the video, a slick and sexy visual experience that includes plenty of booze, a hint of the drug culture that made Thompson so famous and the artists donning animal masks, the inspiration is clearly entrenched in the Gonzo spirit.

“I think, in context of this particular song, the vivid images from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and the really dark, abyss-like backdrop of [Thompson’s] stay there, helped me contextualize my own dark experimenting in that city,” says Sean LaMarr, DLRN’s vocal impresario.

Neon Noir, an LP segmented into two parts (part one of which is set to drop June 3 on the Waaga Records label with a limited-run cassette tape offering—yes, you heard right, that plastic rectangular mechanism for inducing eargasms—as

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well as a digital version for all of you who ditched your cassette players when CDs took over the music world), is the continuation of a narrative arc that LaMarr has been developing since the group formed six years ago.

“Neon Noir was a full album that got broken into two albums,” LaMarr explains. “In part because [of] Waaga— their strength is really electronic and electronica music, but they really gravitated toward our songs that were in that vein. So, [there’s an] A side and a B side of the project where one is more electronically charged and the other is more hip-hop.”

Forged in the fires of the electrosynthed-out vibe that seems to be permeating just about every facet of

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Sacramento’s musical landscape these days, DLRN’s LaMarr and production prodigy Jon Reyes are storytellers in the deepest sense of the word—often taking inspiration from literary legends like Thompson and Kurt Vonnegut.

“We have a great appreciation for the written word. Probably more than the spoken word,” LaMarr explains. “The line in Stevie’s hook [on “Fear and Loathing”] ‘Everything is beautiful and nothing ever hurt at all’ is a Vonnegut reference, too.”

“DLRN is really just a collection of both mine and Sean’s experiences, and our interpretation of what this world is,” Reyes continues. “From the movies we consume to the music we listen to, we put it all back through our art. Really it’s just an incubator of all of our ideas; trying to share with the world how we see things.”

The duo’s love for storytelling is also explored through their videos, the majority of which have been conceptualized and directed by Sami Abdou of Upper Cloud Media. He’s the mastermind behind the videos for the tracks “Dear Langston,” “Reset,” “Good Company” and “Fear and Loathing.”

“We take a lot of time and energy, and you know, really try to give the best product we can—visually and with the music itself,” LaMarr says.

“Hopefully they complement each other the right way.”

While Reyes, born and raised in Sacramento, has relocated to the Bay Area, the hip-hop twosome’s love for Sacto is clear—local lyricists and vocalists Young Aundee, Leia Layus, Nami Ramo and Stevie Nader (who is also in the video for “Fear and Loathing”) also make guest appearances on Neon Noir. The visual exploration of their sound also provides a purview into the soul of Sacramento itself. Iconic Sacto landmarks are littered throughout the video for “Dear Langston”—the city’s skyline, and even the Old Ironsides sign, makes a cameo as LaMarr strolls down the grid’s streets, pouring his heart out in song.

“Sacramento—and we both feel this way—is an amazing place to curate and create art,” LaMarr says. “I think some of it is partially out of desperation, being like there’s not, at least when I was coming up, there wasn’t much to do until you were a certain age, so the outlet of creating and making art was

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paramount [to] my development as a person.”

The duo, who has known each other since high school, began their artistic journey as a part of an art collective that included dancers, spoken-word artists and graffiti writers. And while the collective wasn’t a formal organization, the close-knit group of friends who were collectively exploring their creativity in an interactive and supportive environment served as the catalyst for their current creative endeavors.

“When we first started creating music we were very into what would be considered alternative hip-hop,” Reyes says. “I think just the way music has evolved our sound has to evolve as well.

I think with every project, we try to find different ways to put things together. I find I’m most creative when I’m learning new things.”

As LaMarr and Reyes gear up for the album’s release and a June 4 release party at Dive Bar as a part of a South by Southwest-inspired block party on the K Street Mall, their latest exploration of this narrative arc delves into that Gonzo sensibility, but keeps that hip-hop swagger.

“With ‘Fear and Loathing,’ [it’s] the story of me going on a friend’s bachelor party in Vegas and just my interactions with people in those moments, and walking down hallways and those beautiful hotels and feeling super lonely,” LaMarr explains. “It just was a moment when I was like, ‘Wow everybody comes out here on some sort of conquest and at the end of the day [we’re all] just wandering these halls.”

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With Vigor San Francisco’s Con Brio Brings the Funk to Third Annual Torch Fest Words Steph Rodriguez

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an Francisco soul brothers Con Brio reignite the classic sounds of the ’50s and ’60s with two new singles, “Temptations Talkin’” and “California Cowboy,” set for release this fall on a yet-to-be titled EP through Burning House records. Both tracks respectively tip hats to the R&B, gospel and funk genres. Fitting, as the guys admit they’re heavily influenced by the charisma and energy of entertainers like James Brown and Jackie Wilson, with a deep admiration for funk purveyors Sly and the Family Stone and Billy Preston.

Formed in 2009, Con Brio (“with vigor” or “spirit”) quickly gained momentum in the San Francisco music scene performing at high-capacity venues like the Great American Music Hall, the Fillmore and the Regency Ballroom. A year later, the band recorded and released its debut album, From the Hip, followed by its live album titled The Bay is Burning in 2012. They continued the momentum with their first national tour that year.

