Submerge Magazine: Issue 215 (June 6 - June 20, 2016)

Dive into Sacramento & its Surrounding Areas June 6 – 20, 2016 • # 215

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In my time here in Sacramento, I’ve seen a lot of great bands break up.

Thinking about some of them still not being together is a little heartbreaking, but just like a heartbreak, you slowly come to terms with it and realize life goes on. And endless possibilities are out there.

Some of my favorite bands who’ve broken up and charged forward: • Red Host, whose break up gave us the amazing solo work of Chelsea Wolfe as well as Jess Gowrie’s bands I’m Dirty Too, Happy Fangs and Horseneck.

• The Evening Episode’s Terra Lopez moved on to form Sister Crayon, and Ira Skinner is one of the best sound guys and music engineers in town, plus he’s made some great music as Paper Pistols.

• Bright Light Fever emerged as Roman Funerals, then Evan Ferro went on to play with MC Rut and eventually form his newest project, Stella Crest.

• Prieta’s Matthew Woods Wilhoit went on to play music with doom metal bands such as Bog Oak and then with Worship of Keres. But seriously, what the heck happened with the other guys? I loved Prieta!

Are the other dudes still making music in any bands? If you know, email me and give me the 411.

• Ganglians broke up in 2011, but Kyle Hoover and Ryan Grubbs went on to form Tiaras in 2015.

• Agent Ribbons’ Natalie Ribbons went on to make beautiful music with Tele Novella.

• Cove, one of the best local bands in recent years, broke up. But soon after, their singer Scott Ferreter went on to start Dead Pools and their bad ass drummer Omar Gonzalez-Barajas is playing with his new band Privileges, as well as Sunmonks and DLRN (pretty sure that dude never sleeps).

I could go on and on, but I think you’re getting the point that so much good can come from a little breakup.

One can only hope it inspires creativity to the fullest from Sacramento’s latest breakup: hip-hop group Who Cares. They’re all such creatives souls, perhaps this is just the beginning for all of them.

Please read Blake Gillespie’s terrific piece on Who Cares starting with their formation all the way to the collaboration that changed the path for one of Sacramento’s most beloved bands, starting on page 20.

After listing all those broken-up bands, can we get some damn reunion shows booked please?!? I’m begging you, folks. How about someone puts together a Sac Reunion Festival? Come on now, a girl can dream, can’t she?

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The stream 10 Local Album Release Shows to Look Forward to This Summer!

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It’s a good time of year to be a fan of local music. We here at Submerge have always called the summer months “album release season” because it seems like local artists wait until the temps rise to release their newly recorded works. Check out this list of just 10 of the many upcoming local album release shows you can expect around town this summer. Keep an eye on future issues for even more coverage on local artists releasing their new albums. If you know of anyone who has a local release show coming up, let us know! Get it on our radar via email at info@submergemag.com, or call our office at (916) 441-3803. .

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Indie-pop quartet Merdog (who was featured in the last issue of Submerge) is releasing their EP called The Lucky Ones on June 11 at Fox and Goose with help from fellow local bands Rich Corporation and Blue Oaks. 9 p.m. start time, 21-plus.

Pop and hip-hop duo K.O. and Eli will celebrate the release of their debut EP titled Come Alive on Thursday, June 23 at Harlow’s with DLRN opening the show. Speakers start bumping at 8 p.m., 21-plus.

Local punk/ska trio Rebel Radio are releasing their new self-titled album on Sunday, June 12 at Blue Lamp at an early show with openers Creepy Little Legs and At Both Ends. The 21-and-over show starts at 3:30 p.m.

White Knuckle Riot, a local hard rock fivepiece, is releasing their album Amurdica on Friday, June 24 at The Boardwalk with openers Burn Halo, Hatriot and Dedvolt. 6:30 p.m. show time, all ages welcome.

Later that same night (June 12) Blue Lamp will host yet another album release show for local rock band Sitting and Waiting with support from The Enlows, Coyote Bred and Mob Rule. That party gets going at 8 p.m., also 21-and-over (sorry kiddos).

Sacramento hard rock/ melodic metal band Restrayned is releasing their album Not Human with a huge blowout at Ace of Spades on Friday, July 8 featuring Niviane, Heat of Damage, Fair Struggle and Broken. 6:30 p.m., all ages welcome.

Davis-based groovy jazz five-piece Urban Sherpas are releasing their album III on Friday, June 17 at Shine with openers Idle Fret.

8 p.m. start time, all ages welcome.

Local indie-rock mainstays Life in 24 Frames are holding a special “early release show” for their anticipated full-length album CTRL+Z on Saturday, July 9 at Harlow’s.

Grab yourself a download card before the official release at this early show, 5:30 p.m., which also features Broken Iris and I Am Strikes.

Local rock/screamo outfit Surviving the Era (also featured in this issue!) are releasing their five-song EP Parallax on June 18 at First Festival at Southside Park, which features more than 40 regional bands over two days (June 18–19).

Noon–10 p.m. each day, all ages welcome.

On Saturday, Aug. 27, Harlow’s will host a dual album release show for local hip-hop artists KelCz (releasing Until Further Notice) and Mahtie Bush (releasing The Return Of Backpackramento).

Also featuring DJ Rated R and Live Manikins.

Late show (11 p.m.), 21-and-over.

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The Optimistic Pessimist I love food, probably more than I should, but it’s a love affair I am not ready to end at this time. Good food gives me comfort. It feeds my mind, body and soul and sometimes there are even leftovers. While I enjoy dining out, to me there is nothing better than a home-cooked meal. Fortunately, I know how to cook, so this is a privilege I get to enjoy often.

I fell in love with food at a young age. My mother and father knew their way around the kitchen and grill, so we always ate well. I remember standing outside next to my father as a kid, my eyes level with the grill top, tearing up from the smoke and heat but unable to look away. I wanted to know how that hunk of raw, slimy meat could turn into something so delicious. It seemed like magic.

I started helping out with dinner to find out.

I’d chop things, stir pots and act as the official taste tester when there was nothing else for me

to do. When I didn’t help out, I’d watch mom and dad cook. It’s a habit that has stuck with me throughout my life. Good things happen in the kitchen and I want to be a part of it.

There is no better way to learn how to cook than by doing it yourself or watching someone else, but when you can’t do either, you might be able to watch it on TV. Before the Food Network, there were PBS weekend mornings. In between episodes of Voltron and the Thundercats, I was watching Julia Child get down on a soufflé.

These early TV chefs were the real deal and I learned a ton from them.

Having grown up with the TV chefs of yesteryear, I was a natural convert to the Food Network when it first reared its ugly head. Originally, the shows were actually about cooking and I learned a lot while high in my dorm room, but eventually the Food Network went the MTV route and eliminated that one

Make It Yo’ Damn Self!

thing that made it great: the cooking.

It didn’t take a genius to see that Guy Fieri and restaurant makeovers weren’t going to teach me to feed myself, so the Food Network and I ultimately parted ways. By that point, I was already pretty handy with a set of knives and eager to try new things on my own. I picked up some cheap cookbooks and messed with some of those recipes, tweaking them to suit my developing palate.

Eventually, I even came up with a few recipes of my own.

Now I can make meatballs like nobody’s business. I’ll cook you a breakfast so good that you will want to go back to sleep afterward just to wake up and have breakfast again. I can throw together a sandwich with the contents of your fridge that would make Jared stop molesting little kids and just go back to being a fat slob. But I don’t rest on my laurels.

It’s good to be adventurous when cooking

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and I like to experiment with new recipes. It helps to have someone to cook for that can give you some feedback. So far, my girlfriend has been happy with the results of my work. Cooking and eating together brings us closer and makes our relationship stronger, plus it’s fun! Being able to cook has similarly strengthened my bonds with friends and family as well, and has even served as a means for me to meet others and learn about their cultures.

Cooking gives you the opportunity to learn about the world while filling your belly with delicious food at the same time. For crazed diet people or those prone to conspiracy theories, there is no better way to know what’s in your food than by cooking it yourself. It doesn’t even have to be difficult. Crack an egg in your ramen next time and toss in some soy sauce, green onions and Sriracha to go with it. So long as you don’t burn the house down, you are in for a real treat!

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MY LIFE IS A FRENCH MOVIE!

Your Senses

Words Jonathan Carabba and Eddie Jorgensen

TOUCH

9Round Brings High-Energy, 30-Minute Kickboxing Classes to Sacramento Region If you’re looking for a new workout routine that literally kicks things up a notch, this might just be the thing for you. Over the last couple years, a few 9Round locations have popped up around the region—in Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Roseville and now there’s one in the heart of Midtown, located at 1914 P Street.

