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THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ Melissa welliver melissa@submergemag.com Do you ever get scared about how fast our city is changing? I know I do. I noticed it really starting to change maybe four or five years ago, after the depressing financial recession when things started to finally look better again. With our Submerge office being in Midtown right in the thick of it all, we started noticing countless new restaurants, bars and other businesses popping up in the greater Downtown area. Then the new arena got approved. I was super excited at first because I believed it to have potential to help revitalize a blighted area. I also tried to think positively about the entertainment possibilities that could come with a new state-of-the-art arena. Over the last year though, I’m not quite sure how I feel about it all anymore. I do think it’s nice that it’s helping the Downtown area get a much-needed facelift, but at the same time I worry about gentrification and the impact it has on the city as a whole. There are so many things that come to mind now, like how Sacramento is turning into one of the most expensive cities to live in. Will Sacramento be like San Jose—where local businesses in the vicinity of the San Jose Sharks’ arena struggle to keep the lights on when the team isn't playing? And who in the hell are these people in Sacramento that can continuously afford $12 craft cocktails and $24 burgers at all these restaurants? I don’t mean to be a worrywart, but I can’t stop thinking about what our city may be like in a few years, with what seems like a new major proposed development being announced every week. In this issue, you can read about Joe Casey, frontman of the band Protomartyr, and his thoughts on what’s happening in his home town of Detroit. It parallels what’s happening here in Sacramento. And like our writer Blake Gillespie points out in his well articulated intro to the Q&A, “The problem in Detroit is the problem in Sacramento; the problem in Austin; the problem in Brooklyn; the problem in Portland; the problem in St. Louis. It’s a great American dilemma of our time. No one wants their city to remain in decay, but how do we see to it that the work done to restore benefits those who laid the foundation?” It’s a damn fine read, I must say, so flip over to page 18 to check it out for yourself. Regardless of whether you like what’s happening to our city or not, change is inevitable. So I’m going to try to worry less and think of the bright side. We’ll get more people living here who will read Submerge and hopefully will enjoy diving into our local arts and entertainment scene, just like I did when I first moved to town many moons ago, before we were obsessed with becoming a world-class city. Enjoy issue #207. Melissa
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Not one to ever sit still, Sacramento entrepreneur and music business guru Eric Rushing (of Artery Foundation Artist Management, Artery Recordings, Ace of Spades, The Boardwalk, Goldfield and other entities) recently announced he opened a fullfledged recording studio in Sacramento called Gold Standard Sounds. “After 20 years in the music industry I’m extremely excited to open a state-of-the-art recording studio in my hometown,” Rushing stated in a press release sent to Submerge. “Not only did I open this studio so that that bands could record music but I created a really cool environment for writing sessions, video sessions and listening parties.” Between his management company and record label, Rushing and his team represent some of the best bands in rock and metal, including national acts like Alesana, Chelsea Grin, Attila, Vanna and Anvil, as well as top-notch signed local and regional bands like Will Haven, Hoods, Hail the Sun, Horseneck, Graveshadow and many others. Between all of the bands his companies represent as well as all of the touring artists coming through town and playing the venues he owns, it’s easy to imagine why Rushing would get into the recording studio game. “This will be a great addition for the label and management company that we have built on a local and national level,” he stated. “GSS showcases the only SSL Console in town and with a big L.A. studio vibe.” Learn more about the studio at Goldstandardsounds.com. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
The Optimistic Pessimist This country owes its success to animals, especially when it comes to our presidents. Most of us have heard stories of George Washington’s dental issues, but for those that haven’t, the popular belief is that Washington had a set of wooden dentures constructed once his last chomper ceased to chomp. The real story is much more horrifying. Washington’s dentures were actually made of hippo ivory and donated teeth! You may be surprised to know that our first president was part hippo, but Washington wasn’t alone. Many of the presidents to follow George Washington were not entirely human either. In fact, our second president, John Adams, was half koala. Look at the presidential portraits; the resemblance is pretty apparent in his face and hair. Of course, this also means that our sixth president, John Quincy Adams, who was the son of John Adams, was onequarter koala by birthright. Both John Adams’ and his son’s koala-ness went undiscovered until well after their deaths. The country, being young and isolated from the east at the time, had not yet been introduced to the koala species and could not see the resemblance. The Adams’ penchants for eating eucalyptus leave salads and for taking frequent
naps throughout the day were thought to be eccentricities at the time and went unquestioned as well. Being part koala is certainly strange, but I can’t say it is the strangest animal crossing in presidential history. For years, we’ve been told that William Howard Taft was our fattest president, but what you didn’t know was that Taft was only portly because he had four stomachs. To be more specific, Taft was born with a cow’s stomach. Taft was believed to be a thoughtful man. His contemporaries often remarked that he always seemed to be chewing the cud before making an important decision; little did they know, he was merely ruminating. Not every president was born part animal; some became that way. Teddy Roosevelt had a moose knuckle, and I’m not referring to how tight his dungarees were. When he was a teenager, Teddy lost the first knuckle of his left pointer finger in a hunting accident. The gun blast obliterated Teddy’s knuckle and the doctors were unable to locate a human alternative in time. Instead, Teddy decided that his missing knuckle would be replaced by the only other thing available: a knuckle from the moose taken down in the hunt earlier that day.
The Mark of the Beast Teddy was not the only Roosevelt to share a special relationship with animals. Franklin D. Roosevelt was also a part of the animal kingdom, though he was a bit more of a reluctant participant than his distant cousin. Some of you will recall that FDR was supposedly diagnosed with polio and lost his ability to walk. While he was rendered wheelchair-bound by a malady, the reason for FDR’s disability was something else entirely. FDR was shot in the foot while at a cockfight on a diplomatic trip to Mexico. The wound went gangrenous and FDR’s Mexican doctors were forced to remove his foot. Thinking that the President of the United States would not want to be without a foot, the doctors went for what they believed to be the next best thing: the foot of a rooster. When the President awoke from his foot removal surgery, he was told by his doctors that he would no longer be able to walk due to his “pata de pollo” (chicken foot), which FDR’s press aide heard as, “partner, it’s polio” and dutifully reported to the press. Franklin soon discovered his newly attached chicken foot, but his handlers thought it more prudent to stick with the polio story to keep the horrible truth a secret from the American people. Not every president had the luxury of keeping their animalistic bits a secret. It would have been
Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com impossible to hide Andrew Jackson’s horse face. Plastic surgery wouldn’t be invented for nearly another six decades to help him out and the resemblance was uncanny. Some presidents had no intention of hiding their horse parts. Lyndon Johnson’s horse cock was nearly chosen to be the vice president. He almost ran his 1964 election campaign under the slogan “A horse is a horse, of course, of course,” but bowed to pressure from his campaign manager at the last minute. That is a lesson well taken by some candidates today in the 2016 election. These days, candidates are encouraged to show their true selves and that includes their animal parts. The voters want someone genuine to be the next President of the United States. That may explain why Donald Trump has not been afraid to show the world how much of a jackass he is. While he hasn’t publicly stated how much jackass blood he has coursing through his veins, Trump certainly seems to be a complete ass from what I’ve seen thus far. Whether that is enough to win Trump the presidency remains to be seen, but clearly, stranger things have happened in presidential history.
