Submerge Magazine: Issue 238 (April 24 - May 8, 2017)

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas april 24 – may 8, 2017

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It’s starting to get dark, inside my head that is. It’s starting to seem like a monologue from Louis CK. It’s this damn weather.

Sorry to be another person that has to point out that they’re sick of the rain, but I AM! “We needed it,” some might say. I get it, but if I hear that again, I’m going to explode!

I’m aware I’m not the only person who’s fed up, in fact, we even have another solid rant about what Sacramento would be like if this goddam rain never stopped on page 9 in our column called The Optimistic Pessimist.

So, I’d like everyone to please do the rain dance in reverse so we can get some nice weather because damn it, there’s fun shit to do!

Here’s my list of five upcoming events around town that sunshine would be ever so nice for: 1) SactoMoFo 10 on April 29 at the Sacramento Railyards (between 5th and 7th streets). We have a feature in this issue on 10 food trucks our writer Nur Kausar believes you should try, flip to page 18 and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

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2) Downtown Concerts in the Park is kicking off on May 5 at Cesar Chavez Plaza with Rituals of Mine, Sol Peligro, Lucid and DJ Eddie Z. If you didn’t already see it, on page 3 you can see their ad with the whole season’s lineup.

3) First Fest, May 6 & 7. A two-day local music festival going down at Riverwalk Park in West Sacramento.

There’s a ton of local bands. Too many to list here, but one that we here at Submerge are excited for is Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers. As you can see from our front cover, we have a feature on Frank Lopes aka Hobo Johnson, so be sure to dive into Josh Fernandez’s hilarious feature starting on page 20.

4) THIS Is Midtown Summer Block Party series is kicking off early this year, on May 13. This free event is held between J and K streets on 20th Street, in front of the MARRS Building.

Music will be provided Bit Funk, JNTHN STEIN, Blush and DJ Satapana.

Heads up: you should pick up our next issue (#239) to learn more.

5) River Cats games! Need I say more?

I don’t think anyone would disagree that it’s way better to watch a game, whether in the evening or one of their weekend afternoon games, sans rain.

Keep the sun in your thoughts, my friends. SUN! –Melissa

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This year the event will return with a similar mission, even more artists and a new name, Wide Open Walls. Organizers are also looking to expand the event’s overall footprint to bring new works of art to areas like Natomas, Del Paso, the River District, Broadway, Oak Park, South Sacramento and Power Inn Road.

In a press release, Wide Open Walls event founder and well-known benefit auctioneer David Sobon stated that, “This festival will celebrate the incredibly rich story and promising future we have as a city that realizes the value that art brings to our lives,” going on to say, “Our strong artist culture is yet another great reason to live in, or visit Sacramento.”

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Wide Open Walls will run from Aug. 10–20, 2017. Hit up Wow916.com to learn more and to find applications to be a participating artist or to volunteer. Be sure to mark your calendars and follow W.O.W. on their social media platforms, because you won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to see huge works of amazing art be created right in front of your own eyes.

Local Music Community Mourns the Loss of Longtime Harlow’s Soundman John Carlson Tyler Campbell, Arden Park Roots: “John was my friend even more so than he was my sound guy ... He had an amazing sense of humor and an even better ear for sound.

My favorite part about showing up at Harlow’s was catching up with him.”

If you’ve enjoyed a show at Harlow’s anytime in the last 10-plus years, chances are John Carlson had a large part to do with that. We’re sad to report that earlier this month, the beloved sound engineer who had worked at the popular J Street club for more than 20 years, passed away. John was damn good at his job and was adored by anyone who had the pleasure of meeting him. He was a bit of a legend in the music community, seeing as how he spent so many years helping countless local musicians hone in their sound.

Rumor has it he was an amazing keyboard player, too, though I never had the privilege of seeing him get down.

I will personally miss running into John during my afternoon meetings with the venue’s owner, Jim. John would frequently be the one to greet me at the back gate to let me in, and he was always so jolly, smiling and quick to make me laugh.

Upon hearing the sad news of his passing, tons of locals took to social media to post memories about John, so I wanted to gather a few snippets from some of my favorites and print them here, to help show how important he was to so many in our music world. There will be a memorial show for John Carlson at Harlow’s on Thursday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. Visit Gofundme. com/johncarlson to help with funeral expenses and anything else his family needs.

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Stephen Nikkel, Swell Productions: “We will miss John’s great expertise as the master of sound, his cutting sense of humor and just his general presence. Thanks for all the great work on the many shows we have presented here over the years.”

Adrian Bellue, Guitarist: “John Carlson was one of the first people to embrace my music in Sacramento. He always encouraged me, and always made me feel at home, and made me sound great.”

Drew Walker, Gentleman Surfer: “He mentored us … John listened to our band, he gave advice and riffed with us at shows when we made stupid jokes … He influenced me more than I knew, and he helped engender a deep respect for artists of audio craft.”

Jessie Abbey, Musical Charis: “The last conversation we had just a week ago, you told me that you loved Blake [Abbey] and I like we are like your kids … I’ll always remember how you used to let me play around with the light board at shows, how you were the first one to jump up on stage and jam with us on the keys, and you always knew just how to dial us in juuuust right …

You are a legend and you will be missed.”

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The Optimistic Pessimist The Life Aquatic with Me & You This goddamn rain is never going to stop, is it? The rivers are full, the Lake Berryessa glory hole runneth over and the dams are past the breaking point. I know April showers bring May flowers and all of that, but we already had a wildflower super-bloom and a dam blow in Oroville, so I think we’re good. Before you know it, this whole city is going to be underwater and what will we do then?

It’s going to take hundreds, if not thousands, of generations before humans evolve gills. In the meantime, you're going to need a way to keep yourself and your stuff dry. That is why it is so important that the first thing you do in your new soggy life is look for a boat.

Your first inclination will be to get yourself the biggest, most lavish boat ever, since this will be your home for the foreseeable future.

That inclination is wrong. In the coming apocalypse that will ensue from the drowning of our resources, everything, including and most especially gas, will be at a premium.

Without gas, that shiny new yacht is worthless, or worse, a slow-moving target.

Don’t believe me? Have you seen Kevin Costner’s seminal 1995 film and warning to us all, Waterworld? Watch that and tell me how your sweet new yacht is going to keep you nice and safe from the pirates controlling “Lake Sacramento.” Instead of going out like a sucka, play it safe and find yourself a nondescript pontoon boat with a sail and a few machine gun mounts to keep those limey pirate bastards away from your booty.

Oh, there will be booty and plenty of it, if you are willing to work for it. How long can you hold your breath? If you said, “Not long,” then you better start stocking up on scuba equipment and snorkels now. All of the good plunder is going to be hidden away in the places where we once worked and lived at the bottom of our new lake home. If you want to survive in our barter-based economy, you are going to have to swim down there to find your next meal ticket. If that’s not to your liking, you’d better be good at fishing.

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Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com life on the high seas. With no land to farm or raise livestock, we will all be counting on a lot more fish and seafood to stay alive. Those that fish may flourish if they are able to catch more than they need. Being a fisherman by trade will also allow you to spend more of your day top-side, breathing all that fresh air your scuba friends wished they could inhale.

Believe me, they will certainly be jealous, especially once breathing becomes one of our most beloved activities!

Oh, the games we will play once we are forced to live at sea! Sure, they won’t be anywhere near as great as the things we enjoy doing now, but a little Marco Polo every now and again will certainly help blow off some steam. The card game, Go Fish, will be another strong contender, though the stakes will be increased when the loser is required to catch dinner for his fellow players. Unfortunately, the flood may force the Kings to finally leave Sacramento, but we can replace them with a top-seed water polo team, the Emperors.

