Submerge Magazine: Issue 205 (January 18 - February 1, 2016)

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Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Going to any live music show is a memorable experience as a fan. I remember going to my first large concert to see The Cure when I was 14 years old at Cal Expo with purple dye in my hair and wearing a black velvet dress. I remember going to see Dropkick Murphys at the Brick Works in Chico where I was kneeling on a bar stool in the back to see over the crowd when someone plowed into me and I hit the ground like a ton of bricks. I remember being at Bumbershoot in Seattle in ‘06 watching Jeremy Enigk perform instudio for a live KEXP recording where I got teary eyed because his songs were so touching. And I’ll never forget going to see Chuck Ragan just last week at Harlow’s where a handful of my friends from college who now live everywhere from Tahoe to San Francisco came all the way to Sacramento for a show.

Because of one musician, a mini-reunion took place (thanks, Chuck).

For one reason or another, a lot of us can recall shows we’ve seen, but I feel like you never know if the actual touring artist will remember coming through Sacramento. Because they encounter so many towns along the way, I sometimes wonder if Sacramento ever stands out to them?

Well, up-and-coming rapper KYLE, who is on our front cover, remembers his past shows in Sacramento quite well; from the first time at Harlow’s in ‘13 with nine people in attendance, to the last time in front of a sold-out Boardwalk crowd on his King Wavy Tour just last year. The contrast is definitely memorable and how he describes each show is great, regardless of the turnout.

Please check out our interview with this future star from Ventura, California on page 18. Read more about his Sacramento experiences, how he is a “happy rapper” and how he feels about his career going into 2016.

We also have an interview with founding member and guitarist of Pavement, Scott Kannberg (his solo project is known as Spiral Stairs), who recalls living in Sacramento while going to college at Sac State. He recalls putting school on the back burner because Pavement got offered a touring gig with Sonic Youth. He also reminisces about some of his favorite shows and venues that were in the area during that time.

You can read more about his Sacramento experiences as well as his upcoming album, Doris and the Daggers, starting on page 20.

Finally, we have two great features on local artists in this issue. One is on local musician Jeremiah Jacobs’ project, The Heartbreak Time Machine, which features Jacobs stepping into the limelight with a collection of singles that form his first EP. Read more starting on page 14. We also have a feature on painter and sculptor Sayako Dairiki, who has lived in some of the largest cities in the world only to eventually settle her roots on 30 acres of land in Winters, California. See her work and read about it starting on page 22.

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After selling their goods online and through other retail outlets, one local clothing company now has a little over 800 square-feet on J Street to call their own. Just this last weekend, Timeless Thrills opened the doors for a soft opening of their flagship store, located at 3714 J Street in East Sacramento. A few days before that, Submerge stopped in to shoot the shit with owner Tyler Wichmann and to get a sneak peek at the space.

Wichmann and crew did a great job setting up the store with a minimal, yet functional vibe.

Tall ceilings, bright white walls, black floors, it’s all very clean looking, like an art-gallery-meetsboutique. The shop is freshly stocked with Timeless Thrills’ signature high-end menswear.

Sweaters, jackets, T-shirts, polo shirts, hats, beanies, bandanas, tote bags, socks, belts, patches, heck even doormats all don the classiclooking TT logo or other engaging designs. For the past four-plus years, Wichmann has sold his Timeless Thrills goods online at Timelessthrills. com, and through popular local retailers like Getta Clue and GoodStock. Now he’s looking forward to being able to funnel all of his gear into his own shop, a dream come true for the young entrepreneur (he’s just 28 years old). The grand opening party is set for Saturday, Jan. 23 and will feature a special collaboration with popular local photographer William Thompson (@goodthompson on Instagram).

Look for other creative collabs in the future as well now that Wichmann has a space of his own to get down with. We’re looking forward to seeing what the future holds for Timeless Thrills! Learn more about the brand by following them online (@timelessthrills on all social media), or just stop in and say what up to the man himself.

An up-and-coming local music festival is looking forward to growth in their second year.

Organizers of First Festival, whose inaugural event took place in May 2015 at River Walk Park in West Sacramento, recently announced that they’re expanding the event to two days this year and changing locations to Southside Park in Downtown Sacramento. The party will take place on June 18 and 19 and will feature a lineup of 25 local bands on two stages, paired with local craft beer and wine, artwork, local vendors, food and more.

“I can’t believe how much traction the festival already has for this year and how smoothly it’s going,” organizer Danielle Vincent recently told Submerge. “I know this year is definitely going to be bigger and better.”

Vincent and her team are currently sifting through 100-plus submissions from local artists in order to narrow down their final lineup, which we plan on announcing for them right here in Submerge in our mid-February issue, so make sure to pick us up again then to learn who is playing. We’re certain it’ll be a great blend of different genres, a great cross section of Sacramento talent, if you will. Hit up Facebook.com/firstfestivalsacramento or Firstfestivalsacramento.com for more info.

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The Optimistic Pessimist Now, I love the U.S. Constitution as much as the next guy, but it certainly has its limits. For example, the Constitution does not give us the right to commandeer federal buildings in armed protest. That’s not even in our most shootin’est Amendment, the Second Amendment. And that makes sense because you wouldn’t want a small group of idiots throwing a temper tantrum to bypass the legislative process. It would be complete chaos.

That might come as a big surprise to the members of the “militia” currently occupying a federal building on a wildlife refuge in southeast Oregon. They call themselves Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, but the Internet refers to them as Y’all Qaeda. These guys are tired of paying to graze their cattle on government land, because ‘Merica and Constitution. They are heavily armed and are refusing to leave until two local farmers convicted of arson (who don’t want their help) are released and the federal government returns all land it holds back to the states where it’s located.

The leaders of this band of brothers are none other than Ammon and Ryan Bundy, the sons of the infamous Cliven Bundy. Followers of redneck politics may remember Cliven Bundy from another government standoff in Nevada in 2014. Back then, with the help of Fox News and specifically that shitbag Sean Hannity, a man named Cliven was able to whip up enough support from gun nuts to force the government to back off. While the feds did manage to Taser one of Cliven’s sons before they left, it still seemed to be a pretty resounding victory for the Bundys. Shortly after his victory, Cliven let the world know that he thought African Americans were better off as slaves and his public support quickly dried up. Great job, Cliven!

The apple does not seem to fall far from the tree in this family. Cliven’s boys were there for the whole shebang in 2014 and have come to think of themselves as some sort of freedom fighters. So, when a chance came to make another run at the government, they leaped at the opportunity. Along with a few of their gun-

The Misfire Heard Round the World toting friends, the Bundys broke into the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and set up camp to stage their protest. The hilarity has ensued ever since.

Since none of the Bundys live in southeast Oregon, it would appear that this protest must have been a planned event, though I’m not sure “planned” is the best word to use. If you’ve seen photos or video of the current standoff, then you know that these knuckleheads definitely remembered to bring their guns, ammo, camouflage outfits and American flags with them. Unfortunately for them, it sounds like that’s about all they brought.

Almost immediately after arriving, the calls went out over social media for donations of food and other things like clothing, blankets, grooming supplies, money and cigarettes to support the cause. These two dozen or so self-proclaimed militiamen and women forgot to bring enough food and supplies to sustain themselves for more than the car ride to the wildlife refuge,` and they want us to take them seriously?

Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com The wonderful news is that most people are not. One of the group’s leaders has posted videos on YouTube asking people to stop sending them dicks. You read that right, people have been mailing all kinds of dicks to Y’all Qaeda. Big plastic ones, small bags of gummy ones, vibrating ones … you get the idea, and apparently they do too. They do not want your dicks anymore people, so stop sending them already! Just because they act like dicks doesn’t mean they want them, unless the dicks are attached to dudes with guns that love the constitution and hate the government.

