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Ah. Spring is in the air. And I’m not talking allergies (which are the worst ever this year, am I right?!).

No, I’m actually talking about the amount of things to do in and around Sacramento this May, which is “blossoming” every day.

Some of my favorites are: • Concerts in the Park every Friday night at Cesar Chavez Plaza, which is a great way to kick off the weekend!

• THIS Midtown, a free block party in the street in front of the MARRS Building every Second Saturday throughout the summer with the next one falling on May 14.

If you missed our last issue you can check out our interview with the headliner Satin Jackets on Submergemag.com.

• R Street Block Party and Makers Mart, another free event, which is coming up on Saturday, May 21. Musician Poppet, aka Molly Raney, who is performing (along with choreographer Nina Joly) has a feature story in this issue on page 18. And again, if you missed our last issue, local fiber artist Roxanne Young has a feature up on our website that you can also read).

FYI: The next R Street Block Party will be in October.

• SactoMoFo’s annual food truck festival is returning bigger and better than ever on May 21. It’s free and this year the event will be held at Discovery Park with over 40 food trucks. We have more info about it on page 11. Also read our feature about one truck that will be there called Flavor Face on page 14.

• Annual Hangtown Motocross Classic at Prairie City State Park, also takes place on May 21. Nothing like a day in the sun watching the best motocross riders in the world. Speaking of, we have a great interview with rider Jason Anderson on page 24.

Again, these are just some of my favorites.

You can also check out our column “The Stream” on page 6 for a break down of 10 concerts worth seeing, or peep our “Submerge Your Senses” section on pages 8 and 11 for events you can hear, see, touch and taste. As always, there are hundreds of things to know about in our calendar section starting on page 26.

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Southern California’s FMLYBND is bringing their Make America Dance Again Tour through town on W e d n e s day, M ay 11 with a stop at G o l d f i e l d . Their infectious single “Electricity” has hit No. 1 on the Hype Machine Popular Charts not once, but twice. The show also features Olivver The Kid. 8 p.m., 21-and-over.

2 Looking for something a bit heavier? Melodic death metal group The Black Dahlia Murder hits Th e B oa r d wa l k on Th u r s day, M ay 12 and will play their 2003 Metal Blade Records debut album Unhallowed in its entirety, along with select cuts from the rest of their deep catalog including their new album Abysmal. 7 p.m., all ages.

3 The walls of Fox & G oos e will be filled with plenty of traditional Irish, celtic, and folk-infused tunes on F r i day, M ay 13 when local bands Whiskey & Stitches, The Rattlin’ Bones and Stepping Stone take over. 9 p.m., 21-and-over.

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Indie-pop group Musical Charis returns to Sacramento for their first local concert in ages on S u n day, M ay 2 2 at H a r l ow ’ s .

The show also features the excellent Los Angeles band Dear Left Brain, a project featuring Erik Clabeaux and Jonathan Walker (you might recognize Walker as the former singer from Sacramento poppunk band Self Against City!). Doors at 6 p.m., all ages.

8 If you want to get irie and soak up some chill reggae vibes, head to Ac e of S pa d e s on S at u r day, M ay 2 8 to see Katchafire headline a stacked bill rounded out with Mystic Roots, Element of Soul and Dollar$hort. 7 p.m., all ages.

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The Optimistic Pessimist I know we've been talking about movies a lot lately. It probably has something to do with me being currently unemployed and having a lot of free time on my hands, so what are you gonna do? Movies are more than a cheap way for me to kill a couple of hours. Movies are a way to escape the mundaneness of everyday life. They give me something to hope for. They give me characters to fall in love with.

That’s what happened when I watched The Goonies for the first time all of those years ago.

The gang was made up of misfits and losers, but they didn’t see themselves that way. They were adventurous, hilarious and courageous in their minds, and by the end of the movie, they had me believing it too. They also had me wondering what happened to these characters after the credits rolled.

You may recall that the reason for the treasure hunt in The Goonies was that Mikey’s family was in danger of losing their home to greedy developers that wanted to turn their neighborhood into a golf course. Mikey’s parents couldn't come up with the cash to save their house and the family was preparing to move; that is, until Mikey and his friends found a map

in the attic that leads to One-Eyed Willy’s pirate treasure. Map in hand, the gang set off on their quest to save the ‘hood.

At the end of the movie, Mikey gave a marble bag full of pirate treasure to his parents to save the house and everyone rejoiced because the neighborhood was saved, but were they really?

Mikey had pirate treasure and I’m not sure the bank or the greedy developers trying to screw them out of their house would accept payment in the form of jewels. That means Mikey still needed to sell the treasure to pay the bank in time. Since they needed the money ASAP, Mikey would probably not get the top price for his treasure.

And then there are the tax ramifications of the treasure find. The IRS taxes found treasure as income for the first year it is found. Mikey’s dad said that the jewels should be worth more than enough to save everyone’s homes, which sounds like a lot of money. That means the family would owe a lot of taxes, but would there be enough treasure left for the tax man after the bank got theirs?

So, despite the gang’s heroics, Mikey’s family may still have lost their house, only now to a tax

Goonies Never Say Die lien instead of a golf course. That’s certainly not a rosy ending for our main character, but what about the rest of the gang?

The road ahead for Mikey’s friend Chunk and Chunk’s newfound companion Sloth seemed to be a tough one. At the end of the film, Chunk volunteered his family to act as caregivers for the mentally handicapped and disfigured Sloth. This was all done without any apparent consideration of what that care might entail.

Sloth appears to be an adult of limited intellect and even more limited means. That’s not something that a couple of truffle shuffles are going to fix.

Hopefully, Sloth qualifies for Medicaid, but if not, Chunk’s family is in for a big surprise.

Life looks like it was going to be better for Mikey’s friend and fellow Goonie, Data. You may recall that Data was responsible for the gadgets that saved the Goonies’ asses from the Fratelli family that was chasing them throughout the movie.

Given how well the gadgets stopped the Fratellis, Data could surely make a fortune in the non-lethal personal defense business after their adventure was over. If that didn’t work out, I’m sure the S&M industry might be interested in getting its hands on some Pinchers of Peril.

Bocephus Chigger bocephus@submergemag.com One thing is for sure, the Fratellis will want to get their hands on the Goonies for ruining their plans. That means someone would need to testify against the Fratellis to ensure they end up behind bars. As the groups spokesperson, that role would fall to Mouth, played by Corey Feldman.

Fortunately, thanks to another film, The Lost Boys, we actually know what happened to Mouth after he agreed to testify against the Fratellis. To keep their star witness safe, the District Attorney placed Mouth in the witness protection program, moved his family to the small beach town of Santa Carla, California, and changed his name to Edgar Frog. Little did they know, the town was rampant with vampires and “Edgar” was caught right in the middle of it.

Knowing what happened to Mouth is fine, but wouldn’t it also be nice to know if Mikey loses his house to the Feds, if Chunk abandons Sloth or if Data becomes an S&M kingpin? We don’t know what becomes of these characters because the movie ends before we can find out, and that’s too bad. These characters enrich our lives and shouldn’t just cease to exist because Hollywood wants to move on to the next thing. If the Goonies never say die, why should we?

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Third Annual Sacramento Korean Food Festival Returns to Sacramento! • May 14

Words Jonathan Carabba and Eddie Jorgensen

Not all culinary cuisine was created equal. Just ask the fine folks in charge of the Third Annual Sacramento Korean Food Festival. There is something for everyone on the festival’s varied menu. Admission is free and selections include Dukbokki (Korean spice rice cake with vegetables), Japchae (Korean noodle), Korean BBQ (beef and chicken), Bibimbap (vegetables or meat over rice bowl), Mandu (Korean potsticker), Chun (Korean pancake), Korean/ American deserts and more. Expect cooking demos, Korean beer, kimchi, live music, a drum dance and enough edibles to fill your stomach for days. Located at the lovely St. Jeong-Hae Elizabeth Korean Catholic Church, this event runs from 10 a.m–3 p.m. Bring cash as food is cheap but the options are many. To register for the event, go to Eventbrite.com and search "Korean Food Festival." -EJ

