Submerge Magazine: Issue 204 (January 4 - 18, 2016)

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It has become routine that with every new year, we tend to reflect on the year that has passed. When you look back, you may recognize some changes that would be nice to make moving forward, thus creating a happier you in the year to come.

It might sound mundane—and maybe most resolutions are—but for me, I’d really like to eat better, work out more, make more time to hangout with friends and family, be better organized and go to sleep at a decent hour (no more of this 3 a.m. shit).

For me, there’s a major shift that needs to happen to get the ball in motion, and that’s better time management. Hopefully this will allow me to work less in 2016, thus freeing up “me” time. Challenge accepted!

But what about you? Are you still looking for something to change? If you were out of town or somehow missed our feature by writer Amy Serna on her resolution to run a marathon in 365 days, it’s up on our website now. And regardless of your resolution(s), I think that her story is a great place find inspiration for any sort of challenge or life change.

As far as looking back at the year that was, we also have some great stuff in this issue: • On page 4, Jonathan Carabba reflects on some of Sacramento’s most memorable arts and entertainment happenings in 2015, for better or worse. From festivals to businesses openings, 2015 was mostly a great year.

• On pages 28 and 29, you’ll find a list of Submerge’s favorite albums of 2015. Every year, our best-of list is compiled by a big group of our writers, so it’s quite the eclectic mix.

This year we did things differently by breaking it up into two sections: 15 best national albums and 15 best local albums. While there are always going to be a few albums we categorize as local that could very well fall into the national category, we just wanted our readers to know which albums have ties in one way or another to the Sacramento region.

• On page 12, you’ll find our end-ofthe-year film wrap-up. It’s not your usual, straightforward “Best Movies of 2015” sort of list. These are films that are off the beaten path that our writer, Andrew Russell, thinks deserve some acknowledgement.

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Sacramento’s Arts/Entertainment 2015 Wrap-Up: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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A lot of stuff happened in 2015 when it comes to Sacramento’s arts and entertainment scenes. Some of it was good, some of it was bad and some of it was downright ugly. Looking back on it all, here is a list of a few of my personal favorite (and least favorite) things that went down, because who doesn’t love lists? Think I missed something? Shoot me an email and let’s discuss. Happy New Year!

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New ownership at The Boardwalk. Eric Rushing (of Ace of Spades and The Artery Foundation) and his crew took over the iconic venue in early 2015. It’s been a major relief to see one of Sacramento’s most notorious and beloved live music rooms get some new life breathed back into it. Their calendar in 2015 was consistently stacked, all year. Go see some shows there in 2016!

The long-awaited release of Sacramento native Colin Hanks’ documentary All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, which screened for the first time locally in April at (you guessed it) Tower Theatre. A long time in the making (seven-plus years!), but well worth it. So much Sacto fame in this doc, a must-see for anyone who ever stepped foot in a Tower.

Coin-Op Game Room opening in early May. We finally got a legit video game bar, Sacramento! We can’t tell you how many times we, or friends of ours, talked about how our town needed one of these bad boys.

Classic arcade games meets legit beer list meets bomb pizza.

Yes, please!

The inaugural First Festival went down on May 23 at River Walk Park in West Sacramento, featuring a choice selection of all local bands in an absolutely beautiful setting. We see big potential in FF!

Chalk It Up sidewalk chalk art and music festival reached a major milestone this year: the quarter-century mark, 25 years! They do a lot to support local youth arts programs, and deserve all the praise in the world for their efforts.

Blackalicious headlining Concerts In the Park on May 29. Huge moment for hip-hop in Sacramento. Record-setting attendance, and wouldn’t you know it, nothing bad happened! Hope to see more hip-hop at CIP (and other local events!) in the future.

All the local stabbings. A group of local musicians got stabbed, the French train hero dude, local Spencer Stone, got stabbed … WTF Sacramento?! Stop being so sketchy!

Local rapper Task1ne got ousted for ripping off tons of lyrics. Not cool at all.

The first-ever R Street Block Party and Makers Mart on Oct. 3 was a smashing success, bringing together local bands, local artists, local vendors and more than 3,000 attendees. We’re already looking forward to the next one in May 2016!

River City Brewing Company closed their Downtown Plaza location after 20-plus years. All that arena construction was bound to push out some of our fave local businesses.

The good news is RCBC is opening a new location in Carmichael in 2016.

Sol Collective celebrated 10 years of arts, culture and activism this November. To even try to sum up how much this local organization does for the arts community with my limited word count is impossible. Thanks for all you do, Sol!

Breaking new ground on the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts in June. Formerly the Fremont School in Midtown Sacramento, the 47,000-square-foot facility will, when opened, house studio and event space for local art groups and will be a gathering place for neighbors and artists alike.

TBD Fest is in financial trouble.

The Sacramento Bee reported in late 2015 that the popular threeday music and art festival is facing money problems. We sincerely hope that the organizers can figure things out, get everyone paid and keep on track, ‘cause I’ve had so much fun at TBD the last couple years. Plus, they bring amazing world-class artists to our town.

The ridiculous “it’s gotta be a local artist” backlash/ arguments that occurred when plans were revealed this year that the City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Kings would purchase an $8 million sculpture from worldfamous artist Jeff Koons to be placed outside the new arena downtown. I wouldn’t want any of our amazing local artists getting turned down in another city, ‘cause they weren’t from there. A mix of local and international art is best, in my opinion, and that’s what we’ll get at the new arena.

The historic Ice Blocks building burning down was pretty lame, too. A lot of locals were excited to see the restoration of a building with so much history.

Concerts at Gibson Ranch don’t work! In 2015, both the City of Trees Fest and Aftershock Fest experienced massive problems holding their events at Gibson Ranch. Major traffic woes (one of our photographers waited in his car in traffic for over three hours leaving Aftershock) and a lack of water are amongst the top complaints.

Bottle and Barlow opening in July. Bartender extraordinaire Jayson Wilde and barber Anthony Giannotti joined forces with the folks from Hook and Ladder and Golden Bear to launch this unique bar-meetsbarbershop, a great addition to the historic R Street corridor.

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Outside the 9-to-5 Braving the Elements

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Every Sacramento winter I've experienced has been tolerable. We don’t get snow, it rarely drops below 35 degrees and sometimes I feel like taking a walk in shorts and a T-shirt on an especially nonwintery day. This winter feels different. Pulling out of my driveway this morning, the thermometer read 23 degrees, and I couldn’t see my neighbors house because of all the fog. I love winter, but I hate being cold. I'm all about being cozy in a blizzard and looking like a marshmallow to stay warm. Here’s how I stay comfortable when the weather is not.

The sun begins to set and all of a sudden chilled winds at unfathomable speeds rush past my face as my nose begins to freeze. I’m setting up my tent in the Eastern Sierras, and it’s cold.

I grab a borrowed puffy, my 5-year-old beanie and gloves without finger tips and start to realize why I live in Sacramento; usually, we can go through winter with jeans and a sweatshirt—no big deal. This is not a one time occurrence for me. I've experienced this same trip over a dozen times but have finally learned how to overcome freezing temperatures. Follow these guidelines for surviving in sub-Sacramento weather, and you'll be a happy camper from here on out.

Hand warmers. If you didn’t already know that, good luck to you on all your outdoor adventures. Stick ‘em in the bottom of your sleeping bag when or before you go to sleep and you'll be in heaven for the rest of the night … Or for the next eight hours at least. I always end up getting Grabber Warmers from REI, but I recently found out you can really get these anywhere—even at The Dollar Store.

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Too cheap for hand warmers? Boil hot water in whatever nifty stove you have, be it a Jetboil, a 19-year-old MSR WhisperLite or a camper van stove because you like to go glamping. Put the hot water into your water bottle and throw that in the bottom of your sleeping bag.

