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MELISSA WELLIVER melissa@submergemag.com My favorite thing to do in the winter is go snowboarding. And just like that, with this atmospheric river that just rolled through our region dumping rain all over the slopes, melting all the snow, well, the season is pretty much officially over.

I’m OK with it, I guess. Sure, I’m bummed, but I’m trying to get in the mindset that it’s time to embrace spring. Because what a spring it’s going to be! So many things to do, it’s giving me an overwhelming feeling.

These are some of the things I’m looking forward to the most: • Sol Blume Festival on April 28 at Cesar Chavez Plaza. If you’re looking to experience some up-and-coming soul and R&B artists, this festival is for you. In this issue we have a feature on Nao, who’s performing at Sol Blume. This British singersongwriter describes her music as, “wonky funk.” Learn more about her starting on page 20.

• Downtown Concerts in the Park’s 27th season is starting up once again on May 4. Kicking off this free outdoor Friday night concert series will be La Noche Oskura, Wylma with headliners Cemetery Sun, with Robbie and Blue from HOF DJing in between bands. You can get a break down of the week-by-week lineup of artists playing CIP this year by flipping to the column “The Stream” on page 8 of this issue.

• The High Times Cannabis Cup just announced Sacramento dates on May 4 and 5. It’s the world’s leading marijuana trade show, celebrating the world of ganja through competitions, seminars, product showcases, celebrity appearances and live music. While I personally don’t smoke, I know many who do and I think they’ll be excited about this event. I’m really interested in seeing which celebrities and musicians High Times will bring to Sacramento.

They hopefully will announce this info soon. The festivities will be going down at Cal Expo.

• First Festival on May 5 and 6, which is a multi-day locally inspired music, art and comedy festival taking place at Tanzanite Park in North Natomas. Look for our upcoming interview with one of the top-billed artists in our next issue, which comes out on April 23.

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I went last year for the first time and I promise you, it’s a super fun and exciting thing to do on a warm night. One of the things I’m most excited for is seeing if Shayna Texter wins the AFT Singles once again! She’s a badass! And thanks to ESPN, I know now that she is the only female ever to win an AMA Pro Flat Track main event!

While these are just some of the larger events I’m looking forward to this season, there are a ton of other non-festival-like Sacramento area events that are worth noting.

We’ve doubled our “Submerge Your Senses” section this issue to help you learn about some of those cool happenings around town. See pages 12, 13 and 15!

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Sacramento’s largest free outdoor concert series will return to Cesar Chavez Plaza on Friday, May 4, 2018. Concerts in the Park just announced their lineup today and we’ve got your first official look at the artists that are set to rock the park this year. Highly acclaimed internationally touring bands like Franz Ferdinand and The Crystal Method will join forces with some of the finest acts to come out of Sacramento in recent years like Middle Class Rut, Peter Petty and Dance Gavin Dance, to headline shows throughout the series, which happens weekly through Friday, July 27 (although there is no show on July 6).

Throughout 2017’s Concerts in the Park series, nearly 76,000 people gathered in the heart of Sacramento to enjoy a wide range of genres of music, grab grub from local food trucks, check out artwork, peruse local vendors’ goods and enjoy some ice cold beverages.

“Concerts in the Park has grown to be one of Sacramento’s favorite places to rock the night away to some of the biggest names in music while also enjoying a true festival experience off stage,” mentioned Sureena Johl, events manager of Downtown Sacramento Partnership, in a press release submitted to Submerge. “We’re thrilled Concerts in the Park continues to attract internationally admired artists like Franz Ferdinand while staying true to our community and providing a stage for our hometown favorites.”

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THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST Black Panther looks like a great movie. I love the action, adventure, story and diversity portrayed in the previews and clips I’ve seen online. From what I’ve heard, it’s quite possibly the best Marvel movie yet. Unfortunately, I’ll probably have to wait until it comes to On Demand to see it.

That’s not Wakanda’s fault, though. The real blame lies at the foot of the very theaters themselves. In a bid to scrape even more money out of us, the theaters have gone and remodeled their interiors to install larger seats and screens. They’ve put in multi-speaker digital audio setups that will melt your face off.

All that sounds great in theory, but I wouldn’t know because I can’t get a damn seat!

Now, when you want to go to a movie, you are expected to have a reservation made weeks in advance like it’s dinner at a 5-star restaurant or something. I may be excited for a certain movie to come out, but I’ve never set aside a date in the future to see it. Do people really put that much forethought into seeing a movie like Tomb Raider? Unless you are in a movie, your life should not be planned around

one. Besides, seeing a movie should be a little more spontaneous (and certainly cheaper) than, say, going to the dentist.

I suspect that if theater owners hadn’t installed such large chairs, there would be more room inside for people to sit, eliminating the need for reservations. I say I suspect because I haven’t actually been inside one of these theaters. Maybe there are plenty of seats, but they don’t let a lot of people in because it would scare the wild animals they keep chained up in the back. Perhaps these “movies” are really just swinger parties and I’m not cool enough to be invited. The point is that anything could be happening in there for all I know.

It could be amazing. What if buttered popcorn fell from the ceiling at 15-minute intervals and ushers came around to pour soda in your mouth to wash it down? Imagine attendants feeding you grapes and fanning you with palm leaves while you enjoyed another nuanced performance from Vin Diesel in the next installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise. Maybe when the grapes run out,

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It could be like that, but then again, maybe they just charge twice the price for you to recline a little and put your feet up. If that’s the case, these must be some seriously nice chairs for that kind of upcharge. Do they rub your feet and shoulders and paint your nails?

Are they covered in the skins of exotic beasts?

Do they have built-in toilets to accommodate the aftermath of the half-gallon “small” soda you bought from the concession stand?

The public has a right to know. After all, it could be a problem if these chairs are too good.

Just picture it: There you are, nearly a month to the day from when you reserved your seat for Avengers: Infinity War. Your belly is full of warm buttered popcorn that fell from the ceiling during the previews and you’ve sunk nicely into that soft, oversized movie seat. The lights go down, the screen goes dark and the next thing you know, the credits are rolling.

You got so comfortable that you fell asleep and missed the whole damn thing. Now you’ve gone and paid almost $20 for a nap and you

still don’t know the fate of Hawkeye.

Sitting in a big comfy chair with a raging speaker system and a mega-sized screen sounds great, but I don’t want to pay twice as much for it and I sure as shit don’t want to make a reservation to do it. My favorite movie-going experiences have nearly all happened in an old theater with crappy seats and small screens. What those places lacked in technology, they more than made up for with character. I’ll take a movie at the Crest or Tower Theater over Cinemark’s XD, 3D, luxury lounging, overcharging-ass any day. So, take that, ya jerks! Of course, if you are a theater owner and would like to give me a pair of complimentary tickets for one of your fancyass theaters to change my mind, please send them to: Bocephus Chigger c/o Submerge 1009 22nd St., Suite 3 Sacramento, CA 95816

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The aggressive, clanking, dystopian monster that is industrial metal has powered through the better part of four decades. That feat is due in no small part to the staying power of Ministry’s blueprint—breakneck hardcore rhythms and the theatricality of metal paired with impish, future-shock subversion and distorted railing against the powers that be.

Neither receding into the ethereal, atonal smelt from which the genre was birthed nor edging toward the cabaret-ish melodrama to which some of its purveyors have launched it, Ministry has remained in the mode it has been in for most of its career—as pissed-off and volatile as a horde of flamethrowing cyborg hornets swarming an explosives factory. The targets of their wrath change with time; they’ve spent multiple album cycles taking the piss out of both of the Bush eras, and with their latest album, AmeriKKKant, they’ve set their sights on the rapid nosedive of political discourse following the 2016 election. Regardless of the political epoch, their collective sonic fist is trained on war, tyranny, oppression and the evils of state power (as long as there’s a Republican in the White House).

As a lead-up to this sustained apocalyptic onslaught on a Monday night, opening act and rising Sacramentan star Chelsea Wolfe is a rather subdued pairing, providing a melodic counterpoint of smoldering doom. Save for a few older songs, her set is mostly comprised of tracks from Hiss Spun, her heaviest, most “industrial” work to date. The pace is deliberate, the distortion slowly ratcheting up over Wolfe’s despairing timbre, and as she closes on 2013’s “Feral Love,” the air seems filled with a poltergeistic haze ready to ignite at a moment’s notice.

