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GETTIN' LO LO LO LO Surely you're curious about the super-sexy Lolos and how you can get a little bit more of them in your life? If only this paper were one of those musical cards that burst out their delicious, melodic crooning, and stirring but simple instrumentals as you opened to their feature. Alas, you'll have to settle for getting some of their words in your mind-hole while you listen to their new album on Bandcamp.

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REMEMBERING PETE SEEGER We recently lost one of the greatest and most influential musicians of the past 70 years. Guest columnist Riddell eulogizes Mr. Seeger, filling us in on some of the ways his passion moved the tides of culture and left a beautiful mark on the world. Learn a little, think a little, and go listen to some of the music that carries his soul beyond death.

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SOUL SHAKE Have you heard rumors about Dance Church, but dismissed it as some weirdo thing for weirdos? So did contributing writer, Tea Whey, but as it turned out she was in for a big, powerful surprise. Join her in a journey of self exploration through the power of movement and music. This might just be for you after all.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

ONE RAINY NIGHT

The funny thing about writing is that I often wind up saying something I didn't even know I thought before it spilled out onto the page. It's an interesting thing, to explore that stream of consciousness while leaving a permanent trail behind you to analyze.

When I was 16 I had this friend, April. Her mom was really into metaphysics and all sorts of trippy stuff, and one rainy night things got sort of weird. I'll leave out the part where we sneaked Zimas from the fridge and had a secret buzz going, that's not going to matter to the story.

April's mom was a formidable lady. She seemed to be fueled by this inner rage that somehow translated to all her words booming out of her like thunder, even if she was just offering you a glass of water or asking how your day was. She always gave me the sense that her words were definitive, carefully chosen and not to be avoided.

That night she was eyeballing us in our giggly teenage gossip-mode. She quenched her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray and commanded/asked us to play a little game with her. She had us lie down on the rug while she counted back slowly from ten, describing the tunnel of light we were sliding down toward our subconscious minds. Our bodies were too heavy and distant to move, our minds were a whole world of truth waiting to be explored. I felt it happening, like sinking through oblivion into a sudden feeling of being lighter than air.

She asked us to describe everything we saw. April was in a building with hundreds of rooms. I was in a forest by a foggy lake. April was searching for something, going room to room. I was tired, so incredibly tired, and I laid down in the thick moss between the giant tree's roots. She asked us who we were. April was the child of an aristocratic family, she had lost something she wasn't supposed to play with, and she had to find it and put it back or she'd get in trouble. I was a runaway, trying to escape an arranged marriage and a life I didn't want. I was alone, starving, dying.

She brought us back out of the visualization and lit another cigarette, staring at the wall for a long time. I felt disoriented and giddy, like somewhere in that odd journey of imagination there was a deep truth. April said that hers might be a past life memory. I agreed, but felt that twist in my gut that told me that wasn't quite it ... it was more like a dream that meant something symbolic about where I was inside.

April's mom turned to me and said she was going to read my cards now. As she shuffled and flipped them out onto the coffee table I leaned forward, dilated. "You need to step out of your life; you're going down a bad road blind. It's very important that you get away from the dangers around you without cutting off the things you really need. And you should start writing or you're going to go insane." She scooped the cards back up and smacked the end on the table to square the deck, leaving me to the echoes, and 20 years of writing that has illuminated and saved me in so many ways.

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THE FROG CHORUS

The grounds all over the farm are spongy and soft after the solid dousing of rain we received over the weekend. The rain was good, and I hope we get a lot more, but with only a couple days under our belt and the sun now shining brightly, everything has turned green, and I am remembering that grass grows. It grows fast.

Easy-E, the tractor, is on the fritz. I think the carburetor is clogged with dust, and a gasket that prevents gas from leaking out of the fuel shut-off valve is shot. Easy spends about 50 to 60 percent of the time on the fritz, but that's primarily my own inertia at play. If I've gotten most of what I wanted to get done with her done, then I'll leave it alone-until it becomes urgent again. I suppose it's not the smartest or most proactive cycle anyone ever devised.