With more than 300 locations around the world, 9Round offers high-energy, 30-minute kickboxing classes that give you a full-body workout, but here’s the real kicker: there are no class times, you just drop in whenever you have a free half-hour, and a real-life personal trainer is always included. The fact that you can burn upwards of 500 calories in such a short workout is nice, too (that’s a couple pints of craft brew, right?). You’ll move through nine different unique workout stations, changing every few minutes. Trainers are always switching up the routines, too, so you won’t get bored. So if you’re looking to get out some pent-up rage (punching and kicking stuff always helps) and/or get in better shape, hit up any of the 9Round locations in the area or visit 9Round.com to learn more.

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Johnny Taylor is Recording His Second Comedy Special for Stand Up! Records at Harlow’s on June 18

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Sacramento comedian Johnny Taylor straight up puts in work. Known for his self-deprecating and lovably sarcastic style, the dude is literally always playing gigs, both in town and on the road, and he’s never not writing—for proof, join his 128K followers on Twitter (@hipsterocracy) for a daily dose of LOLZ. Taylor has shared stages with the late-great Robin Williams, as well as Doug Stanhope, Dave Attell and tons of other big names. He also found great success with his 2014 debut for Stand Up! Records, Tangled Up in Plaid, which peaked at No. 7 on iTunes’ digital comedy charts. After a couple years of further honing his craft and stacking jokes on jokes, Taylor is preparing to record his second album, Bummin’ With the Devil. The taping is going down on Saturday, June 18 at Harlow’s. Tickets are only $13 in advance, available now on Harlows.com. Doors open for this 18-and-over show at 6 p.m. Opening will be fellow Stand Up! Records labelmate and local comedy scene staple, Keith Lowell Jensen, which sort of makes this show a one-two punch to the gut. No really, your stomach will hurt from the laughter. For more on Johnny Taylor, visit his website, Hipsterocracy.com.

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Summer Ice Cream Socials with Ginger Elizabeth June 11

Chocolatiers and chocolate enthusiasts alike will revel at the presentation of Ginger Elizabeth’s “Summer Ice Cream Social” events. As luck would have it, the first of four installments just so happens to fall on my daughter’s birthday. When temperatures soar in the Sacramento Valley, this downtown haven for all things delicious and decadent features special ice cream dishes. This year’s events showcase ingredients which make one’s mouth water incessantly upon first glance.

If a “Ferrari Farms Bing Cherry Brown Betty made with Manresa Bread Pain au Levain, Cherry Butter Sauce, Frozen Custard made with Contreras Farm Duck Eggs and Chantilly” dessert doesn’t cause intense spasms of the mouth and/or brain, perhaps a visit to a convenience store for a crappy Blue Bunny popsicle would suit you best. These once-a-year dishes may be $9, but are worth every penny. All ice creams are made in small batches using the very best organic milk from Clover Stornetta, chocolate from Valrhona and eggs from Vega Farms. Expect them to sell out of these quick so consult the store’s website for more details.

Odds are, you’ll be smiling from head to toe with a brain freeze you will never forget. Just do it, already.

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Gold Lion Arts’ First-Ever Summer Festival Picks Up Where In the Flow Left Off • June 24–26

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Fans of creative and challenging music, listen up, local musician Ross Hammond has a treat for you. His first ever Gold Lion Arts Summer Festival takes place over three nights, June 24–26, and will see four different eclectic acts perform each night. From the psychedelic art rock of Oakland’s Grex, to the improvised drum/horn greatness of the Randy McKean and Jon Bafus Duo, to saxophonist Rent Romus’ visionary group Life’s Blood Ensemble, Hammond has curated quite the weekend full of awesome music. “I feel like it’s time to have a festival again,” Hammond told Submerge, eluding to his past endeavor, In the Flow Festival. “I don’t want to do anything that was on as grand of a scale as In the Flow was,” he continued, “but since I have a permanent space at Gold Lion Arts now it just makes sense to have a musical celebration. The Gold Lion Arts Summer Fest is three nights of music for the sake of music. For those that haven’t seen the space, Gold Lion is a small concert room. It’s really geared toward music and arts appreciation more than trying to throw huge shows. This festival is all about celebrating visionaries. It will be a weekend of exciting, challenging music. Also my Dad is working security!” See the full lineup at Goldlionarts.blogspot.com. Tickets are $20 per day or just $35 for a weekend pass. For information on advance tickets, email goldlionarts@gmail.com. Gold Lion Arts is located at 2733 Riverside Boulevard.

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Your Senses

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Flights of Fancy Exhibit at the Gallery at 48 Natoma • Through June 30

Words Jonathan Carabba and Eddie Jorgensen

Outside the downtown grid, there are many galleries seeded throughout the near-to-immediate area. 48 Natoma is one such place both the casual artgoer and full-time enthusiast should visit. This Folsom-based venue showcases some of the best artists from towns not so far away. The Flights of Fancy exhibition is certainly no exception to the rule and will host work by Jackson-based artist Jeannie Vodden. “Rather than realism, the theme, Flights of Fancy, has allowed me to fool around with the make-believe visions that dance in my head,” said Vodden in a press release. What's more, she only uses a small sample of the color spectrum (usually three staining colors on most of her pieces). Besides being a lecturer and teacher, she is also known to give colorful demonstrations.

Also on the ticket is Sacramento’s own Judi Stickney who uses carving stones with great effect. “My style incorporates balance and motion with fluidity from one perspective to another so that predictability of other views is challenged.

As I create each carving, I seek to produce pleasant, soul-inspiring responses within the viewer,” Stickney said of her art. The gallery is located at 48 Natoma Street in Folsom and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. There are also Tuesday and Wednesday limited evening hours from 6–8 p.m. No cover charge. Facebook.com/TheGalleryat48Natoma.

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Get Nerdy at the Wizard World Comic Con at Sacramento Convention Center • June 17–19 Time to revisit your inner-geek and dress up like your favorite comic book character. The annual Wizard World Comic Con is back with myriad opportunities to spend your surplus cash.

Tattoo artist Chris 51 from A&E’s Epic Ink will be on-hand and available for tattoos, autographs and photos. We spoke to Chris to clear up our misconceptions of tattoo artists and to learn what a professional tattoo really costs. “Judgment of character is a common misconception as many think, because I am covered head to toe in artwork, that it must have started in prison.

However, the truth is I wouldn’t even know what the inside of a cop car looks like or what handcuffs feel like,” he said. Getting a tattoo from the man himself will cost a pretty penny, though. “In a single sitting, customers can pay a whole-day rate of usually about $1000–1500. On the average a two- to three-hour tattoo is $200–$500, but then you get the really dedicated clients that could cost upwards of $10,000 or more. That is for hundreds of hours invested by both client and artist and comes with a bond formed for life. Hey, what else can you pay a few hundred bucks for and take to the grave?” he said. Come to think of it, I’ve always wanted Count Chocula on my butt. Comic Con, here I come! Check out Wizardworld.com for a full list of participants.

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Come Get Salty with Valient Thorr at the Starlite Lounge • June 18 If you’re hell-bent on knowing the real names of all band members in Greenville, North Carolina’s Valient Thorr, you are doing it wrong.

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very culture has its own set of fairy tales and local folklore that is woven into a vibrant tapestry of stories that serve to both enlighten and inspire. These cautionary tales and age-old accounts of heroism and mystical creatures mold our impression of the world around us and stoke the fires of our imaginations and creativity.

California transplant Zsofia Penzvalto, an artist hailing from Hungary who creates vivid, otherworldly illustrations featuring animals and other elements in nature, draws from the rich tales of her childhood for inspiration in creating a world of intricate illustrations and textile paintings that evoke whimsy and fantasy. Working in Davis under the moniker Zsalto, Penzvalto is also heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, a period when artists rejected the notion that classical

forms were superior to craft-based decorative arts.

“I grew up in a relatively small town, [and] this town was a very important place in the Art Nouveau movement in the early 20th Century,” she explains of her early artistic influence. “When I first got interested in art it was through Art Nouveau—it has these sort of floral patterns which I think has some influence in my art.”

Penzvalto reflects on her little Hungarian village as an enchanted place where the artistic community was one based on collaboration in the purest sense. It’s from this place of artistic inspiration that she began to experiment as a child, but it was through the stories of the matriarchs of her family that she formed her early interest in telling her stories not in words but through vibrant hues collected on paper.

“One of my grandmothers lived in a very small village in a very rural environment and both of my grandmothers have crazy life stories; like really interesting European histories [that] were amazing,” she explains. “So their stories, their life stories and even the tales that they told me had a great influence.”

Looking at Penzvalto’s work is like peering down the shaft of a wild kaleidoscope: Larger than life entities like Paul Bunyan and the mythical Babe the Blue Ox along with ethereal creatures seemingly hovering amid inky, midnight skies against a backdrop shimmering, twinkling stars seem to leap off of the canvas in rich, vibrant hues.

Working primarily in watercolors and gouache on paper, the artist’s work is a menagerie of animals and fabled beings.

