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Issue 170 • September 8 – September 22, 2014

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Dive in Submerge your senses The Stream The Optimistic Pessimist Mary Younakof Exquisite corps baskery weezer soil born farms calendar grindhouse

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dive in To go, or not to go. That is the question. Go, is clearly the answer. Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com The best part about music festivals is that there are so many different bands you can see in just one, two or three days. Between big-named headliners or the lesser-known bands you’ll possibly discover, you are guaranteed to have a good time. When the lineup for this year’s Aftershock Festival was first announced, I had mixed emotions. There were a few bands I really wanted to see, others not so much. One of this year’s headliners, Weezer, was actually one of the bands I couldn’t decide on. Did I want to see them? Weezer was a band I grew up on. The nerdy rock on The Blue Album and Pinkerton spoke to the “alternative” teenage me. And the band even took me into adulthood with The Green Album, which for me and my college roommates, was our anthem for turning 21. The memory of The Green Album blasting in the car every time I was nominated (because I was the youngest) to pick up each of my roommates from the bar on their 21st birthdays still sticks with me. That album and those particular memories will be tattooed in my brain forever. For a band like Weezer, with their damn catchy songs and albums, to still bring back those kinds of memories years later, I think it clearly shows what great songwriters—and a great band—they really are. But as time went on, change or experimentation took place when Weezer released Maladroit and then worse, Make Believe. I, like so many others, simply wrote Weezer off. I was no longer a fan. The pop songs they were writing and music videos they were filming were not my forte, to say the least. Years and three more albums went by, and they still were not rocking my socks. Because they are set to headline Aftershock Festival and also have a new album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, I gave them another shot. I’m glad I did, because Everything Will Be Alright in the End (the whole album of which, by the way, I was lucky enough to get an advance stream), single-handedly turned me into a bona fide fan once again. Old-school Weezer fans, trust me: it’s that good. Whether you’ve been a Weezer fan through thick and thin or just consider yourself an old-school fan like myself, I highly recommend going to see them at Aftershock on Sept. 13, because fuck waiting till Oct. 7 (when the album finally comes out) to hear their new songs. Please read our interview on page 20 with bassist Scott Shriner, where he talks about the new album, recording with producer Ric Ocasek, working with Rivers Cuomo and their songwriting process—he even brings up Limp Bizkit (also playing Aftershock). Another festival taking place Sept. 12 to 14, that is just 45 minutes away in the beautiful Sierra Foothills, is the American River Music Festival in Lotus, Calif. The sound varies, but I’d suggest everything from bluegrass to folk to Americana. Plus, no festival can beat having the amazing American River 50 feet away to splash around and cool down in between bands. One of the bands I’d highly suggest catching at this festival goes by the name Baskery. They are a Swedish three-piece alt-country group (who grace our back cover). They’re taking the main stage on Sunday afternoon, but you also have an opportunity to see them the night before at the Sierra Nevada House (only a mile away, but technically in Coloma) at 8 p.m. Read up on page 16 about what it’s like being sisters in a band, their current living situation in Nashville and why playing festivals is essential. Enjoy festival season. Enjoy issue 170, Melissa

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Gardens & Villa, Zimmer and More at the Final Second Saturday Block Party of the Summer at THIS • Sept. 13 THIS is a masterfully curated series of free concerts held outside the MARRS Building on Second Saturdays throughout the summer. The final party is Saturday, Sept. 13, with Santa Barbara’s Gardens and Villa headlining (check out their fantastic new album Dunes), along with the Parisian producer Zimmer, Los Angeles’ Lincoln Jesser, Wunder Wunder (also from Los Angeles, by way of Australia) and last but not least, Sacramento’s own DJ CrookOne. The all-ages block party goes from 4 to 9 p.m. Expect a beer garden, local vendors, art and more, all for zero cover charge! Go to Thismidtown.com for more information.

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Get a Free Lift Ticket to Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows at the Premier of Jeremy Jones’ Higher • Sept. 25 Ten-time Big Mountain Rider of the Year winner and North Lake Tahoe local Jeremy Jones is back on the big screen this fall with Higher, the third and final chapter of his epic Teton Gravity Research-produced snowboard adventure film trilogy, Deeper, Further, Higher. In 2010 Jones changed the world of backcountry snowboarding with Deeper, where he opted to climb the peaks he would descend rather than use the assistance of helicopters and/or snowmobiles, blending mountaineering, snowboarding and amazing cinematography into an awesome film. His 2012 sequel, Further, showed Jones continuing the journey and helped earned him a spot on National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year list in 2013. The final installment, Higher, finds Jeremy Jones and his crew (Bryan Iguchi, Luca Pandolfi, Ryland Bell and others) shredding everywhere from the Himalayas of Nepal to deep in the backcountry of Jackson Hole, and the moon-like landscape of the remote Eastern Alaska Range. Higher will screen in Sacramento at Tower Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 and 9:15 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance (available at Tetongravity. com) or $20 at the door, but best of all, with admission you get a free lift ticket that’s good at Squaw Valley (Jones’ home mountain) or Alpine Meadows! Help welcome winter to Northern California.

Issue 170 • September 8 – September 22, 2014

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Who Will Reign Supreme at This Year’s Sacramento Burger Battle? Sept. 18

National Cheeseburger Day is Sept. 18! It’s no coincidence that this is also the same day that the third-annual Sacramento Burger Battle will take place—this year at a new venue, downtown’s Cesar Chavez Plaza. This awesome one-night charity cook-off is one of Submerge’s most highly anticipated events of the year, hands down! This year, 15 restaurants will battle for the coveted top spots, including Ettore’s, Broderick, De Vere’s, The Chef’s Table, The Porch, Krush Burger, Ten22 and more. There are even some non-traditional ones in there like vegetarian restaurant Mother and sushi powerhouse Mikuni! There’ll be beer, wine, dessert and live music from James Cavern. If you want to go, you must buy tickets right away; as of press time they were nearly sold out! General admission is $55 and VIP is $75. The event benefits the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. Visit Sacburgerbattle.com for tickets and more information. A word of advice if you’re a Burger Battle newbie: you best bring your appetite, ‘cause you’ll be leaving full!

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You probably know Nick Offerman from his breakout role as the thickly mustached, whiskey drinking, red meat devouring Ron Swanson on NBC’s sitcom Parks and Recreation. In real life, Offerman is also an accomplished stage actor, husband to fellow actress Megan Mullally (Karen on Will and Grace), and author of the book Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamentals for Delicious Living. He even owns a woodshop (of course he does!) in East Los Angeles called Offerman Woodshop. Between hand-making canoes and making us laugh on screen, somehow Offerman also finds the time to do stand-up gigs here and there and we’re lucky enough to have one in our very own region on Saturday, Oct. 4, when he will perform at UC Davis’ Mondavi Center at 8:30 p.m. “From lessons in manliness, to highspirited sing alongs, to the occasional bout with nudity, his stage performances are inspirational experiences for those lucky enough to attend,” says Mondaviarts.org, which is exactly where you should point your browser to snag tickets to this not-to-be-missed comedy show. Prior to the show, starting at 7 p.m., there will be a free Comedy Take Over hosted by John Ross in the Corin Courtyard.

