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AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT... MELISSA WELLIVER melissa@submergemag.com Hi readers! Did you know we here at Submerge are celebrating turning 10 years old soon?! In January of 2008, we were running around like crazy filing the proper paperwork, assigning our very first stories, editing, designing, editing some more and then finally sending files to the printer for the first time. Then, on Feb. 4, 2008, we distributed our very first issue around the Sacramento region. I don’t know where the time went, but we’re still here, putting out wellrounded issues every other week, and we are still just as obsessed with print as we were on day one. In honor of 10 solid years of business, we felt it was that time again to throw a party. After a bottle of wine (or two) we also talked about doing a series of shows throughout 2018, celebrating 10 years of Submerge. Our original idea was to spread 10 events out throughout the year (a couple music shows, an art exhibit, a comedy show, etc.) and do each of them at a different venue in town. After organizing our first show— which we are proud to announce will be at Holy Diver on Saturday, Feb. 3—we realized the 10 shows idea might be a little too ambitious on top of our biweekly deadlines. At the end of the day, I’m not sure how many events we’ll put on in the coming year, but if we only do four or five, then that’s cool with us. Keeping our sanity is kind of important. So please join us for our first (of hopefully many) 10th anniversary shows in 2018! We have a killer local line-up: Screature (who will also be releasing a new album on Jan. 19), Horseneck (who released one of my favorite albums of 2017) and Destroy Boys, one of the best young bands from the region. The show is all-ages and should be kicking of at 7:30 p.m. And it’s technically FREE, but we would love to ask for a donation at the door (how about $10—a dollar for every year we’ve been in business). The money would not only go to these rad local bands, but we’ll also be donating a large portion of the proceeds to a cancer research charity in honor of our past editor Mandy Pearson, who passed away two years ago after she lost her battle with cervical cancer. We may have more details in the coming weeks with things like a possible round of advance tickets, announcing a DJ or two for downstairs, as well as getting the ball rolling on some fresh new Submerge T-shirt designs that hopefully will be available at the show. You only turn 10 once! Mark Feb. 3 on your calendar! Read. Learn. Do rad stuff. –Melissa

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1 Guitar virtuoso Buckethead is bringing his innovative shredding skills to AC E O F S PA D E S . He’s known for, among many other odd things, incorporating nunchuck skills into his set. Need we say more? Tickets are $30 in advance, available at Aceofspadessac.com. All ages welcome, doors open at 8:30 p.m.

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The Zero Forbidden Goals crew is throwing a Guerrilla Art Party in an alleyway in downtown Sacramento. This doesn’t sound like your average NYE party. There’s sure to be live art, musical performances and who knows what else. Expect the unexpected. Artist Alley, 7 T H A N D I S T R E E T S , 8 p.m. Free, all ages welcome.

The folks at H O LY D I V E R are hosting rock royalty on NYE. Hookers and Blow features Dizzy Reed of Guns N’ Roses, Alex Grossi of Quiet Riot, Todd Kerns of Slash, and Johnny Kelly of Danzig and Type O Negative! They’ll be doing a GNR tribute set. Tickets are $16 in advance at Holydiversac.com. 8 p.m., all ages welcome.

Rosevillians should for sure hit up B A R 101 to catch local reggae/hip-hop band Two Peace. These guys have shared the stage with some of reggae’s top acts like Katchafire, Morgan Heritage, The Green, Passafire and more. 9 p.m., 21-plus.

Dig Fleetwood Mac? Who doesn’t! T H E C E N T E R FO R T H E A R T S in Grass Valley is hosting one of the best tribute bands out there, Fleetwood Mask, from the Bay Area. It’s a masquerade party, so dress up! General admission tickets are $32 for standing, $52 for seated. Visit Thecenterforthearts.org for more info.

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Legendary San Francisco hip-hop artist Andre Nickatina is playing T H E B OA R D WA L K on NYE. Playah K will host. Free champagne toast at midnight! $30 in advance at Boardwalkrocks. com. Doors at 7:30 p.m., 21-plus.

9 Bust out your sailor hats and yacht rock into the New Year at H A R L O W ’ S with one of the top cover bands in Northern California, Mustache Harbor. Tickets are $30 in advance, visit Harlows.com. 9 p.m., 21-plus.

Just upstairs from Harlow’s, inside M O M O S AC R A M E N T O , there will be a raging dance party with tunes from Sacramento’s own DJ JB. Over the years, he’s rocked with everyone from DJ Skribble to Chromeo, crushing parties all over the West Coast. 9 p.m., $15 cover, 21-plus. Momosacramento.com for more info.

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11 Want to go out on NYE, but not like, out out? Kick back at one of Midtown’s chillest bars, K U P R O S C R A F T H O U S E , where they’ll have happy hour prices all night, specials on a shot and a draft, and a champagne toast at midnight. Plus, no cover, and two patios! Boom. Night made.

T O R C H C L U B , a Sacramento staple where you’ll find great live music six nights a week, will host Southern California road warriors GrooveSession to usher in the New Year. They call themselves “movin’ groovin’ music,” and if you seek out their 2015 release California Hurricane, you’ll understand what they mean. 9 p.m., 21-plus, $25 cover.

SBL Entertainment is bringing legendary funk/ jazz/R&B band WAR to C R E S T T H E AT R E and tickets start at just $35. Visit Crestsacramento. com for more info. Crest is one of the most beautiful venues in Northern California and would be quite a special room in which to welcome new beginnings.

Some of the best bars in Old Sacramento are hosting an epic New Years Eve Bar Crawl. For just $25 you’ll skip the lines and to get into

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waterfront at 9 p.m., end with a bang at the bars. Live music and party favors at certain spots. Hit up Eventbrite for advanced tickets or Facebook.com/oldsacbars for more info.

15 As of press time, a very limited amount of tickets were left to rock in the new year at T H U N D E R VA L L E Y with one of the best in the world, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ! There are two shows, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Must be 21-plus to attend, although guests between the ages of 13 and 20 may attend if accompanied by an adult at all time. Hit up Thundervalleyresort.com as soon as possible if you want in.

