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¡ask a mexican!» » gustavo arellano DEAR MEXICAN: I found your 2009 column about Mexican men and spousal abuse, and my question is: Is there any help for this to ever end? I’ve been with a Mexican man, who is also an abuser of alcohol, although it has slimmed down some. He gets angry out of the blue and starts hitting on me; he later realizes what he has done and cries. I had to leave him for my protection, but the feelings between us remain, and I don’t know what to do with the situation. Can you provide any comments or help?

Abusada DEAR ABUSED: Get out of that relationship— now. But before you leave, coat that pendejo’s toilet paper with habanero powder, so he gets the burn in the culo he deserves.

DEAR MEXICAN: How do Mexicans feel about environmental issues? Specifically, a population explosion that will cause eventual food shortages? I am told that procreation is a very macho thing for the Mexican male. You have even mentioned in the past that men do not perform oral sex on women because it’s not important when having children. How does that way of thinking weigh in with regard to the future of the planet?

El Blanco Pedro DEAR PEDRO GABACHO: Malthus called—he wants his crackpot theory back. Besides, the gabacho love of suburbia proved far more toxic to the environment than any 12-child Mexican mom ever did, so vete a la chingada con your faux environmental concern.

OPEN LETTER TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT: Gentle cabrones, as I write this, the Mexican still doesn’t have a feel for whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump (or neither?) will be the next president of the United States (the Mexican has to file his columna a week before actual

publication—viva dead-tree journalism!). In the interest of not looking more pendejo than usual, I’m writing three open letters to ensure I get the results right—enjoy!

TO PRESIDENT HILLARY CLINTON: Congrats on beating that pendejo Trump—you’re now the greatest female savior of Mexicans since the original Santa Sabina, the legendary curandera for which the Goth-Mex band was named. But that’s not enough. Do not inherit the title of Deporter-inChief from Barack Obama. Realize that the only reason you won is because raza overwhelmingly voted for you—and we want results besides appointments of token vendidos (although do give a cool gig to Congressman Xavier Becerra, a truly down Chicano). Don’t pay attention to all the Know Nothings who insist on enforcement before amnesty. There are millions of Mexicans up here who have lived their entire lives in limbo, and it’s your job to save them. And if you do that? We’ll create a new altar to you at Tepeyac.

TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Congrats on beating that pendeja Killary—you’re now the greatest unifier of Mexicans since Porfirio Diaz.

Don’t even try to deport 12 million people or build your nasty, small-handed wall. Back in the day, raza mostly stood meekly as presidents from Hoover to Roosevelt to Eisenhower to Obama enacted mass deportations—but those were honorable men. You’re not. We will protest, we will resist, we will struggle, and we will take over elected offices the way the Irish took over Boston. You hear me, President Pendejo? We ain’t no sleeping giant—we woke, and we’re ready to make your one term more pitiful than Enrique Peña Nieto. Oh, and #fucktrump.

REGARDLESS: No mames, America.

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Vietnamese American staff, “Dave”—an overly tanned 6-foot-4 white dude wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, jeans, cowboy boots, flannel shirt and a massive silver belt buckle as if he won some halfass rodeo 25 years ago—enters and makes an obnoxious declaration. “Okay, no more voter fraud here,” he says. “This election is too important.” (RSM) 8:10 A.M. Someone has left money at the Filling Station in Orange with instructions to pay down the bill of the next customer to walk in wearing an “I Voted” sticker.

Cast vote; receive bacon. (Dave Lieberman) 8:15 A.M. At Paul’s Cocktails, my mom visits after dropping my brother off at school.

She has a virgin Bloody Mary and helps me tie my Bill Clinton tie. (TH) 8:17 A.M. Reports of poll-booth problems are already coming in. In Fullerton, an

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Lisa says she’s already over the election and pours me a hot coffee. (Taylor Hamby) 7:05 A.M. Today, I convinced a local taxi company to let me drive one of their cabs for a few hours and talk to people throughout OC about how they’re voting. My first client, a tall, stately woman in a pantsuit greets me at the lobby of her hotel off the 405 freeway in Fountain Valley. She’s on her way to LAX to fly to Texas for a business trip. She tells me she’s an engineer and mother of two college-aged girls. “Well, guess I can tell you the truth: I didn’t vote,” she says after I ask. “But I made both of my daughters and my husband promise they would.”

She feels terrible, but this is her eighth flight in as many days. (Nate Jackson) 7:43 A.M. Inside a busy but hushed Westminster polling place operated by an all

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entire station’s voting machines were down, leaving people to vote via provisional ballot. And in central Santa Ana, three machines were down, and problems were arising as poll booth workers—who resemble miners from Bonanza—couldn’t understand the Hispanic last names of many voters. Did we say “many”? We meant ALL, save for the token gabacho husband of one mexicana. (Gustavo Arellano) 8:46 A.M. Uh-oh, Hugh: Early projections show Hillary Clinton leading in these five battleground states: Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin. Trump is ahead in Pennsylvania. This comes from numbers compiled by Slate and VoteCastr, which publishes real-time projections based on how many people cast votes in select districts. Of course, it is very early.

Your typical vote suppressor does not even wake up until 10 a.m. (Matt Coker) 8:49 A.M. At Grace Community Church in Lake Forest, a man twice my age gets out of his brand-new BMW and says to me, “Do I need my ID, like a driver’s license, to vote?” (Angel Grady) 9:06 A.M. Rush Limbaugh begins his broadcast by claiming across-the-board, bipartisan polls showing a Hillary Clinton national victory today are imaginary.

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Hugh Hewitt—Orange County’s reigning loyal GOP mouthpiece on national radio— triumphantly claims, “Donald Trump can win!” Hewitt then added, “I got him to 270 [electoral college votes] without [winning] Florida. The guess provides internal satisfaction, prompting a prediction: “[The race is] going to be over early.”

He then hints that a secret conspiracy against wealthy, conservative, white males is in play. “The exit polls are dirty,” he declares, adopting excuses in advance if his prognostications are, as usual, wrong.

But Hewitt is nothing if not a fact-bending cheerleader. “I’m pretty excited!” he utters. “Get out there and vote . . . Get out! . . . If we make this close, they can’t cheat!”

(R. Scott Moxley) 4:37 A.M. Donald Trump Jr., the billionaire GOP candidate’s son, claims on MSNBC’s Morning Joe that polls forecasting a Hillary Clinton victory must be wrong because people of color have recently approached him at gas stations in several states and declared their enthusiastic support for his father’s candidacy. (RSM) 6:30 A.M. At Paul’s Cocktails at the Orange Circle, Good Day LA is playing on the tube.

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fear and anticipation on both sides.” (RSM) 9:08 A.M. The first of what Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski (a former Orange County reporter for KNX-AM 1070 and former San Clemente resident) promises will be a “shit show” of FALSE voter-fraud stories was just debunked on the outlet’s website. (Joel Beers) 9:15 A.M. In my cab, I pick up a Lake Forest retiree who is voting for Trump.

“Personally, I don’t think we need any more Democrats in the White House,” he says. No surprise: His second house, where he’s traveling to, is in Arizona. He supports Trump because “a lot of people I talk to here are for Trump, and most of my neighbors are for Trump, so . . . so I dunno. Trump.” (NJ) 9:35 A.M. About 10 firefighters are climbing in and out of engines and trucks around the back of Fullerton Fire Station No. 1 between Lemon and Raymond, which is serving as a polling station this year. The line is about 20 people deep, but no one seems to mind, as it gives voters additional time to ponder the most important question of the day: Why are firefighters so hot? (JB) 10:06 A.M. Daniel Henniger, an editorial writer at the Wall Street Journal, makes a bold prediction for a FOX News audience that has been told all morning that the presidential election is essentially a tossup. “I think Trump might just pull this off,” says Henniger, who claims there is widespread fatigue with Democrats occupying the White House since 2009. (RSM) 10:30 A.M. An elderly woman climbs into

my cab after visiting a dialysis center in Laguna Woods. She’s walking with a huge wooden walking stick from her native Alaska. At age 76, it’s the first time she hasn’t voted in a presidential election. “Whichever one gets in there, I say we’re fucked,” she says. “Luckily, I live in Alaska, where we are still free.” (NJ) 10:56 A.M. California Proposition 60, which would mandate the use of condoms in pornographic films, fascinates Roger Marsh—a Christian, conservative, talkshow host with K-BRITE’s The Bottom Line—because it’s “an exercise in overregulation” by government bureaucrats. But, winning this morning’s NIMBY award, Marsh ultimately decided to back the initiative because he thinks its passage will drive our state’s pornographers “to Las Vegas or Salt Lake City.” Quite neighborly of him, don’t you think? (RSM) 10:57 A.M. A girl named Kristin comes up to Weekly intern Cynthia Rebolledo and I at Paul’s Cocktails and says her boyfriend thinks I’m a lesbian. “Why, because I’m wearing a suit and tie?” I ask. “Well, yeah.”

I touch Cynthia’s leg. “He probably thinks we’re together,” I say. “So women who wear pantsuits are gay? Do you think Hillary Clinton’s a lesbian?” I ask. “I mean, if you let Bill get away with that much,” her boyfriend answers, “she’s been licking some clam—FBI clam.” On that note, Cynthia and I are going for sushi. (TH) 11:16 A.M. This Dana Point polling place has the longest line I’ve seen since the new electronic machines were introduced and no one could work them. The poll worker says it has been like this since they opened the doors. Lots of biddies were wearing blue pants and white shirts: Is it a clue or coincidence? Most political yard

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signs around are about the City Council seats, so maybe that’s what brought people out. The TV in the adjacent room is turned off, as they have been since I made them change the station from FOX News to anything else during the hanging-chad era. It’s the first election since my mother passed away, so it makes me queasy not having an absentee ballot to hand in. I’m saving my sticker to plant on the ship’s bell attached to her house that she’d ring when the White House was blue. (Lisa Black) 11:31 A.M. At a Little Saigon pastry shop, a 12-year-old Vietnamese American boy wearing shorts and a football jersey is quietly eating until he hears someone say “Trump.” The name triggers an immediate joyful response. “I’m for Trump,” he says to nobody in particular. “Clinton wants to give illegals benefits for doing nothing.” Unsuccessfully scanning the room for a reaction, he catches my eye.

