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For 20 years The Synthesis’ goal has remained to provide a forum for entertainment, music, humor, community awareness, opinions, and change.

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I don’t even know where to start. First of all, never put your cat on a pedestal that isn’t covered in beige carpet. As I’m sure you noticed, last week we didn’t get the Butte Humane Society Pet of The Week in time for publication (they were apparently too busy throwing Bidwell Bark, as if animals are more important than our needs), so we decided it was the perfect time to honor our favorite pet/ erstwhile writer, Kaz. Great idea, right? Kaz is so sweet and simple, he definitely won’t turn into a total diva and lord his status over the entire household. Wrong. He’s been like, “Throw this little hair tie for me, I’m the Pet of The Week! Spray whipped cream in my mouth, I’m the Pet of The Week! Clean up my barf with two pieces of junk mail or I’ll just eat it in front of you, I’m the Pet of The Week!” Fame, man: it changes people/cats.

As if that weren’t enough, I got a very mysterious phone call that has my breath so bated it’s like I’m trying to catch a fish in my lungs while I wait. So, this guy calls and asks me who’s in charge of hiring. I tell him it depends on the position, so he asks who specifically hires the writers. I tell him that it’s me, but technically our writers are all freelance, not staff. He says, “Oh, I know they’re freelance,” in this weirdly bemused tone, “I have a complaint about one of your writers and I want to send you something.”

“Oh,” I say, “Well, you can feel free to email me that, it’s amy@synthesis.net…” “Ohhhhh no,” he laughs, not unlike an evil count who lives in a spooky old castle where it’s always storming (I realize I just described The Count from Sesame Street, just picture him counting grams of ricin or something), “I’ll be mailing this.” It’s been days now, am I getting sent Anthrax? A severed head? A politely worded critique of one of my writers? WHAT THE EFF IS EVEN HAPPENING?

Things aren’t all bad, though. I got some exciting news about The Barn. They’re still finishing up a few renovation projects, but much like the second Death Star, they’re fully operational! In addition to establishing their non-profit status and starting up their subscription service (just $10 a month— PayPal to cmblamer@gmail.com, tax deductible) they’ve got the movie screen all set up and they’re showing a classic horror flick a night through October (doors open at 6pm). It’s really neat seeing people pitch in their time and share their resources to help this project take shape. Also, I’m lazy and have done absolutely nothing, so I appreciate it extra-much.

Speaking of things I appreciate, fall (the best season by far) is finally creeping into the air, the trees are blushing with bits of red, and it’s time to enjoy the fruits of [other people’s] labor and eat and drink like crazy. In the spirit of that, Sierra Nevada is hosting its second annual Single, Fresh, Wet & Wild Harvest Festival on the 18th, where one can taste beer from over 50 breweries (plus food and music and junk), and there are still a few tickets left.

It’s like a mulligan for all of us who missed Oktoberfest this past weekend. I like beer.

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Scarves! Hot tea! Hooray... Except for the fact that in our fair hamlet of Chico, “fall weather” actually means temperatures in the 90s, at least for the first few weeks of autumn. Sometimes if I wake up early enough in the morning, I can convince myself that the glorious mid 60s temperatures will last all day. This is all fine and dandy, until I leave work at 5pm, sweaty and filled with rage at my morning-self who made this decision which was obviously so terrible and ill-conceived.

This trend of making poor decisions in the face of overwhelming reasons to do the opposite has been a recurring theme in my life lately. Whether it’s (falsely) convincing myself that maybe this will be the year I learn to love eggplant, or trying (and failing) to stop looking at puppies up for adoption in the hopes my schedule will clear enough for me to have one, tis the season for poor choices.

In any case, misery loves company; and when it comes to terrible decisions, I certainly have plenty of company. It would seem that after a lot of back-and-forth, the option held by New Line Cinema to turn Y The Last Man into a film has expired. Although all this really means is that the rights have been transferred back to Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, it’s just another setback for fans of this long-beloved series hoping to see it on the big screen.

Dan Trachtenberg (the last director who was attached to the project), told Slashfilm that he’d hoped the film would have some hints of and references to movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Midnight Run, Willow, and Ladyhawke. Although he had high praise for everyone who tried to get the project off the

ground, Trachtenberg explained that he was “not sure that Brian [Vaughan] will ever want to do anything more with it.” But hey guys, at least we can probably look forward to Hollywood churning out at least twelve more Expendables movies! Fingers crossed that Expendables 7-10 will feature such quality acts as Dennis Rodman and Vanilla Ice. In other cinema news, it would seem that the Hollywood higher-ups saw the “success” of Battleship, and have decided to attempt to repeat the magic with a film based on Tetris.

No, seriously. Threshold Entertainment, who made the 1995 classic Mortal Kombat, have explained that their take will be an “epic sci-fi adventure.” Henk Rogers, managing director of Tetris Company explained, “In this new universe, as you’ll soon find out, there’s much more to Tetris than simply clearing lines.” Oh jeez. Maybe we’ll get lucky and there’ll be a Tetris - Expendables crossover in which Vanilla Ice and Dennis Rodman have to clear all the “lines” off the board before time runs out.

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Chico-Con is going off, like for real. Out back, behind the Veteran’s Hall where it’s being held, it’s walk-off time at the Cos-Play fashion contest, the pinnacle of the afternoon’s events. Between two long rows of foldout chairs, a veritable Nerd Pride Parade of badass-looking Freaks and Geeks are strutting their sexy selves down the runway, then striking a hip-thrusted pose and shooting their laser-blasters or slicing the air with their danger-sensing daggers or casting a spell with their staffs, often punctuated by a crackedvoice battle cry—and then the roars and the whistles and the applause of the audience, who are fucking pumped.

There’s a barefooted Bilbo Baggins who looks like he might actually be part Hobbit, there are Gandalfs and Merlins, buff Batmen and little Bat-Babies, Furries (who are sick as shit of explaining that what they do is not a kink, I can tell you), an Inspector Gadget with a propeller go-go-gadgeting out of his fedora, a cleavagey Elvira, a little kid with white angel wings (who I don’t think was dressed as a Victoria Secret Angel, but, if he was, he’s pretty much the coolest kid ever), a Green Lantern rolling in a wheelchair like a boss, a towering trans Wonder Woman, every conceivable Star Wars persona (obviously), esoteric anime characters I don’t recognize, a whole bunch of Dr. Whos (ask them “yes, who?

