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vendors will include, but will likely not be limited to: Fig + Moss (wildcrafted apothecary), Roxanne Young Designs (fiber jewelry, art and clothing), Amy Greer (jewelry), Brown Pigeon (rubber stamps), Maker Maker (block printed fabrics and clutches), Best Supply Co. (candles and body care), Trent Dean (metal and wood furniture), Meg A. Myers Designs (glass craft), Aradia Glass (glass craft), Electric Sun Creatives (geometric brass wall hangings), It’s Knot Love (macrame and vintage decor), Scumugs (one-ofa-kind ceramic mugs), and Chelsea Fish (ceramic and mixed media artist). That’s an amazing array of local artisans that will be gathered in one place for your shopping therapy needs. In between perusing the different makers’ goods, you’ll hear the sweet, sweet sounds of live music provided by local acts like the danceable funk/ rock nine-piece powerhouse Ideateam, the fully-orchestrated electro pop outfit known as Poppet and the beloved dreamy indie-pop group Sea of Bees. As for visual art, expect a cool set-up of canvases being covered right in front of your eyes by local artists like Mike Rodriguez, Franceska Gamez, S.V.

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A Review … Really, a Love Letter Words Mollie Hawkins Confession: I’m pretty obsessed with coffee. It makes my world spin ‘round. It makes my heart thump in a way that no man ever has. Before I migrated to Sacramento from the Deep South, I worked in coffee. I learned to appreciate the origins, the roasting process and the various brewing methods that are sometimes so delicately laborintensive that you question your sanity (homemade cold brew, anyone?). And in case you didn’t notice, Sacramento is rich with craft coffee options. It seems as though new shops are popping up left and right, each offering its own unique flavor to the local coffee culture; it’s an exciting time to be a coffee nerd. So when I heard the Caffeine Crawl was coming back to town, I knew I had to hop on it like a toddler to a cake. Created by beverage marketing firm The LAB, the Caffeine Crawl functions in the same spirit of the traditional pub

crawl, only minus the, uh, spirits. Instead of getting drunk during the Caffeine Crawl, you just get jittery at the most. With six different “choose your own adventure” routes highlighting nearly a dozen different shops and roasteries, you’ll either be walking, biking or driving to your location, where you’ll spend half an hour learning and (hopefully) sipping. After attending the Crawl in 2014, I knew to expect a lot of local coffee, conversation and a sense of adventure; particularly because the forecast called for rain. Lots of rain. I’ll give you one guess, dear reader, which type of route your narrator chose. That’s right. I got rained on. A lot. But it did not dampen my spirits as I sat down with about 20 other Crawlers in a cozy bar area at 2 p.m. at RailBridge Cellars downtown, which was the first and last stop on our walking tour. After a warm welcome from the host of the Crawl

and part of The LAB team, Sadie Renee, our eager group leaned in collectively to listen to Nick Young, the head roaster of Vaneli’s in Rocklin, as he described the methods of making a blended coffee. We sampled four coffees: three single origin coffees (a Brazilian, a Guatemalan and an Ethiopian) that were blended together to create the final blend, a pleasantly mild coffee that Young playfully coined “Creme de la Crawl.” As we sipped, we discussed flavor notes and the nuances of what makes a great cup. “There is no wrong answer,” Young said of our notations, “everyone has their own concept of the perfect cup of coffee.” The second stop of our tour found us at Insight Coffee Roasters on Capitol. There, we got to see roasting in action: a small “sample roaster” set up in the main café area. While the head roaster talked about the process of roasting, I was hit with a pang of nostalgia. The

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praise them when they learn to be less dirty. Being mindful of personal hygiene is just being part of society. So pardon me if I don’t bake a cake after your baby takes his first shit in a real toilet instead of his pants. Sorry I didn’t bring a toy after your daughter learned to wipe her own butthole and bathe herself. What I will do is give your kid a tissue once they learn to blow their nose, so I don’t have to look at that ever-present slime trail emanating from their noses. When not losing mucous, kids are nearly losing their lives every day. They have no idea how to survive; they can’t even keep their teeth! That’s probably because children will eat anything they find, no matter where they find it, be it a loose Cheeto, a sharp screw or rat poison. It’s like they just gotta have something in their mouths at all times. They are like goats, which may explain why a baby goat is called a kid. On top of worrying about what their babies might find and eat, parents are also forced to “child-proof” their homes to keep their precious snowflakes alive. That means safety latches on every door and cabinet and covers for electrical sockets. That’s right, these “awesome babies” would put a paperclip in an electrical socket if given the chance. It’s like they live in a cartoon! I suspect that your baby’s proclivity toward death has something to do with their general lack of knowledge and their unawareness of the reality around them. These babies can’t even recognize themselves in a mirror, for Christ’s sake! Trying to teach a baby something is a painstaking process especially since they can’t read or write. Instead I’m supposed to settle for them learning their own name. Tell me something I don’t know! Your babies are all very cute, but let’s not kid ourselves here, these are no geniuses. We don’t congratulate a stupid person for figuring out something that everyone else already knew, so why should we do it with a baby? We should start telling these babies to get with the program and grow up already. Until then, I will remain unimpressed by everything babies do.

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Local Electronic Artist Genre Peak Hosts Album Release Show at Shine • March 26 Genre Peak, an experimental project spearheaded by electronic percussionist/composer Martin Birke along with a bevy of super talented players are hosting a CD release show for the collective’s new long player, Your Sleekest Engine. If the near eight-minute album opener, “Nightfalls,” doesn’t make your head turn and stop staring blankly into your phone, perhaps the lovely groove of “Metanoia” will do the trick. “With coordination of record label, European artists, working out schedules and actual writing and recording, the record took about two years” said Martin Birke. “Fans can expect music they don’t hear too often in Sacramento. These are slick electronic-based songs that sound like the record and are more like Massive Attack or Recoil meets Jon Hassell. Call it electronica-organica I suppose with some very European pop sensibilities.” Visit Genre Peak’s Bandcamp page to hear some truly mindbending avant-garde ambient music at Genrepeak1.bandcamp.com. Don't miss their release show at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Shine Cafe, located at 1400 E Street. All ages are welcome and the cover is just $7. -EJ

The origins of “Taco Tuesday” can be traced all the way back to ancient Mayan civilizations, where families would gather on the second day of each week to gorge on hella tacos. OK, we totally just made that up, but it might as well be true. Everyone knows Tuesdays are for tacos! Instead of making your kitchen a mess by going it alone, head over to Yolo Brewing Company in West Sacramento where you can take advantage of their $7 pint-and-two-tacos deal from local food truck North Border Taco. The $7 deal is only good from 4–6 p.m. If you can’t make it by 6 p.m., or simply need more than two tacos, don’t fret. North Border will offer their delicious street tacos for just $1.50 a pop all the way up until 8 p.m. every Tuesday. Learn more about YBC at Yolobrew.com and keep up with the taco truck by following them on Twitter (@NorthBorderTaco). -JC

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CORE Contemporary Dance Presents RISE at Harris Center • March 26 Sacramento-based contemporary dance company CORE is ready to once again mesmerize audiences with two upcoming performances at Harris Center in Folsom on Saturday, March 26. The show, called RISE, is inspired by artistic director and choreographer Kelli Leighton’s late grandmother’s incredible life story and her triumph over adversity, and it is sure to amaze. The dancers that make up CORE come from diverse backgrounds—from ballet to jazz, tap to contemporary and more—making their performances unique and captivating from start to finish. You’ve got two chances to see RISE on March 26, once at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are very affordable and are available at Corecontemporarydance. org or Harriscenter.net. Whether you’re looking for an artsy date night or something different to do with friends and family, we guarantee you’ll walk away from any CORE performance inspired and fully entertained. -JC

