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No matter who or what is featured in each issue of Submerge, whether it’s some major celebrity like Kathy Griffin or an artist that’s new on my radar like Blaq Tuxedo, I’m always equally excited to print thousands of copies of Submerge every other week and to get them into the hands of our regional readers (or if you’re reading this online, wherever in the world you are, too). You may have noticed our front cover this issue features comedian Kathy Griffin. I’m thrilled we were able to get some time with her on the phone recently to talk about her upcoming performance in Grass Valley on Friday, June 16. Personally, one of my favorite things about her is that on New Year’s Eve—on the ones I’ve stayed in—I always choose to tune into CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. Trust me, there’s nothing like ringing in the New Year listening to Kathy making Anderson giggle like a little school girl. On page 14 you can read up on what Kathy has to say about her neighbors Kim & Kanye, the Trump family and how she’d really appreciate it if some protesters could show up to her show in Grass Valley. An R&B/rap duo you may have never heard of is Blaq Tuxedo. Dominique and Darius Logan are two brothers from Sacramento living out their musical dreams in Los Angeles. They have crafted hits for artists such as Ty Dolla $ign, Chris Brown and The Rejectz. This May, they’re releasing their own album, Art By Accident. And while they have no Sacramento-area shows scheduled as of press time, on page 20 you can at least get an idea about who they are and why they made the move to Los Angeles, though from their connections with the artists I just listed, it seems obvious. Also in this issue, we’re featuring another band you may or may not know of, depending on if you love sludge/doom metal or not: Graves at Sea. I remember seeing them years ago when their tour stopped to play in my college town of Chico. I happened to buy one of their shirts that night and I randomly just found it last month in an old dusty box in my garage. Which really made me think ... We should feature them since they’re playing Starlite Lounge on Friday, June 9! On page 22 read about how long Graves at Sea has been a band (which could possibly explain why the shirt barely fits after that many years of beers) and why they just now have their first full-length coming out, titled The Curse That Is. Our final big feature in this issue is on local artist Angela Tannehill, whose beautiful work graces our back cover. This past February, during my first walk through of the massive ArtStreet exhibit, I noticed one piece that really stood out in my mind that I absolutely loved. I was so bummed because it didn’t have any info or labels next to it. I was dying to know who made this outstanding collage art. Luckily, when I went back to ArtStreet for another visit, I looked at the piece again and was excited to see a wall card with a name: Angela Tannehill. After viewing that piece, After Us, which you can see on page 18 (though originally it was 48 inches high by 96 inches long!), I reached out to Tannehill right away inquiring if she would be showing art later this year because I knew we had to feature her in a future issue. On page 18, take in Angela’s art, read what she has to say about showing at ArtStreet and about her creative process, then go check out her work in person for First Friday or Second Saturday this June. She will have a couple pieces up at the 62 Hues group show at 1810 Gallery and will also be the featured artist at Studio 10 in Arthouse on R. Read often! Your brain will thank you! –Melissa
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Mike E. Winfield
Comedian Mike E. Winfield got his start performing in clubs and bars around Sacramento 15 years ago, and has gone on to appear on such programs as Late Show with David Letterman, NBC’s The Office, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham and more. Winfield is returning to where it all began, Punch Line, to film his first-ever official comedy special (that will eventually make its way to Netflix!) during multiple shows from June 1–4. Visit Punchlinesac.com or Mikewinfield.com for details.
The Seventh Annual Davis Music Festival is returning from June 16–18 and will fill downtown venues with music from dozens of local and touring acts, all while raising money for the Davis School Arts Foundation. One very affordable ticket gets you access to see 40 bands at eight different venues over the three days. Check out Davismusicfest.com for details and a full lineup, and be sure to look for some of our faves playing DMF this year: Oakland’s MALL WALK, Sacramento’s Sun Valley Gun Club, San Francisco’s Foxtails Brigade, Davis’ own The West Nile Ramblers and too many others to list here. Two prominent local hip-hop artists, Mahtie Bush and Kel Cz, are holding a double album release show at Old Ironsides on Friday, June 16. Also Mahtie Bush performing will be Live Manikins, DJ Rated R and ARG (Another Rap Group). Major contender for best local hip-hop show of the summer. Doors at 9 p.m., $7 cover, 21-plus.
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The 26-year-old Concerts in the Park series will likely skirt their all-time attendance record come Friday, June 9, when they welcome headliner Del the Funky Homosapien of the legendary Bay Area hip-hop crew, Hieroglyphics. Opening the show will be locals Soosh*e and The People’s Revolution, with DJ Epik spinning before, during and after the party. Food trucks, plenty of beer to go around and best of all, C.I.P. is always free. All ages welcome. Runs 5–9 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Plaza (9th and J streets). Godowntownsac.com/CIP for details.
At the fifth annual Sacramento Stand-Up Competition, expect three whole days of top-notch performances from dozens of touring and local comics competing for over $2,000 in prize money. Check out a list of the comedians and get more info at Sacstandup.com. All shows will be held at Sacramento Comedy Spot on June 23–24.
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Crocker Art Museum’s annual celebration of Pride Month returns on Thursday, June 8 when ArtMix: Pride will bring together local LGBTQ organizations and artists, like local rapper Century Got Bars, Sacramento International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, the Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus and many others. The 21-plus event runs from 6–9:30 p.m. Visit Crockerart.org to purchase tickets for just $10 (free for Crocker members).
The highly beloved R Street Block Party and Maker’s Mart is returning on Saturday, June 24 to take over three whole blocks of the bustling arts district. Live music by Doombird, Sunmonks, Mondo Deco, Salt Wizard and a DJ Set from Rituals of Mine. Highquality handmade goods from more than 40 vendors from the Northern California area, live art curated by 1810 Gallery, brews from Fieldwork, Bike Dog and Sierra Nevada, food from Pizza Supreme Being, Masa Guiseria, Slightly Skewed, Fat Face, plus a kids zone and so much more. The event is free and runs from 3–8 p.m. between 11th and 13th on R Street. More at Rstreetblockparty.org.