“Your team sucks,” he adds, noticing my San Diego Chargers cap. (RSM) 11:43 A.M. Because low-income and minority Americans are significantly more likely to wait in hours-long lines and have

fewer polling locations, resources and volunteers, Boost Mobile stores are serving as polling places “in communities where voting inequality problems are most prevalent.” Problem sites were located in three SoCal counties: Riverside, San Diego and—drum roll—Orange! Poll locations meant to combat this are Jet Wireless, 422 W. La Habra Blvd., La Habra, and Bixcom/MS Telecom, 3710 Westminster Ave, Santa Ana. (Matt C) 12:15 P.M. “Did you vote already?” Pierre the barber asks me. I take a seat at A-Unique, a black barbershop in Anaheim. “Yeah, and there was actually a line this time,” I say. “That’s because don’t nobody want Trump’s ass to win!” Pierre starts working on my taper. A big, framed portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rests to my right. “How long you think before we have a black president again?”

I ask. “A long, long time,” he says. “First it’s going to be one of the Mexican homies that gets in, then we’re probably going to have a bunch of white presidents again for a minute.” The talk switches to the Lakers before coming back to the election.

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“As long as we are able to do this legally, then it’s all good, man.” (Mary Carreon) 12:49 P.M. Only one freeway overpass has political signs on it from Beach Cities north to the Euclid exit on the 405: Oh! Soooooo Parkway had two—smallish, hand-painted in multiple colors— saying, “VOTE TRUMP” and, “DRAIN THE SWAMP.” (LB) 1:43 P.M. One of my best friends, who lives across the country, posts a Facebook status musing over the fact that despite all the money MTV puts into their Rock the Vote campaigns, what really mobilizes young people to vote is selfie culture.

And it’s true. At the time I write this, I’ve counted more than 50 “I Voted” selfies between Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. We may be the most vain generation, but at least we get shit done.

(Aimee Murillo) 1:46 P.M. Two guys parked in front of a 7-Eleven on Bristol and Red Hill in Costa Mesa are talking about election-related porn. No, not the proposed ban on condoms, but what kind of presidential-spoof porn will be produced depending on who is elected president. “That’s the only reason I would want Trump to win,” one guy says. “Melania could star in that shit herself! And Ivanka and Papa Trump would have a scene. . . . It’s fucked-up, but I’d fap to that!” (NJ) 1:48 P.M. Capone, the security guard outside the Reserve OC, explains that it has been a busy day at the dispensary because people are stressed out about

the possibility of Trump becoming president. Wearing dark sunglasses, Capone is intimidating and definitely armed. He doesn’t crack a smile as he tells me that he voted at 6 a.m. against Trump and for Prop. 64. “For America,” he says, slapping me a high-five. (Mary C) 2:10 P.M. A young girl walks into the Super Clinik cannabis dispensary wearing a black shirt that says, “Trump,” “Clinton” and “Bourbon,” with boxes next to each name. There is a check mark in the box next to the alcohol. “Fuck the options for candidates, dude,” she says. “I honestly don’t even want to vote. And fuck Prop.

64, too.” (Mary C) 2:17 P.M. An elderly couple stops me outside Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School to ask where the polling place is.

I point to the line that has spilled out the door. The man fumbles for his wallet as we approach the line. “You don’t need ID,” I say in Spanish. “Really?” he asks. “This isn’t Texas,” I explain. “We don’t have racist voter ID laws in California.” (DL) 2:25 P.M. I pick up a couple in their mid40s at a hotel bar in Irvine who voted absentee. “Did you feel relieved voting so much earlier and getting it over with?”

I ask. “Honestly, no,” they respond. “We were both scared shitless, but hey, at least we both got to travel on this trip together.

If America is going into the crapper tonight, I can’t think of a better place to be flushed.” (NJ) 2:28 P.M. I’m with my best friend Amy at Blackmarket Bakery in SanTana. “Hey, there’s a taco party at the Latino Health Access today—all you gotta do is have your ‘I Voted’ sticker, and you get free tacos,” I say. “Taco party, eh?” Amy asks. “Sounds like a lesbian gathering.” Amy’s a Latinx queer woman, so she knows a thing or two about tacos. (AM)

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Tana has declared itself to be a politicsfree zone tonight. The televisions are ruthlessly set to ESPNews, but people are staring at smartphones, and political discussions—“This can’t happen, can it?”— are leaking out around the restaurant. One of the servers is wearing a T-shirt that says, “Donald eres un pendejo” (“Donald, you’re a jackass”). (DL) 5:51 P.M. You might assume former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, the marble-mouthed redneck who nabbed a whopping 0.1 percent of the 2016 Republican presidential-primary vote, would stay deep in the shadows nowadays. But on FOX News, he just suggested minority voters in Florida are bought off with “sandwiches and shots of whiskey.” (RSM)

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Tana, upon news that Trump is leading in the Electoral College: “I’m not prepared to go back to Mexico yet.” (GA) 7:02 P.M. “Is this the party?” a white guy asks as he slides into the bar at China Palace in Newport Beach. Yep. Gone are the days when the OC GOP would hold lavish parties at the Westin South Coast, with upper-echelon bigwigs hidden away in luxury suites. Instead, the official GOP party tonight is at this forgettable Chinese-Japanese spot off PCH that happens to have been a favorite of longtime GOP head Tom Fuentes. The early crowd is what you’d expect: middle-aged, white and nasty. An older gentleman with a Southern drawl says Pennsylvania was leaning toward Hillary because “Philadelphia has so many goddamn niggers,” just like Detroit and Cleveland. (GA) 7:24 P.M. At the OC Democratic Party gathering at the Yost Theater, Zach Ogie, a 19-year-old Chapman University student, sums up the sentiments of many of the approximately 175 people who are there watching the CNN election feed: “I thought we were going to win in a landslide, but now I am just confused.” (JB) 7:41 P.M. CNN’s projection of Clinton winning Virginia provided the first burst of enthusiasm at the OC Democratic Party soiree. Chants of “Hill-a-ree! Hill-a-ree!” waft through the Yost, but all I care about is finding a safe place to stash my backpack. It’s as muggy as an alligator’s jockstrap in here. (JB) 7:46 P.M. At the Laguna Beach Democratic Club, Trump was just announced as the Ohio winner on MSNBC—which is blaring on speakers—and nobody noticed. The banner in the window claims it’s a “victory party,” and that’s what the atmosphere is like. It’s loud, boisterous. People are partying or staring into phones. A young, female Trump supporter being interviewed is saying she thinks Trump will bring back integrity. Boos ring out. (LB) 8:07 P.M. “It’s because of all those goddamn niggers,” says the same older white man at China Palace, as Hillary wins a state. His Southern drawl complements his white button-up with the American flag on it. He’s originally from West Virginia but now resides in Anaheim. “Every time I see that map, it nearly gives me a heart attack,” he tells me as we watch

FOX News. “Look at all that red!” he yells.

(Denise De La Cruz) 8:18: P.M. “Fuck Donald Trump!” I hear two girls chant numerous times as I make my way through downtown Fullerton.

With Trump in the lead and time running out, I’m sure there are many more such chants to come. (Yvonne Villaseñor) 8:26 P.M. Mark, a bartender at the Yost, says he is a born-and-raised Orange County Republican. “But it is disheartening to see what has happened to the [national] party,” he says. “So, today, I am definitely not.” (JB) 8:28 P.M. As I’m trying to leave the Laguna Beach Democratic Club victory party, an extremely drunk woman almost breaks my wrist, then spends five minutes apologizing. I’m pretty sure she has no idea that Trump just won Florida; she’s really in for a nasty hangover—four years’ worth perhaps—but she’s blissfully unaware of it now. Out on the sidewalk, a man on his phone wails, “But you said she was up 40 minutes ago!” He hangs up and says Nevada’s going for Trump. Nevada? Two women stare through the storefront window at the TV and silently nod their heads in affirmation, expressionless. (LB) 8:56 P.M. Clinton has a projected 209 electoral votes; Trump has 244. Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” comes on the stereo at Johnny’s Saloon: “You win some, lose some, it’s all the same to me/The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say/I don’t share your greed, the only card I need/Is the Ace of Spades.” Leave it to Lemmy to provide comfort from beyond the grave. “What would Lemmy say?”

I lament. “He’d order another Jack and Coke,” suggests my friend Robert, who’s sitting next to me at the bar. “Barkeep!” (TH) 9:07 P.M. “Today is a great victory for America,” Congressman Dana Rohrabacher tells a rambunctious crowd at his self-proclaimed Liberty Lounge above Skosh Monahan’s in Costa Mesa. “You— YOU—are the ‘U’ in ‘U.S.’ I want to congratulate all of you—you did your part.”

Wearing an arm sling, a MAGA hat and a blue blazer over a ratty Hawaiian shirt, the “surfing congressman” goes on to rail “against a corrupt liberal establishment” and vows to return to D.C. “And we will wend the corruption. And we will boot out everyone in Washington.” (GA)

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9:16 P.M. FOX News is playing at the Continental Room. I take a seat and see that the electoral votes are now 254-209.

A guy sitting next to me says, “I know, I know. We’re fucked. I’m going back home tomorrow.” “We’re all gonna die,” his friend says, “but at least we have legal weed.” (YV) 9:26 P.M. On KCAL-TV Channel 9, as a reporter at the Prop. 64 victory party explains what legalization of recreational marijuana means for California, a woman who is chewing something walks up behind him while holding a plate full of cookies.