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Check Your Heartbeat at the Door as Le Twist Hosts San Francisco’s Heartwatch • May 17 This Le Twist night curated by the wonderful ears of Sam Sascha Keshavarz, Roger Carpio and Adam Jay will feature a rare performance by San Francisco quintet, Heartwatch. And while the immensely popular Le Twist gatherings seem fewer and farther between, these special one-off shows serve as a smart and intuitive introduction to angular indie pop fare that sounds fresh and inspired. Led by the vocal styling of Claire George, set against the able rhythm section of bassist Nate Skelton and drummer Kern Sigala, this is one Bay Area group that shouldn’t be a regional phenomenon for long. Additionally, the subtle guitar and keyboard lines courtesy of guitarist/keyboard player Eric Silverman and guitarist Rowan Peter make for one helluva sound. As evidenced on tracks like “Faultlines” or “Never Let You Go” from the band’s well-trafficked Soundcloud profile, this is a band thinking far beyond just playing local gigs. Sacramento residents would be wise to show up en masse to show both the Le Twist hosts and LowBrau management alike just how much these free (yes, free!) music nights mean to locals. Find out more at Facebook.com/LeTwistTuesdays. -EJ

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SCC Photography Exhibit to Feature Submerge Photographers Kevin Fiscus and Jason Sinn • May 20 Having a photographer's eye may seem easy with the advent of overused apps like Instagram and Snapchat. However, the real talent lies in knowing how to properly frame a picture and shoot with as little editing as possible. For those learning about photography, check out the upcoming photo installment at Sacramento City College featuring freelance photographers Jason Sinn and Kevin Fiscus (whose work often appears in Submerge) along with the equally talented and compelling works of Sandy Follett, Andrew Nixon, Nicole Zitzelberger (aka Blue Gate Photography) and Inga Arakelyan (aka VWP Photography). “I’ll have 12 of my photos shown at the show,” said Jason Sinn in a recent interview. “The photos were taken on a full-frame Canon 6D DSLR and are being shown on print. The subjects are fine art portraiture, music and ballet. I attended Sacramento City College for two years and earned my commercial and editorial photography certification. The SCC photography department chair, Paul Estabrook, is administrator of the gallery show. At the moment I am looking for an agent and want to become a world-traveling portrait photographer.” And while the staff at Submerge are a little biased, you can come see for yourself how professionally crafted pictures really make a difference. Find a link to the Facebook event page and RSVP to this free exhibit at Facebook.com/jasonsinnphotography. We will be here waiting for you. -EJ

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GATHER: Oak Park Returns May 12, Runs Second Thursdays Through October Do you like to eat great food? Are you the type to dance in the streets? Want to hang around with friendly fellow community members? Then you best head straight to the long awaited return of GATHER: Oak Park on Thursday, May 12 from 5–9 p.m. for a community event like you’ve never seen (that is, unless you’ve been to GATHER before). Eat, drink and shop from The Haole Pig, Maui Wowi, Toro Tamales, Masa Taco Kitchen, Seasons Coffee, Fuzion Eatz, Squeeze Inn and other local food and goods vendors. Groove to live tunes from The J Band as well as the house DJ for the evening, El Conductor. There will also be a children’s area by Edventure More, and adults can expect a craft beer area expertly curated by the guys at Beers In Sac. GATHER is put on

by Unseen Heroes, the popular local event agency known for their fine work on Display: California, GOOD: Street Food+Design Market, Midtown Farmers Market and so many other amazing events. GATHER: Oak Park takes place at Broadway and 3rd Avenue every second Thursday from May through October. All events are free and family friendly.

Learn more at Gathernights.com or at Unseen-heroes.com. -JC

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Two ridiculously funny local comics, Robert Berry and Chris Emery, will be hosting a live album taping on Friday, May 20 at Sacramento Comedy Spot, and tickets are only $12 so come on out and laugh loudly. According to Berry, this “fun comedy concept album” will have “some traditional stand-up comedy, and it’ll be peppered with some off-the-wall altcomedy performances that have gone over very well with past audiences, a comedian for dogs, psychic comic, mormon comic, etc.” If you want in, you better get tickets in advance, because with only about 100 seats available and considering how popular these guys are amongst local comedy scene aficionados, this show will likely sell out. Learn more at Saccomedyspot.com or on Berry’s website, Retrocrush.com. -JC Photo by Kyle “Sweetness” Payton

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SactoMoFo 9 Brings 40-Plus Food Trucks to Sacramento’s Discovery Park • May 21 If you’re the sort of person who slams on the brakes and pulls over immediately upon spotting a taco truck, or even if you’re new to the street food phenomenon and are curious to get your mobile grub on, this event is not to be missed. SactoMoFo 9 is going down on Saturday, May 21 at Discovery Park in Sacramento and will bring together more than 40 of the best food trucks from Northern California and beyond. Local staples like Drewski’s Hot Rod Kitchen, Culinerdy Cruzer and Chando’s Tacos will pull up next to out-of-towners like Reno’s health conscious food truck Electric Blue Elephant, Korean and Japanese fusion from the Bay Area’s Koja Kitchen and many others. Satisfy your sweet tooth with fro-yo from OMG! Yogurt, artisanal popsicles from Dave Pops or Belgian style waffles from Frenchy’s Waffles. Wash it all down with beer or cider from any of the six “beer islands” throughout the massive event, each one highlights a different local brewery, with a portion of all proceeds benefiting Friends of Front Street Animal Shelter. Breweries include Lagunitas, Bike Dog, Oak Park, Track 7, New Glory and Ace Cider. But wait, we’re not done yet! There’s live music all day from The Soulshakers, Gotcha Covered, and Island of Black and White, including performances from the McKeever School of Irish Dance, Dance Magical and Yemaya Salsa Dance Company. There will also be a huge Kids Zone presented by Sol Collective with bounce houses, carnival games, face painters and more. General admission to SactoMoFo 9 is free, however you can get in early and some other nice perks if you spring for the VIP Lounge Pass. The event runs from 11 a.m.–7 p.m. at Discovery Park, located at 1000 Garden Highway. Learn more at Sactomofo.com. -JC

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had to catch Flavor Face Food Truck owner Brian Stansberry between jobs. He had just finished serving lunch on Exposition Boulevard on a Wednesday afternoon and stopped at Raley’s to refuel with fresh food before prepping for dinner service in Elk Grove.

Another 12-hour day already halfway through, Stansberry had no trouble multitasking. He talked about his four generations of family in Sacramento and his recent Raley’s partnership, “Rollin’ with Raley’s,” the first of its kind in the country.

Flavor Face has been riding strong around Sacramento for the last two years, featuring a gourmet international fusion menu with items like ribeye-smothered Peruvian fries in a red wine-soy reduction and hummus parfait with layers of fresh homemade pesto, sundried tomato and roasted garlic hummus.

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The story behind the name and food is that one bite will cause some serious face contortions, in a good, contagious way.

So far, Stansberry has seen nothing but success in all of his endeavors, Flavor Face included. Reviews are rarely below five stars and celebrities from Nicki Minaj to Snoop Dogg and E-40 have sought out the culinary fusion master for fried chicken, spicy seafood and anything else he creatively whips up.

Born an hour from his current Sacramento residence, in Vallejo, Stansberry vividly remembers his home-cooked meals and his first jobs in Bay Area kitchens.

“My grandmother often cooked and she was from the South,” he says.

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creole-covered blackened catfish and a crazy twist on mac and cheese that involves fresh crab sandwiched between a childhood staple, sourdough.

Stansberry pulls from 26 years of experience—ranging from cleaning dishes and hundreds of pounds of squid daily in San Francisco kitchens to serving international dignitaries—to bring a brightly packaged, wheeled plate of flavor explosions to communities around the Sacramento Valley.

And this is just the first page of his longterm road map. The road to gourmet catering and mobile lunches has, and will continue to take interesting turns for Stansberry.

The current venture came about after a series of successful gigs in Minnesota, where Stansberry worked his way up from cooking at

the Radisson to serving as executive chef at the Crowne Plaza. He later opened a restaurant with the general manager of the Plaza, the Ole Store Cafe, an adaptive reuse project of a 115-year old shop in Northfield, Minnesota. With his unique touch, the stop was named “Best Restaurant Worth the Drive” by Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine.

After two and a half years at Ole, Stansberry took a position as executive chef for Augsburg College in Minneapolis. While there, he created menus for private dinners and served Reverend Jesse Jackson salmon, Hillary Rodham Clinton caramelized ginger lemon torte and the president of Bolivia an authentic Bolivian dinner. He prepared dinner for the king and queen of Norway and planned a worldly menu for the Nobel Peace Prize Selection Committee, something he particularly enjoyed given his love for fusion cooking.

“I love mixing two or three cultures and making my own dish,” Stansberry says. “I’ve had the pleasure to do a lot of traveling. I’ve been to Thailand, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Haiti. I studied the food and use what I learned in my travels.”

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“I already did the restaurant thing so if I do anything it might be high-end catering,” he says.

Another option is expanding with the grocery store and introducing Flavor Face products, since Stansberry has a trade agreement with Raley’s.