The rain is absolute magic when it comes to sprouting seedlings. I don't know what it is, but I could keep sprinklers running twenty four hours a day and the irrigated water still wouldn't inspire seeds to sprout like a few hours of Mother Nature's steady drizzle. All the plants and trees have absorbed the moisture, relaxed and expanded, and brightened in color. The farm feels like it's been holding its breath, and now the fresh air has arrived and everything is breathing again.

With the advent of the rain, the frog chorus next door is firing up. The neighbors have an in-ground swimming pool that doubles as a frog breeding ground during the winter and spring. After the sun goes down, hundreds, maybe thousands of the tiny green amphibians

join together in rousing dialogue and song. It is an incredible cacophony they collectively create; a high-pitched tribute to the re-emergence of life.

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The Sochi Olympics are humming along. I get the impression our media is overly critical, picking and poking at every little thing to find the problems, whether those problems are genuine or not. Hosting the Olympics is a humongous undertaking, and no matter where the Olympics are held, things go wrong. Still, the dual-toilet thing is puzzling.

The older I get, the more I recognize that the Olympics are really a celebration of youth. All those hard-bodies: teens and twenty somethings, frazzled on hormones, novelty, and adrenaline-can you imagine the orgy taking place in the Olympic Village after the day's events are over?

Taking the Month Off

My favorite sport, NASCAR, starts up in less than two weeks. The Daytona 500 fires up on the 17th. There's nothing I like better than watching the cars spin around the track a couple hundred times at speeds approaching a couple hundred miles per hour. Well, maybe bonfires.

I've made this major miscalculation. Last year I took the month of February off of drinking. My rationale was simple-shortest month of the year. But I didn't factor in the Super Bowl or the Daytona 500. I'm on the wagon again, but I'm no extremist. If beers must be consumed on the 17th, so be it.

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JAZZ PUNK

Where do I begin? Although Jazzpunk is clearly made out of cliches run together at high speeds, it's an incredible and unique creation. Walk around a pastel-colored cyber metropolis where everyone is a cartoonish outline similar in construction to a restroom gender sign, where half the people on the street wear trench coats and have secret ambitions, and those ambitions are unpredictable, dangerous, and completely idiotic. Then set it all to moog synthesizers, bossa nova, and bongo drums.

So what is Jazzpunk? It's a crazy comedy adventure targeted at the pop cultured, the technologically versed, and anyone with a sense of humor. It's also the only game where I have burned multiple people's faces with food, made out with a hobo (twice), and thrown a jar of spiders on an unsuspecting sushi chef. It's made by Necrophone Games, who is sponsored by Adult Swim.

Jazzpunk starts with the 1960's boiled down to its core stereotypes-where pop art and Peter Max meet James Bond and Saul Bass-then it's crashed into the brutality and sticky wetware of 1990's Cyberpunk explosion, all directed by the slap-happy hands of Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker, makers of Airplane! and The Naked

Gun. It's a madhouse of tropes that get hit in the face with pies before they can finish executing what we expect of them.

The humor is excellent. Through proper timing, denying our expectations, and people getting hurt constantly, the jokes never fail to amuse, even if not all of them are laugh-out-loud funny. But don't

mistake it for a comedy film; Jazzpunk is absolutely a game. A majority of the humor requires some degree of interactivity, including exploring, minigames, long quests, and puzzles. Jazzpunk is a game where you rarely stop moving, where there is almost always an easter egg in the next room, where things are just an inch away from hilarious.

Yet its interactivity also makes it demanding. The game itself is about three or so hours long, give or take your skill at poking around and finding easter eggs. Or, if you're a cretin, you could just play the main storyline, miss the point entirely, finish the game in an hour, and spend the rest of your day eating paint.

For anyone who's ever attended a long comedy show, even if the comedian is hilarious, after a while you find your capacity to laugh waning, and your standards for humor waxing. This isn't helped by the fact that the level in the middle of the game is one of the weakest, with huge amounts to explore and little to find. One can start to feel fatigue sneaking up on you, but I was pleased to discover that the game quickly picked itself up, dusted itself off, and delivered a fantastic few levels for the end.

Overall, I think this cost Jazzpunk a perfect verdict, but don't get me wrong. I love this game.

Even if you aren't much for the comedic game, Jazzpunk is something to experience, and I recommend it to you.