If you’re brave enough to venture down to K Street on NYE, we suggest hitting up D I S T R I C T 3 0 , where DJs Oasis and Benji will be throwing a straight up rager with a balloon drop, champagne toast and more. Early bird tickets start at $30 and go up the longer you wait. Visit District30sacramento.com for more info.

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is an awesome saloon in Old Folsom with a lot of history that regularly hosts great live bands. On NYE, local dance rock cover band Lost in Suburbia will be playing. It’s free before 9 p.m., or just $10 after. 21-plus. Facebook.com/folsom.hotelsaloon for more info.

Enjoy a soul, zydeco, Cajun and Caribbean stew with musical group Mumbo Gumbo at DAV I S O D D F E L L O W S H A L L . They only sell 225 tickets to this annual event ($50 in advance), so it won’t be overcrowded like most NYE parties. Music and dancing in the Upper Hall, with a more casual setting in the Lower Hall with food, drinks and a big screen TV playing NYE shows from around the globe. Doors at 8:30 p.m. Visit Oddfellowsnewyearseve.eventbrite.com for more info.

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THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST Everybody wants something, and Christmas is your chance to really give it to them. All year long, you’ve been putting up with your crazy racist uncle’s shit and your boss’s unending demands. Even your own mother keeps asking when you are going to bring home a wife for her to meet. It’s almost too much to bear. The new year is about to begin, and you are about to start it off neck deep in shit. You’ve got to find a way out of these messes, and quick, before another year gets ruined. Thankfully, all it’s going to take are a few presents to tame these savage beasts and get you started off on the good foot for 2018. The only thing you can give to the moms of the world who have everything already and continue to nag you anyway is a human offering. You can go the traditional route and propose to a real-life partner, or have a baby, but not everyone is able to do that. If you find yourself single and flush with a little bit of cash, a mail-order bride or adoption may be great options. But why stop with just one?

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Why not surprise mom with a lot of special new ladies and gents in your life? Logic goes that if mom would love you to have one wife or baby, then having two or more of either should make her twice as happy! This Christmas, show up with two wives, two husbands and four kids of undetermined parentage and watch your mom’s head explode. If that doesn’t stop her from bringing up your future again, I don’t know what else will. For your racist and paranoid uncle, you may just be able to offer him the opportunity of a lifetime. In case you haven’t heard, the Trump administration is dismantling the federal government piece by piece. In support of their mission, Trump is hiring more crazyeyed bigots to fill the thousands of still vacant positions. If you play your cards right, your uncle could assist in the slow destruction and desecration of the United States of America like he has always dreamed! As countless Thanksgiving and Christmas soliloquies have shown, your uncle does about as well with conflicts and diplomacy as

Trump; he should be a real shoe-in for the kind of agenda being pushed by the president. Rumor has it that the Secretary of State position should be up for grabs soon, so the timing is right. The best part is that this gift should not be difficult to get. Just tweet a photoshopped meme of your uncle kicking Kim Jong Un in the nuts to the president and the job is his. It’s not always family who need gifts. Sometimes you have to buy presents for your work family, too. You’ve already given them more of your time, energy and soul than probably anyone else in your life, so of course they are going to want to squeeze some presents out of you. They call it the “Office Holiday Party” or a white elephant party, but it’s clearly another blatant cash grab by a person who never wants to pay you overtime. You can’t be too much of a dick with your gifts and still hope to keep your job, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a great opportunity to drop some subtle passive-aggressive hints to let muthafuckas know what’s really up. For that person in your office who is constantly playing

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BEARS EARS: A TIME FOR THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY AND NATIVE TRIBES TO UNIFY WORDS & PHOTO ELLEN BAKER

“President Trump sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah on Monday by some two million acres, the largest rollback of federal land protection in the nation’s history.” – Julie Turkewitz for The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2017 Two weeks prior to the above news, my body and mind became one with the landscape that is Bears Ears National Monument. I was on a climbing trip—my first time visiting the monument. Upon arrival, I felt a deep connection to the land as I usually do in vast spaces of nature. Upon departure from the monument, I felt a deeper connection to the history that enveloped the area. One particular night after climbing, we packed up our gear under the moonlight and went on a quest for pictographs that were mentioned in the climbing guide book. Minutes later, we stumbled across ancient carvings in the rock. Magic resides here, and it is not solely derived from the world-class rock climbing. My first reaction to Trump’s reduction of the monuments was outrage, stemming from my pure love of nature with an image of a once-pristine landscape turned to cement and mining and meaningless human debris. Once my initial hatred subsided, followed by the completion of a well-written article by Georgie Abel published on Medium.com discussing how “[we have] misappropriated Bears Ears as an issue primarily of outdoor recreation, and erased an important part of history,” my perception of why I was so upset about the reduction of this beautiful landscape shifted.

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Bridger Jack Butte in Bears Ears National Monument What’s Going On President Trump recently decreased the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and cut Grand Staircase-Escalante in half. For those who are unfamiliar, these vast landscapes are not only home to endless sawtooth ridgelines that silhouette the sunsets and dried creek beds that manifest into surging river masses at the will of Mother Nature. This land is also the original home of native tribes—a landscape of cultural history that is being taken from those it originally belonged to. “The cultural resources here, the petroglyphs, the structures, all of this, is evidence of the Native people who lived in and passed through the Bears Ears,” Octavius Seowtewa, a Zuni Elder, wrote on Bearsearscoalition.org. “It provides a link to our ancestors, from long ago … This is why tribes have set aside any differences and come together: if this information is lost, it’s lost forever. It is devastating to think of that loss. We must protect Bears Ears.”

Looking Back In 1906, the Antiquities Act was passed and signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. This act enabled the president to create national monuments from federal land to protect “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest” (16 USC 431-433). The initial creation of national monuments and parks attempted to push Native Americans from their homes. “Although the creation of the first national parks coincided with efforts to restrict Indians to reservations and assimilate them into American society, native use and occupancy of park lands often continued unabated,” Mark David Spence wrote in his 1999 book, Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of the National Parks. This eventually led to conflicts such as the Nez Perce War between the United States Army and Native Americans, as the U.S. Government continued to forcibly take ancestral land from native tribes. Though many of us Americans know and love the National Park system, including myself, its birth was far from a positive movement.