Works like a charm.

Bring something to cover your face. Balaclava, buff, scarf, towel, I don’t care, but cover your face. Last New Year’s Eve I was rock climbing in Red Rock, near Las Vegas and it was cold. I wanted to cry because it was so cold, but I didn’t want my tears freezing onto my face. I was offered a buff (pretty much just a hat for your face) and it changed my life. All that warm breath I was expelling now stayed right next to my face. I even had to take it off a few times because it got too warm. Buff … go get one.

When in doubt, sake. Grab a bottle of sake from the store and light up that stove you used earlier. Hot sake on a snowy night will make you the happiest and most popular camper around.

Tire chains. On my most recent adventure, my adventure partner, Katherine and I were driving back to Sacramento from Bishop, California.

It was snowy, and I drive a Prius. Everyone in front of us seemed to be taking the Mammoth Lakes exit but as a first-time snow driver and having belief in my abilities to drive well, we continued on the desolate highway. After getting about 10 feet past the exit, we quickly began to lose control and came to a stop in the middle of the road. By this point I was losing all composure, but we took the snow-plowed exit: Mammoth Lakes. We got to town, bought chains and spent about an hour figuring out how to put them on with our numb fingers. If there was one thing I learned from that trip it’s that you should always carry tire chains, or be prepared to be stranded somewhere (in the cold) for a couple days. They’re worth the investment. Just do it.

Soup. Canned soup. Crack it open, place it in the coals in your fire, sip your hot sake for five minutes and then drink your soup right out of the can. It’s warm, cozy and simple.

Coffee. This should be obvious.

Camp somewhere you can have a fire. Unless you're a hardcore alpinist, it’s not worth it to sit in a circle with your friends around a bunch of rocks and no fire. Figure out where you're allowed to build a fire pit and go there.

Get your snuggle on. If you have a significant other, cuddle buddy, friend or even a pet who you're camping with, zip the two sleeping bags together and get some body heat going—this will change your world.

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There you have it. I’m frugal. I don’t like to spend $800 on a sleeping bag or the newest, sleekest puffy. I can enjoy the outdoors with some $5 booze, a best friend to snuggle with and a can of soup. Use these tips or don’t, but be prepared when leaving the Sacramento area, for you never know what kind of treacherous weather you might encounter.

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In the old days, I’d just look at them coldly and say, “You’re fired!”™, but this whole “government” thing keeps getting in the way now. I keep telling everyone this system is not working for me and we need to get rid of it, but nothing happens. I need more control to get things done. I’ve had Vice President Cruz working on that for a while now, but I think that son of a bitch is holding out on me. I might have to cut him loose on the next go around and get someone that’s more of a pushover like Jeb. He’ll do what I tell him.

Why don’t people listen to me? I am excellent. I am a wonderful, tremendous man.

I have made the White House a classy place again. I am the greatest president this country has ever had the pleasure of electing, probably, and I am doing a spectacular job. What’s not to like?

So we had some problems with the Mexicans. First thing, the door is beautiful. No one can deny that. I got rid of those rapists and criminals like I promised. If some people got upset, pardon me for tearing apart your families and throwing your lives into chaos, but I have a country to run. And I really don’t see why people are blaming me for all of the food shortages that followed. Those lazy farmers just let the food die in the fields because they claimed no one was left to pick it. We’ll see if they change their tunes when I cut the farm subsidies next year!

America should be loving me right now.

Our relationship with Russia is excellent. It’s never been better. Putin is grateful that we helped him stamp out that little skirmish in the Ukraine. People might doubt me at business, but no one saw that move coming.

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It was pure military genius. The UN might not agree, but what do those jerks know anyway?

So we lost a couple of trade partners.

BIG DEAL! That let us bring some of those outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the States, where they belong! So what if the jobs pay less than what they used to. Getting rid of the minimum wage was the right thing to do. That idea polled very well amongst my friends and business associates, aka people in the know.

A few people are still complaining that everything costs too much now. If these people want more than what they can afford, they need to get off their lazy asses and work harder. They need to stop being losers and start winning like me. Take the economy for example. Things were rough until I sold Alaska to the Russians in an amazing deal. It was probably the deal of the century. I made a killing on the back end and got to keep the old state capitol building as my private residence.

If these people are really struggling, they might try selling some stuff first. It worked out great for me!

That’s what I don’t get. Things seem like they are going great for me, but people seem resentful.

They call me selfish, but America doesn’t get it. I am the President and I decide what we are going to do, so I get the biggest piece. If you don’t like it, go live somewhere else.

Americans want me to treat them like I expect to be treated, but how could I? They don’t have their names on the sides of buildings in big, gold letters like me. They don’t own golf courses and beach resorts! They aren’t the President of the United States! They definitely don’t have a daughter that’s hotter than mine, either; not one I’d want to have sex with, anyway. I am simply a better person than everyone else in every way, so how can they expect me to treat them the same way as I expect them to treat me? That would be ridiculous! I am Donald J. Trump, who the fuck are you?

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Noir Nights Film Festival at Crest Theatre • Jan. 15–16 Crest Theatre co-owner Yulya Borroum has fiercely devoted herself to keeping much of the venue’s original vibe and aesthetic while keeping a varied calendar. From live music events to guest speakers, comedy gatherings to one-off screenings of older film favorites, it would seem everyone’s favorite K Street destination is doing great justice to the former management’s legend. The upcoming Noir Nights Film Festival carries on the rich tradition of showing five classic films in special formats preceded by a very cool speakeasy gathering in the Empress Tavern (just below the main theater). For only $35, attendees will be treated to two special nights on the big screen.

Friday night kicks off in grandiose fashion with Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil (1958) and Mildred Pierce (1945) in a rare 35mm film presentation starring the ever-so-beautiful Joan Crawford at the top of her game. Saturday’s offerings are equally impressive with Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) and Out of the Past (1947) featuring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas.

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Now in its fifth arteryclogging year, the annual Bacon Fest is back. Just when you thought you’d gotten a handle on your diet, the festival’s curators threw a curve ball of epic proportions your way. This year’s festivities include nearly 100 restaurants, bars, cafes, coffeehouses, gelato spots, supermarkets and anywhere else that’ll serve their salt-laden purpose. Some highlights this year include (but are most certainly not limited to) a Bacon and Beer Bus Tour (for those who like to go hard with their pork), a special opening night party at Empress Tavern replete with a special bacon and pork menu and a once-ina-lifetime chef challenge and (gasp!) the first annual Bacon Fest Cocktail Competition at Bottle and Barlow. Hosts Nick Miller and Brian Guido have really outdone themselves this year and have already sold out their Bacon Fest Chefs Competition on Jan. 31 at Mulvaney’s B&L without much ado. Bacon lovers who want to get in on the action still have many opportunities across our fair city, so don’t fret just yet.

Other cool official events include a multi-band tribute show at Old Ironsides dubbed the Kevin Bacon Tribute Night, a fabulous bacon paella at Selland’s Market, Bacon and Butter’s first dinner service, a very necessary Hook and Ladder Bacon Fest Brunch, Pangaea Bacon and Beer Night, The Golden Bear Bacon Fest Happy Hour and more.

RSVP at Facebook.com/ SacramentoBaconFest and check out Baconfestsac.com in the interim.

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It isn’t March yet and it’s definitely nowhere near St. Patty’s Day. However, true Irish celebrations don’t operate by a strict calendar. This gathering of local Irish rock bands is sure to please on many fronts whether you enjoy the culture or not. Sacramento’s Whiskey and Stitches open this Friday night party and bring a wonderful concoction of nontraditional rock fare played with even more nontraditional instruments, such as the upright bass, accordion, banjo and mandolin.