From this thematically circuitous act bearing sparse theatrical trappings, we move to its complete opposite in Ministry. Two towering, inflatable chickens resembling Donald Trump are brought out to grace either

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end of the stage, each sporting prominent swastikas on their chests (enclosed in the “no” symbol, of course, because yes, people are contentiously dumb enough to miss even this metaphor). Small towers of staticky TVs and an oozy neon-green glow arrive to shape Ministry’s vision of an American media nightmare, and when iconically dreadlocked (and freshly vampire-fanged) Al Jourgensen takes up his chrome demon-skeleton microphone to lead into the first bars of the eight-minute opener “Twilight Zone,” one feels they are encountering a carnival barker at the gates of hell, or the final boss of Hot Topic.

The first three-fourths of the concert track the band’s current Trump-era frenzy along with selections from their 2004–2007 anti-Bush trilogy. Their arguably least political song, “Punch in the Face,” is also thrown in, which strangely turns out to be their most politically insightful and prescient statement about the current mood in the U.S.A. At least one person is continuously shouting requests for songs from 1988 over my shoulder during this time—a typical concert peeve— but it seems to work into the all-around atmosphere, which is the cry for the utopia that never really was, the lament of a current dystopia that in some form has always existed. A highlight of this first part of the set is the arrival of guest performer Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory for the number “Victims of a Clown.” “You think clowns are fuckin’ funny?!” he berates the crowd. The gusto with which this line is delivered is enough to convert any pro-clown stragglers that might be hiding among the crowd.

In a way, the parts of the show I could consider “low points” really weren’t in terms of sheer entertainment value and surrealist capital. “Señor Peligro,” Ministry’s late ‘00s warning to Hugo Chavez about Dubya plotting to invade Venezuela and rob it of its oil, is now accompanied by news footage of Nicolás Maduro, adding up to a message that’s

anyone’s guess (perhaps the Venezuelan citizens’ plot to invade the Caracas Zoo and rob it of its meat?). Then, there is the glorious rendition of their new single “Antifa,” an anthem I hope to god catches on that features balaclava-clad, red-and-black flag twirlers over Jourgensen’s refrain of “We are not Snowflakes! We are the Antifa!” What can you say? It’s a heartfelt, completely unironic showstopper coming from a guy who’s been around long enough to see tons of skinheads fuck with people at alternative shows over the decades. I can’t hold his sentiments against him anymore than I can berate him for appropriating those gorgeous “locks” of his. But after “Wargasm,” played in sync with footage of a deranged juggalo figure growling about how “the blood on TV” makes his junk feel tight, it’s about time for Ministry to take us back to the old stuff. While Ministry’s spine-ripping music continues to be finehoned to an ugly perfection, its standard of satire has only managed to stand on an equal footing with the quality of whatever Republican president they happen to be targeting. During the last 30 years, that quality has gone from hovering around waist height to its current location somewhere beneath the floorboards where the ratshit is.

As an extended finale, we’re treated to four songs alternating from the bands’ most acclaimed albums, Psalm 69 (1992) and The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989). The crowds collective blood gets pumping for the delicious riffs of “Just One Fix” and the powerdrill mania of “Thieves.” While the entire show up to this point has been relatively breakneck, this section feels infinitely less cumbersome.

After the band closes on the Matrixsoundtrack-featured number “Bad Blood,” one can’t help but revel in the chaos that the O.G. masters of industrial mayhem have delivered tonight, still high-powered after announcing five years ago that they would call it quits.

There is still every reason to show up for their fuel-injected spectacle whenever you get the opportunity. If in three years they come back to take down Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s conservative reign, they’ll make ghoulishly apt traveling partners for our acidtrip of a future.

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Living on your own for the first time is tough even under the best of circumstances, let alone for foster youth, who often do not have necessary household items to get started on their own. That’s why this annual Towel, Toiletry and Luggage Drive is so important.

“When you participate in the Spring Drive, you’re setting foster youth up for success,” says Jessica Gauna-Miller of United Way’s Women United. “The goal is to support foster youth as they prepare to leave the system.” They’re asking the community to donate towel sets (one bath towel, one hand towel, one washcloth), toiletry kits (shampoo, conditioner, body wash, etc.) and luggage (new or like-new carry-on size bags or duffle bags). You can either drop them off in person at United Way’s office at 10389 Old Placerville Road in Sacramento, or through their Amazon wish list, which can be viewed online at Yourlocalunitedway.org/event/spring-towel-toiletryand-luggage-drive. The gathered goods will be donated through Sacramento County’s Foster Youth Emancipation Basket program to around 300 local foster youth who are preparing to leave the system. The Spring Drive only lasts through April 17! So please, if you can, consider donating to this great cause. -JC

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Breakout 19-Year-Old MultiInstrumentalist Cuco to Headline Show at Sacramento State April 26

On April 26, self-produced Mexican-American solo musician Cuco will be coming to Sacramento State.

Cuco plays a style of jazzy, trippy hip-hop that is relaxed, optimistic and endearing. He started playing music when he was eight, and now at the age of 19, he’s mastered a one-of-a-kind sound that combines his voice with a vast multitude of instruments, all played by him.

Cuco has released two mixtapes so far, Wannabewithyou and Songs4u, which showcase his ability to play guitar, bass, keys, drums, French horn, mellophone and more, as well as his knack for writing heartfelt, quirky songs that get stuck in your head. Cuco’s live shows usually involve soulful vocal performances by the young multi-instrumentalist, and he’s generally backed up by a band of fellow musicians, creating a full and dynamic live sound. Cuco recently sold out Holy Diver in Sacramento, and he has an exciting lineup of upcoming performances, including Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco in August, Coachella this month and the Governor’s Ball in New York in June. The show at Sac State will be held the University Union Ballroom (6000 J St.) and will start at 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the general public, and all ages are invited to attend. Tickets are $18 (or $12 for Sac State students) and are available online at Theuniversityunion.com/unique/event/cuco -HT

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She makes a lot of sense but not too much sense.

Just enough to be hilarious.” Even Lewis Black thinks Madigan is “the fun lady at the end of the bar with a lot of opinions and only half the information. She’s one of the best comics working today and one of my favorites and I’m not getting paid to say that.”

Madigan’s résumé is about a mile long, as she’s been performing for damn near 30 years. She was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno more than 20 times, and on The Late Show with David Letterman seven times.

She has made numerous appearances on networks like Comedy Central, ABC and CMT, and her latest hour-long special, Bothering Jesus, is streaming right now on Netflix (and at last check was also No. 3 on iTunes’ Top Charts, just behind Louie Anderson and Jim Jefferies). Madigan is currently on her nationwide Boxed Wine and Bigfoot tour, which will make a stop at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley (314 W. Main St., Grass Valley) on Thursday, April 19. Learn more and snag tickets at either Kathleenmadigan.com or at Thecenterforthearts.org. -JC SubmergeMag.com

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The First-Ever Local Food Festival Dedicated to Loaded Fries Is Coming to Roosevelt Park • April 28 What’s better than a big ol’ pile of hot french fries?

Well, loading them up with all kinds of good stuff on top, that’s what! Bacon? Yup. Cheese? You betcha.

Egg? Why not! Sacramento’s first-ever food festival dedicated to loaded fries, Sac Fry Fest, is coming to Roosevelt Park on April 28 from 3 – 7 p.m. More than a dozen local chefs and food vendors will be on hand, from Drewski’s, to Hefty Gyros, to Bacon Mania, to Wandering Boba, to the Turnt Up Food Truck, all with their own spin on loaded fries. From savory to sweet and everything in between, you get to bask in the chefs’ creative recipes and then vote for your favorite! What’s even better is that while shoving your face with amazing food, you also get to enjoy live entertainment from the likes of Island of Black and White, The Scratch Outs, Brian Rogers, Sac Dance Lab and more. Proceeds from the sales of beer and cider go to Friends of Front Street Animal Shelter, so be sure to drink up! Learn more about Sac Fry Fest, which is being put on by veteran food event planners SactoMoFo, and buy $10 general admission tickets or $30 VIP tickets in advance at Sacfryfest.com. Kids 8-and-under are free! -JC

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16 Bands Lined Up to Play Torch Club’s Third Annual Neck Fest • April 20 – 22 Now entering its third year, Torch Club’s annual Neck Fest is quickly establishing itself as one of Sacramento’s premier weekends of live music. This year, the primarily country/roots rock/Americana festival (although it’s not strictly confined to those genres) has expanded to three days, not two like last year, and a whopping 16 bands are lined up to play! Friday, April 20 will feature performances from Hellbound Glory, Sicky Betts, and The Creston Line. Then things really get rocking on Saturday, April 21 with Merle Jagger, Peter Petty and His Dubble P Boys, Loose Engines, Bright Faces, The Evaleros, JonEmery and the Stunt Kickers, and Chuck Suckit. Neck Fest wraps up on Sunday, April 22 with another solid day of tunes featuring Pine Street Ramblers, Danny Morris and the California Stars, Mike Blanchard and the Californios, The Twilight Drifters, Richard March, and finally, Tommy Miles and Milestones. Check out more at Facebook.com/neckfestsacramento. The Torch Club is located at 904 15th St., find out more info about the legendary venue that hosts live music six nights a week online at Torchclub.net or Facebook.com/thetorchclub. -JC

