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out The Cabin on a pretty mellow Tuesday night, allowing us to snag a spot near their faux fireplace. We were loving the ‘80s jams and were mesmerized by the throwback shows like Magnum, P.I., Happy Days and Cheers. Let me tell you, their chairs made it hard to leave, because they had to be most conformable in town! If you’d like to learn more about The Cabin, you’re in luck. We feature it in this very issue! Please check out what our contributor Alia Cruz has to say about the new bar starting on page 14. Read. Learn. And go new bars! – Melissa

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Here at Submerge, it’s our job to keep you in the loop about fun, creative stuff happening in and around Sacramento. These days there’s so much going on around our growing city, it’s easy to miss stuff, so here’s another one of our quick, easy-to-read lists that includes five of our must-dos in March. If you’ve got an event or something newsworthy to get on our radar, feel free to email us to: info@submergemag.com. And remember, folks: Read. Learn. Do rad things. On March 1 the popular local co-working space The Urban Hive (1601

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artists and designers who will be displaying living, hanging wall art,

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beautiful arrangements, botanical artwork and other sculptures. Live DJ,

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plus food and drinks. Free, all ages welcome. Runs from 6–9 p.m. For one night only, Verizon is presenting Artists and Engineers: Sacramento on March 9 at Hacker Lab (2533 R St.), where you can see six new, original art projects created through unique collaborations between— you guessed it—local artists and local engineers. What happens when art and tech collide? Come see. The event is free and runs from 5:30–9 p.m. WTF Wednesdays at Punch Line (2100 Arden Way) on March 13 will feature comedian Mars Parker of the infamous HOF crew, who are known for

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often brings comics up on stage from the region and beyond. Can you say, “compliment-only rap battle?” Yeah, it’s as amazing as it sounds. 18-plus,

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Burly Beverages (2014 Del Paso Blvd.) is hosting the fifth installment of their Burly Backyard BBQ series on March 16. This free, all-ages event will feature live tunes from some of Sacramento’s best, including The Gold Souls, Be Brave Bold Robot, Spacewalker, Sunday School and more. Live art, activities for kids, food and drinks available—a very chill way to spend a Saturday in Sacramento. Runs from 2–8 p.m. If you haven’t yet made it out to Claimstake Brewing Company (11366 Monier Park Pl., Rancho Cordova), we highly suggest checking out their Kith and Kin Music Festival on March 24. This Sunday shindig will run from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. and will feature live music from Austin Lucas, Michael Dean Damron, Crover Anderson, The Turkey Buzzards, The Three to Get, Tre Burt and others. Tickets for adults are $20 (which includes a live printed, fest exclusive T-shirt), while ages 5–13 will be $5 (no T-shirt included). Four years and under get in free. Knock back a few delish pints of local beer and take in some awesome Americana and folk artists.

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Capitol Building, 10th & L St., Sacramento

13916 Main St., Locke

Thought of as a “living museum,” witness government employees and lobbyists line the hallways, as the museum section of the building takes you through a beautiful recollection of America’s political history.

A bit of a drive but highly recommended while on a day trip along the Delta. See my 2017 article for Submerge on Locke: “Hometown Tourist,” which you can find at Submergemag.com.

Hours: Weekdays, 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; Weekends, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Although you must be a California state government official or employee to borrow anything from this library, the library itself, which doubles as a California History Museum, is open to the general public.

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This is the place to go to see more than 1 million historical artifacts from California State Parks. Hours are limited!

DON & JUNE SALVATORI CALIFORNIA PHARMACY MUSEUM

4030 Lennane Drive, Natomas

Hours: Monday–Friday, by appointment

See how far California’s pharmaceutical industry has come in the past 170 years and where it is headed.

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Hours: Tuesday & Friday, Noon–4 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

MUSEUM OF MEDICAL HISTORY

5380 Elvas Ave., Sacramento

Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Similar to the pharmaceutical museum, learn about the history of medicine in California since the Gold Rush and perhaps get a wee bit creeped out by “modern” medicine.

OLD SACRAMENTO SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM

1200 Front St., Old Sacramento

Hours: Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon–4 p.m.

Costumed “teachers” describe a typical school day in this 1800s replicated schoolhouse.

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Enter on Broadway at 10th St., Sacramento Hours: Daily, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.

Statues, gardens and lanternlit night tours.

SOJOURNER TRUTH AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM

2251 Florin Road, South Sacramento

Hours: Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m.

An art museum in honor of Sojourner Truth: abolitionist, civil and women’s rights activist. Find art from all over the world along with programs and events for both kids and adults.

WELLS FARGO MUSEUM (two locations) 400 Capitol Mall, Sacramento

Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

1000 Second St., Sacramento

Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m.

Wells Fargo has been through a lot; they even had a stagecoach.

If you are a resident of Sacramento and have yet to become a member of the Sacramento Public Library, you are missing out. Members of the library receive tickets to the following museums for free or at a discounted rate.

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FOLSOM HISTORY MUSEUM

(free with library card) 2200 Front St. Sacramento

(free with library card) 823 Sutter St., Folsom

Pretty straightforward explanation here; if you’re into cars, check this place out.

Getting real close to where the actual gold mining took place. Dig deep in the history of Folsom’s Gold Rush.

CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM

POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER

Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. (CLOSED Tuesday)

(half-price admission with library card) 125 I St., Sacramento Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

A beautiful building hosting a wide range of knowledge regarding California’s rail system.

Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

(free with library card) 3615 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Bringing science to life—a beautiful way to learn more about science as a child and adult.

CROCKER ART MUSEUM

Events: Artful Tot, Baby Loves Art and Wee Wednesday (free with library card) 216 O St., Sacramento

Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.– 9 p.m.

From a Pony Express postal system to a transcontinental railroad and telegraph, this state park includes a handful of historical buildings still in place.

Take your little ones to hang out with other little ones! On a side note, have you been to ArtMix at the Crocker? I highly recommend.

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chain and redirect it toward his gaping maw at the White House. Finally, Trump would send the FBI to arrest and hold the surviving members of the Kroc family in the basement below the White House kitchen to ensure that his precious fish sandwich recipe would never be lost. Good luck getting a Big Mac with all of that going on. You laugh, but Trump really is that petty, and that pettiness matters. Maybe it won’t be a missing Filet-o-Fish that sets him off, but I assure you it will be something else that looks nothing like the level of catastrophic danger that normally justifies a real national emergency declaration. I’m honestly as concerned that Trump might go small with his newfound power and use it to punish individuals directly. Trump has mentioned on several occasions how upset he gets when Alec Baldwin parodies him on Saturday Night Live. He’s called the skits “Republican hit jobs” and even tried to tag them as collusion between members of the media. If Trump really believes that a weekly sketch comedy show presents a threat to his presidency and Congress doesn’t seem interested in doing anything about it, maybe Trump will just have to take care of things on his own. Alec Baldwin would be declared an enemy combatant and get shipped to Gitmo for enhanced interrogation. Lorne Michaels would be put in stockades and chained up on the White House lawn, where he would receive daily whippings from Sarah Huckabee-Sanders. Trump would then fire all of the “unfunny” comedians on SNL before replacing them with “real stars” like Omarosa Manigault, Dennis Miller and that weasellylooking guy on Fox News’ The Five. The show will always be hosted by Trump himself, unless it is hosted by one of his kids, and all the jokes will be about how great the Trumps are. It’s going to be a real laugh riot! At least something about this national emergency declaration can be funny, because I find the rest of it pretty sad. This country was built on the idea that we would all be richer by sharing what we knew and what our different experiences had taught us. Trump just sees outsiders and minorities as criminals and lesserthans. He’s happy to let them clean up after him at his hotels and country clubs, but he doesn’t think they deserve to be treated like human beings. Letting Trump get away with this now will only open the door to more abuse. We should all be afraid of that.