Nationally, the only other company doing anything remotely similar is Whole Foods, which launched a food truck test kitchen at the retailer’s flagship store in Austin, Texas, to experiment with new ideas for store eateries, and to explore collaborations with chefs and supplier partners.

According to Whole Foods, the concept is to offer a selection of open-faced sandwiches and creative salads each day. Whole Foods Market will update the concept, menu and name of the truck every two months to explore food trends, seasonal flavors and vendor partnerships.

Stansberry looks to be ahead of the game, and hopes to expand the Flavor Face franchise.

“I owe one to Minneapolis, and I have people who worked under me that I know could do this,” he says.

He misses his home of 20 years in Minnesota, and the food truck scene is there and growing, but it’s only six months out of the year because of weather. Minneapolis will likely get Flavor Face Truck No. 2, followed by the Bay Area.

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His recent partnership with Raley’s allows him to integrate local produce with his international menu to create something truly unique in Sacramento.

Raley’s contacted Stansberry directly about six months ago, after key executives had seen and tried his food. They liked it, and the story behind it, and asked him to sign a year contract with them, Stansberry says.

Raley’s, according to its press release, partnered with Flavor Face “to introduce a new audience” to its signature fresh, “carefully sourced, lovingly crafted, distinctive culinary choices.”

Stansberry added the Raley’s logos and the tagline, “Rollin’ with Raley’s” to the truck, which, in addition to its lunch and dinner stops, will attend community events as well as the retailer’s own sponsored events.

Since nothing is frozen and he makes everything from scratch, having access to all that fresh food has been a godsend in terms of reaching his sustainability goals for Flavor Face.

“It’s what’s local and seasonal. And I have a much broader canvas for my menu now. It’s more laborious, but I truly believe that’s what got us so popular,” Stansberry says of his fresh food truck model.

The partnership has been fruitful in expanding his catering business as well, and Flavor Face now frequents businesses, weddings, breweries, wineries and corporate events.

Stansberry says Sacramento is the perfect place to launch such a model. With support from SactoMoFo and a recent trial with the Bay Area’s Off the Grid Food Truck Festival, which is starting a chapter in Sacramento, he has positioned himself well.

Stansberry doesn’t plan on re-entering the brick and mortar scene though.

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post-aPOPalyptic Davis native Poppet to kick off Summer tour at R Street Block Party Words Andrew C. Russell • photos Alexander Pomper

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here is a quality to Molly Raney’s music that approaches an actual, workaday magic far nearer than most artists come close to. Songs such as “Fanatical Bird Dance” flit through the mind’s vision like a loosed sprite, exuberant after years of confinement. Others are shaped of a markedly different vapor, such as “Love Song for the 21st Century,” which evokes the forlorn plight of a single flame struggling to gain hold in a dripping glacial cavern. In between is the full spectrum of joy and despair, naiveté and jadedness, recklessness and refinement, that paints a portrayal of an artist willing to reveal the innermost.

One of the possible origin stories for the Olympia-based Davis native comes down to a girl and her doll, the “poppet” of her namesake. The word itself, oldworld in origin, carries with it a slew of meanings: diminutive plaything; sweet little girl; an effigy used for conjuring and transference of power. Over the course of her seven years as Poppet, Raney has embodied all three concepts in her songwriting and uniquely emotive performance style, but in the past year, her role as conjurer and conduit have come strikingly to the forefront. The transition is most evident on last summer’s Desolation Lovesongs, a brief shot of two heart-wrenching original songs paired with two powerful covers of older works. A rendition of the traditional folk ballad “Silver Dagger” is a fittingly piercing work that may be among the most powerful versions recorded. After listening to this, it is clear that a new Poppet is arriving. Petite delights give way to ponderous travails, like a sun the size of the moon being replaced by a moon the size of the sun. While themes of joy and wonder will never be left behind, the palette has expanded for good.

It may not have been the most expected turn of events following her 2014 full-length debut, the effervescent The Blue Sky is Always Blue, but the change is fully organic; a period of troubled relationships, a dark winter spent in Berlin (during which she managed a 40-person choir) and a conscious decision to draw upon her years of classical training have set Raney on a clear trajectory; with several albums waiting in the wings and an upcoming tour on both coasts, she is also well equipped for the journey.

When we last met her in the summer of 2014, Poppet was rounding out an iteration of the musical project Pregnant, putting her solo career on hold and diving into the joys of collaboration. This summer, she’ll be touring with another performer, Nina Joly, a choreographer who recently appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman alongside indie rockers Foxygen. The journey kicks off here in Sacramento at the R Street Block Party on May 21.

We recently connected with Raney to talk about her artistic beginnings, the challenge of performing one’s deepest feelings, and how to find strength from the most disheartening moments. We learned that, however finite the human heart may seem, it is more than capable of creating something lasting.

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“I haven’t run into anyone who was like, ‘Oh, I wish you would just go back to being really facetious.’ The reactions I get are much stronger like, ‘Wow, that really hit me hard,’ or ‘Wow, that really caused me to think about things I’ve been going through in my life,’ ‘I relate to that,’ ‘I was crying’ or ‘I was afraid of you.’ I love those intense reactions.

My number one goal is to make those deep, powerful emotional connections with people.”

– Molly Raney on the evolving sound of Poppet

Can you pinpoint the moment at which the concept of Poppet first appeared?

It was probably the summer of 2008 that I took a class to become a DJ at KDVS in Davis. I was thinking about my DJ name, and I always wanted it to be Poppet, which I took from this little pilgrim doll that I’ve had since I was 12. It’s very simple—it has no hair—for some reason I just felt an affinity for it. Several months later, when I was going to all these house shows in town, and seeing this really supportive community; all my friends were in bands or making music, and it opened up a new perspective. Up until that point, I just figured there was no way I could write music because it was so complicated, because the training that I was raised in was so intensive and imposing. Then one of my friends from the radio station made me a mix; one of the first tracks was “Walking the Cow” by Daniel Johnston. I was listening to that track, and all of a sudden, I had a song to write. I rushed to my computer and immediately started writing my first song as Poppet.

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Have you gotten a lot of feedback on the style change?

A lot of positive feedback. I haven’t run into anyone who was like, “Oh, I wish you would just go back to being really facetious.” [Laughs] The reactions I get are much stronger like, “Wow, that really hit me hard,” or “Wow, that really caused me to think about things I’ve been going through in my life,” “I relate to that,” “I was crying” or “I was afraid of you” [laughs]. I love those intense reactions. My number one goal is to make those deep, powerful emotional connections with people.

There seems to be a major change in your sound over the last couple of releases since your debut.

Was there a conscious decision to switch styles?

It was a pretty conscious shift. When I first started writing music for Poppet, it was very much this childlike, playful, more simplistic persona. I was trying to get away from that intense classical background that I had. I wanted to do my own thing, far away from anything I’d been doing before. I’ve only very slowly come back around to appreciating and utilizing my training, because I was so fortunate in being able to do that. The other factor behind the shift is that I was in this relationship—the next album that’s being mastered is about its rise and fall. After it had all gone south, I received a letter from my ex. He basically told me that my persona was fake—Poppet was something that I was trying to be, that I wasn’t really. That was so offensive to me—Poppet really is this very inner, emotional, tumultuous part of myself that’s being projected on a massive spectrum, so to have someone tell me that it wasn’t true to myself was pretty harsh. But after that, my music did become less ironic and less funny— less fiddling around. It became very seriously trying to cope with my struggles.

You are known for fairly elaborate costumes and idiosyncratic performance style. Does it often tie in with the song, or are they mostly expressions unto themselves?

They’re more expressions unto themselves, I’d say. It can go both ways—for instance, in the beginning of my show tonight, I’m wearing a very gaudy outfit that’s very ornate. But on the other hand, I’m concealing myself with a mask and singing about being a complete failure. I like having those two things go against each other. I would say “ornate” is a good descriptor for a lot of my music, as well. I really love the baroque era of classical music, and totally, gaudiness is part of that. When you think about baroque architecture, there’s all these swirls, and baroque music is so

complex, filled with all these trills and ornaments, so I definitely associate with that strongly. I love the little ornaments.

many, many hours practicing. In the past I haven’t been able to do that, so its going to be much more refined, and I’m hoping way more powerful.

What music has been formative for you recently?

I’ve always loved Kate Bush. The only bumper sticker I’ve ever had that I got recently is “Kate Bush ‘16.” My friend Briana Marela, I’ve been listening to her album, All Around Us. I just discovered a woman Briana toured with—Jenny Hval. She’s also pretty fascinating. I love St. Vincent—the past year or two I’ve been listening to her newest album, like hundreds of times.

Her arrangements are almost perfect. Then the most recent Tune-Yards album, Nikki Nack.