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If you read our December 2012 cover story on local all-girl jazz/folk/pop group Cave Women, then you already know that this talented group of young women holds a special place in our hearts. “These musicians have an almost magical connection with one another,” wrote James Barone on the group, talking about their 2012 self-titled full-length album. Thankfully Cave Women are back again with a new EP called Second Chances that they are releasing on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The following night, they’ll play a release show at Shine Cafe, located at 1400 E Street in Downtown Sacramento. It’s just $5 for the cover and the show gets going at 8 p.m. If you’re not familiar with this talented crew of multi-instrumentalists, you really should be; and not just because they are an all-girl group (as if it was some sort of attraction or something), but because they are really incredible musicians pulling from a wide range of influences including jazz, world and folk, with pop songwriting structures. Casey Lipka plays the stand-up bass and mbira (a small instrument with origins in Zimbabwe that consists of metal keys that are plucked by hand), Alicyn Yaffee plays guitar, Emily Messick does a little bit of everything (melodica/accordion/ guitar/piano), and Kim Davis plays flute and saxaphone. Maybe the best part is that they all sing beautifully too, whether separately or together in perfect four-part harmonies. Submerge was lucky enough to get a preview of Second Chances, and we can confirm that it is wonderful listening material and it shows the group meshing together even more than on their previous releases. Second Chances is five lush, dreamy tunes that will leave you wondering why the heck these girls aren’t more popular than they are. In time, we’re sure they will be. Until then, we’re happy that Sacramento can keep them as our little secret! Head to Cavewomen.bandcamp.com now to pre-order the EP for only $5 or check out Cavewomenmusic.com for more information.

Prepare your cheek muscles because the 2014 Sacramento Comedy Festival is just around the corner, set to take place from Sept. 12–20 at the Comedy Spot (1050 20th Street, Suite 130), Midtown’s home for all things funny. Started in 2011 by comedian and Comedy Spot owner Brian Crall, Sacramento Comedy Fest hosts improv/sketch comedy groups and dozens of standup comedians from far and wide. Just some of this year’s highlights include a performance from the world-famous Cambridge Footlights, a comedy troupe from England with roots all the way back to the 1970s (their show is Sept. 16 at 8 p.m.); a reunion from The Free Hooch Comedy Troupe, a sketch comedy group that performed locally from 2001 to 2005 (their show is Sept. 13 at 9 p.m.); and the main event, a stand-up comedy competition with over $2,000 in cash prizes that features 40 comedians from around the country battling it out through multi-rounds! For a limited time you can snag all-access passes to Sacramento Comedy Festival for just $45, which allows you entry to any of the approximately 30 shows. Or you can always purchase individual tickets to certain shows, too (they range in price from $5 to $12 per show). If nothing else, mark your calendars for the stand-up comp’s final round on Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. That way you get to see the best of the best bring out their A-game material for a shot at the big bucks! Visit Saccomedyfest.com for a full schedule, ticketing info, performer bios and more.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Baseball for Dummies Baseball feels like it’s been around forever, but did you know that’s not the case? We’ve only been playing baseball for about 175 years! Before that, we used our sticks to crack the skulls of animals and man alike in a clawscraping, 100-percent hustle that we called life in the early industrial era. We have Wilfred Base and his younger brother Franklin Base to thank for creating the game. Their father, Big Frank, a barrel-chested, southern man of ill repute, ran a traveling carnival. The boys saw the carnival as their empire (or “umpire” as they pronounced it) and believed that they were in control of everyone on those grounds and could do as they pleased. Like most things at carnivals, baseball started as a grift. Wilfred’s role was to get the marks, er, customers over to his booth where he’d ask them to hold up their wallets so that he could guess how much money was in it. If he got it right, the mark had to pay Wilfred a nickel; and if he was wrong, the mark got either a box of peanuts, a bag of popcorn or something called a “Crackerjack,” which was basically old peanuts and popcorn with a little melted sugar on top to hide their crustiness. Once the rubes dangled their wallets, purses or sacks of money in the air, Little Frankie would come along with his stick and whack the money out of their hands and into those of another accomplice and fellow carnie, Rutherford Outfield. After the hit, Little Frankie would take off running, and Outfield would deposit the money at one of three bases for him to pick up on his way to home base, where they kept the stash that day. When a mark got out of control, a fourth man, Gilbert Catcher, would pretend to be carnival security and catch everyone. He’d return Little Frankie and Outfield to the booth and explain to the mark that the money had been lost, but that the culprits would be turned over to the sheriff for punishment. Once the mark left, Catcher would let them go. At the end of each day, the four of them would split the money with Big Frank. Having nearly all they could need, the boys liked to spend their share on a new dessert that was sweeping the nation at the time, the “Homerun Pie.” Their insatiable lust for these pies got them into more than a jam or two over

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Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com the years, but eventually they determined that as long as the pulled their scam less than 10 times at each stop (or as the boys would said, “9 innings and then an outing!”), they would be OK. Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for us, the Base boys got greedy while on a stretch in Cooperstown, New York in 1839. The gettins were just too good and they got greedy when they tried to wring a tenth wallet out of young man named Abner Doubleday. A keen observer and fellow grifter, Doubleday had been on to the Base boys’ scam since day one. He’d seen them in action and figured out who all the players were and where the money went and he wanted in. On that fateful day, Abner was ready to show the boys that he knew what was going on. He planned to play a mark only to catch them in the act and show them that he was a skilled trickster as well. What Abner and the Base boys didn’t count on was that the police were also watching the whole event. The cops waited for the shit to go down, but something different happened this time; Abner didn’t lose his wallet. He pulled it back at the last second and pulled the boys to the side. This appeared strange to them so they arrested everyone, as cops are wont to do. While awaiting trial in the tiny jailhouse, the parties agreed that it would be best if they stuck together and made the whole thing appear to be a misunderstanding. The Base Brothers, Big Frank, Rutherford Outfield and Gilbert Catcher all testified that it was all another carnival act. The whole point was to make the audience think they were seeing something exciting like a robbery, even though they weren’t. Abner backed them up and further laid the groundwork for what eventually became known as baseball when he testified that Wilfred made the pitch and Little Frankie batted, while Outfield caught the wallets and threw them to one of three bases for Little Frankie to pick up on his way through. Little Frankie would give the money to Gilbert who would give it back to the customer. They called it Baseball and the judge bought the whole damn thing and so have you for 175 years!

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Issue 170 • September 8 – September 22, 2014

Living in Color

L.A. artist Mary Younakof puts the crayon big box to shame Words Nur Kausar

ary Younakof grew up in Los Angeles, but it took her latest artistic endeavor to see her city beyond what she previously viewed as just another congested metropolis. 343 Dresses: The Chromatic Convergence Project spotlights the random splashes of color camouflaged in L.A.’s concrete jungle. To do this, Younakof spent a year sewing 343 dresses—49 different tones of the seven colors of ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, ivory and violet)—and staking out color-corresponding areas of L.A. to pose in for photos and videos. The point, at first, was to depict the rainbow and L.A. in a new way; but over the last five years, as Younakof’s ideas continue to form around the dresses, the project has become more of a study of human interaction, the effect of color on the mind and much more. “It’s a project that has its own mind,” she says. “I initially had this very strict idea of how it was going to be. I thought, I’m going to make a dress every day and wear a dress every day but I realized that was impossible so I waited a year to make all the dresses first. I tried to direct the project but the project directed me.” She started by researching the historical uses of rainbows in art and this eventually led to research on how people perceive colors.

