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Compensation for time and travel may be available. 707.542.1499 For more information, please call 04 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN Catalyzing job growth with minority-owned businesses By David Hinson he federal government just revealed that private-sector firms created 159,000 new jobs in October. The unemployment rate, however, remains persistently high, at 9.6 percent. Policymakers continue to search for ways to help those looking for work find jobs. The minority business community should be at the center of that conversation. Minority firms have been an engine of job growth for the U.S. economy, outpacing growth within the general business community, for most of the last decade. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people employed at minority-owned businesses jumped 27 percent--from 4.7 million to 5.9 million-- between 2002 and 2007. Job growth for non-minorityowned firms was less than 1 percent during that time. In those five years, the number of minority-owned firms in the U.S. grew 46 percent, to 5.8 million. Meanwhile, the number of firms in the overall economy expanded at less than half that rate. The revenue of minority-owned businesses is also growing much faster than that of nonminority-owned businesses. Between 2002 and 2007, minority-owned firms' revenue jumped 56 percent to $1 trillion annually. At nonminority firms, receipts were up just 21 percent, although average gross receipts for nonminority-owned firms remain much larger than those of minority-owned firms. Minority businesses are emerging as leading exporters, too. They exported to 41 countries on six continents between 1992 and 2009. Minority firms are twice as likely to generate sales through exports as nonminority firms. With these figures in mind, there's no doubt that minority entrepreneurs will lead the American business community's charge to double its exports within the next five years, as the president's National Export Initiative has challenged. Yet while minority-owned businesses are growing at a breakneck pace, disparities continue to exist between minority- and nonminority-owned firms. Only 800,000 of America's nearly 6 million minority firms have more than one employee. The annual revenue for the average minority-owned firm is about $300,000 less than that of a nonminorityowned firm. Closing the entrepreneurial revenue gap between minority- and nonminority-owned businesses based on the share of the adult minority population could add $2.5 trillion to our nation's economic output, create 11.8 million more American jobs and unleash the innovation of a longundervalued economic sector. Corporate America can strengthen its efforts to make minority-owned businesses a larger part of its global supply chain, and minority business owners can and should do a better job of embracing aggressive growth models and capitalizing on opportunities for alliances, mergers and strategic partnerships. The most successful minorityowned businesses in this country have embraced aggressive models to join the upper echelons of the American economy--and have created thousands of jobs in the process. Many of the largest blackand Hispanicowned businesses were created through mergers, acquisitions or joint investment projects. For instance, McDonald's collaborated with a Hispanic entrepreneur to form Lopez Foods, a top supplier that now generates $500 million annually in revenue. Johnson Controls partnered with a minority management team to create Bridgewater Interiors--now a billion-dollar company. And more than 20 years ago, Coca-Cola partnered with a minority investment group to create the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Minority-owned firms don't have to pursue these growth strategies blindly. The Minority Business Development Agency at the U.S. Department of Commerce supports more than 40 business centers nationwide to help minority-owned firms secure access to capital, contracts and assistance in entering growing foreign markets. As we look for ways to create more jobs, shining a light on the economic potential of the minority business community can significantly benefit the American people and economy. Minority businesses are creating jobs at a rate faster than nonminority owned businesses of similar size and are an increasingly important source of economic opportunity for all Americans. David Hinson is the national director of the Minority Business Development Agency at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Open Mic is a weekly feature in the Bohemian. We welcome your contribution. To have your topical essay of 700 words considered for publication, write openmic@bohemian.com. The minority business community can significantly benefit the American economy. For tickets call 707.546.3600 (noon-6pm Tue-Sat) Online wellsfargocenterarts.org Highway 101 to River Road, Santa Rosa � Your Community Non-Profit Arts Center for 29 years THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 05 I am writing this letter to express my opinion on Proposition 8. I am so disappointed by this selfish proposition and our constitutional rights of voting in the United States. Prop. 8 passed because of some people that complained that same-sex marriage is a sin and should only be between a male and a female. No one had any right to interfere with same-sex marriage or to judge them. There are Christians that are true and loving to God in a nonjudgmental way to accept people the way they are. These types of churches allow other types of people who are different in any lifestyle--if they believe in God or not, or even if they are gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual or trans. Everyone, no matter how they are born or created, has a right to have a marriage, even if it is a same-sex marriage. If God says "don't judge your neighbor," then don't. It is a sin to judge or control other people's lives. This terrible proposition is hypocritical and discriminating. What happened to same-sex marriage that passed fair and square the first time? It passed by law, then was taken away with discriminatory behavior by people who it doesn't really concern. These people need to focus on their own lives if they are so set in thinking that there is only one type of marriage. They are terribly wrong. If they can't see it differently, then they are blind. Same-sex marriage is anyone's right. Their love is also real. Accept their personal lives as you would your very own. The recent withdrawal of the diet drug Meridia from all markets is the latest setback in the long and frustrating quest for a pharmaceutical solution to our obesity epidemic. Drug companies have spent millions of dollars on research and development, but none of the diet drugs on the market are considered very effective. Some are even dangerous. Unfortunately, obesity is the number one public health problem in our community and for our nation--one-third of our population is obese. It's responsible for heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases, accounting for millions of premature deaths annually. Causes of obesity include consumption of fatladen meat and dairy products and inadequate exercise. The failure of the drug industry to come up with a quick fix adds emphasis to the diet/exercise solution, which is particularly critical during childhood years, when lifestyle habits become lifelong addictions. We need to adopt some healthy changes to solve this crisis. Let's start by replacing meat and dairy products in our diet with wholesome grains, vegetables and fruits, and adopt a regular exercise program. We must insist our schools introduce wholesome meal choices for our children, because they are our future. In our Dec. 29 issue (read: between eggnog and Champagne), the production of A Christmas Carol mentioned in David Templeton's "Top 10 Torn Tickets" was erroneously credited to the Sixth Street Playhouse--who are great! But who, as is evident in our current and vivid sobriety, never presented any such play in 2010. The honor should have been duly credited to the also-great, big-warm-hug folks at the marvelous Imaginists Theatre Collective. The Bohemian regrets the error. 06 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN REACH YOUR INTRO SPECIAL POTENTIAL New Students Only Local Residents $10/10 days UNLIMITED YOGA IN 2011 nrafaelyoga.com www.sa nd Floor, San Rafael, CA nd St., 2 2 1295 YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE... 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With meteorological testing gear, digital transmitters and a small solar panel mounted to each tower, the temporary installations were sought by NextEra Energy Resources to gather data about the potential of the region for wind area production. Permits for the three-year test project were routinely issued by the Marin County Deputy Zoning Administrator on Aug. 26. And a gale of protest promptly erupted. A group of nine people, including leaders of the Marin Audubon Society, the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin and the Marin Conservation League, quickly appealed to the Marin County Planning Commission to rescind the permits. They charge that the project is in violation of state environmental law and would endanger birds and bats, create a visual blight on the landscape, pose a hazard to rescue helicopters, interfere with radar from the Two Rock Coast Guard station and expose neighboring residents to "wind turbine syndrome." Outside of the county's standard review process, the wind turbine detractors emphasize two other arguments: that the companies seeking to build them are pocketing huge wads of taxpayer money and then building installations that fail to deliver on promises of "green energy." NextEra, the company seeking the temporary test project in Marin, is a Florida-based, multibillion dollar corporation that operates dozens of wind farms across North America, including Altamont Pass. "The wind-farm business is an immense folly inf licted on a gullible public by big business, with the collusion of big government, at enormous expense to the environment, with shockingly little energy benefit," fumed project opponent Christopher Barnes in a guest column published last month in the West Marin Citizen. "The wind-energy companies are thriving because of a new stimulus that's been created to provide on the order of $800 million for energy production," elaborates Chips Armstrong, owner of a Petaluma auto repair shop and one of the nine Marin appellants. "They're getting several times the subsidies that anything else is getting--oil, coal, natural gas, geothermal and other forms of energy. Yet they are producing, in California, 1.3 percent of the power demand. And these companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars." "The whole notion that this is somehow a boondoggle, that this is subsidized by government, is absurd," counters Dave Erikson. As a Sebastopol-based "lowcarbon energy consultant" and former THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 09 staff member at the Climate Protection Campaign, Erickson points out that under California's green energy law, utilities are actually required "to buy more renewals, and it has to be at a certain price point. Unless they can build that so that their costs are lower than what they can get on the market, they're not going to do it. "It all has to do," he continues, "with electricity being a fungible commodity in California." Erickson theorizes that the Marin Energy Authority might be an eager customer for wind power generated locally within the county. But Armstrong is not persuaded, and further contends that wind power is not green. "A lot of the big turbines actually start with electricity," he says. "So you have a carbon footprint that's created by putting 'em in. Then you have a carbon footprint that's created by the equipment that has to be there to back 'em up when they don't work. So if you do the math, as a lot of people have, there's no real savings from the standpoint of a carbon footprint. In