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THE MIRACLE ISSUE MELISSA WELLIVER melissa@submergemag.com I really hope you enjoy this issue, because let me tell you, it felt like it barely came together. Pieces finally started falling in place just days before our files were scheduled to be sent to the printer.

When the City of Trees Festival’s lineup got announced, as a longtime fan, I was excited to see Hot Chip on the bill. I kind of guessed they might be considering how much radio play the single from their new album, “Hungry Child,” has been getting.

There turned out to be a bit of a lag setting up an interview, because the band was overseas. I wanted to be sure we featured them before the festival sells out, so it became quite the scramble. Our contributor Michael Cella didn’t even know who he was going to be talking with from the band until 10 minutes before the interview took place. Luckily it all came together at the last second and turned out to be a considerably great interview with synth player Al Doyle.

Check out page 18.

Local band Tonic Zephyr was on the road when contributor John Phillips conducted his (first) interview with them. And due to unfortunate circumstances, his brand new computer for some reason didn’t record the interview.

Luckily, he was able to get with vocalist Madi Gold and guitarist JT Loux on the phone for a second time to conduct an interview to preview their last show of their Pacific Northwest tour, which will conclude here in Sacramento on Sept. 6. Read more on page 20.

I had another interview in the works with a Swedish melodic death metal band. Because of the time difference amongst other things, it just didn’t work out. I was forced to expedite my idea of featuring local comedian Melissa McGillicuddy in our current issue. Contributor and friend of McGillicuddy, Robert Berry, took on this last minute assignment and happily did an interview over lunch at Selland’s. Regardless of the rush, it turned out to be a hilarious read. Flip to page 14 for that one.

And last but not least, I had a feature ready to run on Wide Open Walls muralist Jillian Evelyn, but lo and behold, she won’t be starting her mural in Sacramento until Aug. 14, the day this issue hits stands, and, you see, I really want to send a photographer to take pictures of her and her mural that she’ll be painting at Sac State. So I chose to push back that story to get those shots (it will run in issue 299). To fill that space, our rad new contributor Maxwell Shukuya had a smidge of free time to take on a last minute feature story on Japanese punk legends Shonen Knife, who will be playing Goldfield soon. Miraculously it came together, even though it had to be an email interview due to a slight language barrier. Read up on page 22.

So you better enjoy this issue, damn it! HA! All jokes aside, I’d like to give a special shout out to our writers who worked their butts off just so we could get this to the printer on time!

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We’ll try to keep you in the loop when we know more about the future of Blue Lamp, but in the meantime, all of their scheduled shows are still happening, so get out and enjoy the place while you can! For more info, check out Bluelampsacramento.com, Facebook.com/bluelampsac or Facebook.com/cafecolonial916.

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One of the world’s largest mural festivals, Wide Open Walls is currently underway right here in Sacramento. The festival brings 40-plus artists from around the world, with many of them being from Sac, and allows them to paint new murals all around town. By the time you read this, some of the murals will already be completed, with many still in progress, so check out Wideopenwalls.com for a map to find where the artists are working.

Feel free to stop by and watch the artists in action! Wide Open Walls officially runs through Aug. 18 and on Saturday, Aug. 17 they are throwing a massive Street Party and Concert from 6–11 p.m. at Capitol Mall on Fifth Street that features Sage the Gemini (pictured), DJ James Kennedy, Robbie (HOF), Joseph One, DJ Oasis, Lillian Frances and more.

Callback Bar, a new bar and live comedy room owned by and adjacent to Punch Line, is in soft opening mode. From what Submerge has seen, the place looks super chic and stylish, and will offer those attending Punch Line a nice place to chill and have a drink before or after the show. Keep an eye out at Facebook.com/ PLSAC or Punchlinesac.com for more info on when they’ll officially be open to the public.

Punch Line and Callback Bar are located in the Howe Bout Arden shopping center at 2100 Arden Way.

Keeping on the local comedy club topic, Laughs Unlimited is currently closed for renovations. The club will hold a weekend long re-opening celebration from Friday, Aug. 30–Sunday, Sept. 1. There will be six total shows, each with a different lineup of some of the best local comics, including but not limited to Brad Bonar Jr., Ngaio Bealum, DJ Sandhu, Anthony K, Carlos Rodriguez and Ellis Rodriguez. Look up Laughsunlimited.com for more info and for a link to buy tickets. Laughs Unlimited is located at 1207 Front St. in Old Sacramento.

The 29 th annual Chalk It Up! Festival is going down Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31–Sept. 2 at Fremont Park, located at 16th and Q streets. This free, family friendly event features eye-popping sidewalk chalk art around the perimeter of the park, plus tons of live music from local bands, food trucks, and craft vendors galore. It’s open from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. each day. Chalk It Up! raises money for Sacramento area youth arts education.

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THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST MORE UNSOLICITED ADVICE BOCEPHUS CHIGGER bocephus@submergemag.com “Dear Prudence” is a multi-headed beast that has doled out advice to readers of Slate.com since 1997. Each of her heads bears the face of a different human being, and they have all shared in the responsibility of answering reader’s questions for more than 20 years. Bocephus Chigger likes The Beatles' song, “Dear Prudence,” and knows a thing or two about giving advice—especially when no one is asking for it. Why should Prudence get to have all the fun?

Dear Prudence Bocephus, I am in my mid-20s and living with four housemates. Three of my housemates and I have a wonderful relationship. The fifth person, “Lacey,” is a problem. They are nice enough on the surface, but they have a really dark, unwelcoming energy. Lacey barely works, spends 95 percent of their time at home and exudes serial killer vibes. Two people have moved out because of Lacey, and a friend who was set to move in declined the offer because she felt scared of them. I have talked to all my housemates, and they acknowledged feeling the same way and confessed to avoiding the house because of Lacey. It feels like Lacey owns the house and we are paying for a house that only one person is comfortable living in.

Lacey locks their door whenever they leave their room (even to go to the bathroom!) and goes up to my floor and leaves when they see I’m home. This makes me anxious that they would go into my room, tamper with my food or intentionally harm my plants and pets (they’ve previously torn my plants up and used the excuse that they “needed the space”). I have been the only one standing up to them, and there is tension. I’m ready to ask them to leave. My housemates have considered this, but they’re comfortable avoiding the problem, and unless I push, they will not do anything. My questions are: Am I overreacting, am I justified in pushing and how would you go about doing that?

– Living in Fear Dear Scaredy-Cat, Normally I’d route your query to tech support, but, since I am here answering questions already, I think it’s safe to say that your Chigger Family Brand Roomato3000™ may be on the fritz. We’ve released several firmware upgrades to the Lacey model that should rectify the problems you’ve been facing.

Have you already updated your Lacey to the latest firmware version? If not, trap your Lacey into a corner and remove her skull plate to connect her to your laptop or tablet via an approved Thunderbolt 3.0 cable*. While the update installs, check the function switch located next to the Thunderbolt port on your Lacey to ensure it is not set to “Kill.” As a word of caution, you should know that unless you install these critical updates, your Lacey will not be programmed to follow Asimov’s Laws of Robotics and may present a danger to you and your loved ones even if your device is not set to “Kill.”

We’ve received reports of some non-updated Lacey models exceeding their programming limitations, but we believe there is no cause for alarm at this time as long as you update your Lacey immediately. The number of owners and their plants and pets that were killed or torn to pieces by a malfunctioning and sentient Lacey Roomato3000™ is relatively low given the number of models currently in service, but our attorneys think we should warn you nonetheless. As a final note, the proper pronoun usage for a Lacey is “it” not “their.” Thank you for being a customer and don’t forget to refer a friend for a 10 percent discount on future purchases!

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Dear Prudence Bocephus, I am a lifelong feminist and friend of the LGBTQ community. Even though I live in a red state, I have always spoken up loudly (including writing several op-eds for my local newspaper) in favor of these positions and my personal beliefs. However, I am also one of those people who check any online correspondence for grammar and spelling mistakes before I send it. I have a position on the Oxford comma, and it is the correct one. (That’s a joke for people like me.)

I am ashamed to admit it, but using “they” as a singular pronoun is almost physically painful for me. I usually use either the person’s name (“Sean”) or relationship to me (my co-worker, my friend, my neighbor) to avoid using “they” in this way. Other than the obvious “suck it up, buttercup” response, am I being an asshole to try and find an acceptable (and grammatically correct) way around this hang-up?

– Grammar Nazi Dear Nazi Scum, Nothing is worse than a knucklehead from a red state, besides a knowit-all who thinks she’s better than everyone else. Reading the other question answered must have driven you to the edge of blitzkrieg, but I guess that’s what you get for calling everyone “Sean” or “my co-worker” all the time. People have their own names, Nazi; learn how to use them!

But that is all beside the point. The real issue here is that you think you can be a raging grammatical asshole to everyone just because you are a supporter of women and members of the LGBTQ community. Unfortunately, that’s not how this works. Helping disenfranchised minorities in the community is an honorable task, but it doesn’t earn you the right to take out your aggressions on another group of people, even if those people happen to be a bunch of fucking morons with no brains. Suck it up, buttercup!

– Bocephus If you have a question for Bocephus, please submit it to Dear Prudence at Slate.com and he will respond here, if and when he feels like it.