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Intro to Urban Beekeeping Class • March 20 Ever wanted to know how to cultivate and make your own honey? Tired of paying $10–$20 for top-shelf honey only to realize it really wasn’t? Thankfully, the good folks at Bee Love Sacramento (owners/ beekeepers Kim Felix and Lindsay Weaver) are hosting a special three-hour class for those who are curious about the dos and not-so-obvious don’ts of the trade. Once enrolled, all attendees will gain some valuable knowledge from veterans of the bee scene (sounds cool, doesn’t it?). It’s a good way to learn about the many supplies needed and, more importantly, a way to gauge if the cost is worth your effort. Beekeeping is legal within city limits but does come with some rather stringent and strict requirements for keeping both you and your neighbors safe. By helping stimulate the growth and proliferation of honey bees, you’re also doing a great service for the community at large. Samples will be available and prizes will be awarded for special quests to be announced. Visit Facebook.com/beelovesacramento and tell ‘em Submerge sent you. -EJ

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File this one under: very rare. Currently on her first North American tour in over four years, the wildly talented multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is coming to the Crest Theatre on Tuesday, April 5 and she is bringing none other than Robin Pecknold with her, best known as the principal songwriter for the indie folk band Fleet Foxes. Newsom is on tour in support of her latest album Divers, which was easily one of the most praised records of 2015. The New York Times said of Divers, “This rather brilliant record is heaving you into the deep end. You might as well go headfirst,” and Slate called it, “the most perfectly measured album of her career.” Fun facts: Newsom was born and raised right up the hill in Nevada City, and she is married to one of the funniest dudes on the planet, actor and comedian Andy Samberg. Tickets for her April 5 show are on sale now starting at $35 and are available at the Crest box office, by phone at (877) 987-6487 or online at Ticketfly.com. For more information, visit Crestsacramento.com or Sblentertainment.com. -JC

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Sacramento’s local treasure, the B Street Theatre, will host a limited run of Robert Caisley’s new play A Masterpiece of Comic … Timing. The story takes place in the early ‘60s in Scottsdale, Arizona, where a producer is trying to hurriedly produce a comedy with the aide of a writer who has more than his fair share or hang-ups. “In this play, I have to say, shamefully, the only purpose of the comedy is to just make people wet their pants. I really want people to laugh,” said Caisley during a recent interview with Capital Public Radio. Caisley, a professor of theatre and head of dramatic writing at the University of Idaho, has written many plays which have been featured in residencies from coast to coast—from New Jersey to Washington state. A Masterpiece of Comic … Timing runs now through April 17. Showtimes are Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 5 and 9 p.m.; and 2 p.m. matinee on Wednesdays and Sundays. Buy tickets now at Bstreettheatre.org. -EJ

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TAUK Tell an Epic Story Without Saying a Word Words Zachary Ahern

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ome believe that having a strong message and storytelling through music is crucial. However, sometimes the language of music is spoken without saying a single word. Consisting of Matt Jalbert (guitar), Charlie Dolan (bass), Alric “A.C”

Carter (keyboards) and Isaac Teel (drums), it’s quite certain that Oyster Bay, New York’s TAUK possess a keen grasp of creating a vivid sonic landscape without a need of vocals. Upon listening to TAUK’s four albums—recorded in as many years—it’s apparent that several different genres of music have contributed to the building of the group’s unique sound. Jazz, classic rock, ambient and controlled funk music weave in and out of the landscape on songs such as “On Guard” and “Mindshift” from 2014’s Collisions. TAUK’s latest release, Headroom, is a showcase of live material recorded at select venues on their 2014 and 2015 U.S. tour. This record demonstrates TAUK’s ability to take listeners on a swirling journey ranging from relaxing meditations to wall of sound outbursts. Many musical paths are chosen, even within a single track. The group has grown their fan base in the last several years, in part due to their relentless tour schedule, having played alongside of Umphrey’s McGee, Widespread Panic and STS9 just to name a few. It’s also worth noting that the band’s two most recent records, Collisions and Headroom, were produced and/or mixed by Robert Carranza, who has worked with well-known acts like Ozomatli, The Mars Volta and Jack Johnson. Submerge sat down with guitarist Matt Jalbert to discuss musical styles that have influenced the group’s sound, studio work versus live shows, the significance of undying fan support and much more.

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Is there any significance to the name TAUK? There are a couple different angles to this. Three of us are from New York by way of Long Island and the eastern end is called Montauk. We shortened that a bit and came up with TAUK. We did research and found this lady who talks to dead people who goes by The Art of Universal Knowing, so we felt intrigued enough to name our band after the Montauk area. Where did the term “cerebral funk” come from and do you feel that’s an accurate term to describe your music? It’s tricky for us to classify or slot our sound since our songs range stylistically and we jump around between time signatures, but we are definitely a groovebased band inspired in part by funk music.

As you mentioned, your sound is tough to pinpoint and several styles are discernible from, song to song. Who would you say are some of your biggest influences? When we write songs, we never try to emulate any particular artist, but all of our influences make their way into the fold. Classic rock acts like Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin were a big influence growing up, but as time went on I developed a tasted for more electronic music like Aphex Twin or Radiohead. Lately I’ve been trying to dig into albums by Esperanza Spalding. Collectively, we try keeping open minds and ears out for new and different artists. What do you see as being the challenges of playing in an instrumental band? At first people would ask us about if we’d ever get a singer

to join. After a few years of being acquainted with ourselves and knowing what we’re striving for, things that may be viewed as disadvantages turned into advantages. We would force ourselves to create powerful choruses or hooks instrumentally. We see it as a constant challenge of seeing which road we can go down to make music relatable to the crowd. How are your songs generally structured and how has your chemistry evolved over the last few years? Over time we’ve used new tools to shape our songs, whether it’s a groove, melody or chord structure. We are aware of these things in the context of our own catalog and strive to cover new ground with writing each new song by not falling into the same

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patterns we’ve done before. Sometimes we’ll come up with a memorable section but then depart from it completely or come back to it in a different way, to keep things fresh. Do you find that audiences respond to certain themes differently in a live setting? It varies from night to night. Sometimes it depends on where a song is placed in the set, the energy of the room or the effort we put out. Crowds pick up on cohesion with a band and if we’re doing our part and putting our best leg forward, we tend to get a great response, no matter the location. But different cities or towns have different vibes, which makes touring so fun and worthwhile. The best things we can do as a band is strive for that magical feeling that can only be found at a live show. After releasing three studio albums, what were the reasons behind making a live record? A lot of time and effort was put into making the albums, but we tour a lot and feature raw and improvisational moments live, which can’t be captured as well in the studio. We consider ourselves a live band and wanted to paint the most accurate picture of what it’s like to experience a TAUK show on record. How did your relationship with producer Robert Carranza come about? Robert took us under his wing years ago when we were

sending old recordings out. He seems like a member of the band at this point; we trust him and always receive an honest opinion. He produced our last studio album Collisions and mixed our live album Headroom but also has an impressive resume with having produced artists ranging from Jack Johnson to The Mars Volta. Whose idea was it to cover “In Bloom” by Nirvana and present it on Headroom? Do you ever catch the audience singing along when you play that live? Everyone in the band loves that song and during rehearsal we realized it had a similar groove to a song called “Never Remember” by Kneebody. Live, we’ll play “In Bloom” and then go into “Never Remember” and then morph back. The audience loves to sing along with the chorus to “In Bloom,” so seems like a no brainer to keep playing it. Who are the STAUKERS? The STAUKERS are our most diehard fans that help us with promoting shows, buying our albums and get the word out about our band through social media. These are also some of the devotees we see several nights in a row following us around on the road. There’s no bigger compliment than receiving praise at the end of a show from a fan. It’s very uplifting and helps keep us going.

“At first people would ask us about if we’d ever get a singer to join. After a few years of being acquainted with ourselves and knowing what we’re striving for, things that may be viewed as disadvantages turned into advantages.“ –TAUK’s Matt Jalbert on the challenges of being an instrumental band. What is the best advice you’ve ever received in the business? To go out there every night and do what you love by believing in yourself. You can’t worry about what other people think. You have to stick to your gut and don’t bend to other people’s expectations. You’ve got to do what works for you.

