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EDITORIAL EDITOR TRACI HUKILL (thukill@santacruzweekly.com) STAFF WRITERS JACOB PIERCE (jpierce@santacruzweekly.com) RICHARD VON BUSACK (richard@santacruzweekly.com) CONTRIBUTING EDITOR CHRISTINA WATERS POETRY EDITOR ROBERT SWARD PROOFREADER GABRIELLA WEST EDITORIAL INTERN JUAN GUZMAN CONTRIBUTORS ROB BREZSNY, PAUL M. DAVIS, MICHAEL S. GANT, JOE GARZA, ANDREW GILBERT, MARIA GRUSAUSKAS, JORY JOHN, CAT JOHNSON, STEPHEN KESSLER, KELLY LUKER, SCOTT MACCLELLAND, AVERY MONSEN STEVE PALOPOLI, PAUL WAGNER

DO THE MATH WHEN I started driving, gas was 49.9 cents a gallon; my first apartment cost $75 a month; loading trucks paid 10 bucks an hour. Now gas is pushing 5 bucks a gallon, my rent is pushing $1,400 and loading a truck is still paying 10 bucks an hour.

Do the math—our income disparity is pretty easy to understand. At that rate we ought to be making $100 to $180 an hour loading trucks these days. Clearly, we are not. Innovation will never eliminate the need for unpleasant but necessary work.

Our kids are not going to college at great expense because they thirst for knowledge but because they are desperately seeking a career that will pay a living wage. We

ought to celebrate as heroes and lavish with the greatest reward those who do what we are unable or unwilling to do ourselves. I’m hearing nothing about raising wages and even less about capping them. How about a minimum wage of $50,000 a year, and a maximum of $250,000 a year? No one is more than five times more important than anyone else.

We didn’t steal all this land and murder all those Indians just to re-create another Old World system of extreme poverty and obscene wealth. Slavery always makes the best business plan but the worst civilization.

J.T. Younger Santa Cruz

POSITIVELY UTOPIAN [RE: “Blinded by the Right,” Currents, March 14]: Having seen the Thrive movie “online” I was looking forward to seeing it on a big screen at the Del Mar. My initial disappointment at hearing it had been sold out quickly turned to joy at the realization that so many people are interested in the ideas being put forth in the film.

Eric Johnson, in his highly biased (as is evidenced by the title) critique of the movie, comes to a very negative conclusion: “...Thrive promotes an irrational way of thinking that undermines logical political discourse.” Really? I found the concept of dedicated individuals, free of corporate coercion or government regulation, developing alternative energy without our sacrificing our individual or national sovereignty to a “New World Order” to be very positive.

By the way, Eric, my dictionary defines “right” as “correct, accurate, truthful, factual,” etc.

Edgar Darwin Santa Cruz

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Currents. assertions. “How do they know there are no associated problems when no one has ever regulated or even monitored fracking operations in the state?” asks Leeann Brown of the Environmental Working Group. “We can’t find what we don’t look for. Other states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wyoming have all experienced environmental problems as a result of this practice.

California needs better monitoring and tracking before the industry can claim their work is not affecting our water, air, soil and communities’ health.”

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FRACK ATTACK The oil fields of southern Monterey County. A new report says unmonitored fracking has gone on in six California counties, including Monterey. (California Department of Conservation map)

Under Pressure A new report and tough legislation aim to curb fracking in California

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RARELY has a single image from a documentary film sparked greater debate overnight: a Colorado homeowner turns on his faucet, and as soon as he puts a cigarette lighter to the tap water, it catches fire—the result of highly f lammable methane seeping into the water supply from an oil drilling operation nearby. The drilling involves hydraulic fracturing, a controversial oil and gas extraction process the potential medical and environmental perils of which are the subject of the Oscar-nominated film Gasland.

Fracking, as it is called, requires huge amounts of water, combined with sand and an undisclosed combination of chemicals, to be injected deep into a well; the

goal is to cause new cracks in the subsurface geology, which allow trapped gas or oil reserves to rise to the surface. The process—and related methane and chemical seepage—have been blamed for everything from contaminated water and mystery illnesses to earthquakes.

This last issue has raised special concerns in California, as it is emerging that fracking—despite repeated denials on the part of state officials charged with regulating oil and gas drilling—has been going on in the state for decades, completely unmonitored.

The Environmental Working Group recently issued an exhaustive report detailing the failure of the state’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources to regulate or even track hydraulic fracturing

in California. The report reveals that fracking has taken place in at least six California counties: Kern, Los Angeles, Monterey, Sacramento, Santa Barbara and Ventura.

Hundreds of wells have been fracked throughout the state, some on land where the landowner didn’t even know it or didn’t authorize it, because while he may own the land, someone else owns the mineral rights to what may be found underground.

The petroleum industry defends chemical hydraulic fracturing as being safe. “There has never been a single instance of groundwater contamination from fracking for oil,” says Tupper Hulls, a spokesperson for the Western States Petroleum Association.

Environmentalists dismiss such

Watch the Water The potential health hazards from fracking are well known to the townspeople of Pavillion, Wyo. Soon after fracking operations began in the area, residents began noticing a bad taste and smell in their drinking water. Coincidentally, some began experiencing nausea, fatigue, respiratory problems and itching skin. Citizens complained to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and were repeatedly assured that there was no evidence of toxic chemicals in their drinking water supply. But problems persisted, and in 2009 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began taking samples from drinking water wells in the area. Last December the agency announced that some samples contained toxic compounds used in gas and oil production, including benzene.

(One teaspoon of benzene, which is carcinogenic, can contaminate 260,000 gallons of water.) The EPA linked the contamination of the water directly to fracking.

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and the Center for Biological Diversity have recently sued the Bureau of Land Management to halt its leasing of some 2,700 acres in Fresno and Monterey counties for oil and gas exploration. Hydraulic fracturing is expected to be part of the drilling activity.

The area in question in Monterey County is the mineral-rich Hames Valley, home to the San Ardo oil fields. It’s ecologically sensitive and home to many endangered species of f lora and fauna, according to Steve Craig, an olive farmer in Monterey County who sits on the Sierra Club’s Committee on Chemical Hydraulic Fracturing.

Craig is also concerned about how fracking would impact the area’s water supply. “No one knows exactly what happens to the frack f luids and chemicals underground, or how they migrate, or how far,” he says.

Even if the process were completely safe, farmers, ranchers and vintners in Santa Barbara and Monterey counties have expressed concerns about the sheer volume of water used in fracking—up to 1.5 million gallons of water for a single well.

State Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D–Fremont) has authored A.B. 591, a strong disclosure bill that would require gas and oil companies to disclose where they are fracking, what chemicals are used, how waste water will be disposed of and how much water their operation will require. All of the information would be posted on a public website. The bill has passed in the Assembly and is now in the Senate, where the industry’s concerns about revealing the specific composition of their particular fracking chemical cocktails remain a key issue.

Steve Craig believes that if the bill passes, oil companies, invoking trade secret concerns, will fight it all the way to the Supreme Court.

“Until the oil and gas industry reveals details of the fracking process and all the chemicals used,” he says, “and until there is long-term study of nearby aquifers in areas that have been fracked intensively, we will not be able to answer the question ‘Can fracking be done safely?’ The oil companies are preventing us from even being able to ask the question.” 0

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fracturing, the practice remains exempt from the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act. The disposal of leftover frack f luid can be as problematic as fracking itself. State regulators in Ohio recently implicated the disposal of frack f luids—achieved by reinjecting the wastewater into the ground—as almost certainly being the cause of a dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio.

Many geologists were not surprised by the finding. “We have known since the 1960s that the injection of f luids into the sub surface (under high pressures) can induce small to moderate earthquakes,” says Dr. Jerry Weber, a local consulting engineering geologist and retired lecturer at UC–Santa Cruz. “This problem was clearly demonstrated when injection of toxic waste water from government facilities into deep isolated sandstones near Denver, Colo., started to generate small earthquakes.

“Similarly, very large surface reservoirs, during filling, can also generate small to moderate earthquakes. The weight of the water alone can change the equilibrium creating the earthquakes. It really depends upon the nature of the geologic setting in which the reservoir is built. The same is true for injecting f luids— like fracking f luids—into the earth.

In some areas it will cause problems and in others it will not.”

Weber is concerned about another underappreciated problem with fracking in California. “There are hundreds of thousands of wells throughout California that have been drilled and abandoned, some without being properly sealed,” he says. “Many were dug before there were any regulations governing proper abandonment. It is possible that some of those old improperly sealed wells might serve as conduits from fracking sites to aquifers, causing methane or chemicals to seep into the aquifers.”

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No bank balance. Nothing in your wallet.

“I’m broke,” you say. “I need a job.” Or perhaps you have a job.

Then you say: “I’m broke. I need a better job.”

You’re lying. And you don’t even know it. You don’t need a job. You need money. We’ve been programmed to believe that the only way to get money is to earn it.

(Unless you’re rich. Then you know about inheritance.)

It’s time to separate income from work for two reasons: It’s moral. No one should starve or sleep outside or suffer sickness or go undereducated simply due to bad luck—being born into a poor family, growing up in an area with high unemployment, failing to impress an interviewer.

