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THE STREAM THE 7TH ANNUAL SACRAMENTO COMEDY FESTIVAL WELCOMES A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY JONATHAN CARABBA Send regional news tips to info@submergemag.com Lately there’s been all this talk around Alright, enough of that. Here are a town, amongst not only locals but few highlights to expect at this year’s by City Hall and many media outlets, Comedy Fest: about trying to make Sacramento more • An all-woman improv showcase on of an “arts and cultural mecca,” and Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. with local what it would take to make our city improv teams Kooky Pants and Lady a “destination” for more performers to Business. want to stop here. If you’re in certain • A “half character cage match, half social circles, like I am, you’ll likely Japanese game show,” which just hear a lot of talk, a lot of complaining, sounds amazing, closes out the a lot of opinions (mostly spewed over festivities on Friday, Oct. 6. “Super social media). But you know what’s Fantastic Character Showdown,” as better than all of that combined? it is called, appears often at The Freaking actually doing something. Pack Theater in Los Angeles and Taking action. Throwing rad events. is hosted by Jeff Sloniker from The Putting your neck out on the line not Midnight Show sketch comedy group just because it’s the cool thing to do, based at the famed Upright Citizens but because you actually care about Brigade Theatre. Sacramento’s culture. • Saturday, Oct. 7 will feature not one, You know who does all of that, but two stand-up showcases featurconsistently, year in and year out? A ing a whopping 16 comedians and few locals come to mind, but for now will be hosted by Sacramento’s Jason I want to focus on Brian Crall and his Bargert and Melissa McGillicuddy. many cohorts at Sacramento Comedy • On Sunday, Oct. 8, the very exciting Spot. Not only does this Midtown “Improv Fight Club” will take place institution host up to six shows a week, at 6 p.m. This tournament-style but come Oct. 6–8, they’ll welcome show takes 32 Comedy Spot improv groups, stand-up comedians improvisors, divides them into four and sketch comedy groups from 15 teams, and pits them against one cities around the country (including another for the title of champion New York City, New Orleans, Fort and a cash prize of $200. A text Lauderdale and more) for the Seventh message vote from the audience Annual Sacramento Comedy Festival. will decide who wins! The Sacramento Comedy Fest is operated by Sacramento Comedy Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit There are many more awesome events who, according to Saccomedyfest. taking place during Sacramento com, “Strives to be an active player Comedy Fest, but we ran out of room in Sacramento’s arts and cultural to feature them. To learn more, see renaissance by promoting the city a full rundown of shows and get as a comedy destination.” The event tickets in advance (all access weekend is a perfect example of the sort of passes are just $40, with individual happening that actually makes our city shows starting at just $8!), visit more cultured, and we’re thankful to Saccomedyfest.com. All shows are at Crall and his entire team for throwing Sacramento Comedy Spot, located at grassroots events like this. 1050 20th Street, Suite 130.

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Kat Robichaud and Her Misfit Cabaret Are Coming to Crocker’s Next ArtMix Event! • Oct. 12 You may recognize Kat Robichaud from her appearance on NBC’s The Voice (she finished in the top 10 in 2013); however, if you check out her onenight-only performance at the Crocker Art Museum in October, you’ll see the singer in an entirely different light. Her Misfit Cabaret (also the title of her recent album released in June 2017) combines elements of burlesque and magic, with a heavy dose of dark glam rock. Robichaud’s shows feature constantly changing themes, so it’s hard to say what exactly you can expect. She’s even been known to compose and perform new original songs each night. What we can tell you is that DJ Katharos will also be on hand, there will be $6 drink specials all night long and you’re probably in for a creepy/sexy good time. You can register for the Misfit Cabaret in advance by going to Crockerart.org or Katrobichaud.com, but sorry kids, it’s for 21-and-overs only.

Since 1993, Gearhead has been catering to “rockers, rebels and weirdos” via their record label, clothing and accessories lines and even a magazine, and their annual Gearfest is a celebration of hot rods and rock ‘n’ roll. Beginning at 3 p.m. at the Red Lion Midtown (1319 30th St., Sacramento), Gearfest will get underway as a car show, featuring pre-1973 hot rods, customs and muscle cars. Spectators of all ages may attend this part of the festival for free, and prizes will be awarded for Best Hot Rod and Best Traditional (as judged by The Swanx Car Club), as well as Most Weird, which will be crowned by the folks at Gearhead. After checking out some sick rides, those of you who are 21-and-over can swing down to the nearby Blue Lamp for a stacked lineup loaded with enough rockabilly, punk and garage rock to keep your adrenaline pumping. Performers include Deadbolt, The Woolly Bandits, The Mansfields, Red Planet and Control Freaks. Also, one lucky lady will be crowned this year’s Ms. Gearhead. Look, there will be a lot to see, hear and do, so plan on a full day of high-octane fun and excitement, all for just $10 in advance. Purchase tickets, register your car or throw your hat into the ring for Ms. Gearhead (this year’s theme is Rosie the Riveter) at Gearheadhq.com/gearfest. You can also learn more about the Gearhead brand, based right here in Sacramento, at Facebook.com/gearhead.brand. Proceeds from this year’s car show will go to benefit Friends of the River.

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The Undeniable Bliss That is the San Joaquin Tamale Festival • Oct. 14–15 Close your eyes: What if we told you there was a place where you could be surrounded by a seemingly endless supply of tamales. We know what you’re thinking, “Submerge, this must be some fantasy land! It’s too good to be true.” Open your eyes: It is true. And this paradise we speak of? It’s in Stockton. If you don’t believe us, head down to the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds (1658 S. Airport Way, Stockton) on Oct. 14 and 15, and there you will see that dreams really can come true. This family friendly event will feature cooking demonstrations, arts and crafts, tamale-themed displays, a classic car show, wine tasting, live music, carnival rides and, of course, all those delicious tamales. And if all that wasn’t enough for you, you can even ride a mechanical dinosaur. This year’s Tamale Festival will also sponsor a 5K run that will benefit the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Sacramento. For more info, check out the event’s fittingly festive website, Sanjoaquintamalefestival.com, which proudly proclaims, “The San Joaquin Tamale Festival is the coolest place on earth.” Hey, we’re definitely not going to argue with that!

