Submerge Magazine: Issue 138

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas

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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 Paper Pistols by Phill mamula

dive in LIVING Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Around this time of year the streets of Sacramento are full of people sporting their graduation caps and gowns. I can’t help but be reminded of one of my favorite times in life, college. I miss the days of sitting in a classrooms, learning about random subjects and expanding my mind.

Every spring I get a little sadder because I start to think about all the classes or subjects that I took in college and how they’re all becoming such distant memories. With that being said, certain lectures, books and teachers still resonate my thoughts to this very day.

Beyond my major, Communication Arts/Graphic Design, I ended up being fascinated with philosophy. I distinctly remember one class where my philosophy professor got on to the subject of “what it means to have and live a fulfilling life.”

While some of what he said was hilariously out there, such as anyone who would wear a polyester jumpsuit are the lowest life-forms on our planet, he more importantly made me think about different philosophies out in the world that I would have never thought of before such as utilitarianism, consequentialism and nihilism, to name a few.

According to a book my professor made the class read, there was a list of topics stating how to go about living a fulfilling life.

Briefly, some of the things that stood out to me were academics and the importance of always wanting to continue education in all aspects of life. A key element was the importance of arts and culture, such as music, theater, paintings, etc. Indulging in and educating yourself about finer quality foods, wines and really just expanding your senses. Also if I remember correctly, somewhere in the book there was also a chapter about spirituality. I think it’s easy to see how those subjects could help you achieve a more fulfilled life. On the regular, I can’t help but think those topics sure do seem to resonate through the pages of every issue of Submerge as well.

Do you enjoy learning new things and expanding your mind?

Reading helps you do that. Submerge is free knowledge and mental stimulation. Do you enjoy the arts? Well, every issue of Submerge is dedicated to local and national talent (whether it be music, art, film or comedy). Read often; your brain will thank you.

You cannot argue that arts and entertainment improve the quality of one’s life. For instance, in the upcoming weeks, I’d highly suggest seeing Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In) new band ZAVALAZ at Ace of Spades on June 22 and/or Sacramento’s very own Paper Pistols at their album release show at Assembly on June 14. But by all means, be sure to enlighten yourself on them first. Our Cedric Bixler-Zavala interview starts on page 24 and our feature on Paper Pistols starts on page 14. If you want to get caught up on some foreign films, particularly French films, on page 22 we highlight five must-watch movies that you can see at the Sacramento French Film Festival this year.

Do you treat yourself to delicious foods and drinks? In every issue of Submerge we feature some sort of food, restaurant or beverage review. In this issue, on page 16, you’ll find our feature on INK Eats and Drinks. It’s one of my favorite places to eat, especially late at night. Congrats on turning 10 years old, INK! I highly suggest indulging in their sliders, French fries and peanut sauce, or if you’re more of a brunch type of person, their build your own bloody Mary bar is impressive.

Now as far as spirituality goes, well, to each his own. I’m all for people creating their own definition of spirituality. Mine, as of late, takes form in Mother Nature. I’m in love with hiking and kayaking this year, not to sound too hippie-dippy, but every time I do these sort of outdoor activities, I achieve an unbelievable sense of inner-peace.

On occasion, when the timing is right, we have stories in Submerge that focus on that sort of outdoorsy lifestyle. In this current issue we have a feature on the documentary film Mile, Mile and A Half where a group of friends embark on an epic journey along the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range for 25 days. These friends, artists and filmmakers are screening their movie in Sacramento on June 15 at the Guild Theater. Be sure to check out our interview with the creators of the film starting on page 20. Maybe it will inspire you to challenge yourself or to just enjoy what nature has to offer practically in our backyard.

I like to think of Submerge as a tool that points out amazing things happening in our community and I hope that every single person that picks up a copy takes away some knowledge they didn’t have before.

Reading + Learning + Getting out and doing something = Living.

Enjoy issue #138, Melissa-Dubs Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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Send regional news tips to info@submergemag.com Being a huge advocate of Sacramento artists and musicians, I often find myself supporting local bands even if they play a style of music that I wouldn’t normally gravitate toward. Prime example: Fate Under Fire, a radio-ready pop-rock group who is on the cusp of making big things happen. Now, I don’t normally listen to bands like Maroon 5 or The Fray, two groups that come to mind when listening to Fate Under Fire, but I really love the local guys’ new EP What Dreams Are Made Of. It’s six sparkling tracks of feel-good pop-rock and if that’s all the band had going for them, it would be enough for me to root for them in their endeavors.

But what is deeper than all the catchy melodies and memorable hooks is that Fate Under Fire is a band that has a very serious and important message, and it’s no gimmick, either.

When lead singer and group founder David James’ mother, who single-handedly raised him as her only child, passed away from ovarian cancer five years ago, something understandably changed inside him. “For the first few years of Fate Under Fire, I didn’t even mention this because it was impossible to talk about it without breaking down,” James told Submerge, “And I didn’t want people to think I was using it for attention.”

James spent hundreds of hours researching alternative cancer therapies and finding people who are beating cancer, so much so that he says, “I could really write a book on it all at this point.” It eventually became such a huge part of him that it naturally found it’s way into his art as well. “As much as I tried not to integrate my story and findings into my music, I realized it’s truly a part of me and I can’t not say anything anymore.”

Now, at every show, James asks the audience if anyone has cancer or knows someone close to them with it. “The hands fly up,” he says. “Too many people are dying of cancer every day and that doesn’t have to happen, there are cures for cancer that work. I want America’s paradigm toward it to change, and I can already see it happening,” James says. He even personally engages with people when given the chance. “I tell people to

come talk to me personally after we’re done playing so I can give them the resources I have found.” One of the organizations that the band supports is called People Against Cancer, whose website (Peopleagainstcancer.org) states, “We feel it is important to understand all options from conventional cancer treatment to alternative cancer treatment, to new and innovative forms of cancer treatment in order for people to make truly informed decisions.” Other non-profits that the band supports, according to their Facebook page (Facebook.com/FateUnderFire), are Juice for the Cure, Compassion International, Lifewater International and others.

Having an underlying message and the burning desire to spread the word about cancer research and alternative medicines is what keeps the group going. “It makes playing music that much more meaningful,” James says.

“Especially if it can save just one life.”

Their message soon may reach a much wider audience, as Fate Under Fire has recently started working with ZOOmania Music, a Los Angeles-based boutique music publishing house whose clients have had their tunes heard in everything from Modern Family episodes to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. “I am hoping this deal can land some FUF music in some TV shows, major motion pictures and potentially a good record deal,” says James.

Fate Under Fire will celebrate the release of What Dreams Are Made Of, which was recorded at James’ home studio in Antelope and then mixed by Eric Robinson (Pink, Sia, Matt Nathanson) and mastered by Eric Boulanger (One Republic. Plain White T’s, Colbie Caillat), on Saturday, June 22. The EP release show will take place at the Wells Fargo Historic Center, located at 1011 10th Street in downtown Sacramento. Doors open at 7 p.m., the cover is $10 and all ages are welcome. Ten percent of the proceeds will go toward People Against Cancer. Sharing the bill will be Josh Falcón (formerly of Method Echo) and Ben Woodward.

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Your Senses Words Steph Rodriguez

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Two days of maximum rock ‘n’ roll for Old Ironsides’ 79th Anniversary • June 14 & 15

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Super heroes storm Capitol Mall • June 16 The Super Heroes 5K Run starts bright and early on Sunday, June 16 at 8 a.m. (same day as Father’s Day, don’t forget). At each mile marker, scenes will be set up from a variety of comic books complete with properly themed super hero music to pump up participating runners. This is an all-ages event with tickets for kids starting at $20 and adults ranging up to $65. At the finish line, prizes and awards are handed over to the best superhero costumes and to those lightning speed finishers who were faster than The Flash himself. The festivities kick off at the north side of Capitol Mall between 8th and 9th streets. The race continues throughout the lush cityscape of the downtown area and wraps around Capitol Park twice. For more information, stop by Superheroes5k.com.

Bands like Ol’ Cotton Dreary, 50 Watt Heavy, Drive Thru Mystics, Whiskey and Stitches, Drop Dead Red and dozens more will ring in a weekend of rock ‘n’ roll celebrating the 79th anniversary of Old Ironsides (1901 10th Street). The music performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with 14 bands performing the first night on Friday, June 14, hosted by Moe Better Man, and the following evening, hosted by Jerry Perry, kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Both evenings include a variety of food trucks and raffle prizes, plus tickets are only $10. Or, shell out five more bucks for the two-day wristband, which is a one-of-a-kind, anniversary collectible. Go on, be the cool kid and celebrate with music and familiar faces at one of Sacramento’s oldest bars and music venues.

Visit Theoldironsides.com for more information.

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Lace up at the Fourth Annual Red Shoe Crawl • June 23

Walk the streets of Midtown and downtown in those red sneakers or pumps to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern California, an organization that aims to provide confidence-building experiences benefitting the lives of children with special needs. The fourth annual Red Shoe Crawl begins Sunday, June 23 with registration starting at 1 p.m. at The Citizen Hotel (926 J Street). All funds from the event help the Sacramento Ronald McDonald House and Camp Ronald McDonald at Eagle Lake. All participants will receive event information and begin the crawl by sampling tasty eats from dozens of restaurants, including Bombay Bar and Grill, Three Fires Lounge, and even food trucks such as Drewskies and Mama Kim’s To-Go. All eateries involved will serve up a variety of bites from farm-to-table options, Mexican cuisine and even sandwiches. Come ready to eat and be sure to visit at least five participating restaurants from the three different zones set up throughout town to qualify to win a pair of tickets anywhere with Southwest Airlines. Complimentary shuttle services will also be located between The Citizen Hotel and Pieces Pizza. After bellies are full, head on over to the after party at Mulvaney’s B & L (1215 19th Street) where live music provided by Emperors Jazz Combo in the Great Room and guitarist Mac Russ entertaining patrons in the Courtyard keep the good times rollin’.

Visit Rmhcnc.org for more information and to purchase tickets ranging from $60 in advance and $75 the day of.