Also on the bill are Celtic/Americana act One Eyed Reilly, who will drop some green-colored science with their special brand of rock-infused folk. Closing out the night will be The Pikeys, who effectively mix punk, Celtic, Irish and rock into a mind-boggling stew. Fans of the fiddle and violin and such disparate acts as The Pogues, The Tossers, Tom Waits and Dropkick Murphys will find great reward in their set. The Irishpalooza party starts early (6 p.m.) and only lasts for three hours. When this party is over, you can roam the streets looking for another watering hole (preferably Irish in theme) to do even more damage to your liver and credit card. For the cost of one beer at most fine establishments, your $8 ticket secures you an early night you surely won’t remember. Buy your tickets now at Harlows.com.

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Tangerine

White God

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Beasts of No Nation

The Lobster

The grindhouse

the year in cinema

Some of the Best Films We Saw in 2015 (and One that We Didn’t)

Words Andrew C. Russell

Transexual Cinderellas, stampeding dogs in the streets of Budapest, a heroic sheep … There was much more to cinema in 2015 than the glorious return of Star Wars (even though that was pretty awesome, too). Here are a few films that you might have missed, or at least deserve revisiting, from the year that was.

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Tangerine

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White God

Shaun the Sheep

Sean Baker’s hyperreal slice of West Hollywood street life is one of the most thrilling hand-held style movie experiences since 2011’s Snow on Tha Bluff. The film exists in a sun-drenched, sense-assaulting megalopolis of strip malls, pop-up brothels, crack-fueled beatdowns, fluid gender boundaries and horribly botched family Christmases. Located at the center of the storm is trans sex worker Sin-Dee Rella, trying to find a center of personal gravity and peace while caught up in her friend’s exhausting, day-long vendetta against a cheating pimp/ boyfriend. Zero preaching or selfaware artifice make for a beautifully flawed and utterly believable naturalism. Tangerine found a new paradigm of moving character studies that use Crank 2 and Grand Theft Auto as aesthetic blueprint. An instant time capsule of L.A. energy on a particularly insane Christmas Eve in the early 21st Century.

Amores Perros meets The Birds meets Homeward Bound in this cruel, breathtaking urban fable.

After a government order begins to regulate the ownership of mixedbreed dogs in Budapest, Hungary, 13-year-old Lili is forced by her father to abandon her canine soulmate, Hagen, in a back alley.

As the disillusionment of Lili’s adolescence dawns on her, another drama unfolds across the city as Hagen falls in with a growing army of oppressed mutts who decide to rise up and take to the street in a raging stampede, wreaking havoc wherever they go. The shots of animal mayhem (using all real dogs) would be worth the price of admission, but what makes White God an experience for the ages is the uncannily human-like performances director Kornél Mundruczó captures in the nonspeaking four-legged stars. We are left with jaws agape, wondering if we would even deserve forgiveness if our species’ best friend one day gained the upper paw over us.

Furious 7/ Mad Max: Fury Road

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There’s no need to reintroduce these big ones, the two current pillars of action blockbusters done right in the era of CGI overkill. While certainly guilty of some of these sins, these two mega-sequels have miraculously proved that giving the people more and more (and more) of what they want isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you’re taking notes, a couple important things to mark down is that both movies: 1. Are completely aware of what works in their respective series and don’t try to flip the board or rewrite the rules.

2. Let you step back and appreciate the stunts (in these cases, heavy metal ballets of vehicular mayhem) without shaking you or the camera around too much.

If you’ve ever considered buying a Minion-shaped birthday cake just so you can stab one of those inescapable, high-volume lipopods in the face, then you probably need a break from the lower tendencies of animated kids movies and a refreshing, smart alternative. The creative force behind Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run returned this year with one of their frustratingly rare releases in the form of Shaun the Sheep, an endearing and completely word-free claymation spectacular featuring a herd of wayward ovine buddies who venture in to the big city to bring their amnesiac owner (who has since become a star hairdresser) back home to the farm.

A little subtlety goes a long way in this timeless, low-fanfare comedy.

All those baa-s sound like music to my ears.

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The Lobster Colin Farrell and John C. Reilly in a black comedy about having to find a mate within 45 days or be turned into an animal forever? Count me in, bring over some drinks and let’s do this!

Yes, it is about time you watched this gut-wrenching survival drama about child soldiers in Western Africa that also happens to be the first Netflix original feature. If ever the war film has lost some of its power to shock in recent years, the presence of a young and vulnerable cast (rounded out by many real-life ex-child soldiers) makes all the wounds fresh again.

This visceral journey from filmmaker Cary Fukunaga (who explored the world of MS-13 gang members in 2009’s Sin Nombre) brings us into a reality few of us dare to imagine in the West. In the character of preteen Agu we witness the fear and weariness of several lifetimes, from a loving family in an unstable border territory to complete loss, a quest for revenge and a search for a father figure in the treacherous, single-minded Commandant (Idris Elba). All the while we see in Agu’s youth the reminder that, while life can be short and meaningless, there is always time to change, and as long as there is hope, there are possibilities.

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Visible Artistry

local songwriter Jacob Golden forges a self-made path with The Invisible Record Words Andrew C. Russell • photo sarah golden

W

hen you’ve had the rug pulled out from under you all your life, you learn to walk barefoot on the gravel. At times, the on-paper version of folk singersongwriter Jacob Golden’s artistic journey—from the U.K. scene where he first learned the dramatic ups and downs of the music industry, to the rugged trails near his hometown in the foothills where he reconnected with his purpose—can seem like a long, sharp travail. The first leg of his career was shaped by a series of brushes with mainstream success that fell apart due to unforeseen circumstances—band breakups, contractual obligations, and the capricious tides of fashion—that left much of his work un-promoted and underexposed.

Still, Golden has maintained an uncanny ability to catch ears in high places, bringing him before the eyes of the world at various points in his life, notably in a televised appearance on BBC’s live music institution Later … with Jools Holland and a coveted spot as featured artist on the series finale of The O.C. For better or worse, fans and business insiders alike continue to find a vital, intangible spark in the songs of Jacob Golden, who has only grown in stature as a crafter of songs. What has changed more drastically in recent times is his approach to the idea of a career in music. Understandably soured on his previous label experiences and with the politics of promoting an album, he has opted to connect with his fans in a more modest fashion in the years since his last solo release, Revenge Songs (2007).

Since then, he’s been soulsearching and sound-shifting, rediscovering his original, transparent love for music and uncomplicating his life in general.

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aesthetic aims; later, he teamed up with local electronic producer Dusty Brown for a project named Little Foxes, which transformed his sound palette entirely to downtempo/ psychedelic/trip-hop, revealing a new versatility in the process. While recording his new album, The Invisible Record, Golden envisioned a new route for his work, resolving to “write records in public,” in effect giving listeners complete access into his creative process, using social media to share new musical ideas at different stages of their development.

For an already accomplished artist, Golden is now poised for a reintroduction of sorts to his home country, where he hasn’t toured extensively as compared to Europe.

There is an air of optimism that surrounds the musician, the feeling of personal history giving way to a new found openness and selfknowledge. The Invisible Record represents the work of a new artist, with a music box of beguiling, yet guileless, songs, for whom it is more rewarding to captivate an intimate living room audience than vie for the fickle attention of a million potential listeners. Songs like “Book of Ages” and “Tomorrow Never Knows on the 45” seem like they could fill stadiums as easily as they would headphones in a darkened dreamer's room, a car stereo on a dirt forest road or the undercurrent of a great, broken, reinvented, ever-hopeful American metropolis. The sentiment of Golden’s new direction is best summed up on the near autobiographical song, “Bluebird”, in which he sings: “I threw it all away and what I found was much more beautiful than I can say/ In that darkness I looked down on my discoveries like a big blue bird over the highway.”

