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Both of our cover stories in this issue are on artists who we’ve wanted to feature in the pages of Submerge forever. No, really. For five whole years we have had our eye on local musician Todd Morgan. While he’s been building his fanbase, getting his band tight and playing a ton of shows—not only in the Sacramento area but all over Northern California from Santa Cruz to Auburn, (I should also mention he even scored the soundtrack to a film)—we really wanted to wait to feature him until he had a full-length album that could be enjoyed by you, our readers. We are excited to finally give this young, hardworking, up-and-coming musician the proper coverage he deserves, which includes one of our covers. You can read his story starting on page 10. If you dig him, hit up the release show for Sweet Pretender at the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse on Aug. 14. I’m a real hands-on person when it comes to Submerge. I am one of the three people who delivers the physical publication to hundreds of locations around the region every other week. Delivering a past issue in Midtown two or three years ago, I drove by the Alchemy Salon, which is near J Street and Alhambra Boulevard, and noticed one of the best murals I’ve seen to this day on their side wall (in the Mel’s Diner parking lot). It took about a year to figure out who painted it, but once I did (thanks to Instagram), I was ecstatic to find out it was in fact a Sacramento artist by the name of Stephen V. Williams. Finally, after following him on social media for a couple years to keep up on all the incredible art he’s making, an upcoming solo art show of his popped up on my radar and I knew it was time to set up that interview I’ve always wanted to do on him. You can read more about S.V. Williams and his art on page 20. Besides being a cover story, we were even able to dedicate three pages to this particular art feature. After you read up on Williams, go check out his art at the new gallery space in Sacramento, 1810 Gallery—on, you know, that ever-so-booming R Street block (WAL)—this August. The opening reception will be Friday, Aug. 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. Please enjoy issue #193! Cheers, Melissa
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Tahoe Games Bike NIghts: Family Friendly Cross-Country Night Bike Races • Aug. 15 & Sept. 26 Cyclists, pay attention! Bust out those bike lights and pump up your tires, because you’re not going to want to miss this. Tahoe Games Bike Nights are family friendly cross-country bike races that take place on a super fun, custom-illuminated track that runs through the Lake Tahoe Golf Course. Rip through fairways, race into the rough, muscle past sand traps and fly over bridges in this unique 8.5 mile night ride geared for ages 10-and-up. A new series put on by On Course Events, Tahoe Games Bike Nights debuted on July 31 and was a smashing success. Lucky for you there are still two more night races coming up: Aug. 15 and Sept. 26. It’s free to attend and just $15 to compete. Registration begins at 8 p.m. and races kick off at 9 p.m. There will be an awards show and after-party starting at 10 p.m. Bringing bike lights is strongly encouraged, however, JetLites will be on hand at each event offering free light rentals to ensure rider safety. Learn more at Tahoegames.com.
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Gabe Aiello’s Meatless Monday Dinner at Old Ironsides • Aug. 17 Once a week, cut the meat. That’s the simple message behind Meatless Monday, a global movement and nonprofit initiative that was launched in 2003 with a goal to reduce meat consumption by 15 percent, “For our personal health and the health of the planet,” according to Meatlessmonday. com. Truly a worldwide movement (Meatless Monday is embraced in 36 countries), it’s also easy to take action and get involved on the local level. That’s what Sacramento musician Gabe Aiello did when he started hosting Meatless Monday dinners at his home. “I am not a vegetarian or vegan, though I used to be, but I think something’s got to give,” Aiello told Submerge. “I started doing this about six months ago in my apartment with four attendees. The next one I had 12, then 20 and so on.” Now Aiello has moved his meat-free dinner parties to a new home at Old Ironsides one Monday a month, the next one is scheduled for Aug. 17. On the menu? Handmade Veggie Sausage, Baked Beans and Fresh Cucumber Salad. Signature cocktail for the night will be a peach shrub with your choice of bourbon or whiskey. The meal is vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free. There will also be live music provided by Heath Williamson, William Mylar and other special guests. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and just $5 cash will get you fed. After Aug. 17, Aiello’s Meatless Monday dinner parties at Old I will switch to every second Monday, so come on out and get involved. Old Ironsides is located at 1901 10th Street in downtown Sacramento.
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Actress, writer and solo performer Katie Rubin first premiered her one-woman comedic show Insides OUT! back in 2006 and she went on to perform the show at over 100 events and venues across the country. She’s since become a favorite in the local theater scene, especially at Capital Stage, where she has entertained audiences with her hilarious performances in The North Plan, In the Next Room, and Hunter Gatherers, as well as with her other solo shows My Spiritual Death, Amazing and Sage, and Why I Died: A Comedy. Rubin returns to Cap Stage on Saturday, Aug. 8 for one night only with Insides OUT!, “an emotionally charged and hilarious journey toward self-integration and peace of mind,” according to Capstage.org. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets start at $22. Insides OUT! is intended for adult audiences. Capital Stage is located at 2215 J Street. Keep updated with Rubin by following her on Twitter: @KatieTheRubin.
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As the Sacramento summer heats up so does THIS Midtown! A Second Saturday block party series with music, art, beer, food and local vendors, THIS Midtown is returning on Saturday, Aug. 8 for the second-to-last show of the series. The lineup of live talent for this one is seriously incredible and we all should be thanking the organizers for throwing a party like this that is free to attend! Headlining will be Oakland-based indie-pop band Trails and Ways, whose new album Pathology came out recently on Barsuk Records. Regional groovers Sunmonks are also on the bill, so if you missed their set at Concerts In the Park recently, you can catch them at THIS. San Francisco rock outfit Tiaras, which features ex-members of Sacramento’s beloved garage rock band Ganglians, will also be on hand jamming out and Young Aundee will spin a DJ set. The party kicks off at 4 p.m. and runs until 9:30 p.m. Once things on the block wrap up, the afterparty will be cracking off inside LowBrau with DJs Shaun Slaughter, Adam Jay and special guests playing nu-disco, tropical, house and funk tunes. THIS Midtown takes place on the MARRS Building Block on 20th Street in between J and K streets. Learn more at Facebook.com/thismidtown.
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Everyone loves a good day party. Sun is up, music is loud, drinks are flowing, life is good. The good folks at HOF (aka Hall of Fame) know this all too well and are planning their triumphant return to the party-throwing scene on Saturday, Aug. 15 with “Gametime: The Infamous #HOFDAYPARTY.” Going down at the beautiful and wellshaded River Walk Park in West Sacramento, this all-day rager will run from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will feature well over 20 performances from DJs, bands, producers and rappers. “It’s been two years since we’ve descended on the streets of the Capital City to rage in the name of a good time,” the HOF team recently wrote on Hofisbetter.com. “Quite honestly, we’ve missed your crazy asses,” they went on to say. “We miss the excitement that leads up to a HOF party. We miss seeing everyone get hyped when they park their cars, finish their personal-sized bottle of whiskey and walk through the gates of a HOF party. We miss cleaning up the aftermath of a HOF Party and seeing exactly how hard you guys went the night before. Finally, it’s time for us to relive those emotions all over again.” Just some of the artists tapped to perform so far are Jurts, Soosh*e!, DJ Whores, DJ Oasis, Roman Austin,
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Zyah Belle, DJ Cos the Kid, Lunaverse, J. Sirus and so many more. There will be two stages, multiple watering holes for those of legal drinking age, a water hydration station (remember to bring your own refillable bottle) and you’re also encouraged to bring blankets, umbrellas, lawn chairs, etc. to chill out in the shade to help keep your body temperature low ‘cause chances are it’ll be a scorcher that day. Tickets are available now at Gametime.queueapp. com and start at just $15 for early birds (price will go up to $20 soon!) and run all the way up to $50 for a VIP pass which gets you three drink tickets, VIP entry, backstage access, exclusive viewing areas and other perks. This event is open to all ages. River Walk Park is located at 651 2nd Street in West Sacramento. For more information, hit up HOF’s website or follow them on Twitter: @HOFisbetter. They’ll be dropping the final lineup, set times and juicy other details as it gets closer. Pro Tip: check out HOF’s promotional video featuring the ultimate party dude himself, Kenny the Dancing Man, at Facebook. com/hofisbetter. Trust us, it’s freaking gold.