It’s sane. “American workers stay longer at the office, at the factory or on the farm than their

counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more over the year,” according to a 2009 U.N. report cited by CBS. Thanks to technological innovations and education, worker productivity— GDP divided by total employment— has increased by leaps and bounds over the years.

U.S. worker productivity has increased 400 percent since 1950.

“The conclusion is inescapable: if productivity means anything at all, a worker should be able to earn the same standard of living as a 1950 worker in only 11 hours a week,” according to an MIT study.

Obviously that’s not the case.

American workers are toiling longer hours than ever. They’re not being paid more—to the contrary, wages have been stagnant or declining since 1970. Numerous analyses have established that, especially since 1970, the lion’s share of profits from

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productivity increases have gone to employers.

Workers are working longer hours.

But fewer people are working. Only 54 percent of work-eligible adults have jobs, the lowest rate in memory.

Which isn’t surprising. Because there are fixed costs associated with employing each individual— administration, workspace, benefits and so on—it makes sense for a boss to hire as few workers as possible and to work them long hours.

This witches’ brew of increased productivity coupled with higher fixed costs, particularly health care, have led companies to create a society divided into two classes: the jobless and the overworked.

Unemployment is rising.

Meanwhile, people “lucky” enough to still have jobs are creating more per hour than ever before and are forced to work longer and harder. Crazy.

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THIS ISN’T WORKING In a just world, American workers’ high productivity would lead to leisure and prosperity, not overwork for some and unemployment for many.

seriously believe that an America divided between the haves, have-nots and the stressed-outs will be a better, safer, more politically stable place to live?

Sci-fi writers used to imagine a future in which machines did everything, where people enjoyed their newfound leisure time exploring the world and themselves. We’re not there yet (someone still has to make stuff), but we should be closer to the imagined idyll of zero work than we are now.

If productivity increases year after year after year, employers need fewer and fewer employees to sustain or expand the same level of economic activity. But this sets up a conundrum.

If only employees have money, only employees can consume goods and services. As unemployment rises, the pool of consumers shrinks.

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford warns that the Great Recession is just the beginning. In his 2009 book The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future, Ford “argues that technologies such as software automation algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics will result in dramatically increasing unemployment, stagnant or falling consumer demand, and a financial crisis surpassing the Great Depression,” according to a review in The Futurist.

The solution is clear: to guarantee everyone, whether or not he or she holds a job, a minimum salary sufficient to cover housing, transportation, education, medical care and, yes, discretionary income.

Unfortunately, we’re stuck in an 18thcentury mindset. We’re nowhere close to detaching money from work.

Ford proposes a Basic Income Guarantee based on performance of non-work activities; volunteering at a soup kitchen would be considered compensable work. But even this “radical” proposal doesn’t go far enough.

Whatever comes next, revolutionary overthrow or reform of the existing system, Americans are going to have to accept a reality that will be hard for a nation of strivers to take: We’re going to have to start paying people to sit at home. 0

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Well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just out of school Like, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m real, real cool Gonna dance like a fool Got the message that I gotta be a wild one â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Johnny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe

Part of a growing retro movement in Santa Cruz, the Wild Ones are making rock & roll fun again

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In 1958, the man who would go down in history as Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first rock & roller, Johnny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe, recorded â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wild One.â&#x20AC;? Its opening verse eventually become one of the most famous in early rock, thanks to Jerry Lee Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arguably more convincing version.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe also recordedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;twiceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shout!,â&#x20AC;? getting his own hit version into stores only a month after the original landed on the charts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shout!â&#x20AC;? was picked up by the Shangri-Las for their 1965 debut album, Leader of the Pack. Then it was recorded again by Joan Jett on her 1980 debut album Bad Reputation, which featured guest appearances by two of the Ramones, Dee Dee and Marky.

Years later, Jett would cover â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wild One.â&#x20AC;?

As for the Ramones, well, they might be the only band idolized by all four members. The exuberant punk guitar edge has found its way into their music, as well. The Ramones made some of the most fun music ever laid to wax, which is ironic since actually being in the band seems to have been one long bummer.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Jett is such an important part of the Wild Ones equation. Her all-girl punk band, the Runaways, was famous for having all the fun the other punk bands werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t having.

And when she went solo, Jett was a lot more honest about her retro inf luences, turning her version of Tommy James and the Shondellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1968 hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crimson and Clover,â&#x20AC;? for instance, into a top 10 single. ¨

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All things considered, it would have been cosmic injustice for Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Wild Ones to call themselves anything else. All of those influences can be heard in the femme quartetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garage-girl-group sound. In the rootsier riffs and shuffling bass line of a Wild Ones song like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stuck on You,â&#x20AC;? you can hear the echoes of rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frontier years, when every song was pretty much rockabilly. In their vocals are the ghosts of a thousand girl groups, but the Shangri-Las are the best DNA match. Not so much because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tough girls, exactly, but because the Shangri-Las were the only one of the girl groups that seemed like a gang, and that â&#x20AC;&#x153;all for one, one for allâ&#x20AC;? attitude is a huge part of the Wild Onesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; charm.

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In fact, Jettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Reputationâ&#x20AC;? was one of the first songs the Wild Ones set out to cover (another was Brenda Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet Nothings,â&#x20AC;? which provides some insight into the Wild Onesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scope). The fact that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Reputationâ&#x20AC;? was scrapped almost immediately after they got together eight months ago shows that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always known their limitations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple, but if you want to play it fast, a song that was really awesome to begin with, you need to do it more awesome,â&#x20AC;? says bassist Hilary Weisert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luckily, when I showed up, they had scrapped â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bad Reputation,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; because we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really good enough yet,â&#x20AC;? remembers drummer Marisa Kurk.

Kurk came on to complete the lineup only a couple of weeks after the core had formed around Weisert, lead vocalist and guitarist Belle Potter and original drummer Rachael Chavez, who switched to guitar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me and Belle had known each other for a long time, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been talking about having a band for a really long time,â&#x20AC;? says Chavez, who was formerly in the Luxury Sweets and also drums in Up All Night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then we finally just decided to do it, and Hilary decided she would learn the bass.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me and Hilary went to high school together, and she posted a thing on Facebook that just said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;girl drummer wanted for rock band,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; or something,â&#x20AC;? says Kurk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could not help but respond to that.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marisa wrote me â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was just about to get rid of my drums because I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been using them for anything productive,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? remembers Weisert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was kind of perfect.â&#x20AC;?

It was only about a month later that they stepped on stage for the first time, kicking off a string of adventures that continues this week with a show at Blue Lagoon.

Like a lot of the current retro-rock revival thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found its way into Santa Cruz via bands like the Inciters and the Groggs, the Wild Ones allow the DIY energy of 21st-century indie rock to circle back to the sound of the 20th-century greats. But more than that, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something about the Wild Ones that makes rock & roll fun again. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect prescription for music lovers feeling jaded by the

posing of Lana Del Rey and the bad disco of Lady Gaga.

With that in mind, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how to save rock & rollâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Wild Ones way!

1. Less Thinking If the Wild Ones had thought about it too long, they might never have been a band in the first place.

It was at a Groggs show last August that Chavez, Potter and Weisert decided to do the deed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rachael texted Belle, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;So guys, I hope you were serious, because I booked us a practice spot next week,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says Weisert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So Belle and I practiced a lot that week and then we all met up.â&#x20AC;?

By September, with Kurk on board, the Wild Ones were playing their first show at the Octagon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rachael booked that show,â&#x20AC;? says Potter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We kind of joked with a friend, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh we should totally play that show. And then I see on Facebook that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a f lier with the Wild Ones on it. I pretty much cried. Then we decided that we had to do it.â&#x20AC;?

They played seven songsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;four originals and three coversâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in under 12 minutes. With buzz-sawing guitars cutting through an insanely fast beat, it sounded more like Shonen Knife playing the Ramones than it did the hookier, more melodic mix of decades their sound has since become. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was pretty nervous, cause Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never played drums in a band before,â&#x20AC;? says Kurk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My stamina was not really anything. By the third song, I was exhausted.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were scared shitless, and then it was probably the most fun that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d ever had,â&#x20AC;? says Weisert.

2. More Drinking Specifically, day drinking. The Wild Ones have a song celebrating it (titled, of course, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day Drinkingâ&#x20AC;?). Though they claim theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not a party band per se (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speak for yourselves,â&#x20AC;? says Potter), they do talk about the day drinking quite a bit. The song came out of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing tradition of going for beers to the Rush Inn after practice on Sundays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just like to get beers there together,â&#x20AC;? says Potter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right when

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we started, I came up with this song and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it should be about.â&#x20AC;?

Day drinking, she explains, is so much better than night drinkingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a position shared by all members of the band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the day, people are at work,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could be at work, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting drunk.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having a great time.â&#x20AC;?

3. Crazier Tours Despite only a short time as a bandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the fact that all four work jobs and two also still go to schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the band has managed to do some short tours. In Canada, their â&#x20AC;&#x153;brother bandâ&#x20AC;? from Santa Cruz, Up All Night, got stopped at the border and detained for â&#x20AC;Ś being a band. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true: Bands are not allowed across the border if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re suspected of planning to gig. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We totally underestimated how strict it was,â&#x20AC;? says Kurk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luckily we were in a pickup truck, not a van. We just said we were visiting a friend.

