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People are always saying that the News & Review isn't interested in playing with us because we're competitors, but I'm here to tell you: that is whack. We're two very different animals. Our community depends on the News & Review for delving into issues, investigative reporting, and actual serious coverage of community news. And we're here to provide edgy editorial running commentary from authentic Chico-American voices, while also covering some face-melting bands once in a while. Our paper is meant to be a community-sourced weekly-if I have to go out and investigate Brian Nakamura's "vacations," or Chico State's "shadow government," or that fire truck that sat in an impound yard for 30 days, or rumors that Tom Gascoyne made Nakamura cry, I'm going to need some help. So check it out: if you're interested in doing some srs bznss investigative reporting, shoot me an email. sara@
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This week's hodgepodge of radness kicks off with a feature about a man with a garden that's scoring big karma points with the homeless community. Tomatoes with a conscience! On the entertainment front, nOOb music correspondent Negin busted out a Big Gigantic preview. Once you read it, you'll feel like the pied piper is piping in your ear, leading all the cool kids dancing in a line to the Senator. And Howl gets all up in the Winchester Goose with a fantastic article, straight from the Goose's mouth! This issue is stacked. Heads-up: I've been live-tweeting the city council meetings from my personal twitter account, but we've set up twitters for the weekly! Please follow @SynthesisWeek/y; whether you're watching at home or in the council chambers, you can check out my take on the happenings, the issues, and that bozo Jessica Allen. Audience participation encouraged!
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It's nearing eleven o'clock on Tuesday night and I'm drinking a full bottle of cheap pink champagne, by myself. I don't know why, really. It's the last semblance of alcohol in the house. Sometimes I get home from band practice all amped up, and I feel like I need something to calm me down. Beer would probably be preferable, but there isn't any here-so champagne it shall be. I'll pretend to be celebrating something ... any ideas? Celebrations-the Labor Day weekend will have passed by press time. That's my favorite holiday. It never used to mean much to me, until an old band of mine cruised up to Chico for the long weekend and I met the woman who would take me for a husband. Hard to believe that was fourteen years ago. It could have been last weekend. Trish is sleeping right now-as are Billy the Labrador, Snarf the cat, and the newest member of the clan, Archibald Ferguson Lachlan. We suspect Archie is a LabradorTerrier mix. At first glance he looks like a Lab, but he's got a hint of a beard, and his ears don't quite flop the same way. Kiki, the Chocolate Lab, is awake. She is grunting and groaning, and once and again she will come around and push her butt toward me. She enjoys having her backside scratched. I'd like to think that's a normal dog trait, but she's not the first dog I've ever had, and it's not a behavior with which I am completely comfortable, or familiar. It doesn't matter. It's up to us to accept these creatures around us
at face value-we shouldn't hold them to our own expectations, or judge them based on a contrived, "human" standard. How laughable is that? Humans span an over-arching range of twisted, weird, and unnerving behavior. Dogs are just dogs. Compare any dog to nearly any human, and the dog is far more normal and predictable. People are generally fucking nuts. Anyway, the adrenaline is starting to wear off, and the crap champagne isn't kicking in fast enough to offset the collapse. Let me try some more. It's every bit as stale as I remember. The place is a little nuts. There are pants on the floor, empty liquor bottles everywhere, and an odd irrigation implement manifested out in the yard. It's in an area Trish calls the "Gnome Garden." I don't know what to make of it. Current events are killing me. Pop culture and geo-political turmoil are a treadmill. Nothing ever stops, but none of it is real. A large ant was crawling up my shirt, until I grabbed it and tossed it. I was aiming for the table, working not to squish it into guts. I threw the ant aimlessly; even so, it angled toward my drink. I was sure I saw a splash. I picked up the glass and held it to the overhead light. No bug insideinstead a beautiful, half-full glass; the pink champagne releasing a symmetric series of fine bubbles. Every sip I take tastes better than the last. God bless champagne. •
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Although I was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America's pastry program, I didn't think the price-tag fit the wages I'd earn upon graduation. I wanted to string words together in meaningful ways, but I didn't think I wanted to teach English. And, although I wanted to own a business, I didn't want to sterilize myself with classes on profit-and-loss statements. I decided to major in English, and work in food. Lynn Houston's "Food in Literature" course at Chico State taught me where I fit in the world. I discovered that words and heart and food could combine on a page, and co-exist within a single person. I felt like I could breathe my own air a little easier; like I was capitol-0-kay. I started reading Anne Lamott, Ruth Reichl, and Laura Esquivel. I started writing. I wrote a personal blog about my life. I opened Blush. But all along, I was waiting.
it, while simultaneously working myself to the bone and maintaining unhealthy connections. Because I learned long ago that your life is best lived honestly, I let it all go. All of it. I decided I'd rather throw the boat off course than pretend I wanted to be on it. I wanted to tell the truth. The truth is, I want to write again. My heart is coming back to life. I'm surrounded by people I love. I have a "normal" job. I'm done striving to "be" anything. I just want to tell a story-my particular story, and I want to tell it well. I've been waiting for this. A wise man once said something like, "Setting priorities has nothing to do with saying no to things. It's about saying yes so strongly to one thing, that there's just no room for all the others." My "yes" (cheesy as it may be) is to live in a way that is significant, and subtly so. I don't need to change the world overnight, but I do need to hug my babies more often. I do want to love my husband well. I want to heal and breathe and dance and tell the truth. And the truth is, I don't really give a shit if I say interesting things about food ... if I'm not also saying meaningful things about living. Honestly.•
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In another feature about "Who's Impressing Me Now," I stumbled across this amazing pocket of positivity: a community garden run by 26-year-old Phillip McGie Hall, an Ag Science major at Butte College. In the neighborhood I call "In Mo" (the area of houses near In Motion Fitness) he has developed a plot of land across the street from his dad's house, turning an empty lot into a garden bursting with beautiful tomatoes and a robust social conscience. He donates all the money he gets from his honor-system vegetable stand to the Torres Shelter. The next time you're heading to or from the gym, swing down Kentfield Street and check it out. Why a giant garden and why the Torres Shelter?