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The Optimistic Pessimist The Man Who Knew Too Little We are less than four months into it, and it’s already apparent that President Trump is, to put it very mildly, not a bright man. Let’s just say, Trump makes George W. Bush look like Albert Einstein. The man doesn’t even know what the loop on the back of his tie is for and he has worn one every day for the last 50 years. He also sells ties! Knowledge, learning and understanding are not Trump’s strong suits. This is a man who was surprised by the complexities of healthcare and our relationship with the Chinese, despite a shit-ton of easily accessible evidence to the contrary. Unless you ask him about being a greasy real estate developer or a name-licensing whore, Trump can’t really explain how things work; and when he tries, he is often wrong. For example, did you know that Donald Trump believes human beings have a finite amount of energy? He doesn’t think we have a finite amount of energy at any given time or something else that could possibly make sense. Trump believes that humans are born with a set amount of energy that gets used up over time. He believes that people die when all their energy is used up. I am not even joking about this. Trump has used this reasoning to explain why he doesn’t exercise, outside of golf. Donald thinks exercise will literally kill him! God knows where Trump gets this garbage from, but I do find it concerning. If our president can believe some crazy shit like that, where else does this wormhole go? What other things does President Trump not know, or more importantly, what does he think he knows but actually does not? We probably should have figured this out before we elected Trump as our President, but it’s never too late for the truth. Our lives are in his hands, after all, so it’s kind of important that we figure this out soon. What if Trump believes in alchemy, the pseudo-science of turning objects into gold? Just look at any of his properties and you can see that Trump already has gold fever, so the idea that he wants to turn things into gold is not so far-fetched. I can see the President spending countless hours in his lab in the White House basement, trying anything and everything to make gold. All of those sleepless nights smashing moon rocks from the Natural History Museum together and dipping the SubmergeMag.com
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Constitution into a jar of Melania’s tears may not have turned a profit yet, but there are a lot more important historical artifacts to try out before calling it quits. When Trump isn’t thinking about gold, he is usually watching TV. Trump loves TV and tweets about it all the time. Trump’s problem is that he tends to believe the things he sees on TV that are not actually true. I would not be surprised to learn that Trump thinks Sean Spicer and Melissa McCarthy are the same person. That would explain why he gets so furious after watching Melissa McCarthy lampoon Spicer. Perhaps, Trump thinks it’s really Spicer acting like an asshole on TV each Saturday night. Of course, these are all pretty minor and unimportant things to be concerned with, but there are bigger problems with Trump’s ignorance. The President has a whole country to run and he doesn’t seem to know how that works either. Whether Trump is firing people in charge of investigating him, hiring known Nazi sympathizers, insulting our allies, appointing a possible traitor as his National Security Advisor, firing missiles into a country we aren’t at war with or trying to ban Muslims from entering the country, the president seems to blow it every time. These things keep happening precisely because of Trump’s lack of knowledge and what he wrongly believes to be true. I believe we are only beginning to understand the depths of Trump’s idiocy and I think we need to act soon. We all know that impeachment is unlikely, given the makeup of congress, but maybe there is something else that can be done. Maybe we can trick the president into going back to school. Since Trump loves TV so much, we can make it a reality game show starring him. It would be part Billy Madison, part Celebrity Fit Club, and part Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. We can call it something flattering like, The Genius of Trump, so the President will go along with our ruse to make him learn. It could work, if we all promise to tune in to make the ratings huge. That’s the only way to keep this moron interested long enough to learn something that could keep us all from being killed. Our only hope is to teach this dummy to keep us safe. I’m willing to try if you are!
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Try some tasty food and drink, all with a heaping side helping of Sacramento pride, at the upcoming “Taste of Summer” Farm-to-Fork event, presented by Save Mart. On June 3, from 4–7 p.m., you can relax to the sounds of Current Personae while sipping some of the best of what local wineries have to offer at the Grand Tasting event, which will take place at Cesar Chavez Plaza. Beer from craft breweries, such as Lagunitas, will also be on hand, and, of course, plenty of food from Jollity Farmstead Cheese and local restaurants such as Downtown and Vine, Dawson’s Steakhouse and others. On June 4, it’s time for the third annual Farm-to-Fork Sunday Brunch, which will take place outside on a tree-lined stretch of 13th Street. Expect bottomless bloody Marys and mimosas, as well as some of the best food Sacramento has to offer. Tickets can be purchased for the individual events, or you can save money by purchasing a bundled ticket for both at Farmtofork.com.
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Local Rock Band A Lot Like Birds Release New Album DIVISI on Equal Vision Records, Headline Hometown Show at Goldfield • May 30 Earlier this month on May 5, A Lot Like Birds released their latest full-length album DIVISI on Equal Vision records. This culminated a creative journey that began more than a year ago when the band entered the studio, retooled with a new lineup and ready to get down to business with Sacramento-based producer Dryw Owens. The final product contains songs that are “about acknowledging your past and facing your future. It’s about starting over, without forgetting where you’ve been,” according to the band’s press release. Memory certainly seems to play as a central theme in songs such as “Trace the Lines,” which expresses feelings of loneliness and confusion. Elsewhere, “The Story of Us” speeds up the tempo, utilizing cosmic imagery to describe desolate isolation, making it seem beautiful, though tragic. Fear not, though, you won’t have to be so glum when you welcome the band home. In fact, it’s cause to celebrate. DIVISI is a stirring accomplishment, and you’ll be able to feel its gravity live at an all-ages show at Goldfield Trading Post (1630 J St., Sacramento) on May 30. Also performing will be Household, Hearts Like Lions and Owel. You can purchase tickets in advance at Goldfieldtradingpost.com.
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Magician and Illusionist David Blaine to Bring His FirstEver National Tour to Sacramento Community Center Theater • June 4 David Blaine’s brand of deadpan illusionism was brought to a wide audience back in 1997 when his Street Magic special first aired on NBC. From there, he beguiled (and sometimes infuriated) spectators with macabre forms of endurance stunts, such as when he was buried alive in a plastic coffin for a week or when he suspended himself in ice in Times Square for 63-plus hours. However, though he’s done all these things, one journey Blaine hasn’t embarked on is the somewhat more traditional cross-country tour. His travels will bring him through Sacramento on June 4 when he plays the Community Center Theater (1301 L St.). Be prepared for … well, given Blaine’s track record, we have no idea what you should be prepared for, but it’s safe to say you’ll probably leave feeling pretty freaked out. Tickets can be purchased online at Sacramentocommunitycentertheater.com or Davidblaine.com. SubmergeMag.com
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The Perfect Gift: Caverns and Wine words & photos Ellen Baker
I’ve always struggled with the idea of gift giving. Birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day … it just doesn’t feel right to buy someone a gift just for the hell of it. I look up to creative gift-givers but I have never been one myself. I will always opt for experiences over gifts. If I ever get married, I would rather go on an adventure and find a special rock to keep forever than to be gifted a fancy diamond to wear on my chubby finger that I will most likely lose—are you taking notes, future husband? Every year, I worry about what I should “get” my mom for Mother’s Day, and every year, I end up empty-handed. So this year for Mother’s Day, my mom and I went on an escapade together just an hour-and-a-half east of Sacramento, to California’s Gold Country. We didn’t really have a plan; that’s the story of my life. I informed my mom we were going on an adventure for Mother’s Day. She seemed excited, but skeptical. At 1 a.m. on the night before the big day, I realized I had nothing planned. I knew I wanted to go to Calaveras County, but aside from frog jumping and rock climbing, what the hell was there to do? I did an in-depth Google search for “best hikes in Calaveras,” and the first one that popped up seemed to be the winner: Natural Bridges Hike.