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King of Feasts Wine and Food Luau • June 22 Eat, drink and hula with the animals on Saturday, June 22 at the Sacramento Zoo (3930 West Land Park Drive). The zoo will shut down early at 1:30 p.m., so plan day trips accordingly for this adult-only evening kicking off at 6 p.m. The King of Feasts Wine and Food Luau promises myriad foodfriendly festivities with live entertainment, Polynesian dancers, local celebs and even a silent auction to benefit the zoo. Dozens of restaurants and bakeries, California wines, beers and spirits will all be present amid the animal kingdom nestled away in Land Park. Choose treats from Cupcake Craving or indulge in an appetizer-sized snack from Red Rabbit Kitchen and Bar, then top off the night with a tall glass of wine from Bogle Vineyards or sip on locally brewed choices from Hoppy Brewing Company. Purchase tickets to this evening affair, ranging from $45 to $60 by visiting Saczoo.org or simply trek down to the zoo.

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I’ve held a lot of different jobs over the years; some were great and some, not so much, but most had at least one thing in common: I worked there to get paid. I’ve held exactly two jobs where this was not the case. If you are reading this, then you already aware of one of these most excellent adventures, writing this here column/blog thingy. While writing for Submerge has been a blast, it’s not my favorite job of all time.

The best job I ever had was in college, and it paid minimum wage plus an extra $20 per week in tips. During the week, between classes, I worked as a chef—nay a crêpier—for about two years. A few of my friends already worked there and got me the job. The crêpe shop was a pretty small operation, so I did a little bit of everything.

I made crêpe batter and chopped vegetables in the morning, spun crêpes and took orders during the day, and I cleaned up at night.

I hated the cleaning the most, but because my friends were slobs, I did it most often.

Anyone who’s ever had to clean a restaurant kitchen knows that two tasks suck the most: cleaning the floor mats and washing the dishes.

Cooks drop and spill a lot of shit throughout a day and grind it into the mats. When you combine smashed vegetables, melted cheese and spilt crêpe batter with a porous rubber mat, you basically have yourself a recipe for disaster.

As for washing the dishes, it only takes one shot of curry sauce sprayed out of a soup ladle into your eye or down your shirt to loathe the task forever.

Right now you are probably thinking that this job sounds pretty shitty, and you might be right if that was all there was to it, but there’s more. The owner of the crêperie was a Frenchman who had moved to the States in the ‘60s and now resided in a town called, appropriately enough, Cool. The first time I met him, we were having a store meeting at my friend’s house and he smoked us out before we got down to business. He was also fond of using brandy as a remedy for tooth pain, and he would sip on a bottle while he delivered us supplies.

The owner wasn’t alone in his substance abuse. My manager did coke pretty regularly and half the people that worked there took nitrous hits off the whipped cream cans while hiding in the back. We called it gnarfing. Hangovers and hair-of-the-dog-like remedies were commonplace.

When work was slow we took turns smoking weed around campus or making “Ghetto Mimosas” (see recipe at the end) from the drank we had on hand. With all that madness going on, it was surprising that we got any work done at

all. Somehow we managed, but it’s safe to say that expectations were low.

Oddly enough, with low expectations came great rewards, mostly in the form of free food.

The policy on eating our own product was pretty lax. I think we sold about 15 different crêpes, which meant we had a lot of different ingredients on hand, so I really explored my options. My favorite crêpe had all four cheeses, bacon, ham, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, avocado, parsley, onions, pesto and sour cream and it probably would have cost me $30 bucks if I were a paying customer. It was gluttony at its finest. I ate so many crêpes over the course of those two years that I had no desire to have another until I went to Paris five years later, and that was more out of obligation than anything.

When we weren’t eating, drinking or getting high, we were interacting with the customers.

One of my favorite things about this job was that we took a different approach to the public.

At our crêpe shop, the customer was right if we liked you, but wrong otherwise, and the man at the register decided your fate.

We worked in a cafeteria-type environment, and we took names to call out orders when ready. We made up nicknames for our regulars, and that’s what usually ended up on the ticket.

We had gibberish code words, like “nerps,” to alert our coworkers of different features of the customers. It was up to the caller at the end of the line to decipher the message and get the plate to the right person. Results were mixed and often hilarious.

There was work to do, but it didn’t feel like we were working. It didn’t matter that my paycheck every two weeks was only $300. I was surrounded by friends in various states of intoxication, good food, drink, random and often quirky strangers. It was like a real life version of the movie Clerks, and it was the greatest job I ever had.

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Maxi-length skirts and dresses have been a trend for some time. Most highly coveted by the Olsen twins, maxis have had a huge impact on the runways of iconic American brands including DKNY, Ralph Lauren and Rachel Zoe. This floor-length silhouette is no longer reserved just for hippies and free spirits but is compatible with any style. The great lengths can add a touch of glam to an everyday look or be an easy swimsuit cover-up. Either way, the maxi works on every body shape, making it a necessary item for any summer wardrobe!

Judy Chiginsky Judy Chiginsky evoked that free-spirited maxi look with simple sandals and a flower in her hair. Her deep red skirt ended just above her ankles and she kept her top simple with just a black tank. The pops of colors against neutrals is another great part about her ensemble. Her skirt and tote bag are two big blocks of color, which she tones down with simpler pieces for her top and shoes.

Her skirt is a great piece for school because it is forgiving. No need to worry about gusts of wind causing you to pull a Marilyn Monroe. Judy’s outfit is also a great base for an evening look! Keep the simple tank and skirt, but add a pair of patterned wedges, a statement necklace and clutch and you will be ready for the night!

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Lilly Mohanna’s icy blue dress leaned more toward the beach-y side of the maxi spectrum. The weightless, transparent chiffon looked perfectly suited for a tropical destination. The translucent overlay revealed a shorter length skirt underneath, adding some dimension to her dress. The billowy top and wedges kept her chic for day, but to take it to night, all Lilly needs to add is some sparkle! Whether it’s a bedazzled belt, headband or jacket, just adding a touch of shine transforms her look. With such a loosefitting dress throwing on some extra jewels will be appropriate for any social setting!

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Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll

JD McPherson conjures sounds from the past, but with a very modern attitude Words John Phillips

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ften times simply reading a description of a band or artist doesn’t adequately do the project justice. Upon first listen to Oklahoma-based rocker JD McPherson, it is completely possible to feel as if you clicked the wrong track and accidentally instead played the music of Little Richard or Bill Haley. Only upon a double take can you really begin to notice the modern influence fitted in between the roots.

McPherson was raised in Broken Arrow, Okla.

His first album, Signs and Signifiers, debuted on Hi-Style Records in 2010. The album received much critical praise from outlets such as the BBC and Rolling Stone and debuted at the top of Billboard’s Heatseakers chart. The album featured a number of popular singles, including “North Side Gal,” “Fire Bug” and “Your Love (All That I’m Missing).” The first of those singles,

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“North Side Gal,” also the first song on the album, exemplifies why he is so often compared to the works of the greats from rock ‘n’ roll’s early days, and would fit alongside those songs on an oldies station unnoticed, much like the works of modern artists such as Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings or Fitz and the Tantrums would do the same.

“Well, comparisons are inevitable for everybody,” said McPherson in a phone interview with Submerge. “Any sort of creative production is going to be compared to things before and where things happen to be now.”

Though many reviews tend to describe his sound as rockabilly—a music style popular during the ‘50s and ‘60s that has seen a huge rise in popularity as of late, with many revivalist and even revisionist groups that have gone on to

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create new sub-genres such as psychobilly and gothabilly—McPherson prefers to consider his roots to stem from a slightly earlier time.

“I mean, basically, we’re trying to continue some sort of tradition, in some way, of American rhythm and blues, and the early rock ‘n’ roll stuff as it was labeled, which is basically the same thing as rhythm and blues, but marketed to teenagers,” he says. “I think our deal was to take these sounds and ideas and try to do something relatively early revisited… ‘Signs and Signifiers’ is a good example—the title track— because…basically everything there is Bo Diddley, but it’s rearranged almost like a funeral march or something. It’s like taking an idea and trying to inject something new into it. That’s what is happening and what will continue to happen.

There is something about the pre-1960 idea

that caused people to immediately summon up imagery of backyard barbeques and hot rods and that kind of stuff, usually the rock ‘n’ roll I was into doesn’t have anything to do with any of that.”

However, despite the traditional sounds of McPherson’s music, he fully embraces modern music. Back in high school, McPherson spent time in punk bands after growing up listening to the music of the Allman Brothers and Jimi Hendrix and other ‘60s arena rock his siblings would listen to; it wasn’t until he went onto college that he began to transition to more traditional rock ‘n’ roll, according to McPherson.

One area of modernity you can find in McPherson’s music is in recording. Though his sound may be classic, he doesn’t shy away from new technology.

“I’m a complete pragmatist,” said McPherson, “I think it’s foolish not to take advantage of the really great things that digital technology has brought to music making and recording. I really love the sound and atmosphere of old analog equipment, but to ignore the ability to multi-track… I mean, Tom Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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Dowd [producer/engineer] was striving to pioneer multi-tracking stuff the whole time he was at Atlantic. It was like, ‘God, if only we had more tracks to work with,’ so it’s like the best of both worlds, you know what I mean?

My problem is when you rely too much on the digital process, where you try to make everything perfect, and you multi-track one thing at a time, it loses something, I think, in translation.”

McPherson, who heads out on a tour soon that will include dates on both the East and West coasts, is partial to tailoring his live show according to the venue in which he is playing because he’s playing venues much larger than he has been used to in the past.

“I’ll tell you [two] of my favorite places to play in the world is the Metro in Chicago and First Avenue in Minneapolis,” said McPherson, “and those are some pretty big clubs. There is something about doing some of this stuff that is really fun in those big rooms. But, man, when there is a chance to do a small club, or an unusual setting like an in-studio radio thing, I SubmergeMag.com

really like those too because we are able to play quietly, and the more quietly we can play the better we sound.”

And how does McPherson deal with all that traveling around, and dealing with so many different weather situations, warm, inclement and otherwise, you might ask? He doesn’t seem to be too worried about it: “You just bring layers.

