Submerge Magazine: Issue 197 (September 28 - October 12, 2015)

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OK, for the most part it’s new. We tried to do this back in 2009 and, for one reason or another, after a couple tries we decided to put it on the back burner.

For years we’ve wanted to bring Happy Hour Hound back, and with the restaurant scene being stronger than ever, tied with the fact that more of our writers are passionate about our local food culture, we thought now would be a perfect time to reintroduce the column.

If you’re a regular reader, you already know we’ve been consistently covering food for over half a decade.

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With this new addition, the one thing we knew is that we wanted it to come off as approachable for foodies and non-foodies alike.

Happy hour is a great time to give a new restaurant a try. You can get a feel for the environment, as well as get a grasp on what the restaurant’s menu can offer. Not only that, but it’s a great place to unwind after a long day, or a good hour to meet up with friends and/or coworkers.

Also, this column is extremely budget friendly (because, hey, everyone likes to save a dollar here and there), so our goal is to have our writers spend around $20 or less on their trips to test out bites and drinks on happy hour menus throughout Sacramento and its surrounding areas.

Do you have a favorite place for happy hour that we should check out? Email me! I’d love to hear about it, melissa@submergemag.com.

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Sacramento Comedy Festival hits you where it hurts! • Oct. 2–10

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The Sacramento Comedy Foundation, a local nonprofit organization, will be hosting the fifth annual Sacramento Comedy Festival and they’ve now expanded to a whopping nine different venues. The party kicks off on Oct. 2 and lasts until Oct. 10 and takes place at regular hot spots like Punch Line Comedy Club, Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club and the Sacramento Comedy Spot. But also the festival includes some non-traditional venues such as the Starlite Lounge, Ooley Theater, Luna’s Café and more. Expect some spirited sets

by Myq Kaplan of Last Comic Standing, Mo Mandel from truTV’s Barmageddon, and Rick Overton (actor/writer Emmy Award-winning comedian). There will also be a special Lavender Lights—Gay and Proud show on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Punch Line Sacramento featuring the hilarious Ronn Vigh (Last Comic Standing). Those who love improv will be delighted that Bay Area group 5 Play will perform two shows in two venues over the first weekend as well. If that weren’t enough, there’s even a Stand-Up Comedy Competition, which will have 60 comedians competing for a generous $2000 purse. Come for one show or buy a festival pass. You won’t be disappointed either way. Check out Saccomedyfest.ticketfly.com to get the lowdown. -E.J.

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20 years later and slowly going deaf at the Norcal Noise Fest Oct. 2–4

If you’re looking to hear the all-too-popular verse/chorus/ verse format, you’ll be sorely disappointed by the lineup at this year’s Noise Fest. It’s been two decades since the first soirée took place at Oak Park’s Guild Theater, and the awesome tradition continues this weekend starting at Luna’s Cafe on Friday and ending with a boom for two days at Café Colonial.

And while you may not recognize 99 percent of the acts on the bill, it’s simply because artists of this ilk tend to stray from most traditional venues. Included in this three-day festival are performers from all over the area including (but certainly not limited to) Skunk Puppet (Long Beach, California), Beauty School (San Francisco), Fletcher Pratt (Oakland), Uneasy Chairs (Seattle), Conscious Summary (Los Angeles), Juice Machine (Eugene, Oregon), The Stolen Elk (Sacramento) and Security (Rocklin). If you’ve attended one of the many Noise Fest shows over the years, you already (somewhat) know what you’re in for. For the casual concertgoer who would like to add some musical breadth to his/her limited palatte, the keys to the kingdom are yours. Bring some cash to buy some merchandise as well. For additional info visit Norcalnoisefest.com. -E.J.

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Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández • Oct. 8 You’ll be mesmerized when the 40 dancers and 16 musicians that make up Mexico’s oldest and most celebrated dance company, Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández, spin through town on Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Sacramento Community Center Theater. The costumes will be nothing short of awe-inspiring and the performances of traditional Mexican folk dances will likely get locked away in your memory under “amazing” and “unforgettable.” Tickets start at $48, a small price to pay for a cultural experience like this. The box office is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. if you’d like to get tickets in person. Otherwise, call (916) 808-5181 or visit Balletfolkloricodemexico.com.mx for more information. -J.C.

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Refining paletes and making moves at TASTE 2015 • Oct. 9 It’s no great secret that there are many great chefs and restaurants in the Sacramento valley and its neighboring cities.

The same can be said for our amazing selection of wines that are produced, bottled and consumed within less than a 100-mile radius. This Friday event will highlight over 40 local breweries, wineries and eateries at the lovely Good Life Garden. For only $40, you will be treated to complimentary tastings and libations, as well as helping to support Chicano and Latino students in the Departments of Viticulture & Enology and Food Science & Technology at UC Davis through the Broadening Horizons program.

It all takes place starting at 4 p.m. and folks will be entertained by the High Octane Latin Jazz Band while they take pictures of their food and selfies in front of local chefs and wine moguls.

If you are feeling adventurous, you can venture over for the free performance by Los Hot Boxers at the Corin Courtyard and drink even more (those drinks, however, aren’t free). And if you really want to party like it’s 2015, buy a ticket for Los Lobos and Alejandro Escovedo at the Mondavi Center’s breathtaking Jackson Hall where every seat in the house is a winner. Go to Robertmondaviinstitute.ucdavis.edu and click the “Events” tab to get more info. -E.J.

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The real talent will be at R Street Block Party and Makers Mart • Oct. 3 Like supporting local artists? Enjoy lining the pockets of normal people like yourself instead of multinational corporations? If so, make the trek to the R Street Corridor and bring the family for a night to remember. For those who’ve never owned anything by any of the vendors in attendance, chances are you will end up making a purchase after touching and holding one of the many artists’ crafts. Just some of the small independent “companies” include Brown Pigeon, Graphic Anthology, Chelseafish Ceramics, Northern Needle Co., Tusk + Cardinal, Revival Vintage Co., Scumugs, Little Saint Soap Co., Rae + Bay Designs, Ingot and Aradia Glass Craft. For the beer enthusiast, Makers Mart has you covered with offerings by New Belgium, Oak Park Brewing and even Berryessa. Let your kids enjoy themselves in the Kids Zone and trade places with your partner while one peruses the artist’s tables and the other babysits. After that, you can watch and listen to some great sets by Pets, Pregnant, Gentleman Surfer, James Cavern, Lunaverse featuring Zoey B and So Much Light. Forget cleaning the house or doing any mundane chores and leave all that crap for Sunday. You’ll thank us later for the tip. Type Walpublicmarket.com/event/rstreetblockparty into your browser for more info. -E.J.

If you find yourself in need of a new set of two-wheels but don’t want to spend a ton of cash on a fancy new ride that will more than likely get stolen anyways, you should definitely head to the biannual Bike Auction at UC Davis on Saturday, Oct. 10. This rain-or-shine auction will take place inside the Pavilion Parking Structure (Hutchison Drive and Dairy Road in Davis) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until they’re all sold. All of the bicycles will be on view from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in case you want to get there early to scope ‘em out. More than 400 bikes of all sizes and types will be available for the highest bidder: cruisers, mountain bikes, road bikes, BMX bikes and even some kids bikes will be up for grabs. Many of them are “fixer-uppers” so you shouldn’t be afraid to get your hands a little dirty putting some work into your new baby. Or, snag one for super cheap at the auction and take it to your local cycle shop for a tune-up. It’ll still be cheaper than forking out the dough for a new one! For more information, call (530) 752-BIKE, or visit Taps.ucdavis.edu/bicycle/auctions. -J.C.

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Heat of Damage CD release show at The Boardwalk Oct. 17

Local band Heat of Damage are known for their blend of melodic hard rock and metal that’s sure to tickle the fancy of many heavy music fans. They’ve been steadily building a buzz regionally since their inception in 2013, having self-released two EPs and performed at many of the area’s most prominent venues, all while receiving airplay on 98 Rock’s Local Licks show. The young group is now ready to unleash their debut full-length album Open Fire unto the world. Although the official release date is set for Tuesday, Oct. 20, Heat of Damage invites you to attend their CD release show on Saturday, Oct. 17 at The Boardwalk, where you can pick up an early copy of the album for just $5.