That’s what I’m asking” and they will meanmug the shit out of you), and, at the end of the runway, a gaggle of Clark Kents—that is, nerdy journalists from every conceivable local media outfit, out on Puff Piece Patrol, myself included—snapping away with our SLRs at the ridiculously photogenic scene.

As everybody-who’s-anybody knows, dressing up is super fun and these people came to party. Basically what they do is wander around looking awesome and complimenting

each other, basking in all the love. It’s rad.

as he rolls a handful of red dice.

I DON’T STICK AROUND TO SEE WHO WINS because I have to piss. Inside, by the

“See, this is my Dreadnought. It’s basically a giant walking tank that runs around and stomps people.”

bathrooms, I run into Sub-Zero and Scorpion from the video game Mortal Kombat, who are leaned up on a giant American Flag in the hall.

The gamers have been together for seven years and are clearly muy in love.

“Nothing like this has ever come to Chico,” Sub-Zero says, almost quivering with happiness.

Scorpion explains that they would dress up all the time except it’s not “socially acceptable.”

“But here,” Sub-Zero cuts in, “there’s no one pointing at you or laughing at you; there’s no worries.”

Yes, exactly, I think. These people have a dream, too: that one day little ninja kids and young make believe mutants and adolescent Furries will be judged, not by the design of their costumes (except during costume contests), but by the content of their character. Can’t we learn, as a society, to accept these people as the made up characters that they aren’t?

PAST VARIOUS BOOTHS WITH COMIC BOOK ARTISTS signing their work, I meet

31-year-old Jason and 26-year-old Donovan, a pair of chubby dudes dressed in all black who are playing this complicated board game called Warhammer 40K. The futuristic war game takes place on an intricate landscape of hand-painted hills and tundra, and involves various little fighters being controlled by rolls of dice, and a tape-measurer and weird rules dictating how they move around.

“It’s a very involved hobby,” Jason explains,

“Oh, that’s not good,” Donovan says, as the dice controlling Jason’s Dreadnought tumble to a stop.

“I just shot four guys,” Jason says, pointing to Donovan’s little hand-painted figurines, who are, it must be said, taking it pretty stoically.

“Now I have to roll for damage.”

“Oh no,” Donovan says, breathily, in disbelief, when he reads the dice. “No. No! That’s terrible,” he intones, resigning himself.

“Victory!” Jason cries out. “Victory!”

Then Jason, who works, by day, a desk job for Merit Medi-Trans, grows circumspect.

“This is my hobby,” he says. “This is what I do.

People go fishing. People go hunting. I play Warhammer.”

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which Chico-Con is taking place are covered in framed and yellowing tributes to American veterans, like the heroes of WWII, etc. Next to them are posters, affixed with scotch tape, of superheroes; flying, posing, flexing.

I wander out into the day, which is blue and endless now, the clouds from earlier having broken open. Storm Troopers and Furries are taking a selfie together, their white plastic and pink fur arms intertwined. The air smells like make-up and wet fall leaves and polyurethane adhesive. There’s a breeze.

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PROG-ROCKERS PERFORM NEW ALBUM, WAKE, OCTOBER 12TH

BY ALEX LIGHT PHOTOS BY ALBERT BRACAMONTE

Four Chico State alumni are returning to their old stomping grounds this Sunday, and they’ve grown into a remarkable beast of progressive rock in the years since they left.

Hail The Sun is heavy, catchy, compellingly visual; they take the listener through blindingly fast shredding and gentle, aqueous interludes alike with ease and honesty.

Deciding which band member to interview was simple. Donovan Melero is the drummer and lead singer—for Eagles, or even Underoath, a singing drummer isn’t a big deal, but Hail The Sun is intense—nonstop singing, screaming, and all-out shredding on all fronts, with song arrangements and time signatures that will not stay still. I don’t know how he does it. The music sounds kind of like the stuff Sounds Of Animals Fighting should have made after their debut, or what Saosin might’ve been like if Anthony Green had stuck around.

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to a more refined sound with our EP in 2012, more post-hardcore, like Fall Of Troy and At The Drive-In, with post-teen angst lyrics; post-college angst… From there, we went to Wake.

I feel like it’s even more refined, and by that I mean the structures are a little more solid; when songs’re all over the place they still flow well; they make sense. Lyrically, there are more serious topics, some social issues, but still with personal struggles and relationship shit.

Where I feel like we might be heading is even more refined, but having it stand out even more. Having songs be undoubtedly Hail The Sun. Our own sound. We’ve started that process with Wake and Elephantitis, but hopefully by the next full-length it’ll be more distinct. And whatever crazy shit’s in our heads then, will be what’s on the album lyrically.

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Describe the band’s musical journey: From the first release, to now, to where you’re heading in the future.

So the album’s pretty heavy, drums especially. Do you listen to heavy music?

First full-length was released in 2010. It had progressive songs that were kind of all over the place.

They still have that characteristic of randomness now… time signature changes and shit like that. We went

I do! It’s not something I’m constantly listening to, but I was in a grindcore band when I was in high school.

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is why I like to throw in grindcore whenever I can… to put blast beats into Hail The Sun stuff when it’s appropriate, stuff like that…

As far as heavy music goes, the more current breakdown shit I’m not super into… I like shit like Between The Buried And Me… and Sorin, I like Sorin.

Thanks brother. One of the tracks is called “Jane Doe,” are you a Converge guy?

No I’m not, I had no idea that was a Converge thing. I actually didn’t name that one, that was Shane. That whole song is pretty much Shane, our guitarist. Lyrics included. I just sang what he had already written down.

What was that like, to accept his direction and his lyrics?

It wasn’t too difficult. There were lines and melodies that I did alter slightly, to make it sound something more along the lines of what I would do, or what I would initially think of when it comes to writing vocals. But once those little things were altered, it all fell into place.

JUST HOW DOES THIS CRAZY MUSIC GET MADE Who writes the songs?

We all kinda write the songs. I know a lot of bands will say that, but that’s really how it goes. Aric and Shane for the most part will write a lot of melodies on guitar, and play off each other, and they’ll bring that to the room. Once we’re in the room, I start playing the drums, thinking of vocal melodies (and whether or not they come naturally)… With the melodies Shane and Aric write, there’s root notes of course, and John will learn the root notes as he watches them play, then fancy it up a bit.