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Adult Clay Sculpture with Linda Miller, Verge Studio Artist • Feb. 24 Of all the ways to spend a midweek night, very little competes with Verge Center for the Arts classes. Not only are these varied in content and form, the different lessons teach a craft that stays with students for a lifetime. This month’s handful of Adult Clay Sculpture classes are taught by the multi-talented Verge Studio artist Linda Miller and last for a lengthy 150 minutes. Those who’ve never created any type of ceramics are encouraged as well as those looking to hone their craft or brush up on already existing skills. Patience and, more importantly, a will to listen and learn are key for mastering a complicated kiln firing process. Learn about the process and each of the stages such as dehydration, burn-off, quartz inversion, vitrification and melting. Students will learn how to successfully manipulate clay with the most possible ease. Lastly, all will learn how to finalize their own individual works using a glaze finish. The four-class schedule is only $125 for members or $140 for non-members and bound to fill up fast. Break open the piggy bank and get your ticket purchased with all due speed at Vergeart.com.
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Five of the Heaviest Hitters in Comedy Convene at Sleep Train Arena for The Comedy Get Down • Feb. 27 Those who haven’t heard of Cedric The Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez and Charlie Murphy probably live in a cave and have no friends. For one night only, these talented and wildly popular comedians will descend upon Sacramento’s Sleep Train Arena to make audiences roar with laughter. Eddie Griffin has enjoyed a stellar run writing and producing for TV and film, Cedric The Entertainer has been featured in more movies than should be allowed, D.L. Hughley has a ridiculously successful syndicated radio show, George Lopez’s eponymous sitcom ran on ABC for six seasons and Charlie Murphy has proved himself a veritable force in Hollywood. This soiree will bring the five comedians of different yet complementary backgrounds together for special sets and, more importantly, a couple of out-of-the-ordinary surprises you won’t find anywhere else. For seats starting at roughly $10 per performer, you can’t beat the price. Tickets start at only $49.75 and top out at only $65.75. What's more, it all takes place on a Friday night. Get the lowdown at Sleeptrainarena.com.
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Looking to bolster your kitchen skills? Been eating Indian food out more than you should, and it’s finally breaking your bank? Meera Klein, author of My Mother’s Kitchen, will be teaching a special class highlighting Indian cuisine and its inherent flavors. Not only will she talk about the fine art of preparing said dishes, those in attendance will be treated to generous samples including Aviyal stew-vegetable coconut stew, sweet potato casserole, milk fudge and some hearty chickpea snacks. Additionally, she’ll tell stories of her childhood and read excerpts from her book, which give some insight into her upbringing. “It’s not a cookbook; it’s more like vivid food writing. I describe the lemon rice—how tangy, how fragrant, the process of how it’s made. At the end of the chapter, there’s a recipe. There are 25 recipes in the book. There are several rice dishes, stews, many favorites, all vegetarian,” said Meera Klein in an interview with the Sacramento Bee (in 2015). Folks who don’t own a coop membership should buy their card in advance to take advantage of a discount on the class and, of course, discounts on all groceries for the calendar year. Admission is $45 for members and $35 for non-members. More info at Sacfoodcoop.com.
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Sacramento Beer Week is right around the corner, and it’s looking as tasty as ever. From Feb. 25 through March 6 the entire region will be hopping with hundreds of craft beerrelated events. We scoured the listings, fought a little bit (over a beer, of course) and eventually narrowed things down to these seven Beer Week events we think you need to know about. Get the full run-down at Sacbeerweek.com.
1 Barrel-aged is better. If you agree be sure to hit up one of our favorite little local tap houses, C a p i t o l B e e r a n d Ta p Room , on Saturday, Feb. 27 for their Barrel-Aged Day! Taste beers that were aged in bourbon, wine, gin and tequila barrels.
2 Burn calories, drink beer. New Helvetia Brewing Co. is teaming up with Sloppy Moose Running Club for their third annual Beer Week 5K. On Sunday, Feb. 28, join them for a leisurely 3.1 mile run that s ta r t s a n d e n d s at N e w H e lv e t i a , beginning at 11 a.m. For just $35 you’ll be registered for the run and will also receive a Dri-Fit shirt, fresh craft beer (duh!), complimentary massages and a swag bag full of goodies.
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Hog and beer heaven. Join the BBQ masters at Ta n k H ous e on Saturday, March 5 for their third annual Sac Beer Week Pig Roast! They’ll have 12 different Anderson Valley Brewing Co. beers on draft, live music, and best of all, free smoked pork. Party gets going at 3 p.m.
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7 Kill the kegs. B a r 101 in downtown Roseville has an amazing array of events, special tappings and limited releases during Beer Week, and on Sunday, March 6, they’re blowing out all their special kegs with discounted pints all day on featured brews.
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Though Jello Biafra hasn’t fronted the band for 30 years, three-quarters of the Dead Kennedys’ most relevant members—East Bay Ray (guitar), Klaus Flouride (bass) and D.H. Peligro (drums) —are still carrying the flag along with newest member and singer Ron “Skip” Greer, who has manned his position since 2008. Although the band is anything but prolific, that hasn’t stopped them from drawing sizable crowds to their frenetic live show. Thankfully, fans of the band who only want to hear “the early shit” will be happy to know they’ll get an earful including much of the band’s catalog. From Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) to Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982), Frankenchrist (1985) to Bedtime for Democracy (1986), nothing is off limits. This show also features New York’s Reagan Youth, Alameda’s Screaming Bloody Marys and Sacramento’s own The Secretions. Secure your tickets ($22 in advance) at Aceofspadessac.com SubmergeMag.com
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Photographer Felipe Silva teaches kids tech by day, lights up Instagram by night Words Nur Kausar
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ays before Thanksgiving, Felipe Silva and a few close friends woke up and started a photography road trip that would span more than 3,000 miles through four states. In the first two days, the crew got lost in the sand dunes of Death Valley, stood above Zion National Park in Utah and Horseshoe Bend in Arizona, then headed back to Utah to Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park, where they caught a sunrise and their first day of sleep. The last leg started with a drive up to Salt Lake City, then west to Lake Tahoe on the way home. The five days were life changing for Silva, he says. For a newly minted photographer still learning his craft, the trip’s sites, surprises and people all made a massive impact. These were heavily frequented and photographed destinations, but Silva has always had a knack for being impactful, for standing up against challenges and for being highly competitive. A scroll through the photos on Silva’s Instagram page—his only means of photo sharing at the moment— reveals a young man who loves looking over the edge of tall towers and steep cliffs, standing a few steps behind an equally brave and curious son and continuously giving back to a community that hasn’t always returned the favor. Silva moved to Sacramento from Brazil 15 years ago, when he was 13. By the time he was 17, he had been repeatedly expelled and had dropped out of high school. His mother did her best, he says, but he admits he was the one that screwed up. At 18, he became homeless. That’s when he decided he had to finish school. “I went to a charter school and I started helping kids that were younger than me,” Silva says about the experience. “They said I was a good teacher, that I had patience. I even coached football. That’s when I decided to be a teacher.” Silva graduated and began attending Sacramento State. In 2014, when he was preparing to graduate from college, he made a total of $8,000 the whole year. “I always joke to this day I should have been sponsored by Top Ramen because I ate that so much,” he laughs. While in college, Silva would run long distance, especially at night when he had time. He would sometimes run by an interesting place or a view along
