Submerge Magazine: Issue 225 (October 24 - November 7, 2016)

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This winter’s concert schedule in Sacramento is STACKED! Kick off the season in style at 107.9 The End’s Jingle Ball 2016, presented in partnership with Midnite Events on Friday, Dec. 2 inside the Pavilion at Cal Expo. Headlining will be the chart-topping, hit-making DJ duo known as The Chainsmokers, whose career catapulted after the release of their tongue-in-cheek track “#Selfie” in early 2014. Since then, the NYC-based artists have released hot track after hot track, netting near constant airplay (see the song “Closer” featuring singer Halsey as an example, that song is freaking everywhere). Also on the Jingle Ball lineup is Dillon Francis, a super popular DJ, producer and internet celebrity from Los Angeles and Krewella, another legit electronic dance music duo consisting of Pakistani-American sisters Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf. All three of these acts are festival headliners, so to see them together on one bill in Sacramento is exciting for any fan of dance music. Opening Jingle Ball will be Alexx Adam, Billy Lane and Nick G. Tickets start at $50 and are available at Sacjingleball.com (and if you’re balling out of control you could even spring for the $2,500 “elevated cabana” for you and five friends; it even includes “complimentary snacks” and “fun surprises!”). This event is 18-plus and the doors will open at 8 p.m.

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The expert party throwers behind the popular Second Saturday summer concert series known as THIS are getting the band back together for an epic New Year’s Eve shindig. The first-ever “Midtown Mountain Get Down” will feature a legit lineup of live bands and DJs including until-now secret headliner Miami Horror, Le Youth, Dusty Brown and MyKill! If you aren’t familiar with Los Angeles-by-way-of-Melbourne synthpop group Miami Horror, you’re in for a real treat, because they are freakin’ awesome. Think Empire of the Sun, meets Cut Copy, meets Neon Indian, and you’re somewhere in Miami Horror’s wheelhouse.

Le Youth is a great up-and-coming DJ from Los Angeles known for his tracks that have “breezy California vibes touched by a twist of European flair.” He’s released well received remixes of songs by Disclosure, Sam Smith, Katy Perry, Sia, RAC and many others. Dusty Brown is easily one of the best electronic acts to have ever called Sacramento home, and MyKill is a longtime DJ and producer from San Francisco who has opened for the likes of Capital Cities, Odesza, Oliver, Felix Da Housecat and tons of others. Tickets start at $50 and are available at Thisnye2016.com. Keep an eye out on their website and socials (Facebook.com/ thismidtown) for the location reveal soon, as well as other details (sledding hill, anyone?).

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The Optimistic Pessimist Donald Trump is running for worst person ever President of the United States and some people are actually excited about it. I’m not talking about late night talk show hosts either. They may have turned his candidacy into comedic gold, but even they know how disastrous a Trump presidency would be for us all; the extra yuk-yuks simply aren’t worth it. There are other people though, with brains (of sorts), concerns (of sorts) and hopes (of sorts) that love the orange menace and want to see him installed into the highest office in the land. Who are these people?

A lot of Americans think the leader of the free world should be just like them, that we should pick someone we would want to have a beer with. Unfortunately, a lot of us aren’t very smart, and alcohol certainly doesn’t make your brain work better, so we end up with someone like George W. Bush running the show for eight years. Bush was an idiot, but Trump makes him look like a Rhodes Scholar in comparison.

And before anyone says Trump must be smart because he is rich, I’ll just say that it doesn’t take intelligence to be wealthy.

Trump is, of course, rich by any standard, and people want to be rich. Some of them like Trump because they think Donald will make them rich too. He is, after all, “good at business.” That’s why people signed up for his bullshit “university” and why they watched his shitty show. The Apprentice would have us believe that forcing alpha adults and celebrities to run ridiculous errands all over Manhattan is a great way to judge someone’s business prowess.

It’s not really surprising though, because Trump isn’t good at business.

Trump is good at receiving an inheritance from his wealthy father, though. Fred Trump may very well have busted his ass to get that money, but that is not a trait he passed down to his son, Donald. Everything Donald touches seems to turn to shit, so he’s lucky daddy set him up with a nice, fat nest egg to make his name with.

Having been handed a small fortune to start out with, Donald never really learned the value of hard work or what it means to struggle.

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renting apartments to minorities. After Donald finished business school he took what daddy taught him and wound up getting sued by the Department of Justice for discrimination just five short years later.

That probably explains the next group of Trump supporters: other racists! Trump has used coded language throughout the campaign like when he calls himself the “law and order candidate” while discussing the Black Lives Matter movement. That explains why he counts several prominent white supremacist groups amongst his followers. These people want to see half the country deported, locked up or killed, so naturally they have chosen Donald Trump to be their flag bearer.

That sounds pretty fucked up to me, but Trump is a pretty fucked up guy. This is a man that wants to have sex with his own daughter, Ivanka, after all. He has made it clear several times, once via awkward photos of the two embracing near a stone statue of parrots fucking. He often compares women he meets to his daughter. He has even been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his daughter’s room.

Perverseness is his thing, though. He kisses whoever he wants. He walks in on naked teens in the dressing rooms of his beauty pageants.

Trump doesn’t give a fuck; he will “grab you by the pussy” if he feels like it and will probably call you a bitch if you try to fight back. All that makes me think that Trump supporters must also include the Gamergate people, hormonal male teens, Bill Cosby and Jared Fogle.

Of course, what does any of this matter since our election is going to be rigged anyway? Just ask Trump. Since he started losing, Trump has claimed that the election would be rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton. Conspiracy theorists like Infowars’ Alex Jones are eating this shit up and setting us on a dangerous road toward self-destruction, all so they can sell end-of-times emergency kits and crappy gold coins. Shitheads like Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe are making fake gotcha videos about it.

You’d think that no one would want supporters like that but when you are a slippery piece of shit like Donald Trump, you take what you can get. At least now we know who some of them are.

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Ski and snowboard season are rapidly approaching, and you can get yourself hyped for your impending trips up the mountain at the Crest Theatre for the debut of Warren Miller’s 67th annual film, Here, There and Everywhere. Warren Miller Entertainment has been a pioneer in the field of action sports cinematography since 1949, and their latest film hopes to push the envelope even further. Here, There and Everywhere features prominent skiers and snowboarders, including Truckee, California’s own Jeremy Jones, who you’ll often find on the slopes of Squaw Valley; but it also showcases “a progressive side of snowsports,” according to the film’s press release. You’ll get a glimpse of fat biking, backcountry snowmobiling, pond skimming and other things that we’re probably too afraid to try ourselves. But hey, that’s the best part of films like this: you get to live vicariously through others! Go to Crestsacramento.com for tickets, which start at $15.

If you think it’s too early to start your holiday shopping, you’re dead wrong. Don’t be the gal/guy who waits until the last moment to buy your holiday gifts (like I do) and get a head start at the upcoming Sacramento Arts Festival. For three days at the Sacramento Convention Center, you’ll be able to peruse wares from 225 craftspeople from all around the country. On display will be a wide array of one-of-a-kind items, from candles to watercolors; literary arts to toys; furniture to photography. You’re sure to find something for even the most picky person on your holiday shopping list, and what’s even better is you can shop in a chill environment: The Sacramento Arts Festival promises “continuous main stage jazz and blues! Plentiful food and drink! Wonderful fun!” It’s sort of like the retail version of wassailing. Go get yourself some early cheer! For more info, go to Sacartsfest.com.

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Sip Mezcal and Stuff Your Face with Tacos at Casa de Español’s Free Calaveras & Corn Festival • Oct. 29

Mezcal has a reputation as sort of the misunderstood, kind of crazy cousin of tequila. However, this delightful spirit has a rich history and is even steeped in mythology. You can get to know mezcal a little better (and also eat your weight in tacos) at the upcoming Calaveras and Corn Festival, to be held at Casa de Español (1101 R St., Sacramento). This free, family-friendly event will celebrate both Halloween and Dia de los Muertos as well as benefit two charities, Help Chiapas (Helpchiapas.org) and La Familia Counseling Center (Lafcc.org). Festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. with a family carnival featuring hayrides, a pumpkin patch, face-painting and a “not-soscary” haunted house. The Mezcal Cantina Experience begins at 3 p.m. with food and live music from Crosswinds. There will also be an adult scavenger hunt from 1:30–3:30 p.m. For more info, go to Casadeespanol.com.