Moving Forward If you know anything about Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante, you have heard of, or taken part in Patagonia’s The President Stole Your Land campaign, an effort toward creating awareness and involving other outdoor brands, enthusiasts, athletes, writers, etc. I applaud the company as I will always stand by them as long as they stand for the good of the outdoors and humanity (which, I imagine, will be forever). However, awareness is merely the first step. Understanding the why behind the issue is the second. This land is not only ours to play on as outdoor enthusiasts, but the deep ancestral roots that it contains are irreplaceable. Understand that this land is not ours to take or to claim, but that perhaps it presents an opportunity for the growth of humanity; a chance to understand other cultures and work together for something beautiful. #ProtectBearsEars not for you, but for the whole.

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Get 2018 off to a healthy (and delicious) start courtesy of Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova. Your instructor for this workshop, Terese Hollander Esperas from A Healthy Kitchen, will teach you how to prepare “building block base recipes” featuring winter veggies, lean proteins (such as chicken and turkey), lentils, wholesome grains and salad greens … you know, all the stuff you’re going to pledge to eat on Jan. 1. The class will begin at 9 a.m. in the Farmhouse Kitchen at American River Ranch (2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova) and will cost $20 to register (plus a $75 food fee to be paid to the instructor). To sign up, go to Soilborn.org or call (916) 363-9685.

TOUCH Hit the Trails on Your Choice of First Day Hikes • Jan. 1 Keeping with the theme of the event we featured in “Taste,” help get your 2018 health goals off to a great start with First Day Hikes, which will be taking place in parks all across the United States. Here in the Sacramento region, you’ll have numerous options to walk off your NYE hangover and take in some of our area’s gorgeous natural attractions. For example, check out the Monroe Ridge Trail in El Dorado County. Hikes from this location will begin at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (for those of you who went particularly hard the night before) and will meet at the park museum. This is a strenuous to moderate hike. Children age 9 and older may attend, but you’ll have to get a sitter for your fur babies. Call (530) 622-3470 in case of heavy rain for cancellation information. Another nearby option is the Rim Trail at the Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park in Nevada County. This 3.29-mile hike will offer views of spectacular pit and canyon walls excavated by hydraulic mining in the late 1800s. Children age 8 and older are welcome, but your pup will have to stay home. For more info, go to Malakoffdigginsstatepark.org. Or, head to Auburn State Recreation Area (501 El Dorado St., Auburn) for a ranger-led, 3.5-mile moderate hike. Children and dogs are welcome (woof!). This hike will take 3 to 4 hours, so bring snacks and water. For more info, visit Auburn State Recreation Area on Facebook. Get your move on, Sacramento, and Happy New Year!!! SubmergeMag.com

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IN THE NAME OF SPACE AND SCIENCE NASA LEGEND SCOTT KELLY TOUCHES DOWN IN SACRAMENTO WORDS JACOB SPRECHER PHOTO ROBERT MARKOWITZ

aptain Scott Joseph Kelly has spent 520 days literally off the planet, floating in space. That would be 2 percent of his 53-year life, if you’re crunching numbers at home. Fascinated by The Right Stuff as an impressionable youth, Kelly received degrees in both electrical engineering and aviation systems before joining the Navy in the 1980s, whereupon he was eventually selected by NASA as a part of Astronaut Group 16 in 1996. His resume from that point forward reads like science fiction, with the crowning achievement being a yearlong mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) alongside Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko from March 27, 2015 to March 2, 2016. The primary objective of this lengthy stint in space was to study the long-term effects of spaceflight upon the human body, which, in the case of Kelly, also involved using his twin brother as a control back home on Earth. The time since has seen Kelly “retire,” a relative idea for a man possessing a work ethic that most can only dream of. In the spring of this year, Kelly saw the release of his first book, Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery. Endurance is both accessible in its scientific nomenclature, while still steadfast in detail. It’s also rewardingly human and philosophical; all the more poignant from a vantage point that very few have had the chance to experience. With the Sacramento Speakers Series presenting Captain Kelly at the Community Center Theater on Jan. 17, the spaceman himself spared a few minutes of his time to speak with Submerge.

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Your voice in print is pretty effortless. It almost felt like you’ve been a longtime author. Was it something you had to work at, or did you find it easy to slide into that mode? I think at times when I write it can be really good; at other times it’s a struggle and a challenge. I think it’s more my ability to tell a story versus my ability to write it down. I think being able to tell a story in a vivid way is helpful when you then want to write a book; it makes people feel like they were there. But it’s not easy. I wanted people to be able to relate to it, to believe in it, to experience in their imagination from these words what I experienced. Right now I’m writing a young reader version. Do you get the opportunity to speak with kids as much as you’d like given your various engagements? Right now it kind of is what it is based on my schedule—which is not that free—but I would much rather talk to a group of kids than a group of adults [laughs]. It’s getting to see that they’re really interested in space and science. If you took a poll of all the kids on Earth and asked, “What job would you want to have when you grow up?” I bet astronaut would have more than any other.

With the pushback on science across the populist spectrum, do you feel very strongly about giving your opinions to the world right now? More so than, say, 10 or 15 years ago? Absolutely. I think we are at a critical time in the history of our country where we have people that deny science. Especially [from] people that aren’t scientists. To say that 97 percent of scientists are wrong and you’re right because, I don’t know, you’re a lawyer? [Laughs] Makes no sense. It’s not logical. And you have a government, whether it’s congress or the administration, that fosters these conspiracy theories and anti-science ideas. The fact that I kind of have a platform now ... it wasn’t my plan, [but] I do feel somewhat obligated to point things out when I think they need to be in regards to this whole science denial. There are so many things regarding life in space that 99.999 percent of us could never even begin to consider. One of the things that jumped out at me in the book was urine, and trading it with the Russians. So we have a system on the space station that turns our urine into water. The Russians don’t have that; they give us their urine so we can also turn their urine into water. It allows us not to have to fly so much water [into space]. It’s a pretty sophisticated piece of equipment

and kind of hard to manufacture and run. The Russians have plans to fly their own, but they’ve not been successful yet. So they have to launch all their water from the ground. We on the other hand don’t. It’s that simple. I know that you see the United States someday reaching Mars, as it was a part of what initially interested you in space travel, but how far out do you see a mission like that, realistically? It depends on how much desire we have to do it. I think we could do it within the next few years if we made the investment. I don’t think that will happen, but it could. I’m hopeful. But skeptical. Your story about being ordered to find out if a Russian counterpart had brought an Iranian Quran aboard the ISS struck me. Does it surprise you that politics can permeate even the furthest reaches of humanity? I was shocked about that; that I was kinda given a mandate to go find out. I mean this is somebody’s personal property. The fact that it was a Quran from Iran was irrelevant to the point, I thought. If you can bring a Bible from your own country, why shouldn’t you be able to bring a Quran from somewhere else? It’s not logical, and I’m a pretty logic-minded person.