I pack pretty light, I usually only bring a couple things to wear, and I’m pretty ripe by the end of the tour, but you learn that the less stuff you bring, the less stuff you lose, and the less stuff you need. That’s why they make Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap. I’m not endorsed by Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap, but it really does have 100 uses.”

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Paper Pistols’ Deliver Us From Chemicals examines life in the new age Words Joe Atkins photo phill mamula

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t’s 2013: NASA is collecting applications for Mars colonists; international, state and local governments continue to gut social programs and education through austerity measures; and California, despite its drastic cuts, projects a minimum $1.2 billion dollar budget surplus for 2013. As I write, the still hot ashes of the Egyptian Revolution are igniting a populist uprising in Turkey. This month, according to major media, suicide is an epidemic. The world is lonely, the global economy is stagnant and in an effort to grow, we’re colonizing space; everywhere—Arrested Development season 4 included—it’s austerity and decadence, riot and romance.

“I’m just here in my body,” sings Julie Lydell on “Oil,” the first track of Paper Pistol’s debut album, Deliver Us from Chemicals, “No weight on my chest/No knot in my throat/Unimpaired by the impulse to make sense/of senseless things/patterns and chaos/God, I’m tired/and I’m sick/of caring about where all this is going.”

Lydell’s voice, slightly nasal and rich in timbre, contains our moment today: the anxious present, the absent future. True to pop form, Lydell locates herself as a body, anywhere and everywhere. The lyric I, here, is alone swimming in gin and existential crisis at the bar, walking the streets of Turkey surrounded by neighbors and teargas, discarding consequence, guilt, frustration and concern.

This chorus increases via the layers of samples, melodies and instrumentation before falling to the austere, the minimalism of Ira Skinner’s rim-shots over a pitter-patter series of electronic clicks.

As a song, “Oil” utilizes a Thom Yorke-ish intro, syncopations and percussive pops that sound like a digitized steam engine gathering speed—a tenacity realized by Skinner’s rolling-stop snare work at the end of the track. And during this large arc, the cycle, the song structure builds. This next verse section, a series of piano driven chords, highlights Lydell’s addition to Skinner’s one-time solo project.

“I don’t know any prophets,” sings Lydell, “Don’t ask me for my oil/That lamps been burnt out for so long/I’ve no more light to give.” The play here, as in many other places on the album is a skipping of connotations.

From the inability to see the future to the non-existent incentive to invest in it, Lydell and Skinner, in a combination of ups and downs, replicate the cyclical feeling of a bubble bust economy, all dwindling resources and antiquated infrastructure. For this, the album is an emotive, LED beacon in our dimly lit times.

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This is not to say it’s anything other than music pushing its boundaries both lyrically and technologically, as Lydell and Skinner are quick to point out.

“This is where music is going now,” states Lydell. “It’s crazy how many frontiers are being expanded. We can almost make music on accident with an app or something.”

With this development of computerized production there’s also a tension that emerges between the traditional role of performers and machines. Lydell understands this as an opening of potentials: “I don’t think you can lose the organic side of it, absolutely never. You can augment or improve on what you would be able to do with the bodies, with instruments.”

“It’s like limitless capabilities,” confirms Skinner, “when you’re playing electronically.

We could go up there and just play piano and drums, but why be limited by how many people can touch an instrument? We physically play most of the parts on the record and play them off the laptop live because there are not six of us.” Then he adds, “I think we have trust issues as well.”

Despite the meager numbers, Paper Pistols is a dominant force live. They concentrate on making their concert performances engaging and entertaining.

“We can still be a dynamic band, not sound robotic or fake,” explains Skinner.

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“I think there’s such an energy live. There’s a lot of energy on stage—presence. Because of that, most people don’t think, oh shit, half the music’s on a laptop. It’s not like we’re doing anything super unusual for these times. All bands have laptops in their bands now. Ten years ago when I started Evening Episode, that was unheard of. It was a challenge. We had adapters hooked up to adapters just to make it work.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been onstage where I’ve half-assed my performance,” Skinner continues. “For me, it’s a very therapeutic release. It’s such an outlet, and every show I try to push it more. I write my parts based on emotion, parts that feel cool.”

Writing, practicing and performing are vital for both Skinner and Lydell. Lydell even jokes that her daily stress about and frustration with the world dissipates after a good practice session or show.

These concerns, likewise, find expression in the album itself as a conflict between isolation and community, absence and presence. “I think that’s the theme of the record,” Lydell meditates in a sprawling thought, mirroring our complicated contemporary. “It’s hard to have an electronic album and have it be about getting back to this primitive state, or this more pure place, before the world was full of billboards and Internet homepages and anti-depressants, nicotine, alcohol. All the things we can use to escape from ever having to deal with selfhood because it’s really lonely. I think lyrically and thematically, that is the tension this postmodern world promises.

“When people used to be alone, they were truly alone,” she adds. “There was no way to communicate unless there were

other people [physically present]. You had to be comfortable being by yourself.

[Today] you can focus on your projected self because you can just do it constantly; what do I want to put in this status update so that people can see that I’m having an existentialist crisis and I need to solve it?

You don’t have to ever deal with anything if you don’t want to. Or you can take a pill.”

These constant bombardments and over-simplified alleviations express themselves lyrically and sonically on the album. If Lydell drifts as a lyricist between loneliness and connection, then the minimalist verse structures and rich, decadent hooks similarly materialize these concerns through chords and melodies. The album has many moments of quiet tension and multilayered movements.

Lydell sees the work as a collaboration of sorts between opposing forces: “Ira and I have different composing styles. I really like tension. I think there are moments on the album where it’s really decadent, kind of luscious because of how much is going on; epic. Ira’s written film scores.”

“That’s my part,” Skinner states flatly, his stoic front confirmed by his casually crossed arms, smooth-shorn scalp, burled beard and deep voice. “I specialize in epic.”

Next to him, Lydell seems a bit more dynamic despite her “logical, monotone” self-description. She slouches back sipping tea in black and white wing tips, a long dress and sleeveless denim jacket. Both members casually detail what they hope to accomplish in the next year, which includes finding a manager and setting out on a small tour. Familiar friends, they joke quickly between each other. Their chemistry confirms the band’s back-story: Lydell canceled a return to Austin, Texas, to continue working with Skinner on Paper Pistols, alongside her other musical projects.

Thus, the album came to be.

Describing how Paper Pistols came to be in its current incarnation, Skinner, who spends most days recording bands in his Midtown studio or running sound for various local venues, recounts, “After The Evening Episode, I didn’t have a desire to do a band again. I’d need to get a van, a practice space, book tours. It didn’t seem fun to

do that again. Playing music with Julie has changed my perspective. It’s inspired me to actually start writing music. It’s an easier process with her because she moves quicker than I do, and she’s got so much energy. It’s different in a very positive way. ‘Astronaut Food,’ we wrote that and recorded it in a day. It sums up the record and so many of Julie’s views on the world. It’s a lonely ass song, too.”

“It’s just The Lion King. In a key too low for me,” smirks Lydell.

“Does that make me Simba?” asks Skinner.

“It does. And I’m still myself,” Lydell quips in return.

Aptly, for both musicians, “Astronaut Food” is an anthem of sorts. Over a music box sample and long sustained piano chords, Lydell sings, “The future looms not as bright for the most of us.” The final crescendo of the song is a surge of booming toms where Lydell repeats in a melancholic affirmation, containing hope and despair, “Deliver us from chemicals.” The song concludes with a four-part, gospel-style harmony that, in a song about literally being isolated above earth, desperately seeks transcendence.

Lydell explains the song, the possibility of a future, as a “conflation of living in the age of celebrity where everyone wants to have something special, look rich. But really we’re underemployed, making $9 an hour. There’s this gap. I think we’re really removed from reality in some ways, and it’s showing up on a bigger scale post-2008.

There are so many complex systems, and I can’t even fathom it.”

The future looks similar to Skinner, a monoculture of sorts: “My realm of expertise would be the music business. If you listen to today’s radio, no, we don’t have a future, or at least not a very bright one. The influence that pop musicians have on the youth, artistic or not, it’s not positive. But, I think that’s because I’m old.

People who are produced now don’t have an artform.”

Ultimately it’s clear that both Skinner and Lydell would prefer to stay on Earth playing music despite the chaos that surrounds us.

“I wouldn’t fucking go out in space,” Lydell laughs. “I would kill myself first. It freaks me out. I want no part of it. I’ll cling to a tree.”

“They have that thing right now,” says Skinner, regarding Mars. “You can sign up, but you can never go home. You live in a bubble. Who would do that?”

“People who like Burning Man would go.

That would be my worst nightmare,” says Lydell.

“That’s what they should do,” concludes Skinner, “dump the Burning Man tickets and send them to Mars. I’m done with some Burning Man shit.”

There it is. Mars, loneliness, anxiety, austerity, Paper Pistols will celebrate decadence: the release of Deliver Us Paper Pistols, from Chemicals on June 14 Deliver Us From at 9 p.m. with a performance Chemicals, 2013. at Assembly (1000 K Street, Sacramento). Supporting acts Transcendence, will be Doom Bird and Exquisite indeed.

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Decade of Decadence INK Eats and Drinks 2730 N Street • Sacramento Words & photos Lovelle Harris When Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins first put ink to skin in the late ’20s and uttered the words, “Color is here to stay. Good color that is,” he encapsulated the very essence of the tattoo culture that exploded in the ’90s onto the arms, legs, chests and even faces of almost one in four Americans.

Now, some 40 years after his passing, you can’t stroll down the street without seeing an endless stream of walking canvases sporting pinup queens, tribal bands and portraits of loved ones. No longer are they a rite of passage for soldiers, sailors or those living on the fringe of society that defined ink-lovers a generation or two ago—a 2006 survey by the American Academy of Dermatology revealed that 24 percent of Americans between 18 and 50 are tattooed.

It’s not often that art, food and commerce converge, but after a decade in one of the most challenging businesses to break through, the tattooed-themed INK Eats and Drinks has built a solid following of regulars and bar hounds who frequently gobble up its fare.

“We’re not trying to be a chain or corporate,” says Christina Arntson, bar manager and assistant general manager. “Our success was just [being in] the right time and location—it was like the stars aligned and now we’ve been here for 10 years.”