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Quad Crusher Uphill Race at Sugar Bowl • March 9 Show your quads what you’re made of at the third annual Quad Crusher, NorCal’s premier uphill event, at the Sugar Bowl ski resort on Saturday, March 9. The course will cover all four of the resort’s peaks, and there are tier levels of Elite, Team and Citizen. Tickets are $75–$90 and can be purchased on the Facebook event page (@sugarbowlresort) until March 8 at 11:30 p.m. Proceeds for this event benefit the Sierra Avalanche Center, a non-profit designed to “inform and educate the public about backcountry avalanche conditions in the greater Lake Tahoe area.” The event will take place from 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. and more information can be found at Sierraavalanchecenter.org or by contacting Sugar Bowl at (530) 426-9000. Sugar Bowl resort is located at 629 Sugar Bowl Road, Norden, California.

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English rock band and two-time Grammy award winners Muse are touring in support of their latest album, Simulation Theory (released Nov. 9, 2018), and they’ll stop at the Golden 1 Center on Thursday, March 7. Simulation Theory is Muse’s eighth album and is influenced by 1980s pop culture, science fiction and the simulation hypothesis, which is the idea that all of reality is actually an artificial simulation. The band uses synthesizers to really hone in that ‘80s sci-fi movie feel. They even have a track produced by the legendary Timbaland, entitled “Propaganda.” This will surely be a performance like no other, so make sure you get your tickets now! Ticket prices start at $95 and can be purchased from Golden1center. com. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30. Golden 1 Center is located at 500 David J Stern Walk.

Enjoy a night of masquerading and fun at the Crocker Art Museum’s masquerade ball sponsored by the one and only Submerge Magazine! There will be ballroom dancing lessons, surprises and $6 drink specials from the Crocker Café by Supper Club. There will also be performances designed to inspire you, engage you and make you chuckle by local community-based company, Green Valley Theatre Company. Put on your best masquerade outfit and enjoy an amazing Thursday night out. This is a 21-and-over event and the festivities will start at 6 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online until 3 p.m. on March 14 at Crockerart.org and can also be purchased at the door. Tickets are $10 for members and $20 for non-members. The Crocker Art Museum is located at 216 O St., Sacramento.

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A DANCE ACROSS TIME’S COLD PROSCENIUM VANCOUVER’S ACTORS REVEL IN POST-PUNK’S ETERNAL HOWL WORDS ANDREW C. RUSSELL • PHOTO KIRA CLAVELL

ut of the context in which the original post-punk phenomenon flourished— under the shadow of nuclear Armageddon, stylistically suspended between the snarling nihilism of the original punk scene, the dehumanized dystopias/ utopias of industrial and synthpop, the morbid romanticism of goth rock, with a touch of the elegant theatrics of Bowie and Roxy Music thrown in for good measure—the genre has lived many lives. In its current incarnation, it still evokes the ‘80s, but now, as we close out our third decade since the end of the cold war, it’s ceasing to be a wellspring of nostalgia for the recent past, and is evolving once again to become a kind of discipline, a tradition with its own permanent set of identifiers. Actors, formed in 2012 but making their album debut last year, embodies nearly all of them—stylish, dark, cinematic, stark, retro-futuristic—but have the craft and presence to own them with memorable, hard-hitting, hook-laden songs. This is music to dance to as well as stare to, whether over the dashboard on a 3 a.m. night drive or into the tranceinducing blue light of a poltergeist-infested television. “L’appel du Vide,” the lead in song on 2018’s It Will Come to You, begins with an invitation “into the shadows,” and so begins a tunneling journey through pristinely constructed, urban, nocturnal rock that rarely lets up over 10 tracks.

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There is too much focus for these songs to dissolve into nostalgia. They may be dreamlike but always with a sobering chill lingering around the edges. The influences here may be numerous, but are tastefully blended—the razor-tinged guitar work of Killing Joke; the mournful, mellow vocals of Peter Murphy, even some of the mythic synth swaths of Vangelis on closing track “Bird in Hand” seem to rise like hints of smoke from the mix. The eras and figures that Actors echo in their performance were themselves committed to reviving bygone, romantic modes of theatricality and wedding them to an uncertain, automated future. The best of them were endless tinkerers who could exude an image of raw expression while maintaining a keen eye on what made certain elements work more smoothly than others. On near-flawless tracks like “Hit to the Head” and “We Don’t Have to Dance,” producer/singer/guitarist Jason Corbett seems to master both the art and science of this genre, with little in the way of extraneity. With no more than the correct amount of details, the mind can construct its own palaces. We had the chance to drop in with Corbett for a tastefully brief rundown on style and method.

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First of all, let’s get into etymology. Actors is a nice, sharp-sounding, stark name for a band of this nature, but it also makes me think of the way actors use performance as a way to connect with, or manipulate the audience. The same talents by which the actor possesses the audience’s attention and emotions can also have an isolating sideeffect on the performer, and on top of that, isolation seems to be a key thematic hallmark of post-punk. Do you find this relevant to the way you create? If so, how do you approach the enigmas of isolation, connection and emotional guises as a part of your music? I think the name leaves things open ended enough for the listener to connect with the music first. I get excited about emotional connection. These songs aren’t about posturing or pandering to any audience and I like to think that’s why this album is resonating with people. Did it take awhile for the name of the group to come, or did it arrive automatically/ subconsciously? Why was it this particular word, in your thinking? My friend suggested it. It made sense to me right away and sparked something in my imagination. No boundaries. It’s not genre specific. I can see some of those themes of isolation/ performance in the video for “We Don’t Have to Dance.” How would you explain the themes of that video, and what it has to say about the band? That video was made by my partner Kira Clavell. She asked me to trust her to come up with a treatment. I had no idea what she was going to do. I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out. She nailed it. We lean toward that darkness. You also do some composing for short films and television. How did that come about? That’s all about friendships. I’ve been lucky enough to know creative people in different fields like film and television. Even though I really do enjoy that kind of work, it wasn’t something I actively sought out.

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How does your work with Actors affect doing scores and vice versa? Staying in a creative mode and trying to find new ways of expression with music feeds both facets. It’s nice to have both outlets. I’m always learning and trying to grow. If, say, It Will Come to You was the score for a film, how do you think it would go? What would it be about? I have no idea. I would like to leave that to David Lynch. Being a long-time fiend of this sort of music myself, sometimes I have trouble pinpointing its psychological allure. How would you explain it? That’s a good question. I really don’t know. I know for me it’s the darkness. Celebrating that darkness somehow.

“I don’t think of us as rehashing music from the ‘80s. There’s elements of that for sure, but sonically we are influenced from more contemporary genres as well. I write what I want to hear and what comes honestly. Good music is good music, and the ‘80s was full of it.” – Actors’ Jason Corbett As a self-described child of the ‘80s, is it nostalgia for you or something more? How would you explain its continued freshness and appeal to people who weren’t alive in the ‘80s? It’s not nostalgia for me. I don’t think of us as rehashing music from the ‘80s. There’s elements of that for sure, but sonically we are influenced from more contemporary genres as well. I write what I want to hear and what comes honestly. Good music is good music, and the ‘80s was full of it.