That’s what it’s all about with these guys. Every time I see a video or picture of one of these yahoos, they are holding a copy of the Constitution, so they clearly have enough of those, but maybe they could use something else. They obviously don’t understand what most of the Constitution means, so maybe instead we can send in an English teacher, a history teacher and a Constitutional law professor to help these guys figure it out. Perhaps then they will think twice before annoying a small town and some park employees with their “revolution.”

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Just because Cirque Alfonse’s production is called Timber!, don’t expect Pitbull or Ke$ha to make a guest appearance. Unlike much of the Cirque-related dance fare, this specific show speaks volumes about the rich life of loggers and lumberjacks alike living in Quebec.

Already a hit with fans and critics, this production hearkens back to a time when things were much simpler. Expect lots of cool rolling log sequences, a bevy of axes flying across the air, and a hearty helping of country, folk and bluegrass. If a low BMI (body mass index) is what you’re striving for after breaking every holiday promise to yourself, this troupe of talented and fit individuals will show you how it’s done. What separates productions in these more intimate settings from bloated Vegas productions is a fine attention to detail and, more importantly, the chance to see some of the faces and moves without the aid of binoculars.

Tickets prices range from $13.50 for children t0 $51 for non-student adults. Word to the wise: get there early to secure parking since all the retired seniors with loads of time of their hands tend to snatch up the good spots. Find all the extra info you need at Mondaviarts.org/events. -E.J.

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Free Screening of He Named Me Malala at Sac State • Jan. 28 Not even the Taliban could bring down Malala Yousafzai! This incredible young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was famously shot by Taliban gunmen in October 2012, when she was just 14 years old, after speaking out for many years about equal rights and education for girls all around the world. Davis Guggenheim’s documentary, He Named Me Malala, takes a look at the events leading up to that attack, as well as how Yousafzai not only survived, but continues to grow and thrive while spreading her positive messages.

Sacramentans can enjoy a free screening of this enlightening film on Thursday, Jan. 28 at the University Union Ballroom on the Sacramento State campus. The film airs at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. All ages welcome. Visit Sacstateunique.com for more information. -J.C.

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Conducting from the Grave’s Farewell Show at The Boardwalk • Jan. 23 Since their formation in 2003, Sacramento-based metal band Conducting from the Grave has been making ears bleed and mosh pits rage all around the world, touring with such greats as All Shall Perish, Suicide Silence, Carnifex, Dying Fetus and many others.

They’ve released two full-lengths on Sumerian Records, along with a number of self-released recordings. Sadly, the time has come for Conducting to hang up their battle-torn axes. Saturday, Jan. 23 will mark the final show ever for the group when they pulverize The Boardwalk alongside a stacked lineup of heavy bands, including The Kennedy Veil, Purification by Fire and Aethere. Come say goodbye to one of Sac’s greatest metal bands and send them out in style! Cover is just $12 in advance, $14 at the door. All ages are welcome and the doors open at 6:30 p.m. -J.C.

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Chocolate Heaven at the Third Annual Sacramento Chocolate Salon! • Jan. 30 No word in the English language connotes something wholly and utterly delectable as “chocolate.”

As luck would have it, this annual sweet soiree will be back for its third year at the Embassy Suites Hotel. For the paltry cover charge of $20, everyone can indulge in the confection while witnessing myriad demonstrations, hearing authors and chefs alike talk about their experiences. Expect vendors from all over the area. Former participants have included Oscura Chocolate, CocoTutti, Marich Confectionery and Amano Artisan Chocolate, to name but a few. The event takes place on Saturday, Jan. 30 starting at 11 a.m. and forges on until 5 p.m.. You might even make a cameo on TasteTV’s Chocolate Television program if you can clean up a bit and not look like such a glutton on live camera. Those bringing toddlers should know kids ages 6–12 must pay $10. Even though your kids are picky eaters, everyone knows they’ll have a voracious appetite once they see the displays.

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Local Band Sonder to Host EP Release Show at Cafe Colonial • Jan. 22 Sacramento’s own local quartet Sonder—Chance Taylor (vocals and guitar), Jimmy Haddan (rhythm guitar and vocals), Linda Walker (bass and bird sounds), Spence Haddan (drums) —describe their music as “Acoustic Folk Ska Punk” on their Facebook page. And while the pairing of such disparate musical styles and genres would normally make for a nauseating listen, the band’s musical output would suggest otherwise. This special Friday show will be a celebration of sorts for the band’s aptly titled Unfamiliar Phases EP. For less than the price of a crappy value meal at McDonald’s, you can satisfy your musical palete with music from Killah Wail (surf punk from Modesto), Utmärkt, and Ricky! (from New Orleans’ own Name Calling). The all-ages event kicks off at 7:30 p.m. and continues until the last Volvo-driving soccer mom or dad picks up their punker teen. For those who’ve never been to a show at the tiny Cafe Colonial, do make sure you park your car in the gated adjacent lot. Parking on the street can result in possible car break-ins, random tires missing, and more. With all the money you save parking in the right spot, you can surely afford to buy some food at the cafe and a few merch items (yes, they will have buttons and stickers). Like Sonder at Facebook.com/sonderfolkpunk, where you can also RSVP to the show and impress your friends (yet again). -E.J. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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Of all the Sacramento-area craft beer events (and there are a lot!), The Art of Beer Invitational is easily one of our favorites.

Going down on Friday, Jan. 29 at The McClellan Conference Center in North Highlands, The Art of Beer brings together dozens of craft breweries with talented artists and tasty eats, all conveniently located under one huge-ass roof. Attendees can enjoy unlimited 4-ounce beer tastings from 36 different breweries, including (but not limited to) 21st Amendment, Berryessa, Bike Dog, Deschutes, Firestone Walker, Founders, Lagunitas, Ninkasi, Out of Bounds, Sierra Nevada and Track Seven. In many cases you can even meet and chat with the brewers themselves! In addition to all the great beer, you can check out work from a number of artists in the Art Hall, which is curated by Sacramento’s own Jim Shepherd. Be sure to look for the work of Beerded Designs (artwork created from the same sort of grains brewers use) and BeerPainter (an Oregon-based painter who works with, you guessed it, beer!), as well as many others. You can even bid on stuff that you like in the Brewer’s Art Silent Auction, which benefits Ales for Autism. There will of course be unlimited food samplings to help soak up all those suds. Blackbird Kitchen will be on hand offering bites, as will a number of others like Lions Gate Hotel’s O Club Restaurant and Lounge, Brown Butter Cookies and more. As cliche as it sounds, this really is a do-not-miss event for any beer lovers out there. The Art of Beer runs from 6–10 p.m., with special seminars happening from 5–6 p.m. Visit Artofbeerinvitational.com to pick up tickets in advance. For up-to-date info, like and/or follow them at Facebook.com/aob. sacramento and on Twitter, @artofbeerca. -J.C.

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Those who need to look up the definition of tweed are more than likely not going to be the event’s target customers. Although tweed has fallen out of fashion over the years, there are still throngs of people who enjoy and readily embrace wearing wholly uncomfortable clothes. If flexibility is not as important as looking like you’re from Ireland or United Kingdom and ready for a hunting expedition, you are hereby remanded to the Coffee Garden (located at 2904 Franklin Boulevard) to partake in a cycle gathering dubbed the “Sacramento 2016 Winter Tweed Ride.” Riders will convene at the awkwardly awesome coffee house starting at noon to take random selfies and indulge in discourse with the lesserestablished regular patrons. Even if you can’t rub two pennies together or don’t have enough to buy a black tea (recommended drink for the bourgeoisie set), you can still snub your nose at everyone within spitting distance and feel like a Powerball winner of days gone by.