The scene at INK Eats and Drinks in Midtown reads like a living tribute to Sailor Jerry’s artistic style—the space is open and inviting and sleeved-up with a vibrant adornment of tattooedinspired art in the classic tattoo tradition.

“Most of the stuff that you see on the ceiling is by a couple of artists at Forever Tattoo, Brent [Patten] and Eiland [Hogan],” Arntson says. “The mural is actually by [David] Garibaldi, who is kind

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of a big deal now. He did the mural right when we opened.”

The eatery recently put on a hum-dinger of a bash in celebration of its 10 years on the grid.

The daylong affair included the christening of its new outdoor patio, where guest artists flexed their creative muscles with body painting, chalk art and live painting demonstrations. Also on hand were a few of the members of The Sizzling Sirens Burlesque troupe.

“When I was there it was a pretty good turnout,” says Elizabeth Miller, a regular customer and tattoo artist at Relentless Tattoo.

“There were some old, familiar faces from back in the day from when we first started going to the first happy hour, so the old-school group from happy hour was there. I got to see faces that I hadn’t seen in a really long time.”

Partygoers also were treated to raffle prizes from Side Show Studios, Relentless Tattoo, Trash Film Orgy, Sacramento Horror Film Festival, The Sizzling Sirens Burlesque Experience and Body Advantage.

“The first big push was all of our regulars,” Arntson says. “We had a pretty good turnout, but the most important thing was to get all of our regulars together to have a good time and show our appreciation. We also featured our brand new merchandise with our 10-year logo

by Liz at Relentless” The Relentless ink slinger, who has also decorated the bodies of many of the staff at INK with her work, was allowed to display her artistic chops as well as express her passion for traditional-style pin-up art by designing the restaurant’s T-shirts commemorating its decadelong run in the business.

“Christina approached me to see if I would design a logo for their 10-year anniversary.

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They gave me some information on what they wanted, they wanted me to use the INK logo, but they let me pretty much pick overall how it would come out,” Miller explains. “The pin-ups on the back were something I came up with to make the 10—tattooing pinups is one of my favorite things.”

The restaurant boasts an extensive menu that includes classics like burgers, sliders, hot wings and macaroni and cheese, but it’s their dedication to their guests with daily specials that keeps their doors swinging open with a parade of guest after guest. Every day there’s a special deal; on “Medical Monday” members of the medical industry can score 35 percent off of dine-in or to-go eats, on “Taco Tuesday” flashing your ink gets you $3 drafts, $5 wine and $3 Tuaca shots, on “Whiskey Bum Wednesday” whiskey specials flow all night long with $3 whiskey cocktails and $3 Jameson shots, while Thursday draws in the many construction crews working nearby with their “Hard Hat Lunch” where workers get 35 percent off their tab.

On the weekends, when brunch reigns supreme on the grid and everyone seems to be doing bottomless mimosas and build-your-own bloody Mary bars, Arntson is looking to steer people away from the typical brunch bevvies.

“I know people are all about the bottomless mimosas, but I’ve been trying to incorporate other things. I have a five-dollar breakfast cocktail menu,” Arntson explains. “I’m starting to do St. Germain sangria pitchers with all seasonal, fresh fruit.”

A recent trip to the restaurant proved why the spot has been around for 10 years. The room was bustling with construction workers enjoying a quick break from the dust and grime while chatting it up with the wait staff. The staff, while obviously enjoying the jokes and stories being told by the construction workers, still managed to provide impeccable and attentive service to the rest of the diners in the room.

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goodness, the salmon BLT was an artful display of smoky succulence, the classic Reuben, while not overloaded with pastrami, was lightly dressed in Thousand Island and lovingly sandwiched between two slices of a soft and buttery marble rye and their fried calamari was a study in deep-fried perfection—not too chewy or reminiscent of an old rubber tire.

“My absolute favorite is the grilled triple cheese and a cider,” Miller says. “I get that every time. They put Parmesan cheese on the outside of the bread and then they grill it—it’s buttery and the top of the bread has that kind of burnt cheese on the top.”

Miller also says that while tattoo art typically resides on the human flesh, she is currently working on art for two local restaurants. Proof that the trend set by INK wasn’t just a gimmicky ploy to wrangle in diners.

“I think when people see the art in INK, they look at tattoo art in a different light,” Miller says. “I think that’s why a lot more restaurants are steering toward that [design aesthetic] because I think they realize tattoo artists aren’t just tattoo artists—they can do a lot of other cool things, too.”

Somewhere in tattoo heaven Sailor Jerry is beaming with pride.

{ JD McPherson } With an unaffected take on vital American music and a voice that channels the spirit of Little Richard and James Brown, JD McPherson combines traditional rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll with fresh, exciting songwriting.

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HOW MUCH FARTHER?

The team behind Mile, Mile & A Half talk FILMMAKING, trail food and why you don’t have to go far to find adventure Words Jennifer Snyder

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et’s be honest, most hiking and backpacking documentaries offer normal, everyday people very little in the way of actionable inspiration. More often than not, documentaries follow fully geared, well trained athletes as they accomplish lofty goals.

Mile, Mile and A Half, however, is different. The full-length documentary tells the story of five friends and artists—Jen and Ric Serena, Jason Fitzpatrick, Zee Hatley and Durand Trench—who set out to complete the 219-mile John Muir Trail (JMT) in 25 days.

As the group of normal, everyday hikers embarked on an epic journey through some of the most visually stunning wilderness in the High Sierras, they quickly understood that capturing and sharing the journey would become just as important as finishing the trek.

Along the way, they met others who were equally dedicated to completing the trail, either in part or in full. As the cast of characters grew, so did the story. Each hiker left behind the comforts of home in search of adventure, and it ultimately resulted the inspiring work of art that is Mile, Mile and A Half.

The creators of the film are hosting a public screening event at the historic Guild Theater in Sacramento on Saturday, June 15 at 1 p.m. We caught up with part of the team in anticipation of the screening and they were kind enough to answer a few questions about the hike, themselves and the process behind creating a full-length film.

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So, you hiked 219 miles in 25 days and lived to tell the tale. What was your all-time favorite moment?

Most challenging?

Jen Serena: On a trip like this, it’s hard to pick just one moment as a favorite, but one that will always stay with me was the night that Kazu (a solo hiker from Japan who joined our group) offered to do reiki on my ankle. My feet were nasty at this point…more than three weeks in.

I didn’t want to even look at them, and here she was willing to put her bare hands on them!

That’s true friendship. P.S., we had only met 16 days prior.

Jason Fitzpatrick: Reaching the top of the Golden Staircase is one of the tops for me. It was such an amazing feat of trail engineering at the head of a really impressive canyon carved out by Mother Nature. Also, the Palisade Lakes are some of the prettiest in the Sierras. It was a tough climb, but really rewarding.

Ric Serena: I’d have to agree with Jason. He and I were definitely the slow ones that day, but there was something really peaceful about climbing the staircase. There was heavy smoke from a nearby fire, and it just added to the surreal mood of the day. I think at one point I screamed at the top of my lungs, “I love life!” It was that kind of day.

One of the most poignant messages of the film is that one doesn’t have to travel far to appreciate nature’s beauty and grandeur. Has the trip changed the way you sightsee or travel? How often do you find yourself hiking these days?

JS: This question initially makes me a kind of sad. I think we’ve affectively spent the past two years just encouraging people to get outside and live their dreams, all while inside finishing up our movie. But it’s almost done and we are itching to get back out there! On the flip side: almost every week we would hear from someone that has (re)connected with the outdoors because of our project, so I think we really accomplished something.

JF: The irony of making a film about backpacking is that it often makes you too busy to go backpacking. We do get out and hike in the Los Angeles area, but not as much as any of us would have liked I don’t think. I did get out for three backpacking trips last year. I’m hoping to double that this year.

RS: We’re all the kind of people that will see something through until the very end, and for that reason, we have been more focused on finishing the film than getting back out for a lengthy trip. Jen and I are going to try and use

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the screening tour as an opportunity to camp in the different areas we visit, and Durand and I had the opportunity to hit the Sierras in February with the talented guys from Project Yosemite. For many of us, filmmaking and storytelling is an equal passion to backpacking.

So, do I miss being outdoors? Yes. But man, we ended up making a feature film we can all be proud of. That’s pretty exciting and not something any of us truly expected.

We’re big-time foodies here in Sacramento.

Explain the food situation out there on the trail.

Rumor has it that all of your meals were homecooked. How does that work?

JS: Rumors are true, at least where dinners and a few scattered meals were concerned. I scoured websites to pull up interesting recipes (backcountry pizza, red pepper curry chicken, peanut noodles to name a few). I think so much of this trip was blind faith. Every recipe had a different definition of “portion size,” and I had four hungry guys going with me. I didn’t have time to test out the recipes before we left, but with the exception of an orange chicken with quinoa disaster, it all turned out pretty good. We ordered dried food in bulk and even dehydrated homemade marinara for pasta and chili. I also added dried veggies to everything…even if the recipe didn’t call for it. We had a big pack day and made gallon-bags of all the meals.

JF: Jen did an amazing job putting together our trail menus.

RS: It was a lot of work but so worth it. The food was tasty and original. One of the benefits was having minimal packaging. We had one bag that included a meal for five.

As a group of creative professionals, it must have been both daunting and rewarding to go through all of the photos and footage from the trip. What was that process like? Did you find anything surprising about what you were able to capture?

JS: I think the most surprising thing for me is that I’m still discovering new images. Feeding the social media monster is a big job and I’m just proud to keep finding images that can resonate, especially since all of our shots [were] created on the go. There was no real time for setup, waiting for the light, etc. and I certainly wouldn’t call myself a landscape photographer.

JF: Oh yeah. It was a lot to go through! Even though Ric and I are both professional editors, it was great to have Ed Chin on board to cut it for us. There were a lot of moments that we captured on the trail that we found hilarious, but they didn’t really translate to people who weren’t there.

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you shoot some of the places in the Sierras it will never compare to what’s out there. I really enjoyed reliving our trip. It was a long process but certainly worthwhile.