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YOU'RE NOT WRONG WALTER, YOU'RE JUST AN A**HOLE

I've been getting crazy tension headaches lately, and when I finally went to the doctor to investigate my (most likely) broken brain, something happened. The doctor began her sentence thusly: "At your age ... " I stopped paying attention at that point, and started thinking about how I'd never heard a physician say that to me, and also how I'd never seen a doctor wear a football jersey to work and expect to be taken seriously. The point of the story is that I'm getting glasses, and also that at 28, if you haven't had your eyes checked in a while, a health care "professional" might tell you that you need an eye exam. I think if I had to choose one thing that I'm really excited about in getting glasses, it's the wide array of condescending moves I can now punctuate all my sentences with. I like the dramatic whip-off move, but I think the raised eyebrows, pushing them up the bridge of my nose move is my favorite. These gestures, previously off limits to me, will now be my new favorite awful thing that I do. Throw it on the pile of all the others; " reading in the shower" and "eating my food one ingredient at a time" were getting kind of lonely.

Hey, speaking of dysfunction, scientists have created the first map showing how the white matter in our brains connects both with itself, and grey matter. The journal, published in Frontiers in Human

Neuroscience, looked at what the outcome would be if micro-traumas disrupted small parts of the brain. The results showed which areas of the brain are most vulnerable, and gave insights into how those traumas might affect it. This means good things, especially for fighting diseases like Alzheimer's, as we can now see a little more about what damage specifically is being done. I'd like to strap electrodes to my brain and see what happens when I play Ginuwine's "Pony" at full volume. I bet it lights up like a goddamn Christmas tree. That song is perfect in every single way.

In other news, I'm moving across town soon, and although I already have too many pieces of artwork to move, I just stumbled across another that I think I have to have. There is a rug made by a seller on Etsy (OldTymeNotions), which features the face of Jeff Bridges as The Dude in the scene when he's having his viking/ Kenny Rogers hallucination. Despite how much I hate it when people try to make something sound whimsical by misspelling words on purpose, this rug is amazing and would probably really tie a room together. If you're interested in purchasing this gem for yourself, it'll set you back $800. Let me know if you do end up buying this, because I want to congratulate you on your solid purchase, not because I'm going to come over and steal it. Promise.

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I wasn't sure what to think when I first saw The Lo Los. They're so good looking, and their style and enthusiasm were so over the top, part of me thought it must be a joke. But after spending some quality time with

them and their music since then, my opinion has evolved. The Lo Los are doing what they love to do, and it shows. Their music-at turns soft, heavy, and groovy-shines with the refreshing optimism of people who are finding real expression through their art.

With a new full-length album on the eve of release, I met with Ben Colbeck, Matthew Heyden, and Kenzie Warner (who play guitar, vocals, and drums, respectively) to find a deeper perspective on their effortless charm.

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What can we expect to hear on the new album, XOXO?

Matt: This one's a lot more cohesive [than our debut, The Maiden EP]. It's meant to be a concept album; all of the songs are about love and dreams, and the dark side of both. Most of these songs were written a long time ago ... Even before the music that's on the EP.

Ben: We had an incubation period of about six months when we first met, to help us get to know each other, and that's when we wrote a lot of these songs. We wrote a lot of songs ... we've been playing catch-up in the studio since then.

How'd you meet each other?

Matt: I was in a group called The Devilles before this group, and it was a lot of funk and soul music. I met Ben when I came to a friend's band practice ... Ben and I both had been bugged endlessly by this guy to come jam with him. He ended up wanting to make more of a cover band, and Ben and I parted ways with him to make some original music. I don't ever, ever wanna be in a cover band. I made sure we waited 'til

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we had a full set of original songs before we started playing shows.

Kenzie: As for how they met me, I just kinda dropped out of the sky [laughs]

Ben: [laughs] Yeah. Well, Mat and I heard about her through a friend, so I called her and asked her to come audition. My accent was so thick, she thought it was some kind of joke at first.

Matt: Then she bailed on us, like two or three times!

Kenzie: Yeah, I missed a couple try-outs.