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The California Bicycle Summit Comes to the Sacramento Convention Center • Oct. 3–6 The California Bicycle Coalition is a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to making the Golden State a better place to ride a bike, and also increasing bike ridership to create “healthier, safer and more prosperous communities for all.” The organization’s California Bicycle Summit is a biannual affair last held in 2015 in San Diego. This time, they will be pedaling up north for four days at the Sacramento Convention Center (1400 J St.), where summit-goers can expect to find a film screening of Ovarian Psycos, a documentary about a feminist bike crew from East Los Angeles, as well as various lectures, breakout sessions and even guided bicycling tours around Sacramento and Davis. For more info, go to Calbike.org and click “Events.”

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SYSTEM OF A CLOWN COMEDIAN DJ SANDHU ON PIGS AND PUNS

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J Sandhu is a unique comedian who’s hard to nail down. His material can go from incredibly liberal to unexpectedly conservative stances on dating and relationships. In the last few years he’s grown out a long black beard that’s the stuff of legend. Born of Indian parents, and blessed with bushy eyebrows, he’s had more than his fair share of troubles at airports as a result. He’s told me stories of being taken off of flights in Paris because he looked like a terrorist, and flat out being denied entry into Canada while a guy with five guns was waved right in. Despite these humiliating (and expensive) travel changes, he does his best to find the humor in these situations. In one of his bits, he admits that he isn’t sure he’d want to get on a flight that didn’t give extra security screening to someone who looked like him. He’s placed well at The World Series of Comedy for two straight years and even taught a class on comedy finance for 100 comedians at this year’s event in Las Vegas. Quick to give advice to new comedians and frequently giving visiting comics a place to crash when they come through Sacramento, he has a reputation as one of the nicest performers in town. I spoke with DJ at The Sacramento Comedy Spot a couple of hours before we were both scheduled to perform on The Friday Show. He’s always up to something unusual, like painting his beard purple in honor of the Kings or performing in a System of a Down tribute band, but he’s reached new levels of eccentricity by getting a pet pig. And he’s adorable.

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Tell me about your pig. His name is Sir Nigel Buckingham. How did this come about? Anthony Krayenhagen and Chris Teicheira [Modesto comedians] did a Pretending to Care podcast when they were dumping on an article Brian Crall [Sacramento Comedy Spot founder] wrote. The article about how to start performing stand-up comedy? As I’m listening to it, I said, “You’re way out of pocket, and I’m going to ambush your next podcast and defend his honor.” So I went there with my girlfriend and my girlfriend said, “There’s something wrong with your pig!” Her gut was just dragging on the floor and Chris said she was pregnant. Then my girlfriend said, “Can I have one?” And she just gave me a look and I said, “Look if you want it, go for it, but it’s going to be you raising it because I’m not around so much.” We were planning on naming it Lord Hidalgo Noriega then she decided she wanted to name it Nigel. I still wanted a title so I came up with Sir Nigel Buckingham. At the last second I tried to get her to let me name it Hash Browns, because I think that’s an adorable name. He had a crown on when I met him a few nights ago. Where do you find a crown for a pig? We had already planned on getting him a mini crown and cape, so the day before we got him we went to Petco to get him his bed, food and a leash, and as soon as we walked in, that outfit was at the door. This year for Halloween I’m going to be Khal Drogo, my girlfriend will be Khaleesi and she’s going to make a dragon costume for Nigel. What’s the biggest surprise about owning a pig? Everyone’s always saying how smart pigs are, but I was reading about it and found out the chain of command is that number one is humans, number two is chimps and apes, number three is whales and dolphins, and number four is pigs. So they’re the fourth smartest thing on the planet. What’s the dumbest animal? Comedians [laughs]! This pig is gonna get big, right? Probably about 200 pounds. Considering I’m 175 pounds, it’ll make me feel good about myself.

Tell me about your background. A lot of people make assumptions about you. Let’s get that straight. I’m born and raised in Sacramento. My parents were born and raised in the Punjabi area of India. And my mom and dad moved to England when they were 3 and 7. My dad moved to Sacramento when he was 12. So they met in England? Just a bit, but once they turned 18 they were in an arranged marriage. My mom’s aunt is married to my dad’s uncle. There’s no blood relation, but there’s no word for that in Punjabi. So when people would ask my parents how they met, he would say, “She’s my cousin!” and she would say, “No! We are not cousins. Stop it!” So the arranged marriage worked out for them? Yeah. Neither of them drinks or smokes, and they don’t eat meat. They don’t have vices, so it’s not like one is sacrificing for the other. Where did you go to high school? Laguna Creek in Elk Grove. Was being a comedian something you wanted to do then? Never. I wanted to be in a punk or a metal band. You’re in a band now, right? Yeah, it’s Steal This Band. It’s a System of a Down tribute band. They get so mad when I call it a cover band. I guess a cover band plays a bunch of people’s stuff, and a tribute band … only [covers one band]. We’ve been together almost a year, but we’ve only done five shows. They’re all in “real” bands so it’s just something we do on the side. You can sing. I remember we were in Marysville at The Silver Dollar Saloon after a show and you sang “Pony” by Ginuwine. I’ve heard you sing it before, too. I would use that to pick up on women at bars. I’d put that song on and make a spectacle. I’d walk the bar top and find the biggest dude in the room and start giving him a lap dance. They always joke back with it, because you can’t hit me, I’m too small. You can’t win a fight against me if you’re a big dude, because if I win, a little guy just kicked your ass; and if you win the cops will be like, “Why are you picking on this skinny little Indian?” Then I’d go to the girl I actually wanted to get with.

“You can’t win a fight against me if you’re a big dude, because if I win, a little guy just kicked your ass; and if you win the cops will be like, ‘Why are you picking on this skinny little Indian?’” – DJ Sandhu SubmergeMag.com

So what was the spark that got you to try comedy? My brother went to UC Santa Cruz and they had a culture show and they got a comedian to come up from Los Angeles to close it out. They paid for his flight, his hotel and all of his food and drinks for the weekend. Is this someone you can name? His name’s on the wall of The Comedy Store. I don’t think he does comedy anymore. They paid him $3,000. So they didn’t know what they were doing? He saw them coming. There were children and old immigrant women and everyone in-between there. He’s cussing and was just super vulgar. So he turned the audience off immediately and never got them back. Later on, we’re having a bonfire at the beach and passing a guitar around and someone says to me, “Why don’t you try comedy, you’re funnier than this guy!” He heard that and started treating me different. It really hurt him. So I said, “What, do you think you’re Russell Peters?” Once he started treating me crappy, I recognized that he saw I would be able to do this. He inspired me to perform, so I came back to Sacramento and did Laughs Unlimited’s open mic back around 2006 and performed three times with different sets, and just put a pin in it and went back to college. Then about three years later I just started it up again. I was going to clubs and watching and became friends with some of the headliners and features. I didn’t even know the local hosts. But I spent the next six months doing open mics and showcases. I ended up getting my first day job and my first hosting weekend at Laughs Unlimited the same week. Kivi Rogers was the headliner and he was giving me advice, and I was taking it way too literal. After one of the shows he said, “That’s your stage. You don’t leave that stage empty!” What he meant was to not introduce people and walk off the stage before they get up. What I did was after the show I said, “Thank you guys for coming, have a good night!” and I just stayed on the stage until everybody got up and was gone. I was doing that for the whole weekend.