What started out as a bunch of friends getting together in a small apartment listening to music and dancing all night has turned into one of the most important event production and partythrowing entities in the city: Requiem. “The apartment got too cramped, so we moved to a bigger venue,” Requiem’s Benjamin Leibold recently explained to Submerge. “Forty parties and two years later, we have some of the world’s best up-and-coming talent playing our stages and hundreds of people regularly coming out to our events. It's really blown our minds.” As if bringing cutting edge international DJs, producers and bands through town on the regular wasn’t enough, Requiem is also committed to the visual arts community in Sacramento. “We pay all of our artists first, before anything else. That includes custom art for every party, and a huge stage installation done by local art celeb Jose DiGregorio,” Leibold added. In the past two years, Requiem parties have hosted credible headliners like Brooklyn’s Bit Funk, Chicago’s Louis the Child, Los Angeles’ Mighty Mouse and tons of other outof-towners who are always paired with talented local DJs like Shaun Slaughter, Adam Jay and Druskee, to name a few. Requiem has also had the honor of hosting official after parties for TBD Fest and TBD’s New Year’s Eve bash. “Last year, after TBD Fest, some of Empire of the Sun guys came and partied with us until the lights came on. A-Trak and
all the Fool’s Gold crew spent their night with us after the TBD NYE event,” Leibold said. “To have this caliber of artists feel comfortable hanging with us, drinking, laughing, dancing right alongside the struggling Sacramento artist or student on the dancefloor, we can’t ask for anything more.” To celebrate two years of Requiem, Leibold and his crew are doing what they do best: throwing a super rad party on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Midtown BarFly (1119 21st Street). Headlining is the highly sought after multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and DJ extraordinaire Felix Bloxsom, known best as Plastic Plates, his disco/house music alias. Everyone from Adele, to Demi Lovato, to Katy Perry, to Mark Ronson have utilized Plastic Plates’ skills to collab on official remixes of their tracks, so you know he’s good, otherwise pop stars wouldn’t fuck with him. Also on the bill are Casino Gold, who just crushed it at THIS Midtown in July, and Vitamindevo, “A playa tested, SF party throwing DJ who’s on the rise,” according to Leibold. Ernie Fresh, Adam J, Tripz and Synclan (of Helicopter Showdown) will be making noise too. 18-plus to get in and dance, with 21-plus full bar. Pre-sales are just $10 at Requiemevents.queueapp. com, price goes up to $20 at the doors, which open at 10 p.m. Party goes all night till 3 a.m., and Leibold wants you to “Just come laugh and dance, and take your shirt off if you want to.” Facebook.com/ requiemevents for more info.
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Q: Do chickens and cows get cancer? And if so, is it dangerous to eat cancerous meat? A: Sure, why the hell not? Everything seems to be able to get cancer. I’m sure cancer could even get cancer if it wanted to. Such is the way of the world, am I right? Fortunately, we have ways to fight cancer like eating Jujyfruits and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter. When added to a healthy diet, these wonder substances can magically help your body rid itself of cancer. Of course, we can’t go schmearing fake butter and gelatin candies all over our delicious filet mignons, so what do we do with cancerous meat? First, remember what your mom told you and cut the bad parts off. If cutting will leave you with nothing, then you may have to go for a different approach. It may sound counterintuitive, but when the cancer can’t be cut away, try blowing some smoke at it. I recommend Marlboro Reds for their smoky good flavor or Marlboro Lights if you are watching your figure.
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Soundss o d o Weaned on the sounds of the ‘50s and ‘60s, Todd Morgan and the Emblems create modern tunes on their new album Words Catherine Foss • photo Elle Jaye
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t’s hard to beat the energy of a live show played by enthusiastic young musicians, especially when they’re rocking out to universally loved jams from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Todd Morgan and the Emblems originally formed as a ‘50s cover band—a tribute to the great rock ‘n’ roll legends that had a lasting influence on lead singer/songwriter Todd Morgan. While their sound has evolved from those early days into more modern rock, the band’s energy hasn’t diminished. Todd Morgan and the Emblems is, at its heart, a group of early-20s musicians who appreciate good, old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. Today, the band members are Todd Morgan (vocals/piano/guitar), Patrick Owen (guitar), Jessica Luna (bass) and Cameron Womack (drums). But as so many band stories start, Todd Morgan and the Emblems was formed with a different lineup and a different sound. As a junior in high school, Morgan put together a band that would play a combination of ‘50s cover songs and some of Morgan’s original songs. They recorded their first album in 2009. From there, the music went through a transition. Old-time music would always be an influence, but Morgan decided he wanted to write something more modern. The band released its second album, Reality, in 2012, which Todd says was the debut album for their current style and
sound. The band still plays ‘50s and ‘60s at live shows, and there’s no denying the influence of that era on their current sound, but it’s all modern rock now. The sound of Todd Morgan and the Emblems is hard to characterize by a particular genre or sound, although “rock” is an obvious label. “I write catchy pop things … It’s basically pop music in the same vein as the Beatles were pop music, or Elton John, or Michael Jackson,” Morgan says. “It’s pop music but I try to put something there that’s not just catchy because it’s repetitive but catchy because the melody makes it catchy.” The band doesn’t try to hit a particular demographic or audience with their music—they go for what they think the greatest capacity of people will gravitate toward. “Not in a milquetoast kind of way, but actually make something that tries to be as good as possible so it brings people to the same table,” he says. “I want everybody to dig it.” While always interested in music itself, Morgan’s interest in becoming a musician didn’t start until high school, when he started attending Rio Americano High School and getting involved with the band program. He remembers it being very dismal at first—the school is known for its band program, and he felt he was in way over his head. “I could play in one key and keep time,” he says. The day he remembers best was the day they Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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held auditions to see what band each person would be in. They put Morgan into the back room to practice. “It felt like a put-down,” he says. But he worked on learning the new tunes and chords he was instructed to. “I’m glad that approach was taken. It made me realize these are things you have to know to fit in with other musicians,” he says. Now, he feels confident he can go into any city, any club, and find common songs so that he can jam with other musicians. The competition introduced through his high school band program had a lasting effect on Morgan. “Musicians at that age are pretty cocky. They will laugh at you and put you down the second you make mistakes. But a lot of them are really good musicians so you can learn from them,” he says. Morgan admits he’s always been competitive, and the fear of falling behind drove him to work harder and practice more. By the time he was ready to put together his own band, he was primed to practice five hours a day or more and make a solid effort at a career as a musician. Today, music is Morgan’s full-time job, and he’s not afraid to put in the work required to create something that is good on a very real level, not just something that people will like. He is very interested in the production element of the music he creates as well—probably more than many artists. SubmergeMag.com
“Anything I’m involved in that my name is going on, I want to know what was used in it,” he says. To him, the technical is part of the music. “The tone or the way it’s edited … it’s all part of what ends up being the performance.” Morgan was particularly involved in the production of the band’s “Crazy Cryin’ Blues” video, released toward the end of 2014. The song, from their previous album Reality, was originally by ‘30s-era musician Memphis Minnie. The video was shot at Sacramento’s historic Ryde Hotel near the Sacramento River, which was once an actual speakeasy. This video is a tribute to Prohibition-era music, set in a speakeasy with gangsters, flappers and even a Tommy gun. An interesting fact about said Tommy gun: they couldn’t get the permit to shoot a gun in the video, but Todd was against adding an effect in post-production—he thought it would look phony. Instead, they added some real smoke and mirrors.