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“It’s almost like one step led to the next step and I spent almost one year creating the concept,” she says. “It was so big I needed to create a really specific formula for working with it.” Younakof thus decided to use the number seven as the structure for the project because it was the number of colors in ROYGBIV, and because it seemed to naturally occur around her. The 343 dresses she created each have seven pieces to help keep with the theme. “I was really interested in creating a dress that would have shape, form and mass,” she says. “It would be me against the landscape for the most part so I wanted to create form that is a little more sculptural. I thought, how can I use as much fabric as I can that takes up cubic space?” To avoid walking around in a box, Younakof created a very simple but elegant pattern in seven pieces. “It’s very distinctive and sculptural and people identified with it as the project unfolded because it was cohesive with the character I created,” she explains. “There were a lot of factors involved in designing that dress. A lot was driven by cost. I created something with no zippers or buttons. I wanted to do it simply.” The dress became initially like a one-person performance piece. Younakof Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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grew to love wearing each one, because she became a character within her own project and it felt like dressing up every day—but in the same thing. Only the textile changed the concept of the dress. Sometimes satin, other times taffeta or simple cotton. “The textiles changed the mood of the dress,” Younakof says. “It felt different wearing a pink satin dress one day and a pink cotton dress the next.” Younakof found the effects of the colors on other people most interesting. Complete strangers would often approach and tell her how they felt about the color. “To have such a personal experience with it was really a much more powerful thing,” she says. “People migrate toward different colors and talk about them and have color associations and have nostalgia. I was not telling the stories, I was being told the stories.” One of her favorite moments was a brief encounter with someone who simply wanted to identify with her, even without a story. “I remember walking into the market to buy groceries and the doors open, and I walk to the produce and this guy is pointing and waving his hand, and I’m like, who is he talking to? And I realize he is pointing at me. And then I point to me and he points to him and he is wearing an orange sweatshirt and I’m wearing an orange dress and we are 20 feet away from each other and just smile in understanding. Those interactions are the most fun.” Before she started the project, red was Younakof’s favorite color. But after she began 343 Dresses, orange became her favorite because it attracted the most people to her. “People tell me ‘Oh gosh, it reminds me of the orange teddy bear I had’ or their bedroom that was painted orange—there were very specific associations with the color orange,” she says. “But I think of all the colors I wore my favorites to wear were the hot pinks, because you don’t wear hot pink often. But the color orange compelled people to talk to me. The kind of stories that were told were heartfelt stories. I enjoyed wearing colors of pink that I wouldn’t get to wear but I really enjoyed orange because of what it brought to me.” Conversely, she adds, she was horrified to wear some colors, like Shrek green. “I was horrified but then it wasn’t that bad,” she laughs. “People looked at me and then went on their way.” Along with her change in feelings for SubmergeMag.com

colors, Younakof changed her perspective on her home during the first year of wearing her dresses. “It’s made me really focus on how color is integrated into the landscape,” she says. “Typically my experience of the city is you’re always dealing with traffic, trying to get somewhere, so this is looking at the city with a different pair of glasses. What was exciting for me was when I started to identify these colors in buildings while driving, or wherever I was, I noticed a lot of vibrant colors that people used on their buildings to create their place in the city. When you start to look you notice that other cities are not quite as colorful. Los Angeles is such a large metropolis associated with traffic and congestion but my project caused me to slow down and see my city in a microscopic way.” Younakof’s photos and videos taken throughout the last few years do cause a double-take—she did not paint those sides of buildings with bright reds and

“People migrate toward different colors and talk about them and have color associations and have nostalgia. I was not telling the stories, I was being told the stories.” – Mary Younakof blues, or purposely place a gigantic yellow smiley face on a truck in the middle of a parking lot. She made her environment pop—where before, it just blended into the background noise. After her year of dress wearing ended, Younakof installed the pieces, outfits and all, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Shortly after, galleries asked her to “perform” 343 Dresses and she incorporated the public into her project to showcase yet another aspect of how colorful life can be. “Part of the initial concept was doing performances with a large group,” she says. “The first performance was an opera.

I created this space in the Pacific Design Center where the [dress wearers] kind of spin around in space and create these color combinations based on numbers.” Younakof worked with friends to create a composition based on the number seven. A German composer created the final piece and opera tenor Carlos de Antonis sang as members of the public performed around him. Since then, she has also performed in San Diego. “I was invited to do some performances in San Diego so I invited the public to wear the dresses and they chose what colors they wanted to wear,” she says. “It’s interesting to see them create this community around the dresses. There were all ages and all genders. The last performance I had, had more men wearing the dress than ever. It was very exciting.” The Sacramento showing has not yet been fully planned, but Younakof says she is excited to take 343 Dresses somewhere different and see what happens in a different place. “I think when people see it is an L.A.based project and they see it through my eyes, they have said it could be so many places in the world,” she says. “And maybe that’s what happens in its own way, it brings together so many people who could be from anywhere. Just like L.A. is so diverse, it invites a very diverse crowd to come and be part of it. People are very attracted to color and they love seeing color. It was great to see people not knowing which dress to wear.” 343 Dresses started out about the spectrum of color in Younakof’s urban landscape, but as she continues to travel further out, she thinks more ideas will come to light. “The beauty of it has kept inspiring me,” she says. “The ideas continue to come. It’s a project within a project within a project.”

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xquisite Corps’ debut, self-titled album hits like an orchestral tidal wave, then sweeps you up with an unconquerable undertow. I had no idea who they were when I stumbled into a show they played last summer at the now-defunct Luigi’s Fungarden, but by the time the show ended, I was happily overtaken by cello and violin crescendos swirling above the swelling pulse of melodic and melodramatic rock. So when I heard that they had ditched the strings on their sophomore album, Vignettes, I shook my fists at the sky and deplored, “WHY?!” as their symphonic rock quality set them apart in our local live music scene. Then I took a listen and quit tripping. A major departure from their first record, Vignettes has a stripped-down, pounding and sometimes psychedelic pure rock ‘n’ roll sound that is more than welcome to invade my eardrums anytime. It’s more laidback, and could make a great driving or party time soundtrack—whereas Exquisite Corps was intense, passionate and dark. The impressive versatility of Exquisite Corps, coupled with their synchronous, enveloping live performances, makes this band one of my favorites out of Sacramento. I met up with Bryan Valenzuela (vocals/guitar) and Robby Dean (drums/vocals) of Exquisite Corps to talk about their new album and their plans for its release show— taking place at the Witch Room on Saturday, Sept. 20.

For those readers out there that don’t already know, can you give us a brief history of the band? Bryan Valenzuela: We’ve all been in other bands for years, but this band started out as a duo, with a cello and just me singing. We quickly went from that to a quartet with a rotating cast. Then we went from that to a full-blown sextet with a cellist and violinist. And then, sort of pared that down, and are falling back into the rock ‘n’ roll life. I’ve seen you play live before and loved the string element. It was rad having a cellist and violinist. So why did you forego the strings on the new record? BV: So when we put that record out, almost two years ago now, right after that we started touring a lot; and like, you know, you start touring, and certain people aren’t able to go on the road for long, and people start being able to come

and do certain shows but not be able to go for a longer stint, so I think it was just a pragmatic thing. At that point, we started maneuvering the songs we had and writing new songs based on the lineup that we could take on the road. Robby Dean: It kind of just evolved. So are the string sounds on the new record now achieved via the organist? BV: Kind of, a lot of that full sound that you can get from a string section comes from the organ. RD: We still bring the string players to some of the big shows. BV: We’re doing a show for our record release at the Witch Room on Sept. 20, so we’ll have the full strings for that show. But writing a new record, you want to actually represent what you can take to L.A., San Francisco… RD: Yeah, this record is more of what we’ve