You noted that while looking down on Earth you were in fact viewing the chaos from above. Was that an interesting or maddening experience, to know that even in your own country strange things were happening while you were so far away? How did you process that at such a distance? At the time, it’s just kind of hard to understand. We have this incredible planet and opportunity to do good and work together to solve our problems, and it seems impossible. Fast forward two years later and we’re in the situation we’re in now and it’s just ... heartbreaking. That this is what our country has come to, just yelling at each other on TV news 24/7. I read in the text that one of the questions you get asked most is “What did you miss most about Earth?” But I was curious, what did you miss least about Earth while you were away? Hahaha. Never been asked that. Huh. [Long pause.] Well I know what I would say now. Back then I don’t know what I would say. What would you say now? I’m not telling ya.

Hear Captain Scott Kelly speak live about his year in space at the Community Center Theater (1301 L St., Sacramento) on Jan. 17. This event is part of the Sacramento Speakers Series. For more info or to order tickets, go to Sacramentospeakers.com.

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ARTIST FEDERICO DÍAZ’S SUBTILE BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN ART AND NATURE WORDS RONNIE CLINE • PHOTOS KEVIN FISCUS

The inclusion of public art in The Bridge District of West Sacramento is very exciting. What led to you being selected for this project? One day I received an email—and thanks to another installation I made for MASS MoCA [Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art] called Geometric Death Frequency-141, they found me. They invited me to enter the competition and I sent my portfolio. After about three months, they selected six artists. Then they invited me to see the space and to observe. I was here for three days, looking around. Because it was nature, I was really interested in the natural processes. So you created the piece after touring the area and being inspired by the location of the art installation? Yes, it was really site specific. I used a special algorithm that simulated the trees and simulated different levels of growth in nature around the river. I noticed that incorporating science into your artwork is very important to you. Yes, I use algorithms and digital processes that are connected with nature.

When you reference algorithms, what specifically are you talking about? I’m talking more about the trees and bushes in the area, how the wind hits them. You will see on the surface of the sculpture, the targets shimmer when the wind hits them, so they are connected with the nature and movement of the area. I wanted to capture it like leaves. So it’s also about attention. We don’t have time to see something that is natural and primitive so the sculpture activates our attention to something that is part of the space and surrounding area.

est Sacramento has been going through many changes and turning an empty riverbank into a bustling district is one of them. Recently, The Bridge District in West Sacramento has been morphing into a location where food trucks, musicians and locals converge for commerce and entertainment. In keeping with that cultural facelift, West Sacramento wanted to incorporate public art into its burgeoning landscape. However, unlike the $8 million statue of Piglet that welcomes guests to the Golden 1 Center, a custom art piece in West Sacramento was made to reflect and interact with its surroundings. Instead of seeking out a specific artist, there was an international competition, which was won by Federico Díaz. A Czech artist of Argentinian descent, Díaz is known for his abstract art installations that combine the reality of everyday life with methods that incorporate science and technology. I sat down with Díaz hours before the unveiling of his contribution to the city, titled Subtile.

Once Subtile was delivered, Díaz was unable to help assemble the art piece because he did not have American contractors insurance and could only direct workers. Though he did admit it was strange only being able to watch his art piece be installed, he felt comfortable with the process. “One of the city managers came to Prague to see how the installation would work, so they had experience before it got here.” Díaz explained. “I was kind of the brain around it, and they felt quite comfortable having me around, so I could pinpoint things that I saw. There was good cooperation.” During our conversation, Díaz was willing to share his creative process and the passion he has for society as a whole, but when asked how he felt about Subtile Díaz became soft-spoken and humble. “It’s not about me,” Díaz said when talking about his recent addition to The Bridge District. "It’s about the space.”

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You’ve been known to use media and technology as a catalyst for social activism. How do you connect activism with a public audience? I’m always thinking about activation, visual activation, or political activation. I think it’s important to create something that is not only a representation of the soul of the artist—of course that is really important —but if the piece is in a public space, I think it is a big responsibility to make the connection between the art and the audience.

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You mentioned that one of the reasons you were contacted was because of your art piece at MASS MoCA, can you tell me a little about that piece titled, Geometric Death Frequency-141. Yes, It was based on light and shadows from the museum. And it was built by a machine right? Yes, untouched by human hands. I believe our bodies are limited, and for this reason we create devices which are made because of our fear. Fear of what? That something and everything will come to an end. So we devise these tools to prolong our fragility of life. Your art speaks to society in many ways. Since your approach can come from a social activist’s point of view, have you ever experienced backlash? I was invited by one of the most important museums in Beijing, China, named the CAFA [Central Academy of Fine Arts]. They invited me and I went there more than 20 times during several years observing. Always if you look at the periphery of a city you will find new information. There, in the middle, everything was perfect. But, if you are on

the periphery there is always something coming to the surface. What came to the surface in China? During these trips, I saw that transportation like bicycles and rickshaws disappeared. Then one day I saw in one district a poster that said rickshaws were banned in that area. After about a month, I went back again, the government of Beijing pushed the people that used rickshaws, and repairmen that welded broken rickshaws and bicycles to the fifth circle, the periphery. From the first to the fourth circle, it’s impossible to weld. If you think about this problem from the point of view of a Chinese worker, it became really hard [to get around] and thousands and thousands of workers lost their jobs. So, one month before my exhibition, I saw a small demonstration and one of the rickshaw men was killed. So after one year of observing, I was interested in the momentum of that movement, interested in the momentum of that war. How did you transfer what you saw into your art? I noticed that all of these techniques and rituals were disappearing, so I decided to