Also on the bill is A Mile Till Dawn, Decipher and Urd-Om. This is one of those “don’t-miss shows” if you’re into supporting good local rock bands, which we encourage you to do! All ages are welcome, tickets are just $10, and the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Boardwalk is located at 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale. Hit up Theboardwalkpresents.com for a link to purchase tickets ahead of time, and for more info on the band, visit Heatofdamage.com. -J.C. SubmergeMag.com

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The stream NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest Winner Fantastic Negrito To Perform At Neo-Crocker Party Oct. 10 Jonathan Carabba Send regional news tips to info@submergemag.com

When National Public Radio put out a call to musicians around the country to submit videos for their Tiny Desk Concert Contest (which was just what it sounds like: artists film a music video behind a small desk in a setting of their choosing), the station’s music team was inundated with over 7,000 entries! All walks of life and all styles of music were represented, but of all those thousands of entries, one stood out as the winner, and now Oakland’s bluesy/ rootsy musician Fantastic Negrito is on a fast track to stardom. “He just leapt off the screen,” NPR Music’s Bob Boilen wrote of the winner. “The raw and sheer power in his voice was unlike any other contestant we had.”

Fantastic Negrito is the musical project of Xavier Dphrepaulezz, who has a life story that sounds like it’s straight out of a docudrama. To sum it up: he’s been through a lot of shit. From multiple near-death encounters (one of which left him in a coma for weeks), to a million dollar record deal that led to his “creative death” and a “failed album,” to quitting music completely and selling all his gear, to getting married and having a son, which led to an outpouring of creativity and ultimately to starting Fantastic Negrito. “When you listen to Negrito, you’re invited to hear the story of life after destruction,” states his official bio. “Your dream can die. You probably will give up. But from there, you can start everything over.”

Since winning the Tiny Desk Concert Contest, Fantastic Negrito has been blowing up, performing a showcase at this year’s SXSW

festival in Austin and releasing a self-titled EP that’s racing up the charts worldwide, all while receiving praising press from just about every major media outlet (Consequence of Sound, Wired, The Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, The Irish Times, NBC, they all love Negrito!). He even landed on the cover of SF Weekly just a couple weeks ago. But despite all of the press and all of the hype, one thing is certain, Fantastic Negrito is the real deal. He’s been through the muck and the mud and now he’s finally on a platform to where he can share his art with the world. It’s “black roots music for everyone, blues with a punk attitude” and we, along with everyone else who hears it, are eating it up!

It’s rare to be able to catch a musician like this live in your own town when they’re on the verge of real greatness, but luckily for Sacramentans, we’ll get that chance when Fantastic Negrito plays Crocker Art Museum’s Neo-Crocker, a museum-wide, adults-only “modern culture party” taking place on Saturday, Oct. 10. This is the third Neo-Crocker party, and believe us when we say that the last two were legendary. From 8 p.m. to midnight, the museum will come alive with dueling DJs, plenty of dancing and live music (City of Trees Brass Band is also scheduled to perform), steamy burlesque from the Sizzling Sirens, an absinthe bar, bottles of bubbly and you!

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1501 L Street, Sacramento Words & photos Ronnie Cline Happy Hour: Monday through Friday, 3–6 p.m. All day on Sundays.

When football season kicks off, I begin my annual search for the best Monday night happy hours in Sacramento. There’s always the popular locations that we all know and love, but as they quickly fill up, I often like to duck out and find an alternative to the crowded sports bars and pubs. Surprisingly there are still some hidden gems that I have been lucky enough to uncover.

One such unturned stone lays smack dab in the middle of downtown Sacramento inside the Residence Inn hotel. I hesitate to share the wealth—quite frankly I’m greedy when it comes to not-so-crowded, yet very enjoyable places to take in a football or baseball game—but at 3 Fires Lounge, chef Sean Thomas has recently overhauled the menu with items that deserve to be shared.

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big renovation that had the sports fan in mind.

The circular bar in the middle of the lounge has been given a much needed face lift with large televisions flanking both ends. Two projectors have been installed on opposite ends of the bar making for an impressive football viewing experience. The only downside to the projector placement is that the lounge has to be somewhat dark for the picture to be at its most vibrant, so daytime sports viewing can be a little tricky. I also kind of love that 3 Fires Lounge is in a hotel.

While sitting at the bar watching the game, you can’t help but feel the energy of visiting business men and women whizzing past with roller luggage and dry-cleaned clothes in tow.

In true retro Rachael Ray fashion, I had a set amount of money to spend—what I like to call the “Hound 20”—and many options to choose from.

The happy hour drink choices at 3 Fires Lounge

are pretty standard, with $1 off any draft or well drink, and the “Bar Bites” menu features a few classics like mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce and bacon cheddar Potato skins—both of which always sounds tasty. But it wasn’t the drinks or standard bar fare that brought me here. It was the unique menu items like their chocolate-dipped bacon with chocolate ganache and toasted pecans and fried spinach potstickers with jicama slaw and cilantro soy dipping sauce that caught my eye and lured me in.

I believe that most happy hour food is meant to be communal, so I recruited my friend Steve to help devour the splendidly overindulgent items I was about to order. After an intense bracket-style elimination, we decided on the raspberry chicken cordon bleu puffs ($7), bacon cheeseburger glazed doughnut sliders ($8) and a pint of Sierra Nevada ($4) which brought my total to just under $20.

The food came out timely and hot. The chicken cordon bleu puffs were placed on top of a sweet raspberry drizzle and garnished with a fresh mango salsa. After simply grabbing and tossing back a couple of puffs, I quickly realized that dragging the meat and cheese filled dough balls through the raspberry sauce before consuming was the key to a sweet, savory, meaty,

cheesy unification of flavors.

Now, I did splurge a bit on the bacon cheeseburger glazed doughnut sliders, but it was well worth it. Three strikingly upscale state fairinspired sliders were placed in front of me and I was in awe. From their size to the freshness of the house made doughnuts, everything about the burgers exceeded my expectations. I also loved the chef’s decision to accent and not douse the burgers in a sweet glaze, then plate them around a spicy jalapeño Tabasco syrup—which I couldn’t get enough of. This made the doughnut burgers easy to pick up and fully enjoy. There was no skimping on the bacon either. Crispy chunks of applewood smoked bacon sat perfectly on top of the cheeseburger, which was grilled and seasoned perfectly.

With football season in full swing and basketball season about to start, 3 Fires Lounge is a great alternative when looking for a place to watch sports while getting your happy hour on. I’m already planning on going back soon and ordering a round … or two … or three of their Chocolate-Dipped Bacon. The happy hour at 3 Fires Lounge is Monday through Friday, 3–6 p.m. and all day on Sundays.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Have you seen this country? It’s fucking huge, as far as countries go, so I doubt you have. The United States is full of pockets of awesomeness that must be seen firsthand to truly understand their magnitude. Some will seem as if they are from another place and sometimes even another planet. The sheer difference in terrain between the east and west and north and south of this country promise a lifetime’s worth of sights and things to do.

Unless your name is Forrest Gump, you probably aren’t going to try to do it all at once, and I’d say that’s a smart move. There is a lot of loving to go around; no need to blow your load all at once. Your trip can be short or long, just be sure to take your time and enjoy yourself.

You are about to embark on one of our country’s most treasured pastimes: the road trip. Hopefully, it will be something you want to remember and it should be if you avoid some potential buzz kills.

The road can be your friend if you let it, but it can also kick your ass sometimes if you aren’t prepared.

The most important part of the road trip is having fun. The second most important part is having a car that will last you through the trip. If you don’t rent a car for your journey, make sure yours is in working order.

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tires at the very least. It’s also a good idea to have a battery backup or jumper cables in case you get stuck somewhere. Finally, your ass is going to spend a lot of time in that seat, so try to make it as comfortable as possible, if it’s not already, and don’t forget to wear your fat pants!

Which leads me to the next most important part of the road trip: snacks. Pulling over every time someone feels hungry or thirsty is going to make you want to smack your fellow road warrior upside the head. Instead, keep it moving with some chips, or salami and crackers.