There is no cost to ride, but a cool vintage bike to accentuate your wares always looks much cooler than riding your younger sister’s Specialized mountain bike. Scoff at the world while smiling inside and join the party by searching “Sacramento 2016 Winter Tweed Ride” on Facebook.com. -E.J. SubmergeMag.com

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--ou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss Jeremiah Jacobs had a plan. In the early to mid-‘00s, he was convinced he knew the direction his life was going to take. His career in film and television music composition wasn’t taking off the way he had envisioned. He saw others around him succeeding in ways he was unable. As the saying goes, his best laid plans went awry, and the vision of his future was in flux. However, instead of giving up, Jacobs changed his direction.

“At some point I just walked up to the cliff and I jumped off, and it turned out I had wings,” said Jacobs during a recent interview over the phone with Submerge.

In the present, Jacobs and his now threeman operation The Heartbreak Time Machine are in the process of promoting their debut release— dubbed The5/2EP—as well as spending time in the studio putting the finishing touches on a full-length slated for release some time in 2016.

The project's current lineup features veteran Sacramento musicians Mikey “LP” Sessions (guitar) and Seth Edward (drums).

The EP features performances by a number of well-known and respected Sacramento musicians including drummer/producer Dave Jensen and guitarists Art Padilla of Hero’s Last Mission, Michael Gregory of The Michael Gregory Band and Michael Roe of The 77s.

The path that lead Jacobs to The Heartbreak Time Machine started in his career as a composer for film and television. As mentioned earlier, in the mid-‘00s, he had begun to show promise as an up-and-coming artist in that area, providing music for the award-winning independent film American Yearbook about two kids planning a Columbine-like attack on their high school, as well as documentaries Do As I Say and Not as Good as You: The Myth of the Middle Class School.

In addition, Jacobs has done work on projects he refers to as “industrials,” such as animated features NASA produces to be presented to Congress.

But at some point, Jacobs started to see a pattern in the industry in which he was working so hard to succeed: “Somewhere around 2009 I was out looking for work in the advertising world—and film because I loved and still kind of like doing that—

and what I found out is that the people getting the bulk of work were all performing musicians,” said Jacobs. “They all had bands, and I sat back and thought about it for a second and I realized the reason these guys are writing compelling jingles and compelling film soundtracks … is that all of them either have a passion for performing, or they have in the past.

“I took a step back and said if I am going to continue to write better music for film and TV and I’m going to be a contender, I need some street cred, so I had better take my music out to the people and see what’s real.”

And that’s exactly what he did.

Initially, Jacobs tested the waters by contributing his talents to existing projects. The Heartbreak Time Machine is his eighth group. But of all of his former projects, this is the first he has fronted. Previous acts he has worked with include James Cavern, Autumn Sky and Clemon Charles.

“It’s a little bit of ego, a little bit of wanting to put your own thing out there,” said Jacobs of his decision to move from the background to the foreground in the performing arena. “I felt like—and I hate to use this cliché—I hadn’t been expressing myself fully in the projects I had been a part of.

“I’m mostly a producer, that’s my background.

I’m an engineer and a producer by trade. I’m really brand new to being a performing artist and taking my own material into the wild, so to speak. The production side is old school to me, almost simple compared to asking people to come to shows. It’s such a different proposition.”

At the very start of the interview, Jacobs mentioned he was fighting through pre-show nerves prior to a performance scheduled for that night. When asked about how he has dealt

“It’s a little bit of ego, a little bit of wanting to put your own thing out there. I felt like—and I hate to use this cliché—I hadn’t been expressing myself fully in the projects I had been a part of.”

– The Heartbreak Time Machine’s Jeremiah Jacobs on moving from the background to the foreground as a musician.

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with being the primary focus on stage, he simply responded, “I don’t know if I have dealt with it.

“Even in this interview, I can’t imagine I’m coming across as a ‘seasoned interviewee.’ My experience has been the backing guy … a hired gun,” said Jacobs. “That’s pretty much the case with everyone I’ve played with. I’ve just been in the band, helping craft the act a little bit, but I’ve never had to be fully accountable for the creative end, and ultimately the economic consequences of it, and this is the first time where my name, my songs, and everything are on [the line], and if people choose not to buy it, they are not buying me.”

As of now, this is quite literal. Copies of The5/12EP have been available since November 2015.

The EP is made up of a collection of singles recorded since the inception of The Heartbreak Time Machine.

Jacobs explained that the process, while quite different than the experience he is presently having recording the band’s full length debut, was special in its own right.

“We recorded it in a number of places. It’s kind of like a series of singles that were produced one-by-one as I was building my team over the last couple of years,” Jacobs explained. “The first one we actually recorded was ‘The Great Big Book,’ and we recorded that at Pinnacle College with Dave Jensen, and then we mixed that at Weston House ... The rest of the songs, I think they were recorded and mixed at Weston House as well. The only exception would have been ‘Make it Through’, which was recorded in my bedroom. So was ‘My Heart Belongs to You,’ and ‘This Song is For You’ I think I recorded at Studio Z. “One of the things I liked about doing singles one at a time is you really get to craft them all, and you put all your focus on putting it together and really getting the production right,” he continued. “I think the singles really sound different and they really do reflect a really different period of time and perspective and artistic approach, and they really sound different. There is part of that that I really like. Like an iTunes on shuffle kind of sound.

But, having done five songs in the studio one right after the other, they definitely all sound like they came from the same place. I struggle with that occasionally. Sometimes people want the thing to be complete, like they want it to all come together … at the same time wanting to create something a little more compelling; like a different sound in the same record. It’s a weird balance to strike.”

Another thing that is significant for both The5/12EP as well as for The Heartbreak Time Machine itself, is that it stands as a record of the project’s development. Until recently, the singles consisted of Jacobs and a variety of guest musicians.

The band’s lineup now solidified as a three piece, The/512EP can serve as a placeholder for a time when Jacobs was trying to find his footing, and ultimately, found it.

And of course, if he ever wants to revisit those days down the road, the EP can also serve as a personal Time Machine—hopefully sans the heartbreak. Only time will tell.

“I’m obsessed about what the The Hearbreak Time Machine's future holds,” EP release show is on Jan. 20 said Jacobs, “It’s at Powerhouse Pub in Folsom.

You can also catch them again probably the thing on Jan. 31 at Old Ironsides in that occupies the Sacramento, and on Feb. 13 at Bar most of my brain 101 in Roseville. Visit Facebook.com/ space every day.” heartbreaktimemachine for more information on how to order their new EP.

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KYLE Might Be Rap’s Next Big Name Words Fabian Garcia photo Jabari Jacobs

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hile many people might have been ringing in the New Year at a local bar among friends, Ventura, California rapper Kyle Harvey went riding into 2016 on an 8-foot Wham-O BZ foam surfboard in South Lake Tahoe—bringing the ancient art of crowd surfing back to its purest, most literal form.

He had just finished his hour-long set on day three of SnowGlobe, the first music festival Harvey’s ever played. Because his performance was scheduled relatively early—3 p.m.—he says he hadn’t expected much of a turnout, yet found himself pleasantly surprised when the Sierra Tent grew packed in only a matter of minutes.

“I think the gods just blessed me,” Harvey says, reflecting on what he calls a “very lit” first festival show. “The rap gods were like, ‘You know what? We fuck with this kid. Here you go.’”

What Harvey considers good fortune could probably be better ascribed to a strong sophomore album release this past fall, not to mention a breakout career he’s been zeroing in on for at least a couple of years now.

Following up on his 2013 debut project as KYLE, Beautiful Loser, Harvey—formerly known as K.I.D. and sometimes known as SuperDuperKyle—dropped Smyle on Oct. 2 to rave reviews and chart-topping success. Smyle peaked at No. 3 on the iTunes Hip-Hop Chart, as well as No. 7 on Billboard’s Rap Albums Chart and No. 53 on its Top Album Sales.

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from ear to ear listening to it. Dipping in to ‘80s and early ‘90s dance-pop influences, and even invoking some new jack swing bounce too, the Ventura native offers up a positive vibe at face value. More refreshingly, though, Smyle actually carries a sincere message throughout in Harvey’s raps and singing, delving into some very dark places with a hint of light at the end of every tunnel. In other words, it’s really got a glass-half-full kind of tone.