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Looking to get back into the groove? Hey, this time of year, everyone’s mired in their day-to-day routines, and the holidays (and all the time off they bring) seem as if they’ll never come. Fear not: You’ll be able to take a vacation (for a few hours anyway) at Ideateam’s upcoming CD release party for their new album, Moving Still, on Oct. 28 at Harlow’s. This Sacramento-based nine-piece ensemble “explores the corridors of groove while flipping through styles like a deck of cards, flowing in and around various genres. Their live sound brings essences of old and new, blended with a few drops of extraterrestrial soundscapes—presented by a group of people who simply love to play music,” according to their website. Does that sound good to you? It should. And so should Moving Still. Submerge got a sneak peak at the album and it’s oozing with juicy beats, sumptuous horns and syrupy-sweet riffs. As an added bonus, roots rock aficionados The Nickel Slots will open what is sure to be a memorable and diverse bill. For tickets ($12 in advance), head over to Harlows.com, and for more on Ideateam, check out their website, Ideateamband.com.

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he persevering, rugged spirit of the Wild West is wellsummarized in the alliterative phrase, “Come hell or highwater.”

In non-cowboy terms, it means, “despite any obstacle.” And in that spirit, says DJ Rogers of his recently opened restaurant and bar Highwater, in a rare straight-shooting answer to a goddamn question, “Though the trials many and tribulations toilsome; come hell or highwater, it was to be.”

Mick Stevenson and Rogers, both veteran local musicians and owners of Dad’s Sandwiches, laid claim to a golden opportunity in late 2015 when they purchased Pour House on Q Street from Trevor Shults, the enterprising creator of a laundry list of local bars and restaurants in the Sacramento area. Biding their time, and partnering with Justin Isaacks, Ben Dewey, Matt Hagstrom and Isaac Fratini, they continued operating the establishment as Pour House until mid-August, when they launched the new concept, Highwater, which better fit the space.

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I mean, it was kind of off having a vape lounge/cocktail bar in a train trackside saloon smack dab in the middle of a historically Old West city. Why not embrace the cowboy theme and run with it? But rather than Gold Rush western, Highwater’s inspiration is decidedly Albuquerque western. Evidence of their ties to rock ‘n’ roll can be found throughout, too. The brick interior is gussied up with trippy murals by local artists Shaun Burner and Dan Osterhoff.

“I asked [them] if they had ever seen the movie Holy Mountain.

They both said yes, which was a shock because I know they don’t do drugs. A few cans of paint later, and our customers have traveled to the desert with us,” explains Rogers.

When I asked him how they think Highwater stands out in a pretty crowded restaurant and bar scene, Rogers accurately described the Highwater difference: “Promising up-and-coming UFC prospects are less likely to slap the Monster Energy with vodka out of both your girlfriends' hands here.”

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But in all seriousness, Stevenson lived in Albuquerque prior to planting his flag in California, and Rogers expounds, “I had also spent a lot of time in New Mexico. Since I met Mick, we had always talked about doing a menu like this. We weren’t really setting out to be unique, just to put out the best food we knew we could. Pairing drinks with the menu is where our head bartender came in; because of the nature of the food, he ended up going with a lot of mezcals and tequilas—as it turns out they make for incredible cocktails.”

Highwater serves up lunch and dinner seven days a week until 10 p.m., and brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Happy hour is daily from 3–7 p.m., and they’ve stuck with the train shots from the Pour House and Whiskey Wild days—when a train goes by, house whiskey shots are two bucks. Rotating drafts feature a mixture of local brews and Mexican imports, and the back bar is well-stocked with a curated selection of artisanal scotches, bourbons, tequilas, mezcals and other high-end liquors.

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Highwater’s Events Offer Quality Alternatives to Your Couch First, we ordered up a Peach Rose from our trusty bar dog. This bourbon-based drink was poured with Four Roses, lemon, ginger, simple syrup, peach liqueur and angostura bitters, and garnished with a lemon peel and whiskey stone ice cube. Drinkable, smooth and carefully striking a balance between sweet, boozy and bitter, the Peach Rose had a frothy, creamy texture, while merely hinting at peach and citrus.

The Pinto is Highwater’s answer to the current beer cocktail trend. Made with Botanist gin, St. Elder, simple syrup, lemon, grapefruit and Track 7 IPA, the Pinto tastes like a Fresca (that grapefruit soda that was popularized in the ‘90s). It was refreshing, bitter, citrusy, light and crisp.

Highwater’s Bloody Mary is the self-same Preservation and Co. recipe that Pour House mixed—no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. This award-winning hair of the dog cures hangovers with vodka, obviously, and Sacramento-based Preservation and Co.’s Bloody Mary Mix, sriracha salt and pickled olive, green bean and pearl onion garnishes. Note that it’s available during brunch only, upon request.

Time to eat. Stevenson busily procured one plate after another for the Submerge team to try, and upon delivery, gave us the rundown of each awesome dish we were to try. The salmon cake Benedict, a brunch item, arrived first. Made just like a crab cake, the savory, breaded salmon cakes were seared to a crisp on the outside, topped with poached eggs and a housemade hollandaise, and garnished with microgreens. The side of Deli Lama’s Papas are Highwater’s delicious version of breakfast potatoes.

Vegans! The stuffed portabella tastes almost as good a juicy steak and is 100 percent veg. Marinated portabellas are stuffed with a not-overcooked, marinated mix of grilled carrots, summer squash and zucchini, and drizzled with a balsamic reduction. Dirty rice comes on the side.

The chicken adobo street tacos were up next.

Doubled up corn tortillas are stuffed to the max with cabbage, chicken adobo, housemade salsa, roasted jalapeño, cilantro and Cotija cheese. I suggest removing the bottom tortilla and eating the taco over said tortilla so when hella stuff falls out, you have another taco.

Stevenson plans to add a pork taco to the menu soon.

I am told that it’s football season? Whatever, the Super Bowl Nachos are grub whenevs. Tri-color chips, cheddar and jack cheese, housemade salsa, New Mexico green chiles, green onions and black beans are heaped in a pile of simple, timeless goodness.

The rebrand, new menu and events (see sidebar) have been a hit with locals thus far, and it would seem that neither hell, nor highwater, have come to stand in the way. After more than a decade of working together, be it making music, throwing rad events or running businesses, you’d think Stevenson and Rogers would get sick of each other sometimes, but they seem to be having a blast in all of their partnerships, with no signs of slowing down. That’s probably due to a shared attitudinal working dynamic, summarized by Rogers with this metaphor: “When there’s only one slice of pizza left in the box, we leave it be.”

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We asked Rogers about which events have proven the most popular so far, to which he replied, “The Midtown Spring Formal comes to mind. Who doesn’t like to dress up? I'll pin a corsage on anything that moves.”

But their weekly events keep bringing people in, too. Keep on eye on their events calendar, it might just upgrade your social life.

Here are some of the highlights:

TOTAL RECALL & FUNK IN THE TRUNK Every first Friday, Total Recall brings the heat with your favorite ‘90s hits.

HEAVY MONDAYS Mondays suck, so commiserate with some metal together at the back bar.

TUSSLE Every Tuesday, get down at this weekly trip hop and soul dance night.

ONLY THE GOOD STUFF Every Wednesday, that good good hip hop and R&B dance party gets you past the midweek slump.

MOVEMENT A monthly party featuring all vinyl sets of synth pop, ‘80s and new wave, spun by Eric and Juan.