She’s [Merrill Garbus, Tune-Yards frontwoman] remarkable, because you can just hear her struggles so much. It’s so human and so relatable.

Her album is dark, but there’s so much great energy in it at the same time.

One line that stood out on Desolation Lovesongs is “It’s the 21st Century, love is worthless.” What do you think of that statement?

In a way, Desolation Lovesongs is about looking at love in a very defeatist manner. Is a human heart truly infinite, or is it finite? Is love worthless, or is it worth the struggle?

I feel like we’re so bombarded with all this different information with the Internet, and it causes us to be more apathetic. I’m saying it as a half-joke; of course, I don’t really believe that love is worthless, though that line does recur in the next album, sort of the center of it.

However, I’m at a good place in my life now, so there’s the irony on sitting on all of this music with such a heavy content. Nevertheless, it’s still all a part of me.

Has working with Nina Joly changed your performances considerably?

The thing that Nina does, she just amplifies the emotional content of the songs by 50 percent. It’s crazy because I’m already quite emotional when I perform, but having some of the burden of the movement, or even a few musical elements taken off my shoulders just allows me to step into the content of the songs that much more. We’ve spent

Check out Poppet as part of the R Street Block Party and Makers Mart on May 21. WAL Public Market will be taking over R Street between 10th and 12th streets in Sacramento. There will be music, live art, local vendors, food, a kids zone and so much more. The event is free and lasts from 3–8 p.m. For more info, go to Walpublicmarket.com and click events, or check out Facebook.com/walpublicmarket.

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Titus Andronicus bucks convention … as any good punk band should

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hen Titus Andronicus rolls into downtown Davis later this month, they will have just come off a show at the historic Fillmore in San Francisco. When they leave Davis, they’ll play a slick 850seat venue called Revolution Hall in Portland the following night.

But straddled between those two bustling metropolises, on an otherwise sleepy Wednesday night, they’ll rattle the humble walls of the downtown Davis Odd Fellows Hall on May 25.

The show, quite frankly, is an outlier in their touring schedule, but that doesn’t mean it came to fruition by happenstance. Intercepting touring bands like Titus Andronicus and drawing them to Davis is built into the DNA of the Davis Live Music Collective, which has reeled in plenty of outsized bands (like Sylvan Esso and The Head and the Heart to name a few) over the years.

Titus Andronicus, for their part, actively seek out shows of all shapes and sizes, so the marriage is a harmonious one.

The band’s vocalist and founder, Patrick Stickles, touched on that and a whole lot more during a phone call with Submerge last week.

Titus Andronicus is an indiepunk band from New Jersey that caught some buzz in 2008 with their debut record, The Airing of Grievances. Two years later they dropped a monster of a followup with The Monitor, which loosely touched on themes of the American Civil War. That record landed on year-end lists from Rolling Stone to Pitchfork— the acclaim rippling widely.

With their name now atop the marquee, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Monitor represented an opportunity for the band to ride that momentum into the sky.

What the band delivered instead was Local Business, a stripped-back affair that was almost entirely tracked live in studio, with only the most basic of overdubs. It would be an overstatement to say it was poorly received, because

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it wasn’t, but it was clearly not an attempt to pounce on the acclaim of its predecessor.

“I think Black Flag called it ‘the process of weeding out,’” said Stickles. “[The album] is not for everybody, but the people it’s for will hopefully love it a lot.

That’s the plan anyways.”

If the skin-and-bones approach to Local Business wasn’t enough to whittle the fan base down to the diehards, their next record would give it another go, although with the complete opposite approach.

The Most Lamentable Tragedy, released in 2015, is a 93-minute partially fictionalized rock opera with nary a single to be found. It’s the antithesis of what any sensible record industry advisor would suggest for a contemporary artist, with rock music drifting to the periphery of pop culture relevance and attention spans shrinking thanks to technology.

On vinyl, The Most Lamentable Tragedy is a triple album: The first record plays at 33 1/3 rpm and contains sides 1 and 2. So far things make sense, but that’s about to change: the second record plays at 45 rpm and contains sides 3 and 5, which, suffice it to say, defies convention. The third toggles back to 33 1/3 and contains sides 4 and 6.

That listening experience demands a whole lot more work than an iPod on shuffle or a Spotify-curated punk playlist.

The album from start to finish is longer than Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and it was written and recorded with the expectation that its listeners pay attention as the opera unfolds.

It’s a tall order, and Stickles is in tune with that reality.

“I’m not ignorant of that,” he said. “Some of those choices are made with a slightly contrarian attitude.

We’re trying to foster a meaningful connection. Rather than try to water down, it seems wiser to reach out to people who are inclined to support this kind of band and make it as deep as possible.”

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Stickles is a massive fan of the Rolling Stones, and he has a special place in his heart for their most expansive album, 1972’s Exile on Main St. “I’m very grateful there’s this sprawling double album of theirs,” he said. “And I definitely did think about it a lot while making this rock opera album.”

Songs like Exile’s “Turd on the Run,” a looping blues riff under a Mick Jagger’s shouting and some haphazard harmonica, would never land on a Stones greatest hits compilation, but it serves the vastness of Exile beautifully.

Amazingly, the “sprawling” Exile clocks in at just 67 minutes, which is about 25 minutes shorter than The Most Lamentable Tragedy and only a couple of minutes longer than The Monitor!

Going big, according to Stickles, allowed the band to meander down a few “blind alleys” and pursue things they otherwise wouldn’t have. “It’s just a bigger canvas to explore,” he said.

The final product is not unlike a scripted movie in that the moments of action are reliant on the scene-setting setups that precede and follow. That makes the strong moments on the album extra memorable, but it also requires you to tolerate minutes-long tracks of nothing but droning tones as transitions between tracks. Clearly those moments bind the package together, but sometimes you just want to hear some songs.

“Some of those choices are made with a slightly contrarian attitude. We’re trying to foster a meaningful connection. Rather than try to water down, it seems wiser to reach out to people who are inclined to support this kind of band and make it as deep as possible.”

– Titus Andronicus’ Patrick Stickles on his band’s sprawling rock opera, The Most Lamentable Tragedy Stickles was a guest on Marc Maron’s popular WTF podcast twice over the past few years.

On his first appearance, during which he teased the rock opera concept of The Most Lamentable

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Tragedy, he claimed to be off prescribed medicine, but by the time he returned to the show just before the album’s release, he was conceding that the attempt at self-medication had done more harm than good.

“It came from a desire not to extinguish my artistic tendencies,” he told Maron of his original choice.

“But you’re still accountable [for] the decisions you make and how they affect other people. I’m fighting my own personal little war against myself and there shouldn’t be so many tragedies.”

He was back on medication by that second podcast, but with a regimen he says is less inclined to blunt his creativity or ambition moving forward.

When we spoke on the phone, he said he didn’t have a “grand statement” about what was next for the band, but that turned out to be a fib. Just three days after we spoke, the band published a blog post (chock-full of sarcastic bravado) announcing their next release—a live album called S+@DIUM ROCK. “+@’s position as the most thrilling live act in rock and roll has long been etched in stone, but never before has that riveting energy been captured on wax as it is here,” the post said. “The A-side to S+@DIUM ROCK revisits some of TMLT’s most celebrated hits in a newly concise context, stripping away all studio wizardry until only the primal passion remains. The B-side offers fresh electric arrangements of the largely acoustic fifth act of TMLT’s rock opera narrative, presenting a new perspective on the material.”

The live album was recorded during five consecutive sold out shows at Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium, where Stickles worked the door in the early days of Titus Andronicus.

But that album won’t drop until late July, nearly two months after the Davis show, where they’ll likely churn out plenty of tracks from The Most Lamentable Tragedy. That show was booked by the Davis Live Music Collective’s Kyle Monhollen.

“I saw that the band had a couple of days off between San Francisco and Portland, so I reached out to their management to see if they were entertaining offers for those dates,” Monhollen said. “I was upfront about our venue size and mission as a nonprofit supporting the local scene, and they agreed.”

Read more about how to join the Davis Live Music Collective and buy tickets for the Titus Andronicus show (8 p.m. on May 25 at Odd Fellows Hall) at Davislivemusic.com. The opening act for the show is La Sera.

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Tarrus Riley pays homage to his reggae legacy and remains open to music’s many possibilities Words Fabian Garcia

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here’s a lot of father-son sayings some might like to use in describing Tarrus Riley. He’s heir to the late legendary reggae singer Jimmy Riley, who had a prolific career crooning throughout the latter half of the 20th century and well into the new millennium before passing away in March from cancer.

A chip off the old block; like father, like son; and, sure, the apple doesn’t often fall too far from the tree. While most folks would be right in presuming Tarrus has taken up the torch from his father (in some respects), you’d be wrong to assume that Tarrus is Jimmy Riley and that their music remains identical.

