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Deep Thoughts Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Submerge has got you covered when it comes to all things related to arts and entertainment. I like to think we do a good job of regularly covering topics that are more on the “fun” side of things (as opposed to the “serious” side of things). For example, in this issue, we have features on a couple awesome bands, Tele Novella and Dad’s LPs; a comedian, Marc Maron; a young local author, Heather Marie; and we even tackle the newest food craze in Sacramento, ice-cream-filled donuts at The Parlor on Fair Oaks Boulevard. FUN! And while we generally do not cover major news or
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politics, they sometimes find a way into our pages, whether it’s through a Q&A with a subject or one of our opinionbased columns. And I’m OK with that. I recognize that Dive In is mostly filled with “positive vibes,” convincing you, our readers, to check out our amazing features and pumping you up on things happening in our region. Being a positive, happy-go-lucky type of person is who I am (well, most of the time). Trust me, I have my rants and raves, but personally, I have found they are best reserved over a cold one with friends after a long day, rather than taking to social media or blowing up my column space. I’ll leave the well-thought-out rants in our pages to our writers who have had their own opinion columns
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All content is property of Submerge and may not be reproduced without permission. Submerge is both owned and published by Submerge Media. All opinions expressed throughout Submerge are those of the author and do not necessarily mean we all share those opinions. Feel free to take a copy or two for free, but please don’t remove our papers or throw them away. Submerge welcomes letters of all kinds, whether they are full of love or hate. We want to know what is on your mind, so feel free to contact us via snail mail at 2308 J Street, Suite F Sacramento, Calif. 95816. Or you can e-mail us at info@submergemag.com. back Cover Photo of Dad’s Lps by Canyon Florey
8). Occasionally what he writes scares us in the editing department, but in the end we know our readers are smart and can see his column for what it is: good, smart, witty fun. Hell, even our movie review this issue is a bit rant-y, so be sure to check out that great argument, too (page 33). Pop culture, really. It’s what we here at Submerge love to cover and we simply do our damn best to bring you stories that are regionally relevant and entertaining. We are here to help you get submerged in culture as well as make you think, all while having a good time. Enjoy issue 169, Melissa
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NEVADA CITY FILM FESTIVAL LIVE COMEDY SHOW PRESENTS
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It’s really tough to decide what the best part about the annual Chalk It Up Festival is. Now in its 24th year, Chalk It Up at Fremont Park on Labor Day Weekend (Aug. 30 - Sept. 1) will have a constant onslaught of awesome live local music, with 30 top-notch acts curated by festival co-organizer Jerry Perry (including James Cavern & the Council, Musical Charis, Kevin Seconds, Bellygunner, The Kelps, PETS and The Old Screen Door, just to name a few). One could easily come for the bright and colorful art, as there are over 200 sidewalk paintings and drawings created at the festival by local artists and sponsored by local businesses and community members. Maybe it’s the beer garden that will also serve sangria and morning mimosas; maybe it’s the variety of food trucks and vendors. For many people, including us here at Submerge, hands-down the best part about Chalk It Up is that it’s a benefit for children’s arts education programs and art activities in the community! According to Chalkitup. org, “Our mission is two-fold: 1) To produce an annual chalk art festival for the community, 2) To use proceeds from our fundraising to provide arts education opportunities for youth throughout Sacramento County.” Whether it’s art materials, equipment or tools needed for classes, transportation expenses for arts-related field trips or speaker/guest artist fees, Chalk It Up puts money where it’s needed when it comes to our local youth experiencing art in a hands-on way. When you think about all the little future artists and musicians Chalk It Up is helping to create in our community, it’s hard not to get on board. So we’ll see you Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The event is family-friendly and there is no admission fee. Make sure you get out there during the weekend to view the art, because it fades fast once the event is over. Visit the official website mentioned above, Facebook.com/chalkitupsac or call (916) 213-5059 for more information.
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Send regional news tips to info@submergemag.com It seems cliche these days to point out that a hip-hop artist is “so much more than just a rapper,” but in the case of Sacramento’s Andreas “Dre-T” Tillman Jr., it’s absolutely true. Still in his early twenties, Dre-T has become a staple in the local spoken-word scene and is a “poet-mentor” to many inner-city youth in his work with Sacramento Area Youth Speaks, a literacy organization out of UC Davis. He is the founder and host of a spoken-word-based open mic night called Penny 4 Your Thoughts at Sol Collective every Sunday from 7 - 9 p.m. When he was just 20, Dre-T received a $20,000 grant from the California Endowment to foster leadership skills and increased engagement for youth in South Sacramento. As a rapper/performer, Dre-T has shared the stage with international artists like Los Rakas, Ise Lyfe and even Wu-Tang’s GZA. Dre-T’s new EP, Sacramentality, shows an artist wise well beyond his years. The deep, mature tones of his voice combined with thought-provoking rhymes and effortless beat production (yes he even makes all his own beats) make this one of the best locally produced hip-hop releases of the year. On the EP’s opening track, “Change,” Dre-T soulfully sings over the slow, saxophoneridden beat, You don’t wanna see change / But you want me to be change, before speeding up and quickly rapping, You don’t wanna see me prove to the people that the system you have is sad, sad, sad / The education that you deliver is all bad, bad, bad / And this ain’t me just spittin’ some super lyrical truth, truth, truth / This is me listenin’ to the spirit of the youth. A couple tracks later on “No Religion,” Dre-T loosens up a bit, playfully spitting, Day and night I’m on that raw shit / Fuck out my face with all that garbage / Yes I’m sick but I don’t get nauseous / I ain’t even shit on ‘em I just farted. The EP is full of quotable lines; some silly, some nasty, some so real that you’ll find yourself rewinding and listening over and over again. Dre-T will celebrate the release of Sacramentality on Thursday, Sept. 11 with a performance at Sol Collective (2574 21st Street) that will also feature special guests. The show gets going at 8 p.m., is just $5 and all ages are welcome. Dre-T will also be performing at Blue Lamp on Sunday, Sept. 21 with a variety of other local hip-hop artists. Head to Soundcloud.com/ dreis9eleven to hear the EP and be on the lookout for Dre-T to be dropping a new single every month starting in September.
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Police officers of the United States: please stop killing black people! This has gone way past being an epidemic. Michael Brown and Eric Garner are only the latest in a long list of young black men killed without cause by the police. The problem isn’t restricted to any particular region of the country, either. These murders are taking place nationwide on a regular basis. Now, I’m not a big fan of the police. I understand that a police force is necessary, and I don’t think all cops are bad, but why do the rest of them have to be such assholes about it? The cops I don’t like sneak around and trick people into admitting things that aren’t true and then get rude and abusive when called out on it. They shoot people for walking down the street. They cover up for other bad cops and do shitty police work that leads to wrongful convictions and lack of punishment for themselves and their fellow officers. I guess no one told those cops that the laws apply to them, too. I’m sure being a cop can make some people feel above the law; it’s no surprise, really. The War on Drugs, and subsequently 9/11, has turned your local police department into a paramilitary operation. A modern police force might have tanks, armored troop carriers, helicopters, Hummers, drones, robots, fully automatic assault rifles, night vision goggles, silencers and grenades (of the flash, smoke, tear and explosive varieties), sometimes with launchers. They even have camouflage uniforms to put on when they play soldier with their sweet toys! Cops can barely use the basic tools we give them; do we really need to provide them with tanks? As we’ve seen in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of Michael Brown, and at UC Davis during the Occupy protests, cops are tear-gassing and pepper-spraying peaceful protesters like it’s Axe body spray. The NYPD doesn’t even need weapons to hurt people. They choked Eric Garner to death for selling loose cigarettes in the park and managed to almost do the same thing to a pregnant women for barbecuing chicken on the sidewalk in front of her house. Somehow, the government saw all of that and decided that our cities’ problems would be best solved by giving the police a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, a grenade launcher and a couple of drones from Army surplus. The Davis PD managed to get its hands on one of the MRAPs, undoubtedly to put a stop to all the wild shootouts that keep happening there. Sacramento surely needs its own MRAP, as the unused landmines meant for the Davis PD have to go somewhere.