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We ate breakfast, packed a lunch and hit the road around 10 a.m. After about an hour-and-a-half of windy (and surprisingly well-paved) roads through rolling hills that are just starting to lose their spring green hue, we arrived at the pull-out for Natural Bridges. By no means is this getaway an escape from people, but nonetheless it is worth the drive. To get there from Sacramento, cruise down Highway 16 and take Highway 49 toward Angels Camp. Hop on Highway 4, pass the touristy and infamous Moaning Caverns and turn onto Parrotts Ferry
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Road. Soon after, you will see the pull out for the trailhead. Get there early or go on a weekday to dodge large families with small, adorable, but loud children. The hike is an easy 0.7 miles downhill and an easy 0.7 miles back up the hill. We didn’t really know what to expect, but as we descended the hill, the river came into sight and soon after, the cavern’s opening revealed itself. How had I never heard of this magical place?! California never ceases to amaze. We waded in the water and saw light shining from the other side. The water is deep, but swimmable, and
cold, but manageable. I highly suggest you dabble with the idea of swimming through the cavern, but proceed with caution! After swimming around, we explored down river and rock hopped through the rushing water; Natural Bridges has endless potential for exploring and getting away from people. After a couple hours on the river, we knew that wine tasting was a mandatory stop on the day’s agenda. Heading home, we passed Sutter Creek and Amador County as lines of mothers, daughters, sons and husbands filled the streets to top off
their wine glasses. Hopeful to find a quiet vineyard down the road, we found just that at Drytown Cellars, a quaint vineyard atop a hill that overlooks the valley. We walked in, a woman handed us two glasses and gave us the spiel: free tastings. We walked out with more than a few bottles. Until recently, I hadn’t done much exploring in California’s Gold Rush towns, but they are a little slice of heaven that have a rich history—go to the saloon in Angels Camp and maybe the locals will teach you a thing or two about dice gambling games. I (almost) won big last weekend. There are many small towns scattered along Highway 49 that attempt to replicate the feel of the Gold Rush, some cheesier than others, but a great place to bring children or learn about California’s history. New Melones Lake supports year-round fishing and all sorts of watersports, and there are many caverns to be explored. If you’re a rock climber or a hiker, the rock is endless and just a couple hours further you will land in Yosemite. I’m always discovering new areas of California that continue to blow my mind! Have a glass of wine for me out there and adventure on.
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Kathy Griffin Wants a (Minor) Protest
At the end of the day, Kathy Griffin just wants to make people laugh. Or piss them off. Words Mollie Hawkins
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hen Kathy Griffin calls me, I have a list of questions I plan to ask her—about her new tell-all book, her tour, her feelings on body image (Griffin is outspoken about her history of plastic surgeries and a near-fatal reaction she had to one of them), and even to make a joke about the fact that my middle name is “Griffin” and my sister’s name, Maggie, is the same as her mom’s (which basically make us, like, related) —but our conversation starts off immediately with something I wasn’t predicting … Donald Trump. “I don’t know if you heard,” says Griffin, “but they just passed this fucked-up health care bill … It’s just crazy, the world we live in now.” She gets serious before adding, “I mean, I’ve got to keep track of the Kardashians as well as the Trumps—there’s a lot of families I have to keep up with now!” Known for her pull-no-punches approach to comedy and inability to hold back when it comes to her thoughts on celebrities, religion, politics and sexuality, Griffin has built up an impressive resume, from co-starring in the hit TV show Suddenly Susan, to her long-running reality show on Bravo, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (which landed her two Emmy awards), to recording Grammy-award-winning comedy albums, to landing on the 2013 Guinness Book of World Records for writing and starring in an unprecedented 20 televised stand-up specials, to hosting the highly-rated CNN New Year's Eve special with Anderson Cooper since 2007. Kathy Griffin is nothing if not committed to her act. “Do you know who my neighbors are?” She quizzes me: I admit that I’d spent the past 24 hours internet stalking her. “Kim and Kanye!” I squeal, giddy to know the answer. “I am such a committed artist that I moved next door to my act,” she laughs, noting how awkward it is to live next door to one of the most noted couples in pop culture. “Not a lot of comics can say that. It’s hysterical. Half the time we’re running around closing our curtains and then there’s this awkward wave … but I think they
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finally get it.” Kim and Kanye are used to Griffin’s comedic jabs in their general direction, and take it in stride. “But if they move, I’m moving in next to Ryan Seacrest.” I mention Kanye’s less-than-favorable visit to Sacramento last November when the artist walked off stage after a bizarre rant that left fans scratching their heads and asking for refunds. Griffin added that she hopes to stir up a little controversy during her visit, and is hoping for a protest—but maybe just a small one. After admitting that Grass Valley (where Griffin will perform on June 16) is more progressive and liberal versus Trump-lovingconservative, Griffin is disappointed. “You mean I’m not going to be protested by anybody? Don’t you have friends? I’m going to turn into my mother, here—what if I give you girls $2 each and you just walk around carrying signs that say, ‘Kathy Griffin is Dangerous!’ and my ticket sales go through the roof! Damnit, I want a protest!”
wheelchair on stage,” she laughs and says while she makes fun of her mom, she’s proud of the fact that she knows more about pop culture than she does, and at the ripe age of almost-97, she’s still kicking with her boxed wine and Fox News, which Griffin swears is “porn for old people.” “I think old people like when white people shout at them,” she muses. “My mom is half deaf now and I think they feel comforted by that.” I agree. Scientologists may also want to consider skipping (or protesting!) Griffin’s show—although she is hesitant about this one and it takes some convincing her that I am not a Scientologist (or ‘Sci-Ti’, as she calls them), nor am I speaking to her from Clearwater, Florida (look it up, trust me, it’s fascinating), and the Kardashians may want to stay away because “the material may not exactly go their way …” says Griffin. So what can we expect from a live show? Griffin says that it’s not a typical book tour—her best-selling book, Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-
“You’re going to make fun of me, but it’s President Jimmy Carter. No one ever gets it. I know he’s like 100, but I think he was an amazing president that tried to change the world and I feel like he gets a bad rap. Or, you know, Verne Troyer.” – Kathy Griffin on her celebrity run-in wish list. Griffin admits that every time she performs in Kansas, she is protested by the Westboro Baptist Church (you know, the folks famous for their “god hates fags” hate speech? Yeah, those guys). She says the first time she saw them she was legitimately scared for her life. She called her friend (who happened to be Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters … lucky), and he told her he found them truly “sad” and harmless. He then said, “Honey, you’ve arrived.” So now she sits back and enjoys the “minor protests,” because sometimes people show up to counter-protest in a “way that is hilarious.” Kathy Griffin wants us to protest her, laugh with her and maybe wear a “Make America Great Again” hat on top of an orange wig. Trump look-a-likes are more than welcome to come to her show at Grass Valley, but not the actual Donald Trump. I ask her if there are any other specific people that are not welcome to come to her show. “None of the Trump family—and that includes Eddie Munster [Don Jr.] and Eric—I just call him ‘Date Rape,’” she says. I ask her how she came up with that one. “It’s a full name,” Griffin jokes. “First name Date, last name Rape. You know, like when Gwyneth Paltrow looked at her baby and said, ‘She’s so sweet I’m going to name her Apple?’ I just look at Eric Trump and I think, Date Rape. I don’t know if you even can print that in Submerge …” (Yeah, editors, can we? Please?) [Editor’s note: We’ll have to ask our lawyers.] Griffin also says her mom is not invited. “She’ll probably be too drunk to get her SubmergeMag.com
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Ins: My A–Z Index, came out last November—and that fans willing to spend their hard-earned dollars on her book deserve two hours of brandnew material, which is what they’ll get. “You should have a disclaimer. An evening with me is not going to be Stomp or Mama Mia or Blue Man Group,” she warns, “It’s gonna be an evening of vulgarity, negativity—and there might be some rage.” While Celebrity Run-Ins reads like a hilarious tell-all of the sometimes bizarre and awkward interactions she’s had with people such as Woody Allen, Amanda Bynes, Bryan Cranston, Barbara Walters and yes, Donald Trump, to name a few—I ask Griffin if she has a celebrity that she’s dying to meet. Had she met them all already? “You’re going to make fun of me, but it’s President Jimmy Carter,” her voice dips. “No one ever gets it. I know he’s like 100, but I think he was an amazing president that tried to change the world and I feel like he gets a bad rap,” she says, in all seriousness. “Or, you know, Verne Troyer.”