On the contrary, Tarrus has shown he’s his own artist. With five albums and more than 60 singles/EPs under his belt—including the international reggae hit “She’s Royal” from 2006—he has formed his own path to success in the music world, and is going strong to this day.

Still, his father’s lingering presence is hard to shake—especially now, Tarrus explains. Not just a father, but also a “best friend,” Tarrus says it hasn’t fully registered that Jimmy is gone.

“I don’t feel that my father is deceased,” he adds. “That reality has not come to me, because he was so entrenched in my life. And there’s so many things I see that show him daily, that it’s like … yeah, I don’t know.”

Despite the family tragedy, Tarrus has not refrained from going overseas to perform and test out new material among international audiences, as well as here in our own backyard in Grass Valley. Ahead of a concert at the Center for the Arts on May 26, Submerge was able to talk to Riley via phone about his reaction to his father’s death, last year’s chart success with Major Lazer and how his spiritual philosophies guide his musical message.

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So it looks like you’re performing at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley. Have you ever performed there before? Or in Sacramento, maybe?

To be honest, thinking about it right now, I don’t know that I have. Sacramento is not a place that I’ve been [to] frequently. If I’ve been there, it was probably in transit. I don’t remember. I think Catch a Fire [Tour] brought us close to there [in 2015]. But I can’t pick up right away and say, “Yes, I’ve been there.”

If you don’t mind, I wanted to ask about your father’s passing a little bit. Seeing how it happened so recently, would you say that it’s affected your work on the road and in the studio?

Clearly you’re still out performing regularly. But do you feel like you’ve needed to slow down at all?

Well, he had been sick for three years. So that’s one part of it. The second part of it is that he was always telling me to come to work. He was the one always pushing me to work [on music]. “Go and do your work, and represent our name.” So I’m honoring a contract that I have. And, like I said, he wanted me to do that. He wanted me to work, you know what I mean? I’m just doing what he said.

What about music-wise? Would you say his passing has inspired any new …

Like I said, I don’t see that [he’s passed on]. I have him as a very much alive person, definitely. I’ve never seen him compromised. Even throughout his sickness, he wouldn’t accept any kind of defeat or anything like that.

Right. But has all this inspired any new music ideas for you at all? Or change how you go about your work right now?

I don’t know, we’ll see. Let’s give it some time. My father’s birthday is this month, on the 22nd of May. And he stopped breathing on the 23rd of March. So it’s still very fresh. Let’s give it some time and see what’s happening. I’m taking it day by day.

Of course. Anyway, speaking of new music, are there any new projects on the horizon for you? I know your last album, “Love Situation,” dropped in 2014.

Yes, I’m in the studio recording a new album right now. I kind of stopped because of my dad. So I kind of took a break, but I’m definitely gonna go get my folks together and see what happens.

“Remember, before I’m a Rastaman, I’m a human being. So I bleed blood like everybody else, and I put on my pants one foot at a time like everybody else. So you can call me a musician, you can call me a Rastaman. But before they call me all of that, they have to call me just a human being.” – Tarrus Riley So would you say that Rastafari themes always translate through your music?

It’s not every single song [where] I’m going to sing and tell you about Rastafari … Remember, before I’m a Rastaman, I’m a human being. So I bleed blood like everybody else, and I put on my pants one foot at a time like everybody else. So you can call me a musician, you can call me a Rastaman.

But before they call me all of that, they have to call me just a human being … I’m living on the earth like everybody else, trying to figure it out. That’s why I don’t preach to people in music, because I’m not in any position to preach. I’m trying to figure it out every day, one step at a time. So you get those kinds of things in my music. Sometimes in a song, I’m trying to figure it out; sometimes I know. Sometimes I don’t know; sometimes I want to know … There’s a lot there for you to grasp, but that’s truth.

Is there anything else you wanted to let our readers know?

For anybody who doesn’t know about what I do, come out to the [Grass Valley] concert and get your own experience. You know what I mean? Because I do give 150 percent and more when I come with the live vibes.

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I understand you identify with Rastafari ideals.

Can you explain what it means to adhere to that belief system for people who aren’t totally familiar with it?

A Rastaman is someone who’s in tune with nature, you know? He likes to eat a particular way, and he’s close to nature. He loves heat, air and water— he’s like an organic person. Everybody talking about going green; the Rastaman went green a long time ago. His heart beats to Africa, and he’s very African-minded … That’s what the Rastaman is about: knocking down boundaries and knocking down prejudice and knocking down stereotypes.

And for everybody to live and love. Rastaman’s vibes are all about love and respecting each other, and unity … I mean, it’s all about love. And loving yourself and loving your body. And it’s a consciousness. And you get that through my music, you know?

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I wanted to ask about last year’s Major Lazer hit “Powerful,” where you were featured with Ellie Goulding on vocals. I know that song gave you your first spot on a few different Billboard charts, including the Hot 100. How does it feel knowing you’ve tasted that kind of mainstream recognition and success?

Well, you know, originally it was supposed to be me and Major Lazer alone. I didn’t know about Ellie Goulding being on the song, so that was cool.

And it got me into some different avenues. I’m a very popular underground artist, you know? So in my community—in reggae music—a lot of people really love what we’re doing. But the Ellie Goulding thing is a different level. They got MTV and VH1, and it was getting a lot of prime time play on these Clear Channel radio stations. So it’s a big deal. And we want more collaborations like that, because I’m

very confident in the music I make. And I believe if we get similar opportunities like that, I can make a big impact on the international stage. Because I’m a real songwriter, and I’m not trying to show off, but I believe in what I have. So if we get more chances like that, then, hey, the sky’s just a view.

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I understand you just came back from a string of shows in the UK. How’d that go?

It was amazing—a lot of sold out shows. So it was cool. And the different thing about it was that I could see how [people reacted to] a lot the new music that I’m doing … because I’ve never been genre-prejudiced, you know? I do a lot of different kinds of music. I do fast music, slow music. So I tested out some of the new material, and it was well received. I had fun.

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Moto Boss

Where are you living these days?

Your manager mentioned you were in the process of buying a new house.

Yes. And I currently live both in California and Florida. I’m buying a new place in California.

Jason Anderson Leads the Way for the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team Words Eddie Jorgensen • Photos Simon Cudby

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upercross and motocross, although completely different beasts, both have their challenges. Whether a racer is competing in a supercross race under the lights in a stadium or in a motocross race outdoors at an equally well-groomed track, all competitors have their strong suits.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Jason Anderson, arguably one of the fastest living racers, now finds himself poised to take third in a long and arduous Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. And although his rise to fame and good fortune did not come without hard work, he has already proved himself a veritable force that not even top riders such as Ryan Dungey and Ken Roczen can dismiss. He handily won the 250cc AMA Supercross Lites West championship aboard a KTM motorcycle, a company that not-so-coincidentally owns the much smaller yet equally competitive Husqvarna.

While the brand hasn’t placed in any significant motocross standings— here in the United States, that is; Alessio Chiodi was crowned Motocross World Champion in the 125cc class in 1999—a new, energized Husqvarna team is now led by 450cc racer Anderson along with equally talented teammates Martin Davalos, Zach Osborne and Christophe Pourcel.

What separates the 23-year-old Anderson from other motocross racers consistently placing in the top five, however, is his choice of motorcycle:

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Husqvarna. The brand that started making racing machines in 1903 back in Huskvarna, Sweden has, consequently, come back in a big way in both 2015 and 2016 after a lengthy absence from outdoor motocross in the United States.

Now in its 48th year, the 2016 Hangtown Motocross Classic kicks off the 2016 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship May 21 at its usual Prairie City State Park location in Rancho Cordova. Although many have their eyes on reigning Supercross champ and KTM rider Ryan Dungey, Suzuki’s Ken Roczen, Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac and Yamaha’s Weston Peick to name but a few, a closer look at the guy donning white plastics and Rockstar gear is fully warranted.

As luck would have it, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team—now in its second year—recently resigned Anderson and gave fellow racer Christophe Pourcel his first full time 450cc contract in the United States. Additionally, the upcoming motocross series serves as a litmus test for the Husqvarna brand and showcases the company’s new FC450 machine.

Ahead of this month’s Hangtown Motocross Classic, Submerge recently caught up with Jason Anderson as he was driving to Las Vegas from his home in California for the Supercross 2016 season-ending race at Sam Boyd Stadium.

What is your method for getting good starts aka holeshots? I’ve watched your clutch hand both live and on TV. You’ve got it down pat.

