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If you don’t make an effort to keep learning or growing, let’s face it: life can get pretty mundane. This is true in every aspect of life, from eating the same foods at the same restaurants to listening to the same bands year after year. One thing that is really important to me is expanding my mind when it comes to food and drinks. Over the past five to six years my whole perspective has changed. From diving into the craft beer and cocktail scene to expanding my taste buds when it comes to farm-to-fork meals and restaurants. As of late my mind has been blown away by the coffee industry thanks to all the amazing roasters in Sacramento like Temple and Insight. Places like these have turned this occasional “decent” coffee drinker into an addict of “exceptional” brews, to the point where I now appreciate the different tasting notes, regions and background stories of all the coffee varieties and farms out there in the world. We are excited to feature one of these key players in our current issue of Submerge. Over the past couple of years, Insight has been expanding like crazy. With their newest location just opened at the 16 Powerhouse building, we have some breaking news: another new Insight cafe is in the works. Flip to page 10 to get the scoop on that future location and to read about the reasoning behind opening their newest cafe right across the street from a wellestablished Starbucks. Then I suggest hoofing it to one of their shops to try their cold brew. If you don’t know about cold brew, ask them about it. They love expanding coffee drinkers’ knowledge. I just became aware of the cold brew process myself last year and warning: now I can’t get enough of it. As far as music goes, if you’re stuck listening over and over again to the same CDs you bought when you were in your teens, welp, you’re doing it wrong. There are so many bands who end up touring through Sacramento and if you don’t know who they are, I suggest looking one up once in awhile. Trust me, you are never going to know whether or not it’s something you might really like.

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Such was the case when I discovered Shovels & Rope a few months ago. I had never heard of the band when they announced they were coming to Ace of Spades. I thought, “Who is this band headlining one of the biggest rooms in Sacramento?” So I dialed up the ol’ Google and YouTube and got to the bottom of it. I discovered they’re a bad ass couple who blend country, folk and Americana styles while putting on one hell of a live performance. They harmonize and switch instruments on the fly. Need I say more?! Yeah, a band I never heard of before two months ago knocked my socks off, so I wanted Submerge to share their story with you and even put them on our cover. You can check out our feature starting on page 18, then catch them live in Sacramento on July 2. What if you took the influences and aspects you had growing up, but remixed them, putting your own spin on things to give them a new modernistic feel? Local band NMBRSTTN did just that. Listening to their new EP you can hear the influence ‘90s bands once had on them. But in turn, the band created their own songs with a fresh modern style. NMBRSTTN has been around for a few years, but the addition of new members has helped the band create a new identity and forge full steam ahead to a successful new era. Read our interview with founding members Ean Clevenger and Barry Crider starting on page 12. Also taking past pop culture figures and remixing them creatively is artist Chad Lenzi. Lenzi’s oil paintings often feature iconic characters, but with a funny, bizarre twist. He also works with ink to create sci-fi drawings. Get an idea for who this local artist is on page 16 and check out his art in person at Alley Cuts in downtown Sacramento. Also mark your calendars for September, because Lenzi has another show at Little Relics in Midtown on the books. Keep picking us up every other week to help you discover something new: eateries to try, bands to hear or art shows to go see. We at Submerge strive to keep you learning about all the cool stuff going on in town, thus making life, well, not so mundane. Please enjoy issue #190! Cheers, Melissa

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A full three years after the release of her acclaimed sophomore album Orangefarben, one of the finest musicians to break out of Sacramento in recent years, Julie Ann Baenziger, AKA Sea of Bees, is finally ready to release the highly anticipated follow up, a 10-track offering called Build A Boat to the Sun. The album will be released on June 29 via the London-based label 3 Loop Music. In case you’re not familiar, Baenziger crafts incredible folky, guitar-pop songs and she plays a ton of instruments, too. Over the years she’s received high praise for her work from NPR, LA Weekly, The Independent and just about every other major media outlet. For Build A Boat to the Sun, Baenziger once again enlisted the services of her good friend and producer/engineer extraordinaire John Baccigaluppi. The two have collaborated on every one of Sea of Bees’ releases, including Bee Eee Pee (2009), her debut full-length Songs for the Ravens (2010) and the aforementioned Orangefarben (2012). Build A Boat features guest appearances from the likes of longtime Sea of Bees collaborator and amazing vocalist/harmonizer Amber Padgett, as well as Geoffrey CK of Sunmonks, Kacey Johansing of Yesway and a few others. This album has an upbeat, full-band driven sound, possibly due to the fact that Baenziger recently bought a drum kit and spent as much time banging away on that as she did strumming her guitar. “I have finished the record I have been meaning to make,” Baenziger wrote on her website, Seaofbees.com. “Things are changing for the good and I am happy.” The album is available for pre-order now at 3 Loop’s online store (3loopmusic. tmstor.es). Check out Soundcloud.com/3loopmusic to hear the catchy opening track, “Test Yourself,” as well as the first song written for the record, “Dad.” Keep an eye out at Seaofbees.com for tour dates and hopefully a Sacramento-area date will pop up any day now.

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It’s safe to say that with her fourth full-length album, Abyss, set to be released August 7 on Sargent House, ex-Sacramentan Chelsea Wolfe has reached a whole new level in her already impressive career. Having always been known for her dark, hypnotizing sound and aesthetic, Abyss is easily Wolfe’s heaviest and most personal album to date. According to a statement by Wolfe, “Abyss is meant to have the feeling of when you’re dreaming, and you briefly wake up, but then fall back asleep into the same dream, diving quickly into your own subconscious”. The last couple of years have been crazy for Wolfe. She’s toured with Queens of the Stone Age, landed on the covers of magazines all over the world, and has even had songs featured in trailers for the popular HBO show Game of Thrones as well as the upcoming feature film Dark Places, which is based on the book by the best-selling author of Gone Girl. On Abyss, Wolfe continued her ongoing collaboration with co-writer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Chisholm and drummer Dylan Fujioka. Ezra Buchla was brought on board to play viola and Mike Sullivan of the band Russian Circles contributed his guitar wizardry. The group recorded in Dallas, Texas with producer/engineer John Congleton (Swans, St. Vincent). The first single off the album “Iron Moon” was recently debuted on Rolling Stone’s website, and the second single “Carrion Flowers” was debuted by NPR’s All Songs Considered, so to say Wolfe is already receiving good press would be an understatement. Abyss is available for pre-order now. Visit Chelseawolfe.net for more details. A tour in support of the new album has also been announced and the closest she’ll get to Sacramento is on Saturday, Sept. 26 when Wolfe and her band will play at San Francisco’s The Regency Ballroom.

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The Optimistic Pessimist What if genies were real? Would you be prepared to make great wishes if confronted with a magic lamp? Remember your film and childhood story history; genies are seasoned tricksters who will twist your wishes in ways that you couldn’t imagine or intend. The finder of the lamp always seems to end up worse off in the end, while the genie just laughs his ass off and goes about his merry way. Don’t let this be you! You will want a game plan in case you are confronted with a wishgranting genie type of situation. Finding a genie is admittedly an extremely unlikely situation. But it is even more unlikely that you will find a second genie. Best not to blow it the first time. The first thing you will want to do is make sure this “genie” is the real deal. Did you rub a lamp, bottle, urn, copper gravy boat or some other old-timey lantern? Did a genie materialize in your presence shortly thereafter from said container? Are you taking any hallucinogenic substances? If you answered yes to the first two questions only, then this might be your lucky day.