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How did you go about making your piece for ArtStreet, After Us? It was a little different because they wanted to know what I was going to do ahead of time, and I had to put it together loosely as a digital sketch beforehand. I was really nervous, because it was so much bigger than anything I’d done before. I had to build the wooden canvas. Usually I sit back and filter through all these different magazines and books, and whatever elicits some sort of an emotional connection for me, I gravitate to it, put it down, and if it works, it works. With this one, it was harder to use my smaller scrapbook elements because everything was so large. There’s a big tree in the corner, and since there’s no magazine I have with a tree of that size, I printed out little pieces here and there online to make a composite of a tree. I just had to keep in mind what the theme was, which is being us [people] being taken over by nature. In my other pieces, the theme is pretty loose, and it may end up saying something completely different by the time I’ve finished it.
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Angela Tannehill and the Power of the Wandering Mind Words Andrew C. Russell
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ecall the first moments of waking, when, adrift in the mental flotsam left over from a night of vivid dreaming, you try and sort the pieces together. The half-remembered places and in-between entities that had charged through the landscape of your imagination with such jarring solidity now burn away like soap bubbles in the sunlight of logic. What allows us to weave these strange symbols and portents together so seamlessly in the sleeping hours? In our best efforts to reconstruct a dream, the results inevitably resemble a collage— fragments of wonder, alarm and mystery snatched from the subconscious. For Angela Tannehill, the results are more seamless than most. In the twoodd years since she began working on her mixed media pieces—found cutouts layered and blended into textured background painting—she has honed a special knack for creating surrealist landscapes possessed of a storytelling power. A few months back at ArtStreet, one could see small crowds engrossed in the story told by Tannehill’s largest work to date, After Us. It depicts an edenic wilderness of lush growth and harmonious life: peacocks, wolves, hares and snakes frolicking among the littered remnants of human craftsmanship—an ornate chair, a vintage automobile—gracefully decaying in the new unpeopled paradigm. One of the standout works at the month-long event, it left an impression of depth and animacy, as if it might start moving once all eyes are off the canvas. Her back catalog offers the chance to go deeper into this peculiar realm: Manta rays and starlings fly together in the dawn sky, while polar bears and hummingbirds emerge from portals into space. Though architectural wreckage and a disembodied human presence can be found scattered throughout these constellational works, they are always in some way subsumed by the elements; nature has figured largest in her choice of subject, an enduring influence from a childhood in the countryside. When she’s not piecing together pipedream perspectives and hypnagogic hybrids, Tannehill harnesses her creative powers for community impact, a vocation she labels “design for do-gooders.” This includes designing promotional material for nonprofits like Sutter Health, and creating around 50 book covers for the youth literacy outreach group 916 Ink, which helps young people tell and publish their stories. If the amount of effort expended in promoting creativity in others has a feedback effect, it has surely reverberated loudly in Tannehill’s work, driving her to create more and amplify outward her normally introverted nature. We recently caught up with Angela to find out about the ArtStreet experience, the value of community involvement and the virtue of the unexpected in her chosen artform.
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Would you say that nature is the dominant theme in your work? What pulls you toward it? I just like how organic the textures are— the movement of water especially. And there’s so much symbolism in nature, water in particular. Then there’s the draw to my childhood, because there was so much nature in my childhood that I don’t have quite as much of now. Our family lived in the country, surrounded by fields. When I was around 10 years old, I would take walks out into the field and go fishing by myself. We were always catching anything that moved. My belief is that we truly are connected with every living thing on the planet. And my fear is that right now, it’s like this heartbreaking connection in a way, because the more we learn—the more we know we’re connected, the more we know that we’re ruining things, hurting the world with our presence and our negligence. We’ve lost our connection in some ways, even though it’s unbreakable, but because we’re ignoring it, we’re ruining it. It’s scary, but at the same time it’s comforting, because nature has a way of righting itself. There’s a counterbalance, and maybe it will make up for whatever we’ve lacked. Maybe we won’t fare so well, but I feel like the Earth will right itself. How did you begin working in collage? I went to school for fine arts and I got my BFA, but I really didn’t do anything with it for years and years. I went into graphic design, and I did a few things on the side, but what inspired me to get into collage in particular was the work of Jill Allyn Stafford. She was a board member at 916 Ink, where I do a lot of design work. So I saw that, and I had these little three-bythree wood samples I’d picked up at a thrift store, so I started layering things on them. I think the surrealism and the fantasy themes have always been in the back of my mind—the dream worlds. I like collage better than painting. I can paint, but I could never do exactly what I want with it. Part of the fun of collage is not knowing where I’m going to be later in the work. It has the element of surprise. I won’t know what a piece is going to mean until two elements suddenly come together. When you’re making a collage, you’re bringing with you
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the history of whatever piece you’ve just used to the other things on the palette, whereas painting is directing from one source—your mind. Do you have a method for hunting down your source material? I have so many collection items right now that I might have to stop, but usually I have to make a trip. I really like getting pieces from the Time Life series, National Geographic of course, and textbooks are great. I have probably hundreds of magazines and books that I use, but lately, since ArtStreet, or a little bit before, I found Flickr commons, and I use that a lot because I can print to size. If you find the right thing and you want it aged, you can make it look aged. The crackle effects come from a paste, or sometimes it’s layered tissue paper. Do you have any mood music or media that helps your work along? I watch bad television, but it has to be a specific kind of TV. Have you ever seen the show Supernatural? Cheesy sci-fi or comic book stuff. Something that would be perfect for the 14-year-old boy, that’s what does it for me. It’s light enough where it occupies only a part of my brain, so the other part can go into dreamland and be automatic. But it’s interesting enough, and a lot of the time there’s weird creatures SubmergeMag.com
in there, or something otherworldly. I’ve probably watched every episode twice, I just put it on repeat. The only thing I can’t watch at all while working is comedy—it puts my brain into a completely different kind of rhythm, and everything comes out weird and awful. It’s just something about where my brainwaves land, that puts me in a space where I can create without having to think too hard. When I was little, a big influence was Fantasy Island. That, and we also used to have this Saturday afternoon show that was nothing but dinosaurs, monsters and ghost stories. Anything that has mythology attached to it, or a creature feature of any kind, really drew me in. I guess that’s why those types of shows put me in that right frame of mind, because it just takes me back to my youth. I guess I haven’t changed much. How would you describe the impact of 916 Ink? Years ago when we started, everybody thought it was going to be a literacy program. And it kind of is, in that there’s reading and writing involved, but what I felt from the beginning that it was going to be, and as it turns out it really is, is kids writing and telling their stories, getting positive feedback and encouragement. You can watch somebody grow, become able to take more chances, have a little more confidence. I swear, you even get a little
smarter when you’re allowed to open up, to take things in. You’re not insecure and closed off as much. The kids, more than anything, find this sense of confidence that they didn’t have, and they do better in school and in life. I just posted this the other day, it’s a quote from Rainn Wilson, “If you can tell your story, you can heal yourself.” That’s what’s going on there. I haven’t gone to one of the readings without getting choked up. I’m still fairly new to making art, and I think the biggest thing that encouraged me to start was surrounding myself with people who were positive, encouraging and accepting. That didn’t happen until I started working with 916 Ink. They were great cheerleaders, and they get you to come out of your shell.
