Submerge Magazine: Issue 234 (February 27 - March 13, 2017)

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas

February 27 – March 13, 2017 • #234

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Zack Frasher Beer Geek Wins Big

Avery Palmer The Surreal World

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Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com I’m really excited about the two cover stories this issue.

First off, I love beer and have been a huge fan of Moonraker Brewing Company ever since my friends over at Capitol Beer and Tap Room introduced me to their Yojo IPA on June 25, 2016, according to my Untappd app. They filled me in on brewmaster Zack Frasher and how he came from Mraz Brewing Company, all while giving me the 411 on Northeastern style hazy beers. After having a few of Moonrakers’ other beers over the past several months, I knew we had to feature Frasher and sat on the idea because I figured it would make a great story around Sacramento Beer Week. A lot has

MAR 4 @ G Street WunderBar Sat 8 PM Davis, Ca

APR 7 @ Old Ironsides Fri 8 PM Sacramento, Ca

APR 19 @ Sacramento State University Wed 12 PM Sacramento, Ca

APR 22 @ Studio Inn Lounge Sat 8 PM Chico, Ca

APR 26 @ PowerHouse Wed 8 PM Folsom, Ca

APR 27 @ The Black Forest Thu 7 PM Eugene, OR

APR 28 @ The Twilight Room Fri 8 PM Portland, OR

happened since that idea sparked; let’s just say, awards galore! Read up on one of the most hyped breweries in our area right now starting on page 28.

Secondly, our other cover story is on local band So Stressed. I first came across this band on one of the opening nights at the venue Witch Room (RIP). They had an album that came out in 2015 titled The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art, and though I wanted to feature them, the timing was never right and I felt like the opportunity was gone. So with their new release, Please Let Me Know, which just came out Feb. 17, and regardless of not having a local release show to plug, I didn’t want to wait any longer to finally feature this rippin’ band. On page 18, read up on their thoughts about having an album come out long after they recorded it, comparisons to Nirvana vs. Spazz and slight hints about the future of the band.

Also, read all the other stuff in the issue. It’s good shit! But do I really have to tell you that? I mean you picked us up. If anyone would know that, it’s you. OK, how about do me a favor, grab an extra copy, hand it to a friend who you think has never read Submerge. Then let them know this is their free source for learning about local bands, food and art, and is clutch when finding things to do in the Sacramento area.

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Celebrate the Craft: 11 Sacramento Beer Week Events To Put On Your Hit List

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Running March 2–12, Sacramento Beer Week is now an 11 day region wide celebration of all things craft beer, boasting hundreds of special events at local breweries, tap rooms, bars and restaurants. We spent hours scouring the seemingly endless listings and picked out 11 of our favorites, one for each day of SBW. To get the full rundown, you’ll want to visit Sacbeerweek.com or hit up your favorite watering holes to see what they’ve got going on. Happy Beer Week!

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Kick off SBW with more than 40 breweries at the annual Sacramento Brewers’ Showcase on Thursday, March 2 at 6 p.m. at the California Automobile Museum. Just $40 in advance for an all-you-can-drink ticket.

Plenty of food trucks will be on site to accompany all those brews. Sacbeerweek. com for tickets. 2200 Front St., Sacramento.

Day in and day out, whether it’s Beer Week or not, Capitol Beer and Tap Room is one of the best local spots to enjoy an ever-changing array of craft brews. On Friday, March 3, two of the most celebrated and seriously buzzed about California breweries, Alvarado Street from Monterey County and Moonraker from Auburn, will take over the handles at Cap Tap all day starting at 11 a.m. Check out which beers to expect that day, along with the rest of their SBW lineup at Capitolbeer.com.

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Two of our absolute favorite breweries from the region, New Glory and Highwater, collaborated to create the quite exquisite sounding Lemon Meringue Pie Specialty Ale. It’s a strong American Blonde Ale brewed with graham crackers and lactose, fermented with vanilla beans and fresh local lemon juice. The release party is Saturday, March 4 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a food truck on-site from 5 to 9 p.m.

8251 Alpine Ave., Sacramento.

Go behind the curtain and watch brewers at work on Sunday, March 5 at the newly opened Fort Rock Brewing. From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.-ish come enjoy a pint and watch them brew their next batch, and if you’re the curious type, toss out any questions you have because they’ll be there to drop knowledge. I hit up this brand new spot last week when they’d only been open a number of days, and I really enjoyed what they were pouring (available that night was a pilsner, IPA, red IPA, and a brown, which was my personal favorite). The space is great, too, very spacious, perfect for big groups of friends. Look for their Double IPA and Pale Ale to drop soon!

12401 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova.

Sometimes the most fun Beer Week events are often the silliest and most randomseeming ones, like this: On Tuesday, March 7 from 6–10 p.m., Sactown Union Brewery is hosting a Mario Kart 64 Tournament. Thirtytwo teams will compete for beer, merch and bragging rights. Visit Facebook.com/ SactownUnion and click on “events” for details. 1210 66th St., Unit B, Sacramento.

This list wouldn’t be complete without a sour beer event. There will be many during SBW, but Hot City Pizza’s on Wednesday, March 8 is sure to be special. Their Mixed-Bag Sours Day will feature sours from breweries all over the world that they claim you likely have never seen and will have trouble ever finding again. 5642 J St., Sacramento.

It’s all the craze. That’s right, we’re talking about the haze! Juicy, murky New Englandstyle IPAs are undeniably hot right now on the West Coast. A lot of breweries are making them, but whose is the best? To taste at least a dozen mostly local hazy IPAs for yourself in one spot, check out Boneshaker Public House on Monday, March 6, from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., for the inaugural “Blinded By the Haze: Blind Hazy IPA Tasting & Competition.” Visit Boneshakerpub.com for details. 2168 Sunset Blvd., Rocklin.

On Thursday, March 9, take a trip to Belgium with The Monk’s Cellar at their Five-Course Trappist Beer Dinner. It will feature a lecture and slideshow from Celebrator writer and beer traveler “Big” Mike Moore and brewmaster Andy Klein. Enjoy five different Trappist beers, each expertly paired with a traditional food dish from Belgium. $60 per person, and it will sell out, so get tickets early by calling (916) 786-6665.

240 Vernon St., Roseville.

New Helvetia Brewing Co. and The Craft Creamery are teaming up for an epic ice cream and beer tasting event on Friday, March 10. The ice cream was made using, you guessed it, beer! Planned pairings include B-Squad Blonde Ale with Lemon Zest and Honey, Molly American Red Ale with Salted Caramel, Mystery Airship Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Dark Chocolate, and more. I scream for… Beer!

1730 Broadway, Sacramento.

On Saturday, March 11 starting at 3 p.m., Tank House BBQ and Bar is hosting their fourth annual Sacramento Beer Week Pig Roast featuring Anderson Valley Brewing Company taking over the taps. Food is free!

Get there early because it will get packed.

1925 J St., Sacramento.

And for the finale, it’s the annual Capitol Beer Fest, a massive event on Sunday, March 12 from noon to 5 p.m., featuring well over 100 breweries, more than a dozen food trucks, live music, the whole nine. Tickets are $40 in advance for general admission, available online at Capitolbeerfest.com, or in person at Der Biergarten, Rubicon and a number of other local spots.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Go to Your Happy Place

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One month into a Trump presidency and the world appears to be jacked. I’d say we were completely fucked, but my editors don’t like it when I swear in the first sentence of my articles. If you have eyes or ears, I’m pretty sure our current calamity is not news to you. Trump is all that’s on the news, and he creeps into every corner of the internet like the trolliest of trolls. Trump is even trying to plant himself in this very story, but I am not going to let it happen. I’m going to my happy place.