Although this five-piece (which includes a two to three-piece horn section and full organ) originates from the Bay Area, Con Brio is no stranger to Sacramento, especially when it comes to multiple performances at the historic Torch Club. What’s more, new vocalist and dance machine Ziek McCarter, and organist and founding member Micah Dubreuil, are both masters of the longdistance phone interview—even if the two aren’t in the same city. Other upand-coming bands take note: for our phone interview, McCarter was on a bus to Big Sur to perform with another band; while Dubreuil, who started at his apartment in San Francisco, found his way onto a bus heading to Los Angeles.

Submerge caught up with the duo ahead of Con Brio’s scheduled performance at Torch Club’s third-annual Torch Fest, beginning May 24.

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The latest music video for “Temptations Talkin’” off your new EP exudes a great deal of energy from everyone involved. Can you fill me in on some influences?

Ziek McCarter: Vocally, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway [and] D’Angelo. Dance moves-wise, as an entertainer, I look up to cats like Prince, James Brown or Michael Jackson, or really anyone who is a charismatic performer, like Jackie Wilson.

Who influences you behind the organ, Micah? I hear Booker T., is that someone you’re fond of?

Micah Dubreuil: I haven’t listened to Booker as much as I should’ve. I know about “Green Onions” and so forth, but for me, it’s a lot more of the jazz guys, like Dr. Lonnie Smith. [He] is my biggest influence and hero on the organ. … Some of the younger guys as well like, Billy Preston and even some gospel players like Cory Henry, who plays in a band called Snarky Puppy.

What inspired you to play the organ?

MD: It’s just a beautiful sound, an incredible feeling. An organ is a 400-pound machine and there’s buttons and levers and it feels like you’re driving a big truck. I’ve been told I play it in a pretty heavy-handed way, I think it definitely helps push the sound and really elevates the music when the time is right.

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The mixture of genres within Con Brio’s music seems to be a perfect fit for the Torch Club. How did you stumble upon that venue?

MD: We were recommended the Torch Club by our friends in a touring blues band. Since then, we’re happy to play there, always.

Which song relates to you the most off the new EP? ZM: Oh man, that’s a hard one. That’s like asking me, do I have a favorite genre? I’ve been listening to one song all day called “Give it all,” which is a song that Micah and myself wrote. I’m really excited about it and I want it to make me cry and it’s almost there. Its story has so much emotion, especially for me. I’m making sure to push the song to the highest level and make sure that it penetrates myself first and foremost.

I’m speaking in the context that I’m talking to a woman, but a lot of it is inspired by my father, who has passed. He gave me all that he had and I am what I am because [of him].

Why did you two want to join a funk or soul band?

MD: It’s so good, man. It’s the music I love. It makes me feel something inside of me whether as a listener or performer.

ZM: It’s something I always wanted to do since I was a kid, be an entertainer. It just happened to come through the vein of funk and soul, as a band.

I used to play blues with my pops. So, I guess it kind of prepared me for what was to come.

What are you looking forward to over the next couple of years as a band?

MD: We’ve been lucky enough to play some great venues in San Francisco like the Independent, the Great American Music Hall or the Fillmore, but we’d like to perform at those kind of rooms around the country.

ZM: Hit all the major festivals and get on that festival circuit, like the one in Sacramento!

If you could perform alongside any one person from the past, who would it be?

ZM: It would have to be James Brown or Prince.

The way they deliver in the moment and just their high energy and the momentum that they have. I feel like I operate on that same level, and so I would like to see first-hand how it’s done instead of watching videos.

MD: It’s funny, I might’ve been thinking James Brown, too. I get the most out of working with singers and drummers on stage. The singer is directing the traffic from the front with the audience and the drummer is working from the back. But, James Brown had so much energy and such an ability to Con Brio will perform the capture a moment, second day of Torch Club’s I think it would be (904 15th Street) third-annual Torch Fest. The two-day fest really incredible kicks off on Saturday, May 24, and amazing at 6 p.m. and continues on Sunday at 4 p.m. Tickets for to have that this 21-and-over event cost experience. $12 the first day, followed by $15 on day two.

“It’s something I always wanted to do since I was a kid, be an entertainer. It just happened to come through the vein of funk and soul, as a band. I used to play blues with my pops. So, I guess it kind of prepared me for what was to come.”

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Bitter Ends and Gleaming Futures

Sacramento's Life in 24 Frames On Lineup Changes, Stylistic Expansions and the Way Ahead Words Andrew C. Russell

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he latest album from Life in 24 Frames, Bitter End, is a step through a mirror-still lake into a world of powerful beauty and contemplation, intimate yet expansive and bittersweet, like an overcast sky interrupted by bursts of blinding sunlight. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the interior world spun by the sixpiece indie rock group that there is little to no hint of the restless energy behind the scenes.

Life in 24 Frames is, in its day-to-day life, a group in constant flux, making widespread connections in the music world, fine-tuning its sound with every release, forging an independent path through social media, selfpromoting and word-of-mouth, and regularly adding exciting new talent to its fold, all while staying true to its Sacramento roots.

The engine powering Life in 24 Frames is frontman Kris Adams, the creative force who founded the group in 2008 and now balances his energy between family, songwriting and networking. Daunting? Maybe, but one quickly gets the sense that each part of his life (and that of the band) is connected to the same passion.

Says Adams, “Having [my son] has completely changed everything for me. Changed my writing, changed the way I look at things, it’s even changed my goals for what I want out of music. The idea that once I’m long

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gone—that my son will be able to go back and listen to the stuff that we’re making now, is very surreal. It’s changed my outlook on everything.”

Adams brings this intensely personal energy into his work, weaving a story arc into the nine tracks of Bitter End, crafting enigmatic scenes as if they were from a film about his life. And the cinematic comparison is right on the mark—as it turns out, Adams has a background in filmmaking, having studied at New York Film Academy at one point. He now approaches the songwriting process as a screenwriter, creating a very visual sort of music, and working with a cast of inventive and forward-thinking musicians to help him achieve his vision.