We all do take part in the writing, but it starts with the guitars.

How has the writing process, and communication between the four of you, changed over the years?

The first album was released when we still lived near each other. But this time, after college, we all moved. We all live in different cities. We live in four different cities in California. So the writing process for us is about taking six days at a time, going to San Francisco, renting out a studio, and just writing for six days straight. Then we take a month or two break, and we do the same thing, but this time in Southern California. Switch up the scenery a little bit. That’s how the majority of Wake was written; these binge writing sessions. ‘Cause we don’t get to write or practice outside of touring.

As far as the band, communication’s pretty much the same. I do wanna note though, that me and Aric have been writing together since elementary school. We’ve always been in bands and writing stuff. We started Hail The Sun in ‘08, and it solidified when John and Shane joined in late ‘09.

With Wake we played with the idea of doing… ah, what the fuck are those albums called…

Concept albums?

Yeah. I’m not opposed to ‘em, but I think they’re over-done. So instead we just wrote a collection of songs.

Shane, Aric and John are all so versatile, especially in the studio.

They’re so fucking on-point, so well rehearsed, that when it came time to

record vocals, I had a lot of time; I’d been doing a lot of pre-production.

I just wrote stuff from experience, and some theories, and there’s a song about Chico: “Relax/Divide.” It’s about my time there after college, with a significant other.

There’re songs about remembering being in a drug-addiction space…

Where it’s so dark, there’s not a lot of light, it’s a complete waste of time…

I feel like, on this album, for one of the first times I’ve been able to form into words the way I felt about myself back then, and about my friends, and people that surrounded me, and life in general. It just wasn’t the best type of behavior, and so now, to be able to reflect on it makes me feel really good; to have the support group of the band, the outlet which is the band.

I had so many people hit me up both online and at shows about how they could relate to the songs, in particular the songs about active addiction, and how they’re dealing with it right now, and trying to get clean, and shit like that.

Someone did give me shit, saying it sounds like I don’t like to have fun anymore. I think he was joking… I’m not really a boring guy, I just don’t like to fuck my life up. If you can party and do that kinda shit, that’s fuckin’ tight. I encourage you to keep doing it. Party, have fun. But for some of us it’s a hard, thin line, and when it becomes a problem, then you can see bigger problems in the foreseeable future.

DEATH, GOD, ADDICTION, AND THE SUN I would say that the very last track, “Anti-Eulogy,” is the most important song to me. It’s a eulogy that would be spoken at the funeral of my active addiction. I’m a recovering drug addict and have been clean for about five and a half years. So that song personifies active addiction, and buries it.

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happen directly after someone loses their lives.

If [the song’s story is] something that will actually happen… we’ll never know, because we don’t die and come back to life. The song’s just a theory.

Foundation, you’re singing for Sianvar, and Hail The Sun is a metaphor of your style in itself—playing drums, and screaming, and singing, all at once, and shredding the whole time. What makes you tick?

What do you suspect will happen to you when you die?

I appreciate you commenting on that. It’s really, really hard for me to sit still. Especially once I cut out the unhealthy vices that were my lifestyle years ago, I started to replace them. I had to be more ambitious. If I’m doing nothing for even a day, I feel worthless, I have to continually work at it. Plus, this is shit I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid (touring in a band.) I’m constantly stopping myself to pinch myself, to really realize: it’s nothing on a huge scale yet, but looking at what I’ve built, what I’ve been blessed and lucky enough to achieve.

Dude, I don’t know. That’s a hundred percent mystery, I have no idea. I couldn’t even theorize about it. I guess I will say that I don’t think it’s the end. I think something happens, but that could just be human wishful thinking.

Do you think there’s a god?

I think there’s a higher power.

What’s that power like?

I don’t think words in our vocabulary really even come close to describing that. We have no idea.

But the sun is the shit. Without the sun, nothing we have here is even possible. If there’s a god, it’s the fucking sun! [The band doesn’t] give a bunch of praise to something we don’t really see.

It’s more like, we’re here, and what we know is what we know. We’re separate from something that might hold us back, like living under the conditions of what a certain book might tell us to do; and because we’re separate from that, it affects our sound.

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It’s what I’ve wanted to do. And once I became a booking agent, that added towards all that.

After Chico State, I sat in town for a year, tried promoting shows, toured with Hail The Sun a little bit, and found my niche in booking. It’s a lot of fun.

What’s next for Sianvar?

We’re currently writing a new record, on and off, while we’re not doing our other bands. We plan on doing a possible tour, Texas and west coast, next year.

I feel like I’m living out of the bag a lot of the time; I’m constantly moving. I go up to Sacramento to work out of the office sometimes, and hang out with my core group of band friends up there, and then there’s the tours of course, so I don’t feel like I really have a spot I’m concreted into... but it would be Ventura. Yeah, I’d say I live in Ventura.

Part of this lifestyle that’s so appealing is talking to different people, getting different perspectives. I really appreciate you showing interest in our band. I mean, this whole thing is only possible because of people that wanna support us, people that wanna talk to us. It’s so fucking humbling, and just so cool. I couldn’t picture any one of us doing anything different with the time we have here. It’s all fucking fun.

That’s the most important thing, underlying everything else.

Like, we packed 200 kids into a small-ass room in Houston, and the air felt electric. They were all singing along, and you could tell they meant it when they were screaming it back at me. For the length of [a concert like that], we all feel like a whole.

But when I personally go to concerts, I’m never in the pit. When I see my favorite bands, I’ll just stand and enjoy it. So I guess everyone experiences it differently.

Best live show you’ve seen?

IDEALS OF MUSIC, LIVE AND OTHERWISE What should music be?

Music should be something that evokes your emotions, as simple as that. Something that evokes an emotion or a reaction, makes you feel a certain way, either good or bad, or sad.

What emotions have you felt, listening to Wake?

I felt mostly gratitude. Super grateful, and happy, and satisfied. Content with what’s being said on the record, and how all the instruments sound together. [The engineer] did a really good job mixing it all together, and every time we hear it (which hasn’t been too many times) we’re real satisfied with what the end product is. Josh Benton, at the Pus Cavern in Sacramento, is the engineer. He killed it.

What should a live show be?

A live show should be a culmination…

Everyone there for a common purpose, everyone being able to display their emotions, alongside what’s being played on stage.