Thanks. Good starts really come down to getting a good spot at the gate during timed practice and qualifying races. Of course, my team and I try to perfect the art of holeshots as much as we can. It makes it rather tough if you have a good gate pick but the track and ground pack is bumpy or clumpy. Also, you have to start with a consistent style.

A good starting gate pick, like I said, always helps.

What setting does Jason Anderson find himself more antsy or nervous than usual?

Supercross? Outdoor motocross?

That’s a good one. It’s hard when you are on the line at a stadium and have all these nerves going through you. It really doesn’t matter if it’s at a supercross event or motocross track since

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we all want to place high and have great vibes at every race.

I totally get nervous for both of them equally.

You’re always the first to try crazy jumps and were the first rider to try Hangtown’s 150-foot triple jump last year.

Very few pros did it aside from front-runners and Justin Barcia, who made it look very easy like yourself. What goes through your head when trying anything of that size for the first time?

Obviously, you have to pick the fastest line. You can’t launch without it. After figuring that out walking the track before practice and riding over it a couple of times, you either have to go for it or not. As far as being indicative and trying different lines, it’s a choice each rider makes on his own and the answer is never really obvious. I get nervous just like anyone else but I am pretty confident these days, at least in my riding abilities. Sure, there is a huge risk we play with every day, but pro motocross racers at this level and money stakes this high always play with fire.

How does one prepare for a faster-than-usual supercross track?

For any supercross race, you always want to walk the whole track. That’s very very important. I look at triple jumps, rhythm sections, corners with quickest in and out and much more. The real difference with supercross as opposed to traditional outdoor tracks first is how steep the lifts on the jumps are. You need to look at all the lines, not just some as in outdoor motocross, and figure out your own pace and rhythm as well as coordinating when and where you pull the trigger. I won’t lie: it is very tough to figure out what you want to do each race.

Any bad crashes that you remember most?

I got a really shitty start at the East Rutherford race and had to come through the pack and still placed sixth. Not my best but no crash. The last track I crashed was with Justin Bogle when he crashed on the first lap and I hit him. I had nowhere to go and that was in Toronto, Canada. At the end of the day, it’s not anyone’s fault as we’re all going for it.

Have you ever been punched or punched someone, Weston Peick-style?

Ha! I have never been hit and hopefully will not. That situation was kinda funny, though. He’s huge. That kind of situation can get get you fined. [Note: Weston Peick punched Vince Friese during a race earlier in 2016 in Anaheim, California which Jason Anderson won. Peick was disqualified, issued a suspension and fined $5000 fine by the AMA.] I think Peick got banned for two races. That kinda sucks. AMA will fine you $5000 or your purse money depending on what you do.

There’s different deals but the next $5000 you make from purse money is theirs.

Speaking of a penalization, you got screwed by missing a mandatory joker lane [a portion of the track that can add five seconds to any given rider’s lap time] last October in Las Vegas.

Were you pissed off?

Yes, I remember that well.

There are some things I have screwed up in the rule book and that was one of them. That incident was at the Monster Energy Cup race.

Later on, I won a race as Ryan Dungey lost two positions to me for not paying attention to a medical flag. That was at Ford Field in Detroit earlier in March. I don’t ever want to win that way but, of course, I will always take the win.

Zach Osborne’s mechanic told me last year a Husqvarna chassis is completely different from a KTM. Is that entirely true?

Yes. Obviously they are very similar, made in the same area and have the same owner.

However, the bikes do have differences that my mechanic Chris Loredo would gladly explain. The price for a stock Husqvarna when compared to a KTM is very similar.

What about your own 450cc factory bike as opposed to the average Joe’s showroom model?

We have different things on our factory bikes like specialized titanium bolts and different foam on our seats to bring down the weight. From different forks to motors and suspension, a factory bike needs to be different and better. And we do weigh our bikes. I just tell my mechanic

“I get nervous just like anyone else but I am pretty confident these days, at least in my riding abilities. Sure, there is a huge risk we play with every day, but pro motocross racers at this level and money stakes this high always play with fire.”

–Jason Anderson on handling big jumps, like the 150-foot triple jump at the Hangtown Motocross Classic.

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and crew if the bike feels good. I will say factory bikes have the same frame and brakes as well as some other things. [My mechanic] Chris knows a lot more than I do.

You changed to the larger 450cc class rather quickly.

Why? If you win a championship within your first three pro years, the AMA automatically makes you.

What other sponsors do you have aside from Rockstar and Husqvarna who pay the bulk of your yearly salary?

We probably have 20 of them right now. It’s really a team effort to get ‘em with my manager Kenny and others helping point the way as well.

Did you want to stay with KTM or was Husqvarna a better deal for exclusivity?

This deal was my first choice after leaving the 250cc class.

I’d rather stay at Husky now that I have the deal signed.

There is a great group here and the bikes are fast and comfortable. I’m staying put.

Training regimen?

It depends really on the time of the year. We ride bicycles four to five hours a week, use the rowing machine, do some recovery rides and more. Basically, we never stop training or working out. You have to if you want to land on the top three podium and race competitively. I train on my bike with Aldon Baker who also works with Marvin Musquin and Ryan Dungey.

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You’re already a top three rider in the 450cc class for the 2016 Supercross season.

Congrats. Did you expect that?

Actually, I did. I signed an extension on my Husqvarna deal that lasts until 2018. I planned on being a top three rider as I am paid to be top three. Confidence is very important in this sport. On that note, I’d like to race for as long as I can. It is hard to know when to quit, but I am young and it’s still fun to race dirt bikes.

See Jason Anderson and the top names in professional motocross May 21 at the 48th Annual Hangtown Motocross Classic at Prairie City State Park located at 13300 White Rock Road in Rancho Cordova. Class practices starts at 8:30 a.m. and races commence at 2 p.m. General admission tickets start at $45 and go up to $325 (plus service charges).

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Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe West Coast Songwriters Competition, 6 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.

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Starlite Lounge Bosse-de-Nage, So Hideous, Color of Closure, 8 p.m.

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

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

Press Club Pisscat, The Rollin’ Blackouts, 9 p.m.

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Center for the Arts Sean Watkins, 7:30 p.m.

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District 30 R3hab, 10 p.m.

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Old Ironsides Screw Loose, Midnight Thieves, 8 p.m.

Owl Club Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Westbound 50, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club MILK w/ Genie Jester, 9 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen TV Girl, Glorious Stephan, 9 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Merle Jagger, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Gamelan Ledba Budoyo, 12 p.m.

Bar 101 Scratchdog String Band, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. What’s Left, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Hammershot, Roswell, Stigmurder, Sovereign, Infinite Sleep, Gurschach, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Sarcalogos, Chronaexus, Modern Man, 8 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts Honey of the Heart (Album Release), 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts In the Park: New Kingston, Element Brass Band, They Went Ghost, Andrew Castro, DJ Eddie Z, 5 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Whiskey & Stitches, The Rattlin’ Bones, Stepping Stone, 9 p.m.

Gold Lion Arts Lowburn, Swimming in Bengal, 7:30 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Portland Cello Project, 5:30 p.m.; This Charming Band, 5:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Enoeca, 9:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Banjo Bones, Sands Hall, Bachelor Paradise, Julie Lautsch, 8 p.m.

Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides On/Off, Southlot, Criminal Rock, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Adrian Marcel, Complex, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Stillwood Sages, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Them Travelin’ Birds, 3 p.m.

The Boardwalk The Rocket Summer, National Lines, Tedrow & The Good Intentions, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Bitch’N’Dudes, Jesus & The Dinosaurs, Khaos Assault, Broke Down Wasted, 7 p.m.

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

Cal Expo Fish Family Festival: V.Rose, Jamie Grace, Hawk Nelson, Kutless, 3 p.m.

Center for the Arts Jewel, Griffin House, 8 p.m. (Sold Out) Colonial Theatre Coast 2 Coast Artist Showcase: Priscialla G., Cyphor, Bankroll Loco, Young BU, Lady $savage, Budda, Riley Flood and more, 8 p.m.

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Red Hawk Casino Hannah Jane Kile, 4 p.m.; Cripple Creek Band, 9:30 p.m.

Rum Rok Stellar (Incubus tribute), Revolver (Rage tribute), 9 p.m.

Shine Stillwater Shine, Known to Collapse, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Blacked, Garth Algar, Beira, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Voodoo Dolls, 9 p.m.

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The Colony Xibalba, Plead the Fifth, Vamachara, Crossface, 7 p.m.

Crest Theatre Pasquale Esposito, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Sacramento County Historical Society Benefit: 50 Watt Heavy, The Dirty Feet, Be Brave Bold Robot, The Stummies and More, 8 p.m.