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a freeway, but only had his cellphone to take photos. One day, he decided to return his Beats By Dre headphones and exchange them for a real camera. He bought a Nikon, and so began his new journey. “I’d be running and tell myself I need to come back and get a photo,” he says. “I like landscapes because I like the ability of being able to sit there and observe. I like sitting on top of a freeway and seeing the people driving by. Embrace the moment and observe city life. My love is definitely landscape and nighttime, because I think it’s more difficult to shoot.” Scroll through Silva’s photos at a slower pace, stop to read the captions, and you’ll notice the subtle changes over time in his photography as you move closer to present day. The editing lessens, the photos get crisper and the night scenes become more intricate and colorful. The caption on a photo Silva took last year of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge captures his personality and interest perfectly: “I remember when I first got Instagram, like almost three years ago, I followed this great photographer who’d title his images simply ‘f/16 30 sec. ISO-160 52mm.’ For the longest time I had no idea what that meant. However as I got into photography I would always go back to his pictures and see what the settings were, so I can try to do the same. Jay doesn’t have an active Instagram anymore but he helped me out a lot. So I try to do the same and post the settings in every picture. I don’t always remember but I do my best. It’s all about helping others get better.” Silva has only been shooting for a year and eight months, but he’s immersed himself in a newfound love and can no longer imagine his life without it. In true photographer form, any chance he gets, Silva grabs a weekend here or a school break there to drive across photogenic landscapes around the West Coast. It’s partly to continue to build his skill, but more to showcase through Instagram all that his world has to offer. Silva even created a collaborative Instagram page, West Coast Exposures, to help other photographers get themselves and their geographical subject matter on the map. “When I started it, a long-exposures landscape page didn’t really exist,” Silva says. “My goal was that common people would see a picture and say ‘I wanna go there.’ That’s what I wanted
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editing for students interested in the subject who don’t have access to classes. “I like to give back—I did a toy drive recently, and my son and I, on Thanksgiving, we gave out food on B Street to the homeless,” Silva says. “I was a little scared at first, but I had my son with me and it was a good experience for us.” On Christmas morning, Silva and a friend gave out necessities to the homeless downtown, such as toothbrushes, socks, ponchos, hand warmers and face wipes. Having experienced homelessness, Silva says he knows the struggles in the winter and during the holidays can be especially trying. The same goes for art education. Silva says he’s been lucky to be able to learn by following others’ examples. He spends at least an hour a week watching videos on how to try new photography tricks in different software programs or on his camera. He feels children should have that same opportunity. The Uprise Collective’s first event will be held Feb. 25 at Blue Lamp. The event will include original photography for sale, nearly all Sacramento-based and inspired. The photographers will also be raffling off free editing classes. This time around, all proceeds will be donated to Shriners Hospitals for Children. “We don’t see a lot of art like ours on the wall,” Silva says about the photography being shown at the event. “There is definitely a lot of great stuff on the walls in Sacramento but what we shoot is not common. It’s not your everyday piece of art. We want to expose ourselves as far as that goes. We want to show that side of Sacramento. Nighttime, nightlife. And we want to teach people how to shoot at night. It’s a movement. That’s the only word I can think of.”
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people to do. And today I see it happening. The page just hit a year and we have 27,000 followers. We get 300 hits a day.” When he’s not managing social media or taking on freelance photo assignments from the Sacramento Kings, wedding couples or local businesses, Silva is teaching fourth graders in Oak Park how to code. Silva doesn’t have a formal education in coding, but has been tasked with teaching technology to grades K–5. On the side, he’s helping with the annual yearbook. “If it was my way, I would just do landscape photography,” he says. “But I’m naturally a teacher, so I might teach photography.” That’s not to say Silva doesn’t love helping his students today. In fact, he sees them the way he was himself at their age. “I want to help kids who are in my shoes,” he says. “There aren’t many male Latino teachers out there. I didn’t have someone telling me I can go to college. Our school emphasizes college on a daily basis. Everything we do is toward directing them to college.” Another way Silva wants to help is by raising money for public schools that are cutting, or have cut, arts programs. Over the years, photography classes and the like have become more rare in the public school system, so Silva and his friends are working on a concept called the Uprise Collective that would do fundraising by selling art, and also provide lessons in basic photography and
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on his old drum kit and other instruments laying around before heading out to reconnect with friends, family and old bandmates. “It’s funny because I’ve been back recently, and so I’m hoping the prodigal son shtick still works. I’ve got a really good band in Sacramento and it’s really fun playing with these guys,” he says. “To be playing songs off of the new record will be good—I do feel appreciated when I’m back, in California in general, it’s nice to come home. There are people who know my catalog, there are people who know songs of mine from 10,000 years ago. There’s something gratifying in that.” Currently, the magician-turnedmusician is gearing up to make his way back home with his bag of tricks in tow to play once again for the hometown crowd with a smattering of performances throughout the area with gigs at Luna’s Café and Fox and Goose, but it’s the record release party at Shine on March 12 to celebrate Magic Act that Barbeau is really looking forward to. “I think the songs are sort of a typical range from me, there’s a handful of the three-minute pop songs with catchy choruses but there’s also sort of a murky, psychedelic middle [section] and I feel it’s a very genuine record for me,” he explains. The record—much like the artists who collaborated on it from all over the globe—is a collection of songs and ideas that coalesced magically. Some of the pieces of music that landed on the album started out as tracks for other records and some were just sitting on the shelf, collecting dust in Barbeau’s seemingly infinite catalogue of music. “I’ve made a lot of records and it’s easy, it’s what I do. So with this one, it feels like the songs picked themselves, they chose to be together,” he explains. “It feels like they belong with the rest of the songs. It’s not often that I make albums where I feel like the album itself tells me what to do. When that happens there’s something magical about that which is nice considering it’s called Magic Act.” Certainly Barbeau’s long-spanning career is proof of his incredible drive and devotion to making music. He’s been making music longer than most of the hottest local bands have
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“I do feel appreciated when I’m back, in California in general, it’s nice to come home. There are people who know my catalog, there are people who know songs of mine from 10,000 years ago. There’s something gratifying in that.” – Anton Barbeau, on returning to Sacramento been jamming. His music is a powerful mix of pop and psychedelic but it also takes cues from The Beatles and David Bowie. Sure, he’s been bestowed with considerable praise from establishments like the BBC and Spin magazine, and is pretty much beloved by everyone when he comes home to play shows. But even a celebrated artist can appreciate those special moments where the process of making music is truly transcendent. “Most of the people on this album are people who I’ve worked with before … but a few people [aren’t], like Colin Moulding from XTC. You know, XTC are huge, huge heroes of mine,” he gushes. “To work with Colin was a really thrilling moment—and again that’s a kind of magic, to work with one’s heroes.” For Barbeau it really is all about the work. From his sanctuary in Berlin, where he spends the majority of his time dreaming up new material, to the frenetic and inspiring energy of the streets and canals that litter the cultural and artistic center of Germany, the mercurial musician is always at work. It’s the only thing he knows how to do, he admits. “When it really works on another level for me is when things sort of spring out of nowhere or somewhere where you can’t see,” Barbeau says. “I think with this record it feels like that happens a lot, everything feels really inspired even when tracks were sent across the globe through email everything fit. One musician is responding to another musician’s performance, even if they aren’t playing in the same room at the same time—and that’s magic.”
