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MELISSA WELLIVER melissa@submergemag.com Man, as we finished up our files to send things to the printer this past Sunday, May 20, I can’t help but write this column in a funk. It just happens every so often. I’m sure everyone gets in one from time to time. So excuse me while I just rant. SAN JOSE SHARKS!? What the hell!? I love hockey. They’re my team ’til the day I die, but once again they left me shaking my head wondering WTF after they lost game five of the Western Conference Finals 5–0 on their home ice, against the St. Louis Blues. 5–0!!! Embarrassing. Not only that, but Game of Thrones has ended. I hate to be one of those people, but what the hell is wrong with the writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss? I can’t help but feel let down. In my opinion, the past two seasons seemed like a sprint to end the show. I feel like they could have expanded on all that was going on and give the fans, at least, three to four more seasons. Fuck it. Bring on the prequel, I’ll still watch it. And while I’m on a rant, this damn weather!? AMIRITE? Rain, rain, rain. May showers bring June flowers? NO, that’s not how it goes. I tried to look at the bright side, maybe all this rain will wash away the pollen and my allergies will be better. I’m still sneezing. WTF?! Time to buy some stock in Kleenex. Grumble, grumble, grumble. Now I just need to get through this day. Get through this week. Try and switch my mindset by getting outdoors, going to shows, exercising, shutting down the internet and turning to some good old words on paper to do some reading. And don’t forget wine. Lots of wine. Read. Learn. Do rad things! Melissa Welliver

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Send regional news tips to info@submergemag.com Sad Girlz Club, Hard Feelings Punk rock goodness from one of Sacramento’s buzziest new bands. Nine solid jams recorded by Patrick Hills, the go-to-guy for much of Sac’s punk and rock music scenes, at Earth Tone Studios. Stream Hard Feelings on Spotify, Bandcamp and other online outlets. Buy a physical CD (remember those?) for $10 at Bombpoprecords.com. Better yet, catch them live on June 2 at Holy Diver (1517 21st St., Sacramento) opening for Swingin’ Utters and snag some merch in person.

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Harris Rudman and Brian Lentz, Missing Document Local rapper and singer Harris Rudman continues to impress with his newest release, Missing Document, recorded in Paris with producer and cohort Brian Lentz. It’s up now on Spotify, and if you dig it, be sure to check out the duo’s release from just last year called 2013. Catch Rudman live later this summer on July 12 at Concerts in the Park with Arden Park Roots, Weirdoze and Robbie (HOF). Tonic Zephyr, Moon and the Sun Local psychedelic indie rock quartet Tonic Zephyr linked up with producer Frank Hannon (of Tesla) for this solid five song EP. From the funky disco vibes of opener “Fancy Free” to the heavy hitting progressive rock closer “Scorpion Sting,” this EP dips into many genres without feeling too all over the place. Stream it on Spotify and learn more about the group at Toniczephyr.com. See them live on May 25 for their EP release party at The Boardwalk (9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale) with Roland Tonies and The Imported. Ross Hammond and Jon Bafus, New Milwaukee Ross Hammond, one of Sacramento’s most beloved and prolific guitarists, has two killer new albums out in the last two months. First up is New Milwaukee, with Hammond on lap steel guitar and percussion by Jon Bafus (of Gentleman Surfer). Hammond told Submerge it’s “Kind of a post-rock, post-blues record, if there’s such a thing. It rips!” Listen to it at Rosshammond.bandcamp.com and catch the duo live on May 27 at Luna’s Cafe (1414 16th St., Sacramento). Ross Hammond and Neil Franklin, Sacramentans On Sacramentans, Hammond teams up with local drummer Neil Franklin from Brubaker, Kai Kln and other revered local bands. Nine instrumental tunes that will accompany your workday or afternoon drive very well. Give it a whirl on Hammond’s Bandcamp page mentioned above and catch the duo live at Luna’s on June 1.

Chuuwee feat. Nate Curry, “Oni Over Rice” I wish I could just put like 10 fire emojis right here, ‘cause that’s what this track is. Two of Sacramento’s finest link up for this single, streamable on Spotify right now. Chuuwee’s flow is in top form and Curry’s vocals might give you goosebumps. More collabs from these two, please! Catch Nate Curry live on May 30 at Harlow's opening for Nani. Catch Chuuwee live on May 25 at KDVS' 19th annual Operation Restore Maximum Freedom music festival at Sudwerk Brewing Co. (2001 Second St., Davis).

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all involve floors. All floors need to be swept, vacuumed, mopped or shampooed from time to time. Depending on the size of and type of floor in your home, this could be a relatively easy task or monumental undertaking. If you have pets, it gets even more fun as you struggle to extract their hair and fur from every surface of your home. Some of you have bought your way out of some of these chores by purchasing a Roomba or other robo-vac. To you I say, way to live the dream! It’s no coincidence that some of the shittiest chores of all are done in the bathroom. Wiping a sink down may not sound too tough, but if you have a beard like me, it can be a nightmare. Cleaning a shower or bathtub requires quite a bit more effort. Bathroom cleaners tend to take on a bleachy smell, which doesn’t help with the 9:30PM whole bathroom cleaning experience. And then there is the shittiest bathroom job of all: cleaning the toilet. Toilets get dirty by design, and it’s an awful trick on humankind that we haven’t come up with a better solution than this by now. Bathrooms are dirty, but the dirtiest room in your house is definitely your kitchen, making it the hardest and grossest room to clean. If you have a dishwasher, washing the dishes usually isn’t too bad as long as you keep up with it. Wiping the counters is a relatively easy task as well; however, the rest of the kitchen tasks are horrible. We store and cook food in our kitchens day after day. Some of that food inevitably ends up on the floor, spilled on the stove, burned to the inside of the oven or trapped in a jar tucked away and forgotten in the back of the fridge. Cleaning up a long lost morsel or moldy foodfilled container seems easy until the smell of decomposition smacks you across the face. While you may avoid such smell issues when cleaning the oven, what you aren’t likely to avoid is sitting in an awkward position for a lengthy session of scrubbing burned up vittles. Is that how you want to spend your Saturday? Hanging in the backyard by the pool or barbecue sounds like a much better use of my time than chores until I remember what has to be done to get the yard in shape enough to be able to hang out. Mowing the lawn, trimming bushes, raking leaves, knocking down spider webs and insect nests, watering and feeding the plants, wiping down the outdoor furniture … these goddamn chores never end and nowhere is safe. So the next time you hear some kid going on about wanting to be an adult, you hand that little bastard a rake, some garbage bags and a can of bug spray and tell him to get to work.

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Celebrate Black Music Month at a New Concert Series in Sacramento • Saturdays in June Celebrate June and Black music all in one at the new Sacramento concert series, Black Jazz! The fun kicks off on June 1 from 5–10 p.m. at 3405 Third Ave., Sacramento with Bap Notes, The Harley White Jr. Quartet and DJ Mic B. June 8 features jazz fusion group Mino Yanci, along with A Tribe Quartet and DJ Stace Lace with an earlier showtime of noon to 3 p.m. June 15 is Emery and the New Wave, The Reggie Graham Trio and DJ Racer X. June 22 performers include George Napp, The Garret Perkins Project and DJ Rockbottom. The concert series will end on June 29 with The Fireworkz Band, Broun Fellinis and DJ Racer X. There will be food, sun, vendors and new people to jam with so put on your dancing shoes and hit up Black Jazz Summer ‘19! All shows are $15. For more information, search "Black Jazz 19" on Facebook. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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Saturdays through June Come out and dance at DOCO’s summer silent disco event, every Saturday from now through the month of June. June’s lineup is as follows: DJ Epik, Chango, DJ Hopkins on June 1; Spiro Catalano, Thomas Young, DJ Hopkins on June 8; Billy Lane, Thomas Young, DJ Hopkins on June 15; DJ Epik, Z Major, DJ Hopkins on June 22; Ano, Z Major, DJ Kak on June 29. DJs will spin different music styles that participants can hear through headsets that are available for you to checkout and borrow. The silent dance party will start at 7 p.m. every Saturday and end at 10 p.m. at DOCO, 660 J St. This is a free event and is first come, first serve so make sure you get there early to save yourself a spot. Activities are subject to change based on weather and unforeseen conditions, but you can visit the DOCO Facebook event page for updates.