You can fit plenty of crap in a little cooler that should only need ice once a day or so. Trail mix is another great option and could just as easily be called road mix. I’m surprised some asshole in marketing hasn’t already exploited this fact.

Whichever you decide, try not to make it too ambitious. I’ve made my share of sandwiches in a car, but that shit can be dangerous!

Stuffing your face in the car is only part of the fun to be had on your road trip. All that driving happens for a reason after all.

Usually, a road trip has some sort of ultimate destination before you return to your boring awful life, but that leaves you with a lot of wiggle room to see other things along the way. Figure out where you are

staying and see what cool things are around there. These little detours are what road trips are all about.

Nearly everything is in place now and once you figure out where you will go, the excitement level will surely continue to climb until your road trip can finally begin. All this bad boy needs now is a soundtrack to carry you through your journey.

Regular radio sucks on the road because the stations keep changing up as you go. Satellite radio, Spotify and podcasts can really cover a lot of musical tastes to help keep up the momentum on long car rides, but they don’t always work on the road unless you get your download on. Hell, you might even want to dig some of those old CDs out of your closet and bring those along as well, just in case. You can’t have a road trip without tunes.

Now you are ready. Pack your bags and throw them in the trunk.

Gas up the car and get your back pillow in place. Start the car and let “Holiday Road” blare from the stereo. You’ve got more food than you could ever possibly eat and yet you’ve undoubtedly forgot to pack something, but it doesn’t matter.

The road and where it takes you are all that matter now. So where are you going to go?

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or as much love as California generally gets across mainstream America’s storied music anthology—see Wikipedia’s long list of songs about the Golden State—it still seems to be surprisingly underrepresented in one genre that is so familiar here: Country.

Try and name at least four famous country singers (past or present) that you know for a fact are from California, or that at least sing and write songs portraying California. If you’re a real hardcore fan, you might have come up with Gary Allan (La Mirada), Jon Pardi (Dixon) and the Haggard family (Oildale and Bakersfield), or perhaps a few other old-timers sprinkled in the mix. Shoot, maybe you even know about Brett Young of the Orange County area, who’s fairly new on the country music circuit himself and branding his

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Still, though, we’re clearly missing a few too many ambassadors in a state where a lot of folks—especially up here in Nor Cal—identify as country girls or boys at heart. Until now, that is.

While Jon Pardi might have Solano County covered in the California country world, a fresh voice has recently risen in Nashville, hailing from Yuba City— just a stone’s throw away from Sacramento.

Tyler Rich, who released his first four-track EP in August to chart-topping success on iTunes, is the latest country music offering with California roots and a soft spot for his hometown stomping grounds.

After making a life-changing move across the nation to Music City this past April, Rich says his career has been snowballing with unimaginable good fortune,

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with everything falling into place just the right way.

It was only a few weeks ago that Rich was added on as an opener for country music superstar Dustin Lynch’s national “Hell of a Night” tour, which is set to kick off Nov. 14 and extend through early the part of 2016 (more dates to be announced soon). He’s also opening for Pardi at an Ace of Spades show on Oct. 10 and plans to be making media appearances in the area on and off during the last few weeks leading up to this fall’s performance run.

We were able to catch Rich on the phone late one night and ended up talking about everything from his latest EP to his newfound success in Nashville, how social media has helped him breakthrough in a cutthroat industry and, of course, what it was like growing up country in California.

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Seeing how things have been going really well for you out there in Nashville, why do you think you’ve been so successful as a breakout artist? What’s your secret?

My social media helped out a lot … from Instagram to Snapchat to Twitter and Facebook. As it was growing, I started getting booked for bigger shows. When people see that—the growing online presence—they see it, I guess, as a good thing to trust. Dustin Lynch actually discovered me a few months ago on Instagram; then he sent me to some meetings … I mean, I guess if it wasn’t for Instagram, he wouldn’t have ever found me.

And I would probably still be hanging out and doing nothing.

Do you think artists that are trying to break out need to be on their social media game?

Oh, I don’t think so. I know so. I mean, I’ve sat in meetings where … I stress it to my friends in the industry like so much. One of my really good friends in Sacramento— James Cavern—he and I talk about the social media game all the time. We just talk about how important it is, because it really is … I’ve been in meetings in Nashville now where I hear publishers, managers, booking agents and other artists talking about, “Oh hey, have you checked this person out?”

And they’re like, “Yeah, his stats suck.

What’s next?” They move on. I swear to God, it’s within seconds. “His stats are horrible.

Who else do you got?”

Kind of like ESPN analysts commenting on potential draft picks.

No, that’s what it is. And if you’re super, super, super talented and you don’t have that presence—or you’re not building—then you can have a career as a songwriter.

Or luckily break through somehow independently. But I don’t know, man. It’s just crazy. Mine has grown dramatically in the past four months … It’s crazy. You get in the mentality of like, “I’ve got 38K followers.

This is awesome!” But then when you actually think about it: that is 38K humans.

38K people with a story, with a life, with a job, with a family. Those are 38K individual souls that hit follow, for some reason. I don’t know why, but thank you.

I know you have a new song out called “California Grown” that’s been getting some radio play recently. Can you talk about that song a little bit?

Yeah, “Cali Grown” is actually the only song in probably a year and a half that I’ve written by myself, 100 percent.

Everything else is always like co-writes and collaborations with different producers and different songwriters. And [for] “Cali Grown,” I was sitting at my house in L.A., and I had just released my single “Radio.” I don’t remember who I was talking to, but I was talking to somebody. And they were like, “Yeah, you’re from California and you seem country. It just doesn’t make any sense.”

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that’s just the mentality that everybody has—and rightfully so, because that’s how it’s portrayed in pop culture. But I was saying, “People don’t understand what California really is.” I mean, I’ve driven up and down California from Sacramento to L.A. at least a hundred times. And each time it’s equally boring because you’re just driving through farms—there’s no cell service, there’s nothing. And when you turn on the radio—I was driving through the Bakersfield area—the only radio stations that were coming in were Spanish stations and country stations. And that’s when I got the idea for that second verse, talking about Bakersfield and all that. But I don’t know, it was one of fastest songs I’d ever written—it came out in about a half an hour.

I wanted to ask about your new EP, Valerie.

Can you tell me what’s behind that name?

Just curious.

You know, I’ve done a lot of interviews in the past like month since the CD came out, and you’re the first person to actually ask me what it is. So I’ve been waiting for this question … When I was in my early 20s, I had a guitar get broken on a flight. And United Airlines offered me a $100 travel voucher for my broken guitar. I had some shows coming up, and this was before GoFundMe or Kickstarter or anything like that was even alive; none of those companies existed … My guitar was broken, I had shows coming up that week, I had no money and I needed a guitar. So I posted online on MySpace. I was like, “Hey, you know, my guitar broke,” with a picture of it in two pieces. I was like, “I’m accepting donations from my fans. A dollar, 50 cents, five dollars, you know, whatever you can spare. I appreciate it.” And then my family and everybody started donating. I put my address, people would send checks; I used Paypal for automatic transfers and stuff.

Then there was a fan of mine from the East Coast I had never met before. And I got a letter in the mail that was like a page long about how much she loved my music, and how much she wished I’d come to the East Coast and tour, and apologizing, saying that she wished it was more, and that she couldn’t send me a check sooner and had to wait until she got paid, and that she was going to try to send more the next time she got paid. She was like a 16-year-old girl in high school named Valerie, and she sent me a hundred bucks. And the guitar I went and bought the next day, I named Valerie. And it is the same Taylor acoustic that I still have.

I mean, I’ve got a few now. But that guitar, Valerie, is the one I wrote all those songs on that CD with and the one I recorded the guitar with on that CD. And since it’s an acoustic—well, it’s produced a little bit—but since it’s ultimately an acoustic CD, I figured it kind of fit perfectly to call it Valerie.

That’s a helluva story.

Yeah. But the sad part, though, is that I have no idea who she is now.

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So what was it like growing up in Yuba City? Was it what people would typically call country?