I believe it was one of my therapists, or perhaps the movie Happy Gilmore, that first taught me the concept of a happy place. When we experience traumatic events, it can be helpful to imagine ourselves in another place to protect us from further emotional and mental damage. I was taught to populate that place with fond memories and things that made me happy to counteract the effects of a traumatic event.

My happy place is not fixed in time and continues to evolve along with my life experiences. When I was younger it was mostly video games and candy. As a teen, it was pretty much the same but with a lot more boobs and weed in it. In my 20s, booze found its way into the mix along with the magical ability to not throw up from over-drinking. Now that I’m in my 30s, things have changed again. My life has taken on some semblance of focus and my happy place has followed suit.

The most important part of my current happy place are the people there with me.

In real life, my happy place is at home with my girlfriend and our cats. That means they are always front and center in my imaginary happy place as well. They are followed by my immediate family and close friends so that I am surrounded by all of the people (and cats) I love.

In my happy place, we are having a party. The location of the party varies, but it usually boils down to one of three options: somewhere tropical, a redwood forest or the rainforest. I’ve always been happiest when surrounded by trees in a fresh, calm, clean environment, away from the noise and funk

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of the city. In these places I can avoid the things that stress me out and leave room for the things that give me joy.

There is food and drank galore in my happy place and it’s the good stuff. I’m talking spaghetti and meatballs, pizzas, carnitas-stuffed chile rellenos, pad Thai, smoked prime rib and seared barbecue albacore tuna from Mikuni with both sauces.

There is a cheese plate and a charcuterie tray of aged meats. There are rosemarylemon gin fizz fountains and beers from my favorite craft brewers. Barrels of bourbon and rye are stacked at the ready along with casks of my favorite red wines. The tables are large enough to seat us all comfortably and are beautifully set with dishes that no one will ever have to wash or put away.

While we stuff our bellies with food and drink and our voices with old stories and laughter, our ears are soothed by the sounds of my favorite music. The mix is heavy with hip-hop, funk, soul, jazz and classic rock and it’s all being played from an immaculate, self-organizing record collection. My DJ skills are naturally much better in my happy place, and I never miss the beat.

Likewise, my fingers never stumble on the guitar and I can plug into any amp I can think of with any effects pedal I want.

I can play drums as loud as possible with no repercussions and my bass lines always sit in the pocket. My recordings are pristine and loved by millions of people who buy my albums without requiring me to promote myself through constant, grueling touring.

Thanks to them, I never have to worry about money in my happy place either.

What’s not there is drama. You aren’t going to find any depressing shit or problems that need to be fixed. There won’t be any files from work, bills that need to be paid or emails that still need to be answered. I don’t have to shop for groceries or fold laundry there and, best of all, no one is talking about Donald Trump! Relying on a happy place may seem silly, but I’m happy to report that it works. All you have to do is close your eyes and go.

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gold vibes The Holdup, Katastro Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017

Words Chris Hieb • photo Jose Uribe In a room more accustomed to the sound of country music, a reggae roots vibe took hold Saturday night. The usually honkytonkin’ dance floor of Goldfield Trading Post had been taken over by the sweeping guitar riffs of Katastro and the Holdup, and good vibes reverberated through the hardwood hall. Line dancing was replaced by the rhythmic swaying to the jam session happening on stage. The gold mine-themed chandeliers dimmed, the crowd cheered and, with an American flag painted across the back wall, Katastro took the stage.

Katastro, a four-piece band from Tempe, Arizona, came out swinging with a hard, driving instrumental that gave their set the hype it needed. Their six prior visits to our city had taught them how to play to a Sacramento crowd, and the room was full when they hit the stage. They took us on a journey through sound that included memorable moments like reggae covers of a combo of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” and TLC’s “No Scrubs,” as well as Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang.”

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complete catalog of work; from their 2007 debut EP The Wonderful Daze to their debut album Gentle Predator, and last year’s release Strange Nights, their set left no stone unturned. When they played their latest single, “Flow,” you could tell that the crowd was taking their advice and, “I’mma do a little dance, I’mma make a little love,” and the love was overflowing the dance floor. Classics from Gentle Predator made people feel like they weren’t “Alone,” and that they hadn’t “Fallen.”

San Jose’s native sons, The Holdup, came out with a bang and kept the people moving. The local boys came up playing small venues in Northern California, and they know how to play to the reggae roots style that has became a staple of the Sacramento scene. The smooth rhythms of reggae translated well into the soul-soothing lyrics of Elton John’s, “Tiny Dancer,” and the lighters went into the air while the crowd sang along. Their hip-hop influence mixed with the vibes of the night to give the night a special feeling, and their rendition of “Drugs” had the masses swaying to the beat. “Girls Love Toast,”

was met with a raucous applause, and the goofy song full of corny pickup lines still makes me dance and giggle two years after its release. The one-time iTunes No. 1 reggae group played a full set of fan favorites to finish the live music part of the night.

Reggae in a country bar was a complete success. In a room that can often play too loud, reggae played well with the acoustics of the venue. Overall, I believe Katastro stole the show. Their blend of hip-hop and reggae channeled bands such as the Dirty Heads. The crowd seemed to have shown up to see them, and thinned out slightly for The Holdup.

While The Holdup still put on one excellent show, Katastro is one of the better live bands I’ve ever seen within this genre.

The reggae part of the night ended around 10:30, and Goldfield returned to being the late-night country sensation it is known for being as people flooded in for the normal Saturday night.

The night showcased the flexibility of Goldfield’s ever increasing reputation as a top-notch music venue in Midtown Sacramento, and the ability to quickly change over from live music venue to night club in a moment’s notice. The mixture of the gold rush era/country theme and reggae roots tells a story of two Sacramentos: the modern city with a rich thriving music scene, and the gold boom city that cultivated the future of California.

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Finding a Passion

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Fast-approaching winter gently reminded me it would soon be time to hibernate. During the warm months of the year, you will find me outside; eyes shut, face up to the sky, basking in the sun rays. It feels as if I become fully enveloped in a sweet, warm hug all summer long. I have lived my life obsessed with summer.

The cold months seem to come and go without a notice. Every year I dabble in resort-stricken snowboarding and every year I end up at the bar alone because it’s cold and that shit is hard.

I claim the winter to be my time for getting “work” done, drinking hot chocolate, sitting by the fire and watching movies.

Not this year. Too many seasons have passed me by, and maybe I’m not good at snowboarding but what about all the other outdoor winter activities? The cold sucks, but we’re in California. It can’t be that bad.

Scrolling through Instagram, a few photos caught my eye in the early, cooling months.

Men and women bundled in layers, hanging from the side of what looked like an iceberg, by what looked like a sharp hammer. Ice climbing. I had seen photos and heard stories from friends and acquaintances of what sounded like a dark fairytale but something about it gnawed at me every night as I lay to sleep. I wanted to attempt this sport which looked impossible but I had no means. Where would I begin?

A friend approached me soon after, explaining a trip she would be going on to ice climb with a well-known ice climber in the community. It’s funny how the universe works. After maniacally explaining to her how excited I was for her, the two of us set out to “test the waters” on some ice near Tahoe and immediately fell in love with the sport. A new hobby was born.

What is ice climbing? Basically, locate the sharpest tools you can find, use two as axes and strap the other two to your boots and start throwing yourself at a frozen waterfall.* [*Caution: please don’t actually do this. You should have someone with you who is a mentor/ guide/someone who knows what the hell they’re doing.] I’m not saying you should run out to the mountains and start ice climbing, but finding a new hobby can be seriously eye opening! I never enjoyed the winter until this season, and now I don’t want it to end.