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OUTSIDE THE 9-TO-5 WHY EAT LOCAL:

LIVING UP TO OUR FARM-TOFORK CAPITOL’S SLOGAN WORDS ELLEN BAKER The American Dream once boasted Coca-Cola as an emblem of perfection. Post-World War II brought the creation of the Interstate Highway System along with the processed food industry—think Oscar Meyer and McDonald’s. TV dinners grasped consumers with gelatinous gravy atop a sort of mashed potato mound. And who remembers Tang? Times haven’t changed much, as I still see you at the grocery store grabbing that family-sized Gatorade mix, but who am I to judge? I love me some notso-hearty frozen burritos every now and then. The advent of seasonal, organic and local food is upon us, my friends. With the privilege of California living, I see no other option than to take full advantage. But how is eating seasonal, local and organic food advantageous to us? Why pay more, take more time, leave our hibernation dens to explore the vast colors of the Earth’s garden grown in our backyard? For starters, it gets you closer to Mama Nature, the heart and soul of this column. Sacramento is blooming with local, organic farms that grow with the seasons and provide Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscriptions, aka boxes of local produce designed just for you. Countless farmers markets supply the goods provided by hard-working farmers, making it incredibly easy for us Sacramentans to support our local economy and care for our bodies.

A gathering of fresh produce from Terra Firma Farms. Photo courtesy Terra Firma Farms.

A farmer tending to the eggplant at Full Belly Farms. Photo by Ellen Baker

A rainy spring day leaves water droplets on kale at Full Belly Farms. Photo by Ellen Baker

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SEASONAL Eating with the seasons is an idea our society has almost completely obliterated until recently, which we have now dubbed, “The Paleo Diet.” The idea of seasonality is that the Earth’s natural cycle of produce is designed to support our natural cycle of life. A common side effect of eating seasonally is a more nutritionally varied diet—bring in the bok choy and kohlrabi in early spring and I’ll bet you’ll be looking online for some new recipes to incorporate your new found cabbage and leafy-greens. Aside from a varietal menu, our out-of-season produce lacks flavor and nutrients, creating an immunity to taste. Chef Kurt Michael Friese says that when we eat foods out of season, we’re less sensitive to the taste and quality of our food. “Our palate weakens just as our eyesight would if left in the dark for too long.”

Flowers are prepared for bouquets at Farm Fresh To You. Photo courtesy Farm Fresh To You.

The chickens at Full Belly Farms roam their personally made coop. Photo by Ellen Baker

ENVIRONMENTAL Food miles: the distance food travels from its growth origin to its consumer’s destination. The higher the miles, the greater the CO2 emissions. In a study by the Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering department of Iowa State University, conventional carrots travel approximately 1,838 miles to reach the state of Iowa as opposed to their locally grown carrots, which come from about 27 miles away. According to Josh Axe, a doctor of chiropractic, certified doctor of natural medicine and a clinical nutritionist, carrots are not the only food-causing greenhouse gases. Axe explains that on average, fruits and vegetables travel 1,300–2,000 miles to get from farms to consumers, while Chilean grapes travel 5,900 miles to the United States, and the cargo ships and refrigerated trucks used to ferry them emit 7,000 tons of pollution every year.

LOCAL Produce that is locally grown typically equates to a highly enriched product. Local fruits and veggies are so immediately available, they don’t lose their nutritional substance like those of conventional produce, which are commonly picked before completely ripening, leading to a lack in nutritional value, in order to survive long-distance travel. According to research from the University of California, Davis, two-thirds of Vitamin C is lost from spinach and green beans within a week of harvest. Data from the 2007–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) shows the decline of our vitamins in a study of 16,000 Americans age four and older, who show below-average nutrient intakes of vitamin D, E, A, C, calcium and magnesium. Americans are overfed yet undernourished.

We have become disconnected from our food and its origins due to global commerce that allows transportation of food from all over the world to arrive at our fingertips in an instant, no matter the season. Rebuilding the local farming market enables a connection to not only our food, but also our community. Investing in your health now could not only save you from that doctors visit down the road, but also reduce pollution and put money into your local economy. It’s a win-win. Find your CSA box or farmers market goods from Full Belly Farms, Terra Firma Farms, Farm Fresh To You, Good Hummus and Soil Born Farms, to mention a few!

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PIE IN THE SKY

PIZZA SUPREME BEING SERVING SLICES—AND SQUARES—OF HEAVEN WORDS MICHAEL CELLA PHOTOS DILLON FLOWERS

was born in New York City, grew up in New Jersey. My family is 100 percent Italian on both sides. I’ve never spoken to a family member without food in my mouth. My birthright was a set of The Godfather DVDs (with The Godfather Part III missing) and a sense of entitlement when judging pizza. I’ve eaten everything from Pizza Hut Book-It Club Personal Pan Pizza to genuine homeland, bellissimo, don’t-put-parmesan-onthis-shit margherita in Rome. When I moved to Sacramento, I fell in love with the city’s fantastic restaurant scene: the diversity of cultures, the focus on fresh, local ingredients, the Gregg Popovich pop-ins. But there was always one piece missing … and it was triangle-shaped. I’m not saying there’s no good pizza in Sacramento, I’m just saying—one hand holding a slice and the other gesturing Italianly—it ain’t easy to come by. Nothing worth having is. Ben Roberts grew up in Grass Valley. He had a hard time in school, but baking with his parents was his learning incentive. It was his job to read the recipe and do all the measurements. “If I did it right, I got brownies,” Roberts remembers. Ben worked at a hot dog stand in high school before dropping out. He planned to be, in his words, an “angry drifter.” Then, at a record store, he met his future wife, Pembe Sonmez, and she wanted him to get his GED. Plans changed. On one side of the hot dog stand was a wall dividing it from a sandwich shop. One summer, Roberts got her a job at the sandwich place.

After closing up their respective sides each night, they’d go swim in the Yuba River. They stayed together, and when Roberts was 18, he moved to Sacramento to be closer to Pembe, who was studying at Davis. It was 2006. The recession was at its peak, and it was hard to find work. “I remember watching Sacramento just kind of fall down,” he recalled. “The sewing machine company, Copenhagen, all of J Street, the crepe place—all of that got boarded up. I applied to every single place in the K Street Mall, and one by one they just got boarded up.” At a job fair on K Street, Roberts applied at a restaurant called Cosmo. When he went in for the interview, he saw that everyone there to apply was wearing a suit. Roberts was wearing a cowboy pearl-snap and ripped jeans. He started

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to leave as the chef walked in. She asked where he was going. He didn’t think he’d get the job without a suit, he told her. She asked what he was applying for. “Anything,” he said. The chef, Shannon Berg, was from Nevada City, as it turned out. The two bonded over the Yuba River and the hot dog stand. She thought she could find him a pantry position in a few weeks. But she ended up not hiring him. Roberts needed a job right away. As he was walking home, he got a call from Shady Lady and B-Side owner Jason Boggs, who at the time was running R15. One of his line cooks had come in intoxicated and peed his pants. Boggs fired him on the spot. In a pinch he had called Berg. On her recommendation, he called Roberts to come in for an interview. By then, Roberts had taken off his pearl-snap and was down to a Black Flag T-shirt. When Boggs first saw him, he asked, “You like punk rock?” Roberts got the job. The line cook who peed his pants at Cafe Bernardo had made pizza, so Roberts made pizza. Standard California-style, seasonal ingredients, rotating menu. He learned how to mix dough. “It was a lot of fun there,” said Roberts. “I learned a lot.”