If you have freed a genuine genie from its receptacle, you, my friend, are owed a reward. Your newly liberated genie must grant you three wishes, so this is your chance to win big. Just don’t forget: genies will always try to screw you over and shit all over your wishes. In order to best protect yourself, once the apparition before you identifies itself as a genie, you should cease using the words, “I wish” in any capacity, unless you do intend to use one of your three wishes. That’s how they get ya! Genies love to twist your words and turn your wishes into bizarro nightmare versions of themselves, so you can’t leave any room for error. Given that, your first wish, without question, should be, “I wish that you, [genie’s name], in your capacity as a magical genie, would grant me, [your name], 1 million wishes in lieu of the three wishes previously offered on [date of lamp rubbing].” If the genie allows this, you are golden. Anything can be fixed with a million tries and you could wish for a million more wishes at any time.

Genie(us) Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com That could be the end of the story, but what if your genie is a real asshole? What if the genie says, “I have only three wishes to give, so I cannot grant you 1 million wishes?” Three is not a lot of wishes, but they can get the job done if you wish wisely. Your first wish should be about money. Half of the other things you will wish for are just a matter of money, so just wish for the cash instead and buy what you need. When you do wish for money, don’t try to be clever and say something stupid like, “I want to be the richest man alive.” Rich is a relative term and will land you in hot water. What makes a man rich? Money or experience? Don’t leave that to the genie to decide, because he will make you the biggest goat herder in Mypos if given the chance. Instead, say something like, “I wish that you, [genie’s name] , in your magical capacity as a genie, would deposit [obscenely large number] United States dollars into the account located at [name and location of your bank] bearing the account number [your account number].” With your pockets lined fat, it’s time to help the rest of the world. You could wish for world

peace, but you might just get a piece of the world (i.e., a rock). Wishing that there never be war again also means that we lose a fun card game you can play with a friend, and an amazing jazz/ funk/soul/rock/R&B band from the 1970s. Instead of getting rid of War, we should be heeding their words with our second wish. Why can’t we be friends? Why not wish that no human being ever physically or mentally harmed another human being again? That goes beyond war and takes care of general suffering as well!. Now that you are rich and the world is safe, what is your next move? I’d say give it a minute. There is no rule that you have to make all three of your wishes the moment you find a genie. Why not see how the first two play out and keep your third as a safety? Of course, if you already know what else you want to wish for then go for it. You could be smart, famous, sexy or powerful with just one wish. Just be careful what you wish for ... you might just get it.

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The grindhouse MORE TEETH, LESS BITE jurassic world Rated pg-13 Words andrew c. russell One week on, my post-theater buzz beginning to wear off, I return for a more detailed evaluation of Summer 2015’s definitive blockbuster, Jurassic World. Upon first viewing, Jurassic World is suitably rewarding, hitting the pleasure centers square-on like a Pachycephalosaurus and preparing a feast of moments we’ve always wanted to see in the franchise—a calculated move sure to whip mixed audiences into a frenzy like a herd of Velociraptors attacking a cow. Many of these moments have been flaunted from the get-go in the teaser trailers, branded on our collective brains long before opening night: the massive, aquatic dino Mosasaurus leaping for its meal in a beefed-up version of The Shamu Experience (I’d like to see that played out in a Blackfishstyle documentary); the new, extremely interactive tourist exhibits (the inspired gyroscope-orb vehicles, one of Spielberg’s leftover ideas); and the thrilling notion that humans can work alongside Velociraptors (a plot-point only lightly brushed upon in Jurassic Park III). I can’t argue with these calculated moves. For one, they worked on me. I’m certain the audience felt the same way; after one thrilling sequence, a spontaneous eruption of applause filled the theater, a phenomenon I’d only heard of occurring during first-run showings of Star Wars, four decades past. In light of this, and the colossal take-in the film has (and continues to) achieve globally, any excessive nitpicking on my part could out me as one of the worst sorts of amateur critics one encounters nowadays— the fanboy, so hopelessly bonded with the “classic” merchandise encountered in their youth that any newer model is held to impossibly higher standards. So, while fully aware that Jurassic World is a reputable, entertaining monster in it’s own right, and Jurassic Park, “classic” though it may be, was still a relentlessly commercial beast in its own era, there are still many reasons the latter holds up, and the former will soon be dated. Perhaps there’s more holes in the code this time around, or perhaps the summer blockbuster just used to be made of sturdier stuff. In the film, we finally get to visit John Hammond’s fully realized theme park, the dino version of Disney World, as opposed to Jurassic Park’s Disneyland. Although constructed on the same Pacific island, this new park has ironed out all the rough edges. There’s more staff, more control over the environment, more hightech attractions and cleaner, shinier surfaces everywhere. Bigger and badder is the rule of the day, and to drive home this point, the park’s team of gene splicers are under pressure to tamper further with their lab-grown attractions to sell more tickets. SubmergeMag.com

For the park itself, the unintended side effect is faster, more ferocious dinosaurs. For the film, the unintended side effect is to make such a self-aware CGI spectacle of itself that it actually becomes less immersive than the original film. There is only a “wow factor” when there once was awe; where this film impresses the viewer, the first one enchanted. As it turns out, the key ingredient to our favorite dinosaur movie wasn’t in the scale, but in all the little details. Jurassic Park was a far more visceral film, a film preoccupied with the interplay of visual and aural cues which have since become iconic: water rippling from the approach of a Tyrannosaurus, the clicking claws and harsh pneumatic hiss of the hunting Velociraptor, even the time and care that went into revealing the nature of the Dilophosaurus, from semi-cute critter to tar-spitting alien menace. When held up to the one-note intensity and bombast of Jurassic World, our 1993 nostalgia seems a bit more grounded. But working with what we have, there are still many good points: Chris Pratt steals the show as the head dino trainer, motorcycling alongside a pack of raptors like something from the cover of a 1950s men’s adventure magazine. B.D Wong is back as head geneticist Dr. Wu in a smartly expanded role from his one-scene appearance in JP1. The rest of the good roles go to the dinosaurs, especially the raptors, who now exhibit a pathos and likeability going beyond their previous role as killing machines. Behind a curtain of mystery hides the Indominus Rex, the untested and unpredictable hybrid attraction of the park, an intelligent carnivore that kills for sport, making the rest of the park seem like a petting zoo. Our other protagonists are squished to the sidelines, only present to fulfill their functions. The InGen representative (Vincent D’Onofrio) is only there to menace the film with his military plans for the raptors; the park director (Bryce Dallas Howard) is only there to be proven wrong and to run for her life in heels; her young nephews (Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins) are only there to play helpless dino bait before becoming unexpectedly resourceful, and also to mirror the children of the first film. And this film does succeed in mirroring the first, if not in painting its own distinctive picture. It’s far better at being a monster film than last year’s Godzilla, and provides a gleeful chaos that will enthrall partakers of the 3D experience. Fans of the first will enjoy the humor and the sly references to the original. But in the back of my mind, Dr. Malcom’s words still resonate with a kind of irony, a sort of rebuke to the Hollywood system that can rarely replicate a great film once it’s been solidified as a classic and tinted amber with nostalgia: “You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, packaged and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox.” And now, they’re selling it. But who can blame them? We don’t have a T. rex to prove them wrong.