There’s been the inevitable ups and downs along the way; Life in 24 Frames had an auspicious start by landing an opening gig for the popular indie mainstays Band of Horses at UC Davis; they built up their material afterwards, but shortly after recording their debut album, Time Trails (2011), a series of swift and unexpected changes dwindled the group from a threepiece band to a sparse vocalist/drummer lineup. In the interim, they have recouped admirably, rising from the ashes, increasing their lineup by twofold, recording more methodical work and performing at more high-

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profile concerts, notably with Cage the Elephant and at last year’s LAUNCH Fest.

Today, three other members of the group besides Kris join us to lend some more insight into the band’s persona, their recent doings and their hopes for the future: bassist Jason Brown, whose last collaboration with Kris (a childhood friend) was a pop-punk outfit 15 years prior; Richie Smith, a guitarist with a penchant for Johnny Greenwood-esque atmospherics, who also contributes regularly to four (!) separate bands in the Sacramento area; and Joe Strouth, an Iowa native who entered the Sacramento music scene via South Dakota back in 2008. Missing is keyboardist Andrew Barnhart and the group’s latest addition, vocalist Lindsey Pavao, who plans to work with the group and as a solo artist in the area two years after becoming a semifinalist on Season 2 of NBC’s The Voice.

We’re lucky to catch up with them a few months after the release of Bitter End, while they’re gearing up for a series of promising summer gigs (check them out at the Concert in the Park series alongside Dance Gavin Dance on June 6, or catch them at the Assembly with Geographer on June 13).

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I recently discovered that Submerge interviewed you once before, five years ago, in 2009. What’s changed since we talked to you last?

Kris Adams: Oh, man. Everything. It’s funny that you mention that write-up, because I went back and re-read it a couple weeks ago, and the concept that we were going for then is very similar to the one we’re going for now. We had this idea that we were going to do four EPs, each about three or four songs, and we were going to release them about three months apart, and at the end of the cycle we were going to compile them all into a full length album. That was the basic idea the last time that Submerge talked to us, but since then we’ve put out two full-length records instead, and now we’re kind of back to the original idea of doing a handful of three- or four-song EPs. Any changes in the Sacramento scene you’ve noticed over the recent years?

KA: Huge changes. I think the music scene is definitely on an uphill climb. I have to give a lot of props to Eric Rushing for bringing the music scene back. I mean obviously the changes aren’t being brought about single-handedly, but damn, he’s doing a pretty good job. He’s responsible for Ace of Spades, in part for Assembly, and for a lot of the great bars in town.

Joe Strouth: I actually just read an article on the top 50 clubs in the U.S., and Ace of Spades is actually 16th or 17 th on the list! The fact that Sacramento has a club in the top 20 is pretty legit. Especially for younger people, it gives them that purpose of, “That’s where I want to go—I want to play there someday.”

Richie Smith: Venues like that and Assembly really provide that unifying force for the music community.

KA: We have more opportunity here now, definitely.

I know you’ve been asked before about your name; that it’s a reference to filmmaking, 24 frames shot per second. Can the name be read literally as “Life in a Second”?

KA: What I was kind of going for when I came up with the name was the concept of life imitating art, art imitating life, that kind of thing. Because Life in 24 Frames basically sums up that saying without actually saying it, you know what I mean? So like film is shot 24 frames per second, and life is like a movie.

Who would direct a Life in 24 Frames feature film?

KA: Me! [laughs]… Oh, maybe David Lynch.

RS: I would have said Wes Anderson.

KA: Or Wes Anderson, depending on what type of movie you wanted to see.

I know the group hasn’t had the chance to shoot a music video yet, and in another interview you’ve said you might want to do that on one of your long trips back from a gig in L.A. Is there a possibility of that?

KA: We’ve talked recently about doing music videos, yeah.

I always get the question, “God, you’re a film major, why don’t you have any music videos?” or, “You need to be documenting the recording process.” And, it’s just really tough, being directly involved with the music and what’s going on, and also trying to capture an outsider’s perspective.

It seems that a lot of the songs on the new album can be interpreted as personal, but a few others seem to be directly evoking a certain place or scenario, especially “Battleship Island.” Am I onto something here?

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through a blog or something online that was a list of eerie deserted cities around the world, and number one was Hashima Island, which is an island off the coast of Japan. I started looking at photos, reading more about it, the people who lived there—it was inspiring, so I felt the need to write about it. I kind of wrapped it around to bring my own personal tie to it, though.

Also, I wanted to ask about your newest member, Lindsey— were you all aware of her former television presence before she joined the group? Who contacted who?

RS: I texted her and asked her if she wanted to sing and play keys in the band, and she was like, “Of Course!” This was about two months ago.

JS: We all worked together at a Radiohead tribute show last year, so we’ve been acquaintances.

Has she brought any new attention/ curious fans with her to the band?

KA: To be honest with you, I don’t know if a lot of people know she’s in the band yet! We haven’t played with her yet.

It’s not the kind of thing where we’re trying to piggyback off of any of the success she’s had. She’s genuinely an awesome person and an incredible musician, so that comes first. It’s been a pretty low-key thing, so it’s been nice.

RS: She’s really enthusiastic about the project and just really happy to be a contributor at this point. She’s multitalented, she can play the guitar and the keys and she’s got a great voice—she’s great to have in the group.