RS: It’s hard to live up to the mind’s eye, and there are certainly moments I wish I could’ve captured differently/better, but I just need the occasional reminder that we were hiking a difficult trail while doing this. I had a great conversation with our colorist, Bruce Goodman, during the color correction process. He was commenting that had we started a day earlier or a day later, the film would look totally different [depending on] the weather, our creative mood, etc. That really hit home for me. It’s a very specific and personal film because it’s how we saw it on those days, and how we were able to capture it depending on how good or difficult a day we were having.

You decided to use Kickstarter to crowd-fund much of the post-production of Mile, Mile and A Half and you exceeded your funding goal. At what point did you realize you needed help to move the project forward?

RS: I think I had the wrong attitude about Kickstarter. I went into it thinking we were asking people to give us money to finish this film and that’s a hard thing to do. But, I’ve been truly inspired by so many people excited about contributing to a project like this. It’s been incredibly encouraging.

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JS: Kickstarter was an enormous undertaking.

But it forced us to really define our project and identify an audience. It was really affirming to know so many people were into our project…

You’re currently on tour and have (thankfully) found your way to Sacramento. Where do you go from here? What’s next for the project and your team?

JF: We’ve been overwhelmed by the responses we’ve gotten from around the country to come and screen. We’re working hard to plan shows in as many locations as possible.

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Viva la France!

Crest Theatre hosts the 2013 Sacramento French Film Festival Words James Barone

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rance. The very name seems to stand for all things romantic and pretentious; beautiful and despondent. Maybe it’s these dichotomies that have made the country such a ripe place for the arts over its rich and colorful history. Claude Monet, Honoré de Balzac and Jean-Luc Godard are just a few of the vaunted artists to come from France; and that’s not even counting all the creative minds who’ve flocked there in hopes of tapping into whatever it is the country seems to have that inspires artistic minds to create great works. Sacramento may be far from Paris (more than 5,500 miles), but that’s no reason you can’t bask in France’s je ne sai quoi from the comfort of your own city, and from June 21 through 30, you’ll have the opportunity to do just that via the magic of cinema.

Organized by the Sacramento French Cultural Society, the Sacramento French Film Festival is entering its 12th year. For the 2013 installment, the festival organizers have brought a host of Sacramento premiers and a handful of notable classics from across the Atlantic to delight local moviegoers, all of which will be shown at the historic Crest Theatre. Here’s a rundown of five of the films that you won’t want to miss.

Cloclo (2012)

Screening: June 21 at 8:30 p.m.

The SFFF gets off to a show-y start with this film about French pop star Claude François, who is best known for composing “Comme d’habitud,” which served as the basis for Frank Sinatra’s classic “My Way.” Starring Jeremie Renier (who appeared in the high-octane French action classic Brotherhood of the Wolf and alongside Colin Farrell in In Bruges), Cloclo (aka My Way) follows François from his upbringing in Egypt, through his rise to fame in Paris until his untimely death in 1978. This sprawling bio-pic features lush camera work and plenty of ‘70s style glam.

You’ll only have one chance to catch Cloclo at the SFFF, and its lone screening will be preceded by the festival’s opening reception, starting at 6 p.m. in the Crest Theatre lobby. The reception will feature sets from DJs Christophe and Roger; food provided by Selland’s Market Cafe, Estelle’s Patisserie, Hot Italian and more; and an open bar courtesy of Barefoot Wine and Track 7 Brewery. If that’s not a good way to start a festival, I’m not sure what is.

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Starbuck (2012) Screenings: June 22 at 1:05 p.m.; June 23 at 1:20 p.m.

For something a bit lighter, check out Starbuck, a comedy that mushroomed into an unlikely international hit. The film follows the story of David, a forty-something slacker, who donated his sperm to a bank to make some extra cash. Due to a mix-up, his sperm went on to father more than 500 children, and 20 years after many of them are now filing a lawsuit to find out who’s the daddy (known only under the alias of Starbuck).

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Hollywood is currently working on its own version of this film, Delivery Man, starring Vince Vaughn due out later this year. Check out the original French version first, so you can act all holier than thou when the American version is released (it’s fun, trust me).

This is a fun, accessible film that shatters the myth that French films are all cigarette smoke and sadness (not that we don’t like those things too).

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Les Miserables (1958)

Aaltra (2004)

Screening: June 30 at 1:25 p.m.

Screening: June 29 at Midnight

Maybe you were one of the many who swooned over the latest Hollywood musical reinterpretation of Les Miserables last winter? Well, this isn’t anything like that. You won’t find any tear-jerking songs, but you will be treated to perhaps the truest adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel ever to grace the silver screen. This is a bona fide big screen epic clocking in at more than three hours in length (this screening will also have a 20-minute intermission). Adapted and directed by Jean-Paul le Chanois and starring Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean, this is majestic filmmaking on par with classic Hollywood epics such as Ben Hur or Cleopatra.

The SFFF also has a couple of late night options for moviegoers who like films that push the envelope. When an altercation ends in two feuding neighbors getting their legs crushed by farm equipment, the duo must set out on the road across Europe to Finland to track down the tractor’s manufacturer. Aaltra seems to follow typical road trip mode, where two characters who really don’t get along are forced to band together and journey a great distance so comedy may ensue, but unlike other road trip movies, our two protagonists here make most of the trip via wheelchair. This dark comedy will probably make you feel bad for laughing at its jokes. Don’t worry, it’s just a movie. Laugh away. You won’t go to hell, I promise.

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American audiences fell hopelessly in love (at least I did) with French actress Audrey Tautou when Amelie made a huge splash here in the States. While that hasn’t necessarily translated into a huge career in Hollywood, the actress is still breaking hearts overseas with her Audrey Hepburn-esque looks and sensitive performances.

Thérèse, based on the novel by François Mauriac, is the final film Claude Miller completed before he died and closed out last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Thérèse will have the same honors here at the SFFF and for good reason. This harrowing historical drama tells the story of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage who never loses her free spirit. Tautou is also featured in another film shown at the SFFF, Delicacy, which will be screened June 28 at 6:15 p.m. and June 29 at 12:50 p.m. Thérèse will be followed by the festival’s closing night’s champagne party, For more information and a which will also be held in full rundown of all the films featured in the Sacramento the Crest Theatre lobby.

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala

has more inspiration than ever for his new project,

ZAVALAZ

Words Jonathan Carabba

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nown for his eccentric on-stage behavior, vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala has spent the last two decades somersaulting across stages all over the world, swinging his microphone around like it was some sort a circus act before diving into crowds of fans willing to catch him.

In case you need a crash course: Bixler-Zavala first became known as part of influential post-hardcore band At the Drive-In and more recently with progrockers The Mars Volta. Quite simply put, he is post-rock royalty, though in BixlerZavala’s newest project, ZAVALAZ (which will tour through Sacramento and hit Ace of Spades on Saturday, June 22), you can expect a much mellower performer to take the stage. Maybe it’s the fact that he’ll have a guitar strapped on, which rarely happened even way back in his ATDI days, maybe it’s because he just had twin sons. Either way, Bixler-Zavala made it very apparent in his recent interview with Submerge that he is happy with where he’s at in life and with where this band’s new softer, more “sparse” material is heading.

“Whether it be married life or whether it be having twins, maybe a little bit of both, it just gave me more confidence,” he said of the new stripped down songs.

“I started writing more acoustic material and my wife would just constantly say, ‘You need to do that, I love when you do that, it’s just you and your voice and a guitar.’ I hadn’t really picked up the guitar for 10, 15 years maybe, and I just kept getting these votes of confidence from my wife.”

Eventually Bixler-Zavala started adding drums, bass and more and more layers and with them, more permanent members into the band. The lineup currently consists of fellow Mars Volta bandmate Juan Alderete de la Peña on bass/vocals, Dan Elkan (of Nevada City’s indie band Them Hills) on guitar/vocals, Greg Rogove on drums/vocals with Bixler-Zavala on guitar/lead vocals. “Everyone sort of takes the hit together to start from scratch and make a band,” he said. “It’s been a really beautiful process. It’s a great and amazing growing pain.”

In the following interview, Bixler-Zavala discusses with Submerge putting together a new band with a new sound, how he asked the universe for twins and got them and how having those twins will affect his creative output for the rest of his life.

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When it came time to take your solo work and form a band, was it easy to piece together the different individuals? Is this the group of guys you had in mind or did it just sort of fall into place this way?

Kind of half and half, you know? Some of the people that played on the record couldn’t really commit because some people had kids, some people had other bands. The core of the group ended up being Greg, Juan and then Dan, who I met when Hella opened up for this Mars Volta tour we did a long time ago.

Yeah I wanted to ask about Dan, because he is in a really great band from the greater Sacramento area called Them Hills. So you first met him back in the Hella days when Dan was playing with that group?

Yeah and I kept in touch sort of sporadically here and there. He was down to take the hit and be a member of the band. One of the main important things was that everyone that was playing on it was really chiming in artistically and had such amazing things to say songwriting-wise. I loved taking the criticism, and I loved taking the direction and it was just wonderful. It’s been this amazing experience to get to learn from these people, because in this band I play guitar predominantly.

It sounds like this style of music has always been in you, but it’s just getting pulled out more now for one reason or another. That’s got to feel fresh, right?

Yeah, it does. It’s nice to sing songs that are really sparse, open and very direct in the message and to sort of exercise my personal taste in I guess what you’d call Americana. I’m sure a bunch of Americana snobs would be like, “This is not that” [laughs].

How have the songs that started as a solo project changed since bringing in the other guys? It sounds like you’re really open to their influence on the songs?

Yeah, I just started implementing a lot of what their input was. Just sort of getting it down to the core of the song and making an entire album that is really song-based. I’ve spent 10 years being known as the guy that’s part of a band that does 30-minute songs. After 10 years, that gets a little old.

Are the majority of the songs on the ZAVALAZ album on the shorter side?

Four minutes and under.

Which is still kind of a new thing for you, right?

Yeah, I mean I always did it behind the scenes but never for more than a couple of songs, you know? I’m trying to understand what even tuning is [laughs]. My approach is so make-it-up-as-you-go-along, I think that’s what the guys like. I come in the other day and I’m just like, “I discovered a thing called a capo.”