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First Art Show at WAL’s Public Market! • Now through Aug. 4 Located on the ground floor of the recently completed Warehouse Artist Lofts in the historic R Street district of Downtown Sacramento, the WAL Public Market is a one-of-a-kind gallery, retail and restaurant space that houses seven local businesses: Old Gold, a vintage boutique with handmade goods; local shoemaker Benjamins Shoes; Kechmara Designs, offering Moroccan rugs; Metro Juice Kitchen and Drinkery; record and vintage stores Kicksville and MediumRare Records; and Fish Face, a grab-and-go sushi counter. The gallery portion of WAL Public Market is getting ready to host their first-ever Second Saturday art reception on July 11 for an exhibit that is appropriately titled First Art Show. The exhibit, which is currently hung and available for viewing, features paintings, illustrations and mixed-media pieces from four artists: WAL resident and 80’s/90’s pop culture influenced illustrator Navid Dehghan; Bay Area artist/sculpture Stephanie Wickizer; Verge’s Bekah Wilson, a painter; and watercolorist Eric S. Wood, who also teaches art at Sac City and Sierra colleges. The reception on July 11 runs from 6 to 9 p.m., and the show will remain up now through August 4. WAL Public Market’s hours are from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday’s. They are located at 1104 R Street. Stephanie Wickizer

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8 Local Bands Pay Tribute to Talking Heads at Harlow’s June 28

This ain’t no party. This ain’t no disco. This ain’t no foolin’ around. Well actually it’ll be a little of all of those things on Sunday, June 28 when Jerry Perry and Harlow’s Restaurant and Nightclub, along with eight killer local bands, team up to bring us “Same As It Never Was: A Tribute to Talking Heads!” Sacto acts Pre-Occupied Pipers, Sunmonks, Ideateam, The Kelps, Honyock, The Polymers, Sea Legs and Embryo will perform over 30 covers of classic tracks by the American new wave/rock legends Talking Heads. Hear songs off of every one of their many albums, including hits like “Burning Down The House,” “Psycho Killer,” “Life During Wartime” and tons of other deep cuts like “The Lady Don’t Mind,” “Swamp,” and “Love Comes To Town.” This show is all-ages and doors open at 6 p.m. The party wraps up by 10 p.m. so you can still be in bed early enough to make it to work Monday morning without being too haggard. Cover is $10 at the door or save yourself a couple bucks by purchasing ahead of time at Harlows.com.

TOUCH Get Your Flowboard on at Surf Xtreme Combine the illusion of surfing with the ride of snowboarding and the tricks of skateboarding, add in moving water that’s flowing at you at 30 mph, and you’ve got Flowboarding! Surf Xtreme in Elk Grove houses the only indoor “Double Flowrider” in Northern California. On this automated surf simulator you can either bodyboard laying down or if you’re good enough stand up and shred. All ability levels are welcome, from first-timers to seasoned pros. The water is heated so you won’t freeze your buns off and there are always CPR/First Aid certified Wave Attendants to help with tips and tricks. Don’t be too afraid of falling, either. Besides a shot of water up your noggin, you won’t get too banged up, as the Flowrider is made of a soft membrane composite that absorbs your impact as you fall. A one-hour session for a non-member is just $21.95. Surf Xtreme also has a trampoline room, paintball area and a food/snack bar, making it the perfect place to hit up this summer. Visit Sxsac.com or Facebook.com/sxsac for business hours and more details.

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$3 Beers at 10 Bars in Old Sac at “Red, White and Brews” • July 3 Beat the crowds and celebrate the 4th of July a little early this year as 10 drinking establishments in Old Sacramento will offer select $3 American beers on Friday, July 3, as part of the annual Red, White and Brews event! Participating bars and restaurants include River City Saloon, Laughs Unlimited, Fanny Ann’s Saloon, Coconut Grove Sports Bar & Grill, O’Mallys Irish Pub, Vega’s Underground, The Other Office, Sports Corner Cafe, Round Table Pizza and Graciano’s Chicago Deep Dish Pizza and Speakeasy. Post up at one bar or hit up all of them, it’s like a choose-your-own-three-dollar-beer-adventure! Major bonus: you’ll be able to see the fireworks show at Raley Field after the River Cats game that night almost perfectly from Old Sac! Visit Oldsacramento.com and click on “Special Events” for more information.

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Source, Roast, Brew

Insight Coffee Roasters Bring Farmto-Cup Experience to New Location Words Alia Cruz photos evan e. Duran

n late 2011, Insight Coffee Roasters first opened their doors in the Southside Park neighborhood. From the get-go, their purpose and uniqueness in the Sacramento coffee scene was obvious. Not only did they accomplish dishing out the highest quality coffee in Sacramento and beyond, but they ensured that every step taken to produce and distribute that coffee was of the highest caliber possible. Insight has given Sacramento an enhanced and more thoughtful coffee experience. I remember those very first pours of coffee at the Insight Southside café. The café filled a huge void in that part of town, and brought a great business to a diverse neighborhood. Their huge, notable front windows and handbuilt wood interior were welcoming and crafty, and early Insight pioneers Lucky Rodrigues (who remains a partner), and Benza Cox-Lance were always bringing the coffee experience to a whole new level with a knowledgeable and approachable presence. In fact, the painting on the side of the Southside café shows Rodrigues at the roaster and Cox-Lance pulling an espresso shot. The smell of coffee roasting, especially on Tuesdays, was enough alone to wake you up. Then there was the constant sound of steam coming out of the gold-plated espresso machine and, for some reason, the faint sound of a boombox blasting in the roastery in the back. Sometimes, you would catch a glimpse of someone breakdancing to the tunes if you were lucky enough. Insight has evolved rapidly since those early days at the Southside café, but the strong aroma of roasting beans and the exhale of the espresso machine still thrive. In four years of existence, Insight Coffee Roasters has multiplied to four locations, with the most recent opening up in the 16 Powerhouse, a new LEED certified development across the street from Fremont Park. The building was built with materials and processes intended to leave the smallest carbon footprint possible. The building is a mixed living/retail space. Chris Ryan, one of the owners of Insight, says that this was a

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The roastery maintains a tight-knit relationship with the coffee plant farms that produce the source of seeds for the café. On a regular basis, an Insight rep—usually Lucky Rodrigues—will travel abroad to regions where the coffee seeds are grown. Rodrigues travels mainly to central America, to stay with and work side-by-side with familyowned farms that sustainably raise coffee beans. The purpose is essentially finding the best coffee before anyone else does and building a lasting relationship with their growers. This ensures that the coffee buyer gets very specific pickings, and the first and best picks at that. “The desire for the highest quality coffee is higher now,” says Ryan, “Especially in a time where people are more interested in the whole farm-to-fork movement. It is truly about learning more and appreciating more. If you go to the source of the product and believe in that source, you believe in your product and are proud of it.” To take the education factor to another level, the coffee company has somewhat recently come out with a quarterly newspaper. It is a small and informative collaborative effort, full of diverse coffee news and profiles. The free papers are available at every location, and go in depth about everything from the sourcing and producing of coffee, to the health benefits and groundbreaking scientific research surrounding coffee. Ryan says that Insight plans on expanding even more in the coming months. They anticipate an expanded coffee program with the new Edible Pedal in West Sacramento, where Insight coffee has already been served in limited forms. Ryan hopes to make the full experience available to that side of town. On top of that, a new café on the 700 block of K street is in the works. “It will be pretty close to the new arena,” says Ryan, “We are To keep abreast of future Insight Coffee working close with Roaster developments developers and it’s going and other info, go to to be pretty exciting.” Insightcoffee.com.