Yuba City is very, very country—especially the little towns outside of Yuba City, like Sutter and all that. It’s very Varsity Blues out there, if you know that reference. Football is everything, everybody’s got the big trucks. I mean, Yuba City technically is a big town; it’s a big farming city. I think there’s like 80,000 residents, but you see the same 1,000 people every day. I don’t know where all the other 79,000 are hiding. But it was like growing up in a small, country farming town that had the necessities you needed. It was like a little big town, which is a country band, and kind of cheesy to say. But that’s kind of what it is.

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Musically?

Socially and musically, I guess.

Well, I mean, in high school we used to—as soon as we could drive—we’d come down to Sacramento to go to shows all the time.

Punk rock shows, and just anything we could see at the Boardwalk or Arco Arena or Memorial Auditorium or anything like that. And we’d drive up to Chico and watch shows all the time, too. On Saturdays and Sundays, we’d take trips to Arden—just about an hour from each city—and just go to the mall. We’d go to Guitar Center, and we would call going to Guitar Center going to church. Like, “What’d you guys do?” “Oh, I went to church!” You know? And all the guys would start playing music with all my buddies. We’d go and sit at Guitar Center for like five hours and just play guitars … Yeah, so I mean, it was cool living in a tiny town outside of a big town like Sacramento.

Right on. Anything else you wanted to mention?

This Jon Pardi show is gonna be a freakin’ party. Come out to the Jon Pardi show on Oct. 10 to see what Nor Cal is offering country in the entertainment world. ‘Cause we’re the only two representing it in Nashville right now. So we’d love to see everybody there.

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f 2015 was shaping up to be a big year for Sacramento psychedelic doom band Church, it’s turning out to be an even bigger year for Sacramento psychedelic doom band Chrch. The two bands are strikingly similar. They both have the same mononymous members—vocalist Eva, guitarist/vocalist Chris, drummer Matt, guitarist Shann and bassist Ben—and both play the same songs, with the same titles. In fact, the debut Church full-length released earlier this year on cassette by Transylvanian Tapes, Unanswered Hymns, is the same as the debut full-length Chrch record set to be released September 28 on vinyl by Battleground Records and celebrated by an album release show October 3 at Starlite Lounge. So what gives?

As it turns out, along with the parts of making a name for yourself in international music circles that rule—having labels put out your records, getting tons of rad press, getting to open for Pentagram, etc.—there are some downsides to having your band thrust into the broader musical zeitgeist.

Namely, threats of litigation from bands who find your name a bit too close for comfort.

“It was a month or two ago,” remembers guitarist Chris. “I was asleep and Eva our singer came over, banging on the door. She got let in, came in and woke me up, like, ‘Dude, David from Battleground just called me, the lawyers from The Church just sent us a cease and desist!”

The Church is an Australian band who found limited international success in the ‘80s, but has mainly been relegated to cult status outside of Australia. This, however, didn’t stop The Church from threatening to apparently pursue legal action against Church if they continued to operate as a band under that name. So, Church became Chrch, and the forthcoming release of Unanswered Hymns on vinyl became something of a debut do-over.

Thankfully, the loss of a vowel, a website, and a couple of years worth of band-name recognition hasn’t put a stop to the band’s forward momentum. As Chrch prepares to release their album on vinyl and hit the road for some high-profile shows to close out the year—including the third installment of LAbased Midnight Collective’s annual Midnight Communion, Nov. 13 in Long Beach—2016 is looking to be an even bigger year for the band, under any name.

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How did Chrch get started?

We’ve all known each other for years. I used to play in a band, in high school, that used to play shows with our other guitarist all the time. Our bassist was in a different circle of friends that I met through music; I went on tour with my friend's band that he was also friends with and we were both on tour together. That was probably five years ago. Through him, I met the singer …

We’ve all just been around in the scene for awhile. Sacramento’s pretty small; everyone sort of knows everyone.

How has the response been to the record so far?

It’s been crazy. It’s been kind of overwhelming.

We just kind of recorded it as a demo, but then labels picked it up.

Seems like the record has been getting really good press, like that review on the Roadburn festival website. Has that been just a matter of getting the record in the right hands?

Yeah it’s all been by chance basically. When we got the record deal, we got a press agent along with it, Cat from Southern Cross PR. So she’s Did you know, at the outset, what sound you helped a lot along the way. But a lot of it has were going for, or did you just sort of start just been somebody coming across our stuff playing and waited to see what would happen? online, on our Bandcamp or something, and We all knew that we wanted to play in a heavy liking it. That’s what happened with Roadburn. band, that we wanted to play doom, but we Walter, the curator of Roadburn, one of his didn’t really know what direction it was going. friends, some guy in England reviewed it, and There are so many different kinds of doom, so Walter saw the review and was like “Oh shit, I many different sounds in that one gotta check this out” and then “People genre. Really, we just play what liked it and put it on Roadburn. started to see we want to play and it just kind of James from Transylvanian Tapes our names comes out all similar. has been doing a lot too. We’ve been on Australian radio, which on flyers, like, When did you start thinking that could have something to do with ‘Who the maybe this band was gonna be why The Church sent us a cease fuck is this?’ something special? and desist. But he’s gotten us on then checked Kind of from the beginning. Our first a lot of blogs that we didn’t even us out, and show was with Bell Witch, which was know about. We find something we got a just already crazy; we’ve all been new every day. really good fans of that band for awhile. From response, that point, we got really good shows It has to be a good feeling, to get right from right off the bat. Then we played noticed worldwide. the start” with Dispirit right after that; a month Yeah, its cool. None of us had –Chris, Chrch later we played with Eyehategod. planned on doing this. We’ve People started to see our names on gotten a couple of tour offers that flyers, like, “Who the fuck is this?” then checked we’ve had to turn down, because everything’s us out, and we got a really good response, right moved so fast. It’s definitely overwhelming, but from the start. Even this month, just as far as it’s cool. Especially being from Sacramento, a playing shows … I mean, we just opened for city not necessarily known for its doom scene.

Pentagram, which is fucking crazy for all of us.

Have you noticed that changing at all, or is it As far as the name, I’m sure it’s not that cool still an uphill battle for your kind of music? for you to be threatened with a lawsuit. But in a It’s definitely better now than I feel like it’s certain sense, it’s kind of badass, like “Whatever, been in recent years, but it’s always kind of we’ll just take out a letter and soldier on.” an uphill battle. Sacramento’s hard.

I mean really, there’s a part of it that’s kind But it’s definitely of flattering. This band from the ‘80s that is a lot better than Celebrate the release of Chrch’s Unanswered Hymns on vinyl on not even relevant any more, that I don’t think it has been in a Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Starlite anybody gives a fuck about, feels threatened, or long time.

Lounge with Acid King and Cura something by us. I don’t know why they would Cochino, as well as interludes provided by Noctooa. Show send us a cease and desist. They’re like a newstarts at 8 p.m. and is 21-andwave band. There’s no similarities at all. But they over. For tickets, go to still think we’re encroaching on their business.

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The Power of the Laugh Comedian, Actor and Cartoon Sloth Ben Gleib Words Alia Cruz

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en Gleib has an almost exhaustive list of accomplishments. In the past 15 years or so, he has worked tirelessly as a stand-up comedian, actor, political commentator for NPR and CNN (to name a few), and most recently, the host of television game show, Idiotest. You may have also seen him as a recurring guest on the Chelsea Lately show. This stuff is all magnificent and rad as hell, but it also pales to the fact that he voiced Marshall the Sloth in Ice Age: Continental Drift in 2012. I assume he made BFFs with Queen Latifah and Drake, who also voiced characters in the flick. It’s also kind of funny that Gleib’s genuine talking voice is exactly like Marshall the Sloth’s. In fact, I’m pretty sure he is actually a cartoon.

Gleib has been considered one of the most versatile and intelligent comedians of his time, and is well sought-after for his take on politics and everyday life. He writes material with a quirky style that manages to be hilarious and evoking; which is difficult when it comes to total buzzkill subjects like the state of our government. Esquire even went so far as to call him one of six comedians who will be the next big thing, and an important figure in a new era of “alt-comedians.”

His wildly popular podcast, Last Week on Earth, served as his own makeshift talk show before he landed the hosting gig on Idiotest.