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With River City Wine Week happening now, and enough craft beer events to keep the beer nerds happy, it’s high time the cannabis geeks got their own event. Now, the Tree Harvest Festival at Cal Expo (1600 Exposition Blvd.), Sacramento’s first cannabis fete, answers that need. Self-described as “kinda like going to the county fair, except the theme is different,” the festival provides everything from vendors of cannabis and cannabis-related accoutrements to live entertainment from local bands and comedians.

They’ve even got a petting zoo, carnival rides and munchies-perfect faire food.

It’s not all activities, though. There are three shaded “chill areas” for you to take a break from the midsummer heat and cool off while you light up. If you get restless, you can always check out the BMX and half-pipe shows. For the true weed nerds, California growers will be pitted against one another in the Tree Harvest Championship, where one edible, concentrate and flower will be taking home a blue ribbon. There’s even free classes from local cannabis experts. Times vary by day. Passes cost $29 for one-day, and $42 for two-day. Visit Treeharvestfestival.com for more deets.

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Local Funk-Fusion Band The Pressure Lounge to Host EP Release Show • Aug. 31 The Pressure Lounge, a local “modular” funk band whose shifting lineup churns out a unique mix of hip-hop, punk, pop and, of course, funk, will be releasing their debut EP and hosting a release show at the MOMO Lounge (2708 J St). Their frontman, Joshua Krage, formed the band in 2012 when, after 10 years of gigging around Sacramento, he finally decided that his music needed to be released to a wider audience. Their selection of recordings is a little sparse (though it includes “Desk Job,” a great blues jam about whitecollar woes), but they have released their debut single: “Pertinent Groove,” a funky dance track styled as a sales pitch for the song itself, complete with a cheesy (but fun) rap presentation on its merits.

Also appearing with the group is The New Crowns, another local funk band that is a little slimmer at three members. Whereas The Pressure Lounge tend to be highly variable and strong in number, The New Crowns specialize in punchy, stripped down soul grooves. One of our favorites is “2nd Grade,” a love story told from the perspective of a second grader stuck in time-out. Doors at 6 p.m., show at 7. Tickets are $12 in advance, and $15 at the door. For tickets, info and more, see Momosacramento.com or Facebook.com/thepressurelounge.

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The facility offers 10,000 square feet of bouldering walls, which reach up to 14 feet high. It may not seem like much on paper, but when you’re dangling from the top, you’ll see it differently. For the youngsters, there’s a dedicated 8-foot top-out wall, complete with a slide for an easy descent. If you need some refreshments, the gym has Temple coffee, local beers and Zeal kombucha at the ready for thirsty climbers. Not only that, but after you climb, you can hit the saunas for a well-deserved schvitz. Free climbing from 2–8 p.m. For more info, head to Facebook.com/theboulderfieldgym.

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OUTSIDE THE 9-TO-5 A SUMMER FAVORITE: PADDLE CAMPING WORDS ELLEN BAKER

Shelby enjoying a rest on day two of paddling.

WHERE TO GO Shelby’s vision is to SUP the entire circumference of Lake Tahoe. Our training regimen currently consists of four days at a time—three nights and four days paddling. I recommend starting with a single over-nighter and seeing how you feel. Lake Tahoe is a fantastic place to begin, as there is extensive information already gathered discussing routes to take, places to stay, regulations, etc. Check out Laketahoewatertrail.org for some really great information regarding single or multi-day trips. The campgrounds at Lake Tahoe can be pricey and it is illegal to camp along the shore because it is all privately owned, so if money is a factor, try looking into some more remote lakes that are easily accessible by car (avoiding a long approach to your chosen lake is highly recommended as you will be carrying a sufficient load). Not into lakes? Check out a low-flow river and let me know how it goes!

CAMPING Campsites are the most convenient as there are typically bear boxes, toilets and sometimes trash bins.

Check out a public lands map if you prefer wild camping, but be sure to practice the Leave No Trace method and make sure your food won’t attract bears! A short story on bears: On our most recent paddle camping trip, I awoke from a slumber in my hammock as a bear walked by and brushed its body against mine. Luckily, we had our food hung in a tree because bear boxes were not available.

Again, bear-proof your food!

WHAT TO BRING The less the better. It will be easier to paddle and easier to get in and out of camp with a smaller load. We opted to ditch the tent and bring hammocks to sleep in. In doing so, you better be damn sure the trees are plentiful! We also brought a small tarp and sleeping pads in the case of a lack of trees (sleeping pads are also a game-changer when used in the hammock to keep out the cold air from beneath you). I’m not going to write out a gear list for you, as that would take some of the adventure away, but aside from typical backpacking gear, make sure you have a personal floatation device (PFD), sun protection (this includes head, face, arms, hands, legs and feet), waterproof phone case, multiple dry bags, bug spray, waterproof shoes or sandals, and here’s a shameless promotion of CBD tincture because it saved me when my shoulder injury began to flare up.

THE WATER Water is dynamic. Check wind reports, understand the current beneath you, prepare for waves and don’t ever take mother nature too lightly. Although this could be a nice weekend out on the water with a relaxing sleep under the stars, be prepared for something to go awry because it often does. Paddle camping provides an opportunity to explore areas that are often unexplored and raw. Study the land, learn about its origins, watch the creatures that inhabit it and adventure on.

Above: Shelby on her daily haul from campsite to water.

Right: Our third campsite. Drying clothes and setting up hammocks.

Last summer, I was introduced to a new means of adventure, a trek of sorts that I had never previously thought about. I met my friend Shelby for a drink; time had passed in an instant and all of a sudden we hadn’t seen each other in months. Typical chit-chat took its course as we caught up on who was dating whom, discussed the direction our career paths were seemingly taking and boasted about our most recent outdoor escapades. Shelby is a brilliant biologist who always has a story to tell, and when she asked me if I would be interested in joining her on a paddle expedition, I was all ears. “A backpacking trip on stand up paddle boards. It’s like, ultra light backpacking on water,” she said with subtle enthusiasm. Without hesitation, I immediately agreed to join her the following summer.

Californian heat often brings our outdoor adventures to a water source.

We swim, boat, raft, run through sprinklers—whatever it takes to ease the intense rays that we enjoy so much. Paddle camping, as I am going to call it here, combines that need for water with the seclusion of nature and a workout, to boot. There are various types of paddle camping: SUP, kayak, raft; really anything that involves a paddle (to be honest, I came up with the term paddle camping to include all the variants of paddle sports. I don’t believe this phrase legitimately exists … yet!). So grab yourself a paddling vessel and let’s take a look at how to plan a paddle camping trip.

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THE POWER OF POSITIVE DARKNESS

COMEDIAN MELISSA McGILLICUDDY DISCUSSES DIRTY MICROPHONES, PAT BENATAR AND WHY YOU SHOULDN’T INVITE HER ON YOUR NEXT CAMPING TRIP WORDS ROBERT BERRY • PHOTO ASHLEY HAYES-STONE

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elissa McGillicuddy hates camping, but she loves comedy. A part of the Sacramento comedy scene for more than four years now, she’s gone from an open mic performer to a leader in the community. Recently promoted to the role of Stand-Up Program Director at Sacramento Comedy Spot, McGillicuddy also co-produces FemmeFest, the pop-up Moving Van Show and the improv/stand-up hybrid Comedy Exchange. Top that off with hosting a comedy workshop and teaching weekly stand-up classes, she’s one of the busiest comedians in town. Known for material that is dark, racy and often shocking, I’ve seen her create a mixture of shock, confusion, and hilarity with a crowd that few comics can imagine. Whether it’s talking about accessorizing her black outfit with a black tampon while performing at a Satanic Temple meeting, or reminding folks how tasty we are to bears, her mixture of cute and revolting is hilarious. But her style has evolved.

McGillicuddy is well-loved and respected among her peers. Fellow comic Shahera Hyatt told me, “Her timing is impeccable, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a better host. She’s never afraid to have a wrench thrown in her spokes during a set; in fact, her quick humor thrives on it.”

Luke Soin, producer of Epic Tiki Podcast (which is filmed in a hot tub) says, “Melissa has a very unique and strong comedy mind.”

Comedy Spot honcho Brian Crall mentioned that she was a great producer and instructor citing, “Her work ethic, professionalism and ability to bring out the best in people make her the perfect fit!”

I’ve been enjoying her comedy since she started, and it’s been fun to see her evolve from a disturbing waif talking about “pussy eyes” and asking the crowd if anyone wanted to fuck her, to a more positiveminded performer who … still talks about equally gross stuff. A longtime Comedy Spot open mic host, McGillicuddy would often be the only one laughing when I told a joke with a punch line that involved my father’s semen. So when I was asked by the Submerge royalty to write an article about her, you can bet that I leaped at the chance.

Full disclosure, I am performing on a show McGillicuddy produces on Aug. 16, but I was booked before I was going to write this, so it’s not like this is some fucking scandal or something. Sit back and savor this interview I conducted while I had a nut burger and she enjoyed a Cubano with jalapenos at Selland’s on Broadway.

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So I understand that you’re a germaphobe.

Is that true?

Where did you hear that from?

I heard once you were performing at Luna’s Café and the microphone touched your mouth and you were really freaked out.

It’s just so gross to me. That microphone. Everyone else’s mouth is touching it. I see a lot of people who put the mic on their mouth. That thing probably never gets cleaned. With that metal and stuff, how could you get in there and clean it?