Giving military-grade equipment to police seems like an odd choice. The role of the military is to defend us from foreign threats and sometimes attack other nations in the name of democracy, natural resources or revenge. Police, on the other hand, are supposed to be here to protect us from other people in our cities, most of whom are U.S. citizens with constitutional rights. Their goal should be justice, but not necessarily justice at all costs. Cops should be there to calm things down, not escalate the situation until someone ends up dead. The rules and methods applied in Chicago and Detroit should not be the same as those used in Iraq. If those kinds of tools and techniques are needed, then your city’s problems are beyond the scope of guns and tanks. Those in charge of the police don’t seem to get what’s happening in the streets. They institute policies like stop and frisk, which encourages racial profiling and leads to unnecessary arrests for low-level drug offenses. That in turn eliminates future education, work and housing opportunities for that individual, keeping them trapped on the streets, struggling to get by until they are arrested again. These sort of “Broken Windows” policies don’t address the underlying problems at the root of the crimes they seek to punish. They merely help perpetuate the existence of racial and economic inequality for generations and generations of disenfranchised minorities. We should be trying to lift up these people, but instead police make sure that nearly half of all African American men find themselves facedown and under arrest by the age of 23. How is that better for our cities? There are plenty of things that police can do to make our lives significantly better. For starters, cops can end their reliance on racial profiling to justify stop-and-frisks and other attempts at detainment. Instead, police can reach out to community leaders in high crime areas to work, along with the city, on ways to fix problems that don’t involve locking everyone up. Throw in a ban on chokeholds, excessive use of pepper spray and tasing of anyone younger than 16 and older than 60, and things might actually start to change for the better. At the end of the day, we all have to live together. That means the police force shouldn’t be pitted against the very people they are meant to protect. We want to be able to look to police for help, not have to run away in fear when they are close by. Most of us aren’t wild animals that need to be put down or locked in cages for the slightest offense. We are regular people that need your assistance from time to time. Please stop killing us! Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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Harlow’s • Aug. 14, 2014 Words Niki Kangas Photo jenny price
You get the car; I’ll get the night off. As a fan of Built to Spill for the last 20 years (an admission that ages me), and having missed them when they slid through Harlow’s last year, nothing was going to stop me from seeing Built to Spill for my first time at Harlow’s on Thursday, Aug. 14. This sold-out show booked by Abstract Entertainment left no hardcore Built to Spill fans disappointed. And not one of the younger fans new to BTS could split that night denying that they’d recently been turned on to one of the true torchcarrying legends of ‘90s indie rock. As shows typically do, the lineup kicked off with the weakest link, New York-based band The Warm Hair. After their hyperactive feat of recording 10 EPs and full length albums within the span of two years, Doug Martsch of Built to Spill “discovered” them and asked them if they’d be interested in decamping from their recording studio bender and joining Built to Spill on a nationwide tour. Of course, they consented. However, I was wholly unimpressed by their run-of-the-mill, borderline whiny indie sound backed by just enough of a beat to keep the audience awake and somewhat engaged. The band, whose online presence indicates that they hold themselves in high regard, had cutesy nicknames: The Freebird, Juicy John Pink, Markzilla, Jules “The Plaid Prince” Sarrenceno, Johnathan Lesley Habers, Bobby The UPS Man, Bruce “La Deuce” Wildwood, Buzz “Buzzy” Lawtiny, Chuck Bangamazone, Louis Dejesus, and My Muse. Insert unimpressed emoji here. But when the second band, Slam Dunk, started their set like a volcanic eruption, my head violently snapped from the bar to the stage. Their dreamy guitar that escalated over driving, post-punk timekeeping; cute girl and boy vocals that alternated and exploded into desperate hollers and screams; and their well-rehearsed synchronicity that teemed with youthful energy was like a rad lovechild born of Mates of State and the Violent Femmes. I always laugh when I go back and read my drunken notes from shows. This band got me putting, “No time for notes, can’t stop dancing!” into my phone. Hailing from Victoria, British Columbia, Slam Dunk has put out two full-length albums: The Shivers SubmergeMag.com
(2008) and Welcome to Miami (2013) that I have since downloaded. It took some serious stalking to find out much about them online following the show. It is evident from their social media that they are super-goofy smartasses who are having way too much fun, but onstage they were as tight as their homie-dom. Every one of the members sings; Jordan Minkoff plays guitar, Caitlin Gallupe plays bass, Luke Postl drums and Duncan MacConnell adds a second guitar to the lineup. The show closed with trusty old Built to Spill. I felt giddy with anticipation and—beer. Beer too. For those of you who don’t know, Built to Spill formed in 1992 in Boise, Idaho. They are loyally followed by old fans (my aging ass included) and young hipster fans, due to their iconic, raw, yet skillful sound and Doug Martsch’s cerebral, emotional and often snarky lyrics. A classic indie band, their songs borrow from other genres, including blues, math rock, country, reggae, psychedelic rock. They have released seven acclaimed full-length studio albums, and sadly it’s been five years since the last one came out. Built to Spill’s current members are Doug Martsch (guitar and vocals), Brett Netson (guitar), Jim Roth (guitar), Steve Gere (drums), and Jason Albertini (bass)—the latter two recently replaced drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson, who parted amicably. The first album that got me hooked as a high-schooler was There’s Nothing Wrong with Love, released in ’94. It was their last effort prior to being signed by a major label (Warner Brothers), and I didn’t hear it until ’96, when it spilled into the hallway outside my big sister’s bedroom door. It stopped me dead in my tracks, and to this day, it’s still one of my go-tos when I’m feeling extra emo and need the familiarity of a great, well-loved record to be there like an old friend and take me back to a simpler time. The highlights of the show for me were “In the Morning,” “Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else),” “Carry the Zero” and “Time Trap.” I was left clamoring to hear “Reasons” following their obligatory, highly routine, fake ending, which led to an expected going-through-the-motions encore; and when they took the stage for their customary two more songs, I was disappointed that they did not come through and play one of my all-time favorites. Built to Spill may be loved by emotionally troubled, thoughtful types, but they ROCK. My buddy Tony later alluded to the crowd’s riotous reaction to the Built to Spill set as a “sensitive mosh pit.” We got elbowed, stepped on and at times got real sensitive, but all attendees had a great fucking time.
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Roller Derby Division Playoffs Sept. 5–7
What’s more badass then Roller Derby women? You guessed it, nothing! The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association began its reign in the early ‘00s, and has since assisted in the establishment and recognition for women within the Roller Derby world. Come support the skaters competing in the 2014 WFTDA Division 1 International Playoffs at the Memorial Auditorium (1515 J Street) hosted by our very own Sacred City Derby Girls! WFTDA.com/sacramento has a ton of information on the tournament regarding tickets, parking, hotel information and transportation tips. You can also download a blank bracket and make your own tournament predictions (there are tons of stats on participating leagues to assist your prognosis)! Online, you can purchase day tickets (entrance at 9:30 a.m.) or evening tickets (entrance at 5 p.m.) for Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Or you can opt for the three-day pass to get the most bang for your buck. Regardless, this event is guaranteed to supply the good ol’ sporting rivalry seeded into our humanity. Make your banners, pick up some Sacred City Derby Girl merchandise and don’t miss out on the fun!
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Hail the Sun at Café Colonial • Sept. 5 Hail the Sun’s music establishes incredibly sensational feelings upon its listeners. It feels as if you’re on a post-hardcore boat swiftly traveling down a river at dusk; the melody carries you over violent patches while the rhythm stabilizes you, then you finally encounter the bridge (pun intended) and you’re swept back into progression. Yes, it is a quite beautiful experience. Lucky for us Sacramentans, Hail the Sun will be playing at Café Colonial (3522 Stockton Boulevard) on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. Go to Facebook.com/hailthesun to find links to buy tickets. Also be sure to look for their new album Wake out Sept. 23 on Blue Swan Records.