“I try to paint a picture with the words and a picture with the melody and make it something that you could move to.” – Todd Morgan
“You see the Tommy gun, then you see the look on the guy’s face, and then right when he’s going to shoot, we took a strobe light and flashed it at the shooter’s face like he’s shooting,” Morgan explains. That took care of the flash of gunfire, but there was still the problem of the bullets. Cue Morgan, standing underneath the camera, throwing bullets. “Everybody said, how’d you get the Tommy gun? That was their favorite part. It was so much better than had we done it with computer graphics.” Their main efforts over the past year have been on their new album, Sweet Pretender. Morgan feels it is their best yet. “I think a big part of what you do on a record is to try and capture the energy of live,” Morgan says. To this goal, the new album definitely succeeds. Songs boast catchy hooks and lyrics, smooth vocals, a strong and consistent beat, and a certain energy that resonates even after the song is over. “I try to paint a picture with the words and a picture with the melody and make it something that you could move to,” he explains. When asked what he predicts fans will like best, Morgan says he never knows. “The musician can’t predict a hit to save their life,” he laughs. He does mention that he thinks “The Only Time” is the most radio friendly track. Other tracks that could become singles, he guesses, are “Love and Affection” and the title track.
In addition to the buzz and excitement surrounding the release of the new album, Todd Morgan and the Emblems were invited to sing the National Anthem at the June 27 Oakland A’s game against the Kansas City Royals. It was a “1965 Turn Back the Clock” event in honor of when the A’s called Kansas City home. The woman in charge of bookings had heard Todd Morgan and the Emblems last year at Carmichael Park and sought them out personally. Morgan says there is one thing that has surprised him about the music business: “I thought it would be easier to get famous,” he laughs. “I thought all you had to do was be good at it.” Luckily, Todd’s ultimate goal is not to be famous—in fact, he says he’d rather avoid the headlines than be famous for the wrong reasons. His ultimate goal in making music is simple: to create something that makes people happy.
Catch the CD release show for Todd Morgan and the Emblems’ new album, Sweet Pretender on Aug. 14 at the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse (7997 California Avenue) in Fair Oaks Village. Admission is $5. Learn more about Todd Morgan and the Emblems at Facebook. com/toddmorganandtheemblems or visit their official website: Toddmorganandtheemblems.com.
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Wild, Wild West
The Ghost Town Rebellion Offers a Musical Lesson in Local History Words Alia Cruz
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very Wednesday night, The Ghost Town Rebellion meets in a backyard oasis off of 21st and C streets for what they like to call, “Decompression Chamber Wednesday.” It is a weekly ritual reserved for the band to practice songs, tell stories and bond over grilled foods and alcoholic drinks. Those Wednesdays usually go down like this: The five members of the band huddle around a triangle table filled with Sol beers and an obscure tequila bottle. They steal cigarettes from one another in a chain-smoking frenzy, only breaking the cycle to readjust their stringed instruments or dress a hot dog with condiments. Sometimes, you will see guitarist/banjo player Justin Forcione show off his undeniably impressive ability to play the guitar with his front teeth. These Wednesday indulgences, however, hold a deeper purpose than the above-mentioned. To The Ghost Town Rebellion, Wednesdays represent band bonding, jamming and perhaps what sets this band apart: storytelling. Aside from being tons of fun, these rocker dudes can also be considered really unorthodox educators. I would like to quote Kevin Hart when I describe what it’s like to listen to this band’s lyrics: “You gonna learn today!” Shawn Peter, lead singer of the band, is a Downtown Sacramento Community Service Guide head and Historical Supervisor. He has been dedicated to Sacramento’s history since 2000, when he was recruited to develop a historic walking tour program for the region. He continues to be the head supervisor for what turned out to be a very successful program. Peter’s knowledge for all things Sacramento, whether ugly or prideful, worked as the seeds that helped his sound garden grow. The Ghost Town Rebellion tells Sac’s history though its songs thanks to Peter immersing himself in this city’s history and being inspired by it enough to incorporate it into his art.
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“The band name itself is supposed to have a dirty feel,” says Peter, “It represents the ghosts of the area telling their stories. There’s a heavy emphasis on the Wild West, and the rebellion of Sacramento and its people. With that, it is also a true urban city which honors its wild and pioneering past on all levels of development.” Peter would find himself writing songs about the elements of Sacramento’s past that intrigued him most, which he then would share with the band. “They would love the concept. It’s just plain fun. I would pick an idea, place or person and the event surrounding the subject and we would turn it into a song.” The band’s current EP, Ghost Town Rebellion: Volume 1, is a five-song historical chronicle of the city. “Poverty Ridge,” refers to the area around 21st and T, where Sacramento’s only hill is. The song tells of an incoming storm and floodwaters threatening the more impoverished part of town in the earlier days. “Poverty Ridge” documents the struggle of the poor running uphill to escape floods caused by rising levee waters.
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Another song, this one particularly scandalous in nature, is “Murder on Grand Island.” This tune is about a crooked businessman, the county assessor to be exact, and the messed up ways he maintained a fat wallet. This real-life character would set up murders around town and methodically capitalize on them. He would find male landowners who had no next of kin, have them killed, and swoop in on their properties, among other assets; Sacramento drama, old school edition. The guy was eventually caught and as the song says, “... but the evidence was against them / And the town, they all, hanged them high! Hanged them high!” Here’s another weird fact I learned from this song: Sacramento practiced hanging all the way up until 1915. Ew! The band’s songs are pure rock ‘n’ roll, with a dash of blues and a hint of Americana. Throughout the EP, the banjo somehow steals the show. To be completely honest, I never thought I would say that; but listening to the lyrics paired with the banjo in the blues context just worked so well. Peter has more of a straight-forward voice and is an audible lyricist. You can definitely hear his roots as an emo/ punk rock musician. There are decades of music experience among the five members of The Ghost Town Rebellion. Each of the guys are in at least one other band. Bassist Sean Navin says, “The band got together so seamlessly and almost effortlessly. When this particular lineup got together, we didn’t miss a beat and were playing shows within a matter of days.” The mutual affection is also noteworthy in this group; imagine a band where everyone looks up to each other. The only negative event was in Reno a few months back, when Peter broke the hearts of his fellow bandmates by not helping them build a fort in their hotel room after a show.