You can see DJ Sandhu performing at the Sacramento Comedy Spot (1050 20th St.) on Oct. 8. Visit Saccomedyfest.com for details on this and the other nine shows that are a part of the Sacramento Comedy Festival, which takes place from Oct. 6–8.

Issue 249 • September 25 – Octber 9, 2017

EMPATHY IN THE STREETS STREET ART MURALISTS ALEGRIA DEL PRADO BRING DREAMY PIECES TO 1810 GALLERY WORDS CLAUDIA RIVAS

rt is constantly transforming, and the ways in which we can appreciate it are becoming more and more accessible. Street art is a clear example of this, and through all types of creativity, urban art thrives with this powerful notion: Art should be accessible to everyone. Muralist duo Alegria del Prado is just one example of artists continuing to flip the street art stigma. Esther del Prado hails from Spain, while Octavio Alegria is from Mexico. Their powerful body of work visually guides the public eye out of reality, and takes the viewer on a journey to an alternative perspective—a more fantasy-driven and harmonious perspective. The duo creates their pieces from the perspective that urban art beautifies an area rather than vandalizes it. “Public spaces are the best way to bring art to any spectator,” said the couple via an email interview with Submerge. “It’s unexpected and timeless. It is the art of the people, and it is very valuable that someone who is not looking for it will find something like it.”

For those unfamiliar, the duo’s creations consist of dream worlds with wide, childlike imagination. Their smooth blending of plants with characters and animals is a direct fusion between nature and the modern world. Their inspiration for content and color palettes lies within the cultures they grew up in and the moments they live. In 2011, the two began collaborating in Guadalajara, Mexico. Their partnership began while working on a mural, but it eventually transformed into romance. Both were attending university at the time, and del Prado had just arrived through an exchange program. Since their first mural collaboration, painting together has never stopped for the two. On the subject of what prompted their continuing partnership in painting, the couple defined it as, “The talent of the other, the love, and the desire to learn.” In a way, their creations are love letters to Mother Earth. Both del Prado and Alegria explained that nature is so deeply invested into their pieces that green thumbs practically flow through their subconscious. Their form of painting can be described as hypnagogic, as it constantly swirls colors into gorgeous illusion. Their soft, dreamy worlds usually incorporate animals and characters full of symbolism. There is typically a hidden meaning, talent or virtue behind each character portrayed in a piece. The two enjoy using mythological animals such as cats, birds and bears. Cats have been connected to grace, poise and truth during ancient times; birds represent power and freedom; and bears are commonly associated with strength. The houses or windows that appear repeatedly in their work also allude to the home and fraternity all humans share.

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“We like surrealism as a style, mixed with natural elements. It is a way of bringing the basic parts of the natural world closer to the viewer,” the two described. “The art is reminding us that [despite being surrounded by concrete jungles] we still live on a planet that we have to care for and love. With our art, we are trying to give nature the presence and notice in society that it truly deserves.” Del Prado and Alegria each contribute a personal touch to their work, exposing deeper truths as artists. Over the years, the two have become so in sync with each other, creatively, that

they’ve formed a unique and purely collaborative “Alegria del Prado” mode of painting. The two explained how at the beginning of their partnership, one solely focused on stains while the other focused on textures and drawing. Over time, however, they mimicked techniques and now work equally on all parts. “The mural is a large space, and gives opportunity for both of us to fill it with color, outline and detail equally,” the couple explained regarding their process. “That is why Alegria del Prado has such a solid character and uniform Mestizo style.”

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Painting murals has taken them to places del Prado and Alegria could never have imagined. Within this past year, the duo traveled to cities in Portugal, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom. They are sharing their fantasies to remind the entire world the importance of continuing to dream. Though metropolitan areas are where Alegria del Pradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artwork primarily thrives, the team also appreciates painting in more rural and barren locations. On collaborations with other artists, the two noted that most collaborative projects are often freestyled and unplanned, but met with warm welcome. Alegria del Prado and other street artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; willingness to work together encourages the world to keep imagining, even when we seem so often lost in the rapid anxieties and insecurities of routine living. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Collaborations are] something that creates fraternity with others of your guild,â&#x20AC;? the couple said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In urban art festivals, where artists from many places participate, it is where more spontaneous interventions are born. It is within those events that you have the opportunity to share experiences with people who do the same as you from another part of the world.â&#x20AC;? Over recent years, street art has become widely accepted in contemporary art galleries. From Shepard Fairey to Banksy, urban art is contributing to a community that was not readily accepting of it at first. Alegria del Prado will be showing their new exhibit EmpatĂa (which translates to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empathyâ&#x20AC;? in English) at the 1810 Gallery in Sacramento beginning October 6. Venues like the 1810 Gallery retain Alegria del Pradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s street style despite being displayed indoors.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an exhibition that gathers part of our work,â&#x20AC;? del Prado and Alegria remarked when asked about EmpatĂa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are pieces that we have produced in Mexico and others in Spain, and works in which through color and symbols we can transmit a feeling of unity with the living forms with which we coexist. It is an invitation to feel that we are an essential part of a whole, whether as the protagonist of some plantation or an animal. We want to evoke that importance forgotten by man.â&#x20AC;? For the remainder of the year, del Prado and Alegria are scheduled to paint a series of murals for the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. They believe that within the facilities of such campuses, they are making a difference within the scope of self-sustainability. They may also be painting the biggest mural in Guadalajara. Additionally, they have invitations to participate in a new festival in Peru and a festival in Greece. With such progressive projects in the works, it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprising to see their name and art pop up on your timeline soon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The future is always unpredictable,â&#x20AC;? said del Prado and Alegria. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We as artists hope to continue doing and living what we like, always thanking all the people who support us so that this can continue to be so.â&#x20AC;? An opening reception will We can only be held for Alegria del hope that Alegria Prado's EmpatĂa on Oct. 6 del Prado will at 6 p.m. at 1810 Gallery continue to paint (1810 12th St., Sacramento). fantasies for us to For more info, go to daydream about Facebook.com/1810gallery. in the real world.