“My style is very detailed, so it’s very time consuming, which is fine because it’s what I like to do,” she explains. “I have a lot of sketch books and I’m just [always] sketching ideas. I like to work in smaller series, like if I find a character which I feel [strongly about], for example my red horse with the blue eyes, if I get attached to that character and I like to make a series around it

and put it in different scenes and work with it in a few pieces. I sometimes get into colors, like I have a whole series of grays and reds and I’ll do everything in grays and reds.”

It was Penzvalto’s interest in the natural world that also inspired her to work in biology—the artist also holds a Ph.D. in biology, specializing in cancer biology. She works on her postdoc responsibilities part time in of one UC Davis’ research laboratories.

“When I was a kid I liked animals and drawing, so I usually draw animals. After a while my interest in biology became more serious [and] I wanted to do that at the college level, but it was always in the back of my mind that maybe rather I should do art,” she explains. “Doing the biology was the safest option, and it was important for me back then; it’s like your parents want you to learn something that you can have a nice job and make a living out of, but I kept drawing and doing my art.”

In addition to spending long, grueling hours observing lab specimens and contemplating their role in solving a particular scientific query, Penzvalto never lost sight of her childhood passion for the arts.

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“I also managed to [go] to art school during my Ph.D.—it was an evening school, so after my work in the lab I went to the [art] school and all of my weekends and it was really hard,” she recalls.

And while biology and illustration may not seem like a natural pairing of disciplines, the doctor/artist says she draws heavily on what she sees in the lab when she is working in her tiny studio at home.

“What I do is mostly molecular biology. There you don’t see much about the nature because you are working with small things but ... they have a pretty amazing pattern and these things look amazing,” she says. “I’m sure this has some impact on my work, but [since] I work in cancer [research] which is kind of a depressing topic, I don’t think about much when I work because I am focused on the question, but it’s still in the back of my mind. The anxiety that cancer causes in everyone, especially those affected by it day by day, it can appear in some of my work.”

Penzvalto says living in California has also been a major source of inspiration in her creative pursuits: One of her recent creations is an ornate rendering of one of the nights she and her

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“I can’t really follow the process in myself; it’s not like I know that this specific creature or composition means this and that.

I know that some artists have this very complicated symbolism which they work out. For me, it’s much more spontaneous.”

– Zsofia Penzvalto, aka Zsalto, on creating her art husband spent exploring the Mojave Desert—the piece is rich in detail, depicting the flora and the fauna that eke out an existence in the parched hills and valleys.

“Nature is a big part of my inspiration,” she admits. “I’m generally a biologist, so of course I’m interested in nature and species and plants and animals. It’s [more diverse] here than in Europe; California always has something in bloom, there’s not really a winter so that’s great and I love the sunshine.”

Penzvalto says that her process is a freeflowing, impulsive experience where the art seems to pour from her imagination and onto the page without much planning or foresight.

“I can’t really follow the process in myself; it’s not like I know that this specific creature

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or composition means this and that. I know that some artists have this very complicated symbolism which they work out,” she admits “For me, it’s much more spontaneous. I also do a lot of sketching and sometimes I use an idea later on.”

The artist confides that although her process is not only incredibly time consuming— creating a sky composed of hundreds of shimmering stars and angelic creatures is certainly a labor of love, she isn’t one to hold on too tightly to her artistic conceptions.

“Whenever I finish a piece I become very unattached from it—it’s like [when] I make up the idea and I’m working away on it I fall in love with it, but when it’s done it’s like it just became a stranger and I don’t care about it anymore,” she reflects. “So I don’t have problems like I don’t

want to give away a piece because I want to keep it for myself, because after a while it doesn’t mean anything to me.”

And while she is quick to release her creations into the world without regret or sentimentality, she admits that there is magic in the work through the process of bringing her passions and those early childhood stories to life. “[My process] is really relaxing and [detaches] me from the everyday struggles and it takes me to a different world,” she says. “When I sit down and start to do it, I really can immerse myself in it. It is a very wonderful experience, no matter what [I] do and no matter what is the outcome.”

Zsalto is one of the artists featured in A Mixed Box of Art, a multiartist show at Fe Gallery, located at 1100 65th Street in Sacramento. The opening for the show, which also features Susan Ballenger, Daniel Mendoza, Cindy Long, Eric Ryser and Tavarus Blackmon, is June 11 from 6–9 p.m. featuring live music by The Templetons and a live blacksmith demo. For more information, check out Fegallery.com.

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Surviving the Era Discover their Voice on Sophomore EP Words John Phillips • photo Mindy Newton

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yan Sollom’s name might ring a bell. His former band Shortie had quite an impact on the 2000s music scene in Sacramento, and at the time it seemed whether someone liked them or not, everyone had an opinion on the matter. Sollom was much of what made their sound unique, and his talent was evident.

However, in 2006, the group abruptly parted ways, with some members going on to the project Will Haven, while Sollom continued on his own path, first with the band One Dying Secret, and most recently in 2014 with Surviving the Era. Surviving the Era is due to release their second album, Parallax, the follow-up to their self-titled debut, on June 18. The album,

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recorded at Little Russia Recordings with Dryw Owens behind the controls, includes the recently dropped first single, with subsequent video, “Queen of the Sea.” Other than Sollom, the group currently consists of Kyle Newton and Kevin Cortez on guitars, Seth Borges on bass and vocals and Jake Cooley on the drums.

When discussing the transition from their self-titled debut to the upcoming release during a phone interview with Submerge, Sollom regarded the prior release as not really being representative of the band as they exist now.

“The self-titled [album] … really the first five or six songs, the first batch we ever wrote,” said Sollom. “As we were recording it, we were writing other songs.”

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“Pretty much the day it came out it was outdated,” he continued. “We were coming into our own. Our identity was already changing by the time that EP was back and we were putting it out. It was hard to push on people because it wasn’t who we are … It was who we were the first couple of months as a band. Our identity naturally changed. We knew what we wanted to be as far as style of music we wanted to portray and what we wanted as individuals, so [Parallax] is an exact representation of Surviving the Era.” When listening to the various tracks that make up Parallax, it’s not difficult to find both similarities and differences between the style of Surviving the Era and Sollom’s prior work. His vocals and the recording are far more polished, while the music that backs his vocals has softened a bit, giving off more of an early 2000s emo/power pop feel than the more pop-punk vibes featured in many Shortie tracks. At the same time, Surviving the Era’s tracks are still drenched in guitar-driven goodness, and there are definitely tracks from the old days that line up with Sollom’s most recent work. A good example is “Queen of the Sea,” which would pair nicely with Shortie’s “Every Single Word” off of their 2005 album, Without a Promise.

“I think that naturally with life you change, you adapt. I think Surviving the Era, as individuals, have grown and changed.

Circumstances around my life has changed too.

The writing has changed. As an older person I can not shun any happy feelings, where when I was younger I was like, ‘Oh, this is happy … I don’t want to write about that,’ where now I’m like it’s a happy-vibing song and happy things come up when I’m writing lyrics, I’ll embrace

that. Of course, yeah, things have changed, life has changed, writing songs have changed a little bit, but as far as inputs go for myself, I’ve always been influenced by the same stuff.

That’s who I am.”

Prior to Surviving the Era, Sollom was in a project called One Dying Secret, which ended in 2013. He had actually left Shortie to join the band, and while he is no longer involved in the project, they did make it a healthy seven years of existence, which in band years is almost an eternity. Unfortunately, the group tasted minor success, but in the end Sollom was only left wanting more.

“We released one EP officially, put one EP out for free and we ended up going out to Los Angeles and recording, doing some demoing for John Feldmann [Goldfinger, producer for Panic! at the Disco, Atreyu, The Used], and we ended up doing two songs and putting those out for free as well. That was in hopes of landing something for John Feldmann on his record deal, and that went really well. Then, things just kind of fell apart after we got back from Los Angeles.

The people in that band just kind of ‘lost their fire,’ if you will.”

If you track the timeline of Sollom’s various projects, from Shortie to the present, you will only find one year where he is not officially in one of the three projects previously mentioned. When it comes to music, this really isn’t an alternative option: “If I found myself not being involved with music, I felt off-kilter,” says Sollom. “I’ve always been involved with something, as an individual I have to be. It’s everything to me.”

When asked whether or not he has ever considered working apart from a group

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“I think that naturally with life you change, you adapt. I think Surviving the Era, as individuals, have grown and changed.

Circumstances around my life have changed too.

The writing has changed.

As an older person I can not shun any happy feelings, where when I was younger I was like, ‘Oh, this is happy … I don’t want to write about that.”

– Ryan Sollom, Surviving the Era atmosphere, Sollom says he prefers the company of others. “I don’t have enough balls to [work as a solo artist] , I don’t think. I love creating with other individuals, because of the aspect of what they bring. I have nothing against the Justin Timberlakes or something like that, but I like creating with people, because that’s how things blossom and take different shapes. You can have an idea and work with someone else and that thing will change to something even better. It keeps things fresh, you get different perspectives.