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The California Museum is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Elyvanie Mukangoga, Saturdays, and noon – 5 p.m. on Sundays. General admission is $9, and Country of origin Rwanda discounted admission is available to children, students and seniors. For

By Sam Comen, more information, visit Californiamuseum.org/newest-americans. -HT courtesy of photographer

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Paint Your Pet Warhol-Style at The Painted Cork • May 22 & May 28 Pop Art legend Andy Warhol is known for his technique of painting over images, over and over again and in bright colors. One of the most famous subjects of his paintings was Marilyn Monroe, and his art featuring the actress is some of his most idolized work. His technique has inspired many artists over the years, and now you have the opportunity to try it out for yourself. The Painted Cork Art Studio offers art classes every day at their locations in Sacramento (1624 J St.), Folsom (726 Sutter St., Folsom) and Santa Cruz (1129 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz). They’ve taught “Paint Your Pet” classes in the past, but this time they’re doing it with a twist. Using a picture of your pet, the instructor will show you step-by-step how to create a bold and colorful portrait of your animal friend in the iconic style of Andy Warhol. This event is for participants 21 and over. You are very welcome to bring your favorite beer or wine with you, as well as any snacks to enjoy while you learn. These classes are filling up fast, so sign up soon if you want to be part of the fun! The April class is full already, but there are still a few spots available for the May 22 class, which will be held at The Painted Cork’s Sacramento location, as well as the class at their studio in Folsom on May 28. Classes are $55 and include all materials. For more information about the class and to register online, visit Paintedcork.com/classes. -HT

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y first time as a spectator for roller derby also happened to be the first-ever game for the newly dubbed Sacramento Roller Derby. Combining the competitive forces of the Sac City Rollers and the Sacred City Derby Girls, the Sacramento Roller Derby kicked off the season on Feb. 10 to a jam-packed crowd of guys, gals, families, babies and tiny tots rocking their own roller skates (while looking on to the “grownup” derby girls like they were gods—which melted my cold, kid-hating heart immediately).

Clearly this was an element: hugs, high-fives and cheerful conversations were not what I was expecting at an event where people push and shove each other in pursuit of scoring points. And score points, they did; the Sacramento Roller Derby A and B teams crushed their competition in the doubleheader that night, kicking off their season on the right foot (er—skate?). Everyone was smiling, laughing, cheering and drinking.

Where were the fights? The mean girl spirit? The elbows? The hair-pulling? Wasn’t that what derby was all about?

I had it all wrong. This wasn’t at all about pushing and shoving. This was about family.

Fast forward a month and a half, I call up a former co-worker that I once took with me on a work trip as a chaperone (we had 13 teenagers to take care of, in Denver on 4/20, I repeat: Teenagers. Denver. On 4/20. I couldn’t show fear), because she was a fun travel companion and I knew she would help me bust skulls if I had to (and by “bust skulls,” I mean call their parents/ put them on a plane with healthy snacks/not

invite them to the next bagel outing, calm down, jeez). This coworker also happened to be a nineyear veteran of the Sac City Rollers—and current member of the Sacramento Roller Derby A Team/ Travel Team—meaning she competes at the highest level as part of the WFTDA charter (which stands for Women’s Flat Track Derby Association—it’s pretty cool, look it up). Her name? Red Tornadho.

Red tells me they’ve just flown into Dallas to compete in their first sanctioned derby tournament of the year, which counts toward rankings and qualifying for future tournaments.

They’re hoping to move up the line. Currently, they’re ranked 62nd out of 400-some-odd-WFTDAleagues in the world. The team they’ll be playing (at 8 a.m. the next morning, on a Friday, mind you) is ranked 30 steps above them.

As a WFTDA team, Sacramento Roller Derby is allowed to apply to play against teams around their level or better so they can become a stronger team. Red says they tried to choose tournaments closer to California for the sake of their new, bigger, better team after the two Sacramento derby teams merged in December 2017, and they wanted to challenge themselves.

“That’s why we chose to apply for the Dallas tournament,” says Red. “We’re coming in as the underdog.”

At home in Sacramento, the “underdog” consists of four teams within the Sacramento Roller Derby namesake: a traveling all-stars A team, an up-and-coming all-stars traveling B team, a home B team and home C team. And of course, there’s a Junior League for the 8 to 17 age range.

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Red says the beginning steps of derby typically takes you from the C team with the ultimate goal of making it to the A team. Everyone auditions, and everyone has to go through an eight-week training session. I assumed—again, wrongly—that one must be, in all essence, an Olympic-level figure skater to even consider the idea of derby. Watching these women glide around the track—a few of them defying gravity and at speeds that I can only sum up as pure wizardry—like fucking hell on wheels during the season opener, gave me a huge sense of longing. I want to glide! I want to defy gravity with nothing but wishes and wizardry! I want high-fives!

Who are these women behind the helmets?

They’re preschool teachers, nurses, paralegals, stay-at-home-moms, construction workers, hospital administration workers—they’re everyone. “The variety of our backgrounds is as unique as each of us,” says Red. “We would’ve never become friends without this one little thing we have in common that we dedicate a lot of time to. And now I have these girlfriends for the rest of my life. They’re family.”

Every week, the team gets together for three or four practices. That doesn’t include additional gatherings if there’s a board meeting. Since the team is 100 percent volunteer-run and self-governed, they have to run the team like a business. Red has been the treasurer for six years and counting (after being the merchandise director for two years).

“And since we’re a non-profit, there’s a ton of laws and regulations we have to stick to. There’s a lot of work behind the scenes,” she says.

Gals drive from near and far to attend practices.

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“I drive 30 miles to practice, but we have skaters that drive in from Vacaville, Placerville, Sonora, Clear Lake and Auburn, just to name a few,” says Red. I try to imagine driving this distance multiple times per week. I can’t. I broke up with a guy once because he lived too far away—in Roseville.

In addition to regular practices, the team must also be willing to travel to tournaments. Red says the ultimate tournaments happen in the fall, leading up to matches in New Orleans or Spain.

But when it’s family, time and distance mean nothing.

Red comes from a large family. Her parents were more than happy to send her (and a sampling of her nine siblings) to the roller rink for a few hours of cheap babysitting.

“I had my 15th and 18th birthday parties at a roller rink,” she says. “As much as I could get away with going to the roller rink, I would do it. My dad was also a big skater. He taught me how.”

Red admits that she’d seen a few derby matches before she auditioned for the Sac City Rollers. “But I thought to myself, there’s no fucking way I know how to do that shit!” she says.

Like the rest of her derby family, however, it found her—in the bathroom line at Old Tavern. “A girl came up and smacked my hips—she was like, ‘Oh my god, you have hips that could play roller

derby!’” Red remembers.

And three months later, she went for it.

And going for it is exactly what Red suggests for anyone wanting to dip their skates in the derby pool.

“All we ask is that you can stand on skates,” she says. “We have shared skates and pads. We don’t have shared mouth guards, because that’s gross, so bring your own. But we’ll teach you everything.

And the first thing we teach is how to fall.” Because once you learn to not fear the fall, you can learn stopping—which is a huge part of the game.

Another part of the game is having a cool nickname. I’m enamored with their snarky puns, with names like Punky Boobster, Pink Freud, Aerial La Twister, and Welt Disney. It makes me wonder where these names come from. I assumed they were earned, like a rite of passage. I pictured a Fight Club-esque rule where you were nameless until the skater gods deemed you worthy of a name.

“Nope,” Red immediately squashes that dream of mine. “It’s a mix. Some people have ideas of skater names, others don’t care. They just want to skate.”

Fine, I say. What about her name, “Red Tornadho”?

She explains: Red Tornado was a comic character from the 30s that, upon hearing the cry of children, would terrorize the house and cause destruction on her way to save the child in danger. “When I cook, you can probably hear me

three houses away,” Red says. “I’m not deliberately trying to bang pots and pans. I’m just hustling. My husband actually gave me that nickname years ago.

He said, ‘God, you’re just like a Red Tornado in the kitchen,’” and being a redhead, the name stuck.