Matt: Then when she showed up she didn't even bring a kit, she just sat down and asked us to start playing for her. We were trying out for her apparently.

Kenzie: When I first heard them, I absolutely loved it. This was an opportunity I'd been waiting for, it was a chance to play drums the way I wanted to for a change.

And drums played the way she wants sound very, very good. Their recorded material doesn't quite convey the effortless mastery of this cutie when she gets behind a drum kit-the energy of their live shows is elevated greatly by her virtually perfect rhythm.

Matt: Every drum track we used on XOXO were her first takes on each song. During "Chu Chu (The Beaver's Lament)," her headphones fell off-She couldn't even hear the music, but she kept playing through the whole song, and she nailed it.

What's your story, girl?

Kenzie: I started playing when I was 9-piano wasn't crazy enough for me, I guess. I was in marching band,

and the concert band, and the jazz band, in school-I got used to reading music for one piece, and for a full kit. That was 90% of my time in junior high and high school.

Matt: She's a very melodic drummer, I'd say. She'll take cues from anything-the vocals, a guitar line, whatever. She never does canned beats, ever.

Ben, I can't help but notice you don't sound very American.

Ben: I was born in Britain, raised in Spain, then I moved back to Britain when I was 19 ... and I've been in Chico about 3 years now.

What is it like when you listen to music?

Ben: I'm a bit of a musical schizophrenic-I'll go on these tangents. At the moment, I'm going through all ofThe Beatles again. Listening to stuff without guitar is best, 'cause I can be more objective. If it has guitar, I could get caught up on something like an interesting chord progression, and go off on a mental tangent of my own and totally miss it. With our stuff ... I'll listen to it for a few weeks before offering opinions on it.

Through all the different movements of XOXO, Ben's guitar-playing serves to give unique flavor to every song. Somehow, he manages to evoke myriad styles and cultures with his different riffs, but it all sounds unmistakably like Ben having fun.

Matt: He was taught by a gypsy-literally. Some old lady in a carriage.

Ben: My first tour was playing bass for her band when I was 15 or so.

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What was younger life like?

Kenzie: I grew up in a super-religious household ... it taught me to avoid hypocrisy. You should accept and love, without judgment, without conditions. Getting religion shoved down my throat showed me what I really want for my life.

I want to make my own choices, and live for myself. I'm the type to just wear my heart on my sleeve. Hopefully it 'll inspire others to do the same.

Matt: Big parallels there between her and I. I was raised by my mom and aunt, who together ran a firebrand Pentecostal church. The rest of life's sorta been a knee-jerk reaction to that ... that and growing up in the suburbs. I loved that [my mom and aunt] went all the way with what they believed. They never worried about what other people thought.

How's it feel being a band in Chico?

Kenzie: This started in Chico. When I came here I was kinda stuck with music. I'd always, always had music to play, in very structured environments, and I didn 't have anything here. I was starting to feel a bit anxious; I missed it. And in the midst of that, these guys came in. It felt more like fate than anything else in my life so far. Every day is a risk .. . but we all take the risks together. Chico 's been so great and welcoming, it 's helped me grow on so many levels.

Matt: Chico supports music. It 's really accepting. The big cities are really cutthroat, so this town is a great place to start and grow a band. And it's got Sierra Nevada.

What are band practices like?

Kenzie: Well , it starts with Pale Ale . Matt: We're basically a non-profit group helping support a local craft brewery [laughs] Kenzie: We call it Lo Lo-water. Matt: We practice pretty religiously, about 3 hours twice a week. We usually spend it preparing for sets, trying to script everything, right down to where I talk and when to tune. Kenzie: I feel a bit nervous before a show, but then it feels so right when I'm up there. I want people to love it as much as I do. The energy that happens up there is beautiful.

I've listened to XOXO five or six times now, and it 's solid. Every song is really well-crafted and well-thought-out .. . the high moments of the album find me bobbing my head something fierce ("Chucho (The Beaver's Lament)" is a case in point) .There's a lot of material on this CD, but it manages to stay pretty fresh throughout, because they spice up their more standard sound with styles from all over the radio dial. "Nothing Changes" and "Maria Jose" are two more golden moments, full of a spacious contentment that seems to capture the calm beauty of Chico.