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Nevada City’s Pinnacles On New Album, Upcoming Tour Words Andrew C. Russell • photo Justin Nunnink

ike a wrecked ship caught halfway in the transition from steel construct to living reef, Pinnacles achieves harmony through clashing processes. They often characterize their music as “prog” or “math” rock, but their work is not overly indulgent in the byzantine excesses of the former or the regimented oblivion of the latter. Instead, they are a varied landscape unto themselves, with tight, earthbound rhythms and sky-borne melodies that rise and fall gracefully like birds of prey pulled aloft by thermal gusts. Indeed, one has a hard time listening to songs like “Sinking vs. Sourcing,” a highlight off of their last album Convolve and Reflect, without imagining a soaring birds-eye view of dramatic, forested mountains. It is only after a few listens that the second side of Pinnacles—one of intricate, carefully designed technical wizardry and layered production, becomes readily evident. This background machinery is mostly the realm of the band’s two guitarists/vocalists, Justin Hunt and Robbie Landsburg. After an intense collaborative songwriting and recording process with bassist Jesse Kinseth and drummer Zach Peach, who both weave a maze of mutating (but surprisingly naturalistic) time signatures, the former two can spend months fine-tuning the results, capitalizing on their introverted natures and retreating to a world-within-a-

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world where endless experimentation for its own sake eventually crystallizes into a record. One gets the sense that they could continue indefinitely—and their shifting, engrossing songs reflect this, almost striving to expand ever outward, refusing to be fully contained by the boundaries of an album. This is the environment from which Convolve and Reflect emerges. The environment from which Pinnacles emerged about two years back is likewise fertile, in more ways than one. The Nevada City/Grass Valley area, where the band members grew up, has long been a hotbed for creativity, especially in music. The band members cite a supportive local scene, along with the solitude afforded by the lack of sprawl and proximity of the nearby forest, as producing favorable conditions for their exploration into the boundaries of melodic art rock. At times aggressive or purposefully delicate, precisely arranged or freely drifting, Pinnacles are now at the top of their game and have only bigger and brighter things ahead. While gearing up for an extensive regional tour and considering how they might diverge stylistically in the future, Hunt and Landsburg were able to chat and lend more insight on their genre-bending nature, the unique locale they hail from and the virtues of having countless guitar pedals.

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Does the name “Pinnacles” refer to anything in particular? Justin Hunt: There was actually a long list of potential names that we were crossing off a wall, and “Pinnacles” ended up being the one least offensive for all of us. I’ve always liked the way the name sounded, the imagery that it conjures, just as a knee-jerk reaction. Robbie Landsburg: Also, there’s a lot of builds in our music, a lot of high points—that’s sort of a connection, there. JH: Hmm … I never thought about that [laughs]. What about the latest album title, Convolve and Reflect? JH: That one wasn’t quite as arbitrary— there’s something very onomatopoetic about those two words together. Convolution and reflection are terms used to describe reverberation, or reverb. There’s the reverb that we were using on the record and in our recording spaces. If there was a theme to the record, though, it would be empathy or the lack thereof these days—people not being emotionally connected to each other, just kind of broad-stroke themes like that. So convolving and reflecting is kind of about people coming together, bouncing off one another and existing in the same space. It was a very loose idea that I liked. RL: Our previous album, Automaton—that name was a reference to automation, which is also something you use when you’re in the studio. Our band is like a merge of digital and analog worlds. On the vocals sometimes we’ll have weird, harmonizer effects that are kind of robotic, blended with natural acoustic instruments. There’s a mixing of the digital and analog, as well as the emotional and emotionless. Are your natural surroundings a big influence on your music? JH: I’d say yes, but mostly subconsciously. It’s a beautiful place—there’s not nearly as many distractions as in a big city. RL: For me, living in this small town in the foothills, surrounded by nature, and yet I’ve always been a very computer-oriented person as well, I appreciate the outdoors just as much as I appreciate nerding out on computers. There’s always that duality, and it’s something I’ve always been fascinated by.

“For me, living in this small town in the foothills, surrounded by nature, and yet I’ve always been a very computeroriented person as well, I appreciate the outdoors just as much as I appreciate nerding out on computers. There’s always that duality, and it’s something I’ve always been fascinated by.” – Pinnacles’ Robbie Landsburg on creating music in Nevada City SubmergeMag.com

Was there a particular style or sound you hand in mind for this project from the beginning, and is it the same as what it is today? JH: I don’t know if we had any particular ideas, to be honest. I don’t know if there were any preconceived notions of what we wanted it to be, which is part of the fun, at least for me. RL: Yeah, totally. I think we all played to our strengths, like I do a lot of guitar tapping, and then Justin tends to write in some really weird time signatures—it’s never really in 7, never really in 9, it’s shifting throughout. And Zach, our drummer was in a really prog-y band before this, and he’s a really straight-ahead rock drummer that can also do some really cool stuff in odd time signatures. We each play to our own strengths, and I think we kind of took that as far as we could with that last album. I’ve been talking about branching out and getting a little less rock ‘n’ roll and guitars on our next endeavor. I think Convolve and Reflect is our “mastery” of what we initially started with. Were you always a fan of progressive/ math/post rock? When did you first discover these genres? JH: I don’t know. I’d say I’ve become more of a fan of that kind of music of late, but I don’t know how much it informs the songwriting process of our band. I didn’t grow up listening to a lot of traditional “prog” bands of the ‘70s like Yes and Rush, but I knew those bands, and I liked them. The genre wasn’t something that was terribly influential for me, as a guitar player or songwriter. The weird, odd meters is just something that happens naturally, more just what comes out when we get in a room and start messing around. And after a while, it feeds on itself and becomes what we do regularly. RL: Justin and I are both huge fans of the guitar and drum sound on Siamese Dream [by Smashing Pumpkins]. Our bassist Jesse is a huge Tool fan, and I think we’re all huge Tool fans, Aenima and Lateralus were influential as we were growing up. JH: I think the idea is to use odd time signatures, but not make them sound incredibly complicated. Maybe because we’re all neurotic and want to keep it interesting for us, but at the same time, we don’t want to sound too pretentious. The influences you mentioned seem to all have special attention to loud/quiet, heavy/ delicate dynamics. JH: I think, at least Robbie and I, we’re huge fans of a lot of ‘90s rock music, which did that extremely well—especially that Tool/Smashing Pumpkins kind of flavor. I started playing guitar in that era, and there’s a lot of that dynamic in the music from that time. Another thing that was influential on me was the prettier soundscapes and then heavier sections, trying to blend those together. RL: I love every type of music out there, but it can get kind of tiresome in a band doing nothing but heavy or quiet stuff exclusively. It sort of desensitizes you as a listener. I

like to keep a contrast, keep the listener on their toes and also present a journey or cinematic experience. JH: Also, we get to play with more pedals! The more sounds we mess with, the more pedals we get to justify buying. Speaking of messing with sound, you’re both credited as producers on your last two releases. What is your approach to production? JH: Just as a financial decision, we’ve always valued the DIY aesthetic in this band, and it has become something that defines us. When we set out to make our first record we just wanted to do a demo on a lark, and it sounded reasonably good, so we decided to do everything else by ourselves as well. To do things on your own as a band—for one, it’s a lot cheaper. It’s a small investment of money and a large investment of time. I like keeping things under our control. A lot of it was Robbie and I just sitting in there, tweaking the music bit by bit. RL: If this record had been made in the ‘90s, on a studio budget, it would have been like $500,000. The amount of time we spent on it, just going down the rabbit hole, exploring options, coming up with harmonies, we completely re-amped all our guitars, sending it through the interface of our computer, and through the pedals, and back out of the amps—that way, we could do live pedal performances with our hands instead of stomping on them. Just going down the rabbit hole of soundscapes and ambiances, and not always to a tasteful effects either [both laugh]. What’s your take on Nevada City’s unusually rich music scene as a small town? JH: Yeah, there’s a disproportionate amount of talent that comes out of here, considering its size. My take is that, there was an era where there was a lot of hippies who left the cities and moved up here to raise their families, and those same hippies became parents who really fostered the arts with their children. Thinking about that question, that’s the best answer I can come up with. It’s a peaceful, quiet community, with a lot of parents who are very supportive of their children who have become this generation of musicians who at least had opportunities to flourish. RL: And I think there’s a compounding effect as well, when you see other people who are a bit older than you who are performing, and you know some of them, or their siblings, it makes it seem that much more attainable to attempt it yourself.