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It has this psychedelic, rock sound to it for sure. You’ve also gone with a different recording studio—it was Scott McChane on the first record, and the new one was Ira Skinner, so is there a specific quality in Ira’s work that helped capture the new sound you were going for? BV: It sounds more of like, a live thing. There were only a couple takes on vocals, for example. We went to Ira basically because of how he makes drums sound really good. He’s a drummer, and a great drummer sound engineer. RD: The album still sounds tight because we’ve already been playing these songs for a year on the road, so we just went in there and laid it down. BV: I think that’s just kind of where our tastes evolved to after playing out of town a lot and not having the strings all the time… RD: Yeah, you kind of start carving out how you’re going to approach things. We’re really inspired by people like Beck and Badly Drawn Boy where every album is different and you never know what’s going to come up. BV: The awesome element of Beck is that he’s able to be pretty eclectic—he’s not pigeonholed. RD: We’re always going to be a rock band, with elements of rock ‘n’ roll, but it could go anywhere from more grandiose, to more stripped down, to acoustic, to electric, to psychedelic… BV: Unpredictability is kind of nice.

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How are you guys making a living selling records and touring? BV: We’re super DIY. We sell records out of the back of our cars. Right now, we signed a contract with a licensing company, and that’s a step in really trying to make a living. The licensing company is trying to place our songs in commercials, all that kind of stuff. We have all our stuff up on iTunes, Bandcamp… We definitely sell physical copies. A lot of people still like that. But that’s not necessarily the way the world is going. Are you planning on doing a tour with the release of the new album? BV: We’re still finalizing details, but we are planning on carving a route out down the coast… RD: We’re always playing around California, you know… from San Diego to the Bay, to Nevada City, Sacramento, Chico and coastal towns in-between. Do you have a favorite local venue, these days? BV: We haven’t played Witch Room yet, but it’s really cool. We’re excited to play there. We have a residency every first Thursday of the month at LowBrau, too. We’re not doing it this month because of our release show, but next month, we’re doing it and it’s kind of the TBD kick-off party, it’s the night before the festival starts. The guys that run LowBrau are such good guys. How would you guys describe the sound of the new album? Pistol Pete (a close homie of the band who came along with Valenzuela and Dean to the interview): Cashmere. RD: It’s very silky, but edgy, and empty… BV: Silky smooth… RD: Silky, smooth and badass. Tickets for Witch Room’s Exquisite Corps Vignettes album release party (Sept. 20 at 8 p.m.) are available at Dimple Records in advance for $8, or will be $10 at the door. For more information, visit Facebook.com/excorpsmusic.

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here’s a certain power that comes from a family band. There’s a strength to their presence on stage; the perfectly parallel harmonies and eerily cohesive movement through songs projects a resonant connection that feels nearly palpable to an audience. It can’t be easy to share that much, but it certainly helps the music and has the benefit of being a bond that started forming long before it was a focus. Such is the case for Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson, a Swedish three-piece alt-country group by the name of Baskery. “It’s so hard to find a starting point of the band, because some of the songs that we play up to this day are songs I wrote in high school,” said Sunniva Bondesson, the youngest sister in Baskery. “It’s hard in the sense that you can’t see an end or beginning of things.” The three sisters have been singing together since their childhood and came together first through the group the Slaptones, formed along with their father, drummer Janåke Bondesson. After a few years, Janåke decided it was time to leave the band and that the sisters should find their own focus as musicians without his influence. This led to the formation of Baskery. “We [Slaptones] were pretty successful but we didn’t want to play rockabilly and cover songs, so we started Baskery as a new challenge,” Bondesson said. “We call it our first real band because Slaptones was more of our fun project, we didn’t get that serious. We made two records and it was great fun, but we felt we needed another concept for writing the kind of songs we wanted.”

The name Baskery came about from wanting to acknowledge their roots, which lie in the small village their father is from. The town is nicknamed “Baskeri” in Finnish, but the sisters decided to change the spelling to have a more international sound. The name’s versatility coincidentally reflects the music itself. There’s a sweet melodious harmony factor that lends itself to bluegrass influence, with a more rapid kick that’s reminiscent of punk tempo, plus instrumentation and a sort of group effort that comes from the communal feel of country music. Maybe their hyper breed of sound partly stems from the fact their influences are less music-based and more found through common past experience. “It’s not so much music, it’s more movies, books, stories that you come across in your regular lives,” Bondesson said. “We have the pleasure of sharing lots of influences since we’re sisters. We have the same references because we grew up in the same house at the same time, but it’s not a lot about music. As kids we sang a lot of classical tunes, folk tunes, and our dad played blues and folk and country and rock, so we had all kinds of influences, that’s why it’s so hard to tell. We’re infused with so many different genres.” The idea of working with siblings might make a few people uneasy. Working in groups is hard enough. Luckily, it’s something that comes easily for the Bondesson sisters. They’ve found a way to separate their work from their family dynamic.

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“We’re pretty blessed in that sense that it doesn’t really influence our structure as a band,” Bondesson said. “When we work together we have a different hierarchy, the songs and the music itself is kind of the ruler. I always kind of curve myself under the power of the music. Even if we had had a fight or something it would never show on stage because that something else comes in and takes over. Also how we’re structured

don’t really talk about it, and some days you decided you do more and some less, we don’t really complain a lot about that.” The three sisters have been living together for the last several months in Nashville, coming together in one home for the first time in a decade. A city as musically established as Nashville can be an incredibly hard market to enter, but so far Baskery has received a good amount of intrigue from listeners.

“We have the pleasure of sharing lots of influences since we’re sisters. We have the same references because we grew up in the same house at the same time, but it’s not a lot about music. As kids we sang a lot of classical tunes, folk tunes, and our dad played blues and folk and country and rock, so we had all kinds of influences, that’s why it’s so hard to tell. We’re infused with so many different genres.” – Sunniva Bondesson, Baskery there are certain roles in the family of course and being three sisters, but we don’t have these structures in the band. We have different positions and they happen pretty organically.” As far as the work itself, everyone naturally takes on flexible responsibilities, with an ebb and flow of who is taking a leadership role. The positioning is constantly shifting, from stage presence to songwriting to business logistics. “We try to look at it as a democracy,” Bondesson said. “The work share is happening very naturally, we SubmergeMag.com

“People are kind of overfed with music there,” Bondesson said. “We have the pleasure of being different and we peak out, because we don’t make the traditional country music, or we don’t fit anywhere, so people have already started talking about us.” During this time they’ve been working on new material, working toward releasing a new album here in the United States, touring consistently and playing countless festivals, including the upcoming American River Music Festival. It’s been a blessing for Baskery to help

connect to the North American audience through festival appearances, as well as find a community by crossing paths with other artists performing, and learning from their shows. “Festivals are essential for any band to build their new audience and earn recognition,” Bondesson said. With little sense of the sisters’ true musical beginning and no end in sight, what’s left is the present, which Baskery has devoted to working as one. “That’s something you refine a lot when you have time to really only work with music,” Bondesson said. “We’re on the road two thirds of the year, and we’re constantly together; sometimes we have a little time off too, but mostly we’re on the road, and living together now. It’s definitely making the unit stronger. We have found this common way to express ourselves. I think our sound is more refined than ever. It’s definitely an advantage to do this, and I’d recommend other bands if they can to get more time to live together and get the music, make it a part of everything you do.”