transfer it into my art using an old technique, which was Chinese ink combined with modern technology onto a big canvas in the museum. Then, one day before the opening, I invited a repairman and he stenciled the mechanism of the rickshaw gears. Would you say you were protesting through your art? I don’t know if it’s a protest, but it was deliberate. I didn’t want to do any kind of political action on purpose, but at the same time I wanted to show something that the Chinese society creates. I wanted to tell something about the society, but everything is political in China. How long was it on display? It was only complete for one day before the opening. The next day the managers of the museum got an email from the Ministry of Propaganda that stated the exhibit had to be replaced by another exhibition. Wow, so this email was sent out on opening day? Yes, on the day of the opening. So we protested a little bit. We applied some political pressure through certain channels and they backed off a little bit and said the repairman in the exhibit had to be removed and only the static installation and the accompanying video can stay there. Although what I created wasn’t a direct confrontation with anything or anybody, I felt the powers working behind the scenes. My friend went to the exhibition a week later and there was almost nothing left. All of the signs were taken off, the accompanying video was gone and there was only the canvas, which really said nothing since there was no visual connection.

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Would you call yourself a political artist? I want to stress that I’m not interested in being a political artist. I’m mainly interested in society and the process in society. That could be the downward process we have discussed, or that can also be positive things. I believe this way, change can be achieved in a more effective way as opposed to if I used political language. For me, political language is very complex and sometimes also misleading, so I want to keep my distance from it. I can see that you are very passionate about the effect your artwork has on society, whether it’s connecting people to their heritage and livelihood like in China, or making someone stop and appreciate the simplicity of the natural world like in West Sacramento. Yes, exactly. SubmergeMag.com

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CAYLA JORDAN’S JOURNEY FROM TEENAGE CARAMEL CORN PUSHER TO LEGIT BAKING SUPERSTAR

WORDS CLAUDIA RIVAS

ver the last 20 years, the methods of building a business have changed dramatically. The rise of the internet and social media has meant companies large and small have had to adapt and sell based on more than just the quality of their products. Questions come up like: Is the item meme-worthy? Can you make a gif while using it? Is the product the right shade of millennial pink? Is this the right ad to put on Facebook or Instagram? To learn how to sell in this new tech-savvy landscape, some flock back to classrooms determined to gain the marketing tools and

knowledge for their businesses to stay afloat. Others, like selfproclaimed “#CheesecakeQueen” Cayla Jordan, take a different approach. With the right research, strategy and personal experience through trial and error, Jordan’s success has turned out to be a piece of cake—cheesecake, that is. You might recognize Jordan’s name around Sacramento; she’s been popping up everywhere: Instagram, YouTube, 106.5 The End’s Wake Up Call, collaborations with popular blogs like The People of Sacramento, pop-up shops and guest features on ABC10 and Good Day Sacramento. Jordan has built a

buzz about her cheesecakes almost entirely on her own. All this has led up to her current venture, Creamy’s by Cayla Jordan, a pop-up shop in the Arden Fair Mall, just in time for the holiday season. “This shop means so much to me. It’s my baby,” says Jordan with a candid smile. “My other pop-up shops were kind of like practice compared to this. As opposed to preparing for a one-day shop a week in advance, with this I’m open everyday and baking any time I’m not opened.” Jordan’s holiday pop-up shop welcomes visitors with a sign lit in gold. It’s been open since

November 20, and will continue to serve sweet teeth until New Year’s Eve. Shoppers can buy cheesecakes full-sized, miniaturized, sandwiched between cookies and more. Creamy’s offers flavors like caramel pecan, chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate, peppermint bark and coffee. Jordan’s popularity has grown since the shop’s opening, a fact that forced her to have to close early one day after selling out of product. She closed the store midday to go and bake more, but don’t worry, Jordan isn’t trying to do everything on her own. Her help and assistance comes from those she trusts, like her mom.

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“I learned everything from my mom, and baking is still something her and I share,“ Jordan explains when discussing how her role has reversed from student to teacher. As for Jordan’s story, she’s been baking since she was a young girl and started selling caramel corn in high school, making as much as $30-a-day. “I know you might want an in-depth story, but long story short, I turned my passion into my business,” says Jordan. “Instead of selling drugs illegally, I was selling caramel corn.” Inspired by the success of selling her sweets in school, she decided to pursue bigger goals. She then sold her caramel corn in grocery stores such as Nugget and Raley’s. This was a huge step for her business endeavors, though while considering wholesale of her products, she decided to end her collaboration with the markets. “The wholesale route was kind of boring,” says Jordan. “They wanted me to have a certain look, certain packaging, use different ingredients and do things by a certain method. I wanted to make my product how I wanted to, and make it higher end. I wanted my creations to sustain their quality taste without watering down the product.” After that it was back to the drawing board. Jordan decided to not only sell her products to customers directly, but to focus on cheesecakes as her staple. With cheesecakes, she could be creative with different flavors that she couldn’t explore with caramel corn. Through trial-and-error, Jordan rebranded her entire business model from scratch. When it came to marketing and advertising her new brand, she found that the marketing classes she was taking at Sacramento City College didn’t give her the real information she wanted. “I found the material in my classes were out-of-date, especially since I was already running my own business at the time and learned more through YouTube and online research,” says Jordan. Though she created an online store in 2010, she realized not many visitors were SubmergeMag.com

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has also created a cookbook eBook, #CHEESECAKEQUEEN, with all the photos and content produced by herself. Jordan has also created an app called BAKEMOJI for enthusiastic bakers looking for emojis that appeal to people’s sweet side. “I’m underestimated all the time. But I brush it off and keep going,” says Jordan when asked if she’s ever been underestimated. She keeps it professional by showing that the proof of her talent is in her baking. Jordan is a force to be reckoned with through not only her marketing smarts, but in her talent for creating delicious desserts. Right now, there is no stopping her. Without giving anything away, Jordan told Submerge that she definitely has more small projects in the works. We’ll just have to stay tuned to her channels to find out.