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HOPELESSLY DEVOTED ARTIST KRISTEN NAPIER GOES BACK TO NATURE FOR UPCOMING EXHIBITION

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rowing up as a punk kid, artist Kristen Napier hated goth and post-punk music. “I used to think it was so boring and what old people listened to when they don’t listen to punk anymore!” she says. Fast-forward years later, and suddenly Napier is a goth/post-punk music embracer. She loves how beautifully melancholy the music is, as well as the atmosphere it provides. Like her music tastes, Napier is constantly learning to embrace the natural cycles that make up who she is, and who she is becoming. Through October, Napier will be displaying a collection of her newest pieces at the WAL Public Market (1104 R St.), titled Ritual Acts of Devotion. The show will be her very first solo exhibition in Sacramento. The work is an ode to the natural world, and coming to terms with the beauty of the entirety of life cycles, as well as the conclusion of them. For months, Napier would settle into her home studio in West Sacramento and turn on some Chopin and other classical favorites—music that is void of words and “isn’t too intrusive on the thought process,” she says. Her work often comes from a sketch and is well planned, but Napier says once she sat down to create, “Time would disappear and I would become completely engrossed.” She found herself building personal relationships with the animal skulls and wood that were to become part of her sculptures, and she can pinpoint a special story or moment with each and every piece. Parting with them will likely be bittersweet for Napier. “The underlying theme with Ritual Acts of Devotion is reverence for the natural world, specifically looking at sides of things that aren’t traditionally as beautiful like decay, entropy and death by really looking at them and celebrating them instead of shying away from them,” explains Napier. “In that process, it kind of became like making an altar, or making a zen garden … or more accurately, a bone garden. It ended up really being like a meditation. It unknowingly became spiritual.” Ritual Acts of Devotion signifies a completely new phase for Napier. She created the pieces, but gets really deep into the “why” of the pieces and what they truly mean to her. “I always want to go back to nature and become less connected to the physical world. Facing my own mortality and embracing it instead of distracting myself with modern things,” says Napier. “We are all dying, and life is short and we shouldn’t be afraid of that of that. Carpe diem, man.” The pieces for the show include 3-D mirror works that create an infinite image that reflects the piece and sometimes the viewer. It is a reflection of duality, and how we all have two different sides to us. “Everything in nature has its opposing force, so that’s what this is about,” says Napier. The skulls Napier used are all gifts from acquaintances, sourced from either natural deaths or road kill. Napier says lots of people give her

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skulls that they just happen to have lying around the house for years. At first, figuring out how to handle the materials was a struggle for Napier. Her partner, Frankie, is a carpenter and made the actual construction component much easier. “When you get confident with the actual assembly of stuff, that’s when you can make your dreams come true,” says Napier. “Now I feel like I can make things better. I constantly evolved through this and set meaning.” Her pieces are a reflection of her now confident craftsmanship paired with a respect for the material. Ritual Acts of Devotion opens Oct. 6 with tarot readings, which won’t be your wine-and-cheese type art gathering, as the show will conclude on Halloween night with a party featuring a goth DJ. The show in its entirety is meant to be an immersive experience that ends with a big party that’s open to everyone. Napier says that the WAL curates the perfect environment because they “make it so that art is for everyone; it is so open and visible. They make it so we can celebrate art with everyone whenever they want to.” The show will also include resin-covered plaques and prints for sale at a range of prices, Napier wants everyone to be able to have a piece of art if they want it.

“I want young people especially to be able to afford art,” says Napier. “Usually they can’t collect it because it isn’t really financially reasonable for them, so I decided this would be a great thing to offer.” Ritual Acts of Devotion is a show grounded in the spiritual cycle of the material, and seeks to help the viewer find their own spiritual attachments to the subject matter. We can see the “what was” and “what is” in the bones of animals, and in the reflection of ourselves, and eventually consider “what is inevitably to be.” It is a reverence for the natural world and all its processes and cycles, including seeing death as just another natural part in this beautiful cycle. As Napier says, what is simply “as beautiful as a sunset or sunrise.”

The opening reception of Kristen Napier's Ritual Acts of Devotion will take place on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at the WAL Public Market (1104 R St., Sacramento). The event is free to attend, and will feature live tarot card readings by Amy Joy Eoff ($10 suggested donation). For more info, follow Napier on instagram @agent_of_entropy or go to Facebook.com/walpublicmarket.

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Ustam | Photo by Denise Chelini

THE POETRY IN PRIVATION

THE SUNDRY MEANS AND STARK MODES OF ARTIST/DJ/MUSICIAN KYLIE JACKSON WORDS ANDREW C. RUSSELL

he glowers at the controls of a mixer in a dimly lit music venue, microphone poised like a dagger in her hands over a faintly spreading smile. Dressed in garters and a quicksilver bob-cut, for a moment she becomes a mannequin, and in the void of motion, the roar of smoldering static in the burrow-like room becomes even more oppressive. Then she lets loose a scream into the ether, equal parts triumph and agony, soaring over the wall of noise from nearby speakers like a cannon bursting over the din of a battle, or, more aptly, a banshee spiraling upward from the bottomless pit. One moment she descends from the stage toward a carefully displayed pack of ice, chainsaw in hand. In the next, she gleefully slaughters it, producing a fresh eruption of audio abrasion while the general ambient threat level soars. Her true name is Kylie Jackson, but tonight she is Ustam, her chosen nom de guerre for her noise shows and appearances at Norcal Noisefest. On other nights, she spins vinyl as Lady Grey, plundering decades of darkwave, goth-rock and other sinister synth releases for her DJ night at B-Side, dubbed Catch the Wave. Elsewhere, Jackson’s paintings and assorted installations (some of which were displayed at this year’s Art Street) stand as sigils of her favored aesthetic, abstract portents of inky monochrome eliciting a Rorschachian response. Over the harsh X-ray afterglow or billows of darkling spindrift, the mind works overtime to fill in the resultant void of color. One’s secret fears and latent hallucinatory input are drawn forth like water from a well to collaborate in the message being forged on canvas. But what do these stark stylings mean to the artist herself? In a word, as she tells me, “happiness.” Jackson’s mission to keep alive a spirit of late 1970s/early 1980s industrial experimentalism is fueled by a tireless joy for creative toil, a fiery enthusiasm for the coldest of aesthetics. As industrious as her music, melding the harsh and sleek, moving from one of her crafts to the next with bracing speed, this dive-bar art-star/gallery exemplar continues to spread her brand of elegant madness throughout the environs. Where does the name Ustam come from? I thought I saw something with the word “Ustam” on it or something close to it that my mind ended up deciphering while I was walking around in New York, and I wrote it down before I could forget. I thought it would be an awesome name for my solo project, and it sounded like another language so I looked it up and it’s the singular possessive form of the Turkish work “usta,” which means “master,” and I do play up the dominating factor when I do perform as Ustam and tend to wear leather and maintain a strong demeanor. I’m more confident now to “match” myself to my art, and I think that