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hese days, mention the name Weezer and you’re bound to hear essentially two types of responses. 1) That they stopped listening to the band after their then-comeback self-titled third album, colloquially known as The Green Album, thereby avoiding the debatably unlistenable albums that followed; or 2) That Weezer is the greatest rock band on Earth, regardless or perhaps because their openness toward experimentation. There is very little even ground. The rub is that after Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson, Brian Bell and Matt Sharp formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, there likely was no real plan other than to set Cuomo’s pitchperfect slacker vocals to heavy rock guitars, like a sort of Beach Boys on steroids or a surf-bleached Kiss. Throughout their career, each of Weezer’s albums has come from inherently disparate headspace (metal, alt-rock, even hip-hop), despite being

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relatively conservative with its sonic loyalties. But backlashes happen, and for a world that wanted Weezer to reign as their nerd-rock kings forever, disappointment was inevitable. No one could have anticipated the band’s penchant for experimentalism after The Blue Album and Pinkerton set the table for modern emo. The band’s upcoming album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End, is being touted as a return to “that” sound for Weezer. That band who stormed out of the gates on the backs of “The Sweater Song,” “Say It Ain’t So” and “Buddy Holly.” That sound that set them apart from most every band performing in the mid-‘90s. And the thing is, they nailed it. Of course, this is a matured, weathered Weezer now, so the exact magic of their former incarnation has merely transmogrified. But the songs are there. Manned by Ric Ocasek—who famously engineered and produced the band’s most well-received, early albums in The Green Album and The Blue Album—Weezer went “back to the shack,” as Everything…’s single relates, to recreate some of the wizardry of their formative years. Back in fighting shape after a hiatus of four years, longtime Weezer bassist Scott Shriner is understandably excited about the new album. In advance of the band’s appearance at Aftershock in Sacramento, Shriner took some time to wax with Submerge about Everything Will Be Alright in the End, set for release Sept. 30. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

Everything Will Be Alright in the End is being touted as a return to “that” sound for Weezer. What to you is “that” sound, and how was it to return to some of those elements that the band became defined by? As you know, we’re working with Ric Ocasek, who’s an absolute legend, a beautiful man and human being. There’s a certain kind of magic when we work with him, and it influences the way we play and the way we interact with each other. We’re just really focused on being the best band we can be right now.

When I have ideas, or if I disagree with a direction we’re going, I put in my two cents, and I really feel like Rivers hears me and really takes into consideration what I’m talking about. He’s really open to different ideas and really encourages us in terms of asking, “What would you do here?” or “What’s missing?” He asks us lyrical questions, “Would you use this word?” It doesn’t feel like I’m giving up any control. Just feels like I’m driving on a really great highway where you kind of get to drive how you want. That’s a weird analogy…

While you were working on the songwriting for So does that chemistry between the band and Ric Everything Will Be Alright in the End, for you was bring out new areas of creativity, or does it allow there a particular song that when it came together you to take greater risks? Or is it more Weezer in the studio or wherever that got you really trying not to take as great of risks musically here? excited about the prospects and the direction of To me, we’re taking the biggest risk we’ve ever the new album? Which one, if so? taken. Ric somehow just keeps it—I don’t know There’s the instrumental group of songs that’s like if I’d say he keeps it honest or that he keeps seven-and-a-half minutes—what’s Rivers calling it “Weezer” or what it is—but the band itself are it? A quasi-instrumental piece? When I heard a the keepers of the Weezer flame and are trying certain group of demos that came together, it was to make it bigger and brighter. Ric is an amazing those songs, and “Cleopatra” cheerleader, and he’s not afraid and “The British Are Coming.” I to say, “You guys are fucking “‘Awesome’ is a thought to myself, “Holy shit, up right now,” or “That’s a pretty wild word. this is going to be amazing!” terrible idea.” It’s not like we Raining frogs would What we had up to that point do everything he says, but be awesome. Three was fantastic and I was really when he says something like million dollars would excited and positive about it, that, we really hear him. I think but when we started working his ability to say something be awesome; a on those songs and started like that makes me also really cheeseburger…isn’t playing them together, it was believe him when he says, gonna be awesome, awesome. I try not to use that “This stuff sounds great,” “That right? But ‘Cleopatra’ word lightly. “Awesome” is was a great idea” or “That was is fucking awesome.” a pretty wild word. Raining a great take.” It’s not someone – Scott Shriner, Weezer, frogs would be awesome. just in there yelling, “Go team!” on the song “Cleopatra” Three million dollars would be even when you drop the ball. from the band’s upcoming awesome; a cheeseburger…isn’t He’ll just have us all do it again gonna be awesome, right? But until we get it right. album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End “Cleopatra” is fucking awesome. How collaborative was the You guys are playing Aftershock in Sacramento. Are songwriting on the new album? I know you, Pat you looking forward to that? It seems like a very and Brian have been given more opportunities to interesting bill of bands, and I’m kind of interested shine on recent albums, but this one sounds like to see even what that kind of disparate crowd will it’s pretty much all Rivers… be like all co-mingling together. On this album, we really wanted Rivers to steer the I know! I’m interested to see what the backstage ship as far as the writing went, and the same thing situation is going to be like. There are some with lead vocals. I got to sing lead vocals on a characters on this bill. I’m just gonna say that I feel song or two in the past, and it was really great for confident that Weezer is in awesome shape right me, and a great chance to grow, musically. Rivers… now. It’s not like I look at big festivals like this as a he’s one of my favorite singers on the planet, so big competition, but I think a bunch of high-quality personally, I’d rather hear him sing over myself bands playing together brings out the best in each any day of the week. other. Like Limp Bizkit, I didn’t really think much about that band until I saw them play at…I think it Well you’ve been in the band now for 13 years, by was Reading Festival we played together. And that far the longest tenured bassist. What have you band is really together and really good live. I like observed the most about changes in the way the playing with them. Wes [Borland] is a sick guitar band goes about the business of making music? player, it’s a really tight rhythm section and Fred One thing I know about Weezer is we do not do [Durst]’s a great frontman. They light people up, things the same way record to record. We come at and I’m looking forward to seeing that. all these different records completely differently. And I will also say that we’re gonna totally I’ve found that it’s best to be flexible and not crush every other band on that bill. get too attached to one particular way of doing it because we’re probably going to do it differently the next time. I like being in a band like that Characters will be welcome at because I get bored really easily and I need to be Aftershock 2014, which takes place challenged constantly. It’s always a growing and Sept. 13 and 14 at Discovery Park in evolutionary kind of process. Sacramento. In addition to Weezer From your standpoint, then, considering your creative contributions to the band, do you just have to let go a little bit of your control… It doesn’t really seem like that. I love Rivers’ songwriting, and it’s a joy to play his songs. SubmergeMag.com

and Limp Bizkit (both play Sept. 13), Rob Zombie, Mastodon, Offspring, Bad Religion and Pennywise will also perform as well as so many notable others. Check out Aftershockconcert. com for the full lineup and ticketing information. Summer ain’t over until you say it’s over. Rock the EFF out!