Celebrate the release of Anton Barbeau’s latest album Magic Act March 12 at Shine, located at 1400 E Street in Sacramento. Barbeau and his band will be joined by Corner Laughers for this all-ages show. $7 cover, 8 p.m. show. If you can’t wait that long, you can catch Barbeau Feb. 27 at the Fox and Goose (1001 R Street) with Blame the Bishop and The Bobbleheads at 9 p.m. Cover for this 21-and-over show is $5. For more info, check out AntonBarbeau.com
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Exploring the New America With Detroit’s Protomartyr Words Blake Gillespie • photo Zak Bratto
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and Sacramento abound. Both cities dealt with corrupt mayors whose moral bankruptcy threatens the future. Both cities put taxpayers on the hook for multimillion dollar sports arenas under the guise of urban renewal and trendy new districts with thriving business that brings jobs. Sacramento has rebranded as a farm-to-fork capital. In Detroit, the city is billed as an artist’s haven with free homes as patronage in exchange for promotional art. Sacramento planning commissions rebrand neighborhoods like The Kay, The Handle, and DoCo. On the phone Casey references a Detroit website devoted to the same forced redistricting of 50 blocks in the downtown area into five fetching neighborhoods. It invites residents to reimagine their lives in ways that make them more folksy to tourists and whitewashes the decades of blight. Our cities even have the surplus of ungovernable urban feral felines in common. On Protomartyr’s “Feral Cats” Casey smokes on his porch while the iridescent eyes in the shadows reflect in the moonlight beyond broken street lamps. It’s a derelict scene written in 2012 that over the past three years has been blanched from his neighborhood. That same scenario exists in Midtown; the feral cats holding turf wars with skunks, raccoons and opossums like an animal kingdom edition of The Warriors. The untamed blight of downtown and Midtown is officially under heavy construction to build a Sacramento 3.0. Joe Casey knows how this story goes. The problem in Detroit is the problem in Sacramento; the problem in Austin; the problem in Brooklyn; the problem in Portland; the problem in St. Louis. It’s a great American dilemma of our time. No one wants their city to remain in decay, but how do we see to it that the work done to restore benefits those who laid the foundation? How do the artisanal proletariat compete with the wealthy developers who price them out? Casey said in his city, “the influx of young people moving into Detroit, maybe upper middle class, are not your usual Detroiter.” He said the challenge is to have “interesting, cool art scenes that don’t take away from what came before and working with the people that live here now.” “The fear with Detroit,” Casey said, “is who is this going to benefit ultimately besides having a new stadium and a place to drink water out of mason jars?”
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Much like Sacramento, Detroit is in the process of developing an arena district. What’s your assessment of the situation? Detroit deserves new things. But the fact that they are able to build a big arena with public money and kind of fob it off as this thing that’s going to be beneficial to anybody is a little disingenuous. For the art scene it’s weird because the website for this new arena they’re building says they’re going to have all these new neighborhoods around the arena. But they are branded areas owned by corporations. This is almost a direct quote, “the cool hip place to hang out after a game and see a garage rock band in a bar.” It’s really disgusting. It makes you want to vomit. Again, you go to all these cities and you see these big stadiums and know that it’s not only Detroit that’s getting hoodwinked by it. These are things that people really have no control over. That’s kind of the frustration. It’s not even a political process involved. It’s all money changing hands. Advertising Detroit as an artist haven, do you feel that has merit or... Is it a realtor’s term to sell property? Possibly. I’m not really one to speak on it. There’s exciting things going on in the city. I eat at restaurants where you drink out of a mason jar. But it seems like people are getting priced out of places like San Francisco and New York. Detroit can offer that idea of owning a house that has a front and back yard for affordable prices. I’m a little suspect when people say “artistic haven” because that just means we’ll have more shitty art. Part of the reason why being an artist is hard is anyone can do it and try to find good in it. Is it possible it could birth a renaissance? We already tried renaissance once. Now we just have a museum. You express some prescient apathy and melodrama on “Pontiac 87.” Was this a decision strictly for this particular song or does it translate to your general outlook? It was suitable for the song, but I could easily go out for a couple drinks and rant about how things were better in the past. But I think that’s a stupid way to go through life. I have these feelings, but it’s SubmergeMag.com
important not to look back in rose-colored glasses. People can get off on being depressed or down on their own existential drama. I certainly do. But sometimes it’s best to move on and not let that affect you. I kind of meant it as sort of a positive. I know lately the way I tend to deliver and the way I recorded it that it’s kinda doom and gloom. What about answers? A Protomartyr song doesn’t exactly offer much advice. I’m pretty good at questioning a lot of things, but definitive answers are difficult. That’s why when people ask me about Detroit it seems like they want some sort of magic bullet or middle finger of answers to Detroit’s problems. I don’t have those. I don’t have those in life. I’m not living the high life necessarily. When you were younger you thought that things would be answered or that you’d get the keys at some point to the doors, only to find out those doors would remain locked. [It] can be soul crushing. But there’s life beyond that information. Do you harbor any dystopian fears? No. Well, this whole water thing happening in Flint is interesting to me. I think it will be traced back to the government of Michigan, which is very Republican, really hating the fact that Detroit had control of the Water Department in Detroit. Because the [government] had control of Flint, they used Flint as a pawn to try to take power away from Detroit and ended up polluting the people. I also hear that our governor was going to go to a conference to talk to people in Dubai that were in water businesses. I kind of wonder if like ... Michigan is kind of a backwater state now. We have a ton of clean water. That’s what’s hilarious or goddamn rather disturbing in a way. We have some of the most fresh water of the states of the union. That’s my dystopian future. That’s the power struggle now where so many people are moving to places where there is no water that Michigan will just be a place where people take the water some place else. In California we’re always looking for more water. Yeah, I’m worried they’re going to build a pipeline from Michigan to California and take all our water.
“I could easily go out for a couple drinks and rant about how things were better in the past. But I think that’s a stupid way to go through life. I have these feelings, but it’s important not to look back in rose-colored glasses. People can get off on being depressed or down on their own existential drama. I certainly do. But sometimes it’s best to move on and not let that affect you.” – Joe Casey, Protomartyr Do you believe in the possibility of a greater American awakening? I kind of wonder if that’s the cycle of life. You think something life changing is going to happen and when it doesn’t, it’s over. You have to constantly lay the positives with the negatives and what is getting better and what isn’t. It’s not like the world is constantly moving up or down. The fact that gay marriage was legalized this year was a big step that maybe five to 10 years ago you’d think was a long way off. I think by the end of it when you’re looking back on your life, whether it’s possible or not, you hope there’s more things in the good column than the bad. What would you currently place in the good column for Protomartyr? We’re getting along. Bands are fragile things. Artistic expression is a hard thing to do. We’ve been very lucky that we’ve been able to function pretty well. The fact that we’re able to tour as much as we’re going to do has me feeling pretty lucky. I can moan about the bathroom situation on the road, but I’m able to have a good time every night and go places I never thought I’d be able to go to.
Catch Protomartyr in Sacramento with Chastity Belt and G. Green Saturday, March 5 at Blue Lamp, located at 1400 Alhambra Blvd. Doors for the 21+ show open at 8 p.m. Tickets are available for $12 in advance at Ticketfly.com.
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The Pieces Fit
With a new EP on the horizon, everything seems to be falling into place for PointDexter Words John Phillips • photo Morgan Anderson
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hen it comes to bands, the longer you’ve been together as a group, the probability of keeping the same lineup intact diminishes on a show-to-show basis. Breaking up is hard enough to avoid as it is, but when it comes to members’ personal lives and ambitions, it’s nearly impossible to maintain continuity and avoid some shakeups. For Sacramento four-piece PointDexter, the story is all too familiar. The fact they are an entity nine years after forming in 2007 is a testament to the passion and stubborn one-foot-in-front-ofthe-other attitude of frontman and founder Kevin Kinsella, as well as the continued musical appeal to the band’s loyal fan base.
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Sitting down with the current lineup— lead vocalist/keyboardist/saxophone player extraordinaire Kinsella, guitar player Brian Wood, bass player Jarom Horner and percussionist Paul Bates—you get the impression that they feel they are now, above previous incarnations, at their very strongest. The current members joined the ranks through different means: Bates was actually the second drummer for the band and had left to attend school; however, he and Kinsella had kept in touch and was able to talk him into a return to the ranks, while both Horner and Bates are recent additions. “I joined the band back in 2013 … PointDexter was looking for a new bass player,” said Horner.