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Grab Your Camping Gear and Finish the Summer with a Campout at American River Music Festival • Sept. 12–14
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Caffeine Crawl Comes to Sacramento • Sept. 6 In Sacramento, we love our coffee and praise its local variety. Go ahead and jump on your smartphone and search for “coffee.” There are more than 1,000 establishments to select from within Sacramento County, and if you haven’t ventured beyond your Starbucks comfort zone, you are really missing out. If you’re interested in expanding your caffeinated horizons or exercising your refined palate, go to Caffeinecrawl.com and buy your tickets for Sacramento’s Sept. 6 Caffeine Crawl! Guests will be greeted at 10:30 a.m. with bags-o’swag at one of the Roaster Sponsor locations (Insight Coffee Roasters, Old Soul Co. or Chocolate Fish, depending on the purchased route ticket) and will bike or drive to various coffee shops until 2:30 p.m., during which time you will be spoiled with free drinks, hands-on demonstrations, chocolate samples and private presentations. Spots are going fast! Don’t procrastinate on grabbing your ticket into the event. Check out the website listed above and purchase yours soon.
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Cup, Cone or Donut? The Parlor Ice Cream Puffs 2620 Fair Oaks Blvd • Sacramento
Words Amy Serna • photos liz simpson “You can’t buy happiness but you can buy ice cream puffs and that’s kind of the same thing,” reads a handwritten message on a chalkboard inside The Parlor, located on Fair Oaks Boulevard near Loehmann’s Plaza. With the ice cream puff, owners Lani Tran, 26, and Martin Nguyen, 33, are bringing you a whole new craving for something sweet. Try to imagine an ice cream puff as a jelly-filled donut, but replace the jelly with ice cream and toppings. But how do you get cold ice cream inside of a warm donut without getting a melted disaster on your hands? The two dessert masterminds, foodies, business owners and siblings have this decadent dessert all figured out. “Well, I can’t tell you everything because there’s a little bit of magic back there,” Tran said, explaining that the donuts are precut and not hot prior to the ice cream going in. “So when we put the ice cream inside the cut donut, it’s not going to melt right away; we put it into a machine that heats it up for less than 10 seconds, so the ice cream is still nice and cold, but the outer part of the donut is melted and gooey.” After years of brainstorming and traveling, these two siblings put their food brains together to come up with a truly delicious dessert. “My sister and I have this thing where we try macaroni and cheese at every place and we have dessert at every place,” Nguyen
said. “So it’s just been a combination of everything we have eaten and everything we have seen that inspired us to do this.” “We are really big foodies, we go everywhere and eat everything,” Tran explained. “And one day we were like, ‘Let’s give this a shot.’ Then, it turned into what we have now.” Only open since late July, The Parlor is already experiencing crowds and long lines of hungry people waiting outside for their gooey ice cream donut. “It’s been pretty crazy. I didn’t expect it to be this crazy but yeah, there’s been lines out the door,” Tran said. The unmistakable scents of freshly made donuts and creamy vanilla ice cream permeate The Parlor, while its windows are lined with rectangular, succulent-filled, white pots and its small space filled with benches, wicker chairs and white walls, making it feel cool and chic. “Someone told us [the décor] is a combination of Pottery Barn and a warehouse,” said Martin with a huge laugh. “I guess that’s what we are going for.” There’s a chalkboard with open space for customers to write anything that comes to mind; surprisingly the board is mostly full of phone numbers and Instagram names. There is also a board for customer creations, where anyone can write their favorite creation and newcomers can get more ideas for custom combinations. “The main thing we wanted to focus on was option and
customizing,” Tran said. “So we had an idea of having different toppings and different flavors.” At the counter, customers are presented with a choice of three ways to enjoy the ice cream: cup, cone, or donut. And as my server informed me, if it is your first time, “You have to go donut.” The ice cream flavor menu is full of combinations that will make your sweet tooth ache, including Sea Salt Caramel, Wendell (vanilla with cinnamon swirls), Thai Tease (vanilla with Thai tea), Green Machine (mint with crushed Oreo cookies), Everything but the... (caramel, crunchy pretzel and fudge bits), Midnight in Paris (coffee ice cream and Nutella chocolate swirls), Choco Taco (chocolate, nuts and waffle bits) and Plain Jane (plain vanilla). For less than $5 you can get your hands on any ice cream puff, with unlimited toppings for 50 cents. Some of the options for toppings are the standard ice cream parlor fare such as chocolate chips or Oreos. But you might do a double take when you read the options like potato chips, bacon bits, Fruit Loops or Lucky Charms. All options to create your own ice cream puff masterpiece. My tastings for the night were made by the owners themselves, an opportunity to try each sibling’s personal favorite creation. Tran whipped up a warm donut stuffed with Sea Salt ice cream, bacon bits and potato chips. The bacon flavor mixed well with the salty ice cream and the chips added an extra crunch to every bite. The warm donut seemed to melt the Sea Salt ice cream fast so there was no time to waste in pigging out. After a few bites of Lani’s creation, it was time to dive into Nguyen’s masterpiece, the Peebo. A warm, crispy donut filled with creamy vanilla ice cream with peanut butter and jelly mixed in. The Peebo has officially put the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich to shame. Why go sandwich when you can go donut? From the looks of The Parlor’s long lines it seems like the city of Sacramento has already gone donut. So step aside frozen yogurt, gourmet cupcakes and cronuts—ice cream puffs are here to take your spot as the newest and happiest dessert craze. The Parlor is located at 2620 Fair Oaks Blvd. and open every day from noon to 10 p.m. Check out Facebook.com/ theparloricecream for more info.
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different twists and turns, I was like, “Wow, I totally didn’t know that was going to happen!” And when I wrote the second book, because I just got signed on with that one, I totally winged it. I had no idea where I was going with it, but I was just going to let it happen. You mentioned that you’ve written books in the past. Is this something you always saw yourself doing? Yeah, absolutely. I read a lot of books as a kid, and I knew the idea of being an author was something that I would love. I love words, I love writing. Even stupid journals, I just felt like I needed to get the words out, you know? I mean, I had all kinds of blogs as a teenager. They’re very angst-y, but… [Laughs.] I’d be concerned if they weren’t! Oh my god, I was so emo! But yeah, I always knew. But I was afraid, because I didn’t know what it took to be an author, you know? It just seemed so impossible. And then when I started to actually get into writing novels, I was just like, “Wow this is going to be a lot harder than I thought.” And I didn’t even go to college, so I thought for certain that it would never happen.