Not only will our livelihoods and activities change, our looks are bound to change as well. Be prepared to start wearing Speedos and wetsuits all the time (and to start seeing banana hammocks everywhere). There will be no more hiding. Get ready to grease yourself up with copious amounts of sunblock to prevent burns during the few months of clear skies and scorching hot sun in the summer. In addition to your blotchy skin and tight pants, perpetual grandma hands are about to be your new thing. Learn to love your new wrinkled, soft, prune fingers!

I know it sounds like all hell is about to break loose, and I’ll admit that it kind of is, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared.

Figure out what the hell water polo is. Get comfortable in that Speedo. Start practicing your underwater breathing techniques.

Finally, at the very least, get yourself a damn boat and learn how to fish, for Christ’s sake.

This rain doesn’t look like it’s going to stop anytime soon, so you better be ready. It’s time to sink or swim!

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Grab Some Blankets and Chairs and Head to Free Movie Night at the Drive-In! • April 27 Looking for a budget-friendly night out for the whole family? Believe it or not, such things still exist! Head down to the West Wind Drive-In and Public Market (9616 Oates Drive, Sacramento) on April 27 for a free night of movies. In addition to five fun films (Split, Kong: Skull Island, Moana, Sing and XXX: The Return of Xander Cage), The West Wind will also play host to music and kid-friendly events and games. The free movie night starts at 6 p.m., but you’re going to want to get there early to secure yourself a good spot. The good news is that this won’t be a one-off event: according to the drive-in’s Facebook page, this will be the first of three free movie nights this year. Stay tuned to Facebook.com/ westwindsacramento6drivein or Westwinddi.com for future free movie events and showtimes.

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Experience the “Dark Side of Americana” at Banjo Bones’ CD Release Party for His New Album, Cowboy Dreams, at Blue Lamp • May 11 Fans of roots music and songs that feature honest, vibrant storytelling are going to find a lot to like in the music of JL Espada (aka Banjo Bones). A perfect example of this can be found in a song on his upcoming third album Cowboy Dreams entitled “The Rodeo Clown,” a video for which can be viewed on Banjo Bones’ Facebook page.

The song is a sinewy and gritty dirge in tribute to Sam Royster, a real life rodeo clown. “He has the kind of wisdom that is only acquired with time,” he writes of Royster on Facebook, “and he has stories that no amount of draft beer and a barstool could possibly cover.” Not only will Banjo Bones’ show at Blue Lamp on May 11 celebrate his CD release, but it will also mark the debut performance of his new full-band setup, featuring Giorgi Khokhobashvili on violin, Ron Smit on bass and Steve Gust on drums. Also performing will be Bruce Tuttle and Clay Dogs. As if all that wasn’t enough, this show is absolutely free! For more info, go to Bluelamp.com.

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Sunday brunch has become an institution, but wouldn’t it be great if you could get your brunch on daily? Technically, isn’t it always Sunday morning somewhere? That’s a song, right? OK, maybe not, but regardless, Hook & Ladder has got you covered. As of April 1, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.,

you’ll be able to enjoy the eatery’s mouthwatering new brunch program, which includes the carnitas chimichanga, loco moco (two hamburger patties served over rice with mushroom gravy and topped with a fried egg) and, for the the health conscious, how about their “Health Nut Cocktail,” a lovely

cucumber, celery and green apple juice blend with mint, soda and Hendrick’s gin. Hey, this is brunch.

Go big or go home. Hook & Ladder is located at 1630 S St., Sacramento, and you can visit them online at Hookandladder916.com.

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Words Claudia Rivas Flaws. They aren’t what define us but they’re very much a part of our story while growing up.

This has been a central theme for HBO’s comedy, Girls, throughout its six-season run. With its finale Sunday, the show has provided growth, not only for its characters, but specifically the show’s creator, Lena Dunham.

The series has been skewered for its imperfections, but I’ve continued watching week to week because its characters’ flaws are what make it so relatable and relevant.

For those unfamiliar with the show, it’s centered around four privileged millennial women trying to navigate life in New York City. On the surface the show’s premise naturally reminds people of the more glamorous and fashion forward Sex and the City. Although there are plot points and dramas that are certainly far-fetched, the girls definitely don’t go through life as elegantly as Carrie Bradshaw and her squad. Sex and the City is for my mom’s generation, while Girls is for mine.

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own reality. At least she recognizes the diversity dilemma. On a January episode of NPR’s podcast Sooo Many White Guys, for example, she stated, “Jenni [Konner] and I are not going to make another show with four white girls on the poster.” Further adding she understands representation matters.

Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) the selfproclaimed voice of a generation; Marnie Michaels (Allison Williams) the manipulative type-A; Jessa Johannson (Jemima Kirke) the toxic, free spirit; and Shoshanna Shapiro (Zosia Mamet) the innocent basic are inherently annoying. They bitch and moan over first-world problems, have no concern for the political or global climate of the present, and are people I would genuinely avoid at all costs. But this isn’t why I relate to them.

With each personality I saw the dark emotional anxieties and pressures of being in your twenties and the uncontrollable impulses we have at an age where living in the moment is like a ticking time bomb. Throughout the series, every one of the girls exposes insecurities we all share like loneliness and the recurring realization that we aren’t perfect.

Girls’ portrayal of sex also kept the show exceedingly honest. I’ve never seen a show be so open about how awkward sex is. Because sex on screen is so saturated with beautiful people, it often leads normal looking folks to feel ashamed to be a part of it. But Dunham changed that with her character’s relatable, imperfect body (watch her first inept scenes with Adam (Adam Driver) in season one, and her latest blundering experience

of coitus with Paul-Louis (Riz Ahmed) on a twin bunk bed this season).

This brings me to Hannah and the finale of the show. For Hannah, she’s moved out of the city for the purpose of getting a new perspective and peace of mind. She’s bounced in and around job opportunities. None have really worked out for her.

Neither have relationships.

She runs away from boys, her friends and those unfortunate jobs by moving to upstate New York. Little did she know running away didn’t mean running away from things she needed to confront.

In the finale aptly titled “Latching,” Hannah is yet again at a spot where she doesn’t want to face the reality of being an adult. Except this time, she has a baby that is a product of her earlier season fling with surf instructor, Paul-Louis.

The episode opens with Marnie forcing Hannah to allow her to be co-parent to her new baby boy.

Because of her obvious stress and uncertainties, Hannah often alternates between demanding Marnie to distance herself from helping with the child, to almost always expecting Marnie to be there when the baby begins to be a difficult burden.

This is how Hannah behaves toward all things in her life—always frustrated with the personal advice from others, yet too stubborn to be able to face the realities of problems head on, and would much rather blame people for her mistakes and hardships while also putting guilt onto them to be there for her.

Later in the episode, a sobering reality hits when Hannah’s mother visits and articulates in

an argument about parenting, “Your baby is not a temp job!” Which refers to Hannah’s erratic behavior with jobs and relationships in the past six seasons. This mother-daughter exchange is so relatable, because often parents, regardless of arguments, support and attempt to keep their children as grounded in reality as they can.

The episode is a major turning point for the character. Hannah can’t make it all about her anymore and comes to the realization that her baby is the center now.

Through its ridiculous trivial relationships, and absurd moments, being in your twenties is truly the time to endure all these experiences of excitement, heartache, disappointment, anxiety and fear. I think Girls was a constant reminder that just because something bad or good happens, that doesn’t make it the end of the world or the last page in the fairy tale. Life keeps going, and learning to breathe and roll with the frustrations of not being the center of the universe will ultimately help you.

What this show and its finale meant for me is a reminder that we all have to grow up. Like Hannah, I’m trying to figure my life out, and like Hannah, it’s not graceful, but it reminds me that this moment in time is not only constantly confusing but also constantly exciting. I’ll miss tuning into Girls each week to watch fictional millenials gripe about their problems. I’m looking forward to seeing what Lena Dunham comes up with next.

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Hometown Tourist: A Little Slice of Heaven words & photos Ellen Baker

“So uh, the vibe here is way different than last time.”