enhances it, in a way, not only for others but for me, too, to be the whole package deal. You are your art even when your art isn’t present. What goes into your performance, idea-wise? What’s your approach? Throughout my noise career, I’ve used my screaming vocals as a staple, and I like it because it gives an element of fear, and I like to scare people because it’s fun. I’d rather scare someone than bore someone. I’m super inspired by Pharmakon—she’s on Sacred Bones Records. She got me into screaming; I’ll scream along to her in my car. I thought, if this little lady can

do it, I can, too. I wanted to be a vocalist, but I’ve always been super self-conscious about my voice and the way it sounds, so I figured, what better way to mask it than through screaming? It gives me a little more confidence to be up front on the stage. It’s just being on stage that I really enjoy. Noise is awesome, scaring people is awesome, and everything industrial from the ‘70s through ‘80s to now has inspired that. I want to keep that spirit alive. As a person of the younger generation, I didn’t have the chance to see these awesome acts live before, so I think that performing in these genres helps keeps that spirit alive—keeping it alive for the younger people who never saw SPK [Australian industrial/noise band] live. Many of these industrial acts weren’t even documented in the first place.

If you look at the album art for noise/ experimental artists, you’ll see that it’s all fairly similar. So in that vein, I like to keep the bleak, Xerox art aesthetic, and that monochromatic style in my visual art. If you’re into the aesthetic, and the noise, you’ll have an amazing, positive experience, but if you’re not into it, you’ll have a completely negative experience. And I don’t want there to be an in-between. I want you to either love it or hate it. You have to be on either end of an extreme. If I end up somewhere in the middle, then I feel like I’ve done something wrong.

How would you describe your visual art? I primarily stick to ink and ink-based works. It’s super abstract. Nothing is supposed to look like anything, but everything ends up looking like something—like a Rorschach. That’s exactly how I like to present it to people, some people will ask, “What does this mean? What is this about?” You have to find out for yourself. I know what it looks like to me, but I’m not going to tell you because then that’s all you’ll see. If you go in blank, you’ll pick it out for yourself. Sometimes people will buy a piece of mine and hang it a different way—and that’s awesome, because that’s how they see it. Once it’s in your hands, it’s your story, your piece. Do you see your audio and visual practices as part of a unified genre? All of those industrial acts from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s have the same type of feel and vibe. "Surviving The Plague" | Ink on Paper

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What feeling does the music create for you, and what feeling do you want to inspire in others? I feel happiness. Even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something of the darker nature, I feel happy. Even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dark subject, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literally black and white. If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m walking around in a museum, and I see just one piece on white canvas with some black paint, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably the piece thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll draw me in the most. Even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most simple, most easy to do, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care. Something about sleek, modern black and white contemporary art just makes me so happy and overjoyed. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy creating my own version of it, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m having a fun time with it. This is what I want to do foreverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no end in sight.

You can catch Kylie Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next DJ night as Lady Grey at B-Side on Sept. 29 from 9 p.m. to closing. Jackson (as Ustam) will be one of more than 50 artists performing at this year's Norcal Noisefest XXI, which will take place at Luna's Cafe (1414 16th St., Sacramento) and Cafe Colonial/The Colony (3520 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento) from Oct. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8. For more info, go to Norcalnoisefest.com, where you can also purchase advance tickets.

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HOW TO NOT BE AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF ACTRESS ELISABETH NUNZIATO DISCUSSES THE CHALLENGES OF TAKING ON AN ICONIC ROLE IN AN ICONIC PLAY WORDS MOLLIE HAWKINS • PHOTOS RUDY MEYERS

fter everyone shuffled to their seats in the intimate, dark room at the B Street Theatre for their production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, I felt the general malaise of a child who felt they were, perhaps, about to suffer through something very much above their heads (“theater”) and that there was only the slight chance of a reward at the end for good behavior (snacks). Confession: I am not a person for whom theater is marketed. I am fidgety, have the attention span of a hyperactive corgi, I get up to pee too much and just ain’t civilized like them theater folk. And then the announcer came on stage and said something that made me lean in, hard. “Rumor has it this was the winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1963 … but it was turned down for being too obscene.” They had my attention. Enter: George and Martha, played by Kurt Johnson and Elisabeth Nunziato, convincingly portraying a well-lubricated married couple as they return home from a party. They seem playful at first—but like an onion that has just been sliced into, we start to see very quickly that their marriage has many layers, many of which are rotten. After he pours himself and Martha several drinks, George learns that they will be hosting a young married couple, Honey and Nick (played by Dana Brooke

and Nunziato’s IRL husband Jason Kuykendall). Despite the fact that it’s 2 a.m. and clearly Martha and George would rather argue with each other in their living room, shit really gets weird once the guests show up. Now, I don’t know much about theater. But I do know when I am immediately drawn into a story and forget that I am in a room full of strangers or that things called smartphones exist, that I am witnessing something special—something that is timeless and as relevant to modern relationships as OKCupid or a Facebook relationship status. And considering the famous play involves only four characters, it makes sense that the actors chosen for the roles would be longtime members of the B Street company. But they had big shoes to fill, particularly Nunziato as the boisterous and manipulative Martha, who previously has been portrayed by the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Kathleen Turner. In fact, Nunziatio could easily be considered Sacramento’s own Elizabeth Taylor. After starting her professional acting career around age 18, she managed to get her union card by the time she turned 21 and credits a lot of her success to her mom. “She loved the B Street,” says Nunziato. “She saw the shows a minimum of nine times! She loved everyone there.” Nunziato says that her mom spent a lot of personal time with the fellow artists and when she