“Well, it was between that and ‘MisTits,’” she says. “I’m a huge Misfits fan. But then I was like, ‘I can’t have a nickname like tits.’ So Red Tornado won. But then a teammate told me, ‘Honey, this is derby. You can’t be a Red Tornado. You have to be a Red Tornadho.’”

And so it was written.

Before finishing this article, I asked Red how the “underdogs” fared in the big Dallas tournament against the No. 1 team. They won, 243 to 186. It’s a great time to be an underdog.

Check out the newly minted Sacramento Roller Derby at their next match on April 14 and see Red Tornadho and her Capital MaulStars take on Team Gold of Bay Area Derby in another night of double-header action at The Rink (2900 Bradshaw Rd., Sacramento). Doors for this event open at 6 p.m. For more info, to order tickets or to learn about Sacramento Roller Derby, go to Sacramentorollerderby.com.

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THE RETURN OF SATURN

BRITISH SINGERSONGWRITER NAO FLOURISHES IN THE SPOTLIGHT WORDS CLAUDIA RIVAS PHOTO NADINE IJEWERE

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t’s the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Nao is about to perform her popular song, “Bad Blood.” Not to be confused with Ms. Swift’s ditty of the same name, sweaty fans erupt in a frenzy of anticipation for their falsetto goddess. While the first wonky synths enter the air, English-born Nao glides front and center like an angel ready to belt out a force both spiritual and divine.

As she lifts her microphone toward her lips, she and the crowd softly croon in unison, “You’re a holiday/A glass of ocean slipping down my throat/ And landing on my hopes, I’m dreaming/Off the maps, no hidden grids, I’m fleeing …”

Gradually her voice edges from her signature falsetto further into the melody, ranging back and forth between a delicate tweet and a heavy roar. As the first bass drops and her own layered vocals come in for the chorus, the music shatters into a pool of futuristic R&B. Nao lets the sounds completely take control of her body. While dancing and twirling across the stage, swaying her full curls in absolute freedom, she and her audience are riding the same musical wave, getting lost in the lyrics together.

With such a commanding presence on stage, it is unexpected to learn that Nao is a shy soul.

“I feel like when I’m on the stage I can handle it,” the singer, songwriter and producer expresses. “I really enjoy performing and connecting with people. It kind of feels really spiritual to have everybody together.

Just all of us. Just seeing the audience and myself, the band just singing and playing. It doesn’t feel like the spotlight for me, it kind of feels like it’s for everyone. I think it’s only more difficult when I’m just living my normal life.”

With more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify and north of 26 million plays for “Bad Blood,” Nao is rising quickly. In addition to her Coachella appearance, she also has

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taken the stage at the Glastonbury Festival and has worked with the likes of Mura Masa, Disclosure and A.K. Paul—a pretty well-rounded résumé.

This is in definite contrast to her life prior to her solo career when Nao was a backing singer, teaching vocals and lending her voice for adverts. Though she is now in the spotlight and lacks privacy, Nao still believes the exposure is relatively calm. She jokes about how she is still able to enjoy solitude while she can and is appreciative of her fans or anyone who listens to her music.

“I honestly didn’t think it [her music] would reach anyone,” Nao says.

“I think I’ve been singing for such a long time that, especially being a jazz singer, you’d think you’d get so used to people not listening to your music. I would do gigs and stuff and not have that many people turn up. That’s kind of what the jazz world is like. So then suddenly I started putting out my own original music and my music traveled across the world. I was shocked, to be honest; like I didn’t even dream of even getting this far. So I’m happy.”

Nao’s songs perfectly encapsulate feeling young, in love or lovesick.

Whether rolling around trying to make sense of your own emotions or those of a lover aloof to your existence, Nao’s tunes are both soft and intense, like the powerful effects of being in love.

However, categorizing her music in one genre may be a challenge, as she fuses R&B, funk, soul and more.

Merging so many styles of music, she has created her own genre, describing her sound as “wonky funk.”

“Wonky funk was basically how I described the first record [For All We Know] or the first two EPs [So Good, 15 February] because I think the industry was trying to put me into a category.

Like I wasn’t quite R&B, and I wasn’t pop enough or straight retro funk, so I was like ‘I’m just gonna make up my own thing,’ and so I made up ‘wonky funk’ because I put elements in of music that I listened to growing up,” Nao says.

Those influences include Prince, Michael Jackson, and Earth, Wind and Fire, as well as elements of 1990s R&B like Missy Elliot and Aaliyah. She wanted to pay homage to those icons by making her music contemporary without sounding dated and adding electronics for effect. On her upcoming album, Nao says that wonky funk will still be a part of the record, but admits she wants to move away from the genre being the entire sound.

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“I wasn’t quite R&B, and I wasn’t pop enough or straight retro funk, so I was like ‘I’m just gonna make up my own thing,’ and so I made up ‘wonky funk’ because I put elements in of music that I listened to growing up.”

– Nao, describing her eclectic sound In September 2017, Nao released “Nostalgia.” The track emphasizes funky snares, plucky guitars and cheerful synths. The cover art for the song reveals a huge clue to her future album’s title. With what looks likes a contemporary design or constellation of the solar system, the image focuses on one planet—quite possibly Saturn.

Nao is planning to call the record When Saturn Returns. If you’re a novice to astrology like me, then the only thing you may know is your sign and something about, “When Mercury is in Retrograde.” Nao gives us a little more insight into the concept behind her upcoming album’s title.

“When Saturn Returns basically is the idea that when you’re born, Saturn is in one place and then it takes 29 years to orbit,” Nao explains. “Saturn is supposed to be the planet of lessons, so big life changes happen like every 29 years. I kind of felt like that was where I was at in life coming into my late 20s knowing that stuff was just changing—like everything I had ever known growing up and through my early 20s about love, about my career, about life was just put in perspective, basically. I felt like loads of my friends were in the same kind of situation. Sort of like coming of age again. You do it [make huge reflections] when you’re 18, but you kind of do it again when you’re in your late 20s as well. So that’s what this record is exploring really: my own Saturn return. I think that’s what I’m going to call it. It could change.”

Some may wonder why Nao never pursued a solo career until recently, but in her mind it wasn’t the right time with the industry that existed. Until recently, most pop stars or female artists had to look like a polished Britney Spears. If an artist didn’t have the entire package, he or she was unlikely to become a popular singer. When Nao decided to enter the ring, she had seen how the industry changed.

“I felt like the time was right, and I felt like there was a way to have an audience without going the conventional route,” Nao says. “And that was basically the internet. I was beginning to understand that the internet allowed you to be faceless.

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I felt like the record labels, they were always looking for the package: people who were super beautiful, super young, really marketable. I kind of didn’t really fit any of those boxes that we just spoke about. So in recent years I just felt like it was time to just give it a go and to see what happened. I felt like before, the world wasn’t quite ready for things that were quite lo-fi, quite rustic, because we’ve been in an era where everything was perfect, like airbrushed.”

Since the rise of the internet, it has always been a door for many who found difficulties breaking into the music industry. For Nao, this has given her courage and comfort in breaking through the barriers that limited artists before.

Nao says the concept of perfection means nothing to her anymore, and that once people realize that happiness and perfection do not necessarily correlate, then becoming happy is more tangible. With this huge lesson learned, she has been able to craft and develop her music, and through her music, she is able to express herself freely.

“I’m a Capricorn, so we’re kind of not really into showing that much emotion,” Nao says. “We are a bit pokerface … A bit cold sometimes.

I think for me, when I’m natural, I don’t really speak to my family or my friends so much about emotion. For some reason or whatever that I can’t explain, when I sing and write music it just comes out naturally. I don’t need to go to a place. I don’t have to go to a dark room. I don’t have to think about anything deeply, it’s just already on my heart. When it comes to singing, it naturally comes from a deeper space and it is a more soulful and a spiritual place. So I feel like it’s quite a natural thing.”

Make sure to check out Nao on April 28 at Sol Blume at Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento. The lineup for this inaugural soul and R &B music festival also features Jhené Aiko, The Internet, Goldlink, Sabrina Claudio and many others. For more information visit Solblume.com.

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and producer Lady Kate has spent most of her life behind a set of turntables.

Growing up, she would tag along with her teenage sisters to the skating rink in her native Southern California neighborhood. On Friday nights, there would be a skate party featuring a DJ, and Kate found herself completely captivated by the person in the booth controlling the tunes and setting the vibe for the skating teens. Only 10 years old at the time, Kate quickly weaseled her way into the booth and started studying the features of a turntable. By the time she turned 12, she went out and got a work permit and became the official Friday night DJ for the skating rink.