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Issue 170 • September 8 – September 22, 2014

The Little Farm That Could

Soil Born Farms Grows to Become a Nationally Recognized Food & Farming Resource Center

The tours at the American River Ranch weave visitors through winding paths, where they can interact with 11 distinct points of interest on the farm: from the youth garden to an outdoor classroom, from barns to orchards. The sprawling cornucopia of bright, verdant fruits and vegetables welcomes visitors as they wander the grounds, feeling and smelling the products that may ultimately land on their dinner plates. But it wasn’t always like this. In 2000, Harrison cofounded Soil Born on a 1.5acre plot on Sacramento’s Hurley Way with Marco Franciosa. They were “two young and inexperienced organic farmers who had a dream and lots of ambition,” according to their bio. The Farm on Hurley Way now currently operates as a training ground for Soil Born’s farm apprentices. “It’s come a long way,” Harrison says. “When we first introduced this to the area, when we really got involved about 15 years ago, [we were perceived as] two idealistic young people. It was tolerated as a curiosity, but it has moved from a curiosity to a policy and initiative.” Just down the street from a liquor store, a Valero gas station and one of those inexplicable KFC/A&W hybrids, Soil Born’s American River Ranch isn’t just a run-of-the mill farming operation. The cofounders are interested in the larger discussion about food systems and access to high-quality, nutrient-rich food in an urban setting. “I think both regionally and nationally urban agriculture is going to see a major resurgence,” Harrison says. “When you think about our overall goals of feeding the population, or the trend of more and more people moving to urban environments, both nationally and globally the urban environments are going to have to play a much more dynamic role with respect to the food system.”

And Soil Born is doing its part. With educational programs like “Grow Your Groceries” and “Herbs for Health,” their Community Supported Agriculture memberships, a planned local Food Hub and allowing the public unfettered access (alright, somewhat unfettered access—Rebecca Le in the administration office warned of rattlesnakes and highly recommended staying on the pathways during our tour), Soil Born isn’t just a farm—it’s a nationally recognized, nonprofit center for agriculture education and community-building. Through partnerships, they’ve even fostered the growth of more urban growing sites including small farms and community gardens throughout the county.

Words & photos Lovelle Harris

f you’ve ever been on a farm, you know that it’s a living, breathing organism: It has a rhythm to it, a heartbeat. Every day, the fertile soil gives birth to fruits and vegetables; water flows through the rows of plots like blood through a beating heart; and over the din of chickens, cows and pigs, the groan of the engine of a harvester can be heard as it plucks the next generation of crops from the earth. That was the scene as Submerge recently took a self-guided tour of Soil Born Farms’ Urban Agriculture and Education Project location in Rancho Cordova, the 55-acre farm along the American River that boasts free-range chickens and other livestock, in addition to a wellspring of luscious fruits and vegetables. The farm is buzzing with activity—literally, a section of the farm is dedicated to pollinators. But the bees

aren’t the only buzzing going on at the farm. With Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork celebration on the horizon (Sept. 13 to 28), those tending to the farm are preparing for an onslaught of activities on and off the ranch. Their 12th annual fundraiser, the Autumn Equinox Celebration, appropriately falls smack-dab in the middle of the festivities. “This is a super busy month,” says cofounder Shawn Harrison. “We’ve got community activities at the farms, we’re participating in panels. We’ve got two huge events coming up— our Autumn Equinox dinner on Sept. 20, which is one of the best food events in Sacramento, [and] we’ve got a partner event, Foodstock out on Raley Field on the 14th. Then we have a bunch of volunteer things lined up at the farm itself where folks can take classes and tours.”

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“One of the things we’re working on right now is this idea of the community farm,” Harrison explains. “We think that every neighborhood should have some kind of farm element—it could be a school garden, it could be a community garden…These types of places in the community [not only] have a really profound ability to connect people, but to take more meaningful, direct actions with respect to food.” This idea of community is what inspired another program at the farm, Harvest Sacramento, which places its focus on what they call an “edible city” vision for the city. “Harvest Sacramento is a bigger, edible city vision; starting from this really obvious place of existing sources—all the fruit, all the nuts, all the things in our yards that are going underutilized,” explains Dominic Allamano, Harvest Sacramento coordinator at Soil Born. “Much of it winding up in landfills, some of it gets to become compost, a small portion gets to be consumed by people.” The folks at Soil Born believe that true vision of the farm-to-fork initiative isn’t just about those who can afford to shop at Whole Foods or have access to the many farmers markets in the area—it’s a way to bridge the gap between quality, nutrient-rich food and hungry bellies. “For the last six years, we’ve organized community harvest events to harvest fruit from back yards and donate it to local food banks— SubmergeMag.com

Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services is our major partner, but ideally we try to get food to the closest sources from the neighborhoods it comes into,” Allamano says proudly. Food these days can be downright terrifying: The ice cream sandwich that never melts. The McDonald’s Happy Meal that never spoils. The “flavor enhancer” procured from beaver secretions. This is the current landscape of food in America—and it isn’t very appetizing. As consumers trudge through the murkiness of GMOs, rBSTs and other unsavory elements that have taken up residence in our foodstuffs, it’s nice to know that Harrison and his fledgling army of urban farmers are making Sacramento a safer place to eat.

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U.S. Premiere of this spellbinding choreographer’s revision of The Rite of Spring. Join Soil Born Farms for its 12 th Annual Fundraiser Autumn Equinox Celebration on Sept. 20. The event runs from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature music from Mind X Quartet and Cousin Jimbo and Friends. Patrons will also be able to sample offerings from local restauranteurs as well as regional breweries and wineries. Tickets are $60 and can be purchased from Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op (1900 Alhambra Boulevard) or through Soilborn.org. Proceeds benefit Soil Born Farms 501(c)(3).

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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. Harlow’s Melissa Corona of Midnight Players, 5:30 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Rated R, DJ Epik, 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. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m. Shine Classical Revolution hosted by Liz Barton, 7:30 p.m.

9.09 Tuesday

Assembly Mother Falcon, Ken Wakan, 7 p.m. The Blue Lamp Tha Native, Mr. P Chill, Rezloyal, Lumis, Brutha Smith, Izreal, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Direct Hit, Bombpops, Moans, Bastards of Young, 8 p.m. The Colony Violent Affair, Dead Weight, Get Out, Final Decay, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Pressure Lounge, Billy Manzik, 9:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 9 p.m. LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays w/ Jonathan Reyes of DLRN (All Vinyl DJ Set), 9 p.m. Marilyn’s The Greatest Stories Ever Told, 9 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. Shine Open Jazz Jam hosted by Jason Galbraith, 8 p.m. Third Space Stephen Steinbrink, Ever Ending Kicks, ALAK, Proper Subjects, 8 p.m. Torch Club Bill Mylar, 5:30 p.m.; Debut Tuesdays w/ Funktopus, 8 p.m .

9.10 Wednesday

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar The Old Screen Door, 9:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Northern Soul!, 8 p.m. Kupros Craft House Strings w/ Ross Hammond, 7 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Irish/Celtic Music Nite hosted by The Glens of Smow of Sambandha, 7 p.m. Marilyn’s Bump Day feat. Rubbidy Buppidy, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub The Pikeys, Teenage Brain, 30 Pack of Stones, 8 p.m. Press Club Revolver (Rage Against the Machine tribute), Tell the Wolves, Infinite Vastness, 8 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Keri Carr Band, 9 p.m.