We recently sat down with Golden to talk about the current chapter in his career, how it bridges with the past, and what lies ahead in the near future.

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Where does the title for The Invisible Record come from?

It’s a response to my feelings after making the last record. I felt so proud of it after making it, I was ready to come back to the States from England and promote it, but it was invisible—that’s how I felt. A lot of the lyrics on the album riff on that idea—about being helpless in a way. There’s a line in “Wild Faye” that says “Even all the greatest minds will lose their head before the Queen.”

It’s about the realization that you can be, say, a Stephen Hawking, and still at the end of the day, you can’t escape dying. It’s so humbling, there’s nothing you can do to prevent that. All you can do is pour yourself wholeheartedly into your life to create your work while you can.

Would you say The Invisible Record is your most optimistic work?

It maybe has the sense of being cool with who I am and also being cool with having this drive, that I’ve had since I can’t remember when. All throughout school, I had this idea that I was going to do music. I didn’t think about anything else. It was all-consuming. To realize that I could flip that and do things on a grassroots level on my own terms, that’s really optimistic for me. I can set my own standards for what success means, without pushing 50,000 units. Just pushing 5,000 units is a huge success for me.

Will you be releasing projects on a more regular basis from now on?

Yeah. I haven’t formalized this, but I’ve been How did you take up long-distance running? playing with this idea of writing my next album I realized that I liked to go back up to the in public, essentially. And instead of hiding foothills where I spent a lot of time as a kid and away in my little studio and getting into this I discovered a lot of trails up there that I hadn’t perfectionistic cycle, which can take you down known about. Then I heard that people actually a bad route. There’s a part of that process that’s run on these trails for long stretches. The high good, because I’m proud of what I’ve done in the school I went to is actually the finish line to a studio before. But it’s easy to get lost in that, hundred-mile foot race that’s been going on and years go by. So the idea is to be much more for 20 years. People run from Tahoe, over the transparent and sharing of my creative process. mountains and down into the Starting a year ago, I’ve been “As much as I enjoy foothills. I was inspired by posting a lot of clips of me that sort of personal resilience working on songs on Instagram, the creative act of that you have to tap into. making music, I never YouTube and my blog, and I It was completely different want to get even more into that. really played music than playing music, but also I want to invite people into the for fun. It was like I intense. I just started really whole experience of making a was training for the getting into that—my longest record. It’s probably going to be run was about 33 miles and set up with my Patreon, inviting Olympics. I was so it took me like 7 hours. I focused on achieving people in and giving them some threw up twice, and I got context as to where I am in the something more, stung. I ran through a wasp process. Making an album that something great, like evolves and grows in front of nest or something. It was an someone who trains adventure, you know? It really an audience. That sort of social their whole life and helped to clear my head from pressure is actually very good all the baggage. I still do it, but for me. finally makes it but I had to cut down on it when then falls short in his transitioning back into making own estimation. This I heard that one of your latest this latest record. is sort of akin to how I ideas is to record a collection approached music, so of Torch Songs? What else lies You’ve mentioned in other pieces that there were years seriously, every day.” ahead? that you never sang a note.

– Jacob Golden I’m a really big Nina Simone What drives a musician at fan. Her music and her vocals heart to do that? What advice have a very selfless quality coming out of that would you give to people that is really poetic. Recently I did this Frank struggling with their own creativity?

Sinatra tribute show, where I performed some of Well, as much as I enjoy the creative act of his old ballads, and those songs had the same making music, I never really played music for kind of quality. These songs are so cool and very fun. It was like I was training for the Olympics. vocal-driven, something I can really dig into as a I was so focused on achieving something more, singer. I could do these in my own context, and something great, like someone who trains their they seem to have a production aesthetic I can whole life and finally makes it but then falls short relate to. in his own estimation. This is sort of akin to how I Another important thing for me is just to stay approached music, so seriously, every day. So the out there, because I feel like I’ve stored up all falls were hard for me and it was hard to separate this momentum, which is hard for me because I’m the “art” from the “game” or my voice from not an extrovert. I like connecting with people, “Jacob Golden” the singer. So at times just picking but in more of a one-on-one setting. I just need up my guitar was too much for me mentally. As I to keep up with communicating and staying out got distance and much healthier perspective and there instead of frankly, chopped away at my self-importance a just disappearing, Jacob Golden's The Invisible bit, I began to remember the simple joy of making which I’ve Record release show will take music. Playing with Dusty Brown helped a lot. I already done a place at Sol Collective (2574 21st don’t feel like I need to convince the whole world few times.

Street, Sacramento) on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. This is an all-ages show, that I’m somehow special. I can just be who I and advance tickets are just $7. am and if you like and connect with what I do, To order tickets in advance, go then that’s great, but if you don’t that’s OK too. I to Jacobgolden.com/live. believe in my work.

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Tweaker Dad-Rock

Peace Killers meet their heavy metal spirit animal on their self-titled debut album Words Andy J. Garcia photo Sarah Elliott

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h, so I can get comfortable?” Andy Harrison asks as he lights up a smoke.

He’s up in my studio space, and it’s cold AF. Im laughing at everything he has to say as I get acquainted with my audio recorder, some out of nervous habit, some because Harrison is just an amusing kind of guy. I’ve asked him to come up and talk about how things are going with one of his bands, Peace Killers.

I’m able to come to some sort of compromise with my digital device where it allows me to record a conversation so long as I keep it hanging precariously off the table edge. We both continue smoking as I rattle on about some nonsense, organizing some notes.

(Subsequent to sitting down with Andy, I was able to get a few answers from bass player Alex Dorame via email).

Harrison and his bandmates are steady faces in the Sacramento music scene. They started Peace Killers in 2012 as a couple of their other projects at that time were winding down.

You’ve most likely seen Harrison if you walk around town or frequent bars. He is a face among the line at the bar, the line to the bathroom, on the stage, talking to ladies and making them smile, etc. I can guarantee you if Ground Chuck sees him, it’s hugs-on-sight. I’ve long admired his effortless charisma. Harrison’s other band, Celestions, have been engaging crowds with their straightforward, driving, soul-influenced rock ‘n’ roll for years. It stands to reason that this endeavor would also showcase Harrison’s knack for catchy hooks and melodies, albeit in a different tone.

Having some songs, a general idea and some bandmates, the band recorded some demos with Pat Hills at Earth Tone Studios in Rocklin. Hills and his Pepsi-sweet Midas touch have blessed some excellent recordings by artists like Tera Melos, King Woman, Number Station and the Hanover Saints to name a few.

Peace Killers garnered some Internet buzz and began looking at labels that might put out the record. After some deliberation, the band decided that heavy music label Svart felt like the most promising. Svart is known for putting together a solid roster of heavy, sludge-driven doom and metal artists, as well as straight-ahead ‘70s psyched-out occult metal and experimental, atmospheric black metal. From Jex Thoth to K-X-P, from Tahtiportti to Dakhmandal, Svart has put together a diverse roster of bands.

Fast-forward to now, Peace Killers have just finished a video for the song “Devil’s Daughter,” with the help of Kill The Precedent’s Jesse Mitchell.

The freshly dressed and configured new vinyl LP will be out Jan. 22, and preorders are available now.

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What were some of your influences writing the songs for this record?

Andy Harrison: I really wanted to emulate Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats as much as I could.

There’s sort of the obvious Sabbath nods. I think a lot about Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, those are kinda my immediate influences. At least for me playing guitar, some of my influences go back to Frank Zappa, the Allman Brothers, sort of big rock sounding guitars that doesn’t necessarily suck its own dick too much. Definitely a lot of blues influence, but trying not to do a straight-up dadrock influence. I don’t mind dad-rock. The other band, the Celestions is sort of a construction-dad, Springsteen influence, and this band is sort of a straight-up, deadbeat tweaker dad-rock sound.