“I learned how to play the clean versions of all of the teen’s favorite songs,” Lady Kate remembers. “I would sneak in a bunch of Missy Elliott until my mom would come up to the booth and tell me to turn it off.”

Fast forward to the present, and her years of tireless dedication to her craft have paid off. Lady Kate has become the first-ever female DJ not only for the Sacramento Kings, but for the entire NBA, a title that she says, “has been so much fun and an honor to be a part of breaking that ceiling.” She is responsible for the audio entertainment that fills in the gaps and adds character to moments in the game, and can be seen doing her thing from a booth overlooking the court just right to the main entrance of the Golden 1 Center. Starting this month, the DJ will begin her weekly residency at Revival at the Sawyer, a move that she says will help her usher in a new phase of her career and cement her persona as an artist who is true to the human elements of her craft. We spoke with DJ Lady Kate about her new residency, as well as the moments through her career that have helped her get to this point.

How did you land a gig with the Kings?

So basically, the Kings did a call out for DJs back when they were still at Sleep Train Arena.

The first round was that you had to send in a three-minute video of yourself doing all your tricks and also tell why you want to be a Kings DJ. So I sent in the video and told them why and they ended up choosing me and about 10 other DJs for the second round. Then, they held live auditions at Sleep Train Arena, which was totally nerve-wracking. No pressure at all. They sprung a lot of challenges on us and had us talk on the mic and pretend we had a stadium full of people.

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Wait, they had you pump up a non-existent party? The arena was empty?

There were no people! It actually made it even more nerve-wracking than if there were people there. I’m doing my thing and it’s dead quiet in the arena. We were totally improvising the whole thing and it ended up going really really well. They chose me and two other DJs to represent the Kings officially, and the rest is history. I’ve been with them through the old generation at

Sleep Train and now the new generation at the Golden 1 Center … It’s really a dream come true.

How do you craft an experience for fans at the games?

The games are incredibly fast-paced. One thing that I love about DJing for the Kings is that there is never a dull moment. At any given time, we have multiple people in our ear feeding us cues and directions. I have to make sure I am in sync with the crowd, the actual flow of the game, the audio-visuals and any other unexpected things the event may throw at me. DJing a live Kings game is actually incredibly dynamic and interactive, and you have to be prepared to do tons of things at once. That’s what I enjoy the most. It’s a lot of responsibility

up there and you really have to know how to juggle. The game is constantly changing so you have to be prepared to alter your material for all of those moments. Everything is freestyled and based on the game.

You’re the first and only female DJ in the NBA! Tell me what it’s like holding that title.

It has been so much fun and an honor to be a part of breaking that ceiling. I think the last 10 years of this industry has been the most trying for women. We go through a lot of judgement; lord forbid if you dress like a woman and rock heels behind the DJ booth, because if you do, they are going to assume that’s why you got the position.

There is a lot of sexism going on, and I’ve experienced it firsthand. I’ll go up into a DJ

“I’m a human, I’m a woman and there are days when I want to wear heels and a dress and then there are the times I’m going to wear my hat on backwards and rock my oversized Kings jersey. I can be and do what I want. I’m done with all the stereotypes and I’m so glad the Kings are my partner in helping break these molds and giving me a platform.” – DJ Lady Kate Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

booth and I can’t even get the other DJ to shake my hand or say what’s up because they think I’m a joke because I am a girl. But, the second I do my thing and step out of the booth, they see what I am about and I get my respect. I’m a human, I’m a woman and there are days when I want to wear heels and a dress and then there are the times I’m going to wear my hat on backwards and rock my oversized Kings jersey. I can be and do what I want. I’m done with all the stereotypes and I’m so glad the Kings are my partner in helping break these molds and giving me a platform.

You’ve also worked in radio for a long time. Tell me about your show.

It’s called Clubhouse Radio and it is a syndicated music show. All we play is EDM and house music. We air on Friday and Saturday nights every single weekend and we air on stations all over the country.

I’ve been in radio for a very long time. When I was 14, a guy from a Palm Springs radio station came into the rink with his family and ended up hearing me on the mic.

He asked me if I ever thought of working in radio. Him and my parents ended up exchanging info and he got me involved in radio. I interned at the radio station until I was 18, and when I was 18 they hired me full time.

You now have a DJ residency at the Revival atop the Sawyer Hotel on Saturday nights. Tell me all about it.

I connected with them because I was really seeking a place to call home and pursue a residency. They accepted me with open arms and I am beyond excited to have a weekly platform there. This is my inaugural residency as an artist.

My whole entire career, I’ve been a DJ. Now, the term “DJ” is so loose, and to transition from becoming a DJ to an artist is the hardest part for any DJ’s career. This is my opportunity to play music that I produce, that I personally like, and to give support to others in the industry. The Revival is so fun and the view from my booth is priceless. You can catch me there Saturday nights.

Do as the Lady says and catch her at her new weekly residency, Encore, at Revival at the Sawyer (500 J St., Sacramento). The party starts at 9:30 p.m. every Saturday night. Follow DJ Lady Kate on Facebook at Facebook. com/ladykatemusic.

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VETERAN ARTIST MICHAEL STEVENS FINDS ADVENTURE IN EACH NEW PIECE HE CREATES WORDS MICHAEL CELLA

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ichael Stevens had not yet arrived at JayJay Gallery when I walked in. This gave me a few minutes to take in one of his pieces, which took up the wall to the right of the entry. A wooden marionette with a puppet’s painted head stood on a wooden pedestal, a disembodied hand protruding from the platform palmsout as if giving the “stop” command, behind the puppet a wooden chopping block with a knife stuck in it. On the wall behind, a background of seven dwarf-faced likenesses arranged clockwise served as oil canvases for various scenes. They represented the seven deadly sins, Stevens would later explain, and the piece was meant to symbolize the act of confession.

Stevens counts his lapsed Catholicism among his many influences, which also include, but are not limited to, Alfred Hitchcock, 1950s television programming, and toys. His diverse inspirations mirror his manner of speaking; Stevens bounced from thought to thought as we talked, finding something interesting in every direction.

Stevens considers himself a storyteller, each piece its own short story. After more than six decades in Sacramento, Stevens had yet to run out of stories to tell as we walked through the gallery.

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Ready to talk?

I talk a lot. I teach at Sac City.

How long have you considered yourself an artist?

My first show was in San Francisco in ‘77. Then in ‘78 I did a show in New York, and one of our friends had gone to New York already and met Andy Warhol.

So Suzanne and I actually had lunch with him [Andy Warhol] on our first trip New York.

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Suzanne is your wife?

Yes. We had been doing art since I got my master’s degree in ‘69, and graduated with an art degree in ‘67. We were doing these large shows in a candy store up in Folsom. Adeliza McHugh ran the candy store. The first 10 years she was showing local work from the Sacramento State professors like Jack Ogden and Irving Marcus. After that she kind of picked up on the Davis stuff when she got Bob Arneson and Roy De Forest. Then after that, the Chicago Hairy Who people moved to town in ‘68, and she started showing Jim Nutt and Gladys Nilsson. So she kept on pushing. When Jim and Gladys and Suzanne and I became really good friends, he [Jim Nutt] bought work out of my graduate show. And he’s a very famous artist, probably the most famous Chicago

artist right now. Jim’s pushing 80 and his work goes for $100,000 a pop. We started doing shows at the candy store. My career then really started when Rena Bransten from the Bransten Gallery in San Francisco came up to one of the openings and said, “You need to be in San Francisco. I want you to bring in work.” I ignored her. I got a phone call a month later saying, “Where in the hell are you?” So I packed up some work and showed her the work and did a show with her, and sold a lot of work. People from Chicago came—Betsy Rosenfield, Allan Frumkin—and I started showing in Chicago.

From Chicago I went to L.A. Then to Denver. So I’ve traveled around for a long time.

Where did you get your art degree?

Sac State.

So you were born in Sacramento?

No, I was born in Gilroy. Raised in Hayward. Had no choice in it. Then we moved here in ‘55.

We just finished a show in Chico, the new Northern California Museum, which has been open about eight months. I did 14 pieces for that. And I’m working on public art, too. I’m doing a big bronze in September for Sutter Park.

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You’ve been in Sacramento more than 60 years.

How have you seen the art community change in that time?

Now Irving Marcus is finally getting his just desserts by having a show at the Shrem Museum. And Irv is in his late 80s. The Sacramento crews that I’ve seen come in here, some are marketers. Some new younger artists who live down at the WAL seem to … How should I put it? A lot of hype? The skills are lacking in a lot of the young people that I see.

Quincy Jones said the same type of thing in an interview recently, about younger musicians no longer having the same skills and fundamentals. Do you think it’s a generational thing?