Before my dad bought this property, they just had a sunflower and a tomato plant here. But my dad bought it and since then we started building this garden because his backyard was too crowded; I wanted to grow some vegetables and I needed something to do this summer. The Torres Shelter seemed to be the charity that we supported the most in Chico. There are a lot of problems with the homeless right now and they [the Torres Shelter] are the ones who are really trying to
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solve that problem. We figured that since we don't have an Ag license, if we make it donation-based and have all the money going to a non-profit, then nobody would give us any trouble. And we haven't had a single problem with theft or anything like that-and I think that shows how much respect our community has for the Torres Shelter. Plus, who doesn't need drive-by tomatoes?
The neighborhood has been really nice. Occasionally we'll just find a $20 bill in the donation box, and we know they'll grab some tomatoes for a couple days after that. Whenever we have too much, we just put up a sign on East 1st and by the next rush hour, it'll all be gone. 100% of the money we get goes to the Torres Shelter. I'm hoping to get this small project to grow, or that other people will take this same idea and run with it. How much have you donated so far?
Somewhere around $750, just on donations this summer. If we can grow enough tomatoes, we get $25+ a day. We
get so many positive responses from the neighborhood and people just stopping by that are so happy to have it here. Yeah it's a giant positivity bomb for sure.
I think that if you put it out there, you totally get it back. I'm not positive at all when I've been pulling weeds for 6 hours-I'm just grumpy and curmudgeony-but I know I'm doing it for good reasons. When I meet people and they say, "whoa this is great!" or I hang out here with friends and the tiki torches at night, sitting out here until 1 or 2 in the morning, it's just so much fun. Yeah! It has this fun backyard garden vibe, but the socialconscience aspect is radiating from this space out into the community.
I'm getting a lot of help from my family. Just by living in a society with places like Butte College-where anyone can afford it even if they've screwed up time and time again-if you're ready for it, they'll give you all this knowledge. It feels like this garden is a little bit of a return on their investment; the least I can do is spend some free time trying to
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What are your plans for the future of Kentfield Garden?
I have an idea for this place over the next couple of years. Since our location is so good, we're in a really good place to sell produce. Over the next year or two I'd like to link up with a couple other community gardens and have extra produce go to a good cause, instead of just rotting on the vine. I was really active with Food Not Bombs when I was in high school; they're a little too political for me now, but I still like the idea of helping people get the food that would normally go to waste. Taking a walk around the garden ...
It's a total learning experience. You can see the different versions of the tomato supports. The first poles ... I got sick of digging holes. Then I found a way to do it with crossbars. If I had to do it again, I'd put in twice as many rows but not do any side-to-side support-have it be like a vineyard where they're in a line. That's what I'm hoping to do next year. I thought 65 tomato plants would be more than I could ever get rid of, but ends up I could have put in a hundred and we'd still be selling out. Here, we made the mistake of not separating our bells and our spicy peppers, so they all cross-pollinated and made it so everything was medium-spicy.
help some other people. I think more things like this will help Chico get through this hard time.
I do too; there is just this great character about Chico, with really great people. How did you choose ag?
I was doing construction before the market crashed; I ended up doing landscaping and realized there were a lot of jobs in ag, and decided to change some things to see if I could get a good job. Who else helps you with Kentfield Garden?
When I'm busy my brothers take care of it for me, and my dad put the vegetable stand together. But 50-75% of the work is done by me. I put in all the drip line, it was a lot of work. 20-30 hours a week for a month. Playing some 'shoes on your breaks?
I put the horseshoe pit in because you DON'T need to water a horseshoe pit-and I was so sick of putting in drip line that it seemed like a good use of space.
Also we're making our own compost now; some of our neighbors are giving us their lawn clippings to combine with some of the weeds we pull. We have a problem with a lot of clay in the soil so I'm trying to get more organic material in there. You know we planted these sunflowers thinking they'd be purely aesthetic, but we had so many bees coming off there that every tomato flower we had was pollinated. When it was a full wall of sunflowers we had an incredible amount of bees. And we haven't had any problems with insects; haven't had to spray for anything.
I hadn't thought of that, but I could see where that would be something cool. They could help with spring planting so they could come back later and see what happens; that'd be a fun partnership. And as you can see, we've got plenty of weeds to pull. This is a perfect example of what makes Chico great. Can the community participate and tend their own plot in your garden if they want to?
Stop by next spring if we're working out there and you see us, let's talk about it. 1125 Kentfield. It's a lot of hours and a lot of sweat, but I'm really proud of this place. You ever read Candide by Voltaire? They go off trying to prove who has the most miserable life, and everyone they meet says they have the most miserable life, and then they realize the secret to happiness is to never talk about politics or philosophy. The way it translates is to 'tend your own garden.' I took it way more literally, but it works. I get a lot of happiness out of this place. •
And the shed, I just love how that turned out. My brother painted it. My dad used a template and my brother painted it. We planted a bunch of shiso and discovered that if we soaked it in a brine and put it in vodka for a couple days, it made great Bloody Marys. (Then he made me eat a leaf that was totally strange and delicious.) We have a bunch of jars of the dried shiso leaves that we crushed up and put into 4-ounce containers that will be for sale soon. Are you using GMO's?
We can't afford GMO seeds! Those things are expensive. I think Monsanto is a pretty evil company but who knows, I might need a job there someday [laughs]. Have you thought about doing stuff with kids? They have tiny hands-excellent for weeding and digging little holes.