Alex Dorame: I feel there’s a lot of everything you can hear on our record. The bands that stand out to myself as influences range from Thin Lizzy, early-Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Murder City Devils, the Doors, up to the Cult. Also, Black Sabbath, the Melvins and maybe even the Smut Peddlers.

What Sacramento bands would you get together or resurrect to play a show?

AH: Holy shit. Black Mackerel.

AD: Black Mackerel!

AH: They’re one of the reasons that I even thought “maybe I should try playing some heavier shit.” I thought “we’ll start a three-piece and tune down”. So maybe if they’re reading this they can get their shit together and play a show with us. I think our drummer would probably say FAR. Tales of Terror.

AD: I would love to see Hotel Pistol, the Diseptikons, Filibuster, the Union Hearts, Who Cares, and Pocket for Corduroy.

Who did you get to do the album cover?

AH: Her name is Annie Hooker. I saw a print of the buffalo head in the home of Celestions drummer Gabe [van Dyke], and I loved it. It represents something heavy, and hard charging, and noble, and western. We just kinda decided it was a good spirit animal for the group.

“I really wanted to emulate Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats as much as I could. There’s sort of the obvious Sabbath nods. I think a lot about Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, those are kinda my immediate influences. At least for me playing guitar, some of my influences go back to Frank Zappa, the Allman Brothers, sort of big rock sounding guitars that doesn’t necessarily suck its own dick too much.”

– Peace Killers’ Andy Harrison on his band’s new album

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Is there a concept for the album? Is there a theme?

AH: I think probably the most consistent subject matter throughout the record is party fatigue, or how it takes you to strange, dark places living a hedonistic lifestyle.

We cover “Spoonful,” a Willie Dixon song. You know it’s kinda about people trying to get their fill on lusts and desires. You know, I’m not an authority on the song, but that’s kind of what I gathered from it.

What about a rock album now grabs your attention more than an album would have when you were maybe 21?

AH: Definitely the sonic qualities of an album, the way a melody is constructed.

I find it harder and harder to relate to someone’s really personal lyrics, I don’t so much write myself into those stories. I need a hook, some sort of balance, some sort of syncopation, some sort of danceable rhythm. Even in heavy music, you know, it’s still there.

But yeah, not so much the lyrical content anymore. You know, I used to get really into Elvis Costello’s lyrics when I was really young, and analyze the shit out of them, and I still appreciate that, but nowadays ... like when I listen to a band like Fuzz, it’s just so ballsout, and free, and rockin’.

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The Politics of Laughing

Hari Kondabolu Brings His Socially Aware Stand-Up to Sacramento Words Justin Cox photo Yoon Kim

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n most circumstances, political dysfunction lends itself beautifully to the joke-writing comedian. It’s a plucking ground for material that elicits strong feelings among a large audience, so it’s ripe for comedic dissection. But for Hari Kondabolu, in this particular moment, it’s almost too much to keep up with.

He’s recording his second live album less than a month from now in Portland and would like to incorporate the election heavily into his set, but as he irons out his material and prepares it for the road, that cast of characters just keeps on making headlines. From Donald Trump riffing jovially about Mexicans and Muslims to Jeb Bush watching his pile of money disappear alongside his poll numbers, the whole thing is still so fluid.

“This election is bringing things to the surface constantly because of the extremes,” Kondabolu told me by phone. “By the time [the album] gets released, hopefully in the spring, I don’t know who’s going to be relevant still. I want to write stuff that’s not going to disappear with the election cycle while still covering the now.”

The clown car remains full, and it’s hard to know exactly where it’s headed. Kondabolu is doing a short tour leading up to the album recording so he can feel things out in front of a few live audiences before he presses record.

Two of those shows will be at the Sacramento Comedy Spot on Jan. 23.

“I’m hoping by Sacramento I’ll just be running the set,” he said. “If I recorded it in Sacramento, it would still be a solid album. I want to give them a great show that has a few moments that are flexible. I think that’s kind of fun.”

While the election itself will surely be a part of Kondabolu’s act, his real interest is in the broad issues that surround the political jockeying.

“Politics is like the game,” he said.

“It’s the sport. The things I care about are the bigger issues like racism, immigration, homophobia, sexism, transphobia.”

Immediately prior to becoming a full-time comedian, Kondabolu was an organizer for immigrant rights in Seattle. He played open mics and clubs at night because he enjoyed it, but organizing was the primary recipient of his energy. It was his job.

But over time, Kondabolu's comedy caught momentum in Seattle. He went from an “unknown open miker to the hottest comic in the city,” according to a 2007 Seattle Times article. He was invited to perform at HBO’s prestigious U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! shortly thereafter. With that head of steam, he’s been a rising comic ever since, with a following far beyond his starting point in the Pacific Northwest.

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A recent cover story in The Atlantic carried the following subject line: “In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health.”

An accompanying article explored why some prominent comics are choosing not to play college campuses for that very reason.

The article describes the annual National Association for Campus Activities convention, in which comedians gather to audition for lucrative college gigs. Playing it safe is the name of the game, because NACA is looking for comics whose sets won’t “trigger or upset or mildly trouble a single student.”

As a former organizer whose politics are weaved into in the DNA of his comedy, what does Kondabolu think of comics like Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld avoiding college campuses because the kids allegedly can’t take a joke?

“That’s what old people sound like,” he said. “Your job is to reach people. If you’re not able to make [young people] laugh and find things that can have them thinking, why are you relevant?”

Kondabolu contrasted those established comedians with the late George Carlin, who he said remained culturally interesting and challenging across demographics all the way up to his death. He says it’s lazy to simply write off a whole generation as sensitive babies.

When Kondabolu plays colleges, he’s typically invited through a back door by a professor or a social/political student group rather than the folks in charge of campus activities. He also resists folks who have held him up as an example of how political correctness can coexist with stand-up comedy.

“I’m not politically correct,” he said.

“Maybe you’re not offended because you agree with me, but that doesn’t mean I’m not offensive. People walk out of my shows and they’re not walking out because I’m ‘politically correct.’”

Kondabolu, who grew up in New York the son of Indian immigrants, says that what some people like to call political correctness might really just be “well thought out progressive opinions.”

Donald Trump has built a massive lead over his fellow Republican candidates by denouncing that very political correctness.

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“I’ve had audiences that weren’t laughing, but they’d come up to me after and say how important the work is that I do. That doesn’t make me feel good!

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But in spite of his pivot to comedy, Kondabolu the immigrant rights organizer is still very much the man on stage.

“I’m doing an elevated version of myself,” he said. “I’m a very political person and I can’t not view the world that way. My lens is a politicized, racialized lens.”

And yet, social change is not Kondabolu’s priority. He’s here to make people laugh, and he does so by picking apart the things he knows and cares about. If people are forced to think about something important in the process, he’s cool with that. But it’ll never be the impetus for writing the joke.

“It’s dangerous to have that mindset while you’re writing,” he said. “There’s an ego that comes with being a performer. If you add that self-importance to it, it’s going to affect the quality of work and it won’t let you write from an honest place.”

I asked him what satisfies him most on a purely human level: Pushing for social change or making people laugh? His answer was swift and clear. He wants to make people laugh.

“I’ve had audiences that weren’t laughing, but they’d come up to me after and say how important the work is that I do,” he said. “That doesn’t make me feel good! I’m a comedian and I love and respect the art form. I could have become a lecturer or done something else!”

My first exposure to Kondabolu’s comedy was a YouTube video tweeted by journalist Jay Caspian Kang, whom I learned during my interview was a classmate of Kondabolu at Bowdoin College in Maine.