The market is expected to tumble tomorrow, but hold on to that Nabisco stock. (Matt C) 9:29 P.M. Rohrabacher is now telling the Skosh Monahan’s crowd, “who’ve taken so much criticism from the establishment Republicans,” that he respects them. Give the fool credit where it’s due. He was the most high-profile OC Republican to support Trump, standing by him and trashing those fellow party members who didn’t.

No doubt Trump will reward Rohrabacher for his loyalty; no doubt, we need a comet to smash into Earth about now. (GA)

9:47 P.M. People are closing their tabs and

filing out of the VLVT Velvet Lounge with their heads down. (DL) 9:49 P.M. Sharon Quirk-Silva is still at around 48.9 percent. But she ain’t worried, saying she was around the same place in the June primary for the Assembly seat occupied by Young Kim and pulled it out. Nor is she worried that a Clinton defeat would usher in a ripple effect among people that if national politics is a fustercluck of idiocy, that local politics will be ignored. “Yes, if I were to win tonight and the top of the ticket loses, it would cast a shadow,” the Democrat says. “But it doesn’t change the fact that local politics matter. The things that matter in your daily life—the libraries, schools, roads—they still matter.

So I remain optimistic.” Brian Torres, a graphic designer who supports Silva, says he’s scared shitless. “But I have always felt that the most important politics is local.

What happens in this city won’t change regardless of who is president.” (JB) 10:10 P.M. “I hate politics,” says the bouncer at Proof Bar as he looks over my ID. “Can I just go somewhere to hide?”

“I hear ya,” I reply. “Did you vote today?”

“Of course,” he says. Inside, I buy a Stella Artois while my bestie orders a water.

“Oh, no,” says Crystal, the bartender.

“You’re getting a drink; we all need a drink right now. It’s on me.” Because Amy is driving, Crystal buys her an O’Doul’s. This is the one silver lining to our day. (AM) 10:24 P.M. Lots of happy older white people in yucky clothes on the patio of Roscoe’s in downtown Fullerton. And why not? It is Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald’s election-night party. She and fellow incumbent Bruce Whitaker, as well as Larry Bennett, who sort of ran on the same ticket as Fitz the last time we bothered to look, are the top three vote getters in the Fullerton City Council election. Plus, the bullshit map pushed by SOCO bars that

basically carves up downtown Fullerton among several at-large districts, which favors the aforementioned bars, is leading.

And you can just smell that this terribly uninteresting and non-photogenic crowd has a soft-on for Trump. (JB) 10:44 P.M. Props to Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’s Diane Goldstein for representing OC at the Prop. 64 party in LA. There is an impressive female presence for this campaign. “The fight doesn’t stop tonight,” Goldstein tells a crowd of about 200 drunk and stoned people. “For me, it only ends when we eliminate our drug policy . . . and change law enforcement for the better.” Everyone screams

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finishing off with “We saved the republic!” His wife, Rhonda—whose exuberance and gait reminds one of Mickey Rooney in his Andy Hardy days—yelling that FOX News is an enemy of “patriots.”

The Lola Gaspar crowd accusing Mike Pence of cutting smelly farts during his acceptance speech. Me consoling a group of despondent Chicanos. I wanted to say something profound, but my hangover only reduces me to this: Moxley isn’t crying. Moxley isn’t afraid. You shouldn’t cry. You shouldn’t be afraid. MOXLEY IS GOD. Oh, and #fucktrump. (GA)

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a fellow at Proof Bar. “Well, I always wanted to go to Ireland,” says a woman next to him. “This is what America voted for; this is what they get.” I cash out to the sound of CNN, drinkers and my own thoughts in the background. “Y’all can kiss my brown ass!” Amy says as we leave. (AM) 4:02 A.M. I’m throwing up a deli cup of salsa I ate after returning from Election Night, and what I witnessed earlier is coming to me in flashes. Rohrabacher leading a boisterous, almost exclusively white crowd in “God Bless America,”

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of HB Tattoo getting out of a car. I wave good night to Johnny.

Both men approach me. “Are you okay?”

Johnny asks me.

“No,” I say. They try to make a couple of light-hearted political jokes to try to make me smile. “It’s not that Trump is going to be our president,” I explain. “I doubt he’s seriously going to put four years in as president. He’s not.

What hurts is after all he’s said against us—against women, against all of us— what hurts is all of the people who voted him in. That’s what hurts.” They both give me a hug. (TH) 11:01 P.M. Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait and his slate of endorsed candidates are hanging out at Unsung Brewery Co. near the Packing District. Hopes of regaining control of the City Council from former mayor Curt Pringle’s allies are dim, but the mood is upbeat. Candidates Jose Moreno, Mark Lopez and Denise Barnes chat away. The races tighten, but the Tait slate still has the advantage in only one contest: District 1 hopeful Denise Barnes is barely beating dirty ex-cop Steven Chavez Lodge. Thank God for that! (GSR)

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Take It Cool

The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith

From 1957 to 1965, 36-year- old LIFE Magazine photojournalist W. Eugene Smith lived in a dilapidated Manhattan loft and chronicled the lives of some of the world’s premier jazz musicians—including Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans and others—at work and play in the Sixth Avenue wreck. Sara Fishko’s immersive documentary The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith merges the images and audio tapes of the experience into one of the most deftly revealing archival testaments to jazz, art, anxiety and obsession. It’s sure to be riveting for lovers of classic jazz, as well as an insightful look into one of the most eccentric—but genius—photographers of all time!

Cinema Orange Presents The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith at the Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Dr., Newport Beach, (949) 759-1122; www. ocma.net. 7 p.m. Free. —SR DAVIES

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Pronounced “mind design,” Ringgo Ancheta’s musical project MNDSGN busts out deliciously trippy electronic beats in an airy production style that feels neither too complex nor too simple.The San Diegoborn, New Jersey-raised producer has made a big splash in the LA music scene with both Stones Throw records and Flying Lotus’ label Brainfeeder, where he’s among good experimental company. On his latest record, Body Wash, MNDSGN picks up the pieces of his previous sound and inflects a more upbeat, danceable style that combines 1980s-’90s R&B, boogie and funk with his usual spacey, jazz-like hip-hop noise. Expect to hear a little bit of everything tonight at this gig with OC-bred producer Free the Robots.

MNDSGN with Free the Robots at the Wayfarer, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, (949) 764-0039; www. thewayfarercm.com. 9 p.m. $12-$15. 21+.

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Leapin’ Lizards Repticon

As we headed into a Bakersfield hotel one hot summer, my wife caught our son trying to sneak in a pet snake.

Mom banned the serpent from our room, so Señor Slither stayed caged in the car. The next morning, as we set off to raft the Kern River, we found the snake had exploded in the heat. Had we attended Repticon, the weekendlong reptile-appreciation convention, we would have avoided the car wash. Taking place at the OC Fair, the event features vendors, prize raffles and, most important, seminars on the proper ways to care for cold-blooded reptiles, some of which are for sale. Take home a new Señor Slither, perhaps?

Repticon at the OC Fair & Event Center, Los Alamitos Building, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, (803) 814-5018; repticon.com. 10 a.m.; also Sun. $5-$10; children 4 and younger, free. —MATT COKER

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For all you guitar-lovers out there, the Fullerton Museum Center is hosting a brand-new exhibit you won’t want to miss. “Leo Fender: Life and Legacy” promises a look into the life of the man behind one of the most iconic guitar brands of all time. Fender’s legacy will always live on through his Stratocasters and Telecasters, but the museum offers insight into arguably the most important instrument creator of the 20th century through everything from personal items to significant artifacts of the brand and industry. Tonight’s jazz- and cocktail-laden opening reception is truly worthy of Fender’s world-class genius.

“Leo Fender: Life and Legacy” at Fullerton Museum Center, 301 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton, (714) 738-6545; ci.fullerton.ca.us/museum. 6 p.m. $18; museum members, free. —JOSH CHESLER

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Step Right Up

Ipso Facto’s 27th Anniversary To celebrate its anniversary, OC’s premier Goth-clothing store, Ipso Facto, is throwing a huge bash that will include all manner of oddballs performing in the vein of a classic Vaudeville variety show.

Among today’s lineup are Mystic Marlow the magician with his sideshow routine; Christine Eyes, showcasing her incredible

safety-defying human blockhead act; and Ana Louisa, who will perform a fitting dance number. Plus, get your fortune told by the retro-zombie tarot-card reader, win some merchandise giveaways, and more!

Come dressed in your finest early 20thcentury duds à la Tin Pan Alley and silentfilm-era stars to look and feel the part of this fun extravaganza.

Ipso Facto’s 27th Anniversary Sideshow/ Vaudeville Event at Ipso Facto, 517 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, (714) 525-7865; www. ipso-facto.com. 6 p.m. Free. —AIMEE MURILLO

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Did Someone Say Fish?

I Love Poke OC

Looking for a little poke in your life? Look no further than the I Love Poke Festival at Hotel Irvine. Created by the Ono Yum crew, the poke party will fill the hotel’s back yard with an array of island- and Asian-inspired dishes from multiple res-

taurants. Attendees can sample various forms of poke, shaved ice and musubi, as well as take in live entertainment. The first I Love Poke event kicked off in San Diego in 2010, then received a warm reception in OC; it’s now a favorite annual gathering of beach folk and foodies alike.

This is the motherlode for people with a passion for poke!

I Love Poke OC at Hotel Irvine, 17900 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, (888) 2304452; onoyum.com. Noon. $75.