Pinnacles kick off their West Coast tour March 17 in Grass Valley at Center for the Arts' Off Center Stage. On March 23 they’ll play The Press Club in Sacramento. To listen to and/ or purchase Pinnacles' latest album Convolve and Reflect, go to Pinnacles.bandcamp.com. Trust us, you’ll be glad you did.

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into the light Muralists Sofia Lacin and Hennessy Christophel Team Up with Tre Borden on the Ambitious Bright Underbelly Project Words Lovelle Harris • photos kevin fiscus

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ynamic duos are usually associated with comic books or television superheroes that join forces in order to save the day; the Wonder Twins and Saturday Night Live’s Ace and Gary instantly come to mind. Typically, these duos eke out an existence lurking in the shadows in some metropolitan city where they carry out amazing acts of heroism. Sacramento has its own version of a heroic twosome, but instead of battling bad guys, muralists Sofia Lacin and Hennessy Christophel swoop in with their paint brushes and vibrant hues to transform outdoor spaces from the outside in. The two artists met while attending Mira Loma High School and reconnected shortly after college, eventually forming their own design business LC Studio Tutto and embarking on their first large-scale art project when they were invited to be a part of the 1409 R Street block transformation. “That was kind of our first taste of being a part of something that totally transformed a place and as we started working in public. We got kind of hooked on that feeling of being able to create things that were really having an impact on people and touching people’s daily lives and experiences,” Christophel explains. Lacin and Christophel are driven by this concept of connecting their work with the daily lives of those who move

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through the city. The art duo’s creativity thrives in urban spaces that have been either forgotten or left to wither in blight by reimagining and enriching each space through color and form to uncover the beauty and identity that wasn’t there before. Each credit their varied artistic backgrounds as the reason why their partnership works so well. “Sofia and I feel like we have this great balance that happens between us,” Christophel says. “I have a very kind of micro perspective, and she has a kind of bigger picture perspective and is a lot more focused on color, so I think they’re very different backgrounds that we have, different skills, but they complement each other very well.” Lately, the subject of public art in Sacramento has been at the forefront of just about every discussion involving the future of the city—from the grumblings over the millions of dollars being thrown in the direction of artist Jeff Koons to erect an artist offering to complement the highly contentious new downtown arena, to the simple discussion of what role should public art play in this cultural renaissance of Sacramento. Lacin and Hennessy’s latest creative undertaking, the Bright Underbelly project, serves as a reminder of why public art is vital to a city’s identity and character. “The most powerful part of public art

is that the space is not curated it’s out in the open, anyone can pass through,” Lacin says. “I think if you really pay attention to the site and the community, you are able to add elements in the design that resonate with anyone in that community. It becomes like this surprising little mirror of that culture, and I think that’s one of my favorite things. It’s out there in the open for anyone to experience.” As the two celebrate a decade of working together, this dynamic duo have 70 installations under their belts that include the We’re All In It Together mural on Midtown’s BloodSource building; a mural and sculptural installation for The Mill at Broadway, a new urban housing community in Sacramento; as well as Hanging Mist an installation made up of 72 perforated aluminum panels painted in soft layers of color, forming two walls of the inner courtyard of Warehouse Artists Lofts. But it’s their ability to create a career out of their shared artistic passion that the two are really proud of. “I was also lucky enough to grow up with creative parents, they run a business together, a professional photography studio,” Lacin explains. “So I kind of grew up with this, not only this model of creativity and how that is a valuable thing to contribute to the world but also, how do you make that your job, your full-time job.

“I think if you really pay attention to the site and the community, you are able to add elements in the design that resonate with anyone in that community. It becomes like this surprising little mirror of that culture, and I think that’s one of my favorite things. It’s out there in the open for anyone to experience.” – Sofia Lacin on creating art for public spaces

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So, I have kind of done my best to make art a career for us and I just believe that I could never do anything else.” While Lacin and Christophel are no strangers to creating larger-than-life art installations—they’re responsible for adorning a 4 million-gallon water tower in Davis they call Same Sun, which features shadows cast by sculptures moving against a radiant, goldenhued background—Bright Underbelly, a mural covering 70,000 square-feet and celebrating the seasons will hover above the city’s largest farmer’s market under the Highway 50 overpass at Eighth and W streets. It will be the largest project the twosome have tackled to date. After five months of lying on scissor lifts, kicking back on yellow lawn chairs procured from the streets of Midtown, it’s most certainly their most backbreaking project too. “We’ve been in these chairs, lying down like freaks for five months under this freeway,” Lacin chuckles. “One of the weirdest parts about it, I couldn’t believe how exhausted I was. I was like ‘I’m lying down; this is going to be cool. I’m not going to be tired, I’m going to go party after.’ It was exhausting like driving for 12 hours is. You’re very focused, and it’s also a very isolated experience. To be two inches from the belly of the freeway that trembles as big rigs drive overhead.” The inspiration for the project came from Bright Underbelly project manager Tre Borden after a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Borden, who is no stranger to the arts community after managing projects at Exhibit S gallery in the former Downtown Plaza and running the Flywheel artist incubator in 2012, says that this project is just what the community needs. “I saw this pedestrian bridge that had been beautifully muraled as a way to kind of create a gateway into the arts and culture district and I thought, ‘Wow, we have so much stuff like that here that’s

kind of just languishing so why don’t we do that?’” Borden explains. “We thought to prove our point, let’s pick the place that’s most visible where our farm-to-fork identity was really born and it’s also a really great location in terms of how it connects so many different communities.” When the ribbon cutting ceremony takes place March 17, the underbelly of the freeway will have undergone a complete transformation celebrating the natural world that surrounds us, including a shimmering rendering of the lunar cycle. The artists say that the project wasn’t erected on an island, but was forged out of a true collaboration between the artists, city stakeholders and, most importantly Borden says, the executives at the California Department of Transportation. “I love that there’s all this activity above. In the summertime, the market has like 10,000 people, there’s all this activity below and then the mural exists in this kind of quiet space in between,” Christsophel says. “You don’t look at it so much as you move through it and experience it. We decided we wanted to have it be this kind of journey through the seasons that people experience as they walk through because the seasonality of the agriculture, the produce that fills the market every Sunday connecting that to the big picture of these natural cycles that we live in, that was our vision for the space.” In true dynamic duo fashion, Lacin and Christophel seek to make an impact on the world around them. They thrive in collaborative environments by creating large-scale public art installations that bring life and identity into spaces that would otherwise go unnoticed to inspire a connection between people and their surroundings. “I love the ability to go into any environment and bring life through color, I’m inspired by that idea and I strive to do that,” Lacin says.

You’ll have multiple opportunities to enjoy the unveiling of Lacin and Christophel’s new mural: A ribbon cutting ceremony on March 17 from 9–10 a.m. (free); from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on March 19, Bright Underbelly will host a family-friendly affair featuring food trucks, a scavenger hunt and a lecture from Lacin and Christophel (also free); Spring Awakening: An Art and Food Experience will take place on March 20 from 5–9 p.m. and will allow you to dine beneath the mural and sample a limited edition Bright Underbelly beer from New Helvetia. The latter event will also feature live music and a special menu created by Chef Patrick Mulvaney. For more info, go to Brightunderbelly.com. photos of previous murals courtesy of lc studio tutto photos of bright underbell by kevin fiscus

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3.14 Monday

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 Dread Zion w/ DJ Dweet & JayTwo, 9 p.m.