What do you think is the most important song on this record?

Matt: "Women, Fire, & Dangerous Things." It 's a culmination of what the band 's about: We struggled with genres for awhile, trying to decide what we were, and we came up with this "gypsy-rock" thing. The idea of gypsy, not like Gogol Bordello or something .. . We walk through all these different styles of music like gypsies walk through different countries, and we pick out pieces of each to add to our sound. "Women" is like that, and the result is really dynamic.

"Women, Fire, & Dangerous Things" starts out spacey and slow, before resolving into a fun, funky groove, with Kenzie rocking the toms something fierce. The beat evolves steadily over the course of this seven-minute song, finally building to a climax that unceremoniously cuts itself off, Strokes-style.

Matt: "Women" is about giving in to love entirely. Getting rid of yourself, getting rid of your ego, letting go of anything that 's in the way of love.

Kenzie: That song is the finale. It 's our way of signing off on the record , the way you'd sign off a love letter'XOXO! '

Sooo why'd you bring a beaver's head on a plaque to the interview ...

Matt: ChuChu 's our mascot. I found this taxidermied beaver head at a thrift store ... My girlfriend at the time was next to me, and she said, "You will not buy that thing." So it didn't really work out. Between her and I, I mean. ChuChu is our business manager, our spiritual advisor ... he's a shaman beaver from the 100 Acre Wood.

Kenzie: He's our good luck charm . When we don't bring him to shows, bad things happen. We're starting to get pretty protective of him.

Matt: Oh, and we just started a publishing company called ChuChu Records.

Ben: Yeah, so that we own all our own music. Usually half of profits go to the musician, and half goes to the publisher .. . we figured we should be both of those. I'm a bit of a geek about music law. We found our first legal pursuit recently! Some website started selling our new LP for a dollar.

I realized how important music law and copyrights were when I was 19: I helped record a song that ended up getting really popular, but I took an immediate paycheck instead of signing up to receive royalties over time. Got screwed out of a lot of money. If you want to be serious about music, treat it like a job.

What makes good music?

Ben: Music should be a journey, something you can explore ... anything that's authentic, really.


Matt: Right, it could be anything. Even some poorquality punk song could be amazing if it 's authentic.

You guys have played about 18 shows so far, mostly around here. Are you planning to tour?

Matt: We're hungry for it. This summer hopefully. We're hoping to find a bassist that's tour-ready.

Ben: We're planning to head north. It gets fucking hot here. [laughs]

Kenzie: This band is our number one priority, more than our jobs, more than anything. So yeah, we want to tour as much as we can. We plan on doing this for awhile, it's definitely a future goal to play ... till we die.

Any last words for us?

Kenzie: This new album XOXO is where we're at right now. It's about reckless dreaming, and pushing to make those dreams real.

Matt: The themes for this CD are love, and dreams, and the dark side of both.

"Women, Fire, & Dangerous Things" represents that lighter side, "Jacob's Ladder" is that darker side. The message with this album is, "Surrender to love. Follow your dreams. Kiss, hug, kiss, hug."

Come see The Lo Los perform live February 21st, to celebrate their new album XOXO.

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A LOT LIKE BIRDS FEBRUARY 2ND, 1078 GALLERY BY TOMMY DIESTEL A chance text message from the new Entertainment Editor ... "Hey, wanna check out the 1078 show on Sunday?"

I almost didn't.

But I'm glad I did.

I walked up to the venue doors to the familiar sounds of one of my favorite bands in Chico.

"I know this song!" I thought. Sure enough, Strange Habits was doing what they do best : throwing down sick licks and rocking out hard. The band has been growing since their first appearance in Chico. Their singer, Eric McGuire, moving from bass to vocals, along with the addition of Brett Daniel on bass, has tightened the groups sound. What caught my attention this set was not only the new material from their soon-tobe-released album, but all the bright, flashy lights which added a whole new ambiance to the performance. Drummer Sheel Doshi spent the better part of his weekend programming the light show synchronized to their music. He didn't miss a beat. Literally. The lights were tasteful, not overbear-ing, and meshed perfectly with the band's style. Slick melodies and crushing guitar leads from Eric McCauley add an extra oomph to the quasi-political message delivered by McGuire.