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Lady of SouL Erykah Badu

One of the foremothers of the neo-soul movement of the ’90s, Erykah Badu’s contributions to modern music can’t be overstated. While she has recently gravitated toward film andTV, including Comedy Central’s The Legends of Chamberlain Heights as its music supervisor, Badu has been steadily releasing new music in the form of mixtapes, most recently last year. As her classic albums continue to get the reissue treatment, fans of a new generation will have no excuse to say they haven’t heard of the woman who helped blend R&B, soul, and hip-hop into a sound that remains prescient.

Erykah Badu at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 9570600; observatoryoc.com. 8 p.m. $57.50.

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Illuminate Us ‘Bent Parallel’

Looking at Phillip K. Smith III’s art might draw parallels to California space-art pioneer James Turrell, as both have been known to create work that immerse viewers in the glow of giant neon installations. Now showing at Laguna Art Museum, Smith’s “Bent Parallel” brings together giant panels of color to explore his fascination with color theory, optics and technology. The dual panels connect and, through illusion, give the impression of a third plane that extends the boundaries of the overall space. It’s sure to leave your visual senses completely mesmerized.

“Bent Parallel” at Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Dr., Laguna Beach, (949) 494-8971; lagunaartmuseum.org. 11 a.m. Through Jan. 15, 2017. $5-$7. —AIMEE MURILLO

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It’s safe to say that no other film in motion picture history has captured aircraft carrier pilots in the military with such cool bravado as Top Gun. Whether you take the film seriously or not—it’s less recognizable for its storyline than for its handsome lead actorTom Cruise, at his Cruisiest best; pop theme song “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin; the ironically cheesy dialogue (“I feel the need . . . the need for speed!”); and Val Kilmer’s Iceman being the bro-iest villain ever.

Kick back at this big-screen showing, and enjoy some of the most harrowing flight sequences ever shot on camera, not to be outdone by one of the hunkiest volleyball game scenes in cinema history.

Top Gun at Regency South Coast Village, 1561 Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, (714) 557-5701; www.regencymovies. com. 7:30 p.m. $8. —AIMEE MURILLO

We’re feeling lucky to find work by talented multimedia graphic artists, mostly Long Beach locals, assembled in once place.

The “Lucky You!” exhibit—featuring Miyo Stevens, Cory Bilicko, Angela Willcocks, Phaedra Dahl, Joon, among others—offers a chance to see natives and transplants working in illustration, comics-influenced drawing, collage, photography and more.

If you don’t already know their work, you don’t know what you’ve missed—but you should find out. Vivid, layered, often built around narrative and place, these artists’ smart, often recklessly inventive engagement with past themes suggests new work will challenge and satisfy.

“Lucky You!” at Museum of Latin American Art, Port to Learning Gallery, 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, (562) 437-1689; www.molaa.org. 11 a.m. $7-$10.

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Cameron esposito

It’s hard to find anything bad to say about Cameron Esposito, one of today’s leading comedy darlings who’s making waves on the standup, podcast and television circuits. With wife/fellow comedian Rhea Butcher, they’re one of the biggest power couples, changing the face of mainstream comedy outside of the hetero-normative male sense of humor.Taking from her life and experiences as a lesbian, Esposito’s material addresses LGBTQ issues, pop culture and other brazen topics for her hilarious podcast PutYourHandsTogether and “Ask a Lesbian” web series for Buzzfeed. With her signature side mullet and jean jacket, she’ll likely be one of the best-dressed comedians to ever grace the Irvine Improv stage.

Cameron Esposito at Irvine Improv, 527 Spectrum Center Dr., Irvine, (949) 854-5455; irvine.improv.com. 8 p.m. $20. 21+. —AIMEE MURILLO

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On Coverboy, Belle is out to conquer the world, and he wants to bring you with him; think of the way Bowie shout/sings, “Oh, no, love/you’re not alone!” and you’ll recognize the powerful spirit at work here. How he pulled it off will forever be a mix of art and mystery, but this is a record actually futuristic enough to have come out in 1976. Also on the bill is the fine Canadian psych-y band Elephant Stone, descended in part from the very excellent and much-missed High Dials.

Burger Records presents Elephant Stone, Fatal Jamz and Kontrol at the Continental Room, 115 W. Santa Fe Ave., Fullerton, (714) 526-4529; continentalroomoc.com.

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with curls of sweet coconut meat swimming in cold coconut water next to tomatoes and floating clouds of coconut foam.

Tacos made an appearance, but none more bold than the tacos orientales, the Chihuahuan version of al pastor. Godinez piled mountains of adobo-cooked pork and pineapple atop two rounds of rustic tortilla that were chewy, crispy, coarse and smooth. I folded the massive thing up, took a chomp, and did my best to not let any of the fillings escape while streams of melted cheese trailed every bite.

If you have no idea what a tlayuda is, let Godinez’s version be the first to acquaint you. It’s enormous, the size of a large halved pizza that took over our table. I dragged a knife through it, slicing up wedges. The thin, crepe-like crust was crisp on the edges and soft in the middle, where it was smeared with beans, dolloped with puréed avocado and dripped with jocoque, an equivalent of sour cream native to Oaxaca.

Of the many things that can be called a main entrée, there was costillas de puerco, pork ribs slow-cooked and smothered in a morita chile sauce that made it taste like a cross between Italian osso bucco and Texas barbecue. There were also two steak entrées. The least expensive was

the arrachera from Coahuila, a perfectly cooked skirt steak sliced on the bias and served with a red chile reduction and charred cactus. The cactus did its best impression of green beans filled with JellO, and the steak was as tender as this cut of beef has ever been or could be.

The two desserts are wonderful—not to be skipped. The thick custard of a rum-spiked jericalla and rompope hybrid from Jalisco was akin to a combination of egg nog, panna cotta and flan. And the refreshing dessert from Morelos was a frozen coconut-milk treat that’s equal parts Hawaiian shaved ice and sorbet.

In my two visits, apart from being his masterpiece, it has become evident to me that El Mercado is also an intensely personal and ambitious project for Godinez.

And people are taking notice. One person Gustavo talked to during the preview said, “This is the Mexican restaurant that downtown Santa Ana deserves.” I agree, but I would argue that it’s even more than that: This is the best restaurant in Santa Ana. EL MERCADO MODERN CUISINE 301 N. Spurgeon St., Santa Ana, (714) 3382446; www.mercadomodern.com. Open Tues.Sat., 5 p.m.-midnight; Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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lways lost in conversations about OC diversity is our European folk. People know about Anaheim’s German heritage and probably remember the Segerstroms came from Sweden, but what about the Poles of Yorba Linda? Costa Mesa’s Russians? Stanton’s Romanians? The Danes, Ukrainians, Greeks and Swiss spread across OC, uniting only for the Orange International Street Fair? Over the past 20 years, they’ve set up churches, ethnic markets and restaurants to sustain their own and entice the rest of us.

The latest community to step into the mainstream are Czechs, with OC’s first full-fledged Czech restaurant: Milan’s Grill. It hedges its bets by offering Italian dishes held over from the previous tenant, but you should ignore those good dishes because before you is pure Czechia. Hockey is inevitably on the flatscreen, and jerseys from the Kings and the national team hang on walls (though not, interestingly enough, of NHL legend Jaromir Jagr). On tap and in bottles are Czech beers such as Staropramen, Budweiser Budvar and Krusovice. And on the menu are some of the heartiest dishes this side of the late, great La Palma Chicken Pie Shop.

You know you’re in for a heaping good time when the most famous Czech dish is fried cheese: smazeny syr is a gooey-crunchy block accompanied by potato slices. Order that alongside the cesnecka, a powerful garlic soup enlivened with marjoram. And then come the actual entrées: fluffy schnitzels, beautiful gulash, pork covered in cream sauces, with almost all dishes accompanied by massive flour dumplings that resemble slices of pale pork roll. Regardless of what you order, you get a couple of slices of homemade bread flavored with caraway seeds—the best tableside bread in OC not made by Dean Kim. This isn’t food for the light-stomached: Just a couple of bites at Milan’s, and you’ll ask for a to-go box. And that’s fine.

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f Carlos Salgado of Taco Maria is Kubrickian in his obsessive quest for technical perfection in alta cocina, then Danny Godinez of the new El Mercado in Santa Ana is Spielbergian, a proven master of his craft who never forgets the audience he’s trying to entertain. For years, Godinez has enjoyed blockbuster success at Anepalco and its sequel, both restaurants crowd-pleasing even as they dabble in mixing French technique with Mexican staples. But with El Mercado, Godinez has created his masterpiece—his Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park and E.T., all in one. It’s at this point, however, that my Spielberg analogy must end because what Godinez has done here is unprecedented.

As Gustavo Arellano wrote in his preview of the restaurant, Godinez—in what might be a subtle jab at Rick Bayless—is literally offering the flavors of Mexico, one plate at a time. The menu is constructed to represent nearly all of Mexico’s states. Each dish hails from a specific region, and the menu is organized so that as you read it, you progress from appetizers to main entrées, then to dessert. But as with the chapters in a Lonely Planet guidebook, each entry is a new place to explore and discover. And when you actually eat, you get not only the cuisine of Mexico as most Americans have never had it, but also a lesson in the country’s diverse geography.

I am not kidding about the geography lesson, by the way. I ordered the chicken mole and got an actual map of Mexico drawn on my plate, its coastline and borders traced in avocado purée, the land mass and terrain filled in with paint-thick smears of sauce and protein. Apart from the Instagram-ready presentation, the mole was one for the ages, smoky on top of earthy, a flavor distillation of all the chiles and spices that went into it. I used every grain from the plate of rice it came with to scrape up each drop of sauce, speck of cheese and leaf of cilantro.

When I was served the aguachile that represents Sinaloa, I thought the kitchen made a mistake: the dish was nothing but a tall stack of cucumber slices. But then, with a nudge of my fork, the cucumber fell away as if dominos, revealing shrimp and avocado marinating in a chilled green liquid that electric-shocks the tongue with lemony acidity and chile heat.