That was the goal at least, Harvey says, adding he wanted to make an album that could lift spirits by simply hitting the play button.

“I wanted it to be easy for people to wake up in the morning,” Harvey explains. “I wanted to make an album that if you feel like shit and you’re unhappy with yourself … you could put it on and get going. It’s just like, ‘Here, take this good feeling.’”

Having just finished a nationwide headlining campaign in the spring—the King Wavy Tour, named after his popular collaboration song with G-Eazy—Harvey, 22, is ready to venture out yet again this winter.

This time he’ll be joined by a couple of fellow rappers, New York-based Hoodie Allen and Hollywood-born Blackbear for the 36-city Happy Camper Tour. Ahead of the tour, KYLE will be playing a pair of headlining dates, including Feb. 2 at Harlow’s in Sacramento.

Submerge caught Harvey on a phone call to ask him about the newest tour, his thoughts on Sacramento and whether he feels he’s the next “alternative” rapper to blow up, among other interesting insights.

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SnowGlobe | Photo by Sean Dougherty I understand you’re about to go this new tour with Hoodie Allen and Blackbear.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t you just on tour not that long ago?

I was. But I live for touring. That’s my favorite thing, period. Of this entire music industry, in this entire music genre of rapping, my favorite thing to do is to perform live in front of people. I come from a musical theater background—I used to do musical theater and shit. So being on the stage is awesome for me. So the more I can be on tour the better. But yeah, the first stop is going to be in Sac. I’m playing at a place called Harlow’s. You know Harlow’s?

Yeah, of course.

Yeah, I played Harlow’s once upon a time.

Funny thing about Harlow’s, the first time I played it, it was on the Beautiful Loser Tour in 2013. And on the Beautiful Loser Tour, we went to Harlow’s and I think the cap is about, what, 500?

I think it’s like 300. But yeah, go on.

I had nine people there. Nine! My first show at Harlow’s, and I had nine people there. And it was awesome, we went for it. We did the whole thing; the crowd was interacting and everything. You feel me?

It was incredible. I think my friends even picked me up and let me crowd surf on their shoulders. That shit was sick, though.

Harlow’s, in 2013, I had nine people there.

Then the last show we went and did up there [at The Boardwalk] on the King Wavy Tour, we sold it out. But that wasn’t at Harlow’s. So I’m actually really glad to go back and conquer the gates of rap hell. It’s gonna be a redemption ball.

Do you have any other memories or impressions of Sacramento?

The last show we had in Sac—on the King Wavy Tour—was probably, energy-wise, like the best show on the entire tour. And I remember that verbatim. I remember being like, “Damn, we came back here, and we sold out.” That was probably like the most excited crowd out of anybody. And it was the last show as well. It was the very last one. And it just left off so well that I remember, as we were leaving the show, I was like, ‘Dude, we have to come back here.

Always. Like, we always have to come back here. Like, these kids, look how much they love us.’ Every tour from now until forever, I will always go to Sacramento.

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A lot of people call you the “happy” rapper. Do you like that label, or do you ever feel like it’s limiting at all?

I think it’s just, like, my personality. You know, that probably just labels me as that. And, like, I don’t have an issue with it. You feel me? I don’t have an issue with happy people. I think rap has an issue with happy people. I think culture in general, damn near, has an issue with happy black people. You feel me? Like, happy black rappers. And so I don’t have an issue with it. I think that, at times, it probably does limit me for some people.

Or even for, like, the festival world or some shit. They probably don’t wanna co-sign because they think it’s corny. But it’s not corny to be happy. And honestly, I don’t give a fuck. Even if this shit were to completely stunt my career from ever crackin’, I’m not gonna, like, believe that it’s whack to be happy, or to be the happy rapper. That’s cool.

But you’re not like a damn robot or anything. You’re a person, you have a range of emotions. You can’t be happy all the time.

Of course not. I mean, if you listen to this music, a lot of this shit is sad. That’s what I’m saying. [People] are so afraid of a person like me. They think it’s all, “Oh he’s just smiling. He’s gay.” It’s like they’re so afraid of that, they don’t even really listen to the content. And I think my true fans are people that listen to what I’m actually saying. I’m actually talking about loss; I’m talking about losing family members to drug addiction; I’m talking about losing family members to alcoholism; I’m talking about shit none of these other niggas are talking about. But I’m just doing it in a way that’s not bad. You’re gonna get over, you’re gonna be fine. The sun’s gonna shine tomorrow, it’s gonna be great. It’s just sometimes they can’t really see past that. But if you listen to my music, like “All Alright,” it’s about some shit. I talk about problems. You feel me? I talk about dark things. But I talk about them in an uplifting positive way … But I’m not trying to be philosophical every time. I’m not trying to be fucking Plato every time I hop on a track. But I’m not just out here talking about sugar and spice and everything’s nice. It’s not that. I’m talking about dark things. I’m rapping about sad shit in a happy voice.

“Right now, I don’t feel any anxiety. I feel ready to step into this shit. You feel me? I feel like I’m at a casting call, and they’re like, ‘And, uh, Kyle Harvey?’ I’m ready to just kick the door open like, ‘Boom! I’ve been waiting here the whole time. You didn’t see this fly ass shit?’”

– Rapper KYLE aka Kyle Harvey You know, based on the research I’ve done, and the media coverage you’ve been receiving, I get the sense that you’re just about where Chance the Rapper was a couple years ago when he came out with Acid Rap and was touring a lot. Within a year, he blew up. Do you feel like you’re at that stage too? On the cusp of your career taking off?

I do. I feel it right now. I feel this shit every day. I feel like this is it in 2016. What day is it?

It’s Friday the 8th.

Bro, it hasn’t been eight days, and I’ve already got so much shit in motion for this year. So yeah, I feel like 2016 is it.

2016 is the year where I’m really trying to continue [my musical efforts]. It’s really just about each individual person you connect to. That’s my only goal. You feel me? Connect to one person at a time, individually. And I think this year it’s going to spread to, like, everyone. After I do this tour, I’m coming out with some new ass songs that are flamin’. And it’s gonna be very tight.

What exactly are you feeling right now?

Are you nervous, excited?

This is the thing, I’m excited. To keep it lit with you, in 2013 when Chance first came out and all these people came out—like, I’ve been here the whole time. I’ve been here working as hard as I can. I’ve been here with my team working as hard as I can the entire time. So we’ve been ready.

I’ve already gotten over the anxiousness.

I’ve already gotten over like, “Damn, when is this gonna happen?” We’ve been here since 2013, and all those other historical events that have happened, we’ve been sitting in the background waiting for our moment. Right now, I don’t feel any anxiety. I feel ready to step into this shit.

You feel me? I feel like I’m at a casting call, and they’re like, “And, uh, Kyle Harvey?”

I’m ready to just kick the door open like, “Boom! I’ve been waiting here the whole time. You didn’t see this fly ass shit?”

Catch KYLE in Sacramento Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Harlow’s, located at 2708 J St. Doors for this all-ages show open at 6:30 p.m., with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to Harlows.com.

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Pavement’s Scott Kannberg brings Spiral Stairs back to Sacramento Words Jacob Sprecher photo Peter Ellenby

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cott Kannberg’s resume has a bolded header that slaps you right across the face: Founding member and guitarist of Pavement. There isn’t much need to explain, because that single sentence says a lot of things. But Kannberg is more than one arm of a multi-limbed rock ‘n’ roll giant. Over the years, he’s led solid outfits like Preston School of Industry and Spiral Stairs. The latter (also his longtime alias) is where Kannberg lands in 2016, polishing his first release (Doris and the Daggers) since 2009’s The Real Feel.

Produced in Los Angeles by Dan Long, the forthcoming LP will at some point be touched by the hands of San Francisco mainstay Kelley Stoltz, and features well-worn players like drummer Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene).