Having visited Vancouver a few times, there’s a certain energy—maybe it’s the mixture of old and new highrise apartments juxtaposed with the looming forests/ mountains with the sea nearby—something that makes it both moody and dramatic. Then on top of that, the legacy of bands like Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, cold but theatrical. Did this atmosphere have an effect on your musical upbringing at all? Even if it didn’t, can you pinpoint a time growing up when the music of your current style first started having an effect on you? I don’t think my location influenced my music. I was exposed to David Bowie and Roxy Music at a very young age and I was around 10 when music videos were all over TV. I never listened to just one style but from the beginning I related to the more melancholy. Your history in other bands and wildly different styles goes back a ways. Compared to all the precedents, what is the major difference with Actors and what makes it particularly special to you? This is the music I wish I was always making. I just didn’t know how to tap into it until fairly recently. And I don’t think I could have done it at any other point in my career— It took me a long time to find my voice as an artist. What do you want to push out in your recordings and performances with this group and how does it allow you to do that? We’re just playing music we like and we love playing together. Luckily we’re able to do that in venues around the world now.

See Actors live at Blue Lamp (1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento) on Wednesday, March 20 at 8 p.m. Also performing will be Creux Lies, Bootblacks and DJ Dada. For more information, go to Bluelampsacramento.com.

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ne of Sacramento’s newest bars, The Cabin is a mega cozy, rustic getaway smack in the middle of Midtown. The space is the love child of Eric Rushing and Bret Bair, the same pair who own several other local digs, including Goldfield Trading Post and Holy Diver, to name a few. The Cabin has taken over the long vacant former spot of Bonehead Tattoo on 21st Street, a cute standalone shack discreetly nestled between a key shop and an apartment building. A lot of the inspiration for their newest venture comes from Rushing. He has always loved Tahoe, even dedicating a week there every year for his birthday. The concept also comes from a couple of bars he had visited and loved in other cities. He felt that a bar with a cabin, outdoorsy feel would do well in Sacramento. When you enter The Cabin, you are greeted by the smell of fresh cut lumber and a massive bear carving. A sign similar to one that you would see while entering a national park says, “Welcome to Sacramento.” It is dimly lit by faux candles and the flicker of a digital fireplace. Taxidermy and vintage housewares line the walls and a stuffed raccoon watches from the corner of the bar. Nature murals painted by local artist John Horton also line the walls. Horton is known for his wild color palettes and balance of crisp realism and traditional painting techniques. Some of his most notable work is his contribution to Wide Open Walls with his glitchy, bright murals. At The Cabin, Horton gives the woods an airbrushed, vintage vibe. The Cabin is supposed to provide a form of escapism—a respite. “We wanted to create a warm and cozy bar that feels like you are actually stepping into a cabin in Tahoe,” says Eric Rushing. The decor came from all over. Rushing spent the last year collecting and searching for stuff at antique stores and fairs and purchasing pieces off of Ebay. Some of the taxidermy was donated by family. As far as how the cozy, warm bar will transition into the warmer months, the owners say they are installing open air windows before spring that will give the bar a great vibe when the temperatures start to climb. Different components of the bar were built by craftsmen all over the country, all by hand. The fireplace is comprised of river rocks and an everlasting flame. All of the barstools and chairs were sourced and built by an Amish mill in Pennsylvania. The tables and bar top were sourced from Artisan Burlwood, and the back bar was built by Tim Arthur, a master craftsman out of El Dorado Hills. There are still many more things on the way, and they are going to continue to add on to their collection to display in the bar. The bar was designed with the help of Whitney Johnson of MTA Inspired Spaces, the people behind many of Sacramento’s interior bar concepts in the last few years including Shady Lady and Tiger.

Vintage episodes of the A-Team played on the televisions throughout the bar. The episode playing while I was there was especially good: Rick James was having an insane concert and Hulk Hogan would pop out of nowhere and start hideously dancing. Simultaneously, they had the essential ‘80s playlist going on the speakers. Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” played as I drank my cocktail near the fireplace. For a moment, I felt like I was in one of those ‘80s ski movies. Coincidentally, they had a pair of vintage skis on display. The Cabin’s house cocktails were actually quite simple for the most part. They stick to a few staple liquors and more earthy mixers—think cherry, wood, citrus and honey. Rushing says they “created a cocktail menu that will change with the seasons and has something for everyone.” The bar will also serve up eight, mostly local beers. My personal favorite cocktail, and also the bartender's favorite, was the Stabbin’ Cabin. “This one is my baby,” said their super nice bartender while whipping up my drink. This drink had bourbon, simple syrup, a little bit of citrus and cherry, a hefty splash of champagne and was absolutely perfect. It was lightly sweet and incredibly refreshing. Cabin Fever was also a standout concoction; it intertwined Johnny Walker scotch with Red Ruby Port and coffee liqueur. This drink went so well with the woodsy, cozy feel of the bar. The coffee liqueur and bourbon were meant for each other. The most captivating drink was the Gimme S’More, a mix of Smirnoff vanilla vodka, creme de cacao, chocolate, cream and graham cracker. I have not touched vodka since my 21st birthday a couple trips around the sun ago, but for the sake of research, I put my big girl drinking face on and ordered it. The bartender set my drink in front of me with one hand and pulled a lightweight blowtorch from behind him with the other hand. He placed a fat marshmallow skewed on a wooden stick atop my cocktail glass and lit it on fire. I watched that marshmallow char for a good moment and then blew it out when I felt it had enough. The drink was shamefully good— talk about a mingling of childhood nostalgia and adult comfort. Currently, the bar does not serve food beyond a few different varieties of snack mix and locally made beef jerky. If jerky is your thing, they have at least five different types. Much like neighboring bar, The Jungle Bird, The Cabin offers a really fun, momentary staycation to its patrons. They take their personal passions and interest and put it on display for others to enjoy as well. It’s somewhere you can go to be in an environment that’s quirky, completely out of the ordinary and perfectly over the top. This is the perfect place to get cozy and relax in the chilly months, but I also imagine it will be a great escape in the summer when The Cabin is located at you are daydreaming 1207 21st St., Sacramento. about the respite of For more info, go to a cabin in Tahoe on a Facebook.com/thecabinsac. snowy day. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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acramento’s Andru Defeye is extremely eloquent. Words are his calling. A master of telling his story, his new rap album, Ultraviolet, is named for the light beyond the spectrum of what is visible, and lyrically, it’s a journey of spiritual growth. With his third eye turned inward to create this record, it’s aptly titled. Defeye is an MC, but he does so much more. A writer, poet, community organizer and event producer, he’s locally famous for always being in artists’ corners, helping them succeed at what they do. Celebrating a decade of working at Sol Collective, Defeye produces a host of art, music and community events. The Most Open Mic in the City is first Sundays and Plugged is on second Sundays at Sol Collective. “Currently, Drunk Poetry is my favorite event I’m producing [with Sacramento artist Spacewalker],” says Defeye. “There’s not a regular date for it; Blue Lamp just kind of hits us up. Usually on a Thursday night. It gets stupid packed. And that one really gives me a chance to have fun with the art. “The Intersection may be coming back this year when it gets warmer out. That’s where we get people together at 34th and Broadway. The idea started with Old Soul looking to do an open mic in Sacramento, and I had no interest in doing a traditional open mic. And then me and Paul Willis started talking about it, and the importance of there being a space for the original residents of Oak Park and new neighbors to have a place to communicate—a space to just coexist. [That’s] why we started The Intersection. Having that space, with all the gentrification happening, is imperative to the city’s growth.” Defeye’s also the founder and creator of ZFG (Zero Forbidden Goals), a multifaceted collective that facilitates arts in Sacramento. “In 2017, ZFG led a whole campaign to legalize busking and did pretty well,” explains Defeye. “I haven’t seen any artists get shut down for street performance in the last year or so. The mayor came out and banged on some drums and said busking was cool, so that was real cool. When the Nipsey Hussle show got shot up in 2015, all the venues stopped doing hip-hop. So we started taking it into spaces and parks. We [were threatened with] an arrest at Cesar Chavez Park just trying to create a space for young people and especially people of color and people of marginalized communities to be heard. From promotions—like how do we support artists like Paul Willis, Spacewalker and Philharmonik?—to events where we create a platform for artists and community spaces where it’s safe for them to be heard, that’s what ZFG is all about.”