There were surprises such as this everywhere. The “Tabasco” dish was described as ceviche de coco, and though I was expecting some sort of seafood in it, there was none. Instead, the dish was more like a salad crossed with a gazpacho,

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And when you ask the waitress at Habuya, OC’s one true Okinawan restaurant, she might give you a primer on which awamori on the list is easiest to drink and which will go down like paint thinner. If it’s your first time, it almost doesn’t matter which you choose—all the awamoris will burn your insides.

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s with many people too young for the senior discount, I only go to Hof’s Hut once a year, but boy, is it a Long Beach tradition!

The once-classic diner that’s now trying really hard to be a mid-priced casual-dining restaurant has whittled down its former local empire from a height of 18 locations to only four. And one of these remains in Long Beach, the chain’s hometown, on Bellflower Boulevard near Cal State Long Beach.

The closures seem to not be for lack of fans. When the one at the marina was facing closure in 2013 because of a supposed lease issue, dozens of elderly regulars protested—picket signs and all—saying, rightfully so, that a little slice of Long Beach’s culinary history was going with it (Hof’s had been in that location for 51 years).

But when that Hof’s was quickly converted into a Lucille’s Smokehouse BarB-Que (a higher-end concept launched in 1999 by the Hofman-family-owned Hofman Hospitality Group), the real reason for the closure became clear: Diners just aren’t profitable anymore. And so it is up to Los Altos I must now trek each October, my birthday month, to take advantage of one of the things more reliable than the nostalgia of diners: birthday benefits.

Putting your name on the “Preferred Guest” registry at Hof’s Hut nets you the occasional email about seasonal pies, but it also gets you on the snail-mail list for an oversized post card that offers a buy-oneget-one-free meal during your birthday month at any Hof’s Hut location.

It’s a great lure. Birthdays feel like the appropriate time to return to the childhood naughtiness of splurging on a full country breakfast for dinner. And it’s a good excuse to go out to eat at 4:30 p.m. in an attempt to beat the dinner rush and nab one of Hof’s Hut’s coveted chicken pot pies. A

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birthday celebration is also a nice way to drag a posse into coming with you, so Hof’s gets the full value of your free meal (and hopefully won’t close the last one in Long Beach—please, please).

On my most recent visit, I discovered that Hof’s Hut itself is having a milestone birthday: 2016 marks 65 years since the company opened its first diner on Second Street in Belmont Shore, after about a decade operating a chili-and-fries burger stand on the beach nearby.

There might be newer restaurants serving the popular fusion whatevers and build-your-own stone-oven pizzas, but as with OC’s Harbor House Cafés, the food that made Hof’s famous will never go out of style. You can still get burgers based on the original shack creations; sandwiches ranging from French dips to tuna melts; and two pages’ worth of filling entrée options, including pasta, ribs and—my birthday fave—a half rotisserie chicken with two sides.

Just like Polly’s, Hof’s also has an on-site bakery that makes all kinds of old-school pies and cakes that look Stepford Wives perfect. The birthday post card affords you a slice of something with a candle in it at the end of your meal, but I prefer to put my freebie toward the cost of a full pie—not only so I have something to eat after all the birthday drinking has been done, but also to prove that I still appreciate and love Hof’s Hut, even if I only show it once a year.

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and beat up by the brutish Boston Bruins, decided if he couldn’t get the best players, then he’d get the biggest. Thus, the “Broad Street Bullies” were born.

Informational nuggets such as these permeate Ice Guardians, although you might at first question, as I did during the first 20 minutes, whether there will be enough of them to sustain the 1 hour, 44 minute running time. Compounding that initial sense is the one-note nature of Vancouver-based Harvey’s previous documentaries: The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, which is about the massive economic impact of British Columbia’s illegal marijuana industry, and The Culture High, which explores pot prohibition.

Fortunately, Harvey knows his shit— and not just the shit scored from friendly neighborhood dealers. The Union won the National Film Board award for Best Canadian Documentary of 2007. The Culture High, which came out seven years later, was submitted for Oscar consideration.

Harvey explores his latest subject as if it’s an anthropological project, making Ice Guardians interesting even to audience members who have never stepped onto the ice, let alone sat in one of the seats ringing it.

He humanizes fellows long-portrayed as animals, including Dave “The Ham-

mer” Schultz, Dave Semenko, Luke Gazdic, Clark Gillies, Colton Orr, Rick Tocchet, Rob “Rayzor” Ray and, the best interviewee of the bunch, Scott “The Sheriff” Parker. I’ll expose my fan bias and award runner-up best interviewee honors to George Parros, whom the Kings made only the seventh NHL draftee out of Princeton and, along with his ripping mustache, later joined Anaheim, led the Ducks with 18 fighting majors in the 2006-07 regular season and went on to hoist the Stanley Cup with his teammates.

Ice Guardians also includes insights from “the protected,” most notably Brett Hull, the NHL Hall of Famer who enjoyed a 20-year career as a sniper that, he concedes, would have been much shorter had a brute not had his back.

Strongly protecting scorers and teammates often leads to gloves being tossed off for bare-knuckle fights, but the film argues this actually makes the game safer.

One vehement supporter of preserving fights in hockey is actor Jay Baruchel, who often plays nebbish characters but who co-wrote Goon, the 2011 comedy starring Seann William Scott that is based on Doug Smith’s career as a minor-league enforcer.

Baruchel and other close observers of the game, as well as the physicians, psychologists and data collectors featured

in the film, contend it is fast skaters who make hockey less safe because they are on the giving and receiving ends of the most violent hits. Remember the Ducks’ speedy winger Paul Kariya, who suffered four concussions, post-concussion syndrome and short-term memory loss?

Yet following the 2004–05 NHL lockout, owners put a premium on speed and scoring. Fights and major penalties for fighting rapidly declined, as did roster spots for enforcers. It upsets Baruchel to no end that these players are now dinosaurs.

Candidly as all hell, Parros says at one point that he and his ripping mustache did not leave hockey; hockey left him. The Montreal Canadiens did not offer him another contract at the end of the 2014 season, and he subsequently retired because he did not want to start over in the minors.

While Ice Guardians may seem perfect for ESPN’s excellent 30 for 30 sportsdocumentary roster, it may be a better fit for the History Channel.

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asual hockey fans learn much from Brett Harvey’s engrossing documentary Ice Guardians.

Did you know many National Hockey League fights are staged between teams or pre-arranged between combatants? Me, neither!

One retired player mentions during a talking-meathead moment in the film that he convinced his regularly scheduled opponent to postpone their first-period fight to the second because his shift was nearly over. It’s reminiscent of the Looney Tunes cartoon in which Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch into a time clock and exchange pleasantries before one spends his shift harassing sheep the other is protecting.

Point of order: Hockey’s meatheads don’t like being called meatheads, and they really take offense at goon. What Harvey’s subjects prefer is enforcer, and every great NHL team has had at least one. Wayne Gretzky did not come to Los Angeles from Edmonton alone in 1989, but with his “bodyguard.” Ice Guardians posits that “The Great One” would not have been “The Great One” without Marty McSorley.

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Who’s Your Doctor? is no charge to tour the museum on Fridays (thanks, Visionaries), and a food truck is on site. Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Dr., Newport Beach, (949) 759-1122. Fri., 7 p.m. Free.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The 2001 movie adapted from J.K. Rowlings’ first novel is shown with live musical accompaniment from a symphony orchestra conducted by CineConcerts president (and Huntington Beach’s own) Justin Freer. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Dr., Costa Mesa, (714) 556-2787; www.harrypotterinconcert.com. Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 1 & 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 3:30 p.m. $49-$99.

Home Alone. Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister’s (Macaulay Culkin) solo Christmas is actually spent with two bungling burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern). Hear John Williams’ score come to life thanks to conductor Richard Kaufman, Cal State Fullerton Singers and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa; www.pacificsymphony.com.

Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. $25-$157.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Shadow-cast crew K.A.O.S. performs and holds a canned-food drive. Bring food to donate to the needy and receive a Rocky Prop Bag. The Frida Cinema, 305 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana; thefridacinema.org.

Fri., 11:30 p.m. $8-$10.

Mickey and the Roadster Racers.

Fathom Events and Disney Junior At the Movies throw “Mickey’s BIG Celebration” with an ebook to download, prize giveaways, a $5 offer to Disney Stores, and a sneak preview of a new TV show that has Mickey and his gang running a super-cool garage that takes care of transforming roadsters. AMC Orange 30, (714) 769-4288; AMC Tustin Legacy at the District, (714) 258-7036; Cinemark at the Pike Theaters, 99 S. Pine Ave., Long Beach, (800) 967-1932; Cinemark Century Sta-

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El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button). Patricio Guzman’s 2015 film is about the mysteries of the sea in Chile. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Norma Kershaw Auditorium, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, (714) 567-3677.

Sun., 1:30 p.m. $6.

Space Jam. This animated/live-action blend is celebrating its 20th anniversary. AMC Fullerton 20, 1001 S. Lemon St., Fullerton, (714) 992-6962; AMC Orange 30, (714) 769-4288; AMC Tustin Legacy at the District, (714) 258-7036; Cinemark Century Stadium 25, Orange, (714) 532-9558; Cinemark Century 20 Huntington Beach, (714) 373-4573; Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Long Beach Stadium 26, (844) 462-7342; www.

FathomEvents.com. Sun. & Wed., 2 & 7 p.m. $12.50.