fact, it almost could be negative. "To say nothing of the fact that there's no net power created, relative to anything else," Armstrong continues. "All 13,000 wind turbines in the state of California can be matched with one 550 megawatt gas generator." "This is extreme nonsense," retorts Dave Erickson. "The bottom line with wind is there's no fuel. The fuel is free." "Wind is a commercially viable source of renewable energy," adds Barry Vesser, deputy director of the Climate Protection Campaign. "It's being deployed all over the world, including many places in the United States, at scale. The vulnerability of wind is its intermittency, but there are ways to deal with that," Vesser says, citing storage and supplementing with other power sources. There are also encouraging developments for the birds, who have been injured and killed by older turbines. A recent legal settlement will require NextEra to replace 2,400 turbines in Altamont Pass "with newer models that are more efficient, generate more power, and are less harmful to eagles, falcons and other birds," according to then�attorney general Jerry Brown. David Williard, cofounder of Sage Renewables in Inverness, sees the early site of Altamont as the source of much of wind power's bad reputation. "They didn't really know what they were doing when they developed Altamont, but we learned a heck of a lot from the mistakes that they made up there. We just don't see the issues with bird kills like they did in the '80s. But the public perception is that these are just big birdkilling machines, which they're really not." Back in San Rafael, the nine opponents' appeal was upheld, 5-2 by the Marin Planning Commission, only to be reversed again in mid-December on a 4-0 vote by county supervisors. Bird mortality will be monitored while the towers are in place. And it may all be moot. "I seriously have some reservations about whether or not they're going to find the wind that they need" to proceed with a largescale wind farm, observes Williard. 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Have a licensed contractor design, construct, and install your grow room! Selection Wide selection of hydroponic and organic gardening supplies! Grow Squad The New Harvest team has more than 40 years combine growing experience and can advise you on all aspects of growing! By Juliane Poirier urging junk from our lives is instinctual at the dawn of a new year. To move forward and embrace change, we naturally let go of items we don't need and pass them along to others--especially things that might bring joy to those who have less than we do. But this year there is a fantastically greater payoff to purging certain excess stuff in our lives--namely, cameras (even separate parts such as bodies and lenses) and GPS systems. Our donations of working cameras and GPS units could literally help save lives in developing countries, improve air and water quality, provide ecoemployment, advance biological science, document "new" species and add to the much-needed data supporting herpetological biodiversity. Reptile and Amphibian Ecology International (RAEI) is a nonprofit conservation group collecting donations of household cameras and GPS devices (and a few nonhousehold items, such as snake equipment) that will be put to use in remote areas of Ecuador, Mexico and Cameroon by scientists and trained laypersons doing field work. "This gear is important, because we document biodiversity with cameras," says Paul Hamilton, director of RAEI. "We are a small organization, but a lot of what we do is capacity-building, giving people the tools to work on their own." All biodiversity field work is urgent in these times. But because the frog is an indicator species--an equivalent to the canary in the coal mine, whose ability to stay alive indicated the likelihood of survival for the workers--information about frogs and their brethren is particularly critical. Not only can it suggest how long we may survive, but it is the kind of data that can be used by, for and against governments deciding whether or not a natural resource is saved or plundered. Collecting this data is a real challenge, because time is so short, the stakes are so high and funding is so poor. This is where our old technological stuff can really help--if we send it off to RAIE. Cameras are used to provide the proof of a species' existence and to document the conditions of their ecosystem, which is the region wherein a species can survive in complex, interconnected relationships. When these areas get simplified by human interference, life-sustaining systems collapse. When rainforests are cleared, for example, entire populations can be wiped out, as can all the species whose existence depended on the forest for survival. The genius of this new donation program is that armed with our old cameras and GPS units, professional and trained field workers will be able to cover far more ground than ever before; they will have the tools they need out in remote areas to get many more ecosystems mapped, measured and documented. An example offered by RAIE is the work done by 37-yearold Carlos Robles, who works as an ecoguide in Ecuador on a preserve where 14 new species of frog have been discovered in the last few years. This preserve, Cerro Pata de Pajaro, is threatened by deforestation by the cattle adjacent to it. The cattle ranchers are "encroaching and cutting down forests on the reserve boundaries" and grazing cattle within the boundaries of the park, Robles says, where the herd are literally eating away the forest. So far, proving these claims has been impossible, as it's his word against the ranchers'--unless he can document the damage scientifically using GPS and a camera. What is ingeniously sustainable about RAIE's donation program is not only the redistribution of American material wealth and the opportunity to inexpensively and rapidly advance biodiversity field work in Ecuador, Mexico and Cameroon, but the engagement of many more nonspecialists in hands-on preservation work. Average people will be empowered and engaged in sustainability work. Quoted by RAIE, Jerry Toth, director of Ecuador's tropical Jama Coaque Reserve, says, "One of the most important and untapped resources in this region are the human resources. Training and equipping the people of this region to be field guides and specialists in ecology is not just a nice gesture--it's a longterm conservation strategy." Cameras and GPS devices can be sent to RAIE, 3901 W. 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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 101 Morris Street - Suite. 100 Sebastopol, CA 95472 cell: 707.292.9414 Please call cell first office direct: 707.824.4260 www.suzannewandrei.com THE BOHEMIAN 14 01.05.11-01.11.11 Kaz Vineyards' Nate Lamar may soon be handling grapes from the fertile crescent of winemaking. East meets West in unprecedented Georgian grape cultivation By Alastair Bland hey came to California by FedEx in September, two dozen grapevine specimens collected on a government fruit-collecting trip to the Republic of Georgia. They will eventually be rooted at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's tree fruit collection in Winters, Calif., where they may produce their first crop in three years--and Kenwood winemaker Richard Kasmier has called dibs on the fruit. Kasmier would likely be the first American to make wine using indigenous Georgian grapes. In fact, these varieties may never have been grown in the New World. They include such unknowns as Rkatsiteli, Saperavi, Khikhvi, Kisi, Kakhuri Mtsvivani and Bideshuri--and in a market dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and other superstars, where would these Georgian obscurities have found elbow room, let alone a fan base? Nowhere, perhaps, except the three acres of Kaz Vineyard and Winery. Here, owner Kasmier will make space for the vines, he says, and the wines they render will fit in well with the rare and unusual lineup Kasmier already produces. His wines number about a dozen, some of them blends, others 100 percent varietals, and with grapes like Alicante, Lenoir, De Chaunac and Marcel Fos making up the mix. Though Kasmier has dabbled in most of the usual reds and whites of the Californian industry, he has also grown bored with them. "I just don't have interest in competing with all the Cabernets in the Napa Valley, and I don't find them very interesting to make," says Kasmier, who founded his operation in 1994. "Everyone already makes them. Other places are like the McDonald's of winemaking, as far as I'm concerned. They do the normal wines. I do the `Abby Normal' ones." Kasmier has firm and developing plans to make wines beginning next fall with the Chinese, Indian and African varieties currently growing at the USDA's fruit cultivar collection in Winters, a site called the Wolfskill Experimental Orchards. The collection is one of many regional locations of the National Clonal Germplasm Repository system and contains about 7,000 fruit cultivars. Branch cuttings for planting or grafting are provided freely to farmers and other individuals with an interest in growing crops commercially-- but with just two clones of each cultivar, the Wolfskill orchard's annual yields can hardly supply a commercial operation. "So I'm probably going to make a `Chinese blend' of many varieties, and an `Indian blend' and an `African blend,'" Kasmier says. Eventually he will grow the vines himself, identifying the best varieties, eliminating the others and dedicating entire blocs to new and unusual grapes--perhaps even those outside the standard industry species, Vitis vinifera. "As long as it has sugar," he says, "I'm interested." As for Kaz's Georgian-style wines, they're still a far-flung figment of imagination. Kasmier has done the math: it will be at least three years before he gets his hands on any wood from the newly-collected vines. When he does, he says he can propagate 50 new plants from a THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 15 he Best of Belgium T Supreme Quality and Worth! 16 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN single mother vine. Three more years would pass before they produced any fruit, and the wine would follow. "So," Kasmier says, "we're talking a decade." Eight hundred of which have passed since winemaking began--in Georgia, no less. The event, evidenced by shards of clay bearing chemical traces of grapes and wine, was perhaps inevitable, since V. vinifera itself also appears to have originated in or near Georgia approximately 6,000 years before Christ. Since then, the species has diversified into 525 indigenous varieties, according to a paper by grape researcher Teimuraz Glonti with the Georgian Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology. In Glonti's report, presented in June 2010 at the 33rd World Congress of Vine and Wine in Tbilisi, Glonti cites the Bible and the travels of Noah. "The history of Georgian wine includes two big periods: before and after the Flood," Glonti writes. A subsequent quote from the Bible--"And Noah began working and created vine . . . and made wine"--alludes to Noah's role in the birth of winemaking. According to Glonti, molecular traces of red wine in scraps of pottery indicate that Georgians were intentionally fermenting grapes prior to the Flood. Then arose the waters, but not before Noah led his expedition through the Lesser Caucasus mountain range in southern Georgia. Here, with a sharp eye toward varietal differentiation (for surely there was no room for accidental duplicate copies onboard his vessel), he collected his germplasm and catalogued his accessions out of reach of the giraffes and the arboreal primates. So the story goes. Noah and his noisy entourage then sat out the Flood on the high slopes of Mount Ararat while the waters uprooted vineyards and temporarily erased the winemaking culture of the Lesser Caucasus. Afterward, according to Glonti, Noah didn't simply replant his grapevines in the nearest suitable patch of soil; rather, Noah took the effort to return precisely to where he had originally