“We moved the two queen-sized beds together so we could even sleep puppy-dog style after! We were ready to use the linen to build the sickest fort ever. Shawn ended up going downstairs and sleeping in the van,” says Forcione while eyeing Peter with disappointment. Other than the comical and disheartening fort incident of early 2015, the band is a true brotherhood of history and musical admiration. Ghost Town Rebellion: Volume 1, is the first in a series of three being released in the coming months. The releases will continue to chronicle Sacramento history and channel the band’s rock roots into the effort. “Musically, they’re gonna be different from each other, but the same lyrically,” says Peter about the other two EPs in the series. Musically, the band has been developing a more bluesy and swampy sound that will be apparent with the use of more instruments like the slide guitar and the trumpet in the next releases. They will also mix up vocal varieties, with Justin Forcione and Darrell Hukill stepping in to front songs. “The reason why we chose a threepart EP is because we want to stay excited and focused on sections of the music,” says Peter, “We will be telling more stories about the city and the West Coast. We have 160-plus years of inspiration!”
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True Flavor
Miabella brings gelato to Market Square at Arden Words Fabian Garcia PHoto Melissa Welliver
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hen it comes to food and beverage, boy, is Sacramento looking a whole lot classier lately. As the country’s leading farm-tofork capital, not to mention a rapidly growing Mecca for all-craft-everything brewing, it would appear we run the gamut eats-wise for all our resident foodies and palate snobs looking to culture this town up a bit. We even have gelato, for those who didn’t know. And for those that might have never heard of such a term, it’s essentially Italian-style ice cream, only better. No, literally. Gelato, which consists of roughly 80 percent milk and 20 percent cream compared to ice cream’s traditional 50/50 mix and regular egg addition, is about half the fat and 10-times denser than your average 3.5 oz. cup of a Baskin-Robbins treat. In other words, gelato gives you more bang for your buck at no extra cost to your waistline. Sweet, right? Surprisingly, Sacramento has had gelato at its disposal for a little while now, with more than 10 ice cream parlors, yogurt shops and restaurants/ cafés dishing out the Italian delicacy since the early 2010s, and even a couple from the mid-2000s, according to Yelp reviews. Out of that small handful of early-going, exclusive gelato pioneers, Miabella Gelato was one of the Sacramento area’s firsts. And now, it’s finally movin’ on up to the east side … er, southwest, actually. Having been in business at the Fountains in Roseville since 2008, the gelateria has now opened a second location, Miabella Gelato and Coffee, in Arden Fair’s Market Square, right alongside Smash Burger, Dos Coyotes and the United Artists movie theater. On a recent late Monday afternoon, three of Miabella’s employees—who’ve only been at Market Square for about six weeks as of this writing—explained that the family-owned gelateria brings a true taste of Italy to their customers due to the internationally imported ingredients and the remarkably simple, DIY touch owner and operator Alan Vail has incorporated into the business. They say Vail has his gelato base shipped directly from Italy, as
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well as some of the flavoring to his chocolate, mint and coffee-based selections. According to its website, all of Miabella’s gelato is made in-house, with fresh batches being concocted almost daily by Vail and his staff. Miabella’s gelato-making includes measuring out base portions, matching those with the right amount of flavoring, churning the mixture with specialized machinery, pouring that equally into serving trays and finally cooling and storing it all either at the front of the store for sale or in a freezer in the back. All in all, the process takes about 30 minutes per flavor. “What Alan told us was that when he started the gelato business, a guy that taught him just showed him the basics and was pretty much like, ‘OK, now you do the rest,’” says Sacramento’s Miabella co-manager Colleen Rhoades. “It just takes commitment and passion, and you have to like what you’re doing. And I think that’s what he’s doing.” With more than 50 gelato and sorbetto (sorbet) flavors on tap— while only displaying 24 to the public at any given time—Rhoades says Vail has been more than open to dessert creation ideas from his team, especially seeing how Miabella already has gelato cakes, cupcakes and paninis as part of their menu in Roseville, where Vail’s sister Brianne Vail-Smith co-owns and operates as well. “That’s expanding all the time,” Rhoades says of their versatile bill of fare. “We started doing brownies, and we’d cut them and make them into a gelato sandwich. And now [Alan’s] talking about getting a panini press to put donuts for that. So he’s up for anything right now. Like, if any of us has an idea, we tell him and if he can make it happen, he’ll do it. So he’s pretty flexible on what goes on around here.” “The nice thing is anything you see out here is tried and true,” adds Miabella’s second co-manager at Market Square Ryan Berg. “If a flavor doesn’t sell, we just replace with it something we know is going to sell.” Sticking to this do-what-works philosophy has proven successful for Vail, who realized the potential
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“The secret ingredient is you make it yourself. Most places do not make it themselves, because they either can’t or don’t want to. And as long as you make the product true to itself—just like you do in Italy—and you make it with the passion for the flavors, it all comes out perfectly.” – Alan Vail, owner of Miabella Gelato of tapping into his Italian roots and kickstarting a gelato operation here in Sacramento, where he says people were deprived of the rarely seen alternative to ice cream and frozen yogurt. “We just figured it’d be something we could put into our business: the passion that, of course, our Italian side [of the family] has for food and that our Italian side has for great food. So that’s obviously helped,” Vail says. “But we found that this market in Sacramento, and California as a whole, actually, is not really represented in gelato—we are [made up of] more ice cream and yogurt. So we wanted to bring the much more flavorful, better-for-you product to this part of the country, which on the
East Coast is very common.” Aside from his creative gelato dessert options, on top of coffee conveniently available inside, Vail says what truly makes Miabella special is the personal touch he and his employees put into their craft. “The secret ingredient is you make it yourself,” Vail says. “Most places do not make it themselves, because they either can’t or don’t want to. And as long as you make the product true to itself—just like you do in Italy—and you make it with the passion for the flavors, it all comes out perfectly.” His hope, he says, is that Miabella brings a little more culture to Sacramento than there already was in the form of an extended Italian cuisine
some folks might not have had the pleasure of knowing. And as far as the real difference, he says, people will have to simply come and see for themselves. “Just come taste the difference. The freshness of the product, the flavors are top of the line, and once you have it, you really can’t substitute anything for it.”
Miabella Gelato and Coffee is now open at 1735 Arden Way. You can also still visit their location in Roseville, at 1198 Roseville Parkway. For store hours and other information, go to Miabellagelato.com.