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B-Side West End Blues w/ Harley White Jr., 9 p.m. The Blue Lamp Now or Never Indie Tour: Flawless, Passionate MC, R-Mean and More, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Shadia, 9:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Folsom Lake College Choir, 6 & 8 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 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. Press Club Moist: Rap and HipHop Dance Party, 9 p.m. Sleep Train Arena Justin Bieber, 7:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Torch Club Sanda Dolores & Adam Block, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Pablo Ziegler & Christopher O’Riley, 8 p.m.

B-Side R&B Sides w/ Satapana, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp St. Paddy’s Hip Hop Party, 9 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 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 AA Knuff, 8 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 ONOFF, FFG, Hero’s Last Mission, 9 p.m. Press Club A Midtown Bashment: Two Peace, Street Urchinz, Dylan & Andre (of

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Ace of Spades Eli Young Band, Cripple Creek, 7 p.m. B-Side FFFreak w/ CrookOne & Ben Johnson, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Dylan Crawford, Sandra Dolores, Andrew Castro, 4 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. West Nile Ramblers, 5 p.m. The Blue Lamp Good Ol Boyz, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Pinnacles, Space Rabies, CJ Boyd, 8 p.m. Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m. The Coffee Garden Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Mark Farina, 10 p.m. Dive Bar DJ Epik, Jon Reyes, 5 p.m.

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Fox & Goose The Pikeys, Bobby & the Kennedys, 5:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Loreena McKennitt, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino Killer Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Monty’s Lounge King/Queen of The Stage: Hip-Hop Show & Rap Competition, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Love and Theft, Blackeyed Dempsies, 9 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriquez, 9 p.m. Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Black Star Safari, 4 Piece Puzzle, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Corin Courtyard One Eyed Reilly, 5:30 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Altan & Lúnasa, Tim O’Brien, 7 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. The IrishWhiskey Band, 3 p.m.

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Dre-T Wisechild, Luke Taylor, Brutha Smith, Recorded Freedom, The Beatknocks and More Blue Lamp 8 p.m.

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3.18 friday

Ace of Spades Andre Nickatina, Playah K, Husalah, Tresolid, 7 p.m. B-Side Liquid Eye Lounge w/ Flower Vato, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Hans!, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Achilles Duo, 5 p.m. The Boardwalk Aenimus, Aethere, Not Started, 6:30 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Billy Crawford, Yam Concepcion, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Superbad, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Black Knight Satellite, Jacobb Alexander, Teo, Beane & Crow, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Goldfield Roadside Flare, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Mustache Harbor: Yacht Rock Explosion, 9:30 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Peter Frampton, 7:30 p.m. Kupros Craft House Michael Glines, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino STYX, 7 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides S.W.I.M. (Album Release Show), 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Element of Soul, Element Brass Band, 9 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Random Strangers, 4 p.m.; Nathan Owens Band, 9:30 p.m. Shine The Off Years, Your Fearless Leader, Xochitl, 8 p.m. Sleep Train Arena Salt n Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Coolio, Tone Loc, Sir Mix-a-lot, Rob Base, Shock G, Candyman, Grandmasters Furious Five, 7:30 p.m. Starlite Lounge King Woman, CHRCH, So Stressed, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Groove Thang, 9:30 p.m. Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Walking Spanish, Grahame Lesh and his Band, Midnight North, Jackie Greene, Nathan Dale and More, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Young Artists Competition feat. From the Top with Christopher O’Riley, 8 p.m. SubmergeMag.com

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3.19 Saturday

Ace of Spades Mac Mall, 8:30 p.m. B-Side Sprockets w/ DJ Centipede & Young Aundee, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Humble Wolf, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Uncle Fergie’s House Band, 3 p.m. The Blue Lamp Mac Mall, 8:30 p.m. The Boardwalk Sammy J, Tanelle, Luisa Lavulo, 7 p.m. Cache Creek Casino Billy Crawford, Yam Concepcion, 8 p.m. Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. Cal Expo El Recodo, Kevin Ortiz, Larry Hernandez, 7 p.m. Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Rudy Colombini & The Unauthorized Rolling Stones, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Keep On Truckin, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose Massive Delicious, Honey B & the Cultivation, Sacto Soul Rebels, 9 p.m. Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m. Harlow’s The Brothers Comatose, Miss Lonely Hearts, 8 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts Special Joint Concert: Young Artists Japan-Mexico-America, 3:30 p.m.; TAO: Seventeen Samurai, 4 & 8 p.m. KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Lucky Laskowski and The Liar’s Choir, 9:30 p.m. Luna’s Cafe Dr. Hall’s Songwriters Showcase & Open Mic, 3 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m. MontBleu Resort Casino New Wave, 8 p.m.; Killer Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. Old Ironsides Lipstick! w/ DJs Shaun Slaughter and Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Spazmatics, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino The Wiz Kid, 10 p.m. Shine Simpl3Jack, Flight Mongoose, Mess!, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Miss Behaved, Rebel Rebel (tribute to David Bowie), Trouble with Monkeys (Monkees tribute), 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort BlackWater, 9:30 p.m. Torch Club Overdraft, 5:30 p.m.; California Stars, The Nickel Slots, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Young Artists Competition featuring From the Top with Christopher O’Riley, 10 a.m. Yolo Brewing Co. Hair of the Dawg, 6 p.m.

3.20 sunday

Ace of Spades Issues, Crown The Empire, One Ok Rock, Night Verses, 6 p.m. Bar 101 Dylan Crawford, 2 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Misner and Smith, 3 p.m. The Blue Lamp Craig Cannon, Hiz Will, Fade, Go-Getta da Paperboi, GSB, Jeiko, Ju$t Paid, Lil Tater and More, 7:30 p.m. The Boardwalk The Melvins, Dusted Angel, 7 p.m. Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) A Great Big World, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Harlow’s A Vision Softly Creeping (Simon & Garfunkel Tribute), 5 p.m.; Ty Dolla $ign, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Delta Wires, 3 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Colleen Heauser, 1 p.m. Starlite Lounge Mars and the Massacre, Epsilona, Death Party at the Beach, 8 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Young Artists Competition featuring From the Top with Christopher O’Riley, 2 p.m.

3.21 monday

Ace of Spades Tonight Alive, The Ready Set, Say We Can Fly, Set It Off, 7 p.m. The Blue Lamp Dre-T, Wisechild, Luke Taylor, Brutha Smith, Recorded Freedom, The Beatknocks and More, 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. Harlow’s Kirko Bangz, 6 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 Dread Zion w/ DJ Dweet & JayTwo, 9 p.m.

3.22 Tuesday

Ace of Spades August Burns Red, Between the Buried and Me, Good Tiger, Up In Smoke, 5:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Harlow’s The Black Lillies, 5:30 p.m.; Cory Henry (from Snarky Puppy), 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 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. Press Club Conan, Serial Hawk, Horseneck, 8 p.m. Torch Club Jessica Malone, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

3.23 wednesday

Ace of Spades Pop Evil, Devour the Day, Some Fear None, 6:30 p.m. B-Side Sound Dust w/ Roger Carpio, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m. Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. continued on page 28

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El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m. Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AA Knuff, 8 p.m. Harlow’s TAUK, Ideateam, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts The Jazz Ambassadors: A Unit of the United States Army Field Band of Washington, DC Presenting A 100-Year History Of Jazz, 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 Local Licks Free Music Series, 8 p.m. Press Club All About Rockets, Plots, Pinnacles, Doofy Doo, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Lycus, Cura Cochino, Invertebrate, 8 p.m. Torch Club Acoustic Open Mic, 5:30 p.m.; Reds Blues feat. Jon Lawton, 9 p.m.