You’d have to soak it in alcohol or something.

Then you’d ruin the microphone.

Yeah. It hit my mouth during a set and everyone could just see how it impacted me at that moment.

My whole face changed. Stuff like that grosses me out. I think I used to be way more of a germaphobe. I’ve just sort of accepted the fact that everything is disgusting and dirty. But I try not to touch the microphone with my mouth.

My same source said you were shocked to learn that there are not flushing toilets available when you go camping.

Yeah, I have a joke about that, too, about my friends and I going camping. I don’t ever go camping but I look like I should know a lot about camping.

Why? I think being a more butch lesbian there’s an expectation that I’m probably outdoorsy. This is just a look. I’m actually quite the diva. Some friends of mine talked me into going camping and to not worry because there’s a bathroom. That was my only criteria. But when we get there, it’s just a port-a-potty in a bigger room. It was gross, too. I’m not really the camping type.

I went a couple of times as a kid; we’d go up to Clear Lake. There was a campsite there and we camped a couple of times, but then we discovered hotels, then we were like, “fuck camping!” We never went back.

What was the day before you decided to try out stand-up comedy like?

I had a friend and she was also sort of an artist type, a musician. We both decided we wanted to start pursuing the arts that we were interested in, even if it was on a small and local level like an open mic. Even if it was nothing more than that.

We didn’t want to look back on our lives and have never done it. She was a musician and she painted.

So she was a real artist.

Yeah. But we both had the same mindset of motivating each other and holding each other accountable. When I was younger I always wanted to be on Saturday Night Live. But now I’m like, well you know how realistic that is. I wanted to do something, even if it was just a hobby.

Were you funny in school?

I think so. I don’t know if you can believe it or not, but I was always awkward and not cool. I was pretty smart but I also had to work really hard to get good grades, so I couldn’t just walk in the day of the test and ace it. I put effort into doing the work. I remember in math class sitting by some girls that really didn’t get what was happening, so I’d make jokes to make the class go better. They were the cool girls, so for them to think I was funny was really cool. I wore a Stevie Nicks T-shirt and white corduroys so I was not cool. I thought combing my hair was overrated.

What decade did you go to high school?

It was in the late ‘90s.

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Long past Stevie Nicks’ heyday for popularity.

Very much. I grew up on country and classic rock.

For my 16th birthday I went to see Pat Benatar. I thought that was the coolest thing, but it was way past her prime. But here’s how old this story is; I went into a pager store, and the guy working there was kind of older and he was like, “Dude, where’d you get that shirt?” and I was like, “I got it LAST NIGHT! I saw her in concert!”

Your comedy has a fairly consistent style the four years that I’ve seen you perform, that funny dark, somber persona.

I don’t do any self-deprecating stuff anymore. I’m a big proponent that when you say those kinds of things you manifest them. If I say I’m sad and depressed, then I’ll get sad and depressed. Your subconscious doesn’t have a sense of humor. So I’ve gotten away from that a little bit. I don’t like to say anything that I don’t believe or don’t want to happen. There’s a bit where I talk about how I make poor life choices and I don’t even like saying that. I try to be aware of that kind of stuff. I do like dark stuff, though, so I definitely gravitate toward that.

Tell me about FemmeFest.

Brian Crall and Betsaida LeBron said they were putting together an all-female festival for the weekend. They wanted me to co-produce and pick the stand-up performers for it. We worked together to figure out what acts we wanted. We have such a great pool of folks from Sacramento, but we pulled people from Los Angeles and the Bay Area. I think there was a time when people would be against the idea of something called FemmeFest. Like, “Well men don’t have a Men Fest!” I was so pleasantly surprised to see that wasn’t the case. Everybody was so all about it and we even got spots on TV and Capital Public Radio wanted to interview us. I had never even been on TV before. It was so cool to see how that mentality had changed.

Why do you think that there are measurably more women starting stand-up comedy here in Sacramento than there used to be?

Well, over time more women have certainly trickled into the scene. Other women look in and see more women in here so more women will continue to get into it. It’s like a domino effect.

You used to ask the audience, “Does anyone want to fuck me?” Has that ever caused any trouble?

I’m surprised it’s not been more problematic for me. There was an incident where a guy came up to me after my set at The Comedy Spot and he put his arm on the wall next to me and was like, “I don’t mean to be creepy, but …” I don’t even know anything he said after that, I just walked away. Most of the time people are receptive and they cheer, but one time these people were booing me and screaming, “No thank you!” I had paid to get that clip recorded so you can hear it all. Normally I would say something like, “OK, Dad, that’s the right response,” but it was a competition so I just kept powering through it.

But I don’t do that joke anymore.

It felt depressing to get on stage and tell the audience that I’m not having any sex. It comes back to creating that persona that I don’t want to have as my reality because I keep saying it.

Melissa McGillicuddy’s show Comedy Exchange will be performed at Sacramento Comedy Spot on Thursday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. You can also catch her at the LGBTQ Comedy Night on Friday, Aug. 30 at 9 p.m., and again on Friday, Sept. 13 as part of the FemmeFest Showcase. Both of those shows are also at Comedy Spot. Tickets are available at Saccomedyspot.com. Keep up to date with McGillicuddy on her website, Meowlissamcg.com.

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BREAKING THE CYCLE

HOT CHIP FREES UP THEIR SOUND BY RELINQUISHING SOME CONTROL ON THEIR LATEST ALBUM

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WORDS MICHAEL CELLA • PHOTO STEVE GULLICK

ith two decades of music behind them, Hot Chip are a staple of synth-pop. Now the silver-hairs on the dance floor, founding members Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor met as schoolmates in the United Kingdom. A few years later, they added three more members, including synth player Al Doyle (also of LCD Soundsystem), and quickly established themselves as festival favorites.

Cliched but true: some bands you just have to see live. While Hot Chip have an extensive catalogue of strong studio work and outrageous music videos, it’s on tour where they really let loose.

Their music lies somewhere under the “pop” umbrella, but their melodies and inspirations differ broadly across genres. They bring this even further to light on stage, deconstructing songs and improvising on the underlying rhythms and beats, unpacking each one into its own dance party. It’s a group that have always known how to keep things fun.

With the June release of their seventh album, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, Hot Chip are finding new ways to reinvent themselves. In a first for the band, they brought in outside producers in Rodaidh McDonald and the late Phillipe Zdar of Cassius to work with them.

The album still feels very much like a Hot Chip record—beats somehow both catchy and irregular over lyrics that often appear empty but sometimes turn meaningful and even morose, and it’s elevated in places by McDonald’s pop prowess and Zdar’s mixing mastery.

Then there’s the videos. Ten years since the viral success of “I Feel Better,” wherein heartthrob boy band members perform for adoring fans until a bald, berobed figure starts destroying them with mouth lasers (just watch it), Hot Chip hit on more hilarity with “Hungry Child,” the single in April, ahead of the release of A Bath Full of Ecstasy. In this one, Martin Starr and Milana Vayntrub (Silicon Valley, Party Down) go through the passive-aggressive death throes of a faltering relationship as they’re slowly consumed by the incessant dance music following them everywhere they go.

“I said you’re a PICKLE DICK,” Vayntrub shouts.

“Would that make you a jar of vinegar?” Starr yells back over the music.

With some much quieter music playing in the background, I talked to Doyle about where the bands humor came from, the value of escapism and which of his children he loves most.

You guys are playing in a bunch of places you haven’t played before.

Peru, Spain. And Sacramento?

It’s the first time in Sacramento for Hot Chip. Not for me. Tyler [Pope] from LCD is from Sacramento and I’ve gone there with him to see his folks. He used to be in Sacramento’s most famous band.

Cake!

Yes exactly! But it’s not somewhere I know well, so we’re looking forward to it.

Did you guys set out on this tour to shake things up with different locations in the same way you did with making the record?

The boring answer is sometimes it’s just the routing that makes sense and places that are available. We get to make our feelings known where we’d like to go, and if we can, we like to play places we’ve never played before.

We’ve been in the game for a long time now, and after awhile it feels like a treadmill if you’re always hitting the same spots.

Particularly in America, it’s such a big country and people are always complaining that you’re not going to their town.

Is avoiding that “treadmill” feeling the reason you improvise so much in your live show?

We’re conscious that if you’ve been to a festival in the last 10 years, then you’ve probably seen Hot Chip. So we always want to do something different and unexpected, and it keeps us sane and provides a surprise for the crowd. Right now the new record is different to everyone, but as it ages it’ll change again.

Some of the lyrics in Bath … sound more Zen than usual. The hook “All you need is here,” for example. Was that deliberate?

We played David Lynch’s club Silencio in Paris a couple of times. It’s on the edge of our consciousness but it’s not something that anyone in the band is particularly into. We probably should be [laughs], mindfulness. I think that’s just where those kind of lyrics cross over into U.K. dance floor “be in the moment,” positive vibes. But we usually try to temper that by going into more melancholic moments. We’re not as young as we used to be, and we’re not going out every night to the club, so it doesn’t feel very honest to plug away at that vibe the whole time. But it does feel good when you’re in a field in the middle of a festival and that’s what you want to hear.