Maceo Parker with The Jones Family Singers > OCT 28 One of America’s preeminent humor writers, Sedaris remains a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

David Sedaris Highwater is located at 1910 Q St., Sacramento.

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Misplaced Commas, Children Without Buttholes …

This is Mangchi Words Josh Fernandez

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o be perfectly honest, I don’t know anything about David Choe. I tried to read one of his press releases and it didn’t make any sense.

It begins as follows: “‘A fart from a child born without a butthole’ , is what MANGCHI sounds like said 1 of the 2 people who were let into a room to hear this new sound.”

That shitty comma floating between “butthole” and “is” will haunt me for the rest of my life. Reading the Mangchi press release is like trying to read a book of riddles while you’re blackout drunk. It’s just not worth it. After an hour of searching the internet, I realized he’s a visual artist, and all his art looks like if your friend who’s always on acid found out he could draw and so he started painting pictures of hot chicks with colorful shit coming out of their faces. And then I listened to a Joe Rogan podcast where Choe was a guest and I found out two things: The first is that he’s insanely rich from his art. Wealthy people love to buy art from edgy street artists. When Choe sells paintings, he gambles his money away and uses it on prostitutes and he’s basically a filthy degenerate. Much respek for that.

The second thing I learned was that Choe got into some hot water when he claimed (on his podcast DVDASA) to have raped a masseuse. It’s a long, pretty disgusting story, but when the claim started to catch up to him (i.e., when people began calling him a rapist), Choe chalked his admission up to a big misunderstanding. What he was doing was “storytelling,” he said. After all, he’s an artist.

I don’t know what’s worse, lying about raping someone or his band Mangchi. Mangchi, is Korean for “hammer.” In “Use a Mangchi Anthem,” the entirety of the video consists of people getting their faces bashed in by hammers. The music pretty much sucks. No, it doesn’t suck, but it sounds like The Beastie Boys. I mean, Money Mark, who is PRESS RELEASE known for collaborating with The Beastie Boys, is in the group, so I guess that’s why, but isn’t one Beastie Boys enough? I tried to listen to a song from the album Hi, we are Mangchi, which probably means “dumb, Nega Mola, but it was so fucking boring that I pushed pause and checked to see rich assholes” in Korean, but we don’t know because if there were any new videos on YouPorn. Then I made cup of tea. Then I graded we’re too stupid to understand Korean. We make music some papers for work. Then I tried to watch some live footage of Mangchi, and it by banging on things and yelling into microphones. was actually OK. I listened to a song called “Gook Boy” about Asian stereotypes Sometimes we rap. Other times we play a form of punk over a mellow hip-hop track that reminded me of the ‘90s.

Anyway, the band isn’t all that bad, and, in fact, they put on a pretty fun live show. Lots of jumping around, switching instruments, a bit of nudity, etc.

However, I’m still bummed on their press release. Even though Choe gave the shittiest interview ever (even shittier than Talib Kweli, who was offended by every single question I asked), I decided to rewrite their press release free of charge. You’re welcome.

rock. If you like The Beastie Boys, then you will hate us, mostly because we aren’t The Beastie Boys. We try to say things that are considered edgy, but fall short because it’s 2016 and nothing is edgy anymore. The only edgy thing left to do is to kill ourselves.

So, anyway, this is our interview that David Choe toiled over for weeks, and much like his music, it sucks.

Can you tell me about why low culture is important?

No. You do work in almost every aspect of the arts. Is diversity of work a conscious effort? 방귀 Or are you just doing all the shit you’re into because it’s fun? 방귀 Or do you just have a short attention span? 내 방귀를 먹고 싶어?

Would you encourage young people to become artists?

No. Do you think being a crazy person is a requirement for good art?

No. What is the best part about chaos?

That it can also be spelled “kaos.”

Should we teach chaos in schools?

Yes. Self-doubt is a big thing with artists. How does one get over that?

No. Do you ever get over that?

No. Do you ever doubt your work?

No. I have a student named Troy who is a huge fan of yours. He’s a young Asian stud who might be able to benefit from some of your Choe swag. Any advice for young Troy?

Kill yourself.

How do you describe your band?

DMX and Kim Deal become the lead singer of Korn.

What is the weirdest/most interesting thing you have ever done doing a live show?

Fuck my mom.

You have a song about letting your new stepdad fuck your mother. What are you trying to convey in your music?

Fuck my mom.

Um … yeah, so Mangchi will play Starlite Lounge in Sacramento on Oct. 30. And it’s sure to be … well, it’s sure to be something. If you’re the curious type, head on down to check it out, because, hey, why not? Tickets are $8 in advance (available at Atlanteancollective. queueapp.com), $10 at the door. This is a 21-and-over show, and probably for good reason.

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Looking Back, Moving Forward

15 Minutes with Neko Case Words Jenn Walker PhotO NEKO CASE

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don’t know about you, but I find it really, really hard to get to know anyone by a single phone call. So, frankly, I hate phone interviews with musicians, and I generally try to avoid them at all costs. Except when it’s Neko Case ... How could I say no?

If you believe that lives have soundtracks, then I would say Neko Case has certainly been a part of mine. I remember when a coworker first introduced me to her music some 10-plus years ago—it was Furnace Room Lullaby, Case’s 2000 release. She was backed by a band referred to as Her Boyfriends; it was her second solo album. I couldn’t think of any other modern musician at that time whose voice was so powerful or soulful.

It was authentically twangy and country, for sure, but not in the obnoxious sense of a Merle Haggard or Dolly Parton. (Blasphemy, I know.)

From then on, on so many nights, I remember the satisfaction of setting that sky blue disc (Case’s 2006 release Fox Confessor Brings the Flood) with her hand-drawn fox on it into my CD player just before bed, or the sheer bliss of driving down the 101 with the windows rolled down and Middle Cyclone (2009) washing through the speakers, or listening to Case’s entire discography on repeat with coworkers.

Anyway, I was recently invited to interview her over the phone as she continues her fall tour, which is a sort of celebration of her discography to-date. As that day drew near, my anxiety grew as I deliberated over what the hell I’d ask her that she hadn’t already been asked.

Within the last seven years, Case has earned three Grammy nominations for her music and reached No. 3 on the Billboard album chart. Eight solo albums deep into her musical career, she released her box set Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule last year.

“Someone asked me why I’m releasing a box set if my career isn’t ending,” she would tell me later with a laugh.

She was asked by Rolling Stone shortly after the release, “Have you found that people think you’re quitting, now that you have a box set?”

“Yes,” she answered. “It was pointed out to me also that it’s a strange point in your career to have a box set, which I never thought about. But I want to go to my own funeral—who doesn’t?”

Alongside her solo career, she has remained an original member of renowned Canadian rock band The New Pornographers since their debut in 2000. And, this summer, she joined forces with fellow musicians k.d. Lang and Laura Veirs to promote their self-titled collaborative album case/lang/veirs, which, upon its release in June, received widespread praise. She’s been a frequent guest on NPR, and has been interviewed by just about everyone, it seems, including the New York Times, The Guardian, Pitchfork ... the list goes on.

By the time we got to talking, I was experiencing a bad case of cold feet. But, the show must go on. Right before she and I spoke, her publicist informed me that Case just finished

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a radio interview. Case had just 15 minutes to chat with me over an incredibly patchy connection from her 100-acre farm in Vermont.

It was 7 p.m. her time, and to my surprise, she was still cheery and friendly, despite having to field back-to-back interviews. (She had yet another scheduled after our chat.)

I was slightly apologetic for being part of the interview flurry.

“I love my job,” she reassured me. “I’m excited to promote the shows.”

In November, these shows will land in her hometown, Tacoma, and end in Southern California, with numerous stops along the Pacific Coast. I asked Case later in an email if there were any specific albums, songs, or works of art she was feeling especially nostalgic about, considering the anniversary of Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule was right around the corner.

“I’m not feeling so much nostalgic as shocked that I can’t remember more about those times,” she replied. “They were SO labor intensive.