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks. It’s a sneak preview of the new animated series, based on the 1960s BBC live-action show whose master negatives were destroyed in 1974. New animation was created with old film clips, photographs and the original audio. The six-part adventure features the regeneration of first doctor William Hartnell into second doctor Patrick Troughton, as well as the Time Lord and his companions Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) battling with the Daleks on the planet Vulcan. AMC Downtown Disney, 1565 Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, (714) 776-2355; AMC Orange 30, (714) 769-4288; AMC Tustin Legacy at the District, (714) 258-7036; Cinemark at the Pike Theaters, Long Beach, (800) 967-1932; Cinemark Century Stadium 25, Orange, (714) 532-9558; Cinemark Century 20 Huntington Beach, (714) 373-4573; Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21, (844) 462-7342; Edwards

Long Beach Stadium 26, (844) 4627342; www.FathomEvents.com. Mon., 7 p.m. $15.

La Novia (The Bride). Women Directors’ Series presents Paula Ortiz’s critically acclaimed, commercially successful, recent Spanish film that is loosely adapted from Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding. Presented in Spanish with English subtitles, the film is followed by a panel discussion. UC Irvine, Humanities Hall, Room 156, Irvine, (949) 824-6117.

Mon., 7 p.m. Free.

Back to the Future. Go back from the 2010s to the 1980s to watch Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) go back to the 1950s to prevent damage done from traveling to the past, which could mess up the future. Mind = blown.

Regency Directors Cut Cinema at Rancho Niguel, Laguna Niguel, (949) 831-0446. Tues. Call for show time. $8.

Hamlet. It’s an encore presentation of National Theatre Live’s 2015 production from the Barbican Theatre in London. AMC Tustin Legacy at the District, (714) 258-7036; Cinemark Century Stadium 25, Orange, (714) 532-9558; Cinemark Century 20 Huntington Beach, (714) 373-4573; Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Long Beach Stadium 26, (844) 462-7342; www.FathomEvents. com. Tues., 7 p.m. $15.

Top Gun. Hot-shot pilot Tom Cruise goes up against U.S. flying-school rival (Val Kilmer), tries to get the girl (Newport Beach-born Kelly McGillis) and watches his friend eat earth (Anthony Edwards).

Regency South Coast Village, Santa Ana, (714) 557-5701. Wed., 7:30 p.m. $9.

Finding Dory. Oh, there she is, behind that $1.018 billion at the box office. Fullerton Main Library, Osborne Auditorium, Room B, 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, (714) 738.6327. Thurs., Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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Play the Documentary. Phoenix schools cutting music programs prompted hometown, first-time filmmaker Matty Steinkamp to explore what growing up with music and instruments (as he did) can do for children and especially their brains.

Art Theatre, 2025 E. Fourth St., Long Beach, (562) 438-5435. Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m. $8-$11.

Mrs. Doubtfire. Calle Cuatro Sunday Matinee is the funny movie starring Robin Williams as an estranged husband dressing up as an English nanny to get close to his kids, start a TV career and confound his ex’s (Sally Field) suitor (Pierce Brosnan).

The Frida Cinema; thefridacinema.org.

Sun., 11 a.m. $1-$5.

The Bright Stream. Direct from Moscow comes the Bolshoi Ballet’s 2012 production about a visiting ballerina, her childhood friend and the friend’s husband all swapping roles in a farm town to teach him a lesson about infidelity. Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky sets the action to Shostakovich’s score to comedic ends.

Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, (714) 5575701. Sun. & Tues. Call for show times and ticket prices.

The Golden Age. Set in the 1920s in a seaside town of the Soviet Union where trade and mafia flourish, Yuri Grigorovich’s satirical, action-packed love story includes classical, neoclassical, folk and acrobatic dance performed by the Bolshoi Ballet.

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Out of Print. UC Irvine Film and Media Studies alum Julia Marchese presents a documentary about the need to keep 35mm films available to the public. A Q&A with the filmmaker follows. UC Irvine, McCormick Hall, Humanities Gateway 1070, Irvine; outofprintfilm. com. Thurs., Nov. 10. Reception, 6 p.m.; screening, 7 p.m. Free.

Bad Santa 2. Before its generaltheater release, Mark Waters’ sequel gets a sneak-preview screening.

Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Folino Theater, 283 N. Cypress St., Orange, (714) 997-6765. Thurs., Nov. 10, 7 p.m.

Free, but limited seating is first come, first served.

Joe and Caspar Hit the Road USA. Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee are challenged by ranch hands, astronauts, muscle men and (American) footballers. AMC Orange 30, 20 City Blvd.

W., Orange, (714) 769-4288; AMC Tustin Legacy at the District, 2457 Park Ave., Tustin, (714) 258-7036; Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20, 26701 Aliso Creek Rd., Aliso Viejo, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21, 65 Fortune Dr., Irvine, (844) 462-7342; Edwards Long Beach Stadium 26, 7501 E. Carson, Long Beach, (844) 4627342; www.FathomEvents.com. Thurs., Nov. 10, 7 p.m. $15.

Long Beach Jewish Film Festival.

The series winds down with Sabena Highjacking: My Version, Atomic Falafel, Rosenwald and Fire Birds.

Weinberg Jewish Federation Campus, Alpert Jewish Community Center, 3801 E. Willow St., Long Beach, (562) 426-7601, ext. 1012. Sabena Hijacking: My Version, Thurs., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Atomic Falafel, Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Rosenwald, Sun., 10 a.m.; Fire Birds, Sun., 2 p.m. $10; festival pass, $45.

The Jazz Loft. This art-umentary on photographer W. Eugene Smith’s Manhattan home and studio is told through audio tapes and Smith’s massive photo archives. Note there

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door. You don’t need it. Instead, follow Carson’s sly, intuitive layout of the exhibition, sit on the floor and watch The Surface of Mars projected on the large wall that bisects the gallery. Its feminist take on Ridley Scott’s The Martian is a solid beginning argument for the rest of the exhibit. Pivot to either side, and there are TV screens showing Zero Dark Birthday and Interstellar, and while there is nothing provided to sit on except the floor, slip on the headphones and sprawl out. Each video is less than 15 minutes long and densely packed with ideas that will make you look at each film in a fresh way.

In the front and back right corners are Victorian fainting couches, chaise longues without backs that allowed women defined in that period as “hysterics” to fall onto and “faint,” if their delicate constitutions demanded it. On each couch is a pair of pajamas designed with the same print as the fabric on the couch, wryly reminding us of the widespread infantilization of women that continues to this day: the annoying belief that women are “sensitive” beings, prone to ill health, impulsive and wholly incapable of controlling their feelings. Fainting spells were generally caused by women being forced to wear corsets that were so tight they prevented them from breathing properly, with Brewer taking that symbol a step further: Why wouldn’t a woman seem pale, wan and diminished if the life is being squeezed out of her by an overbear-

ing, constricted patriarchal system? With Chastain’s characters all driven to be successful in male-dominated fields—covert operations, space flight and science— being out of breath or weepy would seem to be the least of her injuries.

The two ink-and-paper images, Industrial Melanism and Peppered Moth, located on the back of the dividing wall are unrecognizable, but a quick lookup of the titles suggests the vagaries of interpretation, Rorschach tests and the adaptability of women to blend into a society that refuses to let them stand out unless they hide who they truly are. In the corner, on a loop, is Shortcut, an animated film adapted from the very phallic pencil-penetrating-a-folded-sheet-of-paper explanation for wormholes in the Christopher Nolan film.

As you walk out the door, look back; the last thing you’ll see, hanging next to the stack of curator pamphlets, is a pair of pajamas patterned with images of Chastain. A nod to the dream factory, as well as Brewer’s obsessiveness about the actress, the stiff formality of the headshots and starched flatness of the nightclothes resembles a scarecrow warning us of the critique and the eventual empowerment to come.

“JESSICA CHASTAIN” at UC Irvine’s University Art Gallery, 712 Arts Plaza, Irvine, (949) 824-9854; uag.arts.uci. edu. Open Tues.-Sat., noon–6 p.m. Through Dec. 10. Free.

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overs of everything old-school are making a mistake if they’re not already shopping at Vintage California. Opened in February, this Orange-based antique mall is only a 10-minute drive from what few such stores are left in Old Towne Orange. But unlike at any depot in the plaza, you’re paying flea market prices at Vintage California for nostalgic pieces, leaving you with some money to grab a few outfits at Thriftology next door.

As you enter Vintage California’s 2,000-square-foot warehouse, you’ll notice there’s a cohesive theme that unites every small-shop space. Owner Janice Garcia has curated an eclectic but loosely related series of vendors that all tie in to classic California design styles with their selection of goods: Americana, midcentury modern, hacienda ranch, French country, Art Deco, Gothic, etc.

Much of the vendors’ inventory is salvaged, upcycled objects such as vintage signs, wrought-iron doors and fences, old wood pieces, ceramics, and rustic metal works, but you’ll also encounter solid furniture sets, objets d’art and other interior accessories.

But if you’re into antiques of the retro, kitschy variety, stop by Funky Chic’s space for deliciously gaudy Siamese-cat sculptures, neon-colored vases, leopard-print furniture and psychedelic lamps. You’ll also find strange toys, including an impressive array of collectible Star Trek action figures and memorabilia.While the prices here are already pretty low, there are sales and markdowns throughout the place, which you can stay on top of by following it on Instagram (@vintagecalifornia).

According to Garcia, the store will expand into an adjacent building in the coming months to accommodate more amazing stock. But stop by now and get your Christmas shopping done early!

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he intimacy of psychoanalysis is in part the willingness of the patient to allow their thoughts, dreams and experiences, however unpleasant, ill-defined or unacknowledged, to be systematically examined and brought to light. While most people in analysis are there because they know something isn’t working, is there ever a moment in which the symbolic light bulb goes off and the tragedy of their life is suddenly revealed to them?

I suspect these things happen only in the movies. Those receptacles of metaphor, illusion and denial show us much about ourselves, the cinematic choices we make its own form of analysis. But if you’re an actor, what do your choices of roles say about you? If we follow Hegel’s idea that we discover ourselves in our opposite, or his master-slave dialectic (which promises that change comes with self-awareness and consciousness), was John Wayne an impotent man striving to be more powerful by choosing to play proto-fascists? Was Charlie Chaplin exorcising a rich man’s guilt by playing the little tramp?