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COMING TO GRASS VALLEY Hot Chip played at the Bataclan just a few days after the [November 2015] Paris attacks. Now you’re coming to the United States after the shootings here, particularly Gilroy being close to Sacramento. How does something like that affect your mindset going into a show?

That one felt different because it was one moment for all of Europe for two or three years, whereas in America now there’s two or three a week. You go through mental gymnastics of whether it could happen again. Earlier today, the motorcycle backfired in Times Square and everyone panicked because everyone’s on a knife’s edge, people are just traumatized. And we see that from a distance from the United Kingdom and don’t have to live it or experience it in the same way, so for us, we get to come to the States and give people a few hours to forget about things, and come together in one place and be accepted for whatever they are.

It’s really the only gift we’re able to give, so we just try to do that and not think too much about anything else, because that’s where madness lies.

Hot Chip videos have always been terrific and had similar vibes despite working with different directors. Does each idea come from the director, or do you all get together and gives ideas? What’s the creative process like?

“I Feel Better” was the director, [British comedy actor Peter Serafinowicz] but he’s a friend, so we collaborated closely. Sometimes they’re director-led and sometimes we all get together. We just try to do whatever is the least expected thing. The “Hungry Child” video, Saman Kesh was the director, and it’s barely even got the song in it. It’s a lot of dialogue. The fact that it even got past the record label is crazy. But it didn’t seem to bother anybody and people were still talking about it. It’s got some funny lines in it and people love it.

Where did the decision to work with outside producers for the new album come from?

It was weird for us. We’re seven records in and haven’t done that before. Maybe it wasn’t necessary, it was just something we wanted to bring us into a place we hadn’t been before in terms of our process.

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We were very comfortable the way we’d been working before; we know it works, we could probably make pretty decent records just doing that again and again. But in order to break that cycle and risk something else happening, then we had to give up the reins a little bit. But it was very freeing and liberating, we got something that is still very recognizably a Hot Chip record but has a different presence and a different kind of energy.

That’s particularly because of Phillipe’s mix, the way he worked it in towards the end of the record, making some bold decisions that we might not have been so comfortable with if we hadn’t consciously given in to working this way.

So I feel very good about that decision, about what we ended up with. Hopefully it’s opened up a door that means we can work that way again with somebody else, get in somebody else’s head and mode of working and see how we adapt to that, and how it produces a fertile situation for making music.

Have you reached a point as a band where it’s like, you’re just gonna do it until someone decides they don’t want to?

Oh we’re probably beyond that already [laughing]. Personally, I always try and think a couple of albums ahead, because I’ll be going straight into the next LCD record as soon as we finish this record cycle. But we’ll be touring on this into next year, so that’s a good stretch. Then we’ll do the next LCD record and tour on that, so I’ll be … 42 by the end of that. So [laughing] … probably time to reassess everything about your life at that point?

And LCD is back together now, but is that forever or just for this record?

Well we can’t break up again.

That’s the thing. Once you’ve retired once, you’re not allowed to do that again. So we’re officially back.

How is playing with LCD different from playing with Hot Chip?

That’s a really hard one. It’s like choosing between your children, you can’t have a favorite. They couldn’t be more different bands in some ways. We were just talking about how Hot Chip change things up when we play

things live; the recording is very much just a jumpingoff point, whereas with LCD, the recordings are very sacrosanct, so you have to play exactly like that and there’s a very clear right and wrong. So there’s two different joys there, there’s the joy of just being free and improvising and finding something in the moment that works, but there’s also a lot of joy in getting it right and knowing that you got it right, that you play it that way and you can replicate it every night. So they’re kind of activating different parts of your brain, those two approaches to making music and they’re both very pleasurable, but very different from the ground up.

It seems like Hot Chip’s lyrics have gone from outright funny at first to more ironic on these later albums.

“Cruising to Yo La Tengo” was one off your first record I always remembered.

[Laughing] That was a great line. But that’s the aging process. You start off being funny and then you get an edge. You get the joy beaten out of you. Sometimes we have our own funny songs that we make ourselves, but we’re not necessarily gonna put them out. Once you lose something, it’s hard to get it back. You can’t get your innocence back.

What music are you enjoying right now?

OK, great question that I should have prepared for.

There’s an ambient record

by Christina Vantzou, just called No. 4 that I’ve been enjoying very much. That’s a real blissed-out, goingto-sleep one that’s quite good. A super fun group from [Democratic Republic of Congo] called Kokoko. I don’t know if they’re doing well in the United States, but they’re doing well in the United Kingdom. And then older stuff, this Bob Dylan re-release, the bootleg thing. That’s what’s been tickling my fancy.

See Hot Chip live at this year’s City of Trees Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento. Also performing will be headliners Incubus, as well as Portugal. The Man, The Strumbellas and others. For more info and for tickets, go to Alt947.radio.com.

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THE FIRST TIME EVER ON THE ROAD TONIC ZEPHYR CUT THEIR TEETH ON FIRST TOUR WORDS JOHN PHILLIPS • PHOTO CHRISTINA UNG

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ife on the road can be a very different experience each time you hit the beaten

and survive the initial experience, a path is cleared for many more adventures to come.

path. You could line up 100 bands who took the same route, and who played

Tonic Zephyr, a psych-rock act from the Sacramento region (specifically the

the same venues and each would have an entirely unique experience. Hell,

foothills, according to their bio), are currently in the middle of their first true tour

even a singular trip from Sac to the city can yield an adventure worthy of a lifetime of

outside of California. The band recently released their second album, an EP entitled

drunken stories.

Moon and the Sun, and they are in the process of trying to push their boundaries and

Yet, it feels like that first time—much like many first times such as sex, tattoos or

their audience into new territories, traveling up the West Coast. Submerge recently

skydiving—yields the best results when it comes to memory-making. Not only are the

caught up with the four-piece—which consists of vocalist/frontwoman Madi Gold,

moments so new, but it’s hard not to learn so much from both the mistakes made, as

guitarist JT Loux, bassist Reilly Olsen and drummer Andy Nathan (a recent addition

well as the right decisions. It’s something that is invaluable, and for those who forge on

after former drummer Rico Ucles departed)—in the midst of their road-venture.

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Where are you at today?

JT Loux: We’re headed to Everett. We’re playing at Tony V’s in Everett, Washington this Thursday.

We’re kind of in the in between stage. We’ve got two days off here.

That’s nice. What have you guys done on your days off?

JL: We’ve mostly been taking it easy; the shows have been pretty long and the driving has been pretty brutal. We got to go to a lake yesterday.

The off days have been really enjoyable.

How many days have you been on tour so far?

JL: It’s the ninth or 10th day.

Madi Gold: It’s the 10th [laughs].

What is the one thing you look forward to the most when you get back from tour?

MG: I was just thinking definitely my dogs. I miss them so much. They’re like therapy animals most of the time, and it’s lonely out here without them.

JL: I think family probably. Just being close to my family will probably be what I’m looking forward to most.

Is this your first tour outside of California?

JL: This is the most ambitious thing we’ve ever done. This is by far the biggest tour we’ve gone on. We went on a tour earlier this year, but it was only seven or eight days, so it was pretty mellow compared to what we have got now.

Anything you wish you were better prepared for?

MG: I mean, since we are taking an RV, this is definitely like a whole new adventure. Finding places to stay every night is a little scary. Aside from figuring out where we’re going to park so that no one knocks on our window in the morning, we have pretty much everything we need; we have all our amenities. We worked it out so we got these sweet gym memberships, we don’t have to take showers in gross places. We were pretty good on planning.

JL: Yeah, for all the musicians out there, if you want a place to shower, Planet Fitness has the best membership programs. It’s like $20 bucks and it will save your life.

Let’s talk a bit about Moon and the Sun. You had Frank Hannon of Tesla produce the album. In what ways did he influence the recording process?

JL: Frank was a huge influence on our new sound. He helped us go into certain directions.

Sometimes it’s nice to have somebody there when you don’t know where to take the chorus or where to go melodically. So having someone like that who has had a lot of success in the past with bands, and who knows exactly how to write a song, how to structure it. To be able to get guidance from a veteran is really, really cool.

MG: He had us start [playing] covers that were way more challenging than we thought we could handle—Joplin covers and stuff like that. Getting to move beyond my comfort zone as a vocalist and trying to tackle some of those songs kind of allowed me to have more of a range to choose from when putting the album together. He found the gold nuggets from each of us and tried to draw that to the surface.

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If you were to pick one musician from any era, who do you model yourself after the most?

JL: I don’t know if I model myself after one particular person, you know? When I was growing up, I was huge into The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, and I modeled myself after Jimi Hendrix for years.

Then I slowly started getting into [David] Gilmore, Jimmy Page and stuff like that, so I’ve tried to take the best aspects from each player and learn the most I can from each of them. But I would say most definitely ‘60s and ‘70s guitar players, and Eric Clapton is where I draw my inspiration from.

MG: I would say my biggest influence is probably Ann Wilson [of Heart], in the way that I sing.

Otherwise, stage presence and vibe, I would say Stevie Nicks.

You actually opened for the band Rumours [a Fleetwood Mac cover band] recently, correct?

MG: Yeah, that was an awesome thing. Especially considering how much we like Fleetwood Mac. Of course it’s not the same as the real thing.