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“Kevin hit me up and two weeks later I was in the band playing a show at The Powerhouse. I felt like I brought a different element with my six-string bass, with its extended range, and the band starting taking a different direction. We started doing more improvised jamming—I come from a jazz background—so we switched things up.” “When Jarom came in the band, it just fit,” added Kinsella. “Actually, everyone in the band right now, it’s just really easy to be together. Although we’ve had lineup changes over the years, I feel like this is probably the strongest lineup that we’ve had, just because we all enjoy being around each other. Not that we didn’t before, but … it’s very easy going, you know? It’s not hard to relax and be around each other.” Wood is the most recent addition to the band, following the departure of former guitarist David Albertson. As with Horner, he feels as if his own contribution brings the band’s sound to a new level. “It’s like reading a good book: everyone has their own interpretation,” says Wood. “The guys have given me a lot of freedom to just go and write my own interpretation and spin
on something that I think would fit really well with the band musically. Ergonomically I think everything is falling into place similar to Tetris. You know, a great game of Tetris, everything just falls straight in, and so it’s been really exciting.” Currently, the band is set to release a new EP. Previously the band has released two full-length albums—the first, Neoanomaly, was released in 2010 and the second, On the Surface, in 2012. The band took a different approach to the recording and release process this time around, choosing to go the EP route, and instead of a simple release party and issuing copies of the album, they're dropping videos for each song on the album, essentially putting them out as individual singles separately and then releasing the group as a collection. “We took it as a model of how the industry is nowadays,” explained Kinsella. “The industry is built on singles, and we’ve released full albums before, and the radio and the scene will pay attention to a few songs, and then it disappears, but the way that we strategically released everything, and did videos, we’re able to get Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
“The guys have given me a lot of freedom to just go and write my own interpretation and spin on something that I think would fit really well with the band musically. Ergonomically I think everything is falling into place similar to Tetris. You know, a great game of Tetris, everything just falls straight in, and so it’s been really exciting.” – PointDexter’s Brian Wood
attention to all the songs and in detail.” Over the years, the group has worked together with a number of engineers on their recordings. From Kurt Shearer and Craig Long (of Cake fame), to Grammy award-winning engineer Francis Buckley, as well as locals Jay Trammell and Sean Stack. For this latest recording—entitled Rocket Surgery—the quartet turned back to Stack, who has become their go-to guy when it comes to the studio process. “Working with Jay [Trammell] was definitely a learning experience,” said Kinsella. “He was probably one of the first [engineers] that we worked with. He taught us how to write to an audience, and how to be a little bit more commercial in our sound. He would teach us what he was doing with the recording, how he was affecting the frequencies … he was very open with us. He was starting to get expensive, and Sean [Stack] was his protégé, so we went to Sean after a while, and Sean is a little more artistic in the way that he allows you to record. He’s not very formulaic. He’s really open. You can tell he has a passion in what he does. Pretty much whenever we record, we always have Sean mix and master.” SubmergeMag.com
The band has already released videos for “Freak Show” and “Blood to Black” from Rocket Surgery, both directed by local hip-hop/R&B artist Jae Synth. A video for their current single, “Even Up the Score” is in the planning stages. The band explained how the new video will likely be a follow up to the chaotic events depicted in the “Blood to Black” video, in which a female actress kills most of the members of the band. As they have gone through a bit of a lineup change since this last video, “Even Up the Score” will likely bring back a couple of the members back from the dead, while introducing their newest member, guitarist Wood. As mentioned, the group really feels confident that they have finally found the lineup that brings their sound to the highest level. Kinsella and company feel that the years of experience, along with the specific talents and styles each member brings to the table have finally allowed their sound to reach its potential. With this new album in place, the time couldn’t be better for reaching their potential. “I feel like we’ve evolved to a point where we’re able to deliver the exact sound that we want,” said Kinsella. “When we go to write a song, we have the influences that we want to portray in mind, and because we have the experience behind our belt, because we’ve known each other for so long, because we’ve mastered our instruments, it’s gotten to that level where we can deliver that with a greater ease. I remember when we were first starting, you start out trying to write a song, and you don’t know exactly how it’s going to sound in the end. Now it’s like, when we play a song, there might be a couple of surprises, but when we have it in the back of our heads ‘I know how I want this entire song to sound,’ it comes out that way.”
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On The Y Joe Hurley Birthday Jam, 6:30 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Torch Club Matt Rainey, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.
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Ace of Spades STRFKR, Com Truise, 7 p.m. The Blue Lamp The Toasters, The Pomps, Sac Storytellers, La Noche Oskura, 8 p.m. The Boxing Donkey Open Mic Variety Night, 8 p.m. The Colony Modern Man, Toim, Bib Gunk, 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.
2.16 Tuesday
The Blue Lamp Drag The River, 50 Watt Heavy, M. Lockwood Porter, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar ZuhG, 9:30 p.m. Harlow’s Tom Rhodes, Jayson Angove, 6 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m. LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Beginning Bluegrass Club, 6:30 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.
Wednesday
Ace of Spades Keys N Krates, Hermitude, Stooki Sound, Ganz, Jess Slayter, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 ATB, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Open Mic, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Joshua Davis, 5:30 p.m. LowBrau Lovefool w/ Shaun Slaughter and Friends, 9 p.m. Mix Mr. Best, DJ Elements, 9 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, 8 p.m. Sacramento State Music Recital Hall New Millennium Concert Series: The Telegraph Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic w/ Sandra Dolores, 5:30 p.m.; Left Coast Country, 9 p.m. University Union Redwood Room, CSUS Nooner w/ Sleeprockers, 12 p.m.
2.18 thursday
Ace of Spades Brian Fallon & the Crowes, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp Bars 4 Cash, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Passafire, Riot Maker, Two Peace, One Sharp Mind, 7 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. Dimple Records (Broadway) In-Store Performance & Signing w/ The Yawpers, 5:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Project 46, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Mike Justis Band, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Supersuckers, The Yawpers, Charlie Overbey and the Broken Arrows, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Jaclyn Lovey, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Open Acoustic Jam, 8 p.m. On The Y Open Mic & Karaoke, 8 p.m. Phono Select The Bananas, Expert Alteration, Blhans, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Adam Donald Band, 9 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith and the House Band, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Mystic Braves, Cellar Doors w/ Mad Alchemy Liquid Lights, 8 p.m. Stoney’s Sweet Revenge, 9 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; The Golden Cadillacs, 9 p.m.
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Keys N Krates Hermitude, Stooki Sound, Ganz, Jess Slayter Ace of Spades 6:30 p.m.
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Arden Christian Church Blackwood Legacy Quartet, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Stillwood Sages, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Bluescasters, 5 p.m. The Blue Lamp Moxiecrush Burlesque Comedy Show, 8 p.m. The Boardwalk Chelsea Grin, Oceans Ate Alaska, Lorna Shore, Wage War, Up In Smoke, 6:30 p.m.
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2.20 The Color Wild Sleeptalk, Think Again, Zach Van Dyck The Boardwalk 7 p.m.
Brickhouse Gallery Juke Joint Friday w/ Shawn Thwaites Rebel Quartet, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Noel Torres, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. The Colony Heartless Folk, Protected Left, I Kill Cameron, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Manufactured Superstars, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Homegirl Dance Party w/ Sister Crayon (DJ Set), 9:30 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Colleen Heauser Band, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Modern, Punch-Out, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Goldfield Brodie Stewart Band, 9 p.m. Harlow’s ALO, Baskery, 7 p.m. Kupros Craft House Enoeca, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m. New Helvetia Brewing Co. Xochitl, 6 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides The Bad Twains, Whiskey and Stitches, Pine Street, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Tragically White, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino BB Mckay & The Bumps, 4 p.m.; Thunder Cover, 9 p.m.