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A BREW AT THE GOOSE BY HOWL The sun was setting, and Rob Rasner and Steven Hall watched it descend in silence. After eight straight months of twelve-hour days, thousands upon thousands of dollars
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Both Rob and Steven spoke to me at length of the unexpected benefits of their three months of trials and tribulations-perhaps the most notl ble of which is their new ftrst-name-ba sis with Police ChiefTrostle. "Really, he's a great guy," Rob said. "He's only human. He wants the same things we all want. After he released that list of restrictions-which was really only meant to spark a conversation-he got to sit and listen to people bitch at him forthree
They both took sips of beer, then Rob said, "It's kind offun,
hours straight. That's a regular part of his job. He's got a tough fucking gig."
invested, and countless meetings with city officials, their bid to open The Winchester Goose was on the verge of being refused outright by the City of Chico. "Damn," Rob said aloud. "This is tough:'
isn't it7" Steven smiled. "Yeah." The anecdote above is a great example of the driving energy behind these two young business owners. "We wouldn't be having as good ofa time unless it got really hard," Rob said. Best friends since they met in an apartment in the Zoo in 1999, Rob and Steven have been working for almost a year alongside other beer-devoted friends to build The Winchester Goose: a bar devoted to craft beers, set within the newly renovated Bustolini's building. "At the start, we had the city's blessing, which was why we dug so deep into it;' Rob recollected, as hetwisted his perfectly waxed mustache. "We took the right steps, and got a positive City Staff Review. In applying for our ABC licensedoi ng mailed, public, and I egal notices of intent-we didn't get any negative feedback. This was all back in November 2012." As most Chicoans already know, there were some unexpected obstacles. Following the public outcry to curb alcohol abuse, Police Chief Kirk Trostle stonewalled their quest to receive a beer & wine license. Combined with those other well-documented al coho I issues (Trostl e's eccentric I ist of new restrictions on drinking establishments, and the
"Besides that connection, a II sorts of people started introducing themselves to us," Steven added. "Everyone wanted to lend us their support, whether through their personal craftsmanship, or just through kind words ... It was amazing to see these months of intense effort be totally reciprocated by the community, even before our doors we re open." As I listened to my mustachio'd friends, I discreetly let my eyes wander over the interior. The longer I stayed in there, the more impressed I became with their transformation of what used to be Bustolini's-gone was the bland green and gray color scheme; gone was the old, grimy glass case for deli foods. The building had become basically unrecognizable, in the best ways possible. New lighting, new counters, new copper-inlaid ceiling, new chairs (seemingly hand-assembled) ... everything set in warm wooden tones that contrasted with the brick walls to create a clean, classy, relaxed place to drink beer. "The Banshee and The Handlebar-they both have elements of what we're creating herein terms of the business strategy;'
suspiciously easy installment of BevMo), the charged local atmosphere quickly launched these guys and their beautiful building into the spotlight. Rob and Steven had become
Rob offered, once he saw my attention wandering over the walls and ceilings. "But we definitely fil I a new niche when it comes to this interior. We worked really hard to create unwitting poster-boys of the hot new controversy: local busi- something special to look at and experience:' ness owners vs. 'The Man!
This unforeseen struggle to actually open began about three months ago, and after numerous meetings resulting in hardearned 'words of recommendation' from the Chief of Police and from Building Director Mark Wolfe, it's now winding down. "Thank God, we're almost finished," Steven said. "Now we can finally startl"
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Honestly, the changes they've made to the bui Iding struck such a classic, rustic note with me that I daresay they're going to do great business here, even if they were only providing craft beer (there's a I unch menu, too). The longer a customer stays in an establishment, the more money they spend-and The Winchester Goose is a place you want to spend ti me in. The I ong history of the building was now
apparent in its design, and that history embraced everyone inside in its classic mystique. Even if they had been refused in the end, and The Winchester Goose ultimately not allowed to open its doors, Rob Rasner and Steven Hall would have already benefited our community in a big way by bringing this downtown building back to life. Their passion, and their devotion to the craft, and the beauty of what they'd made so far-it all begged the question: what is Bev Mo going to do to better our community, aside from providing another pl ace to purchase liquor cheaply? Aren't young local entrepreneurs, I ike the two in front of me, the most deserving of our city's approval and support? •
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The best thing about the students coming back into town (aside from the comedy of watching cars turn the wrong way down one way streets) is that crazy big touring bands start coming into town every few days. Among many others, this week we have Peter Rowan: master of the most gorgeous bluegrass. I'm not talking about rambling go-nowhere jamgrass; I'm talking about that delicate entanglement of strings that fills you with a sense of tradition and sets everything right. $18-$32, 7:30pm