Goldfield Tyler Rich, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Chris Pureka, Kelly McFarling, 5:30 p.m.; Saved by the ‘90s, 9:30 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Los Lobos, 7:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 3 Cantare Chorale, 7 p.m.

Jean Runyon Little Theater Duendes: A Night of Flamenco, 8 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Hot City, 9:30 p.m.

MARRS Building THIS Midtown: Free Second Saturday Block Party feat. Satin Jackets, Touch Tone, Shaun Slaughter, 4 p.m.

Miner’s Leap Winery Auburn Road, 7 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Common Man Band, 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides They Went Ghost, Zen Arcadia, Malcom Bliss, Highway 12, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pour House Second Saturday Dance Party w/ DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Get Lucky Band, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Night Fever, 10 p.m.

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Sacramento Community Center Theater Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra: European Masterworks, 8 p.m.

Shine BellyGunner, Brian Chris Rogers, Freddy Francine, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Eye and the Arrow, Joseph Hein, 9 p.m.

The Stag Moans, Race to the Bottom, Wolfhouse, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Radio Moscow, Lords of Beacon House, Peace Killers w/ Mad Alchemy Liquid Lights, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Party Machine, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club The Hucklebucks, 5:30 p.m.; Dennis Jones, 9 p.m.

Yolo Brew Co. Naked Walrus, 6 p.m.

5.15 sunday

Bar 101 Forest Bailey, 2 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Achilles Wheel Trio, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp James McCartney, Alex Dorame, 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Urban Outlaws, 5 p.m.

Capital Stage Misner and Smith, 7 p.m.

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

Discovery Park 102.5 Live: E-40, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Tyga, Ty Dolla $ign and More, 10 a.m. (Sold Out) Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Pet Sounds: 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Beach Boys feat. Kevin Seconds, Jacob Golden, Adrian Bourgeois, Ricky Berger and More, 6:30 p.m.

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

Natomas Rose Garden Jesse Hendricks: Music in the Garden Benefit, 6 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Lucia Garcia, 12 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Roy Rogers, 3 p.m.

Press Club Fire Retarded, Blhans, 5 p.m.; Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 1 p.m.

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

5.16 monday

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Haggin Oaks Golf Complex Golf and Guitars: Singer-Songwriter Showcase feat. Jimmy Wayne, Jennifer Paige, Ashley Campbell, Mindy Smith, Chris Roberts and More, 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.

Pour House Loveless: Dream Pop & Shoegaze Night, 9 p.m.

5.17 Tuesday

Blue Lamp Hamell On Trial, The Magic Bullets, One Leg Chuck, Billy Hood, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Dangerkids, Avion Roe, Western Wolves, Faint Silhouette, Sierra Skyline, 6:30 p.m.

Center for the Arts 321 Sing! w/ Rod Baggett, 6 p.m.

The Colony Divisions, A War Within, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Haggin Oaks Golf Complex Golf and Guitars: Charles Kelley (of Lady Antebellum), Love and Theft, Jackson Michelson, Locash, Jon Pardi and More, 6 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

LowBrau Le Twist feat. Heartwatch, Sam I Jam, Adam J, Roger Carpio, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Beginning Bluegrass Club, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Pour House Tussle w/ DJ Formless, DJ MSS•TYK, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Rock On! Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Arabrot, Helen Money, Insect Ark, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Musical Charis, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

5.18 wednesday

Ace of Spades SoMo, 7 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp B3 (Album Release), Doe the Unknown, Tae Breeze, Rhythmatix, Logic One and more, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Soulfly, Suffocation, Battle Cross, Lody King, Abnormally, 6 p.m.

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

Crest Theatre John Prine, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Open Mic Hosted by Gabe Cole, 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 Lisa Loeb, 6:30 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Jon Emery & Dry County Drinkers, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre UC Davis Jazz Bands, 7 p.m.

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Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Badlands Jody Wisternoff, Cue 22, Freddy Silva, 9 p.m.

Blue Lamp Streets is Watchin’: Rep Your Label Showcase, 9 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts Steve Poltz, Grant Lee Phillips, 8 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 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 B.o.B., Scotty ATL, London Jae, 6 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 Taj Mahal Trio, 8 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides Open Acoustic Jam, 8 p.m.

Owl Club Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Straight Shooter, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Castle, Crimson Eye, Worship of Keres, 8 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5:30 p.m.; Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah, 9 p.m.

Toyota Amphitheatre Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr, Maddie & Tae, 7:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Chamber Music of Johannes Brahms: Carrie Hennessy, Susan Lamb Cook, Gayle Blankenburg, 12 p.m.

5.20 FRIDAY

Ace of Spades Hatebreed, Devil Driver, Devil You Know, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Billy Manzik, 9:30 p.m.

Beatnik Studios Vox Musica’s Ten 4 Ten: 10th Anniversary Gala, 6 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Spangler Band, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp MDC, Shove It, Beer Lords, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Act of Defiance, Motorize, Black, Scott Allen Project, 6:30 p.m.

The Brickhouse Juke Joint Fridays: Live Music & Comedy w/ Ms. Lovely, Ngaio Bealum, Kareem Daniels, 7 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts The Blind Boys of Alabama, 8 p.m.

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts In the Park: Geographer, Dusty Brown, Joseph in the Well, Death Party at the Beach, Young Aundee, 5 p.m.

Crest Theatre Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Homegirl Dance Party w/ Sister Crayon, 9:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Sea Legs Reunion w/ Blake Abbey & Rich Driver, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Kris Allen, Marie Miller, Connor & Karlee, 7 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Kashiwagi Trio, 9:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Feisty Females Benefit Concert for Weave feat.

Beauty is Betrayal, Kally O’Mally Band, Kym Trippsmith and More, 8 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pour House Movement: All Vinyl Tribute Night feat. New Order & OMD, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Jumpstart, 10 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 Iris Joy, Tanice Jay, 8 p.m.

The Stag Creepy Little Legs, Sound Soul, The Men Upstairs, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Steel Breeze, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Peter Petty & the Double P Review, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Concert Band, 8 p.m.

Yolo Brew Co. Whiskey Alley, 6 p.m.

5.21 Saturday

Bar 101 Dear Left Brain, 9:30 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp N Men Summer Party w/ His Eyes Have Fangs (feat.

Tony Alva), 8 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Joe, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Parade of Horribles, Bloodtype Negative, 8 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts Jackie Greene, 8 p.m.

The Colony JKKFO, System Assault, Internal, Public Execution ChumpxChange, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Well Groomed, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar My Cousin Vinny, AJ Sachs, Ajotta, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose Dolores 5000, The Bottom Feeders, Katmonkeys, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Foreverland (Michael Jackson Tribute), 9 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Los Lonely Boys, 7:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 Placer Pops Chorale, 2 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Blame the Bishop, 9:30 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Mikey LP, Brian Rinehart, Graham Vinson, 8 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Throwdown feat.

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Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Jazz Gitan, 6:30 p.m.

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

The Park Ultra Lounge Louie Giovanni, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 8 Track Massacre, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Quarry Park Amphitheater (Rocklin) Concerts at Quarry Park: Papa Doo Run Run, Garratt Wilken & The Parrottheads, 4:30 p.m.

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Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

Shine Redleaf, Mindflowers, Would Be Train Robbers, 8 p.m.

The Stag Rebel Radio, Riot Radio, Rollin Blackouts, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge US Air Guitar Championship: Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Total Recall, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club Back In the Valley, 4 p.m.; Daniel Castro, 9 p.m.

Vernon Street Town Square (Roseville) Concerts on the Square: Skid Roses, 7:30 p.m.

WAL Public Market R Street Block Party & Makers Mart feat. Sea of Bees, IdeaTeam, Poppet, The Met High School Band, 3 p.m.

Yolo Brew Co. Jon Emery, 6 p.m.

5.22 Sunday

Bar 101 Dylan Crawford, 2 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Twilight Drifters, 3 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino El Padrino Juan Villagrana con Su Banda y Mariachi, 5 p.m.

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

Center for the Arts Sawyer Fredericks, Mia Z, 3 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Musical Charis, Dear Left Brain, 6 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 1 The Young Irelanders, 2 p.m.; Los Lonely Boys, 8 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts: Stage 3 Scott-Skillman Recital Hall The Passion of Brahms: Franklyn D’Antonio, James Een, Susan Lamb Cook, Carrie Hennessey, Gayle Blankenburg, 2 p.m.

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

Pour House “Everyday Is Like Sunday” Morrissey’s Unhappy Birthday Party w/ DJ Roger Carpio, 5 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Harlis Sweetwater, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Branded, 1 p.m.