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Shine Rich Corporation, Naked Walrus, The Silent Game, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Coffins, Noothgrush, Chrch, 8 p.m. Stoney’s Spazmatics, 9 p.m. Third Space Grex, Wodewose, San Kazakgascar, 8 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; The Inciters, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Dave Douglas Quintet, 8 p.m.
2.20 Saturday
Ace of Spades Cradle of Filth, Butcher Babies, Ne Obliviscaris, Cataclysmic Assault, 6:30 p.m. Bar 101 Andrew Castro, 9:30 p.m. Beatnik Studios MACAAM: An Adventurous Concert Project w/ VOX Musica, Joe Kye, Derek Sup, 7 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Graveside Quartet, 3 p.m. The Blue Lamp Tru Sav Ent, ATG & YVE, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk The Color Wild, Sleeptalk, Think Again, Zach Van Dyck, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Linda Chou, Nhu Loan, Don Ho, Bao Liem, Truong Vu, Viel Thao, Mai Thien Von, Bao Vi, 7 & 10 p.m. Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. The Colony Vice Minded, UrdOm, Pilgrim, Public Execution, Dawgyz, 7:30 p.m.
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Ringo DeathstaRr Starrsha, Future Death Third Space 8 p.m.
Todd Morgan, Marty Deradoorian and More Powerhouse Pub 3 p.m.
Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Panic City, 10 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Way Out West, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Antique Naked Soul, 9 p.m. Goldfield Sweet Revenge, DJ Rawhide, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Cemetery Sun, Our People, A Foreign Affair, I Am Strikes, 5 p.m.; Wonderbread 5, 9:30 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Jefferson Starship, 7:30 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Chowder Heart & Friends, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Dr. Hall’s Songwriters Showcase & Open Mic, 3 p.m. Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Sean Hayes, Obo Martin, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Shawn Wasabi, Hyper Potions, J-Kraken, 10 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Nancy Northrul, 4 p.m.; Chet & the FHS Jazz Combo, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Lipstick w/ The Lovemakers (Live), DJs Shaun Slaughter and Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge Fashen, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub 8 Tracks Massacre, 10 p.m.
Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Superbad, 10 p.m. Sacramento Community Center Theater Ravishing Rachmaninoff, 8 p.m. Shine Christian DeWild Band, Harmonica Ray Band, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Dark Knight Music Showcase w/ Max Bundles, No Name Cavalcade, Point of No Return and More, 8 p.m. The Strum Shop (Roseville) Dominator & Friends, Dani Joy & The Boys, 7 p.m. Torch Club Overdraft, 5:30 p.m.; Terry Hiatt, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Russian National Orchestra, 8 p.m.
2.21 sunday
Ace of Spades The Word Alive, Fit For a King, Out Came The Wolves, Artisans, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Scotty Vox, 2 p.m. Beatnik Studios MACAAM: An Adventurous Concert Project w/ VOX Musica, Joe Kye, Derek Sup, 5 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. The Hucklebucks, 3 p.m. 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. Harlow’s Scarface, 8 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Charlie Musselwhite, North Mississippi Allstars, 8 p.m. Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) ALO, Mike Love, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Val Starr and the Blues Rocket (CD Release), Todd Morgan, Marty Deradoorian and More, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Two Steps Down, 1 p.m. Shine Stairway to Stardom CD Release Party, 5 p.m. Starlite Lounge Tiltwheel, Civil War Rust, Bastards of Young, Squarecrow, Dead Dads, 6 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Indigo Girls, Lucy Wainwright Roche, 7 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Empyrean Ensemble, 7 p.m.
2.22
Cafe Colonial Gladiators Eat Fire, Decade of Statues, Space Rabies, 8 p.m. The Colony Escapement, SsyNdröM, Victim System, Carcinogenz, Death Rogen, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Goldfield Open Mic Night hosted by James Cavern, 9 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m. Press Club Saviors, Acid Teeth, Creepy Little Legs, 8 p.m.
2.23 Tuesday
Ace of Spades David Nail, 7 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Harlow’s The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Nicki Bluhm, Mulligan Ney, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts The Band of the Royal Marines, 7:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.
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Rich Corporation Face the Horizon, Animals in the Attic, The Depths Starlite Lounge 8 p.m.
LowBrau Le Twist Tuesdays 4 Year Anniversary Party w/ Wild Ones, Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. Third Space Ringo Deathstarr, Starrsha, Future Death, 8 p.m. Torch Club Chris Twomey, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.
2.24 wednesday
Ace of Spades Nick Carter, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Secrets, Palisades, Too Close To Touch, Picturesque, Micki Lane, 6:30 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Loudpvck, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Open Mic, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m. Harlow’s The Dirty River Boys, The O’s, 7 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 California Riot Act, Devon Galley, Thunderchief, 8 p.m. Press Club MDL, Ssyndrom, Blessed Curse, Escapement, 8:30 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic w/ Sandra Dolores, 5:30 p.m.; Felice LaZae, Hot City Jazz, 9 p.m. University Union Redwood Room, CSUS Nooner w/ Jay tha Saint, 12 p.m.
2.25 Thursday
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The Boardwalk Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Lex The Hex Master, Trelogy, The Dreammasta, Killa Teeth, No Genre, 6:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Delta King Riverboat Irish Night w/ Cahersiveen, 6 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 DubVision, Alex Adam, 10 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Sessions: Blu & Camille, Kev Choice, Dre T, DJ Gs, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Naked Lounge Downtown Steve Soto, Kevin Seconds, Danny Secretion, 8 p.m. On The Y Open Mic and Karaoke, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Locked & Loaded, 9 p.m. Shine Jazz Jam w/ Jason Galbraith and the House Band, 8 p.m. Sleep Train Arena Rock and Worship Roadshow, 7 p.m. Starlite Lounge Rich Corporation, Face the Horizon, Animals in the Attic, The Depths, 8 p.m. Stoney’s The Corduroys, 9 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5:30 p.m.; Island of Black and White, 9 p.m.
2.26 FRIDAY
Bar 101 Island Of Black & White, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 5 p.m. The Blue Lamp Helion Prime, Salythia, Odious Construct, Worn Thin, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. The Colony Verbal Abuse, System Assault, Serpentera, Dead Weight, Final Decay, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre King’s X, Kings of Spades, Enchant, 7 p.m.
Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Claude Vonstroke, 10 p.m. Earth Tone Studios Ryan Davidson, Brian Hanover, Alex Dorame, Carl Ogren, 7 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Good ‘ol Boyz, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Bellygunner, Be Brave Bold Robot, Yours Truly Michelle, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Goldfield Colleen Heauser, 9 p.m. Harlow’s David Lindley, 5:30 p.m. The Hideaway Male Gaze, Monster Treasure, Mall Walk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond & Alex Jenkins, 9:30 p.m. Main Stage Theater (Grass Valley) Noam Pikelny, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino The Plastic Fauxno Band, 7 p.m. Naked Lounge Downtown Mallard (EP Release), Honyock, Silver Spoons, 8 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Mike Watt and the Missing Men, Brubaker, 9 p.m. On The Y Korean Fire Drill, Dream In Red (EP Release), 9 p.m. The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Politik, 9:30 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Lost In Suburbia, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Poparazzi, 4 p.m.; The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m. Root of Happiness Kava Bar (Davis) Beyond Uranium, 9 p.m. Shine Miss Mouthpeace and Special Guests, 8 p.m. Stoney’s Popular Demand, 9 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Three Dog Night, 8 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Mr. December, 9 p.m.