passed away, they even had her memorial on the B Street Theatre stage. “We’ve grown up together,” she says. “The artists here are amazing. The work is amazing. We’ve had all these seminal life experiences together.” Nunziato first met Brooke on 9/11. “And which comes first—the quality of the work or the relationships? And I think it’s actually forged in the work. I hope that doesn’t sound callous! I mean it from the heart.” Nunziato says that she’s found a special place in B Street. “I think it’s unique. There aren’t acting ‘companies’ anymore in theater—I mean, it’s rare. We’re moving into our third decade together.” All the buzz about Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf mentions how Martha’s character is the type of role that every actress dreams of landing. Dave Pierini, Artistic Producer of B Street, comments, “this show is every actor’s Mount Everest.” And Nunziato climbs that mountain with such a convincing gusto that I am curious to know how she revs herself up for such a display of energy on stage. “Jason [her husband and co-star] and I started clearing the dark a few months ago,” she says. “I’ve missed quite a few birthdays!” Before opening night, Nunziato says they ran through the play four times in 24 hours— which was no small feat when the play clocks in around three hours long. “That was fairly crushing!” she admits. “And we’re not really precious about that kind of stuff, but this is unique in that regard. You can hear it now—as I’m talking my voice has dropped a couple of octaves since last week!” She’s right—the Nunziato that I hear now is far more subdued than the feisty Martha I heard bickering with her husband, George, as they painfully (and humorously) squawk at each other on stage like drunken Ivy League geese to the chagrin of their visitors, Honey and Nick, who have their own problems to quietly tackle. And Nunziato says they’re in it to win it until the play run ends on Oct. 29. And how does she wind down? “The greatest challenge—I think this can be said for all

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performers—because we ‘peak’ when the rest of the world is winding down. We take a 24 hour day and bifurcate it.” Nunziato explains that it’s in her nature to be lucid when the rest of us may be in PJs nodding off on our sofas to reruns of Golden Girls (c’mon, I can’t be the only one). “My parents were night workers,” she says. “I was sort of born into that temperament! But if you can control it, you have to kind of ‘power down’ in those late afternoon hours, you can ‘power up’ and start your day over again. Caffeine is also a crutch.” I tell her caffeine is my savior. After blabbing about shops like Old Soul and Identity, Nunziato says she also enjoys those shops, particularly Identity because it’s a stone’s throw from Ink Eats

and Drinks, which has become the savior for the cast because of their late-night kitchen offerings (and they also bring their tasty goods to B Street on occasion). Conveniently, the revamped B Street Theatre—rebranded as The Sofia—will be located nearby on Capitol Avenue and 27th Street when the company moves in 2018. Nunziato says that move is a long time coming. I confess to her that I read an interview she and her castmates gave about looking forward to the new building—particularly the showers (currently there are none, and the cast members must share bathrooms with audience). “Showers aren’t really a luxury, they’re necessary,” she says that a lot of the scenarios and makeup they perform in can become a hazard if they

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can’t wash off quickly. “We had an actor in blue full-body paint, and I mean—what do you do in that case?” After asking her what they did do for the poor guy in blue, she laughed and said she didn’t want to go into detail, but that it was quite the show. “And because we share audience bathrooms, our body clocks are timed with audience flow,” she says. She looks forward to the new theater and not having another audience member wait for a bathroom ever again. (If we knew there were guys blue’ing themselves in there, we’d be forgiving. I promise.) I ask Nunziato the age-old question: who inspires her? She can’t really say. “The most valuable tool you can hand someone is the knowledge that they are an entirely unique entity the moment they walk in the room,” she says. “You’re never in competition with other artists. You’re only in competition with yourself. At the end of the day, you’re the only person that can be the best version of you. All of your internal emotional workings, life experience and opinions are unique, and you’re applying those things every time you open your mouth, or make a writing decision or directorial decision. “Sometimes people will start out with the idea that they are going into this because they want to be someone else, but you always end up circling around back to yourself,” Nunziato says. You need to know that Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is more than about booze and bickering and delusion (I mean, that’s enough to hook me). It’s actually funny, too. “I’m so proud of how funny this show is!” Nunziato laughs. “A great piece of writing is always funny as well as heartbreaking—because you can’t have one without the other.” After his death in September 2016, NPR wrote an obituary for Edward Albee that said he wasn’t a fan of explaining what his plays were about. In fact, he would become “uncooperative—and occasionally downright hostile.” The best way to enjoy them, he advised, was without baggage. “Pretend you’re at the first play you’ve ever seen,” he suggested. “Have that experience.” And so I did.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is now playing at the B Street Theatre (2711 B St., Sacramento) through Oct. 29. For tickets and to see the lineup for the company’s 2018 season, go to Bstreettheatre.org. SubmergeMag.com

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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon The Wiz Kid, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m. Helwig Winery The Car Tunes Band, 5 p.m. Kupros Craft House Shiner, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Caliscope, Sunday School, Name the Band, Lather Machine, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Super Trouper (ABBA tribute), 9 p.m. Palms Playhouse (Winters) BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub English Beat, 7:30 p.m.; Sock Monkeys, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) South Bay Dub All-Stars, 8:30 p.m. Red Hawk Casino The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m. Sacramento Gateway Free Summer Concert Series w/ Bri Cauz, 7 p.m. Shady Lady Twilight Drifters, 9 p.m. Shine Beat Bombastic, Tao Jiriki, 8 p.m Torch Club Jimmy Pailer, 5:30 p.m.; Mr. December, Lead Pony, 9 p.m. Toyota Amphitheatre Jason Aldean, Chris Young, Kane Brown, Dee Jay Silver, 7:30 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Dave Z-Say and Friends, 6 p.m. Zinfandel Grille Al Zaid, 7 p.m.