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The core value at the heart of all of Defeye’s initiatives is love. “I love people,” says Defeye. “I love all people. I’m an empath. It hurts me and makes me all emotional and shit when people aren’t treated right. When things aren’t fair, when justice isn’t served. And when people aren’t loved. As part of what I do, I used to fight a lot. Fight things all day, argue with people all day on the internet, argue in the streets, protesting ... There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s necessary work and respect to everyone who’s doing that. But for me, I need to actively love more than actively fight. That’s my main value. I think I got that from my parents. My dad is a minister and my mom is in the choir. We have a lot of different beliefs when it comes to spirituality, but what they taught me was always based in love.” And it was learning how to truly love himself that led to the flood of inspiration that became Ultraviolet. “I think for a long time, I’ve always thought about changing things externally, and this album is about looking inside,” relates Defeye. “It felt like touching on something bigger than me with this record. Generally, I’ll work a beat all the way through. Everyone who knows me knows that I take three months to write a song. The process for this album was different than anything I’ve ever done before. I was out in Pismo with my family over Thanksgiving last year, and songs started flooding. I would get these ideas for beats and I wouldn’t even finish the beat before I started having words flow. I just had a lot going on at the time. It was a release. “It’s really easy to pour yourself into other people and distract yourself from yourself,” he continues. “When I was in rehab, I learned to love the things that other people loved about me. I learned to love the way other people viewed me, but I still had work to do—actually loving me, forgiving myself and letting go of the things I was still holding on to. I was terrified of being outside Sacramento where I wasn’t Andru Defeye, community organizer and guerilla poet laureate, weirdo and producer or whatever labels that I’d given myself as my identity to feel loved through other people’s eyes. I got to a point where I was like, ‘You’ve been growing and growing … you ready for the next level? Ready to face the Boss?’ That’s really what this was, this album is a soundtrack for that.” During the process of creating Ultraviolet, Defeye had some spiritual breakthroughs. “I discovered that I’m a healer;

I’ve been a healer since I was born,” says Defeye. “I was born with a medical condition and they said I shouldn’t even make it out of the hospital, and then they said I wouldn’t make it past 15. I’m 34 years old. I went through a lot with that, invasive surgeries and procedures and really painful things. I had blamed me and my body for putting me through all of that pain. And it was like, yo, if I hadn’t started out like that, we wouldn’t have gotten all this healing and this drive—it’s beautiful. I’m a healer. I’m miraculous. My body is miraculous; my spirit is miraculous. Whatever light you’re looking for is inside you.” The album really tells a story. All the songs were recorded in the order that they appear on the album. Philharmonik put the polish on each track. You hear what Defeye was going through with lyrics like these, from the album’s last track done in partnership with Spacewalker, “Extra Vibe”: Got some things that I’m working on. Got some people that I’m cutting off. Said I’m EXTRA good. Don’t give that no extra thought. This that extra vibe, Sittin’ extra high. Said them demons finna exercise. “Once you make it out of this selfquestioning mentality, and you figure out that you’re enough, you can get a little extra with it,” explains Defeye about those lyrics. “And I was like, ‘Who else would I bring in for this?’ And obviously it was Spacewalker. That’s who I go to when I feel in an extra mood and want to hang out! Her spiritual influence, her personal influence—that’s my little sister, right there.” Ultraviolet will be released digitally on all outlets March 3, and it’s sure to become the soundtrack for your growth trajectory in 2019. You can get that extra vibe and catch Defeye and friends with all their amazing energy at the album release party March 8 at Blue Lamp, with Spacewalker, Luke Tailor and special guests. Defeye talks about how live shows offer something more than listening to a record in isolation. “I think there’s something about live show energy,” he explains. “Like when you listen to a recording, you have your ears. You don’t have all the other senses engaged. I’ve seen folks where they can’t keep a mic in front of their face because they’re moving around so much, but the crowd goes absolutely wild. And that’s because it’s translating visually.” Well, it’s translating that visible and invisible light.

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Don’t miss Andru Defeye’s Ultraviolet album release party Friday, March 8 at Blue Lamp (1400 Alhambra Blvd.). Openers are Spacewalker, Luke Tailor and special guests. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 21 and over. Visit Bluelampsacramento. com for more information.

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A ROOM WITH A VIEW PAINTER TOM COLCORD’S DREAMY, LANDSCAPEINSPIRED INTERIORS WORDS GRANT MINER

an Francisco-based artist Tom Colcord’s work blurs the lines between opposites. His “indoor

landscapes” seamlessly combine the It's Not Gonna Rain Tonight | Acrylic on Canvas | 72" x 72'' | 2018

Quiet As a Mouse | Acrylic on Canvas | 72" x 72'' | 2017

natural with the urban, dreams with reality and old techniques with new ones. Originally from Indianapolis, Colcord got his BFA in Painting from the University of Indiana Bloomington. While studying abroad in Italy, Colcord was able to visit the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art. After seeing what some of the best contemporary artists of today were doing, Colcord decided to move out west to San Francisco, where he earned an MFA at the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute. Colcord loves to paint rooms, but it’s never just a room. One of his most recent paintings, It’s Not Gonna Rain Tonight, is a view of a half-remembered stairwell. Behind the swirling patterns in the foreground, the geometry isn’t quite right. The clock is leaning when it shouldn’t, colors bleed into one another and where the ceiling should be, there is only sky—

No Tricks | Oil on Canvas over Panel | 48" x 48'' | 2018

The Road Less Traveled | Acrylic on Canvas | 72" x 72'' | 2017

or, perhaps, it really is the ceiling after all. These kinds of effects give many of Colcord’s paintings a haunted feeling. It’s the kind of haunting that comes from a memory warped by time, or from seeing a place that feels familiar that shouldn’t be. Others, like No Tricks, are more straightforward representations of urban life, particularly the way nature interacts with it. In those, Colcord beautifully portrays the crowded gardens, high fences and unique verticality of the City by the Bay. Often, he combines these two subjects, creating dreamy indoor gardens that straddle the gap between nature and created space. Colcord, who works as an educator at Gamblin Paint, will be giving a lecture on oil painting at the Natsoulas Gallery’s “Art of Painting in the 21st Century” conference March 9. Before that, though, check out or

Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control | Oil on Canvas | 46" x 47'' | 2014

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interview with the man himself.