The video was a two-and-a-half minute clip about people who threaten to move to Canada in the wake of unfavorable political situations.

“Man, if a Republican president wins, I’m moving to Canada,” Kondabolu says before pausing. “You’re not fucking moving to Canada! I’ve heard this shit before. I hate to break this to you, but Canada doesn’t have a special visa for American liberal cowards.

That’s not how the immigration system works.

What, you think you’re gonna get in on refugee status?” And so on.

I saw that video about a year ago and followed Kondabolu on Twitter that day.

Over the ensuing year, the issue of political correctness edged its way to the front of national conversation, mostly as it relates to over-sensitivity in college students.

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s my friends know all too well, when I drink, I like to DJ. So when I heard about a new dive bar in Midtown called B-Side, where you could play your own records, I wondered why I hadn’t thought of this brilliant concept myself.

B-Side is operated by the time-tested trio that brought Shady Lady to the forefront of Sacramento cocktail culture. But unlike Shady Lady, B-Side has a laid-back dive-y atmosphere. There’s no velvet damask wallpaper and moody lighting; there aren’t even drink menus. It’s the kind of place where you’re not going to be out of place in a hoodie and can get anything from a $3 Oly on tap to a fancy you-call-it cocktail with its corresponding high price tag.

“As much as we all love cocktails, there’s something to be said for a simple bar with no frills,” says Garrett Van Vleck, one of the managing partners at B-Side. “People seem a little surprised when we tell them there’s no cocktail list but they also quickly realize how nice it is to order whatever they want. We wanted a back-to-basics dive bar, but if you order something like an Old Fashioned or a Manhattan, you’re going to get the same quality drink you would at Shady Lady.”

While Shady Lady’s decor is decidedly prohibition-era themed, B-Side has a sleazy ‘70s audiophile vibe. Rope lighting lined the bar shelves with record sleeves serving as the sole non-alcohol bar adornment. A collection of antique audio equipment backed the prominent DJ booth while a Russ Meyer film played scenes of gratuitous nudity of mod babes with blue eyeshadow and big hair.

Between the patrons and DJ Roger Carpio spinning an eclectic mix of vinyl, it was very loud.

“We started with the idea of doing a vinyl record-centric concept and the ‘70s vibe sort of developed as an extension of that,” explains Van Vleck of the inspiration for the bar concept.

Sacramento DJ veteran Shaun Slaughter heads up the event booking at B-Side. During one of the regular events, “Loose Change,” the DJs pass out request books and people can pick from a selection of 45s. At another event, Vixens of Vinyl, female DJs headed up by DJ

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TrashEpiphany spin psychedelic, garage, punk, glam and trash. Open turntable night encourages anyone to bring a couple of their favorite records and take turns DJing.

Slaughter enthusiastically describes his approach to B-Side’s entertainment.

“My idea is that all the DJs should make it feel like a house party,” says Slaughter. “Each night has its own theme, but the only instruction I gave them was to have fun and don’t think about it too much ... Originally I thought about booking only ‘70s-sounding stuff to align with the bar concept, but Garrett really emphasized doing all kinds of music. We’ve been having a blast!”

Bret Bair, known locally for his ownership of Ace of Spades and part ownership of Goldfield, also owns the building in which B-Side resides, along with its liquor license. The building formerly housed the defunct, but legendary, Monte Carlo.

Van Vleck explains how the Shady Lady gents

(which includes Jason Boggs and Alex Origoni) came to lease the B-Side space.

“Bret Bair from Ace of Spades bought the building a couple of years ago and kept it running for a little while as the Monte Carlo,” says Van Vleck. “Then he shut it down and started doing some rehab on the building. About a year ago we reached out and inquired about teaming up to do a project. We all felt like the B-Side concept was a good fit for the space and moved forward from there.”

Origoni, Boggs and Van Vleck have their hands in many regional projects, including Brewster’s in Galt, Fieldhouse in the Arden area and upcoming establishments Amaro (an Italian bistro slated to open in the R Street Corridor and partly owned by Deftones’ Abe Cunningham) and Sail Inn, which will revamp an existing bar on the West Sacramento riverfront.

One would think that working so closely

together on so many diverse projects would wear on their friendship, but Van Vleck divulges that they get along better as time goes by.

“The three of us have polar opposite personalities and that works to our advantage,” says Van Vleck. “There’s no yes men and you never have to worry about getting an honest opinion. We argue all the time about every detail of every place, but in a constructive way. At the end of the day there are no egos, we just debate the ideas until we settle on the best one, then have a shot of whiskey.”

While good music and libations flow freely at B-Side, one thing you won’t find—yet—is a bite to eat. But times will change.

“We are going to add on a patio and do a food truck program as often as possible,” says Van Vleck. “Right now, we’re just concentrating on getting the bar running smoothly, but hopefully the food side will come along soon.”

So far, B-Side seems to be a neighborhood bar in terms of the clientele. And that’s exactly what the partners are going for—although time will tell what kind of crowd will become regulars.

One thing’s for sure: these guys know what they’re doing and have a track record of successful execution of their bar and restaurant concepts.

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1.04 Monday

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.

1.05 Tuesday

The Blue Lamp Flight of Ryan, Night Diving, Spangler, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays w/ Haunted Summer, Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 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, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Dead Meadow feat. Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show, Sonic Love Affair, Slow Season, 8 p.m.

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

1.06 Wednesday

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

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Open Mic hosted by Gabe Cole, 8 p.m.

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

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 9 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 w/ Sandra Dolores, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Local Licks Free Music Series, 8 p.m.

Press Club 6 Beers Deep, The Rollin’ Blackouts, Slutzville, 8 p.m.

Shine Midtown Out Loud, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Sean Lehe, 9 p.m.

1.07 thursday

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Downer, Madd Genius, Shorty Earl and More, 9 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 Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s 4th Annual NonDrummer Drum-Off, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Needtobreathe, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pour House Trash Rock Thursdays, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Colleen Hauser, 9 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Tessie Marie, 9 p.m.

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

Starlite Lounge Yidhra, TVSK, Decade of Statues, 8 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Jeramy Norris & the Dangerous Mood, 9 p.m.

1.08 Friday

Bar 101 Spare Parts, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Moe’s HipHop Glo-Party B-Day Bash w/ Hennessy, Charlie Muscle, Doonworth, BamBam and More, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Hail The Sun, Makari, Oranges, 6:30 p.m.

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

El Dorado Saloon Colleen Heauser, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Hot City, The Sactown Playboys, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Kenny Frye Band, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Elvis and The Experience, 5:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Tyson Graf Trio, 9:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Lonely Bulls, Blame the Bishop, The American Professionals, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 4

p.m.; Fresh, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Julie & The Jukes, 9 p.m.

Shine The Soul Shine Band, Gleewood, The Three Way, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Weeed, Black Majik Acid, Art Lessing & the Flower Vato, feat. Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Slim “Bawb” Pierce B-Day Celebration, 5:30 p.m.; Roem Baur, 9 p.m.

1.09 Saturday

Bar 101 Daniel Petty, 9:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp West Lords, Trouble Maker, Class System, Scratch Outs, Old Glory, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Up In Smoke, Infinite Sleep, Oculous, Without Hope, The Odious Concept, Derzum, Diversity, Worn Thin, 6:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino WAR, 8 p.m.

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

Community Center Theater Walter Trout, Mick Martin, Alvon Johnson and More, 6 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Foresocks (Red Hot Chilli Peppers tribute), 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Honey B. & The Cultivation, Sacto Soul Rebels, Dylan Crawford (of Massive Delicious), 9 p.m.

Gold Lion Arts Biggi Vinkeloe, Emily Hay, Donald Robinson, Steuart Liebig, 8 p.m.