I’ve seen you perform live many times and one thing I always loved was your crazy stage antics. With this new project you’ll have a guitar strapped on. Can people expect a more mellow Cedric on stage?

I think there will be plenty of other frontmen that can do that and that have borrowed from me, because I borrowed from a lot of other frontmen. They can take it and run. I’ve done it for years. That’s not to say I’m not going to have moments when I put my guitar down and dance still. But right now I really want to embrace playing and get all my mistakes out.

Details are very sparse about ZAVALAZ and as of now the public hasn’t heard any songs. There’s this sort of shroud of mystery surrounding the band. What can you tell me about the new music? How would you describe the sound?

Well, there was this guy that always used to open up for Mars Volta shows who is a predominant fixture at Low End Theory, a popular electronic thing over here.

He has this amazing taste in late ‘60s and ‘70s sort of AM and psychedelia stuff. Mellow, mellow stuff.

I’ve always liked stuff like that. Like when I listen to Roky Erickson, I love his rock stuff, but I love more of the ballad stuff. Anytime I’ve played a show with any of the other bands I’ve played in, what I listen to afterwards is lots of super corny, fucking bittersweet ballads. I love that shit. So that’s just what I would start writing…

They are just love songs that I made for my wife. I’m at a point in my life where it’s probably the biggest revolution I could ever do. Especially because I’m just known for one thing. It’s acoustic-based stuff, some of it is rock, but it’s got a very soft touch. It’s just kind of me going back in time and taking cues from my parents’ music and remembering that I actually did love that stuff.

Congratulations on your recent twin baby boys, by the way! Do you think having kids has changed your creative drive? How do you see it affecting your music from here on out?

I think I’ll have more to choose from song-wise. They were born premature. They came out C-section. The nurse in the intensive unit said one of the best things you can do, which is funny because I was naturally doing it already, is sing to your kids. I still sing to them to this day. I record everything because I just love to make stuff up on the spot. It’s made me really identify capturing the moment and writing it down. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t get really overcome with emotions just being around them. They just bring out this indescribable feeling inside me. They really respond to singing. One of them had to come home earlier than the other, and the other wasn’t doing really well in the hospital, so I went in the middle of the night and sang to him for a long time. The next day he came home.

Then the next day, my Dad sent me an article from some medical magazine saying live music and singing to your kids is really good for their heart and their stress level. I was like, “Yeah, you don’t got to tell me.”

Then Juan sent me the same article being like, “Keep singing to them!”

“I’ve spent 10 years being known as the guy that’s part of a band that does 30-minute songs. After 10 years, that gets a little old.”

– Cedric Bixler-Zavala, ZAVALAZ That’s an amazing story!

They just stare at me, you know? If they’re really fussy it calms them down a lot to sing. They are actually kind of Grateful Dead fans. Anytime I play “China Doll” or anything from American Beauty they get really calm.

The most rambunctious they get is when I listen to any kind of Rolling Stones. That’s when they would kick the most before they were born. We just knew they’d love rock n’ roll. One of them just screamed the other day, this intense loud bald-eagle-type-scream, and I thought like, “Did I hurt him somehow?” I just looked at him, and he had this smile on his face, like, “Oh! I can do that?”

It sounds like you have a couple little lead singers on your hands?

They have their little attitude already. Anytime they cry or get fussy I just laugh and think about how wonderful it is. Our story goes really, really deep with wanting to have kids. Long story short, you put something in the universe, you ask for it and you get it back. I did that in a song and I played the song for my wife. She cried, and then the next day we conceived. We went on this really late honeymoon, and she was really sick and it was really hard for her. Then the next day we come back from the honeymoon, she goes to the doctor, I had to go to rehearsal. She calls me and is like, “The fucking song worked.” I realized that I had put in a phrase asking for twins in this metaphorical way and she was just like, “The fucking song worked!” I just laughed. I laughed because it’s what I asked for from the universe.

Not one day goes by where I feel stressed by them because it’s such a beautiful, amazing thing.

Where do you see ZAVALAZ one year from now? What’s your overall vision for this project?

I just really want to be a fully functional band and get back in the saddle, to sort of show this other aspect. I’ve always had people ask me why this band broke up, or why that band broke up. It’s always been the simplest answer: that I would never want my tombstone to be just one color. So now I really have this whole new sort of gust of wind to show the other color that I think people have sparsely seen, but now it’s really going to be a full color. I see the band Don’t miss Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s really going for it and sort new band, ZAVALAZ, when they of embracing how uncool hit Ace of Spades in downtown Sacramento on Saturday, June 22. pop music can be in a Tickets are available for $15 at certain kind of acoustic Aceofspadessac.com or at Dimple and softer setting.

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Davis Bike Collective Parquet Courts, Fine Steps, G. Green, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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

Marilyn’s Showcase Monday’s w/ Vinnie Guidera, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club The O’Mulligans, Creepy Little Legs, The Bogarts, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

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LowBrau Le Twist w/ Deastro, Sam I Jam, Roderick Carpio, Adam J, Taylor Cho, 9 p.m.

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Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub College Night w/ DJ Rigatony, DJ Alazzawi, 10:30 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Guests, 8 p.m.

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Auburn Ale House Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Bob Woods and The Cash Prophets, 7 p.m.

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District 30 Jump Smokers, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Jenn Rogar, 5 p.m.; Music Box, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Amanda Gray, 9 p.m.

Press Club City of Vain (Album Release) Crashed Out, Old Glory, Union Hearts, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Harley White Jr., 9 p.m.

Sleep Train Arena Pitbull, Justice Crew, Jump Smokers, 6:30 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Crush, 6 p.m.

Fox & Goose Brandon Bailey, Brett Holland, 8 p.m.

The Stoney Inn The Brodie Stewart Band, 10 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Reds Blues, Aki Kumar & Little Johnny, 9 p.m.

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Bows and Arrows Orange Morning Band, Awkward Lemon, Massive Delicious, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Vagabond Bros., 9 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Live DJ’s, 9:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Concerts In the Park: Infamous Swanks, Avenue Saints, Barfly Effect, Lesdystics, Shaun Slaughter, 5 p.m.

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Club Retro The Westwards, Eleanor In Fathoms, Nowhere But Up, Twenty 3, Willow Creek, 6:30 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Mac Mall, 1st Place, Lil Bit, 20/20 Boyz, Hunnidd P, RichardtheRockstar, DJ Smurf, 7 p.m.

Shady Lady Golden Cadillacs, 9 p.m.

Shine The Silent Game, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Radar Brothers, Ola Podrida, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Apple Z, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Doobie Brothers, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5 p.m.; Steven Roth, 9 p.m.

6.15 Saturday

Assembly Joy and Madness, Dane Drewis, Roem Baur, Steven Roth, 9 p.m.

Auburn Event Center Big Sandy and His Fly-rite Boys, Cash Prophets, Hazy Valley Boys, 8 p.m.

Bertha Henschel Park Pops In the Park w/ The John Skinner Band, 6 p.m.

Marilyn’s Sal Valentino, Hence Phillips, Parie Wood, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides 79th Anniversary Show: Marty Taters, Blame the Bishop, The Other Brittany, Cigarette Machine, Bright Faces, Whoopie Qat, Whiskey and Stitches, Drop Dead Red, March Into Paris, Blaquelisted, Southlot, Crazy Ballhead, Tipsy Hustlers, Desario, Popgun, Rebel Punk, Sol Peligro, 6:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub The Atomic Punks, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Chris Gardner, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady The Huckelbucks, 9 p.m.

Shine Jay Shaner/Eric Warren Duo, Faraday Le Soleil, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Cayucas, JBM, 9 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Renegade, Long time, 5 p.m.

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

Townhouse Pop Freq w/ DJ X-GVNR, 9 p.m.

District 30 DJ Louie Giovanni, Jason Davis, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk JG_ MadeUmLook, J. Gib, Bueno, Work Dirty, ATM Boyz, Pableezy, Successgang, John Dough, FNG, D-Mo, Lil D, hosted by DJ Oasis, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Pikeys, The Cigarette Machine, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Scott Hemet, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Bows and Arrows Sons of An Illustrious Father, Lexie Roth, Tre Burt, 8 p.m.

Colusa Casino Sandy Nuyts, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Dean-o-Holics (Rat Pack tribute), 5:30 p.m.; Indigenous, 10 p.m.

Kupro’s Bistro Clemon Charles, 9:30 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Hot Pants w/ DJ Rock Bottom, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Xochitl, Emily O’Neil, 8:30 p.m.

Marilyn’s Staxx Bros., Phat Butta Jam, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides 79th Anniversary Show: Jenn Rogar, Swahili Passion, Ol’ Cotton Dreary, In the No, Tattooed Love Dogs, Blossom Rock, Rattlecan, 50 Watt Heavy, Fatso, Hypnotic IV, Jem & Scout, Razorblade, Monlisa, Drive Thru Mystics, Sans Sobriety, The Brody’s, 7:30 p.m.

On The Y Concussion, Maidens Sorrow, System Assault, Switchblade Frankie, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino The Spazmatics, 10 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Patrick Grizzell, Ricky Berger, Jenn Rogar, Christina Zuniga, JD Valerio, James Isreal, G.P. Bailey and more, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Bad Veins, 9 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ Esef and guests, 10 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub Caravanserai (Santana tribute), 10 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Tower of Power, 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Fiesta En La Calle: La Santa Cecilia, Buyapongo, Q-Vo, 5 p.m.

Club Car Todd Morgan & The Emblems, 9 p.m.

Club Retro Second 2 Last, Causa Mortis, Crossface, Vitality, Tread, 7 p.m.

The Colony Green Crown, Ghulheim, 30.06, Antikythera, 7:30 p.m.

Colusa Casino Sandy Nuyts, 9 p.m.

District 30 Amy Robbins, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Sinew, Pregnant, Rich Driver, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Ann Kelly, 5:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Charlie Musselwhite, Coco Montoya, 7 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Kassie Ortega, Xochitl, 1 p.m.

6.16 Sunday

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

Center for the Arts Fatoumata Diawara, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Paige Anderson & the Fearless Kin, 1 p.m.