Probably Circa Survive at the Shrine Theatre this last December. It was fucking huge; they packed the place out. Having the crowd so heavily involved made a huge impact. They just killed the set, man. Transitions were perfect; it sounded like they all loved what they were doing on stage, and I’m also just a huge fan. So there I was, they were playing all my favorite songs… It was very enlightening.

What do you feel like you learned there?

Watching them reminds me that it’s possible to continue doing what you love without sacrificing musical integrity, or integrity in general. Circa is a band that I feel have stayed true to what they wanna do, no matter what.

They don’t give a fuck about impressing any suits, and they’re super successful. So, seeing them still enjoying what they’re doing on stage, when they’ve been doing it for so long… It means that there’s definitely hope.

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Monday, October 6th

BRETT DENNEN ACOUSTIC SET EL REY THEATRE

He shreds the acoustic guitar like no one’s business, but doesn’t make a big deal about it. Instead, he concentrates his talent on building well-crafted songs about love and nature and stuff. He looks like a gummi bear when he sings. Or a carebear. Or an elf— the adorable, three-foot-high, ginger-haired kind of elf. He sounds exactly like he looks. It’s a good thing.

Tickets are $22.50 in advance. 6:30pm.

Friday, October 10th

THE BLOODTYPES MONSTROS PIZZA

Portland’s The Bloodtypes are a fucking blast. They dress the part (and they’re bloody), they have an awesome female lead singer who gives no fucks, and their music is like the best punk/dance party you never got to go to because you’re a young sucker, but you heard about it incessantly from your burnt-out rocker uncle. Also featuring Severance Package, Trox And The Terribles, and Static & The Cubes. $5, 8pm.

Tuesday, October 7th

HELLION LASALLES

Ronnie James Dio discovered these guys in the ‘80s, making them and their total babe vocalist Ann Boleyn justly famous. She’s a bit tempered by time, but back then she was sexy AF. Huge hair, deep raspy voice, dressed like a vampire… Basically the look all the ‘80s rockers were going for, but couldn’t quite pull off because they were dudes. Also featuring Death Rattle, Into The Awakening, Cataclysmic Assault, and Myth. $10, 9pm.

Saturday, October 11th

CHIKOKO PRESENTS “NEOTROPOLIS” SILVER DOLLAR FAIRGROUNDS

It’s that time of the year again… Every Chikoko fashion show sees a bigger attendance than the last, causing these strange/wonderful art parties to move from Chico Women’s Club on up to The Silver Dollar Fairgrounds. Whether or not you find the clothes personally appealing or practical, you will find the experience practically magical in its appeal. $20 advance tickets at The Bookstore, $25 at the door, 6pm.

New & Exciting: Ongoing Events: 6 Monday

El Rey: Brett Dennen acoustic set. $22.50 adv., 6:30pm

7 Tuesday

LaSalles: Hellion, Death Rattle, Into The Awakening, Cataclysmic Assault, Myth. $10, 9pm

9 Thursday

1078 Gallery: Overlake, Belda Beast, The Americas. $5-$10 sliding scale, 7:30pm Blue Room: Seminar. $12 adv., $15 door.

7:30pm The Graduate: Nor Cal Beers And Bands.

Michelin Embers, Equisite Corps, 4 Pounds Of Lightning. $5, 7pm Laxson: Brandford Marsalis with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. $36 adults, $10 students, 7:30pm

10 Friday

Blue Room: Seminar. $12 adv., $15 door.

7:30pm LaSalles: Furlough Fridays CD Release Party, ft. Dr. Luna, Scattered Bones, Fall Rise (Sac). $7, 9pm Lost On Main: The Nibblers. 9pm Maltese: Lisa Valentine And The Unloveables, The Inciters, Wanderers And Wolves. $5, 9pm Monstros: The Bloodtypes, Severance Package, Trox And The Terribles, Static And The Cubes. $5, 8pm

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1078 Gallery: Midday Veil, Swahili, Stubblegum. $5, 7:30pm Blue Room: Seminar. $12 adv., $15 door.

7:30pm Chico Theatre Company: Legally Blonde, The Musical. $20 adults, $12 children, 7:30pm Harlen Adams Theatre CSUC: Annual Hiestand Memorial Concert. Donations accepted. 7:30pm Lost On Main: Electric Canyon Convergence, Asher Fulero. 9pm Maltese: The Mercantiles. $5, 9pm Silver Dollar Fairgrounds: Chikoko presents “Neotropolis.” $20 adv., $25 door, 6pm Off The Wall Arena: PCW Pro Championship Wrestling. $10, kids 6 and under free.

Doors/6:30pm, show/7pm

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The Bear: Bear-E-oke! 9pm Cafe Coda: 1st Monday Jazz. $10, 7-8:30pm Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. 10am-4pm Chico Womens Club: Prenatal Yoga.

5:30-6:30pm DownLo: Pool League. 3 player teams, signup with bartender. 7pm.

All ages until 10pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm Maltese: Open Mic Comedy or Music, alternates every week. Signups at 8pm, starts at 9pm. Mug Night 7-11:30pm University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm Yoga Center Of Chico: Sound Healing w. Emiliano. Breathwork, Meditation, Healing.

7 Tuesday

100th Monkey: Fusion Belly Dance mixed-level class, with BellySutra. $8/class or $32/month. 6pm The Bear: Open Jam Night, bring instruments, 9pm-1:30am Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. 10am-4pm Chico Women’s Club: Yoga. 9-10am.

Afro Carribean Dance. $10/class or $35/mo. 5:50-7pm.

Crazy Horse Saloon: All Request Karaoke. 21+ DownLo: Game night. All ages until 10pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm LaSalles: ’90s night. 21+ Panama Bar: Tropical Tuesdays ft.

Mack Morris & DJ2K. 10pm Studio Inn Lounge: Karaoke.

8:30pm-1am The Tackle Box: Karaoke, 9pm University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm

The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Material Culture: Wearing the Art of Chikoko, Tues-Sat 11-3, Free, donations accepted Woodstocks: Trivia Challenge. Call at 4pm to reserve a table. Starts 6:30pm

8 Wednesday

Avenue 9 Gallery: Doug Rathburn, sculptor, Norm Dillinger Retrospective. 12-5pm The Bear: Trike Races. Post time 10pm Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. 10am-4pm Chico Women’s Club: Afro Brazilian Dance. 5:30-7pm DownLo: Wednesday night jazz.