Make sure to head to Cayla’s seasonal pop-up shop and meet the #CheesecakeQueen herself. Business hours are 10 a.m. —9 p.m. Nov. 20— Dec. 31. For further details, visit Caylajordan.com.

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SHOW BUSINESS

LOCAL MUSIC VET PETER PETTY TALKS ABOUT HIS DEBUT ALBUM AND HIS NATURAL AFFINITY FOR THE SWING ERA WORDS DANIEL ROMANDIA • PHOTO JASON SINN

he dim nightclub is thumping with the wild sounds of the most swingin’ jazz band in town. The crowd is rhythmically flailing to the music— possibly fueled by a number of cocktails. Everyone in sight is dressed to the nines in their slender suits and tight cocktail dresses. This might sound like a scene from the 1940s, but if you’re from Sacramento then you know this is another night with local jazz connoisseur and eccentric band leader Peter Petty. He may not be from that bygone decade, but Petty and his various bands have the ability to take

audiences back to the swing era rather than simply pay homage. He’d be the first to tell you that his shows are not of the “bland, polite clapping set” variety. No, a Peter Petty gig is an energetic affair— something akin to a pack of dogs in a frenzy. It’s all a part of who he is as a person. This is the music he loves, and being a showman comes naturally. Petty has been a part of Sacramento’s music scene for years. He performed with the Sacramento Opera for eight seasons and has recorded with Cake. However, his debut album Ready, Petty, Go!

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was released only back in September, and he has plans to take his act on tour in 2018. Until then, he has put together A Hepcat’s Holla’Day, Peter Petty’s Swingin’ Yuletide Revue, which is set for the CLARA Auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 23. The variety show is scheduled to feature a slew of local musicians like Hans Eberbach, Dana Moret, Spacewalker and more along with a burlesque show, stand-up comedy and a visit from Santy Claus. In anticipation of this bawdy holiday event, Petty took some time to answer a few of our questions. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

You’ve been a part of Sacramento’s music scene for a long while, but you just released your first album this past year. Why haven’t you released an album before? I had misgivings about wanting to do an album well. I didn’t want to just get an album out there to have it out there, because I didn’t want to have a mediocre product. A CD these days is virtually just an expensive calling card for the artist. You just got to have it. I’ve been out in the chute with my own band for five years, and we certainly had enough material. I just don’t have enough edification on the production side of things to make sure the album would be decent. Also, I was just broke. I had no bread, and this ain’t free. I was waiting for someone who was enthusiastic about what I was doing. I was putting feelers out there and [local music promoter] Mindy Giles recommended Kid Anderson in San Jose. He’s a great blues aficionado and converted his home into a studio. People come from all over the damn place to play his little studio, and, man, it is small. It’s a duplex and every room except for one bedroom is repurposed into a potential recording space. My isolation booth was in his laundry room. I wanted to do it right, so I brought my 12-piece band. Everyone, the whole band, had serious misgivings like, “how is this going to work?” After the first song, everyone was just like, “Alright!” and we had a party. It was pretty miraculous. Many of your live shows are essentially variety shows. How do you find what talent to bring in? Like you were saying, I’ve been on the scene for a little while and I love to meet people who are not assholes and love what they’re doing and get it. There’s a lot of them out there and Sacramento is full of talent—it is full of talented individuals doing interesting things. There’s just too many fun genres of music to pick. So, I’ll bring a little country western and a little classic rock, even. It’s all fun and hopefully a little out of left field so it’s a little surprising and enjoyable. There’s a certain thrill playing with people you don’t normally play with. It’s always super fun and to have them on the bandstand, even for a song or two, is just great. You bring a nostalgic take with your music. How did you get into that? I get this question a lot, understandably. I’m 50 now and so my parents are straight out of the swing era. So, that’s kind of their music. I heard a lot of ‘40s and ‘50s pop—top of the pops, hit parade-type stuff growing up. The radio was always turned to that station. I don’t think they have it in town anymore, but they always played that era of music, and so that was always set in my ear. It’s that kind of nostalgia, the sweetness of it. I knew all of those tunes and I think it was just in my ear. I had a natural affinity for that style of interpreting a lyric. Sinatra is not necessarily one of my heroes, but you cannot help but emulate the man when you’re singing that kind of music. I’m fortunate enough to have an instrument [Petty motions to this throat] that is able to do it all. I’m able to have enough versatility. I get bored doing the same thing always, so it’s just fun to switch it up. SubmergeMag.com

I think it was just in my mind growing up. It was all there. When I was in high school, I was all over the place. I was having a good time, but no one could pin me down because I would dress up in a different way every day. Kind of in the same way, I’m still doing exactly what I was doing back then. If I feel like a cowboy, by George, I’m putting on a hat. When I was in high school, I thought it would be cool to emulate the look of the ‘40s. I was kind of sick of the ‘60s thing, and so I think it was kind of a deliberate choice to go to the ‘40s. I love the design of that era. I also felt a real kinship with it. I’m not a very mystically minded person, but I really felt like when I’d go to the Grand Island Mansion, I felt like was coming home. It was a weird feeling like maybe I had been there before. I think that also sets that in my mind. So, when I sing a song, I think I bring that swing vibe to it. This style seems to make sense for you because you just seem like a natural showman. How do you find all that energy you bring out? It sounds vainglorious, but I can’t help it. I just can’t help it. I am untrained in every sense of the word. It’s just like aping it, do as best you can. It’s close enough to what it’s supposed to be that it works. I’m like, bad, raw, untrained. I’m amazed that people tolerate it sometimes. But I actually have enthusiasm for it and I’m having a good time. There’s not much of a formula except for going [on stage]. I love the emotional center of a song and that’s what really attracts me to most stuff. If there’s not some amount of pathos in it, I’m usually not interested. You could even bring an ironic sense out of it. Like, one of my favorite songs “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” is very “la la la” kind of tune, but really, with all this nonsense, your Christmas will be anything but merry. There’s a lot of shit going down these days. Judy Garland interpreted it that way and it’s always very powerful. Like, my God, it breaks your heart. As an audience, if someone is just up there doing a song, I don’t think people are engaged. I definitely like to try to engage the audience, because then there is a communication happening. That’s not only gratifying, but it’s absolutely necessary. It’s the human condition to connect with other people. I guess we’ve evolved to do that, to have that connection. That’s one way I can do that. So, your performance is just as much for you as it is for everyone else? Absolutely. I’m loathe to admit, but it’s very selfishly motivated. I just love to do it and if I can actually get the chance to do it, it’s just awesome. It’s something that I can do to contribute. There’s not a whole lot that I can do that contributes to society, but this is something I can offer. I’m honored to be able to do that.