“I’m also a bit like a dog in that I’m always shocked and delighted by my next meal, as it were,” she added. “I’m always worried I’ll never have another job and so I put blinders on for the project ahead. There is not much time to reflect, but I keep hoping ‘someday.’”

There is quite a history to reflect on.

Washington state-bred, Case’s earliest musical beginnings began on the drums, shortly after leaving a broken home—plagued by her parents’ drunkenness and drug addictions— at age 15. She relocated to Vancouver to attend art school when she was 23, and simultaneously began drumming for and touring with punk bands like Cub and Maow.

By her late 20s, Case’s interests shifted to country music, and in 1997, she released her solo debut The Virginian, backed by Her Boyfriends. It featured both originals as well as covers, like Loretta Lynn’s “Somebody Led Me Away” and the Everly Brothers’ “Bowling Green.” Four years later, in 2001, she released Blacklisted, her first album without Her Boyfriends. She has been churning out albums ever since, including: her live album The Tigers Have Spoken; the aforementioned Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, a record riddled with haunting fairy tales and dreamlike musical compositions; as well as Middle Cyclone, revealing Case’s reverence for Mother Nature and animals alike. The last of these, which she recorded at her farm home in Vermont, was nominated for two Grammys and reached No. 3 on the Billboard album chart. Her most recent release was 2013’s The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You.

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“It’s not feeling sorry for yourself so much as it is letting go and acknowledging that art and music are not a contest and despite the fact that the industry operates on and exploits that illusion, YOU, the human creator doesn’t have to.”–Neko Case Despite all of this, it’s understandable that Case hasn’t had much time to reflect at all.

After all, she just finished touring with Lang and Veirs just over two months ago.

“I feel like it was a master class in being a musician and being an independent one who writes their own music and produces their own records,” she said. “It’s been crazy and inspiring and really fun.”

On top of that, she also just finished recording new material with The New Pornographers, which is now in the mixing process and is slated to participate in a WOMANPRODUCER panel discussion alongside female musicians Zola Jesus, Suzi Analogue, and Miho Hatori at the National Sawdust in New York City, hosted by indie pop duo The Blow.

As I said, fifteen minutes just isn’t much time for an interview.

What I can say is that within the first minute or two of speaking with Case, I recall thinking, “Wow. How nice it is to talk to someone who is just seems normal, down-toearth, and human.”

If you ever chat with Case, read through enough of her interviews, follow her tweets, or read any of her open letters and essays that she posts on her website, you will quickly notice her sharp, often crass sense of humor, and the fact that she doesn’t hide much. She is not afraid to share her thoughts, and she can be painfully honest about her past and the ghosts that still haunt her. She has often described as having a sort of punk rock ethos, but at a more fundamental level than that, she just seems to exude a strong sense of self.

I asked her about that in our email correspondence.

“It’s not self-confidence as much as ‘what have I got to lose if I already have nothing?’” she replied. “It’s not feeling sorry for yourself so much as it is letting go and acknowledging that art and music are not a contest and despite the fact that the industry operates on and exploits that illusion, YOU, the human creator doesn’t have to.”

So, what’s not to love about Neko Case?

Not only is she a self-made musician and songwriter, but back home in Vermont, she is a farmer, growing her own food, complete with chickens, a horse, dogs and cats. She is a lover of animals (she prolifically tweets adorable pictures of her beloved dogs and cats while at the farm), and she is an advocate of

animal welfare, supporting nonprofits like Best Friends Animal Society.

In addition to being a musician, Case is also a visual artist, often creating her own album art, including the cover of The Tigers Have Spoken. Along with Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule, she included an 80-page book of photography that she designed and curated herself.

“Other than the album art I don’t get enough time to work on art, but I’m hoping to change that in the next year,” she said.

I asked Case how she would describe her evolution as a musician from the earliest years up to now, reflecting on her solo work as well as her collaborations, from Maow and the New Pornographers, to, most recently, case/lang/veirs.

She shied from the question, responding, “I’m too close to it to answer this one, I’m afraid. It’s a tough one!️” She punctuated her response with a smiley face emoji.

However, to promote Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule, Case did write an open letter to her fans last year from her farmhouse on what she described as a snowy New Years Day. In it, she mused: “Have you ever wanted to be in a band? It doesn’t end up looking like you think it will; it’s WAY more strange and interesting than you can imagine. If you are looking for glamour, however, you’ve come to the wrong job. Glamour is for dicks anyway.

“Being in a band isn’t a race to an awards platform; it is a life, a great and complicated, messy, anxious, hilarious and home-made life. I wouldn’t trade it for anything, ever. I gave up a lot of what makes people “normal,” but it was always my choice. That is a victory in itself. This is a LONG story, which I will continue later, but for now, here are some images and music to take in and wonder about. I made all this for you and me. Without you, however, the circuit does not complete. Thank you for being here with me and making music.”

After November, Case said that she will be working in Tucson full-time on her next album.

Meanwhile, if you have a soul, make it a Catch Neko Case with Eric Bachmann and Jon Rauhouse point to make Nov. 13 at The Center for The Neko Case Arts located at 314 W. Main part of your St. in Grass Valley. Tickets for life soundtrack, the all-ages 8 p.m. show are too. $48 and are available online at Thecenterforthearts.org.

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Desario Returns with Their Second EP This Year, Haunted Words John Phillips • Photo kevin fiscus

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ongevity in the music scene is difficult to achieve. Weathering the storm of band drama, touring, day jobs, vices, fickle fandom and writer’s block can be a practical superpower.

Desario formed in 2004 out of the ashes of the band Holiday Flyer, which included members John Conley and Michael Yoas. Holiday Flyer started in the early ‘90s. Conley and Yoas met as teenagers.

They actually learned to play guitar together.

“We were about 16, 17,” said Yoas in a phone interview with Submerge. “We were both in high school—we didn’t go to high school together—but it was during a period in time when I lived in Sacramento during high school. We met through family members. My dad and John’s uncle were really good friends.

We started playing music together almost immediately after we met. We pretty much learned how to play guitar together before we got good at playing guitar.”

To say that the members of Desario (also including Mike Carr on bass and Kirklyn Cox on drums) have been through a lot over the years is obviously an understatement. In addition to the album Desario is due to release, Haunted, they also released Red Returns earlier this year in April, as well as two prior full-length albums. Holiday Flyer had four full-length albums, as well as three EPs. “When I look back and I see the number of releases and everything, it’s pretty cool,” said Conley. “Time-wise, it doesn’t feel that long, but looking back at some of the stuff, it does seem like it was such a long time ago, almost like a different life in some ways.”

Haunted, due out Oct. 28, has the band exploring a more intimate side, with the songs having more of a live and stripped-down nature.

Much of the album has a hazy, dreamy feel, tracks like opener “Black Dream” and title track “Haunted” feel like slow dancing at your high school dance after hot-boxing your friend’s van.

The band cites influences from the Britpop and shoegaze world.

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30 different than our previous recordings,” said Conley.

“They’re definitely more raw sounding. They’re a little bit more stripped down … We didn’t really do a lot of extra production. They sound like when we play the songs live.

It’s kind of what we were going for, we wanted a more live, more gritty, raw feel.”

The band took a different approach to the recording process. In the past, Desario recorded their own albums, with Yoas behind the board handling production and engineering duties. However, this time around they opted out of handling everything on their own and enlisted outside assistance.

“We recorded [Haunted] with Tony Cale, the drummer for Soft Science, currently,” said Yoas. “He had a home studio when he was still living here in Sacramento.

Previously we have done everything on our own, but we just wanted to mix it up a little bit, so we recorded it with Tony, and it was a good experience. It was very casual, he made it easy for us.”

There's one other unique quality about the recording session that produced Haunted. As mentioned earlier, Desario started their career putting out two full-length albums (Mixer and Zero Point Zero); however, the last recording session didn’t work as a single album to the band. So, after stepping back and looking at the material, the band decided to split the songs into separate EPs, Red Returns and Haunted, feeling the two stood on their own, and needed separate releases.