So Kris—it’s already been mentioned in a few write-ups that you’re an avid gamer; among the list of interesting gigs you’ve got under your belt is a live performance at IGN entertainment headquarters. How did that come about?

KA: Basically, in short, we are fans of each other’s work. I love IGN and all things video games, and they’ve become fans of our music over the years. Everything just snowballed from that. They have a huge reach—they span the globe now, all parts of the world—and over time, we’ve been able to gain some reputation as the band that’s always played at IGN, on their podcasts and so forth, and so we’ve picked up a lot of video game fans as well.

You mentioned that you plan to start working on some new EPs soon. Can we expect more stylistic changes?

KA: I had a few grandiose ideas after coming out of Bitter End, thematically, at least, that I had written out. As far as what’s going to be on the next couple EPs…that’s the most exciting thing, I think—I have no clue! I don’t think any of us do. We have a good idea of the style of songs we want on there. I wouldn’t be opposed to the idea of each EP having a bit of a different vibe to it. Just off the top of my head, I would love to do an EP of chamber-pop. A very ethereal, watery, kind of sound.

You can check out Life in 24 Frames’ latest (and greatest) album Bitter End by entering the promotional code CTRL+Z on their website (Lifein24frames.com). For the adventurous fan, music collector, vinyl junkie (or anyone with impeccable taste), you can pre-order a sleek, semi-transparentsmoke-patterned and totally re-mastered record from the band’s website. Once again, Life in 24 Frames have two upcoming Sacramento performances: Concerts in the Park on June 6 and at Assembly on June 13.

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Torch Club Hans Eberbach, 5:30 p.m.; Debut Tuesdays w/ Hot City Jazz, Country Lips, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Journey’s Edge, Red Radio, Whoville, 8 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp The Secretions, Hospital Job, Self Proclaimed, 8 p.m.

Ace of Spades Christina Perri, Birdy, 7 p.m. (Sold Out)

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

Back 9 Bar & Grill Black Salt Tone, Dewey and The Peoples, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Tab Benoit, 8 p.m.

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

Midtown BarFly Skeptix, DCOI (Tape Release), Ssyndrom, Choking Susan, Class System, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m.

Press Club Early Man, Black Majik Acid, Descendant, 8 p.m.

Rock Band University Discourse, Homewrecker, Method, Crossface, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades YG, DJ Mustard, 4:30 & 7 p.m.

Assembly Hellogoodbye, Vacationer, Stand Out State, Heavenly Beat, 6:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Assuming We Survive, Moment of Clarity, Behind the Fallen, When Earth Awakes, Vestara, Artcls, Decipher the Fallen, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s The Cave Singers, 6 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist w/ Tuxedo Glam (Live), Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Tribute Week: Ship of the Sun (Grateful Dead tribute), Badge (Cream tribute), 8 p.m.

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Briefs, Night Birds, The Boats, Shove It, 8 p.m.

Café Colonial Deathwish, Beerlords, Fearection, 8 p.m.

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

The Colony Iron Assault, Graveshadow, Solitary Priapism, Zorakarer, Nightmare in the Twilight, 6 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Northern Soul!, 8 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Funk Night Dance Party w/ DJ Larry (Flower Vato), 10 p.m.

Harlow’s William Fitzsimmons, Ben Sollee, 6 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Celtic Jam, 7 p.m.

Marilyn’s Tribute Week: The Bumptet (Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters tribute) Beaufunk (70’s Funk tribute), 8 p.m.

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

Press Club Dirty Kid Discount, Baja Sociedad, The Devils Train, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Jex Thoth, Atriarch, Peace Killers, Battle Hag, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Royal Jelly Band, Sea Legs, For Sayle, Broken Voice Club, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre UC Davis Jazz Ensembles, 7 p.m.

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Assembly Aloha Summer w/ DJ Mark West, Three McDaniels, 9 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Somekindofwonderful, Western Haunts, Echoics, Step Jayne, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Failed Diplomacy, The Creepoids, Occupy the Trees, Xochitl, Go Team, 7 p.m.

Center for the Arts Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest, 8 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

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

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Doug Martin, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s The Revivalists, The Nibblers, 7 p.m.

Western Haunts Somekindofwonderful, Echoics, Step Jayne The Blue Lamp 8 p.m.

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Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

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Assembly The Unlikely Candidates, Oh Be Clever, Life In 24 Frames, 7 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill I Scream on Sundae, The Heartbreak Time Machine, LP Sessions, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 Radio Heavy, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Mr. Hooper, Retrograde Revolution, Mr. P Chill, NSAA, Lauren Wakefield, Van Go The Poet, 8 p.m.

Tera Melos Gentleman Surfer, So Stressed Witch Room 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Center for the Arts Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Tribute Week: Remix (Hard Rock tribute), Abby Normal (Green Day tribute), 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park w/ The Snobs, Phil & The Blanx, Massive Delicious, Simple Creation, J*Ras, 5 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ashley Buchart, 10 p.m.

Press Club Music Box w/ DJ Missy Mark, 9 p.m.

Raley Field BaseBALL that Jazz: The Valerie V Vibe, 4:30 p.m.

Shine The Stuff, Chicken & Dumpling, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Howell/Divine Trio, The Afterlife, 9 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Jackson Michelson, Dave Bernal, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Lloyd Jones, 9 p.m.

Witch Room The Zebras, Imaginary Pants, Arts & Leisure, Monnone Alone, The Mechanical Bride, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Devildriver, Whitechapel, Carnifex, 7 p.m.