Being a beginner at anything is always rough, whether you just picked up mountain biking, trail running, long-distance swimming, skiing, ice climbing, surfing, extreme sledding, etc. The majority of people you will be surrounded by will be better than you. If you’ve got a competitive spirit that gets you down, here are some coping mechanisms on learning to accept the role of the “noob”: Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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2. Listen. Eavesdrop on people around you and just start repeating random shit. I learned how to pronounce a lot of technical mountaineering words this way. Eventually it will all make sense.

3. Copy. But try to avoid copying the only other noob in the group. Pick someone who looks like they have been at this for years.

4. Nerd out. Learn the history, the popular culture and the slang so you can make conversation about the sport with just about anybody.

5. Befriend. Sometimes friendships need a little push. Get yourself out there with people who know what they’re doing so you can learn, make new friends and not die.

6. Intelligent confidence. Many injuries happen when someone like me, a noob, begins to feel over-confident.

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The moral of the story here is don’t let fear rule your life! Don’t look at something and tell yourself, “I could never do that.” How do you know until you try? Recognize the etiquette of whatever hobby you decide to do and dive deep into the culture. On that note, adventure on.

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Renowned Spoken Word Artist Shane Koyczan Comes to UC Davis for Three Shows • March 16–18

Words Haley Teichert

Shane Koyczan takes poetry to a new level with his world-renowned spoken word performances. He skillfully and rhythmically addresses important social topics, such as bullying, depression, family issues and other personal and political problems, in a relatable and forward-thinking way. Koyczan will be performing three shows in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis on March 16, 17 and 18. Koyczan’s achievements include a powerful and inspirational viral video project about bullying called “To This Day” (which has over 20 million YouTube views, to date), four published books, a TED Talk, championship wins at the National Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, a highly lauded appearance at the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics and more. You can expect his performances to be honest, compassionate and sprinkled with humor. A strong and thought-provoking antibullying message will be evident, as Koyczan first brings attention to these serious issues, and then suggests possible solutions for violence and bullying in schools and other social situations. The shows starts at 8 p.m. (all three evenings), and all ages are welcome to attend. Tickets are available online at Mondaviarts.org, and UC Davis students and staff may be eligible for discounted ticket prices.

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Learn Centuries-Old Techniques at Alexis J. Cunningfolk’s Reading the Cards: An Intro to Tarot • March 5 As far back at the 15th century, Europeans have been using Tarot cards as a way to learn more about themselves, connect to divinity and receive guidance from the universe. In the 1700s, Tarot cards grew in popularity, especially among believers in magic and the occult. In some cultures, Tarot reading was associated with witchcraft. Nowadays, decks of Tarot cards can be can easily be found in specialty shops all over the world, and they can often even be purchased in large chain stores across the United States. This makes it very possible to practice divination on your own, without the need to visit a psychic or fortune-teller. On Sunday, March 5, Alexis Cunningfolk will be teaching an introduction to Tarot card reading at Redwood Community Space on Third Avenue. Cunningfolk’s class melds traditional practices with modern techniques, and explains the mysticism and meaning behind all 78 Tarot cards. This is a class for beginners, and the teachings will provide a solid foundation for those seeking to utilize Tarot cards as a tool to tap into insight, inspiration and self-discovery.

Anyone who attends must bring their own deck of Tarot cards. Attendees will also be provided with study guides and other useful learning materials.

The class starts at noon and is open to everyone. For more info, go to Redwoodcommunity.space or Wortsandcunning.com.

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Become a Coffee Pro at Insight Coffee Roasters’ Free Brewing Seminars • March 11 The majority of adult Americans enjoy coffee on a daily basis. If you brew it for yourself at home, there are a few simple techniques that you can use that will add immensely to the satisfaction you gain from your everyday coffee experience. On Saturday, March 11, Insight Coffee Roasters is offering a free coffee brewing seminar at their shop at 1901 Eighth St., Sacramento. The class will cover a multitude of variables that come together to create the perfect cup of coffee, including water temperature, grind size, flow rate, proper tools for home brewing, different types of extraction and filtration and more. Insight Coffee Roasters was established in Sacramento in 2011, and they stand behind the belief that care and precision make for the best coffee. Each step of the process is important, from sourcing quality beans to brewing it in a way that emphasizes the coffee’s unique flavor attributes. The class will include in-depth brewing tutorials, and students will also have the chance to taste-test the results of various brewing techniques. If you’re a novice home brewer who needs support and advice, Insight Coffee Roasters will happily provide assistance and suggestions, so that you can brew that perfect cup, at home, every day. The class starts at noon, and is appropriate for anyone who wants to learn more about coffee and improve their brewing skills. For more info, go to Facebook.com/insightcoffee.

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The Tony Award-Winning A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Slays Its Way to Sacramento’s Community Center Theater March 7–12

If you like Broadway musicals, murder mysteries or comedy, you might not want to miss A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The play has been wildly successful and brilliantly reviewed in New York, and from March 7–12, you’ll have the opportunity to attend and experience the drama for yourself at the Community Center Theater in Sacramento. The show won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as numerous other awards (including Best Costume Design), and has delighted audiences across the country with its catchy songs and humorous twists. The story is based on the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman, and the storyline centers around a man named Monty Navarro, who has the opportunity to inherit a vast family fortune but not until the (nine) family members that are before him in the line of succession are out of the way. This leads to a dark, humorous and surprisingly uplifting tale of murder, love and wit. The performances in Sacramento are a part of the musical’s first national tour, and the show will be in town for less than a week. Matinees are on Thursday, March 9; Saturday, March 11; and Sunday, March 12 at 2 p.m. Evening shows start at 8 p.m., and run Tuesday, March 7 through Saturday, March 11. This is an all-ages event. Find tickets at Sacramentocommunitycentertheater.com.

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Where Will They Go From Here?

So Stressed Sounds Off on Their Explosive New Album Words James Barone • photo Ignat Frege

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f you’re in need of a little catharsis, might we suggest a listen to So Stressed’s third LP, and first for Los Angeles-based label Ghost Ramp, Please Let Me Know. Abrasive, unrelenting, yet surprisingly catchy, this 10-song journey through various levels of vitriol is just begging to be played loud, but as Submerge found out in a recent interview with So Stressed guitarist Andy Garcia (a regular contributor to our magazine) and drummer Kenneth Draper, Please Let Me Know may be more of a snapshot of what the band was as opposed to where they may be headed in the future.

Released on Feb. 17, Please Let Me Know was recorded in Sacramento with Pat Hills. Though it just came out, Draper tells us that the Sacramento noise punk trio (sometimes joined by Karlos Rene Ayala) finished the album “more than a year and a half ago.”

“There was confusion with Honor Press,” Draper says of the band’s previous label, which released So Stressed’s 2015 album The Unlawful Trade of GrecoRoman Art. “We weren’t sure if they were going to put it out or what the state of that label was.”

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Draper says there was no ill will between the band and Honor Press. He says So Stressed met Ghost Ramp’s label head Patrick McDermott after they played a live show in Los Angeles, where he expressed interest in “what we had going on, if we had any new material.”

“I just think [Honor Press] was in a holding pattern, and the record just wouldn’t come out at any point in the foreseeable future,” Garcia goes on to explain about the band’s decision to leave Honor Press for Ghost Ramp, home to bands such as Wavves. “We didn’t make any rushed decisions.”

The result of the lag between completion and release seems to put Draper in a strange predicament. On one hand, he and Garcia are excited to have the album see the light of day—as well they should be. Fans of loud, fast punk rock will find a lot to like here. Garcia’s guitar has an almost shark-like bite, tearing through these 10 tracks with unerring ferocity. Draper’s drumming follows suit, providing a beautifully chaotic concussive backdrop for frontman Morgan Fox’s bombastic caterwauling.