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Local Author Heather Marie Flies by the Seat of Her Pants with Her Debut Novel Words Mandy Pearson • photo Elisabeth Arin
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acramento author Heather Marie is having one hell of a year. On Aug. 25, just three months after Cosmopolitan named her as one of “5 Latina Young Adult
Authors You Need on Your Radar,” she’ll herald the release of her debut novel,
The Gateway Through Which They Came via Curiosity Quills Press (who, incidentally, just signed on for a sequel). She even enlisted the special effects skills of friend Nicole Chilelli of Vicious Vanity FX (and winner of Season 3 of SyFy Channel’s Face Off ), to create a chilling book trailer that was released prior to the novel’s debut. Focusing on 17-year-old Aiden Ortiz, a human gateway for the recently deceased to pass through to the other side, The Gateway Through Which They Came is a supernatural Young Adult thriller that catapults the reader onto the battlefield of the war between good and evil from the very first pages. A curse following a harrowing encounter with a Bleeder (his term for the deceased who seek out his gateway services) has begun to well up a monster inside Aiden he never knew existed, and his search for a friend who mysteriously disappeared is leading him to a darker, evil entity that is ready to unleash certain chaos and death. A series of gripping twists and turns guides the novel, which the author has cleverly peppered with spot-on, witty teen boy-isms and shimmers of young love. Submerge spoke to Heather Marie just before the day of the big debut. I tore through the book in a day! The whole time I was reading it, I was thinking, how did she come up with this? Where did it come from? I’ve always been into the supernatural stuff. I’ve always believed in it, so I guess I should start there. I think this also happens when I have a weekend full of [Travel Channel’s] Ghost Adventures. (And I mention Ghost Adventures in so many interviews, my husband is like, “Seriously you should go on Ghost Adventures you promote them so much.”) But seriously, I think it was a weekend of back-to-back Ghost Adventures and I came up with this idea about
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this kid who was a gateway for the dead. And how interesting would it be? Because people always mention the pearly gates. And I’m like, “Yeah that’s cool and everything, but what if it was a person?” How long did it take to flesh out the idea? I’m what they consider a pantser, which means basically I don’t outline, I just kind of wing it. So when I started writing that book, it was during the NaNo project—during November the goal is to write a novel in a month. I didn’t even have time to think about specifics, I just had to
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get the words out during this project. It’s weird when I start writing, because I don’t outline, the images and the people and the dialog all just come naturally to me like I’m watching a movie in my head. So it just flows. That seems like a pretty incredible gift. [Laughs.] A lot of people say that. They’re like, “How do you just do that?” But all my books have been that way. This is the first one that actually made it; I’ve written several before this. But it’s always been that way, where I almost know the characters so well in my mind that I can just start writing that day and come up with three or four different chapters in a day that just seem so natural. Does it surprise you? Do things take turns that you’re not even aware of? Yes, especially with Gateway! With all the
Were you writing at the same time you were a hairstylist and makeup artist? I let that take over my whole world, the whole hairstyling and makeup thing for so long, that I lost my passion for writing. I felt pressured into doing something I didn’t really love. And so, it wasn’t until years later, when I was just so… I wasn’t miserable where I was working... But for my passion? I was miserable. Because I knew I wanted to do something more. I started writing probably that last year or two that I was a hairstylist. It consumed me. I took my computer to work, I was working on it between clients and on my lunch break, and I think that’s when my friends were like, “She might be kind of serious about this.” This doesn’t happen to me all the time, but it did with Gateway: sometimes I can read a book and immediately see it as a movie. Is that something you would pursue? Absolutely. I think just doing the trailer and working with Nicole on that, and seeing characters brought to life, was just…whoa. It was insane to see it. But to see it on film! I knew that I wanted to do a book trailer because I wanted to see it in a cinematic way. I wanted to see if it could be captured on film and possibly be a movie. Everybody who watches it is like, dude. It needs to be a movie.
“I was afraid, because I didn’t know what it took to be an author, you know? It just seemed so impossible. And then when I started to actually get into writing novels, I was just like, ‘Wow this is going to be a lot harder than I thought.’ And I didn’t even go to college, so I thought for certain that it would never happen.” – Heather Marie
The Gateway Through Which They Came is available now. Pick up a copy (if you dare!) and head to the launch party at the Roseville Barnes & Noble on Saturday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, visit Heathermarieya.com.
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A Responsible Owner of Darkness
Marc Maron talks record collecting, the art of conversation and the dark matter of comedy words Andrew C. Russell photo Robyn Von Swank
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’m hit with some trepidation before I pick up the phone to call Marc Maron—comedian, radio host, actor, interviewer, writer and impromptu philosopher. It isn’t his success, specifically, that has me psyched out. It isn’t the fact that he recently wrapped the 500 th episode of his thriving podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, which in the past five years has been host to the likes of Mel Brooks, Chris Rock, Mike Myers and Robin Williams; it isn’t the fact that he has two books (the autobiographical The Jerusalem Syndrome and Attempting Normal) under his belt, or that his cable series, Maron, has just run through its second season on IFC. There is something else—the fact that, for a few brief moments, I’ll be speaking with a powerfully honest human being; a man who turns the scalpel-edge of comedy on himself for the benefit of the audience; someone who engages in more meaningful, soulexploring conversations per week than most people do in years; a guy who lays everything about himself—good and bad—on the table, and now, two-plus decades into his career, is hitting his professional stride in a major way. Less than five years ago, this would have been an unlikely proposition for Maron. In late 2009, foundering in the wake of a second divorce and let go from a radio gig with Air America, he retreated to his home in Los Angeles’ Highland Park to contemplate the dreaded and unknowable next stage in his life. At a time when internal chaos, resentment and negative experiences were mounting into a harrowing, existential “What the Fuck?!” Maron began to regroup by channeling the cry into something familiar and manageable—a semi-weekly podcast done in the modest setting of his garage. WTF soon gained popularity as a refreshing interview format capturing honest, revealing conversations between Maron and fellow comics, showcasing his ability to connect with a subject on human terms while continuing to exorcise the self. Today’s Maron finds a good amount of joy in everyday life along with the familiar dread. You can catch a glimpse of this when watching his eponymous show, as his televised persona maneuvers the conflicts between his perpetually difficult personality and a variety of unscheduled life occurrences—bipolar relationships, family drama, resentment of colleagues and feline incontinence among them—one gets the sense that each episode ends on a note of understanding and growth. The periodic shifts between panic, acceptance and wisdom have become as much a defining quirk of Maron as the absurd distortions of the mundane that color Louie, the show of his longtime friend and colleague Louis C.K. I recommend fans of the latter take a dip over to the former. I’d also recommend going further: there are many entry points to choose from into Maron’s creative orbit, and if you have even a passing interest in comedy, you should hunt down one of his episodes, podcasts, specials or books. You’ll find yourself stumbling into a turbulent yet oddly comforting corner of the comic spirit. Maron may be still be trying hard to understand himself, but when he illuminates some truth about others in the process, it seems effortless. Now the time has come. I look at Marc Maron’s number, and knowing full well I might screw this thing up, I go ahead and dial. After all, there’s a reason the man is who he is now, and it sure as hell isn’t from being a calm and collected individual. I recall a particular piece of Maronian advice that has become a catchphrase of sorts, and simply ride it out.
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You’ve built an exciting and fertile new chapter in your career with the WTF podcast. And one thing I’ve noticed that keeps pulling me back in (and I think this does the same for all your listeners) is that your guests, regardless of how high-profile or experienced they might be, open up and give some of the most engaging, emotionally charged answers they’ve ever given in public. Do you think there’s a difference between a good interviewer and a good conversationalist? I don’t think so… You know, I never set out to be an interviewer. I just set out to get to know people and connect with people, to be part of their experience and also for them to be part of mine… Because I work in audio, I like to be engaged, I like to be present, I like to feel what’s happening; that’s what I’m going for. In general I don’t go in with a lot of questions, just a general idea of what I need to cover and who I think they are, and I just ride it out.
Most of my stuff comes from talking. Sometimes my insecurity will manifest itself in overcompensating, and that’s not a great thing to have on the written page. A lot of the material in Attempting Normal and The Jerusalem Syndrome started out as monologues. Once you get them transcribed and start working with them on the page, you can be a little more concise and a little more poetic, and you can manage the poetics of things that might not come out when you’re talking. I love talking… I’m very impatient. But I’m very proud of Attempting Normal, I think there’s some great stuff in there. I also hear you’re a pretty big vinyl-head these days. I’ve noticed quite a few more musicians coming on to your podcast schedule, which is great. How’s that going? Found any good artists/records lately? Yeah, I’ve always had a few hundred records that I’ve been carting around for years. Maybe I got inspired when I interviewed Jack White. He had all these tube amplifiers, and I got sort of obsessed with it. So I got a relatively good system, and I just started buying records, cleaning records and amassing records that I used to have when I was a kid, and people started sending me records. I go to a few record stores around here, and all of them seem to have an ideology around them. I got Permanent Records down there, sort of a psych/guitar-driven, garage-y, store; and Gimme Gimme, which is more classic and more nerdy. I’m just learning a lot, buying the vinyl and spending time with it.