MG: We actually got to see Fleetwood Mac at Golden One Center last year, and it was such a crazy experience, to be in the same room as your idol. Then to go and see some of the same stuff, but with younger bodies. [Rumours] did a really great job, and it was cool to live that experience to see their later years, then kind of see what they were like.

On Moon and the Sun, you have an eclectic mix of genres. While much of the album is psychedelic rock, “Fancy Free” is more danceable, whereas “Scorpion Sting” had more of an edge to it. Have you considered doing a full album on the heavier side?

JL: Frank and I and Madi have been talking about going heavier and getting more into a certain genre like that. I know that this EP was definitely an experimental period of our creativity. Coming off our first record, I felt the theme of it was very similar, and I didn’t want to get stuck into a one-genre category. So, I just used this EP as a way to express my different types of creativity and genres that I drew inspiration from. So, we are looking into going heavier, but we are also looking to go into the direction that we feel at the time.

MG: Yeah, whatever happens more naturally. We do heavier stuff because it’s so much more fun to play onstage when you have people start to dance around and run into each other. It just really depends on the material that we have to work with at the time and where we are in personal growth, because that is often reflected in our releases.

What is next for the band? Do you plan on heading back into the studio soon?

JL: When Frank is done with his tour with Tesla, and he settles down, we’re planning to go back in with him. Upcoming in 2020, we’re looking to get onto more festivals, and opening for bigger acts and just developing an audience outside the Sacramento area.

Tonic Zephyr return from their epic West Coast trek to get trippy at Holy Diver (1517 21st St.) Friday, Sept. 6. Opening are Flight Mongoose and Vanna Oh!, and tickets are $15. Doors at 7 p.m.

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LEGENDARY JAPANESE PUNKS SHONEN KNIFE BRING HAPPINESS EVERYWHERE THEY GO WORDS MAXWELL SHUKUYA PHOTO AKIRA SHIBATA

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ith a dash of sugar, a sprinkle of spice and a hearty mix of classic rock and punk, Japan gave rise to the bubblegum pop trio Shonen Knife in 1981. The all-female band from Osaka performs in stage costumes, and has always been unusual; but despite the group’s peculiarity and aptitude for writing songs about flying cats and ice cream sandwiches—which for some may sit dangerously on the edge of being too camp or kitsch—Shonen Knife is regarded as an influential alt-rock giant.

The band was founded by sisters Naoko and Atsuko Yamano, along with their college friend Michie Nakatani. Since their first album, Minna Tanoshiku [Everybody Happy] debuted on cassette in 1982, Shonen Knife has cemented itself as a punk cornerstone with 19 studio albums to their credit, including critics’ favorite Let’s Knife, and their most recent, Sweet Candy Power, which came out in June.

Even if you haven’t heard of Shonen Knife, it’s a testament to the group’s charming sunshineand-rainbows approach to punk that those who have can’t seem to get enough of them.

The Knife’s following online, for example, is devout. If you dig deep enough on the internet, you find idolatrous gems like the “Shonen Knife Freak’s Homepage,” including a long FAQ section with banal questions like, “Where are Shonen Knife from, and who are they?” to more embarrassing material such as the cringe-worthy, “Am I the only one in the universe who thinks they’re the sexiest band alive? Do they have boyfriends?”

But perhaps one of Shonen Knife’s biggest fans was a 24-year-old Kurt Cobain. On the eve of his release of Nevermind and on his way to fame, Cobain saw the trio play for the first time in 1991.

“I turned into a 9-year-old girl at a Beatles concert,” Cobain said in an interview with Melody Maker magazine. “I was crying and jumping up and down and tearing my hair out—it was amazing.”

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In fact, Cobain was so thrilled that he asked the band to join him on Nirvana’s U.K. tour that year, kicking off Shonen Knife’s golden years, a period full of international rockstar milestones. Soon after the tour, the Knife signed to the behemoth Capitol Records, releasing what would become the band’s major album, Let’s Knife. While I’m not sure it’s accurate to call it mainstream celebrity, the once-underground band started landing spots on American television with appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and MTV. Shonen Knife even found themselves featured on Beavis and Butthead and writing a song for the Cartoon Network show The Powerpuff Girls.

But before their success in the 1990s and early 2000s, the trio struggled to commit

to Shonen Knife full-time. Naoko Yamano worked as a receptionist, Atsuko Yamano worked as a fashion designer (she designs the band’s Mondrian-esque outfits, too) and Nakatani worked in word processing.

But even after their TV appearances and endorsements from bands like Nirvana and Sonic Youth, the Knife clearly went through some difficult transitions due to continual shifts in the group’s lineup.

Nakatani left the band in the late 1990s, and her replacement, Mana Nishiura who played drums, died in a car crash several years later. Of the three founding members, Naoko has been the only constant, though her sister is back, touring in support of Sweet Candy Power along with Risa Kawano who joined the band in 2015.

The new album, with its off-the-wall lyrics about ice cream sandwiches and other confectionary delights, is a fun romp through ‘60s and ‘70s rock à la The Ramones, The Beach Boys and The Buzzcocks. The title track, the catchiest song off the album, opens with a few strummed chords and stripped-down vocals when suddenly the band erupts with the sonic embodiment of a frenzied sugar rush: “Am I/Am I/Am I/Am I/Candy!”

The album isn’t exactly groundbreaking, but counter to what you might think, the sometimes-overwhelming barrage of silliness and positivity doesn’t collapse in on itself.

Rather, Shonen Knife’s very appeal is exactly that: They throw themselves headlong into a vat of bubbling happiness, and the result is unavoidably charming.

Shonen Knife’s commitment to this effervescent and unyielding soda-pop spirit, which has animated the group for nearly 40 years, is only natural given Naoko’s musical philosophy—or lack thereof.

“I get happy when I listen to my favorite ‘70s funk, disco music or death metal,” Naoko says. “I feel our intention with the band is to entertain the listener from such music. It’s important. I just don’t listen to self-satisfied narcissistic music.”

Whereas some bands might aim for a loftier, self-aggrandizing musical theme or concept, Shonen Knife’s approach is exactly the opposite—a simple and unabashed dedication to make the audience happy.

That isn’t to say that the Knife’s music is necessarily shallow, but that perhaps the band derives its depth—or at least its success and quality—from an uncontrived, unpretentious, tacit understanding that their music is for other people’s enjoyment.

Everything from playing shows, which Naoko describes as a transfer of energy between performer and audience, to Shonen Knife’s costumes, which she explains is an attempt to visually “entertain” spectators, seems to be for its fans.

It’s no wonder, then, that when asked why she writes such quirky lines like “Space foods are marshmallows, asparagus, ice cream/Blue-eyed kitty cat said, ‘please let me go with you,’” Naoko’s answer is straightforward.

“Marshmallows, asparagus and ice cream are my favorite foods, and I actually had a blue-eyed cat at home,” she says. “I’m always satisfied with my work. Of course I could spend more time recording or writing lyrics if I want, but there is no answer, no goal for art. When I make music that makes me comfortable, it can pass my inspection.”

And that’s clearly more than enough for Shonen Knife fans who continue to show up after 38 years, 19 studio albums and decades of worldwide touring. But the band’s longevity inevitably raises the question: Will the inimitable Shonen Knife ever come to an end?

With a North American tour kicking off on Aug. 23, including a local stop at Sacramento’s Goldfield Trading Post on Aug. 28, the short answer seems to be no—at least for the notso-distant future.

Although Naoko doesn’t see herself retiring from music, she’s quick to point out that touring as a DIY band, without the resources for a private jet like Paul McCartney might employ, is often tiring and complicated.

But at the end of the day, the bottom line for Naoko is simple: “As long as there are people who get happy when they listen to our music, I would like to keep on rocking.”

If you’re in the mood to rock out and be merry to some fast, cheery punk with Naoko, Atsuko and Risa, check out Shonen Knife at Sacramento’s Goldfield Trading Post (1630 J St.) on Aug. 28. Tickets are $20, doors open at 7:30 p.m. and fans of all ages are welcome.

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MUSIC, COMEDY & MISC. CALENDAR

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Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Reggae Wednesdays w/ One-A-Cord & Steady Drop, 5 p.m.

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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.

Harlow’s No String Attached’s Orchestral Rendition of Dr. Dre’s 2001, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Holy Diver Lonely Avenue, Merigold, Paper Airplanes, 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 Blues & Bourbon: The Lucky Losers, 5:30 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Lake Street Dive, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

The Pour Choice Brotherly Mud, 7 p.m.

The Press Club Elway, Ramona, Sam Russo, Sad Girlz Club, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Shady Jam, 9 p.m.

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Armadillo Music Addalemon, 7 p.m.

Auburn Alehouse The Kentucky Trust Fund, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp The Bellwether Syndicate, Autumn, Caroline Blind, DJ Chat Noir, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial The Choice, Scowl, Power Beer, Cold Trap, 8 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Tim Dierkes, 7 p.m.; DJ Uncle Hank w/ Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m.

The Golden Bear Kohl Banned, Banny Grove, Band Argument, 8 p.m.

Harris Center Boz Scaggs, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver For the Cr8tives: Joseph, A9e, Yp, Tyve Clic, Deezy, Kam Krzy, Gr8tness, 7 p.m.

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

New Helvetia Brewing Co. Red Dirt Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Acoustic Jam, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse Stone Mecca, 8 p.m.