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of glorious entropy, slipping from passages that are almost ethereally melodic to breakdowns so savage that they border on intimidating.

However, Draper also says he feels a bit of “estrangement” to his band’s latest release.

“We finished it, and enough time had passed that I forgot that it existed,” he explains.

“I feel like I-slash-we are in a totally different place now than we were when we wrote this record and recorded it,” Draper goes on to say. “It’s cool that it’s out, and that it’s out in the world, but I feel a weird detachment from it because it’s been sitting around for so long.”

Draper reports that the band already has a new album done that he hopes will be released in the “next year or so” that showcases a different sound from Unlawful Trade … and Please Let Me Know, but he reserved the right to be mum on the details for now. In the meantime, feel free to disturb your neighbors with one of the most exciting local releases you’re bound to rock out to in 2017.

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You mentioned you’re in a different place now, where were you creatively when you were writing and recording Please Let Me Know?

Kenneth Draper: I guess writing that just felt like a continuation of the kind of stuff we were writing with Unlawful Trade … I’m not that happy with Unlawful Trade … I don’t feel like we accomplished—or, I don’t feel like that’s a good representation of what we’re trying to do. I feel like this record is. As far as how I feel about this record now, I feel like we were trying to do something with abrasive or aggressive music, and I think we did it with Please Let Me Know, and I think Unlawful Trade … fell short. But I’m talking about detachment now. I feel weird about making rock music. I think it’s weird that we did it for so long. I don’t know that any of the three of us identify a whole lot with abrasive music or rock music so much. I don’t listen to it very much. I don’t know what’s going on in punk music or hardcore music. I know Morgan doesn’t either. Andy, you listen to rock music, right?

Andy Garcia: I listen to some punk. I mostly listen to Northern soul and jazz.

KD: I guess the weirdness of it is having two rock ‘n’ roll records and not really identifying with that kind of music and not having been conscious of that at the time of writing them. I guess at this point, if we were to make music now, it probably wouldn’t be a rock record. It would be something else.

“The weirdness of it is having two rock ‘n’ roll records and not really identifying with that kind of music and not having been conscious of that at the time of writing them. I guess at this point, if we were to make music now, it probably wouldn’t be a rock record.”

— So Stressed’s Kenneth Draper on changes to the band’s sound in the year and a half since the recording of Please Let Me Know.

Why do you think the past two records came out really loud and abrasive? Like, when I listened to the first track of Please Let Me Know—because I do like rock music and I grew up in the ‘90s—I was brought back to Nirvana’s Bleach.

Maybe that’s my personal bias because I really like that record, and I really liked yours as well, but it felt like it came from a place that this was the kind of sound that the band members were steeped in and fond of.

KD: I think we all come from a place where we marinated in rock music. It’s not that I dislike it, but it’s not my first choice of something that I would want to make on my own. I know Morgan feels the same, and Andy probably feels the same. But as far as the three of us making music, I feel like the last two records were a product of what we’re able to do. I think we’re all pretty limited in our capacity to produce the kind of music we’d like to produce as a trio … It’s fun music to play, and it’s fun music to make. It’s not like any part of it was painful or counterintuitive, but it’s just sort of the product of three people getting together and doing what they can [do] with their instruments.

AG: I’ve seen the comparisons with Spazz and No Trend, but those are just attempts—not in a bad way—to categorize the kind of music that you are. I never really listened to Spazz. I don’t really know what they sound like, and No Trend, I had to look up. I feel like our experiences that other people interpret aren’t really our experiences.

I think we just liked making noisy music for a while.

When I was reading a lot of what had been written about you in the press, Spazz was a pretty universal comparison …

AG: I can definitely identify more with Nirvana than I can with Spazz. I loved Nirvana growing up, and I still like them.

Andy, before you mentioned you listen to a lot of jazz. I was watching a clip of you live at the Ghost Ramp store in Los Angeles, and it seemed like you and Kenny have an almost jazz player-like chemistry with one another. Do you feel like you have that kind of chemistry with one another?

AG: I definitely pick up off of what Kenny’s doing. I just try to give him room to go where he wants to go and I just try to fill in the space.

Kenny, I read a quote from you in an interview where you said, “Playing music and spending time with Andy J. Garcia has been, and continues to be, a weird and exciting experience.” Is that still the case?

KD: Yeah, I’ll probably just leave that comment be. I think it’s more interesting that way.

AG: The dude who asked us those questions seemed like he didn’t dig us at all. It kind of feels like it in that article.

Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t know. It just had a really weird vibe to it.

KD: In regards to what I think your question is … I think a lot of the collaboration and the work is done in the writing of the songs, and then once the song is written, we’ll just barrel through it if we’re performing it live, and usually one of us will mess something up. It’s just a matter of barreling through the song and sort of listening to what everyone else is doing, but also remembering your part and if you mess up, you have to try and figure out how to put things back together. I guess some jazz musicians play that way, but I don’t feel like there’s a super tactful element of improvisation, per se. I feel like it’s more doing whatever you want and trying stuff out, and if it goes wrong, you try to put it back together. But maybe in a roundabout way of speaking, maybe that is what you’re talking about.

It’s interesting when you said earlier that you’re playing music that’s within your capabilities. Is there a level of frustration there that comes out in your music, like how aggressive it is? You’re yearning to express something that’s not just coming out the way you want it to?

KD: Maybe … I don’t know. I never thought of it that way. Maybe that’s going on and we’re just not aware of it.

AG: Yeah, I’m not aware of things a lot of the time.

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As of this writing, So Stressed didn’t have a Sacramento-area show lined up, but Please Let Me Know is available for purchase through Ghostramp.com or Sostressed.bandcamp.com.

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Painting Thoughts with Artist Avery Palmer Words Richard St.Ofle

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very Palmer isn’t the dark, brooding figure his paintings make it seem like he’d be. Looking at his work, I thought I’d be meeting up with an eccentric genius like Thom Yorke. While every bit the genius, there’s something pragmatic and humble that sets Palmer apart from the Thom Yorke crowd. Talking to him one Sunday afternoon, he was as unpretentious about his work as any other accomplished craftsman. The experimental jazz musician known as Sun Ra once called himself a pastry chef, noting that “the only difference is that the pastries I’m making are the ones people end up calling ‘music.’” Palmer’s approach, while much more grounded in reality, seems similarly practical. He talks about work like an artisan cabinetmaker or a sawyer might, calling the work back down out of the ether and splitting it into practical terms. “For a long time as a kid I was really into Legos,” he explains. “I’d spend as much time as I could building things with Legos—I feel like that had something to do with my work.”

What Palmer lacks in mysticism, he makes up for in his magical ability to paint eerily constructed scenes, depicting a world of farce and sadness. A world in which the freaks come out. Palmer’s work is a strangely inhabited collection of ceramics, drawings and paintings that serve as windows into a dark and nostalgic dimension. Starting with drawings, Palmer quickly expanded to painting and ceramics.

“At some point, painting seems like it was just a natural progression from drawing,” he says.

“I was teaching myself to paint by doing still lifes at home. I’d do little panels—just one a day, and do two or three little objects, it didn’t matter what, I’d just get the light right and paint them.”

As time went on, Palmer’s taste for the absurd took hold and shaped his work. He’s featured in the John Natsoulas Gallery’s upcoming show, ambitiously titled The Art of Painting in the 21st Century. I sat down with him to explore his world.

How’d you find art?