collected the vines, thereby reintroducing them to the land of their birth. Here, they diversified over time into the huge range of genetic variation we see today in Georgian grapes, and whether the f lood in the Bible was real or not, it is almost uncontestable that V. vinifera was born in or very near Georgia. And while the Great Flood would have only stalled the region's wine industry for a few seasons, the crash of communism devastated it. During the Soviet era, Georgia was a leading source of the Soviet Union's wine. After the Soviet Union crumbled, so did the wine industry, and grape acreage dwindled from 340,000 acres to some 90,000 acres today. Many grape varieties fell mostly off the map during this time of attrition, and as surviving wineries were transferred from government to private ownership, Georgia's winemakers found themselves abruptly in the deep end, treading water in a global wine market dominated by Europe, California and other powers. In the early 1990s, a group of Georgian wine reps--farmers, vintners and investors alike--paid a visit to the Wine Institute in San Francisco, where they queried communications manager Gladys Horiuchi for tips on gaining a foothold in the American wine market. "They were brand-new to capitalism and were trying to learn how our market worked," Horiuchi says. "But it became clear that their winemaking methods at that time were very antiquated. Their grape-growing techniques were good, but they had such old equipment. It became a very basic learning expedition." Another assembly of Georgian wine reps--again, boots and suits--returned just this February to the Wine Institute, intent on understanding the workings of California's thriving wine industry, Horiuchi says. Currently, only a half-dozen wineries in Georgia export wine to America, according to information provided by the Georgian Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology, but the effort to expand continues. During the USDA's 2010 collection excursion, the director of the institute asked the American leading the expedition, USDA geneticist Malli Aradhya, if the USDA could help to establish Georgian grape varieties in the vineyards of California. "The world knows Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot, but nobody knows Georgian varieties," Teimuraz Dekanosidze said at a discussion in his office. Aradhya did not need to be convinced. He and the government branch he works for have long recognized Georgia's significance in the history of wine and grapes. "We've realized the importance of Georgia in grape research," Aradhya explained to Dekanosidze, who has since been replaced as director by Iason Burdzgla. "There are 8,000 years of history here in domesticated grapes. Where else on earth can you go to more effectively conduct grape research than Georgia?" The 25 grape varieties that the National Clonal Germplasm Repository system acquired from Georgia this September are currently beginning a three-year term in quarantine at UC Davis. Genetic analyses could eventually reveal just who these grapes are, where they came from, if they were born before the f lood or after, who their cousins are and what, if any, famed European winegrape superstars owe themselves to the grapes of the Republic of Georgia. In 2013, perhaps, the maturing vines will be tagged with identification collars and rooted in their new home at the Wolfskill Experimental Orchards, amid thousands of fruit trees and many rows of vines, 45 species of grapes in all, 3,000 cultivars, and two copies of each. It's Noah's Ark without the water. And Kasmier in Kenwood, bored bonkers by Cab, Pinot and Merlot, will be waiting for the fruit. his coming Monday marks the first appearance of Munch Mondays in Santa Rosa, where an "Eat Fleet" of six mobile food trucks and carts will set up shop during lunchtime at the expansive and underused parking lot at Third and E streets across from the downtown post office. According to Street-Eatz truck owner Jilly Dorman, the Munch Mondays plan is for the fleet to be there every week. Restrictions on trucks in the city of Santa Rosa have caused some food providers to flock to county land either outside the city limits or in the county pocket of Roseland. Thanks to the support of Raissa de la Rosa at city hall, exceptions have been made in certain downtown areas such as Courthouse Square, Jeju Way and now, the former White House lot on Mondays. T In addition to Dorman's Street-Eatz truck, which will start serving Banh Mi, a popular Vietnamese sandwich, this Monday's lunchtime options include mobile offerings from Chicago Style Hot Dogs, La Texanita, Dim Sum Charlie's, Karma, and Fork, owned by Sarah Piccolo (above). "I really like being part of the audience acceptance of what we're doing," says Piccolo. "There's this notion that we're competing with restaurants, but it's a different concept, eating out of a truck. It's more food on-the-go than sitting down at a restaurant." Fork's menu will include Dungeness crab sandwiches, Fra'Mani grilled cheese sandwiches with pear compote, soup in a bread bowl and more. Even those hooked on Fork's delicious grass-fed burgers can hang with their vegetarian friends, noshing on either La Texanita's vegetarian burrito or Street-Eatz' Japanese fried tofu plate. 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Fresh Ingredients Well Prepared Dishes Well Prepa ared Generous Generous Portions Dine-in or Carryout o Free delivery within R Rohnert Park and Cotati from 5 5pm 'til close 6538 Commerce Blvd (next to Safeway) o Rohnert Park 707-584-5091 707-584-509 91 18 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN South County North County his operation is nothing if not transparent, starting here, in a muddy farmyard in December. I'm looking through a window set in the midst of a 70-foot compost berm. I see layers of pomace, manure and rotting hay that will be transformed, come spring, into rich compost for the vineyard. I'm looking, in some ineffable way, at the organic energies that will inform a future vintage of Pinot Noir. T Mid County Downvalley But Ted Lemon isn't talking wine, just yet. Striding down into the woods, he points out efforts to eradicate invasive Scotch Broom in favor of native trees and undergrowth; a project to reintroduce native bees, even though they don't directly affect self-pollinating wine grapes; and coyote bush--often thought of as a noxious weed--that feeds the bees in winter. Outside of a barn stocked with horsetail, chamomile and cow horns, while friendly dogs and a curious kitten frolic underfoot, Lemon explains: "We believe that wineries will only be sustainable in the future as wine farms." This means growing 10 acres of hay, but only three of grapes. Lemon is also considering introducing cattle to this 30-acre biodynamic farm, but with as much careful deliberation as he launched Littorai, with several hundred cases, in 1993, purchased the estate in 2003 and recently built a brand-new, hay-bale winery--all funded by the wine itself. "This is not an indulgence," Lemon is quick to point out. Tastings are held in the winery for interested parties, with no shirts, no hats and no tchotchkes for sale. Lemon was the first American winegrower hired in Burgundy, and it's no mistake that wines arrow toward to a Burgundian palate, even as the vines are rooted in the Sonoma Coast. With an earthy aroma reminiscent of an oak woodlands walk--without overbearing oak--the 2008 Charles Heintz Vineyard Chardonnay ($60) enchants, and finishes with zippy acidity. Aloe and citrus similarly wrap up the 2008 Thieriot Vineyard Chardonnay's ($60) reverie of bay leaf and sea breeze. With the 2007 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir ($38), the goal is lean structure and fruit; orange peel, floral hints of plum leaf and tea finish more firmly with the plummy, 2007 Cerise Vineyard, Anderson Valley Pinot Noir ($65), while some of the darker, licorice and glazed fruit characteristics of this area's more opulent Pinot may just be glimpsed in the 2006 Haven Vineyard Pinot Noir ($75). No strict idealist, Lemon has no illusions of achieving his ideals overnight. The goal of this wine farm is to move in the direction of a future that today might only be glimpsed through a window darkly, while the wine is brilliant in the glass. Littorai Wines, Sebastopol. Tastings by appointment. 707.823.9586. West County James Knight Upvalley East County THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 19 Feel at Home with Your Dentist! ! Full Service Dentistry ! 21 Years in Practice ! Cosmetic Dentistry ! Warm environment with knowledgable staff ! All ages welcome! Ayurvedic Indian Head Massage � relief from tension headaches, eyestrain, and sinusitis � improves mobility in neck and shoulders � balances energy There's No Place Like TONE MORE Rose Lucchese DDS 568 Petaluma Ave Sebastopol 707-829-0692 Margery Smith 707.544.9642 YOGA DANCE ZUMBA PILATES www.tonefitness.com Try your first 30 days of unlimited classes for only 850 Fourth Street . 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The Wedding Coordinator A bride and groom (and sometimes their families) play the role of host at a wedding. This is a substantial task, made more complicated by the duties of overseeing the event. Enter the Wedding Coordinator. Planner A wedding coordinator's job often starts with the planning phase. A wedding planner can make your wedding thoroughly memorable to your guests by assuring that they are comfortable and cared for throughout the festivities. A good coordinator brings each couple's vision to life, making the wedding a reflection of who they are. Your coordinator should have an eye for style and d�cor. As the planning progresses, you can rely on your coordinator's expertise to foresee potential pitfalls and difficulties (and avoid them in the planning stage!) Coordinator During your wedding, your coordinator becomes your operations manager, freeing you to play the gracious host or hostess, and enjoy your wedding with your guests. Look for a coordinator that is pleasant and professional -- calm, cool and collected at all times. In addition to being the point person and chief problem-solver, your coordinator captains your team of vendors. Effective interaction with vendors ensures that those working your wedding are taken care of, which allows them to do their best work. This is what Cirkl Productions is all about -- taking on the responsibility of overseeing your wedding, so you can enjoy your wedding with friends and family. Our reputation is based on inventive planning and seamless execution. We work closely with each client from start to finish, ensuring a realization of your vision and an enjoyable experience. you peruse the pages, you will notice the usual housekeeping items: a map of the Wedding Expo, a listing of exhibitors, and other important details including our many prize giveaways. I invite you to enjoy the editorial pieces by some of the show's sponsors, leaders in the wedding industry who offer valuable insight. I also invite you to visit WineCountryBride.com - our show brings in about 1500 people, and a visit to the website will prepare you to make the most of your time at The Wedding Expo. At WineCountryBride.com, you can pre-register for a chance to win thousands of dollars in prizes and buy discounted tickets online. When you arrive at the show, you'll have a smooth, quick entry and get right in to begin your wedding planning. The Wedding Expo is an excellent opportunity to make key planning decisions. With over a hundred top local wedding professionals under one roof, many will be offering exclusive discounts and promotions. I would encourage you to consider booking at the show or shortly thereafter, as our vendors are in high demand and book quickly. In addition to being a wedding planning resource, The Wedding Expo is a great event- with wine tasting, an ongoing fashion centers, and major prize giveaways- who says the planning can't be enjoyable? I look forward to seeing you at the Wedding Expo- stop by my booth to say hello. I'm happy to be