Where do I know that name from? I feel like it's right on the tip of my brain. Maybe It was someone I listened to when I was smoking all kinds of weed. Like, one of those dudes who raps about forgetting things because you're on weed. I should've written all their names down and buried them in a time capsule so that later when I forgot their names I could be like "DUDE that list!" But I didn't, because I got high. Tickets are $18. Doors open at 8pm, Music starts at 9pm.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• rive at 7:45pm. Free Class 8-9pm Crazy Horse Saloon: Karaoke. 21 + The Bear: Bear-E-oke! 9pm Dex: Teen Dance Tuesday. $4. Cafe Coda: First Monday Jazz featur- 7-lOpm ing Shigemi Minetaka, Jonathan DownLo: DJ Ron Dare Stoyanoff, and Robert Delgardo. $10. Farm Star Pizza: Live Jazz with Shigemi and Friends. 7-9pm Doors 6:30pm, Music ?pm Cafe Flo: Live Jazz Happy Hour with The Hub: Salsa Tuesdays. Intermedithe Carey Robinson Trio. 5-7pm. ate lesson 7:15-8:15pm, $8. Beginner Word Play Poetry Open Mic. 7-9pm lesson 8: 15-9pm, $5. Open Dancing Dex: Downfall of Gaia starts 9pm, $2. Last Call Lounge: Karaoke. 8pmLaSalle's: '90s night. 21 + 12am Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-Close Maltese: Open Mic Night: Music. Nick's Night Club: Game Night. 21 + Signups at 8pm, starts at 9pm. Mug Park Avenue Pub: Hanging by a Night 7-11:30pm String Band. 7-9pm Woodstock's: Spelling Bee for the Studio Inn Lounge: Karaoke. Grownups. 6:30-7:30pm 8:30pm-lam The Tackle Box: Karaoke. 9pm Woodstock's: Trivia Challenge. Starts lOOth Monkey Cafe & Books: 6:30pm Intermediate Bellydance Class with BellySutra. $8. 6-7pm 1078 Gallery: TeePee, Red Traces, lOOth Monkey Cafe & Books: Open Mic. All ages. ?pm Sisterhoods, Fera. All ages. $5. 8pm Cafe Flo: Open Mic SingerThe Bear: Trike Races. lOpm. Songwriter Night with Aaron Jaqua. Cafe Flo: Live Jazz Happy Hour 7-9pm with the Carey Robinson Trio. Chico Women's Club: Afro Car5-7pm, then Way Out West Country ribean Dance. $10/class or $35/mo. Showcase, featuring The Blue Merles. 5:50-?pm. Followed by Fit Club. Ar- 7-9:30pm
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Cafe Flo: Blues Unplugged w/Mark "Porkchop'' Holder. 7- lOpm Dex: All Local Riff Bash. Chapel of Homicide, Helm of Cerberus, Smak City, Icko Sicko.All ages. $5. 8pm DownLo: Chico Jazz Collective. Followed by Mark Sexton Trio. 8pm Downtown Chico: Thursday Night Market. 6-9pm The Graduate: Red Bull Movie Night. lOpm Grana: Live Jazz with John Seid. 5:30-8:30pm Has Beans: Open Mic Night. 7- lOpm. Signups start at 6pm The Hub: FAME Thursdays DJ Dancing. 9:30pm-1:30am. 21 +.No cover. LaSalle's: Happy Hour on the patio. 6-9pm. '80s, '90s, and 2000s DJ. No cover Laxson Auditorium: Peter Rowan Big Twang Theory. $18/$25/$27/$32. 7:30pm Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-close. Panama's: Eclectic Nights. Buck night and DJ Eclectic on the patio. 9pm Quackers: Karaoke night with Andy. 9pm-lam Senator Theatre: Big Gigantic, IllEsha. $20.50. Doors 8pm, music 9pm
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Listen up, Rellish: Gurp city in the house! Break out the brownbags and fortified wine! Featuring special guests Himp-C and BigSlim - This shitshow is only$4 and forthe21+ party people. Doors 9pm. Show lOpm. WORRRD BILLY! Wow. Ok I'm really living in 2003 but who doesntlove a little time-travel? You? Well, fine. Oh, and Z-Mainy has a new album that JUST dropped "California Brainwashed" Get it.
Practice your wolf-whistles and get ready to have your eyeballs pop out comically-the voluptuous vixens of Va Va Voom are shaking their jigglies at the Maltese! These dames have gams! Garns up to here, I tell ya! Keep your mouths closed or you'll let the flies in, and speaking of flies, keep 'em zipped fellas! I'm so tempted to make a really lame joke right here, like "get ready to be MalTeased;' but I am above that $5 gets you in,show starts at 8pm
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4-7pm Harlan Adams Theatre: 0 rganist Ryan Enright. $6/$13/$15. 7:30pm The Hub: Chico Baile Latino: Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Bachata dance lessons followed by an open social dance.$2-$4. 8pm Lost On Main: Virgin Islands Reggae Fest Abja and the Lionz of Kush, Danny !,Army, DJ Zion Roots. $12. 1OOth Monkey Cafe & Books: Maltese: Fabulous Friday LGBTQ+ vvriting Group. 3:30-5pm Dance Party. This week features a The Beach: DJ 2K & Mack Morris. Drag King Show! 9pm 9pm-close. $2,$10V!P. Peeking Chinese Restaurant: The Bear: DJ Dancing. No Cover. BassMint. Weekly electronic dance 9pm party. $3. 9:30pm Cafe Coda: Friday Morning Jazz with Quadcers: Live DJ. 9pm Senator Theatre: Afroman, Beach Bogg. 11am. Pageant Dads, Glimpse Trio, Isaac Bear, Touch Fuzzy Get Bum Alcoholics. $15 advance, $18 at the door. Doors 8pm, music 9pm Dizzy. All ages. $5. 8pm Cafe Flo: Geoff Baker, Rob Davidson Sultan's Bistro: Bellydance Performance. 'IWo soloists featured. & the Lost City Lope rs. 7-lOpm Crazy Horse Saloon: DJ Hot Rod 6:30-7:30pm and Mechanical Bull Contest. 9pmThe Tackle Box: Dylan~ Dharma. 1:30am T-Bar: Live Music. 7-8:30pm DownLo: Y2 off pool. All ages until Tortilla Flats: Latin Nights. Espal'lol lOpm & English DJ dancing, with DJ El Downtown City Plaza: Friday Night Kora de Chico. Concert Series with the Revells. 7-8:30pm Duffy's: Pub Scouts- Happy Hour. 1Ooth Monkey Books & Cafe: Knit-
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Parle Avenue Pub: Live Music with Max Minardi. 6:30-9:30pm Quadcers: Live DJ. 8:30pm-lam Scotty's Landing: Music Showcase. Open Mic hosted by Rich & Kendall. 5-9pm Sycamore Field: Chico Palio, Artoberfest's kickoff. Full Force Dance Co, Chico Community Ballet, Chico Theater Co, Tobin Roye, PV Band Ensemble, Zak Austin, Inspire School of Arts, Hannah Kile, Reckoning, Palio Race, and Thrill the World. 12-6pm The Tackle Box: Jackson Michaelson & Aces Up. $5. UpperCrust Bakery: Acoustic Music Jam hosted by the Butte Folk Music Society. 2-5pm
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Big Gigantic is playing at The Senator Theater on September 5th! Doors open at 8PM !