The boys showed up in their leather jackets, crazy hair.â&#x20AC;? The girls went on in to Canada, the boys were banned from the Great White North.

The Wild Ones also made it down to Tijuana.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tijuana was also a fabulous time,â&#x20AC;? says Chavez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ate a lot of tacos.

We met up with this band called Mercado Negro, which is an old â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s punk band from Tijuana. We met their families.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played in their studio, which was sort of underneath their familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house in an old adobe-style building that was really makeshift with crazy doors everywhere,â&#x20AC;? says Weisert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had this weird studio set up with old Ford windshield windows. It was really Do It Yourself. It was them and their families and their kids were there. Then other young bands came.

It was really fun.â&#x20AC;?

Another band that had heard there was a show happening turned up out of nowhere with their equipment and played after them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was pretty much just that they told everyone on their block they were having a show, and people just walked down the street to come to us,â&#x20AC;? says Kurk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like a punk rock show, it was just like a neighborhood show in this studio. It was so cool.â&#x20AC;?

4. No Rules â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vocals I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say is our forte,â&#x20AC;? says Potter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, we all enrolled ¨ "

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13 C O V E R S T O R Y | R U N N I N G W I L D in a voice class and dropped it. We were like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cut out for this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very rock & roll,â&#x20AC;? agrees Weisert.

No one in the band is a perfectionist, Potter says, and the band prefers catchy lo-fi over the famous production wizardry that girl groups like the Ronettes were famous for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not so much Wall of Sound as we are just a garage band,â&#x20AC;? she says.

In addition, anyone can write a song. Potter writes many of the guitar parts and lyrics, Chavez writes others, but all the members contribute to most of their tunes. The only song that Chavez wrote solely on her own has a punkier quality than the rest of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repertoire and is called simply â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rachaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Song.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really bad at naming names for the songs,â&#x20AC;? admits Chavez.

5. Big Dreams It would be a mistake to confuse their pretty punk attitude toward process with a lack of ambition.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already recorded a seventrack set of songs (laid down entirely in one day and handed out on cassette tapes) and are planning to go into the studio for another run at them now that they feel more comfortable on their instruments.

They also want to tour as often as possible, and now that Kurk is getting a motorcycle, they can fantasize about a life beyond the Toyota Tacoma. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can hire a roadie to drive a car full of equipment and all of us just ride motorcycles,â&#x20AC;? says Kurk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our plan,â&#x20AC;? seconds Weisert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ride motorcycles with someone following us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna happen.â&#x20AC;?

Bonus: Love Your Band If the â&#x20AC;&#x153;can girls rockâ&#x20AC;? argument is still going on in some corner of the Internet, the Wild Ones donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care. They know they can rock, and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan on ever having a guy in the band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge,â&#x20AC;? says Chavez of their all-girl lineup, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because my last band was all dudes. The first time we came into here [their practice space]

and we were playing together, I had this stupid fucking smile on my face.

They both thought I was laughing at them, but I was just so happy to be surrounded by women. You definitely get bagged on for being a chick in a band.â&#x20AC;?

Their first show sounded more like Shonen Knife playing the Ramones than it did the hookier mix of decades their sound has since become. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought she thought we sucked,â&#x20AC;? says Weisert, who feels the same way about the gender issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tried out an amazing drummer who was a guy. He said he was down to dress in drag and everything. But it was just not what we were going for.â&#x20AC;?

More than that, the Wild Ones simply love being bandmates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time we play I look up and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is the coolest thing ever,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says Kurk.

Chavez appreciates that no one in the band slacks off or assumes that the rest of the band will do the heavy lifting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is willing to contribute and pull their own weight,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have such a fun time together,â&#x20AC;? says Potter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time we have a show, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just crazy fun.â&#x20AC;?

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Neil Hamburger’s struggling comic persona is funny in spite of itself

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GREG TURKINGTON’S funnyman character Neil Hamburger is like a satirical composite of all the thousands of bad comedians that ever were. He’s a bitter, miserable comic who constantly clears his throat and delivers bad, crass jokes with awkward timing. (“Why did God create Domino’s Pizza? To punish humanity for their complacency at letting the Holocaust happen.”)

He has suffered greatly for his art.

Hamburger’s back story is that he’s been in comedy over 90 years, struggling for most of that time on the pizza parlor circuit and eating wallpaper every night for dinner.

“This job is the pits. It’s the worst,” Hamburger the character (Turkington makes only rare appearances) recently told Santa Cruz Weekly. “I’d rather pick onions, but they won’t hire me because I have no experience in the fields. But I do have experience telling jokes, so that’s what I do.”

For a made-up person, Hamburger is rather accomplished. He tours more than most actual comics and has put out 12 comedy records. That, of course, is due to Turkington’s unrelenting commitment to this ridiculous character, which frequently serves to skewer America’s celebrity obsession and culture of commercialism.

For example, Hamburger recently got a lot of attention for tweeting several

BOMBS AWAY Neil Hamburger brings his sweaty standup routine to the Crepe Place on April 9. insults about Britney Spears. (“Britney, what are you more thankful for: prescription drugs or pitch correction technology?”) Britney’s fans became irate. Hamburger retweeted their comments, deliberately escalating the situation and turning the whole thing into a surreal comedy for his fans to enjoy.

“I threw out a couple of gags at Britney Spears’ expense and got bombarded by dozens and dozens of these angry, and I would have to say, clearly disturbed fans. These people are threatening your life but misspelling 75 percent of the words in the process.

You can’t argue with that for laughs,” Hamburger says.

Britney Spears wasn’t just a target chosen for cheap laughs. She represents to Hamburger the American public’s willingness to make millionaires out of mediocre artists.

“If you were a refrigerator repairman and you saw a guy that was advertising refrigerator repair and charging a million dollars an hour and leaving the refrigerator worse than it was before, that would definitely get your goat. It’s

a direct equivalent of what Britney’s done,” Hamburger contends.

Another one of Hamburger’s recent attacks-on-pop-culture-turned-absurd involved Axe Body Spray. In a column he wrote for Vice Magazine, Hamburger railed against Axe as the “preferred deodorant for date-rapists.” Axe Body Spray is a Vice advertiser, and the magazine pulled the column.

“Axe is trying to get in good with all the musicians and comedians by tossing them a few bucks their way. Fuck them,” Hamburger says. “I understand these are tough times and everyone’s got to earn a living, but you don’t want to affiliate with these guys. Do an ad for something harmless like birdseed. I’m all for birdseed.”

A lot of the understated art of his anti-comedy routine is found on his records. His 2005 album Great Moments at Di Presa’s Pizza House isn’t laughout-loud funny. Rather, it plays like a radio teleplay of Hamburger’s “story” of coming up in the pizza parlor scene as a young comic.

Nowadays, he’s moved on to the seedy nightclub scene, clubs normally

reserved for rock bands. He can’t deny that he does get a good gig now and then, like an opening spot for Tenacious D he scored a few years back. Not that that’s changed his outlook.

“You got to be nuts to think that just because you had a bowl of cherries backstage in the dressing room one night that you’ve succeeded, because the next night it’s a mop bucket filled with melting ice that they’ve got for you as an appetizer,” Hamburger says.

His concerts, whether for fans in the know or unsuspecting newbies, are the place to catch Hamburger’s act in its purest form.

“You get the thrill of the moment and the unpredictability. It’s much better than going to these Garfield movies and sitting on some sticky chair next to some asshole screaming kid.”

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A play about the dysfunctional yet hilarious Macgrath sisters who reunite after one of them has just shot her husband.

Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, Apr 1, 2pm. Thru Apr 7. $15-$18.

Park Hall, 9400 Mill Street, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

Erin Judge Comedian Erin Judge comes to Santa Cruz to record her first live standup album. Fri, Mar 30, 8pm and Sat, Mar 31, 8pm. $15$20. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.429.2339.

The Property Known as Garland A play that depicts the legendary Judy Garland backstage in her dressing room just before she is about to give her last concert. Thu-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 3pm. Thru Apr 8. $15-$18. Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre, 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz. brownpapertickets.com.

CONCERTS Cabrillo Youth Strings

Gilded Lilies The third concert of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival showcases medieval, renaissance and baroque choral masterworks. Sat, Mar 31, 7:30pm. $3-$23. Holy Cross Church, 126 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.9693.

Rekindling the Spirit of the Age of Enlightenment The Cadenza Chamber Orchestra perform works

by Mozart, Beethoven and emerging American composer Anica Galindo.

Sat, Mar 31, 8pm. $25-$40.

First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.656.9507.

Scott Musick & Jim Lewin Corralitos Cultural Center hosts an intimate concert with renowned accompanists Scott Musick and Jim Lewin. Sun, Apr 1, 6-9pm. $10-$20.

Corralitos Cultural Center, 127 Hames Rd, Corralitos, 831.588.9354.

Swing Into Spring Cabrillo Stage hosts a dinner and dance fundraiser with Jon Nordgen conducting a live 17-piece big band and live and silent auctions. Fri, Mar 30, 6-11pm. $100. Cocoanut

Grove, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.479.6154.

GALLERIES CONTINUING Felix Kulpa Gallery One’s Own Voice exhibit explores discovering one’s own personal imagery, featuring the works of Sharon Bosley, Susan Moore, Sylvia Gerbl, Kathleen Pouls, Coeleen Kiebert, and more. Thu-Sun, noon-5pm. Thru Apr 29.

Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Santa Cruz Art League Santa Cruz Art League Gallery. Annual Santa Cruz Watercolor Society Show with Awards by Nina Simon, Executive Director of the Museum of Art and History.

Sun, noon-4pm and WedSat, noon-5pm. Thru Apr 15.

Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm. 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos A Prison Art Exhibit. Works feature themes of survival, culture, and spirituality.

Thru May 17. 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.457.8208.

FRIDAY 3/30

SWING INTO SPRING Listen up, swing kids: Cabrillo Stage is putting on a bash to benefit its 2012 season. A 17-piece big band conducted by Jon Nordgren, singing stars from the musical Swing! and surprise performances are the entertainment for the night.

Friday, March 30, 6-10pm at Cocoanut Grove Ballroom, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. Tickets $50 (or $100 including dinner) at www.cabrillostage.com or 831.479.6154.

Santa Cruz County Bank REPEAT!. A playful exploration of repetition by six artists utilizing

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A concert of international,

contemporary and jazz works performed by young local musicians. Fri, Mar 30, 7pm. $6-$7. Cabrillo Music Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6101.

mixed media, photography, assemblage and construction. On display at all locations. Thru Apr 20.

720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

Kalefest

Spring Into Art. The Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center hosts its 15th Annual Youth Art show showcasing the works of young artists under the age of 21. WedSun, noon-6pm. Thru Mar 31. 831.336.3513. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

The Homeless Garden Project hosts this festival dedicated to the nutritious vegetable with farm tours, gardening workshops, live music and more. Sat, Mar 31, noon-4pm. $5. Natural Bridges Farm, Shaffer Road & Delaware, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1020.

Sesnon Gallery

Scholarship Fundraiser

Katerina Lanfranco: Natural Selection. A site-specific installation by Katerina Lanfranco. Thru Apr 13.

UCSC, Porter College, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2273.

All proceeds and donations from this event will go to funding scholarships through the SCPA. Entertainment will include a dance performance, dance instruction, a silent auction, a raffle and the famous Surfing Magician.

Sun, Apr 1, 2-4pm. Free.

Dance Synergy Studio, 9055 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.661.0235.

Events TUESDAY 4/3

KESSLER AT GABRIELLA As part of its new monthly literary salon series, Gabriella Café hosts poet, essayist, translator and occasional Santa Cruz Weekly contributor Stephen Kessler. Called “the best poetry critic in sight” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kessler will read from two forthcoming works: Scratch Pegasus, a book of poems, and his translation of Nobel laureate Vicente Aleixandre’s Poems of Consummation. Tuesday, April 4, 8pm dinner (salon begins at 9pm) at Gabriella Café, 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. 831.457.1677 for reservations.

http://firelightfoundation. givezooks.com/events/ phoebe-s-dinner. Thu, Mar 29, 6-9pm. $35. Backstage Lounge, 1209 Soquel Ave at Seabright, Santa Cruz, 831.469.9900.

AROUND TOWN Firelight Foundation Benefit Dinner A fundraising dinner to benefit the Firelight Foundation, a local organization that helps children that are vulnerable to HIV, AIDS and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Scotts Valley Chamber Business Networking Mixer An opportunity for local business members to network while trying out delicacies from the new menu. For more information, go to www. scottsvalleychamber.com Thu, Mar 29, 5:30-7pm. $5-$10. Stonehouse Bar & Grill at the Hilton, 6001 La Madrona Drive, Scotts

Valley, 831.440.0000.

Literary Salon Series

Shadowbrook Stroll

Join the Gabriella Cafe as they welcome poet, translator, essayist, editor and novelist, Stephen Kessler. Tue, Apr 3, 8pm.

Gabriella Cafe, 910 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.1677.

Docent Doreen Devorah leads a four-mile walk through a less-traveled path that goes through Union Creek and the Sempervirens Falls. Sat, Mar 31, 11am. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Hwy 236, Boulder Creek, 831.427.2288.

FILM Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival The film festival continues with screenings of Cohen On The Bridge, Torn, Precious Life, A Small Act and 100 Voices. For a full film schedule, go to http:// santacruzjewishfilmfestival. com/ Sat, Mar 31 and Sun, Apr 1. Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos, 831.454.0468.

World Affairs Book Club This month’s selection is Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo. Thu, Mar 29, 7pm.

Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

LECTURES Raising Backyard Chickens and Ducks

LITERARY EVENTS

Paul Glowaski, co-founder of Urban Eggs, teaches you how to raise your own healthy and productive poultry. Sat, Mar 31, 10am1pm. $20-$30. UC Santa Cruz Farm, One quarter mile up the road from the Blacksmith Shop, Santa Cruz, 831.459-3240.

Author Event: Karuna Cayton

Retaining the Doers: Key Attrition Interventions

Author and psychotherapist Karuna Cayton introduces a unique process for dealing with depression, anxiety and compulsions with Buddhist psychology. Thu, Mar 29, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Dr. B. Lynn Ware discusses how to identify which employees are most at risk for attrition and proven methods for talent retention. Wed, Mar 28, 5:30-7:30pm. $20$35. Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 2200 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz.

Top 10 Herbs to Grow in the Home Garden Western and Chinese herbalist Darren Huckle will talk about commonly grown herbs that can be used to treat things like stomach aches and sore muscles. Sun, Apr 1, 10am1pm. $20-$30. UC Santa Cruz Farm, One quarter mile up the road from the Blacksmith Shop, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.

NOTICES Call for Artists The Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center is requesting artists to submit jewelry, glass, ceramics, paintings, prints, baskets and more for its upcoming “In My Life” exhibit. Sun, Apr 1, 25pm. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513. The Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Scotts Valley Arts Commission are looking for artists to showcase their work at the 13th Annual Scotts Valley Art & Wine Festival in August. For information on how to apply, go to www. scottsvalleychamber.com Thru April 2. Mon, Apr 2.

Free Dance Classes for Kids Dance instructor Caitlin Fahey offers free dance classes for children. Kids age 7-12 years old should come at 3-4pm and teens

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Free Spay or Neuter for Feral Cats Courtesy of Project Purr.

Thru Mar 31. 831.423.6369.

Lindamood-Bell Informational Event Parents, educators and professionals can learn about Lindamood-Bell’s programs in reading, comprehension, spelling and math. RSVP by calling 831.372.5753 or by emailing santacruz. info@lindamoodbell.com.

Wed, Mar 28, 6pm. Free.

Lindamood-Bell, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos, 831.372.5753.

Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Overeaters Anonymous

Support and Recovery Groups

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm at Teach By The Beach in the Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center, Aptos.

Thursdays 1-2pm at Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 5, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Wed-Thu. 831.429.7906.

Red Cross Mobile Blood Drives Drives occur at several locations countywide each month; for schedule and locations call 800.733.2767.

Santa Cruz Mountains Arts Center Presents Heaps Of Houses Participants learn about light, shadow, color and perspective while drawing and painting unique homes from around the world.

Sat, 10am-12pm. Thru Mar 31. $90-$100. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

Santa Cruz Mountains Arts Center Presents Working With Clay Participants learn how to work with clay by utilizing basic tools and techniques.

Sat, 12:30-2:30pm. Thru Mar 31. $90-$100. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

NAACP Santa Cruz Membership and Leadership Outreach Effort

SC Diversity Center

Members of the community are invited and encouraged to attend meetings of the NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch #1071. First Mon of every month, 7:30pm.

Progressive Missionary

The Diversity Center provides services, support and socializing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning individuals and their allies.

Diversity Center, 1117

Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982.

Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385.

Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000.

Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962.

Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470.

Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422.

Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

Touched By Adoption Group Adoptive families, adult adoptees, families waiting to adopt and birth parents meet monthly to connect in a safe, confidential setting. Last Sat of every month, 10am-12pm. Free.

Live Oak Family Resource Center, 1438 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 1.866.219.1155.

Volunteers Needed at Natural Bridges State Beach Those interested in volunteering at Natural Bridges State Beach can learn about natural history of the marine environment in a series of eight classes.

Call 831.423.4609 for more info. Sun, Apr 1, 10am.

Free. Natural Bridges State Beach, 2531 W. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.423.4609.

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San Francisco’s City Guide

Tyga The newest and least interesting Young Money signee rides his inexplicable buzz. Mar 29 at the Warfield.

Alice Russell Other UK blue-eyed soul singers top the charts; Russell, one of the best, remains obscure. Mar 29 at Yoshi’s SF.

Chuck Prophet Local raconteur’s new album, ‘Temple Beautiful,’ is an ode to San Francisco. Mar 30 at Great American Music Hall.

Hot Snakes I know, I know. Printing the words is torture for those who didn’t get tickets. Craigslist, sigh. Mar 30 at Bottom of the Hill.

The Wedding Present The miraculously-voiced David Gedge performs his Albini-produced album ‘Seamonsters’ in its entirety. Apr 1 at the Independent.

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Available at Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Mon 3:30-5:30 Garfield Park, 705 Woodrow Ave., Tue, 2-4pm at Boulder Creek, 13390 West Park Ave., Tue 3-5pm at Live Oak, 23080 Portola Dr., Tue 3:305:30pm at Branciforte, 230 Gault St. Mon and Tue. 831.477.7700x7665.