8 Ball Tournament, signups 6pm, starts 7pm Duffys: Dance Night! DJ Spenny and Jeff Howse. $1, 9pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm The Graduate: Free Pool after 10pm The Maltese: Friends With Vinyl!

Bring your vinyl and share up to 3 songs/12 minutes on the turntable.

9pm-1am Panama Bar: Game Night. Prizes & Specials. Free to play!

University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Material Culture: Wearing the Art of Chikoko, Tues-Sat 11-3, Free, donations accepted Woodstocks: Trivia Night plus Happy Hour. call at 4pm to reserve a table. Starts at 8pm

9 Thursday

Avenue 9 Gallery: Doug Rathburn, sculptor, Norm Dillinger Retrospective. 12-5pm The Beach: Live DJ, no cover, 9pm Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art

12 Sunday

1078 Gallery: Hail The Sun, Stolas, Icarus The Owl, Surrounded By Giants. $10, 7:30pm

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Tour. 10am-4pm DownLo: Live Jazz. 8-11pm. All ages until 10pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm The Graduate: Free Pool after 10pm Has Beans Downtown: Open Mic Night. 7-10pm. Signups start at 6pm LaSalles: Free live music on the patio. 6-9pm Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-close Panama Bar: Buck night and DJ Eclectic & guests on the patio. 9pm University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Material Culture: Wearing the Art of Chikoko, Tues-Sat 11-3, Free, donations accepted Woodstocks: Open Mic Night Yoga Center Of Chico: Ecstatic Dance with Clay Olson. 7:30-9:30pm

10 Friday

Avenue 9 Gallery: Doug Rathburn, sculptor, Norm Dillinger Retrospective. 12-5pm The Beach: Live DJ, 9pm Cafe Coda: Friday Morning Jazz with Bogg, happy hour. 10am-2pm Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. 10am-4pm DownLo: ½ off pool. All ages until 10pm. Live Music, 8pm Duffys: Pub Scouts - Happy Hour.

4-7pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm The Graduate: Free Pool after 10pm Holiday Inn Bar: DJ Dance Party.

8pm-midnight LaSalles: Open Mic night on the patio. 6-9pm Maltese: Happy hour with live jazz

by Bogg. 5-7pm. LGBTQ+ Dance Party. 9pm Panama Bar: Jigga Julee, DJ Mah on the patio. 9pm

Peeking: BassMint. Weekly electronic dance party. $1-$5.

9:30pm Quackers: Live DJ. 9pm Sultan’s Bistro: Bellydance Performance. 6:30-7:30pm University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology: Material Culture: Wearing the Art of Chikoko, Tues-Sat 11-3, Free, donations accepted

11 Saturday

Avenue 9 Gallery: Doug Rathburn, sculptor, Norm Dillinger Retrospective. 12-5pm The Beach: Live DJ, 9pm Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. 10am-4pm DownLo: 9 Ball tournament.

Signups at noon, starts at 1pm. All ages until 10pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm The Graduate: Free Pool after 10pm LaSalles: 80’s Night. 8pm-close Panama Bar: DJ Eclectic on the patio. 9pm University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm

12 Sunday

Chico Art Center: Open Studios Art Tour. 10am-4pm Dorothy Johnson Center: Soul Shake Dance Church. Free-style dance wave, $8-$15 sliding scale.

10am-12:30pm DownLo: Free Pool, 1 hour with every $8 purchase. All ages until 10pm Empire Coffee: Portrait Drawing Group art show. 7am-7pm LaSalles: Karaoke. 9pm Maltese: Live Jazz 4-7pm. Trivia 8pm Tackle Box: Karaoke, 8pm

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Another Productive Day in the Life of Me DEALING WITH CALIFORNIA COVERED, WORKING IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND LAMENTING THE DETERIORATION OF A ROCK ICON. I spent my morning on hold, waiting to talk to one of the administrators over at “California Covered.” I’ve been pleasantly surprised whenever I actually get a hold of a live human being over there, but the buffers that have been implemented to forestall contact, and then the ensuing wait times once you’ve navigated the robot voice’s electronic minefield are maddening. This morning’s episode lasted about one hour—fifty minutes of which was spent on hold. It’s an involuntary exercise in mindful breathing and focusing on keeping the blood pressure from spiking. I feel like I managed it pretty well—I’d give myself a B+. There were only a couple of moments when I felt like mashing the telephone into little plastic bits.

Concow State of Mind Working up in Concow again probably has something to do with the kinder, mellower me. The clean air, the evergreens, and the aromatic annuals charge the spirit with negative ions, and a morning spent in the company of Marvin, followed by an impromptu lunch with David Guzzetti is always good for cellular and molecular rejuvenation.

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This morning there is a crisp, strong wind blowing across the valley floor. I need to cut and bend some metal, but I also desperately want to spend some time in the soil, getting

my hands dirty, sowing seeds, turning earth, and pulling weeds. The ground calls to me.

We Salute You I recently heard the sad news that Malcolm Young, the legendary rhythm guitar-player, riff writer, and founding member of the seminal hard rock band AC/DC, has been diagnosed with dementia. If I were forced to pin-point a single most important musical influence it would without question be this Australian rock juggernaut. For a solid year of my life—my sophomore year of high school—I listened to AC/DC exclusively. The first album I bought was the under-rated Flick of the Switch, and from there I was hooked. Eventually I had every single one of the band’s albums on cassette. I kept them in an ammunition box in my Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser and listened to them in a constant rotation. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing AC/DC four times and suffered my nearest near-death experience when, at an AC/DC show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, I was nearly trampled to death by the surging crowd. If I were teaching ROCK 101, I would devote a quarter of the class to AC/DC. They are the prototype for hard rock.

Malcolm’s driving rhythms and blistering riffs were an essential component in the band’s early and continued success. He will be sorely missed by the rock and roll community.

The Trish is awake and asking to use the computer I am writing on, so it looks like I’ve got to wrap this thing up. Physical work beckons and the blind dog is angling for a walk. It’s nearly noon, I’ve dealt with our insurance situation, and the final sentence of this week’s ramble is complete. I think it’s time for a beer run.