“It seems like we start recording every time we have 10 or 12 songs ready to record,” said Yoas. “Then, as we get into the process, it starts dictating where we think it’s going to go. This one, for whatever reason there was like a natural break with this batch of songs. There was two separate releases amongst these songs.”

However, Yoas explains, he and the band intend to retake the reins going forward.

“For me, being the person that has recorded us and will continue to record us from this point moving forward, it was odd to give up the reins a little bit and go with someone else’s ideas and vision,” he said.

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set aside a few weeks or so to tour in support of their album, but Desario is not your typical band. Actually, to date Desario has not toured at all, outside of the occasional show out of town. Mostly, they’ve kept close to home. However, they have had discussions of changing this, and would like to in the near future.

“We’re always talking about—at some point, at least—blocking out a couple of weeks at some point, and just trying to put something together,” said Yoas. “Whether it’s with some other band, or just trying to get out on our own. I think it’s something the four of us really need to do, it’s just a matter of making it happen with our schedules.”

And what will the future hold for Desario? Well, they’re ready to head back into the studio, of course.

“Time-wise, it doesn’t feel that long, but looking back at some of the stuff, it does seem like it was such a long time ago, almost like a different life in some ways.”

– Desario’s John Conley on his band’s longevity “We’ve got about an album’s worth of material written that we just need to put the finishing touches on the arrangements,” said Yoas. “We will probably start recording a few of those pretty quickly here.

We definitely want to get something recorded and released in 2017.”

“The next recording will be different,” Conley adds. “You can kind of hear a taste of what the next batch is going to sound like. The last song on Haunted, it’s a cover [of a song] by the band A House of Love, and we recorded that just a few months ago. There’s a shoegaze blog in Brazil called The Blog that Celebrates Itself, they’re doing a series of compilation albums, tribute albums to shoegaze, Britpop bands from the ‘90s, and we were asked to contribute a song to that [series]. We were so happy with the results, we decided to put it on the EP as well.”

Having released two EPs this year, and hoping to get

another album out next year, one thing you might notice looking at the dates of their releases is the gap between the release of Mixer, in 2012, and Red Returns, this year in April. Well, the band had a change in the lineup, at drums.

In regards to exiting drummer Jim Rivas, Yoas explains, “As cliché as it sounds, it was just musical differences.”

Enter new drummer, Kirklyn Cox. “Kirk at the time he had recently moved to Sacramento, he was working in Arizona,” said Conley. “He was going to architecture school, and he had recently graduated from school, and he moved back here to Sacramento and he was looking for a band to be in … He wanted to play drums again. He hadn’t played while he was going to school. It just worked out.”

“Part of the reason for the delay between releases was just getting the band back on track,” said Yoas.

“Getting used to the new lineup, reworking the batch of songs we have with Kirk. It’s different. We’ve changed a lot since he has joined the band.

Now that we’ve finished up these two EPs, were changing and evolving again.”

That change, for better or worse, is quite possibly just a record of age and growth.

When you’ve been playing together three decadesplus, it’s hard not to evolve together. Desario, especially with members Conley and Yoas’ long-term relationship, is no different than looking at a beautifully seasoned and well-weathered marriage.

While there may have been tough times, they have each other, and no matter what changes come, they will still be themselves.

“We keep changing and doing what we think is different types of music,” said Yoas, “but in the end there’s always something in every song that’s always consistent and sounds like Desario, in my opinion.”

“Whatever we do ends up sounding like us,” echos Conley in agreement.

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watched a lot of Care Bears as a kid,” muses local artist Jessica White with a laugh. “I use colors all from that palette, I don’t know if that’s on purpose.”

White is a tattoo artist at Reclamare Gallery and Tattoo. She works out of the Land Park shop with her boyfriend, local artist and Reclamare owner Corey Bernhardt. Born and raised in South Sac, she didn’t make her way to Midtown until a few years ago.

White’s tattoo work is a play on traditional American, a style she describes as whimsical neo-traditional.

“It’s a little bit more stylized than American traditional, and I think I take that neo-traditional concept and I add a little bit of whimsy and an effeminate touch, and so it doesn’t quite look like the standard neo-traditional, it ends up having a little bit softer color palette,” White explains.

Her tattoos retain a youthful, fun playfulness, with a color pallette that utilizes bold, bright blues and striking pinks. If you’ve ever enjoyed the boardgame Candyland just for the elaborate, colorful board itself, you will find something to appreciate in her style.

She has a fun approach to color and pop culture elements, binding them with elements of traditional American tattoos. Her love of coffee and fantasy and cartoons is also evident in her portfolio.

One thing that comes as a surprise when talking to her is how humble she is as an established artist, making a specific point to note her group of friends as influences artistically and just all around. When she started to recall the possibility of pursuing a different career path, you could hear the moment of pause where she, for that moment, tried to visualize her life without her group of friends.

Reclamare will be celebrating their four-year anniversary with a group art show Saturday, Nov. 12.

“The theme for the show is very loosely surrealism,” elaborates White. “I have a couple digital pieces of mine that I’ll be offering at the show that would fall into that realm for sure.“

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Why did you choose tattooing as a medium?

It sort of was by happenstance. I was really into drawing and art in general at an early age, but in my generation I guess, being an artist wasn’t necessarily a very lucrative career, and I was worried about that, so I actually went to UC Davis to study science, because I was good at science too, and I thought, well, I can make a living at that. And fast forward four years, I was pretty miserable, I wasn’t really happy with the path that I was on or what I was doing. So I told my parents that I didn’t want to go to school anymore, and they were really supportive, and then I started getting into photography, and thought that was going to be my artform, and I really enjoyed it, but it wasn’t 100% what I wanted to do. And I got asked to take some photos at a tattoo shop, and while I was there I started to talk to the artists about the industry and what tattooing was like, and I had mentioned that I thought it’d be something really interesting to get into, and they offered me an apprenticeship, and I was there for like maybe two weeks before I quit all of my other jobs. It was called The Body Embellished; they’re not around anymore. I just dove right in, it was different than anything else I had done before.

And I really liked that I could be creative and interact with people.

I was there for almost a year, and then I went to another shop in Dixon and learned a lot from them as well, before I officially was a tattoo artist.

I think that I was always surrounded by tattoos; my parents had a lot of friends that had tattoos, so maybe subconsciously it was something that I was interested in. At a young age, I didn’t know that tattooing was as artistic as it is.

I didn’t know that the industry is as influenced by art. I always thought that it was American traditional and that was it. I had no idea up until I started working in the industry, that there was so much more going on, so many fine art applications being used.

Did you always identify as an artist? Were you creative as a child?

Definitely, I used to draw and color all the time. Specifically, I drew Jessica Rabbit a lot, and I drew this little girl that was from this movie Cats Don’t Dance and I drew the hummingbird from Pocahontas a lot.

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little more storytelling and my grandma did landscapes, so their subject matter didn’t necessarily resonate into my work, but being surrounded by art at such an early time I think was unavoidably influential. My mom was always encouraging me to do art and supplying me with all the tools to do so. I remember her taking me on a trip to see a family friend who was an oil painter, I don’t know how old I was but we all sat at the table and they were trying to teach me how to draw a horse. I actually think I still have that drawing at home, or maybe only the horse she drew, because mine was probably terrible. My mom saved a lot of my early doodles though, I think she was pretty proud.

Unfortunately [my mom] never got to see me working as an artist. She passed away before I received my apprenticeship. But I think that her passing was another moment that signified my departure from a conventional career path and made me want to focus on something more fulfilling. Life is short as they say ...

When do you feel like you found your stride as an artist?

I would say I definitely recognized it in 2015, at the end of the year. I looked back and I was like, ”This was the year, this was my year, that things really started clicking, and I really started honing on what my style looks like. And then this past year has been further delving into that, and trying to tighten my portfolio up and really make sure that everything looks like ”Jessica did that tattoo.”