Harlow’s Shannon Curtis (CD Release), 5:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Rustic Lotus, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Moon Alice, 3 p.m.; Open Blues Jam, 7 p.m.

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

Shady Lady Alex Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Road 88, 2:30 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Golden Cadillacs, 8 p.m.

Kupro’s Bistro Byron Colborn Quartet, 9:30 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

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JG_MadeUmLook J. Gib, Bueno, Work Dirty, ATM Boyz, Pableezy, Successgang, John Dough, FNG, D-Mo, Lil D, hosted by DJ Oasis

The Boardwalk 8 p.m.

6.17 Monday

Ace of Spades We Came As Romans, Like Moths To Flames, Upon A Burning Body, Crown The Empire, Ice Nine Kills, Set It Off, 5 p.m.

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

The Colony Punch, Holy, Discourse, Rad, xTomHanx, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m.

On The Y Embalmer, Forged In Gore, Newtdick, Internal, Solitary Priapism, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Classic Rock & Blues Review, 7:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub College Night w/ DJ Rigatony, DJ Alazzawi, 10:30 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith & Guests, 8 p.m.

T2 Nightclub & Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Chris Twomey, 5:30 p.m.; Tess Marie & Her Poor Man Band, 9 p.m.

6.19 wednesday

Ace of Spades Krizz Kaliko, Stevie Stone, !Mayday!, 420 Darkside Boyz, Dylan Phillips, Richard The Rockstar, Cool Nutz, 6:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Bows and Arrows The Epilogues, Millburray, Mason Rex, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

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

Townhouse Open Jam/Open Mic hosted by Brian Rinehart & Mr Erik James, 9 p.m.

The Colony Maidens Sorrow, System Assault, 8 p.m.

6.18 Tuesday

Ace of Spades Memphis May Fire, I See Stars, Attila, Stick To Your Guns, Handguns, Merchants, 5:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Tribe Of Levi (CD Release), 9 p.m.

Bows and Arrows Flapper Dan, Ross Hammond, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Cyndi Lauper, 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist w/ Dusty & Zac Brown, Sam I Jam, Roderick Carpio, Adam J, Taylor Cho, 9 p.m.

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Crest Theatre Song For Cesar, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Northern Soul, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Marilyn’s Whitney Morgan & the 78’s, Golden Cadillacs, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

6.21 Giggle party Survival Guide

10am - 3pm

Bows and Arrows 8 p.m.

6.20 Thursday

The Blue Lamp The Session w/ The Alumni, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Supervillains, Kayasun, Simple Creation, Rebel Radio, La Noche Oskura, 6:30 p.m.

The Stoney Inn The Chad Bushnell Band, Georgia Rain, 9 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Vandella, West Nile Ramblers, 9 p.m.

6.21 FRIDAY

Bows and Arrows Peter Case, Deep Ellum, Gasoline Silver, 8 p.m.

Ace of Spades FIJI, Drew Deezy, Finn Tha Groovah, 7 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Live DJ’s, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp First Dirt, Destructikonz, Algorythms, Mindspeakers, Quen, Paige Jackson, Flossalini, 9 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

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

Colonial Theatre The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice, 7 p.m.

District 30 DJ Kryder, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Kelly Rogers, 6 p.m.

Fox & Goose Jupiter, The Akabane Vulgars on Strong Bypass, John Gruber, 8 p.m.

Fremont Park Hot Lunch: Beats Edition w/ Billy Lane, 12 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Total Recall, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Bluegrass Acoustic Jam, 7:30 p.m.; DJ Micah J, 10 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Parlare Shine w/ DJ Epik, DJ Oasis, DJ Lahn, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Dave Russell, 9:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Some Fear None, Zero Client, Of Arson, 8 p.m.

Press Club Stalins of Sound, Darling Chemicalia, 9 p.m.

Shady Lady Double P Review, 9 p.m.

Shine 200 West, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Keri Carr Band, 9 p.m.

Sunday Brunch

Shady Lady Jazz Gitan, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Water Liars, Panmixia, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Sculpture Grove, The Electronauts, D Street Jams, Greenside, 7 p.m.

Bows and Arrows Giggle Party, Survival Guide, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Hans Eberbach, 9 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Live DJ’s, 9:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Dub Culture, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts Karla Bonoff Duo, 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Concerts In the Park: Mother Hips, Jackpot, The Old Screen Door, Roger Carpio, 5 p.m.

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Club Car Passion Play, 9 p.m.

The Colony Go Skate Day w/ Rad, Fucktard, NoxCrutch, SSA, Beerlords, Fearection, xTomHanx, 7 p.m.

Colusa Casino Chili Sauce, 9 p.m.

Crowne Plaza Hotel Swingtime Music and Car Fest w/ Barnyard Stompers, The Infamous Swanks, The Twistin' Tornados, The Vintage Vandals, 7 p.m.

District 30 DJ Peeti-V, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Wooden Nickel Band, Richard March, 9 p.m.

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Kupro’s Bistro Jay Shaner Band, 9:30 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Hot Pants w/ DJ Rock Bottom, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Odd Moniker, Genre Peak, 8:30 p.m.

Marilyn’s Diva Kings, Walking Spanish, 9 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Get Down to the Champion Sound w/ DJ Esef and guests, 10 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Long Beach Rehab, Weapon, 10 p.m.

Old Ironsides William Mylar 5 p.m.; Prylosis, Dimidium, Skin of Saints, Black Majik Acid, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Apple Z, 10 p.m.

The Boardwalk Husalah, Playah K, Reign, Diesel, No Mutiny Cliq, Mak Pac, 7 p.m.

Bows and Arrows Lucas Young & the Wilderness, Vinnie Guidera, Mandy Zeboski, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, 9 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Fiesta En La Calle: Dinorah & Crosswinds, La Castaneda, Dr. Krapula, 5 p.m.

City Tavern Davis Music Fest: Seatraffic, Mantle Sound Core, Ally Hasche & the Bad Boys, Be Calm Honcho, Ghostplay, 4 p.m.

Club Car Duchess Wilder Band, 9 p.m.

Club Retro Humble Wolf, Love Royale, Rebecca & Marcel, Derek Thomas, TJ McNulty, M. Born, Chelsea Hughes, 6 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Jackson Michelson, 10 p.m.

Colusa Casino Chili Sauce, 9 p.m.

Sacramento Convention Center Cody Simpson, Ryan Beatty, 7 p.m.

Crowne Plaza Hotel Swingtime Music and Car Fest w/ Junior Brown, Moonlight Trio, Pachuco Jose Y Los Diamantes, Cash Prophets, The Twilight Drifters, The West Coast Ramblers, KB & The SlingTones, 7 p.m.

Shady Lady Zorelli, 9 p.m.

Shine Freeport, Panther & Bear Fight, Noah Nelson, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Sister Crayon, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River UrbanFire, 5 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5 p.m.; Jelly Bread, 9 p.m.

6.22 Ace of Spades ZAVALAZ, Dot Hacker, 8 p.m.

Armadillo Stage (F & 2nd Streets) Davis Music Fest: Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express, Miss Lonely Hearts, TV Mike & the Scarecrows, Surrogate, Bomba Fried Rice, The Hoots, 3 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Vicious Circle, Psychosomatic, MDL, 9 p.m.

Townhouse Pop Freq w/ DJ X-GVNR, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Mondavi Center JD McPherson, West Nile Ramblers, 5 p.m.

Little Prague Davis Music Fest: Hollow Point Stumblers, Rin Tin Tiger, Yellow Jacket Motel, Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Dave Nachmanoff, Biscuits & Honey, 5:30 p.m.

Wells Fargo Historic Center Fate Under Fire (EP Release), Josh Falcón, Ben Woodward, 7 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe The Bagmen, Aaron Linkin, 8:30 p.m.

ZuhG Life Store Gymbo Scawt, Gypsy Fish, 1 p.m.

McKinley Park Pops In the Park w/ Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Dark Line, Highway 12, Tear Down the Sky, For All I’ve Done, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Spider, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Weird Science, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Set In Stone, 10 p.m.

Davis Bicycle Collective Davis Music Fest: Grill Cloth, Ennui Trust, Be Brave Bold Robot, Vasas, Drive Thru Mystics, 4 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Davis Music Fest: Hands, Extra Classic, Soft Science, Desario, Alicia Murphy, 6 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Davis Music Fest: Horseneck, Ghulheim, Black Mackerel, Glug, The Men Upstairs, 6 p.m.

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Steve Miller Band, 7 p.m.

6.23

Marilyn’s Idea Team, King Never, Let’s Go Slow, 9 p.m.

Shady Lady Julie & the Jukes, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Captain Courageous, Stu Tails, 9 p.m.

Vini Wine Bar Davis Music Fest: Ross Hammond, Jon Hatamiya, Groove Heroes, Jonny Gold Trio, 8:30 p.m.

Luigi’s Fungarden Der Spazm, Mindflowers, Drive Thru Mystics, 8 p.m.

Davis Art Center Davis Music Fest: Music Matt & the Whole 9 Yards, 11 a.m.

Delta of Venus Davis Music Fest: Ben Lewis, Garrett Pierce, The Bumptet, Toadmortons, Ital Souls, Steve Kotarek, Moonlight Wheat, The Lurk, 12 p.m.

Saturday

Kupro’s Bistro RC Trio, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Xochitl, Kady Z, 8 p.m.

The Lodge Davis Music Fest: John Vanderslice, Sea Of Bees, Misner & Smith, Boca Do Rio, DoomBird, Doe Eye, Jon Langford, 5 p.m.

The Pence Courtyard Davis Music Fest: Zorelli, Sweet 100’s, Mason Rex, Camila Ortiz, Dave Hafter, The Verge, 1:30 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Marshall Wilkerson, 5 p.m.

Sunday

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

Center for the Arts California Honeydrops, 8 p.m.

Central Park Davis Music Fest: Zapato Viejo, The Nickel Slots, Joy & Madness, 12 p.m.

The Colony United Defiance, Heroes at Gunpoint, Incrusted Dust, The Lucky Eejits, 8 p.m.