a resource for your wine country wedding, and would love to work with you on your event. Thank you for your interest in my show, and best wishes for your wedding! As Organizer Much of the work that goes into a wedding involves organization. From preparing a comprehensive timeline to sequencing vendor arrivals for maximum efficiency, a coordinator provides the framework that gives a polished feel to your wedding. Your coordinator provides perspective: keeping in mind the big picture while taking care of the smallest details. They can help you prioritize your budget -- assuring that the things that are important to you are given adequate consideration. Cirkl Janowski of Cirkl Productions Cirkl Tel. 707.291.3274 Web. cirklproductions.com 2. W I N E FOOD AND WINE pairing is an art form in and of itself. There are pairing art form o itself. There are f thousands of people in the wine country that m n country that make their living knowing how to pair, for example, the subtle flavors of oysters and knowing how to pair, for example, flavors oysters a fennel with just the rig t wine. right wine. fennel gh HERE are a few wine pa ing guidelines to follow: your wine selecpairing selecare few air to follow: your tions should be based around the menu, and chances are you'll be around menu, ch es are you'll hanc serving serving chicken, beef or fish. If serving beef, a good reccomendation o If serving beef, g f reccomendation would would be a Cabernet Sauvignon or a Zinfandel. Both tend to have Cabernet Sauvignon Zinfandel. Both tend to have good body and will stand up to the flavor of the meat. For the sta and to flavor e meat. For chicken or fish, you might like to serve a Sauvignon Blanc - unless you mi t to serve Sauvignon igh g the dish is accompanied by a cream sauce, in which case a Chardonaccompanie by cream sauce, w ed Chardonnay would be per fect. The acidity of the Sauvignon Blanc will Sauvignon nay would perfect. The acidity g balance balance out the richne of the fish, and complement the flavor of richness ess comple ement flavor the chicken. If you've selected a menu that's a l If you've s selected that's little more adventurmore adventurous, featuring duck, halibut or roasted squab, you may want to ask ous, featuring duck, ha alibut roasted squab, you may want to the chef or caterer for an appointment so you c discuss wines caterer for appointment you can together. together. ONE little bit of advice: Look at your guest list closely. One or maybe closely. advice Look at your e: maybe even a few of your wedding guests may have a connection to the may have connection to even few your wed dding wine industry (or know someone who does)...after all, you are in the industry know does)...after all, you are f wine country. Ask them for suggestions, or better yet, to help you you country. Ask m for suggestions, better yet, to t find a great wine at a great price. There is always a deal to be had! at great price. There always to great Music- Wedding Music- Wedding guests are a diverse group of people,, often with very different are diverse group people ofte en very different ffe musical tastes. A skilled wedding DJ will establish a comfortable flow from the tastes. skilled wedding comfortable flow from f time your guests arrive through the last dance.. According to Clay Mitchell,, your arrive throu ugh dance According to Clay Mitchell co-owner Premier Product co-owner of Premier Productions,, "Matching music to a diverse crowd engages all tions "Matching to diverse crowd v your guests Often your guests.. Often this means considering the older generation in the beginning of mean considering ns generation r beginning a dance party.. As the evening continues,, we can shift the musical selections to dance party As evening continues we shift m selections to cater to cater to the younger guests ( ten your friends)." younger (of your friends). (often Te Technology- Cutting-edge technology allows a wedding DJ to ensure that your echnology- Cutting-edge te echnology allows wedding D to ensure that your event event runs smoothly. From computerized sound systems (for instant requests and smoothly. From computerized hl d d systems (fo instant requests d for customized playlists) to wire customized playlists) to wireless speakers (for total sound coverage without a mess eless (fo total for coverage of wires), hi-tech equipment provides a seamless musical experience.. Extras like wires), hi-tech equipment provides experience Extras sound systems designed specifically for wedding ceremonies,, and satellite systems designed spe ecifically fo wedding ceremon or nies satellite speakers with independent volume control (providing eve comfo table sound independent volume control (providing even, comfortable en, for levels) are levels) are the icing on the ca . cake. ake Master Ceremonies- Good Master of Ceremonies- Good pacing allows your wedding to not feel rushed,, yet d allows your wedding to fe rushed yet eel keeps the momentum movin . IIn an average six-hour wed momentum moving. n average six-hour wedding,, an experienced ng dding experienced master ceremonies provid master of ceremonies provides smooth transitions which are key to a successful des transitions a are to successful event As event.. As with music, your DJ music, your DJ/MC uses the microphone as a tool, keeping your J/MC microphone tool, your guests informed and guiding the crowd throughout the celebration. informed fo g crowd throughout ce ation. elebr Personality- Realize that your Personality- Realize that your DJ will be working closely with you on your wedding working wiith you your wedding day It important that you fi day.. It is important that you find the right fit -- a DJ whose personality fits well with right personality well uc ffe your own, your own, and makes you feel comfortable.. Premier Productions offers a free initial you feel comfortable remier Produ tions offers free ee fo consultation to get you started. consultation to you started. - C h e f Patrick Tafoya -Chef P a t r i c k Ta f o y a Planning- Pre-planning Planning- Pre-planning with your DJ allows you to create th ideal timeline your allows you to create the he and build the perfect playlist.. "Adequate consultation time allows me to really get to perfe t playlist "Adequate consultation ec allows to really to know my clients says David J know my clients,," says David Janowski, co-owner of Premier Productions.."Most Janowski, co-owner Premie Productions Most er people don't want a cookie-c er wedding. As we plan tog don't want cookie-cutter wedding. As we cutt together,, I get to personalize gether r to personalize each wedding".. wedding" W I N E AT T H E R E C E P T I O N WINE AT THE RECEPTION FIRST IMPRESSION: When gues arrive at your reception, the first When guests arrive at your reception, sts v r thing they will look for is a beverage, which becomes the first becomes for r beverage, w e c impression of what's to follow. Why not have servers line up at the impression what's to follow. Why ot have se vers p er p at entrance with beautifu flower-adorned trays fil beautiful flower-adorned trays filled with glasses of entrance ul e lled one type of wine, such as a Chardon y. Chardonnay. type wine, h ardonna r ICEBREAKER: Wine tasting bars at receptions add an element of Wine tast g rs at receptions ad ting pt s dd element p elegance, and can serve as an icebreaker at t beginning of the elegance, serve a icebreaker at the beginning e reception. Consider hiring a local expert, such a a sommelier from a reception. Consider hiring ocal expert, such as g er r c from favorite restaurant, to hel your guests wit the wine experience. experience. favorite restaurant, to help your lp with their eir LASTING MEMORY: The wine selection for a couple's wedding recepMEMORY: The w e selection for cou e uple's wedding reception is very significant, sin e it b omes a lastin memory throughbecomes lasting very significant, since t becom nc be mes las ng memory throughout the marriage - they can enjoy it during anniversaries and other marriage y ca enjoy during anniversaries an life celebrations in hon of their special day. day. life celebrations honor nor y COST-CUTTING: For couples trying to manage the beverage tab, why COST-CUT TING: Fo co les tryin to man ge t beverage tab, why T T ING: or oup ying manag m not have your guests toast with the wine that they're already enjoyhave your ur sts toast st th that they're already enjoying? A glass of w s wine goes a lot further than a sip of champagne. go oes further tha p champagne. 3. P r e m i e r P r o d u c t i o n s c a n b e r e a c h e d a t [7 Premier Productions can be reached at [ 7 0 7 ] 5 7 0 . 2 0 1 3 [707] 570.2013 707] w w w. P r e m i e r - P r o d u c t i o n s . c o m www.Premier-Productions.com ww.Premier-Produ tions.com Tips on finding the perfect wedding gown 1. Find the right store Make sure to choose a store that has a very large selection of styles and price ranges. 2. Make an appointment The appointment will insure that you have a consultant ready to work with you right away. You will also have the best customer service. You will Let the fun begin! 3. Use your consultant's knowledge When you are shopping for your wedding gown make sure to use your consultant's expertise; they know the inventory very well and they will also know what styles will work with your body type and your wedding style. 4. Color Make sure to try on different colors to find out what works best with your complexion. White is of course the most traditional color for a wedding. If you don't like the look of white, try diamond white, which is softer or ivory, which is a warmer color. You can also opt for something bold like a sash in a different color or embroidery in an accent color. Popular accent colors right now are blue, black and deep red. Most bridal shops will order their samples in white and ivory so if you are interested in an accent color make sure to ask your consultant to show you which dresses come in the color you are looking for. 5. Style Make sure to have an open mind when shopping for a wedding gown. Try on different styles; you would be surprised how a dress you would not have thought of ends up being absolutely stunning on you! It's amazing how the dress you just didn't think of ends up being the one. 6. When to order your wedding gown Make sure to start your wedding gown shopping early, at least six months before your wedding date. Most companies take about three to four months to manufacture special order wedding gowns and you will want to add about a month for alterations (you will probably do an average of three fittings with your seamstress). And of course, giving yourself a large buffer between your dress arrival date and your wedding date will give you the time to react just in case anything is less than perfect. Shopping for your wedding gown will be extremely fun and memorable, so don't wait to get started. 