Immaculate Infection

by Bob Howard

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October and the Intellectual Property of Hexagons COPYRIGHT STRATEGY It should be nothing less than a refreshing change of pace to flee from this recent trend of armchair analysis and examination of complex topics and return to what video game journalism, at its heart, is all about: Hype. This October (and its outlying days) promises to be one of several interesting, or at the very least, expensive games, and that, friends, is the true meaning of the season. Aside from Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, (all of which you can expect to see a review of, just don’t hold your breath) there’s also Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth. The long wait for the heavily anticipated Beyond Earth has brought into the spotlight a game from 2013: Pandora: First Contact.

First Contact is a strategy game extraordinarily similar to two different games of the same franchise: 2010’s Sid Meier’s Civilization V and 1998’s Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. As you can see, the magical Mr. Meier is a name so respected it is, in and of itself, a franchise. As lead developer on many great games, founder of his own successful gaming company, and contributor on dozens of successful projects, Sid lives on not just in the games he produces, but also in history as a superstar developer of PC games. The Civilization series are strategy games that have the player take an extremely macro view on empire management: carefully oversee the culture, traditions, ideas, economy, military, diplomacy, and geography of your empire, a holistic notion that once separated it from militaristic strategy and has today inspired hundreds of copycats and ambitious developers.

First Contact is a fascinating study because it has Civ V’s UI and mechanics almost copypasted over, and it has the same ideas, factions, and storylines of Alpha Centauri, the sci-fi themed member of the Civilization series. It is, in fact, loaded with ideas, homage, and references to other games and science fiction works throughout. Created by the appropriately named Proxy Studios, First Contact could be a copyright lawyer’s dream, but it isn’t.

In 2011, ZeniMax, the parent of the creator of the extremely successful and prestigious Elder Scrolls series, sued Minecraft developer Mojang for creating a game called Scrolls, saying it violated copyright of their own series.

The lawsuit was, inevitably, a huge blow for public relations and ended in stalemate, but it was a taste of copyright law in the a field where the stuff has been surprisingly loose.

Mimicry and imitation to the degree that some games are just called “clones” of others is a gold standard of the industry. If one tried to sue over these million dollar machines on the grounds of too much similarity, it would be to open Pandora’s box.

The gaming world has a unique standard of creative borrowing and expression, and therefore Bejeweled and Candy Crush can live side by side. This is, I think, another extraordinary example of gaming’s youth and uniqueness in the world of business, where consumer and producer are often mortal enemies trying to convince each other that theirs is the right way, and where standards that elsewhere are federal law are loose, and sometimes even ignored.

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October Art Report

BY MICHELE FRENCH CAPTJACKAFTON@HOTMAIL.COM The “Floating World” never looked so beautiful and ethereal as it does in Paula Busch’s Japan: Most Recent Work currently at James Snidle Fine Art. Her “Siphonophora Series” (siphonophorae—marine creatures sometimes resembling jellyfish—appear to be a single entity, but are, in actuality, numerous organisms joined in a colony; the best known example is the deadly Portuguese Man of War) pairs geishas, sumo wrestlers, a merchant, and lovers with the strange, but lovely, sea creatures in these encaustic works. (Encaustic is a painting technique using hot beeswax to which colored pigment can be added and then shaped with brushes and special tools.)

Notable among them is the “Courtesan Chozao of the Chosiya,” a delicately beautiful, but haughty young woman who, elaborately coiffed and dressed, is accompanied by two youthful attendants. She seems mildly surprised at the unearthly sight of the flowing sea creatures that surround her. Geisha, attendants and siphonophora are enclosed in a cartouche-like shape with three circular mounds of wax above them. I was told that each of the circular forms took over an hour for the artist to create as she reapplied hot wax again and again manipulating and shaping it with a brush and tools.

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Inside the museum there’s a display with color photos and brief bios of each of the Chikoko members: Nel Adams, Sara Rose Bonette, Muir Hughes, Michalyn Renwick and Christy Seahorse. Twelve posters announce the Chikoko shows to date from Experimental (2005) to Nectar (2013). On a large flat screen Metamorphosis, Elemental, 5th Sun Angry Birds and Star Wars, and Nectar run in an endless loop with gorgeous, regal models of both sexes showing off equally gorgeous clothing.

There’s a smaller screen with a slide show, the pauses in between slides allowing you to examine the clothing as works of art more closely.

The show includes the “Japan Series” as well, which are largely abstract works that include the occasional image, such as the head of a girl in one, and natural elements, slices of persimmons and mandarins and lace leaves, both red and yellow, trapped in the wax. The surface of these are pleated with the ridges running both vertically and horizontally across the surface of the paintings. This show will be in place until October 31.

I certainly can’t mention everything in this show, which is packed with delightful costumes and accessories, but two dresses linger in my memory. One is from Tronic (2010), a show in which the pieces were “influenced by heroes and villains of Star Trek.” I think, but maybe I’m wrong, that it’s made of gold lame (la-MAY). Sleeveless, “Goldness” has a deep cowl neck and a bodice that drops straight into a car wash skirt. It’s supposed to be Sci Fi inspired, but it reminds me, too, of a long-ago age of Hollywood glamour. “Lady Luck” from the Metamorphosis show is a sassy little strapless dress and a hair accessory made of decks of cards. The bodice is shaped like a bra made of stiff, pointed rounds of cards showing their backs. The skirt, however, where the cards show their faces, flares and ripples like endless hands of poker in the grip of a professional gambler. It’s a little too edgy, perhaps, for street wear, but it’s still an enchanting work of art. This show will be at the Anthropology Museum until October 11.

When you enter the foyer of the Turner Print Museum and the Valene L. Smith Anthropology Museum there’s a glass case to your right. For only a few more days this display case will hold a sign that says, “If you think this is cool, wait until you go inside!”

This refers to “Feng Shui Koi Purses” in the case which were designed by Chikoko member Michalyn Renwick. COOL?! I want the one with the turquoise scales and rosecolored fins! And, indeed, what you get to see next IS way cool!

The love of art leads you down interesting paths and so on Friday September 26 at Chico City Hall I had an incredible experience when MONCA (The Museum Of Northern California Art) opened another “pop-up.” The “pop-ups” not only give a taste of what the museum will be like when it finally moves into the old Veteran’s Hall on the Esplanade, they also highlight the Museum’s fundraising efforts. The reception that night featured The Breshears Trio, a group of young classical musicians who play string instruments. After

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playing a number of short pieces by Mozart, the young man in the group soloed with a rather difficult Bach partita. They exhibited excellent musicianship, especially hitting the notes on key and in the right places. This is particularly astonishing since the young “man” in the trio, Dustin Breshears, is seven years old and his sisters, Valerie and Starla, are five and six. They present themselves quite confidently and very professionally, as well.