9.30 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Superjoint Ritual, Devildriver, King Parrot, Cane Hill, Child Bite, 5 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Shaky Hand String Band, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Gearfest feat. Control Freaks, Red Planet, Mansfields, Woolly Bandits, Deadbolt and More, 6 p.m. The Boardwalk Stickup Kid, Demon in Me, Tightrope, Till I Fall, Reverie, 7 p.m. Burly Beverages Burly Backyard BBQ! feat. Sparks Across Darkness, Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds, Shane Q and More, 4:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Skid Row, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Pornosurf, Grim Deeds, The Crappys, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage The Corner w/ DJ Veyn & Guests, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Morgan Heritage, Northern Roots, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre The White Album “In Its Entirety” feat. Peter Petty, Hans Eberbach, Gabe Nelson, Dana Moret, Casey Lipka, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Gold Lion Arts Myra Melford & Angela Morris Duo, 8 p.m. Goldfield Michael Sweet (of Stryper), 7 p.m. Harlow’s Avery*Sunshine, 5:30 p.m.; Midnight Players, 9:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Battle of the Big Bands, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Harley White Jr. Trio, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly New Wave Society w/ DJ Keys, 9 p.m. MOMO Sacramento Bryttina Wyatt (CD Release), 6 p.m.; Reggae Nights w/ DJ Soul-Jah, 10 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; The Bagmen, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides The Trouble Makers,

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10.01 SUNDAY

Berryessa Brewing Co. Anniversary Party w/ Afrolicious, Miss Lonely Hearts, Achilles Wheel, Hosted by Peter Petty, 12 p.m. Blue Lamp Archons, Old Iron, Frack!, Demonsmoke, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Arsonists Get All the Girls, Aethere and More, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Honky Tonk Boombox, 5 p.m. The Colony Roman Pilot, Buried Heart, Late Night District, City Mural, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Fair Oaks VFW Trapped Under Ice, Forced Order, Gag, Ingrown, Primitive Blast, Plead The Fifth, 7 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze: Glenn Carter, 3 p.m. Goldfield Luke Pell, Madison Hudson, 7 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Dave Mason, 7:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Irma Thomas, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet, 2 & 7 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. MontBleu Resort Casino Skynnyn Lynnyrd (Lynnyrd Skynnyrd tribute), 7 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Howell Devine, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Van Brando, Sylint, 2 p.m.

10.02 MONDAY

CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) The Music of Brazil w/ Steve and Francesca Homan and Guests, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m.

10.03 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Dope, Hed Pe, Glug, D-One, Nothing But Losers, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Golden 1 Center Janet Jackson, 8 p.m. Harlow’s The Brothers Comatose, The Lil Smokies, Mipso, 7:30 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. Torch Club Alex Walker, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

10.04 WEDNESDAY

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp The Scene, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk L.A. Witch, 7:30 p.m. Cafe Colonial Deathcrown, Wurm Flesh, 6 p.m. Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) The Flatlanders, 7:30 p.m. The Club Car (Auburn) 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. Golden 1 Center Imagine Dragons, Grouplove, K.Flay, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Boris (from Japan), Endon, 7 p.m. Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre The Cristina Pato Quartet, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Serna Plaza Nooner w/ Petaluma, 12 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.

On The Y Karaoke, 10 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Party Favor, Bad Royale, 10 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Redwood Black, 9:30 p.m. Press Club Tigerchrist, Dirty Dirty, Coercion, Shoi, 8 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; JW Jones, 9 p.m.

10.06 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Exodus, Obituary, Dust Bolt, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Scott Guberman, 5 p.m. Blue Lamp Libra Celebration w/ Da’unda’dogg, Sumthin’ Terrible, Runya Jaw Johnson, C-Dubb, Siyeed and More, 9 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Gary V, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Piss Cat, Dead is Better, JKKFO, Pug Skullz, Captain Cutiepie, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. The Colony Conceived in Chaos (Last Show), Heat of Damage, Exiled From Grace, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Zepparella, 7 p.m. Helwig Winery Dave Mason, 6 p.m. Kupros Craft House Jane Thompson Trio, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Norcal Noisefest: Vankmen, Chopstick, Ustam, CJ Borosque, Daniel Blomquist, Cut Shutters and More, 7 p.m. Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre The Cristina Pato Quartet, 8 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Los Lobos, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Would Be Train Robbers, Infinite Vastness, Sugar Pill, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Disco Revolution, 9:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge E-Rock, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Take Out, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) OneLegChuck, 9 p.m. Shine Sacramento Classic Jazz Messengers, 8 p.m. Torch Club Jimmy Pailer, 5:30 p.m.; The Golden Cadillacs, Coffis Brothers, 9 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Blues Dues, 6 p.m.

10.05 10.07 THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Shooter Jennings, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Atriarch, Trapped Within Burning Machinery, Bloodmoon, Battle Hag, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Club Car (Auburn) Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Colony Never Let This Go, Baseline, Rebel Holocrons, 7 p.m. Crest Theatre Billy Bragg, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Goldfield The Accidentals, 7 p.m. Harlow’s El Ten Eleven, Sego, 6 p.m. Kupros Craft House Dylan Crawford, 9:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mondavi Center: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre The Cristina Pato Quartet, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY

The Band Room (Placerville) Kurt Travis, Adrian Bellue, Sunsound, The Seafloor Cinema, Benjamin Hecht, Tyler Kidd, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Manzanita, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Monster Squad, The Abuse (Reunion Show), Remnants, Enemy Fire, Dead Weight, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk The Rockafellas, Espero, Arminius, The Stoneberries, Revolution Revolver, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Gary V, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial & The Colony Norcal Noisefest: Uberkunst, Vertonen, XOME, Liver Cancer, Filthmilk, HumanFluidRot, Pulsating Cyst, Overdose the Katatonic, Quartz Thrust, Sea Moss and More, 2 p.m. Capitol Garage The Corner w/ DJ Veyn & Guests, 10 p.m.

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Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club Skeleton Hands, Statiqbloom, Crimes AM, 8 p.m.