Goldfield Kenny Frye Band, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Chuck Ragan and Guests, 9 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Sactown Playboys, 9:30 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Elvis’ 81st Birthday Party w/ The Chillbillies, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Hill Country Band, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Belly Gunner, Toad Mortens, The Tattooed Love Dogs, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Fleetwood Mask, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Element Brass Band, 9 p.m.

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Shine Face the Horizon, Seaons, Anodyne, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Motorize (CD Release), Roswell, Mechanizm, The Way Out, 8 p.m.

Third Space Haunted Summer, Yassou, The Marble Faun, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; Aki Kumar, 9 p.m.

Tuesday

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 West Coast Songwriting Competition, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Bill Mylar, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 9 p.m.

1.10 sunday

Ace of Spades Tribal Seeds, The Steppas, The Skints, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp The Tara Novellas, Caroline Alegre, Banjo Bones, 8 p.m.

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

Cache Creek Casino Donny Osmond, 4 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) John McCutcheon, 7:30 p.m.

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

Powerhouse Pub Ryder Green feat. Shemekia Copeland, 3 p.m.

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

Shady Lady Saloon Emily Kollars, 9 p.m.

Sol Collective Alyssa Bernal, Chuuwee, DLRN, Stevie Nader, Duckwrth, Soosh*E and More, 6 p.m.

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

UC Davis: Jackson Hall The Okee Dokee Brothers, 3 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Alexander String Quartet, 2 & 7 p.m.

1.11 monday

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.

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1.13 wednesday

Ace of Spades Marianas Trench, 7 p.m.

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

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Open Mic hosted by Gabe Cole, 8 p.m.

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

Harlow’s The Lil’ Smokies, Mike Dillon Band, 7 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Simon Phillips’ Protocol, 7:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Shift, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic w/ Sandra Dolores, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Local Licks Free Music Series: Ghostplay, Epsilona, Death Party at the Beach, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Rev Shawn Amos, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Orlando Consort, 8 p.m.

ArtMix: Mystique w/

1.14 Thursday

Ace of Spades Stick Figure, Fortunate Youth, Katastro, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Brzowski, DJ Halo, Corina Corina and More, 8 p.m.

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

Club Car Songwriters Showcase,

San Kazakgascar DJ Larry Rodriguez, Belly Dancing, Fortune Telling and More Crocker Art Museum 5 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Ethan Bortnick, 6:30 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum ArtMix: Mystique w/ San Kazakgascar, DJ Larry Rodriguez, Belly Dancing, Fortune Telling and More, 5 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Cory Morrow, Buck Ford, 7 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides Bandmaster Ruckus, Thunderchief, Lowbrow, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Kenny Frye Band, 9 p.m.

Press Club Battalion of Saints, Scalped, Cross Class, 8 p.m.

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

Third Space Psychomagic, Honyock, Kaz Mirblouk, 8 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5:30 p.m.; Dippin’ Sauce, 9 p.m.

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The Boardwalk Ezale, 7 p.m.

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

El Dorado Saloon Thunder Cover, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Adam Block, Steve Kotarek, 9 p.m.

Gold Lion Arts A Night of New Guitar Music w/ Jeff Parker & Ross Hammond, 8 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

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Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub AKAlive, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Colleen Heauser, 4 p.m.; Radio 9:30 p.m.

Shine The Initiative, Negative Press Project, See Spot Play, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Gentleman Surfer, Roland, Modern Man, 8 p.m.

Stoney’s Spazmatics, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Kevin Selfe, 9 p.m.

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The Blue Lamp TSOL, Left Alone, 8 p.m.

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

Cache Creek Casino Bud E Luv, 1 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s JD McPherson, HoneyHoney, 5 p.m.; The Luniz and Special Guests, 10 p.m.

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

Powerhouse Pub West Coast Playboys, 3 p.m.

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

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Legends of Motown: All-Star Tribute Show, 7 p.m.

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

1.18 Monday

The Boardwalk Austin Jones, Run 2 Cover, 6:30 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.

Third Space Dante Elephante, Snakebytes, 7 p.m.

Comedy Laughs Unlimited Open Mic Showcase hosted

by Cheryl “the Soccer Mom” Anderson, Jan. 5, 8 p.m.

Stunningly Strong Calendar Launch Party/Comedy Show feat.

Cheryl Anderson, Robert Berry, Kristen Frisk, Luke Soin and More, Jan. 6, 7 p.m.

Comedy Showcase: Corey Calvert, Chadd Beals, Sam Bruno, Billy Galloway and More, Jan. 7, 8 p.m.

Don Barnhart Comedy Hypnosis, Jan. 8 - 10, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Stephen Furey & Friends, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.

Mark G feat. Stephen Furey, Jan. 15 - 17, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Jaime Fernandez, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Ooley Theater Comedy Night at the Ooley, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Punchline Comedy Club Supply and Demand w/ Steve Hofstetter, Jan. 6, 8 p.m.

The Fighter and The Kid Live with Brendan Schaub & Bryan Callen, Jan. 7, 8 p.m.

Jo Koy, Jan. 8 - 10, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Jan. 13, 8 p.m.

Bret Ernst, Jan. 14 - 17, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 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.

Tommy T’s BT Kingsley, Jan. 7 - 10 DC Curry, Jan. 14 - 17

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20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m.

24th Street Theatre Big Fish, Jan. 8 - 31 Arthouse Gallery & Studios ART times Five, Jan. 9 - Feb. 9 B Street Theatre Echo Location by Carter W. Lewis, Jan. 16 - Feb. 28 The Realistic Joneses, Jan. 5 - Feb. 6 Beatnik Studios Art Exhibit: HFNY

by Kelsey Anderson and Brad Starkey-Owens, through Jan. 29 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Blue Line Arts Gallery 30 x 30 Exhibit, through Jan. 9 Freeze Frame: Photography Art Competition, through Jan. 9

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Cal Expo The Total Health & Fit Expo, Jan. 9 - 10 Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Crest Theatre Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Gone With the Wind, Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m.

Noir Nights Film Festival, Jan. 15 - 16 Crocker Art Museum Rain Forest Visions: Amazonian Ceramics from Ecuador/The Melza and Ted Barr Collection, through Feb. 14, 2016 The Age of Albrecht Dürer: German Drawings from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, through Feb. 14 Back to Life: Bay Area Figurative Drawings, through May 1, 2016 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Hal Holbrook: Mark Twain Tonight, Jan. 13 - 15 Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

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

Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

McClellan Conference Center Healthy Living Expo California, Jan. 9, 11 a.m.

Memorial Auditorium TFC Presents: On the Wings of Love, Jan. 10, 11 a.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Pagoda Building Sengoku Megagame 2016, Jan. 9, 10 a.m.

Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

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

Red Lion Woodlake Hotel & Conference Center Winterfest Beer & Wine Social, Jan. 15, 6 p.m.

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Top 30 of 2015

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Hannah Jane Kile Little Blue Heron

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She’s a little bit country & a little bit folk but sounds as magnificent as a young Bonnie Raitt or Emmylou Harris at their finest.

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Todd Morgan and the Emblems Sweet Pretender

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Not to be confused with any ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll impersonator, Morgan has grown into his own style, sound and artistic identity.

This local punk rock duo’s songs make it obvious that, although they are young, they’ve been playing music together for over a decade.

Sea of Bees Build a Boat to the Sun Julie Baenziger radiates in these dreamy, yet contemplative, explorations of the vagaries of life while also rejecting its limitations.

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Mozzy Yellow Tape Activities

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Mozzy keeps it spunky with gangster tales vivid enough to make regular people curl up into balls and cry for humanity’s broken state.