2.27 Saturday
Ace of Spades Hippie Sabotage, 7 p.m. Bar 101 Brian Rogers, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Achilles Duo, 3 p.m. The Boardwalk Lil Debbie, D-Lo, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Freddie Jackson, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Amy Robbins, 10 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Island of Black & White, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Blame The Bishop, Anton Barbeau, The Bobbleheads, 9 p.m. Goldfield Colleen Heauser Band, 9 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Harley White Jr. Trio, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, 8 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino The Plastic Fauxno Band, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Dr. Hall Songwriters Showcase, 2:30 p.m.; Billy J Walsh, Danielle Walsh, Mansuit, 7 p.m. Old Ironsides Mr. Hooper, Blaquelisted, Spacewalker, Jenny Lynn, 9 p.m. On The Y Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Ms. Tia Carroll, 3 p.m.; Get Lucky Band, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Decades, 10 p.m. Sacramento Community Center Theater Cirque de la Symphonie, 7 p.m. Shine Sicfus, Ish, Beau James Wilding, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Slab City, Force of Habit, Devils Need Angels, Ostracized, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Rick Torres (Elvis Tribute), 7:30 p.m. Torch Club Dr. Rock and The Stuff, 5:30 p.m.; Daniel Castro Band, 9 p.m.
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2.29 Monday
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Comedy Crest Theatre Christopher Titus, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Keith Lowell Jensen: Bad Comedy for Bad People, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Best of Open Mic Showcase, Feb. 16, 8 p.m. Say It Loud Comedy Presented by Michael Calvin Jr., Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Rodger Lizaola feat. Dennis Martinez, Feb. 19 - 21, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. DTF Comedy Showcase: Damian Harmony, D.J. Sandhu, Dorian Thomas Foster and More, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. Tony Dijamco, Feb. 26 - 28, 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, Feb. 17, 8 p.m. Comix Hosted by Jaime Fernandez, Feb. 24, 8 p.m. Ooley Theater Comedy Night at the Ooley, every Thursday, 8 p.m. Punchline Comedy Club Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Feb. 17, 8 p.m. Sam Tripoli, Feb. 18 - 20, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. DTF Comedy Showcase, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. An Evening with Anthony K., Feb. 24, 8 p.m. Na’im Lynn, Feb. 25 - 28, 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. Sleep Train Arena The Comedy Get Down w/ Cedric ‘The Entertainer’, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez, Charlie Murphy, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Tommy T’s April Macie, Feb. 19 - 21 Michael Blackson, Feb. 26 - 27
20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. B Street Theatre Mainstage Series: Echo Location by Carter W. Lewis, through Feb. 28 Family Series: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Feb. 20 - Mar. 20 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. Capital Stage Love and Information, through Feb. 28 Crocker Art Museum Back to Life: Bay Area Figurative Drawings, through May 1, 2016 Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals: Zodiac Heads, through May 1 Documentary Film and Talk: Ai Weiwei in Focus, Feb. 27, 2 p.m. Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts El Dorado Musical Theatre Presents: The Addams Family, Feb. 19 - 28 Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. Hot Pot Studios Trance Dance: Experiential Movement, Feb. 20, 5 p.m. International House - Davis All That Jazz by Rufus Chalmers, through Mar. 4 Kupros Craft House Trivia with Triviology 101, Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Coffee Lovers Art Show, through Feb. 29 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m. McClellan Conference Center 2016 Cal North Soccer Expo, Feb. 20, 9 a.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. The Rink Sac City Rollers: Punishers vs. Undead Betties & Bruisers vs. Foxy Foothill Flyers, Feb. 20, 6 p.m. Shimo Center for the Arts 1979 by Photographer Richard Breedon, through Mar. 5 University Union Ballroom, CSUS Hypnotist Tom Deluca, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. Various Breweries, Bars, Restaurants, etc. Sacramento Beer Week, Feb. 25 - Mar. 6 Various Venues Sacramento Fashion Week, Feb. 21 - 27 WAL Public Market Art Exhibit: Unexpected Triptych by Christine Olmsted, Benjamin Olmsted and Sarah Acrich, through Mar. 2 William Land Park Sacramento Undy Run/Walk, Feb. 27, 9 a.m.
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The Tangerine Big Short
White Brooklyn God
The White Martian God
Room
Mad Max
The grindhouse
Shaun Bridge the of Spies Sheep
Mad Beasts Max: of No FuryNation Road
TheWhite Revenant God
White Spotlight God
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… And They’re Off!
Words Jacob Sprecher
A breakdown of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture “Welcome to the Academy Awards, or whatever! Glad you could make it! Oh, wait—you’re not white? Sorry, you can’t come in.” And with that sentiment, the Oscars have once again marooned themselves on a desert island in some sort of backwards and perverted form of self-flagellation. It would be nice, to talk about the most hyped and “respected” (for better or worse) awards show in film in a manner befitting some of the content. But because the esteemed Academy has seen fit to continuously exclude anyone black, brown, red, yellow, purple, blue or magenta from 20 individual acting awards, we are forced instead to rail upon their general shortsighted and small-mindedness. And when you look at the full scope of the absurdity, everyone gets screwed. Obviously, the pervading notion that “if you’re not white, you’re not in” is the main offender. And yet the very white people that bias intends to exalt don’t wind up getting discussed by nature of their merit, but rather, that they’re white and nominated. There are no winners this time around. If you’re black, Latino, Asian, or anything else, you’ve already lost. If you’re white and unjustly nominated (here’s looking at you, Matt Damon!), you are a loser. And if you’re white and happen to be deserving, you’re going to have an asterisk next to your name anyway, like hitting home runs in the steroid era or something. But the nominations are what they are, so here’s a look at the Best Picture nominees.
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Marketed as some sort of hedge fund buddy comedy a la The Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Short is surprisingly dense and intelligent, with a starstudded cast that embraces character acting over pure name and ego. Steve Carell deserves more credit than he’s getting, and Brad Pitt slides nicely back into his old quirky ways. A lightning-paced two hours, The Big Short has the ability to make you feel more informed and more confused all at the same time. In either case you won’t feel any better about the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
They should have just called this one Hanks-Spielberg 4. Bridge of Spies tells the Cold War tale of lawyer James Donovan and defense of Russian spy Rudolf Abel. While a marvelous and true story, Bridge of Spies shouldn’t be anywhere near Best Picture talk, and yet it’s not the least bit surprising to see it in the running. The fact that Mark Rylance is up for Best Supporting Actor, though, is particularly headscratching, as his portrayal of Abel is adequate and nothing more. But when it comes to Hanks-Spielberg, the Academy will fawn even if the product is a bit milquetoast.
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Brooklyn
The Martian
Room
It would be unfair to simply call Brooklyn a romance or love story. This is a film that has the ability to touch your soul with humanism that few in recent memory can. Saoirse Ronan’s trek from small-town Ireland to 1950s New York City is heart-wrenching, and yet consistently dabbed with humor and lightness. Her romantic partner, Tony, played by Emory Cohen, is an onscreen tractor beam, charming to a point that will make your eyes well up. Perhaps greatest of all, Brooklyn’s trying emotional journey is at no point driven by a violent or evil antagonist— it’s simply the difficulty of life on a relatable scale.