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How would you characterize your artistic style, and how has it evolved? So when I was doing my BFA in Indiana, I was going to a school that was very “from life”— not realist, but a naturalistic style of painting. What you saw was what you painted. It was good because it gave me a foundation, but I always wanted to make something physical or a fantastical world. When I got [to SFIA] I saw how people were approaching painting here. It was a little bit more pop-y, and a little bit more cartoony. I was being more abstract, but I quickly figured out I wasn’t an abstract painter. The paintings I’m working on now are all oil-based, with the techniques from my BFA and the ideas from grad school. I’m back to being more about naturalism. What’s your initial approach to your pieces? For the big pieces I’m working on now, I start with a Photoshop collage, and I always have an idea of the color I want—like a certain idea of “magentas” or “blues.” Then I start importing things that I think I want to paint, then I’ll slave over it for six to eight months until it’s perfect. Then I have an image that meets all my requirements for a painting. I try to make [the final paintings] as close as I can to the collage, but it never happens. Finding out how to paint the things I design is part of the challenge. What kind of things are you watching, reading or listening to that inspire your work? I just saw an exhibition by an artist named Yun Lee, which really blew me away. She titled her show The End of the World in reference to a book we had both just read, coincidentally [Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami]. I really want to paint the world that he writes about. Things like The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and his other works are my main interest, literaturewise. Painters I would want to be are Henri Rousseau, or Angela Dufresne. Any painter with a strong technique. Wayne Thiebaud was huge for me; I think about him a lot when I paint. And of course [my studiomate] Xiao Wang has been a huge influence on me.

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Your art features a lot of dreamlike interiors. What’s your relationship to space as an artist? As someone who grew up in the Midwest, we had a lot of space, and suddenly my personal space shrunk coming to the city. So the larger or more significant paintings for me over the past couple years have been about the fluidity of memory and perception. The paintings I make are attempting to be this sort of warped idea of a real space, and how we perceive it. A lot of the patterning over the layers sort of references a change in the image. I always end up covering certain details, see if I can work to let you know there’s more than one element in a space, something I don’t see. Most of these dreamlike spaces feature nature. Did your childhood in Indiana influence that? I grew up in a wooded suburb and played outside a lot as a kid. I feel like we kind of are nature in a way. I like interiors and hard edges, but I started out as a landscape painter, so I’m always comfortable adding landscape elements. I like including the “exterior space” of the neighborhood.. Was there a big difference in coming to San Francisco? The best way I can describe the culture I grew up in was like this calm, Midwestern suburb. Nature was part of the backdrop; I’m used to people hanging out in their front yards, like on their couch because their electricity is out. There’s always a lot of junk in my neighborhood. There was a lot of untamed wooden areas, and people didn’t attempt to weed or take care of it. It didn’t attempt to be aesthetic, but it had a homey atmosphere. Here, there’s an attempt to make the city more comfortable by using nature whether it’s through succulents, or potted plants or pets. What’s your studio like? The best I’ve ever had. Xiao, who also uses the studio, is a really fantastic painter. I found a warehouse space on Craigslist—basically an old house where a bunch of hippies live. They had a wine cellar that they wanted to rent. We had to spend a couple months just building a studio out of a space, but now I probably have one of the better studios in San Francisco. [The owners] have a garden they’ve been taking care of for 20 years in their backyard. To go into the entrance of my studio, you have to go through it. There’s about 10 different cats that live there—it feels like an oasis.

Tom Colcord will be appearing at the Natsoulas Gallery (521 First St. Davis) March 9. Learn more at Natsoulas.com. Follow Tom Colcord on Instagram at @tcolcord.

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DAYS OF YORN

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here seemed to be a time where you couldn’t turn a corner without hearing Pete Yorn’s “Life on a Chain.” The indie soft-rocker’s known for songs that feel nearly synonymous with the early 2000s mainstream pop-rock world—chugging, bright guitar chords, rock drums, a slight Vedder-esque drawl, haloed with an array of auxiliary sounds both upbeat and heartfelt. Yorn had the kind of career beginnings most young musicians chase wildly. After finishing a degree at Syracuse, the East-Coaster landed in Los Angeles where he began playing local gigs and building up a small following. Within a few years, he’d signed with Columbia and had been tapped by the Farrelly Brothers to score their new film, Me, Myself and Irene. In 2001, his debut, Musicforthemorningafter, illuminated him on the map of up-and-coming hitmakers, and was packed with the kind of tunes that felt akin to odd, sunny days in a sweet teen series from The WB or The CW (and they indeed made their way into plenty). Now, nearly two decades later, with a few label and life changes, Yorn’s still making pop-rock music he’s proud of. His most recent album, 2016's Arranging Time, has that similar buoyancy to his earlier work, though there seems to be something more grounded, more matured. Maybe some of that comes from plain aging, or those life changes. For one, Yorn and his longtime partner had a baby. “Right when we had the baby people were like, ‘Is it gonna change your writing?’ and I had no idea,” Yorn said. “I’m just starting to see there are a couple pure love songs that have come out of it. In the past I was writing break up songs or songs about worrying about a relationship, and I think [my daughter’s] inspired me to write some completely uncorrupted, pure puppy-dog-and-rainbows love songs. There’s a little bit of that.” Following some of his earlier releases, Yorn was often touring extensively. While on the road for his 2006 release, Nightcrawler, Yorn played acoustic pre-shows at local record shops along the way (which eventually became a live EP). These days he’s still out on the road, though he tries to stick a little closer to home. “I don’t like to leave as much anymore, especially to go on tour,” Yorn said. “In the early days it would physically hurt my stomach to leave. Every little kid I’d walk by, I’d be like, ‘That’s so cute!’ It was crazy. I was never ‘overthe-top I love kids’ guy, but that changed when we had one. I see the cute child qualities in all kids now. It just resonates so much more with me. I’ve actively chosen [that] when I tour I’m not gonna go away for more than two weeks max before I come home. I like to stay close. These years go by so quick, I just don’t want to miss these moments.”

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Some of that time home has been spent working on side projects as well. Last year, he and Scarlett Johansson once again teamed up to release the EP, Apart. The two initially collaborated back in 2009 on the release, Breakup. Aside from a few live performances on shows like the Late Show with David Letterman or Live! With Regis and Kelly, the duo never toured, so in some ways the followup a decade later came as a surprise. For Yorn and Johansson, it was just something that naturally worked out. “A lot of it was timing,” Yorn said. “I was really proud of the record we did years ago, and we remained friends. We’d always left the door open. We found ourselves back in each other’s universe hanging out with some friends and family, and I happened to have some songs and she had some time. It was that simple.” While Breakup received more saccharine alt-pop comparisons to its celebrity/indie counterpart She and Him, Apart had more dreamy dark tones interwoven into it, reflecting the album’s lyrical focus on following a couple’s painful split. Again, the songs don’t come out live much, and there aren’t plans of Johansson and Yorn ever taking them out together. “We’re a creative act and like to bring our energy together,” Yorn said. “We performed live a handful of times, but the dynamic of the touring always seemed a little tricky. I don’t really play much of the Scarlett stuff alone. I have so [many] solo records and so much new material that I haven’t even gotten to it, but now that it’s on the top of my head I might have to break out a song.” Yorn’s been working on a brand new collection of songs, a group currently much larger than an album’s worth. A few have been frequently slipping into live sets. Even with his extensive catalogue and all the new ones on the way, some of those early familiar hits are still bound to come out often. They may be reminiscent of another time, but for Yorn, they’re just as much a part of now. “I still feel very close to those songs,” Yorn said. “I can’t find too much cool about getting older—my parents always said getting old sucks— but one of the cool things is those songs that I did write a long time ago with a different head on my shoulders, I always [wondered], will they mean anything, will they still resonate with me? And they mostly do. They change, they grow with me through the years and have different meanings. They’re about me or somebody else or current world things. They change all the time, and that’s one of my favorite things. I remember early on when I first started writing songs, I would write things that were so specific to me and what I was going through in a moment that they became kind of uncomfortable to sing, and I changed my style early on because it wasn’t fun. I learned how to become a witness when I write these lyrics and see things through different eyes, and somehow that’s enabled the songs to evolve with me. They’re not so set in what they mean; they can move.” Spend an evening with Pete Yorn when he brings his You and Me solo acoustic tour to Holy Diver (1517 21st St., Sacramento) on Wednesday, March 6. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased through Holydiversac.com. This is an all-ages show.