Both of these endeavors are stepping stones toward his ultimate goal of following in the footsteps of Carson and Letterman to become a late-night talk show host. He is well on his way, having managed to regularly share a platform with diverse comedians from Chelsea Handler to CNN’s Don Lemon and forming close relationships with many heavy-hitters in his industry.

I had the opportunity to chat with Gleib about his past and future in the comedy world and his headlining stint in Sacramento, Oct. 22–25 at Punch Line.

Your list of accomplishments made me feel like a lazy person.

How did you get there?

So slowly. It took a lot of time to build up my resume in this business. You have to keep focused and never doubt yourself, and eventually, all of these things start to pile up. I remember like it was yesterday, being 23 years old and freshly graduating from college, and writing and pitching shows that were being declined all the time.

I worked on one particular show for three whole years of college, and when I graduated I decided to write a pilot and pitch it to TV networks. No one wanted it and I had to pick up my pieces and move on.

Eventually, the National Lampoon Network picked it up and it lasted three seasons.

Things continued on from there. The next year, I was cast in my first movie, Bar Starz.

Then, a few years later, I was asked to be on Chelsea Lately, where I stood for a solid seven years. Then, I was cast to voice Marshall the Sloth for Ice Age: Continental Drift. Things just came one after another and I never really stopped moving or looking for opportunities.

It’s hard to talk to you right now and not imagine a cartoon sloth holding the receiver on the other end. Anyways, how is your game show going?

When the Chelsea Lately show ended, my show Idiotest aired.

We have already done over 105 episodes since. It's insane how things really came together.

I’ve always wanted to host my own show, and it supports my ultimate goal of wanting to become a late-night talk show host. Man, I could not be happier.

I have my own show and it’s amazing. The whole show is about making people look stupid and laughing at them; it’s my specialty. I eventually want to get into hosting a late-night talk show, so this isn’t a bad step.

How was working on Chelsea Lately? Is Chelsea Handler as “I do me” as she seems?

She’s exactly how you would imagine. She’s very outspoken and whacky on and off set. She’s a fantastic woman and working

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with her was great. You always had to be on your toes around her. She talks shit like crazy!

She is a woman who challenges things and lives how she wants.

Interesting. So how does your mind twist serious issues into being comedic and still provoking?

I’m quite pro-marijuana, for sure.

You are often asked to guest star on NPR and CNN to discuss politics. Who are you endorsing for the next president?

Actually, I am really undecided at this point. They all look really interesting. Bernie Sanders is extremely intriguing. I’m just legitimately trying to see what everyone is about. Definitely not voting for Trump, though.

Is this your official pro-weed endorsement?

I will publicly endorse that. In fact, the basis for a segment on a web series I did was a fictional movie theater in Colorado that served weed, it was called “Trinidope.” It was fictional … at the time. Six months after I filmed that, Colorado opened up a weed theater.

Why not?! Who wouldn’t vote for a racist celebrity weirdo?

That guy is absolutely nuts! He’s not one to run for politics.

How’s your creative process?

My process is definitely pretty scattered and varied. I keep a notebook and am always writing down every thought I have that might lead to a skit. I mostly have great ideas in the middle of great conversations, a date or even in the middle of sex. I like to just pause and write it down.

You just wrote an interesting op-ed about Donald Trump for Huffington Post…

Yeah, for some sick reason a lot of people misinterpreted it and thought I was endorsing him, when in fact I was at the complete opposite of that spectrum. I really said something along the lines of, “electing Trump would surely lead to WW3.” I said he was very interesting and the way that he talks about politics is very interesting because its unvarnished and brings a lot of criticism. When he does debate after debate and interview after interview by saying he’s confident in dealing with Syria and Russia because, “Well, I have such a good relationship with them. They’re gonna love me,” it’s not really such a great plan, because it shows that he really just gets along with the worst of everyone.

How important is it to bring comedy into things that aren’t so lighthearted, such as the filthy world of politics?

One of the best ways to attack truth and power is through jokes. If you’re going to speak the truth, you better make it funny or else they will kill you.

I think people love to laugh, and they can take honest truth more when they are laughing.

It’s just a good way to point out things. Everything is just a little more effective when there is laughter involved.

What? That sounds horrible and rude. That’s not a good creative process!

No, all you have to do is keep the lower half of your body moving. You can still grab your phone and jot down some notes.

It’s multitasking.

I guess you can use the, “You’re my inspiration” line … I guess.

Yeah, “You’re my muse, baby!” It does sound pretty bad to think of funny things during that time, doesn’t it? Doesn’t seem like the time to be the butt of a joke.

Inspiration comes when it comes.

Ready for Sac? I want people to come out and see the show! I promise to not talk about politics very much at all, just ready to share my weird observations about the world with your city. Also, ready to grub on this farm-to-fork food I hear about.

Catch Ben Gleib live Oct. 22–25 at the Punch Line Comedy Club, located at 2100 Arden Way. Gleib will perform a total of six shows, all 18-and-over. Tickets range from $15 to $20 and are available online at Punchlinesac.com or by calling (916) 925-5500.

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Soul Sister

Sharon Jones battles return of cancer through faith, strength and commitment to the stage Words Jacob Sprecher Photo Jake Chessum

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haron Jones is not just a soul sister.

She is the soul sister of this generation.

That’s it. Period. End of story. In fact I dare you to filter through the last 20 years of genuine soul music and find any woman who even comes close to matching the quantity and quality of Jones’ musical output. Then again, that’d just be a waste of your time.

And now the one and only Miss Sharon Jones—“the star of the show with the magnetic je ne sai quoi”—is once again using that very soul to push through a second trying battle with cancer. Indeed, the pancreatic cancer Jones fought and defeated through 2013 and ‘14 has returned, as she just recently announced at the 40th Annual Toronto Film Festival. But if you think for one second that’s going to stop Jones and her long time band the Dap-Kings from doing the boogaloo on their looming West Coast swing, better think again.

“It feels great to get up [onstage] knowing the chemo is in me and still having that energy. I can sing and I feel good and my fans are supporting me,” tells a confident Jones.

Afterall, this is the same woman who spent years working as a corrections officer at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, as well as an armored car guard. She doesn’t take shit from anyone, let alone cancer.

Even with an uphill battle staring her in the face, Jones has a lot to be thankful for, and she knows it. The Dap-Kings, are still the tip-tops of backing groups in contemporary soul. If you’ve ever seen them live, then you know what I’m talking about, and Jones is proud to tell it.

“This weekend past, Binky played [guitar] by himself. We always have two guitars. But Joe [Crispiano] twisted his ankle and couldn’t walk, so Binky just played the show by himself.

That’s how tight we are.”

It’s not just live performances, though, that Jones can appreciate. The entire Daptone Records crew, along with The Dap-Kings themselves, is a big family, and that doesn’t go unnoticed in trying times.

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ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS “I’m grateful that I have the band to “I don’t think about age too much,” she lean on,” says Jones. “I don’t have time to laughs. “I start looking in the mirror, though, dwell on how I feel. The only thing I can say and I can see it creepin’ up on me. I think right now [in regards to how] the chemo going through the sickness with the chemo is changing me is my hands; it’s really the last couple years, that ages you a lot. darkening my skin. But other than that I’m I can see it put a lot of stress on me; lot OK, and they’re behind me.” of mileage on the body. But hey, 60 is just Jones also happens to be a woman of great another [number]. I pray I get to see 65. I faith. Born in South Carolina, she was raised wanna reach for that.” a Baptist, then began attending Pentecostal Any fan will second that notion, and add services upon moving to Brooklyn as a teen. another 20 years atop the wish list. With And despite her struggles with health in recent an 11-song Christmas album set to drop in years, that lifetime of faith has not wavered— late-October (It’s a Holiday Soul Party), and on the contrary, really. When Jones speaks another prospective full-length come 2016, a of her faith, it’s easy to derive where she healthy Sharon Jones is righteously poised to summons the might of soul which overflows add additional layers to her already bountiful nightly onstage. discography of LPs and 45s. And one can only “I keep my faith because I always imagine that at this point Jones is something believe God is watching,” she says. “He has of a marvel to her doctors, who can’t have too the doctors; he’s watching over them, he’s many other patients that fill the role of soul watching over everything. I believe he brought queen on a nightly basis during pancreatic me this far—all this work, everything cancer treatment. that’s happened to me—I claim “They just tell me to be that as my blessing. And so careful and go [with] how “My faith is my faith hasn’t changed.