Baptist Church, 517 Center St, Santa Cruz.

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12 and up should come at 4-5pm for any or all three days. Thu-Sat, 35pm. Thru Mar 30. Free.

Dance Synergy Studio, 9055 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.661.0235.

Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100.

Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900.

Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206.

Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.

PARTNERS David Oyelowo, left, and Alessandro Nivola in ‘Who Do You Love,’ about the legendary blues label Chess Records. It screens April 5 at the Del Mar Theatre.

JEWISH VOICES The Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival continues this weekend with screenings of films by and about Jews. On Sunday, 100 Voices follows a group of American hazzan, or Jewish cantors, as they travel on mission to Warsaw’s Grand Theatre, Poland’s grandest opera house, where they will perform a concert of traditional Jewish music to a mostly non-Jewish audience. As their personal stories unfold we are confronted with a culture torn asunder by the most horrific single crime ever perpetrated against a people.

The cantors make pilgrimages to the abandoned homes of their fathers and grandfathers, tell stories of survival and loss and visit the notorious death camp Auschwitz. But this story is also about reconciliation and revival: filmed just as Poland experiences a renaissance of Jewish culture, the movie captures a moment in which two inextricably intertwined cultures emerge from the long shadow of the Shoah.

The festival wraps up Thursday, April 5 with a screening of Who Do You Love. Born in a shtetl just outside of a small town in Poland, Leonard Chess grew up to become one of the most important music producers of all time, helping the blues music of the black South gain a foothold in southside Chicago. As founders of Chess Records, Leonard and his brother Phil provided the means by which the form first found popular appeal on the airwaves. Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Willie Dixon all had their first major hits on Chess. As the times and tastes changed, Chess artists Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry helped invent the rock & roll sound. To this day, the name Chess is synonymous with the first great generation of artists that forever altered the music industry. (Juan Guzman)

THE SANTA CRUZ JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL continues this weekend on Saturday, March 31 at 4pm and Sunday, April 1 at 2pm at Temple Beth-El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos. Festival wraps up Thursday, April 5 at 7pm with a screening of ‘Who Do You Love’ at the Del Mar Theater.

See santacruzjewishfilmfestival.com for more information.

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JP HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES

HOT BUTTERED RUM

Two rules have guided JP Harris & the Tough Choices: Keep it country and keep it simple. Outraged by the watered-down pop-country polluting the radio, these Vermont boys set out to reclaim the airwaves for good oldfashioned honky-tonk. Their simple songs about heartbreak and the low life recall all the best aspects of a Southern dive, so anyone jonesing for an authentic roadhouse experience should not miss this one. The Crepe Place; $8; 9pm. (Juan Guzman)

Hot Buttered Rum’s bluegrass throwdowns are as festive as the syrupy concoction from which the band takes its name. With equal measures of crowd-pleasing verve and virtuosity, Hot Buttered Rum’s amalgam of bluegrass, blues, rock, jazz and oldtime folk satisfies both the music wonks and partiers pulling off a jug of firewater. Lending support is the footstomp-inducing Bay Area string band Brothers Comatose. Don Quixote’s; $15; 9pm. (Paul M. Davis & CJ)

Touted by Guitar Player magazine as “two of the planet’s most gifted acoustic guitarists,” Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah have earned a worldwide reputation for greatness with their bar-raising technical prowess, visionary compositional skills and cross-cultural approach to making music. Hailing from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, the two virtuosos started playing together in the late 1970s and over the past several decades have helped to spearhead the world fusion genre with their innovative blend of Latin and Middle Eastern guitar stylings. Possessing speed and agility that most guitarists can only dream of, Strunz and Farah showcase guitar mastery that must be seen to be believed. Kuumbwa; $23 adv/$26 door; 7 & 9pm. (Cat Johnson)

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@/C: ;72=< Raul Midon combines smooth tenor vocals and f lamenco-infused jazz guitar to create a recipe for dynamic soul music. Blind since birth, Midon used music to overcome the challenges of his condition. All of the hard work paid off when he was able to channel his passion into a lucrative career as a background vocalist for Latin artists such as Shakira, Jose Feliciano and Alejandro Sanz. In 2005 he decided to go solo and released State of Mind, proof of where the quest for a more ambitious and eclectic sound can lead. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$28 door; 7:30pm. (JG)

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Don Quixoteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; $20 adv/$25 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $20 adv/$25 door; 8pm. (CJ)

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Mambo Combo A pianist and a beautiful singer make a fateful journey from Cuba to New York in animated ‘Chico & Rita’

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THE MOLDINESS of the 1950s musical plot of Chico & Rita is mitigated a little by stirring, even lavish, animated recreations of mid-20th-century Havana and New York City, as seen from convertible roadsters and motorcycle sidecars.

Chico (voiced by Eman Xor Oña) is a handsome Havana nightclub pianist of the late 1940s. He sees the most beautiful singer ever at an open-air nightclub, singing “Bésame Mucho.”

As a cartoon character, Rita (Limara Meneses) can be described as a more chemical version of the singer Sade: the demure, green-eyed leopard-woman type.

When the two meet, Rita is with some rich mark; Chico and his pal are squiring a pair of American babes.

But they ditch these encumbrances at Havana’s posh Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Chico gets a last-minute gig there.

The film’s best joke has it that Chico is expected to go straight onstage without rehearsal and pound out Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto along with Woody Herman’s band.

The couple has a modern romance: sleep-over first, then a gradually rising set of troubles. Chico’s used-to-be lover

HAVANA NIGHTS Chico discovers the beautiful Rita in a Cuban nightclub under the stars. shows up and gets into a catfight with Rita.

Made for adults, Chico & Rita plays up the erotic side of the affair. The limits of its stylized animation show in the most intimate moments. Depicting lovemaking is the most difficult task an animator can take on; no wonder these scenes are usually euphemized.

After a final quarrel, Chico and Rita head off to hard, cold New York separately. Rita becomes the bird in an Anglo entertainment magnate’s gilded cage and is hired by MGM to star in a wide-screen musical.

What we see of her movie is a crimson-tinged number performed under wrought-iron balconies in the American South; it looks a little more like Goldwyn’s Porgy and Bess than the MGM musicals of the day.

Unfortunately, there’s a bracketing story, as if to give this romance more weight—and to present the frustrations of the Communist Cuba in its decline.

We see Chico is alone in old age, drinking by himself and shining the shoes of rich, presumably Canadian, tourists.

Such old-age sequences were done better in the book Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. That book, with its unhappy ending, was published before the unbelievable real-life curtain call so many of these Cuban musicians got after the Buena Vista Social Club sessions. The way Chico & Rita handles this belated success, in a whirlingnewspaper montage, makes the reallife story of comeback look like cheap fiction.

It’s a pity. This animated feature should have had it all going on. The soundtrack boasts the music of Bebo Valdés. Giants of jazz and mambo turn up in animated form, including Nat King Cole, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and the wild, illfated percussionist Chano Pozo.

Chico & Rita is good-looking, and it might pass muster after a few mojitos.

It’s a collaboration between Spanish director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque) and the well-known cartoonist and designer Javier Mariscal, who created the all-time best Olympic mascots (for Barcelona in 1992). The handsome design keeps you amused, either in

the intricate cityscapes or in Chico’s nightmare scene that owes a little something to the painter Stuart Davis.

But it’s one thing to make a movie about a men-on-top society—and another to make the female lead mostly nebulous. The way Rita’s later life is handled is embarrassing. Chico & Rita suggests that a rising star’s one small moment of letting the mask drop would end a career utterly for decades.

What happens to this supposedly celebrated and talented singer is something more than you can blame on an underwritten script. It ends up looking like penance Rita is supposed to suffer for her easy ways.

And it denies that her art was more important than finding the right man.

CHICO & RITA 94 min.

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The Arena Jennifer Lawrence more than survives ‘The Hunger Games’

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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IN THE much-anticipated The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss, a coal miner’s daughter in a future Appalachia, located in the cryptically labeled District 12. As mandated by the Treaty of the Treason, it’s time for the 74th Annual Hunger Games.

Two dozen 12–17-year-olds are made to hunt and kill each other in a camera-laden bio-dome, complete with poisonous plants and genetically engineered animals. A Frank Gehry–like metal cornucopia supplies the gladiators with the weapons they need, but even that lifeline is not a guarantee of safety.

The effete watch and titter; the dictator of this futuristic city-state is Donald Sutherland’s President Coriolanus Snow, snipping roses in his garden, just as his fellow Canadian Christopher Plummer did in Syriana.

On one level, The Hunger Games is TV satire blown up to vast-screen size.

Stanley Tucci is succulently smarmy as a lavender-peruke-wearing interviewer, whose oily overfamiliarity and fake compassion are turned up to the point of what looks, in this context, like revolutionary art. (If you really hate American Idol, The Hunger Games seem especially pungent.) Populism is a tragically blobby thing, though. Working in his garden, the president talks of the dangers of hope. You can count some Tea Party types to read this parable as a takedown of Obama.