It’s like the [younger] generation invented sex. I don’t see the passion, I see the hype. Some of these guys are marketers. They dress up real nice with suits and ties and nice clothes. I can’t mention their names, I don’t want to be sued. But I’m aware of them, I’ve seen them, I know who they are.

each and every part of that chair to construct, say, a figure. Some of the best assignments are just coming up with a good idea and putting everybody on the same page. Then they’re all working together on one thing, they’re learning from each other and getting to see what they’re working with. It’s not one guy over here working with clay and one guy working with paint. They’re all headed in the same direction.

I think the classroom is a theater where you develop a family. I tell them, “When you guys miss a class you’re cheating yourselves. You’ve got this twohour period of time that is put away for you to create something where there’s never been something there before. And if you cut a class, you’ve blown those two hours. They’re gone, and you can’t make them up.”

Why puppets?

I grew up in the 1950s watching television.

So puppets and ventriloquial figures were part of the things that talked at you. People think I find these heads [already painted] so I brought a head to show you. They come like this [unpainted]. And I carve most of my heads. I’ll cut the neck off, take the mouths out, finish the whole thing. And I paint with Rustoleum. Which nobody does, I don’t think. And it can paint on anything—glass, metal, ceramic, wood.

It does look like you have fun making these.

I do, and it irritates my wife.

But I get political, too. In my work I have the good and the bad. I was a Catholic. I’m really partial to the Northern Renaissance, the old paintings where they used halos and stuff. And I had to have nuns for teachers back in the days when they were really strict and whipped you. I got whipped for painting the side of the church.

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Too many ideas?

It just flies into my head, mostly in the shower. The scariest thing is to finish a piece and have that excitement and joy and feeling of accomplishment.

Then what next? You gotta start from scratch every time. That’s the scary part. You wonder if you’ll ever get another idea again. And the harder you think about it in that moment, the further away you are from accomplishing anything. So, I just wait.

And take showers.

[Laughing] Yes. And then sometimes you’ve got nothing to start with so you find one thing. You just find one thing. And that one thing can give you the impetus to finish the story, and put it all together.

Sometimes I know what the piece is going to look like and other times, like this piece I’m working on right now, I just started, because I couldn’t wait for an idea to happen. But it happened. It just came together. I think what happens when an artist becomes really secure with himself is you use yourself as your own reference source. I’ll go back and look at stuff, how did I solve that? I think you’re in a pretty good place when that happens.

You’ve proven yourself to yourself.

Yes. And it’s not about showing in a gallery, it’s not about selling the work, it’s not even about fame, you just can’t stop doing it. You have no choice in the matter.

What have some of your students gone on to do?

Well, I had Craig Chaquico from Jefferson Starship in my filmmaking class.

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Are you hands-on or hands-off as a teacher?

I’m more of a hands-on guy. I actually demonstrate and show expectations. At City College I teach assemblage, and we did an assemblage show. I would take two classes and send them out to junk stores just to buy stuff. Take a whole week buying junk. And they had better come in with buckets of junk. Once they did, they would then get to swap the materials and make pieces. Then I could give them assignments. Say the assignment was to deconstruct a chair. You take the chair apart, but you have to use

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What do you feel you have left to accomplish?

There’s an endless search. I can tell you right now, when I die, I will not have had enough time to do everything I wanted to do. If it’s tomorrow, if it’s 20 years from now. I could go on for a thousand years.

“I can tell you right now, when I die, I will not have had enough time to do everything I wanted to do. If it’s tomorrow, if it’s 20 years from now. I could go on for a thousand years.” – Michael Stevens You mentioned your friend Jim selling pieces for $100,000 each. How do you value your own work?

You work in a vacuum, and I find the vacuum a very comfortable place. Pricing of artwork is really strange.

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THE POLYORCHIDS ON SOUNDING LIKE THEMSELVES WORDS ROBIN BACIOR PHOTO BELOW BIANCA COX LIVE PHOTO JEFF GROVES

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or a band, fitting into a genre can be tricky. Music is often subjective, fluid, personal, but it also has to find a venue and an audience. For Winters-based trio The Polyorchids, they weren’t quite sure where or what that was. The group, consisting of Justin Cox, Tony Clark and Travis Cox, are old friends who grew up listening to punk music, tapping into the community in the neighboring city of Sacramento. The songs they were writing, however, didn’t totally fit that.

“Tony and I wrote all these songwriter-centric folk songs, and then turned them into songs for this band,” Justin Cox said. “We lived in Winters but we wanted to play in Sacramento, [so] we kind of amped all these songs up.”

Though the songs sped up, they also remained versatile in their original scaled-down form. It wasn’t so much catering to a scene as always being slightly different than the rest.

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band of people yelling and making a bunch of noise, and then we play in Sacramento and we’re the catchy band you can hum along to,” Justin said. “It’s kind of funny, but we do both these things at the same time.”

The Polyorchids were formed thanks to good timing; after bouts in Chicago and San Francisco, Justin found himself moving back to Winters just as his brother Travis was returning from Vallejo, and Clark from Maine.

With everyone back home, the group began getting together again. The three started playing together as early as high school under the name Mr. Nobody. Each went off to college and returned and started a new band called Stenna and the Poison Apples. There’s an EP floating around from the project circa 2008, but aside from a few local shows, the guys didn’t do much else with the project, and slowly it folded as Justin headed off to grad school.

“Maybe it had something to do with living

in Winters or some kind of inferiority complex, but we never really took it as seriously as we should’ve,” Justin said. “I think in a way it was like, ‘We’re just some kids in a small town playing music,’ so we never tried to book a tour, we never played a show in Sacramento even.

With [Polyorchids] , Tony and I had written a bunch of songs over the previous years, what if we take these songs and flesh it out? The real impetus for it was let’s book a tour. We see bands do it and we’ve never tried it, and I’d like to actually know what the experience is like.”

So they did. In 2015, following the formation of their newest iteration as The Polyorchids, the guys booked a little over a week of shows up and down the California coast. The experience even seeped into the new record, starting with the first track, “The Lark,” which centers around their very first show of the tour at the Shanachie Pub in Willits (named after the motel they stayed in that evening).

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The song lyrically moves in a play-by-play fashion, heavily inspired by Courtney Barnett, who’s mentioned in the first verse.

“It was a very deliberate thing,” Justin said.

“I remember loving the way she writes. These are just all-the-timey little things that standing alone don’t try to say anything profound, but added up represent something. Writing that song was almost an exercise.”

The rest of the album essentially follows suit, with a balance of Justin and Clark taking lead on each song, packed with frank observations and at times blunt revelations, as heard on “Skeletons” where Clark and Justin harmonize, “I wish I could be honest about how I feel, where there’s no danger of creeping you out.”

In fact, the album’s full of sincerity, like “Down in the Desert,” a tribute Justin wrote to his uncle, a make-up artist down in Arizona who recently passed away. Part of the songs’ earnestness comes from their delivery. Justin’s voice has a quality akin to Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, with a clear timbre and slight nasal texture, a tone he’s developed from selfinstruction.

“There are a lot of people you meet, especially extroverted people, who just can sing really well right away. It’s like they don’t even know they had to learn to sing in key, and I wasn’t one of those people,” Justin said. “For about two years I think I wasn’t even aware I couldn’t sing. I just slowly did it and got better, but it was in a way that you find what you can do and try and make your own thing of it.”

The influence for the project stems from what Justin referred to as “punk adjacent” projects with more emphasis on lyrics, like Bright Eyes, Kevin Devine, Manchester Orchestra, even Jackson Browne. While their initial Popgun EP from 2016 was simply executing fully written songs, the recording process for their self-titled full-length was looser, with Justin and Clark coming in with small ideas that were fleshed out as a group.

“I think it has an impact on the way you go about writing,” Justin said. “You hear these dynamic things you’re not even thinking about when you’re writing a song that’s just gonna stand alone on acoustic guitar. [It] was a fun process.”

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Some songs were crafted almost completely on the spot, meaning they’ve barely been played live.

“There’s a handful of songs that we finished writing as we recorded them,” Justin said.

“They’ll get played at these release shows.”

As the band gears up to release their record, a few life changes have taken place. For the last few years Justin has worked for UC Davis’ Wildlife Health Center. The job has recently relocated him up north to Orcas Island, though he’ll be returning to the area often. His brother, Travis, also recently had a baby. All in all, life once again has put the guys in separate places.

Their touring life might be slowing down, but they’ll still be The Polyorchids, writing whatever comes to mind, however it feels right.