I feel,” she says. “It’s gonna take care of My faith is gonna take up to you how you me and see me through care of me and see feel mentally. The this, too. And you gotta me through this, too. chemo is going to believe in yourself. You gotta And you gotta believe take over but that’s believe that what you pray in yourself. You gotta still a couple months for is gonna be accepted. I’m believe that what you ahead. The gigs gotta gonna continue to go on. No pray for is gonna be be paced out so I don’t matter what’s up or down, overexert, but I’m quite accepted. I’m gonna I’m gonna deal with it.” sure everything’s gonna continue to go on. No - Sharon Jones matter what’s up or down, work.”

I’m gonna deal with it.”

And with that we begin That same fortitude is what to wait for the next show, hoping for made Jones the subject of two-time another and another and another as time Academy Award-winning documentarian goes by. But when you see Sharon at the Barbara Kopple’s most recent film, Miss Mondavi Center, or up at the Cascade in Sharon Jones!, which debuted at that Redding, or anywhere else, remind yourself same Toronto Film Festival where Jones that this is not the path every person chooses announced the return of her cancer. The to take when faced with a challenge. This is film itself showcases Jones’ first battle the path of a true entertainer. A true soul with the disease and her continued touring sister. Take note and appreciate. Because it throughout, and will see its U.S. premiere on doesn’t happen everyday.

Nov. 12 in New York City. Jones herself was “I have faith,” says Jones. “That’s all I can very pleased with the final product. tell anyone. Those dates are there, and I’m “Working with them wasn’t a matter of gonna be there.” working with them, it was just a matter of them following me around,” explains Jones.

“They followed me on and off from June of ‘13 to January of ‘15.

You’ll have two chances to see this “It’s amazing to take all that footage and remarkable lady (and her remarkable bring it down to an hour and a half and tell a backing band) in action in the Sacramento story. It turned out great: I cried, I laughed.” area. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will rock the Mondavi Center in Davis on Oct. 30.

While you’d never guess it watching her Tickets start at $27 ($20 for students, $13.50 shake and shimmy through a 20-song set, Jones for under 18) and can be purchased through will turn 60 next year. But age, as with so many Mondaviarts.org. If you’re up for a bit of a drive, you could also head up to Redding on other things, can be a matter of perspective.

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The Blue Lamp Rachelle DeBelle (Dr. Luna), Peter Cornett (Floater), Devon Galley, Ben Herte, 8 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m.

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

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

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Press Club M. Lockwood Porter, Teenager, Criminal Code, Joseph Kojima Gray, 8 p.m.

9.29 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Dirk Dig (Album Release), The BeatKnocks, Black Sky Ent, Jemezzy Ba’be, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Beth Hart, Jeremy Briggs, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Simple Creation, 9:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Joe Ely, 5:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays w/ The Good Fortune, Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Rainy & The Rattlesnakes, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Quinn Hedges, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

9.30 Wednesday

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

The Blue Lamp Bars 4 Ca$h, 8 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s The Oh Hellos, 6 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Felix Cavaliere, 7:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub The Ghost Town Rebellion, Sages, Area Grey, 8 p.m.

Press Club Not A Part of It, Hybrid Creeps, Mob Rule, 8 p.m.

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

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Peter Petty & the Double P Review, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Corin Courtyard Felice LaZae, 6:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Mavis Staples, Joan Osborne, 8 p.m.

University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Nooner w/ The Ghost Town Rebellion, 12 p.m.

Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Grass Valley) Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, 8 p.m.

10.01 thursday

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Grind: Young Cheddar, Black Sky, KillaGabe, Brand McCoy, H-Y Loco, Different Strokes, JCreep, WNTRS, Playboy, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones, Dead Rock West, 7 p.m.

The Hideaway Bar & Grill Trash Rock Thursdays, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Way Out West, 10 p.m.

Press Club Bottom 40 Dance Party, 10 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith and the House Band, 8 p.m.

Stoney’s Hot Country Dancing w/ DJ Patrick, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Left Coast Country, Felice Lazae, 9 p.m.

University Union Ballroom, CSUS The Mowgli’s, The Tipsy Hustlers, James Cavern, 7:30 p.m.

Bar 101 The Stuff, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp San Quinn, Turf Talk, DJ Eddie Z, JG Madeumlook, Bloe, Big Omeezy and More, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Stray From The Path, Comeback Kid, Being As An Ocean, Major League, Deez Nutz, End The Fight, 6:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Honyock, Celestions, Would-Be Train Robbers, Failure Machine, 8:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

DeVille Vacaville Mark Chesnutt, Jon Emery & the Dry County Drinkers, 7 p.m.

Dive Bar J*Ras, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Kevin Seconds & Friends, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Branded, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s A Night of Flamenco w/ Jason Wright & Sara Maria, 7 p.m.; Mustache Harbor: Yacht Rock Explosion, 9:30 p.m.

Luna's Cafe Norcal Noise Fest: Joe Colley, Chopstick, Scott Arford, Worceracs, Amy Reed, Milson Tilsdale and More, 6:30 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Requiem Events Presents: That Thing On Friday w/ Cue22, Leitmotif, Dutch Pirate and More, 10 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

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

Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Poparazzi, 4 p.m.; Max Cabello Jr, 9:30 p.m.

Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Safe In Sound Festival w/ Bro Safari, Datsik, Zomboy, Dirtyphonics, Terravita, 7 p.m.

Shine The Sacramento Classic Jazz Messengers, 8 p.m.

Sierra Shangri-La Resort ZuhG Fest w/ Nylon Lyonn, The Soul Shine Band, One Dollar Check, Good Samaritans and More, 4:30 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Johnny Cash Tribute, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Marco Antonio Solis Y Camila, 7 p.m.

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UC Davis: Jackson Hall Rising Stars of Opera, 4 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp Discordia, Graveshadow, In The Silence, Retconstruct, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Fronzilla Palisades, Whitney Peyton, It Lives It Breathes, 6:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Herman’s Hermits, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Norcal Noise Fest: Uberkunst, +DOG+, Xome, Actuary, Thomas Dimuzio, Thirteen Hurts, Overdose the Katatonic, Jack Hertz, Sharkiface, Conscious Summary and More, 1:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park Latin Food and Music Festival, 10 a.m.

DeVille Vacaville A Mile Till Dawn, Jamie Havok, Urd-Om, The Sapphire Sisters, 8 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Stummies, The Jingle Monkies, 9 p.m.

Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Petty Theft (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tribute), Cherry Bomb (John Mellencamp tribute), 8 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Gregg Allman, 7:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Folsom Symphony, 11 a.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Sean Hayes, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Peter Cetera, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Laura Johnson, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Lipstick w/ DJs Shaun Slaughter & Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Disco Revolution, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

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

Sierra Shangri-La Resort ZuhG Fest w/ Mac Russ, Massive Delicious, Dank Ocean, J*Ras, Braden Scott Band, IdeaTeam, Addverse Effects, Sol Seed and More, 10:30 a.m.

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Starlite Lounge Acid King, CHRCH (LP Release), Cura Cochino, Noctooa, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Mick Martin and friends, 2 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort R. Kelly, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Pomegranate, 5:30 p.m.; Dave Gonzales & the Branded Men, Twilight Drifters, 9 p.m.

Warehouse Artist Lofts R Street Block Party w/ Lunaverse feat.

Zoey B, Pets, James Cavern, Gentleman Surfer, So Much Light, Pregnant, 3 p.m.

10.04 sunday

Ace of Spades Joe Nichols, Brodie Stewart, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Bars 4 Ca$h, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Sheepdogs, Radio Moscow, 7 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Buck Ford, 5 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Norcal Noise Fest: Monte Cazazza, Big City Orchestra, Instagon, Klowd, Noisepalm, Doel, Small Drone Orchestra, The Stolen Elk and More, 2:30 p.m.