Ultimately, the film revolves around the ordeal, shot in North Carolina

forests. This is prime, exciting visual storytelling by director Gary Ross. He wields a deft, intimate camera, with spots of indie-film blur when exhaustion gets to Katniss—the camera zeroes in on her for ultra-close-ups when she’s cradled in tree limbs or aiming a shot. I once thought what people like best in a movie was a girl with a sword. It may actually be a bow and arrow; archery teachers are going to be swamped after this becomes a deserved hit.

The popularity of the material has drawn a strong supporting cast: Woody Harrelson is marvelously larger-thanlife as a sardonic, hard-drinking former winner; Amandla Stenberg is subtle and intense as Rue, the smallest warrior; Elizabeth Banks is hissable as the hateful spokeswoman Effie Trinket, tarted up with what they used to call “beestung lips” and dressed like an Aubrey Beardsley concubine.

Even if you know your science fiction, The Hunger Games is easier to take seriously than it may sound. The main reason is Lawrence herself. It’s a star-making performance, and she’s created a powerful yet humane heroine, in a cinema that needs such a figure desperately.

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THE COLOR PURPLE Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) interviews young ‘Hunger Games’ competitor Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence.)

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See review, page 24. (Opens Fri at the Nick) GILDA (1946) Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth star in this bawdy 1940s classic. When sinister casino magnate Ballin Mundson saves down-on-his-luck gambler Johnny Farrell (Ford), the two form a friendship based on their shared lack of scruples.

Their partnership is threatened, however, when Mundson marries the coquettish Gilda (Hayworth), an old flame of Farrell’s. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9) (JG)

THE JERK (1979) Excessive, surreal and, in the end, hilarious. Steve Martin carries this comedy classic about Navin, an idiot adopted by a family of black sharecroppers who suddenly becomes rich when his bizarre little invention, the Opti-Grab, becomes wildly popular. Even for all of its weirdness, The Jerk remains guileless and accessible: a deserving watch for any comedy-lover. (Fri-Sat midnite at Del Mar) (JG) MIRROR MIRROR (PG; 106 min.) This fresh and comical retelling of an old classic features Julia Roberts as

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the Evil Queen who steals control of a kingdom. The exiled princess, Snow White (Lily Collin), must enlist the help of seven resourceful rebel dwarves in order to save the kingdom and claim her birthright. (Opens Fri at Aptos, Riverfront and Green Valley) (JG)

NATIONAL THEATRE: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (NR; 180 min) The National Theatre’s production of Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer comes to the big screen. Hardcastle, with an eye toward marriage, is eager to acquaint his daughter

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with the son of an old friend only to be mistaken by his prospective son-in-law as an innkeeper and his daughter as a barmaid. What ensues is a riotous celebration of love, courtship and family. (Thu and Sun at Del Mar) (JG)

PROJECT 52 (NR) Santa Cruz dancer and filmmaker Daniel Mollner is engaged in a year-long creative marathon: choreographing, shooting, editing and producing a new dance video every week. This has resulted, so far, in 13 films that cover a lot of aesthetic and emotional territory. “I Dance” (which has been

viewed more than 6,000 times on YouTube) is a potent manifesto; similarly “The Person” is a deeply personal statement. Other pieces are by turns funny, edgy or thought-provoking. Audiences who loved “Pina” won’t want to miss this. (Tue at 7pm at the Nick) (AG)

THIN ICE (R; 114 min) Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is a small-time insurance agent desperately looking for a way out of the frigid Wisconsin tundra. Gorvy Hauer (Alan Arkin) is a retired farmer sitting on a fortune he’s not even aware of. When the two

Showtimes are for Wednesday, March 28, through Wednesday, April 3, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com

1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

Mirror Mirror — (Opens Fri) 2; 4:15; 6:30; 8:45 plus Sat-Sun, Wed 11:45am.

The Artist — Wed-Thu 4:10; 8:40.

Friends With Kids — Wed-Thu 2; 4:20; 6:40; 9; Fri-Wed 4; 8:30 plus Sat-

Wrath of the Titans — (Opens Fri) 2; 4:50; 7:45; 10:25 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Wrath of the Titans 3D — (Opens Fri) 1:25; 4; 6:45; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

21 Jump Street — Wed-Thu Call for Showtimes Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:30; 7:15; 10

Sun 11:30am.

plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

A Separation — Fri-Wed 1:40; 6:10.

We Need to Talk About Kevin — Wed-Thu 1:50; 6:20.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Wed-Thu Call for Showtimes; Fri-Wed 2:10; 5; 7:25;

CINELUX 41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com Wrath of the Titans 3D — (Opens Thu midnight) 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7:15; 9:45.

21 Jump Street — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7:30; 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:45; 2:15;

4:45; 7:30; 10.

9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D —Wed-Thu Call for Showtimes; Fri-Wed 1:40;

4:10; 4:20; 7:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:20am.

The Hunger Games — Wed-Thu 1; 1:30; 3:40; 4:10; 4:40; 6:20; 6:50; 7:20; 7:50; 9:35; 10:05; 10:35; Fri-Wed 1; 1:30; 3:45; 4:15; 4:45; 6:30; 7; 7:30; 8; 9:45; 10:15; 10:45.

John Carter — Wed-Thu Call for Showtimes; Fri-Wed 4:20; 7:20.

John Carter 3D —Wed-Thu Call for Showtimes; Fri-Wed 1:10; 10:30.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Wed-Thu 11:20; 1:40; 4; 6:45; 9.

The Hunger Games — Daily 12:30; 3:45; 7; 10:15.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY STADIUM CINEMA

DEL MAR

Mirror Mirror — (Opens Fri) 11; 1:30; 4:10; 6:45; 9:20.

Titanic 3D — (Opens Fri) 11:20; 3:30; 7:40.

Wrath of the Titans — (Opens Thu midnight) 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7:15; 9:45.

21 Jump Street — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed 11:15; 1:45; 4:30; 7:30; 10.

The Artist — Wed-Thu 4; 6:30.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Wed-Thu 11:30; 1:45; 4:10; 6:45; 9; Fri-Wed 11:30;

1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Hugo 3D — Wed-Thu 3; 7:40; Fri-Wed 3:15; 7:45.

Jeff, Who Lives at Home — Wed-Thu 1; 1:50; 3:40; 5:30; 7:30; 9:30; Fri-

Wed 2; 3:45; 5:30; 7:30; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen — Daily 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

The Secret World of Arriety — Wed-Thu 5:40pm Fri-Wed 1:20; 5:45.

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie — Fri-Sat 10:15pm.

The Jerk — Fri-Sat midnight.

She Stoops to Conquer — Thu 7:40pm; Sun 11am.

NICKELODEON

226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com

11:55; 1:45; 2:20; 6:45; 9.

The Hunger Games — Wed-Thu 11; 12:30; 1:15; 2:15; 3:45; 4:30; 5:30; 7; 7:45;

8:45; 9:15; 10:15; Fri-Wed 11; 11:45; 12:30; 2:15; 3; 3:45; 5:30; 6:30; 7; 8:45; 9:40; 10:15.

John Carter — Wed-Thu 12:45; 4; 7; 10.

The Secret World of Arriety — Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:30.

Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

Chico & Rita — (Opens Fri) 1:20; 3:20; 5:20; 7:20; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:20am.

Thin Ice — (Opens Fri) 2:50; 4:50; 6:50; 8:45 plus Sat-Sun 12:50pm.

Being Flynn — Wed-Thu 4:20; 9:20.

Casa De Mi Padre — Daily 1:30; 3:20; 5:10; 7; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Friends with Kids — Daily 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

In Darkness — Wed-Thu 3; 6; 9.

A Separation — Wed-Thu 4:20; 9.

We Need to Talk About Kevin — Wed-Thu 2:40; 5; 7:20; 9:40.

Project 52 — Tue 7pm.

Mirror Mirror — (Opens Fri) 1:15; 4; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:55am.

Wrath of the Titans — (Opens Fri) 4; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:55am.

Wrath of the Titans 3D — (Opens Fri) 1:15; 7.

Titanic 3D — (Opens Wed 4/4) 12:15; 4; 7:45.

21 Jump Street — Daily 1:15; 3:50; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

Casa De Mi Padre — Daily 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Fri-Tue 1; 5:05; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am; Wed 1; 3;

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com Mirror Mirror — (Opens Fri) 12:30; 1:30; 3:30; 4:15; 6:30; 7; 9:10; 9:45.

Project X — Wed-Thu 4:15; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 1:15pm.

Wanderlust — Wed-Thu 4; 7:10; 9:35 plus Sat-Sun 1:30pm

1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

5:05; 7:15; 9:30.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D — Fri-Tue 3; 7:15.

The Hunger Games — Daily 12; 12:30; 3; 3:30; 6; 6:45; 9; 9:40.

John Carter — Daily 12:45; 9:45 plus Fri-Wed 3:45; 6:50.

John Carter 3D — Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:50.

Project X — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Silent House — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

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WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG-13; 120 min) Perseus, the demi-god son of Zeus, seeks a quiet existence as a fisherman where he can raise his son in safety.

When Zeus is betrayed and captured by his brother, Hades, and his son, Ares, the gods’ war against the ancient Titans takes a turn for the worse. Unable to ignore his calling, Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to save his father and the world.

(Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) (JG)

REVIEWS 21 JUMP STREET (R; 110 min.)