Thinking back, how would you imagine things would have been different if you had hit the same success in your career when you were starting out, in your mid-twenties? Well, I don’t know if it would have happened. If it would have, it would have. Things happen for a reason—and I’m not saying that in a mystical way. Sometimes you’re ready and sometimes you aren’t. It’s hard for me to conceive of having the same success back then as I do now, because I was out of my mind. I was full of spite and crazy and pushy and angry, and deep down I was very frightened and nervous and not very fully formed as a comedian or as a person. Now I’m “Things happen for a reason—and not saying I’m fully formed as a person now, but I’m closer. I’m a better comic I’m not saying that in a mystical than I’ve ever been. I’m just glad I way. Sometimes you’re ready and found it at a time where I can handle sometimes you aren’t. It’s hard it. And I think if I would have gotten for me to conceive of having the the type of momentum I have now then, it would have been a disaster. same success back then as I do But also, if it had happened then, it now, because I was out of my would have been because someone mind. I was full of spite and crazy was affording me an opportunity. What and pushy and angry, and deep I never could have anticipated was that the opportunity would come out of down I was very frightened and this desperate need to continue doing nervous and not very fully formed something at a dark time in my life, as a comedian or as a person. Now and it came because I made it happen, I’m not saying I’m fully formed as a not because someone gave me the opportunity. That’s very rewarding in person now, but I’m closer.” and of itself. – Marc Maron on achieving I wanted to talk a bit more about that darkness in comedy. I started watching your show at first after being a fan of Louie for a while, and I admit I naively assumed that it would be something more or less along the same lines, because on the surface level you both seem to have your dark, introspective streaks. But with the Maron series, and I guess by extension most of your material now, there seems to be more of a positive aftertaste, kind of like you’re wringing out the darkness for all of us to see, and at the end it seems you become a little bit lighter of heart because of it. Is that something you’re going for? That’s a very nice observation. I’ve not heard that before. I think that living with your struggle doesn’t mean that you’re going to stop having it. But it doesn’t have to be life or death, you know, and you deal with darkness. You deal with struggles, anxiety or depression, addiction, neurotic behavior; I mean, a lot of times it runs deeper than your brain. So learning how to live with it and move through it and take necessary action, is really sometimes the only thing you can do as a responsible owner of darkness. It eventually tempers itself; sometimes it fades. Things that were very dire become less so or just disappear entirely. You just gotta stay open and not surrender to it because it can take you down. So negotiating with darkness is part of my life, and I’m happy to hear that it comes off as something that’s manageable, and at the end you can live with it and maybe learn from it and maybe disarm it a bit. I think that’s what life is. Does writing do anything different for your thought process versus, say, a particularly intense live special? How do you feel with having Attempting Normal under your belt? Well, writing is weird, because given the opportunity, I’ll over-write. SubmergeMag.com
I heard you were interviewing Ty Segall next week? Yeah, I’m putting that up there. He hangs out in the neighborhood. I see him at Trader Joe's and stuff, and I ran into him down at the record store and he had some of his new record, which comes out [Aug. 26], and he gave me one. It’s fucking great, so I’ve been listening to this new Ty Segall record a lot, The Manipulator… It’s like the best record he’s done, and the guy does a new record every 10 minutes.
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I listened to the introduction you posted last night (Aug. 11) for the repost of the podcast you did with Robin Williams four years ago. I thought it was beautiful. I was success later in life moved in an unexpected way, and I just wanted to send some goodwill out to someone who knew him. I’m glad you reposted it—I hadn’t found that one before. You know, it’s such a horrible thing, to succumb to depression that way—and despite what anyone may think of Robin, there was no way for him not to have impacted your life. He was a very special guy, and he was just always there, and now he’s not going be there anymore and it’s just terribly sad. I was happy I had that conversation with him and to sort of give it to everybody again and let them have that experience because a lot of people hadn’t heard it. I think that interview was very powerful—very personal. It was an honor to have done it, and I’m glad to be able to give it to everybody out of respect.
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Lastly, I want to bring up your forthcoming performance at the publish Date: Nevada City Film Festival in about a month up in our region. Anything you’d say to festivalgoers unfamiliar and/or curious about art Due: your work? CoNteNt: If they want to get a good idea, they can watch Thinky Pain on Netflix, my last special. I won’t be doing that material, but you can size: certainly get a good idea of what I do. It’s a film festival, but I’ll be doing standup. Sometimes we’ll art proDuCtioN: show an episode of my show, or Notes: Tickets are now on sale for I’ll do a Q&A if they want to talk Marc Maron’s live comedy to me, but usually I’ll talk about appearance at the Nevada my personal struggles—with cats, City Film Festival on Sept. 5. women, myself, Time Warner, For more information you can visit the event website at MRIs, you know, I just run the Nevadacityfilmfestival.com/ gamut—just living the life. comedy/.
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Natalie Ribbons discusses her new band Tele Novella, some of the more unfortunate aspects of the music industry and even wrangles us a critter words Josh Fernandez
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ey, so you remember Sacramento’s Natalie Gordon (aka Natalie Ribbons)? Beautiful lady with bright red hair? Sang and played guitar with Agent Ribbons? Well, she moved to Texas and she’s in a brand new band called Tele Novella with a couple members of Voxtrot. And I think her hair’s brown now. Anyway, the band— Gordon (guitar/vocals); Jason Chronis (bass/vocals); Sarah La Puerta (keyboards) and Matt Simon (drums)—plays some really interesting, sophisticated and moody pop music that’s sort of like Peggy Lee with a bit of British Invasion or something. Their music reminds me of Mad Men if the entire advertising agency was on acid and New York City was haunted by slutty, curious and ultimately friendly ghosts. Their new EP Cosmic Dial Tone combines Gordon’s raspy “man voice” (her words) with some really intimate and, at times, creepy-ish rhythms. Songs like “Don’t Be a Stranger,” are characterized by unbreakable melodies, fuzzy bass and lyrics that taunt the listener into feeling a bunch of tingly feelings (“When I’m low/ I try to say “hello”/ to people on/ the street that I don’t know/ It’s difficult when there’s so many faces to remember/ But if the world is going to end/ please, don’t be a stranger.”). Tele Novella transports the listener to a time reminiscent of the past, but doesn’t actually exist yet. And, more importantly, they make music that manages to get under the listener's skin and stay there for quite some time. So, in preparation for their upcoming West Coast Tour, Gordon answered a few questions for Submerge. Spoiler alert: She says “fuck” a lot. And halfway through the interview (in one of the most Texas moments to ever grace the pages of this humble magazine), she catches a lizard with her bare hands.
So is there any difference between Austin and Sacramento? Nope. It’s exactly the same. Good, that’s what I thought. No, I was really reticent to leave Sacramento and it bums me out in a lot of ways, but for me, personally, what I was trying to accomplish, it was definitely the best thing I ever did. In terms of music? Yeah, I really thought I was doing a lot more than I actually was when I was there and then I moved here and got completely beaten down by the realities of life and realized I had to start working a lot harder. So I feel like I’m working 10-times harder with Tele Novella than I was with Agent Ribbons. What do you mean “beaten down?” There’s just so much competition and nobody gives a shit. Success has absolutely nothing to do with—well, I guess it has something to do with ability and quality of songwriting and stuff to some limited extent, but it’s really, completely just like who you know and how much money you have to put in to promoting what you’re doing. So it’s like everything else? Exactly. It’s just like politics or whatever. I don’t know. I feel like I’m learning to be a smarter businessperson, even though that kind of grosses me out. It really is a lot like politics in some fucked up way.