3.24 Thursday

Ace of Spades SAMMIES: Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue, Ideateam, Sea Of Bees, DLRN, Sages, Zyah Belle, Drop Dead Red, Apple Z, Merry Gold, 6:30 p.m. B-Side Step In the Marina w/ CrookOne & Ben Johnson, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Lamp Jeff Turner (of TeamBackPack), 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. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Mike Justis Band, 8 p.m. Harlow’s The Sword, Royal Thunder, 7 p.m. Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room Concert Series: Umphrey’s McGee, TAUK, 7 p.m. Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m. Mix DJ Eddie Edul, DJ Peeti V, 9 p.m. Old Ironsides The Atom Age, Celestions, Would Be Train Robbers, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Hired Guns, 9:30 p.m. Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m. Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Lance Canales and the Flood, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall San Francisco Symphony: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 7 p.m.

3.25

Juliet Company (Album Release)

Vinnie Guidera and the Dead Birds, The Pressure Lounge, Swahili Passion Starlite Lounge 8 p.m. The Blue Lamp Riotmaker, Peak Arrival, They Went Ghost, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk A Static Lullaby, A Foreign Affair, Face the Horizon, Death of Reason, Me Vs. You, 6:30 p.m. Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts Jim Greeninger Presents: The Passion & Beauty of The Guitar Tour, 8 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Straight Shooter, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Stoneberries, Stillwood Sages, 9 p.m. Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m. Goldfield Dave Russell Band, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Tainted Love, 9 p.m. Kupros Craft House Ross Hammond, 9:30 p.m. Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m. Old Ironsides Radio Orangevale, Jem and Scout, The Rich Corporation, 9 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Four Barrell, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino The Island of Black & White, 4 p.m.; The Spazmatics, 9:30 p.m. Shine Spangler, Shoring, Orange Morning, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Juliet Company (Album Release), Vinnie Guidera and the Dead Birds, The Pressure Lounge, Swahili Passion, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, 8 p.m.; Shadia, 9:30 p.m. Torch Club Midtown Creepers, 5:30 p.m.; Steven Roth Band, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Jackson Hall Lyle Lovett & Robert Earl Keen, 8 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. JT & The Cheaters, 6 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m. Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) Golden Shoulders, X Lovers, Davia, 8 p.m. Crest Theatre Warren Haynes, The Ashes and Dust Band, Jonathan Tyler, 6:30 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m. District 30 Milés Medina, 10 p.m. Earth Tone Studio Bryan McPherson, Josiah Knight, Wolf Creek Boys, Noah Nelson, 8 p.m. El Dorado Saloon Island of Black and White, 9 p.m. Fox & Goose The Brangs, Schwamigos, Bob Wailer, 9 p.m. Goldfield Country DJ Dancing, 9 p.m. Harlow’s Tainted Love, 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. Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m. Old Ironsides One Hit Wonder Show: The Nanker Phelge AllStars, Heath and Bill, Swahili Passion, The Kally O’Mally Band, Empty Wagon, Jem & Scout, Phantom Jets, Clouds Roll By, SGT. York, Mikey LP, The Crooks, 8 p.m. Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m. Powerhouse Pub Petty Theft, 10 p.m. Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Branded, 10 p.m. Shine Genre Peak (Album Release), Ciao Cinecitta, 8 p.m. Starlite Lounge Ehecatl, Chronaexus, Xenotaph, Gloriam Draconis, 8 p.m. Thunder Valley Casino Resort Thunder Cover, 9:30 p.m. Torch Club Mercy Me! Band, 9 p.m. UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre The Aizuri Quartet, 8 p.m. Yolo Brewing Co. The K Talon Band, 6 p.m.

3.25 3.26 3.27 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Baby Bash, Rayven Justice, Ray Dogg, Baeza, 7 p.m. B-Side Vibrations w/ Shaun Slaughter & Adam Jay, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Andrew Castro, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Beyond Uranium, 5 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Big Smo, DJ CJ, 7 p.m. B-Side Loose Change: Live 45’s Jukebox w/ Daniel O & Mike C, 9 p.m. Bar 101 Bongo Fury’s, 9:30 p.m. Berryessa Brewing Co. Bathtub Gins, 3 p.m. The Blue Lamp The Draft, 8 p.m.

Sunday

The Blue Lamp Sporadic’s Cypher Battle Sunday: Round 1, 9 p.m. The Boardwalk The Contortionist, Monuments, Entheos, Sleepmakeswaves, Our Endless Obsession, 6:30 p.m.

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Broderick Roadhouse Karaoke w/ DJ Jazcat, 9 p.m. Cache Creek Casino The Flamenco Kings, Los Vivancos, 4 p.m. Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m. Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m. Harlow’s Kahulanui, 5:30 p.m. Mix DJ Gabe Xavier, 8:30 p.m. Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m. Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 1 p.m. Starlite Lounge Cash Cartell, One Eyed Reilly, HonkyDonky & Heartbreaker, 8 p.m. Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

3.28 Monday

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. Harlow’s Slum Village, Black Milk, Phat Kat, Guilty Simpson, Blaq RoyalT, 7 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 Dread Zion w/ DJ Dweet & JayTwo, 9 p.m. Starlite Lounge Un, Hissing, Battle Hag, 8 p.m.

Comedy Laughs Unlimited Say It Loud Comedy Presented by Michael Calvin Jr., March 17, 8 p.m. Butch Escobar feat. Steph Garcia, March 18 - 20, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. Keith Nelson feat. Lance Woods, March 25 - 27, 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. COMIX Hosted by Jaime Fernandez & Michael Cella, March 23, 8 p.m. Ooley Theater Comedy Night at the Ooley, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

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Punchline Comedy Club Steve Hofstetter Presents: Supply & Demand, March 16, 8 p.m. Tom Segura, March 17 - 19 Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Lance Woods and Friends, March 20, 7 p.m. Steve-O, March 23 - 26, Wed. & Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 8 p.m. Improv Lab, Harold Night & Gordon Teams, Wednesday’s, 7 - 10 p.m. Cage Match & Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 8 - 10 p.m. Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m. Tommy T’s Willie Barcena, March 18 - 20 Shane Murphy & Friends, March 25 - 26

Misc. 20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. B Street Theatre Mainstage Series: A Masterpiece of Comic…Timing, Through April 17 Family Series: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Through Mar. 20 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Blue Line Arts Gallery Benjamin Hunt + Bryan Valenzuela, Through April 2 West Coast, Best Coast, Through April 2 Next Generation, Through April 2 The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Brickhouse Gallery Sacred Places, Sacred Spaces by Deborah Pittman and Barbara Hoffman, Through March 27 Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Capital Stage Blackberry Winter, March 16 - April 17 Crest Theatre David Bowie In: The Man Who Fell to Earth, March 18, 7:30 p.m. Fashioned 2016: Placing Value On All Women, March 19, 7 p.m. Wall-E, March 20, 4 p.m. Purple Rain, March 25, 7:30 p.m. Crocker Art Museum Back to Life: Bay Area Figurative Drawings, through May 1, 2016 Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals: Zodiac Heads, through May 1 Andy Warhol: Portraits, Through June 19

Lance Woods and friends Punchline Comedy Club 7 p.m.

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Folsom Community Center International Culinary Festival 2016, March 20, 3 p.m. Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m. Harris Center for the Arts It’s Magic! 60th Anniversary Tour, March 20, 2 & 6 p.m. CORE Contemporary Dance: RISE, March 26, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. Kennedy Gallery Art Center Abstractions by Michael Misha Kennedy, Through April 5 Kupros Craft House Trivia with Triviology 101, Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Laughs Unlimited Sac Girls Rock: Live Music, Poetry, Speakers & Comedy, March 24, 8 p.m. Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Art Exhibit: Rachel Suh, Jared Konopitski, Cait Choke & B-Squad (Eben Burgoon), Through March 30 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m. Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m. Oak Park Community Center 2016 Quilt Show Reception and Trunk Show, March 18, 6 p.m. Panama Pottery Spring Fling: Live Music, Food & Open Artist Studios, March 26, 10 a.m. Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m. Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Sacramento Convention Center Empty Bowls 2016, March 14 - 15 Sacramento Hostel Bike-In Movie: Vanishing of the Bees, March 18, 8 p.m. Sacramento Turn Verein Fifth Annual Capitol City International Brewfest, March 19, 2 p.m. Shimo Center for the Arts Works on Paper by Ian Harvey and Koo Kyung Sook, Through April 2 Sol Collective Afrosol: The Classic Man Edition, March 27, 8 p.m. Southside Park Southside Park Egg Hunt, March 19, 2 p.m. Tim Collom Gallery Sacramento Collective, Through March 29 Union Hall Gallery Down by the Sea by Victoria Brooks, Through March 31 University Union Ballroom, CSUS Yoga Night, March 17, 7:30 p.m. W & 6th Streets Bright Underbelly: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, March 17, 9 a.m.; Community Day, March 19, 10 a.m.; Spring Awakening Art & Food Experience, March 20, 5 p.m. WAL Public Market Art Exhibit: Works of WAL feat. Ghanim Alobaidi, Frank Brooks, Carmel Dor, Navid Dehghan, Sandy Hernandez, Ellen Mcmahill, Michael Mikolon, Irubiel Moreno, & Donco Tolomanoski, Through April 2 White Buffalo Gallery Indelible by Madelyne Joan Templeton, Through March 31 William Land Park Land Park Egg Hunt and Hat Parade, March 19, 9:30 a.m.