I think that this last year, and the year before, really solidified that this is what I want to do forever. I never thought that I didn’t want to do it, but I was always open to the possibility that there might be something else. And now, I don’t think that I could not tattoo, it would be crazy if I didn’t tattoo.

How different do you think your life path would be if you would have just pursued the sciences?

Hugely different [laughs].

Because I was thinking about going into phlebotomy or pharmacy; I guess phlebotomy wouldn’t have been that different, still dealing with needles. I probably wouldn’t even have the same group of friends, which is really sad to think about, because my core group of friends are huge, are very, very important to me. I didn’t meet any of them until after I started working in the industry, and I think the solidity of those relationships is much due to the fact that I was really coming into my own and being

“At a young age, I didn’t know that tattooing was as artistic as it is. I didn’t know that the industry is as influenced by art. I always thought that it was American traditional and that was it. I had no idea up until I started working in the industry, that there was so much more going on, so many fine art applications being used.”— Tattoo artist Jessica White on growing up around tattoos

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What music is on heavy rotation while you work or paint?

There’s a lot of music that inspires me to get down to work.

Right now I’m listening to a lot of This Will Destroy You, because Corey listens to them a lot. And this band Eisley, and Radiohead has always been something that I listen to when I work; they are probably one of my favorite bands. My favorite album is OK Computer. There’s also a lot of Sigur Ros and The National. And also Sacramento artists Rituals of Mine [formerly known as Sister Crayon]; I have listened to them consistently for probably the last 10 years.

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Harlow’s Terry Bozzio: An Evening of Solo Drum Music, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull), 7:30 p.m.

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Crest Theatre Jackson Browne, Peter Case, 7 p.m.

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Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s The Show Ponies, 6:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 98 Rock’s Local Licks Concert Series, 9:30 p.m.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall Faculty Recital: Tim Stanley, 7 p.m.

Shine Humpday Funk! w/ The Bumptet, 8 p.m.

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen Open Mic, 7 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Merso, Pastel Dream, Kalm Dog, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Cultivation & Honey Bee, Massive Delicious, 9 p.m.

University Union Redwood Room, CSUS Nooner w/ Young Aundee, 12 p.m.

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Harlow’s Blind Pilot, Margaret Glaspy, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Jazz Jam, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Press Club Tuesday Revival PreHalloween Ball w/ Brendan Stone, 9 p.m.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall Sacramento State Latin Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m.

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Blue Lamp Gabi’s Lowrider Birthday Party, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial The Drip, WVRM, Waft, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

The Colony Set Your Anchor, Genesis Company, Murderlicious, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Riggi & Piros, 10 p.m.

Dive Bar DJ Epik, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Alex Walker, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Eisley, Merriment, 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides We Are Your Friends w/ DJs Shaun Slaughter and Adam Jay, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Highnoon, 9:30 p.m.

Press Club House of Mary, The Hot Break, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion, 8 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Buzzov-en, Bongzilla, Wizard Rifle, 8 p.m.

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Blue Lamp Hurt, Violence in Bloom, The Ellusive Fur’s, For All I’ve Done, 7 p.m.

The Boardwalk Last In Line, Nova Sutro, 6:30 p.m.

Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

The Colony Face Your Maker, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Messenger of the Covenant, Shorelines Enmity, 7:30 p.m.

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Mission Oaks Community Center Baby Boomer Halloween Bash w/ The 59ers Band, 7 p.m.

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Thunder Valley Casino Resort V101’s Halloween House Party feat. Arrested Development, Kool Moe Dee, DJ Wiz, J Ras, 9 p.m.

Torch Club Midtown Creepers, 5:30 p.m.; Nite Cry, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Ann E. Pitzer Center Phebe Craig, 7 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Maceo Parker w/ The Jones Family Singers, 8 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. West Sacramento Historical Society Fundraiser w/ Black Irish Band, 7 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Bad Religion, Against Me!, David Hause, 6:30 p.m. (Sold Out) Bar 101 Debbie Wolfe, 9:30 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Sean Carscadden, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Warp 11 Halloween Show, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Gnash, Goody Grace, Quiñ, Triangle Park, 7 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Rose Motel, 8 p.m.

Cafe Colonial The Enlows, Anime Aliens, The Polyorchids, Pastel Dream, 7:30 p.m.

California Automobile Museum Vampire Ball w/ DJ Bryan Hawk, Just Like Heaven (The Cure tribute) and More, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Capitol Mall Greens Downtown Chowdown feat. Nelly, The Goo Goo Dolls, Thompson Square, 10 a.m.

Center for the Arts Simrit, Shannon Hayden, 7:30 p.m.

CLARA (E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts) Musique du Monde, 7 p.m.

The Colony Dead Weight, Pisscat, The Jim Kelly Kung Fu Orchestra, Rotten Bits, System Assault and More, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 Julian Pierce, 10 p.m.

Folsom High School Folsom Fall Festival, 5:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose Halloween Costume Party w/ The Ultraviolets and The Toadmortons, 9 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Rated R, 10 p.m.

Harlow’s Soul Heir, 1 p.m.; Harloween Ball w/ Mustache Harbor, 9 p.m.

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Susan Ashton, 7 p.m.

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Luna’s Cafe David Houston & String Theory, Christopher Fairman, Doc Velocity, 8 p.m.

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MontBleu Resort Casino Freakers Ball, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; James Cottrial, 2:30 p.m.; Friends (Beatles tribute), 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Old I’s Annual Dead Rock Stars Show, 6 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Eddie Edul, 10 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Daniel Castro and Val Starr Halloween Party, 5 p.m.; Spazmatics, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino The Wiz Kid, 10 p.m.

Sacramento Buddhist Church Kind of Blue: The Music of Miles Davis feat. Tim Metz Sextet and Vivian Lee Quartet, 6 p.m.

Shine Rubbidy Bubbidy, Tao Tariki, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Helleborus, Lotus Thief, (Waning), 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Sinners and Saints Halloween Party, 9 p.m.

Tommy T’s Halloween Party w/ DJ AmpONE, 9:30 p.m.

Torch Club Pomegranate, 5:30 p.m.; Kyle Rowland Blues Band, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Lara Downes, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Cashore Marionettes, 2 & 4 p.m.

Yolo Brewing Co. Band in the Beer Hall: Adam Block Sounds, 6 p.m.

10.30 11.01 sunday

Ace of Spades Trap or Treat, 6 p.m.

Badlands Sacramento Zombie Prom w/ DJ Ryan, DJ Trash Epiphany, 8 p.m.

Berryessa Brewing Co. Saints of Circumstance, 3 p.m.

Blue Lamp Good Vibes: Reggae/AfroBeat w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Live Band Karaoke, 5 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Davis Graduate Halloween Bash w/ Rabbit Wilde and T Sisters, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Goldfield Jared & the Mill, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Tim Reynolds and TR3, 7 p.m.

Mix The Nightmare Before Halloween Party w/ DJ Gabe Xavier, 9:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Dennis Jones, 3 p.m.

Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Mangchi, So Stressed, RMF, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: ARC Pavilion Chance the Rapper, 7 p.m. (Sold Out) UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Cashore Marionettes, 2 & 4 p.m.

10.31 monday

Blue Lamp The Spotlight, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted

by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Mix DJ Eddie Edul, 9 p.m.

Old Ironsides Heath Williamson and Friends, 5:30 p.m.

The Park Ultra Lounge DJ Crooked, 10 p.m.

Tuesday

The Boardwalk The Ocean, North, Whitewolf, 6 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Kupros Craft House Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Guitar Club, 6:30 p.m.

Old Ironsides Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Pine Cove Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Live Band Karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Glaare, Clay Rendering, Desario (EP Release), 8 p.m.

Torch Club Hans Eberbach, 5:30 p.m.; Michael Ray, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Diego El Cigala, 8 p.m.

11.02 wednesday

Ace of Spades Attila, Chelsea Grin, Emmure, Sylar, Sierra Skyline, 6 p.m.