The Plaza Gallery !mindparade, My Dallas Teens, 7:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub North Forty, 9:30 p.m.

The Press Club Death Valley High, Them Guns, Death Party at the Beach, 8 p.m.

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

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Minihahas, Sweetgum, 9:30 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Collectivity, 9 p.m.

Village Park Fair Oaks Concerts in the Park: Journey Revisited, 6:30 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Saved by the ‘90s, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Lightrays, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Painted Mandolin Trio, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk Nova Sutro (Album Release), Judhead, Malcolm Bliss, Diversity of One, 7 p.m.

Boeger Winery Waiting for Sunday, 6 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Everything Sucks Fest: Cory Wiegert, Me Time, False Freedom, Black Crosses, Jonny Manak and the Depressives, Jen Scaffidi, The Rebel Holocrons, Basement Tapes, 7 p.m.

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

The Colony Convictions, The Measure, Taking Fox Hollow, Aspen Way, Shorelines, Cardinal Sins, 7 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Nick Evans, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Superbad, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Dive Bar Bomers, Tim Crump, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Jocelyn & Chris Arndt, 5:30 p.m.

Harris Center Nachito Herrera, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Stunna 4 Vegas, Blacc Zacc, Zack the Villain, 7 p.m.

Laguna Town Hall Hot Summer Night Concert Series w/ Dirty Cello, 6:30 p.m.

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

Momo Sacramento DJ JB, 10 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Garble, Anime Aliens, Radio Orangevale, 8:30 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Fallout Kings, 9 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Kathy Kallick Band, 7:30 p.m.

Papa Murphy’s Park @ Cal Expo 311, Dirty Heads, 5:45 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Gumbo Stew, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Popular Demand, 9:30 p.m.

SacYard Community Tap House Black Yacht Club, 6 p.m.

Shady Lady Julie & the Jukes, 9 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River 3rd Friday Reggae w/ Mystic Roots & Ras Rebel, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort REO Speedwagon, Warrant, 7 p.m.

Torch Club The Outcome, 5:30 p.m.; Sam Pace and the Gilded Grit, 9 p.m.

8.17 SATURDAY

Ace of Spades Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, 7 p.m.

Arden Park Music in the Park: Brad Wilson, 7:30 p.m.

Bar 101 Matt Griswold, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Scott Guberman, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Sitting & Waiting, Patsy’s Dekline, Captain Cutiepie, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Mothersound, Preacher, Without Hope, Until the Unknown, Trayen Burke, Alta Luna, 6:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial & The Colony Sactown Speedfest 2019 w/ Siege, Haggus, Heinous, Hong Kong Fuck You, Connoisseur, Bob Plant, Wacko, Short Temper, Otoplasty, Invertebrate, Human Obliteration, Sick Burn, Fuming, Splitjaw, Jkkfo, Döpemess, 4 p.m.

Crawdads On The River Kurrency King, 7 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Boom Sexy: Drum and Dance Party, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Neon Playboys, 9 p.m.

Esther’s Park TOGE+HER: Live Art & Hip Hop Showcase, 5 p.m.

Fair Oaks Park Country In The Park 2 w/ Brett Eldredge, Michael Ray, Nate Smith, 2:30 p.m.

The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Triple 7’s, Adam Block, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Nickel Slots, 50 Watt Heavy, Mike Blanchard and the Californios, 5 p.m.

Harveys Lake Tahoe Lionel Richie, 8 p.m.

Holy Diver The Faded Show: Teo, Testa Grossa, Nate Curry, Nadia Vaeh, Abstract Ninjaa, Madrid, EG, 7 p.m.

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

Miners Foundry Cultural Center Women Rock For Endometriosis Awareness: Bite, Snail Trail, Big Whoop, Gamma People, The Habituals, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Hibou, Fashionista Boyfriend, 6 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele SingAlong, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.

Old Ironsides Lipstick w/ DJ Roger Carpio and Shaun Slaughter, 9 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Midnight Players, 9 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Niki J. Crawford, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

PJ’s Roadhouse What Rough Beast, 8 p.m.

The Pour Choice Rocco Famiglietti Duo, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Megan T. Smith & The Pez Headz, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Brodie Stewart Band, 10 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9:30 p.m.

The Shack Campfire Crooners, 5:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Current Personae, 9 p.m.

Shine Miggy & Friends, 8 p.m.

The Side Door Doug Pauly & Jeanne Munoz, 7 p.m.

Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts @ B Street Theatre The Mick Martin Big Band, Jackie Greene, Ryder Green, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Caravan 222, 9:30 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sutter Creek Inn 17th International Jugband Festival w/ Rivertown Skifflers, Deep Basement Shakers, CW Bayer & Honky Tonk Bums, Zarcon Trio and More, 11 a.m.

Swabbies on the River Bump City Reunion Band, 1 p.m.; Patrick Contreras Violin On Fire, 3 pm.; Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, 6 p.m.

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Thunder Valley Casino Resort REO Speedwagon, Warrant, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Loose Engines, 5:30 p.m.; Mind X, 9 p.m.

Tower Brewing Eddy, Rose & the Foreign Locals, 6 p.m.

Toyota Amphitheatre Lynyrd Skynyrd, Grand Funk Railroad, Georgia Satellites, 6 p.m.

Wildwood Kitchen & Bar Pavilions Patio Party feat. Wonderbread 5, 6 p.m.

8.18 SUNDAY

Armadillo Music Stone Mecca, 7:30 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp Lucifer, Haunt, Older Sun, 8 p.m.

Blue Note Brewing Co. Loose Engines, 3 p.m.

The Boardwalk Alesana, Capture, Avoid, Dead Superstar, In Chaos, Hemispheres, 6 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Austin Payne, 12 p.m.

Goldfield Jordan T, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s The Blasters, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Jesse Dayton, 6:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Touché Amoré, Jeromes Dreams, Dangers, 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 Law, OneLegChuck, Gypsy Temple, 6 p.m.

On the Y Banger with Your Mom, Dead Fucking Serious, Ape Shit Shenanigans, 7 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Terry Hanck, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Left of Centre, 10 p.m.

Red Museum Sacramento Audio Waffle: Car Made of Glass, Blood of Chhinnamastika, Holiday Special, Nickname: Rebel, The Nothing, Major Tinnitus, 12 p.m.

Shady Lady Alex Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Amador Sons, 1 p.m.; Cripple Creek, Whiskey Dawn, 3 p.m.

Torch Club Torch Club Blues Jam, 5:30 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

8.19 MONDAY

The Boardwalk Hawthorne Heights, Emery, Oh Sleeper, Demon in Me, The Never & Now, 6:30 p.m.

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

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

LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Nicole Dollanganger, Infinity Crush, 6 p.m.

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

The Press Club Bryon Lynch, Scott Schaus, Pregnant, 8 p.m.

8.20 TUESDAY

Ace of Spades Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Marisa Anderson, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Pure Heel, Omnigul, Cold Trap, Rise and Strike, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Aaron Neville Duo, 6:30 p.m.

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Harlow’s Julian Marley and the Uprising, 8 p.m.

Holy Diver Rod Wave, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Momo Sacramento Gap Girls, Brutus VIII, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Pour Choice Matt Brennan, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

The Press Club Night School w/ Tony Gee, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Richard March, 5:30 p.m.; Shots Fired, 8 p.m.

8.21 WEDNESDAY

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

The Boardwalk Bandhoppers Showcase, 7:30 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Chris Botti, 6:30 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Man or Astro-Man?, 7 p.m.

Harris Center Kris Kristofferson & the Strangers, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase: Stezzy, Easter Jigga, Boulevard, CC Case, 4ourth, 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 Blues & Bourbon: Guitar Shorty, 5:30 p.m.

New Helvetia Brewing Co. Acoustic Music Jams, 5:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

The Pour Choice Jasmine Bailey, 7 p.m.

The Press Club Nü Metal Night, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club The O'Mally Sisters, 5:30 p.m.; Dan & Ocean, DoublePlusGood, Band of Coyotes, 8 p.m.

8.22 THURSDAY

Ace of Spades Molotov, 8 p.m.

Auburn Alehouse Brotherly Mud, 5 p.m.

The Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Peter Petty & His Titans of Terpsichore, 6:30 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Gene Barnett, 7 p.m.; DJ Uncle Hank w/ Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Marty Cohen and the Sidekicks, 7 p.m.

Harris Center One Night of Queen Performed by Gary Mullen & the Works, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Tilian, Landon Tewers, Brent Walsh, Rivals, 7 p.m.

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

Momo Sacramento Eazy Dub (Album Release),Occupy the Trees, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Vacation in Jordan, 8 p.m.

Palms Playhouse Peppino D’Agostino, Adam Rafferty, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ariel Jean, 9:30 p.m.

The Press Club Yawzea, 9 p.m.

Shady Lady Hot City, 9 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Mind X, 5:30 p.m.; Snaps for Sinners, Low Volts, Dani Bell, 9 p.m.

Village Park Fair Oaks Concerts in the Park: On Air, 6:30 p.m.

8.23 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades The Dan Band, 7 p.m.

Armadillo Music Negrete, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Todd Morgan, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Muddy Waders, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk Big D and the Disappointments, Cardboard Ringo, The Flesh Hammers, 7:30 p.m.