California Automobile Museum Walter Trout, Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers, Terry Hiatt Band, 6 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s George Kahumoku Jr., 5:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Hot Tuna, 7:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Lori Morvan, 3 p.m.

Press Club Burning Palms, Eugene Ugly, Alicia Murphy, 5 p.m.; Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Sierra Shangri-La Resort ZuhG Fest w/ Campfire Crooners, Guero, In the No, The Three Way, EGG and More, 11 a.m.

Starlite Lounge And And And, VVomen, Little Tents, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Take Out, 3 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m.

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

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

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Press Club Fernando, 50 Watt Heavy, 8 p.m.

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

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Black Knight Satellite, Lift, Billy Shaddox, 8 p.m.

Press Club Youth Cult Dance Party, 9 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Sean Lehe & TFP, Grace Love & the True Loves, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Corin Courtyard Bomba Fried Rice, 6:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, 8 p.m.

University Union Serna Plaza, CSUS Nooner w/ Century Got Bars, 12 p.m.

10.06 10.08 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp The BeatKnocks, (Album Release), Dirk Dig, California Bear Gang, Penny, DKONZ and More, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays w/ Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio and Special Guests, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Guitar Club, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Dennis James, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

10.07 wednesday

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

The Blue Lamp Prophets of Addiction, Infinite Vastness, 8 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Thursday

Ace of Spades The Amity Affliction, Chelsea Grin, Secrets, Cruel Hand, The Plot In You, 6:30 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Independents, Black Cat Attack, The Secretions, Strange Party, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Carnifex, Within the Ruins, Black Tongue, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Salythia, 6:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Big Mike and the Rhythm Section, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Manhattan Transfer, 7:30 p.m.

(Sold Out) The Hideaway Bar & Grill Trash Rock Thursdays, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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Salythia Carnifex, Within the Ruins, Black Tongue, The Last Ten Seconds of Life The Boardwalk 6:30 p.m.

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The Madison Hudson Band Art Mulcahy feat. Leland Vandermeulen DeVille Vacaville 9 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Stilldreamin w/ Unicorn Fukr, Lisa Rose, B Funky (of Durty DJs), Ben Ten (of Cue22), AlleyCvts, 9 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Kenny Frye, 10 p.m.

Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith and the House Band, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Pageantry, Contra, 9:30 p.m.

Stoney’s Hot Country Dancing w/ DJ Patrick, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Matt Rainey, The Dippin Sauce, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Coleen Heauser, 4 p.m.; The Wiz Kid, 9:30 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Xoblique, Utmarkt, Broken Undertone, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Rash (Rush tribute), 6:30 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Friends, 5:30 p.m.; Ranell Carpenter, Jake Nielsen, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Corin Courtyard Los Hot Boxers, 6:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo, 8 p.m.

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Bar 101 Christian DeWild, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Rappin 4Tay, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Sianvar, Strawberry Girls, Oranges, Wolf & Bear, Articles, Tell The Wolves, 6:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

DeVille Vacaville The Madison Hudson Band, Art Mulcahy feat.

Leland Vandermeulen, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Ryan Hernandez, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Adam Block, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Buck Ford, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Civil Twilight, Dreamers, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Bollywood Masala Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) The Ultimate Rat Pack: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides John Lennon B-Day Tribute Show feat. The Winstons, Clouds Roll By, The Brangs, Swahili Passion and More, 8:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Ace of Spades Jon Pardi, Tyler Rich, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 One Leg Chuck, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp J.Diggs, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Jonny Craig, Travis Garland, Kyle Lucas, Zach Van Dyck, Jordan Blake, 6:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Kim Soo Hee, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Death Party At the Beach, Stationary, Burning Landscapes, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum NeoCrocker 2015: A Modern Culture Party III feat. Fantastic Negrito, Sizzling Sirens Burlesque, Piano Bar, Dueling DJ’s & More, 8 p.m.

DeVille Vacaville Americana Mayhem, The Bad Decision, Gigantis, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Unity Roots, Pure Kin, 9 p.m.

Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Joni Morris (Patsy Cline tribute), 5:30 p.m.; Duran Duran Duran, Conditioned Soul (Eurythmics tribute), 9:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Gordon Lightfoot, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Bollywood Masala Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Level Up Lounge Guest DJs, 9 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

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Old Ironsides Las Pesadillas, Temp des Nuits, James Finch, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Lost In Suburbia, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Shane Dwight, 10 p.m.

Shine Proxy Moon, The Sweet By & By, Liz Ryder, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Lee Bob & the Truth, Whiskerman, 9:30 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Malcom Bliss, Glug, Last of Us, Ellusive Furs, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Doobie Hits, West Sac Toy Run, 12 p.m.; Fryed Brothers Band, 3 p.m.

Torch Club Whoopie Qat, 5:30 p.m.; Big Sticky Mess, IdeaTeam, 9 p.m.

10.11 Sunday

Ace of Spades Rebel Souljahz, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Radio Heavy, Straight Shooter, Blood Red Sky, The Cutbacks, 7 p.m.

The Boardwalk Rayven Justice, Pricless Da Roc, Get It Indy, 7 p.m.

Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Los Cadetes De Linares De Rigoberto Cantu, 6 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Park KNCI’s Taste of Country w/ Frankie Ballard, James Otto, Lauren Alaina, 3 p.m.

Crest Theatre The Pro-Mones, 7 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert: Mirror Visions Ensemble, 3 p.m.

DeVille Vacaville “Make A Difference” California Fire Relief Benefit w/ Terry Sheets Band, The Color Wild, Lyndsey Elm, 5 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Ethan Bortnick, 2 p.m.; Shawn Colvin, 7:30 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Martin Sexton, Walter Salas-Humara, 7:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, 3 p.m.

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

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 6 p.m.

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The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m.

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

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

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Press Club Conflict, Total Chaos, Ssyndrom, Enemy Fire, 8 p.m.

Comedy Crest Theatre Jim Jefferies - The Freedumb Tour, Oct. 1, 8 p.m.

Sac Comedy Fest: David and Leeman, Cheryl “The Soccer Mom,” Oct. 2, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Bruce Jingles feat. Jimmy Earll, Oct. 2 - 4, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Comedy Open Mic Showcase, Oct. 6, 8 p.m.

Hope Flood, Mario Hodge & Ricco da Great, Oct. 7, 7 p.m.

Turning A New Leaf: Recording of Leaf’s DVD, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Sac Comedy Fest, Oct. 9 - 10 Stephen Furey, Johnny Taylor, Daniel Humbarger, Mark Smalls, David Naimyar and More, Oct. 11, 7 p.m.

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Momo Sacramento MASS w/ Keith Lowell Jensen and Johnny Taylor Jr., Oct. 4, 7 p.m.

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Byron Bowers, Oct. 1 - 4, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Sac Comedy Fest: Lavender Lights - Gay and Proud, Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

Tim Meadows, Oct. 8 - 10, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10 p.m.

Two Root Beer Minimum w/ Mike E. Winfield (13+ with Supervision), Oct. 11, 6 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 8 p.m.

Improv Lab, Harold Night & Gordon Teams, Wednesday’s, 7 - 10 p.m.

Cage Match & Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 8 - 10 p.m.

Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m.

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B Street Theatre Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche

by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood, Oct. 3 - Nov. 15 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Blue Line Arts Gallery 30 Painters to Collect, through Oct. 2 The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Cal Expo 5th Annual Sacramento Aloha Festival, Oct. 3, 9 a.m.

Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Central Park (Davis) International Festival Davis, Oct. 4, 12 p.m.

Community Center Theatre An Evening With Michael Pollan, Sept. 29, 8 p.m.

Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.

Crest Theatre The Seeds Pushin’ Too Hard, Oct. 3, 7 p.m.

Access Sacramento’s 16th A Place Called Sacramento Film Festival, Oct. 4, 1 p.m.

Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Oct. 8 - 10 Pet Sematary w/ Music Guests The Pro-Mones, Oct. 11, 7 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Neo-Crocker: A Modern Culture Party, Oct. 10, 8 p.m.

Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage, through Oct. 11 FE Gallery Original Masks Art Show feat.