There is no one “type” of tourist that visits Locke, California. One weekend there is a brigade of motorcyclists, the next, grandma and the grandkids are on a weekend escapade along the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Since investing in a motorcycle, most of my “long rides” (I don’t even know if you can call them that) have been along the delta. Before riding a motorcycle, I had lived in Sacramento for 15 years and not once had I ventured onto River Road.

River Road—my experience with this road began as what seemed like a fairy tale. For as long as I can remember I’ve had this vision of what would be the most romantic rendezvous—a privileged one albeit, but none the less, a dream.

It consists of a spontaneous trip in some sort of open vehicle (convertible, motorcycle, truck bed, etc.). It’s summertime; the warm wind gently kisses our faces, the trees above carve a natural tunnel with the long soft branches hanging so close you can almost touch them as you go by.

My feet hang out the window, my arms spread wide, rays of sunshine flirt with the slight separation of leaves and perhaps nearby is a body of water that reflects these sun rays. In this moment, everything is perfect. I must have read a children’s book or watched an old cartoon at some point that embodied this visualization.

On a first(ish) date, I was offered a ride on his motorcycle. Keeping my fanatical excitement in check, we casually rode through the city as I held on gently, keeping my cool. What seemed like moments later, a dream I envisioned since I was a small child began developing into reality.

No, it was reality. I lifted the face mask, felt the warm air on my cheeks, opened my arms to the sides and looked up to see a romantic covering of trees. With my arms spread I could nearly touch the soft branches and a glistening, flowing river was beyond. We rode past grapes and blackberries along the side of the road and waved to other people on motorcycles riding by. This, was River Road. Since then I have been countless times, with said “boy,” by myself, with my parents, and every time is just as great as the last. Though, that first time really blew my mind.

OK, enough with the romance, but seriously you guys, this drive is amazing. Whether you are in a car, on a motorcycle, a bicycle or walking, you need to take a stroll down this little slice of heaven.

As you meander down the road there are various stops along the way such as wineries, bars and small towns strewn about. One town specifically that I suggest you visit, is named Locke. Hidden off the main road, Locke is a

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small town about three blocks in size known for its Chinese history. Built in 1915, the town blossomed into a Chinese community and today is one of the last standing Chinese communities in the area.

A good friend and I took a Sunday trip down to Locke recently, and upon our arrival we headed to the only bar in town, Al the Wop’s. There’s history behind the name—just ask about it when you go. A miscellaneous assortment of condiments littered the bar top when I noticed peanut butter and jelly among the collection. Swiftly ordering banana peppers, my friend opened the PB&J, handed me a spoon and introduced me to one of Locke’s traditions (though, I’m pretty sure this one isn’t Chinese).

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school brings back memories I hadn’t felt in years. There is a traditional Chinese medicine shop and a statue of Confucius. Families sit outside in their yards while the kids run and play together. There are wooden-planked alleyways and big barn doors etched with writing. The town has some real culture and although it’s small, it packs a punch with its authenticity. I highly suggest getting out to Locke or one of the other River Road towns, but at the very least, enjoy the wonders of the River Road Delta that is so close to our home of Sacramento.

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SactoMoFo Presents Its 10 th and Final Free Festival of Food Trucks Words Nur Kausar

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n April 29, Sacramento Mobile Food (SactoMoFo) will hold its 10th and last annual food truck festival at the Sacramento Railyards on Railyards Boulevard between Fifth and Seventh streets.

The free block party-style event will feature 36 Northern California food trucks with specialized menu items for sale; craft beer from Bike Dog Brewing, Oak Park Brewing, Two Rivers Cider, New Glory Craft Brewery, Fountainhead Brewing and Lagunitas, with drink sales benefiting Front Street Animal Shelter; live music and a kid zone hosted by Sol Collective.

SactoMoFo is discontinuing its annual festival to focus on strengthening and expanding food truck dinner events, as the cost and logistics of a large-scale free festival have proven unsustainable without major sponsors.

Since 2011, SactoMoFo has offered full service gourmet mobile food event planning and held more than 1,500 events in Northern California. The annual festival had been known to bring in more than 10,000 attendees.

The organization currently coordinates nearly daily lunch trucks at busy worker hubs like Sutter Health, Natomas and Roseville, at events like UC Davis Picnic Day and at marches on the Capitol.

SactoMoFo will continue to support Front Street Animal Shelter through its MoFo Mutt Program. Twice a month, the SactoMoFo blog has a post profiling a “MoFo Mutt” at the shelter.

SactoMoFo covers the cost of each MoFo Mutt adoption and offers a $20 SactoMoFo gift card to the adopting family.

Food truck roundups often incorporate a charitable component, and over the years SactoMoFo food truck participants have raised thousands of dollars for organizations like the Rebuild McKinley Park effort, Toys for Tots Foundation, the California Firefighters Foundation, the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, the Whole Foods Foundation, and the Getty Owl Foundation.

To find out what SactoMoFo events are going on around the region, check out their website and/or sign up for their email list at Sactomofo.com.

Below is a list of our top 10 diverse and enticing items to try at this year’s festival.

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This Filipino/Asian food truck piqued our interests when it showed up downtown one day with its assortment of milk and fruitinfused teas filled with the tapioca balls of its namesake. Very few downtown restaurants offer boba, let alone lumpia. Never heard of lumpia? It’s basically an egg roll, and Wandering Boba’s has a great crunchy veggie option. For this event, however, we’re excited to try Wandering Boba's adobo. Filipino adobo is a tangy marinade of vinegar, soy sauce and garlic. It's a staple in the Philippines and this food truck marinates chicken in it before serving it either fried and drizzled with more adobo, or serving the chicken with a side of steamed rice.

Wait. There’s another lobster roll food truck option other than Cousin’s?! For those of you already aware of this, you’re in luck.

Rudy’s will be stocked with seafood for SactoMoFo this year. For the rest of us, thank goodness we can now start tracking TWO lobster roll mobile options in the region.

We were getting tired of following the other guys all over Northern California. The rolls will put you back a bit more than some of the other meat options at the festival, but they’ll definitely impress a date.

Green Papaya Sacramento has a strong smattering of Thai restaurants that range in price and flavor.

We have yet to try this Lao/Thai food truck, but with staples like pad thai, drunken noodles and papaya salad, it can be hard to go wrong if the balance of sweet, sour, savory and salty isn’t just right. We’re expecting a warm Saturday, thus leaning toward the salad, one of very few salad entrees to be offered at the festival.

Hefty Gyros This truck checks all the boxes, whether you’re looking for meat, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free or halal. With the growing popularity of Halal Guys, the original Middle Eastern halal food cart in Manhattan that has grown to brick and mortar restaurants from San Francisco to Las Vegas, we’re excited to have a local purveyor that’s just as delicious.

The blend of hot lamb gyro meat and crunchy cucumber covered in both tzatziki and sriracha is already making our mouths water.

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Smokin’ Ewe BBQ No sheep on the menu, but the smoked salmon salad offering is highly appreciated.

As we mentioned earlier, salads aren’t always a big pull in the food truck world, so any entree-sized meal with fresh spinach and tomatoes sounds refreshing. Topped with feta and a lemon dill aioli dressing, this salad has the makings of a very refined outdoor dining experience. Might be worth pairing with a glass of white wine.

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Bacon MANia The concept behind Bacon MANia takes us back to memories of summer carnivals, baseball games and pig roasts. Or as the food truck’s website (Baconmaniatruck.com/ norcal) proudly boasts, it is “unabashedly American, unapologetic man-food from a fun, friendly and a little bit funky nomadic food truck. Food like you wish your mom used to make, cooked fresh and served up with a smile by the guy/girl next door.” We’re not sure why it has to be “man-food,” but we’ll forgive the gender stereotyping for a taste of the Jack Back Sammie: grilled cheese served on Texas toast stuffed with sharp cheddar, jack cheese and hickory smoked bacon, then grilled with more cheese on the exterior for extra crispiness.