Angela Tannehill will be part of the 62 Hues group show at 1810 Gallery, located at 1810 12th St. in Sacramento. The show opens Friday, June 2, from 6-10 p.m. Tannehill will also be the June guest artist at Studio 10 in Arthouse on R, located at 1021 R. St. in Sacramento. Receptions are first Friday from 6-9 p.m. and second Saturday from 5-9 p.m, with the gallery open on the third Sunday from noon-2 p.m. Find out more at Angelatannehill.com.
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Sacramento-Born Duo Blaq Tuxedo To Drop First LP Words Niki Kangas • photos Orin Fleurimont
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o you like to get lit? So do the pair of Sacramentogrown brothers behind up-and-coming Blaq Tuxedo. And they’re bringing the fire. Brothers Dominique and Darius Logan have written hits for Ty Dolla $ign (“LA” featuring Kendrick Lamar, Brandy, and James Fauntleroy), Chris Brown (“Anyway”), The Rej3ctz (“Cat Daddy”) and a host of other famous rappers. But now, the duo is dropping their own full-length album on May 26, Art by Accident, blending West Coast rap and R&B sounds into chill vibes and hard-hitting bangers. Hooks that get stuck in your head in a good way alternate with quickly spit rhymes as the siblings trade verses. When I asked them what it’s like recording and performing their music themselves versus writing
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tracks for other artists, Dominique discloses, “It’s actually a lot easier to write and record for ourselves as artists because we always know what we wanna say. When you’re writing for other people, you have to keep their perspective in mind and write for their worldview.” And what do they have to say for themselves? Same as most musicians. Love and ladies are the predominant themes. “We come from an R&B background and so that’s at the core of our music still,” says Dominique. “But we also like to turn up and party and just have a good time, and that’s definitely reflected in the music as well.” Although some of their lyrics could be construed as misogynistic by feminists like myself, misogyny still predominates the lyrics of many types of music, for better
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or worse. “Tell me how do you know what’s goin’ on? / How you know what’s in my phone? / You a stalker on the low / Bitch fall back back back / Unless you gon’ throw that ass back back back,” say the Logans in “Lit.” Meanwhile, “Steelers” is a thumping club track that makes it known they’re fans of the Pittsburgh football team while also touting their pussyeating skills and game. On the topic of inspiration for their songwriting from an instrumental perspective, which mixes elements of many genres, Dominique answered, “We’re inspired by beats. I feel like different types of music and production bring out different elements. If it’s a pop beat, we end up doing pop-style melodies; if it’s a hip-hop track, we end up doing
hip-hop related melodies; and if it’s an R&B beat, we do more on the R&B side. We’re pretty versatile, and so it all depends on the music. Our biggest inspirations are Michael Jackson, Lil Wayne, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, James Brown and Pharrell.” The Logans’ musicianship stands on its own, and only two songs on the new album feature other artists. Mike Jay makes an appearance in “Charisma”, while E-40 lends his talent to “Lit.” Says Dominique of collaborating with E-40, “A mutual friend of ours played it for 40 and he liked the song, so that’s how the collab came about. It’s an honor to have him on there because we grew up playing E-40 at home. It’s a blessing to be making music with a legend.”
”It’s a really natural feeling in the studio because we’re brothers. It’s fairly easy to get things done.” – Blaq Tuxedo’s Darius Brown on working with the other half of Blaq Tuxedo, his brother Dominique Logan.
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You can stream much of their music online, even some tracks from Art by Accident that haven’t officially released yet. I checked out their video for “Lit,” and asked them about shooting that. “We shot the video for ‘Lit’ ourselves, but we’re working on a video for the remix with E-40,” says Dominique. “We haven’t shot it yet but we are going to link up with him and shoot it sooner than later.” Prior to the release of Art by Accident, Blaq Tuxedo along with DJ Carisma also released a mixtape, Tap In, tiding over fans and building some hype. “We recorded Tap In at home in Sacramento over the span of a couple of weeks,” says Darius. “We wanted to raise awareness of our music and movement before we dropped the album.” Previously, they’ve also released a couple of wellreceived EPs, Limousine and Red Flowers, that left fans thirsty for more, and Art by SubmergeMag.com
Accident answers. Look for them to tour the United States soon after the release of the LP, and they’ve just returned from Europe where they brought a little West Coast flavor across the Atlantic. Although they’re from Sacramento, the Logans now reside in Los Angeles, trying to make a real go at blowing up, which I’m certain they will. Of their strategic move, Darius explains, “We moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles because we wanted to be successful in music and that was the only way. By living in L.A., we were able to go to parties, network and link up with artists in the studio on a consistent basis, which gave rise to our songwriting and subsequently, our artist careers.” While some brothers would be at each other’s throats after spending all that time together writing, promoting and touring, in the Logans’ case, their
sibling dynamic enables them to create freely and easily. Says Darius of what it’s like working together, “It’s a really natural feeling in the studio because we’re brothers. It’s fairly easy to get things done. We usually start with the beat first, and then the most important thing is the chorus. After that, it’s pretty easy to fill in the verses. Sometimes we’re collaborating on the ideas, but sometimes either one of us just comes up with the idea and the other one fills in the blanks.” Not quite art by accident, but the art comes naturally.
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COMING SOON Blaq Tuxedo’s Art by Accident will be released May 26. Hear the album’s first single, “Lit,” featuring E-40, as well as the duo’s recently released mixtape, Tap In, on Soundcloud at Soundcloud. com/blaqtuxedo.