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

UC Davis: Jackson Hall UC Davis Symphony Orchestra: Spiritual Pianism, 7 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre UC Davis and Davis High School Baroque Orchestras, 3 p.m.

5.23 Monday

Blue Lamp Red City Radio, Russian Girlfriends, Bastards of Young, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Caskey, 6:30 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.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Empyrean Ensemble: Young & Restless (Part 2), 7 p.m.

Comedy Laughs Unlimited Go Diego Go! Comedy Showcase feat. Diego Curiel, Andre Morton, Saul Trujillo, Hosted by Ta’Vi, May 11, 7 p.m.

Lewis Belt & Friends Comedy Show feat. Jay Alexander, Reedo Brown, Tony Baker, Hosted by Lewis Belt, May 12, 8 p.m.

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Best of Open Mic Showcase, May 17, 8 p.m.

Ace Guillen feat. Josef Anolin, May 20 - 22, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

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

Ooley Theater Comedy Night at the Ooley, every Thursday, 8 p.m Punchline Comedy Club Supply & Demand, May 11, 8 p.m.

Joey Diaz, May 12 - 14, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

DTF Comedy Showcase: Jaime Fernandez, Trevor Rogers, Allie Yada, Corey Calvert and More, May 15, 7 p.m.

Off the Clock w/ Brian McDaniel & Rick Mitchell, May 18, 8 p.m.

Dat Phan, May 19 - 22, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Tommy T’s Mike E Winfield, May 13 - 15 Faizon Love, May 20 - 22

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

B Street Theatre Mainstage Series: Mud Blue Sky

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Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Blue Line Arts Gallery America’s ClayFest IV, Through May 28 The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Cal Expo Sacramento Mile: AMA Pro Grand National Championship, May 21, 6 p.m.

California State Capitol - West Steps AMGEN Tour of California 2016, May 22, 10 a.m.

Capital Stage Disgraced, Through June 5 Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Sacramento Ballet Latin Nights: Don Quixote, Through May 25 Crest Theatre Enter the Dragon, May 13, 7:30 p.m.

My Sister’s House 15th Anniversary Gala, May 23, 7 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum High School Self-Portrait Show 2016: Student and Community Exhibition, Through May 22 Andy Warhol: Portraits, Through June 19 Art Mix: Bike Funk-O-Rama, May 12, 5 p.m.

Delta King Riverboat LiBush International Connections Presents: African Fashion Show, May 22, 5:30 p.m.

Discovery Park Sacto MoFo 9 Food Truck Festival, May 21, 11 a.m.

Effie Yeaw Nature Center Art Where Wild Things Are: Spring Gala and Art Auction, May 21, 5 p.m.

Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse West Coast Swing Lesson and Dance, May 21, 5:30 p.m.

Foothill Skate Inn Sacred City Derby Girls: The Donna Party vs.

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

Fremont Park River City Marketplace, May 14, 11 a.m.

Harris Center for the Arts El Dorado Musical Theatre: Hello, Dolly!, Through May 15 Ethan Russell: The Best Seat in the House, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Little Relics Boutique & Galleria Art Exhibit: Three Women One Show feat. Michelle Mackenzie, Laurelin Gilmore, Jill Allyn Stafford, Through May 31 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

McClellan Conference Center Sacramento Sports Collectors Show, May 14, 10 a.m.

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

The Midtown Moxies Burlesque Troupe: Cover Songs: Un-Covered, May 14, 9 p.m.

Miller Park West Coast Invitational: A Craft Brewing Experience, May 21, 1 p.m.

Meadowview Park 6th Annual Meadowview Family Fun Day, May 21, 10 a.m.

Old Town Elk Grove Plaza 9th Annual Old Town Elk Grove Chili Festival, May 21, 10 a.m.

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

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

Queen Sheba Mahogany Urban Poetry Series: Takarra Lee Johnson, May 18, 9 p.m.

Raley Field 2016 Jewish Heritage Festival, May 15, 1 p.m.

Red Lion Woodlake Hotel & Conference Center Women’s Empowerment 15th Anniversary Gala, May 19, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento Zoo Wine and Brew at the Zoo, May 14, 5:30 p.m.

Sheldon High School Performing Arts Center Capitol Ballet Company: A Classical Ensemble, May 14, 2 p.m.

Soil Born Farms: American River Ranch Day on the Farm 2016, May 15, 10 a.m.

Southside Park Pacific Rim Street Fest, May 14, 10 a.m.

St. Mary Elementary School Primavera: A Taste of Wine, Beer, and Local Eats, May 14, 6 p.m.

Tommy T’s Medium Cindy Kaza, May 9 & 23, 7:30 p.m.

UC Davis: Voorhies Hall UC Davis Creative Writing Program Reading Series: Sarah Manguso, May 12, 7 p.m.

Verge Center for the Arts Art Exhibit: Everything in Between

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WAL Public Market R Street Block Party & Makers Mart, May 21, 3 p.m.

Art Exhibit: Things Whose Purpose Is Slowness by Christie Yuri Noh, Through May 31 West Sacramento Community Center Intergalactic Expo, May 22, 10 a.m.

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the shallow end Coming back to Hulu has affected my life positively in many ways. First and foremost, it’s freed me up to take some cash out of my monthly laundry budget, because all this sitting around binge-watching bullshit all day has allowed me to wear the same clothes for days at a time. This is great, because I’m not only cheap (ahem … frugal) but also extremely lazy. Secondly, it’s also got me re-acquainted with all the cable networks I’ve been estranged from all these years without cable, like MTV. I didn’t realize MTV was really still around. I’ve seen people post statuses about the VMAs every year, but I figured maybe they were #tbt-ing. Last I’d heard, they’d “rebranded” themselves and dropped the “Music Television” from their logo because they’d pretty much ceded the burden of showcasing music videos to the Internet.

Instead, I guess, they’d turned their attention to cutting edge reality programming, at least that’s all I watch on there.

I’ve gotten really hooked on (wait for it) Catfish. If you haven’t seen it, you probably should, especially if you’re like me and think

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that the Internet is probably the worst thing that’s ever happened to society.

Before I offend my computer or preferred Web browser (sorry Safari, but Firefox just works better), I should say that I don’t hate the Internet. I think it’s awesome. If it wasn’t for the Internet, I never would have been able to discover Boss the French Bulldog (or any of the other dog accounts I follow) on Instagram.

But, being that I smoked cigarettes for years, I’m well aware that it’s easy to fall in love with something that’s not good for me.

Catfish examines two things that usually aren’t good for you—the Internet and falling in love, and how it’s usually really, really, really not good for you when you combine the two. I’m not really talking about online dating here. The goal of online dating seems to be to meet people in the waking world.

You get to try out a new bar or restaurant, maybe have some interesting conversation and if you’re lucky, the other person will pay for you. That seems healthy. The love on Catfish is often anything but.

The show is hosted by Nev Schulman and Max Joseph. The former was the subject

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of a documentary by the same name, which depicted his long relationship with a woman online, whom he’d never met, who ended up not being who she said she was. The latter is just a cool dude with awesome hair and a camera, and the grim realist yin to Nev’s hopeless romantic yang. On the TV show, they go from town to town across the country (usually ending up in Michigan or Florida, oddly enough) helping people who, like Nev, have fallen in love online with someone they’ve never met.

Catfish fulfills my needs for a reality show in that every episode follows a very specific formula.

First Nev and Max have an endearing bromance moment. Then, they go online to check Nev’s email and find a new poor schlub that they can help.

Then there’s a sob story of some kind and then, my favorite part, the investigation.

It’s during the investigation that we first see the frightful power of the Internet. Nev and Max start digging to find out if the person this episode’s schlub is speaking to is actually who they say they are. The two filmmakers then use a variety of search engines and techniques to find the origins of images and phone numbers and whatnot, and suddenly all those conspiracies you

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hear about Big Brother seem frighteningly real.

You might not be able to touch it, but everything you’ve ever done on the Internet really never goes away. Remember that Livejournal you had when you were 13? It’s probably still there somewhere, just waiting for some drooling troll to happen upon it. Pray it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Things get even creepier when they track down the elusive catfish, who is almost never who they say they are, though they swear that even though they’d lied about where they lived and their names and even what they looked like, everything else they said, like all the feelings and stuff, were totally legit. On some occasions Nev, Max and company have to meet the catfish at a neutral site, like a park, or, most memorably, some weird storefront slot casino.

It’s super creepy. It’s like the most immersive and real horror movie for these digital times. It kind of places a mirror in front of the Internet and reveals it for what it is, a wild and unregulated place where people are free to manipulate and bully others without fear of reprisal. I guess I shouldn’t blame the Internet, though. It’s really our fault, because people can be such jerks. That’s probably why I follow so many dogs on Instagram.

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