9.11 thursday

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp Funktion w/ DJ’s Step Rock & B. Vega, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Thumpa & The Bunch, Low Card, July Love, New Fang, Death N Taxes, Pseudosilence, 7 p.m. Cafe Colonial Forum Walters, The Harbor, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts Deva Premal & Miten with Manose, 7:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre The Return of the Dramatics, Greg Rose, Terrance J, 6 p.m. District 30 Tripz, Bphree, Jason Davis, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m. Goldfield Live Country Band Karaoke, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Black Nature Band, 7 p.m. Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Marilyn’s Wolfgang Vega, The Sad Juices, The Iron Hearts, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides 10th Street Sessions, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub BlackWater, 10 p.m. Press Club Kevin Seconds, Jason Welt, Dead Frets, Divided Heaven, 8 p.m. Sol Collective Dre-T (EP Release), 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen They’re Heading West, Ghost Town Jenny, 9:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge #FILTH, 9 p.m. The Stoney Inn Georgia Rain, 9 p.m. Third Space Geist & the Sacred Ensemble, Vasas, Quarts Thrust, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Dad’s LPs, 9 p.m.

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Assembly Dirt Nasty, Richard The Rockstar, Kurt Hustle & Benjo Beats, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Soul Shine Band, 9:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp Return of Red I w/ DJs Wokstar, Redlocks, Tes T, Papa Wheelie, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Lost Generation, EDM Night, DJ Lucid Absynph, Voodoo Tribe, DJ Tripp, 7 p.m. Cafe Colonial Secretions, Dwight Dickinson, Erik Anarchy, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. continued on page 26

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The Blue Lamp Record Club Presents: 1 Year Anniversary Party w/ This Charming Band, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Dey-emvy, Terlogia, Mr. Thoughts feat. As Is, JE TheWheelMan x E dubb, E-Dub, Mizzle, Dave & Quin, Most Hated, M Theory, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Dennis DeYoung, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Rebel Radio (CD Release), Absent Minds, Last In Line, Eye the Realist, The O’Mulligans, The Community, Travis Dammann, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Vasas, Teach Me Equals, Red Rumsey, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse Bonanza King (Album Release), Wyatt Hesemeyer, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Craig Anthony, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Auto Replay, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Nathan Owens Band, 10 p.m. Sacramento Bike Kitchen Whiskey and Stitches, Panda Bear Fight, Drive Thru Mystics, 7 p.m. Shine Amadeus Joplin, 8 p.m.

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

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Wild Ones, Contra, Genius, 9:30 p.m.

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Harlow’s Midnight Players, 9 p.m. Henningsen-Lotus Park American River Music Festival feat. Whitewater Ramble, Tommy Malone of the Subdudes, Laura Love and Big Bad Gina, The Parson Red Heads, Rebecca Loebe Trio, 11 a.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Nagual, 9:30 p.m.

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9.15 Monday

Assembly The Real Mckenzies, A. Tom Collins, Whiskey and Stitches, 7 p.m. 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. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Billy Lane, DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Marilyn’s Lady Justice, 9 p.m . Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Band of Heathens, 9:30 p.m.

9.16 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Il Sogno Del Marinaio (with Mike Watt), Lite, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Bucketflush, Magikool Doods, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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9.20 Saturday

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Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Steel Breeze, 10 p.m. Shine Black Majik Acid, The Orange Scene, Calling Tempo, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Pree, Soft Swells, Robin Bacior, 9:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Attik Door, Fair Struggle, I Am Strikes, Stationary, Verbatim Dance, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Beer Dawgs Reunion Show, Mr. December, 3 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Sublime with Rome, 7 p.m. Toby Keith’s Rob Staley Band, 9 p.m. Torch Club Johnny Knox, 5:30 p.m.; KB & the Slingtones, Kay Marie, 9 p.m. Witch Room Exquisite Corps (Album Release), DJ Roger Carpio, 8 p.m.

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9.22 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. Harlow’s Mike Love, Massive Delicious, 7 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Oasis, DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m. Third Space Dick Diver, Michael O, G. Green, 7 p.m. Witch Room Cobalt Cranes, 8 p.m.

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Cesar Chavez Plaza 102.5 KSFM’s Tamales Festival 2014, Sept. 14, 11 a.m. Sacramento Burger Battle, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Congregation Beth Shalom 37th Annual Jewish Food Faire, Sept. 14, 9 a.m. Crocker Art Museum African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, through Sept. 21 ArtMix: Crocker-Con feat. Artists from DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse Comics, Nerd-core DJ Sets by the Sleeprockers, Vendors and More, Sept. 11, 5 p.m. Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, Sept. 21 - Jan. 11 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m. Fremont Park Movie in Fremont Park: The Lego Movie, Sept. 19, 6 p.m. Goldfield Free Line Dance Lessons w/ Sarah Stokes, Tuesday’s, 8:30 p.m. Beer Pong Tournament, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Holy Virgin Mary Church 10th Annual Mediterranean Food Tagline and Music Festival, Sept. 13 - 14 Laughs Unlimited The Big Showstopper Spoken Word Poetry Competition, Sept. 11, 8 p.m. Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Controlled Color Chaos by Marcus Dubray, through Sept. 30 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. The Plum Cafe Trivia Night, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m. Raley Field FoodStock, Sept. 14, 4 p.m. Revolution Wines New Wine Release Party, Sept. 13, 11:30 a.m. Sacramento State: University Union El Grito: Celebration of Mexican Independence Day, Sept. 16, 12 p.m. Shine Red Alice’s Poetry Emporium hosted by Bill Gainer, Sept. 10, 8 p.m. Sleep Train Arena Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Presents: Legends, Sept. 12 - 15 Southside Park Food Literacy Fair, Sept. 14, 9 a.m. Verge Center for the Arts Sac Open Studios 2014 Launch Party, Sept. 11, 6 p.m. 343 Dresses: The Chromatic Convergence Project by Mary Younakof, opening Sept. 11, 6 p.m.

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The grindhouse The Sands of Time Boyhood Rated R Words Jacob Sprecher I’ve seen a lot of movies. Once, in the wee hours of a weeknight, I spent a solid hour watching The Coca-Cola Kid, starring Eric Roberts as “a whiz-kid troubleshooter in a remote Australian region where a local eccentric is the soft-drink king.” But I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything quite like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Wow, that’s a bold statement (I say to myself). Though as far as I can recall, I really never have seen a fictional film chronicle the fictional life of an actual child through the actual lens of time. Which is what Linklater has created by creating the lives of Mason and Samantha Evans. And yet on the surface I’m both overand underwhelmed. Does that mean I’m too real? Or that Linklater (of Slacker fame) is less than authentic? I’m not really sure. The reality is that Boyhood was filmed over a period of 12 years between the lead actor (Ellar Coltrane) and actress (Lorelei Linklater) aging from 5 to 18. It’s like some sort of Truman Show being played out before your very eyes, only they’re in on it. Coltrane, whom the focus is squarely upon, leads the life of any average Texan boy between 2002 and 2013; along the way he endures the confusion of changing schools, the terrors of an alcoholic step-father, the joys of smokeouts and makeouts. He is surrounded by family: A strong single