7. Sizing and Alterations Many brides are surprised to find out that their wedding gown will not be made to their specific measurements. When ordering a dress there are three different measurements that will need to be taken: bust, waist and hip. You may find that you are between two and even three different sizes. From your measurements, your consultant will help you identify the size that will work best for you and the dress style you have chosen, according to the dress designer's size chart. This is where alterations will play a very large part in making your wedding gown perfect! Because this is a once in a life time event and the dress size you will order may not be a perfect fit, you will want to have alterations done to your dress to insure that it looks absolutely perfect! Make sure that you work with a seamstress that specializes in wedding gown alterations so that the outcome is exactly what you envisioned. You will want your wedding gown to fit you like it was custom made for you. 8. Enjoy the process of finding your wedding gown! To schedule an appointment, please call us at (707) 544-3695 www.winecountrybride.com 3201 Cleveland Ave, Suit A Santa Rosa, California 4. For all your party and events rental needs Encore Events Rentals is the one-stop source for your wedding reception, private party, and casual dinner. We've combined the service and expertise of two top party and events rental companies -- Cal-West Rentals of Petaluma and The Special Event of Healdsburg -- to provide an expanded inventory of updated and improved rental selections for your party needs. When it comes to weddings, our trained professionals will help you select rentals that are reflective of your style and personality on your very special day. We offer unlimited options in inventory, excellent customer service, and flexible delivery times. Party and events rentals are an excellent way to create the look and style you desire on your wedding. We can help you achieve your custom look with a large selection of linen colors and fabrics, a variety of china and glassware, and endless options for table seating and layout. Our events consultants at Encore Events Rentals will help make choosing your event rentals fun and exciting. We look forward to helping you plan for your wedding or any occasion. Call us today! Encore Events Rentals in Petaluma(707-763-5655) and Healdsburg (707-431-3500). A FREE WEDDING PLANNING RESOURCE The Wine Country Bride Planning Resource Center is a comprehensive planning resource for couples planning their wedding in the Wine Country, and beyond. The resource includes a design and decor showroom, an effective and specific vendor referral service, budget and scheduling guidance, workshops/special events, and much more. You will work one on one with our wedding coaches to organize your thoughts and move your planning forward. And the best part? There is no cost to you! The only thing that we ask is that you let us know which of our vendor referrals and resources you end up using, and how they do for you. THE BOTTOM LINE: Planning a wedding can be a full-time job. We make it easy. DECOR IDEAS the vibe of every wedding is dictated by the decor. To achieve an event that reverberates with romance, adorn your space with dozens of red roses and golden ornamentation. For casual elegance, try candles set afloat in pools, flowers floating in fish bowls, and a string quartet playing love ballads. to classic.... ivory cloths with white overlays, for example; and have a white wedding cake with white rolled fondant frosting and accented with ivory sugar blossoms. Final touches: waiters dressed in tuxedos with white jackets (hello, James Bond), and, of course, a white limousine. embrace color..... Develop a visually stunning scene using monochromatic color, whether blue, violet, or kiwi green. Consider setting up different sizes and shapes of tables (circular, square, rectangular) and use different textures or designs for the fabrics (pin-stripe fabrics on round tables and tiny polka-dot covers on square ones). Although your color palette will remain the same, each tabletop will render a distinct personality. For more details, or to schedule an appointment, please call us at (707) 544-3695, or email us at info@winecountrybride.com 3201 Cleveland Ave, Suite A. Santa Rosa set your tables apart.... Who says the tables must sport uniform arrangements? Think of your spread of tables as a garden, each row or corner with its own identity. Place some of your chosen blooms in tall opaque vases, float other flowers in short bowls, use others in clear vases filled with rocks and water. Accent the shorter centerpieces with tall taper candles and the taller ones with shorter votives or tea lights. Ellington Hall Make your first dance memorable. ballroom. argentine tango. swing and much more. ellingtonhall.com 707.545.6150 5. make it intimate.... If you've chosen a huge reception space to accommodate your massive family, make it more intimate by adding lounge furniture. If you can't bring in couches and plush chairs to create a sitting area, try seating only four people to a table instead of eight to ten, or drape the walls and ceilings with rich velvety fabrics to close in the space. the wine country's best k the wine co ountry 's best kept secret r secret Artistic...Professional...Unique Artistic...Professional...Unique Photographer Photographer Ramon E trada Es Estrada p prides himself prides himself on these attributes. e attributes. 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Getting the state deficit in order won't just be tough on Brown--it'll be tough on all of us. What can we expect from Jerry Brown this time around? By Tom Hayden recently asked my friend Angela Oh, defense attorney and Buddhist priest, what she thought about the karma of Jerry Brown. She paused for only a moment. "His karma," she replied, "is to inherit the collapse of so many institutions his father built." Infrastructure decay. Traffic congestion and pollution. Water shortages. More prison inmates than state university students. Since Brown rebelled against his father's legacy during his "small is beautiful" phase, it's tempting to accept Oh's analysis. But there are several differences this time. First, the booming revenues of Pat Brown's era aren't likely to return anytime soon. The current deficit estimates for California range in the $20 billion to $28 billion range, our debt has doubled in seven years and our credit rating is the worst of the heavily populated states. Jerry Brown's old prophecy of a coming "era of limits" has come true. The second difference is that our productive industrial economy has been either outsourced or automated. Brown's prophecies of globalization--in which he proposed a "North American common market"--have proven true as well. Brown's central pledge to build a more energy-efficient economy with 500,000 green jobs will be incredibly difficult to fund. Furthermore, some of the state crises are Brown's own responsibility, not the legacy of his father. Brown's implementation of Proposition 13 by spending the state's surplus created an illusion that there was no revenue crisis. And his hard-line anticrime philosophy, beginning with his support for mandatory minimum sentencing in 1975, eventually resulted in a prison gulag of 150,000 inmates costing more tax dollars than the state university system and five times the state's budget for the environment and natural resources. Finally, the state's financial crisis has been inflamed by Democrats "fascinated by supply-side economics," according to a leading analyst of the budget in Sacramento. Two-thirds of the structural shortfall is due to tax cuts enacted by the State Legislature during the past 15 years, according to the California Budget Project. Recent corporate tax breaks, the source says, were "largely backed by D's." In other words: Brown's party. o his credit, Brown has been holding televised teach-ins and town meetings on the budget quandary. At a UCLA forum on Dec. 14, his message that there will be deep cuts proposed in his January budget was consistent with his longtime frugality. But he also wants fairness. Remember, Brown has a Catholic sensibility that frowns on privilege and ostentatious strutting. "Those who are the most privileged have to lead" in cutting back budgets and perks, he said, noting that he was cutting his own office expenditures by 20 percent. A few minutes later, he upped that figure to 25 percent or more. "There are limits to inequality," he added, because "it tears at the social fabric." The language about sacrifice from the top was vintage Brown. His new symbol will have to be something other than the Plymouth, THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 21 ubergine A which symbolized the frugality of his first term, and which stopped being assembled in 2001. His choices include the American Chevy Volt for $33,000 with rebates, or the Japanese Nissan Leaf at $25,000. My guess is he goes for Detroit instead of globalization. In early December, I asked Brown spokesman Steve Glazer when we might hear more about his vague campaign promise to "not raise taxes without a vote of the people." Glazer said only that Brown's current plan is to educate the stakeholders on the true magnitude of the budget crisis and to propose cuts in services in early January. Don't get ahead of the story, he cautioned. VINTAGE EMPORIUM VINTAGE EMPORIUM NTAGE EMPOR RIUM R An And Cafe And Cafe nd afe af California's debt has doubled in seven years, and our credit rating is the worst of the heavily populated states. Jerry Brown's old prophecy of a coming `era of limits' has come true. It was federal military and highway spending and the government-funded invention of the computer that spurred Pat Brown's era of growth. But the prospects of new federal assistance these days are dim, to say the least. On the contrary, California pays far more to the federal government than it receives. In 2005, the most recent year for which there is data, Californians spent nearly $50 billion in "fiscal transfers" to bail out America. The state's taxpayers pay $15 billion annually for Afghanistan alone, enough to employ 196,000 elementary-school teachers or equip 5 million households with photovoltaic electricity. It's possible that Brown will take to blaming Washington's priorities for California's ills, but not anytime soon. For now, he wants Californians to see themselves in the mirror. At some point, Brown could launch a populist campaign against the institutionalized greed and avarice that have ripped open $19 billion in annual tax loopholes from a supplicant Legislature. He could hammer the point that these tax breaks take a majority to pass and twothirds to ever close. He could point out that tax breaks have a way of becoming permanent, with no review of whether they create economic benefits. He could call for reinstatement of the top income tax bracket under Ronald Reagan, which might net $3 billion to $4 billion annually. He could remind Californians that Proposition 13 was meant for homeowners, not as a bonanza for bank-merger con men and acquisitions manipulators. He could fight to lower the voting requirement for passing school and infrastructure bonds to 55 percent. Such a populist agenda might pass the Legislature and win voter approval where needed. Or he could get tough with the universities, demanding greater oversight and educating the public to the lavish sixfigure administrative salaries and perks while students still struggle to find classes small enough in which to be seen and heard, frequently taught by underpaid and unengaged graduate students serving as cheap labor for the professors. He could appoint regents and trustees who see the world from an undergraduate point of view. Instead, he's likely to agonize only briefly before he decides on more tuition increases, with no provision for their repeal when the economy improves. Green jobs and renewable resources are the area where Brown might reappear as a visionary global leader if he begins to solve the budget problem. He will draw on past models of tougher auto emission standards and Silicon Valley's high-tech industry as examples of "investing in the future." Brown has been derided by Republicans and the media for 30 years for being ahead of the rest of the country on these issues. One hopes that he expands his current teach-in to examine the costs and benefits of an energy-efficient future as part of an alternative economics that stops treating the environment as a giant storehouse. Assuming that the governor genuinely believes his call for "shared sacrifice," he will have to reexamine his role in the mind-boggling prison buildup of the past three decades, which began with his ardent advocacy of mandatory minimum sentences and has led to an overcrowding crisis described by federal courts as "cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The current prison budget is at least $10 billion and rapidly rising. The number of inmates has risen since the '70s from 27,000 to as high as 160,000. In the past two years alone, 112 inmates in California have died due to lack of medical care, according to the federal courts. That's one preventable death every eight days. Then there's an inmate suicide