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The Sweet Spot This gourmet mobile food company is considered the first complete dessert truck in the Sacramento area. It specializes in freshly baked goods, including cupcakes, cookies, caramel corn, ice cream sandwiches and its signature “OMG,” a cookie pie with Gunther’s ice cream and a variety of toppings. Their menu touts having the best caramel corn you’ll ever taste, but we’ll be in line for a custom ice cream sandwich and an affogato to keep us awake after gorging on all this food.

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Frenchy’s Waffles and Sandwiches This adorable food truck/school bus turns up the charm with its even more adorable liege waffles. For those who think Belgian waffles are those giant pillowy things we get served at American diners, be prepared to be handed something quite different. Liege waffles are tiny, dense and chewy with crunchy pearls of embedded sugar that also create a caramelized exterior. So, they’re basically heaven.

Cowtown Creamery As its name suggests, the Cowtown Creamery truck is a desert truck offering up a range of delicious milkshakes, but their refreshing, cold beverage options definitely don't end there. The truck also specializes in lemonade, with four different varieties— iced lemonade, sparking lemonade, frozen lemonade and lemonade floats—in flavors including strawberry, blackberry, mango, cherry and peach.

Check out this free, family friendly festival on April 29! In addition to the 35-plus food trucks that will be onhand, live music, DJs, dance troupes and even an adoptable dog runway show will take place on the main stage, starting at 11 a.m. For a full list of participants and more info, go to Sactomofo.com.

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Hobo Johnson Is a Rising HipHop Star …

As You’re Likely Already Aware Words Josh Fernandez photo kevin fiscus

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et’s be honest here. I’m greedy. I wanted to write the first Hobo Johnson (né Frank Lopes) story. Like many others, after watching the “Live From Oak Park” series of videos on YouTube, I was hyped, instantly fascinated by the young rapper, whose stuttered, offbeat style often jumps from Conor Oberst to Sole in a matter of one breath. There’s something about his delivery—confident, yet totally unsure; joyful and angry; polite, but crass; rational and completely insane—that reveals an actual personality behind the music. Hobo Johnson’s candid style cuts through all artistic pretensions and allows the MC to actually articulate heavy (sometimes brutally funny) ideas without having to bare the weight of the label “conscious rapper,” which once could be worn as a badge of honor, but now is simply the shriveled detritus of ‘90s-era hip-hop. Well, I wanted to show the world this young artist who is surely destined for greatness, but, instead, I listened to an audiobook about extreme altruists, then caught up with the new season of Catfish, then watched a documentary about pedophiles, and a bunch of other writers beat me to it.

Bah, Macias Enter Chris Macias, a journalist who writes for the Sacramento Bee. He always writes the first big stories. I’m sick of it. But I’m also insanely lazy and apparently not fed up enough to actually seek out new artists and interview them before he does. In fact, I’m so lazy that I called upon the award-winning journalist to help me with this story: “How should I start it?” I wrote in a desperate email.

The kind-hearted Macias responded: “You should start by name-checking everyone who wrote about Hobo Johnson before you, and how since you became a dad you’re pretty much out of touch with all music, except what’s played on Sprout TV.” That would require waaaaaay too much research and I’m not into that kind of shit. Plus, I don’t know what Sprout TV is, so I can add “fatherhood” to the list of things he beats me at.

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A visit from Jesus Anyway, from his humble beginnings as an open mic MC who could only draw four people to a show to now, where he, along with his band, The Lovemakers, can draw a crowd of 450, it will surely be interesting to track the journey of Hobo Johnson. And believe me, it will be tracked, seeing as this is like the 90th story about the guy. But here is a story that nobody else has. It’s about the ill-fitting PT jacket he sported in all those “Live From Oak Park” videos.

Hobo Johnson recalls: “A few days before we shot the videos, I knew I needed to get a jacket and I wanted a speaker system for my turntable. I looked on Craigslist for one that morning. We go to my friend’s house and we practice and we go out to his car and right in front of his car on 44th Street is that PT jacket and a speaker system with a receiver. And I’m like, ‘This is from Jesus Christ.’”

So there you go. Jesus Christ Himself dropped down and paid a visit to Hobo Johnson.

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Anyway, I don’t know how to end this shit, but, luckily, Macias (like my own, personal Jesus), tells me what to do: “Be sure to drop the details of his next show.”

I don’t really know when his next show is. “[B]ut … you probably won’t be there because you’ll be teaching your son how to play catch and hopefully steer him away from the idea of being a rapper.”

Screw you, Chris Macias. Screw you.

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Headliners include Arden Park Roots and Oleander, with sets from Some Fear None, DLRN, The Moans and many others. For a full lineup, or to purchase tickets, go to Firstfestivalsacramento.com. Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers will also play Concerts in the Park on June 30 at Cesar Chavez Plaza.

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Working is the worst. The only thing that matters in this dumb world is to live your goddamn dreams, even if there’s a 99-percent chance of them dying a horrific death right in front of your blinking eyes. Hobo Johnson is going for it. Without a backup plan, the rapper is relying solely on his music to make money.

“I just play shows and sell merch,” he says.

“But with the festival season coming up, I should be good. Rent is dumbass cheap.”

I have confidence in this plan. There’s something about his oddly hilarious songwriting style that is suspenseful, wickedly smart and endearing enough to sustain a long career in the arts. Check out these lyrics: “Hey missus, will you take me to a world where nothing else exists except the contents of our soul / If I looked like Brad Pitt mixed with a bit of Jake Gyllenhaal and a bowl of David Hasselhoff I wouldn’t be here at all / I’d be in Los Angeles / Or at your mom’s house. Eating all the sandwiches.”

See? Hobo Johnson is a character, and not the gimmicky kind. He’s a larger-than-life personality. Even his diction, the way he says words, is really weird, but it’s something that sticks with the listener.

“I talk like that, too,” he says. “Like I’m kinda always about to fuck up a sentence.

It’s just part of who I am, I think, just the unsureness of what the fuck I’m saying.”

That unsureness, the willingness to show vulnerability, works. Even my nemesis, Chris Macias agrees. “[H]e’s the kind of rapper who could actually do a guest slot on Yo Gabba Gabba, which is even better for old dad bros like us,” Macias writes in his email. “Listening to Death Grips now just hurts my feelings.”

Man, I wish I would have come up with that.

“I talk like that, too … Like I’m kinda always about to fuck up a sentence. It’s just part of who I am, I think, just the unsureness of what the fuck I’m saying.”

– Hobo Johnson on his offbeat delivery

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paycheck at the end. But for this story I actually met up with Hobo Johnson at the Old Soul in Oak Park, where, unbeknownst to me, the 22-year-old MC used to work (and then quit with a bit of melodrama).

“This is where everyone asks to come,” he says. “But then we were in the Sac Bee and I came to pick up a copy real quick and I saw my old bosses and they got mad at me. My boss here was like, ‘You’re a piece of shit.’”

But, to be fair, he quit the second he signed a management deal with some big shot in Los Angeles. If I got a management deal, I would quit everything, leave my family and never wear clothes again.

“Working, to me, is the fucking worst,” he says.

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Be Like Gold

David Luning Flexes Americana Muscle on Restless Words Ryan J. Prado • photo Jay Blakesberg

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avid Luning probably wouldn’t advise everybody to drop out of college. It worked for him, sure, but the whims of artists come with risks. So far, Luning’s decision to leave Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music to pursue a life as a ramblin’ man has proven mostly fruitful, as can be gleaned from a listen to his second full-length record, Restless.

As a student in Boston, Luning studied film scoring, and since the age of 5 was an ardent pianist, composing cinematic piano pieces beginning around eighth grade in Northern California. In high school, Luning was in a couple of experimental rock bands, where some of his more avant-garde influences like Mr. Bungle, Melvins and Pixies were given free reign.

This foundation was shaken to its core after an invitation from a couple of Boston friends to share some music together while Luning was attending Berklee.