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mother (the ever-radiant Patricia Arquette) with a broken man-picker, and a oncehapless pop turned responsible secondchance dad (Ethan Hawke). Life’s intimate and formative moments are played up throughout Boyhood, most of which are identifiable. From your first look at a nudey magazine to the constant insecurity of high school dating, Linklater finds a way to show the audience slices of life that beg the utterance of, “Oh God, I remember that.” At times, his portrayal of child- and young adulthood almost feels hammy; you can’t be sure if this is how it really felt, or if you’re instead watching a semi-familiar life story shown through the rose-colored glasses of The Wonder Years. At which point you ask yourself whether Linklater has truly achieved something bold and original, or rather re-chartered territory that would be otherwise redundant if not for Mason Jr. and Samantha’s natural progression in age, because the internal and external voice of the film is one of sentimentality. The aim is to project experiences that we’ve all had while stimulating our minds with the realness of time; and in all fairness, Boyhood most certainly achieves that much. But at the same time, this movie is two hours and 45 minutes long. There comes a point where the minutia of Mason’s late teens are somewhat superfluous, not to mention Coltrane’s seeming regression as an actor as he grows older. Or was it just that I didn’t particularly care for the teenager he

became? That’s always a legitimate question: Was this character poorly acted, or was it simply portrayed too well as a person I didn’t really like? Which isn’t to say that 17-year-old Mason Jr. is lamentable, but rather that I prefer his defiant 10-year-old self to the I’mso-misunderstood teen he eventually becomes. In some ways it isn’t altogether fair to focus solely on Mason Jr.—Patricia Arquette really does stand out with brilliant performance. Aside from still possessing a beauty that literally jumps out of the screen (be it scenes shot in ‘02 or ‘13), she’s got all the chops and more to showcase a loving, yet flawed mother perpetually struggling with the challenges of single motherhood. In some ways, Arquette is the star of the film, as the characters of both Coltrane and Lorelei are entirely centered around their interaction with mama bear. And moreover, her effectiveness as an actress is in no way whatsoever based upon her 12 years of aging—she’s just that good. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to see Arquette nominated for an Academy Award come Oscar season. Despite my various misgivings and overly sentimental quandaries, Boyhood on the whole is a smash. Where it oversteps in duration, it resoundingly succeeds in general soul, even when staggering within the limitations of sap. This is a film you’ll be reminded of in the months ahead, and, perhaps for Linklater, his best chance at long-overdue national recognition.

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that suited the ‘90s-seasoned crowd. While watching the few people scattered in the audience bob their heads to keys and wails while awkwardly trying to dodge the plastic chairs that were atrociously placed in what should have been the pit, it was clear that Death Grips may have dodged a bullet. After the opening, Cornell approached the stage, getting right into Soundgarden tunes that span their 20-year legacy. After all these years, Cornell’s still got it. Soundgarden’s set started with “Searching With My Good Eye Closed” from 1991’s Badmotorfinger, and soon segued into “Black Hole Sun,” heralding the 20 th year anniversary of the 1994 alternative staple Superunknown. The performance offered part classic grunge, part classic rock on steroids. Lastly, Trent Reznor embraced the stage with his intriguing bottoms that were either a man skirt or a pair of extremely saggy-butted pants. No matter; he led his Nine Inch Nails through a perfect set of eclectic noise that shows why he has been an innovator in the music industry for decades. The set started with “A Copy of A,” a song from their newest album, Hesitation Marks. Then, without missing a beat, they

delved into beloveds from The Downward Spiral. The naughty classic “Closer” made the air a little mistier with its blatant sexual demands, while Reznor’s silhouetted face bobbed in and out of a red screen as if he was the devil presenting himself. Following were the thrashers “March of the Pigs” and Broken’s “Wish,” in which drummer Ilan Rubin absolutely shined. The set perfectly spanned the moody and complex music of Reznor’s career. The songs would go from a dizzying mess to a clearer layout that perfectly paired synths with masterfully played drums, snarling guitars and hints of piano that show Reznor’s background as a classically trained pianist. Nine Inch Nails always puts on an amazing show, and this was no different. The show was tight and clean and without flaws. So much so, that it made me almost wish for a bit of spontaneity. It was so well-practiced and laid out, its predictability left me wanting a hint of that ‘90s NIN that would punch each other in the face and cake mud on their bodies... then again, that was called drug use, and Reznor has since swapped that for lifting weights, clearly.

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Issue 170 • September 8 – September 22, 2014

So, I tried yoga for the first time last weekend. The night before, I’d been at my favorite bar with my friend and girlfriend, and they were extolling to me the virtues of this ancient physical/spiritual/mental practice. You see, I’m very impressionable, especially when I’ve been drinking, and it sounded like a great idea. I haven’t been feeling all that well lately. Nothing bad, mind you, just sore and stiff and out of shape. I have a very stressful job that takes up way too much of my time and energy. Really, I thought yoga would be the easiest way to go: I could exercise AND relax at the same time, get my mind right while I worked out my body. That’s multi-tasking, dude. My girlfriend had been trying to get me to do yoga with her for weeks. We’d tried a few times, but were never able to coordinate our vastly different schedules with that of the yoga studio we wanted to check out. In truth, I wasn’t too upset about this. I’d rather spend what free time I have going to restaurants or bars or just lounging around the house playing video games. I mean, I like to be active or whatever, I guess, but honestly I was scared shitless to try yoga. I’ve seen how bendy you have to get, and I have a hard enough time bending down to tie my shoes. If I’m going to humiliate myself in public, I’d rather do it wailing out “Teenage Dirtbag” at karaoke. It’s a real crowd-pleaser, and I’m usually so sauced when I sing it, I barely notice that people are laughing at me and not with me. But there I was at my favorite bar, two Guinnesses and a couple of Jameson on the rocks in, and as we were getting ready to leave, the bartender, whom we’d been chatting with all night, said to the three of us, “Hey, do you want me to buy you a shot before you go?” And of course we said yes, and as I slapped my empty shot glass down on the bar top, I said to my girlfriend, “Yeah, let’s do yoga tomorrow.” When I woke up the next morning, I remembered my promise. Unfortunately, so did she. We opted to go to the “gentle” yoga class offered at a studio near our house. It was gentle, right? What could go wrong? I’d been warned that I’d hate it my first time. That didn’t really get me excited to give

it a go, but I figured, like any kind of exercise, it was going to suck starting out, especially since I’ve been more or less inert the past year or so. Still, in the back of my mind, I couldn’t help but scoff. I mean, like, it’s just posing and stretching or whatever. It’s not like I’d be trying to bench press a pachyderm. When we got there, a kindly woman quite a bit older than me greeted us. She had a very relaxed demeanor and a calming voice. As it turned out, she was our instructor. My scoffing seemed justified. After all, if she could do it… So there I was. On a mat. Barefoot in public, which always weirds me out, and sitting crosslegged as that yoga-y music played softly in the background. The studio smelled nice. I started to feel at peace. You know, I didn’t even mind being barefoot…in public. Then we started posing and whatever sense of peace I was feeling was quickly shattered. If I had the money to hire a lawyer, I probably could have sued the studio for false advertising. “Gentle” seemed to be a total misnomer. The instructor urged the class to focus on “the breath,” but I had a difficult time focusing on anything as I huffed and strained and did my best to contort my flab into the positions our matronly looking instructor was able to fold herself into with ease. At one point, we sat with the soles of our (bare) feet touching and were instructed to stretch our arms straight out, clasp our hands together, entwine our fingers and extend our index fingers. We were then told to focus on the point our index fingers had made and bend forward and hold and focus some more and breathe. The last bit was the most difficult part. “Feel the electricity flow through your fingers,” the instructor said. If by electricity she meant “searing pain,” then I definitely felt it, but it wasn’t just flowing through my fingers. When we got to the part where you rest and reflect or whatever, the teacher said to take stock of how our bodies felt. Admittedly, I felt awful, but I was kind of stoked that I made it through, and I didn’t even complain. I mean, not audibly. The good thing about having a column is you can complain all you want without making a bunch of noise. That’s a much more holistic way to go about things. Give it a try sometime. Namaste.

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