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Sacramento Struts Its Stuff at Its 10th Annual Fashion Week Words Mollie Hawkins • Photos Kondrya Photography

ver the past few years, Sacramento has grown into what I lovingly refer to as “A City of Weeks.” We’re always eager to support local businesses and artisans by attending hour-long, day-long or even week-long extravaganzas based around some of our favorite things: cocktails, beer, coffee and food (I’m lookin’ at you, Bacon Week). And as it celebrated its 10 th year, Sacramento Fashion Week was no exception. Launched in 2006 as a way to highlight and bridge gaps between the fashion industry and emerging designers, models and stylists, SACFW has provided an opportunity for newcomers to work alongside seasoned professionals, gain exposure and stimulate the economic growth of Sacramento fashion. Similar to New York Fashion Week, SACFW was a seven-day event with daily forums, boutique shows, model boot camps and beauty workshops all in the spirit of high fashion. The end of the week was the culmination of these events, with showcases featuring looks from each season. I was honored to attend the weekend Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter showcases, which were located in a warehouse across from a strip club on Richards Boulevard (yeah, I thought that was weird, too, but it worked out), feeling slightly silly in my vintage blouse with a discreet coffee stain and a blazer that was Target circa 2010—nonetheless I was eager to see what the designers had in store for me. After I snagged a few delicious mini cupcakes and macarons generously provided by Ettore’s, I soaked in the weekend’s festivities and came up with a list of the top 10 looks. Sorry I ate all the sweets, guys. Kind of …

Yennie Zhou

Nina Brown’s “Brownskin” line of stretchy retro-inspired sportswear wowed me with the way she played up the Pantone Colors of the Year for 2016—pink (“rose quartz”) and blue (“serenity”). I absolutely loved this pink jumpsuit with a halter strap and white and blue sashes tied to the waist. It brought to mind a ‘70s roller rink on a Friday night. Her other pieces were made of similar color tones and open necklines, making me eager for summer.

Nina Brown’s “Brownskin”

Daniel Laukat

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It did not take long to realize why Ettore’s had a delicious set-up of free cupcakes and macarons in the lounge area. Not only were they sponsors for SACFW, they also collaborated with the first designer of the Spring/Summer showcase, Yennie Zhou, to create a dress and headpiece made of layers of sugar flowers and macarons. Modeled by none other than the wife of Ettore himself, Meggan Rush-Ravazzolo, this elaborate and corseted dress was an architectural masterpiece and perhaps the star of the entire weekend. And let me just say: it takes a bold woman to balance a massive cake on her head. While not a functional piece, the dress resonated with what the MC, Bethany Crouch, said during the intermission on Friday, “If you’re wearing it, own it.”

GoldMark

As they energetically sashayed down the runway, GoldMark had an array of fun pieces that somehow managed to make burlap look comfortable enough to dance the night away while wearing. While the piece I chose here is not a dress, I can see dancing the night away in these cream silk trousers with the colorful wrap blouse. The long train accentuated the model’s movements and created a vision of the carefree spirit and the designer’s mission: to find inspiration in the parts of life least expected. Daniel Laukat’s line made me gasp. And I’m not the type to get all bleary eyed over a dress, but his stunning wedding frocks drummed up some serious nostalgia for me; they reminded me of … my grandma. Each piece was delicately upcycled from heirloom laces and fabrics—it was as though every model was wearing their grandmother’s gown from the ‘20s. With a modern fit and whimsical flower pattern, this gown is highlighted by a fringed and perfectly draped shawl. I said I would never get married, but if it means getting to wear one of Laukat’s dresses, I don’t know … any takers?

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Francis Wright, aka “The Queen’s Chair,” delighted me with these high-waisted pants made from heavy and ornate fabric that reminded me of the decorator fabrics in San Francisco’s garment district that I could never afford, but drooled over anyway. The deep hues were accentuated with a gauzy, sheer top that creates a unique silhouette, and perhaps the best feature of this outfit was the accessory: an oversized red bag that begs to be taken on a weekend adventure on the railways. Latiya Gholar’s line featured stunning pieces that combined Islamic cultural dress with American cultural dress. The women were covered from head to toe in fabulously movable fabrics ranging from peaches and creams to bold reds and blacks, each accented with gathered silk gloves. As they drifted and danced around each other like graceful swans, I couldn’t help but be drawn to the mesmerizing piece here in airy layers of creamy fabrics, accentuated by a golden belt and shimmery accents; the traditional hijab was modernized with pearl beads that made the wearer seem like a beautifully mysterious princess. Just when I thought I couldn’t be more surprised by the theatrical nature of a dress made of confections, Lena Trotsko’s line took the runway by storm—all of her pieces were inspired by Malificent. Models were transformed into the mistress of evil, with long black hair perfectly twisted upward toward the sky to form those iconic horns. The hair and makeup may have been whimsical, but the pieces themselves were elegant and functional; flowing black evening gowns, fitted silk cocktail dresses and feathered bustiers in deep purples and blues were complemented by dramatic capes. While I would wear any of these pieces, the one I loved the most was this gorgeous floor-length purple dress where dark meets light: the deep purple contrast of the dramatic neckline contrasted with the soft purple pleated skirt striped down the middle. While the feather headdress isn’t necessarily great for every day, this ensemble would be a showstopper at any cocktail party. Cape optional. SubmergeMag.com

Lena Trotsko

Mai Vang

Karisa Gold

The Queen’s Chair Mai Vang’s line was one of the most ready-to-wear of the Fall/Winter showcase, with sporty asymmetrical frocks that could easily be taken from the office to a night on the town. In intense primary blues, each piece had delicate appliqué flowers playfully accentuating the necklines and hems. The dress I chose featured one of the details that I noticed throughout the weekend’s showcases: playful necklines and peephole shoulders. I loved the way the flowers added an extra feminine touch to this springy dress. Jumpsuits aren’t going anywhere. They’re versatile, easy to wear and can be worn year-round when paired with the right accents. So I loved the way Karisa Gold put her own elegant spin on the pant jumpsuit with wide legs and a high neckline. This piece was all business in the front and a party in the back with a deep V-cut and side cut that lent a nice feminine balance to the tailored masculine silhouette and long leg. While most of the designers stuck to primary colors and textures, Eshonna Trice offered a breath of fresh air with her line of pixelated color block prints and fearlessly hip-hugging dresses that made me swoon. The color block dress I chose had unique mesh panel arms that truly accentuate and celebrate curves. Black leather gloves added a little extra sass to the splashes of color this look brought to the showcase.