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“I ended up meeting these two guys who introduced me to the music of John Prine,” explains Luning via phone from a tour date in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “I had never really listened to Americana before, or really much singersongwriter stuff. But when I heard John Prine’s music I was like, ‘Holy shit! That’s what I need to do with my life.’”

Luning phoned his parents to break the news that he would be leaving Berklee to pursue a career as an Americana artist. While reluctant at first, they ultimately gave Luning their blessing.

He moved back to California and started what has been a promising beginning to his career. “[Americana music] to me was really from the heart and straightforward, yet had a lot of layers in the lyrics,” says Luning. “The simplicity of it and the honesty of it really drew me in for sure.”

On Restless, Luning exposes the influence of those initial inspirations in down-to-earth crowd-

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pleasers like the single “Driftin’,” a sing-alongworthy tune trumpeting his affinities for life on the road. Opening with a yawn of harmonica and acoustic guitar—a la any song from Nebraska— Luning sings, “Drivin down southbound, headed out/A full tank of gas and an open road/And all I wanna do is travel on/With a band that’s playing music ‘til the sun comes up.” Not exactly earth-shattering sentiment, OK, but the degree to which Luning is willing to admit to a sort of charming naiveté with regard to being on the road is endearing, to be certain. “I wanna keep on driftin’ like a ramblin’ man,” goes the oftrepeated chorus.

With lots of touring under his belt—along with his band, comprised of Ben Dubin (bass, harmonica), Linden Reed (drums) and Dave Sampson (guitar, mandolin) —Luning’s rosycheeked optimism for the necessity of copious live dates is at least rooted in experience.

“It’s definitely not always great,” admits Luning. “There are very crappy things that happen sometimes. I guess I’m not quite burnt out yet. There are some people who talk to me and they’re like, ‘You’re still enjoying touring?’

And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I love touring!’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, OK. You’ll get there.’”

The relative safety of “Driftin’” belies the grittiness and shadowy country-rock bombast of later songs on Restless. Luning’s first record, Just Drop on By, was decidedly rooted in a more traditional country milieu. When writing began for Restless, Luning’s main objective was to create a harder-edged collection of songs. The record’s producer, Karl Derfler (Tom Waits, Dave Matthews), allowed the jagged emotion of such rough-and-tumble tracks like “Bet It All on Black” and “In Hell I Am” to writhe freely rather than to become mired within the canon of traditional Americana expectations.

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“I was so star-struck because his music was what changed my life. I had this whole big speech planned where I was gonna tell him how much his music meant to me, and he was introducing himself to everyone because he’s like the nicest guy in the world. He gets to me and he’s like, ‘Hi, I’m John,’ and I was like, ‘Hi … I’m David.’ And that was it!”

– David Luning on meeting his musical idol John Prine “The record ended up being much more rock than I ever anticipated,” says Luning. “We wanted to let the songs do what they wanted to do.”

“Bet It All on Black” is the first song on Restless where electric guitar is heard. Luning opens with a mealy blues riff, backed by the pocket-tight rhythm tandem of Dubin and Reed. The song’s ominous undertone is brought to fruition with dynamic quiet-loud-quiet structuring and some evil-sounding lead from Sampson. Luning’s cinematic, film-score-centric background notwithstanding, his writing leaves a little to be desired from someone so enamored by the likes of John Prine. Still, as Luning himself explains, it is the layering of imagery and the open space of the lyricism in a lot of the Americana songbook that draws him in. It is perhaps his attempt at conjuring the same kind of magic with an influx of non-sequitur and worn country-western cliché.

“On John Prine’s ‘Souvenirs,’ he says, ‘I hate graveyards and old pawn shops/For they always bring me tears,’” explains Luning. “You could easily think he just hates those places, but really there’s like 100 stories in that line.”

Where Luning evolves beyond merely the persona of the ramblin’ Americana crooner is on undeniably potent songs like “Be Like Gold,” a sparse, poetic alt-country panorama set to a tale of fathers and sons. Elsewhere, Luning bullseyes heartbreak on the emotive breakup tune “Gonna Forget About You,” the contents of which ought to be apparent simply by reading the song’s title.

Luning’s talents as a songwriter are unshakeable, and the smart planning of having played with the same core musicians for several years is something that veteran musicians wish they’d known when they were starting out.

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close friends and amazing musicians,” says Luning. “But they’re also just really chill and awesome to hang out with all the time. I’ve been playing with them a long time. They kind of now know what I would go for in a song, so it’s a lot easier to bring songs in.”

Luning was finally able to meet the muse of his newfound musical direction. While in a green room after moving back to California several years back, Luning came face-to-face with his idol, John Prine.

“I was so star-struck because his music was what changed my life,” explains Luning. “I had this whole big speech planned where I was gonna tell him how much his music meant to me, and he was introducing himself to everyone because he’s like the nicest guy in the world. He gets to me and he’s like, ‘Hi, I’m John,’ and I was like, ‘Hi … I’m David.’ And that was it!

“I felt so ashamed, like that was so lame, David! Come on. You can do better. I stayed in the green room for another 20 minutes, and really awkwardly staying back there, not really knowing what to do but knowing I had to talk to him again. I walked over to him when he was eating snacks and I reintroduced myself: ‘Hi John, I’m David. We met earlier. I just wanted to tell you that … I play music, too.

“He was like, ‘Oh. That’s great.’”

Someone, quick, cue up “Circle of Life.”

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Ace of Spades LANY, Machineheart, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Blue Lamp The Spotlight: Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Kontatto, Futuro, Sterile Mind, Cold Trap, Khaos Assault, Public Trash, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Robert Ellis, Me & You, 5:30 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.

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Wednesday

Ace of Spades Kehlani, Ella Mai, Jahkoy, Noodles, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Crest Theatre Crystal Bowersox, Steve Seskin, Me & You, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar The Good Souls, The Blind Spots, 9:30 p.m.

Golden Bear For the Heads w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Missio, 888, Coast Modern, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Reverend Horton Heat, Dale Watson, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Chet Chwalik Jazz Trio, 6 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.

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 Big Freedia, 8 p.m.

Momo Lounge Sounds of Safety Benefit w/ Xochitl, J. Ross Parelli, Hannah Mayree, Smokey the Groove and More, 6:30 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Etienne Charles, 8 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 p.m.

Press Club Emo Night, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Trap Them, Call of the Void, Mara, xTom Hanx, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Skanks Roots Project, Wasted Noise, Two Peace, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Slimy Member, Spitting Roses, Public Trash, Red Pills, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Colony Neutralboy, Final Decay, Student-Led, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke w/ Matty B, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose According to Bazooka, 8 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Chance the Rapper, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Golden Bear Setting Sons, Enemy Fire, HotBods, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s John Carlson Memorial Show, 6:30 p.m.

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

Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Etienne Charles, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Jesse Grover, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Steel Rose, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club Tigerchrist, Circus Runaways, Halcones, 8 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Overlake, Soft Science, Burning Landscapes, 8 p.m.

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

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Ace of Spades Moonshine Bandits, Good Samaritans, D-One, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Gyasi, Mars Gana, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Nor Cal Art Ensemble, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp DJ Jason Davis, DJ Chase Me, Anthony Romero, 9 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Andrés, Welcome to Limerick, Subtlety, Misha Allure, The Seafloor Cinema, Enso Anima, 7 p.m.

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

The Colony Die Welle, Nosebleed Makeout, The Spleenagers, Pictures of Grey, Vintage Flowers, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Cowboy Junkies, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Nathan Grimenstein, 9:30 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon The Rolling Heads, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Would-be Train Robbers, Mike Mullen’s Trio of One, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m.

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

Goldfield Trophii, The Tambo Rays, 7 p.m.

Harlow’s Micky and The Motorcars, Jeff Crosby, 8 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Dweezil Zappa, 7:30 p.m.