As a child I was always interested in things typical little boys were interested in and I’d always draw them, and ended up having a talent at it as a little kid. I guess people were always impressed by my drawings as a kid because I had a better ability to understand the threedimensionality of things from a younger age, and I got a lot of positive reactions. Those are some of my earliest memories.

I always drew as a kid and in high school I started thinking about what I’d be doing with my life, and drawing was the main thing I felt like I was good at. I wanted to see if I could get more serious about it—this was around the end of high school. I became interested in Robert Crumb. I looked at his comics and really loved the way he drew. It’s a cartoon, and it’s simple the way cartoons are, but it had a certain degree of realism to it. In his drawings there was shading and volume more than anyone else who does cartoons.

It makes sense that you’d like Robert Crumb because he really seems to favor the absurd, which is something that I see in your work.

Yeah totally. I think that’s true.

I think what appeals to me about Crumb’s work is this idea of sitting down with a blank piece of paper and letting your imagination fill it out and create this world. On your page, a whole world where anything can happen opens up. It made me want to pursue that and see how far I could take it.

Do you sit down with any sort of idea or do you just let it unravel in front of you?

I have an idea and I do some sketching. I have stacks of really rough sketches on scratch paper, and any time I come up with an idea I’ll just sketch some compositional elements. Then I’ll transfer that to the canvas by sketching it with vine charcoal, which is a very simple but accurate sketch, and then I’ll start painting with a thinneddown paint. I’ll start filling in the shadows, and pretty much what you see is what you get. Even

though I emulate this sort of Old Master style, my painting is a lot different in that they worked in a lot of layers and I actually usually get everything done in one go.

So it seems like you work fairly quickly.

Yeah, I like the idea of being efficient in my process. This idea started with Robert Crumb; I like having something in my imagination and just sort of spewing it out. That’s the thing that I love—the central idea that makes me love art is the ability to transform something in my head into reality and I want that process to be as unhindered as possible. Painting is not really easy, and there’s always struggle along the way but my goal is to be able to have an idea and just kind of let it out very freely. I feel like when a painting takes too long and I have to keep coming back and adding layers, it kind of loses that freshness.

I try to keep painting pretty quickly, and if it’s a few weeks later, or something, I won’t end up finishing it because my mind will have moved on.

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In your statement, you say that, “The multiplicity of possible readings of symbolisms in my work is central to my concept,” and I wanted to have you sort of unravel that a bit. Are you implying that there’s meaning buried under there somewhere, or are you an outright formalist?

I’d say it’s the latter for sure. It’s purposefully vague. I never want to sort of start out with a story. I just spew my imagination onto the canvas in a way.

So is your work kind of divorced from what you’re feeling at the time?

Maybe. I’m heavily inspired by surrealism, and I think there’s a connection there with surrealism where the idea is kind of free association, where the surrealists would just put random stuff out and see what happens, so when I come up with an idea for a piece of art, something will spark an idea— maybe looking at a painting of someone else, and I see a part of it that interests me, and makes me want to borrow something and see what I can do with it by churning it around in my imagination. So I’ll just take some idea and just start sketching and see what sort of objects I can combine. It’s more like a collection of things that I can’t put my finger on, but they’re all interesting to me.

So this show is called The Art of Painting in the 21st Century.

What’s it like to be a painter in the 21st century?

I don’t know, actually. I guess it’s not something that I’ve given a lot of thought to. My approach to painting isn’t like that. I sort of look at my process that harkens back to a tradition. The type of painting that I do is very much emulating an older style, so I’m interested in that. It brings you back and gives you a sense of mystery about some other time, so I’m not sure how that relates to the current, contemporary situation.

“The central idea that makes me love art is the ability to transform something in my head into reality and I want that process to be as unhindered as possible.”

– Artist Avery Palmer on choosing to work quickly.

The Visionary, 24" x 18"

And do you see yourself going back to ceramics at all?

That’s what all of my ceramics friends ask me. [Laughs] Right now I don’t have much of an inclination, but it’s hard to say.

It’s not the kind of thing you can do it in your spare bedroom.

Definitely, yeah. I went to San Jose State for grad school. I was there for three years, and it was actually during that time that I started to transition to painting more. One reason for that was that as I developed the ceramic work, I had a thing that I was doing and settled on a style, and people liked it, and it was going well. But the thing about grad school is that it’s all doubt challenging you and making you second-guess what you’re doing and pushing you to the next level. In grad school, I was sort of struggling to figure out what my next step would be. I felt like it was getting repetitive and was frustrated with the time everything took with ceramics.

Then do you see any other significant departures in the future?

I don’t know—it’s sort of just a continuous evolution. I don’t have plans. I’m just steadily trying to improve my skill and my ability to just kind of paint whatever pops into my head without having to struggle too much, a lot of my paintings are relatively simple. I guess one goal that I have is to do paintings that are a little more complex, that have a bit more going on. The reason that my paintings are relatively simple is to keep getting the idea out quickly, so I think that if I’m continually improving myself and the speed at which I’m able to get these things out, I feel like eventually, I’ll be able to even more freely put things down on the canvas as they pop into my mind, so I’ll be able to make more complex paintings as time goes on.

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Starlite Lounge Open Mic, 9 p.m.

2.27 2.28 Tuesday

Monday

Blue Lamp The Spotlight: Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 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.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Blue Lamp Murderlicious, Set Your Anchor, Score to Settle, Frack!, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Mud Folk, 9:30 p.m.

Gold Lion Arts Ben Allison’s Think Free, Shiva X, 8 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Bon Jovi, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Rich The Kid, 6:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Five Irish Tenors: Salute to Ireland, 7:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 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 Reggae Night w/ DJ Dweet, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Brett As Is, JP The Hustler, Slyzwicked, Masta V, Teo, The White Noize, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; Mardi Gras Celebration w/ Boca de Rio, Element Brass Band, 8 p.m.

3.01 Wednesday

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Chicano Batman, 79.5, Sad Girl, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Five Irish Tenors: Voices of Ireland, 7:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 98 Rock’s Local Licks Live Series feat.

Brandy Robinson, Lucid, The Pacific 8:30 p.m.

Press Club High Fidelity Vinyl Night, 9 p.m.

Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Sacramento State Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento State: Redwood Room Nooner w/ Actuality, 12 p.m.

Shine Speak Out! Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Stocksmile, Cresca, Push to Feel, Cassette Idols, Anime Aliens, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

3.02

Sapient Jon Sleeves, The Halve Twos, Unified School District, Odapt Blue Lamp 8 p.m.

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 9 p.m.

3.02 thursday

Ace of Spades Hippie Sabotage, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Sapient, Jon Sleeves, The Halve Twos, Unified School District, Odapt, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Fit For An Autopsy, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Focara and More, 6:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Riot Ten, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Don Carlos, 8 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ashley Barron, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club Mondo Deco (Album Release), Sun Valley Gun Club, Dog Rifle, 8 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Marshall House, 9 p.m.

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3.03

Tim Snider & Justin Chittams (of Medicine for the People)

Center for the Arts 8 p.m.

friday

Bar 101 Erick Tyler, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Lil Yase, 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino George Benson, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial The Gothsicles, Bryan Hawk, DJ Katharos, Bolaspace, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m.

The Colony Cold Trap, Barc, Duck Jox, Externs, 8 p.m.

Cooper’s Aleworks My Dallas Teens, Mad Queen, Slowly But Surly, 9 p.m.

Cozmic Cafe (Placerville) Black Girl, Middle Aged Dad, Bazooka Zac, Rob Ford Explorer, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre The Irish Rovers, 6:30 p.m.

The Davis Graduate Cold Shot, 6 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Nothin Personal, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Bottom Feeders, Sly Park, 9 p.m.