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Second Wind
Two years after the end of The Office, Creed Bratton is as busy as ever Words James Barone
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ou’ve probably encountered someone like the character Creed Bratton from The Office. He’s that guy you don’t really know but you see every day. He seems innocuous from a distance, but there’s something about him that keeps you from getting too close. Then maybe one day you’re at the snack machine, pushing up against the glass because that Snickers bar you just purchased got stuck on the spiraling metal wire that holds the candy in place. Suddenly you hear an unfamiliar voice from a very familiar face. Perhaps he’s trying to make bizarrely humorous quip about your plight … or maybe he’s equating your struggle with the candy machine to society’s battle with the covert forces of the Illuminati. Whatever he said, for a moment, you were time twisted from your mundane life to some dark, twisted form of Narnia. The man Creed Bratton is only slightly like the famous character he portrayed on one of the past decade’s most defining sitcoms. However, in many ways, he’s way more fascinating. Bratton, a former student at Sacramento State, backpacked overseas for a few years before returning to California to start a band with Warren Entner called The 13th Floor. By 1967, the band changed its name to The Grass Roots and went on to record a few popular radio hits including “Let’s Live for Today.” Though he got his start in music, it was acting that Bratton actively tried to pursue while he was in college. “I was always planning to be an actor,” says Bratton, who studied drama while at Sacramento State. “Music was just something I did. I didn’t know until I went to school that everyone didn’t know how to play music. I just thought everybody does this, you know?” At a young age, Bratton (born William Charles Schneider, later changed to Chuck Ertmoed when his mother remarried) had an ear for music. He first took to the trumpet before picking up the guitar. “My grandparents had a country-western band called The Happy Timers,” he remembers. “When I was a little kid, I’d sit down and watch them play. I used to go down to Long Beach from the mountains and be with them for two months in the summer … I’d listen to stuff on the radio and just figure it out by ear.” By 17, he was working professionally as a musician, but after he left The Grass Roots in 1969, his artistic career hit a bit of a snag, or as he put it in our interview, “35 years of thinking I’m not going to get anything going.” Over that time, though, he never gave up. He spent his time “working, writing, going to class,” he says until, eventually, he once again struck pop culture gold. “Now I have my second wind as it were, and I’m off doing these shows again,” Bratton says, gearing up for a California tour that will bring him back to Sacramento. “I’m having a great time.” Submerge had the pleasure of speaking with Bratton about his surprising and remarkable career as an actor and musician.
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It’s amazing what the music scene in the late ‘60s meant to American culture, and it still has an effect today. What was it like for you living through that time as a musician? At the time, it was very innocent. The pot wasn’t anywhere near what it is today. It was very mild. We experimented with stuff. For musicians at that time, it wasn’t looked down upon. You were doing what you were supposed to do. You were going to the other side of the veil, finding little chestnuts and bringing them back and writing them down and playing them for people. That was the deal. Some people didn’t come back. I was one of the lucky ones who … What were we talking about? Badda boom! Drum roll! It was the ‘60s. It was the best bite of the apple. There was no AIDS. It was free love and pot and everyone was fucking each other and painting flowers on their faces. It was pretty cool. And then it got weird in the ‘70s, but from ‘66 to the early part of the ‘70s, it was just fantastic.
was scary. After it aired, I came in on a Friday, and we aired on Thursday, I saw Rainn Wilson and John Krasinski and they gave me a big bro hug and said I’d knocked it out of the park. That meant so much to me. The next thing you know, I became a series regular. I tell actors all the time, if you’ve got strengths or weaknesses, use them. Make a video and use that as your audition.
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The character became such a cult figure, too. It was amazing how people loved that character, that crazy guy. People still get disturbed when I’m talking to them, and they’re like, “You’re not that Creed guy,” and I’m like, no! It’s close to how I talk and stuff, but still not me, obviously. I think part of it is that everyone knows someone like that in their lives, that peripheral character who you don’t know much about, but he says that weird thing that you can’t believe just came out of his mouth. [Laughter] Well the writers took that thing … I would just laugh at the table reads seeing some of the stuff they came up with for me. They did a lot with a little with that guy.
I saw a quote on IMDb that was attributed to you where you said how you did a lot of acid, but never had a flashback. Exactly! I paid good money for that acid. I deserve a flashback [laughs]. That’s just a joke, It’s been a couple years now since The Office though. I would be scared to death if I had one ended. How has it been winding down from that? those! I don’t even need that. All Oh man, I missed it. I remember I have to do is be locked in a after the hiatus period, like three “It was amazing room where they’re smoking that months or so, I found myself one pot from nowadays, and I’ll be morning driving in my car and I how people loved crawling the walls [laughs]. I think that character, that was starting to head back to the Louis C.K. says it best, the best studio where we shot. I was like crazy guy. People way to do drugs is not do them a homing pigeon, you know? for a while, because when you do I’ve done some independent still get disturbed them it’s really amazing. when I’m talking to movies, like Band of Robbers, which turned out really well and them, and they’re I know, I’m waiting until I retire it will be playing film festivals. like, ‘You’re not that I also did Grace and Frankie so I can smoke a joint one more time … Creed guy,’ and I’m for Netflix and recorded some When I’m doing acting and trying new stuff. And of course I’ll like, no! It’s close to be coming to Sacramento. That to memorize lines, I just can’t do how I talk and stuff, starts off my California tour. … I it. It messes with my memory too much. It’s nice to do when you’re want to give a big shout out to but still not me, on vacation and you’re hanging out Duane Heglie, can you put that obviously.” with somebody on the beach. That in there? He’s my buddy from – Creed Bratton college and high school. We went would be great. When it comes to work and stuff, it just interferes. to Sac State together. I know a lot of people know you from The Office, so I wanted to ask you a couple of questions about that. I thought it was really cool that you pitched your character to the show’s creators. I actually shot an audition tape. I recently found that audition tape, actually. I thought I had lost it. I was working on Bernie Mac, I met Ken Kwapis [director for both The Bernie Mac Show and The Office] and we became friends on the show. When I heard about The Office, I contacted him. He said that they were already cast, but he’d try. He talked to Greg Daniels and said I was a very interesting guy and a musician, and they put me in the background. I left Bernie Mac to take a shot at doing this. I was just starting to get lines on Bernie Mac, but my gut said do this [The Office]. Within one week, I knew there was so many talented people that I had to do something. I wrote an hour’s worth of stuff, like what would happen if someone had stayed on drugs and stuff and ended up at a paper company and created this character. I went to my buddy Joe Moore, who was an A.D. on Bernie Mac, and with his help, I adlibbed a bunch of stuff and picked the best out of what we did and gave it to Ken Kwapis, who was still directing on the first season, and Greg Daniels. The second season came in, and in the first or second week, they threw a script on my desk and said, well, everyone thinks you’re really funny, so here you go. It was a 6-and-a-half-page scene with Steve Carrell, and I was like, “Oh my God, this is it!” It
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Your most recent album came out in 2011. Are you working on new material? I have six solos and four with The Grass Roots. I think about the time I hit a dozen, I’ll make one that really clicks. But right now I’m working on a pilot called Feather Peak that we’re trying to get greenlit. I play a character who lives up in the mountains. He’s a caregiver, but he writes music too, so I’ve been writing songs for the show, and they’re really good! I’ve been doing three or four of them in the show now. They’re all brand new. I’m going to be recording them pretty soon in Los Angeles. A character who lives in the mountains who plays music, that sounds pretty close to home. He’s a caregiver who has this ability to realize that when people are dying they hold on to things that keep them from passing on to the other side in a tranquil way. He’s able to facilitate this. … It’s kind of like Northern Exposure meets Touched by an Angel meets the Creed character Duane, if you’re out there, this [laughs], which one’s for you. Join Duane and is kind of an surely many others when Creed interesting Bratton plays live at Harlow’s concept if you in Sacramento on Aug. 11. Ngaio Bealum will take the stage to think about it. open the show. Tickets are $15 in advance and can be purchased through Harlows.com.