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ORIGINAL SIN MOTHER! RATED PG-13 WORDS RICHARD ST.OFLE I was so excited to see Darren Aronofsky’s mother!; not only because I love his nuanced style and heavy reliance on dream logic, but because people I respected like The Atlantic’s Christopher Orr were writing some really mean reviews of the film. I just figured they didn’t appreciate what I love about Aronofsky, and put myself in charge of straightening them out. When I was in grad school, I studied the intersection of dream logic and storytelling under David Lynch’s former wife Mary Sweeney at USC. If anyone can unravel that mess, it’s … well she is who she is—but she’s busy with more important things, so I’m next best. I bought my ticket, got my popcorn, and was ready to see this thing and understand the shit out of it. I was so wrong. The film is not what you’d expect from Aronofsky, and unfortunately, that’s not necessarily a good thing. There’s a difference between mystery and confusion, in the film sense. Hitchcock famously described that difference in terms of two people sitting down to tea when a bomb goes off from under the table. Told like that, it’s confusing. If, however, the filmmaker tells us there’s a bomb waiting to go off under the table, we’ll watch these two idiots talk over tea with bated breath SubmergeMag.com

because we know what’s going on, and we can’t wait to see what happens next. While so much of mother! is total nonsense, there are pieces of this film that really work. Notably, there’s a sequence in which Mother (that’s what the script calls Jennifer Lawrence’s character) is left alone in the house with a maybe-murderer lurking outside. This sequence works well for the same reason the rest of the film fails: information. For a brief passage, Aronofsky takes Hitchcock’s advice and engages the audience, clearly defining the stakes, which makes for a riveting sequence. The rest of the film, while there’s a read of it being an allegory for the Christian creation myth, is just too confusing to be worth watching. Yes, we can extrapolate meaning from the series of disorienting images, but is that how you want to spend your Friday night? Herein lies the difference between a film like mother! (pretentiously written in lowercase and with an exclamation point), and films like Tree of Life, Mulholland Drive or even Aronofsky’s own Black Swan (which got similar criticism but was a much better film): Each of these films, while relying heavily on an unsettling combination of formalism and dream logic, gives us a roadmap, a clue about what the fuck is going on, but mother! doesn’t get it right. Mother! follows the titular character as she and her husband, Him (yep, that’s what the script calls him), played by Javier Bardem, as their beautiful house in the countryside is bombarded with

unannounced visitors. There’s a kind of over the top allegory about Mother being Earth and Him being the Judeo-Christian god that makes what follows a bit predictable; Ed Harris (Man/Adam) shows up and coughs a lung up into the toilet, which precedes the arrival of Michelle Pfeiffer (Woman/Eve). Their children appear from out of nowhere, and one kills the other (sound familiar?), which blows the whole thing apart, inviting war and chaos. This ultimately bogs the film down into a muddled confusion of admittedly beautiful images that don’t do anything to move the story forward. Eventually, Mother gets pregnant and holes herself up in a room long enough to have the baby, which she hands over to Him, who in turn, and to her horror, tosses the baby into the crowd. Aronofsky spends the next few minutes following her screaming through the chaos in search of her baby. We see through her eyes as she finds her newborn in the hands of a priest who kills it and distributes the flesh to the crowd to eat. Aronofsky is hitting us over the head with this creation myth thing, and while it’s incredibly visual, it’s less a story and more of a series of surprising sequential events. In an interview where Aronofsky was confronted with the (lack of) narrative in the film, he explained that “if you try to unscrew it, it kind of falls apart” and added that, “You shouldn’t over-explain it.” Maybe he’s right, but isn’t that the point?

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THE SHALLOW END It’s been a crazy week for the NFL. In case you’re wondering, despite all the turmoil, my fantasy team is doing just fine. I’m currently undefeated, carrying the momentum over from last season when I became my league’s first two-time champion. You might be asking yourself why you should care about this, or why I even bother to bring it up, but you have to realize that there aren’t many things I’ve actually succeeded in during my life, so you’ll have to forgive my rare occasion to brag about something. I do realize, however, even though I carry my fantasy league’s all-time highest winning percentage and two season total points crowns, that there are issues out there that are larger than my success in a game that basically boils down to the luck of the draw. But anyway, on to the turmoil. First, the New York Times published a story about Aaron Hernandez, a rising star tight end for the Evil Empire—sorry, New England Patriots—who was found guilty of murder and eventually committed suicide while in prison. “An autopsy revealed that he had brain injuries akin to that seen in afflicted former players in their 60s,” the article stated, noting that Hernandez was just 27 years old at the

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time of his death. This revelation led to further speculation as to whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, which is caused by repeated concussions and head traumas, played any role in Hernandez’s violent behavior. Though the article states that there may not be a direct line that can be drawn between CTE and Hernandez’s actions, the condition has been known to contribute toward erratic behavior and poor impulse control. Regardless, this is another blow to the NFL, which is pretty much the most powerful entertainment entity in the United States, generating a gajillion dollars (not an official figure) and even spurring people like me, whose interest in the game has waned over the years, to keep watching, mostly because we have a vested interest (i.e. money) in the outcome. A $40 million lawsuit has been filed against the NFL on behalf of Hernandez’s fiancée and 4-year-old daughter. The league, of course, has vowed to fight it—because they’re basically a bunch of jerks who’d rather you didn’t pay attention to how dangerous their product is. Meanwhile, the leader of the free world decided that he didn’t have enough on his plate

and thought it would be best to pour salt in an open wound. At a rally in Alabama (where I guess he was still campaigning even though he won the election in November) on Friday, Sept. 22, President Trump said to his loyal followers, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners … when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out. He’s fired. He’s fired!’” He was referring, of course, to players who followed Colin Kaepernick’s lead, shedding a light on racial and social inequality in America. Trump’s statement was predictably met by cheers. The following Sunday, just prior to the start of the NFL’s games, Trump launched another tweetstorm, saying that players who didn’t stand for the national anthem should be fired or suspended and “NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country. League should back U.S.” I don’t know, man. Anytime I turn on the TV to watch grown men in battle armor basically try to kill one another for an oddly shaped, pigskin ball, all I see are packed stadiums. But what do I know?

Despite the President’s ire, many players, coaches and even owners stood together in defiance. During the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens, which took place in London at Wembley Stadium and aired early in the morning in the United States, players from both teams locked arms with coaches and even Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, as some players knelt while others stood for the national anthem. This scene was echoed in games around the country as the NFL’s schedule kicked into high gear. “The only thing I can ask them to do is do it with class,” said Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis, who said that given Trump’s comments, he felt he could no longer ask his players to refrain from protests while wearing uniforms. “Do it with pride. Not only do we have to tell people there is something wrong, we have to come up with answers. That’s the challenge in front of us as Americans and human beings.” Protests were met with boos and jeers at stadiums throughout the country, but the players held fast. Unfortunately, my fantasy league doesn’t award points for players being awesome, but I think it should.

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