Boeger Winery Tiffani Shiro, 6 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Propadandees (Propagandhi Tribute), Abolitionist, Vital Throw, 8 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Yolanda del Rio, Beatriz Adriana, 6 p.m.

Crooked Lane Brewing Co. Brotherly Mud, 7 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Marshall House Project, 9 p.m.

Foothills Event Center Tyler Rich, Temecula Road, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Blame the Bishop, The Last Known Photographs, Adam Varona, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Eric Roberson, 8 p.m.

The Hideaway Grumbler, Freature, 50-Watt Heavy, 9 p.m.

Holy Diver Gondwana, Fayuca, 7 p.m.

Laguna Town Hall Hot Summer Night Concert Series w/ End Game, 6:30 p.m.

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

Momo Sacramento Graham Elliot, 6 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Iration, Pepper, Fortunate Youth, Katastro, 6 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Sun Valley Gun Club, Anton Barbeau, Seacats, Car Crash Hearts, 8 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Wonderbread 5, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Thunder Cover, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m.

SacYard Community Tap House The Loose Threads, 6 p.m.

Scribner Bend Vineyards The FBI Band, 6 p.m.

Shady Lady Dirty Chops, 9 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Kalimba (Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire), 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Travis Tritt, The Charlie Daniels Band, 7 p.m.

Torch Club The Brangs, 5:30 p.m.; The Sextones, 9 p.m.

Toyota Amphitheatre Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, Jon Langston, 7 p.m.

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Ace of Spades One Drop Redemption (Tribute to Bob Marley & the Wailers), 6 p.m.

Auburn Odd Fellows Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore w/ The Guilty Ones, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Nate Grimmy, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Bathtub Gins, 3 p.m.

Blue Note Brewing Co. RockBand University, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk Abeyance, PS Lookdown, 6:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Frack!, Caustic Casanova, Hauler, 8 p.m.

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Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

Cal Expo Tree Harvest Festival w/ Joy and Madness, JRas and the Higher Elevation, Arden Park Roots, The Philharmonik, Charlie Muscle, Drop Dead Red, For the Kids, Kenny Frye, Element of Soul, PointDexter, Humble Wolf, The Nickel Slots, Occupy the Trees and More, 12 p.m.

The Colony Foot Clan, Rise and Strike, Original State, Sissyfit, Morning Coffee, Discourage, 6 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Unleashed, 9 p.m.

The Fig Tree Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Fox & Goose Annah AntiPalindrome, Amina Shareef-Ali, Eboni Esra, Temple K. Kirk, 9 p.m.

Goldfield Eric Hutchinson and the Makebelievers, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Yhung T.O., 6:30 p.m.

Harveys Lake Tahoe Steve Miller Band, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Adelitas Way, Fallout Kings, Roswell, Trigger Effect, 6:30 p.m.

The Library of MusicLandria Synth Trips: Franck Martin, 6:30 p.m.

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

Momo Sacramento DJ Mez, 10 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Femmes of Rock, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Ukulele Sing-Along, 11:30 a.m.; Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Loose Threads, Brotherly Mud, Band of Coyotes, 8 p.m.

On the Y The Road Vikings, Chick Habit, 8 p.m.

Opera House Saloon Illeagles, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Skid Roses, 10 p.m.

The Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Hipper than Hip Band, 10 p.m.

Revival at the Sawyer Encore w/ Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

SacYard Community Tap House SacTown Playboys, 5 p.m.

The Shack Natalie Cortez Band, 5:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Big Sticky Mess, 9 p.m.

Shine Melonnee Desiree, The Booms, 8 p.m.

Sophia's Thai Kitchen Kendra McKinley, Azuah, 9:30 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sutter Creek Provisions Lasers Lasers Birmingham, 6:30 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Nothin’ Personal Duet, 3 p.m.

Torch Club MAU, 5:30 p.m.; City of Trees Brass Band, 9 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Martin Nievera & Pops Fernandez, 7:30 p.m.

8.25 SUNDAY

Ace of Spades J Boog, 7 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. DJ Williams’ Shots Fired, 3 p.m.

Blue Note Brewing Co. Natalie Cortez Band, 3 p.m.

The Boardwalk Amarionette, With One Voice, A Summer Alive, Blind Medusa, 6:30 p.m.

Cal Expo Tree Harvest Festival w/ OnOff, Sol Peligro, The Ghost Town Rebellion, Simple Creation, Chrome Rose, Riotmaker, Centersite, Diversity of One, National Lines and More, 11 a.m.

Crawdads On The River Mondo, 3 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Gene Barnett, 12 p.m.

Foothills Event Center Crystal Bowersox, John & Audry Agle, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Destroy Boys, Grumpster, On Drugs, 6 p.m.

Harris Center Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland, 2 & 7 p.m.

Harveys Lake Tahoe Luke Bryan, 7 p.m.

Hillenbrand Farmhaus Brewery Brotherly Mud, 3 p.m.

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Holy Diver Evergrey, Shattered Sun, Tulip, 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Sugar Shack, 5 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.

Powerhouse Pub Laurie Morvan, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Cash Prophets, 1 p.m.

Shady Lady Peter Petty, 9 p.m.

Suite Nine Bar and Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Sutter Creek Provisions Darin Sexton & HWY 49 Band, 3 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Jax Hammer, 12:30 p.m.; Joy and Madness, 3 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 5:30 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

William Curtis Park Music in the Park: On Air, 6 p.m.

8.26 MONDAY

Ace of Spades J Boog, 7 p.m.

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

Harris Center Jon Anderson (of Yes), 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.

New Helvetia Brewing Co. Jazz Jam Night, 6 p.m.

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

The Press Club Monday Vibes w/ MC Ham, 9 p.m.

8.27 TUESDAY

The Boardwalk The Last Ten Seconds of Life, No Zodiac, Kaonashi, VCTMS, Frontiers, Kind Eyes, 6 p.m.

Crest Theatre Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Points North, 6:30 p.m.

Harris Center Justin Hayward, All The Way, 7:30 p.m.

Holy Diver Local Showcase: HeavyWeightSoldier, Nomadiic, Donny-D, SsappyY, Zahirah, 6:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Pour Choice Matt Brennan, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

The Press Club Night School w/ Toney Gee, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Matt Rainey 5:30 p.m.; Jazz Jam Hosted by the Ice Age Jazztet, 8 p.m.

8.28 WEDNESDAY

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

Blue Lamp Mean Jeans, Sneeze Attack, Jesus and the Dinosaurs, 8 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Crash Test Dummies, Jill Sobule, 6:30 p.m.

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

Holy Diver Domino, The Philharmonik, Natey, Robbie, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 5 p.m.

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

Momo Sacramento The Blow By Blow Jump Blues Show: Two-Tone Steiny & The Cadillacs, Danny Sandoval, 5:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

The Pour Choice Brotherly Mud, 7 p.m.

The Press Club Emo Night, 9 p.m.

Sacramento State: Union Serna Plaza Wednesday Nooner: A Tribe Quartet, 12 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club JT Lawrence 5:30 p.m.; JonEmery and the Unconventionals, 9 p.m.

Comedy Cal Expo Tree Harvest Festival’s Comedy Stage: Michael Calvin, Ngaio Bealum, Stephan Sanders, Johnny Taylor, Andrei Bailey, Aurora Singh, Armando Mandoman Placencia, Saul Trujillo, Josh Means, Lance Woods and More, Aug. 24 - 25, 11 a.m.

Folsom Hotel Saloon Standup Saloon Hosted by Jason Anderson, Mondays, 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.

On the Y Open Mic Comedy w/ Guest Hosts, Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.

Punch Line Vicki Barbolak feat. Jesse Egan, Aug. 15 - 17, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.

Jared Freid, Aug. 22 - 24, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

K-von “Most Famous Half-Persian Comedian,” Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Teachers’ Relief Live w/ Hank Denson, Aug. 27, 8 p.m.

Talking After Sets with Austin Carr, Aug. 28, 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.

Tommy T’s HaHa Davis, Aug. 16 - 17, Fri., 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m.

Shaundon Da One - 31 Flavors Birthday Celebration w/ Jesse Rivera, Buddy Rahming, Elisia Gonzales and More, Aug. 18, 6 p.m.

Kabir Singh and Jeremy Curry, Aug. 23 - 24, Fri., 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., 7 & 9:45 p.m.

Outsourced Comedy Tour Starring Kabir Singh, Aug. 25, 6 p.m.

Misc.

1409 Del Paso Blvd. Uptown Market on the Boulevard, Saturdays, 12 - 5 p.m.

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.

24th and K Streets Third Thursday at 24th & K: Midtown Made, Aug. 15, 6 p.m.

B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts Mainstage Series: The Last Match, Through Sept. 1 Blue Cue Trivia Night, Wednesdays, 9 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.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Sactown Nachos Festival 2019, Aug. 24, 4 p.m.

Country Club Plaza Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Crest Theatre Capital Dance Project’s 5th Annual Behind the Barre, Aug. 16 - 17, 7:30 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum 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.

Curtis Park 13th Annual Curtis Fest, Aug. 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Elk Grove Regional Park Elk Grove Multicultural Festival, Aug. 24, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Fairytale Town Tales & Ales Brewfest Fundraiser, Aug. 24, 5 p.m.

Florin Road & 65th Street Certified Farmers Market, Thursdays, 8 a.m.