Assembly The Green, The Movement, Kayasun, 7 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill Street Urchinz, Trikome, The Pine Street Ramblers, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 Island of Black & White, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Heat 4 Da Streets, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Powerman 5000, Fallrise, 9 Electric, Knee High Fox, Dedvolt, The Alpha Complex, 7 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Ryan Hernandez, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Ziggy Marley, 9 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture w/ DK Wokstar, DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

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El Dorado Saloon Local Band Showcase w/ Host Zac Rome, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Sacto Soul Rebels, Black Star Safari, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s J Ras & Soulifted, Love Mischief, White Boy Dance Party, Rubbidy Buppidy, 9:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe The Signifiers, Kilo & Pepper, 8:30 p.m.

Marilyn’s Tribute Week: Exiles on Main Street (The Rolling Stones tribute), Tres Hombres (ZZ Top tribute), 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.; Blaquelisted, Sleeprockers, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 9:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Conceived in Chaos, Type 19, Ruins, Reload, Strokerz, Petty Education, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Total Recall, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Charice, Jed Madela, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts Catherine Scholz (CD Release), 8 p.m.

District 30 Ellen Degenerate, 10 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Sweet Revenge, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Shawn Brown, iiii, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Jeremy Briggs, 9:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Elvin Bishop, 7:30 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Gary Weinberg, Aaron Linkin and Guests, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Tribute Week: Pollywog Crew (Beastie Boys tribute), Revolver (Rage Against the Machine tribute), Thunder Cover Rock N Roll Time Machine, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino America, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides 50 Watt Heavy, America Dirt, The Dead Volts, Matt Woods, Black Beast Revival, 8:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Shine The Foxtails, Damon Wykoff, Pete Barker, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Boombox, 10 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Judge Unger, We Are Relentless, ContrAddiction, 9 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Toby Keith’s Blackwater, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; John Nemeth, 9 p.m.

Witch Room Tera Melos, Gentleman Surfer, So Stressed, 9 p.m.

5.24 Saturday

Ace of Spades El Gran Silencio, Bang Data, 8 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Steel Breeze, 10 p.m.

Shine Joseph In the Well, Brian Chris Rogers, Pending Black, 8 p.m.

Sidetrax Sounds of Revolution feat. Funk Advisor, Curty McDurty, Jaytwo, Head Soar, DJ Esef, Selector I-Lone, FreakShow, 9 p.m.

Sleep Train Amphitheatre Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, 7:30 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Bomba Fried Rice, 9 p.m.

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Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Charice, Jed Madela, 8 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, 2 p.m.

The Colony Forty Winters, With Wolves, Petroglyphs, Dealey Plaza, Insurgence, Murderlicious, 6 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Witch Room Tweak Bird, Darling Chemicalia, 8 p.m.

5.27 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Pigeon John, Grayskul, Alumni, Lil’ Bit & Chris Henery, Who Cares, Rafael Vigilantics, 8 p.m.

Café Colonial Hammerfight, Alarms, Assbackwards, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Todd Morgan, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Jackson Michelson, 2 p.m.

Torch Club Torch Fest feat.

Island of Black & White, Harlis Sweetwater, Big Sticky Mess, Merle Jagger, Con Brio, Steven Roth Band, Idea Team, Afro Funk Experience, 4 p.m.

5.26 Monday

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Mix David Harness, Stylus, Dick J., 4 p.m.; DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

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

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Marilyn’s Tribute Week: Foxtrot Mary (Memphis Soul tribute), Johnny Throwback (Detroit Motown tribute), 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino DJ Enfo, 10 p.m.

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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist w/ The Sound Of Arrows (Live), Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Greatest Stories Ever Told: Dead/Garcia/Dylan Review, 8 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Dead Bars, Bastards of Young, Civil War Rust, Bar Fly Effect, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Brit Floyd, 8 p.m.

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Starlite Lounge Dave Gonzalez & The Branded Men, The Twilight Drifters, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Chris Twomey, 5 p.m.; Island of Black & White, 9 p.m.

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Back 9 Bar & Grill High Tide, Animo, Bumpin Uglies, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

Center for the Arts Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Nick Reinhart, Jon Baffus, Jonathan Hischke, 8 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Northern Soul!, 8 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Funk Night Dance Party w/ DJ Larry (Flower Vato), 10 p.m.

Marilyn’s Bump Day Wednesday w/ The Bumptet and Friends, 8 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Outlined, The Cash Cartell Band, 8 p.m.

Press Club Heckarap, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Lew Fratis, 9 p.m.

5.29 Thursday

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Mrs Howl, Six Beers Deep, Sad Juicees, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Alex Vincent Band, Lost Dog United, Vanishing Affair, 7 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

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

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Colony Hammerfist, Vice, Crossface, Black Sails, Human/Nature, 8 p.m.

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

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District 30 Starkillers, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Chicken & Dumpling, 8 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Marilyn’s Daily Grind, 9 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Lonely Hearts String Band, Fish & Bird, 8:30 p.m.

Assembly Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Dead Winter Carpenters, 8 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill The West 7’s, Skunk Funk, Todd Morgan & The Emblems, The Clutter Family Singers, 8 p.m.

Bar 101 J*Ras and Special Guests, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp These Pilgrams, Island of Black & White, Smirker, Mike Diaz, Cheryl Martin, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Left of Center, 10 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Boys of Summer (Eagles tribute), Stoneberry, Prime D, Blacksheep, 7 p.m.

Shine Jokers & Jack, Heather Luttrell, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Storytellers, Atom Bomb, 9 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Dead Bars, Bastards of Young, Civil War Rust, The Bar Fly Effect, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Country DJ Dance Party, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Peter Petty & His Double P Review, 9 p.m.