Success in planning a road trip-one you'll love talking about for the rest of your life-rests on a few essential elements. First, pick an exciting destination (no use driving to the middle of nowhere, right?); second, take good company (you don't need backseat drivers or people who whine); third-and by far the most important element of any road trip-play the right music. Which, consequently, is how I came across Big Gigantic. A few weeks ago I planned to drive up to Seattle to visit family, see the city, maybe climb a mountain or two, and I desperately needed some music to get me through the twelve-hour drive. Someone recommended I check out Big Gigantic-with the selling point that these guys combined electronic, dubstep, hip-hop, and jazz beats in their music. Before I hit the road, I downloaded their newest album, Nocturnal, to my iPod. Needless to say I was hooked within minutes, completely sucked into the fusion of sound ... then I noticed the reading on my speedometer, which had inched a bit over the speed limit (and under no circumstances will I admit to how fast I was driving). Big Gigantic. As their name indicates, these guys bring it; their go-big-or-go-home attitude at their shows blows the audience away, and if you haven't heard them yet, you better get on it. Big Gigantic started out of Boulder, CO back in 2008 and consists of saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken, who describe their music in one word: "ROWDY!" When I asked how they came up with their unique name, Jeremy said "[Dom] was literally walking down the street one day, thinking of band names and barn it popped into his head!" A few years later when Dominic brought over some of his tracks and asked Jeremy to play drums over them, they ended up calling it Big Gigantic. For the past five years, these guys have risen rapidly in the world of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) with Westward calling their show Rowdytown the "#1 EDM show of 2012." Lalli and Salken alternate smoothly between sax, keys, drums, and laptop to create an amazing fusion of beats, which takes an extraordinary amount of skill. When I asked them how they work so well as a team, they said it came down to the combination of knowing each other for over a decade, playing numerous gigs, and being roommates in the past. "We know each other so well at this point and how to compliment the other one that it seems second nature, especially on the stage. We're both really LISTENING to what the other is playing, and vibe off one another while we're doing that to create an experience the crowd can get into." Not only do they have a dynamic that works, but they seem to do well under pressure too. An example Big G gave me comes from two years ago at All Good Music Festival, when the left side of Lalli's table collapsed during a set ... in front of 15,000 people. "The computer just slid off and closed. The music kept playing for like five seconds, then all of a sudden nothing. There was an initial 'ohhhhhhh' from the crowd, but then we started the track over and kept crushing, and
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people were raging like nothing happened!" says Sal ken. The crowds do indeed get a mind-blowing experience with Big G's wicked lighting effects and stage presence, but also from their unique blend of genres and their different styles of EDM. As Jeremy puts it, "Everything is there for a reason. The key, the chords, etc. are all there to evoke emotions [and] take the listener on a journey." This duo leaves no genre untouched since they listen to and love "any style of music from classical to hip-hop and everything in between." One of the reasons they play so many different genres is to keep people guessing. As Lalli and Salken put it, "You never know what you're gonna get, but we're gonna bring the party!" Another distinctive, yet surprising element I found was the incorporation of the sax in Big G's tracks. (Yes, I do realize this rhymes.) Played by Lalli since he was a child, it was "only natural when [he] started making beats to find a way to involve it." I was curious why a saxophone (not a typical part of EDM) worked so well in their music. Dominic explained it to me this way: "It's one of those instruments that's very close to a voice. You can put inflections on it almost as if you were singing."
sax weaves its way seamlessly with the other beats, creating a track that basically makes a person feel invincible. Nocturnal, their newest album (out for about a year and a half now) "is another evolution of [their] sound." Big Gigantic even offers a free download of the album on their website (http://biggigantic.net/) because their philosophy "is to get [their music] EVERYWHERE people get music." So if you want to hear these guys before they grace us with their presence at the Senator on September 5th, you can go to their website, iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, you name it, to check them out.
Round 1 of their "Sky High" tour ends September 28th, in none other than Morrison, CO-the location of Rowdytown I and now Rowdytown II. What'd they have to say when I asked if it would be as epic as the first? "IT'LL BE DOUBLE THE ROWDY!! !. ..We're really psyched to be back at Red Rocks. It's one of the best venues on the planet. It's incredibly inspiring to play there and is honestly a dream come true." And what should fans expect for Rowdytown II? "New music, bad-ass lights, and to dance their asses off!" Not much more left to say except, who's ready to get "ROWDY" on 9/5? â&#x20AC;˘
"Stronger" (which is also my favorite track on Nocturnal) stands as a perfect example of how the smooth sound of the
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THE KITCHEN TABLE Ever on the hunt for something new and delicious amidst the general mediocrity of the Chico restaurant market, I heard about a new restaurant opening near my neighborhood. The Kitchen Table is on East Ave in the same little outcropping of buildings where the California Taco truck resides. The California Taco truck, by the way, is a damn treasure. The "Native American Indian taco" with grilled chicken is one of the tastiest things you can get out of a mobile food unit. Anyway, on to the review! I'll be reviewing based on decor, service, and food, and assigning an overall score of feedbags based upon these factors. I'd like to say that out of 100 feedbags, The Kitchen Table rates at 85 feedbags. Which is about how many times I'd strap on a feedbag and eat there before getting tired of it, I think. Anyway, decor: Meh. There were the steam punky-type lightbulbs that everybody is so fond of these days-myself includedbut the sunflowers everywhere, the color palette ... it felt like I was eating at a preschool in Provence. Service: Our server was sweet, and apologetic for her inattentiveness (there was a large walrus party in the big room), and we didn't mind being left alone to eat our food and solve all the world's problems. Food: They were out of oysters; the aforementioned large walrus party ate them all. We found plenty of paleo options (we're brand new baby dino-dieters) and started with the Arugula and Peach Salad. The grilled peaches were sweet and smoky, a nice complement to the spicy arugula, with a tangy white balsamic vinaigrette pulling it all together. I could eat that salad out of a bucket with my hands. Our main courses were the Braised Beef Short Ribs and Mary's Tik Thais: jerk-spiced chicken thighs. Warning-the Short Ribs will make you lose your mind. I tapped