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large factor in wanting to place an Insight café at the location, even with a Starbucks right across the street. “Despite that, we have been doing quite well,” says Ryan about the new location. “Starbucks is a completely different business and the menus are completely different. I think a lot of diverse coffee drinkers have been exposing themselves to our menu. People are coming in and wanting to learn more, and from there they learn to appreciate coffee more.” The 16 Powerhouse Insight follows suit with Insight’s older cafés, with the exception of also serving Sun and Soil fresh juices. Ryan adds, “This is a bustling part of town, and our way of approaching coffee is really catching on.” Insight started, and continues to grow, with three principals of focus: source, roast and brew. “Our goals are straightforward; to source quality seeds directly from producers, roast to accentuate inherent flavors and brew to highlight different attributes,” reads the company’s website. “One of the main goals of Insight has been to spread our passion for coffee education.” says Ryan. “Education is key. Hence the name Insight. We want to offer the customer an insightful coffee experience.” Insight’s Southside location, where beans are roasted, offers various coffee education courses, including home-roasting classes to those more interested in doing it themselves. The café openly sells home-roasting supplies, too. Almost every resource needed for the most amateur of coffee novices is readily available. Also, every second Saturday of the month, they hold a sourcing course. As the course description explains, coffee lovers of all levels can “Explore the origin of coffee and its journey from seedling to processing and roasting,” and, “Learn about our work directly with coffee growers to process quality sustainable coffees.” All courses are provided at an unbeatable price: free. You will notice that the menus at Insight cafés lack options that have unnecessary additives. “We believe that if the coffee is roasted properly and produced correctly, then sugar and a ton of cream shouldn’t be necessary,” says Ryan. “Coffee should be produced in a way that should accentuate its natural flavors. You will never find a frappuccino or anything caramel on our menu. There are great nutritional aspects to coffee. We roast it in a way that you drink it straight up black.”

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finds a new direction STTN NMBRSTTN After a series of changes, NMBR with new EP, Energy and E ou never realize how much you ntropy don’t like loud motorcycles until you are trying to listen to a

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Ean, in terms of the lyrics, what do you tend to focus on? Ean Clevenger: When I write the songs, I sort of hone in on the lyrical concept, kind of get a feel for the music, the idea, so it works together. Barry Crider: Either Ean will come with riffs done or a general chord structure, and I’ll take that and kind of do it in my own way, where it’s using my playing sensibilities, or make it fit kind of like what I hear in my head, or I’ll come with my own riffs and see if we can patch something together, and see how it works with the previous structure we were working on. Were there any bands specifically that influenced your writing for guitar for this EP? BC: The big three ‘90s shoegaze bands. I got really into that, and like Catherine Wheel, and I was kind of looking at the way the more modern guys were playing shoegaze. I was listening to Whirr and Deafheaven, and how they use these features like blend and wash, and integrating these chordal structures from bands like The Cure and Depeche Mode with these new ways, for me at least, at playing guitar, that had a lot of influence at how I came at playing parts, but mostly Ean and I did it together.

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recording of an interview you did through a phone speaker. You may find yourself resenting the fact that people need to drive vehicles that are so unnecessarily loud. Prior to this, I sat down with Barry Crider and Ean Clevenger from NMBRSTTN (Number Station) at House of Hits, relishing in the quiet and climate-controlled environment. Luckily, our bands tend to practice on the same days, so finding them was only a matter of Counting Hallways to the Left. Clevenger (vocals/keyboard) and Crider (guitar) are growing into the band as a new beast after a series of member changes over the past several years. Clevenger has been a mainstay in the Sacramento-area punk scene, touring and playing in bands for nigh on 20 years, most notably in local bands Dance for Destruction and Pipedown. The band has been busy; just finishing a new music video, acquiring management and securing a spot in Eugene, Oregonbased label Flossless Audio’s catalog of releases. On the heels of releasing a new EP entitled Energy and Entropy, the band is embarking upon a West Coast tour this week. This new release rides dark and heavy with definite nods in a darkwave direction. Fans of Haunted Horses, Have a Nice Life and even earlier AFI may find something remarkable in Energy and Entropy. Clevenger tends to paint a dystopian lyrical-landscape over endlessly eerie, delay-drenched, fuzz-decayed guitar. The vocal melodies stand in stark, airy contrast to bass lines that rattle and clamor over steadysmashing snare hits and bright synth swells. The vocal melodies are catchy and memorable, something I wasn’t expecting really for a dark punk band. It is at once abrasive and pop-oriented. Admittedly influenced by bands like The Cure and Depeche Mode, Energy and Entropy sits comfortably among other titles on your album shelf by bands like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. The band has seen multiple members come and go, but the current lineup seems to instill confidence and signal a rebirth to both Clevenger and Crider. The new EP is a result of that union. The record was recorded in Rocklin at Earth Tone Studios by recording engineer Pat Hills, also of punk band Bastards of Young.

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So you guys, together, kind of create the song structures and bring it to the band? EC: Yeah, I mean, that’s pretty much how it goes … I would say both of us are on a mostly equal playing platforms. BC: Yeah we’re still trying to work it out. EC: However, lyrically, to go back and touch on what you said before, with every project that I do, just the way that I am, I always tend to write stuff that at least creates some sort of awareness whether it’s about ourselves or the way that ourself works its way into a societal variable, or to make people aware of their actions. I mean, this is a really ambiguous way to try to state that my lyrics are philosophical and politically intended. Most of what I’m writing about these days is sort of about making people aware of the effects of technology on our society today, and what negative consequences might come out of that over the next 40 years, 50 years, and how to be conscious how we're being involved in these worlds where smartphones drive our intelligence rather than us as human beings that sort of deal with each other.

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So your band kind of exists on the edge of having a disdain for technology and but definitely relying on its usefulness … EC: Yeah, I’m not like a primitivist. I don’t think I ever expect us all to reject [technology] entirely … but I think that technology will backtrack. I mean, nature is the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter if you’re the most powerful elite or the poorest person, nature is going to determine what happens to us. I mean, the power elite, which is really in control of the technology, and how technology is brought into our culture and our society, from now until the future … Technology can be a positive, but we allow the elite to control the technology and input it into a culture in a way that is only profit-seeking; that’s the alarm bell; that’s the canary in the cave, you know? We need to watch out for that, because the rich are aware that nature is the great equalizer, and if they can help find a way for us to keep on ignoring it, they’ll find a way to master it and then master us. With the exception of your delay pedal, and guitar, what is one piece of gear that you can’t live without? BC: I would say the fuzz is the most vital piece.

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What are you guys doing next as a band? BC: I want to write. EC: Yeah, full-length time. BC: I feel like were accessing the vision of what we’re trying to accomplish with this EP, but I feel like with a full LP, we’ll have a chance to really breathe and flesh out what we’re trying to say musically and lyrically I think. EC: I do too. BC: It’ll give a chance to really explore, not only texture, and dynamics … EC: And song compositions. I mean, it really is like we are a new band. Although we’ve been a band for three or four years, we’ve really just completely restarted the band, almost in a way, so we’re almost finding our identity again.

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What kind of fuzz are you using? BC: Right now I’m using this fuzz by Retro Mechanical Labs up in Portland. He's just this builder that makes these cool fuzzes that look like they came out of the A-bomb era. They have VU meters, and it goes from totally like anywhere on the range from like Big Muff to like full on doom, destruction fuzz that sounds like your speakers are ripping out of your amp, so I picked that up and that’s been my most valuable pedal, that’s the one I touch the most.