“I think the songs we write are the songs we write,” Justin said. “Starting this band, we were deliberate about, ‘I’m not gonna play acoustic guitar with this, we wanna be a plugged in electric guitar [band].’ We were pretty specific about ‘does this feel like it could be a Polyorchids song?’ If you’re just taking whatever song you have and making it slightly faster and slightly louder, you very easily do a disservice to those songs. Any song I start writing I know pretty early on if I wanna stop. Tony, he’s constantly writing them, that maybe they’ll become Polyorchids songs but the ones we’ve chosen are the ones that fit. We’re not super deliberate about what we’re doing, but we know we’re not some super technical band; we also know we’re not [an] acoustic folk band. We exist somewhere between, and we’re comfortable in that space.”

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4.09 MONDAY

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

Harlow’s Lion Babe, 6:30 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.

Masonic Temple Sacramento Jazz Coop Presents: Clairdee’s Love Letter to Lena Horne, 7 p.m.

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

Press Club Bloody Knives, Tearful Moon, ManifestiV, Track Scars, 8 p.m.

4.10 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades In This Moment, The Word Alive, DED, 6 p.m. (Sold Out) Blue Lamp The Goddamn Gallows, Koffin Kats, Against The Grain, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Alvvays, Frankie Rose, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Holy Diver Soundcheck feat. The Igors, The Black Suns, The New Crowns, Isaac Scott, Melissa Schiller, 6:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe West Coast Songwriters Competition, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

On The Y The Big News, At Both Ends, Knocked Down, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Bill Mylar, 5:30 p.m.; Blind Mountain Holler, Sicky Betts, 8 p.m.

4.11 WEDNESDAY

The Acoustic Den Cafe Open Mic, 6:30 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp Soft Kill, Vowws, Creux Lies, 8 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Fleet Foxes, Amen Dunes, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

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

Holy Diver Red Sun Rising, Them Evils, California Child, 6:30 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. The Rayos, 5:30 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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Press Club Teenage Dirtbag: ‘90s House Party, 9 p.m.

Sacramento State: University Union Serna Plaza Nooner w/ Super Nintenbros, 12 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Andy T Band feat. Alabama Mike, 9 p.m.

4.12 THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Jonathan Davis (of Korn), 6:30 p.m.

The Acoustic Den Cafe Songwriters in the Round w/ Host Michael Ray, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: Atomic Soul feat. DJ Larry, Miss Mouthpeace, Tina B and the Sacramento Soul Line Dancers, All Family Boys Acapella and More, 6 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Jerry Martini & Frankie Sorci, 6:30 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke Night & DJ Matty B, 9:30 p.m.

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

Golden 1 Center Gloria Trevi, Alejandra Guzmán, 7 p.m.

Goldfield The Easy Leaves, Dylan Earl, The California Stars, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Kim Burrell, 6:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House SingerSongwriter Night w/ Adam Block, 8 p.m.

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

Momo Sacramento Discover Thursdays feat. Hans! and the Hot Mess, PolyFunktion, 7 p.m.

On The Y Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Moonshine Crazy, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club Destroy All Gondolas, Gutara Kyo, Las Pulgas, The Butttones, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State: University Union Ballroom Salsa Loca Live w/ Pacific Mambo Orchestra, 6 p.m.

Shady Lady Tone Mosaic, 9 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Island of Black and White, Spooky Mansion, 9 p.m.

4.13 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Steel Panther, Among the First, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) The Acoustic Den Cafe Gillian Underwood & Friends, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Legal Addiction, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Phantom Rhythm Band, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp First Festival Pre-Party feat. Kennedy Wrose, That Kid Raja & Charm The Riot, George Napp, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk J Diggs, 7:30 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre The Righteous Brothers, 7:30 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Tropicali Flames, 7 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Box Band, 9 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Rockology, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Spacewalker, CTRL Z, LaTour, 9 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Freestyle Throwback Jam feat. Taylor Dayne, Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Expose, 6:30 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Bilal, The Philharmonik, EJ Jackson, 8 p.m.

Holy Diver Devin The Dude, Willy J Peso, M.Dot-80, K Mac, Yung K, SpaZz, Kassette, JJ, 95Mil, 7 p.m.

Legends at Woodcreek Crystal Image Band, 6 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Chop Shoppe, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Mondo Deco, Little Zebra, Vasas, Bachelor Paradise, 8:30 p.m.

On The Y Roa Brothers Band, Smoky Knights, Working Man Blues, 8 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Rhythm City Allstars, 8 p.m.

Palms Playhouse The Polyorchids (Album Release), The Big Poppies, 7:30 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse Mookatite, The Club, Gypsy Soulution, 8 p.m.

Porchlight Brewing Co. Ticket to Ride (Beatles tribute), 5 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 8 Track Massacre, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Audioboxx, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Zorelli, 9 p.m.

Shine Carenna KT, Hidden Animal, Darbytown, 8 p.m.

Sutter Creek Provisions Alice Wallace, 6 p.m.

Torch Club Midtown Creepers, 5:30 p.m.; Steven Roth Band, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Corin Courtyard The Mike Justis Band, 6:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Mark O’Connor feat. the O’Connor Band, 8 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Tobi D’Amore, 6 p.m.

4.14 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades SOB X RBE, Cuban Doll, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) The Acoustic Den Cafe Debbie Wolfe & Halfmoon Highway, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Smith & Tegio, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Jenny Lynn and Her Real Gone Daddies, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Go Betty Go, Glam Skanks, Red Pills, Year of the Fist, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk House Party: Spiro Catalano, Ano, Anthony Romero, Irie Mike, Scottie Pimpin, Mile High, K2, Ghost Host and More, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage The Corner w/ DJ Veyn & Guests, 10 p.m.

The Colony The Polyorchids (Album Release), Sun Valley Gun Club, Jesus & the Dinosaurs, The Car Crash Hearts, 8 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Albertson Duo, 7 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Neon Playboys Band, 9 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Joe Friday, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Kally O’Mally & the 8-Tracks, Richard March, 9 p.m.

Gold Lion Arts Jon Raskin, Chris Jonas, Lisa Mezzacappa and Randy McKean Quartet, 8 p.m.

Goldfield I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Peter Asher & Albert Lee, 5:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe The Marshall Tucker Band, 7:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Romayne Wheeler, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Celly Cel, RBL Posse, LoveRance, 8 p.m.

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

Luna’s Cafe Toad Mortons, Natalie Cortez, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento The Gospel Groove Session feat. Sister Circle, 5:30 p.m.; The Groove Line feat. DJs Epik and Platurn, 10 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Rebel Punk, The Phantom Jets, Blue Oaks, 9 p.m.

On The Y Supernaut, Frack!, Sky Pig, 8:30 p.m.

Opera House Saloon When Doves Cry: The Prince Tribute Show, 9 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse Bottle Jack, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Powerplay, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

The Purple Place Patrick Walsh, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Audioboxx, 10 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ DJ Lady Kate, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Element Brass Band, 9 p.m.

Shine Shoi, The Surrounded, 8 p.m.

Sutter Creek Provisions The Bottom Dwellers, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Y&T, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Carley & The Universe, 5:30 p.m.; Peter Petty & His Double P Revue, 9 p.m.

4.15 SUNDAY

Ace of Spades SOB X RBE, Cuban Doll, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) The Acoustic Den Cafe Ukulele Jam and Singalong, 11 a.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Twilight Drifters, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Hell Fire, Haunt, 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Genticorum, 7 p.m.

The Colony Steaksauce Mustache, Florida Man, Chaos Mantra, Pervert, Kaidan, 7 p.m.

Crest Theatre Abe, Arlo and Sarah Lee Guthrie, 6:30 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze w/ Roni Yadao, 3 p.m.

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

Harris Center for the Arts The Great Composers Chamber Music Series, 2 p.m.

Holy Diver U.S. Bombs, The Losing Kind, Knocked down, Banger, 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.

Palms Playhouse Adrian Legg, 6:30 p.m.

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Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 1 p.m.

Shady Lady Alex Jenkins, 9 p.m.

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

4.16 MONDAY

Ace of Spades Dashboard Confessional, Beach Slang, Kississippi, 5:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Antiquite Maison Privee Maye Cavallaro with The Jason Myers Trio, 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.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Grateful Monday feat. Half Glass Honky Tonk, 6 p.m.

4.17 TUESDAY

Blue Lamp Whores., Helms Alee, Chrome Ghost, 8 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 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.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; The Breakers, 8 p.m.

4.18 WEDNESDAY

Ace of Spades Gryffin, 7 p.m.