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http://www.chicokitchentable.com/ the seemingly gelatinous mass of short rib with my fork, kind of scared that it had turned straight to goo. The rib fell apart, and was the most perfectly braised piece of animal protein I've ever laid my eyes on. #mindblown. The spicy chicken thighs were delightful with just a little creeper heat, but I'm pretty sure the entire menu paled in comparison to the perfection of that short rib. We lapped it all up with some Greens 2 Ways, and a couple splits of Prosecco. With the kind of hipster food philosophy that The Kitchen Table is touting-seasonal menu featuring local ingredients and sustainable meats and seafood-I was surprised to see zero people under the age of 175 at The Kitchen Table. The entire restaurant was full to capacity with elderly people-the kind you'd normally see at a Hometown Buffet at 4pm. Maybe there was a fire at the Hometown Buffet and everybody got evacuated to The Kitchen Table; I don't know. Either way, they know what's up. It might behoove me to follow some fancy old ladies around town to see if they have any other yummy secrets up their sleeves. â&#x20AC;˘
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WHY ARE YOU SMILING? BY KENNETH KELLY KENNETH.KELLY12 @GMAIL.COM
BABES OF COMEDY
I don't have to tell you that stand-up comedy is dominated by males. You knew that from years of watching swarms of dudes appear on Comedy Central Presents. You knew that from attending one of the open mies around Chico and watching dude after dude go up and tell jokes about being a dude. You knew that from scrolling through the stand-up section of Netflix, bypassing all the Russel Peters specials you have no intention of ever watching, until you get to that Whitney Cummings one where she's naked on the cover, and you look at it for a second and think for a second, "Why is she naked?" Suddenly you remember that life for a woman is hardly ever a meritocracy, but rather a thinly veiled beauty pageant. Before the Last Stand closed down last year, I overheard Bay Area comic Caitlin Gill lament that a female comic not only has to be funny, but also attractive. Immediately, my male-brain jumped to the defense of my gender. I knew that couldn't be true. There are plenty of ugly lady comics out there like ... uh ... Lisa Lampanelli? I continued thinking about it for about two more seconds before I finally had to admit that stand-up is yet another area where it's just way easier to be a male. A Google image search of Louis C.K. and Tina Fey (two of the greatest minds in comedy today-though Fey isn't a stand-up comic) seems to tell you it's okay to be ugly if you're a male,
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but if you're a female you better flaunt what you got-and if you don't got it, then you better start as a writer or an improviser. That isn't to say that appearances don't play a factor at all for male comedians (or that Louis C.K. isn't handsome in his own pasty, chubby, bald way; you just don't see him dressed to the nines or bending over to pick up a typewriter in lingerie). As a male, you may not have to be good looking, but you do have to look good (as in good at comedy) and match your appearance to your material. As a female though, you have to do all those things and also look good (as in people want to sleep with you). Obviously, this is a bad thing. I have to wonder how many great comedians we're missing out on because they don't have the sex appeal. Adam Corolla is an idiotwomen are just as funny as men, so why aren't 50% of comics female? Why are most new female comics also attractive? It's probably because Caitlin Gill was right. It'll be a great day for comedy when flocks of pasty, chubby (maybe not bald) female comics can rise through the ranks solely on merit, and don't have to follow it up with sexy photo shoots. Until that day comes though, we can at least relish the fact that lady comics don't have to twerk on Robin Thicke to get our attention. â&#x20AC;˘
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DANCE NIGHT AT DUFFY'S
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BY AMY OLSON Sometimes a scene that goes on week after week can fly under the radar, and if you're not already a regular, it's easy to continue not being one. Duffy's Dance Night was like that for me. For one thing it happens on Wednesdays, starting around lOpm (officially 9pm, but you know how it goes), and if I don't get a certain momentum going early on I have a tendency to veg out on weeknights. Part of that is long workdays, and part of it is the complacency of having a really huge couch and a fat cat who acts like the lazy devil on my shoulder. The other problem is the perception filter. Maybe you're not a Doctor Who fan and are unfamiliar with the concept, so I'll explain: A perception filter is a little wall in your mind that gets put between the things you deem relevant and moveable, and the things that take up residence in your space that you just ignore. You know that tea set on your kitchen shelf that you never ever look at? Perception filter. How about the pile of receipts and junk mail on the edge of your counter that you keep cleaning around but never sort or throw away? Perception filter. Over time, these things add up and your workable environment becomes smaller and smaller. Recurring events can become like white noise in a world where singularities are the only things that stand out. If the planets align just right, however, I sometimes have a spontaneous burst of awareness. I'll realize that I do have it in me to endure a few less hours of sleep for the sake of a good time. I love music, I love dancing, I love people-watching, and I love Duffy's. I bit the bullet and forked over the whopping $1 it costs to get in. The first few minutes of Dance Night weren't too promising. Dain assured me that it used to be cool, and would probably pick up. I started alternately browsing Facebook and Gawker, thinking about my couch and the early morning
ahead of me. A couple weirdos were dancing as the DJ sorted his records. I took a few long pulls from my Duffy's seltzer, secretly deciding that when I finished this drink we could pack it up. As if by magic, clusters of people began sliding through the doors on waves of laughter, completely transforming the bar. There was electricity-and to my profound surprise, there was a scene of really hot dancers tearing up the floor. I think they were doing salsa, or maybe it was some kind of swing. It was sexy and complicated and a treat to watch. All I know for sure is that they lit the place up and totally made my night. How could I have ever doubted that this would be awesome? Every Wednesday night, the resident DJs (Jeff Howse, Spenny, and Lois) fill the room with this mess of amazing, and the friendliest bartenders in town are pouring stiff drinks. And I almost didn't go because my overweight cat was staring at me with a little part of his tongue sticking out. â&#x20AC;˘
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REVIEWS THE ROAD AHEAD A REVIEW BY JAMIE O'NIELL The Road Ahead by Albare on Enja Records First, the bad news. The penultimate track on this album is called "Overjoyed," and it's the turd in the punchbowl on an album that features some absolutely terrific guitar work by Alba re, who is touted in the promotional copy as being Australia's "most active jazz guitarist and composer." Alba re is an immigrant to the land down under, a native of Morocco who was raised in France and Israel before turning up in Australia at age 27. He's been pretty busy since then, rapidly making a name for himself as the director of the Melbourne Jazz Festival and founder of the Australian Jazz Awards. But his best credentials are in the sound he lays down, and the compositions he writes. He composed all the songs here, except the aforementioned "Overjoyed," which is a Stevie Wonder song of the sappy variety that sometimes appeals to jazz players when
they want to add a vocal track. In this case, the strength and intelligence of the instrumental numbers only serve to point up how soft and dweeby that song is-an impression not helped by the mellifluous rendering by guest vocalist Allan Harris. But any album with a ratio of twelve good songs to one bad song is exceptional, and The Road Ahead is no exception to that rule.