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Issue 190 • June 22 – July 6, 2015

Lenzi’s Angels

TV may be responsible for rotting many brains, but for artist Chad Lenzi, its effect was the opposite Words Ronnie L. Cline

uring this month’s Second Saturday I found myself on foot, hiking over to Alley Cuts in downtown Sacramento to take in the art of Chad Lenzi. The artist’s voyage over the last few years has taken him from Sacramento to Los Angeles and back. It is evident that this journey has served as inspiration for his paintings and ink drawings. It is also evident that his art connects with people, judging by the large turnout at his shows. His paintings draw you in by their sometimes twisted, sometimes provocative portrayal of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Much of his art starts with the pop culture and social influences of his childhood—which include comic books, ‘60s television and the civil rights movement—then veer into his relationships with women and the punk scene of the ‘80s. Lenzi’s paintings almost always feature a woman in the foreground displaying authority over a scene that is often chaotic. Never does this woman show panic. She calmly assesses and controls the situation with ease. Lenzi asked me to meet him at the Starlite Lounge in Sacramento, which was fitting since the bar’s mid-century modern theme seemed to place us right in the middle of one of his paintings. The normally soft spoken artist opened up about his family, moving from North Hollywood to the rural town of Courtland and his fascination with fire. Chad Lenzi will follow up his current exhibit in September with a show at Little Relics at 908 21st Street in Sacramento.

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When was the first time you realized you wanted to be an artist? Actually, the first time I remember drawing was when I was four. I remember drawing the Star Wars movie poster straight from the newspaper. My dad then took me to see the movie. I don’t think I could even see above the seats [laughs]. That was the first time I said to myself, “I want to draw that, I want to duplicate that, I want to be that.” Was there ever a time when you stepped away from drawing or painting? No, I just kept going. I kept going, because it was something I enjoyed. It was just like riding a bike or riding skateboards; it’s just what I enjoyed doing. Still to this day it’s the only constant in my life that brings me happiness and joy.

Malfunction would have to be my favorite piece of yours. Can you tell me what you were thinking when you painted it? I love the whole Batman ‘66 series. I thought it was funny and bizarre. Batgirl was a big deal at the time and so was Eartha Kitt as Catwoman, especially with the Civil Rights Movement. I really liked all of the colors and camera angles. I took those images and thought “I’m going to fuck with it. I’m going to flip the script a little bit and place Batgirl in the foreground so she’s running the shit. Batman is in the Batmobile, and it’s on fire.” I just wanted to see what would happen. It’s not so much, “Let’s set Batman on fire.” It’s more like, “Let’s fuck with the perspective and give it a controlled chaos and go from there.” Batgirl is like, “I got this, I got this.”

I’ve noticed a theme of strong women in your art. Where does that come from? Growing up in a house with a mother and two sisters, that’s how it is. They rule the roost. I paint women because I love women. I don’t objectify them; they have always been a powerful element in my life. They are not to be disrespected.

You mentioned Eartha Kitt and the Civil Rights Movement. Do you draw inspiration from that as well? I do. I did do a piece with James Garner from The Rockford Files. He was a big civil rights activist. I stumbled upon a photo of him in a civil rights march when I was back in L.A. I flipped it and featured a bridge in L.A. and another car on fire.

There’s a series where I liked to put things on fire. Whatever’s going on in the painting, something has to be on fire. I’m still kind of into it. I’m on the tail end of it though. I never want it to take over. I want it to be an element. You mentioned your mother and your sister. Was your dad around when you were growing up? My dad was around, he was a very good man. We came from a very low-income neighborhood. I just remember living in a duplex in a fucked up area. But my dad worked his ass off and became a structural engineer, and he just worked and worked and worked. I respect my dad; he’s a fucking champ for that. He was completely selfless, but I think he was selfless to a fault. I love him to death, but he and his father worked themselves to fucking death. As I got older I got mad at him for not living his life. He was an awesome musician. He’s the best guitar player I have ever seen. He could play anything. How has music inspired your art? I was raised on punk. I grew up in a goddamn mosh pit. I grew up in the punk scene in the ‘80s, and

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“I paint women because I love women. I don’t objectify them; they have always been a powerful element in my life. They are not to be disrespected.” – Chad Lenzi that scene here in Sacramento was fucked up, terribly fucked up. The skinheads fucked everything up. I went to my first show when I was 16. I got my license, I had a car, a station wagon. I remember I was so excited that I was going to see Social Distortion at the Cattle Club. It was the most violent fucking show on the planet. I have never seen a show since then that has been that violent. Before I even got into the show I watched skinheads get their heads smashed in by security guards swinging billy clubs. I’ve noticed that your ink drawings are a little more provocative and intense than your paintings… I keep my ink drawing more Sci-Fi, more horror. They are two different animals. It’s just a totally different outlet. I do the ink drawings when I want to take a break from the paintings, when I just want to cut loose a little bit more. In my ink drawings I like to make

the women a little more sexier, make the violence a little more heavier, and lots of blood and whatever. I think, “Let’s turn it up a little bit.” Have you ever thought about making a graphic novel? Absolutely! I’ve tried a couple of times but I’m a horrible writer. Something you’re not horrible at is cooking. Is it true that you cooked food at your last show? I love cooking! Yeah, I cooked all of the food that was at the show on Second Saturday! When I’m cooking for other people, I want to fucking blow it up! I want things to be nice and taste good. For my last show I brought a big thing of water because I knew it was going to be hot. I filled it up with cucumbers and mint from my garden in Courtland. Everybody loved it! You mentioned your garden in Courtland. Can you talk about your journey from Sacramento to L.A. and back to Northern California? A very close friend of mine saw what I was doing and said, “What the fuck are you doing up here? You need to get your ass to L.A.!” So I packed up my truck and left. I did a show with Homeboy Industries only two weeks after I moved there. I hit the ground fucking running.

It was bonkers. The assistant director of The Simpsons was there and he actually did buy one of my paintings that night for his office. It was like one of the greatest things ever. Why did you move back to Northern California? Sacramento is a boomerang. One of the reasons I moved back is because my family is here. I didn’t have any friends down there. Sure, I could sell paintings, but I didn’t have any friends. And I was sick to death of Hollywood. I was finally like, “Dude this place is fucked up.” I wasn’t happy, and when you’re not happy with something what are you going to do? You’re going to change it. So I’ve been living in Courtland since March. How do you see your art changing now that you are back in Northern California? I think I’m just going to do a lot of rural stuff. I mean, living out in a rural community … I have to deal with coyotes. I’m going to keep my perspective though. The lens will be the same, it’s just the target that will be different. Instead of walking out of my place in North Hollywood and seeing five guys zip tied together I have to deal with coyotes trying to get my chickens.

See Chad Lenzi’s art up close and personal at Alley Cuts, located at 724 Merchant Street in Sacramento. To learn more about Lenzi, go to Facebook.com/chadlenziart.

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*********************************** It’s a faint and blurry line that divides Shovels and Rope, the family, and Shovels and Rope the band. In fact, there may be no dividing line at all. Cary Ann Hearst (Mississippi-born, Nashville-raised) and Michael Trent (Texas-born, Colorado-raised) became a couple around the same time they began collaborating musically. Both had released solo records before 2008, when they collaborated on Cary Ann’s album Shovels and Rope. In short order, they made that collaboration official, romantically and musically. With that, they packed their guitars and drums into a hatchback Mitsubishi Mirage and took their music to the road. Also packed into that hatchback was a puppy named Townes—a nod to the legendary Townes Van Zandt. Watch a few Shovels and Rope videos on YouTube (recommended viewing) and you’ll find that Townes, the pup, is very much a part of the package. He goes on tour. He mixes it up with the crowd during the band’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert. He’s part of the family. He’s part of the band. “He’s been traveling with us ever since we’ve been on the road,” said Michael. “He was a puppy then and now he’s 6.” The Mitsubishi could only house the band for so long. Having garnered a whole lot of attention and praise for their first official album together, 2012’s O’ Be Joyful, they soon upgraded to a Honda Element, then a 15-passenger Savana van and then an RV. Now they tour in a bus, Townes often riding shotgun with the driver. Growth has been slow and steady for Shovels and Rope, and now the family’s about to grow in another way: they have a baby daughter due in September. We’ll get to that later. First, the music.