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Placerville Public House Scott Paul Graham, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Freshmakers, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m. Shady Lady Boca Do Rio, 9 p.m. Shine Creamline, Sparks Across Darkness, Noah Byrd, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Hot Club of San Francisco, 7 p.m. Torch Club Jimmy Pailer, 5:30 p.m.; Twilight Drifters, The Hucklebucks, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall We Shall Overcome, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Veronica Swift feat. the Benny Green Trio, 8 p.m.

3.02 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Spice World Party w/ Robbie & Blue, 8 p.m. Bar 101 Toast & Jam, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Burning Daylight People, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp Altar de Fey, 13th Sky, James Perry, Killer Couture, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Nova Sutro, Blackwater Ryzn, Wendell and the Puppets, 7 p.m. Buckhorn Bar & Grill (Dixon) Get Out, Slutzville, Ridgejob, 9 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Morissette, Christian Bautista, 8 p.m. Christ Community Church River City Chorale Presents: The World of Pop Music, 4 p.m. The Colony Marigold, Mastoids, Paper Airplanes, 7 p.m. Community Center Theater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera: Best of Broadway, 8 p.m. Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Hans Eberbach, 7 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Back 220 Band, 9 p.m. The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose The Higher Mansions, Plastic Shoelaces, Noah Nelson, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Mndsgn, Ahwlee, LaTour, 6 p.m.; The Sugar High Band, 9:45 p.m. Holy Diver The Marías, Katzu Oso, Nicotine, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Kelly & Roy, 6 p.m. On The Y Evolution Revolver, Drawing Heaven, Handle, 7 p.m. Palms Playhouse Mardi Gras Mambofest w/ Rhythmtown-Jive, The K-Girls, Vicki Randle, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti-V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House The Ldawg Band, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Skid Roses, 10 p.m.

Shine Skyler’s Pool, Jenn Rogar, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Jack Gallagher, 7 p.m. The Stag Freature, Them Creatures, Ridgejob, 9 p.m. The Stone House The Gold Souls, 9:30 p.m. Torch Club Reds Blues, 5:30 p.m.; Gino Matteo, 9 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Teresa & Dave, 6 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Russian National Orchestra, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Veronica Swift feat. the Benny Green Trio, 8 p.m.

3.03 SUNDAY

Ace of Spades Sidhu Moosewala, Byg Byrd, Sunny Malton, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Boca Do Rio, 3 p.m. The Boardwalk Aenimus, Interloper, Nihil Futurum, Kaidan, Downcypher, 6:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Shania Twin (Shania Twain Tribute), 4 p.m. Crest Theatre Joe Jackson, 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Harlow’s YK Osiris, YFL Kelvin, 6:30 p.m. Holy Diver Travis Hayes, Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue, RIVVRS, 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. Momo Sacramento Ashley All Day, 6 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Lydia Pense, 3 p.m.; Blues Jam, 6 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Jack Gallagher, 4 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

3.04 MONDAY

Blue Lamp Conan, Sixes, Astral Cult, 8 p.m. The Colony Deterioration, Bob Plant, Heck Dorlan, World Peace, Heavy Stench, Dopemess, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Gordon Lightfoot, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Houses, 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, 7:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

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3.05 TUESDAY

The Boardwalk A Perfect Being, Lucrecia, Without Hope, Nail the Casket, Mescaline Maniacs, 6:30 p.m. Crest Theatre Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross, 6:30 p.m. Harlow’s Token, 6:30 p.m. Harris Center: Stage 1 The Irish Rovers, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver AzChike, 1TakeJay, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Kyle Rowland, 5 p.m.; Open Mic, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Guitar Club, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Torch Club Fat Tuesday Second Line w/ Element Brass Band, Bayou Boys, 5:30 p.m.; Sac Lunch, 8 p.m.

Goldfield Sam Riggs, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Bryce Vine, Travis Thompson, 6:30 p.m. Harris Center: Stage 1 Masters of Hawaiian Music: George Kahumoku Jr., Kawika Kahiapo, Nathan Aweau, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Pete Yorn, 7:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. Shawn Holt & the Teardrops, 5:30 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Press Club The Murderburgers, Get Married, Sneeze Attack, Danger Inc., 8 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Redwood Room Nooner w/ Coyote Creates, 12 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Seth Walker, 9 p.m.

Golden 1 Center Muse, Walk the Moon, 6:30 p.m. Goldfield Joel Taylor, Craig Stickland, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Yung Gravy, bbno$, Tiiiiiiiiiip, 6:30 p.m. Holy Diver Local Showcase feat. Dead Is Better, Alta Luna, William Wallace, Set Trip, Cold Shoulder, Trip Weaver, 6 p.m. Kupros Craft House Dylan Crawford, 8 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Dive Deep feat. Jody Wisternoff, Eric David, AshDaddy, BenJam, 9 p.m. Momo Sacramento Skipper, 6 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Moe., 7 p.m. Palms Playhouse The Young Fables, 8 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Wolfgang Gartner, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Press Club Frack!, Ghost Mesa, Howl Atom, 8 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Hunter Green, 9 p.m.

3.06 3.07 3.08 WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Buckcherry, Joyous Wolf, RepresA, Failure By Proxy, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Alterbeast, Aethere, Continuum, Tyranocannon, Zephira, 7 p.m. The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Patrick Walsh, 7 p.m.; DJ Uncle Hank and Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Irish Jam Session w/ Stepping Stone, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Abba Mania, Verno, 7 p.m. Bar 101 The Clay Dogs, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 5 p.m. Blue Lamp Andru Defeye (Album Release), SpaceWalker, Luke Tailor and More, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk 98 Rock That Damn Show! Birthday Party w/ Thunder Cover, 7 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. The Colony Iconoclast, Headdress, Mystique, Sick Burn, 7 p.m. Community Center Theater Christian Nodal, 9 p.m. Crest Theatre The Fab Four (The Beatles Tribute), 7 p.m. Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Tropicali Flames, 7 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Remix, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Kikagaku Moyo, The Mattson 2, Liquid Lights by Mad Alchemy, 8 p.m. Holy Diver E.N Young, Eazy Dub, Brave Coyote, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Grid, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Palms Playhouse Shana Morrison & Caledonia, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House Dog Park Justice, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Sock Monkeys, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m. Shine The New Crowns, The Fontaine Classic, Seth Kaminsky, 8 p.m. The Side Door Mike Beck, 7 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort WAR, 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Midtown Creepers, 5:30 p.m.; The Gold Souls, 9 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Bad Patterns, Vinnie Guidera & The Dead Birds, Emma Simpson, 6 p.m. VFW Post 6158 (Fair Oaks) These Bastards, War Bison, Legion Of Malice, Ctrl+All+Delete, 8 p.m.