That dream factory is an easy target, but it’s also a minefield. A potent area for conceptual artists, Hollywood is part of everyone’s consciousness, there’s a never-ending supply of material to analyze. Conceptual artist Maura Brewer’s trilogy of short films about actress Jessica Chastain uses appropriated images, sounds and music from three films the actress has starred in: Zero Dark Thirty, The Martian and Interstellar. Without giving too much away—the exhibition is short and sweet, and while it’s brimming with ideas, you can be in and out of it in 40 minutes—Brewer deconstructs the movies’ cinematic messages, giving us a portrait of Chastain as a female archetype, excessively depressed and expending her energies at trying to get closer to absent male figures.

It doesn’t matter if it’s Osama bin Laden in Pakistan; Matt Damon on the planet Mars; or her father, played by Matthew McConaughey, who is in a parallel universe. Brewer’s fascinating intellect addresses Oedipal longings, loss of selfhood, and overcompensation in the workplace with a laser-sharp focus, approaching her subjects in eclectic, often brilliant ways.

I recommend leaving curator and gallery director Juli Carson’s attractively organized but academic-speak-filled pamphlet in its neat, tri-folded pile at the front

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hen Transgress Fest organizer Drew Arriola-Sands is onstage with her band Trap Girl, she is a woman possessed. Behind long black locks, she emits witchy magic with the transfixing might of a gorgon; she screams, falls, thrashes and bleeds while feeling connected to something larger than herself.

The group’s sound is urgent; their aesthetic can be described as nothing less than sheer power. And it’s with that same forwardcharging, electric energy that ArriolaSands has become a doula for an event unlike any other in Southern California hardcore history.

Taking a nod from trans and queer festivals such as Chicago’s Fed Up Fest and Homo A Go Go, Saturday’s Transgress Fest is an all-ages celebration of the voices and music of trans, genderqueer and nonbinary musicians in punk and hardcore.

The recent popularity of bands such as Against Me! and GLOSS have moved trans issues to the forefront of some conversations in punk and underground music, but despite the newfound interest, trans and non-binary punk musicians and fans remain underrepresented in lineups.

“Trans and queer visibility through performance continues to exist on the margins, no matter how much the organizers or spaces a show is being held at align with us,” says LA-based electro-punk performance artist Sepeher Mashiahoff, a.k.a.

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By CandaCe HanSen at the fest. “Our nuances as individuals are compromised [when] we become just the ‘queer’ act of the night. [Trans artists] are still being tokenized in environments that cater to and are dominantly occupied by art bros who think you’re ‘cool’ or ‘interesting’ for being a weirdo, so they add you to the lineup. I’m not interested in my own visibility in performance becoming a spectacle.”

Arriola-Sands believes that community is important for trans people, especially since so many often feel isolated and alone.

It’s something she grappled with, coming of age as a queer punk in a scene in which she never really felt at home. “I didn’t know there were queer punks,” she recalls, laughing. She remembers her days playing in a folk duo as an awkward outlet to find her voice as a performer while still finding her footing in the world as a plus-size trans chicanx. “Playing with Trap Girl, I quickly realized from touring that I wasn’t alone and met lots of trans people who identified with me and shared the same frustration with the lack of representation of trans people in punk festivals and even queer punk spaces.”

Returning from tour earlier this year, Arriola-Sands felt called to organize the fest. “It was a no-brainer for me to put this together,” she says.

Transgress Fest brings together trans performers from not only Southern California, but also other parts of the state and country, creating a mini manifestation of a movement much bigger than any one

band or region on its own. All elements of punk are present, from brutal hardcore bands such as Maladjusted to the poppier solo punk stylings of groups such as Aunty Trust. Trap Girl play powerhouse oldschool punk rock that’s equally inspired by Darby Crash and Divine. Combining visuals, movement, sound and art, Bedroom Witch create performance art set to infectious electro Goth. San Francisco’s self-proclaimed queer-slut rockers Spray Tan are Velvet Underground meets Gravy Train, performing anthems for anyone who has ever wanted to get freaky near a jukebox or has a special place in their heart for leather and French fries. Queer power-violence collective HIRS are flying in from Philadelphia to bring their tough-as-fucking-nails heavy-grind vibes to Southern California for the first time.

“In a city as big as LA, it’s easy to feel isolated as a queer or trans person,” says Mashiahoff, who hopes that her personal songs connect with queer and trans people who don’t always feel safe being themselves outside of their homes. “With Transgress Fest, I feel like coming together will feel like finally being able to take a breath.”

Trans punk musician Emily Williams of Axis Evil is making the trek to Santa Ana from San Diego, even though her band aren’t performing. Williams says she’s looking forward to making new friends and seeing new bands and, overall, believes that “Transgress Fest is important because our stories need to be told.”

Much like the language surrounding gender and sexuality, “music is constantly evolving,” says Dan Lu of the LGBT Center OC, the larger organization behind the LGBT Center On 4th, which opened in 2015. The Center is thrilled to provide a space for locals such as Bellhaunts, Popsical and Aunty Trust to play in and connect, he says. “We are excited to give our local trans and gender non-conforming community a place to express themselves freely.”

In an effort to minimize some of the anxiety trans folks may experience going to shows, Transgress Fest organizers hired a queer security and door crew sensitive to the needs of the trans community, are providing an all-gender bathroom on the premises, and are offering a sliding scale for admission. “I’m doing this for the person I was years ago that people were rejecting, people didn’t like and people didn’t even want to listen to,” says Arriola-Sands. For trans musicians and music-lovers who have been too anxious to go to shows, she hopes the fest will serve as respite—and will continue for years to come. “This is where you can be showcased. This is where your audience is. This is where your home is.”

TRANSGRESS FEST at the Brad Brafford LGBT Center on 4th, 305 E. Fourth St., Ste. 200, Santa Ana, (714) 953-5428; www.facebook.com/ events/1665424120453172. Sat., 4 p.m.midnight. $10-$12. All ages.

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Andrew McMahon gives cancer patients a future and honors his past

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en years ago, following his struggle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Andrew McMahon started the Dear Jack Foundation, which supports different organizations and provides programming that addresses the challenges faced by young adult cancer patients and survivors. “The foundation means so much.

When I have the ability to interact with those going through what I went through, it is a stark reminder of how lucky I am,” says McMahon, who was able to recover thanks to a stem-cell transplant courtesy of his sister Katie. “Having to go through it when there were so few foundations and charities working for adolescents and adults, it hammers home that we have a lot of work to do to bring awareness of this cause and the underserved in the cancer community.”

To help spread that awareness, McMahon began hosting the Dear Jack Benefit, with the seventh-annual concert slated for Friday. For the singer, who attended Dana Point High School and still lives in town, the concert is a chance for personal reflection. “It means that a lot of people who have seen me through my journey professionally, personally and with cancer—just having your friends around for events like these, you get to reflect not only on your career, but also your life and relationships,” McMahon says.

To best reflect on that journey, McMahon will bring together all three stages of his musical career: Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin and Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness. “To actually have everyone there to support you and look back on the time where it was a bit of a struggle—to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the foundation—it’s going to be a great feeling,” McMahon says. “I feel like we’re just getting started.”

By AmAndA PArsons McMahon started writing music at the age of 9. His high school band morphed into the band Something Corporate in 1998; they released the album Leaving Through the Window (2002) under MCA records and had a hit with “If You C Jordan.” McMahon’s solo side project, Jack’s Mannequin, came about as Something Corporate took a break in 2004. Soon after completion of the album Everything In Transit (2005), McMahon was diagnosed with cancer.

The following year, he celebrated his survival by starting the Dear Jack Foundation and going back to touring and recording with Jack’s Mannequin. But in 2012, McMahon felt it was time to start over again with a new band for this new more tame phase of life. Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness has the artist traveling under his own name for the first time in his career, writing solo material, performing live and penning songs for other artists. He and wife Kelly had a daughter, Cecilia, in 2014, and he now spends his time focusing on nurturing his family and growing the foundation.

McMahon has also been busy recording a new album. Its name and the new tour associated with it will be unveiled during the benefit concert, through which he aims to raise $100,000 in support of cancer treatment for patients and survivors. “After 11 years, after the past couple of records, I have been lucky that cancer hasn’t reared its head again,” McMahon says. “A third career reboot is terrifying, but seeing it come together and seeing the gamble pay off has been incredibly rewarding.”

DEAR JACK BENEFIT CONCERT featuring Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; www. observatoryoc.com. Fri., 7 p.m. $37.50. All ages.

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which Ballenger and drummer Cory “Soul Train” Anderson could experiment with songwriting, sometimes at the expense of sleep. “I remember being in bed, trying to sleep, and an hour and a half in, I’d jump up, and my old lady is like, ‘What are you doing?’ And I’m like, ‘Sorry, I gotta write these lyrics down,’” Ballenger says. “It was cool to be part of the writing process. And some of those lyrics I wrote became part of the song ‘Wild and Free.’”

The spirit of collaboration and artistic creation also involved a new, non-performing player: Chris Schuman, a local fan and friend of Poor Man’s Change, became a financial investor, giving the band the opportunity to record the album independently, as well as film the music video for “Good Life” (directed by Schuman’s brother Casey). Schuman also supplied them with the equipment required to take their sound to the next level. “He’s the guy who makes everything possible for us right now,” Ballenger says. “It’s almost like having a label, but with freedom.”

Getting a helping hand from a fan definitely seems like an enviable position to be in: poor men who’ve been given a shot to live their dream with the help of a little extra change. “There’s people along the way who gave us a shot to do something, and we rose to the occasion and said we belong here,” Page says. “To give an opportunity for someone to shine—nine times out of 10, you put that faith in somebody, you get something special out of it.”