But he had been bitten by the high-end dining bug. His dream was to work for the Selland Group, owners of The Kitchen and Ella. “That’s the company to work for in this town,” Roberts said at the time. Ella wasn’t hiring, so Roberts got a job at Selland’s Market to get his foot in the company door. He worked there for four months. One day he caught wind that someone had gotten fired from Ella and immediately went there, waiting at the bar for an hour for Mike Thiemann (nowowner of Empress and Mother) to come out of a meeting. “I want to work for you,” Roberts told him. He spent the next four years working at Ella. After a decade in the food industry, Ben came to a realization: “I had the most fun making pizza.” Roberts and Sonmez (now Sonmez-Roberts) were married and honeymooned in Manhattan. They ate pizza every day of their trip. While in Times Square, they saw a trailer with a wood fired pizza oven. It was a toy Ben knew he had to have. Ben and Pembe envisioned opening a pizza place at 19th and I, before it became The Mill. The owners, Nick and Isla Cookston, were friends. Every day before his shift at Ella, Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

“I have a theory that the minute you put more than three ingredients on pizza you’re, basically putting a salad on soggy bread, because your dough will not crisp.” – Ben Roberts, Owner of Pizza Supreme Being Roberts would get a cappuccino at The Mill and talk across the counter to the Cookstons about his pizza pipe dreams. As a joke, Roberts manifested his destiny by starting an Instagram. He wanted to see if he could market something without a product. His first choice, Pizza Good, was taken. So was Pizza God. So he compromised: Pizza Supreme Being. He designed punk-rock inspired fliers and merchandise with pizza on them and built up a cult following. Roberts and Nick Cookston wanted to build their own wood fired pizza oven trailer, but quickly realized it was beyond their capabilities. So Roberts commissioned the trailer using the money from his Supreme Being sales, and in September 2015, Olive the Oven was born. And so was a catering company. They’d serve weddings and parties, as well as biweekly pop-ups on the back patio of The Mill. Sonmez-Roberts, who studied English at Davis, handled all the marketing, web copy and design work, in addition to pitching in with the pizza cart part. The goal was always to open their own shop, but first they had to put some skin in the game. “For a long time it’s just like, ‘I make this beautiful pizza,’ but when you negotiate with landlords they just want to know if you’re going to be able to make your rent on time,” Roberts explained. “You have to put yourself out there and show it’s more than just pizza. We had to prove value not only to ourselves, but to everyone else.” Four years later, Roberts got a call from Ed Roarke, owner of Magpie Cafe. Ben and Ed had worked together at Art Street, and Roarke wanted to give up his bakery on 14th Street to focus more on Magpie. Ben and Pembe submitted a business plan, and within a month they had the keys to their own shop. After a few months of work, they were open for business—four walls and four energy-efficient electric ovens. On the back counter sits a bucket of sourdough starter. Milled whole grain wheat is shipped from Nevada City. All of their dough is SubmergeMag.com

made from scratch, naturally leavened, with no commercialized yeast. “Naturally leavened dough is really important. It’s really easy on your stomach. A lot of people eat pizza and say, ‘The gluten hurts my stomach,’” Roberts explained. “They’ve eaten dough with yeast that wasn’t fully processed or didn’t ferment long enough. So the yeast starts to activate against the warmth in your stomach and expand. That’s why you feel bloated after you eat crummy pizza.” They use a three-cheese blend—provolone and hand-pulled in-house whole milk mozzarella, both from Wisconsin. The third cheese is Midnight Moon, a gouda from Cypress Grove that Roberts first discovered from Ella’s cheese board. “It has these little granules of salt in it and a very caramelly, nutty taste,” he said. “I fell in love with it. It’s the curve ball.” It’s all tied together with locally grown, USDA organic Bianco DiNapoli tomato sauce. “Working for Randall [Selland], it’s beaten into your brain to be able to tell people you’re serving where every element is from,” Roberts said. “We don’t want stuff to be coming off a semi-truck frozen pre-made.” That includes their from-scratch ranch dressing, their vegan cheese (a faux ricotta made from tofu) and vegan pepperoni (made from beets). It’s a simple, In-N-Out-inspired menu. There’s a wedge salad. There’s coffee from the Mill. And there’s pizza—slices and squares. Though “supreme” is in the name, there are only a few toppings. “I have a theory that the minute you put more than three ingredients on pizza you’re, basically putting a salad on soggy bread, because your dough will not crisp,” Roberts said. Preach. You heard Pizza Supreme Being is located at 1425 it here first: 14th St., Sacramento. It’s the best pizza For more info, go to in Sacramento. Pizzasupremebeing.com.

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ow that Wide Open Walls (formerly the Sacramento Mural Festival) has been running for three years, our city is quickly becoming one of the nation’s leading patrons of urban art. So-called “urban art” combines the aesthetic sensibilities of street art with the familiar imagery of pop art, and uses techniques from both. One of our local leaders in the artform is Sacramento-based artist Brandon Gastinell, who brings a street-art inspired, maximalist aesthetic to pop art prints. Gastinell’s primary compositional technique is digital collage, which he uses to produce surreal, often gory portraits of celebrities and regular people alike. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s Polaroid portraits series, Gastinell blends fantastic imagery with the inherent realism of photo collages. Life Aquatic, for example, depicts actor Bill Murray in his familiar red beanie from the titular Wes Anderson film. Rather than just reproduce or color swap the photo like his predecessors, Gastinell’s take on the pop-art portrait has dandelions sprouting out of Murray’s head, now detached from the beanie floating above him. The texture, too, has been subtly altered, making for a somewhat blurry, dreamlike finish that accentuates the whimsical plant designs. Other works, like Sicko Mode, are much more intensely illustrated. This portrait starts with an original image of Travis Scott and overlays creeping insects, swirling pink fluid and flames while cutting away portions of the famous rapper’s body. However, the images that Gastinell posts on his website don’t often match the finished products you’ll see hanging in galleries and shows. His main method is wood printing, which, as he will tell you, often leads to mistakes. Yet whereas “perfectionist artists,” as he puts it, would see these printing errors as a problem, Gastinell sees it as a creative opportunity. Simultaneously “crossing out” mistakes and drawing new figures onto the already highly dense work, Gastinell creates richly decorated and yet highly affordable small-form pieces. In the end, this theme of accessibility and endless reproducibility is something that Gastinell emphasized in our interview with him. Repetition with small differences—the driving force behind the mid-century boom in pop art—is something Gastinell seems to have mastered. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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MAY 31 I Feel Like Warhol exhibit | Photo by Sarah Elliot So I heard you once tagged [Sacramento artist’s] David Garibaldi’s studio. Tell me about that? [Laughs] So I was with my friend, and I had gotten a rejection email for the 50-billionth time from a gallery. I was trying to get my work seen in the area … Me and my friend were out doing street art, and we were looking at David’s building, and I was like screw it, I’m probably gonna get in trouble for this, there are cameras right there. I was just really frustrated because I felt like a lot of the people who were in charge of the art scene at the time were only letting their friends and people who they considered cool in. It wasn’t out of spite, though. The whole point of street art is to get seen. The next morning I wake up and I get a tag on Instagram. David has a recording like, “Who did this to my building? I want them to do a show here!” At first I was thinking it was, like, a setup and the cops would be there waiting. But in the end, he was like, “I really like your work!” My first show was there with David. He helped me out. I wouldn’t do it again, though. Did anything come of the show? Well, we sold only like one piece out of 30. So I was like, either nobody in Sacramento is buying art, or there’s something I gotta tweak. Then, I noticed that the ones that really sell well are the 8x10s on wood. Now, I think of selling art as like selling streetwear clothing. Like a small thing for $65—maybe a college kid can afford it. I see a lot of artists that make their stuff high priced. That’s understandable, but for me, that’s the best feeling, making affordable art. I would honestly say that my style changed a lot from that. Warhol features a lot in your art. How did you first get into Warhol and what kind of inspiration do you draw from? So when I was about 18, when I first started photoshopping, the first photos that I ever stumbled upon were the [Warhol] Polaroids of Debbie Harry. It’s interesting, because I’d seen the soupcans before, but before that I had no idea who the artist was and what pop art was. What really drew me to Andy’s work was how big of an artist he was … how he was able to transform art and not necessarily create pop art but take it to the mainstream. Throughout his career he was shut out from the art community. When I first started making art, it felt like a closed group to me. One of your shows was titled The New Pop Art. Do you see yourself as a pop artist in the same vein as Warhol and the like? I think [my art] is trying to find a new spin on pop art, because we have so many more tools than what artists had. We have Photoshop, we have 3D art, etc. My work might not be the brightest, or saturated with colors like other pop art. I want to reinvent pop art— not in an egotistical way—but renovating something. I don’t see a lot of pop art made with tools we have currently. I want to renovate and take my time with it. SubmergeMag.com