3.09 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Cradle of Filth, Wednesday 13, Raven Black, 6 p.m. Auburn State Theatre Shawn Pimental and Lehua Kalima, 7:30 p.m. Bar 101 Bongo Furys, 9:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Defecrator, Cartilage, Dearth, Denunciation, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Niviane, Arminius, Super Mega Everything, 7 p.m. Community Center Theater Christian Nodal, 8 p.m. Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Brotherly Mud, 7 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Nothin’ Personal, 9 p.m. The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m. Fox & Goose Proxy Moon, According to Bazooka, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Blackalicious, Roots & Tings, 9:30 p.m. Holy Diver Emo Night Sacramento feat. The Seafloor Cinema, Juliet Company and More, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. Old Ironsides The Brodys, Red Planet, Dorothy Lane, 8 p.m. Palms Playhouse Dirty Cello, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Porchlight Brewing Co. Grub Dog, 6 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Wiz Kid, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9 p.m. Torch Club The Count, 4 p.m.; Dennis Jones, 9 p.m. Woodstock’s Pizza Davis Jesus and the Dinosaurs, Linguo, 10 p.m.

3.10 SUNDAY

Ace of Spades Big Wild, Robotaki, Mild Minds, 6:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Todd Gardner Band, 3 p.m. The Boardwalk Prey 4 Reign, Days Under Authority, Chaos Mantra, Dreams of Madness, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Los Angeles Negros de Chile, 5 p.m. Cafe Colonial WitchHands, Encrypted, Precious Child, Killer Couture, 7 p.m. Crocker Art Museum Crocker Classical Concert Series: The Irrera Brothers, 3 p.m. Holy Diver Tyler Carter, Clover the Girl, Addy Maxwell feat Teddy Swims, NERV, Zach Van Dyke, 6:30 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. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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3.12 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades LP, Lauren Ruth Ward, Andy Allo, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Harlow’s G. Love & Special Sauce, Ron Artis II & the Truth, 7 p.m. Holy Diver S.o.S, King Daniel, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Scott McConaha, 5 p.m.; Open Mic, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe CMS Songwriters Showcase, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

3.13 WEDNESDAY

Ace of Spades Jamey Johnson, Erin Enderlin, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Crest Theatre Marc Cohn, Chelsea Williams, 6:30 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 Jonathan Wilson, Calvin Love, 7 p.m. Harris Center: Stage 1 Camp Fire Benefit feat. Laurie Morvan Band, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Daniel Castro, Mighty-Mike Schermer, Roy Rogers, 7 p.m. Holy Diver Soundcheck feat. Lantern, Kiiing J3 & BIGGRosai, yaeKNOWS, Antwon Vinnie, JuLES BuRN, 6 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Redwood Room Nooner w/ Vince Vicari, 12 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Issue 286 • February 27 – March 13, 2019

Comedy Community Center Theater Tiffany Haddish: #SheReady Tour, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Smile Out Loud w/ Thai Rivera, Thomas Eppolito, Hosted by Curtis Newingham, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Trenton Davis, Lyall Behrens, Hosted by Tony Le, March 1 - 3, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. One Degree of Separation w/ Brad Bonar Jr., Ellis Rodriguez, Steph Garcia, Carlos Rodriguez, March 6, 7 p.m. There Goes the Neighborhood w/ Daniel Eachus, Jon Gab, Jimmy Earll, Chris Espinosa and More, March 7, 8 p.m. Tony Dijamco, Jordan Conley, Hosted by Benton Harshaw, March 8 - 10, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Molotov Comedy w/ Jason Anderson, Dejan Tyler, Jason Mack and More, March 13, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy w/ Hosts Jaime Fernandez and Michael Cella, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. MOMO Sacramento Comedy Burger ft. Ngaio Bealum, March 10, 7 p.m. On the Y Open Mic Comedy w/ Guest Hosts, Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Punch Line There Goes the Neighborhood Comedy, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. James Davis, Lydia Popovich, Hosted by Anyi Malik, Feb. 28 March 2, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Really Funny Comedians (Who Happen to Be Women), March 3, 7 p.m. The Hodgetwins, March 6, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. Kate Quigley and Guests, March 7 - 9, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Lance Woods and Friends, March 10, 7 p.m. WTF Wednesdays w/ Mars Parker and Guests, March 13, 9 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Mondays, 8 p.m. Improv Taste Test and Harold Night, Wednesdays, 7 - 10 p.m. Cage Match and Improv Jam, Thursdays, 8 - 10 p.m. Anti-Cooperation League, Saturdays, 9 p.m. LGBTQ Comedy Showcase w/ Chey Bell, Sergio Novoa, Mike Whitaker, Shahera Hyatt, Hosted by Melissa McGillicuddy, March 1, 9 p.m. The Art Critique Comedy Show, March 9, 7:30 p.m. STAB! Comedy Theater Comedy Open Mic, Thursdays, 9 p.m. STAB! Podcast Panel Show, Fridays, 10 p.m. Late Night Leftovers Open Mic, Saturdays, 11 p.m. Tommy T’s Tag Team Comedy w/ Myles Weber and Chelsea Bearce, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. Hilarious Comedy Competition, March 1 - 3, Fri., 7:30; Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 6 p.m. Jay Rich, March 6, 7:30 p.m. Michael Blackson, March 8 - 9, Fri., 7:30 & 10:15; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m. Alex Reymundo, March 10, 6 p.m.

Misc. √ 8th and W Streets Certified Farmers Market, Sundays, 8 a.m. 12 p.m. 20th Street (Between J and K Midtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Ace of Spades RAW Artists Sacramento Presents: Reflect feat. Visual Art, Fashion, Performances and More, March 7, 7 p.m. Amador Wine Country Behind The Cellar Door, March 2 - 4, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts A Doll’s House Pt. 2, Through April 7 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Capitol Mall Greens 9th Annual Capitol Beer Fest, March 2, 12 - 4 p.m. Country Club Plaza Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Crest Theatre 20th Sacramento Jewish Film Festival, March 7 - 10 Crocker Art Museum Film Series: Work, Struggle, and Emancipation - Matewan, March 7, 6:30 p.m. Arte Extraordinario: Recent Acquisitions, Through March 24 Modern Menagerie: Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen, Through March 31 History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence, Through April 7 Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Hacker Lab Artists and Engineers: Sacramento, March 9, 5:30 p.m. Highwater The Trivia Factory, Mondays, 7 p.m. Historic Old Folsom Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Kupros Craft House Triviology, Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Library Of MusicLandria Hearing Miles: The Life, Times and Music of Miles Davis, March 2, 7 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, Thursdays, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Old Sacramento Waterfront Sacramento Mardi Gras Party and Pub Crawl, March 2, 8 p.m. Raley Field River Cats Preseason Party, March 3, 12 - 3 p.m. Sacramento State: University Union Ballroom Tom DeLuca: Hypnotist, March 7, 7:30 p.m. Sactown Union Geeks Who Drink Trivia, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Pub Trivia, Sundays, 8 p.m. Strikes Unlimited (Rocklin) Let’s Get Quzzical: Trivia Game Show Experience, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sunrise Light Rail Station Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Cribbage Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse Movie Night: Breakfast Club, March 3, 7 p.m. Movie Night: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, March 10, 7 p.m. Warehouse Artist Lofts Creativity+ Presents: Creativity and Reinvention w/ Meghan Phillips and David Sobon, Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. William Land Park Donut Dash, March 2, 8:30 a.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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RELENTLESS ASSAULT TRAITORS, ANGELMAKER, VCTMS,

DESOLIST, A WAKING MEMORY, HARD KNOX Holy Diver, Sacramento • Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 WORDS & PHOTOS TYLER HORST

The deathcore band Traitors brought a stacked bill of down-tuned, punishingly heavy bands to Holy Diver for their The New World Order Tour on President’s Day, and the metalheads of Sacramento came out in full force. The densely tattooed and pierced crowd threw down the hardest for the touring acts, but they also showed up early—in number and energy—for their local scene. The night started loud, low and heavy with Sacramento deathcore outfit Hard Knox, and it didn’t let up from there. Next up was A Waking Memory, whose style mixed beatdown hardcore with atmospheric death metal riffs. Rounding out the local openers was Desolist, who played an impressively tight set full of galloping djent rhythms with lightning-fast melodic riffing.