Bar 101 Open Mic, 7:30 p.m.

Club Car The Double Shots, 7:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

El Dorado Saloon Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Fox & Goose All Vinyl Wednesdays w/ DJ AAKnuff, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s $uicideboy$, Germ, Ramirxz, Shakewell, Mikey the Magician, Don Krez, 6:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Acoustic Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Danny Secretion’s Fuck Cancer Benefit Show w/ Pacific Skyway, Race to the Bottom, Shove It, Chic Habit, 8 p.m.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall Sacramento State School of Music Chamber Music Group, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Singer-Songwriter Showcase

in the Round, 5:30 p.m.; Boca Da Rio, 9 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Los Angeles Philharmonic, 8 p.m.

University Union Redwood Room, CSUS Nooner w/ Kyle Williams, 12 p.m.

11.03 Thursday

Ace of Spades Post Malone, Jazz Cartier, Larry June, 7 p.m.

Bar 101 Karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp DOA, MDL, Slutzville, Red Pills, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 10 p.m.

Club Car Songwriters Showcase, 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Boz Scaggs, 6:30 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Dive Bar Dueling Pianos, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Marty Cohen & The Sidekicks, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s Con Brio, Gene Evaro Jr., 7 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited The Love Jones Experience feat. Maryann Woodard, Tone the Artist, Iris Joy and More, 8 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Eddie Honeyeater, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Big Trouble, 9:30 p.m.

Shine Sac’s Coolest Jazz Jam, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Craig Chaquico and Friends, 6:45 p.m.

Torch Club X Trio, 5:30 p.m.; Danny Secretion’s Fuck Cancer Benefit Show w/ Slattern V, The Ghost Town Rebellion, Brandy Robinson, 8 p.m.

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Ace of Spades Colt Ford, Cripple Creek, 7 p.m.

Ann E. Pitzer Center (Davis) Samba School, 10 a.m.

Bar 101 Dylan Crawford, 9:30 p.m.

Ace of Spades The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Moose Blood, Seaway, 6 p.m.

Acoustic Den Cafe (Roseville) Hilary Scott, 7:30 p.m.

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Bar 101 Deacon Free, 9:30 p.m.

Blue Lamp Rock the Vote Hip-Hop Show w/ Zipper Louie & Covatus, D.B. Hertz, Big Head Family and More, 9 p.m.

The Boardwalk Trapt, Message From Sylvia, American Evil, 6:30 p.m.

Cafe Colonial It’s Casual, RAD, Enemy Fire, 8 p.m.

Capitol Garage Fyah Fridays w/ DJ Jaytwo, 10 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

District 30 DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Golden Bear DJ Crook, 10 p.m.

Gold Country Lanes (Sutter Creek) C.T. Locke: DJ, Sing & Dance, 6:30 p.m.

Harlow’s The Body, 9:30 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Open Mic Night, 6 p.m.

Old Ironsides Danny Secretion’s Fuck Cancer Benefit Show w/ The Rollin’ Blackouts, Jacob Paul and the Heartbeat, Stellar (Incubus tribute), 8 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub 8 Track Massacre, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Rue, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 9:30 p.m.

The Red Museum Imaginary Tricks, Minihorse, Honyock, Pregnant Women, 6 p.m.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall Sandbox Percussion, Earplay, Paul Hanson, 8 p.m.

Shine Negative Press Project, Byron Colburn Trio, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Jason Ashcraft’s Birthday Party w/ Aleks Ignjatovic, Robby Pinelle, Gabe Seeber, Norman Skinner, Red Martin, Nathaniel Chung and More, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Pailer & Fratis, 5:30 p.m.; Hungry Skinny, Deltaphonics, City of Trees Brass Band, 9 p.m.

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Blue Lamp Show Banga, 8 p.m.

The Boardwalk Mike Sherm, Likybo, 7 p.m.

Cafe Colonial Danny Secretion’s Fuck Cancer Benefit Show w/ A.D.D., The Moans, Destroy Boys, Short Trip, Death Party At the Beach, The O’Mulligans, 7 p.m.

Capitol Garage Feel Good Saturday’s w/ DJ Epik, 10 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Harlow’s Glen Phillips, 5:30 p.m.; Southern Culture on the Skids, 9:30 p.m.

KBAR Z Rokk, 9 p.m.

Nicholson’s MusiCafe Free Ukulele Class, 1 p.m.; Eddie Honeyeater’s Student Recital, 6 p.m.

North Natomas Regional Park Amphitheater Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera Concert in the Park, 4 p.m.

Pine Cove Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Lost In Suburbia, 10 p.m.

Press Club DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino Fresh, 10 p.m.

Shine Sacramento Blues Society Fundraiser w/ Christian DeWild Band, 8 p.m.

Starlite Lounge Wastewalker (Album Release), Flub, As Artifacts, Salythia, 8 p.m.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Night Ranger, 7:30 p.m.

Torch Club Lolo Gervais, 5:30 p.m.; Kate Gaffney, 9 p.m.

11.06 Sunday

Ace of Spades Crown The Empire, Bless The Fall, New Years Day, Light Up The Sky, Too Close To Touch, 6 p.m.

Blue Lamp Danny Secretion’s Fuck Cancer Benefit Show w/ Kill the Precedent, The Bar Fly Effect, Mob Rule, 5 p.m.; Good Vibes: Reggae/AfroBeat w/ DJ Nocturnal, 10 p.m.

Cache Creek Casino Pam Tillis, 5 p.m.

Capitol Garage Karaoke w/ Jeff Jenkins, 9 p.m.

Center for the Arts Africa Unplugged: Trio Da Kali, 8 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Harlow’s The Wild Reeds, Valley Queen, 6:30 p.m.

Powerhouse Pub Delta Wires, 3 p.m.

Press Club Sunday Night Soul Party w/ DJ Larry Rodriguez, 9 p.m.

Sacramento State Music Recital Hall Splinter Reeds, 8 p.m.

Torch Club Blues Jam, 4 p.m.; Front the Band, 8 p.m.

UC Davis: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Alexander String Quartet: The Gathering Storm, 7 p.m.

11.07 monday

Ace of Spades Flosstradamus, SLUSHII, Towkio, Gent & Jawns, 7 p.m.

Blue Lamp The Spotlight, 9 p.m.

Distillery Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Fox & Goose Open Mic Night, 7:30 p.m.

Harlow’s Through the Roots, 7 p.m.

Louie’s Cocktail Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

LowBrau Motown on Monday’s w/ DJ Epik, 9 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Nebraska Mondays hosted

by Ross Hammond, 7:30 p.m.

Comedy Laughs Unlimited DJ Sandhu and Friends, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.

Kirk McHenry feat. Brandon Vestal, Oct. 28 - 30, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Comedy Open Mic Showcase, Nov. 1, 8 p.m.

Brett Walkow feat. D Tyler, Nov. 4 - 6, Fri. & Sat., 8 & 10:30 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Open Mic Comedy Hosted by Jaime Fernandez, every Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Comix!, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Ooley Theater Comedy Night at the Ooley, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Punch Line Desi Comedy Night w/ Raj Dutta, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Supply and Demand Comedy Show, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.

Lance Woods, Oct. 28, 8 & 10 p.m.

Nemr, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.

SchizoFunnia feat. Leaf, Mike Betancourt, Kristen Frisk and More, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Showcase, Nov. 2, 8 p.m.

Chad Daniels, Kate Willett, Matt Lieb, Nov. 3 - 5, Thurs., 8 p.m.; Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

DTF Comedy Showcase, Nov. 6, 7 p.m.

Sacramento Comedy Spot Open Mic, Sunday’s and Monday’s, 8 p.m.

Improv Lab, Harold Night & Gordon Teams, Wednesday’s, 7 - 10 p.m.

Cage Match & Improv Jam, Thursday’s, 8 - 10 p.m.

Anti-Cooperation League, Saturday’s, 9 p.m.