rate that's twice the national average. How are such deaths tolerable to a governor who opposes the death penalty? And yet it was Jerry Brown arguing in the U.S. Supreme Court last month against reducing overcrowding in state prisons that have been under a state of emergency since 2006. Well, not exactly Jerry Brown per se. Instead, Attorney General Jerry Brown hired a $1,100-an-hour Washington lawyer named Carter Phillips to fight the case for him. And this week it was Jerry Brown, as governorelect, complaining about those intrusive federal judges who "want us to spend more money." Perhaps the governor-elect is like many politicians who oppose the death penalty on principle, then compensate to appear "tough" by locking up everyone possible. Brown was also stung badly decades ago when three of his very progressive state Supreme Court appointees were thrown out by California voters. Brown's karma may be to become the defender of a system where hundreds of inmates die from state negligence. The Supreme Court decision will come sometime in the next six months. he shadows of the past hang heavy over Jerry Brown, but he is capable of reflecting and reinventing. He may mimic the Republicans and assuage the elites for a time, but they did not elect him. Quite the reverse: Californians elected Democratic state officeholders and legislators in a sweep this year, while the opposite was occurring everywhere to the east of this state. It would confirm the futility of politics to millions of voters if Brown and the Democrats abandoned their principles to follow a Republican approach in a state where Republicans were repudiated. That's not to say that Brown will revert to the Democratic past. He needs to escape the limited box where taxes and spending seem the only tools, but even so, he cannot truly measure the quality of our lives. Here is my suggestion: He should develop a California quality-of-life Index. Choose 10 (or 20 or 30) quality-of-life measures that already exist. We know, for example, that California stands dead last in the ratio of librarians to students nationwide. We are 23rd in per-pupil spending on public schoolchildren. We are behind only Louisiana and Texas in rates or total numbers of incarcerated people. Add another few categories and include them in an annual address by the governor. Send the quality-of-life report and recommendations to legislative committees for review and action. This would be a process pushing us toward our chosen ideals. (When I proposed such schemes while I was in the Senate, the proposals were poohpoohed by the Legislative Analyst's Office, who asserted that the comparative quality of life could not be measured.) It's time for Jerry Brown to begin making our institutions accountable for our quality of life more than our quantity of things. He might reflect on, and share in some future speech to Californians, these words of Robert Kennedy from 1968: "The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it tells us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans." This article appears courtesy a shared effort of California alt-weeklies. 22 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN A four-year recording hiatus, an extra guitarist and a fresh approach have reinvigorated the Velvet Teen. The Velvet Teen return with `No Star' By Rachel Dovey ost of us don't really have much control in the world," says Judah Nagler, lead singer of Santa Rosa foursome the Velvet Teen. "Most of the time, it's hard to tell what's even going on, although WikiLeaks is helping out." We're speaking on the phone about the band's new four-track EP, No Star, as Nagler ruminates about the mythological figures-- Apollo, Artemis, a demon, a seer--that appear in his lyrics. "In mythology," he says, "gods often refer to the people who run the world, or at least have more control over the world." It's hard to think about powerlessness in the context of No Star. Despite its short length (just over 14 minutes), the record sweeps cinematically over burning bridges and crashing waves; forests and harvest-ready fields; guns, bones, deities and even Ivan Pavlov's infamous bells. Musically, it's a supernova blast of pounding drums, clashing cymbals, racing guitars, tempo shifts and Nagler's high voice rising at times to a near-shout. With the EP's titan-sized sound and imagery, pre-WikiLeaks fallibility is hardly the first thing one notices. While this adrenaline shot could be overwhelming in some hands, No Star is both exhilarating and welcome, partly because it's the Velvet Teen's first release in four years. After the band recorded the experimental, distortion-heavy Cum Laude in 2006, manager Jordan Kurland--who'd put them on tour with Death Cab for Cutie--waved goodbye. Later that year, bassist Josh Staples took a hiatus to focus on his other band, the New Trust, and former drummer Logan Whitehurst, who had already left the band and been replaced by Casey Deitz, died of brain cancer. Finally, their longtime label Slowdance Records closed its doors. "We worked on some stuff then," Nagler says of the tumultuous time, "but it was hard to get stuff rolling, hard to get the momentum back." Last year, however, Staples rejoined the band, reinvigorating it as a foursome with the earlier addition of guitarist Matthew Izen. "We wrote a few songs then," Staples says, "but we were never happy with the arrangements." When they were invited to tour Japan in October of this year, they had what he calls a "catalyst." "We'd been to Japan about four times before this last trip," Staples says. "Something about the cinematic quality of our music really appealed to Japanese audiences before, but our music has changed a lot since we first made an album that appealed to Japanese kids." They quickly recorded No Star to sell in Japan on CD, released it digitally in November and will have vinyl copies at this week's release show Jan. 7 at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. 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In "Fofor," bass riffs and cymbal crashes clang like a battle march, but Nagler subverts the winner/ loser paradigm with his final lines. "If there ever was a time to stand up rather than fall in line," he sings, "it is forever, forever will we find this mutiny at home." Ode-toconditioning "Pavlovian Bell" slyly states, "Kill your neighbor, lock you away for bad behavior / Kill a million meet heads of state." Though some parts may resemble a declaration of war, there's really no tangible enemy in No Star--or perhaps too many to count. "I do feel powerless in most situations, in a lot of ways," Nagler says. "I was watching No Country For Old Men and this one line really struck me. It's when the dude is waiting in the bedroom for the main character's wife, and he tosses a coin and tells her to call it, and she's like, `No, I'm not going to call it, I'm not going to choose,' and he says something like `The coin and myself came here the same way.' That would probably sum it up." Nagler furthers this idea in our interview. "I think people with power function with the same rules as us," he says. "We think they're born into it, born into better situations and better control over circumstances, but really they're subject to the mechanisms that are in place all over the globe as a society generations deep into the industrial age." It's hardly a new idea from a band that has skewered the politics of everything from school budgets to the Sundance Film Festival. Their earlier work echoes throughout the new EP in other ways as well; "No Star," the most whimsical and upbeat of the collection, sounds like a distant cousin of "Caspian Can Wait." Throughout the tracks, the group adds electronic f lourishes to the ethereal, hookbased melodies prevalent on their first two albums, Out of the Fierce Parade and Elysium. "A lot of the EP reminds me of an even combination of the electronic craziness [of Cum Laude] but definitely with some more simple pop arrangements," says Staples. Both Staples and Nagler, however, can't exactly say what makes No Star the way it is. "I don't really think it was conscious," Staples admits, of any stylistic and lyrical changes and continuities. "It's always just kind of based around what Judah's writing." Nagler, meanwhile, is just as enigmatic. "I always try to be intentionally kind of vague," he says toward the end of our interview. "I try to put in as much as I leave out." TOYS & DOLLS � ARTS & CRAFTS � POST MODERN � COUNTRY � CALIFORNIA 707-579-4452 www.SchulzMuseum.org CHARLES M. SCHULZ MUSEUM 2301 HARDIES LANE, SANTA ROSA THE BOHEMIAN The Velvet Teen play a record-release show for `No Star' on Friday, Jan. 7, at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. 1233 17th St., San Francisco. 10pm. $10�$12. 415.626.4455. 24 01.05.11-01.11.11 G A L L E R Y ART PA I D A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N Cinnabar's inventive, satisfying production starts the year off with a winner. Cinnabar's `American Song' presents Woody Guthrie's wandering heart and soul By David Templeton did keep my eyes on you--and I kept my ears open when you came close to me." So said Woody Guthrie, the great American folksinger and songwriter who died of Huntington's disease at the age of 55. Unable to play a guitar for the last 15 years of his life, Guthrie still left behind a legacy of nearly a thousand folk songs, including "This Land Is Your Land," arguably the greatest American folk song ever written. Guthrie, a prolific writer of prose as well as songs, wrote down many of his thoughts on music, songwriting and his own place in history, making clear his belief that every song he ever wrote was borrowed, in part, from the people he met throughout his life. The stories in his songs are the story of America, and the hard-hit lives he described so powerfully were the lives of everyday people, struggling to make their way in a difficult world. Peter Glazer's inventive, supremely satisfying musical tribute Woody Guthrie's American Song, now running at the Cinnabar Theater, does not attempt to tell the story of Guthrie's life. Instead, borrowing bits and pieces of Guthrie's autobiographical writing and including more than two dozen of Guthrie's songs ("Hard Travelin'," "Dust Storm Disaster," "Bound for Glory," "Ludlow Massacre"), Glazer beautifully illustrates the notion that America itself was the co-author of Woody Guthrie's musical canon. Directed by Beth Craven with a first-rate cast of local all-stars and a first rate onstage band (Chris Rovetti, Tim Sarter, Dave Zirbel), the thread of Guthrie's narration is passed from actor to actor, further emphasizing the idea that Woody Guthrie and the American people are one and the same. The play, originally developed 25 years ago in New Hampshire, was revived last year with Glazer directing at the Marin Theatre Company. It was an elegant and pristine production, with its fair share of chills-up-theback moments during some of Guthrie's more powerful songs. The Cinnabar production, presented by Craven's new Musical Heritage Theater company, works better, I think. Aided by Cinnabar's cozily intimate environment, and also by Mark Robinson's impressive, allpurpose barn/boxcar/meeting-house set, this production succeeds by sticking its big open heart--Guthrie's heart and soul--right out front and center. The superb cast--Shannon Rider, Jim Peterson, Mary Gannon Graham and Tyler Costin--is consistently mesmerizing, morphing in and out of various characters as the play traces Guthrie's travels through the Oklahoma dustbowl, Depression-era tent cities and work camps, pre-war New York City and more. "Just let me be known," Guthrie is quoted late in the show, "as the man who told you somethin' you already knew." In Woody Guthrie's American Song, what emerges is a vision of Guthrie as not just a fine songwriter (and some of these lyrics, presented this way, might just grab you and shake your socks off, they are so good), but mainly as an artist who saw his job as that of a mirror, absorbing and reflecting back the rough-hewn beauty of a country and of a people that he loved right down to his bones. `Woody Guthrie's American Song' runs Friday� Sunday through Jan. 23 at the Cinnabar Theater, 3333 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma. 