What are these processes that you feel are underutilized? I think people don’t want to take the time to learn something. They don’t wanna take the time to learn a new program… Some artists who are really good painters are stuck in, “I want to paint and I want to chastise everything else that is done with a computer.” When I first started, an artist just right at a booth next to me [at a show] said to his friend, “If you make it on a computer, it’s not real art.” You incorporate a lot of surrealist and maximalist elements into your work. How would you characterize your portrait style? At first I would have said, I like that word, maximalist! Now I’m trying to take things away, because sometimes simplicity looks good. At first, I really did try to characterize my work as pop art, but I honestly never felt that. I guess right now I’d say it’s mixed media. I really don’t know—it sounds stupid, but I prefer people to say to me: “This is what it is.” I’m not trying to make the image better, but enhance it. I want to transform something and make it my own in a way. For example, I’ll want to take an image of Kanye West and make it how I envision it. There’s always more you can do to an image.

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What mediums are you inspired by? Mainly prints, painting and digital collages. When you transfer digital art onto a canvas, it can kind of look a little wonky. It’s very expensive to experiment on canvas with digital art. Not a lot of digital artists are perfectionists, but they want their images to be crisp and clean. So what happened with me is, I was doing these images and figuring out how to get them onto the wood, and there would always be glaring mistakes, so I used to “X” those things out, and I thought “That looks kind of cool!” It’s really hard to be perfect with what I’m doing. So you often do a series of prints, and then make them different with these additions? They’re all original but they look different. [During a show in Oakland] I had two Billy Murray images with two different paint patterns. I sold the one she wanted and [she] got upset. Brandon Gastinell’s new exhibit I Her friend said “What’s Feel Like Warhol is up now at the the difference?” and she WAL Public Market Gallery (1104 R responded, “No, can’t you St., Sacramento). You can check tell the difference between out some of Gastinell’s pieces on the paints and patterns?” the gallery’s Instagram page (@ Those are the differences. walpublicmarketgallery), but for best results, go see it in person. Sometimes subtle, You can learn more about Gastinell sometimes not so subtle. at Brandongastinell.com.

Issue 292 • May 22 – June 5, 2019

HIP-HOP DIPPED IN GOOEY FUNK

LYRICS BORN IS ABOUT TO LEVITATE THE CROWD AT CESAR CHAVEZ PLAZA

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ip-hop is a world art form in 2019. It’s on virtually every continent, spit in hundreds of languages. There are government-sanctioned hip-hop boy bands in China. They suck, but that’s not the point. In the early ‘90s when self-made independent rapper, bandleader, producer and comedian Lyrics Born first started out, hip-hop was threading its way into mainstream culture, but he was the lone Asian-American MC in the Bay Area crucible, and in the scene at large. LB (for short, aka Tsutomu Shimura) was scarfing up vinyl recordings of ska, funk, dancehall, motown, bebop and the like in the archives at UC Davis as a college student. It was the golden era of the mix tape, the house party and the DJ, the moment when consumer recording technology liberated music from the stranglehold of the studio. Lyrics Born’s journey is especially significant to working or “blue collar artists,” as he refers to his tribe. “All I knew was, I wanted to make an album,” says Shimura, who just put out his 11th album. “If someone told me I had to hike Everest naked and summersault down the back, I would’ve done it.” From the get go, LB’s sound was unlike anything in hip-hop at the time; It had the butt-smacking bounce of a slowly dribbled ball on the basketball court, the greasy hooks and shouts of P-funk, but with Shimura’s deep, sonorous voice jangling all over the damn place like a big, thick, gold chain. Lyrics Born, unlike some MCs at the time, could actually carry a tune, often adding way more melodic color and gravelly inflection to his verses, not just his hooks. A great example of this perpetual singsong-y flow is his classic “I Changed My Mind” from his 2005 release Same !@#$ Different Day, with 15 of his juiciest tracks featuring seminal artists like KRS-ONE, Dan the Automator and Morcheeba.

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It’s kind of baffling to think about it now, but despite his obvious talent, record labels ignored him while fellow artists like DJ Shadow and Blackalicious got signed. At the time, it sucked, but this turned out to be to his benefit as he continued to knock out hits and pack venues. He was his own boss, something he constantly references in his lyrics. Creating unencumbered enabled him to work with with creatives outside of any one scene, too. For example, in 2008, he forged an unlikely partnership with Epitaph Records, founded by Brett Gurewitz, guitarist for punk rock legends Bad Religion. At a certain point, LB reached the upper limits of programming. “I sort of hit a wall with sampling,” he says, describing his shift from DJ to live band. “Each song had literally hundreds of samples layered in to mimic the richness of live musicians,” and eventually, he had to go to the source. “One time, I saw Shabba Ranks with his full band and thought, ‘If he can do that, so can I.’” LB’s whole presentation started to morph, and while he remains faithful to the importance of the DJ, working with a live band was the next gold ring. His sound only got bolder, with gleaming horn section parts and gritty guitars. These days, his live performances feature anywhere from five to 15 musicians.

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While he’s a one man pimped-out carnival on stage with the bombastic showmanship of an old-school hip-hop MC, off stage LB talks in surprisingly humble tones about his career. He’s a serious philosopher on subjects like social justice, art versus commerce and spirituality. Redefining success in these terms has enabled him to sustain his hiphop career for the last 25 years. “Everything I do is the pursuit [of] growth,” he says. “It’s not money, it’s not fame.” He talked with Submerge at length about the need for a strong support system as an aspiring artist, how connecting to other now-established artists as they were developing was critical for him. “If I didn’t have mentors, if I didn’t have other artists to bounce ideas off of, it wouldn’t have happened like this,” he says. LB’s most recent release, Quite a Life, 2018, covers an impossible amount of ground. “Can’t Lose My Joy” is a wrenching retelling of his wife, Joyo Velarde’s bout with cancer, with master vocalist Aloe Blacc howling the chorus.