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill star in this comedic reboot of the classic ’80s TV show. When police discover a drug ring at a local high school, only underachieving cops Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) are young enough to pass as students and help take it down. (JG) THE ARTIST (PG-13; 110 min.) The French writer-director Michel Hazanavicius brought his cinematographer (Guillaume Schiffman) and two French actors to Hollywood to make

DANCING KING Santa Cruz dancer Daniel Mollner is producing a dance video a week. He shows the first 14 installments in ‘Project 52.’ this black-and-white silent tribute to 1920s American cinema, which has some critics charmed and others blown away.

BEING FLYNN (R; 86 min) Father Jonathan (Robert De Niro) and son Nick (Paul Dano) Flynn appear to share a life trajectory: downhill.

Paul Weitz’s script and direction tell a familiar tale: loser father abandons wife and son, goes to prison and sends letters to son claiming to be finishing up the great American novel. After Nick is kicked out by his girlfriend his decline starts in earnest, and when his dad shows up it complicates things further.

The film has some clever, if jolting, moments depicting a sliding scale of desperation, but the real draw is Dano, who produces a nuanced transformation that matches the great De Niro blow for blow. (CW) CASA DE MI PADRE (R; 84 min.) Will Ferrell brings his over-the-top wackiness below the border in this comedy about a family on the brink of catastrophe.

Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) has never left his father’s ranch, now on the edge of bankruptcy. When Armando’s successful younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) arrives, it seems like the ranch is on its way to better times. But when Raul’s dealings are found to be illegitimate, the family finds itself embroiled in a drug war. (JG) IN DARKNESS (R; 145 min.)

This epic, based on true events, chronicles the story of Leopold Socha, sewer worker and petty thief living in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. When Socha encounters a group of Jews using the city’s vast underground network of tunnels to hide from

the Nazis, he cynically uses the opportunity to blackmail them for cash.

But as events unfold, his conscience dictates he do otherwise. (JG)

THE HUNGER GAMES (PG13; 142 min) See review, page 25.

DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG; 95 min) Based on Dr. Seuss’ classic environmental morality tale about a furry forest creature that “speaks for the trees.” While searching for the one thing that can win the affection of his crush, 12-year-old Ted (voiced by Zac Efron) encounters the Lorax (voiced by Danny DeVito) engaged in a desperate struggle to save the woods from the Once-ler, who is determined to expand his factory at the expense of the forest.

JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME (R; 83 min.) Slacker Jeff (Jason Segal) is sent to run a small errand by his mother (Susan Sarandon) when he becomes convinced the universe is sending him messages.

When he runs into his brother Pat (Ed Helms) they spend the day spying on Pat’s wife, who may be having an affair. (JG) JOHN CARTER (PG-13; 132 min.) John Carter is based on A Princess of Mars (1912), the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 11 blood and thunder novels about the planet we call Mars, known to its indigenous creatures as Barsoom. The Tharks are warriors with battered tusks, not over-impressed by strangers, even the Earthman they discover and capture. John Carter (Taylor Kitsch, physically fit but a clunky actor) evinces great strength and the ability to leap tall pinnacles in a single

bound, so the Tharks make Carter one of their own, as part of a group initiation.

While a guest of the Tharks, Carter rescues a princess in peril: the humanoid Dejah Thoris (Shakesperean actress Lynn Collins). John Carter is diverting in a way space operas usually aren’t. The film benefits from Burroughs’ idea of populating a planet with contending forces; here we enjoy all the plot-thickener that Avatar decided to do without. (RvB)

PROJECT X (R; 87 min) Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) produces this comedy about three high school seniors determined to leave their mark by throwing the craziest party anyone has ever seen. In a classic case of be-carefulwhat-you-wish-for their mission turns out to be all too successful as the night spirals out of control.

SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (R; 111 min.) A sheikh (Amr Waked) with a vision wants to bring fly-fishing to the desert, which means his representative (Emily Blunt) must persuade a fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) that it’s not an absurd idea, even as a press secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas) tries to make hay of the PR opportunity the sheik’s dream presents.

(TH) THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G; 94 min) Spunky 14-year-old Borrower Arrietty (voiced

by Bridgit Mendler) lives in the Lilliputian confines of her suburban garden home with her parents (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler), venturing out only to borrow scraps from her comparatively huge human hosts. When 12-year-old Shawn sees

the tiny Arrietty one night, a friendship develops that, if discovered, could lead Arrietty and her family into danger.

A SEPARATION (PG-13; 123 min.) In Iran, a potential divorce is complicated by a criminal case when a pious nursemaid (Sareh Bayat) tending to an aged member of the splitting-up family claims that she was made to miscarry. The significant glances and open-faced lies make the title a play on words—the film is actually about the split between the world of men and the world of women. This is obviously worse in an Islamic republic that works to keep the two as separate as possible.

Director Asghar Farhadi’s astonishing drama shows the problems of legislated morality, but he seems to have his eye on a more metaphysical, ancient statute: the hidden laws of bad luck, and how that luck inevitably worsens because of the acts of desperate men and women. (RvB) SILENT HOUSE (R; 85 min.)

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) is at her family’s lake house when she finds that her contacts with the outside world are cut off just as things in the neighborhood start to get really creepy.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (R; 112 min.) Tilda Swinton is a perceptive, increasingly worried mother and John C. Reilly her oblivious husband in this adaptation of the Orange Prize–winning novel by Lionel Shriver. As their son progresses from an unusually mischievous toddler to a sociopathic teen, they have to acknowledge that something is seriously off with their kid.

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TITANIC 3D (1997) Will James Cameron have recovered from his trip to the Mariana Trench when his 1997 Oscar juggernaut (it won 11, including best director and best picture) opens in 3-D? The story of two British kids from opposite sides of the tracks who meet on the steamer’s ill-fated maiden voyage might be even more heartbreaking and harrowing this time around. (TH)

march 28-april 3, 2012

TIM AND ERIC’S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE (R; 93 min.)

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (of television’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) play a couple of guys who get buckets of cash to make a movie for the Schlaaang Corporation but squander it. In an effort to make the money back and save their hides, they do what all children of the ’80s do when under stress: They turn to the mall. The trailer was released on Funny or Die. With Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte and Jeff Goldblum.

(Fri-Sat at Del Mar)

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meet up, Mickey figures that Gorvy is just the sort of lonely sucker he needs to make a quick buck, but the scheme takes a sour turn when volatile locksmith Randy (Billy Crudup) gets involved. (Opens Fri at Nick) (JG)

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WHAT TIME IS IT? Funky elegance, laid-back glamor and serious libations are among the many charms of downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 515 Kitchen & Cocktails, located at

515 Cedar St., as my colleagues and I found out last Friday. Happily ensconced on some of the soft cushions in the downstairs lounge, we enjoyed the wet afternoon from afar. Brenda opted for a classic gin and tonic, while I went for a bracing, not-sweet Cucumber Mojito made with Bombay Sapphire gin instead of vodka.

Great idea, since the result was lightly vegetal with a deep reservoir of minty gin.

But Alexei hit the jackpot with the gorgeous, pale orange Pamplemousse (French for â&#x20AC;&#x153;grapefruitâ&#x20AC;?). Sure enough, it was loaded with not only orange and grapefruit juices but grapefruit vodka as well. A splash of intriguing rhubarb aperitif and a squeeze of fresh lemon provided top and bottom notes to this splendid cocktail.

We also shared a generous 515 cheese platterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;$15 for plenty of nuts, crackers and designer cheese snacking for three grown-ups. Love those rainy afternoons.

YOUTHFUL CUISINE Congratulations (again!) to Reilly Meehan of Soquel, who has just been named the American Culinary Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 Western Region Student Chef of the Year after blazing through the competition in Sparks, Nev. last week. Meehan will head to Orlando, Fla., in July for a crack at the national title.

NEW CHEF @ CELLAR DOOR Always tinkering and fine-tuning, Bonny Doon Vineyard founder Randall Grahm has just signed a new chef for the Cellar Door CafĂŠ at his Santa Cruz tasting room. Ryan Shelton arrives after having served as chef de cuisine and pastry chef for the past two years at Bruno Chemelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-star Michelin restaurant in Palo Alto, BaumĂŠ. Shelton also cooked with Chemel at Menlo Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebrated Chez TJ. Look for an eclectic new menu that honors the region while maintaining a sense of fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonny Doon has always been quirky, modern and fun, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to get that incorporated in the food,â&#x20AC;? he recently told the S.F. Chronicle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have some pretty exciting changes planned.â&#x20AC;? Chef Sheltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new menu definitely caught my eye, especially entrees of grilled Monterey squid with polenta and arugula, and 38Âş North lacquered duck with orange and radicchio.

HOT DATE Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pinot Paradise festivities up at Alfaro Family Vineyards at 420 Hames Road in idyllic Corralitos. The pinot-intensive self-guided tour of 21 local pinot producers is yours for $25 (or come to Alfaroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, listen to live music, enjoy complimentary snacks and make new best friends for $10). Richard Alfaro and friends will be pouring six fabulous pinots. For details about all of the participating wineries, check www.scmwa.org.

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Diner’s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz.

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Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages APTOS $$ Aptos

AMBROSIA INDIA BISTRO

$$ Aptos

BRITANNIA ARMS

$$$ Aptos $$ Aptos

207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233 SEVERINO’S GRILL

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987 ZAMEEN MEDITERRANEAN

7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465

Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm.