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A & B), SAN RAFAEL � (415) 454-1222 www.cafilm.org � CALL THEATER FOR SHOWTIMES Watch the trailer and learn more: www.firstrunfeatures.com Saturday, January 22nd � 9pm Twice as Good Thursday Night KARAOKE � 8:30pm RAFAEL FILM CENTER Jaime Winstone plays a striking worker in this tale of women's rights. `Made in Dagenham' revisits '68 women's strike coyotevalleycasino.com � 707-485-0700 5 miles North of Ukiah � Hwy 101, West Rd. Exit By Richard von Busack igel Cole's Made in Dagenham is a fictionalized account of the equalpay-for-equal-work movement in England. With its thin but shiny layer of nostalgia, it makes strike-prone late 1960s England look more colorful than the dreary Northern California weather outside. It's full of robust, sweetly hammy theatrical performances, among which one doesn't include Bob Hoskins' strangely gentle role as a bespectacled labor leader. It's hard to resist a film suggesting that the struggle for equal rights is a continuation of the David-and-Goliath aspects of England in World War II. In 1968, at the huge Ford Motors plant in Dagenham, London, a group of some 187 female seamstresses work sewing the auto upholstery. It is a job classified as unskilled labor and performed in a leaky and un-air-conditioned garage; since it's a torrid May, the workers throw modesty out and work in their bras, keeping an eye out for men invading the building. The shop stewards bring their grievance about the shirtless workers to two different union representatives (the featherbedding Kenneth Cranham and the aforementioned Hoskins); the reps give contradictory advice on how to proceed. The upshot is a women's walkout, and the resulting bottleneck paralyzes the Ford plant. The matter arrives on the desk of the labor minister for Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government, which is already reeling from the number of strikes hitting Britain. The labor minister is a woman, Barbara Castle (Miranda Richardson), who naturally sympathizes with the female workers' claims of deserving equal pay, despite the threats phoned in from Ford headquarters in Detroit (Danny Huston literally telephones in his part as the voice of the highest exec there). Health & Fitness issue date JAN 19 2011 B OO S T Call to advertise today! Phone: 707.527.1200 email: sales@bohemian.com t h o s e e n do r p h i n s . Pump 123,844 readers with your advertising and encourage our readers to increase energy, stay motivated and ultimately de-stress. Sally Hawkins soulfully underplays Rita, the worker and mom drafted to speak for the strikers who's surprised to find herself rising to the role. If you like passing on the idea that Daniel Mays is the next Michael Caine, observe how well Mays plays the neglected husband of Rita the crusader, having to make dinner for the kids and burning the frying pans. Pleasing to the occasional point of bonelessness, this bit of strayed history ends with interviews with the real Dagenham strikers. Cole handles the cast and the subject matter with amiable humor. The period details are seasoning more than the main course, but they are savory: a vintage fashion photography session scored to Traffic's "Paper Sun," for example. And there's a quick demonstration of what made the Ford Cortina popular--the way it gave lovers a little bit of privacy. As a chorus to the action, reporters dressed like secret policemen in fedoras and raincoats scurry around, trying to get a handle on the story; they come up with groan-worthy tags like "Boadiceas in Hairnets" and "Revlon Revolutionaries". As we can see from the actual news footage of the strike, Cole underestimates the darkness of late '60s England, a tougher yet more idealistic place than we can imagine today. Ultimately, there's no denying the film's point that the accomplishments by the seamstresses in Dagenham are still useful for the rest of the world. When so much of our cinema is cargo-crazed, one wants to defend a movie that quotes an inarguable line by Karl Marx: "Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex." `Made in Dagenham' opens Jan. 7 at Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa (551 Summerfield Road; 707.522.0719) and runs through Jan. 6 at Cin�Arts in Marin in Sausalito (101 Caledonia St.; 4145.331.0255). 26 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN New Movies `The Trouble with Harry' screens Jan. 7 at the Schulz Museum. See Film, p34. Also Playing Film capsules by Richard von Busack, Ugo Lambui and Rothtana Ouch. N O R T H B AY M O V I E T I M E S www.sonomamovietimes.com www.marinmovietimes.com www.napamovietimes.com THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 27 Midwest Sage The Wisconsin folksinger John McCutcheon may have just missed Bob Dylan's time in the upper Midwest air of Minnesota, but he certainly sought out Dylan's sources. Namely, in the 1970s, McCutcheon traveled to the Appalachians to study with Roscoe Holcomb, one of Dylan's muses, and became so entrenched in folk music that he mastered the hammered dulcimer, the guitar, the banjo, the fiddle and more. Without a doubt, McCutcheon's most entertaining contribution to our time is his clever song "Hail to the Chief," based entirely on the misunderestimated "grammar" in the speeches of George W. Bush. Catch him at the marvelous town-square landmark on Monday, Jan. 10, at the Sebastiani Theatre. 476 First St. E., Sonoma. 7:30pm. $22. 707.996.9756. Hardly Hardy Adapting Thomas Hardy for the movies can be tough. For every success, like 1996's Jude the Obscure (whatever happened to Christopher Eccleston?), there are other versions like 1979's Tess (at least Roman Polanski knew his subject matter). The British cartoonist Posey Simmonds knew better than to try for the screen, and opted instead to take Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd from one printed page to another, basing her comic strip Tamara Drewe in The Guardian on the famous 1874 novel. The result was a success of her own, soon adapted into a graphic novel which now, in an ironic turn of events, has been adapted into a film. The fantastic stone walls of the Jarvis Conservatory in Napa host a one-time screening of `Tamara Drewe' as part of its art-film series on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Jarvis Conservatory. 1711 Main St., Napa. 7pm. $10. 707.255.5445. Round-Wound Wonder The British guitarist Adrian Legg is famous, sure--after all, he's shared the stage with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai on their huge G3 tour. But versatility may be his biggest asset, both in music and in travel. This week, he plays the showroom at the Crystal Bay Casino in Lake Tahoe just before heading up to Shingle Springs, Calif. (where?), and then dropping in on Marin. It's a good guess that he's in town to check out the Bay Area World Guitar Show at the Marin Center (Saturday�Sunday, Jan. 8�9; 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael; 10am; $15), a huge convention of dealers, players, luthiers and collectors. He'll pick up a tour date while he's at it, dazzling a crowd with his incredible fingerstyle playing on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 142 Throckmorton Theater. 142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley. 8pm. $18�$21. 415.383.9600. Local Moves If you were headed to a recital by a local dance school, you might expect numbers set to music by Madonna, Lady Gaga or Daft Punk. But for the Love2Dance studio, which since 2002 has been teaching kids the art of body movin' in Novato, this year it's all about the Bay. This weekend sees their annual dance recital presenting choreography strictly backed by the music of the Bay Area, be it Santana, Journey or the big baller himself, E-40. Have you ever wondered what a synchronized routine to Metallica might look like? Wonder no more when the Love2Dance studio presents `Beats of the Bay' on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Marin Center. 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael. 6pm. $18�$24. 415.499.6800. 28 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN DON'T FORGET...WE SERVE FOOD TOO! Mc Near's Dining House Breakfast � Lunch � Dinner BBQ � Pasta � Steak SAT 1/15 � 7:00PM DOORS � $25 � ALL AGES BLUES/SWING/JAZZ STEVE LUCKY AND THE RHUMBA BUMS SAT 1/29 � 8:45PM DOORS � $18 � 21+ DANCE/PARTY HITS WONDERBREAD 5 TUE 2/1 � 7:00PM DOORS � $17 � 21+ THE WOOD BROTHERS PLUS CARSIE BLANTON SAT 2/5 � 7:00PM DOORS � $16 � 16+ POP ROCK/ALT ROCK THE LOST BOYS SAT 2/12 � 7:30PM DOORS � $21 ADV/$26 DOS � 21+ PINK FLOYD TRIBUTE BAND AN EVENING WITH HOUSE OF FLOYD George Winston continues the Napa Valley Opera House's tribute to Vince Guaraldi on Friday, Jan. 7. See Concerts, adjacent. FRIB 2/18 � 7:00PM DOORS � $13 ADV/$16 DOS � 21+ EXPERIMENTAL GABBY LA LA PLUS ODD BIRD AND FORREST DAY SUN 2/20 � 7:00PM DOORS � $21 ADV/$23 DOS � 18+ SINGER/SONGWRITER TODD SNIDER PLUS ELIZABETH COOK THUR 2/24 � 8:00PM DOORS � $21 ADV/$26 DOS � 21+ DUBSTEP/GLITCH/WEST COAST DOUBLE D PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS MONSTERS OF BASS TOUR FREQ NASTY, MARTY PARTYAND OPIUO WITH TUE 3/1 � 7:00PM DOORS � $16 � 18+ SOUL/FUNK/R&B/BLUES/SOUTHERN ROCK JJ GREY SOLO PLUS SUNNY WAR WED 3/2 � 6:30PM DOORS � $26 ADV/$29 DOS � 21+ ROCK ROBIN TROWER For All Ages Shows � No Children Under 10 Allowed 23 Petaluma Blvd, Petaluma 707-765-2121 www.mcnears.com THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 29 the last day saloon nightclub & restaurant OPEN AT 4 PM tHURS. - sATURDAY AND ANY DAY A SHOW IS SCHEDULED AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES, BANQUETS, FUNDRAISERS AND OUTSIDE PROMOTERS 707.545.5876 1/6 9:00 PM SHOW > $20/25 > REGGAE ANTHONYBAND B + DIRTY DUB + DJ JACQUES 1/7 LIMITED CAPACITY -BUY YOUR TICKETS EARLY! 9 PM SHOW > $15/20 > 80'S DANCE HITS All Teeth release `Young Love' EP or the North Bay hardcore band All Teeth, who release their Young Love EP this weekend at a blowout show in Santa Rosa, such luxuries as rehearsing weekly are geographically infeasible--two members live in Ukiah, one lives in Reno, one lives in the East Bay and Michael Bingham, guitarist, lives in Santa Rosa. Basically, All Teeth only practice before they go on tour. Which is as often as humanly possible. The last time I ran into Bingham, he was getting off work at Gaia's Garden, a vegetarian restaurant in Santa Rosa, getting ready to hop in a biodiesel van and drive three days straight, without stopping, to Boston. The primary reason for the East Coast tour was Florida's version of SXSW, simply called "Fest" by the thousands who flock to Gainesville every year. "We played this weird generator show behind a warehouse at two in the morning," says Bingham. "There were 400 people there. It was maybe the coolest show I've ever played in my life." That's saying something, since All Teeth have been on three full U.S. tours and countless regional tours in support of their 2009 debut full-length I Am Losing. Knowing that hitting the road is the way to make it as a band, "We're gonna tour all year," promises Bingham. This weekend's record-release show will be the first chance fans have to pick up Young Love, a record pushing a matured sound for All Teeth while pulling no punches. Leadoff track "Goodbye Faye Dolan," a reference to Liv Tyler's character from That Thing You Do, leads into the kick-in-the-gut "Caller I.D.," one of the most blistering songs about a phone ever written. Headlining the show is Ceremony, whose 2009 record Rohnert Park put that Sonoma County suburb on the hardcore map, and who Bingham says "made it foreseeable for North Bay bands to take things to a crazy level, as far as hardcore goes." Sabertooth Zombie, Dead to Me, Strike to Survive and Hear the Sirens round out the bill, making it a must-see showcase for the state of hardcore in the North Bay today. Catch the madness on Friday, Jan. 7, at the Arlene Francis Theatre. 