My step-dad just ran for County Supervisor in Sacramento and he’s been running for different offices in Sacramento since 1996 and he finally won. Just seeing all the stupid games he has to play and pandering to people that will fund his campaign it sadly reminds me of the music industry. And writing, too. It’s the same shit. So your step-dad’s a supervisor now? Yeah. I should really keep up with that stuff. A lizard! What? I just caught a lizard. It’s a little anole. That was such a Texas moment right there. I’m glad that happened. The lizards here are slower here than in California. Are they fat because they’re Texans? No, no. They’re just not as sprightly. I remember trying to catch lizards all the time in Napa Valley and stuff when I was there visiting and there was just no way in hell, but here I catch lizards all the time. Toads, too. There’s big fat toads all over the place. And every type of bug that you can ever imagine is constantly in your house no matter what you do. That sounds horrible. Like spiders? Spiders, a huge array of different types of cockroaches that I didn’t even know existed. Huge ants. The ants are gigantic here. And they bite you.
Is that because you’re poor or does everyone experience the bugs like that? Poor people get bitten by ants more often than rich people. That’s a fact. I’ve seen you guys in Spin and in other publications. Is it exciting to see your stuff being broadcasted outside of your little circles? Yeah, it’s exciting. I don’t think that’s really happening all that much right now. The publicity is not very palpable. Where it really helps is getting better shows where people will see us. It’s the booking agents that are impressed by Spin and USA Today and shit like that. They see that and they take us seriously and they give us a guarantee instead of saying, “Fuck you,” and we actually play with bands that are not shitty. And we make fans. Tele Novella is more technically sound and complex than Agent Ribbons. You think so? I would agree. I think it’s a lot more thought out, whereas things were a little bit more random and thrown together than with my old band. But there’s—for at least the time being—a lot less raw energy in it. And I think it’s because when I suddenly had the opportunity to work with all these people that were far more proficient at their instruments than I was, I got more serious. And I think that after this tour I’m going to write some material that feels a little bit more fun to perform for me. But it’s been a really interesting experiment to put in these more little baroque parts and challenge myself a little bit more than I have been previously.
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So are your shows different then? Yeah, they’re a lot more stressful! People expect me to not fuck up, whereas I would fuck up all the time before and nobody really cared because they kind of expected me to fuck up. We were just really sloppy before, but it was kind of more fun that way. It’s still fun, but it’s just really stressful because everyone in my band is a serious musician and they’re really good at what they do, and I still don’t even know the name of any of the chords. And it freaks me out. Did you ever hear the shitty things people said about Agent Ribbons? That was seriously the worst. I was so sensitive then. Now I’m tougher than I used to be. But living [in Sacramento] —Jesus Christ. People were really venomous to us. There were so many people that hated me for no reason and said so many truly cruel things about both Lauren and I. It really fucked with my head and turned me into a really paranoid person. I didn’t trust people. You know how it is. But I think you have a seriously rabid super fan who lives here. They’ll still email me and tell me to fuck off for not writing about you. That’s so crazy. And really funny. I think there’s like two of them. Yeah, they’re insane. They’ll email me shit like, “How dare you write about rap music when Natalie Ribbons exists?!” That’s so humiliating. You know, there’s one guy that actually totally helps us. I didn’t think that anyone
would ever listen to that guy, but he wrote to a really big blogger guy and the guy ended up liking us a lot and writing about us and we sold a lot of music and ended up getting a whole spread in Bust Magazine because of it. And it was just from him writing and complaining that they weren’t writing about us. That’s probably the same guy. That’s cool, though. As long as he doesn’t stalk and kill you someday. Exactly. That’s the other end of the sword, for sure. So you guys are about to tour. What’s that going to be like? I love it. I am really antsy to get out of here. This is going to be our best tour ever. Why do you say that? Because I’m really excited about a lot of the shows we’re playing, like, the people that we’re playing with. I’m really excited to play with Shannon and the Clams in Sacramento because they’re just a fun, raucous group of people. And I’m excited to play with Silver Shadows, and I’m excited to play with Psychomagic. And this time we have guarantees that will furnish hotels in the event that we need that. So there will be no desperation and sadness on this tour. And last minute couches in shitty houses. And pee-pee cat blankets.
“We were just really sloppy before, but it was kind of more fun that way. It’s still fun, but it’s just really stressful because everyone in my band is a serious musician and they’re really good at what they do, and I still don’t even know the name of any of the chords. And it freaks me out.” – Natalie Ribbons on performing live with her new band, Tele Novella
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Not the Same Old Thing
Dad’s LPs Experiment with Sound in New Album Words Catherine Foss • photo Canyon Florey
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iven five words to describe Dad’s LPs, lead vocalist John Morales doesn’t hesitate before responding: “Not the same old thing.” Morales is wise to steer away from concrete musical genres, because Dad’s LPs defies simple descriptors like “alternative rock” or “pop rock.” Their sound spans from airy and upbeat pop to multivocalist harmonies to angst-y, grunge-like ballads, with a little something for everyone. The band started in 2011 as a side project between John Morales (lead vocals and drums) and Jay Seals (guitar and harmony vocals). The duo quickly realized that this partnership was evolving into something bigger and more meaningful than a side
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project. They teamed up with Chris Twomey (lead vocals, guitar, bass) and Andrew Harris (lead guitar) and settled on the name Dad’s LPs, dreamed up by Morales. “I had the name Dad’s LPs floating around in the back of my head because that’s where I discovered music—in my parents’ album collection,” Morales explains. The band discovered a common thread in their histories with their dads. Morales’ father had passed away when he was 21, Chris’s dad had passed away several years ago, and Seals’ dad was going through cancer at the time they started writing music together. “We all connected around the idea of giving a nod to the influence that our dads had on our musical growth.”
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Dad’s LPs released their self-titled debut album in October 2011 and played their first-ever live show at Placerville’s Hangtown Halloween ball. It was a memorable event, despite the challenging acoustics. “We were in this hangar and it was a giant echo chamber,” Morales remembers. Since their debut, Dad’s LPs has played shows throughout Northern California, gaining a steady following as their sound evolved and matured. Coordinating times to play together has always been a challenge, as the band members are spread throughout the state—from South Lake Tahoe to Long Beach. “It takes some real logistics planning, which is why we don’t get to play very often. When we
do, we want to make the most of it,” Morales says. “We work on the songs independently and bring it all together the weekend before the gig.” Another challenge has always been that the band packs each song full of so many vocal and instrumental layers that it’s virtually impossible to replicate the sound during live performances with just four band members. The songs are more complicated than just the standard guitar, bass and drums, Morales explains. Most songs also include keyboard, additional guitar parts, random percussion and layers of harmonies. Since the beginning, they have constantly explored new ways to recreate their album sound during live performances without having to hold back on the actual album. “We’ve never wanted to limit ourselves on the album because of what we’d be able to do live,” Morales says. “We always just wanted to make whatever music was in our heads on the album and then we’ll play them as best we can.” Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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The dual vocals in this song have a patchwork effect, and the layered harmonies create a blended sound that would be great to crank up while cruising the freeway. The tone alters dramatically on the second track, “Ain’t Over Yet,” which boasts a faster pace and a more powerful and in-your-face rock sound. This short track has an addictive build-up:
Dad’s LPs took a three-year hiatus between releasing their debut album and their new follow-up album, and listeners will notice the musical growth between the two albums. “We’ve definitely matured,” Morales says. “The sound, while still varied and diverse, has gotten more cohesive. We’re starting to really find our own voice.” The album is called Lemon on Fire and will be released on CD in midSeptember. The band has been releasing tracks off the album slowly over the past few months, and the 10-track album version is currently available for digital download. The official CD release will include an additional two bonus tracks that the band just finished producing. Lemon on Fire flits between slow and soulful ballads and brighter pop-rock anthems. Songs strike a pleasing balance between vocals and instrumentals. The band has a knack for timing, with most songs wrapping up neatly at around four minutes. Lyrically, each track is a self-contained story, often told with humor, and successfully integrates a rhyme scheme that is subtle enough to not sound forced or childish. These are feel-good tunes—even those that speak to heartache. Morales explains that while there is no common thread throughout the album, the songs have common storylines: “love and heartache and money problems…all these universal themes that we touch on.” The album opens on the track “Run Around,” an airy and upbeat sing-along tune. The playful and clever lyrics tell the story of “just an ordinary guy”: Power lunch, back to work, before I hit the gym I do Pilates for an hour but I don’t get slim Shower off, powder up, have a real quick shave Throw on my favorite pair of Levi’s and I’m on my way
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‘Cause one of these days you’re gonna pull out of the rut You’re gonna be fine, just fine, just fine And you and me, babe, we’re gonna live after the cut Because love can turn on a dime Other noteworthy sounds you’ll find in this album include the powerful ‘90s grunge sound of the track “Blown Away” and the ska sound of “SOHO.” The album closes on “Cut and Run,” which has a slower pace and a country-like twang that builds up to a triumphant finish. On the whole, this is an album that embraces inconsistency and isn’t afraid to pay homage to the artists along the years that have made an impact on the band’s musical roots, making it worth a listen.