I love creating with other people, it’s just a much better fit for myself.”

Sollom has spent his entire life in Sacramento, with all three of his projects performing a majority of shows in the area.

While this does not make him an expert on the local music scene, he definitely has perspective on the subject. When asked about the state of the scene, Sollom echoed other musicians in the area that have recently felt frustrated with the current environment.

“I feel the [Sacramento music] scene is really bad right now,” said Sollom. “A decade ago it was thriving … there was lots of all-ages clubs, lots of bands that would play together and help each other out. I think it was a much more vibrant scene. Now, with how things are ran, from local bands having to sell tickets to draw people to shows … that sucks. People should be able to make up their minds if they don’t want to see you day of [the show]. They shouldn’t have to commit in advance. It’s been ridiculous, and a lot of bands feel that way. So, I think that has hurt the scene. I think the lack of clubs, the lack of allages venues hurts the scene. It seems like there’s not a whole lot of bands … I mean, there’s a fair amount of bands, but compared to what it was back in its heyday, it’s definitely a dying scene.”

“I love Sacramento … born and raised,” Sollom continued. “I think even if there was a level of success with Surviving the Era, I still probably would want to live here. I love the fact that Sacramento is not far from the Bay, not far from the mountains … It’s always good weather. The city itself, we have an arena coming in, and that brings possibilities for new music stuff. I love it.

I’m a loyal guy.”

The band, due to drop their new album, will continue to develop their live sound as they work toward a full-length album, which Sollom said he would like to do in the coming year. In the years they have been active, they have been quite active in the live scene, essentially playing any place that will take them.

“Last year we played over 100 shows,” said Sollom. “There’s a lot of bands I know that won’t play unless it’s a big show, and that is totally not our motto. We play everywhere and anywhere because we want the experience. We’re trying to build our show ourselves and get as good as we can. There’s no show not good enough or too small. No house shows yet. We would play a house show in a heartbeat. I love house shows.

It’s cool because it’s so not formal. We’re down to play, send us a message if you want us to play your house show.”

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T h e B o n d s T h at B r e a k Who Cares Bids Farewell to the Past and Looks Toward the Future Words Blake Gillespie

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he name suggests apathy, but as artists Who Cares put their lives on the line to be one of best hip-hop groups in Sacramento. Originally formed by Ernie Upton, aka Ernie Fresh, and Maxwell McMaster on production, Who Cares is the perpetual opener of rap shows. The self-anointed second-place finishers. And after the group’s Concert in the Park performance June 17, the band formerly known as Who Cares.

Founding member Upton calls it their “big coup de grâce.”

“If we’re really trying to save each other’s lives with the music and it’s more a negative chore then I didn’t want to keep pushing that on anybody,” Upton says of the break-up. “Slowly it just broke apart.”

The news came up unexpectedly during an interview with Upton and current member Andrew “Young Aundee” Southard. The plan was to discuss the Juvenile Hall EP, a record sent to me weeks prior. But the information trickled out. The EP has been shelved, no longer the farewell album as planned. We drive for nearly two hours, discussing as much as we can. It feels vital to start at the beginning.

Origin, aka “Radical Reformation”

Upton traces Who Cares’ formation to 2002. He was on the mic with Max McMasters behind the boards. A year later they cut a record, a CD-R release they handmade with cut/paste album art to peddle at shows. The Who Cares sound reflects the era of backpack rap, bound to the history and four elements (MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti) while finding a new footing in the suburbs through artists like Atmosphere and Company Flow.

Upton is a graffiti artist and wired to think visually. As Who Cares becomes a bigger part of his life he envisions a character that could be the group’s calling card. An image that embodies the nostalgia, teenage heartbreak and latchkey kid mentality that courses through the music. He saw a teddy bear with its mouth sewn shut.

“I was trying to knock off some old Teddy Ruxpin, cute character gone bad,” he says. “The first one I did, it didn’t look sad. It looked all cracked out. I put Who Cares on it and turned it in. People liked it.”

Upton commits to the bear during a graffiti mission with friends at an abandoned winery in Napa. He stops writing his graffiti name and draws the bear instead, this time making it cuter.

So the group slaps the bear on album covers, T-shirts, posters and stickers. Upton fondly recalls falsifying orders to Kinkos in order to make 5000 stickers for around $3. DIY isn’t always the most ethical path.

“People know the propaganda even if they don’t know the music,” Andrew Southard says.

Southard becomes a Who Cares fan in 2005 at the Heritage Festival at Raley Field, drawn to the group’s live performances and aesthetic. He remembers the exact moment.

“Ernie knew me and would always say my name on the mic,” Southard says. “It made me feel hella good.”

Southard joins Who Cares during an evolution in the group. At that time, it consists of Upton and McMaster with Ryan Hall on keys and Jammal Tarkington on saxophone. Southard adds an R&B vocalism and melodica, slowly becoming a more prominent member.

In 2006, Who Cares releases The Winter Came Back EP. The six-song cycle demonstrates the group’s growth, as tracks like “The Rain Song” and “Heaven Ain’t That Hard” weep with gut-wrenching saxophone solos and groove with live bass. It’s the sound of dexterity beyond their years, which Upton credits to Tarkington’s input.

“I’d probably still be on some nerdy backpack shit if I hadn’t become friends with him,” he says.

By 2010’s Teenage Ego Trip, the official debut, Who Cares evolves to a core three: Tarkington, Southard and Upton, while Dusty Brown is the silent partner and executive producer. In my review for Submerge that year, I call it a breakthrough that resolves the group’s identity crisis of electro versus emo rap.

The album is a long-time coming, but by its arrival, fans are aging out of Who Cares.

Southard says, “that DIY ethic was dying out.”

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Best Show, aka “Let’s Fly”

Jammal Tarkington on saxophone

Southard considers his first show Aug. 4, 2006, a night the group unanimously remembers as their best show ever.

“It was a full on Beat Street slamdown,” Southard says. “It was at the Mezzanine in San Francisco. It was Who Cares, Egyptian Lover, and Nucleus.”

Who Cares has always had a strong relationship with Sacramento artist Neal Bergmann, aka Lopan 4000. Southard and Upton describe Lopan as a true hip-hop head, perpetually stuck in ‘88. His connections lead to Who Cares opening for hip-hop and electro legends Egyptian Lover and Nucleus.

“Lopan made one of those life-size posters parodying the Beat Street poster with all our names in it,” Southard recalls. “I was at the free Chromeo show [at Mezzanine] a week prior to our show and saw it there. I felt super proud like that’s going to be my first fucking show.”

Upton says that night was the first time he felt like they were doing something, rather than just trying. After brief concern over possible hyperventilation, he falls into the moment on stage.

“I looked up and Cosmo D [of Nucleus] and his wife were sitting in the balcony,” he says. “They gave us a toast. That was before we were friends, but I still idolized him and Chilly B [also of Nucleus].”

The Fall, aka “Sad & Gray”

Who Cares is playing TBD Fest 2014, but the night before, Upton is in Reno for a DJ set. He speaks with Tarkington, who lives there now.

Tarkington has to put oil in his Vespa, then he plans to meet Upton at the venue to hang out.

Except he never does.

“I was like damn this oil change is taking three hours,” Upton says. “Then the owner was like, ‘Did you hear about Jammal?’”

Tarkington is T-boned on his Vespa by a drunk driver in a pick-up truck who runs a red light.

Southard says, “We thought he was going to end up way worse off than he ended up being.”

Upton adds, “He’s not the same saxophone player. It took a toll on his music.”

It takes a toll on the group, too.

Uncertain if Tarkington will ever play again, things are put on hiatus. It’s tragedy in a bouquet of dead flowers for Who Cares.

Upton and Southard have been uncertain of the state of Who Cares for years. The two continue making music under the moniker, complete an EP titled Juvenile Hall with guest appearances from Murs and Cosmo D, but things still fall apart.

“I used to walk through everyday with music blowing through my brain like I was in a cartoon musical,” Upton says. “Now, the sound in my head is me complaining shit as I walk.”

Eventually Dusty Brown makes the executive decision.

Sensing the apathy, he asks if Upton and Southard want to push other things. Asks if they wanted to drop the pretense and be free.

But they can’t let go.

Upton turns down opportunities due to obligations to Who Cares. Requests for guest appearances and solo work are ignored in favor of pushing the group. Who Cares is the family. You can’t break up with your family.

Southard tells a story of meeting a hippy couple after a show at the Knitting Factory, who encourage them. “They said, you guys can’t quit until the miracle happens, whatever that means for you.”

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Redefinition, aka “Heaven Ain’t That Hard”

On April 7, 2016 DJ Shadow announces his new album, The Mountain Will Fall, on Pitchfork. The article features an interview with Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow. Near the bottom in the tracklisting is a familiar name: Ernie Fresh.