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Shovels and Rope plays a rowdy blend of country, folk and Americana music. Their melodies are strong and simple, and almost always buoyed by the couple’s freeform harmonies. You can almost hear them watching each other as they sing in unison, each playing off the other’s variations, ready to deviate from structure and ride the whims of any given moment. The big songs beg you to sing and shout along. The mellower ones tend to reside in minor keys, haunting you with moody vibes. Cary Ann’s path into music was paved by her dad’s old records—lots of Bob Dylan and old blues stuff. You can hear the southern lilt in her voice. Michael, on the other hand, was guided into music by early-‘90s rock bands like Weezer and the Violent Femmes, but he later gravitated toward story-driven songwriting as well. All of these sensibilities and styles show up throughout the Shovels and Rope discography. Their latest album, Swimming Time, was recorded at the studio Michael constructed in the couple’s home. There’s a loose aquatic theme running through the album, but it feels less like an in-your-face concept than it does a thin thread that binds the collection of songs. Modern takes on Americana and oldtimey country music are a dime a dozen these days. At every craft brewery scattered across the continental U.S. you’re likely to find a few guys in their 30s with waxed mustaches and a vintage banjos singing songs about whiskey-soaked days spent hopping boxcars. It feels like hipster Halloween or Woody Guthrie cosplay at this point. We can probably blame “Wagon Wheel,” which is unfortunate, because “Wagon Wheel” is a dandy of a song, both sonically and lyrically. But it was also the catalyst for the mainstreaming of a music scene built almost entirely on imitation, and often lacking in innovation and originality. It helped spawn a crop of music that fits wonderfully in the background at the brewery, but doesn’t offer much beyond that surface layer. Shovels and Rope avoids this cliché at almost every turn. The songs start and end with Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. The two are unbound by any one style or genre in a way that feels very natural and authentic. Most tracks are sung largely in tandem, with each taking turns singing harmonies and melodies. It’s hard to pinpoint which songs are Hearst's songs and which songs are Trent's songs. They even swap instruments with regularity during their live shows. Guitars, keyboards, drums, vocals: all duties are shared. “We don’t even look at anything in an individual way anymore,” said Cary Ann. “We’ve been working together and on the road for five years. We just do whatever it takes to get the job done.” The harmonies are all off the cuff. On one hand that’s surprising, because they blend beautifully. But on the other hand, it’s not like they’re layering together “Bohemian Rhapsody” or anything. They’re firing from their collective hip. “There’s not a real plan when we record,” said Michael. “Sometimes we land on the same note and sometimes we don’t. It’s just instinct.”

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Onle Saiday, fr 26 june ******************************************************************************** Shovels and rope has been steadily on tour since its inception. They played Sacramento last year as an opening act for Drive-By Truckers. That show was at Ace of Spades, where they’ll return on July 2, this time as headliners. The Black Lillies will open the show. Summer is the time of year when the band uses their home in Charleston, South Carolina as a base, traveling by plane to select shows and festivals around the country rather than stringing together a typical “tour.” “One day we’ll be in Seattle and the next day we’ll be in Atlanta,” said Michael. “Flying to shows.” Their tour schedule this fall, however, is uncharacteristically empty. That’s because they’ll be dipping their toes into the waters of parenthood come September. They shared the news of Cary Ann’s pregnancy in an Instagram post with a photo of a pair of baby moccasins:

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“… Hey darlings! We would like to extend our genuine gratitude to all of you for loving our band and supporting us as we have traveled this whole world thru (well, USA, Canada, a little bit of Europe and Australia!) It has been an utterly mad adventure and we have relished it with abandon. We have had an amazing 2015 so far, having kicked it off with Jason Isbell on the eve of the New Year and now wrapping up our spring tour, concluding [with] support shows for The Decemberists. We are here in Charlotte tonight ready to “Poorty “ with yall and still have two scoops of dates scattered around the nation as if Jackson Pollock had booked the tour. We’re gonna be everywhere and nowhere!! With all this spring action popping off, You may have noticed our fall schedule pretty empty and some of European fans may have noticed that our names our missing from a couple of festival lineups on which we were previously listed. We figured we’d offer an explanation for our absence. The fact is that we are expecting a baby girl in early September and will be taking the fall and winter off to get our first handles on parenthood. We’re very excited and so far all is going well. We plan to get back on the road in the Spring and we’ll have a few tricks our sleeve and a whole new understanding of reality ... We can’t wait! In the meantime, come see us while we’re still a two-piece.”

I asked how they anticipate a baby plugging into the Shovels and Rope routine, which is built on a whole lot of travel and music making. They answered with an unknowing but unworried tone that had become familiar by the end of our short interview. “Parenting babies, whether done at home or on a bus, has to get done, and it has to get done well,” said Cary Ann. “We’re going to do it the safest and best way, no matter what.” Hearst and Trent don’t have a roadmap for what parenthood will look like on the road, but they know they’ll put a whole lot of energy into it. The same can be said for the music they make, which bodes well for the couple’s soon-to-beborn baby girl.

Shovels and Rope will play Ace of Spades in Sacramento on July 2 with The Black Lillies in support. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the price of admission is $20. You can purchase tickets through Aceofspadessac.com.

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The Blue Lamp Jamie Nova Sky, Bri Cowgill, Joshua Leif, Mark of Defyance, 8 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Lesbian, Modern Man, Cura Cochina, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Open Mic Night hosted by Musical Charis, 9 p.m. The Colony Signalman, Line In A Spiral, Tree Village, Mallard, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre The ABBA Show, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m. Harris Center Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey, 7:30 p.m. Hideaway Bar & Grill Henchmen, Gamblers Mark, 7:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Press Club Two Cow Garage, Dead Volts, Bastards of Young, Joseph Kojima Gray, 8 p.m.

6.23 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Disentomb, Cerebral Effusion, Delusional Parasitosis, Iniquitous Deeds, Embodied Torment, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Kyle, Cody Brazil, 3DI$ON, RemmyOTB, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Boca Do Rio, 9 p.m. Harris Center Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey, 7:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 9 p.m. LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays w/ Sam I Jam, Roger Carpio, Adam J and Special Guests, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. SubmergeMag.com

Press Club Katterwaul, Vasas, Headlock, 8 p.m. Shine Open Jazz Jam hosted by Jason Galbraith, 8 p.m. Toyota Amphitheatre Nickelback, Lifehouse, 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Quinn Hedges, 5:30 p.m.; Blame It on the Bishop, 8 p.m.

6.24 Wednesday

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp Cockney Rejects, Angry Samoans, 13 Scars, West Lords, Riot Radio, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk mewithoutYou, Foxing, Lithuania, 7 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. The Colony Pavel Chekov, Rad, xtomhanx, I Wanna Die, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Iconoclast Robot, Two Planets, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Record Club’s British Pop Wednesdays w/ Roger Carpio, 8 p.m. G Street WunderBar DJ Larry Rodriguez, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Glen David Andrews, 5:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 7 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Irish/Celtic Jam w/ The Glens of Smow of Sambandha, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Local Licks Free Music Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Press Club Shady Elders, Polaroid Ghosts, Starrsha, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Open Mic feat. Jenn Rogar, 8 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Coffis Brothers, 9 p.m.