Gold Lion Arts Arrington de Dionyso w/ San(s) Kazakgascar Solo, ALTO!, Amy Reed, 7:30 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne, 10 p.m.

Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m.

Goldfield Red Fang, Big Jesus, Brubaker, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Ian Ethan Case, Adrian Bellue, 5:30 p.m.; Bash & Pop, The Yawpers, Waterloo Teeth, 9 p.m.

The Hideaway Twilight Drifters (CD Release Party), Switchblade Trio, DJ Populux, 9 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall José González and The Göteborg String Theory, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Gov’t Mule, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Mike Watt and the Missingmen, Toys that Kill, 8 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Shift, DJ Elements, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 8 Track Massacre, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Thunder Cover, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Jessica Malone, Juliet Company, Jonah Sissoyev, 8 p.m.

Station 1 Dbaba Quartet, 8:30 p.m.

3.03

Red Fang Big Jesus, Brubaker Goldfield 7:30 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub DJ Night, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Lew & Jimmy, 5:30 p.m.; Black Star Safari, Hoopty, 9 p.m.

WHIRED Wine Switch Blade Trio, 5:30 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Band in the Beer Hall: Cynthia Renee, 6 p.m.

3.04 Saturday

Bar 101 Tropicali Flames, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Umbrella Jim, 3 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Gary Mullen & the Works (Queen tribute), 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Wavy w/ DJ Eddie Z and Guests, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts Tim Snider & Justin Chittams (of Medicine for the People), 8 p.m.

Cooper’s Aleworks The Has Beens, Pug Skullz, Preppy the Clown, Black Weed, Slutzville, 9 p.m.

Cozmic Cafe (Placerville) Revolution Bummer, Externs, C’est Dommage, Toy Traps, 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Straight Shooter, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Hatchet Job (Album Release), Garble, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Twista, DJ Luke Nasty, 8 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe The Unauthorized Rolling Stones, 7 p.m.

Identity Coffees LaTour, The Philharmonik, 7 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Sikkil Gurucharan, Shujaat Khan, 8 p.m.

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The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Grooveline, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino BB Mckay & The Bumps, 10 p.m.

Sacramento Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera Presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (Beethoven Festival II), 8 p.m.

Serbian Church Hall River City Chorale: It’s a Small World, 4 & 6:30 p.m.

Shine Colin Curtin’s Kingdom, Tent City Christ, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Alterbeast, Depths of Hatred, Aenimus, Aethere, Sound Soul, 8 p.m.

Station 1 Lorraine Gervais, 8:30 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Kristal Tin and More, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Red Dirt Rukus, 5:30 p.m.; Dave Keller Band, 9 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Band in the Beer Hall: The Funicellos, 6 p.m.

3.05 sunday

Berryessa Brewing Co. Banjo Fiddle, 3 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino I Am King (Michael Jackson tribute), 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts Birds of Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Porter & Nickerson, Steve Poltz, 5:30 p.m.

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LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Sikkil Gurucharan, Shujaat Khan, 2 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Tia Carroll, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Random Strangers, 1 p.m.

Serbian Church Hall River City Chorale: It’s a Small World, 4 & 6:30 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

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monday Blue Lamp The Spotlight: Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Ghostface Killah, Pure Powers, Bru Lei, WurdPlay Official, 8 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.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Ariel Jean Powerhouse Pub 9:30 p.m.

3.07 Tuesday

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Leo Valentine & Friends, 9:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Mike Zito, 5:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Sacramento State Latin Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Jessica Malone, 5:30 p.m.; Porkchop Holder, Darci Carlson, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Common Kings, !Mayday!, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 98 Rock’s Local Licks Live Series, 8:30 p.m.

Press Club Laura Stevenson, Monster Treasure, Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: Redwood Room Nooner w/ Sol Peligro, 12 p.m.

Shine Humpday Funk w/ The Bumptet, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Jonny Mojo, 9 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Skillet, Sick Puppies, 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Misha Allure, Back Alley Buzzards, Roman Pilot, 8 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Goldfield Whiskey Myers, The Wans, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Piano Men (Elton John & Billy Joel tribute), 7:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Ace of Spades Common Kings, ¡Mayday!, Makua Rothman with Tribal Theory, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Darkest Hour, Ringworm, Rivers of Nihil, Tombs, Wastewalker, 7:30 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: Vintage Swank feat. The Freebadge Serenaders, DJ Cactus Pete and More, 5 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 TWRK, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Michael B. Justis, 8 p.m.

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Golden 1 Center Blake Shelton, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s John 5 & the Creatures, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Piano Men (Elton John & Billy Joel tribute), 7:30 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Midtown BarFly K2, Cosmo Coyote, Robb XNAB, Curty McDurty and More, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Muck and the Mires, Knights of Trash, Collyer Brothers, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ariel Jean, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club Mishka Shubaly, Sex Hogs II, Joseph Kojima Gray, Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Marine Corps All-Star Jazz Band, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: University Union Ballroom The Maine, 7:30 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Destroyed in Seconds, Colombian Necktie, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Zack Sapunor, 9 p.m.

3.10 FRIDAY

Bar 101 Zach Waters Band, 9:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Young Chop, 9 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Nosedive, Passing Time, Videotape, Anxious Arms, Grumpster, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m.

The Colony Acidez, JKKFO, Get Out, Final Decay, Public Trash, 7:30 p.m.

Crest Theatre Chris Botti, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Tim Dierkes, 9:30 p.m.

Empire Comics Destroy Boys, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Kyle Tuttle, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne, 10 p.m.

Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s This Charming Band (Smiths & Morrissey tribute), Just Like Heaven (The Cure tribute), 9 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Portugal. The Man, 6:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts George Kahumoku Jr., Nathan Aweau, David “Kawika” Kahiapo, 7:30 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Umphrey’s McGee, Spafford, 7 p.m.; Afrolicious, Blackstar Safari, 11:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Branded, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Nathan Owens Band, 9:30 p.m.

The Red Museum Deep Pools, Roselit Bone, Sama Dams, 9 p.m.

Shine Electric Snorkel, Dingo Weasel, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Atriarch, Altar De Fey, Modern Man, 8 p.m.

Station 1 Valerie Weinberg, 8:30 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub DJ Night, 9 p.m.

Third Space David Liebe Hart, Anxient Aliens, Kalm Dog, Ash Davis, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Loose Engines, 5:30 p.m.; Ian Moore, Coffis Brothers, 9 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Whitechapel, Cattle Decapitation, Goatwhore, Allegaeon, Necromancing the Stone, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Stephen Yerkey, 9:30 p.m.

Bet Haverim Synogogue (Davis) Chamber Music Society’s Tour Du Monde: Czech Republic, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Mac Mall, 8:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Confunkshun, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Wavy w/ DJ Eddie Z and Guests, 10 p.m.

Center for the Arts The Garcia Project, 8 p.m.

Christian Brothers High School Sacramento Irish Social: The Rattlin’ Boys feat. Steve Wall, The McKeever School of Irish Dance, Sacramento Fire Pipes and Drum Band, 1 p.m.

Cozmic Cafe (Placerville) Kurt Travis, Find Yourself, Andres, Lost Things, Dwellings, Lonely Ave, 6:30 p.m.

Sparks Across Darkness TIP Vicious, Caliscope, Jordan Moore, Symytry, Ase Royal, Alex Salveson Starlite Lounge 8 p.m.

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Crest Theatre Elvin Bishop, Tommy Castro, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Island of Black and White, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Kevin & Allyson Seconds, Natalie Cortez, Joe Kojima Gray, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Catie Curtis, 5:30 p.m.; Midnight Players, 9:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Folsom Lake Symphony: It’s About Time, 11 a.m.; Walter Trout, 8 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Ann E. Pitzer Center Brian Jagde, Joyce El-Khoury, 8 p.m.