Dad’s LPs will play at The Torch Club for the first time on Thursday, Sept. 11. Cover charge is $6 and the show begins at 9:00 p.m. The Lemon on Fire CD will also be released in September, and will include the 10 tracks currently available for digital download as well as two bonus tracks. Check out Facebook.com/ DadsLPs for details.
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Assembly Mini Mansions, 7 p.m. The Blue Lamp RGB, Epsilona, Joe Kye, 8 p.m. Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Rico Puno, Marco Sison, Nonoy Zuniga, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. Cesar Chavez Plaza Tejano Conjunto Festival w/ Augustine Ramirez, Freddy Martinez and more, 12 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. District 30 Julian Pierce, Heartworm, Louie Giovanni, 10 p.m. Harlow’s DJ Oasis, 10 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Scene, DJ Peeti V, 10 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Shane Dwight, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Dave Russell, 2 p.m. Rio Ramaza Marina & Event Park One Love One Heart Roots Music Festival w/ Mykal Rose, Etana, Army, Junior X and More, 10 a.m. Starlite Lounge Dispirit, Abstracter, Church, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort ‘80s Rewind Music Fest: Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Howard Jones, The English Beat, Katrina and the Waves, 6 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; The Blue Pills, The Orange Scene, 8 p.m.
The Blue Lamp Karaoke, 8 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Open Mic Night hosted by Musical Charis, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m. Witch Room Tele Novella, Shannon & the Clams, 8:30 p.m.
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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Northern Soul!, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Shine Midtown Out Loud Open Mic, 8 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Jessica Hernandez, Musical Charis, Royal Jelly, 9 p.m. University Union Serna Plaza (CSUS) Nooner w/ Ideateam, 11:30 a.m. Witch Room Dog Party, The Hot Toddies, 6:30 p.m.
9.04 Thursday
Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp Grind Hiphop show, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. The Colony Honduran, Drunk Dad, xtomhanx, 8 p.m. District 30 EDM Nights w/ DJ Ted Hicks & DJ Lenny Williams, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m. Goldfield Live Country Band Karaoke, 9 p.m. Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Sweet Revenge, 10 p.m . Shine Futurewang w/ Chickading and Guests, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Hot City Jazz, Peter Petty, 9 p.m. Witch Room Hive Dwellers, Le Kelton, 6:30 p.m.
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Center for the Arts The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, 7 p.m. The Colony Blasting Concept, Trenches, Harmless People, No Business, SSA, Midnight Moonshiners, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Dinner Show w/ Melissa Corona (of Midnight Players), 5:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Shane Dwight, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Sleep Train Amphitheatre Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Jerrod Niemann, 7 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Soul Shine Band, Failure Machine, 8 p.m. Witch Room Be Calm Honcho, Brother Grand, Sea Knight, 6:30 p.m.
9.08 Monday
The Blue Lamp Acoustic/ Spoken Open Mic, 8 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Open Mic Night hosted by Musical Charis, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Midtown BarFly Earth, King Dude, Wreck and Reference, 8 p.m. Shine Classical Revolution hosted by Liz Barton, 7:30 p.m.
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El Dorado Saloon Comedy Night w/ Bix Brillo, Patrick Shillito, hosted by Steven A. Sprague Jr., Aug. 28, 9 p.m. Laguna Town Hall Comedy Under the Stars w/ Don Barnhar, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Mark G - Labor Day Weekend Special!, Aug. 29 - 30, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Open Mic Comedy hosted by Cheryl “the Soccer Mom,” Sept. 2, 8 p.m. Share Our Strength Fundraiser Benefiting No Kid Hungry feat. Michael Calvin Jr, Matt Curry, Anthony K, hosted by Chris Teicheira, Sept. 4, 8 p.m. Insane Wayne, Mike Betancourt, Sept. 5 - 7, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Marilyn’s Open Mic Comedy, every Sunday, 6 p.m. Miner's Foundry Marc Maron, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Punchline Comedy Club Dana Carvey (Working on New Material!), Aug. 26, 8 p.m. There Goes the Neighborhood Comedy feat. Bruce Jingles, Aug. 27, 8 p.m. Barry Rothbart, Mike Betancourt, Aug. 28 - 31, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Sept. 3, 8 p.m. Louis Katz, Max Curry, Erik Clark, Sept. 4 - 7, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 7:30 p.m. Spot-On Trivia: The Comedy Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m. Harold Night Long Form Improv Comedy, Wednesday’s, 8 p.m.
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20th Street (Between J and K) Brazilian Independence Day Sacramento Street Festival 2014, Sept. 6, 2 p.m. Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. 3101 Power Inn Road The Art of the Dumpster, through Aug. 30 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. The Blue Lamp Naughty Trivia!, every Wednesday, 8 p.m. Bonney Field Sacramento Republic FC vs. Charleston Battery, Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento Republic FC vs. OKC Energy FC, Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento Republic FC vs. LA Galaxy II, Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Cal Expo ROC Race 5k: Gameshow-Inspired Obstacle Challenge, Sept. 6, 8 a.m. Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Crocker Art Museum “Workt by Hand”: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts, through Sept. 1
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The Crises and Reproduction of White Privilege If I Stay Rated pg-13 Words joe atkins Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) has it all: ex-punker ‘rents turned middle-class homeowners; a supportive bestie; a saccharine singer-songwriter boyfriend, Adam (Jamie Blackley), who’s about to get signed; and she’s a self-taught virtuoso cellist on the verge of getting accepted into Juilliard. But if she gets in she’d have to leave her lifelong Portland hipster support system behind to pursue her own talents and dreams. And the day of Juilliard’s decision, her whole family has a tragic head-on collision while driving a snowy road. Everyone dies except Mia. Not a spoiler. If I Stay, an adaptation of a Gayle Forman bestselling Young Adult novel, isn’t intended, or marketed, for adults. Like the book, the movie’s about teens and for tweens. So we want to be fair to a genre that encourages kids to read. Yet, we want to be fair with the youth of today about their actual tomorrow. Or their perceptions of tomorrow, which this film is struggling with, specifically the reproduction of an entirely white, middleclass experience. This struggle is both the biggest strength and largest blind spot of the film; it does something relatively amazing, yet it knows not what it does. There are four oscillating tensions in SubmergeMag.com
this movie. First, this is an out-of-body experience film: as the only survivor of the car crash, Mia has to decide if she wants to live or die. Second, this film is Annie in reverse, a riches to rags story. Mia has everything and suddenly becomes an orphan. Bracket this for a minute. Third, as Mia and Adam fall in love with each other at first glance—while she practices cello, obvi—their biggest conflict is Dueling Success Stories: his versus hers edition. Essentially it’s a gender conflict. His success solidifies their relationship; hers jeopardizes their future together—that they might become the next generation of her own musical-minded parents and have amazingly gifted children, too! Lastly, this is a film about deciding which college to go attend, not if Mia will go to college. It’s a foregone conclusion from the beginning that Mia is headed for higher ed. And access to college is the vehicle of middle-class reproduction, de facto white privilege. Since college is a given, the struggle is making a choice. Thus, this film imagines that a white woman wanting to leave her idyllic family and her rockstar boyfriend to go East to pursue her own talent necessitates that everyone, boyfriend excluded, die in a car crash. (We’re not making this up.) Moreover, the prize for becoming an orphan is student debt. This might be the real crisis for the young adult audience— debt is the only future (‘rents or nah). Not jobs. Think about it, how many successful cellists do you know? Yet, what’s fascinating about the film
and the crisis of reproduction of white privilege, is the release date: two weeks to the day after a cop shot 18-year-old Michael Brown six times in Ferguson, Missouri. Without getting into the national protests and the nuances of the events, factually, the conversations regarding Brown, Ferguson and blackness all have to do with middle-class reproduction. Specifically the reproduction of black middle-classness. Mike Brown was supposed to start college two days after his death. (Sound familiar?) In a city where 92.7 percent of arrests involve blacks, his was a success story. But where the Brown family lost their future, their potential, Mia lost her past—her future, her home, her boyfriend and college options are all just fine. If I Stay, as a metaphor for the terminal crisis of white reproduction and privilege, is amazingly timed historically with national attention on, and therefore a desire to change, the limited access many blacks have to middle-class security. That is to say, If I Stay is clearly focused on the right topic of our times—the shrinking middle-class; it’s entirely correct to note this is happening by both death and debt. Yet blacks have been struggling with death and debt far more intensely than post-punk nuclear families. But, as we know, Hollywood just doesn’t make those films. For the record, neither do most book publishers. That’s why we call it a crisis of reproduction. We can’t explain the stories we don’t tell to our kids.