Spiral Stairs taps into the brilliantly loose mood that defined Pavement. It’s not sloppy, or undercooked—it’s something more akin to your most intelligent, good-job-having friend that shops exclusively at thrift stores simply because they prefer it. “Cold Change” is a prime example; a song that belongs to Spiral Stairs, yet just as easily could have been on Terror Twilight. And reminding people of Pavement is not a bad thing. It’s actually quite good. For all the ‘90s alt we look back upon with sheepish smiles (Pearl Jam? Soundgarden?

Bush??), the lazy rock ‘n’ roll swagger of Pavement still stands tall. And Spiral Stairs, with a looming show at Sacramento’s Torch Club alongside Ian Moore, will showcase just that. Submerge recently caught up with Kannberg, who happens to be good-humored and an all-around nice guy, with a fuzzy recollection of Sacramento lore to boot.

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So it’s been six years since the last Spiral Stairs record. Why now?

After the last Pavement tour I moved to Australia for a few years and had a kid and lived on an acre of land and kinda mowed the lawn everyday. I lost track of things and didn’t make a lot of music, so when I moved back to the States I just started doing it.

Has the lyrical focus shifted at all now that you have a family?

It was kinda weird. I had a bunch of ideas for songs. Not really anything about the kid; I’m not singing about my kid like Paul McCartney did, or whatever [laughs]. I guess it’s in there a little bit. But we were all set to record in Seattle last May, and the drummer I’ve had for years, Darius, passed away. Big shock. He just had a heart attack and died. He was 39, four days away from his 40th birthday. And like a week away from seeing the very last Rush show—of course a drummer’s favorite band is Rush [laughs]. So it was quite a shock, and I kinda refocused a lot of the songs [to be about] this guy, and loss and friends; life and death, really.

What’s behind the title Doris and the Daggers?

I’ve always had this fake band name, Doris and the Daggers. It’s like a punk rock, fake band from the ‘80s that you’d see at the Cattle Club. It’s gonna be weird playing Sacramento again. I went to school there and lived there in the early Pavement days. I guess the show got moved to the Torch Club, which is even weirder, ‘cause I used to go to that place when I was like 20 years old.

Is it ever a give and a take being inextricably linked to a name like Pavement? Are there times when you’re grateful and others you’d prefer the anonymity?

No, no, I’ve always been very proud of Pavement. I mean, it was my band, ya know? Over the years it’s become such a bigger thing and you’ve gotta respect that. I love it. It made me who I am today, besides my parents I guess [laughs].

“When you really care about every record you do, and every single you do and you kinda have a sense of humor about it; you take it seriously but you don’t take it seriously. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll. And what we always tried to do was respect our influences. We didn’t try to say we were creating the Holy Grail. And I think people respect that.”

– Spiral Stairs’ Scott Kannberg on the staying power of his former band, Pavement.

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I grew up in the ‘90s, and i think it’s interesting to look back at what was popular at what time, and what holds up and what doesn’t, and Pavement’s a good example of a band that has held up. Do you ever contemplate what it is about Pavement that lasts where say, Smashing Pumpkins doesn’t?

You know, I kinda look at it like R.E.M. and their career. When you really care about every record you do, and every single you do and you kinda have a sense of humor about it; you take it seriously but you don’t take it seriously. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll. And what we always tried to do was respect our influences. We didn’t try to say we were creating the Holy Grail. And I think people respect that and it resonates.

Have you ever come across somebody who turned out to be a big fan that you didn’t expect, and have it kinda blow you away?

We played a festival once in the mid-’90s or something, and I remember Oingo Boingo played. And I remember the guitar player came up to me and was just like, “Man, you’re my favorite band.” And I was like, “That is fucking weird.” [Laughs.] That’s just a random one. Probably the coolest one ever was Nick Cave taking me aside and saying, “I like you guys.”

Do you have any old, dusty Sac stories?

Maybe spin a yarn or two?

Geez. So long ago … my memory’s terrible.

It’s basically where Pavement kinda started. I mean we did start in Stockton, jamming and recording, but I was living in Sacramento after the first single. We were around that town when there was nothing going on. But there were great shows; Cattle Club was a great club. And then before that, Club Minimal is basically where we grew up. It was where all the punk rock bands came. I did my first stage dive at Social Distortion when I was like 14 years old.

It was a big part of my life, that town.

I went to Sac State. I didn’t finish. I was actually about a semester short of finishing, and Sonic Youth called us up and said they wanted us to tour and open up for them in Europe. So Steve [Malkmus] called me up and said, “Can you put off school for a little bit?” And I never went back [laughs].

I think you made the right decision.

I think so too! My urban planning teacher was like, “What are you doing?” I was working at this door and bathroom hardware warehouse, and I remember telling the boss, “I’m goin’ off, I’m gonna be a rock star.” And he was like, “Alright, good luck with that, we’ll see you in a month!”

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“They’re not directly following the story but you know when you read a book, you get an image in your mind,” she says. “I try to put those images into my paintings.”

Finally, a third source of inspiration Dairiki calls more fairytale, but has no reason not to believe. She asked a friend, a known psychic, why she has such an interest in medieval subjects, in art and in dream.

“She said I have a past life as a nun in 13th century Northern Italy,” Dairiki says.

“That kind of thing is sort of fun to say.”

Not all of Dairiki’s dreams materialize into paintings quickly. She’s still trying to get one on paper that’s been recurring for years, she says.

“It’s kind of like aged food, like cheese or wine or whiskey; you have to wait,” she says. “You have to let it sit to let it come out. I do kind of the same thing once in a while. Just don’t rush. Let it sit.”

Patience runs deep in Dairiki. She describes moving to her home in Winters as a struggle at first, after having spent the first 40 years of her life in Fukuoka, Japan; New York City; Los Angeles; and San Francisco.

“It took a while for me to appreciate this isolated beauty,” she says of her home in Winters, a sprawling 40 acres of trees, hills and animals. “I grew up in a big city and never was in the rural countryside.

Gradually after 10 years I started really deeply appreciating the beauty of nature.

It didn’t happen instantly. Now I like to be here. I took root, like a tree. I am a transplanted tree with roots.”

The permanent move to the United States was unintentional, Dairiki says, but when she met the man who later became her husband, she decided to stay, and eventually moved to Winters to live with him and her stepdaughter.

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rtist Sayako Dairiki would be a therapist’s easiest patient to dissect. She paints her dreams, which she describes as a mix of her environment and her internal struggle, fueled by experiences from her current life, and possibly a past one.

One of her recent pieces, part of her Inner Landscapes exhibition at Pence Gallery in Davis, depicts a dream in which she sees a town floating at twilight, and she hears a voice say, “That’s the place your souls live.” Silhouettes of arches and points huddle close together against a ghostly bright blue background, almost like a traveler looking upon a lit graveyard.

“When I woke up I did a watercolor quickly to remember, and then did the painting,” Dairiki says of her process for the piece, entitled Town Souls Live.

Dairiki’s themes, colors and subjects hark back to medieval European art, says Pence Gallery director Natalie Nelson in her informational piece about the new exhibit.

Nelson says Dairiki’s use of brilliant indigo hues and gold leaf, and her paintings of angels, saints, keyholes and archways, are reminiscent of a hidden, ancient realm.

Dairiki says she has only a few explanations for her affinity toward medieval subjects. One reason could be her exploratory trips to Italy with her husband, and the icon paintings in Christianity that always leave an impression. An example is her piece, Night in May, of a robed young woman with straw-colored hair nodding on a crescent moon. The wildflowers on her robes exemplify the rural, natural environment where Dairiki spends most of her time.

Another explanation is her love for the writer Herman Hesse, and particularly the influence of his books The Glass Bead Game and Narcissus and Goldmund, which include medieval, spiritual and self-realization themes.