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Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.

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Red Hawk Casino Apple Z, 10 p.m.

Sacred Heart Church The Music Makers: Sacramento State Choir Concert, 8 p.m.

Shine Christian DeWild Band, The Working Man’s Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Sparks Across Darkness, TIP Vicious, Caliscope, Jordan Moore, Symytry, Ase Royal, Alex Salveson, 8 p.m.

Station 1 David Bass Quartet, 8:30 p.m.

Third Space We’ve Lost Control (Joy Division tribute), 8 p.m.

Torch Club Empty Wagon, 5:30 p.m.

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Yolo Brewing Co. Band in the Beer Hall: Remix, 6 p.m.

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Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

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Blue Lamp The Spotlight: Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Isaiah Rashad, 3:30 & 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) 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.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

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Cache Creek Casino I Am King (Michael Jackson tribute), 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts The Good Ol’ Persons Reunion, 8 p.m.

The Colony Total Chaos, Get Out, Rotten Bits, Slutzville, Final Decay, 8 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert: Trois Bois, 3 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Isaiah Rashad, 3:30 & 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Harris Center for the Arts Birth of the Beat, 2 p.m.

LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m.

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Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall UC Davis University and Alumni Choruses, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Jeremy Norris, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 1 p.m.

Sacramento State: Music Recital Hall Chamber Music Society’s Tour Du Monde: Czech Republic, 4 p.m.

An Evening w/ Alice Waters Harris Center for the Arts 7 p.m.

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Comedy Laughs Unlimited John Moyer feat. Julian Michael, March 3 - 5, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Comedy Open Mic Showcase, March 7, 8 p.m.

The Mic is Hot feat. Key Lewis, Cheryl Anderson, Rico Da Great, Carlos Rodriguez and More, March 9, 8 p.m.

Donald Lacy feat. G King, March 10 - 12, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

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Punch Line Sacramento Comedy Showcase, March 1, 8 p.m.

Bret Ernst, Jim Ginty, Mean Dave, March 2 - 4, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m.

Real Live Comedians w/ Jason Mack, Dash Kwiatkowski, Allie Yada, Erik Krasner, Mike Cella, Alyssa Westerlund, Dorian Foster, March 5, 7 p.m.

Really Funny Comedians (Who Happen to Be Women), March 8, 8 p.m.

Godfrey, Pat House, Anyi Malik, March 9 - 11, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m.

2017 Battle of The Sexes Starring Myles Weber and Guests, March 12, 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 8 p.m.

Improv Taste Test and Harold Night, Wednesday’s, 7 - 10 p.m.

Cage Match and Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 8 - 10 p.m.

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

Sacramento State: Union Ballroom Tom Deluca, March 2, 7:30 p.m.

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California Museum Art Exhibit: Kokoro: The Story of Sacramento’s Lost Japantown, Through May 28 CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Sacramento Ballet: Peter Pan, March 11, 4 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: Vintage Swank feat. Sac Cirque, Unwoman, Green Valley Cabaret Troop and More, March 9, 5 - 9 p.m.

Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection, Through May 7 Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank, Through May 14 JapanAmerica: Points of Contact (1876-1970), Through May 21 Fat City Bar & Cafe Fat Family Restaurant Group Banana Cream Pie Eating Contest, March 2, 5:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Gibson Ranch Regional Park Color Vibe 5K, March 11, 9 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Folsom Lake College Speaker Series: An Evening w/ Alice Waters, March 12, 7 p.m.

Historic Old Folsom Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Sacramento Sacramento LGBT Wedding Expo, March 5, 12 - 4 p.m.

Identity Coffees Midtown Bizarre: Micro Maker’s Fair, March 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Triviology, Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

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

Memorial Auditorium Memorial 90: Celebrating 90 Years of Memories, March 2, 6 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Midtown Moxies Burlesque: One Hit Wonders!, March 4, 8 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Dance Theatre of Harlem, March 2, 8 p.m.

Dr. Raj Patel, March 13, 8 p.m.

Oak Park Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Sundays, 8 p.m.

Artist Reception with Jason Thorpe, March 3, 6 p.m.

Old Sugar Mill 5th Annual Brazilian Carnaval, March 4, 6 p.m.

Raley Field Shamrock’n Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, and Leprechaun Dash, March 11 - 12 Sacramento State: University Union Gallery Art Exhibit: More Than Just Scribbles, Through March 16 Shine Questionable Trivia, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Sierra-at-Tahoe: Hucklebery Canyon Huck Cup: 2-Star International Freeskiers & Snowboarders Association and Freeride World Qualifier Event, March 3 - 4 Streets Pub and Grub Pub Trivia, Sundays, 8 p.m.

Various Breweries, Tap Rooms, Restaurants and More Sacramento Beer Week, March 2 - 12 Verge Center for the Arts Current Exhibit: We Buy White Albums by Rutherford Chang, Through March 19 WAL Public Market Opening Reception for Temporary Destinations by Bekah Wilson Smith and Adam Wever-Glen, March 3, 6 p.m.

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Beer Buzz

Brewmaster Zack Frasher Brings Moonraker Brewing Co. Worldwide Recognition Words Alia Cruz • photos evan e. duran that day in a well-deserved upset. In only a few months of production, Extremis beat one of the beer world’s most celebrated triple IPAs. “I always looked up to Russian River as a brewery,” said Frasher. “I think a lot of brewers (including myself) learned how to use hops for IPA/DIPA/TIPA from Vinnie [Cilurzo, owner of Russian River Brewing Company]. It is an amazing feeling that my hard work and dedication to brewing has payed off to win an award at the same caliber as PTY.” Frasher comes from humble beer drinking roots. The first brew he ever ingested was a Budweiser, and the first beer he ever fell in love with was the richly hoppy Racer 5. Like most brewers, Zack started with a lot of homebrewing and eventually graduated to brewing his DIPA with Knee Deep Brewing Company and Mraz Brewing Company and working at The Brewmeister homebrew shop.

Frasher has been credited with not only helping ignite beer trends, but producing them to perfection. If you have had a local beer on tap in Sac, you may have noticed your bartender filling your pint glass with a cloudy, almost orange juice-looking brewski. This is the Northeasternstyle brew, which is endearingly known as “The Haze Craze”—an English yeast strain that makes your beer more zesty and well rounded, and makes the hop profile a little less abrasive than the West Coast IPAs we are accustomed to.

Frasher gave us this gift!

It all began with Frasher’s appreciation for varying regional beer styles, and embracement of their differences.

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“As a homebrewer and beer geek, I loved what the guys were doing on the East Coast (The Alchemist, Hill Farmstead, Treehouse, Trillium, etc.). The beers were turbid, soft in character, along with big juicy hop aroma/flavor. Much different than a West Coast IPA. I studied and executed the style as a homebrewer and now as a commercial brewer.”

– Moonraker Brewing Co.’s Brewmaster Zack Frasher on developing the esteemed Yojo IPA

Brewmaster Zack Frasher

ay up in quiet and rural Auburn, a brewery in its mere infancy is cementing itself as one of the greatest in the whole world. Moonraker brewing has been open for merely a year and has already obtained the notoriety that most breweries dream of; In the past month alone, It has been recognized as the ninth best new brewery in the world and best new brewery in California by RateBeer, an online hub for craft beer lovers, and beat Pliny the Younger in a notable blind taste test earlier this month in Hayward, California.

Brewmaster Zack Frasher’s buckwild brew-style and creative openness has been the key to success and standing out in the crowd.