Witch Room Chasms, All Your Sisters, Vandalaze, 8 p.m.

5.30 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Black Flag, HOR, Cinema Cinema, Kill The Precendent, 7 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon The Rock Doctors Band, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Mike Blanchard & the Californios, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

5.31 Saturday

Luna’s Cafe Anthonie Tonon, This Giraffe Heart, 8:30 p.m.

Ace of Spades Tech N9ne, Freddie Gibbs, Krizz Kaliko, Jarren Benton, Psych Ward Druggies, Cherry Red, 6:30 p.m.

Marilyn’s Radiohead Tribute Show w/ James Cavern, Life In 24 Frames, Lindsey Pavao, Autumn Sky and more, 9 p.m.

Assembly Awoken Shadows, Cherri Bomb, Oh, The Horror, A Hero To Fall, Chapters, 6:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

Back 9 Bar & Grill 50 Watt Heavy, Blame the Bishop, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Pimps of Joytime, Jelly Bread, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar, 5 p.m.; Johnny Taylor, 9 p.m.

On The Y Killgasm (CD Release) Rotten Funeral, Icon of Phobos, Bloodfog, Xenotaph, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Bar 101 Oh!, Big Sticky Mess, 9:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Golden Youth, The Stand Out State, Cardboard Kids, Moonshine Matadors, Kacie McGeary, Brolly, Paper Ghost, 7 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture w/ DK Wokstar, DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Love Fool, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Chris Twomey, 9 p.m.

Center for the Arts Lorraine Gervais, 8 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Cripple Creek, 9:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park w/ James Cavern and the Council, Joy & Madness, Survival Guide, Once An Empire, DJ Billy Lane, 5 p.m.

Shine Miss Mouth Peace, Chiany, 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts Lorraine Gervais, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Berilium, Jonny Keen, DJ R$harp, Head Soar, Collision Dub, 9 p.m.

District 30 DJ Luigi, DJ Benji, 10 p.m.

Club Retro The Longest Mile, The Vitality, Bad Times Crew, Spinebreaker, Method, 7 p.m.

District 30 DJ Elements, 10 p.m.

Toby Keith’s Deadman’s Hand, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Mr. December, 9 p.m.

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Starlite Lounge Reggae Festival, 6 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ ESEF, Juan Love, Ras Matthew and Guests, 9 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts End of Ever, 8 p.m.

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On The Y Dax Riggs, 8 p.m.

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

Sleep Train Amphitheatre Toby Keith, Colt Ford, Krystal Keith, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m.

Witch Room Wild Ones, Carson McWhirter, 8 p.m.

6.02 Monday

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

Cafe Colonial Burn Burn Burn, The Community, Hybrid Creeps, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Empyrean Ensemble, 7 p.m.

Recording), Shaun Latham, Joe Gorman, May 29 - June 1, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Roseville Theater The Mikes Present: Memorial Mike Day feat. Mike Betancourt, Michael Calvin Jr., Michael O’Connell, Mike Sinclair, May 23, 8 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 7:30 p.m.

Hailey Boyle, Phil Johnson, May 30 - June 1, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

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Mike E. Winfield, May 25, 8 p.m.

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Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Peter Wedel Fine Art w/ Jay Spooner Photography, Nicole Roberts Visual Artist, Dan Wysuph Tattoo/Visual Artist, through May 31

Spot-On Trivia: The Comedy Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m.

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

Harold Night Long Form Improv Comedy, Wednesday’s, 8 p.m.

Book Release Party for Maceo Montoya’s Letters to the Poet from His Brother, May 24, 5 p.m.

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The G Show: An Evening of Music, Comedy and Interviews Hosted by Giuliana-Vita Gabriella, May 28, 8 p.m.

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DANCE LIKE EVERYONE’S WATCHING

Kenny the Dancing Man: Who the Hell Does He Think He Is? Words Niki Kangas

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Japanese proverb goes like this: “We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” Other adages draw connections between the act of dancing and pure joy, or at the very least a sense of “FUGGIT,” to lessen the blow of mundane, grueling life.

Kenny the Dancing Man, an often shirtless, wacky and mischievous dancing fixture at many indoor and outdoor Sacramento music events, has figured out a way to find happiness in spite of bipolar disorder and the soul-sucking ho-hum of the daily grind.

Dancing, you are probably thinking, due to the lead in. Nope. It’s girls.

But dancing gets him center stage in a sea of free-spirited and open-minded girls that will dance, talk and laugh with him. Plus, it’s a good workout (hence the Iggy Pop lookin’ figure), it’s fun and it makes uptight patrons feel uncomfortable—a real perk for Kenny.

I sat down for a Q&A with Kenny the Dancing Man on his way to Concerts in the Park, but it was really a bunch of “A” and not a whole lot of “Q.” Listening to him talk was just as amusing and unusual as watching him dance.

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What kind of dance were you trained in?

It’s an ongoing thing, like forever! I’m with a ballroom in California where they are training me to be an International Latin Show Dancer!

International Latin Show Dancing is a little known world that not a lot of people know.

Everyone knows hip-hop, breakdancing. They’re jumping up and down like cockroaches on crystal meth, but it’s for children and teenagers, and when you get older you will never dance with a girl. NEVER. All they’ll do is dance with boys and kiss the concrete. That’s all they will do! If you look at their faces, they’re all young.

My world is…samba, paso doble, cha-cha and rumba. We come out as big divas. It’s all about us, Niki; it’s all about us. We love that!

When I go out dancing, I’m practicing what I’ve learned in the studio—I’m practicing International Latin Show Dancing movements.