The collaboration with DJ Shadow comes together through a session with Egyptian Lover in Los Angeles. Upton and Southard bring friend and collaborator Mophono to the session. The four artists record a few songs, one of which is played in a Boiler Room set by Mophono. By chance DJ Shadow hears it and inquires about the rapper with the old school flow. He’s got a track perfect for Ernie.

Suddenly Upton is called to Mophono’s studio to work with Shadow. “To me, Josh Davis was in another galaxy,” Upton says. “My whole life was about emulating him. I was perfectly happy with being the best wannabe. I always thought his music was so good that rap would make it worse.”

Thinking of the hippy couple, Southard says, “I guess the DJ Shadow thing is [the miracle], but it’s not the form I expected.”

Being on a DJ Shadow record changes your perspective. Upton says he has difficulty disagreeing with Dusty Brown. He’s gone from the guy in the group going nowhere and stuck opening for his idols to having friends named Mophono, Egyptian Lover, Cosmo D and DJ Shadow.

“It’s reinforced the dream I’ve always wanted as a kid growing up,” he says. “It just fell in my lap, and now I have to let go of the past. It’s hard for a guy who made his whole rap career out of dwelling on the past.”

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Eulogy, aka “Show Me Some Change”

Perhaps the ending was written in 2010 and the group couldn’t see it. Listening to Young Aundee’s haunting refrain of “I’m not trying to let anyone down” on “Show Me Some Change” foreshadows the Who Cares of 2016.

On it, Upton is brooding, disillusioned and willing to step away in order to keep matters civil: You give it all to keep the ones that you love close / especially when the ones you love turn into a ghost.

The official end of Who Cares is a way to let those ghosts rest. Upton and Southard have a close bond that’s feeding into new music. New music like “Radical Reformation” featuring Cosmo D that channels the same punk and electro spirit of Afrika Bambaata’s Time Zone project. They credit their mutual love of anime as influential on the new direction. Upton’s pursuing more solo work and Southard says he’s down to be his “Nate Dogg.”

“It’s about looking in the mirror and asking, ‘Were you doing this in the hopes of being a somebody?’”

Upton says. “Or is this just you? Then, you realize you’d do this every day no matter who’s fucking watching.”

He pauses, then adds, “I hope it stays that way forever now. That would be the reward.”

“It’s reinforced the dream I’ve always wanted as a kid growing up.

It just fell in my lap, and now I have to let go of the past. It’s hard for a guy who made his whole rap career out of dwelling on the past.”

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Cosmic Chill

Astronautica Finds Love in the Desert Words Andrew Scoggins photo Jack Strutz

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rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but in the case of Astronautica’s new album Gemini, the name is exactly perfect. The album contains the ideal grooves for strapping on headphones and blasting through the stars, or—as the artist behind Astronautica, Edrina Martinez, recommends—listening to while “driving down the coast, chilling on a beach or in the desert somewhere drinking a beer or smoking a joint.

Just going somewhere where you can take a break without any deadlines or anything and really chill.”

The bouncing single “Palm Springs” is bathed in a deep golden haze of washed-out dance parties by the pool, as the synths and the soft, love-struck vocals of Martinez slowly drift by.

The drums are punchy and the resulting mix sounds like what would happen if Nosaj Thing and Emancipator conceived a musical love child while stoned in a planetarium.

Martinez is a Los Angeles native who discovered the notorious club Low End Theory at the ripe age of 18 and instantly fell in love.

“Yeah I would go into the bathroom with these big black Xs on my hands and try to wash them off,” Martinez said. “But just being there was so different, like the sound was really big and you were packed in with all these people. You feel like you’re one with the music and the artist just because of the proximity.”

It wasn’t long before Martinez was learning Ableton mixing software through YouTube tutorials, using her guitar to make samples and coming up with something different from anything else coming out of the L.A. beat scene at the time.

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She put some songs up on her Soundcloud and Springs for me is just a very romantic place.” was approached by Daddy Kev, founder of Low For Martinez, Palm Springs is tied up with End Theory, to make an album. Then she was memories of leaving L.A. with her mother, or high touring the United States, getting tweets from school friends, or a boyfriend, and it was this Tokimonsta and playing Coachella. universal feeling of love that she was trying to “Coachella was frickin’ crazy because I’ve get across to the listener. Sadly, some fans have been going since I was 14, so it was such a taken this sentiment too far, and like Lauren trip to be on the other side of everything,” she Mayberry of CHVRCHES, she’s had to shoot down said, before going into her experiences from some marriage proposals. the second weekend at the festival’s Turn “For the most part I think fans are really Down tent. “That was where everyone came respectful, but I remember that’s the question down from whatever they were on; people I’d be getting constantly on Tumblr,” she said. laying down on blankets and massaging each “Marriage proposals, yeah, those are real, they other. I was like, man, I kinda want to be on happen a lot. Then this other time I was on stage, that side again.” and out of nowhere someone was like ‘Show us However, it’ll likely be a long time before your tit!’ Like, just one?… I don’t know, I just try Martinez will be able to retire to the cuddle to focus on the music.” puddles considering the amount of jams she’s Martinez went on to say that while she been able to produce in the few short years mostly just laughs it off now, she’ll get back since posting her early demos on Soundcloud. to me after her upcoming tour if the cat-calling She’s collaborated with and remixed a variety of really begins to drive her crazy. But in the different artists through the meantime, she’s getting back “Marriage music collectives springing to the music. Martinez is up around Low End Theory. currently designing an all-live proposals, yeah, Collaborating with JMSN show with new visuals and those are real, they for “How It’s Gonna Be,” and live instrumentation. happen a lot. Then Bridge for “Velvet Morning,” “I’m trying to play 100 this other time I Martinez showed that she percent all original music was on stage, and could ground her music while still playing with the out of nowhere and make some slinky R&B MIDI controller and the bangers when she wanted to. guitar. Navigating through someone was like Martinez grew up surrounded those waters is exciting but ‘Show us your tit!’ by hip-hop and purportedly definitely a journey. In my Like, just one?… the first song she ever sang DJ set, I’m there to make I don’t know, I just was Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and people dance and whatnot, try to focus on Juice,” so it makes sense that but for the live set it’s more the music.” there’s a little hint of pride just the vibes.” when she talks about the Astronautica will be – Astronautica’s collaborations. embarking on a tour of the Edrina Martinez.

But for Gemini, her west coast with fellow Alpha second album, Martinez Pup Records bands and decided to go in a different direction. For about serving up those tasty vibes on June 19 at Sol half of the album, she’s sampling her own voice, Collective in Sacramento. Past that, Martinez and writing her own lyrics instead of using other is looking forward to touring Europe and people’s samples. presumably conquering the world after that.

“I think having that challenge and pushing “I wanna play anywhere, I think it’d be myself made the album more exciting to me,” she cool to play in Paris or something,” she said. said. “I wanted to make myself more vulnerable “Maybe like a larger venue at night with a big DJ and put myself out there a little more.” set, but then I also would want to play at the And there is a certain amount of intimacy in Philippines, or somewhere really tropical, and Gemini which is a bit harder to find in electronic do like an outdoorsy day time thing as a live set music. Martinez describes the album as a love with my guitar. I don’t know, can I get back to story; falling in love, falling out of love and you on that?” falling in love again, like cyclical phases of the With the amount of buzz circulating around moon or the tides in the sea.

Astronautica, it seems like the sky is only the The hooks are breathy declarations like, “I’m first stop for this young rocketeer. not afraid / To fall in love again,” and “I still think of you / Do you still think of me?” They’re small, simple hooks, but they’re smooth. Yet for as ethereal and shimmering the songs can be, Check out Astronautica as part of the Alpha Pup Summer Tour 2016 they’re still grounded in a setting that is very on June 19 at Sol Collective, located near and dear to Martinez: Palm Springs. at 2574 21st St in Sacramento. This “It’s just a place where I can go away for the all-ages show kicks off at 9 p.m. and also features Gypsymamba, weekend and get away from everything and just Elusive, Toy Light, Mr. Dibiase, Tel hang out with the people I like and love the most.”

Cairo, Khmestri and more to be announced. Find more info online Martinez said. “I love being in the desert, the at Facebook.com/SolCollective. poolside or whatever, the warmth of the sun. Palm SubmergeMag.com

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Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls Livens Up ArdenArcade with a Bubbly Beverage Experience Words & photos Mollie Hawkins

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y only boba tea experience is a bit embarrassing. I was 16 years old and hanging out at the mall—as one does when they live in the middle of nowhere, Alabama, and have no social life—and I’d just purchased yet another Nine Inch Nails CD from Sam Goody (I’m really dating myself, here), when I saw a new kiosk next to the escalator: Bubble Tea. I was instantly intrigued by the vibrant colors of these new beverages; they appeared to have little orbs of pure joy at the bottom of the

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cup. How fantastically exotic! I thought to my 16-year-old self, I must have one! So I ordered a tea, popped the straw in the cup, and sipped the sticky sweet drink into my eager face, ready to experience this new world. But at the end of my sip was the surprise: that colorful, mushy orb.