Delta of Venus Davis Music Fest: DJ Ciel, Lauren Cole Norton, Bisoux Bisoux, 11 a.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Downtown Plaza Ralph Gordan, 1 p.m.

Harlow’s Step Jayne, For Sayle, Miss Maddy’s F Street Stompers, 6:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Self Proclaimed, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Val Starr, 3 p.m.; Open Blues Jam, 7 p.m.

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

Shady Lady Tyson Graf, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Black Market III, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Lynyrd Skynyrd, 8 p.m.

Torch Club The Nibblers, 5 p.m.; Daniel Castro, 9 p.m.

6.22 Ghulheim

Davis Music Fest

Horseneck, Black Mackerel, Glug, The Men Upstairs

G Street WunderBar 6 p.m.

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6.24 Monday

The Blue Lamp Sole, Moodie Black, Max Bundles, 9 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sol Collective Microphone Mondays, 8 p.m.

Townhouse Open Jam/Open Mic hosted by Brian Rinehart & Mr Erik James, 9 p.m.

Comedy Assembly B Street: Live!

Presents Four Funny Women and Dave, Thursday’s, Friday’s and Saturday’s, 7 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Open Mic Comedy Night hosted by Ray Molina, June 12, 8 p.m.

Capital Stage Joe Klocek, Keith Lowell Jensen, June 21 - 22, 8 p.m.

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Laughs Unlimited Movin On Up Comedy Competition Semi-Finals, June 12 & 13, 8 p.m.

Luke Francis, Rodger Lizaola, June 14 - 26, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Best of Open Mic Showcase, June 18, 8 p.m.

BT, Stephen Furey, June 21 23, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Keith Lowell Jensen’s Comedy Night, Wednesday’s, 8 p.m.

Po’Boyz Bar & Grill (Folsom) Comedy Open Mic, every Monday, 9 p.m.

Punchline Comedy Club Russell Peters, June 13 - 16, Thurs., 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

JHP Showcase, June 19, 8 p.m.

Pablo Francisco, June 20 - 23, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

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

Harold Night, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Improv Lab, Wednesday’s, 7 p.m.

Comedy Kong, Thursday’s, 9 p.m.

Top 10 List Podcast Live!, Saturday’s, 7:30 p.m.

Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m.

The Stoney Inn Nutty Monday’s Comedy Showcase and Open Mic, Monday’s, 9 p.m.

Tommy T’s Tommy Davidson, June 13 - 16, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Flips & Beaners Comedy Jam w/ Jimmy Earll, Justin Rivera and Chris Storin, June 20 - 23, Thurs., 7:30 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Misc.

2020 J Street Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m.

Blue Cue Trivia Night, every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

Bows & Arrows Makers Mart, June 23, 10 a.m.

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Cal Expo Run to Rave, June 15, 6 p.m.

Capitol Mall Greens Sacramento Pride Festival, June 15, 10:30 a.m.

Crest Theatre Sacramento French Film Festival, June 21 - 30 Flywheel A Word and More with Ed Goldman, June 13, 11:30 a.m.

Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Luigi’s A Slice of Trivia w/ the Bruce Twins, Monday’s, 8 p.m.

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

Memorial Auditorium Sacred City Derby Girls Double Header, June 22, 7 p.m.

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Words Brooke Dreyer • Photos Heather Loewe Science has progressed immensely over the last decade; most specifically within the area of psychology. One of the more recent findings, though it was assumed for quite some time, was the biological connection between music and the human brain. When crafted correctly, key signatures, tones, melodies and rhythms excite certain neurons, elicit memories and initiate emotions that influence a person’s physical experience. However, one doesn’t have devote hours reading science Journals to discover the legitimacy of these findings. The proof lies in Family Photo’s performances.

Two indie/pop-rock groups, The Jefferies (from Sacramento) and Everyone is Dirty (from Oakland), opened the May 25 show, which was graciously hosted by Naked Lounge. The latter band seemed more experienced and rhythmically complex than the first, but both groups played enjoyably catchy songs and gave enthusiastic performances.

The anticipation settled as Family Photo’s Zach Giberson (vocals, guitar) announced that this would be their last show before touring the East Coast, as the other members Zach Darf (vocals, tenor sax, guitar), Derek Sup (vocals, keyboard), Jarrett Tracy (vocals, drums) and Nathan Swedlow (vocals, bass) assembled their instruments. Only moments later, Sup’s chiptuneesque keyboard eased the audience into the first song, “Searchin’,” from their second EP, Naked Celebz. Tracy presented a melodic element as he began rhythmically complementing the melody while other members teased it with small flourishes. The melodic focus altered to a rhythmic focus as the drums, bass, keys and guitar shifted into a marching beat. The song continued through the jazzy first verse and onto one of their many, very impressive bridges. The soft guitar phrases and high-hat raises carried the harmonizing wind of “ooo”s and “ah”s as the audience obediently swayed along.

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skilled transitions, but they were overshadowed by an artistically crafted outro. The second verse, without following or preceding a chorus, loudly progressed into a peak of chaos. The outro began as the song settled into a hiatus of high guitar phrases contrasting the low, extended bass notes.

The vocals echoed, “I’m headed back East,” as the instrumentals swelled to another climax, which concluded with two fabulous guitar and drum solos.

Their song “Bobbi” combined the progressive build up of the outro to “Yosemite” and melodicto-rhythmic transition of “Searchin’.” This song proved the mechanics to be apart of their nature, as opposed to a learned talent.

The eerie intro to the song, “Better Now,” emotionally matched the evocative feel of the songs to follow, “Winneconne” and “And So We Disillusion.” The intense lyrics were presented with a passive approach, which allowed the audience to peacefully recollect, rather than criticize, whatever memories or emotions were conjured.

Family Photo has mastered the concept of progression. Introducing melodic phrases before other instruments allowed the song’s motif to grow within the audience and prepare them for the rhythm transformations and chaotic buildups to come. A band’s appeal can be lost with drastic changes or too frequent transitions, but Family Photo’s pristine control managed to make these experiences exciting rather than confusing.

They were obviously experienced musicians, but their songs proved them to be artists. The fragile melodies were carefully conveyed through the effort of each musician, who would supplement each phrase while creating instrumentally respective layers of their own. The songs were mechanically dynamic and emotionally receptive, making the performance more of an experience, one that the audience is sure to remember. Best luck on the East Coast, Family Photo. Sacramento awaits your return.

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Every so often, a hero comes along that reaffirms your belief in humanity. I’m sure there are plenty of people who made the news this week whose deeds are worthy of that statement. There are probably countless more— teachers, parents, police officers, emergency personnel—who didn’t make the news who could all be labeled as heroes. But for our purposes here, I’m writing about Natalie Holt, a British viola player who pelted Simon Cowell with eggs during the finale of Britain’s Got Talent.

Adam and Richard Johnson were giving a simply beautiful performance of “The Impossible Dream,” as the 30-year-old Holt was accompanying them as a part of the backing band on stage. As the song hit its crescendo, and a chorus emerged from backstage to take the Johnson brothers’ performance to even greater heights, Holt ditched her viola and took center stage between Adam and Richard, a carton of eggs in hand, and gleefully tossed them at Cowell before being escorted off stage by security.

Cowell removed his yolk-y jacket and the show went on, and the Johnson brothers ended up falling short of the top prize. However, they will be forever remembered (or at least remembered as long as this story is interesting (i.e. another 10 minutes given today’s attention spans)) as the dudes who stood there as someone lost their shit on television.

It should be noted that Holt once competed on the show as a member of The Raven Quartet, a group that didn’t make it very far in the competition. I’m sure that played some part in Holt’s hissyfit, but I really don’t care. I still think it’s awesome.

First of all, this is why reality TV was created in the first place, right? Isn’t this what we all want to see? Isn’t that why Survivor has made it through a gajillion seasons on television? It’s not because viewers are interested in the competition, the challenges or who’s going to win. They tune in in hopes that someone will get devoured by a crocodile. I mean, that’s the only reason I’d watch that shit.

With Holt, we have actual reality on television. Not a cleverly edited monologue that makes it look like Snooki hates JWOWW or whatever…not an “unscripted” confession from a Bachelorette. Here’s someone with a very real reaction to a very real douchebag.

That’s the second reason why I love this so much. Simon Cowell, for lack of a better word, is a complete cunt. There’s no reason to

sugar coat it. And if you tuned into American Idol while he was on the show because you enjoyed watching him rip into some kid from Nebraska who couldn’t sing a note but had dreams of making it out of his/her tiny town and becoming somebody, you probably deserve an egg thrown your way too. That’s just how it is. I don’t really believe in the eye-for-an-eye style of justice, but I guess if your only talent is to embarrass people in front of millions of viewers, your punishment should eventually fit the crime—and add a serious dry cleaning bill for good measure.

Cowell’s response to the incident via Twitter saying, “I really don't like eggs.” I’m sure eggs aren’t a fan of his either, though.

For Holt’s part, she was apologetic about interrupting the Johnson brothers’ wonderful performance. Who knows, she may have even cost them a shot at winning the competition and walking home with its exorbitant cash prize and chance to perform in front of Queen Elizabeth. However, with talent like theirs, and the exposure they got through the show, I’m sure win or lose they’ll be moving on to bigger and better things eventually. Or, at the very least, they’re going to smoke fools at every karaoke bar in England.

Holt said she pulled her childish little stunt to make a statement. She told Telegraph.co.uk that she was taking “a stand against people miming on television and against Simon and his dreadful influence on the music industry.”

I’m not sure what she has against mimes, but I have to admit those guys really creep me out sometimes.

But good for her, you know? Sure. Go out there and stick it to the man. Pelt eggs at some famous douchebag with the cameras running. That’s probably the only way to get your point across nowadays. Because, really, other than Kelly Clarkson (I heart you, Kelly), what has Cowell really done for music? Carrie Underwood? Bitch, please.

I’m not going out on a ledge by saying Cowell is probably not the most popular man in the world, but you’d think his own show would at least have his back. Britain’s Got Talent announced that they weren’t going to press any charges on Holt in relation to the incident, though I’m sure the dude who let her go by security with a carton of eggs may get a talking to. Hey, who knows. Maybe they’ll even invite her back on to perform? Talk about the Impossible Dream!

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