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Music That Will Make You Hurt Graves At Sea on Tour to Support Debut LP, 14 Years in the Making Words Ryan J. Prado photo Orion Landau
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here are probably plenty of great reasons why Graves at Sea released their debut full-length, The Curse That Is, a scant 14 years after they formed. The Portland-by-way-of-Oakland sludge quartet did have a sizable hiatus from 2008 to 2012, when guitarist Nick Phit moved to the Pacific Northwest following the release of a few splits and a 7-inch single on Southern Lord Records. After that lengthy break, Phit started playing Graves material with a rhythm section in Portland. After some lineup changes, the band was solidified with Phit, founding vocalist Nathan Misterek and newcomers Jeff McGarrity on bass and Bryan Sours on drums. Misterek now lives in Germany, while the rest of the band dwells just outside of Portland. “I don’t know what we are anymore, as far as where we’re based,” admits Phit. “For me, it was just time. I just missed my band.” Once they reformed, the band found itself in the welcoming arms of Portland’s burgeoning heavy music underground, resulting in their 2014 EP This Place is Poison, released by the metal indie Eolian Empire. The Curse That Is was released by Relapse Records in April 2016. “I guess it is weird,” admits Phit about their overdue debut. “But up til this point, we’ve
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never released more than two songs at a time, other than [2002 demo] Documents of Grief, which we never considered a full-length.” For Phit, progressing at the needed pace was crucial to the creation of The Curse That Is. “Since the band got back together, things were moving much too fast to take the time needed to write an entire full-length,” he says. “We eventually had to take most of a year off from playing shows just to focus on the writing process.” Longtime fans of the Bay Area legends were pleased to hear that the finished product did not lack the band’s fabled ferocity, despite the daunting task of completing their first proper LP. “This is what a Graves at Sea full-length sounds like,” says Phit. The title track kicks the album off in ominous fashion, as roiling feedback lurks in the background just before a hammered-on riff introduces the beginning of a long and wailing road of doom-y dismay. At over 11 minutes long, “The Curse That Is” sets the stage for similarly epic scores of torment throughout the record. Probably the biggest musical element for the band lies in the nimble digits of lone guitarist Phit, whose affinities for both the churning, meditative riffs of Bay Area pioneers like Neurosis, and the choppy
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“Since the band got back together, things were moving much too fast to take the time needed to write an entire full-length. We eventually had to take most of a year off from playing shows just to focus on the writing process.” – Graves at Sea guitarist Nick Phit on the band’s long-awaited LP, The Curse That Is. sensibilities of classic heavy metal conspire for brutally sludge-y grooves. For proof, “Tempest” explodes with an evil syncopation, approximating the likely soundtrack to a Hessian death march. It’s worth noting that Graves at Sea revel in the kind of bleak cliché that lots of metal bands merely posture. Their official bio explains it the most succinctly: “This is music that will make you hurt.” The intricacies of their heaviness leave plenty of room for hyperbole, which is sort of the end-game for bands who feature guttural howling as a primary focus of their sound. For Graves at Sea, despite the viciousness of their musical attack, there is a method to the madness. “‘Curse’ was the first song we wrote for the album,” says Sours. “I was really proud of that song specifically, and it definitely set the scope
of what the record should be. We wrote that song at least three times, and every version had a different structure or different feel to it. I remember it taking quite a long time to get to that final point, but feeling like we had accomplished something that we hadn’t done before with our songwriting. It pushed our whole process further, which in turn pushed the whole record further.” Revealing a bit of a soft underbelly would not seem to go hand-in-hand with Graves at Sea’s oeuvre, but the band is not impervious to the bummers of life when their guards are down. Case in point is the emotive heaviness of “The Ashes Make Her Beautiful,” a song written in tribute to Misterek’s dog Akasha, who passed away while the band was on their first European tour in 2013. During the song’s finale, just beneath the busy textures of massive guitars Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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emerge wistful string arrangements that cut the tension and add levels of tenderness that seem the antithesis to most of the rest of The Curse That Is. “We couldn’t be back home when that happened and it tore Nathan apart,” explains Sours. “We wanted the song and the lyrics to convey the loss as accurately as possible. The violin additions brought the whole thing to life and added a depth that we couldn’t do by ourselves.” Later, the eerie beauty of “Luna Lupus Venator” could throw the listener a bit of a curveball. Performed on acoustic guitar by Phit, the track is a revelation into the band’s raw talents, especially amongst the doom-y cascading of sound found throughout their catalog. “We will definitely have more acoustic songs in the future,” says Phit. “But that doesn’t mean we’ll be straying away from what Graves is at its core.” Other album standouts include “The Waco 177,” a song inspired by the 177 bikers who were arrested in May 2015 after a shootout in Waco, Texas, that killed nine people. The song’s brooding chord progression churns slowly, leaving ample space for Sours’ propulsive drum fills, and Misterek’s demonic vocals to spit, “The smell of burning rubber makes you feel alive,” SubmergeMag.com
offering solidarity for the perceived injustices committed during the incident. “All of us have friends that were personally involved, wrongly persecuted, and whose lives were forever altered by that incident,” states Sours. The band is headed out on the Cold Dead Hands Tour, which finds the band traveling up and down the West Coast through June, while Misterek is back from Berlin. Misterek’s new digs, as you might expect, hamper the band’s ability to tour much in the States these days. “I doubt we’ll be back in Sacramento anytime soon,” admits Sours. “So catch us while you can ...”
Graves at Sea headlines an epic night of heaviness on Friday, June 9, at the Starlite Lounge, located at 1517 21st St. in Sacramento. The 8 p.m. show, which also features CHRCH and Amarok, is 21plus, with tickets $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For more info or to purchase tickets, check out Atlanteancollective.queueapp.com.
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music, comedy & misc. Calendar
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5.22 Monday
Blue Lamp The Spotlight: Open Mic, 9 p.m. Cafe Colonial Shit Giver, Ryan, Tabloid Tea, Varial, 8 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. Press Club On the Cinder, Slutzville, Public Trash, 8 p.m.
5.23 Tuesday
Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Jonny Gold Trio, 9:30 p.m. G Street WunderBar Baked, The Polyorchids, 7 p.m. Golden Bear For the Heads w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers, Destroy Boys, Pregnant, 6 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. The Silver Orange Passing Time, Animal Flag, Forget It and More, 6 p.m. Starlite Lounge Pinkish Black, (Waning), 8 p.m. Torch Club Alex Walker, 5:30 p.m.; 50 Watt Heavy, Ghost Town Rebellion, 8 p.m.
5.24 Wednesday
Ace of Spades Dirty Heads, Hirie, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp A-Mac & The Height, ArchiterrA, 7 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. The Colony Bears Among Men, Bloodpig, Her Hexes, Knee Deep, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Nashville Night w/ JonEmery, 8 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Jennifer Knapp, 5:30 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, 9 p.m. Press Club Emo Night, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Exhumed, Modern Man, Severpull, Unprovoked, West Coast Fury, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Dangermuffin, 9 p.m.
5.25 thursday
Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp The O’Mulligans, Red Pills, Death Party at the Beach, Garble, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Instagon, The Touch, Free Candy, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Meaux Green, Barkada, IMJ, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose According to Bazooka, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Anuhea, 8 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Mondavi Center: Ann E. Pitzer Center Jazz Ensembles of UC Davis: Spring, 7:30 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Eli Young Band, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Cloudship, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Grub Dog Dance Party, 8:30 p.m. Palms Playhouse (Winters) The Stray Birds, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Michael Beck, 9:30 p.m. Press Club Mood Beach, Butter, Little Arcs, 8 p.m. Shady Lady Hot City, 9 p.m. Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Sam Ravenna, 9 p.m.