Kupros Shiner, 9:30 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Etienne Charles, 8 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides The Stoneberries, The Rock-A-Fellas, Criminal Rock, 8 p.m.

On The Y Crimson Eye, Devil to Pay, Zed, 8 p.m.

Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Riff Raff, 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse (Winters) Mariachi Puente, 7 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse (Placerville) Bottle Jack, 9:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m.

Shine The Pacific, Cardboard Houses, The Five Thirty, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Chasms, Houses of Heavens, Screature, Petheaven, 8 p.m.

Station 1 Drunken Kung Fu, 9 p.m.

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

Swabbies on the River Bad Moon Rising (CCR Tribute), 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Lew & Jimmy, 5:30 p.m.; Nick Moss Band, 9 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Band in the Beer Hall: Julie & The Jukes, 6 p.m.

4.29 Saturday

Ace of Spades Moonshine Bandits, D-One, Never Ending Last Words, 7 p.m.

Armadillo Music Racer 8, 5:30 p.m.

Bar 101 The Bongo Furys, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Dust in My Coffee, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Dawn of Ashes, Projekt F, Killer Couture, DJ Katharos, Bolaspace, 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Taylor Dayne, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Cultural Warfare, Apothesary, Blessed Curse, The New Plague, 7 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Vieux Farka Toure, Omar Velasco, 8 p.m.

The Colony Humanoids, Grimly Forming, Las Pulgas, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Gregory Alan Isakov, Sera Cahoone, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Retro Metro, 9:30 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Four Barrel, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Joshua David (Album Release) feat. James Cavern, 9 p.m.

Goldfield The Unlikely Candidates, Fame Riot, 7 p.m.

Harlow’s Okilly Dokilly, Beatallica, 8 p.m.

Kupros Harley White Trio, 9:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, 8 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Etienne Charles, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Pato Banton & the Now Generation, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Don’t Dream It’s Over: A Sacramento Tribute to the ‘80s feat. The Brangs, Danny Morris & The California Stars, Electric Baby Jesus, 50 Watt Heavy, Jem & Scout and More, 7:30 p.m.

Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Locked-N-Loaded, 9 p.m.

Palms Playhouse (Winters) Boca do Rio, Sarah Cabral & Julio Lemos, 8 p.m.

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

The Pier Elysium Live feat. Zyah Belle, Malik King J The Guitarist, Dlorin, Lauren Wakefield, Mouthpeace, Aramii and More, 6 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse (Placerville) Cosmic Family Gathering Ticket Release Party w/ The Good Samaritans, Massive Delicious, Sunsound and More, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Blackwater, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Island of Black & White, 10 p.m.

Sacramento Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera Presents: La Traviata, 8 p.m.

The Silver Orange Dog Party, The Croissants, Plugg Mentality, 6 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Breathe Owl Breathe, Sea Of Bees, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Weedeater, The Obsessed, Primitive Man, Fatso Jetson, Karma to Burn, 8 p.m.

Station 1 Nagual, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Heartless, 3 p.m.; Journey Revisited, 6 p.m.

Torch Club Tomi Leino Trio, Aki Kumar, 9 p.m.

Trinity Presbyterian Church (West Sacramento) Festival de Musica, 4 p.m.

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

4.30 sunday

Berryessa Brewing Co. Zorelli, 3 p.m.

The Boardwalk Danny K’s Pro Rock Jam w/ Rockmonsterz, 7 p.m.

Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Kenny Steel Spring Student Showcase, 3 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic

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Molly Burch Mariee Sioux, Rose Italic, Pierce and the Gals Red Museum 8 p.m.

Sundaze w/ The Taylor Chicks, 3 p.m.

Harlow’s Betty Who, Verite, Pretty Sister, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Marc Cohn, 8 p.m.

Hot Italian Brunch Beats w/ DJ Roger Carpio, 12 p.m.

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.

Powerhouse Pub AC Myles, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Branded, 1 p.m.

Station 1 Women Sing the Blues: Lisa Phenix, Beth Reid-Grigsby, Dana Moret, Su Mac and More, 3 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Savannah Blue, 3 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Life in the Fast Lane (The Eagles tribute), 7:30 p.m.

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

5.01 monday

Antiquite Maison Privee Sacramento Jazz Cooperative: Carolyne Swayze and Friends, 7 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Spotlight: Open Mic, 9 p.m.

The Colony Lupus, Mokosos, Pisscat, Krebtones, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Gold Lion Arts Sir Richard Bishop, Bill Orcutt, Swimming in Bengal, 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.

Red Museum Molly Burch, Mariee Sioux, Rose Italic, Pierce and the Gals, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Sovereign, 8 p.m.

5.02 Tuesday

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear For the Heads w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Anthony David, 5:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Guitar Club, 6:30 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 Latin Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Jessica Malone, 5:30 p.m.; Tendergents, 8 p.m.

5.03 wednesday

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

Cafe Colonial Horror Vacui, Color of Closure, DJ Chat Noir, 8 p.m.

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

The Colony Self Proclaimed Narcissist, His Name Shall Breathe, Dandelion Massacre, Sonder, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Folsom Hotel Saloon Country Night w/ Steven Denmark, 8 p.m.

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

Memorial Auditorium Hillsong Young and Free, 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, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; F Street Stompers, Pine Street Ramblers, Hot City Jazz, 9 p.m.

5.04 Thursday

Ace of Spades D.R.I., Conceived in Chaos, 24Gore, 6 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Colony Systemfucker, Frenzy, Odio, Class System, Korrosive, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke w/ Matty B, 9:30 p.m.

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

Golden 1 Center The Chainsmokers, Kiiara and Guests, 7 p.m.

Harlow’s Lil Peep, 6:30 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Press Club The Bad Signs, Pets, Blue Oaks, 8 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Royal Jelly Jive, 9 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Mod Sun, Marty Grimes & Swaghollywood, New Hippies, DJ Kam Bennett, Benny Freestyles, Kurt Rockmore, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Revolution Beat: Tribute To The Beatles, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Los Tres de Winters, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk White Knuckle Riot, Restrayned, Unprovoked, Tiger Christ, 7 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Andy Allo, 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park: Rituals of Mine, Sol Peligro, Lucid, DJ Eddie Z, 5 p.m.

The Colony The Enlows, Year Of The Fist, Cassette Idols, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Leela James, Daley, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Cluster Funk, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Jason McAlister, Adam Block, 9 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Fair Oaks River City Chorale: Celebrating 40 Years, 7:30 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m.

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

Goldfield Balance and Composure, From Indian Lakes, Queen of Jeans, 7 p.m.

Harlow’s Futurebirds, 8 p.m.

Kupros Sonic Draft, 9:30 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Young Artists Competition feat. Rachel Barton Pine and Lara Downes, 8 p.m.

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

Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Jackson Stone Band, 9:30 p.m.

Palms Playhouse (Winters) Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally Band, 8 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse (Placerville) Cinco de Hip-Hop Show w/ Dead Till Monday, Slap, Crecon and More, 8 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Shine Nzuri Soul Band, 8 p.m.

Station 1 Peter Petty, 9 p.m.

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

Torch Club Lew & Jimmy, 5:30 p.m.; Island of Black & White, 9 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Band in the Beer Hall: Ronald Goldberg Quartet, 6 p.m.

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Cache Creek Casino Air Supply, 4 p.m.

The Colony Fake It, Anxious Arms, Lawn Chairs, Public School, 6 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze: Hook n Line Stringband, 3 p.m.

Harlow’s Money B and Young Hump (of Digital Underground), CandyMan, DJ Epik, Big Al, 7 p.m.

Hot Italian Brunch Beats, 12 p.m.

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 Young Artists Competition Winners, 2 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Karen Lovely, 3 p.m.

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

Riverwalk Park First Festival: Arden Park Roots, DLRN, The Moans, House of Mary, I Am Strikes, Standoff, Be Brave Bold Robot, Andrew Castro, SpaceWalker, Surviving the Era, Youngest of Elders, Caliscope, Sparks Across Darkness and More, 11 a.m.