E-MAIL BLACKMAIL A REVIEW(?) BY AMY OLSON I've grown bored with the usual spam, and I would bet I'm not alone. Thankfully, the Nigerian princes who brought us penis enlargement, weight loss pills, and pre-approved home re-fi's have raised their game from simply playing off greed and physical insecurities, and have started dumping hundreds of thinly veiled extortion threats into the inbox of ca/endar@synthesis.net. Through sympathetic insinuations, they break the news that something scandalous in the Calendar's past has been discovered, and if someone were to give them some money, they could make it all go away. Well bravo, spam merchants! You've sprayed the world with accusations and finally hit a genuinely guilty target. Too bad Calendar would rather air its own dirty laundry than part with a single red cent. First off: Calendar has been slutting it up all over town for years. It isn't ashamed of that one-just wanted to bring it up. Secondly: Calendar habitually breaks into people's houses and eats all their ice cream, then claims it was on Ambien and stumbles out, blathering obscenities. Third: Calendar has
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unsightly toe hair, and this is the real reason it is anti-Birkenstock. Fourth, and finally: Calendar is horribly lactose intolerant; on the mornings after those late-night ice cream binges, it can be found slinking around Barnes & Noble leaving tremendous farts in the empty aisles, then lurking around the corner waiting to hear people's reactions as they walk into the cloud. Do with that information what you will.
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FREELANCE WRITING FOR FUN AND PROFIT BY JAMIE O'NIELL I've written four or five hundred pieces for The Chico News and Review, and a hundred more that appeared in its sister publications, The Sacramento News and Review and The Reno News and Review. I even used to write the unsigned editorials for The Sacramento N&R-never missing a deadline, and never requiring much time or energy from editors because I always sent in "clean" copy. I wrote cover stories, essays, humor, news, music reviews, and features on subjects from the plight of illegal immigrants to the legal problems that come with feeding wildlife. I wrote about artists and teachers, sickness and health, cops and robbers. As a freelancer I was paid no benefits, earned no vacation or retirement pay, and saw gradual reductions in the rates paid for the stuff that induced sufficient numbers of people to read the rags so that advertisers would buy space. In exchange, I was treated with varying degrees of disregard or disrespect by editors who often a) ignored submissions, neither accepting nor rejecting unsolicited manuscripts, b) treated people like me as nonvoting members in the club they shared, and c) made unwarranted changes to copy without clearing them with me. Rudeness was common, though I've heard from many other writers that the new generation of editors almost everywhere seems to think themselves exempt from responding to material they receive in the mailno longer subject to the quaint professional courtesy practiced by earlier generations of editors who always responded (on typewriters and via snail mail) to freelance submissions. They did so because it was a) polite to answer one's mail, and b) because freelancers were seen as a resource, even when it took time to wade through a hundred submitted pieces to find a single gem. Without undue boasting, I'll mention that my resume includes four published books, as well as essays and stories in publications like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, The Threepenny Review and other national and regional magazines and newspapers. Nonetheless, I had to bow and scrape to get editors to take my copy on almost every idea I pitched, or every story I sent in. At The Chico News and Review, that got much worse after Bob Speer retired, and it became increasingly clear that nothing I wrote was going in those pages without a great deal of time-wasting wrangling. Why, you ask, would editors treat the source of good copy so shabbily? Well mostly, I think, because they can. In the journalistic pecking order, freelancers are without
"hand." If editors ain't too picky, they can always get writers who'll work cheap or free, glad to have their vanity stroked by seeing their byline. For such writers, the money is secondary. Lots of writers give their work away in the hopes that they'll amass a clipping file that will eventually get them paid gigs. Generally speaking, that ploy doesn't pay off, but it does serve to drive down the price of good writing. Editors know this. (They may be rude and imperious in their tiny domains, but they ain't stupid). Human nature being what it is, however, it's hard for small people in small markets to resist letting subordinate freelancers know just who is boss. Like most freelance writers, I'm used to such treatment, and reasonably willing to eat shit in order to get stuff to the readers for whom it was written. But, in the immortal words of poet e.e. cummings, "there is some shit I will not eat." (Readers who have missed it should read "I Sing of Olaf," the great anti-war poem in which this line appears.) One of the editors at The Sacramento News & Review said she would no longer read anything I sent because she found me "difficult to work with." I'd worked with her amicably for years, but after I bitched that she wasn't acknowledging my submissions, that audacious complaint made her vow to never look at another word I wrote. Even if I'd written the "I Have a Dream" speech, the Declaration of Independence, and 50 Shades of Gray, she just couldn't be bothered to look at it because, well, she just doesn't have to, and she just ain't gonna, thus changing her job description from "editor" to "petulant child." This is an expeditious way to exercise editorial judgment, and it spares busy editors the time-consuming chore of actually reading stuff. A more recent bit of petty disregard came from an editor who was, coincidentally, a former student of mine. He began to reject short reviews of the kind I'd been writing for years, suddenly finding them insufficiently analytical. I couldn't find anything much different in the pieces he'd rejected than in the few hundred others the paper had been running almost weekly for a decade. What had changed, however, was that his former boss-the top dog editor who was a little more inclined to my writing-had retired, clearing the way for clearing out older writers and replacing their stuff with stuff from younger and
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hipper cronies more likely to reach the youthful college youth who were now young enough to be their children. These younger editors seem blind to the fact that the News & Review is also read by older readers who developed the habit of reading longtime contributors to the publications. I am one such reader, very inclined to read stuff written by writers like Juan-Carlos Selznick, Anthony Peyton-Porter, or Tom Gascoyne, because I like their stuff. Mr. Von Kaenel, the sometimes ill-served publisher of all three News and Review papers, seems content to employ people who will (when it suits them) work to keep good writing out of his publications. But it's common for publishers to stand behind their editors, right up until the week before they fire them. Several shabbily-treated former News and Review editors might readily confirm this point. In the realm of journalism, publishers sometimes piss on editors, and editors, in turn, sometimes piss on writers. â&#x20AC;˘
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BY KOZ MCKEV
ARIES
GEMINI
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LIBRA
SAGITTARIUS
AQUARIUS
Mars is moving through your fifth house. You feel like going on an adventure. If you have children, ym/re likely to be engaging in activities \Mth them. You may find~ easier to open your heart to others. The direction of your energy is headed toward reO?ss and playtime, even though you have your work cut out for you. Be more of a team player. The new moon will bring opp ortunities for serviO?. Pay more attention to personal health issues. Bewillingtotlkeon difficult or dirty jobs.