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“So, I need to deal with my environment,” she says. “When your life is in a difficult place for many reasons, you have to deal with it right? My painting is a really good tool for me to deal with those life issues.”

For Dairiki, those issues over the years have included “living in a different culture, living in a new environment or having a new family.”

“I raised my stepdaughter, for example. Now she is 24 and is fine but when she was a teenager it wasn’t that easy,” Dairiki laughs. “Painting is a really great tool to see myself, to detach and see what’s really going on. The process of painting—mixing paints, grabbing brushes—is very healing for me. It helps me face difficulties visually. Sometimes you have nightmares, but expressing those

things and having deep commitment to my painting was great for my life.”

Prior to her permanent move, Dairiki had come to the United States in the late 1970s, around age 20, as a struggling artist with her struggling photographer boyfriend, both trying to make it in Los Angeles and New York.

“He did really cool photography but it was just two young people trying to be artists, and it was tough,” she recalls. “I had a lot of dreams and it was good, but we stayed less than two years.”

Dairiki came back to the United States from Japan in 1994, hoping to see more of the country. She moved to San Francisco and worked at a ceramics studio in Haight Ashbury, and was inspired by her new city surroundings.

Her art, she says, changes given what’s going on in her life and where she is, but it stays the same in the sense that it is always what she dreams in that time and space.

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“When I was in San Francisco I was not doing rural or nature,” she notes. “It’s a big city with interesting people and so my art was different. But I always painted the dream world, even [when I lived] in Japan.”

Lately, she is trying more abstract painting, taking her dreams to another level. But, she adds, her real life still offers plenty of inspiration.

One of the most romantic, touching pieces of the Pence exhibit is Moon Night Walk. I had to ask—was that real or dream?

Who is in the painting?

“My husband and I take a walk, not

every night, but often after dinner, and our neighbor has a walnut orchard we walk by,” she explains shyly. “Sometimes we just enjoy the beautiful full moon and talk about the day. That’s my real experience.”

Dairiki spoke with Submerge the night her exhibit opened. She held an artist talk at Pence Gallery Jan. 17. She says she enjoys talking to people who see her work.

“Different people see things in different ways,” she says. “Sometimes people see things I don’t see in my paintings. I want to enjoy that new image in my painting too!”

Take a glimpse into Sayako Dairiki’s dream world through her exhibition Inner Landscapes at Pence Gallery, located at 212 D Street in downtown Davis, through Feb. 27. Find out more at Pencegallery.org.

“The process of painting—mixing paints, grabbing brushes—is very healing for me. It helps me face difficulties visually. Sometimes you have nightmares, but expressing those things and having deep commitment to my painting was great for my life.”

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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Press Club Moist, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Leigh Guest, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

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

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Audien, Alexx Adam, 10 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic, 7 p.m.

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

Harlow’s The Easy Leaves, Winter Western Formal, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Los Lobos w/ Ballet Folklorico Mexicano, 7:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 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 The Heartbreak Time Machine (EP Release), Skyler Michael, SpaceWalker, 8:30 p.m.

Press Club Mondo Drag, Sugar Candy Mountain, 8 p.m.

Shine Midtown Out Loud Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Civil Youth, Kid Cousin, The Pinder Brothers, Abby Normal, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Reds Blues feat. Rusty Zinn, 9 p.m.

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Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Spoken Bird, Elevated Mind, Kowta, L.F. OGRE & Head Soar and more, 8 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.

District 30 Bingo Players, Alexx Adam, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Mike Justis Band, 8 p.m.

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

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

Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Vikki Lee, 7 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub High Noon, 9:30 p.m.

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

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

Starlite Lounge Demon In Me, Stephen Swanson, Graham Vinson, Rito Craig X INKD UP and More, 8 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Lee Gallagher & The Hallelujah, 9 p.m.

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Berryessa Brewing Co. Poly Orchids, 5 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Top Shelf Goodiez, J-Diggs, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Saving Abel, D-O.N.E., Anarchy Lace, The Way Out, 6:30 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Total Recall, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino The Lettermen, 9 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Sonder (EP Release), Utmärkt, Killah Wail, Ricky!, 7:30 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre Knock Knock, 7 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Westbound 50, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Ross Hammond, The Lost Trio, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Goldfield Stephan Hogan, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Peter Holden, 9:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Stepping Stone, Halfpence & Haypenny, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides DJ Roger Carpio, Arts and Leisure, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Take Out, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Westbound 50, 4 p.m.; Clean Slate, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Zorelli, 9 p.m.

Shine Proxy Moon, The Scratchdog Stringband, Ricky Berger, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge David Liebe Hart, Pregnant, Retarded Muppit Farm, DoofyDoo, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Solsa, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Twilight Drifters, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Yamato, 7 p.m.

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Berryessa Brewing Co. Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah, 3 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Dru Down, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Conducting From The Grave (Final Show), The Kennedy Veil, Purification By Fire, Aethere, 6:30 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Adam Donald, 9 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino The Lettermen, 8 p.m.

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

The Colony Impurities, Blood Pig, A Veil Apart, 8 p.m.

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Fox & Goose Face4Radio, Atlas Park, 9 p.m.

Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts The Six Bach Suites for Cello, 7:30 p.m.

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Luna’s Cafe Cash Cartell, Salt Wizard, 8 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Cowboy Junkies, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

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Old Ironsides California Riot Act, Race To The Bottom, Thunder Chief, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Rebel Yell, 10 p.m.

Sacramento Community Center Theater Mozart Requiem: James Feddeck and the Sacramento Opera Chorus, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon The Golden Cadillacs, 9 p.m.

Shine Pine Street Ramblers, The Tara Novellas, Gillian Underwood and the Lonesome Doves, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Dire Peril, Motorize, Blessed Curse, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Audioboxx, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club The Stuff, 5:30 p.m.; Peter Petty & The Double P Review, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 8 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Company Bands in the Beerhall feat. Whiskey Alley, 6 p.m.

The Boardwalk From Autumn to Ashes, I The Mighty, Frameworks, 6:30 p.m.

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

Cache Creek Casino Ms. Choo Mimi, Mr. Wen Zhang, 1 & 4 p.m.

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

Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert: Amber Yui-Hsuan Liao, 3 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Chicano Batman, World Hood, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom, 1 & 6 p.m.

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Powerhouse Pub Daniel Castro, 3 p.m.

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

Sacramento Community Center Theater Tommy Emmanuel, 8 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Peter Petty, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Free Throw, Young & Heartless, Sinai Vessel, Brave Season, Stoop Kids, 8 p.m.

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

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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.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Talib Kweli, Dre-T, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

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Nicholson’s MusiCafe Alternating Bass Strum Mini-Workshop w/ Rick Sims, 7 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 Lauren Wakefield, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, Mind X, 9 p.m.

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The Boardwalk The Forward Steady Tour: Siaosi, The Jimmy Weeks Project, Kiwini Vaitai, 6:30 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic, 7 p.m.

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

Harris Center for the Arts Mark Hummel, 7:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Karma, DJ Nate D, 9 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Devil Makes Three, 7:30 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Local Licks Free Music Series, 9 p.m.

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

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Nicholson’s MusiCafe Slide Guitar Workshop w/ Eddie Honeyeater, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Granger Smith, Earl Dibbles Jr., Drew Baldridge, 7 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 5 p.m.

The Blue Lamp MoxieCrush Variety Show, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Roach Gigz, Los Rakas, Einer Bankz, DJ Skimask, 7 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Denver Saunders, 9 p.m.

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

The Colony Charles Albright, Mad Judy, Long Knives, The Harbor, Little Tents, 8 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Madison Hudson, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Merdog, The Depths, Catherine Dayton, 9 p.m.; Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Goldfield DJ Rawhide, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Jose Manuel Blanco “El Grillu”, Roberto Corrias, David Mclean, 5:30 p.m.; Abney Park, Diego’s Umbrella, 9:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond and Alex Jenkins, 9:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe No More Homeless Deaths Benefit Concert w/ Jenn Rogar, John Gruber, Andrew Castro, Eric Everett, Dennis Lesea and More, 7 p.m.

Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Kevin Bacon Soundtrack Tribute Show: Desario, Clouds Roll By, Danny Morris and the California Stars, Blame the Bishop, 50 Watt Heavy, Salt Wizard, Rich Driver and More, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Scene, DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub WonderBread 5, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Branded, 4 p.m.; The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Arlyn Anderson, 9 p.m.

Shine Iris Joy, Tanice Jay, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Beads and Beats, 6 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Eight Bells, Underling, Kyntallah, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Shadia, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club Midtown Creepers, 5:30 p.m.; Big Earl and the Cryin’ Shame (CD Release), 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Luciana Souza, 8 p.m.

1.30 Saturday

Ace of Spades Bone Thugs-NHarmony, 7 p.m.

The Blue Lamp Mau, Tattooed Love Dogs, Hannah Jane Kile, Redleaf, Tree Village, 6:30 p.m.

The Boardwalk Korean Fire Drill, The Alpha Complex, Madison Avenue, Heat of Damage, 7 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

El Dorado Saloon Island of Black & White, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Triple 7’s, The Rollin’ Blackouts, 9 p.m.

Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Mania: The Live Beatles Experience, 5:30 p.m.; Peace Killers (Album Release), Psychosomatic, Kill the Precedent, The Number Thirteen, 9:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe G. Love & Special Sauce, 7 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Harley White Jr. Trio, 9:30 p.m.

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Dave Attell Punchline Comedy Club 7 & 9:15 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, 8 p.m.

Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Riders in the Sky, 8 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Will Clarke, Billy Kenny, 10 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Kids Talent Night, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides The Scratch Outs, Black Saddle Hookers, 9 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Peeti V, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Peelers, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Nathan Owens Band, 10 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Twilight Drifters, 9 p.m.

Shine Thieves These Days, Big Me, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Prospect Castles, The Easychairs, Lowlander, Not, 7 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort BlackWater, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club Jessica Malone, 5:30 p.m.; Ian Moore, Spiral Stairs (Scott Kannberg from Pavement), 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Luciana Souza, 8 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Company Bands in the Beerhall feat. Them Travelin’ Birds, 6 p.m.

1.31 Sunday

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

Cache Creek Casino Valerie V Big Band, 1 p.m.

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

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Legends of Hawaiian Music: Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono, 6 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Rachelle DeBelle and The Jamfest Miracles, The Heartbreak Time Machine, 7 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Mick Martin, 3 p.m.

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

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Animal House, The Exhibit Sacramento Fine Arts Center Sacramento City College Performing Arts Center Premier Winter Concerto Concert, 7 p.m.

Shady Lady Saloon Jane Thompson Trio, 9 p.m.

Sol Collective Sharle Hayes, Kween, DJ Rock Bottom, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Sun Dog, Pinnacles, 8 p.m.

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

2.01 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.

Comedy Cache Creek Casino Paul Rodriguez, Jan. 30, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Open Mic Showcase hosted

by Cheryl “the Soccer Mom” Anderson, Jan. 19, 8 p.m.

Say It Loud Comedy Presented by Michael Calvin Jr., Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Steve White feat. Ken Garr, Jan. 22 - 24, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

John Moyer feat. Keenan Baker, Jan. 29 - 31, 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.

Stab! Hosted by John Ross, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.

Comix Hosted by Jaime Fernandez, Jan. 27, 8 p.m.

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

Punchline Comedy Club Jermaine Fowler, Jan. 21 - 24, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Carlos Rodriguez’s Green Room, Jan. 27, 8 p.m.

Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan, Jan. 28 - 30, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Dave Attell, Jan. 31, 7 & 9:15 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.

Hari Kondabolu, Jan. 23, 8 & 10 p.m.

Tommy T’s Felipe Esparza, Jan. 21 - 2 Kabir “Kabeezy’ Singh, Jan. 29 - 31

Misc.

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

24th Street Theatre Big Fish, through Jan. 31 Arthouse Gallery & Studios ART times Five, through Feb. 9 B Street Theatre Echo Location by Carter W. Lewis, through Feb. 28 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

By Hand, through Feb. 27 As Real As It Gets, through Feb. 27 The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

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

Coffee Garden Sacramento 2016 Winter Tweed Ride, Jan. 30, 12 p.m.

Crest Theatre Dirty Dancing, Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Clash of the Titans, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.

California La Femme Magnifique Pageant, Jan. 24, 6 p.m.

State of the City, Jan. 28, 6 p.m.

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 Davis Arts Center A Difficult Muse, through Jan. 30 Elk Grove Fine Arts Center Those Who Teach, Can Do feat. Vince Lee, Mitra McLaughlin, Tom Sellas, and Brent Spaulding, through Jan. 30 Embassy Suites Hotel - Riverfront Promenade Sacramento Chocolate Salon 2016, Jan. 30, 11 a.m.

Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

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

Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Get Lit: Kristen Hoard’s LED Metal Sculpture Exhibit, through Jan. 30 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

McClellan Conference Center West Coast Fighting Championship: King of Sacramento, Jan. 23, 5 p.m.

Fifth Annual Art of Beer Invitational, Jan. 29, 6 p.m.

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

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

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

Sacramento Area Peace Action Film Screening: Pink Ribbons, Inc., Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento Fine Arts Center Animal House, The Exhibit, through Jan. 30 SERNA Center SacTown VegFest, Jan. 30, 11 a.m.

Shimo Center for the Arts Leslie Philpott and Linda Nunes Exhibition, through Jan. 30 Sleep Train Arena Monster Jam, Jan. 29 - 31 Tommy T’s The Darling Clementines Bohemian Burlesque Review, Jan. 28, 8 p.m.

University Union Ballroom, CSUS Free Film Screening: He Named Me Malala, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Various Bars & Restaurants Sacramento Bacon Fest 2016, Jan. 25 - 30 Verge Center for the Arts Film Screening: The Artist is Present, Jan. 21, 7 p.m.

WAL Public Market Art Exhibit: Second Chance, through Feb. 3 White Buffalo Gallery CMYKandy

by Harley Haslem, through Jan. 30

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Duke’s Plates and Pints 510 La Sierra Drive, Sacramento Words & photos Amy Serna It’s near the end of Seahawks/Vikings NFL playoff game on a Sunday afternoon and the bar is scattered with fans. About every 10 minutes or so—in between eating or drinking—you can hear the occasional “OOOHHH!” from the bar, after a good or bad play.

There were no complaints to be heard at Duke’s Plates and Pints because the Sunday game was on the big screen and happy hour was all day.

Located on La Sierra Drive, near Watt Avenue, Duke’s Plates and Pints is ready to cater to any football fan, hungry patron or happy hour hound. Duke’s is a casual bar that is small enough for you to grab a quick bite by yourself but big enough to meet with your crew on game day.

Though it’s a low-key hangout spot, Duke’s has a surprising number of craft beers on tap. It’s easy to get pretty excited with their craft beer selection, with more than 20 beers on tap, bottled sours, hard ciders, and don’t forget wine. You can start off with a golden ale, work your way up to a hoppy IPA, then end with a chocolate stout. And if you want to experience more beer tasting like I do, you get to choose from different sizes: half-pint, pint or pitcher. It’s not only a good place to watch the game on Sundays, but they also have a relaxing patio where you can drink beer, chat and bask in the sun with your buds. Their all-American food menu is full of wings, fries, salads, burgers, sausages and sandwiches.

Most plates range from about $9 to $11, giving you a full meal and maybe even some leftovers.

The happy hour schedule is normally Monday through Friday 3–5:30 p.m., but if it’s game day on Sunday, happy hour is all day.