6.25 thursday

Ace of Spades Cash Cash, DJ Nick G, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp The Grind w/ The Gas Station, Charlie Muscle, IKO, Guti B, DJ Eddie Z and More, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk I the Mighty, Hail the Sun, Too Close To Touch, Wolf & Bear, 6:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Amelia Ray, Tim Lithium, Rachel Hanna, Travis Latrine, Joe Friday, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. The Colony Wilt, Badr Vogu, Vastation, Ssyndrom, 7 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Chicken & Dumpling, 8 p.m. Fremont Park Hot Lunch Concert Series w/ Hot City, 11:30 a.m. Harlow’s Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins, 6 p.m.; Fairground Saints, 9:30 p.m. Harris Center Angélique Kidjo, 8 p.m. The Hideaway Bar & Grill Trash Rock Thursdays, 9 p.m. Lakeview Commons (South Lake Tahoe) Live At Lakeview Kickoff Show w/ The Raymond Victor Band, Jonny Gold Trio, 4:30 p.m. Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) The Edgar Winter Band, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly The Cenobites (Record Release), DJ Billy Lane, Atom O.N.E., DJ Crescendo, MC LSKI, 9 p.m. Miner’s Foundry (Nevada City) Allen Stone, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Folsom Prism, 10 p.m. Press Club On Deck w/ DJ Whores, 9 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Harry + The Hitmen, 9 p.m. Starlite Lounge Rhythm Dragons, The Moans, The Devil’s Train, 8 p.m.

Friday

Ace of Spades Robin Trower, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Simple Creation, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Arann Harris and the Farm Band, 3 p.m. The Blue Lamp CIP After Party w/ Humble Wolf, Wolfhouse, The Sea Wolves, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk The Hollywood Ending, 7 Minutes in Heaven, Astro Safari, Crash The Party, Sky, 6:30 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Total Recall, 9 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Yolanda del Río con Mariachi Colima, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Tel Cairo, 10 p.m. Cesar Chavez Park Concerts In the Park w/ Slaves, A Lot Like Birds, Tell the Wolves, We Went to the Moon, Z Rokk, 5 p.m. Cilantro’s (ex-Shenanigans) CIP Afterparty w/ Stellar (Incubus tribute), Revolver (Rage Against the Machine tribute), Lithium (Nirvana tribute), 9 p.m. Club Car The Brazen Hussies, 9 p.m. The Colony Rolling Through the Universe, Catapult the Dead, Black Majik Acid, 7 p.m. District 30 DJ Billy Lane, 10 p.m. Fox & Goose Zyah Belle & The Funkshun, 9 p.m. G Street WunderBar DJ Mouf, 10 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Goldfield Two Steps Down, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Tainted Love, 8:30 p.m. Harris Center Under the Streetlamp, 8 p.m. Kupros Craft House The Polymers, 9 p.m.

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Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) The Wailin’ Jennys, Dan and Laurel Frechette, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Stoneberry, Flyin’ Cowboy, 9 p.m. On The Y Solanum, Beyond the Cemetery, Iron Assault, West Coast Fury, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Lost In Suburbia, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Ranell Carpenter, 4 p.m.; Fresh, 9:30 p.m.

The Sacramento Gateway Summer Concert Series w/ Apple Z, 6 p.m. Shine The Evangenitals, Mike Blanchard & The Californios, The Brangs, 7 p.m. Starlite Lounge Graveshadow, From Hell, Arrows of Agony, Axiom, 8 p.m. The Stoney Inn Jeff Watson Band, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Latin Touch, 6 p.m. Third Space Mondo Deco, Creepy Little Legs, Night Damage, 9 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; DC Powers & The Electric Co., 9 p.m.

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6.27 Saturday

Ace of Spades Oleander, Stroke 9, Riotmaker, 7 p.m. Back 9 Bar & Grill Adonis DNA, Heat of Damage, 8 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Bottom Dwellers, 12 p.m. The Blue Lamp Hot For Teacher (Van Halen tribute), Fred Barchetta (Rush tribute), 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Potluck, J Terrible, No Genre, Modern Day Profits, The Legion of D.O.O.M., 7 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Ryan Hernandez, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. Cesar Chavez Park Taste of Soul: The Legacy of The Temptations, Lea Sweet, Ke’Shay Love and More, 11 a.m. Club Car Jukebox Gumbo, 9 p.m. Colusa Casino Concert in the Courtyard w/ The Nickel Slots, 4 p.m. District 30 Romeo Reyes, 10 p.m. Fox & Goose Güero, The Kyle Jester Blues Duo, 9 p.m. G Street WunderBar ADHD, 10 p.m. Glenn Hall Park Pops In the Park w/ The Count, 6 p.m. Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Andy Allo, 9 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Harley White

Jr. Trio, 9 p.m. Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, Christopher Fairman, 8:30 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Ralph Famiglietti & Steve McLane, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Sun Valley Gun Club, Vacationer, Winnebago, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse (Winters) Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Konflikt, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 10 p.m. Shine The Silent Game, Future Class, Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Oh Rose!, Spooky Mansion, 9 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Trio Seven, 7 p.m. Starlite Lounge Bipolar, Malcolm Bliss, Stalking Distance, Salythia, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River Nothin’ Personal, 2 p.m.; The Wiz Kid, 6:30 p.m. Torch Club The Stuff, 5:30 p.m.; Walking Spanish, Preacher Boy, 9 p.m.

Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Grass Valley) Alasdair Fraser’s 10th Annual Grand Fiddlers Rally, 8 p.m.

6.28 sunday

Bar 101 Sandra Dolores, 2 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Hot City, 12 p.m. The Blue Lamp J.Stalin & Livewire Live, 8 p.m. Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Live Band Karaoke, 5 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. The Colony Semi Automatics, Scandals and More, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. District 30 Lil Debbie, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Same As It Never Was: A Tribute to Talking Heads feat. Sunmonks,The Kelps, Ideateam, Honyock, Sea Legs and More, 6 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Harlis Sweetwater, 3 p.m. Press Club Hang the Old Year, Modern Man, 5 p.m.; Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Chad Bushnell, 1 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Solsa, 3 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m. WAL Rooftop GoodCompany Season II Opener w/ DJ Epik, Druskee, Jon Reyes and More, 1 p.m.

6.29 monday

The Blue Lamp Case of the Monday’s Open Mic, 7 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Open Mic Night hosted by Musical Charis, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Press Club Georgia English and the Jukebox Kids, Million Dollar Giveaway, 8 p.m. Third Space Ridgeway, Brave Season, Wild Kings, 8 p.m.

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6.30 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Cawzlos, Tru Steez, Reaz, Abstract Ninjaa, Dceased, Taktics, Beastbruh, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Vic Mensa, Towkio, 7 p.m. Delta King Riverboat Colm Keegan, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Billy Manzik, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 9 p.m. LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays w/ Au.Ra, Sam I Jam, Roger Carpio, Adam J, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Press Club Youth Cult Dance Party, 9 p.m. Shine Open Jazz Jam hosted by Jason Galbraith, 8 p.m. Torch Club Adam Varona, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, The Dixie Giants, 8 p.m.

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Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Cripple Creek, 10 p.m. Press Club Bottom 40 Dance Party, 9 p.m. Sacramento Zoo Twilight Thursdays w/ Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers, 5:30 p.m. Shine The Sacramento Classic Jazz Messengers, 8 p.m. Sol Collective Thee Commons, The Love Defenders, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Tristen, Motopony, Big Harp, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Marshal Wilkerson, 6 p.m. Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Matt Rainey, 9 p.m.