It was not good.

Dear reader, 16-year-old Mollie was not prepared for bubble tea. Was I supposed to chew the bubbles? What were “bubbles,” anyway?

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really boogers in the bottom of that tea? They looked like boogers. So into the garbage it went, and so swiftly, too, did I place “bubble tea” into the “Nonsense” folder in my brain, right next to chicken liver and boy bands.

However, you’ll be happy to know that with age comes wisdom, and I’m now happy to say I have a great sense of adventure and curiosity when it comes to culinary pursuit. So when I heard that there was a new boba tea joint near my workplace, I was pretty excited to try it again, and maybe the mysterious appeal of bubble tea would finally reveal itself to me.

Located on Fair Oaks and Howe Avenue next to Bandera, Pearls Boba is a refreshing addition to the part of town populated primarily

by Sac State students, Kaiser employees and commuters trying to get to the freeway. The parking is bountiful, and the first thing you notice about Pearls is the large side patio with

inviting chairs, seeming like the kind of place that would welcome groups and readers alike.

The inside is much the same—with cozy lighting, charming wooden tables and electrical outlets aplenty, Pearls is set up much like a coffee shop. As it turns out, that’s exactly what the owner had in mind.

Grace Lee, along with her partner Nanlin Chiang, aren’t your typical café owners; they’re oral surgeons. A Sacramento native, Lee said she lived in the neighborhood and was irritated that she couldn’t find quality boba within a reasonable distance. And it’s true—a quick Yelp search for “boba tea” in Sacramento leaves one with few options. We love our craft coffee in this town, but what do we really know about boba tea?

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a tea base shaken or mixed with milk or fruits, then fancied-up with tapioca balls made from the cassava root. There are countless flavor combinations to choose from, and the quality of the tea base and ingredients speaks volumes about what make a darn good cup of boba.

“I’ve tasted hundreds of teas … and after we selected which ones to use, I modified the recipes to what I think is healthier,” said Lee, noticing that a lot of other boba shops used high fructose syrups to sweeten their teas, whereas she uses a syrup made from raw sugar. They make their pearls hourly to ensure freshness, and their imported teas are loose-leaf and processed through a machine that is, in essence, an espresso machine just for tea. They also have a regular espresso machine for coffee drinks; Lee teamed up with local roaster Terranova Coffee to offer a curated selection of lattes, Americanos and mochas.

As a newbie to the boba tea world, I found the menu to be a bit overwhelming (boba and toppings, oh my!), so I asked Lee to tell me a bit about their pairings and what they were excited to offer.

“We have some unique drinks that nobody has. One of them is a rice drink … it’s brewed for about 24 hours. It really brings out the flavor of rice and pairs really well with boba,” she says, mentioning that it was similar to a traditional Korean rice drink as well as the Mexican horchata. In addition to the traditional milk and premium teas, they also have “Dr. Smoothies” and “Icy” drinks made with fresh fruits.

Pearls also offers a unique shaved ice menu with a variety of toppings (the first 3 are included!), from Oreo cookies, to pudding, to mochi, to red bean. In fact, I’m a bit ashamed to say that I ate a large portion of the taro-flavored shaved ice topped with almonds, mochi and red beans, so fast that I gave myself a good ol’ fashioned brain freeze. Lee said that she loved their avocado shaved ice, but they didn’t have it that day. But I wasn’t worried; it’s clear that it’s the kind of place you can see yourself visiting often, each time trying something new. Lee is hoping it will catch on, much like the craft coffee scene in Sacramento. Temple Coffee is a mere few blocks down the street, after all.

“We really tried to make it a nice place to hang out,” she said, “I want it to be young …

I want it to be a high-energy kind of place.”

And if it’s caffeine you’re seeking, they’ve got you covered. The serving sizes are quite large, and after trying their traditional chai tea (made in-house), I have to say that these teas are no joke; they pack a punch! They have something for everyone, whether you prefer fruity or more savory, they have you covered.

In addition to the rice boba (my favorite of all that I sampled), I also tried the osmanthus tea with a splash of mango (the gal at the counter said it was her favorite) —and I’ll just say it tasted like summer: light, fruity and a dash of whimsy. I’ll give it a gold star. And in case you were wondering, I found the texture of the boba to be a bit more charming at 30 than at 16. Better late than never, right?

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tea, where should you start? Keep it simple. “Our most popular drink is the Thai milk tea; people are very familiar with that … and I find that with this business, people tend to order the same things,” she said. I admitted that I am very guilty of this with coffee. Boba is so versatile, Lee explains, because you can add so many different things to change the flavors and have fun with it.

Fun is what Pearls hopes to bring to Sacramento, and Lee is enjoying the ride. She imagines a future where more shops are open that support the local scene, and are less franchise-based, comparing it to Starbucks and Temple Coffee. “I want to be like the Temple of boba. We’re more local and we have our own style,” she said. Her niece designed their logo and she said that her kids enjoy helping her out with the shop. Moving forward, she hopes to offer more things like macaroons and other small bites that compliment tea—she’d bake them herself because, like seeking out a fine coffee or tea shop in a city, it brings her great joy.

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Badlands Requiem Events 3 Year Anniversary Party w/ Justin Martin, Diego Valle, Shaun Slaughter, Sam I Jam, 9 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Josiah Knight, Olaf Vali Duna, Noah Nelson, 8 p.m.

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

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Colony Homesick Abortions, Jkkfo, Cross Class, Internal, Public Execution, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Morgan Page, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Steve McLane, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Monophonics, Shook Twins, DJ Epik, 7 p.m.

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

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

Old Ironsides For Sayle, Emily Kollars, Step Jayne, 8 p.m.

Owl Club Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Ashley Barron, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club MILK: Bi-Weekly Hip-Hop Dance Party, 9 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Trails & Ways, Kendra McKinley, 9 p.m.

Stoney’s Cody Joe Hodges, 9 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5 p.m.; Matt Rainey, 9 p.m.

Wednesday

Ace of Spades A$AP Ferg & Tory Lanez feat. Mideintyo, Mic Tayla, 7 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp The Mentors, Damned Pilots, 8 p.m.

Center for the Arts Sarah Jarosz, Curtis McMurtry, 8 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 AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Richie Cunning, Pure Power, Bru Lei, 6 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.

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6.10 friday

Ace of Spades The Growlers, Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Bongo Fury’s, 9:30 p.m.

Beatnik Studios Joe Kye: Seed to Sprout, 7:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Phantom Rhythm Band, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp Twisted Insane, King ISO, Z, Charlie Muscle, TGS, Om3n, Slomo of DFP and more, 7 p.m.

The Boardwalk Snow Tha Product, Johni Boi Lopez, Izel, Smurffy, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Race to the Bottom, Thunderchief, URD-OM, 8 p.m.

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

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts In The Park w/ Authority Zero, Another Damn Disappointment, O’Mulligans, Little Tents, My Cousin Vinny, 5 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Miles Medina, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Met Music Dept.

Benefit w/ The Pat Reilly Trio, 8:30 p.m.

Fretted Strings (Davis) According to Bazooka, 7 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 Prince Birthday Tribute, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts BOSTYX: Boston and Styx Experience, 7:30 p.m.

Kupros Craft House The Stummies, 9:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m.

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

Old Ironsides Devon Galley & The Heavy Hold, Sicfus, The Verge, 9 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Skid Roses, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

6.09

Requiem Events 3 Year Anniversary Party

Justin Martin Diego Valle, Shaun Slaughter, Sam I Jam Badlands 9 p.m.

Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

6.12

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sunday

6.11

Keith Sweat C-Ci & JoJO, SWV, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh Thunder Valley Casino Resort 5:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino AC Myles, 4 p.m.; Big Bad Boogie Rock, 9:30 p.m.

Shine 50-Watt Heavy, Mick Rhoads, The Hard Eight, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Savage Family Warriors Rising Tour feat. Antloc, Alchemy, Alas, Stewie G, Cutthroat and More, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Drop Heavy feat.

DLR, Red Army, 59crime, Crescendo, Spacefunk, Hosted by MC Tell, 9:30 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Rock Monsterz, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Michael Bolton, Christopher Cross, 7 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Cole Fonseca feat. Patrick Contreras & Richie Blue, 9 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Dr. Rock & The Stuff, 6 p.m.

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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 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.

Press Club Laser Background, Vasas, Little Champion, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Taake, Young and in the Way, Wolvhammer, Modraniht, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Morgan Heritage, The Skints, Squarefield Massive, Two Peace, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Tent City Christ, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Pleasant Valley Boys, 3 p.m.