Peggy Bjerkan, Mike Dickau, Ianna Frisby, Robert Hosea and More, through Oct. 1 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Harris Center Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India, Oct. 9 - 10 Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

John Natsoulas Gallery Myron Stephens Solo Exhibition, through Oct. 3

Kupros Craft House Trivia with Triviology 101, Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Mark Fox & Friends, Oct. 1 - 31 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Mather Airport 10th Annual California Capital Airshow, Oct. 2 - 4 Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Mondavi Center - Jackson Hall Twyla Tharp Dance Company, Oct. 6, 8 p.m.

Our Lady of the Rosary American Lebanese and Middle Eastern Festival, Oct. 3 - 4 Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, Tuesday’s, 8 p.m.

River Walk Park (West Sacramento) Northern California Latin American Festival, Oct. 10, 11 a.m.

Roseville Corporation Yard Bacon and Brew Bash, Oct. 3, 5 p.m.

Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church Asian Food and Cultural Bazaar, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.

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The Green Inferno is the latest gore fest from horror guru Eli Roth. His real life spouse, Lorenza Izzo, stars as the film’s heroine, Justine—an 18-year-old freshman at an unnamed New York City university ready to change the world. Popular singer/ songwriter, Sky Ferreira plays Justine’s roommate and best friend, Kaycee—a rebel with an I-hate-the-world kind of attitude.

The film opens with Justine and Kaycee being awoken by the emphatic sounds of the campus’s Activist Change Team (ACT), led by Latin heartthrob and “life changer,” Alejandro (Ariel Levy) and his fiery (and territorial) sidekick/girlfriend, Kara (Ignacia Allamand). Kaycee and Justine lament over ACT in the beginning, cursing them for waking them up early and calling them “poseurs” but soon, Justine is overtaken by the lust in Alejandro’s eyes and she has a sudden urge to help save the world. And thus, all hell breaks loose.

Flash forward and these college students, still with innocence and stardust in their eyes, are travelling to Peru to stop a big-name oil corporation from destroying the Amazon and the native tribes that still reside there. They disguise themselves in the same uniforms said big corporation oil guys are wearing, put on masks so that they are all “one face,” chain themselves SubmergeMag.com

to the bulldozers and whip out their phones, the Millennials’ weapon of choice.

Alejandro even says, “These are our guns!” and, “Never stop streaming,” recording all the action so that they can go viral on the Internet. Soon, there are guns in their faces courtesy of the Peruvian militia, but they walk out alive because of Justine’s status (did I mention that Justine’s father is a lawyer for the United Nations?). You can probably figure out the twist at this point.

Everyone (except for Justine, of course) is celebrating on the plane ride out because they’ve gone viral and, OMG, CNN retweeted them, when, in the greatest irony, their small plane goes down and they land in the middle of the Amazon among a native tribe that does not want them there.

OK. So, here is where you have to start suspending your disbelief, any knowledge of cultural accuracy, and get yourself ready for a typical Eli Roth kind of horror film (keep in mind, this is the guy we have to thank for the Hostel franchise). Anyway, they land in the Peruvian Amazonian rainforest with this uncontacted native tribe (most likely based on the real life Awá peoples of Brazil) and things go from bad to worse.

Their plane and several of their compadres are ruined in a fiery, horrific

and very gory accident. The ones who have survived think they will be saved because they hear rustling in the bushes but, wouldn’t ya’ know, the same uncontacted tribe they were trying to “save” (you’ll get those quotation marks if you see the movie) instantly become their demise (and also, this tribe are cannibals).

From here, the movie just becomes a total bloodbath for bloodbath’s sake. There are lots of vivid killings with spears, limbs being chopped up (because Hostel) and, of course, plenty of cannibalism for your taste buds (see what I did there?). Luckily, Roth decided to include some comic relief, because the killings and cannibalism start to become rudimentary and cliché.

I wouldn’t say that this film was scary but it was definitely gory. It was basically a classic shock value horror film. Obviously, this film isn’t really kid-friendly (unless you want to ruin their lives and give them nightmares about cannibals coming to eat them in their sleep). And, honestly, you can probably just save yourself the $11 movie ticket and wait for it to come out on Netflix.

It wasn’t a bad movie (trust me, I’ve seen worse in the horror genre) but it wasn’t a particularly good movie either. But, if you’re an extreme horror buff like me and see every horror movie that comes out, good or bad (mostly bad), then this won’t be a complete waste of time. Oh, and the fact that they left it open for a sequel at the end kind of killed it all … because there does not need to be a sequel to this film.

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Pope Francis touched down in America this past week. As I write this, he’s spending his last day in the States in Philadelphia, the city that famously booed Santa Claus. I guess if any city needed a touch of holiness, it’s Philly. In his wake, craziness happened.

First off, on a personal note, his visit New York City coincided with the Mets clinching the National League East title for the first time since 2006. Something like this may not mean much to you spoiled Giants fans in the audience who have seen your team win World Series championships every other year, but for us Mets fans it’s a fucking miracle, clearly papal in nature. Thanks, Papa F. The madness didn’t stop there. Pope Francis also had an impact on the U.S. economy.

Merchandisers went nuts cranking out trinkets and knick knacks to celebrate (and profitize) the Holy Father’s visit to the East Coast. Hey, if you missed out on his visit, you can still go to Popefrancisvisit.com to pick up a few momentos.

Perhaps a $12 calendar of prayers will help you reflect on economic inequalities around the world. If you need a little more reassurance, maybe pick up a life-size standee of the pope for just $160. Who knows? Maybe the Holy Spirit will speak to you through this Cardboard Conduit and give you the guidance you need to soldier through a difficult time in your life. I, for one, will probably need one when the Mets get bulldozed by Kershaw and Greinke in the playoffs.

Local merchants also had a field day with the Pope’s likeness. Plushies, T-shirts and buttons were cranked out to the joy of the clamoring masses, but those gathered in NYC and Philly were also blessed enough to ingest Francis’ very essence. Artuso Bakery in Bronx, New York, offered cookies graced with with Francis’ calming visage for you to devour or perhaps dunk in milk or coffee, therefore consecrating it. If you were in search of more adult fare, Philadelphia Brewing Company concocted Holy Wooder, which, according to its logo, was “The Official Beer of the Pope.”

Unfortunately, this Belgian-style triple was only available on tap, so your liver probably won’t have the chance to be blessed by this unsullied spirit.

Pastificio Deli, also in Philadelphia, molded mozzarella into pope shapes in honor of the Holy Visit, but they’re almost too creepy to mention.

James Barone jb@submergemag.com I just felt a shiver.

However, Pope Francis’ biggest impact on the United States, at least in the immediate future, may have taken place in Washington D.C. No, no one carved a Francis statue out of colby jack, at least not to my knowledge, but his presence may have precipitated a big cheese’s decision to step down.

Adios, Speaker of the House John Boehner. I have to admit, I was shocked to hear that he was stepping down. I mean, sure, he broke down into a sobbing mess as Pope Francis addressed an enthused crowd of onlookers from the balcony of the U.S. Capitol, but it’s not like he hasn’t cried before. Dude breaks down in public on the reg.

But, as the Internet was quick to jump upon, this was a cry of epic proportions.

Did you see his face?! It was like watching a covered pot over boil. The lid tries its hardest to keep it together, but it’s no use. That shit is going to blow. I’m not a fan of Boehner— we probably wouldn’t agree on much of anything politically— but I do kind of admire the fact that he’ll just lose it at the drop of a hat.

Politics always seems so orchestrated and focusgrouped, but this guy devolves into a simpering mess no matter how many people are watching. It’s kind of endearing, if not sort of pathetic.

With another big vote to avoid a government shutdown on the horizon, and pressure from the more extreme yahoos in his party to stick it to Obama if for no other reason than to stick it to Obama, maybe the Pope, with his message of togetherness and acceptance made Boehner realize that he and the rest of Congress, on both sides, have just been a bunch of dicks. The Sunday after he announced his resignation, Boehner told Face the Nation, that he believed that hardline conservatives were “unrealistic” about what government could do and referred to those members of his party as “false prophets.” Pretty tough words from a crybaby. Kidding. Sheesh.

By now the Pope is on his way back to a Popetopia, leaving a very different America behind him, an America where the Mets may be World Series champions. That’s certainly an America I’d love to live in.

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