Southside Park Fiesta En La Calle: SAPO, Sacred Fire Band, Conjunto Liberacion, Rey y Kaye, Inner Soul and More, 11 a.m.

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

5.08 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 Sac City College Spring Concert, 6 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.

Comedy Crest Theatre Bianca Del Rio: Not Today Satan Tour, May 6, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Smile Out Loud w/ Jordan Conley, Diego Curiel, Luke Soin, Marcus Peverill, Parker Newman, Curtis Newingham and More, April 26, 8 p.m.

Daniel Weingarten, Jack Assadourian Jr., Carlos Rodriguez, April 27, 8 p.m.

Ngaio Bealum, Ryan Wingfield, April 28 - 30, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Comedy Open Mic Showcase, May 2, 8 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Achilles Wheel Trio, 3 p.m.

The Boardwalk Danny K’s Pro Rock Jam w/ Rockmonsterz, 7 p.m.

Saturday

Ace of Spades Keak Da Sneak, J Stalin, Husalah, Remedy, Prezi, Salsalino, 7 p.m.

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

Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 5 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Air Supply, 8 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Family Fun Day: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Talent Show and More, 10 a.m.; Tom Rigney and Flambeau, 8 p.m.

The Colony Ursula Lynn, Eugene Ugly, Cactus Cult, X Suns, Red Lanterns, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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Fox & Goose Silent Game, Alex Walker, 9 p.m.

Goldfield Austin John Winkler (formerly of Hinder), Among the First, 7 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular, 7:30 p.m.

Kupros Tigertail Rooster, 9:30 p.m.

Midtown BarFly New Wave Society’s “New Romantic Night” w/ DJ’s Keyz, David V, Duckie, David X, 9 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Young Artists Competition, 10 a.m.

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

Old Ironsides Lipstick! w/ DJ’s Roger Carpio & Adam J, 9 p.m.

Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Kenny Frye Band, 9:30 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Placer County Fairgrounds & Event Center Baby Boomer Festival w/ Road Test Band, Gene Lane (Elvis tribute) and More, 10 a.m.

Powerhouse Pub 8 Track Massacre, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

The Professional Marcos Silva Memorial Show w/ Jack Ketch, Wastewalker, Purification By Fire, Odious Construct, Peasant Hands, Awaiting the Apocalypse, Korean Fire Drill and More, 5 p.m.

The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) Bad Caddies, 9 p.m.

Red Museum WAVE Music+Arts Festival: Wizard Apprentice, Spellling, ShaRa and More, 7 p.m.

Riverwalk Park First Festival: Oleander, Some Fear None, Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers, My Cousin Vinny, National Lines, Drop Dead Red, OneLegChuck & The Hustle, Kailord, Fate Under Fire, ONOFF, Kennedy Wrose and More, 11 a.m.

Sacramento Community Center Theater Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra Presents: European Masterworks, 8 p.m.

Shine Hook N Line Stringband, Essence, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen The Dirt Feelin, Roots Man Project, 9:30 p.m.

Station 1 Jacam Manricks Quartet, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Jake Shimabukuro, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Overdraft, 5:30 p.m.; Stacie Eakes and the Superfreaks, 9 p.m.

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

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Joel McHale MontBleu Resort Casino 8 p.m.

Deaf Puppies and Friends feat. Jeff Brundage, Edgar Granados, Connor Martin, Taylor Evans, Chris Teicheira and More, May 4, 8 p.m.

Hailey Boyle feat. Rudy Ortiz, May 5 - 7, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Jaime Fernandez, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Saul’s Comedy Showcase, April 26, 8 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Joel McHale, April 29, 8 p.m.

Punch Line Sacramento Comedy Showcase, April 26, 8 p.m.

2017 Battle of The Sexes feat.

Headliner DJ Sandhu and More, April 27, 8 p.m.

Christina Pazsitzky, April 28 - 29, 8 & 10 p.m.

Dennis Gaxiola, April 30, 7 p.m.

Carlos Rodriguez Presents: Hellalarious, May 4, 8 p.m.

Brad Williams, May 5, 8 & 10:15 p.m.

Andrew Schulz w/ Host David Nguyen, May 6, 8 & 10 p.m.

Lance Woods and Friends, May 7, 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.

Tommy T’s Tommy Davidson, April 27 - 29

Misc.

20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

The Archival Gallery New Editions by Mel Ramos and Sculpture by James Powers, May 5 - 31 B Street Theatre Family Series: Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook, Through May 28 Mainstage Series: Treatment, Through June 4 Beatnik Studios Forms in Flux by Shaun Burner, Through April 28 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

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

California Museum Art Exhibit: Kokoro: The Story of Sacramento’s Lost Japantown, Through May 28 Capitol Mall Greens Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, May 6, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Sacramento Ballet Presents: Snap Shots II, April 28 - May 14 Crocker Art Museum Summer Film Series: “Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” May 4, 6:30 p.m.

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Forbidden Fruit: Chris Antemann at Meissen, Through June 25 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 Elk Grove Regional Park Elk Grove Western Festival, May 5 - 7 Folsom Premium Outlets Artisan Marketplace, April 29 - 30, 10 a.m.

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

Fremont Park Saber Battle Sacramento, May 4, 8 p.m.

Golden 1 Center WWE Monday Night RAW, May 1, 4:30 p.m.

Healthy Kids Day 2017, May 6, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Chris Tomlin: Worship Night In America Tour, May 7, 7 p.m.

Hagan Park Kids Day in the Park, April 19, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Haggin Oaks Golf Complex Haggin Oaks Golf Expo 2017, April 28 - 30, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts El Dorado Musical Theatre: Mary Poppins, April 28 - May 14 FLC Dance Department Presents: Evening of Dance Spring 2017 feat.

MOSAIC Dance Company, May 4, 6 p.m.

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

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art UC Davis Human Rights Lecture Series, May 4, 7 p.m.

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

Laughs Unlimited The Ultimate Trivia Game Show Challenge, May 3, 7 p.m.

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

Memorial Auditorium Rainbow Regional Dance Competition, April 28 - 30, 8 a.m.

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

The Midtown Moxies Burlesque: Science Fiction!, April 29, 8 p.m.

Mondavi Center - Jackson Hall ODC Dance: Boulders and Bones, April 29, 8 p.m.

Mraz Brewing Company 4th Anniversary Party!, April 29, 12 p.m.

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

Old Sacramento 67th Annual Opening Day Boat Parade, May 7, 1 p.m.

Ooley Theatre EMH Productions Presents: Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will?, April 28 - 29, 8 p.m.

The Pier Elysium Live feat. Artwork

by Dev, BAMR, Aliyah Sidqe and More, Fashion by CGM, California Steeze, Brand Newkie, Diversecity and More, April 29, 6 p.m.

Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen Bicycle Swap Meet & Garage Sale, April 30, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Sacramento Convention Center 30th Annual Wine and Wishes, April 29, 5 p.m.

Sacramento Railyards SactoMoFo 10 Food Truck Block Party!, April 29, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Sacramento State: Library Gallery Up Against the Wall by Flo Razowsky, Through April 29 Sacramento Turn Verein 49th Annual Bockbierfest, May 6, 3 p.m.

Sacred City Warehouse Sacred City Derby Girls Presents: Spring Slam Tournament, April 29 - 30 SCR Cell Block Sac City Rollers Presents: Capitol Punishers vs. V Town Derby Dames, April 30, 1 - 4 p.m.

Junior Roller Derby Clinic, May 6, 12 p.m.

Shine Questionable Trivia, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Southside Park River City Marketplace, April 30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Pub Trivia, Sundays, 8 p.m.

Vernon Street Town Square (Roseville) I Love the 80s Fun Run and Retro Party, May 7, 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.

WAL Public Market Gallery Opening Reception for Future Shock, May 5, 6 p.m.