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He re-writes James Brown’s outdatedbut-haunting “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” really flexing his own vocal might and joined by Velarde, a brassy and prolific artist in her own right. In a startling feminist concession, LB bellows, “I think it’s time we turned the page/It’s time we let the ladies take the reins.” When asked about this line, LB replies, “It’s just true. As I get older, I’ve always been in this interesting position being Asian-American. Especially in show business. I know what that feels like to be excluded. When I see these deficits, how few women are on the board or occupying a seat at the table, I can’t help but think if that ecosystem were to be disrupted, we could become so much more healthy and prosperous.” Refreshing, right? Even with some of the edgier subject matter, LB is relentlessly positive. “I’m like anybody else, I have my dark moments,” he admits. “It’s easy to do that. In a lot of our culture and pop culture in particular, negativity sells and controversy sells. So I try to be spiritually grounded. Spend a lot of time focusing on gratitude. “I succeed more than I fail—redirect toward the great things in my life. I have a lot of faith in outcomes. It’s taken a long time to figure out where my strengths and weaknesses are.” Driven by the philosophy that a rising tide lifts all boats, the man keeps up a breakneck pace, producing other artists as well as his own work, performing and even venturing into comedy. This June, he’ll be releasing another album with DJ Cutso and appearing in Always Be My Maybe, a Netflix comedy out May 31 with Ali Wong and Randall Park. He was surprised by how much overlap there is in the mechanics of comedy compared with music. All the preparation, memorization, timing and responsiveness required of music gave him an edge when it came to comedy. The bucket list of people he wants to work with is too long to list here, but some fascinating names were: The Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr., Alabama Shakes, The Roots, Seth Rogen and David Alan Grier. After the show at Holy Diver took the roof off a few months back, he’s thrilled to bring the whole 15-piece live setup to the free concert in the park series on May 31. “It’s an important resource for cities to have these free concerts and expose everyone to local culture,” he says. “This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. So I’m really honored to be there.”

Catch legendary hip-hop icon Lyrics Born Friday, May 31 at the Concerts in the Park. Opening will be Cities You Wish You Were From, Analog Us and DJ Elements. Music runs from 5–9 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Plaza (Ninth and J streets). Free and all ages! For more information on Lyrics Born, visit Lyricsborn.com.

Issue 292 • May 22 – June 5, 2019

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A DEBUT RYAN THOMPSON & THE DELICATE HOUNDS: FROM PLAYING HONKYTONK TO PULLING HEARTSTRINGS WORDS RONNIE CLINE

nstead of chasing a career as a musician, a young Ryan Thompson decided to focus his attention on building his new business to support his soon-to-be growing family. “I was 21 when we got married, and my wife and I have been married for 23 years,” said Thompson. “We’ve been together since high school, so yeah we just decided to jump right into having a family while a lot of people my age were playing music.” While focusing on his family, Thompson’s interest in music lessened. “There was a long period of time when I didn’t do music,” Thompson admits. “My wife and I were married for a couple of years. We had our first daughter when I was 24 and our second when I was 27. I mean, I always kind of wrote and played around but wasn’t serious about it.” Thompson eased his way back into making music with friends, which eventually led to the formation of the honkytonk bar band, Million Dollar Giveaway. It wasn’t until his recent trip with his Million Dollar Giveaway bandmate Tyler Kinney to visit his mother-in-law in Mexico that Thompson felt his songwriting pulling him in a new direction. “We spent about a week there, and we just recorded. I had all of these songs that I had been writing. We had recorded a few of them and Tyler was like, ‘Wow, those are different,’” Thompson recalled. “The one that stood out was ‘Waiting on a Ghost.’ I think we played it a couple times as a band but never very well, and it never really materialized the way I wanted it to. We recorded it in Mexico as a demo, and I sent it to my wife and she said, ‘That’s a beautiful song.’ You could feel there’s something different about it. That was the catalyst for everything else kind of taking on that ambient sound.” And with that change in writing comes Ryan Thompson and the Delicate Hounds’ debut album, Waiting on a Ghost. For this new direction, Thompson turned to Max Hart (War on Drugs, We Are Scientists) to help shape the album. Thompson met Hart, who is originally from Davis, at a local show and quickly sent him some demos.

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“We collaborated a lot, but really, I left a lot remotely off and on for months. Recording this up to Max from a production standpoint, and album was different. Doing an album first and it was kind of neat that it happened that way,” now learning it live is interesting. We have to try said Thompson. “I wrote all of these acoustic and live up to what we created.” demos and thought this was going to be a really One of the catchiest songs on the album stripped down, sad type of production.” is the opening track, “Stop,” which represents But in actuality, the album explores all types Thompson’s musical transition. of genres anchored by Americana. The years of “We’re pushing ‘Stop’ right now, which is kind being away from music allowed Thompson to of weird because it’s probably the most indie grow as a person while creating new experiences rock of all the songs on the album,” Thompson and stories. said. “I wanted that to be the first song because “Million Dollar Giveaway songs were about it was a very clear delineation of the music I was drinking and partying—honkytonk stuff,” making in the past and what I am doing now. Thompson continues, “but this was the first From there, the rest of the album falls a little time I started writing stuff that actually meant more into country, rock and Americana.” something. For me, as I get older, I spend a lot While talking to Thompson, it is easy to of time in my head and think, ‘How can I be as see how passionate he is when it comes to honest as possible without making it only about expressing himself through songs. me.’ If you think about it, when you’re older, “I just really enjoy writing the music,” you have way more experiences to write about. Thompson exclaimed. “I’ve just always written So, if you’re a songwriter, writing comes easier and kind of been able to construct a pretty because you have something decent song, and then I’ve been to actually say, to relate to fortunate enough to be able “… This was the first and a story to tell.” to surround myself with really time I started writing Thompson bandmate good musicians that can help stuff that actually and guitarist Nick Carvajal’s me bring my music to life.” meant something. influence could be heard on When Thompson has For me as I get older Waiting on a Ghost, as well. a vision, it seems hard to I spend a lot of time “His influences are, like, discourage him from making it in my head and The Smiths, and he’s a huge a reality. Especially in the world punk fan,” Thompson said. “I think, ‘How can I be of music. as honest as possible had all of these honkytonk “I don’t put a lot of without making it only limitations on myself, and music songs I was writing, and he about me.’” would put this strange juice is one of those things I think if on them or something. He – Ryan Thompson on you have a good idea and you plays guitar on this album the songs on his album, can execute, you should be able on over half the songs. The Waiting on a Ghost to pull it off,” he said. “I think a studio band was Max Hart lot of people spend a lot of time on the keys and synths, and then two studio not doing what they want to do because of fear.” musician friends of Max played bass and drums.” Like a conductor, one of Thompson’s Thompson also includes his family in his strengths is to seek out the best musicians musical endeavors. He will run songs by his and producers he can to help make his vision daughters when he’s working on them, and become a reality. his oldest daughter Victoria, who was in the “In the context of my music, my role is to Sacramento Children’s Choir, can be heard come up with the ideas, come up with the words singing backing vocals on Waiting on a Ghost. and chord structure, then work with really “My daughters are both into the music thing,” talented people to help make it the best it could he said. “They’re probably tired of hearing my possibly be,” Thompson said. “Making this album songs because I’ve been playing them for years, with Max was like a dream come true.” but I think they think it’s cool. Especially with the new album and the fact that I’m getting more publicity. I showed them that a couple singles got picked up in various online publications.” Ryan Thompson and the Delicate Hounds Once the album was complete, Thompson will be one of the many great bands playing then had to assemble a live band and relearn the this year’s Torch Fest at Torch Club (904 15th songs, which he admitted felt a little strange. St., Sacramento). Torch Fest 2019 is May “I made the album a year ago, so when we 24–26. Other bands who will participate in the weekend-long festival will be 50 Watt Heavy, got together to start playing these songs live, it Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Smokey the Groove was almost like learning someone else’s songs and others. For more info and a full lineup, because I haven’t really played them,” said go to Torchclub.net. Ryan Thompson and the Thompson. “I was done recording my part by Delicate Hounds will perform on Friday, May 24. March of last year, then Max and I worked