Eshonna Trice

Latiya Gholar

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Cage the Elephant

Foals

Uncaged Melodies Spring Fling Rock AF 2016 Tour: cage the elephant, Silversun Pickups, foals, bear hands

Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento • Saturday, March 12, 2016 Words Fabian Garcia | photos phill mamula

Silversun Pickups

Fans during Foals

Bear Hands

As spring break vibes come to a bittersweet end for some—or are just about to start flowing for others—Sacramento was fortunate enough to experience this wistfully transient period’s sweet spot in what will now forever be remembered as the second stop of Spring Fling Rock AF 2016 Tour. Four of the music industry’s hottest alternative bands graced Sleep Train Arena this weekend in an almost five-hour extravaganza of rock ‘n’ roll tunes. While many ticketholders may have showed up to witness Saturday’s marquee headlining act, Cage the Elephant, there were certainly shining moments to be found in the three preceding groups’ sets as well—namely, Brooklyn-based Bear Hands, the United Kingdom’s Foals and the California-grown Silversun Pickups. Bear Hands kicked things off, promptly taking the stage at 7 p.m. to a somewhat underwhelming arena presence (it was early-going, with folks still trickling in). That didn’t stop the four-piece East Coast outfit from setting the mood for the rest of the night, though. As the house lights came down, the opening rapid-fire guitar strumming of 2014’s “Peacekeeper” snapped the low murmuring of the crowd into a spirited cheer—the Spring Fling was officially underway. “You got a long night ahead of you,” said guitarist Ted Feldman about midway through Bear Hands’ seven-song set. How right he was. Shortly after Bear Hands exited to a warm applause, Foals stormed the stage and immediately—like, no intro or anything—dove into its set with a thunderous opening track: “Snake Oil,” off of their 2015 album What Went Down. The song proved to be a perfect pivot back into the punk-rock grime this show needed to balance out the more indie feel of the previous act. While lead singer/guitarist Yannis Philippakis screamed into the mic, the crowd roared with excitement and Sleep Train Arena finally began to light up. Unfortunately, Foals only carried a nine-song set list, but ended up with one of the most notable performances of the night. The ever-charismatic Philippakis showed a true sign of bravado during his band’s final number, when toward the end of the song he decided to move off stage. Lowering himself into the pit area and then hoisting himself back up onto the front row barricade, Philippakis came faceto-face with a sea of Sacramentans, singing to and with them all. And then, of course, he tried to crowd surf, which didn’t turn out all that well when a bunch of weaklings damn near dropped him. Come on Sac, the guy’s like 5-foot-6. We can do better.

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And with that, Foals bowed out to make way for Silversun Pickups, who appeared highly anticipated and VERY well-received before they began to play even a single note (the high-pitched screams said it all). Their set—spanning 11 songs and pulling from albums as old as 2006’s Carnavas to as recent as 2015’s Better Nature—adhered to a much slower pace throughout and seemed to have a little bit of a slow-build/slow-burn element to them. Whereas Foals’ were upbeat and succinct both sonically and lyrically, Silversun Pickups’ music was much more layered and spread out (at least that’s how it felt). Nevertheless, they too had their highlights: be it lead singer Brian Aubert’s consistent showmanship in his onstage gesturing and engaging theatrics; or a duet sung between himself and fellow bandmate Nikki Monninger; or just the sheer number of entire-band solos that conjured wave after wave of applause and praise. Silversun Pickups finished up with a fan-favorite in “Lazy Eye,” gracefully leaving the stage soon after to what was without a doubt the biggest crowd reaction of the show until that point. As if the energy in the room hadn’t been high enough already, Saturday’s headlining band took it to new, palpable levels. It wasn’t long before five musicians filed in in almost single-file fashion—each man taking his post at his respective instrument—and the opening sounds of “Cry Baby” began to play. And when lead vocalist Matthew Shultz came running onstage last, wearing what looked like a silk white and blue cowboy shirt and tight black jeans, everyone knew Cage the Elephant had finally arrived. For brevity’s sake, I’ll keep this part of the review short and just say it was quite a spectacle watching Shultz and his troupe maintain an abnormally high level of enthusiasm throughout their 16-song set without once dropping the baton. Even more impressive was Shultz’s ability to use his voice and body as instruments in their own right, channeling Mick Jagger-like moves and star power into every single song. From the cell-phone-light crowd swaying on “Telescope” and the straight up sing-along on “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” to the almost-attempted crowd surf on “Mess Around,” Cage the Elephant grew progressively unhinged. When it was all said and done, this so-called caged elephant had definitely been released, and the circus that had engulfed Sleep Train Arena was in full swing. A three-month commitment to spring might still be coming, but it was nice to have a quick taste beforehand to sample the relationship. Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

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I’ve never Ubered. I’ve heard it’s a thing that everyone’s doing, but I’m not sure I want any part of it. I’m really skeptical about the whole thing. Being from New York, taxis in general freak me out. I’ve used them, sure, we all have, but every time I get in one, it conjures memories of pinballing through car- and pedestrian-riddled narrow streets and crowded intersections at freeway speeds. Sure, I got to my destination in a supernaturally timely manner, but I needed a new pair of boxer shorts by the time I got there … But each time I got into a cab, in any city, I was at least comforted to see it painted some uniform color with a logo on the side. It told me, OK, this is a thing that will transport me to a place. And if it turns out that I was duped by a nefarious predator, and my body was later found on the side of a road or in a dumpster somewhere, a medium hired by the police department would be able to look into my dead eyes and see the logo as a clue that would lead the authorities in tracking down my murderer. Uber cars don’t have a discerning mark, other than that little “U” badge thing, but anyone could probably print that out at home, and that’s really bothersome. It makes it much more difficult for mediums to perform their jobs. In fact, my only real experience with Uber was a case of mistaken identity. I was stopped at a red light in my trash-strewn, battle-scarred 2005 Scion xB (lovingly dubbed “The Refrigerator” by my friends and family) when a well-dressed man approached my passenger-side door. He waved to me, and, because I am a courteous and friendly person, I waved back, even though I thought it odd that a person would walk off the curb and into the street, at 2 a.m., just to wave to a total stranger. The well-dressed man then walked to my back door and tried to open it. I’ve watched the entire run of The Sopranos twice, so I figured I was about to get whacked, but I rolled the window down a crack anyway. “Excuse me,” I said, still polite as fuck. “What the hell are you doing?” “Uber?” he asked incredulously. “No, dude, I’m not Uber,” I said as I rolled up the window and drove off. After I got home, I was kind of bummed that

I didn’t just let him in and take him wherever he was going. I could’ve made a few bucks. I just would’ve had to toss all the empty coffee cups and Chunky candy bar wrappers in the trunk, I guess. I’m not trying to begrudge anyone using a service like Uber to eke out a living. It seems like a cool model. You can make money just driving around, using your own car, making your own hours. It gives you plenty of time to do all the awesome freelance jobs and art projects that you want to do. I just hope my aging, raggedy hooptie isn’t the level of vehicle people have come to expect from calling (or apping … is that how it works?) an Uber driver. Another thing that irks me about Uber (and I hear there’s another one called Lyft) is that it seemed to just come out of nowhere. Like, I heard about it this one time, and I was like, oh, then suddenly it’s everywhere. I guess that’s life in the Internet age for you. Like that time we were all on Myspace and then the next day we were just all on Facebook, and then our moms started liking our party photos from the weekend and we were all, “How did this happen?” I wish I knew. And then there’s that name … Uber. At least Lyft sounds like something that would dispatch a car to give you a ryde (see what I did there?), or maybe even a boutique elevator company. Either way, I think movement. “Uber” conjures, like, weird master race imagery. I don’t want to get in touch with some kind of overlord or demagogue, I just need a ride, right? I mean, it’s just a name. And oo-ber is fun to say. It’s catchy, it rolls off the tongue. It’s probably harmless. But then I read this article on the Internet (which is never a good idea) that says Uber’s CEO Travis Kalanick plans to embrace driverless cars—if or when the technology ever becomes available. We’re still waiting on those flying cars, so I’m not holding my breath. Maybe that was the end game from the very beginning: hook the public on cheap and reliable car service, incrementally start shafting your drivers with dwindling wages, then replace them with robo-cars that will eventually help you take over the world. People might think I’m crazy, but I’m on to you, Travis, and you can’t have my hooptie.

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