Everything around us has a basis for living anq/or being there. Get your house straightened up and your domestic life in order. Find the people in your tribe and let them know that you appreciate them. This is a good week for doing inner work. Difficulties at the workplaO? have been challeriging. Home is your best refuge. Honoryour parents and elders. The new moon rules intuition, memories, heritage, and your family life. Be aware of your career potential.
You feel more powerful and equipped for almost anything. You're attempting to put on a newfaO?. Avoid beingforO?ful. Practice listening more. Take time to pray and meditate. Monday and Tuesday are your power days, with the moon and Mars in Leo. Make a positive impact. The new moon can help turn your finances around. Eat better. When in doubt, state something positive and realistic that you are willing to commit to and see through to completion.
Love is part of what you are kno\"'1 for. You also make a good matchmaker. Sometimes when there is too much white, you'll be the one to paint it black. You play the devirs ad\oOcate-trying to stay in the middle, only to be brought down. This time of year it is best to lay low. You find some encouragement by Friday afternoon when the moon goes into Libra. Pay off debts. Complete unfinished business. See yourself as a butterfly or moth sleeping in its cocoon.
Your challenge this week is to prove that you are responsible, capable, and detail oriented amidst your casual live-andlet-live persona. "Tighten up" was a song from the 1960s that encouraged precision in harmony and timing. Prove to the rest of the world that you are a leader in your field. The new moon emphasizes career and public image. Reputation and responsibilfy arethe things you need to focus on. Monday and Tuesday are your lucky days.
Worry doesn't help you get the job done. Fear is something that paralyzes our ability to function. Yoi./ve been in a spaO? where you feel more vulnerable than usual. Other people may be taxing or toking your resources. let go of the many situations and things that you can't control. The new moon emphasizes sex, birth, death, other people's property, and a feeling of being in debt. Allow other people to help you. There is no good reason for you to go at this alone.
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CANCER
VIRGO
SCORPIO
CAPRICORN
PISCES
Be loving in your service, and add service to your loving. The sun and Mercury transiting your fifth house is urging you to be more engaged in art and creative expression. Venus moving through your sixth house encourages you to bring cookies to work, or to dress up for work. Your potential for love and commitment is about to get more serious. The new moon rules heart-opening experiences, playful moods, and female children. Proveyourselfto be reliable even while havingfun.
Enjoy your local environment more. Take short trips to the river, the park, or any plaO? of interest. See this period as a time to gather more information, see old friends, and be more involved with your local community. Some folks are living the dream while others are hoping that their nightmare doesn't come true. The new moon emphasizes working with your hands, cultivating talents, and being in touch with siblings, cousins, and folks you grew up with.
Labor Day is your American holiday. Virgo symbolizes the worker, the service industry, and agricultural business. Virgo can be a doctor, nurse, or even a sex worlo=r. \lirgo loves nature and all things natural, especially untouched wilderness and people who are virgins. The new moon in \lirgo heralds your ultimate new start You manifest success through intelligence and practical goals. Be aware of your potential to be more efficient. as well as blessed with good food and good music.
Action and movement are the things you are known for. You seethe world as a place of inspiration, danger and revolution. Do things that reflect love, forgiveness, and mercy. Your passion to do the right thing needs to come through. The weelo=nd looks good for catching up on sleep. The new moon on Thursday should boost your social life and bring helpful friends. This is a good time for you to plan for the future. Wr~e about the things that motivate you.
While the rest of the world may be saying "go;' you are saying "slow down" or "stop:' You only have time for mature people who are willing to bring on functional and graceful changes. Yoi.frelookingfor a few good, sensitive, perO?ptive folks who arewillingtogothe extra mile. The new moon in your ninth house ushers in good fortune, a higher philosophy, and opportunities for travel and higher education. Help those who can't help themselves. Malo= good l<arma.
Faith can help one overcome oonfusion. let go of the need to know about everything. Be willing to be a better lover, spouse, partner, or oontractor. Engage people in thethings that feel good. When you are generous, the wealth always oomes back to you. The real wealth is in being confident enough to be giving. The new moon is about sharing. being in balance, and discreet affairs, as well as ma1Tiage, engagements, and oommitments with others.
Koz McKev 1s on You Tube, on cable ff BCTv, 1s heard on 90./FM KZFR Chico, and also available by appomtment for personal horoscopes. Call (530)891-5!47 or e-mail kozrn1ckev@sunsetnet
GREAT SUMMER READ Winier Melon, written by local writer Bill Wong Foey A defiant and passionate young woman survives the Rape of Nanking in this debut novel. Voted Book of the Month for July by Lyons Books "Lives of Asia" book group.
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