You might think that in between sets of pummeling music, you might want something lighter to cleanse the palate. Not this crowd! During each set change, the engineers filled the room with down-tempo metalcore, and everyone enjoyed the relentless sonic onslaught. Because of Holy Diver’s small size, the bands loaded on and off by going directly through the crowd. In keeping with the theme of the night, the engineers playfully asked the crowd to make room by requesting they go to each side “like a big-ass wall of death, but without the death,” referring to the practice at larger metal shows of crowds running pell-mell into each other from opposite sides of the floor like they’re charging Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers. When touring act VCTMS

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took the stage, the already hyped-up crowd turned up the energy even higher. The Chicago quartet play a chaotic brand of metalcore that mixes low, chugging rhythms with a skronkier, sometimes nü-metal inspired sound that’s totally hectic and fun. The band’s performance matched the energy of their music, with even the drummer getting up out of her chair multiple times to accentuate the heaviest sections. One brave pioneer attempted the first stage dive of the evening despite a rather thin front row. He didn’t make it very far, but his adventure inspired others to do the same, and the crowd took note and filled out the front. Lights trained directly at the pit started to flip on sporadically throughout the rest of the night. Whether this

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was more for the CaliberTV cameraman at the show, or just for folks to mosh and crowd-kill in the spotlight, it was a wonderful way to reward an already enthusiastic and dedicated crowd by making them feel part of the show. When Angelmaker began setting up, someone in the crowd declared gleefully, “I am ready to die!” Being unfamiliar with Angelmaker, I took this to mean I was in for some extremely heavy shit. My suspicions were confirmed when not one, but two vocalists took the stage. Both frontmen exhibited great talent with bellowing lows, rasping highs and powerful mid-range screams, sometimes playing off each other in alternating patterns and sometimes combining for one deep, devastating roar. Angelmaker played a variant of deathcore that leaned more toward “death” than “core”— more technical but still heavy as hell—with a fullness of sound that was well captured by the engineers. After five talented bands, the crowd was well primed for the main attraction of the night: Traitors. Clearly a favorite of both the crowd and the supporting bands, many of whom highlighted their excitement for Traitors during their own sets, Traitors set the crowd off right away with their dirty, groove-laden deathcore. The floor became a roiling mess of hardcore dancing, two-stepping and crowdsurfing, with the imposing frame of vocalist Tyler Shelton commanding it all from the stage.

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Shelton gave a strong vocal performance throughout the night, hitting not just his toilet-bowl lows, but also occasionally pulling out a tortured high-low bellow. Driving this steamroller of a set was drummer Stephen Arango, who was an absolute joy to watch play with great precision and energy.

“Who is here representing the West Coast? Who is here representing Sacramento?” Shelton yelled once between songs, eliciting huge whoops from the room. Traitors fed off the abundant energy of the crowd, rightly praising them for showing up on a Monday night for their scene.

Issue 286 • February 27 – March 13, 2019

THE SHALLOW END A moment of silence is in order: NASA has officially announced the passing of Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) that has been sending us dispatches from our galactic neighbor for the past 15 years. Landing on the surface of Mars on Jan. 25, 2004, Opportunity embarked on a ground-breaking mission, leading to important discoveries, such as the existence of water on the Red Planet, and basically just burrowing itself into the hearts of robo-philes everywhere because it was just so darn adorable. During the course of its historic mission, MER sent back more than 225,000 images, traveled 28 miles and made the vastness of space seem just a little bit cozier. MER will always be fondly remembered by all of us nerds whose spirits were lifted by this Wall-E-esque (I swear I typed this term out before I read it in the Washington Post, but I like it so much, I’m keeping it in anyway) rover thing, and all the good people at NASA who remind us that even though being smart and scientific has now—for some ridiculous reason—become frowned upon, humankind’s curiosity remains our most (if not only) redeeming feature.

RED ROVER, RED ROVER …

Opportunity went quiet last summer when a planet-wide dust storm engulfed Mars, blocking the rover’s access to solar power. Many attempts were made to contact and reboot Opportunity in the time since, but none were effective. The rover’s last known whereabouts were the edge of the aptly named Endeavour, a massive impact crater roughly 14 miles in diameter in the Meridiani Planum. As shit seems to get worse and worse here on Earth, I find comfort thinking about the stars and planets. I don’t think I’ll ever go there, mind you, nor do I think that it’s a good idea to pour resources into finding another planet we can ruin instead of doing our best to fix the problems we’ve caused on this one; however, it’s nice to know that even after we’ve bickered and screwed ourselves into oblivion, the universe will just continue on doing its thing no matter what. Other than a few rovers (don’t be lonesome, Curiosity, we’re still here for you!), a moon landing or two and gaggles of satellites, our reach hasn’t extended all that far beyond our atmosphere, and that’s probably for the best.

Issue 286 • February 27 – March 13, 2019

JAMES BARONE jb@submergemag.com I doubt we’d all of a sudden become more understanding or accepting if we all took some hyperspace journey to Planet Zeborf in the Goobledygook Galaxy. Sure, there would be a honeymoon phase where we’d be like, “Oh wow, that’s some really fascinating fauna,” or, “Would you get a look at this surreal-looking class of ferns,” but it wouldn’t be long before we’d all be fighting over who got to open the first Target on our new home planet. Maybe it’s just that voraciousness is in our nature. I’m no different than anyone else. I can’t control myself around chocolate, for instance; I just have to keep on gorging myself. And I’d like to think I have a decent amount of willpower. I was able to quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey, which was just about the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do. But chocolate. Damn. I wouldn’t quit you if I could. We always need a bigger place. We always need more storage. We always need a bigger this or that or more, more, more, more. I guess that’s probably why we send adorable rovers into outer space to send us pictures of places where we wouldn’t even survive for a few

moments. Just because we can. Just because we want to. Just because knowing one thing just makes us want to know more. Knowing things is good, though. Learning is never a waste of time. None of us—or even our grandchildren’s grandchildren, maybe— will ever step foot on any other planet than the one we’re on now, but it’s comforting to know that we’re not alone in the universe. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like if our atmosphere was a sort of impenetrable shell, that if we reached a high enough elevation, we’d just hit our heads on the ceiling and plummet back down to earth. How would that bode well for a race of beings that can’t eat just one chip? I think space keeps us honest. Sure, we’ve been able to strip mine basically most of our planet, but there’s something hanging over our heads that we can never truly dominate. That’s probably a good thing. It may not make a difference here, where it matters, but at least the grand scheme of things will still be scheming … grandly, I suppose. Anyway, thanks Opportunity for all the roving. You will be missed.

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Issue 286 • February 27 – March 13, 2019

DIVE INTO SACRAMENTO & ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 13, 2019

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