Open daily 11am to 2am.

Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA $ Capitola

CAFE VIOLETTE

$$

Capitola

GEISHA SUSHI Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

$$$

SHADOWBROOK

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

STOCKTON BRIDGE GRILLE

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900

104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888

ZELDA’S

All day breakfast. Burgers, gyros, sandwiches and 45 flavors of Marianne’s and Polar Bear ice cream. Open 8am daily.

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials.

Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $$ Santa Cruz

ACAPULCO

$$$ Santa Cruz

CELLAR DOOR

$ Santa Cruz

CHARLIE HONG KONG

$$ Santa Cruz

CLOUDS

$$ Santa Cruz

1116 Pacific Ave, 831. 426.7588

328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664

110 Church St, 831.429.2000 THE CREPE PLACE

1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994

$$

CROW’S NEST

Santa Cruz

2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560

$$ Santa Cruz

GABRIELLA’S

$$ Santa Cruz

HINDQUARTER

$$ Santa Cruz

910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 HOFFMAN’S

1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135

Mexican/Seafood/American. Traditional Mexican favorites. Best fajitas, chicken mole, coconut prawns, blackened prime rib!

Fresh seafood. Over 50 premium tequilas, daily happy hour w/ half-price appetizers. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm.

Features the vibrant and esoteric wines of Bonny Doon Vineyard, a three-course, family-style prix fixe menu that changes nightly, and an inventive small plates menu, highlighting both seasonal and organic ingredients from local farms.

California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats.” Open daily 11am-11pm American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm.

Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight.

Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor and Bay views. Lunch and dinner daily.

Califormia-Italian. fresh from farmers’ markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission style setting with patio, quiet side street Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars.

Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm.

California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Eggs Benedict in Town.” Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm.

HULA’S ISLAND GRILL

Santa Cruz

221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852

$

INDIA JOZE

Santa Cruz

418 Front St, 831.325-3633

$$ Santa Cruz

JOHNNY’S HARBORSIDE

493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

$$ Santa Cruz

OLITAS

$$ Santa Cruz

PACIFIC THAI

Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972. Cafe, catering, culinary classes, food festivals, beer and wine. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday 11:30-9pm. Special events most Sundays.

Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon.

49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393

1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 RISTORANTE ITALIANO

Santa Cruz

555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

$$ Santa Cruz

1220 Pacific Ave, 831.426.9930

ROSIE MCCANN’S

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

Irish pub and restaurant. Informal pub fare with reliable execution. Lunch and dinner all day, open Mon-Fri 11:30ammidnight, Sat-Sun 11:30am-1:30am.

$$ Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ MTN. BREWERY California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the

402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 831.425.4900

taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruz’s best fish tacos and more.

Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm.

$$ Santa Cruz

SOIF

Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Dinner Mon-Thu 59pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pm-close, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close.

$$ Santa Cruz

WOODSTOCK’S PIZZA

105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020

710 Front St, 831.427.4444

Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

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Free Will

By Rob Brezsny

For the week of March 28 ARIES (March 21–April 19): A few months after America

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): Photographer Darrin Harris Frisby doesn’t think people should smile in photographs.

He regards it as “superficial and misleading.” In the greatest portraits ever painted, he says, the subject’s gaze is almost always neutral, “neither inviting nor forbidding.” Did Rembrandt ever show people grinning from ear to ear? No. Did Vermeer, Goya, Titian, Sargent, or Velasquez? Nope. Make that your guiding thought in the coming week, Gemini. Be a connoisseur of the poker face. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, in the coming week you will have more than ample reasons to be of good cheer. You should therefore express delight extravagantly.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): Back in 1835, a newspaper known as The New York Sun resorted to an extreme measure in order to boost readership: It ran a story about how the renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel had perfected a telescope that allowed him to see life forms on the moon, including unicorns, two-legged beavers that had harnessed fire, and sexually liberated “manbats.” If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, Cancerian, you temporarily have license to try something almost equally as wild and experimental to “boost your readership.” APRIL FOOL! I lied about the unicorns. Don’t refer to clichéd chimeras like them. But it’s fine to invoke more unexpected curiosities like fireusing beavers and sexually liberated manbats.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): In his documentary film Prohibition, Ken Burns reports on the extreme popularity of alcohol in 19th-century America. He says that the typical person over 15 years of age drank 88 bottles of whiskey a year. In light of the current astrological omens, Leo, I suggest you increase your intake to that level and even beyond. APRIL FOOL! I lied.

It’s not literal alcoholic spirits you should be ingesting in more abundance but rather big ideas that open your mind, inspirational sights and sounds that dissolve your inhibitions, and intriguing people who expand your worldview.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): A woman in Euclid, Ohio claims her house is haunted by randy ghosts. “They have sex in my living room,” Dianne Carlisle told a TV news reporter. “You can see the lady’s high-heeled shoes.” I suspect you may soon be dealing with a similar problem, Virgo. So consider the possibility of hiring an X-rated exorcist. APRIL FOOL! The naked truth is that you will not be visited by spooks of any kind, let alone horny ones. However, you would be smart to purify and neutralize old karma that might still be haunting your love life or your sex life. Consider performing a do-ityourself exorcism of your own memories.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): In Karley Sciortino’s NSFW blog Slutever.com, she announces that “this blog is intended to trick strangers into thinking my life is more exciting than it actually is.” I highly recommend you adopt that approach, Libra. Do whatever it takes—lying,

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem,” said author William Gibson, “first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by a—holes.” This is a good time to check in with yourself, Scorpio, and see if Gibson’s advice applies to you. Lately, the jackass quotient seems to have been rising in your vicinity. APRIL FOOL! I was half-joking. It’s true that you should focus aggressively on reducing the influence of jerks in your life. At the same time, you should also ask yourself rather pointedly how you could reduce your problems by changing something about yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): Do not under any circumstances put on a frog costume, go to a shopping mall, and ride around on a unicycle while reciting erotic poetry in German through a megaphone. APRIL FOOL! I lied. That wouldn’t be such a terrible use of your time.

The astrological omens suggest that you will be visited by rather unusual creative surges that may border on being wacky. Personally, though, I would prefer it if you channeled your effervescent fertility in more highly constructive directions, like dreaming up new approaches to love that will have a very practical impact on your romantic life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is stirred to the point of rapture by Jay Gatsby’s silk shirts. “I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before,” she sobs, burying her face in one as she sits in his bedroom. I sincerely hope you will have an equivalent brush with this kind of resplendence sometime soon, Capricorn. For the sake of your mental and even physical health, you need direct contact with the sublime. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. It’s true that you would profoundly benefit from a brush with resplendence. But I can assure you that plain old material objects, no matter how lush and expensive, won’t do the trick for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Last December, a woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, made creative use of a Wal-Mart.

She gathered various ingredients from around the shelves, including lighter fluid, lithium, and drain cleaner, and set up a meth lab right there in the back of the store. She’s your role model for the coming week, Aquarius. APRIL FOOL! I lied, kind of. The woman I mentioned got arrested for illegal activity, which I don’t advise you to do. But I do hope you will ascend to her levels of ingenuity and audacity as you gather all the resources you need for a novel experiment.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): A Filipino man named Herbert Chavez has had extensive plastic surgery done to make himself resemble Superman. Consider making him your role model, Pisces. I hope he inspires you to begin your own quest to rework your body and soul in the image of your favorite celebrity or cartoon hero. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, you’d be wise to avoid comparing yourself to anyone else or remolding yourself to be like anyone else. The best use of the current cosmic tendencies would be to brainstorm about what exactly your highest potentials are, and swear a blood oath to become that riper version of yourself.

Life is a bitch, and then you die. APRIL FOOL! Here’s the truth: Life is conspiring to give you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.

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TAURUS (April 20–May 20): According to a recent poll, God’s approval rating has dipped below 40 percent for the first time on record. My research suggests the new low is due in part to a disproportionate amount of dissatisfaction by those born under the sign of Taurus.

Can you fix this please? If you’re one of the discontent, please see if you can talk yourself into restoring some of your faith in the Divine Wow. APRIL FOOL! The real truth is, I encourage you to be skeptical in regards to all authorities, experts, and top dogs, including God. It’s an excellent time in your cycle to go rogue, to scream “I defy you, stars!” Be a rabble-rousing, boat-rocking doubter.

deceiving, exaggerating, bragging—to fool everyone into believing that you are a fascinating character who is in the midst of marvelous, high-drama adventures.

APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t totally sincere about what I just said. The truth is, your life is likely to be a rousing adventure in the coming days. There’ll be no need to pretend it is, and therefore no need to cajole or trick others into thinking it is.

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invaded Iraq in 2003, soldier Brian Wheeler wrote the following to help us imagine what it was like over there: “Go to the worst crime-infested place you can find. Go heavily armed, wearing a flak jacket and a Kevlar helmet.

Set up shop in a vacant lot. Announce to the residents that you are there to help them, and in the loudest voice possible yell that every Crip and Blood within hearing distance is a PANSY.” As a character-building exercise, Aries, I highly recommend you try something like this yourself. APRIL FOOL! I was just kidding. What I just said is not an accurate reading of the astrological omens.

But this is: Get out of your comfort zone, yes, but with a smart gamble, not a crazy risk.

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