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I was doing my best to find something positive in the news because it’s been a pretty shitty couple of weeks. It’s sad when the shocking suicide of one of our most beloved actors/ comedians isn’t even the most fucked-up thing that happened. Robin Williams seemed like a great guy. Other than being talented and something of a chameleon (it’s amazing to think that an actor was able to evolve from TV’s Mork to the absolutely chilling Seymour Parrish in One Hour Photo over the course of his career), by all accounts he was a charitable, friendly and giving person. The world is clearly less interesting without him. Because he was a public figure so entrenched in the pop culture lexicon, words of remorse over the news of Williams’ death was pretty much all you saw broadcasted over social media. On the dark side, some of humankind’s bottom feeders decided, probably because they lead sad lives that never really made a difference and receive no attention from others, that the proper way to pay homage to Williams was to doctor photos of his death and harass his grief-stricken daughter Zelda. Eventually she had enough and deleted her Twitter account. Elsewhere on Twitter, “people” were posting graphic images and videos of the beheading of American journalist James Foley, who was captured back in 2012 and recently executed by Islamic State fanatics. People who had never done anything good or interesting in their own lives—unlike Foley who was traveling the world as a reporter—helped further the terrorists’ work (great job, guys) by spreading the gruesome images like wildfire online. So much so that Twitter, the so-called “free speech wing of the free speech party,” honored Foley’s family’s request to disable links to imagery of the execution. Twitter has been taking down images and suspending accounts as they become aware of them, but the company is still relying on users flagging the offending images instead of hunting for them, as is their policy. I was reading an article about Twitter’s decision on WSJ.com when I noticed a link to a special video report titled, “Five Reasons Why Americans Are So Unhappy,” by MarketWatch’s Thomas Bemis. It seemed like a moment of perfect synchronicity, because why else would someone post horrid things on social media sites if they weren’t miserable, unhappy fucks? No. 5 on Bemis’ list was that we work too much. He cited that the United States was one of the only industrialized nations “that doesn’t require paid parental leave,” we only use half of
our paid vacation days (seriously, what the fuck is wrong with us? They’re paid vacation days) and our typical minimum 40-hour workweek is far more than the hours worked per week in other countries. The fourth reason is that our wages are stagnant, so all that hard work that you’ve been sold to believe is getting you somewhere is really just getting you stressed out and closer to death. Stress, as luck would have it, ranked at No. 2 on Bemis’ list. Our unhealthy lifestyles came in at No. 1. Bemis says that more than a quarter of Americans describe themselves as obese, but he then quotes a study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest that states that the actual number of obese Americans is more than 33 percent. I guess if you’re stressed out and working way too much and your body is failing you, it would make sense that you’d be miserable. I know from experience because I fit neatly into all of these categories, but I found No. 3 on Bemis’ list the most interesting. He cites that the “lifestyles of the rich and famous,” given that the rest of us are here slaving away while they have all the money and fun, “are making us even more jealous.” “Even among friends,” Bemis says, “keeping up with the Joneses is more stressful, because everyone posts about their fabulous vacations on Facebook.” Perhaps the mentality is, “You’re zip-lining in Costa Rica while I’m hammering out TPS reports in my cubicle? Fine, here’s a video of a beheading for you to enjoy by the pool, fucker.” I don’t know why America has become such a grumpy and miserable place to be, but now it’s all militarized police, extreme partisanship and assholes in Hummers stealing your space in the Costco parking lot. Like, even this ALS Ice Bucket challenge thing? OK, so we’re all sick of the videos and everyone nominating each other, but it is a good cause. ALS is a terrible disease, and if it makes a person feel like they’re doing a good thing by dumping some ice water on their heads (and hopefully donating a little money, too) and trying to get their friends to do the same, I don’t see the harm in it. But for every link to an ice bucket video I see crawl across my Facebook feed, I see some link or status posted by some miserable fuck who says the whole thing is stupid and anyone who participates isn’t really helping anyone. But telling people who are trying to help that they’re not helping? Obviously that’s the only way to find a cure. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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KDCBT318U, 2 x KFC1665S. Kits plugs, supplies and custom work additional.
1 INSTALLS SECURITY!
Package PRICE!
399
$
99
VX3010 or VX3020, ZFD14W. Kits plugs, supplies and custom work additional.
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179
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99
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199
$
99
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* Savings off MSRP. Some vehicles require modules at added cost. Keyless entry installed at added cost.
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On approved credit. Purchases made 8/23/2014 through 9/2/2014. Significant conditions and restrictions apply. Details at store.
Choose a 7” 1-DIN DVD/CD receiver or a 6.1” 2-DIN to fit your dash, then add the 14” flip-down monitor in the back!
HEADS-UP DRIVING! INCLUDES BACKUP CAMERA
BUILT IN
Navigation and back-up image in 4” monitor built into factory replacement mirror. Perfect for hitching trailers!
99
*
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Navi And Back-Up Camera
PURCHASES OVER $599
Remote Start
Complete Alarm
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399
$
99
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Sacramento 2003 Arden Way 916-920-4262
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Point West Plaza
Ethan Way
tions and restrictions apply. Details † Savings off typical full-price installation. Install is per component, in factory-ready locations. Custom install additional. Kits, plugs, supplies additional. Details at store. [1] SiriusXM incentive program details at www.siriusxmrewards.com.
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Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas
August 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September 8, 2014
#169
marc maron living the life
Dad's lps
tele novella deep in the heart of texas
Growing Up Musically
heather marie anything is possible
the parlor
Ice Cream Puffs
Donuts Are The New Cone
free
Built to Spill
Dre-T
Incites a Sensitive Mosh Pit Poet, Rapper, Mentor
Roller Derby Playoffs come to Sacramento!
Caffeine Crawl
An Eye-Opening Tour of Local Coffee Peddlers