5.26 friday
Ace of Spades JJ Grey & Mofro, Kuinka, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Flyin Cowboy and the Wild Horses, Tom Butler Band, 9 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Doc Tari, 5 p.m. Blue Lamp Free the Tacos 3 w/ Mickey Tiltz, Ya Boy Rowdy, Mac J, Ep!c, Big Perm, Hennessy, DJ Keddie, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park w/ HoneyHoney, The Nickel Slots, Josh Lane & The Heartfelt, Salt Wizard, DJ Whores Memorial Set, 5 p.m. The Colonial Theatre Colonial Fest III: Kryptic Memories, Sour Diesel, Exiled From Grace, Heat of Damage, Three Second Rule and More, 5 p.m. The Colony Colonial Fest III: Short Temper, Elderly Abuse, Final Decay, Misophonia, BARC, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Blackbear, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Deacon Free, Jessica Malone, Dylan Crawford, 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 Frontier Ruckus, 7 p.m. Harlow’s Anuhea, 8 p.m.
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Operation Restore Maximum Freedom XVII:
No Vacation TV Girl, Dog Party, French Cassettes, So Much Light, Perhapsy, Honyock, Poppet, Pierce and The Gals, Future Myth and More Sudwerk Brewing Co. 12 p.m. The Hideaway Rats in the Louvre, Red Pills, Thanks Buddy, 8 p.m. Kupros Craft House Shiner, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides The Rollin’ Blackouts, Jesus and the Dinosaurs, The Polyorchids, Sitting and Waiting, 9 p.m. On The Y Strange Party, Banger, Yankem and the Jobbers, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Left of Centre, 9:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Boston Rock, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Apple Z, 9:30 p.m. Shady Lady STRQ, 9 p.m. Shine Shane Q, Basi Vibe, KY w/ Joshua Davi, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Husalah, Dubblyfe, 8 p.m. Station 1 Sol Jazz, 9 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub DJ Night, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Flat Busted, 6 p.m. Torch Club Jimmy Pailer and The Soul Prophets, 5:30 p.m.; Walking Spanish, 9 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. My Encore, 6 p.m.
5.27 Saturday
Ace of Spades Jack Russell’s Great White, Broken, Maxxx, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Erick Tyler, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Big Poppies, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Gatlin, Cali O, Official, The Bratha, Nato, Boshy B, Beama, Young Zoe, Skylit, Reflective Intelligence, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk ONOFF (Album Release), Some Fear None, Roswell, Tonic Zephyr, 7 p.m. SubmergeMag.com
Cache Creek Casino Anne Curtis, Mark Bautista, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Wavy w/ DJ Eddie Z and Guests, 10 p.m. The Colonial Theatre Colonial Fest III: Faint Silhouette, Conceived In Chaos, Gilly, Gigantes, Dead Dads, Misha Allure, Average League, The O’Mulligans, Caliscope and More, 1 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Triple 7’s, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Harley White Jr Trio, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino The Naked and Famous, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Noah Tauscher, 4 p.m.; Dan McNay, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Michael Ray Trio, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Branded, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Superlicious, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) Legal Addiction, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino The Spazmatics, 10 p.m. Shine James Isreal Band, The Stoneberries, Shane Hall, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Mood Tattooed, Dog Rifle, Elijah Egbert, 8 p.m. Station 1 Ian O’beirne Jazz, 9 p.m. Sudwerk Brewing Co. Operation Restore Maximum Freedom XVII: TV Girl, Dog Party, No Vacation, French Cassettes, So Much Light, Perhapsy, Honyock, Poppet, Pierce and The Gals, Future Myth and More, 12 p.m. Swabbies on the River Daze on the Green, 1 p.m. Torch Club Glass House, 5:30 p.m.; Daniel Castro, 9 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Cloudship, 6 p.m.
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Diva Kings The Nibblers, Element Brass Band, Mick Rhodes & The Hard Eight, Tracorum, Milk Farm, Twilight Drifters Torch Club 4 p.m. Torch Fest! w/
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Ace of Spades Miguel Mateos, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Zorelli, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Cryptic Wisdom’s, DJ Eddie Z, 4 p.m.; Charlie Muscle, LaJuane, DJ Kedd-e, 8:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Anne Curtis, Mark Bautista, 8 p.m. The Colony Chronaexus, Defecrator, Minenwerfer, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Robin Trower, Strange Vine, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze w/ Steven Denmark, 3 p.m. Harlow’s Protoje, DJ Yaadcore, 8 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. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Scene, 9:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Cadillac Reed Band, 2 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Jessie Leigh, 1 p.m. Red Museum Experimental Dental School, So Stressed, Gentleman Surfer, 8 p.m. Shady Lady Peter Petty, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Bump City (Tower of Power tribute), 1 p.m.; Apple Z, 6 p.m. Torch Club Torch Fest! w/ The Nibblers, Element Brass Band, Mick Rhodes & The Hard Eight, Tracorum, Diva Kings, Milk Farm, Twilight Drifters, 4 p.m. Toyota Amphitheatre Lady Antebellum, Kelsea Ballerini, Brett Young, 7:30 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Spinnin’ Sundays w/ Alex R. Trujillo, 2 p.m.
monday
Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Ballyhoo!, The Holdup, Darenots, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m. Press Club Monday Vibes w/ MC Ham and Guests, 9 p.m. Starlite Lounge Deathwish, Voyeur, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River Four Barrel, 2 p.m.
5.30 Tuesday
Ace of Spades Twiztid, G-Mo Skee, Young Wicked, Gorilla Voltage, 6 p.m. Blue Lamp The Casualties, Setting Sons, Enemy Fire, Dead Weight, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Leo Valentine & Friends, 9:30 p.m. Golden Bear For the Heads w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m. Goldfield A Lot Like Birds, Household, Hearts Like Lions, Owel, 7 p.m. Harlow’s Freddie Gibbs, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Jazz Jam, 6:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.
The Casualties Setting Sons, Enemy Fire, Dead Weight Blue Lamp 8 p.m.
Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Press Club Reggae Night w/ DJ Dweet, 9 p.m. Torch Club Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; Third Stone Blue, 8 p.m.
5.31 wednesday
Ace of Spades T.I., Young Booke, London Jae, Tokyo Jetz, RaRa, Translee, Young Dro, Optimiztiq, 6 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Crest Theatre Los Lonely Boys, Lisa Morales, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Nashville Night w/ The Blue Mountain Quartet, 8 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Goldfield Passafire, Bumpin Uglies, Riotmaker, 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, 9 p.m. Press Club Sun Valley Gun Club, The Albert Square, Covetor, Vvomen, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Pregnant, Laser Background, Edmondson, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Jeramy Norris, 9 p.m.
6.01 Thursday
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Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Miss Lonely Hearts, The Sasha & Jimmy Show, 9:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge Whores, Wrong, Bummer, Horseneck, 8 p.m. Station 1 Emery Mesich Band, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River 11th Annual Shannapalooza Music Festival w/ B-Side Players, Be Brave Bold Robot, The Heartbreak Time Machine, JIGO, Soul Heir, Inside Story and More, 12 p.m. Torch Club The Ghost Town Rebellion, 5:30 p.m.; Kyle Rowland, 9 p.m. Toyota Amphitheatre Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas, 7 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Damaged Goodz, 6 p.m.