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1810 Gallery Exhibit Relics Features the Surreal works of Local Artist S.V. Williams Words Andrew C. Russell
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bizarre creature slithers alongside the brick wall of the Oak Park Brewery. Somewhere between pufferfish and kraken, its alien form elicits menace and wonder in equal measure. From a porthole-like opening in its side peers a glowering skeletal countenance, locked in a permanently frozen cackle, delighted to have entered our poorly defended world. A curious hybrid erupts from the doorway of the Colony on Stockton Boulevard, a kind of bio mechanical sparrow bedecked in sea-dragon’s garb. Peer into the cavernous eyes in the midst of its ornate head and ask yourself, “Is it living? Or is it clockwork?” From what world do such things come, manufactured but intricately organic, natural but forever altered as if under the hand of a 24th century jeweler? In a word, the answer is S.V. Williams. A Sacramento native resettled in recent years after spending some time in the Northwest, Stephen V. Williams (styled S.V.) has gotten some high visibility of late in the downtown art scene. Several of his works have helped it to expand quite literally, bursting from the confinement of the canvas onto several prominent locations around town. These murals are a specialty of Williams’, whose early background lies in graffiti and other public artforms. Recently, we caught up with the artist at his home and studio to chat about the origin of his work, his Sacramento roots and the challenges of working with an audience. In August, 1810 Gallery will showcase Williams’ latest works in a more intimate setting with a series called Relics—an apt description of the forms visitors will be introduced to there. Through the shadows and twilight glow of a changed Earth wander magnificent and bizarre creatures, recognizable, perhaps, but having undergone a sea change. Come for yourself, and prepare to get acquainted. When did you start painting? I want to say my first painting was in, like, 1999 … It was with spray paint, and, I don’t know if you’ve seen that movie Man Bites Dog, but I did a portrait of the main character in spray paint. At that time, I was so involved in graffiti art and drawing letters, that I was kind of against branching out into conventional painting. I would say that I really started to consider this a full-time occupation around 2007. I had a show in Portland, and I just had a random assortment of my paintings with me, and this gallery owner in Portland wanted to give me a solo show. At the time, they weren’t very cohesive as a body of work. I had that show, sold some paintings, and got some amazing responses, so after that I told myself, “I’ve got to stop working at this pizza shop and eating pizza all the time and just paint.” I took some community college classes for art—mostly gesture drawings to get structure and balance down. But I’ve just been doing my own thing, since I started drawing and painting. I haven’t really felt the need to go to art school. I just keep going, developing my own style, doing what I want to do. Is there more a feeling of pressure when you’re doing mural work in public? When doing a mural I always want to get a basic image down immediately, because when you’re out in public like that, people will see you doing the first part of a work, and though as the artist you know what the final result will look like, they’ll be like, “What are you doing?!” [laughs]. That actually happened to us over at the Oak Park Brewery. We painted the entire wall black first, and SubmergeMag.com
were laying down the background when these people came by. We were like, “Hi, how are you doing?” And they replied with something along the lines of, “Well we were doing great until we saw this.” It was in a stage where there were no concrete images laid out yet. So I always try to work fast. Still, I’d say that murals are my favorite work to do. Contained paintings are great too, because I can isolate myself, hang out with my painting, have beers with my painting. But I just love being outside, and even if there’s a weird reaction from people, I still like getting reactions from people. Even if someone calls it stupid, I’m like, “Thanks for actually noticing it,” you know? Some people will just walk by and look at it and nonchalantly look away, and it’s like, “Do you not know there’s something being created here?”
“I just love being outside, and even if there’s a weird reaction from people, I still like getting reactions from people. Even if someone calls it stupid, I’m like, ‘Thanks for actually noticing it,’ you know? Some people will just walk by and look at it and nonchalantly look away, and it’s like, ‘Do you not know there’s something being created here?’” – Artist S.V. Williams on painting murals
In what kind of world do your paintings exist? I guess you could say it’s a little futurist. The way my figures look is what has happened to life on Earth: deformations. It’s kind of dark to think about, but I imagine something similar to animals in the sea that have been around so much trash and debris that their bodies grow around a certain thing because it just got stuck onto them. I kind of see them as a new breed of animal that have survived something. They’re kind of mechanical, too. There’s a large focus on animal forms in your work. Have you always been drawn to this subject? I’ve always been fascinated with all different types of animals, especially birds and fish. The piece I’m working on now is a stag. I grew up camping a lot with my dad, so I’d see a lot of animals. I’d never hunt or anything, though. What I do to them on the canvas—I feel like I age them, put them in an alternate universe where nature is bound to the animal but there are also mechanical elements, like scales or feathers that resemble metal plating or armor. But they’re not completely like machines— there also seems to be a warm feeling in these works. ]Yeah, especially with the light that I try to add in. A lot of the time I tend to paint really dark, so the light colors really give the painting a warm, soulful feeling. And there’s usually some kind of relationship with the painting and another creature, like moths floating around them in the background. I don’t paint people often. I just find animals, and the mystery about them, to be far more interesting. What were your earliest visual influences? Definitely comic books. I was very into drawing comic books. What pretty much got me to start drawing was, I would just kind of emulate different characters and create my own. And I would always kind of piece things together. How my current drawings come about is, there are tons of different pieces of things but the general structure of it is obviously a certain animal or a certain insect. I usually start off with a rough sketch, sometimes just of a particular feature—the scales, for instance. But as far as comics, I was always into the darker stuff, like Todd McFarlane’s Spawn; there have been a lot of horror and sci-fi influences. I also hear that you did tattoo work for a while? I apprenticed for like a few months. One thing—you’re in the shop all day, waiting for people to come to you. I know a lot of tattoo artists, a lot of my friends are tattoo continued on page 23
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Reddit mural artists, and they make good money doing it, but I would have had to switch around my style a little bit, change things up, make my work a little more traditional looking. I didn’t really want to take the time to relearn my art from the beginning. It’s definitely a skill I appreciate. But mostly now I’m into painting, illustrations, and I’m starting to get into some clothing stuff too. In fact, I have a screen press I’m working on right now, so I’m going to start making some shirts. Throughout the duration of the show, I’ll try to get some of those in the gallery, as it will be up for a month. What have been your most rewarding experiences as an artist? I do a lot of murals and group shows in L.A., and I also do a lot of music festivals. There’s this one big one, Lightning in a Bottle—that’s probably the best time I’ve had as an artist. There is like 60 live painters there, and it’s cool because there’s this big auction at the end and so the whole time you’re there you have the potential to make money. They set up artists all around the festival, and they try to keep them around each other so there’s not some artist who’s way out in the parking lot. But on the last day, they bring all the panels into one
area, and so they just like surround this space full of art, and it’s like an art walk. There was also this collaborative piece I worked on with a friend in Coachella that was huge, and somebody bought that. I actually hit up TBD about that, because it would be awesome to have something like that. The music at these events is definitely a big part of my process. When I’m listening to good music, I paint so much better. I was at a Concert in the Park not too long ago—I was set to be painting out there—and I couldn’t get into the music at all, and I could not paint at all. What’s your go-to painting music? I listen to a lot of Mogwai, Sigur Ros, things that are a little tripped out. I really enjoy listening to instrumental music, and I can become engulfed in the piece I’m working on. Especially for like a new series of paintings, if there’s a new album, I’ll just constantly listen to that, and I find that a whole series of my paintings will be cohesive with that album. How would you describe the local arts scene? The artistic community is awesome. It’s growing so much and there seems to be more people and businesses that are willing to showcase murals and other public works of art. I feel like Sacramento is a little bit behind in that sense, because when people hire you for murals, it has to be tied in with the business some way. Like, if I draw one of my creatures it has to be holding a cheeseburger in its hand, or wearing Nike shoes. If you give an artist full creative freedom, then there’s just going to be that much more unique work around town. But just having artwork out in public all the time is going to inspire people, drive artists to push themselves.