I should mention the art, shouldn’t I? Reed Applegate, whose personal art collection will be highlighted at MONCA, would probably be upset if I didn’t. The art from Reed’s collection at the city hall is displayed on all three floors with ten works in the hall on the ground floor. The entire group covers a diverse range of media and covers almost five decades. It should be mentioned, Reed has exquisite taste so every work in the “popups” is of exceptional quality. Local artists in the show include Sal Casa, Ann Pierce, Marion Epting, Mabrie Ormes (with a work done before she moved to Oregon) and the late Richard Hornaday and Ruth Ormerod. Reed collects art only from artists that live and work in Northern California, that is, from Sacramento to the Oregon border, however, this includes work

by Wayne Thiebaud and Roy De Forest. This show will continue through November.

James Snidle Fine Arts is located at 254 E. 4th Street and is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9am to 5pm. The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology is on the Chico State campus on the ground floor of Meriam Library and is open from 11am to 4pm. Chico City Hall is located between E. 4th and 5th Streets and is open during business hours on week days.

People’s Climate March

BY TOMMY DIESTEL I’ll start with the train. 170 people rode coast to coast to attend the People’s Climate March in NYC, the largest climate focused protest in history. 120 folk started in Emeryville from all over the west coast, and 50 more joined along the way to Chicago. The trip took four days. The train was a great setting for organizing, strategizing, campaign building, and just getting to know fellow train riders. Each person had their own reason for getting aboard: some were working with local, statewide, or national organizations; others were working toward community resilience in impacted communities; and some just saw it as a great networking opportunity and a good way to get involved further within the movement. There were workshops held in the observation car, aisle ways, and any space available. Topics ranged from building alliances bridging races and genders, the importance of including indigenous communities and frontline members who bear the brunt of the burden caused by climate change, to people sharing stories and experiences of past actions against the Keystone XL

Pipeline, tar sands extraction, mountaintop removal, and plugs from different organizations about what’s been going on in different areas. Sometimes, spontaneous conversations about politics, philosophies, and reshaping the system would last until the early hours of morning.

When we got to Chicago, I was lucky enough to sit in on a People of Color Caucus. People of all origins, from impacted communities like Richmond, Oakland, and Native American reservations, told stories of witnessing first hand the externalized costs of climate change. Poor air quality, high health risks, contaminated water, schools and playgrounds next to factories, fear for the youth, and what it feels like to be forgotten about.

We talked about oppression, being marginalized, systemic racism, white privilege, and the importance of building a movement which emcompasses and includes ALL people, no matter their background.

You can see pictures and videos of the damages, or watch lectures about these topics, but witnessing first hand real accounts from real people really drives the point home.

We made it to New York a few days before the March, so the organizers set up plenary talks to keep people busy. Jill Stein, presidential candidate for the Green Party; leaders of Idle No More, an indigenous people’s rights coalition; Oscar Olivera, a labor leader from Bolivia who fought against the privatization of Cochabamba’s water supply; hip-hop artist Immortal Technique; and others all told their stories and spoke about the growing power behind our movement. They all stressed the importance of taking this momentum home with us to organize in our communities. This fight expands beyond us all, and the ones who have done the least to affect climate change bear the most weight of its impacts. It is up to us all to make our voices heard, but more importantly, do the dirty work that will help change the system.

At the march on Sunday, I was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of people who heeded the call of Bill McKibben and 350.org to take to the streets of New York and demand our leaders stop pidgeon footing around the issue.

310,000 people. Three Hundred Ten THOUSAND people were at the march. You can’t joke about those kinds of numbers. We took over six city blocks! Union workers, labor rights advocates, lawyers, socialists, anarchists, children, old folk, indigenous leaders, frontline community members, teachers, students, scientists, a variety of campaign leaders and supporters of divestment, anti-extraction, clean air and water advocates, even celebrities—all marching in support of one thing: our future.

The next day was Flood Wall St. Unlike the day before, this had no permits. Cops had police barricades lining the streets, and brought buses to intimidate us all. Smaller in size, about 1,500 people blocked Broadway St., and organized until we marched to the intersection of Wall St., which the police had blocked off. As people tried to pass the blockade over to Wall St., I witnessed three people get pepper sprayed and dragged to safety by fellow protesters. Luckily, medics were on hand and no one was seriously harmed or injured. The stand-off lasted for hours, filled with chants of “Whose side are you on?”,

“Make Wall St. listen!”, and “Whose streets? Our streets!” among others.

After dispersal orders were given, much of the crowd thinned out, save for the 100 or so people who stayed and were arrested. They were processed with minor charges.

This is a very small summary of what happened. It wasn’t pointless.

It was more than symbolism. Our message was strong, and it was heard! Major companies have begun changing their portfolios to divest from fossil fuels and extraction companies. Even the Rockefeller heirs divested! And the U.N. took notice. At one point in the march they showed solidarity marches from over a dozen cities worldwide.

But now it’s up to us. All of us. As people who live in a first world country, we use the majority of resources. Unfortunately, there is currently no viable alternative to the power structure which exists.

So let’s build a new one. Not just for ourselves, but for everyone.

We all hold a responsibility to do something.

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This is a huge week for you with the lunar eclipse in Aries Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. There are advantages and disadvantages of being in a relationship. Love is like a bird: Hold it too tight and you’ll kill it. Hold it too loose and it might just fly away. Romance issues can be ego crushing. Add the accident, or the shock, or the surprise of the day. Ask for help when you can no longer wing it.

The weekend will be good for processing among family and friends. By Sunday you’ll be able to move with more grace.

The full moon possesses an element of karma and self-undoing. Dreams and messages could be strong.

Work and service are primary functions of your everyday life. Cooperating with others is an essential part of efficient forward momentum.

Do something on Tuesday or Wednesday to make good karma. Help someone who can’t help themselves. Add beauty and love to whatever service you give. The moon will be in Taurus Wednesday morning through the mid part of Saturday morning.

Free yourself from unreasonable expectations.