Tommy T’s David Lew, Oct. 28 - 30 Corey Holcomb, Nov. 4 - 6

Misc.

20th Street (Between J and K) Midtown Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m.

Arcade Creek Manor Annual Bazaar, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Arden Christian Center 4th Annual Farm to Every Fork, Nov. 4, 5:30 p.m.

B Street Theatre Mainstage Series: Speed-the-Plow, Through Nov. 6 Family Series: The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi, Through Nov. 6 The Barn (West Sacramento) Friday Nights at the Barn: Food Trucks, Live Music and More, Oct. 28, 5 p.m.

Blue Cue Bar Bingo, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

The Boxing Donkey Trivia Night, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

California Museum Sugar Skull Workshop Series, Oct. 29 - 30 Capitol City Seventh-Day Adventist Church Health and Wellness Community Fair, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Capitol Garage Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Capitol Mall Greens Downtown Chowdown: Food, Beer Garden, Live Music and More, Oct. 29, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Casa de Espanol Calaveras and Corn Festival, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Crest Theatre Film Screening: Kiki’s Delivery Service, Oct. 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m.

Dog Film Festival, Oct. 30, 3 p.m.

Warren Miller’s Here, There & Everywhere, Nov. 4 - 5, 7:30 p.m.

Film Screening: Jurassic Park, Nov. 6, 7 p.m.

Crocker Art Museum Calidanza Dance Company Presents: Noche de Muertos, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

Off the Grid: Taco Fusion Tuesday’s, Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 5 p.m.

Claire Falkenstein: Beyond Sculpture, Now through Dec. 31 Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art from the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection, Oct. 23 - Jan 22, ‘17 Fox & Goose Pub Quiz, Tuesday’s, 7 p.m.

Harris Center for the Arts Marianne Williamson: Miraculous Thinking, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

ONCE the Musical, Oct. 27 - 29 Historic Old Folsom Farmers’ Market, Saturdays, 8 a.m.

Kupros Craft House Trivia with Triviology 101, Sundays, 7:30 p.m.

Laughs Unlimited The Sweet Spot: Erotic Poetry, Burlesque, Music, Fashion, Comedy and More, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Luna’s Cafe Poetry Unplugged, every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Marshall Park Halloween Festival and Pooch Parade, Oct. 29, 1 - 4 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium WWE Presents: NXT Live, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.

Midtown BarFly Salsa Lessons, every Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Capital City Swing Jam: California Swing Dance Championships, Nov. 4 - 6, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Midtown Moxies Burlesque: Drawn That Way, Nov. 5, 8 p.m.

Mission Oaks Community Center Holiday Craft Faire, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Oak Park Brewing Co. Trivia Night, every Sunday, 8 p.m.

Patris Studio and Gallery Sacramento Coffee Beer Fest, Oct. 28, 6 p.m.

Pine Cove Trivia Night, Wednesday’s, 9 p.m.

Press Club Flex Your Head Trivia, every Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Raley Field 2016 Light The Night Walk: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraiser, Nov. 5, 5 p.m.

River Walk Park Off the Grid: Local Food, Brews and Music, Sunday’s, 11 a.m.

Rusch Park Community Center 3rd Annual Sunrise Craft Fair, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sacramento Convention Center 19th Annual Sacramento Arts Festival, Nov. 4 - 6, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Shine Under the Gum Tree 5 Year Anniversary Celebration and National Nonfiction Simulcast feat. Readings by Stephen Gutierrez, Anara Guard and More, Oct. 29, 5 p.m.

Starlite Lounge The Mystic Circus Fly or Die Tour: Comedy, Burlesque, Circus, Sideshow and More, Nov. 3, 8 p.m.

Tommy T’s The Darling Clementine’s Scared Stiff Halloween Massacre, Oct. 27, 8:30 p.m.

Tres Hermanas Davis Jill Marie Morris: Psychic Medium Show, Nov. 5, 2 p.m.

UC Davis: Jackson Hall Ronald K. Brown: EVIDENCE Dance Company, Nov. 5, 8 p.m.

WAL Public Market Pink Week Opening Art Reception, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

William Land Park Hope for Hearing Halloween Run, Oct. 29, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

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Dive Into Sacramento & Its Surrounding Areas

Live<< rewind aftershock 2016 Oct. 22 – 23 Discovery Park, Sacramento

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This issue of Submerge will take you up until the day before Election Day. As you’re probably aware, this year is like the Super Bowl of elections because of the Celebrity Death Match-style presidential campaign, but besides that, there are a lot of things up for vote, such as state senate, and for those of you in the seventh congressional district in eastern parts of Sacramento County, a seat in the House of Representatives. There is also a slew of state referendums ranging from kinda boring stuff like whether or not to ban single-use plastic bags at grocery stores, to decidedly sexier legislation that would require actors in adult films to wear condoms while shtupping and, the big one, marijuana legalization. This year is like one big electiongasm, and, in all seriousness, no matter where you stand on all this crap, or which horse you have in the presidential race, you should really get out there and vote … And hey, while you’re at it, you should probably post a selfie of you with your completed ballot, which has become a growing trend.

Voting via secret ballot, though not specifically granted as a right by the U.S. Constitution, became a mainstay of our democracy following the Australian presidential election of 1884, when it started to become adopted across the United States, according to Britannica.com. This was a long time ago, back when our country realized that we didn’t have the monopoly on good ideas. And secret balloting is a good idea. It helps keep the democratic process anonymous; it removes the idea that anyone could be intimidated into voting for a specific candidate. It’s kind of like taking a poop in your own home bathroom. You don’t feel as if you need to hastily pinch that loaf before its time, you can just let nature take its course.

I love stepping into a voting booth, though now I suppose it’s more of a cubicle rather than an actual booth. The first time I voted, in New York, we had these giant, monolithic machines that had little switches that you’d flick to mark which candidates you wanted to vote for, or which ballot measures you approved of. Then, when you were done, you’d have to pull this giant lever and it would make this crazy sound like the Smoke Monster from LOST. And then the Democracy Fairies magically tallied your votes and a new president, senator, governor or mayor was born. At least that’s how the legend was explained to me.

James Barone jb@submergemag.com At the monolith’s entrance was a curtain.

You’d queue up behind other voters and each person would enter one at a time, and when you stepped in, an attendant would hold the curtain open for you, and then draw it closed behind you.

There you were, in blissful solitude.

But, you know, back in 1884, or even when I first voted, which was ridiculously long ago, not everyone had smartphones. Social media wasn’t a thing. Back then, I guess, telling people who you voted for in person, if asked, was enough, but now it’s better to just volunteer any and all information about yourself in a public forum whether your friends, family and assorted work acquaintances give a shit or not. But is it legal for you to put on your best duck face and work your best angle and snap the internet’s best ballot selfie?

That’s a question posed by the Washington Post in a recent article. As it turns out, it depends upon where you are. Like, if you’re in Idaho, you’re good, though I’m not sure if Idaho has any laws. In Minnesota, it’s OK as long as you don’t show the picture to anyone at the polling place or capture another voter in the photo, which seems so polite and Midwestern. And in Maine, in true New England fashion, ballot selfies are frowned upon, but not prohibited. However in Alaska, Nevada, New York and Florida (of course), photos of completed ballots are illegal. In the latter, this is probably the case to limit proof of the state’s famous Election Day shenanigans, but I digress.

In other states, like California, ballot selfies are in a legal gray area. From the Washington Post: “Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last month that repeals a 125-year-old law barring voters from showing people their marked ballots. The change will take effect nearly two months after the presidential election, but legislative analysts have found no occasion of the ban being enforced. The author of the bill, in fact, has been sharing constituents’ photos of marked ballots on social media since the law passed.” The bill was authored by Marc Levine, a Democratic representative from San Rafael, California.

Legal or not, I’m going to pass on the ballot selfie thing this year. I mean, like I said, you do you, but privacy is such a rare commodity nowadays, all we really have left is in the booth and on the bowl. If we lose the former, how much longer before we give up the latter, too?

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