Peter Petty’s aforementioned A Hepcat’s Holla’Day Swingin’ Yuletide Revue will take place Dec. 23 at the CLARA Auditorium (1425 24th St., Sacramento) at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, go to Peterpetty.biz. This event is for cool cats 18 years of age and older, dig? You can also catch Petty at Torch Club (904 15th St., Sacramento) on Jan. 24, 2018, at 9 p.m.

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The Silver Orange Trevor McCord, The New Crowns, Fonty, 6 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Company Grateful Mondays w/ Old Mule, 6 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; JT Lawrence, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Another Damn Disappointment, Riotmaker, Merrygold Trio, 8 p.m. Shine Speak Out! Sacramento, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase In the Round w/ Gavin Caanon, 5:30 p.m.; The Mindful, 9 p.m.

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CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Sacramento State Latin Jazz Ensemble, 7 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.

TUESDAY Crest Theatre Naturally 7, 6:30 p.m. Dive Bar Brandy Robinson & Midnight Soul, 9:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. LowBrau Le Twist feat. !!! (DJ Set), Death Party at the Beach (EP Release), 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Beginning Bluegrass Club, 6:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Thizz Latin Christmas Party feat. Raycito, Davey Dee, Ju Astaire, Lil D, Wett the Vett, Vizual, Casper and More, 9 p.m. Cafe Colonial Open Mic w/ Marty Taters, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Club Car (Auburn) Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Todd Rundgren, 6:30 p.m.

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Armadillo Music Horse Hound Hog Bear Fire, 5 p.m. Bar 101 Todd Morgan, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Acoustically Speaking, 5 p.m. Blue Lamp Dru Down, 8:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Scarface, Gorgeous George, Pimp God, 7:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. The Colony Godstomper, JKKFO, Serpentera, System Assault, Slutzville, Public Trash, Dingleberry Stew, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Nathan Pacheco, 6:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Nothin’ Personal, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Trevor McCord, Coyote Reverie, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Lucid, Fate Under Fire, Roman Pilot, 5:30 p.m.; Night Moves (Bob Seger Tribute), Creedence Classic Revival (Creedence Clearwater Tribute), 9:30 p.m. Hideaway Rockin Ryan and the Real Goners, Frankie and the Defenders, 8 p.m. Holy Diver Cemetery Sun, NERV, Demon in Me, Our People, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Mylar’s Annual Christmas Sing Along and Canned Food Drive, 5:30 p.m. Mix DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Throbaq, Revolver (Rage Against the Machine Tribute), Vox Society, DJ Nocturnal, 9 p.m. On The Y Straight Through, Atombomb, Red Pills, 9 p.m. Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Tragically White, 8:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ E-Rock, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Arden Park Roots Christmas Party, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. The Red Museum Non Grata, Steve Vanoni, Mina Büker, Uberkunst, Art Lessing And The Flower Vato, DJ Larry Rodriguez, 7 p.m. Shine Billy Lawler, Chris Cotta, Cloud Hats, 8 p.m. Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) Elevation, 9 p.m. Torch Club The Outcome, 5:30 p.m.; Mr. December, 9 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Extra Innings, 6 p.m. Zinfandel Grille Greg Willett, 7 p.m. SubmergeMag.com

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Ace of Spades Dog Party, Destroy Boys, Hi Mom!, Fonty, 7 p.m. The Acoustic Den Cafe Tim Stephenson Student Recital, 11 a.m.; Steve Montgomery & Jesse Shaw, 1:30 p.m.; Anthony Pfluke, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Quarterhorse Drive, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Craig MacArthur and Scott Guberman, 3 p.m. The Boardwalk A Christmas of Sorts! Toy, Food and Clothing Drive feat. DJ Switchblade, USVSU, What Rough Beasts and More, 7:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Encore at Christmas, 6:30 p.m.; Garratt Wilkin & the Parrotheads (Jimmy Buffett Tribute), 8 p.m. Capitol Garage The Corner w/ DJ Veyn & Guests, 10 p.m. CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Peter Petty’s Hepcat’s Holla’ Day feat. Dana Moret, Sasha Prawalsky, Casey Lipka, Hans Eberbach, Tim Foster and Stan Tindal, Ricky Berger and More, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Mango Jennings, Heather Foat, Katie Monley, Santa Elvis, 9 p.m. Goldfield Ashley Barron, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s The Funky Sixteens, House of Mary, Petty Party, 8 p.m. Holy Diver The Sactown Throwdown 2017: City of Trees Brass Band, Paul Nicholas Slater, MLEO, Animals in the Attic, 7 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Beau J. Wilding, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Jazzbos Paradox, The Stockings, 9 p.m. Opera House Saloon (Roseville) Moonshine Crazy, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub GrooveLine, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) Ugly Sweater Christmas Party w/ Jayson Angove, 9 p.m. The Silver Orange Anxious Arms, Videotape, Seafloor Cinema, Orinda, 6 p.m. Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) Essex, 9 p.m.

Torch Club The Stuff, 5:30 p.m.; The Nibblers, 9 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Julie and the Jukes, 6 p.m. Zinfandel Grille Mike Bender, 7 p.m.

12.24 SUNDAY

LowBrau Throwback Jams w/ DJ Epik & Special Guests, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Christmas Eve Special w/ Kevin Seconds, Allyson Seconds, David Houston and More, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Factor IX w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, DJ CarnieRobber and Guests, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Jingle Bash, 7 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Christmas Eve Celebration w/ Front the Band, 8 p.m.