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Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Highwater The Trivia Factory, Mondays, 7 p.m.

Historic Old Folsom Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Johnson-Springview Park Rocklin Woofstock, Aug. 25, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Triviology, Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

La Sierra Community Center Sacramento Middle Eastern Cultural and Food Festival, Aug. 17, 11 a.m. 9 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Hollywood Knockouts Female Oil Wrestling and Hot Cream Wrestling Revue, Aug. 16, 8 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.

Pachamama East Sacramento Pachamama Coffee Fiesta and Block Party, Aug. 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Punch Line Makeup & Mimosas: Madonna Tribute Show!, Aug. 18, 11 a.m.

Quarry Park Movies in the Park: Mary Poppins Returns, Aug. 16, 7 p.m.

Sacramento Fine Arts Center Secondhand Arts and Crafts Supplies Sale, Aug. 17, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sacramento Zoo 33rd Annual Ice Cream Safari, Aug. 17, 5 p.m.

Streets Pub and Grub Pub Trivia, Sundays, 8 p.m.

Sunrise Light Rail Station Certified Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. 12 p.m.

Thistle Dew Dessert Theatre Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire, Aug. 23 - Sept. 8 Tower Brewing Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Two Rivers Cider Co. Cribbage Night, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

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I felt a sense of dread in the hot summer air on the drive out to Lincoln’s Thunder Valley on a recent Sunday afternoon. On this drive, troubling thoughts of the recent mass shootings that had taken place in our nation swirled.

I should have been filled with anticipation because the outdoor amphitheater was set to host the One Nation Under a Groove tour, which was slated to be the farewell tour for 78 year-old outer space funk cowboy George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic fame. This was supposed to be a big, funky celebration with five great bands. On this day, I am certain I wasn’t the only one consumed by these thoughts.

The most pressing thought was what the hell is going on in the minds of these young, white males that is driving them to go on these hateful, racially motivated murderous sprees?

I reflected upon how when I was their age, my primary free time concern was going to parties and shows like this one and trying to meet young ladies of the same mind and have some funkin’ fun to music like this.

Damn, I guess times have changed.

However, upon rolling up to the venue, I was greeted with the welcoming sight of beautiful humanity representing a melting pot of ethnicities, some young and some mature, many of them colorfully decked out, and all of them ready to shake off the negative emotions temporarily.

Clinton’s music has had a multi-generational impact on the world. He led a major shift in the evolution from Motown to the psychedelic soul and funk rock of the 1970s.

His influence is vast, particularly in hip-hop.

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hop from Public Enemy to Dr. Dre to Cypress Hill to Kendrick Lamar. Heck, Snoop Dogg practically launched his career on George Clinton samples.

During their ‘70s heyday, the Parliament Funkadelic bands featured legendary musicians like Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker just to name a few.

Clinton masterfully pilfered musicians from the James Brown band in the early days, and eventually Parliament Funkadelic—or P-Funk as they came to be known—became their own entity. They revolutionized earlier iterations of soul and funk into what Clinton liked to call “hard funk.” They would fill the stage with dozens of players and dancers at their live shows, which could only be described as spectacle.

Clinton, who recently turned 78, was the charismatic leader of this group, known as “Dr. Funkenstein.” The stage shows mushroomed into a huge collaborative event every time they hit the stage, spawning hits like “Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” and “Flashlight.”

The band morphed with each album and tour, and peaked when they had a spaceship (The Mothership) that would descend onto the stage.

On this tour, however, things were scaled back. No Mothership would land this time around. The original prop is parked in the Smithsonian Museum.

For this celebration of funk and its funky offspring, Clinton had a variety of groups that were influenced by his brand. The raucous blues funk of Miss Velvet and the Blue Wolf kicked things off in the afternoon heat, followed by New Orleans’ Dumpstaphunk, who really got it going with a slighter

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deeper groove and the double bass attack of Tony Hall and Nick Daniels III. The band also features funky New Orleans royalty in Ivan Neville (Aaron’s son) on keys/vocals and Ian Neville (son of the recently deceased Art).

Next up were Fishbone, who had recently reunited most of their original members. While the band can surely funk, they chose to close with their epic ska tune “Party at Ground Zero,” which was great, but was lost on the crowd. They got everyone back with a “Fuck Racism” chant at the end.

Ironically, their quirkiness is most aligned with Clinton’s unpredictable ethos.

Next up were Zapp, who go back to the funk generation that followed Parliament Funkadelic in the early 1980s. They knew exactly what to do with this crowd and had the whole place dancing and sweating with well-known hits like “More Bounce to the Ounce” as the sun went down and the temperature started to cool.

Finally, it was time for the headliner.

Clinton hit the stage with a large band that vacillated between 15 and later something close to 40 people onstage at the end of the set. He directed the band, danced, dabbed and looked agile as they plowed through lengthy versions of “Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples” and “P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up).” Clinton stopped partying hard about 20 years ago and looks ageless at 78.

At times, he just stood there soaking it all in, or sitting on the drum riser letting others shine. Joining him onstage were his son Tracey and three of his grandchildren, who all displayed great talent. The future funk goal is to keep this family thing going.

As the show’s end neared, the band kept pouring it on with “Up for the Down Stroke” and “Mothership Connection” as more people joined the band onstage. Fishbone bassist Norwood Fisher came out and helped sing “Atomic Dog,” people danced harder and everyone tried to momentarily put the horrible events that had happened in this country 24 hours earlier out of their minds. For five or so hours in Lincoln, it was “One Nation Under a Groove” indeed.

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THE SHALLOW END Was really sad to hear that Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire hedge fund prick who white-guyed his way out of a conviction for sexual abuse only to be brought up once again on charges of sex trafficking, committed suicide while in custody … It’s really a shame that he didn’t choke on a chicken bone or something when he was a teenager and save the world a whole lot of hurt. The only thing that sucks about it is that he once again skirted justice, and we may never know which other powerful people would have been implicated in Epstein’s wake.

My wife informed me of Epstein’s suicide whilst I was on the shitter, which was fitting.

The report had just come over the wire.

“Are you serious?” I asked, because immediately before I dropped trough for my morning poop, I could have sworn that we just heard them talk about Prince Andrew being the latest person to fall under scrutiny in the Epstein scandal.

I must admit that my reaction to the news was one of elation. Like I had just evacuated a pound or so of waste out of my bowels, so too had the world just rid itself of a giant lump of shit. I felt a bit lighter, satisfied, as I’m sure did planet Earth. But

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the second thing out of my mouth was, “There’s no way he just killed himself.”

Even though the dude had pled not guilty to the charges, he was still on suicide watch, presumably because he knew he was guilty as sin and may not be able to white-guy his way out of this one in New York like he was able to in Florida. Though, would anyone really be surprised if he did?

Regardless, he’d been off suicide watch for 11 days, alone in a cell in lower Manhattan, even though he’d already made an apparent attempt on his own life a couple weeks ago. I mean, here’s this weasley bastard, right? And you know he’s scared to death of spending any time in prison, where child abusers aren’t treated too kindly. But he does have all these rich, powerful buddies from his years making all this money doing God knows what. He’s got boats and planes and apartments and a madam who supplies him with young girls and even some island where his rich bros can hang and live out their wildest depravities. You’ve gotta imagine a guy like this is going to do anything he can to save his ass (literally) …

He’s certainly not going to go down alone. He’s going to take down everyone he can with him.

JAMES BARONE jb@submergemag.com I mean, this is the sort of thing that goes through my mind when I hear a piece of news such as this. Immediately, I surmised that this couldn’t have been a suicide. Someone had to have rubbed this loser out.

Of course, I wasn’t the only person to think this. So did our president. Even though President Trump also has ties to Jeffrey Epstein, he blamed the Clintons for Epstein’s death (as if Epstein’s death is a bad thing) on Twitter (because when whiny bitches want to put someone on blast, they do so on Twitter [there’s a slogan for you, free of charge]).

I find myself regrettably unable to disprove Trump’s claims, though. Much like our president, I’m an idiot. I fall for conspiracy theories all the fucking time, though I’m sure they’re usually different than the ones Trump falls for—I guess more left-wing appropriate theories … or anything involving cryptozoology.

Where was I? Right. Trump. Clintons. Epstein.

I have to agree with Trump. In this fantasy world in which the president and I reside, there are always dark machinations working behind the scenes. Lurking in the shadows.

The Clintons definitely could have had Epstein killed. Bill has been tied to Epstein, so maybe

there was something illicit there. Like I said before, though, so has Trump. I suppose he could have had Epstein killed. Would you be surprised if our president ended up at one of these private island sex parties given his deplorable behavior? If it had to be a choice between the Trumps or the Clintons giving the order, I’d have to side with the Clintons. If the Mueller report taught us anything, it was that the Donald is an ineffectual leader whose underlings often disregard his orders because they have zero respect for him. The Clintons at least can get shit done.

Then again, in this unlikely conspiracy scenario, it could have been any number of influential shitheads, like Alan Dershowitz, or even the Royal Family. Or maybe Jeffrey Epstein finally figured it was time to do something for the good of humanity by removing himself from it. Thanks Jeff. Now rot.

RIP Toni Morrison, whose work taught me the importance of empathy … this column notwithstanding. Sleep well. The world was all the better with you in it.

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