But now time for a play-by-play on how much grub this happy hour hound can get for only $20.

Their happy hour menu consists of carnitas tacos, pork sliders, pretzel sticks and $1-off pints. When I went to order, I fell out of luck with the happy hour food menu, because they were

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out of pork until the end of the day, so I was forced to improvise my game plan.

I started off with two half-pints of beer, first the Amador Brewing Company’s Deep Hop Red for $3, then the Boulder Beer Company’s Shake Chocolate Porter on nitro for $3.50. I figured it would be worth it to try two craft beers for the price of one. It’s hard to beat a good hoppy red ale on tap and a chocolate porter is one of my favorite beers to drink in the winter. I see it almost equivalent to ordering a hot chocolate but cold and with more alcohol.

Next up, I ordered two pretzel sticks (only $1.50 each). The soft pretzel sticks were not at all what I was expecting in my head, they were so much better. They were served coated with parmesan cheese and big chunks of sea salt. It melts in your mouth when you take a bite of the warm, soft, doughy pretzel.

Pretzels are one of my favorite snacks to have with beer, but these put normal snack pretzels to shame.

Next was the main course, the dish I was looking forward to eating the entire time and when it was served all I could say was, “Woah.” With a name like “Macho Nachos,” there was no way I was going to pass that up. Served in a giant bowl, these nachos were smothered with shredded cheddar cheese, green onions, tomatoes, chili and shredded chicken. No matter how full I was, it was hard to stop eating the salty, cheesy indulgence.

For a grand total of $21.70, I got to pig out on two half-pints of craft beer, two pretzel sticks, and epic cheesy nachos. Duke’s Plates and Pints is a casual spot for game day and a great spot for trying new beers on tap. Grab a friend, a beer, a burger and wind down at Duke’s for the best few hours of the day, happy hour.

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The bands expected to play were Gravy Nation, Kaz Mirblouk and Honyock.

They weren’t due to play until eight at night. Many people trickled here and there through the two entrances, most of them looking like they had stepped out of an Urban Outfitters catalogue. There was a bit of an L.A.-hipster-meets-Davis bohemian vibe, which can be intimidating at first, but if you’re open to meeting new people, you are less likely to be daunted by the new faces you may encounter.

I started feeling slightly more comfortable once the first band, Gravy Nation, a Davis-based rock trio, started setting up. The lights went out, creating an entire new vibe of “anything is possible.” The frontman and bass player, Christopher Hunt, had an interesting getup of leather pants and a flannel, which gave him the appearance of a Jim Morrison bad boy look with a touch of grunge. The other two band members of SubmergeMag.com

the rock trio—drummer Billy Thompson and guitarist Ryan Shickman—didn’t seem to quite fit the look, as they had arrived in casual clothing. Once everything was ready and set for performing, I stood back and was not disappointed. As a huge ‘90s alternative rock fan, I found a lot of the decade’s influences in their music, from pop-punk Green Day to grunge Alice in Chains. The band may as well earn a reputation as Davis’ most mercurial bands for its brave leaping from one subgenre to another while still playing to an alternative scene.

Gravy Nation made quite the impression with their song titled “Regina George,” a fast-paced heartfelt tune from the point of view of a love-struck teenage boy, referencing the main character from the 2004 film, Mean Girls. Generally, the band had a knack for showmanship, followed by the ability to sound clean and melodic without committing to one stylistic approach, wherein upholding measured arrangements that employ the members’ expertise to the fullest.

The music by the band Kaz Mirblouk, a Los Angeles/Davis based garage/psychpunk three-piece, headed by the front man Kasra Mirblouk, was something out of a fun, sunny and sporty commercial selling a product to a bunch of youths.

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Honyock, a Sacramento-based four-piece band, playfully calls their music, “Folkadelic psychwave.” What that means, they’re not exactly sure. However, it is apparent that their influences are mainly from Neil Young and The Velvet Underground. Take what you will from the band’s performance; once you take a listen to “I’ll Never Let You in Again,” it is evident that the band members have sensitive souls. With their profound and emphatic lyrics, you will be compelled to give your heart away to each and every one of the band members, for they are likely to understand your inner struggle and pain. Their songs are eerie, dark, and sad yet somehow they retain a certain beat that allows you to dance. However you choose to dance is really up to you.

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Wal-Mart is shuttering 269 stores worldwide, 154 of those in the United States (including two in the Bay Area: San Jose and Oakland). I’m not sure how I feel about this. The bourgeois yuppie in me says, “Good. I don’t shop there anyway. Do they even know what artisinal means?!” (And if you know what it means, could you please explain it to me?) But then I think about all the people who’ll be out of work, and I feel for them.

It sucks to be out of a job, even if the job you’re out of is kind of sucky. I’ve never been in a Wal-Mart and found the employees happy to be working there, except for the greeter guy, but he’s usually some friendly retired dude who’s just working a few hours a week so he can get out of the house once in a while. Still, it’s better than not having any job. At the very least, having a shitty job gives you something to wallow in with your friends and colleagues, because their jobs are probably shitty too.

According to Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon, the decision to close these stores was “necessary to keep the company strong and positioned for the future.” The company will instead try to reallocate its considerable resources to conform with the changing face of retail (i.e. move online like everything else) and turn its sights toward battling competitor Amazon.com. Of course, with still more than 11,000 stores worldwide, Wal-Mart isn’t abandoning the brick-and-mortar model entirely, but, you know, it’s never enough to the best and most successful at one thing. You really need to dominate EVERYONE. That’s probably little consolation for those who’ll be looking for work once their store closes.

These closures will result in roughly 10,000 U.S. workers losing their jobs. At the Oakland store, 400 people will get their walking papers. The store closed its doors on Sunday evening, Jan. 17, but its employees will stay in their jobs until February. They’ll also get a two-month severance package, job retraining and the possibility of hire at another location, which I guess is better than nothing. While many of the stores are being closed because they’re “underperforming” or, you know, within 10 square-miles of another freakin’ Wal-Mart, there are some who believe that the Oakland store was shuttered because of the city’s

James Barone jb@submergemag.com minimum wage increase, which took place on Jan. 1, and now stands at a whopping $12.55 per hour.

I’m sure there was a time when that was a pretty sweet deal. I think the first minimum wage job I had paid me $5.65 per hour. That was 25 years ago. There were no cell phones or anything like that. I don’t think there was really an Internet. I lived with my folks, so all I needed the money for was to rent stupid horror or indie movies at the West Coast Video, so $5.65 per hour was pretty damn sweet. If I gave me from 25 years ago more than double that, wow, I guess I wouldn’t have to make the tough decision as to whether to get the cheesy anime flick or the Full Moon B-movie … I’d get them both!

Nowadays, I’m not sure what $12.55 per hour will get you. Especially in Oakland, which I hear is the new Brooklyn, which I’ve heard is approaching the Trumps-only bracket as far as rents are concerned. So, maybe that two-month severance will only translate to about a month or so for those 400 folks in Oakland, but I guess it could be worse. At least whoever’s in charge of such things in Oakland has enough understanding to realize the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour … no, seriously that’s it) just doesn’t cut it in their town. Then again, if wages were just $7.25 per hour in Oakland, maybe those people wouldn’t be out of jobs? Right? Right?

Arguments about whether or not to raise the minimum wage really make my head spin.

Clearly, people need to get paid a living wage no matter what their job is. I’m not sure it’s fair to say that if they only work harder, they’ll make more money, because there are plenty of people who sit around doing nothing all day who make a lot of money, and not all of them are named Kardashian (just most of them are). And I get it that if Big Brother forces these companies to pay their workers more money, they’ll be squeamish about hiring new employees and/or feel pressured to downsize becauses it’ll cut into their gargantuan profit margin … and that would be bad because people are greedy fucking assholes …

OK, so sue me for thinking there’s gotta be enough for everyone to go around. Would it be so bad to spread the wealth a little? Would it? Hello?

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