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Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam w/ Byron Colburn, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. Tropicali Flames, 6 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub RepresA, Chaos Mantra, Dreams of Madness, 8 p.m. The Press Club Emo Night Sacramento, 8 p.m. Shady Lady Massive Delicious, 9 p.m. Shine The Songwriter Circle, 7 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Lance Canales, 9 p.m.

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Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke Night & DJ Matty B, 9:30 p.m. Fox & Goose JIGO, 8 p.m. Golden Bear Trinidad Silva, Acid Reality Casualty Test, Lather Machine, 8:30 p.m. Harlow’s John Kadlecik’s Fellowship of the Wing, 7 p.m. Holy Diver Sylar, Cane Hill, Varials, Bloodline, Beauty Is Betrayal, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Momo Sacramento The Big Poppies, The New Crowns, 7 p.m. Palms Playhouse Tom Rigney and Flambeau, Michael Doucet, 7 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Gareth Emery, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Good Luck Charlie, 9:30 p.m. The Press Club Throwback Thursday: Old School Hip-Hop w/ DJ 2Much, 9 p.m. Shady Lady Michael Ray, 9 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout, 7 p.m. Theatre DeVille Val Starr & The Blues Rocket, 7 p.m.

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Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Harlow’s Wonder Bread 5, 9 p.m. Holy Diver Lil Debbie, DEV, Lantern, Webster The Kat, K-Floh, Lissa Mia, Prince Casimiro, Skurge & Apollo Cutts, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge William Mylar’s Hippie Hour, 5:30 p.m.; Cluster Phunk, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe House of Mary, Comfort Creature, Autumn Sky Hall, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Opera House Saloon Sock Monkeys, 9:30 p.m. Palms Playhouse Peter Rowan’s Free Mexican Airforce, Los Texmaniacs, 7:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Kirill Was Here, DJ Elements, DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House The Pressure Lounge, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Lost in Suburbia, 10 p.m. The Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Big Bad Boogie Rock, 9:30 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Groove on Fridays w/ Guest DJs, 10 p.m. Shady Lady Kings St. Giants, 9 p.m. Shine Sugarbeast, The Midnight Dip, Lumbercat, 8 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre Che Apalache, 7 p.m. Swabbies on the River Rock Monsterz, 6 p.m. Torch Club Torch Fest: Loose Engines, Ryan Thompson & The Delicate Hounds, 50-Watt Heavy, Danny Morris and the California Stars, Gillian Underwood and the Lonesome Doves, 5:30 p.m. Wildwood Kitchen & Bar DTs, 7 p.m.

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Issue 292 • May 22 – June 5, 2019

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Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele SingAlong, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. On The Y The Smokes, Whirl, Cassette Idols, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon Supergroup, 9:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Konstantina Gianni, DJ Peeti-V, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Placerville Public House The Buzztones, 8 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 10 p.m. The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Frankie and the Defenders, 10 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9:30 p.m. Shady Lady Jimmy Toor, 9 p.m. Shine Salerosa, Analog Dragon, Sydney Wright, 8 p.m. Sudwerk Brewing Co. KDVS Presents: Operation Restore Maximum Freedom XIX feat. SadGirl, The Licks, Rudy de Anda, The Grinns, OC Hurricanes, Death Lens, Franky Flowers, Earl Grey, Moonfuzz, Imaginary Friends (Chuuwee & Imaginary Other) and More, 12 - 10 p.m. Swabbies on the River Daze on the Green, 1 p.m.; Heartless (Heart Tribute), 6:30 p.m. Torch Club Torch Fest: Grateful Bluegrass Boys, Birds of Fortune, Lee Vandeveer Band, Badd SelF, George Napp, 5:30 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Nipper and the Buds, 6 p.m. Vernon Street Town Square Roseville Jazz Festival: The Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra Directed by Mike Vax, Joe Mazzaferro Quintet, The Four Freshmen and More, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Skyler’s Pool, 7 p.m.

5.26 SUNDAY

The Auditorium at CLARA Midtown Vanguard Jazz Series: Casey Lipka & Friends, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Birds of Fortune, Greatful Bluegrass Boys, 3 p.m. Blue Note Brewing Co. 3rd Annual Twirl Radio PopFest w/ Spidermeow, 50-Watt Heavy, The Bobbleheads, Bellygunner, Blame The Bishop and More, 1 p.m. Crest Theatre Buk Buk Big Ups (Eraserhead Pre-show), 6 p.m. Faces NightClub DUSK w/ SubRythm, Freddy Silva, Formless, CityLife and More, 3 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Acoustic Sundaze w/ Billy Williams, 3 p.m.

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Harris Center for the Arts Aloha Hawaii Live “Slack Key Guitar Magic,” 5 p.m. Holy Diver Shook Ones, Daydream, Hot Bods, Original State, 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 John Schott Actual Trio, Thin Air Ensemble, 2:30 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Spider, DJ Eddie Edul, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Alan Iglesis, 3 p.m.; Blues Jam, 6 p.m. The Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Raley Field Chad Bushnell, 1 p.m. Shady Lady Peter Petty, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River The Diamond Dave Experience, 1 p.m.; The Damn Liars, 3 p.m.; Apple Z, 6 p.m. Torch Club Torch Fest: Smokey The Groove, The Highway Poets, The Twilight Drifters, Drop Dead Red, Ice Age Jazztet, Merle Jagger, 4 p.m. Vernon Street Town Square Roseville Jazz Festival: The Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, Tamir Hendelman Trio, Sacramento Jazz Legends and More, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Valerie V, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

5.27 MONDAY

Blue Lamp Noisem, Call of the Void, 8 p.m. The Colony Amethyst Blvd, Stranger Than Fact, Freature, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Ross Hammond & Jon Bafus, Jon Raskin Trio, Liebig/Powell/ Vlatkovich, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m. Swabbies on the River Four Barrel, 2 p.m.

5.28 TUESDAY

Blue Lamp Dead to a Dying World, Dawn Ray’d, Barren Altar, 8 p.m. The Colony Decayer, Farooq, Whitewolf, Trip Weaver and More, 7 p.m. Crest Theatre The Winery Dogs, 6:30 p.m.

5.31 GHOSTEMANE Ho99o9, Horus Ace of Spades 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Spyro Gyra, 8 p.m. Holy Diver The Skints, Jesse Royal, Two Peace, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Torch Club Scott McConaha, 5:30 p.m.; The Blueberry Jam: Open Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

5.29 WEDNESDAY

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Blue Lamp Immortal Bird, Grody, Tentacult and More, 8 p.m. The Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. The Colony Rejection Pact, Natural Selection, You Lose, Lead Dream, 7 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Open Mic w/ Hosts Mike Macchi, Jimmy Pailer & Ardian Roby, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Etana, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Live Blues Jam Session, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Jazz Jam Hosted by Byron Colburn, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Bourbon & Blues feat. Proxy Moon, 5:30 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Lisa Phenix, 5:30 p.m.; JonEmery & The Unconventionals, 8 p.m.