To learn more about S.V. Williams and get a glimpse of his latest work, you can visit his Instagram page at Instagram.com/svwilliamsart. You can check out the opening reception for his exhibit Relics at 1810 Gallery (located in the WAL, 1810 12th Street, Sacramento) on Aug. 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. Check out Facebook.com/1810gallery for more info and upcoming shows.
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Cafe Colonial City Mouse, Mad Judy, Mob Rule, 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. Crocker Art Museum Art Mix Drag feat. The Troublemakers, 5 p.m. District 30 Photographer, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. El Dorado Saloon DJ River, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m. Fremont Park Hot Lunch Concert Series: The Kyle Rowland Trio, 11:30 a.m. Harlow’s Joell Ortiz, 6 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Esperanza Spalding, 7:30 p.m. Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, Stick Figure, 6 p.m. The Hideaway Bar & Grill Trash Rock Thursdays, 9 p.m. Lakeview Commons (South Lake Tahoe) Live at Lakeview: Polyrhythmics, Big Sticky Mess, 4:30 p.m. 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. Old Ironsides Open Acoustic Folk Jam, 7:30 p.m. Palms Playhouse (Winters) Jimmy LaFave, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Blackwater, 10 p.m. Press Club Black Ferns, Death Party at the Beach, Wolfhouse, Emby Alexander, 8 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith and the House Band, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Latin Night, 9 p.m. Torch Club Mind X Quartet, 5 p.m.; Vinyl Gold, 9 p.m.
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Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. DeVille Vacaville Fleetwood Mask (Fleetwood Mac tribute), Longtime (Boston tribute), 9 p.m. District 30 DJ Billy Lane, 10 p.m. Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse Todd Morgan & The Emblems (Album Release), 7 p.m. Fox & Goose James Israel and Dr. Rock, The Stuff, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Goldfield High Noon, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine, Screature, 8 p.m. Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Leon Russell, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Ghost Town Rebellion (EP Release), FUDI, Jake D (of Lonely Kings), Full Collapse, 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse (Winters) Peppino D’Agostino, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Shift, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Saxual Chocolate, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) The Fabulous Old Guys, 8:30 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Colleen Heauser, 4 p.m.; Kumandae Miller, 9:30 p.m. Red Lion Woodlake Hotel Jake Shimabukuro, 7:30 p.m. Shine The Black Grit and Special Guests, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Conducting from the Grave, With Wolves, Murderlicious, Wrath of Tides, Salythia, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River Remix, 6 p.m. Torch Club Kate Gaffney, 5:30 p.m.; Shari Puorto, 9 p.m.
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DeVille Vacaville Brigger Family Benefit Show feat. Sean Danielsen (of Smile Empty Soul), Live Burlesque, Elvis Karaoke Sing-off and More, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Punch Out!, The Phantom Jets, 9 p.m. Gibson Ranch City of Trees Summer Concert Event: Cake, Of Monsters and Men, James Bay, BØRNS, Elle King, Halsey, Night Riots and More, 1:30 p.m. Goldfield Westbound 50, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Jesse Royal, Daniel Bambaata Marley, 8 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m. Midtown BarFly Two Years of Throwdown feat. Plastic Plates, Casino Gold, Vitamindevo, Synclan, Tripz, Adam J, Ernie Fresh, 10 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Scotty McCreery, 8 p.m.; DJ Du, 10 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Dr. Hall Songwriters Meetup, 3 p.m.; My Acoustic Heart Band, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides The Lipstick Weekender w/ Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Take Out, 10 p.m. Press Club Be Calm Honcho, So Much Light, Alicia Murphy, 6 p.m.; DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) Code Blue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Tortilla Soup, 10 p.m. River Walk Park (West Sac) Gametime: The Infamous #HOFDAYPARTY feat. Jurts, Soosh*E, Roman Austin, Robbie, DJ Oasis, DJ Gio, DJ Cos the Kid, J. Sirius, Harris Rudman, Kneegauze, J Kraken, DJ Whores, Red Corvette and More, 3 p.m. Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center Sacramento Taiko Dan 26th Anniversary Concert, 3 & 7 p.m. Shine Electric Snorkel, The Spa, Plots, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Father Howl, Black Majik Acid, Quartzthrust, 8 p.m. Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) Poparazzi, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Fire and Wheels, 2 p.m.; Rogue Rocks, 5 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Funk Fest: George Clinton, Parliament, Maze, Frankie Beverly, Kurtis Blow, 6 p.m. Torch Club The Hucklebucks, 5:30 p.m.; Mr. December, 9 p.m.
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Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy hosted by Jaime Fernandez, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Punchline Comedy Club Tom Segura, Aug. 5, 8 p.m. Pablo Francisco, Aug. 6 - 9, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Desi Comedy Fest, Aug. 12, 8 p.m. Ryan Sickler, Aug. 13 - 15, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m. Emma Haney and Stephen Furey Present, Aug. 16, 7 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 8 p.m. Improv Lab, Harold Night & Gordon Teams, Wednesday’s, 7 - 10 p.m. Cage Match & Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 8 - 10 p.m. Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m. Tommy T’s Guy Torry, Aug. 7 - 9
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Courtyard Classic Film Series: Jaws, Aug. 6, 8 p.m. ArtMix “Drag” feat. Drag Cars, Drag Kings and Queens, Live Music, Electric RC Car Races, Drag Queen Bingo and More, Aug. 13, 5 p.m. En Em Art Space Recollections by Anna Valdez, through Aug. 22 FE Gallery Original Masks Art Show feat. Peggy Bjerkan, Mike Dickau, Ianna Frisby, Robert Hosea and More, Aug. 8 - Oct. 1 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m. Great Escape Games Time Travelers Bazaar 2015, Aug. 15, 12 p.m. Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. John Natsoulas Gallery 14th Annual California Landscape Exhibition, through Aug. 30 Kupros Craft House Trivia with Triviology 101, Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Where Will the Bird Watchers Go When There Are No Birds by Kim Scott, Aug. 3 - 30 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m. The Rink Sac City Rollers Double Header, Aug. 8, 6 p.m. Shimo Center for the Arts Textural Memory: Watercolor Paintings by Shirley Hazlett, through Aug. 5 Sol Collective Of Love & Riots by Trust Your Struggle Art Collective, through Sept. 8 Third Street and Broadway Gather: Oak Park, Aug. 13, 5 p.m. Union Hall Gallery Tale of Two Artists by Cheyenne Robinson and Steve Kellison, through Aug. 31 WAL Public Market Group Art Show: If You Do Me, I’ll Do You, Opens Aug. 8 William Land Park The 6th Annual Sacramento Banana Festival, Aug. 8-9 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 Yolo Brewing Co. Fantasy Food Truck Showdown Final Round, Aug. 6, 4 p.m.
Comedy Crest Theatre Chris Hardwick: The Funcomfortable Tour, Aug. 14, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Creed Bratton, Ngaio Bealum, Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Comedy Open Mic Showcase, Aug. 4, 8 p.m. Bryan Ricci feat. Ola the Comedian, Aug. 7 - 9, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Cowboy Bill Martin feat. Sid Davis, Aug. 14 - 16, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.