Girls want to dance with someone fun who doesn’t take a run at them, you know? Or make them feel like a piece of meat at Raley’s.

I know that because I was a bartender most of my life, and because I have a background in dancing.

I dance with girls that are looking for boys to dance with. Is that such a crazy thing? I’m not into this bro and man cave crap. I’m into girls. I like girls, guns, God and Corvettes. I want to have fun like Donald Duck and Elmer Fudd, they’re my heroes!

I want to get my own TV show called The Dancing Man Hoochie Mama Show. I’ve got it all figured out. I want it to be like the Dr. Oz or Opera Winfrey Show where you talk about stuff, but I want to have fun, I want to talk about dancing and stupid stuff, I want to throw food at each other, I want to dance and do the weather, and just go nutty, and talk about the cumulus clouds that are accumulating over Yuba City while I dance with a girl.

“I dance with girls that are looking for boys to dance with.

Is that such a crazy thing?

I’m not into this bro and man cave crap. I’m into girls. I like girls, guns, God and Corvettes.”

– Kenny the Dancing Man Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

Where do you dance?

Normally I go to the big outdoor events, like Concerts in the Park or Second Saturday, and I go to Mango’s on Friday because there’s like a thousand girls there…there’s just jillions of them.

Sometimes Faces on Friday or Saturday. Other places are too little for me. I need space, and I’m most comfortable when there are hundreds of people. I like to terrorize or torment them, or have fun! With girls like you that like to laugh and have fun. The old people think I’m disgusting and slutty.

Eh, fuck ‘em.

Exactly! Screw them! I don’t care about them, because I only care about the ones that care about me. The old ones are fat and out of gas, and they see someone like me who comes at them like a bat out of Hell, and they don’t know what to do with someone like me! But the girls jump out at me and do their little hoochie coochie moves, and that’s the whole point. Have fun. We’re all gonna die. Life is short, and life isn’t fair. I believe in doing it now.

Do you work?

I used to be a bartender, but I have a bipolar disorder. I didn’t know what I had, I just knew something was wrong, and I got fired years ago because I couldn’t control it anymore. I was diagnosed with it and I had to go on pills, and I couldn’t work anymore. I felt like strangling people.

I feel like that every day, too.

Yeah! I just wanted to blow them off the Earth

with a huge cannon and roll them over with a tank, so I wasn’t suitable to work anymore. But I loved bartending because I got to meet fun, sweet girls like you that made me laugh. I had to go on Social Security and disability, but I needed something to replace the social aspect, which I love so much. So I started dancing.

Why no shirt?

I want to show off this 125 pounds of eye candy!

I’ve been working out with weights for 25 years, two or three times a day!

What I really want is television. I want the whole world, millions of people… I want to be on your aspirin bottle. I want to be in your rear view mirror. You can’t get away from the Dancing Man! He’s always there! You can’t escape him!

What is it that you like about the ability to command attention?

The fact that they’re forced to look whether they like it or not. I’m not a mean person, but I’m mischievous. My favorite thing is to find a place where hundreds of people are waiting in line for a show or something, and they’re trapped, and I’ll get out of my car and dance, and they have to look at me! They can’t leave because they want to go to some event—I love that! I like to make them uncomfortable, or freak them out, or irritate them, or make them love me. I like people to look at me and say, “Who the Hell does he think he is?!”

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Ain’t Nuthin’ but a G Thang Godzilla

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Words James Barone

Godzilla is one of Japan’s most beloved exports to the United States. He’s a big, dopey, dinosaurlike monster, traditionally played by an actor in a suit, who would stomp around on miniature sets and sometimes battle other actors dressed in monster suits. Silly? Yes, extremely so. Still, America has already managed to muck up what should have been an easy filmic slam dunk.

Back in 1998, director Roland Emmerich, armed with an infinitely more impressive arsenal of special effects than his Japanese predecessors, made what was probably the worst monster movie ever. Paying little or no heed to the four decades of Godzilla’s cinematic history that came before him, Emmerich instead opted to make a dumbed-down version of Jurassic Park, and, as you can probably tell, I’m still kind of bitter about it. But I’m not the only one. Even though Godzilla is one of the biggest brands in geek cinema (and geek is so in right now), it took 16 years before America took another crack at The

King of the Monsters. This time, little-known Gareth Edwards is at the helm, and though the overall results are lackluster, this latest addition to the Godzilla canon lays down a solid enough foundation for a possible American franchise.

It’s easy to look at the Godzilla franchise and see the films as goofy and campy—they were, for the most part—but there was something else going on too. In fact, the 1954 original, Godzilla (or Gojira as it was known in Japan) was a terrifying and noir-ish monster flick that illustrated the fear and confusion of a people trying to make sense of what had happened less than 10 years prior in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It would seem that Edwards and his screenwriters Max Borenstein and Dave Callaham wanted to run with the more serious aspects of the monster in Godzilla (2014).

Edwards’ film looks to the nuclear testing in the ‘50s. As it turns out, these weren’t tests at all, but attempts to destroy Godzilla. However, the monster endured, and in the process, mankind awakened other, more dangerous, ancient threats. The movie then fast-forwards to Janjira, Japan, 1999. An American family, Joe and Sandra Brody (Juliette Binoche and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston), is working at a nuclear plant when a suspicious earthquake leads to

tragedy and fallout. We jump ahead again, 15 years later, and the Brodys’ son Ford (Kick-Ass’ Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is returning home to San Francisco from a tour with the U.S. Navy. He barely has time to reconnect with his wife and son when the phone rings and his father, now convinced that what really happened at the Janjira plant has fallen victim to cover-up and conspiracy, has been arrested for trespassing in the quarantined zone. Ford heads back to Japan to bail out his dad and inadvertently ends up in an international monster hunt.