5.30 THURSDAY

Armadillo Music Hip Hop Night w/ Marcy Whispers, Ghost Alive, Nigel Lewis and More, 6 p.m. The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Gene Barnett, 7 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Karaoke Night & DJ Matty B, 9:30 p.m. Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m. Golden 1 Center New Kids on the Block, Salt-n-Pepa, Naughty by Nature, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, 6 p.m. Harlow’s Nani, Nate Curry, Complex, 9 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase feat. Over Motion, Jilt vs Jonah, Stohler Peace, The Imported, Icarus Falling, Bad Mother Nature, 6 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Shiba San, 10 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Wild Turkey, 9:30 p.m. The Press Club Everything Crash: Reggae, Rocksteady, Vinyl 45s) w/ DJs Young Royal and Nina Reggaedelic, 8 p.m. Shady Lady Sweet & Low, 9 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; City of Trees Brass Band, Jimmy Toor, 9 p.m. Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Jayson Angove, 7 p.m.

5.31 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Ghostemane, Ho99o9, Horus, 7 p.m. Armadillo Music Anna May, 7 p.m. Auburn State Theatre Sway Wild, 8 p.m. Bar 101 Sam Peter, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Casual Coalition, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp #RocDaMic, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk Esham, Knights of the Sound Table, Just Is, Shinigami Death Squad, 6:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Capitol Friday’s Reggae Night w/ DJ Veyn, 10 p.m. Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts in the Park: Lyrics Born, Cities You Wish You Were From, Analog Us, DJ Elements, 5 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Island of Black and White, 9 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Bobby Zoppi, 9:30 p.m. Foothills Event Center Center for the Arts Presents: Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche, 8 p.m. Fox & Goose Sea Legs, Stummies and More, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ CrookOne and Guests, 10 p.m. Goldfield Mike & the Moonpies, JonEmery, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Cancer Benefit Concert for Mark the Voice Guy feat. The Brodie Stewart Band, 6 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts The Story of an Exhibition w/ Beyond Borders Chamber Orchestra, 7 p.m. The Hideaway Kill the Precedent, Pine Box Boys, Husky Burnette, 8 p.m. Holy Diver Secrets, Awaken I Am, Ambers Wake, Faint Silhouette, Juniper’s Lion, 6:30 p.m.

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6.01 SATURDAY

3405 3rd Avenue Black Jazz 2019 w/ The Bap Notes, Harley White Jr Quartet, DJ Mic B, 5 p.m. Ace of Spades Long Beach Dub All-Stars, The Aggrolites, Mike Pinto, 6:30 p.m. Armadillo Music Chaotic Bride, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Ctrl-Z, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Manzanita, 3 p.m. Blue Lamp The Tattooed Love Dogs, The Inciters, The Scratch Outs, 8 p.m. Cafe Colonial Defecrator, Malefic Levitation, Evulse, Blood Omen, 8 p.m. Capital Public Radio Garden Tiny Desk Sacramento 2019, 6:30 p.m. Crawdads on the River Moonshine Crazy, 3 p.m. East Portal Park Pops in the Park w/ Joe Craven & The Sometimers, 6 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Nothin’ Personal Band, 9 p.m. Faces NightClub Poolside (Episode 2) feat. Mike Paz, Bfunky, Analog Disko and More, 3 p.m. The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m. Folsom Hotel Saloon Lucky Seven, 9:30 p.m. Harlow’s Midnight Players, 9 p.m.

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Harris Center for the Arts Folsom Lake Symphony: Heroes and Villains, 7:30 p.m. Holy Diver Impending Doom, SleepSpeak, Frontiers, Exiled From Grace, Smack’d Up, The Willow, 6:30 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Ross Hammond & Neil Franklin w/ Guests, 8 p.m. Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele SingAlong, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. On The Y Mudface, West Coast Fury, B.T. Saints, Face the Pain, 8 p.m. Opera House Saloon Ariel Jean Band, 9:30 p.m. Palms Playhouse Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche, 7:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. PJ’s Roadhouse PolyFunktion, What Rough Beast, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Wiz Kids, 10 p.m. The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9 p.m. Shine Levi Jack, The Sacramento Storytellers, 8 p.m. The Side Door Left of Cool, 7 p.m. Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre John Waite, 7 p.m. The Stag Bar Dyana and the Cherry Kings, The Blender Bombs, DJ Cakes, 7 p.m. Swabbies on the River 13th Annual Shannapalooza w/ Arden Park Roots, RiotMaker, Dorothy Lane, JIGO and More, 1 p.m. Torch Club Mick Martin, 5:30 p.m.; Afro Funk Experience, 9 p.m.

6.02 SUNDAY

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Golden Cadillacs, 3 p.m. Cafe Colonial Zesta Grande w/ Fiend, Sulfuric Cautery, H.A.R.M., Disease, Bob Plant, Syntax and More, 5 p.m. Goldfield Ezra Bell, Pablo Dylan, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Mykal Rose with Sly & Robbie, Irie Rockerz, 8 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Folsom Lake Symphony: Heroes and Villains, 2 p.m. Holy Diver Swingin’ Utters, Gallows Bound, Bastards of Young, Sad Girlz Club, 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. Mondavi Center: Ann E. Pitzer Center Empyrean Ensemble, 3 p.m.

Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Alexander String Quartet w/ Joyce Yang, 2 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Tom Rigney, 3 p.m. The Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Swabbies on the River Rockology, 12:30 p.m.; The Spazmatics, 4 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m. Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Beth Duncan, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

6.03

Holy Diver Shinigami, Familypet, Guardin, 93Feetofsmoke, Fats’e, 6:30 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. The Terry Hanck Band, 5:30 p.m. Mondavi Center: Jackson Hall Concert Bands of UC Davis, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m. Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m. Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m. Torch Club Gavin Canaan, 5:30 p.m.; Stephanie Hatfield, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Harlow’s Young M.A, 8 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Heath Williamson & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

6.04 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Chon, DOMi, JD Beck, 7 p.m. Blue Lamp Royal Thunder, Dead Now, 8 p.m. Holy Diver Local Showcase feat. Soft Nerve, Rinona Wyder, Divine Blend, Citizen Snips, Spoon Me Softly, 6:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. Momo Sacramento Slow Caves, Mighty, Hi Mom!, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Torch Club Sicky Betts, 8 p.m.

6.05 WEDNESDAY

Ace of Spades The Record Company, 7 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, 7:30 p.m. Golden Bear Tre Burt, Bed Bits, Pregnant, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Sammie, Damar Jackson, 6 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts RAIN (Beatles Tribute), 7:30 p.m.