12.25 MONDAY

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12.26 TUESDAY Dive Bar Leo Valentine & Friends, 9:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Chet Chwalik Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

12.27 WEDNESDAY

The Acoustic Den Cafe Open Mic, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Cafe Colonial Bit Crusher Benefit Show for Cafe Colonial w/ Floral Jacket, Sloome, Fonty, Meet Cute, Lucky/You, Sam Peter and the Village, 8 p.m. The Club Car (Auburn) The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Con Bio, Tracorum, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Press Club Emo Night Sacramento: Christmas Vacation, 8 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase In the Round w/ Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; Sactown Playboys, 9 p.m.

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The Purple Place (El Dorado Hills) NYE Party, 9 p.m. Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) New Years Eve Gatsby Gala, 9 p.m. Sutter Creek Provisions Slade Rivers Band, 3 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; New Years Eve Celebration w/ GrooveSession, 8 p.m.

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It would be an understatement to say that the Foo Fighters’ recent show at Golden 1 Center was one of the best yet at the venue. Rather than bring in a plethora of special effects like many of the recent acts who have played in the arena, the Foo Fighters came to downtown Sacramento and kicked ass the old fashioned way, with a fairly stripped-down stage and a high-octane three-hour set filled with great rock ‘n’ roll songs that had the enthusiastic audience raging merrily along. Frontman Dave Grohl remains one of the best at what he does, but the Foo imprint has gone beyond the live aspect. Grohl and his comrades have been an influential force on music in film as well. He directed the amazing documentary Sound City and the HBO mini-series Sonic Highways, which both gave historical and educational context to American music on a broad scale. The Foos even played “Everlong” as the farewell song on David Letterman’s final episode of The Late Show in 2015. And if that all wasn’t enough, the band were recently featured on a PBS special where they played the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece. That is covering a lot of territory. All of these opportunities might be attributed to the fact that the band discovered early on how to strike a songwriting balance between heavy and accessible, and then take those songs to the masses with an energy that seems to have expanded with time. Grohl, who turns 49 next month, intuitively understands how to tap into the collective Id of an audience with nonstop rock energy, engaging, humorous banter and a true love for music. Onstage, his vitality is matched by that of drummer Taylor Hawkins, who is also an accomplished singer, pianist and guitarist. The pair seemed locked into each other for much

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I remember around this time last year, I think I wrote that as shitty as 2016 was, 2017 would probably be a lot worse, and because I’m one of those people, I’m happy to report I was right. I mean, what a steaming pile of shit, right? Even Tom Petty died … Tom Petty! If you didn’t like Tom Petty, at least a little bit, I’m pretty sure we can’t be friends. But I guess there was a ray of hope there at the end, right? Doug Jones defeated Judge Roy Moore in a special election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacated seat in the U.S. Senate. Let’s set aside for a moment that Judge Roy Moore was even a credible candidate in the first place. Let’s pay no mind for a moment that Moore was facing many credible allegations that he had sexually abused teenagers in the past. I mean, it’s awful that he did those things, but let’s forget about them for a moment. Let’s forget that despite these allegations, and even though he’d been asked to bow out of the race, even by level-headed members of his own party, he soldiered on and thought it would be best to turn on his accusers, taking a page out of a playbook that got another accused abuser elected into a higher seat in the government (not naming names), and tried to turn himself into the victim. Let’s set that aside and remember that even before these allegations, Moore had gone on the record stating that he thought homosexuality should be considered a crime and that Keith Ellison should be prohibited from serving in Congress because he is a Muslim. Let’s ignore that Moore was also one of those “birther” dudes who believed, erroneously, that President Obama wasn’t born in the United States (which seemed to work out fine for someone else who ran for office last year). And despite all these things, this Moore guy was able to win a primary and become a candidate for one of our two major political parties (I’m not going to name which one) and eventually even received the support of said party and an endorsement from the U.S. President said party shoehorned into the White House last year under our watch. Let’s also forget that despite all these things, Moore carried 48.4 percent of the votes (650,436 as of this writing, according to CNN.com) and lost the election by a scant 1.5 percent. Let’s be happy that Doug Jones won. I’m not trying to rain on anyone’s parade, I swear. Jones becoming senate-elect in Alabama is far better than the alternative. I admit that when my wife and I watched a replay of the special election coverage on YouTube, we were cheering

and smiling. It felt good, even though I have to admit the only thing I really know about Alabama is that the Auburn/Alabama college football game is a really big deal down there—or at least that’s what sportscasters would have me believe. Maybe therein lies the problem. I don’t understand where the 650,436 people are coming from at all, and expect they have no idea why I’m usually voting for the other person. Do they think that I’m some godless liberal prick who eats kale by the truckload? Do they think that I think that they’re a bunch of toothless rednecks who fornicate with their cousins? The thing is, I don’t. I don’t think they’re backward, uncivilized rubes. The truth is, I don’t think about them much at all. In fact, if this special election in Alabama hadn’t been so dominant in this end-of-year news cycle, I probably wouldn’t have uttered the word “Alabama” at all this year. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, all I know is that I have a lot of shit of my own to deal with, as I’m sure the 650,436 Roy Moore voters do. They probably don’t care about me all that much, so maybe that’s why when they hear something on Fox News or whatever that people like me are trying to make the country into homosexual Christmas haters by buying venti frappuccinos at Starbucks, they probably don’t have the time to fact check and find out that it’s totally false. They probably don’t even know that I’ve never, ever had a frappuccino. Crazy, right? Here I am, all liberal as fuck and all, and I just drink stupid, boring, regular coffee—OK, with unsweetened almond milk, but that’s besides the point. So I just wanted to take the time and say to the Moore voters: Hi, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you’ll give Doug Jones a chance. Again, I don’t know much about him, but his acceptance speech was humble, and he seems like a good guy. Heck, even Charles Barkley likes him, so that’s gotta count for something. I also hope you’ll convince your candidate that it’s time to stop being such a snowflake and concede the race already, because as of this writing, he hasn’t. And to anyone else reading, Happy 2018! I hope all of you have a great holiday season and drink a lot of wine and eat a lot of food and have a lot of laughs with your family, friends and loved ones. We could all use a healthy dose of cheer to close out yet another tumultuous turn around the sun. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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