The Acoustic Den Cafe Open Mic, 6:30 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp Joe Jack Talcum (of Dead Milkmen), Kevin Seconds, Coolzey, Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds, 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Bettye LaVette, 7:30 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Dixie Dregs, 6:30 p.m.

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

Folsom Hotel Saloon Wed Nite Open Mic Jam, 9 p.m.

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

Holy Diver Soundcheck feat. Fallout Kings, Stars of the Party, Gypsy Solution, Max Breakfast, Alonis, 6:30 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. Dos Hombres Funk/Jazz Coalition, 5:30 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

On The Y Will Moore, California Child, 8:30 p.m.

Press Club Eternal Sunshine, 9 p.m.

Shine Speak Out! Sacramento Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Sean Lehe, 5:30 p.m.; Farrow & The Peach Leaves, 9 p.m.

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4.19 THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Chris Lane, Madison Hudson, 7 p.m.

The Acoustic Den Cafe Songwriters in the Round w/ Celeste Bates, Gordon Groft and More, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Hey Ocean!, Fonty, 7:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Audio Muse: The Hot Baked Goods and Darin Reyes, 6:30 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Jessica Malone, 7 p.m.; DJ Uncle Hank & Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke Night & DJ Matty B, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose JIGO, 8 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Bad Bunny, 6 p.m.

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Shady Lady Harley White Jr. Orchestra, 9 p.m.

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UC Davis: Jackson Hall The Boston Pops, 8 p.m.

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Bar 101 Jay Tausig, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Scott Guberman, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk Baeza, Lazy Boy, Frimzy, 7 p.m.

Brickhouse Gallery A Trio of Centuries: A Photography Month Sacramento Concert, 6 p.m.

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

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

Folsom Hotel Saloon Gotcha Covered, 9:30 p.m.

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Legends at Woodcreek Steven Menconi, 6 p.m.

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Momo Sacramento Heartbreaka, Yung Jae, Kusta, 7 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Halcones, The Three Way, The Suns, 9 p.m.

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Red Hawk Casino Night Fever, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Switch Blade Trio, 9 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts Cubanismo!, 7:30 p.m.

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Bar 101 Western Spies & The Kosmonaut, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Casual Coalition, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Bob Wayne, Unchained Bobby Dickson, 2 p.m.; Ruby the Hatchet, Glitter Wizard, Crimson Eye, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Graveshadow (Album Release), Niviane, Hellheart and more, 7 p.m.

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Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Niki J Crawford, 8 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Johnny Boy, 7 p.m.

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Goldfield Madison Hudson, 7:30 p.m.

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Momo Sacramento Champion Sound: Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-Hop w/ DJ Soul-Jah 10 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides We Are Your Friends w/ DJs Shaun Slaughter and Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

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Palms Playhouse Rita Hosking (Album Release), 7:30 p.m.

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The Acoustic Den Cafe Ukulele Jam and Singalong, 11 a.m.; Music of Joni Mitchell & Gordon Lightfoot, 2 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Achilles Wheel (Album Release Party), 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Burials, Modern Man, xTom Hanx, 8 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Princeology: A Celebration of Prince feat. The Purple Xperience, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Moonchild, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Travis Garland, 7 p.m.

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Red Hawk Casino Random Strangers, 1 p.m.

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Crest Theatre Gordon Lightfoot, 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.

Masonic Temple Sacramento Jazz Coop Presents: Tom Perron Quintet, 7 p.m.

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

Press Club The Penske File, Decent Criminal, Lightweight, 9 p.m.

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Punch Line Sacramento Comedy Showcase, April 11, 8 p.m.

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Cal Expo Sacramento Dog Show, April 12 - 15, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

CK Art Gallery Welcome to the Flower Shop by Tyson Anthony Roberts, Through April 30 CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Activism Articulated 2nds At CLARA, April 14, 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Colonial Theatre Sacramento Horror Film Festival Presents: Rocky Horror Picture Show with Special Guest Barry Bostwick, April 20, 9 p.m.

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Sacramento Jewish Film Festival, April 19 - 22 Crocker Art Museum E. Charlton Fortune: The Colorful Spirit, Through April 22 Faith Ringgold: An American Artist, Through May 13 Power Up: Corita Kent’s Heavenly Pop, Through May 13 Hopes Springing High: Gifts of Art by African American Artists, Through July 15 Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursday’s, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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Old Town Plaza 3rd Annual Elk Grove Brewfest, April 20, 6 p.m.

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Roosevelt Park Sacramento Beer and Chili Festival 2018, April 21, 1 p.m.

Royer Park Earth Day Celebration, April 21, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sacramento State: University Union Ballroom “Inspiring Radical Creativity: Empowering Young, Diverse Voices to Tell Their Own Stories” w/ Lecturer Gabby Rivera, April 19, 7:30 p.m.

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Questionable Trivia, April 17, 8 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts Welcome To Night Vale Live, April 23, 7 p.m.

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THE SHALLOW END It’s always a great relief to me when the baseball season starts. I’m not sure why since I’m a lifelong New York Mets fan, and just about every season plays out like a 162-act tragedy, with each painful disappointment more excruciating than the last. But I’ve long suspected that I’m a misery junky, so maybe it’s just nice to know where my next fix will be coming from.

I realize baseball is kind of an old-fogey sort of pastime. I understand that the games can be really long and may seem boring, but it’s relaxing to me to sit in front of a baseball game for a few hours. Maybe it connects me to lazy afternoons or evenings with my parents, who are also big Mets fans, or perhaps it’s because the statistical depth of the game appeals to this odd section of my otherwise flighty/dipshit brain that yearns to be able to have quantifiable proof that something is “good.” Like, I know a .300 hitter is good. I don’t know why that is, but it’s just proven that if you can fail seven out of ten times at trying to hit a baseball, that means you’re ridiculously good at it. That’s kind of cool, right?

Well, whatever, I think it is.

I also like that baseball feels perfect, for whatever it is, just the way it is. I like that if the

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weather’s bad, they have to delay or postpone a game if it’s raining, because really, who wants to sit out there when it’s all nasty and such?

Someone might get hurt … or moistened. Either thing might ruin an otherwise pleasant day. I like that the pitcher stands on a mound of dirt that puts him slightly elevated from the rest of the players on the field. Why? I’m sure I can look it up, but somehow I think the answer would just spawn three more questions. I like that the playing fields are basically all the same in the infield, but teams can pretty much set their outfield fences however far from home plate that they want, because, why not? This park is a hitter’s park, this one’s a pitcher’s paradise, this one has a giant green wall in left field because it’s funny to watch outfielders lose their shit trying to figure out how to play the carom from a scorched line drive.

Still, every year Major League Baseball tries to change something to make the game more palatable to people who actually like high-octane sports entertainment experiences.

That’s all well and good. The sport is well over a century old, and clearly it’s had to change with the times a lot to survive this long. But no

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matter what they do, baseball is never going to produce reliable, visceral thrills like a monster slam dunk or a bone-crushing sack of the quarterback. Recently, MLB has incorporated instant replay, which I’m pretty whatever about, and this year, since instant replay made already long games go even longer, they’ve decided to limit the amount of times coaches, managers and players can visit the pitcher on the mound.

I know … scintillating stuff.

But more than that, MLB is also trying something new with how you can view the game.

This year, they’ve signed a deal with Facebook, everyone’s favorite data mine, to broadcast 25 games this year. Of course, the first team to have to endure this experiment was my New York Mets in their April 4 game against the Philadelphia Phillies (the Mets won, by the way, no big).

This rankled people like my dad, who had absolutely no idea how to view something on Facebook (you needed to sign up for an account if you didn’t have one already to watch the game). I also didn’t watch it, because I had a feeling how it would go … Snarky internet commenters doing their thing, big dumb graphics,

probably emojis, trolls. Basically all the things I watch baseball to avoid.

MLB on Facebook Watch got off to a great start, though, as the game was delayed by rain for over an hour and a half. Once it got started, though, the game garnered 4.3 million views, 1.1 million “reactions” (whatever the fuck that’s worth) and 68,000 comments, according to Forbes.com. Woo hoo! Stats! Like everything else on the internet, though, the broadcast wasn’t well received. Keith Olbermann tweeted that the broadcast was “LOL-bad,” which I guess is something people say. It’s been a while since I’ve been on Twitter. And I’ve been boycotting Facebook since before it was cool. I think what I’m saying is I’m a grumpy old man, and I want the internet off my outfield grass. If you’re a fan of the San Francisco Giants (I suppose they’re a team or whatever), their May 10 game against the Phillies (apparently Facebook has a boner for them) will be exclusively broadcast by the social media giant. Might be a good time to invest in a radio.

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