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Powerhouse Pub Andy Santana, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church Ryan Enright Organ Concert, 2 p.m. Starlite Lounge Heresiarch, Ritual Necromancy, Defecrator, 8 p.m. Swabbies on the River Spazmatics, 3:30 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.
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Everyone that filed into Starlite Lounge on May 12 was originally ready to hear Moving Units, the 15-year-old dance punk band, do their best Joy Division impression in the second story venue. Judging by the band’s recorded covers of post-punk staples like “Transmission” and “Digital,” Starlite was going to be a beautiful, sweaty swarm of moving bodies. Then something happened that is a little unclear and wholly disheartening. Creux Lies lead singer Ean Clevenger addressed the notable absence during his band’s set. “You’ll hear about it soon,” Clevenger said. That’s all he would say about Moving Units’ absence. As of this writing, Moving Units has yet to make any statement regarding why their West Coast tour was canceled, and so it’s uncertain what happened with the band. Most bands would be discouraged by their slot to open for a touring band change into a headlining show just three days before the set date, but Creux Lies powered through for one hell of a set. The band, formerly known as NMBRSTTN, is a dark, brooding synthwave and postpunk outfit of the highest caliber. Their near hour-long set was made up of entirely new tracks that will eventually be a full-length to be released later this year. The fourpiece glided through each song with vigor and precision. The drums hit hard, the synth-driven melodies were nothing short of infectious and the vocals were dynamic.
The whole band was brimming with nervous energy that moved over the crowd quickly. If the songs had been well-known, the room would have been a certified goth dance party. Clevenger had some personal words to say during the Creux Lies set. He spoke about the need to end rape culture and misogyny in the punk scene and society as a whole. “We are here to make sure that women are treated fairly and equally,” Clevenger said. “[Rape culture] is too much of a problem still.” Creux Lies will release their debut album later this year and it’s bound to be one of the local scene’s highlights. It’s entirely respectable that Creux Lies not only kept the show going, but were able to swiftly find a couple of acts to fill out the night with even more synths and what can only be described as a goth Batman mask. Local duo Killer Couture opened the late night with screams, an Apple computer and a masked percussionist using a literal hunk of metal as their drum kit. The band calls themselves “electronic junk punk,” and it’s no secret as to why. Lead singer Seth Draven painted his face like he was celebrating Dia de los Muertos and wore a shirt that read, “I’m a fuckin maniac,” that came off during the first song. Everything they did was in vein of the chaos that is gladly accepted in the Sacramento punk scene.
The band even covered Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” in which they paused the song to recite the infamous Donald Trump “Grab ‘em by the pussy” tape and end the speech with a Nazi salute. Once Killer Couture was done shocking the audience like a live dada art piece—they even said, “We’re going to make you feel real uncomfortable” at one point—Oakland post-punks Tremor Low took the stage. Tremor Low is unsigned according to the band’s Facebook page, and that’s just a travesty. Indie labels should be throwing their money behind the Bay Area synthloving quartet. Their music is danceable, versatile and intricate. They are even working on creating the soundtrack to an indie video game. Tremor Low knows how to use their music to fit an ambience. They don’t necessarily need to create one, they just need to be able to get the vibe of the room to create the right mix of their tracks to fit the night. Tremor Low gauges their surroundings and puts the music to the room, not the other way around. Whatever went on with Moving Units could have easily ruined that Friday night at Starlite Lounge. The show could have been entirely canceled. Instead, Ean Clevenger and Creux persevered with this show. Thanks to them, it paid off. Everyone at Starlite was treated to Northern California goth punks going all out for the music they love and damn was it good.
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the shallow end I keep seeing in the news that North Korea is testing missiles and that the U.S. is deploying aircraft carriers toward the rogue nation, and a weird thought popped in my head: If World War III started tomorrow, would we know that we were living through World War III? It got me wondering if, when World War II happened, that someone got on the radio or whatever and let everyone know, hey, this is World War II now. Luckily, the internet is sometimes good for something, so I typed in the question, “When was the term ‘World War II’ coined?” I was a little surprised by the answer. I apologize if this is common knowledge. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a history class, but I don’t remember any one of my professors who covered the subject mentioning when World War II became “World War II.” If you know this already, just kick back and smile and enjoy the fact that you, as is the case with so many people in the world, are far more well-informed than I am. Congratulations. As it turns out, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term
Everybody Wang Chung Tonight
was first used in the Manchester Guardian of Feb. 18, 1919, “with reference to an imagined future war arising out of the social upheaval consequent upon the First World War (191418).” It wasn’t until more than 20 years later, eerily enough on Sept. 11, 1939 in Time Magazine, that “World War II” was first used to describe the event that changed the course of human history forever—or at least until we blow ourselves up completely. I lived most of my childhood under the fear that World War III, with all its nuclear explosions, may have broken out at any moment. The United States and the Soviet Union just kept stockpiling atomic weapons, enough to wipe out the entire planet many times over, but it seemed like it didn’t really matter. All anyone did about it was wear clothes with huge shoulder pads and bury themselves in mounds of cocaine and listen to weird synth-pop music and sculpt their hair as high as possible. It’s not as if people were blissfully unaware that they were in possible peril, they just kind of processed it in strange ways. Just look at the pop
culture of the time: Genesis’ awesome video for “Land of Confusion” highlighted the fears of those of us who felt like we were on the edge of Armageddon—with puppets! But even jankier songs like “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” by Timbuk3 was a tongue-in-cheek look at an impending nuclear holocaust. And then there was what was probably the dumbest and catchiest song ever written, “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” by Wang Chung. It contains lyrics you’d expect from any vapid pop song when in the middle, the group suddenly busts out, “On the edge of oblivion / All the world is Babylon / And all the love and ev’ryone / A ship of fools sailing on.” Even Wang Chung felt the squeeze, bro, but I guess having nostrils full of nose candy makes these feelings a lot easier to deal with. Cocaine, as I’ve heard it said, is one hell of a drug. Life went on like this until the Berlin Wall came tumbling down and Nirvana burst onto the music scene, and the Cold War ended up being just one big Apocalyptic cock tease. Was it because the Soviet Union bankrupted itself trying to keep pace with the U.S. military complex, or did cooler heads prevail. Did someone step
James Barone jb@submergemag.com forward and say, you know, if we blow up everyone and everything, what have we really proven? Maybe the people who own everything realized that there was no money to be made in our complete and total annihilation and figured it was best to make sure their buddies in power put a stop to all the nonsense. Whichever was the case, I’m grateful that it didn’t happen. If it had, I might never have lived long enough to eat my first burrito, or get married or gotten paid to write articles and stuff. All these things are pretty awesome and would have been impossible if I was forced to live underground, beneath the surface of a dead, irradiated planet. The problem is, where are all these cool heads now? Everywhere you look there are extremists on every side of the equation. If or when the time comes, when everyone’s done blustering and blubbering and posturing and there will be nothing left to do but to take action or back down, who’s going to be the responsible one to be an adult and walk away? Who’s going to realize that we’re better off wang-chunging tonight, and every night, until our sun eventually dies out and engulfs our solar system?
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