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The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Kevin Seconds & Friends, Bryan McPherson, Louise Distras, 7 p.m. Capitol Garage Open Mic Night hosted by Musical Charis, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m. Harlow’s The Aristocrats, The Travis Larson Band, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Press Club Dog Party, La Lenguas, Sneeze Attack, 8 p.m.

Comedy Harlow’s Jen Kirkman, June 23, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Rob Little feat. Dennis Martinez, June 26 - 28, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Jay Hollingsworth feat. Josef Anolin, July 3 - 5, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy hosted by Jaime Fernandez, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Punchline Comedy Club DJ Sandhu Birthday Roast Show Thing, June 23, 8 p.m. Robert Berry’s Birthday & Album Release Show feat. Dejan Tyler, Diana Hong, Stephen Ferris, Michael O’Connell, Ceann Lithun Jaclyn Weiand, Keith Lowell Jensen, Johnny Taylor, The Midtown Moxies Burlesque, June 24, 8 p.m. Carlos Rodriguez’s Green Room: The Health and Fitness Edition, June 25, 8 p.m. Reggie Steele, June 26 - 28, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. New Faces Showcase, July 1, 8 p.m. Kelly Pryce, July 2 - 3, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m. Lance Woods and Friends, July 5, 7 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 8 p.m.

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Misc. 20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. B Street Theatre The Explorers’ Club by Nell Benjamin, through July 26 Beatnik Studios Lights Are On Nobody’s Home by Ben Ehrmann and Kelly O’Connell, through June 30 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. The Blue Lamp Naughty Trivia!, every Wednesday, 8 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Colonial Theatre The Love Horror Short Film Festival, June 26, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Sacramento French Film Festival, June 26 - 28 Dead Poets Society, July 5, 2:30 p.m.; Good Will Hunting, July 5, 7:30 p.m. Crocker Art Museum David Ligare: California Classicist, through Sept. 20 Courtyard Classic Film Series: Moby Dick, July 2, 8:30 p.m. Dan Russell Rodeo Arena Folsom Pro Rodeo, July 2 - 4 Davis Art Center Form Effects by Andy Cunningham, through June 30 Del Paso Country Club The 36th U.S. Senior Open, June 22 - 28 Elk Grove Regional Park Run 4 Hunger, June 27, 8 a.m. Elliott Fouts Gallery Latitudes by Micah Crandall-Bear, through July 2

Fairytale Town International Celebration, July 5, 11 a.m. FE Gallery A Little of This and A Little of That w/ Ron Walker, Rachel Perez, Kevin Wilhite and More, through June 30 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m. Guild Theatre Escaping Syria Documentary Screening and Q&A, June 24, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts El Dorado Dance Academy’s Constellations, June 27, 5 p.m. Ballet Folklórico de Sacramento: Mexico and its Surroundings, June 28, 3 p.m. Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. John Natsoulas Gallery As Above, So Below: Reflections on Immanence by Laura Hohlwein, through June 27 Laughs Unlimited Respect to the Queen Poetry Night, June 11, 8 p.m. Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Art Show w/ Bob Herron & Peter Wedel, through June 28 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m. Poetica Erotica, June 26, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m. Old Sacramento Bars Red, White and Brews 3rd of July Party and Bar Crawl, July 3, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m. Red Dot Gallery Self: Beyond the Face feat. Artwork by Laurelin Gilmore, Mary Czechan Coldren, Jenny Long, Kainan Becker and More, through June 27 WAL Public Market First Art Show: Mixed Media Exhibit feat. Navid Dehghan, Stephanie Wickizer, Bekah Wilson, Eric S. Wood, through Aug. 4 Wake Island Red Bull Spiked: Volleyball Competition, June 27 White Buffalo Gallery Perspective Reverence by BAMR and GraffDummy, through July 4 Verge Center for the Arts Sacramento Meditations by Jeff Enlow, Helen and Newton Harrison, Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris, Brett Snyder, Jenny Stark, through Aug. 16

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James Barone jb@submergemag.com There are plenty of things in life we should be racing toward. Progress, wiping out poverty, curing cancer, the salad bar at Sizzler: these are all things we really need to get a giddyup on. Mass extinction is probably not one of those things. According to a study from Stanford, though, we’re currently smack-dab in the middle of Earth’s sixth major extinction event. The first five mass extinctions were probably before your time. Believe it or not, they were before my time, too. They were back in dinosaur times. Nowadays, the only dinosaur that exists lives in the murky depths of Loch Ness, chillin’. It’s difficult to mourn the loss of the dinosaurs, though. Their deaths did a lot for us. For starters, the first mammals would’ve had a pretty difficult time evolving into Homo sapiens with T. rex tromping around. Secondly, their decomposing bodies make it possible for you to drive your oversized SUV. I mean, how else would you be able to get all that shit you bought from Costco home without your Ford Expedition? In fact, all those fossil fuels probably had a lot to do with the production of all those products, as well as their shipment to Costco and other big-box retailers. And what about all the people who are employed in the shipping, packaging, producing and retailing of even one econo-sized tub of Lysol Disinfectant Wipes? Each bacteria-fighting wipe encased therein probably represents one salary paid along the supply chain. When you think about it, you owe your entire life to dinosaurs, or at least the death of them. Instead of heading to church on Sunday, you should probably pack the wife and kids into the Family Truckster and drive down to whichever natural history museum you prefer and pay homage to the remains of the creatures that made your iPhone possible. So, wait, maybe mass extinction ain’t so bad? No. No, it must be, especially because this time around, it’s mostly our fault. According to the Stanford study, species are disappearing at a rate that hasn’t been seen since the Cretaceous-Tertiary 66 million years ago. From an article on the topic posted at Nzhearald.co.nz: “Using fossil records and extinction counts from a range of sources, the researchers calculated the normal ‘background rate’ of extinctions and compared it with a

conservative estimate of present extinctions. Natural population changes in the wild usually lead to two species of mammals dying out every 10,000 years. But the rate is 114 times that level.” Stanford pointed the finger for this sharp increase on humans, because, well, when you think about it, humans really are to blame for all of our problems. Habitat loss, pollution and climate change have been the big three for wiping out Earth’s furry (and feathery, slimy and scaly) cohabitants since the 16th century. But even back before people started carving up the Earth into countries and strip mining and clear-cutting, we were basically just a bunch of jerks. Our early ancestors from thousands of years ago were most likely to blame for the extinction of wondrous Australian critters such as the giant wombat and flesh-eating kangaroo … the latter of which sounds scary as fuck. So yeah, we suck. It’s not like it’s anything new. It’s become fashionable to hate on the human species, and it’s totally warranted. We’re the reason why we can’t have nice things. We stand in the way of real social progress for no good reason, shoot up churches in South Carolina because we’re ignorant racists and profit off of polluting the only planet we’ve ever called home. The only thing we’re really good at is making a complete mess of everything. Thinking about this stuff makes me mad. Not really mad enough to affect any real change in myself or the world around me, but mad enough to point the finger and place blame. Like, the dinosaurs, who really caused this stupid mess by becoming extinct and all that. You’re telling me y’all were the most dominant creatures to ever walk the Earth, ruling the roost for hundreds of millions of years, and in all that time none of you were able to evolve a big enough brain to come up with a blueprint for how future generations and/or species could become responsible Earth stewards? You had all that time to show us how to craft a great and lasting civilization, and you squandered it. We’ve only been around a few hundred thousand years and we’ve already got a Large Hadron Collider doing God knows what over there in Europe. Thanks for nothing, guys. Now I don’t feel so bad about Nessie living all alone in that Scottish lake. I hope she fucking rots down there. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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