Bertha Henschel Park Pops in the Park: Beth Duncan Swing’n Jazz Band, 6 p.m.

Blue Lamp Maiden California (Iron Maiden tribute), Judas Thieves (Judas Priest tribute), 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk American Head Charge, Motograter, Chernobog, Nothing But Losers, Malcolm Bliss, The Alpha Complex, 6:30 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Guy, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Kook Out, Shorter Temper, Rotten Bits, Dingleberry Stew, Alcoholic Sex Detention, 8 p.m.

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

Carmichael Park Carmichael Concerts in the Park: On Air, 6 p.m.

Center for the Arts Buyer and Cellar, 8 p.m.

CSA Event Center Pride Community Gospel Concert, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Emma Hewitt, 10 p.m.

Fox & Goose Merdog (EP Release), Rich Corporation, Blue Oaks, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Mania: The Live Beatles Experience, 5:30 p.m.; The Gatlin, Charitte, Beeda Weeda, Doey Rock, Mikey Tiltz, 9:30 p.m.

Hideaway The Pinebox Boys, Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish, Lester T. Rawws Graveside Quartet, 8 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

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

Lions Gate Hotel Always Remembered: Robert Brookins, 8 p.m.

MARRS Building Block THIS Midtown Free Second Saturday Block Party feat. Tobtok, Spacewalker, DeeJay Rich Soto, Hosted by Andru Defeye, 5 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

MontBleu Resort Casino The Temptations, 7 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Amber Ikeman, 4 p.m.; Steve McLane, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides California Riot Act, Fair Struggle, 9 p.m.

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

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Prince Tribute Show, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Clean Slate, 10 p.m.

The Red Museum Silver Spoons, Little Zebra, Foxtails Brigade, 8:30 p.m.

Shine Thieves These Days, Grumbler, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Dio Ganhdih & Chhoti Maa, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Beastmaker, Taarkus, Astral Cult, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Ranell Carpenter, 2 p.m.; Nothin’ Personal, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Keith Sweat, C-Ci & JoJO, SWV, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, 5:30 p.m.

Torch Club Drunken Kung Fu, 5:30 p.m.; Kyle Roland Band, 9 p.m.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall Post 67 Jimmy Z and the ZTribe, 8 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. KTalon Band, 6 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Responders, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Sitting & Waiting (Album Release), The Enlows, Coyote Bred, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Coathanger Abortion, Worm Flesh, Serpentera, 8 p.m.

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

Carmichael Park Carmichael Concerts in the Park: The Swing Masters, 5 p.m.

Crest Theatre Bacon Brothers, Cindy Alexander, 6:30 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Classical Concert: Black Cedar, 3 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Cherry Glazerr, Sex Stains, 6 p.m.

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

Powerhouse Pub Gumboot, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Blackwater, 1 p.m.

The Red Museum Ziemba, Sam Mickens, Gentleman Surfer, 8 p.m.

Sol Collective Plugged: Open Mic & Jam Session, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Life in the Fast Lane, 3 p.m.

Swanston Community Center Swanston Cultural Concert: Tambores e Saudades, Halau ‘o Keikiali’i, Sacramento Soul Line Dancers and More, 2 p.m.

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

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Awholelottabass & Alittlebitoffiddle Nicholson’s MusiCafe 6 p.m.

6.14 Tuesday

Crest Theatre Justin Hayward, Mike Dawes, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe West Coast Songwriting Competition, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

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

Press Club Revival w/ Brendon Stone, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Bill Mylar, 5:30 p.m.; Bad Mother Nature, 8 p.m.

6.15 wednesday

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

Blue Lamp Decade of Statues, Tvsk, Barrows, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Mac Sabbath, Motorize, The Ted Michaels Band, MindFlowers, SpaceWalker, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Squarecrow, Dead Dads, Sonder, Bloodtype Negative, 8 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 AAKnuff, 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.

Starlite Lounge Pale Dian, Soft Science, All About Rockets, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase In the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Ray Catfish Copeland Band, 9 p.m.

6.16 Thursday

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Comanche Joey, 5 p.m.

Blue Lamp Buck-o-nine, Rebel Radio, The Screaming Bloody Marys, 8 p.m.

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

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

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Crocker Art Museum Jazz Night: Jamie Davis, The Joe Gilman Quartet, 5:30 p.m.

The Colony Malfunction, Lost Souls, Plead The Fifth, Earth Down, 7 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 DJ Dan, Donald Glaude, Freddy Silva & Stylus, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

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

Harlow’s Pete Rock & CL Smooth, 8 p.m.

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

Midtown BarFly Dog Party, Jakob Danger, Destroy Boys, Astro Turf, 8 p.m.

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

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Awholelottabass & Alittlebitoffiddle, 6 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 Rob Tracy, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Mirah, 9:30 p.m.

Starlite Lounge The Maension, The Ambivalent, Red Sky Sunrise, 8 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5:30 p.m.; Candy’s River House, 9 p.m.

6.17 FRIDAY

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

Berryessa Brewing Co. Muddy Waders, 5 p.m.

The Boardwalk Winds of Plague, Rings of Saturn, Enterprise Earth, Up In Smoke, Jack Ketch, Cataclysmic Assault, 7 p.m.

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

Cesar Chavez Plaza Concerts In The Park w/ Vokab Kompany, Who Cares, Good Samaritans, The Scratch Outs, CrookOne, 5 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose The Working Man Blues Band, The Bottom Feeders, Albert Carranza, 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.

Goldfield Timothy James, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Grant Chesin, 6 p.m.; Wonderbread 5, 9:30 p.m.

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

Mix DJ Slick D, 9 p.m.

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

Bad Cop / Bad Cop The Atom Age, Murderburgers, Dirty Denim The Blue Lamp 7 p.m.

Old Ironsides Paul McCartney Birthday Tribute Show feat. Back Alley Buzzards, Blame The Bishop, The Phantom Jets and More, 8:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Tragically White, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Kaylee Starr, 4 p.m.; The Wiz Kid, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Urban Sherpas (Album Release), Idle Fret, 8 p.m.

Sudwerk Brewing Co. Davis Music Fest Kick-Off Party: Element Brass Band, Rin Tin Tiger, The Evan Daly Blues Band, 6:30 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Prezident Brown, 6:30 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Anthony Paule & Frank Bey, 9 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Sly Fox Band, 6 p.m.

6.18 Saturday

Ace of Spades Leon Larregui, Love La Femme, Cantante Del Groupo Zoe, 7 p.m.

Armadillo Music Davis Music Fest: Rita Hosking Band, Alec Lytle & Them Rounders, The Heifer Belles, Spangler, Bob & Bill Wertzberger, 4 p.m.

Bar 101 Pacific Skyway, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. The Nickel Slots, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp The Cyphy starring Rev Roc, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Bas & Cozz, Earth Gang, The Hics, Ron Gilmore, 7 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino The Spinners, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Mad Judy, F-71, Globs, Boy Romeo, 8 p.m.

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

Carmichael Park Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers, 6:30 p.m.

The Colony Waning, Sól, Modern Man, 8 p.m.

Delta of Venus Davis Music Fest: Misner & Smith, West Nile Ramblers, According to Bazooka, 5:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Banjo Bones, Pine Street Ramblers, 9 p.m.

G Street WunderBar Davis Music Fest: Vasas, Pregnant, Kaz Mirblouk, Contra, San Kazakgascar, Ghostplay, 5 p.m.

Goldfield The Corduroys, 8 p.m.

Hallmark Inn Davis Music Fest: Kuckaw!, Zorelli, One Sharp Mind, Gravy Nation, 5 p.m.

Harlow’s Duran Duran Duran, 9:30 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Can’t Get Right, 9:30 p.m.

McKinley Park Pops in the Park: Walking Spanish, Joy and Madness, 6 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; The Rangers, 6 p.m.

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

Our House Davis Music Fest: Owl Paws, Jon Hatamiya Sextet, Foxtails Brigade, Beyond Uranium and More, 4:30 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge Mr. Best, 9:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Boombox, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Quarry Park Amphitheater (Rocklin) Tim Flannery & Lunatic Fringe, The Highway Poets, 5:30 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Superbad, 10 p.m.

Shine The Bottom Feeders, Cresca, Pocket of Lollipops, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Davis Music Fest: Yukon Blonde, Sunmonks, Big Sticky Mess, The Polyorchids, Steve Kotarek, Andy Lentz, 4:30 p.m.

Southside Park First Festival: Epsilona, Death of Reason, Sun Valley Gun Club, That Kid Raja, A Mile Till Dawn, Simple Creation, Heat of Damage, The Nickel Slots, At Both Ends, Surviving the Era, Urd-Om, Zeroclient and More, 12 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Valient Thorr, Pears, Solanum, Crimson Eye (Album Release), 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River Metalachi, 3 p.m.; Rogue Rocks, 6 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort The Beach Boys, Chubby Checker, 7 p.m.