Little Tents Fun Colors Little Tents’ tight 7-song debut playfully riffs along the margins of punk & emo w/ harmonies & hooks galore. Solid songs, fun titles.

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The things you like about ‘90s G-funk era rap without being dated or lost in nostalgia.

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Sac’s best band left for the 24/7 pulse of NYC long ago, but we revel in !!!’s blend of dance-punk & house that levels up w/ each release.

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The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art Chaotic & beautiful.

A frantic, hardhitting, very weird hardcore album from Sacramento’s nosiest trio. Synth in place of bass, nice touch.

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Joseph in the Well Joseph in the Well EP

internet. More importantly, we split this year’s Top 30 albums list into two distinct portions: 15 albums with connections to the

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Sacramento area, followed by 15 albums from the

Runs the gamut of raw emotions, from pensive melancholy to basic happiness. Violin in hand, Kye reminds us what it means to be human again.

Death Grips The Powers That B Part II: Jenny Death Surprise! Death Grips is still grinding out industrial punk— ducking, weaving and biting the genitals off its number one enemy: You.

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Sister Crayon Devoted Sleek, percussive, w/ mercurial energy that changes midstream like a silvery sea creature.

Sister Crayon’s most powerful statement to date.

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Graveshadow Nocturnal Resurrection

that came out over the last year deserving of praise, but these 30 were our favorites. Why? Our staff explains, with Twitter-

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Female-fronted symphonic metal group with musicians who are developed well beyond their ages.

esque succinctness.

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Two Sheds Assembling

CHRCH Unanswered Hymns

On Assembling, Caitlin Gutenberger wrote 20 songs in about two days. The result was a textured masterpiece, and one of the best LPs of 2015.

Churning guitars and wraith-like female vocals create the year’s most haunting metal album … from this or any city. Sprawling, epic doom.

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After a 10-year studio hiatus, the original Riot Grrrls have reemerged and released a collection of enthralling, liberationist sonic waves.

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Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker is a psychedelic pop rock genius. Take an interstellar trip with his latest, on which he played every note.

Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly

Tuxedo Tuxedo

Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell

One of the most timely pieces of streetinfluenced hip-hop shimmers w/ brilliant musicianship, immense production and one talented emcee.

Slick, suave and oh-so smooth. Over Jake One’s funky beats, Mayer Hawthorne is finally making the kind of R&B tunes that suit him best.

A cathartic journey: Sufjan returns to his trademark sparse, moody instrumentations.

Exorcising family demons never sounded so lovely.

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Hop Along Painted Shut

The Cairo Gang Goes Missing

Equal parts punk, folk and indie music led by a female singer who can lull you into a sleepy daze or kill you in any moment on Painted Shut.

Bonnie Prince Billy smoking hash with old Fresh & Onlys while tickling Greg Cartwright and James Mercer’s moody taints.

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La Luz Weirdo Shrine

Viet Cong Viet Cong

Their third album on Hardly Art/Burger Records, La Luz is a badass, Seattle-based lady surf rock band.

Weirdo Shrine will make you a Luzer.

Angular post-punk from Canada featuring members of the sadly defunct Women. For fans of Echo & The Bunnymen and Joy Division.

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Batushka Litourgiya

Mbongwana Star From Kinshasa

A mix of religious imagery, Slavonic chanting & monolithic black metal conjuring images of Satanic rituals performed in a Catholic church.

Intertwining African music, Congolese to be exact, with psychedelic, post-punk & modern electro sounds. Will blow your mind rhythmically.

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Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Delivering on the promise of a great 2014 EP, Aussie grungester Barnett broke out big in ‘15 with a critical and commercial homerun.

Jason Isbell Something More Than Free

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Gritty blue collar Americana from a songwriter filled with addiction and regret that weaves together stories of passion, sobriety and hope.

Neon Indian VEGA INTL. Night School

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If there’s anything that I’m really jazzed about this coming year, it’s the possibility that I may be able to embark on space travel.

Anyone who’s ever read this column may know that I have a massive boner for space.

Even though it’s comprised of almost absolutely nothing and the closest thing to us in the cosmos is some boring, silvery dust-rock thing, it’s still space, you know? It’s so vast, there’s just gotta be a Wookie out there somewhere.

So it was with great joy that we (as a species) finally did something worthwhile and successfully launched a rocket that completed a vertical landing back on Mother Earth, thus becoming the first reusable rocket in human history. On Dec. 21, SpaceX, headed by CEO Elon Musk, fired off the Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and, after a 10-minute foray into space, brought it safely back. Falcon 9 was carrying 11 communication satellites with it, which I’m assuming are pretty heavy—at least heavier than I am.

Just 10 days later, Musk announced that on Instagram that “no damage was found” on the Falcon 9, and it was “ready to fire again.”

However, as of now, there is no timetable for a second launch. The owners of the satellites, though they’ve already stated that they’re cool with it, still have to confirm that they will allow their payload to ride on a rocket that has already been used.

This is understandable. I have no idea how expensive a satellite is, but if my DirecTV bill is any indication, it must be pretty fucking expensive. This is why I’ve decided to step forward, for the good of all humanity.

Elon, bro, if you’re reading this, I’d like to formally volunteer my services to be your test subject for Falcon 9’s second test. I’m the perfect man for the job. Firstly, I really don’t serve that much of a purpose here on Earth. All I really do is dick around on Netflix most of the time. In fact, just today, I didn’t even roll out of bed until 15 past noon … Though, like, if you needed me to wake up early for the launch or whatever, I PROMISE I’d do my best to make it there (as long as it’s not too early).

Sure, I have a job and stuff, but it’s not like I’m Christa McAuliffe or whatever. I’m not a molder of young minds. Pretty much anyone could do what I do, so I’m easily replaceable. And as far as this column goes, if anything were to

James Barone jb@submergemag.com happen to me, I’m sure Melissa could just reprint old columns, and I doubt anyone would be any the wiser, especially since I mostly just write about space.

Now if you’re wondering, Elon, how you would make up the difference in the weight of payload between me and 11 satellites, I have the perfect solution: load up the Falcon 9 with beer kegs. This will serve a lot of purposes.

Though I’m the perfect candidate to be your next test subject, I have one slight drawback: I can’t fly sober. It’s true. I think it’s bad luck or something. The first thing I do at any airport (after checking in of course) is head straight to the nearest bar. There’s nothing better, as far as I’m concerned, than sucking back an over-priced Maker’s Mark on the rocks at 6 a.m. in an airport bar. I’m sure I’m not alone, too. I’d bet a lot of your future customers are going to want to have a few libations when they’re riding in one of your commercial space rockets. It might be a good idea to find out how kegs of beer will hold up in low orbit. How will the lack of gravity affect the orange notes in a really hoppy IPA? Also, since I’ve found from my own experiences at Tahoe, that just a couple drinks at high altitudes get me white-girl wasted in no time. If that holds true, how wasted can we get in space? I think it’s something worth studying.

If these reasons aren’t enough to sway you, Elon, allow me to talk to you, dude to bro. Let me tell you the story of a simple man who came from humble beginnings. He had a stay-at-home mom and a blue collar dad. He had a few dogs in his life, and one of them was killed by a car in front of his house. He got pretty good grades in high school that translated to pretty decent grades in college (when he showed up to class and stuff) and he went on to do a little writing here and there, but all-in-all, didn’t really amount to much. Despite all that, and despite his constant self-deprecation, the people still like having him around, for the most part, and many of them would say he’s a swell guy, and he’d say that those people are pretty swell also. But he has a dream to one day go to space, and there’s no way in hell he could ever afford it. So what I’m trying to say here is PLEASE SEND ME TO SPACE EVEN THOUGH I CAN’T PAY FOR IT. … Just think about it, OK?

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