In the craft beer world, “buzz” is the big selling point for most brews. If there is a lot of talk surrounding a certain beer, and it is seen

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“As a homebrewer and beer geek, I loved what the guys were doing on the East Coast (The Alchemist, Hill Farmstead, Treehouse, Trillium, etc.),” he said. “The beers were turbid, soft in character, along with big juicy hop aroma/flavor.

Much different than a West Coast IPA. I studied and executed the style as a homebrewer and now as a commercial brewer.”

However, the beer has been controversial on the West Coast because people feel the cloudy beer is a result of the brew not having enough time to come to proper fruition, or simply because on the West Coast, we are accustomed to our IPAs being transparent and extremely danky.

“I think it’s controversial due to old school brewing methods, old school industry and not fitting into a classic BJCP [Beer Judge Certification Program] style … yet,” says Frasher.

as mostly difficult to obtain, then drinkers are all over it. It is hard to differentiate how good a beer really is in the larger scope of things. That’s where blind taste tests come in, and why they are important. They withhold the bias that buzz generates, and they let the senses be the sole judge. It was in this scenario that Moonraker’s Extremis stood toe-to-toe with Russian River Brewing Company’s revered Pliny the Younger in the triple IPA category of the 17th annual Bistro Double IPA Festival in Hayward.

Pliny is of course very good (and very rare), but in retrospect, so many other brews are equally as good, and maybe even better; these beers just don’t have the buzz that has surrounded the Younger, and haven’t been given the platform to strut their stuff.

Moonraker’s Extremis took the gold medal

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carrying on with the Northeastern/Yojo tradition, using different hops, and resulting in different fruit profiles.

If you are lucky, you will see Extremis on draft; the Pliny the Younger-beating, super fresh and danky triple IPA. The Extremis is described as being a “sensory overload,” packed with fresh, wet hops and rounded out with juicy citrus notes. Surprisingly, considering its rural Auburn location, the taproom is almost always bustling with people. This is only expected to multiply from here on out, likely making Extremis one of those highly-anticipated and “get it while you can” releases.

It has been hardly a year, and Frasher has elevated Moonraker brewing to prestige. “It has been a wild ride and I feel very fortunate,” he says. “It has been a lot of work and it seems like it is starting to pay off.”

He says that success lies in doing it all for the right reasons, and for the intention that quality always takes priority over quantity and that the beer is always great. Only a year deep in the game, Moonraker Brewing Moonraker has Company’s tasting seen insane room and brewery success, and is located at 12970 brewmaster Zack Earhart Ave. in Auburn.

Frasher intends to You can also visit the brewery online at keep it all going, Moonrakerbrewing.com. hazy or not.

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Moonraker owner Dan Powell He predicts that the haze craze is here to stay, because, “Consumers seem to love it. We cannot make enough of it. Supply and demand is high.”

When asked what beer trends he is currently tinkering with, Frasher says that kettle sours and barrel aging (both sours and bourbon barrels) are going to start popping up more on his draft list.

Back at the Moonraker taproom, though the draft list is usually hop-heavy, there is a little bit of something for everyone. Their award-winning blonde is smooth and crisp, reminiscent of a golden pilsner, and has the power to change the mind of those who say, “I’m not really a beer drinker.” They even have a roasty and smooth milk stout, Vesper’s Nine (also award-winning), that tastes like velvety dark chocolate in liquid form.

The real stars are obviously the IPAs. Moonraker successfully exhibits the beauty of hop varieties, and how to accentuate their natural characteristics through their extensive IPA offerings.

Their most popular IPA, and the one that really put them on the map, is their Yojo New England IPA. Yojo is juicy, completely unrefined and unfiltered, and is way too easy to drink. The beauty in the brew is that is doesn’t rely on crazy additives or gimmicky flavors to elevate its profile. The galaxy, simcoe, mosaic and citra hops naturally give it soft fruit characteristics, and the English yeast strain gives it a nice and soft body.

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You may have missed it with all the political hullabaloo that’s going on every day, but NASA announced that it found seven Earth-sized planets—including three that may be capable of supporting life—orbiting the Trappist-1 star, a mere 39 light-years away! Trappist-1 is the little dwarf star that could. It’s only slightly larger than Jupiter and cooler than our own sun. As such, the planets in its solar system are much closer together, so if you were standing on the surface of one of these planets, the others would appear as large or larger than our moon in the sky.

Granted, a single light-year is equal to about 5.88 trillion miles (according to a Google calculator that converts light-years into miles, 39 light-years equals 2.293e+14 miles, and I’m guessing if you can decipher what the hell that means, you’re way smarter than I am), so a vacation to visit one of these Trappist-1 planets may be out of reach for most of us. Nevertheless, it’s nice to imagine what could be going on on these far-off worlds; if their inhabitants are aware of our planet’s existence as we are of theirs. And if they are, dude, bro. What’s up?

I found this discovery very inspiring. While NASA was busy announcing the possibility of life out there in the great macrocosm, I decided to turn my attentions inward into my own personal microcosm—specifically the universe that is my gut.

Things haven’t been so great down there.

To put it bluntly, I’ve been a gassy, bloated mess. Nothing I eat seems to agree with me anymore, and my time on the throne hasn’t been as relaxing as I’ve been accustomed to, no matter what kind of reading material I’ve been bringing with me. To cap it off, I was attacked by a vigorous and nasty stomach virus a couple weeks back that turned me into a quivering, needy mess.

I prefer to be blissfully ignorant about what’s going on inside my body. For the most part it seems to be doing its thing. We have an unspoken understanding that as long as I don’t do anything too reckless, it promises to require as little maintenance as possible to putter along like an old Dodge K-Car, which basically run like shit, but do so for eternity.

Now that I’m 40, our longstanding treaty seems to be coming to an end. My body is

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negotiating new terms. It’s telling me I should get side salads instead of French fries. Cookies, which used to bring me more joy than I can describe, now leave me in something of a conundrum: I want and crave their sweet, crumb-y goodness, but the grumbling, gurgling aftermath makes me sad inside. So lately, I’ve been turning to supplements, but not the run-of-the-mill daily vitamins I probably should be taking, but those that are, in my plebian estimation, sort of fringe or rogue. The ones that people aren’t entirely positive have any real health benefits, but aren’t really going to kill you.

For example, I’ve been popping melatonin before bed almost every night. Maybe it’s a placebo, but I’ve been super stoked with the results. I sleep straight through almost every night, wake up feeling as good as is possible for someone of my level of fitness, and my dreams are pretty bonkers and entertaining. I won’t bore you with the details, but I’m talking Industrial Light & Magic-level special effects.

The shit is spectacular.

This past week, I’ve started taking probiotics to regulate whatever the fuck is going on down there in my digestive system. I did so with major apprehension. “Active cultures” and “friendly bacteria” are phrases that scare the shit out of me. Sure, maybe they are friendly, but are they going to be so congenial when they realize I’m forcing them to clean up whatever gunk is caked to the lining of my intestines? I doubt it.

And active cultures leads me to imagine them just partying together on the tablet I’m about to ingest, crafting at makers markets, opening awesome bars with really good locally sourced eats and whatnot. Either way, I feel bad forcing these 10 billion Lactobacillus bacteria I’m taking daily to do my dirty work for me.

So as NASA is contemplating new life in far-off worlds, I’m doing the same about the new life living in my stomach. I hope they’re happy there, making themselves comfortable, actively culturing and all that. Maybe they’re just stoked to be employed. I’d like to think that’s the case.

After all, my time on the bowl has already been a lot more easygoing, so to speak. Not that you really needed to know that, but that’s knowledge for you … not all of it is as sexy as newly discovered solar systems.

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