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa. 6pm. $8�$10. 707.528.3009. TAINTED LOVE F + DJ MATT MCKILLOP 1/8 8:30 PM SHOW > $10 > BLUES "ALONE & TOGETHER" DANIEL CA S TRO BAND RON THOMP S ON BAND 1/13 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM > $3 > TRIVIA QUIZMANIAX! PUB QUIZ 1/15 7:30 PM SHOW > $10 > FOLK THE NORTHBAY HOOTENANNY WITH THE BROTHERS COMATOSE + ARANN HARRIS & THE FARM BAND + JOHN COURAGE + BRIAN FITZPATRICK + MR. DECEMBER 1/21 9:00 PM SHOW > $15/20 > REGGAE IRIE IRATION MOVEMENTS PRESENTS JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE + ARKAINGELLE + JUNIOR TOOTS 1/22 8:30 PM SHOW > $20/25 > ROCK SFARZO GUITAR STRINGS PRESENTS Wed, Jan 5 8:45�9:45am; 5:45�6:45pm Jazzercise 10am�12:15pm Scottish Dance Youth and Family 7�10pm Singles & Pairs Square Dance Club 7�8:30pm Beginner Class/8:30�10pm Plus Dancing Thur, Jan 6 8:45�9:45am; 5:45�6:45pm Jazzercise 7:15�10pm Circle `n Squares Square Dance Club 7�8:45pm New Ddancer/8:45�10pm Plus Dancing Fri, Jan 7 8:45�9:45am Jazzercise 10:30�11:30am Zumba Gold 7:15pm DJ Steve Luther hosts a WEST COAST SWING PARTY $10 PAT TRAVERS + LCM + MILES SCHON BAND 1/28 9:00 PM SHOW > $10/13 > REGGAE Sat, Jan 8 7pm 8:00�9:00am; 9:15�10:15am Jazzercise Circle N' Squares Hoedown EARL ZERO (ROOTSMAN FROM JAMAICA) Sun, Jan 9 8:30�9:30am Jazzercise 10:30�11:45am Zumba Fitness with Anna 1:30�3:30pm Vintage Dance with Gary Thomas 5:30�9:30pm Steve Luther DJ Country Western Lessons & Dancing $10 Mon, Jan 10 8:45�9:45am; 5:45�6:45pm Jazzercise 7�10:00am Scottish Country Dancing Tues, Jan 11 8:45�9:45am; 5:45�6:45pm Jazzercise 7:30�9pm African & World Music Dance with Victoria Strowbridge featuring West African & Congolese Dance with live Drumming Gabe Meline W/MILITIA OF LOVE (feaT. Robbie of Cardiff Reefers) + DJ JACQUES all shows are 21+ unless noted for reservations: 707.545.5876 707.545.2343 120 5th street @ davis street santa rosa, ca Santa Rosa's Social Hall since 1922 1400 W. College Avenue � Santa Rosa, CA 707.539.5507 � www.monroe-hall.com lastdaysaloon.com 30 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN Best Music Venue Best Place for Singles to Meet RENEGADE BASS FACE WITH FRI ! JAN 7 ! 10PM ! $10 DJ TARZAN SAT ! JAN 8 ! 10PM ! $5 PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS CUP O' JOE NEXT WEEK HUSTLER FRI ! JAN 14 ! 10PM ! $25 ANTHONY B 5 MINUTE ORGY & FRIENDS HOT UPCOMING ACTS SAT ! JAN 15 ! 9PM ! $5 REGGAE SUPERSTAR CHROME JOHNSON SAT ! JAN 22 ! 10PM ! $25 FRI ! JAN 21 ! 10PM ! $10 TOO SHORT KONSHENS SAT ! 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Jan 28 Sat GENTRY BRONSON BAND Jan 29 Hot Soul Music 8:30pm THE JAMES MOSELEY BAND 415.662.2219 On the Town Square, Nicasio www.ranchonicasio.com THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 31 Conlon Nancarrow's distracting music of 60 years ago fits today's scattered world perfectly. SM endless green HYDR 707-254-0200 NAPA, CA O P O N I C S U PPL I E S Advanced Nutrients, FoxFarm, House & Garden, Cutting Edge, Botanicare, General Hydroponics, Hydro Organics 25-3 Enterprise Court, Napa CA Mon-Fri: 10-6, Sat & Sun: 11-4 Conlon Nancarrow sweeps in the new year By Gabe Meline he first record I listened to in the year 2011, upon waking up after a long night of being around food, dancing, drugs, music, drinks, bike rides in the rain, crowded kitchens, hugs from friends, kisses from loved ones, Champagne toasts, Carson Daly's terrible jokes, too many texts, unsafe drives and staying up until 4:30am, was Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano. A terrible choice, by most accounts. My usual tradition is to listen to something calming on New Year's morning, like Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister. Something familiar from my teenage years, like the Fastbacks, or something longstanding and reassuring, like John Fahey. Nat King Cole. Dylan's acoustic albums, perhaps, or the Band's Music from Big Pink. Anything to flush the chaos of the year away, like the rising waters in the creek near my house that sweep all the moss and mud and sediment downstream. But the hell with it. It's 2011. Conlon Nancarrow's music is disjointed, sketchy and coming from too many directions at once. It's the soundtrack to the coming year, with its incessant distractions. Ten years ago, we weren't updating our statuses every hour. Our lives weren't consistently Black Swan Rated R Fri & Sat, Jan 7 & 8, 6:00 & 8:30pm; Sun, Jan 9, 3:30 & 6:00pm; Tues, Wed & Thurs, Jan 11-13, 7:00pm John McCutcheon Greatest Troubadour of our time! Monday Jan 10th 7:30 pm Reserved Seating $22 We Need Your Jugs! (growlers) kegs & cases to go too The Yard Dogs Road Show Sun & Mon, Jan 16 & 17, reserved seating; $22 in advance/$25 at the door; call 707/996-9756 The King's Speech Coming soon! Watch for dates & show times! Now Open for Refills Fridays, 12-5pm or call for an appt. 2064 Gravenstein Hwy N, building 4 Tickets 707-996-9756 476 1st St. E. Sonoma, CA www.sebastianitheatre.com interrupted by calls from our pants pocket. We didn't have to know about the meme of the hour before it grew stale or the news of the world right as it was happening. We were able to exist in the moment, and to enjoy it, rather than record it. As many of his devout followers have found--from Pat Metheny and Jason Moran to the Kronos Quartet and Thurston Moore--listening to Nancarrow isn't existing in the moment. It's being pricked all over one's body by needlepoint pins wielded by dehydrated iguanas thousands of times every minute, over and over. Kind of like modern life. Born in 1912 into the age of the player piano, Nancarrow was a communist, a composer, a political activist and, eventually, an expatriate to Mexico City, where he died in 1997. His approach to music making was decidedly backward. Whereas pianists of his day created piano rolls with a mechanism that recorded their real-time playing and punched holes across a paper roll as the keys were struck, Nancarrow went straight for the paper roll with an X-Acto knife and a boundless imagination. This allowed him to prepare piano rolls of ridiculously crowded music, with fast, wild playing impossible to recreate by human hands. Why he chose such disastrously schizophrenic music to make is clear to anyone who listens to it, or attempts to listen to it: he did it because he could. It's the sound of possibility magnified. Likewise, we do things now not because we need to but simply because we can. We live in the age of the gizmo. We use GPS systems when we know the way already. We ask our phones questions even though we could ask a human being. We exercise with a controller in our hand and a dongle on the television when the world is right outside our door for the jogging. As for making music--where to start? Every single vocal track is manipulated, every drum and guitar and keyboard processed by plug-ins and effects. This past decade has seen a revolution in recording, where manipulation isn't a postproduction convenience but rather the starting point of a track. The quickest glance at the activity on a computer screen in a recording studio during editing these days would blow the average person's mind. It's an approach to making music backward, just like Nancarrow did 60 years ago. If art imitates life, that means we're largely living backward, too. As I write this, the house is a mess. I have seven tabs open in Firefox. The television is on. My wife's iPhone is alerting away. My head hurts. Nancarrow is banging away from the speakers, prattling incessantly, like a class of school kids jumping on the piano keys. And I'll tell you. As soon as this record is over, I'm going out to Armstrong Woods State Park, taking a hike through the centuries-old redwood trees and breathing some fresh, calm air. If I'm lucky, or if I'm not too distracted, I might even come home and throw on Music from Big Pink. 32 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN Work by Rhonda Trevethick, above, and others opens at Sebastopol Center for the Arts Jan. 6. See Openings, adjacent. Galleries THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 33 Field Trips Dance Events The Harlem Globetrotters are comin' to town Film Comedy o Gilligan's Island was, like, a super weird show, right? It was never remotely plausible, and never even actually that funny, but totally rad when you're eight years old, like I was when the show's writers went completely over the deep end with the bizarrely premised 1981 made-for-TV movie Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island. The plot begins when the Globetrotters experience engine trouble as they fly somewhere over the Pacific-- probably on their way to one of the 220 cities where the team of wily basketballers have graced the court over the past 85 years. They land on Gilligan's island, where the seven castaways have returned after finding themselves unable to integrate back into normal society (or apparently find a change of clothes). Their resort is called the Castaways, and all is peachy until an evil corporate raider in a yacht captain's hat tries to steal away ownership of the island so that he can gain access to a mother lode of valuable ore. The Globetrotters show up just in time to save the Castaways vacation resort by winning a nail-biting basketball game--narrated by legendary Los Angeles Lakers announcer Chick Hearn-- against a team of large grey robots with blockheads, and thus foil all plans for domination of the island by the evil capitalist creeps. Like I said. Not at all remotely plausible. Years after saving the island, the legendary Harlem Globetrotters are still on tour--spinning basketballs on their fingertips, executing unbelievable trick shots and making an appearance Jan. 12 at Santa Rosa Junior College. The 2011 tour is sponsored by a motley group of advertisers including Campbell Soup, Howard Johnson Hotels and the Greyhound Bus Line (a cross-section that hopefully doesn't paint a portrait of what life on the road is like for a Globetrotter these days). Check out the antics of the Castaway's conquering heroes during the local stop of their 4 Times the Fun world tour when the Harlem Globetrotters strut their stuff on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at Santa Rosa Junior College's Haehl Pavilion. 1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa. 7pm. $27. www.harlemglobetrotters.com. S For Kids Food & Drink Leilani Clark 34 01.05.11-01.11.11 THE BOHEMIAN THE BOHEMIAN 01.05.11-01.11.11 35 Lectures Real talk on real booze fills Bernard DeVoto's cleverly crotchety `The Hour' t was Marlene Dietrich who defined the trouble with the overfussy cocktail: "Bad for you, and trouble for the bartender." Bernard DeVoto, author of the recently rereprinted The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto (Tin House Books; $16.95), would have agreed. DeVoto was a noted figure in 20th-century letters; he edited Louis and Clark's journals and oversaw the release of that masterpiece of posthumous atheism, Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth. This knowledge of American history gives weight to the prediction the rum-despising DeVoto made when this book was first published in 1948: "If the Republic ever comes crashing down, the ruin will have been wrought by this lust for sweet drinks." Beneath the eloquence, what DeVoto ultimately pulls for is a well-made martini shaken with lots of ice, or simply "a slug of whiskey." It's bourbon that DeVoto praises the most highly, and its lighter cousin rye, as American as the Washington monument and far more useful. One feels it's a patriotic duty to purchase some Maker's Mark or Bulliet to consume when imbibing DeVoto's prose about the power of positive drinking: "In England they call for a division, and the ministry falls; in Russia, they shoot a thousand commissars; but in freedom's land, they recess, speak the hallowed words of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, and send out for a statesman's standby and some soda. 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