International being the key word here, as the film jumps from location to location at the drop of a hat. Hawaii, Tokyo, San Francisco, Oakland, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, Las Vegas…even Lone Pine, California—at times, Godzilla can be dizzying, and not because of its fast-paced action. There are also a lot of characters played by extremely capable actors.

Besides the aforementioned, we also have David Strathairn playing Admiral William Stenz, a nononsense military man charged with ending this monster debacle; and Ken Watanabe as Dr. Ichiro Serizawa, a scientist of some nebulous discipline who believes that Godzilla is nature’s way of keeping the Earth in balance. While the cast is a nice plus, they don’t really have much to work

with. Though the script brushes upon deeper themes that are in line with the original Godzilla (i.e. the consequences of man’s meddling with Mother Nature and his lust for power), there are mostly just longwinded passages of relationship tedium that made me squirm in my seat and grumble, “Where the fuck are the damn monsters, already?”

Luckily, when they do show up, they’re aweinspiring. Edwards, who has a special-effects background, presents Godzilla as god-like. He’s humongous, and when he first makes landfall in Hawaii, it’s like Poseidon just unleashed the Kraken: a tsunami batters the shore, buildings crumble, people scatter. And unlike Emmerich’s team, who felt the need to redesign Godzilla completely, Edwards once again pays homage to his forebears and recasts Big G in a very familiar light—the upright stance, somewhat pudgy belly and big spines running down his back.

When Godzilla finally encounters the film’s other two monsters, the battles are all-too brief, but satisfying. In a nice twist, the human characters, who had dominated much of the movie’s action, take a back seat to Godzilla’s heroics. It’s far from perfect, but this could be the start of something good. My faith in America has been restored.

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In either the greatest movie marketing ploy or greatest coincidence ever, the remains of what is believed to be the largest known dinosaur (and also largest creature to ever walk planet Earth) was discovered just days before Godzilla opened in theaters (hey! Read my review elsewhere in this issue!).

Unlike Godzilla, though, and much to my dismay, this ginormous, prehistoric creature was actually real at some point. Also, it likely didn’t breathe nuclear fire (but who knows?), nor was it probably very fearsome despite its prodigious size. This as-yet-unnamed behemoth found deep underground in Argentina was likely a vegetarian.

Scientists believe the creature likely romped around in Patagonian forests some 95 to 100 million years ago, and, based upon 150 well-preserved bones, including a thigh bone that is taller than the average man, this titanosaur is estimated to have stood seven stories high when its neck was upright and weighed around 77 tons. That’s 11 times as heavy as your average T. Rex and equivalent to 14 African elephants.

As dino-expert Dr. Paul Barrett of London’s Natural History Museum succinctly put it, the beasty is a “genuinely big critter,” though he added a caveat in an article posted on Telegraph.co.uk that more research is needed before we crown this thing The Biggest Dinosaur EVAR. I understand Dr. Barrett’s cautiousness here. He is a scientist after all, and they’re supposed to be governed by logic and the scientific method. From what I remember from high school, they’re supposed to come up with a hypothesis and test it until they can prove their theories, even trying their hardest to disprove them, in order to show that their ideas stood up to the most rigorous trials. That’s all well, and good, but I’m not bound by the same shackles here. I simply find something I think is really cool on the Internet and go, “OMG YOU GUYS,” which is a lot easier, and probably why I don’t get paid as much as they do.

So, like OMG, this is so awesome! This is the biggest lizard ever. I love this kind of stuff.

When I was a kid, all I wanted to be was a paleontologist and dig around in the ground.

I’d just assumed, I guess, that all you had to do was take a toy pail and shovel into any back yard and move some dirt around for a little while before you found a whole, perfectly preserved triceratops skeleton just beneath your mom’s petunias.

I know now it’s not like that at all. Mostly what these guys find are fragments, which they have to date and test and extrapolate upon to create a sort of mosaic of what they think this thing probably looked like. It’s got to be kind of frustrating. Like, I’m sure no one really understands what they’re doing out there.

“Oh, I’m out in the field looking for dinosaur fossils,” they’ll say to someone at a bar.

“Omigosh!” that person will answer. “Have you ever found, like, a whole skeleton like those things in the museums?!”

“Well no, not exactly,” they’ll answer.

“What about a skull?!”

“Not quite, but my team and I did uncover a piece of an orbital bone that we think might have been part of a skull of an apex predator that could have been even larger than T. Rex.” “Ugh. Nerd. Go ‘way.”

It’s probably like that all the time.

So I can see why Dr. Barrett errs on the side of caution, but I definitely understand why the researches out there in Argentina who unearthed this thing were quick to tell the BBC, “Given the size of these bones, which surpass any of the previously known giant animals, the new dinosaur is the largest animal known to have walked on Earth.” I mean, to hell with propriety, just go for it! I also understand why they’d want to lay down next to the fossilized thighbone and take selfies with it. I’d Instagram the fuck out of something like that.

You’re just out there in the dirt and the heat all day watching all these excavations come up empty…then suddenly someone finds something and they’re like, “Holy shit! My job isn’t completely pointless! We gotta tell everyone about this!”

It’s kind of like how writing this column works. I sit around staring at the computer screen for a whole weekend wondering why I bother and that I’m never going to find anything to write about, and then Eureka! Hopefully future generations put these writings in a museum one day…right next to the dinosaurs.

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