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But the band didn’t completely swerve away from Hourglass. After performing in Austin for South By Southwest, the band returned to the label’s recording studio to lay down their sophomore album, Wild Kingdom. While their fivesong, 2015 debut, The Southwestern, felt more like an appetizer, the new album fleshes out their sun-burned mix of outlaw rock and backyard party anthems; lead single “Good Life” dabbles in a Post Malone-influenced approach to hiphop/country, melding elements ranging from electronic beats to lap steel guitar in a way that feels natural. “It was a good song to introduce new sounds,” says lead singer/rhythm guitarist Red Page. “This all coincides with going back to being independent, where you’re able to own and operate your music and include things that normally wouldn’t fit in a certain box.”

Part of strengthening the control over their music was learning to share it. Though Page was always the principal songwriter, for this effort, each member of Poor Man’s Change contributed ideas for melodies, riffs and verses, bringing everyone’s influences to the table. What started as a badass riff on guitarist Drew “The Chief” Michaels’ guitar became something for

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AMERICA: 8 p.m. The Coach House, 33157 Camino

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ANIMALS AS LEADERS: 8 p.m., $20. The Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, (909) 865-3802; theglasshouse.us.

BANG BOOM BASH: 2 p.m., $30-$50. SeaPort Marina Hotel, 6400 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach, (562) 434-8451.

DEAR JACK BENEFIT CONCERT, FEATURING ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILD: 8 p.m. The

Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; observatoryoc.com.

DENZEL CURRY WITH BOOGIE: 11 p.m. The Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; observatoryoc.com.

INFLUENCE: 8 p.m., $7. Blacklight District Lounge, 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach.

MNDSGN; FREE THE ROBOTS: 9 p.m., $12-$15. The Wayfarer, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, (949) 764-0039; wayfarercm.com.

NITE JEWEL & KRISTIN CONTROL: 8:30 p.m.

Constellation Room at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; constellationroom.com.

PHONY PPL: 11 p.m. Constellation Room at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; constellationroom.com.

PROOF BAR RESIDENT DJS: 9 p.m., free. Proof Bar, 215 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, (714) 953-2660; proofbar.com.

WACKA FLOCKA FLAME: $20. The Yost Theater, 307 N. Spurgeon St., Santa Ana, (888) 862-9573; yosttheater.com.

SATURDAY, NOV. 12

AMERICA: 8 p.m. The Coach House, 33157 Camino

Capistrano, Ste. C, San Juan Capistrano, (949) 4968930; thecoachhouse.com.

FOR TODAY—THE FAREWELL TOUR: 7 p.m., $20.

The Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, (909) 865-3802; theglasshouse.us.

THE LONG RUN; MIRAGE: tributes to the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, 8 p.m., $20. City National Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, (714) 7122750; citynationalgroveofanaheim.com.

LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN: 8 p.m., two-drink minimum per set. The Public House by Evans Brewing Co., 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, (714) 870-0039; evansbrewco.com.

THE MR. T EXPERIENCE: 9 p.m. Constellation Room at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; constellationroom.com.

MODERN COLOR; NO SUN; SHEER; QUIET:

7:30 p.m., $5. OC DIY, 22651 Lambert St., Ste. 109, Lake Forest; orangecountydiy.org.

POOR MAN’S CHANGE: 8 p.m., $15. The Wayfarer, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, (949) 764-0039; wayfarercm.com.

RED NOT CHILI PEPPERS: tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers, 9 p.m. Gaslamp Restaurant & Bar, 6251 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach, (562) 596-4718; thegaslamprestaurant.com.

SLEIGH BELLS WITH THE REGRETTES: 8 p.m. The Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; observatoryoc.com.

THRIFT STORE HOOKER: 7 p.m., $5. Doll Hut, 107 S. Adams St., Anaheim, (714) 533-1286.

TOM MISCH: 8 p.m. Constellation Room at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; constellationroom.com.

UNIVERSITY CHOIR & WOMEN’S CHOIR:

7:30 p.m., $10-$15. Wallace All Faiths Chapel of the Fish Interfaith Center, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, (714) 628-7260.

SUNDAY, NOV. 13

A$AP FERG; PLAYBOI CARTI; ROB $TONE:

11 p.m. The Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; observatoryoc.com.

CHOKING VICTIM: 8 p.m., $20. The Observatory,

3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; observatoryoc.com.

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Aaron the Side I am a bi man in my late 20s in a poly relationship.

My primary partner’s name is Erin. One of the rules she mandated is that I cannot date anyone else named Aaron or Erin. She thinks it would be confusing and awkward. Since those are fairly common names, I have had to reject other Aarons/ Erins several times over the past couple of years.

My name is very uncommon, so she doesn’t have to worry about this on her side. Overall, it seems like a superficial reason to have to reject someone.

Is there any sort of compromise here? We haven’t been able to think of any work-arounds.

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if the promoter didn’t get the big stuff right, it wasn’t safe for the band to perform.

Arbitrary rules in open relationships are like Van Halen’s brown M&Ms: a quick way to check if you’re safe. If your partner can’t be trusted to not sleep with someone else in your bed, not take someone else to a favorite restaurant, not use your favorite/special/beloved sex toys with someone else, etc., perhaps they can’t be trusted to get the big things right—such as ensuring your physical and emotional safety and/or primacy. So, NAME, if obeying a rule that seems silly and arbitrary makes your partner feel safe to “perform,” i.e., secure enough to be in an open/poly relationship with you, then obeying their seemingly silly rule is the price of admission.

I, like many hetero, monogamously inclined single women in their 20s, have had a difficult time finding love in the Tinder age. I’ve been single for two years, peppered with some mundanely heartbreaking flings throughout. Recently, I met someone at work, and we’ve been dating for a few months.

We’re emotionally and politically compatible, and he is solid and kind. The only issue is that I don’t feel the level of sexual chemistry that I’ve felt with others. Part of me feels like, at 26, I’m too young to settle in the passion department. The other part of me feels like it’s a dating hellscape out there and I’d be an idiot to walk away. Please advise.

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Dating is a hellscape, SHALLOW, but it has always been thus. Before Tinder and OkCupid and FetLife came along, women (and men) complained about singles bars, blind dates, moms who gave their phone numbers to dentists, and aunts who invited the mysteriously single/obviously gay sons of their best friends to Thanksgiving. It wasn’t unheard of for people to be single for a couple of years, and mundanely heartbreaking flings have always been a feature, never a bug.

As for the guy you’ve been seeing, SHALLOW, if the spark isn’t there—no strong physical attraction—you should bail. You say you’re “monogamously inclined,” and that’s wonderful, and I support your lifestyle choice. But monogamy would preclude entering into a companionate marriage with Mr. SolidAndKind while Messrs. ComeAndGo meet your needs in the passion department. The monogamously inclined need to prioritize strong sexual connections (chemistry) and sexual compatibility (similar interests/ kinks/libidos) right along with kindness, solidity, and emotional and political compatibility.

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I can’t count the number of gay couples I’ve met over the years in which both men or both women had the same first name. Okay, okay, it’s not a parallel circumstance, I realize. But having a hard-and-fast/deal-breaky rule about names—“I can’t date someone named Dan, you can’t date someone named Erin, my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest”— strikes me as silly and reductive. We are not our names, and our names are not ours. (I am not the only Dan Savage out there, nor am I the only Dan Savage capable of giving decent sex advice, as my substitute Dan Savages ably demonstrated this summer.) So here’s my suggested work-around, NAME: Your primary partner stops being a ridiculous control queen.

But just in case you want a second opinion . . .

“This poor woman wants to make sure that when her lover cries out her name, he really means her,” said Dossie Easton, coauthor of The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures. “I can understand this, but I’m wondering if there could be a work-around with nicknames—actually, that could get kind of sexy. ‘Hey, Bear! Gimme a hug.’ ‘Ooh, Tiger, you are so fierce tonight!’ In all seriousness, many lovers have very personal nicknames for each other, and perhaps that would make the ‘Aaron/Erin’ problem manageable.”

Would you like a third opinion?

“It sounds like Erin has that most common of polyamorous fears: the fear of being lost in the crowd,” said Franklin Veaux, coauthor of More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory. “Some folks deal with this by passing rules against taking a date to a favorite restaurant or forbidding certain pet names.

It sounds like Erin is dealing with her fear by saying, ‘Don’t date any more Erins.’ The problem is that names don’t make you unique. Erin isn’t special in NAME’s eyes because of her name. But sometimes putting words on a fear is the first step toward eliminating it. She says dating another Erin would be ‘confusing and awkward.’ What does that mean? What are Erin’s concerns? If it’s only feeling awkward, well, being an adult means feeling awkward sometimes!”

To recap: Your primary partner needs to get over it (Dan’s advice), your primary partner might be mollified if you swore to use only pet names for other Aarons/ Erins (Dossie’s advice), keep talking and maybe your primary partner will get over it (Franklin’s advice). All in all, our expert panel doesn’t have a lot of sympathy for your primary partner’s position. So in the interest of fairness, I’m going to offer a defense of Erin’s position.

It’s not uncommon for people in open relationships to insist on a rule that seems arbitrary, even capricious, to their partners. I call these rules “Brown M&Ms,” a reference to 1980s hair-rock band Van Halen. The band’s touring contract stipulated that bowls of M&Ms be set out backstage with all the brown M&Ms removed. To see if their contract had been followed to the letter—a contract that included a lot of technical requirements for their elaborate and potentially dangerous stage shows—all the band had to do was glance at those bowls of M&Ms. If a local promoter couldn’t be trusted to get something simple and seemingly arbitrary right, they couldn’t be trusted to get the bigger stuff right. And

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