There is no need for worry or fear, Mercury retrograde is simply a lesson that everything is open to further analysis. Over-confident people can make dangerous mistakes.

Your focus has been on creative expression for the most part. Matters of the heart continue to matter more. Good fortune, playfulness, and love affairs go well during this time. The full moon eclipse amplifies your social life. You may make different plans for the future. The moon will be in Gemini Saturday morning through the rest of the weekend. Enjoy feeling good.

Brace yourself, for this is no ordinary week. A powerful blood moon lunar eclipse occurs in your career house.

Your emotions become public property with Tuesday night and Wednesday morning’s full moon. A philosophic attitude will serve you well during this time. The weekend will be good for making good karma or paying attention to your spiritual life. Use items from the past when appropriating a creative project. Do what you can to honor older family members. Listen to your intuition and do that which makes you feel comfortable.

If you live in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, subtle aspects of the fall season are becoming evident in your day to day life.

Fall fruits and vegetables fill the market, animals become more active, the days get shorter than the nights, and dashes of gold, orange, and red dress up a normally green tree. The full moon eclipse encourages you to take right action. You are more aware of your creative abilities and desire more playful action. The weekend looks good for socializing, and meeting up with good friends.

Modesty is one of your most well known attributes. It must have been a Virgo who said “don’t count your chicks before they hatch.” Discrimination in terms of what appears to be valuable is part of your practice. The full moon eclipse rocks the world of birth, sex, death, and other people’s property. There is a sense of magic within this moon. Mercury retrograde has you assessing your finances, singing songs, making meals and working on personal flexibility. Thursday and Friday are your lucky days this week when taking a risk is worth your while.

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This year you come into a big shift as far as your priorities are concerned. You desire satisfaction in a very strong way. Venus in your first house continues to make you more attractive to others. The full moon lunar eclipse will affect your relationships in a surprising way. You may want to run away in order to claim independence. You may have a fling unexpectedly that excites and or shocks you. You can only play “goody two shoes” for so long. We are on to your game. Go with the vibration that feeds your soul.

Mistakes can be good.

Stay calm, mature, and grounded as forces beyond your control descend on the land. We need you to be reliable as surprise decisions concerning health, work, small pets and distant relatives need to be made. Don’t indulge in worry, but rather concern yourself with doing things that will make for good karma even if that means making a meal for a friend who’s been ill. Be slow to judge, quick to forgive, and steady with your love. This weekend it may be best to go with the flow. Being of service to those in need will elevate everyone around you including yourself.

This has been a fairly good time for you. Your sense of direction is good and getting better. Your energy is high.

The full moon highlights your playfulness, your creative flair. Not everyone around you is going to be able to keep pace. Have mercy on those of us with less enthusiasm. The weekend is looking good for romance and negotiations.

Make wise plans for the future when there may not be as much to go around. Look at everything with a fresh curiosity. Allow life to pleasantly surprise you with something good.

The responsibility theme seems to increase in weight.

The full moon is likely to affect parents, household members and deep seated memories. Stay grounded, but be ready for the unexpected. Be grateful for the friends you do have. The aftermath of the lunar eclipse will ultimately bring better days. Move forward, but continue to watch your backside.

Slow down and pay attention to little details. Your career may be depending on it. The weekend looks good for laying low and getting rid of useless fluff.

If I were an advocate of gambling, I’d say your chances of winning are better than usual.

Winning is perhaps a lower vibration of success since it’s often based on someones loss.

The full moon will be a time of “ah ha” moments, as well as a few surprises. You move in a very enthusiastic social circle.

Help these firecrackers cool their jets and keep to a spiritually high path. The weekend looks good for pursuing matters of the heart. Sunday is an unusually good day where things seem to flow with ease and grace.

Whatever is thought of as civilized and sophisticated today will be found to be crude and barbaric in the future. The full moon on Tuesday and Wednesday is a test of your values. Counting the damage and being grateful for what is left. We can’t control everything. Release the things that aren’t working to speed yourself along your journey.

Every time you help someone else you create good karma for yourself in the future. This weekend looks like a good time to lay low and recover from perhaps being overworked.

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Climate Change I was a climate-change agnostic when I went to see Guy McPherson at the 100th Monkey.

I thought Earth might be more subtle and complex than we think, like everything else.

I’m leery of numbers that only show up on a machine, even if the numbers represent something said to be important. I imagine some schnook peering in disbelief at a dim red readout and smacking the thing, and the number changes.

I thought I was gonna see Anthony Watts, too, a prominent climate-change skeptic.

McPherson and Watts were going to debate, except Watts had a personal emergency and didn’t show, so McPherson gave us a talk, which essentially amounted to we’re all going to die. Climate change from human activity has gone so far that nothing we do is likely to make a difference, and all this you see around you is going away. There’s a forty-year lag between the causes and the effects, so the weather we’re getting now was influenced by what people were doing in 1974. We’ve got maybe another generation or so and then that’s it, no more civilization and no more us.

Life will go on, just not us folks.

I was stunned. A friend had told me that McPherson’s spiel was a major downer, and she did not exaggerate. I was at first alarmed that my sons mightn’t have as long a ride as I had envisioned. Then I thought that longevity for its own sake doesn’t seem as worthy a goal as service, for instance, and the quality of their lives is up to each of them. I don’t mind civilization going away as long as it takes congress and the banks with it. I don’t mind people dying out either, although I bet a few of us survive, mostly assholes.

Peter Melton showed us a video of Anthony Watts, but it didn’t amount to much, and I looked Watts up later online. Wow, talk about

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another perspective.

McPherson is clearly a serious man. He lives sustainably off the grid in southern New Mexico and admits that climate change and the end of civilization will affect him far less than it will the rest of us. I like the way he walks the walk. Guy McPherson is not fucking around.

Guy McPherson has also been doing this for thirty years, and his theory infuses his public persona and private life. He’s got all the facts and numbers at his disposal and is as glib as he ought to be after thirty years of practice.

He seems like a nice guy, and I liked the way his talks—I also went to the discussion at the Chico Peace and Justice Center the next night—ended with appeals to rely on love and live as well as we can until we can’t anymore.

At the end of the Thursday gathering at CPJC we actually joined hands and sang Kumbaya, no shit.

Doomsday might be coming right up, and it might be just the ticket. We don’t know where to yet, but we know it’s one-way. Whatever; I’m not sweating it.

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