West Sacramento Community Center AXIS Dance Company and Adaptive Ballroom Dance Workshop, April 29, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

WHIRED Wine Badia Bellydance Performance, April 28, 7 p.m.

WWE Monday Night RAW Golden 1 Center 4:30 p.m.

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The Body Positive

Jessamyn Stanley’s New Book Seeks to Dismantle Yoga Stereotypes Words Lovelle Harris

photos Christine Hewitt, Excerpted from Every Body Yoga

by Jessamyn Stanley (Workman Publishing). Copyright © 2017

H

aters and body shamers, take notice— Jessamyn Stanley has zero fucks to give.

Stanley, who is currently on a U.S. book tour promoting her latest literary effort, Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body, is a self-described yoga enthusiast, body-positive advocate and “fat femme” who wants to truly bring yoga to everybody regardless of weight, race or socioeconomic background.

Initially Stanley shied away from yoga—as a plus-sized African-American woman, she thought she couldn’t possibly contort her body into the requisite poses, but revisited the practice in her early twenties as a way to cope with depression.

“I started practicing yoga while I was dealing with a wave of depression and anxiety,” Stanley admits. “I started practicing when I was in graduate school and I was dealing with the general stressors in life that most people deal with … but yoga has always been the medicine that I use to counter my anxiety and to take me to a place where I can just look within myself and I don’t have to look to other people or the world around me for the answers to life’s questions.”

With an Instagram following of more than 293,000, Stanley’s message is simple: yoga is for all, but that the fear and anxiety that can follow you into the yoga studio can get in the way of even starting a practice—especially if you aren’t a lithe, size 2. Stanley keeps it real with both first-time yogis and hardcore yoga enthusiasts in her book about letting go of the trappings of what a “real” yogi looks like and letting their inner downward dog out on the mat.

“I think that yoga is trivialized in the media and just in general,” Stanley opines. “Really, we see it as a fitness trend for wealthy, white people—specifically for wealthy, white, heterosexual women—that is a product of marketing that has nothing to do with what yoga actually is.”

Indeed, Stanley believes that the true essence of yoga—the search for authenticity and balance within the self, transcends the current depiction of “yoga culture,” which goes beyond the number of Lululemon leggings you have in your wardrobe or the kind of coconut water that you bring to class.

“All of those things really don’t matter.

They actually have nothing to do with yoga,” she says. “I really have never tried

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to put a message out there. I am very much just trying to live my own practice and have happened to be living in a way where other people can see it. For me, it’s just about showing that yoga is about truth and authenticity and it’s about looking within yourself, and I think it’s helpful for other people to see someone that doesn’t look like the marketed image of a practitioner so they can see how the practice can affect their lives as well.”

Stanley’s yoga ethos is based in the idea of embracing the body that you’re in—largerbodied people can master the positions of the practice just as well as their smaller-bodied counterparts. With her meteoric ascension up the fitness food chain, she’s bringing her yoga practice to the masses through her book and online video series to help people find better ways to deal with the challenges of life.

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Stanley’s practice is about inclusivity and she hopes to show that there can be diversity within the yoga community as well as combat the blatant size discrimination she sees within the practice. Her bodypositive approach to yoga celebrates students’ bodies rather than the size of their waistline or dress size.

And for all those body-shaming trolls out there, Stanley isn’t going anywhere. Through her body-positive, social media presence and yoga instruction, she is an inspiration to those who find it a challenge to love the skin that they’re in.

“I think it’s much more beneficial to think in terms of, ‘How do I feel?’ rather than ‘How do I look?’ Anyone can look healthy, actually being healthy is often a completely different story and, more often than not, is completely unrelated to size.”

range from the beginner all the way up to an intermediate-advanced practitioner,” Stanley says. “And I have another video series that will be coming out next month that is based on the book and it’s meant to be for the person who has never practiced yoga before who really just wants to get started from the ground up.”

But it’s not all cobra poses and sun salutations—Stanley approaches her practice with a wink and a nod, always recognizing the importance of levity, she’s keeps it 100 with her followers. Just take one of the comments on her Tumblr page; in response to one of her follower’s wish that Stanley was her yoga teacher, the zaftig yogi says that if she were her instructor, they would listen to Kendrick Lamar during class and go out for pizza afterward.

Pro tip: if you ever make it to Durham, North Carolina for a yoga session, Stanley’s go-to pizza toppings are spinach, mushroom and Italian sausage, and while she’s feeling Lamar’s new joint DAMN., it’s “Money Trees” off Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City that she’s usually bumping during a yoga session.

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I’m starting to think this building a wall thing is a big tease. Sure, it’s only 100 days or so into the Trump presidency, and I suppose no one could have expected it to be done in such a short amount of time, but eventually, they’re either going to start building it or they’re not.

And if not, then what?

I kind of liken this wall to the prophecy of a cult preacher who said the world was going to end on, say, July 17, 2014. If you bought into that bullshit sometime during 2010, you’re probably OK with waiting around and throwing money or adulation at this snake oil salesman for a few years, but by around July 16, you’re probably going to expect results.

You’ve probably quit your job and completed the process of purifying yourself for the Great Rapture. But then what happens when you open your eyes on July 18 and then you realize you’re broke, your entire wardrobe consists of white robes and you’re unemployed? How do you go about begging for your job back when you told your boss you’re quitting because the entire human population was about to be cleansed with holy fire, so he/she can take this job and shove it up his/her ass? I’d imagine it would be pretty difficult.

This might be a stretch of a comparison, but it’s also a stretch to think that building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would actually accomplish anything.

They do have a proven track record of working, I guess, if their goal is to piss people off and force them to devise means of circumvention. How about the world’s most famous wall, The Great Wall of China?

Scholars (if you’re prone to put your faith in smart people) say that the Great Wall began construction in the seventh century B.C.E. as a series of separate walls that were eventually made stronger and linked together to form one bad ass wall that you can’t really see from outer space, but it’s much cooler to say that you can totally see it from outer space, bro.

The Great Wall was built to keep out raiding invaders. Maybe it worked. Who knows? It was a really long time ago. A lot of things have changed over the past 2,700 years or so.

Raiding hordes of barbarians have fallen out of vogue, despite the raging popularity of Game of Thrones. Boats are also much more accessible.

There are even tiny motorized sea crafts that

James Barone jb@submergemag.com don’t require a whole team of slaves manning oars to operate. The Gulf of Mexico is also very real, but this should come as no surprise to anyone at this point. As far as I know, that’s been a thing for a very, very long time.

But you really can’t say over and over that you’re going to build a beautiful wall and then, when push comes to shove and your base is looking at you to actually deliver on that promise, not deliver. So, OK, it’s going to cost a lot of money, and, shockingly, Mexico isn’t going to foot the bill for it, or at least they won’t just now but (wink, wink) they totally will at some point, but you’ve still got to push ahead and build that darn thing or else you’re going to look like a liar … insert joke here.

Congress has until midnight on April 28 to pass a spending bill to keep the government open until September. Trump and his cronies have taken a hard line saying that the spending bill must include money for the wall. Democrats are like, nuh uh, so the president got all tweety on them saying, “The Democrats don’t want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members,” followed by, “Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed border wall.” The former, of course, sounding like something a grade schooler scrawled down in crayon, while the latter being complete gibberish perfectly suited for citation in a column such as this one.

But this wall thing is so important that the administration is pulling out all the stops. The White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney even said that they’re willing to throw in funding for Affordable Care Act subsidies to Democrats if they support funding for the wall, according to the Washington Post, a dick move of epic proportions. Like, hey, unless we get to build this useless piece of infrastructure, granny’s gonna have a harder time paying for that diabetes medication. Them’s the breaks, old lady.

Both sides have to come to some sort of compromise or else the government will shut down, which seems to be in constant threat of happening every six months or so. It’s starting to sound like shuttering the doors won’t be a bad thing.

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