Trackside Center Davis Music Fest: Miner, Boca Do Rio, Miss Lonely Hearts, Sometimes Warren, Abalone Grey, 5:30 p.m.

Torch Club The Hucklebucks, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

6.19 Sunday

Ace of Spades Waka Flocka Flame, 7 p.m.

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

Blue Lamp Bad Cop / Bad Cop, The Atom Age, Murderburgers, Dirty Denim, 7 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Live Band Karaoke, 5 p.m.

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

The Colony The Odious Construct, Petroglyphs, Cyborg Octopus, Raiju, The Last of Lucy, 8 p.m.

Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

Delta of Venus Davis Music Fest Day-After Party: Hannah Jane Kile, Joseph In the Well, Xochitl & Casey Groat, 10 a.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Chris Webster and Nina Gerber, 5:30 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Gregory Porter, 8 p.m.

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

Powerhouse Pub Coco Montoya, 3 p.m.

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

Red Hawk Casino Buck Ford, 1 p.m.

Sol Collective Astronautica, Gypsymamba, Elusive, Toy Light, Mr. Dibiase, Tel Cairo, Khemistri and More, 9 p.m.

Southside Park First Festival: Tell the Wolves, Drop Dead Red, Death Party at the Beach, Simpl3jack, Conceived in Chaos, Face the Horizon, Skyler’s Pool, The Claydogs, Humble Wolf, Whiskey & Stitches, Be Brave Bold Robot, Honyock and More, 12 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Gygax, Mammoth Salmon, The No. 13, 8 p.m.

Swabbies on the River 3rd Sunday Country w/ Branded and Guests, 2 p.m.

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

Woodstock’s Pizza Davis Music Fest Day-After Party: Bonanza King, Meredith Axelrod, Golden Gate String Quartet, 1 p.m.

6.20 Monday

Center for the Arts Donavon Frankenreiter, Tom Curren, 8 p.m.

Community Center Theater Maxwell, 8 p.m.

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Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 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.

Starlite Lounge Wizard Rifle, Zirakzigil, American Killers, 8 p.m.

Comedy Community Center Theater Dan and Phil: The Amazing Tour is Not on Fire, June 15, 7:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Fair Oaks Veterans Memorial Amphitheatre Comedy Under the Stars w/ Brett Walkow, June 10, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Johnny Taylor’s Live Album Recording feat. Keith Lowell Jensen, June 18, 7 p.m.

Laguna Town Hall (Elk Grove) Comedy Under the Stars w/ Ellis Rodriguez, June 10, 8 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Comedy Open Mic Showcase, June 7, 8 p.m.

Carlos Rodriguez & Friends Showcase feat. Mark Snipes, Adam Reyes, Curtis Newingham, Mars Parker and More, June 9, 8 p.m.

Cheryl “The Soccer Mom” Anderson feat. Ryan Wingfield, June 10 - 12, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Say It Loud Comedy Presented

by Michael Calvin Jr. feat. Carlos Rodriguez, Priya Prasad, Ira Summer, Big T, Edgar Granados and More, June 16, 8 p.m.

All Ages Magic & Comedy Show w/ Justin Rivera, June 18 - 19, Sat., 2 p.m.; Sun., 1 p.m.

Justin Rivera feat. Chris Moran, June 17 - 19, 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 Steve Hofstetter Presents Supply and Demand, June 8, 8 p.m.

Jonathan Kite, June 9 - 11, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

Emma Haney and Diego Curiel Present: Comedy Mix Tape, June 12, 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Showcase, June 15, 8 p.m.

Nico Santos, June 16 - 19, 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 Bruce Bruce, June 10 - 12 Bill Bellamy, June 17 - 19

Misc.

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

B Street Theatre B3 Series: Not Medea, Through June 12 Mainstage Series: Clever Little Lies, June 18 - July 31 Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Blue Line Arts Gallery Light Play, June 6 - July 9 The Impression: A Print Exhibition, June 6 - July 9 The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Cal Expo Western States Horse Expo, June 10 - 12 Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Colonial Theatre INDIE: A Cinema Showcase, June 12, 5:30 p.m.

Crawdad’s River Cantina Paddle 4 D.A.R.T., June 11, 9 a.m.

Crest Theatre & Esquire IMAX Theatre 15th Annual Sacramento French Film Festival, June 17 - 26 Crocker Art Museum Andy Warhol: Portraits, Through June 19 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Fremont Park Sacramento Cyclefest, June 12, 10 a.m.

Hot Poetry in the Park, June 20, 7 p.m.

Guild Theater Generaciones México, June 17 - 18 Harris Center for the Arts Northern California Dance Conservatory: Once Upon A Time, June 18, 1 & 6:30 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: Wheels Keep On Turning An Ode to Dads feat. Peter Wedel, Chad Lenzi, Char Hall, Through June 29 Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Sacramento Nichiren Buddhist Church Japanese Food Bazaar, June 11 - 12 Sleep Train Arena 8th Annual Maddbacker Celebrity Basketball Game, June 17, 7 p.m.

Verge Center for the Arts Art Exhibit: Having Happened feat. Sarah Chan, Julian Tan, Kristin Hough, Zach Clark and More, Through June 19 WAL Public Market Art Exhibit: Peaceful Protest feat. Chelsea Greninger & the Natomas Charter School’s Feminist Art Club, Through June 29

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Punchline Comedy Club 8 & 10 p.m.

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the shallow end As much as I hate Facebook, I love Facebook.

It’s an awful cesspool that brings out the worst in people, sort of like an Internet comments section that exists only for comments and swirls on in perpetuity. It’s also a furtive breeding ground for conspiracy theories and hasty responses to debunk those theories, both of which make me smile on the inside.

Facebook released a statement on June 2 assuring the public that they’re not listening to your phone calls. Kelli Burns, a mass communications professor at the University of South Florida, reignited fears that, because Facebook has access to your microphone, they are able to eavesdrop on you. Facebook does this, supposedly, to suggest more relevant ads to you and litter your feed with links that you’re never going to click. Devious!

Facebook has been begging you for access to your microphone, as well as your photos and whatever other info, apps, etc., it can scrounge from your smartphone for years.

Burns isn’t the first person to suggest that it might be doing this in order to spy on you.

Why it’s so interested in YOU is anyone’s guess.

Sure, YOU or ME or US are probably just seen as commodities to a company like Facebook that profits (somehow) on us being us in an online forum, but since everyone nowadays seems so eager to share in public anything and everything about their lives, it seems like Zuckerberg and company wouldn’t have to hijack your precious microphone to learn everything they’d need to know about you.

Burns didn’t go as far as to outright accuse Facebook of any wrongdoing, but she said she wouldn’t be surprised if they were up to no good, which is sort of like accusing, especially in this knee-jerk reaction society we live in. So it shouldn’t be a shock that Facebook reflexively released a statement to defend itself.

“Facebook does not use your phone’s microphone to inform ads or to change what you see in News Feed,” Facebook wrote in the June 2 statement (side note: I love the capitalization of “News Feed” here). “Some recent articles have suggested that we must be listening to people’s conversations in order to show them relevant ads. This is not true. We

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show ads based on people’s interests and other profile information—not what you’re talking out loud about.”

The statement goes on to say that Facebook only accesses your phone’s microphone when you’re using a “specific feature that requires audio.”

“This might include recording a video or using an optional feature we introduced two years ago to include music or other audio in your status updates,” the statement concludes.

Like many features on Facebook, you can easily deny the app access to your microphone by going into your settings and unchecking the pertinent box. And thus, disaster will be averted.

I understand, what with the NSA hiding in our bushes and peering through our blinds and whatnot, that we’re all worried about who’s out there watching us. Now that pretty much everyone has what amounts to a tiny spy camera built into their hand-held devices, it’s a very real concern that at any given moment our privacy will be violated.

That’s probably why it’s easy for Burns to be so paranoid. Sure, Facebook having access to your phone’s microphone is probably not that big

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a deal. Given the site’s number of users and the percentage of those users who likely have the mobile app downloaded to their smartphones, it’s probably not even cost-effective to have a whole team of employees whose only purpose is to filter through hours of recorded phone conversations in order to apply the correct algorithm that makes an ad for organic dog food appear on your news feed … sorry, News Feed. That being said, you can’t expect billion-dollar corporations like Facebook, whose sole way of making money is culling all of your personal information (that you input into its database) and selling it to other billion-dollar corporations, to respect your privacy.

Why worry anyway? If you’re really scared that someone is out there recording all of the shady shit you’re doing, then maybe you shouldn’t be doing shady shit. Just be more boring, like me. And, like, who talks on the phone anymore anyway? I forgot my iPhone even was a “phone,” because I talk on it so rarely. All I ever do is text.

Ha … Wouldn’t that be funny … If Facebook was actually reading our texts … …

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