Who knew the soundtrack to Mars included “Love Train” and “Waterloo?” Probably the worst Best Picture nominee since Avatar, The Martian is basically one step from full-blown Armageddon. Matt Damon is horrific. Relentlessly annoying with his fourth wall-ish dialogue, his character should have simply been named Matt Damon, as that’s all you can ever see when he’s on screen. Please, Ridley Scott: Stop making space movies.
Bit heavy, isn’t it? Room is terrifying and spellbinding all at once, tapping into some of the darkest fears we don’t even realize we have. Brie Larson is a vision, alongside a minimal cast that could, in nearly each case, be eligible for some sort of individual award all their own. Who says Jacob Tremblay can’t win big at 9 years old? And here I thought Sean Bridgers would always be Johnny from Deadwood. Room is a masterpiece.
The Revenant
Spotlight
Well I guess Leo is going to win Best Actor, which is interesting in the sense that he is completely uninteresting in this role. The Revenant is basically Braveheart meets Jackass, only the cinematography is better, and it doesn’t star any known racist, misogynistic homophobes. Admittedly, I found this movie to be so transparently putrid that I walked out. So sue me.
As model a true crime film as there ever was, Spotlight takes after All the President’s Men. No frilly jaunts into the love lives of the journalists, no dull soirees into the personal effects of characters from whom you only seek cold, hard facts. While no one actor or actress stands out above the rest (though Mark Ruffalo is deserving of the Supporting Actor nod), the entire cast is so solid, and the screenplay so tight, a true lead is not needed to achieve excellence.
Mad Max: Fury Road While not quite on par with its predecessor(s), Fury Road does still manage to capture the crash-dashbang reckless abandon of The Road Warrior, if not aided by the financial and technological advancements of the past three decades. Tom Hardy is a willing and eager protagonist, and despite its lengthy runtime and excessive hype, it still manages to be the finest blockbuster of the year, overcompensated dramatic recognition notwithstanding.
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So what’s going to win? Well, it should be a two-horse race between Room and Brooklyn with Spotlight a strong third. But as it goes with Academy trends, neither Room nor Brooklyn stand a chance, as both are driven by relative newcomers and both center around women, leaving their chances null and void. (And the Vegas odds reflect that at 100/1 and 200/1, respectively.) Which puts Spotlight in the lead ahead of, gulp, The Revenant. But I’d be surprised if Spotlight didn’t win out over Leo because, a) it’s actually a fine and well-made movie, and b) the Academy loves shit based on real events. So I predict Spotlight to win Best Picture. Take it for what it is. Or don’t. I don’t plan on watching this year. It’s all headed toward the Grammys anyway. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas
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7th and L Streets, Sacramento • Feb. 5–13 Words Jonathan Carabba Photos Nicholas Wray For Sacramento’s burgeoning art scene, there is pre-Art Hotel, and there is post-Art Hotel, it’s really that simple. For the last week and a half, Art Hotel was all anyone was talking about. It was everywhere: TV, print, web and especially plastered all over social media. We’ve never seen the arts take the front seat like this in Sacramento, at least not in recent memory. For the uninitiated, Art Hotel was a temporary project where nearly 100 artists—local to global—transformed the soon-to-be-demolished Jade Apartments building in downtown Sacramento into an incredibly unique and immersive art experience. Think art museum tour meets creepy carnival attraction, meets real-life choose-your-own-adventure book. Rooms, bathrooms, hallways, stairways, tiny little nooks and crannies; literally everywhere you looked there was art. An inside source tells Submerge that nearly 15,000 people toured the Art Hotel during the nine days it was open. Thousands more were turned away because the free halfhour tours kept “selling out.” To say that Art Hotel proves there is a demand in Sacramento for this sort of creative project would be a rude understatement. This was a pivotal moment for the arts in Sacramento. To see a list of all participating artists and to learn about the project’s coordinators and their future plans, visit M5arts.com.
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Two Become One So Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died. I’m sure a lot of us have a lot of opinions and feelings about this. It’s all over Facebook. It became an immediate hot-button topic of the Republican presidential debate (not that I’d watch such a thing, but I saw clips … unfortunately). How do I feel about it? I don’t know. He was a guy, I guess. He did pretty well for himself, becoming a Supreme Court Justice and all. That’s more than I’ve ever done. I guess I always saw him as the ultra right-wing uncle who always says things that makes your eyes roll when you see him once a year at Christmas. You just figure he’s always going to be there spouting off against welfare or something, and that’s comforting in a way, to know you’ll always have that outrage to rely on. But instead of just talking crazy shit, Scalia actually had the power to transform his ideology into law. So, I mean, there’s that. But he won’t be able to rail against abortion or gay rights anymore. Now he’s just where we’ll all end up eventually. He’s gone off to the same place where all the ultra-conservative uncles go when their time has come. Is it heaven? I don’t know. I just write a column. (Could you imagine what that Christmas dinner table would be like if it was?) Maybe we all just end up in the same place. Like, the ground, or the primordial soup that takes all our molecules and distributes them into new life. Maybe one day, we’ll see a bit of Scalia in a poodle or the leaf of a palm tree. It wouldn’t be so bad to be a palm tree, I’d bet. Death is nothing new, unfortunately, and not everyone who dies is as cool as David Bowie (who was awesome). Not everyone who dies is someone. Sometimes it’s something, like a “giant vegan bird” that “prowled prehistoric Arctic,” according to my favorite headline of the day on the Christian Science Monitor website. Much like our departed Supreme Court Justice, the Gastornis has shed its mortal coil and is one with the cosmos—albeit it walked the earth during the Eocene epoch some 53 million years ago. The Gastornis was quite a specimen. It was 6 feet tall, and probably weighed a few hundred pounds. Luckily for whatever roamed around the world at the same time it did, this gargantuan, flightless bird likely only ate “leaves, fruits and seeds.” Just a single toe bone of the creature was found on Ellesmere Island in the Queen Elizabeth
James Barone jb@submergemag.com Islands in the Canadian Arctic Circle, but it led researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to some amazing discoveries. The toe bone matched fossils of a Gastornis found in Wyoming some 2,500 miles away, which means that even though the bird couldn’t fly, it still got around. Bird fossils are a rare find in the Arctic because it’s cold as fuck. Ellesmere Island, for instance, can see temperatures of negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit, which probably makes you feel like a wuss for packing “warm socks” for a trip to Tahoe in May. However, back in the day, when Gastornis and Presbyornis, a smaller bird whose fossils were also discovered on Ellesmere, strutted their stuff around the Eocene landscape, the climate in the Arctic was much different. It was more akin to the temperatures we’d now see in the Southeastern United States. Perhaps this is why Ellesmere has yielded so many cool and diverse fossils, like primates, fish and crocodilians, according to the article on Csmonitor. com. And perhaps all these beasties could make their way up to the Arctic again? According to Jaelyn Ellerbe, one of the study’s authors, learning more about what Gastornis was up to in the Arctic all those millions of years ago could give us a clue about how the region is affected by climate change, which, I hate to break it to you, is a thing. “What we know about past warm intervals in the Arctic can give us a much better idea about what to expect in terms of changing plant and animal populations there in the future,” he said, though he stopped short of suggesting that he thought polar bears would soon be replaced by Arctigators (I just made that up). But how cool would that be, huh? Like, if climate change meant alligators would grow plush white fur and pigeons would morph into 6-foot-tall vegan birds? When it’s my time to venture into the Great Beyond, I’d be honored if my molecules somehow found their way to make up part of some roided-up polar ostrich, wandering around the post-climate change wilderness in search of nuts and berries, and maybe my molecules will be right there next to Justice Scalia’s, and it wouldn’t matter that in our previous incarnations, we would have been total political opposites, because we’d now be a giant bird. And giant birds are awesome.
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