Comedy Folsom Hotel Saloon Standup Saloon Hosted by Jason Anderson, Mondays, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Saul Trujillo & Friends feat. Taylor Evans, AJ DeMello, Emma Haney, Roman DeGuzman and More, May 22, 8 p.m. Swizz Comedy w/ Ellis Rodriguez, Frankie Marcos, Chris Smith, Kip Fuller, May 23, 8 p.m. Dustin Nickerson feat. Diana Hong, Hosted by Andrew Orolfo, May 24 - 26, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. One Degree of Separation w/ Brad Bonar Jr., Carlos Rodriguez, Steph Garcia, Sydney Stigerts, May 29, 7 p.m. Carlos Rodriguez presents HellaLarious w/ Marcus Peverill, Jesse Rivera, Jennifer Alves, Colombo Ward and More, May 30, 7 p.m. Derek Richards feat. Isak Allen, Hosted by Frankie Marcos, May 31 June 2, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Pro-Am Comedy Night Hosted by Ellis Rodriguez, June 4, 8 p.m. By All Means w/ Kris Tinkle, Drew Absher, Evelyn Eerie Diamond, Parker Newman and More, June 5, 8 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy w/ Hosts Jaime Fernandez and Michael Cella, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Comedy Night, Mondays, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Real Live Comedians, May 30, 7:30 p.m. On the Y Open Mic Comedy w/ Guest Hosts, Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Punch Line Two Dykes and a Mic, May 22, 8 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Showcase, May 23, 8 p.m. Kabir Singh feat. Ronn Vigh, Hosted by Liz Stone, May 24 - 25, Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show w/ Molly Magee, Becca Henry, Jesse Rivera, Amber Whitford and More, May 26, 7 p.m. Rex Navarrete, May 29, 8 p.m.

Steve Hofstetter feat. Paco Romane, hosted by Andrew Rivers, May 30 June 1, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Stay Silly Comedy, June 2, 7 p.m. It’s Like A Roast w/ Mike E. Winfield, June 5, 8 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. STAB! Comedy Theater Comedy Open Mic, Thursdays, 9 p.m. STAB! Podcast Panel Show, Fridays, 10 p.m. Late Week Leftovers Open Mic, Sundays, 8 p.m. Theatre DeVille Comedy Crack-Up w/ Dan St. Paul, Samson Koletkar, David Nihill, Hosted by Richard Sarvate, May 24, 8 p.m. Tommy T’s Paul Conyers, May 23, 7:30 p.m. Sheryl Underwood, May 24 - 25, Fri., 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m. Carlos Rodriguez, May 26, 6 p.m. Stay Silly Comedy, May 30, 7:30 p.m. Lavell Crawford, May 31 - June 2, Fri., 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m.; Sun., 6 & 9 p.m.

Misc. 8th and W Streets Certified Farmers Market, Sundays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. 20th Street (Between J and L) Midtown Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Arden Fair UnchARTed Presents: Constellation feat. LED Artist Christopher Schardt & Sacramento Youth Symphony, May 31, 6:30 p.m. Auburn State Theatre Take Note Troupe Presents: Shakespeare’s As You Like It, May 24, 7:30 p.m. Dirtbagger Film Syndicate Presents: The Trails In Motion Film Tour, May 26, 6 p.m. Axis Gallery The Atman and The Ego by Jackie Dreamspell, Through May 26 B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts Mainstage Series: Holmes and Watson, Through May 26 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. Blue Lamp Burlesque Roulette, May 30, 7 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. Dinner and a Drag Show, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

Community Center Theater Broadway Sacramento: Disney’s Aladdin, Through June 2 Country Club Plaza Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Crocker Art Museum Hatch: Danceworks in Progress, May 30, 6:30 p.m. Arte Extraordinario: Recent Acquisitions, Through Aug. 18 Big Ideas: Richard Jackson’s Alleged Paintings, Through Aug. 25 Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Drake’s: The Barn River City Marketplace: Crafts + Drafts, June 2, 12 p.m. Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m. 12 p.m. Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Goldfield The Darling Clementines Rock N’ Roll Variety Show, May 24, 7 p.m. GOS Art Gallery Studio Creative Minds: A Spoken Word Gathering, May 25, 2 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Jay Owenhouse the Authentic Illusionist, May 30, 7:30 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. Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, Thursdays, 8 p.m. McClatchy Park Oak Park Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. The Mill at Broadway Bottomless: Sacramento’s Biggest Brunch Party, May 26, 10 a.m. - 3 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. Theatre DeVille Magic Showdown!, May 25, 8 p.m. Hunks The Show, May 30, 8 p.m. Tower Brewing Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Two Rivers Cider Co. Cribbage Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Verge Center for the Arts Sacramento Zinefest, May 25, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Trivia Night, Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

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I’ve never thought I had a head for business. Honestly, I’ve never really tried. I’m not sure if it’s poor self-confidence, or simply being confident in knowing that I’d probably muck it all up drastically. It’s funny how those edges are so easily blurred. I admire people who do start businesses, though. I remember when Melissa Welliver, Submerge’s co-founder, editor in chief and all-around badass told me that she and Jono were going to start their own publication. I was like, ‘wow, you can just do that?’ Like, just do that? Lo and behold, all these years later, here we are. That’s pretty neat. Anyway, I was listening to Marketplace

probably why investors are jizzing all over themselves to throw money at them. They probably see all the cars and have read all the stories about how they mistreat and under pay their drivers and gouge passengers on surge pricing and their eyes light up with dollar signs. That all seems easy for me to understand, because most investor-y type people are douchebags—at least to me, because I’m a broke-ass bleeding heart writer-y type who watched way too many indie flicks as a kid. It turns out though, it may not be pure douchebagyness that draws investors to companies like Uber. According to Vox.com, “Investors are willing to buy in now in order

(I think that’s where I heard it) on NPR a few days ago, and they were talking about how Uber was gearing up for its IPO on the stock market. The voice on the radio said that it was expected to be a huge deal, even though Uber has never turned a profit. I was like, wait, what? According to an April 27 article on CNBC. com, Uber was expected to be valued at $83 billion when its stock went public, making it one of only four companies in the United States worth more than $50 billion that reported a loss last year. Like I said, I don’t know much about business; however, I do know that if someone presented to me a lump of shit (for argument’s sake) and tried to convince me that it was worth $83 billion and that it was my lucky day because I could buy shares in said lump, I’d probably politely decline. Unless it was a lump of unicorn shit or something. For all I know, Uber may very well be unicorn shit. I have the app on my phone, even though I’ve never used it. (I’m more comfortable using Lyft on the rare occasions I use a ride-sharing service. I have no logical basis for why I prefer Lyft except that maybe the logo is cooler looking. Side note: Lyft also became a publicly traded company this year; it’s also never turned a profit.) My mom has even uttered the words, “Call an Uber,” so that tells me its brand has permeated into the public lexicon. I see cars with that U thing all over the place. It’s clearly a thing, so that’s

to subsidize and grow a company that could make lots of money later. They believe that the companies’ future profits will eclipse these current losses,” which I think is kinda sweet. It’s like, hey, bud, we see you’re growing over there. Let’s help you be the bestest widdle bidness you can be! Precious, right? So Uber went public and the reaction was pretty meh. In fairness, it kind of entered the stock market at a bad time. The Dow took a dump after the U.S.-China tariff war entered a new, even more petty phase. But according to Barron’s, investors are wondering if rideshare services will ever be profitable. An article posted on Barrons.com noted that Uber is already $1 billion in the hole this year and that the only things it can really do to generate more money—stiff drivers even further and gouge passengers even more—will likely stunt Uber’s growth. Poor widdle guy. If there’s a lesson to learn here it’s that you don’t really have to make money to get money. You just have to convince people that you might make money one day and that they should invest in you now, while they can still get in on the ground floor, and you’ll totally hook them up in the future when that magical day comes, and the lump of shit you sold them proves itself to have been squeezed out of the rear end of a unicorn. If business really has become all about hopes and dreams and other emotion-y stuff, maybe I am perfectly suited for this new paradigm. I’ll just assume your checks are in the mail. I’m worth billions!

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