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THE ‘90s WILL NEVER DIe Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets
Harlow’s, Sacramento • Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Words Derek Kaplan | photos Jackie Howard God bless Harlow’s for self-promoting the Soul Asylum/Meat Puppets show this past July 28. But, amidst the Sahara-like heat that broiled outside and the sheer lack of ‘90’s enthusiasts chilled inside, needless to say, the show did not sellout. But that didn’t stop both of the retro bands from putting on a more-than-spirited split set. And let’s be clear: this was in no way an opening act segued into an obvious headliner. Both of these bands helped change the game back from the early ‘80s, all the way up through the mid-‘90s, and beyond. Oh my, those fleshy Meat Puppets. The brothers Curt and Cris Kirkwood have certainly still got it, for the ripe ages of 56 and 54. These dudes have inspired some of the best, including the obvious, all-mighty, Nirvana. And that legacy continues, for posterity’s sake, with the addition of Elmo Kirkwood (Curt’s son) on rhythm guitar. Also, they have been touring with 46-yearold Shandon Sahm on the drums since 2009. This guy resembled a more getting on, last-days version of Keith Moon, shirtless and 40 oz. in hand, as he took the stage. Yet, guitar-slinging Curt was sporting yoga pants … which one of them them were more comfy? The Phoenix-born desert punks kept their set list saucy but sprinkled with country sentiment. Sadly, the crowd participated in some mild head-bobbing, at best, as they opened with the likes of “Comin’ Down” and “Oh Me” (which is their tune, not Nirvana’s), followed a more SubmergeMag.com
metallic version of “Crazy.” What came thereafter was more unexpected, as they surprisingly pulled out some gemlike cover songs, including: “Seven Spanish Angels” (made popular by a Willie Nelson and Ray Charles duet), “Cathy’s Clown” (1960 classic by The Everly Brothers), followed by the Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B.” Talk about respecting your elders. Many of these tunes were interwoven with the psychedelic guitar solos, rockabilly upbeats and that country twang the Meat Puppets are known for; they definitely left fans feeling quite satiated with coveted hits, “Backwater” and “Lake of Fire” as proper closers, too. Once Soul Asylum took the stage, though, it was clear who the remaining crowd was there for: Dave Pirner’s authentic brand of feel-good rock ‘n’ roll. The ageless frontman still knows how to command a room more than ever before at age 51. He undoubtedly proved that Soul Asylum’s birthright lives on; not only via Kevin Smith films, but with his newfangled band continuously bringing down the house. To top it off, his out-and-out charisma and a humorous stage presence makes for a brisk glimpse into his journey as a seasoned rock star. In an apropos manner, he opened with “Somebody to Shove,” from the landmark album Grave Dancers Union, which led into many more cataloged 1992 to 1995 nuggets. Yes, he most certainly played “Runaway Train,” but yet didn’t play his signature cover version of “Sexual Healing.”
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Issue 193 • August 3 – August 17, 2015
There’s a Fire in My Pants … and You’re Invited James Barone jb@submergemag.com
According to fact-checking website Politifact. com, Fox News is only truthful in its reporting 11 percent of the time. This is probably not news to you. MSNBC clocks in at just 11 percent “truthful” as well. However according to the website, MSNBC’s “mostly true” numbers (24 percent) dwarf Fox’s (12 percent). As far as out-and-out lies (including Politifact.com’s designation of “mostly false”), both news organizations are tied with a combined 59 percent, though Fox’s outright falsehoods were found to be more prevalent at a 38 percent clip versus MSNBC’s 22 percent. According to the website, these ratings only take into account statements made by Fox and MSNBC on-air personalities and “their pundit guests” and “do not include statements made on air by politicians or paid spokespeople.” I guess if they did, the truthfulness numbers would be too small to quantify. If you think this is a condemnation of Fox, you’re wrong. I mean, Fox has always been guilty of false advertising for sure, but maybe they’re like a right-wing version of The Onion, and we just never really got the joke. Like, all these years they’ve been playing a character and we totally bought it hook, line and sinker. Sort of like Andy Kaufman’s death. (I know you’re alive, Andy. I want to believe.) Maybe one day, Brit Hume is going to come on the air sporting an Obama “Hope” T-shirt and glasses from Warby Parker, waving a rainbow flag, and be all, “Oh man, we got you guys so good.” This also isn’t an endorsement of MSNBC. I think if you’re just barely edging out Fox in a battle for truthfulness, you’ve got nothing to be proud of. I mean, does anyone really watch MSNBC? If you’re a liberal and you’re not getting your news from NPR or the The New York Times or something, I can only assume you’re just a poseur. You’re probably just trying to pick up a few useful tidbits you can incorporate into your pickup lines at an upcoming farm-to-fork festival or craft brew tasting. I can spot you from a mile away, bro. You’re not fooling anyone. This isn’t even to say that I fully trust these statistics posted by Politifact.com. The first thing I roll my eyes at is their truthfulness meter. It’s broken into the following categories: True, Mostly True, Half True, Mostly False, False and (for serious) Pants on Fire. To be sure, the truth can be subjective, which I guess is indicative of this classification system, in which four of the six indicate there is some shred of truth to even the most brow-raising claim. But, like, a shred of truth doesn’t make something true. It’s been a long time since I’ve taken any
logic classes, but if I say something like, “All birds have wings, and all dragons have wings; therefore, all dragons are birds,” doesn’t that make the whole statement false? Dragons obviously aren’t birds. They live in mountains and hoard treasure. Birds just make nests with sticks and stuff. I’m not trying to demean our bird readership. I’m just stating facts. Facts are different than truth, I guess, because those are things that are undeniable. We can’t deny that we are the third planet from the sun. That’s been proven as fact. There has also been 44 Presidents of the United States, so far. We have historical evidence that backs that up. Facts usually help you determine what’s true, but they won’t always lead you in that direction. For example, it’s a fact that all birds have wings, even penguins, and it’s true that all dragons have wings, at least as far as the Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings/ Dungeons and Dragons-style creatures. However, extrapolating a truth from those facts that all dragons are birds is a very dangerous thing. Like, you wouldn’t want to call a dragon a bird to its face because you’d probably get a cone of fire all up in your grill, assuming it was a fire-breathing dragon you were talking to. Not all dragons breathe fire, but that’s a story for another column. Politifact.com has compiled data that provides evidence that MSNBC and Fox are a bunch of no-good liars. Depending on where you sit on the political fence, you might feel inclined to gloat, or become defensive, or maybe just shrug it off, because really, who gives a shit what Politifact has to say? I only just heard about the website because a friend of mine on Facebook posted a link to the article to point out that Fox News spreads lies most of the time masqueraded as news, which wasn’t really news to me. So do the facts here lead us to the truth that Fox and MSNBC are liars? Yeah … um. Yeah, I guess they kind of do. I mean, if you take Politifact.com’s stats as gospel, then you really can’t end up at any other conclusion. These news networks are misleading the public in order to sell ads to generate revenue to pay for the infusions of virgin blood that keep Bill O’Reilly alive (OK, I made that last part up, but keep in mind that statement, according to Politifact, would rate as “Mostly True”). But I’m just going to throw this out there, maybe if the viewing public stuck to news outlets that simply presented facts and news and didn’t try to stitch these facts into some kind of “truth,” then all that ad revenue would dry up; and therefore, so would Bill O’Reilly. That’s none of my business though. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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