After Strange Habits was Stolas, an lndie Prag-Rock band on tour with A Lot Like Birds. Their high-energy, wall-of-sound style got the crowd going. Their dynamic use of effects transitioned from mellow and soaring, to hard and heavy, instantly. Fuzz and hair were flying throughout their set. During their last song, members of the other touring bands TP'ed the group, wrapping members in toilet paper while they played. It showed the bands chops however. None of them missed a note during the shenanigans.

That was only the beginning of the hijinx. Sianvar, self-described as coming from "Allover, CA" were pranked during their

eclectic set as well. After melting the crowd with gut-busting screaming effects and shredding guitar riffs, which melted into echoing vocals and rhythmic breakdowns,

the guitar players from the other bands all grabbed their axes and mime-rocked during the final breakdown. There were about ten guitars on stage at once, with everyone throwing themselves around. The utter chaos was only magnified by the band's jaunting changeups and meaty sound.

Not even A Lot Like Birds was safe from the madness. They fell victim to the single greatest tour gag I've ever witnessed. During the last song, everyone on tour came out and started beating the band with pillows while they played. Then, as A Lot Like Birds faded into one of their melodic breakdowns, everyone lied down and pretended to sleep ... Only to spring back up alongside the tempo and continue beating the band senseless. Even through all this, the band played in synch : Their spastic transitions and time changes continued unhindered. At one moment the whole crowd was pulsing with syncopated rhythm. A moment later, they were all swaying in harmony-joyous, peaceful harmony-only to be swept back into the jolting chaos that is metal once more.

The abyss is calling.

Don't be afraid, jump in. You might even like it.

It beat the hell out of the Super-Bowl.


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THIS WEEK ONLY BEST BETS IN ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1STH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 215T

GRAPH RABBI T 1078 GALLERY This experimental acoustic duo from Brooklyn sounds like snowing. You will become the snow, and fall through the peace-filled air, and enjoy the company of all your smiling, content snowflake-friends. Ft. Nude And True and Thomas Fogg. $5, 8pm.

SWAMP ZEN & ELECTRIC CANYON CONVERGENCE

LOST ON MAIN Swamp Zen's back to return the dance party to its blues-y, swampy roots. Their set will feature a live visual performance by Steve Goldsmith. Opening act ECC will be celebrating the release of their new album. $5, 9pm.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22N° MOTOGRATER LOST ON MAIN Here comes a flashback from the '90s, when Mudvayne, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, and your neighbor's kids covered themselves in masks and facepaint for maximum heaviness. Ft. Astronaut, Kemical X, Shermans Ashes, and Box Knife Betty. $8 adv., $10 door, 8pm.

OTHER NEW AND EXCITING THINGS 18 TUESDAY Sierra Nevada Big Room: Jelly Bread. Award-winning funk band. $17, 7:30pm

20 THURSDAY 1078 Gallery: Audio Engineering Society benefit show. Wordsauce, Dear Misguided $10. Doors 7:30, show8pm

Cafe Coda: You .May.Die.In.The. Desert, Cities, Commissure, Surrounded By Giants. $5, 8pm

Laxson Auditorium: The Graduate: Live Radio Theatre. Students $18, adults $25. 7:30pm

Lost On Main: 1st Annual 'Mandela 95' celebrating Black History month. 8 different live DJ's. 9pm

FEBRUA RY 17 - FEBRUA RY 23, 2014

Woodstocks: Chico Unplugged: singer/songwriter showcase.

21mFRIDAY 1078 Gallery: The LoLos' album release party, ft. French Reform & Bandmaster Ruckus. $5 . Doors 7:30, show 8pm

Cafe Flo: Butte Creek Volunteer Fire Department Fund raiser, ft. local musicians. 7-lOpm

Chico Art Center: Art Building Community art reception . Fundraiser for the Veterans Memorial Building. 5-7pm

Chico Women's Club: Ebony & Ivory ft . Laurie Dana & Friends. $12, 6pm

Tacklebox: Northern Traditionz

country music. $4

Maltese: Cocktail Menu Premier, ft. Bogg. 4-7:30pm

Yoga Center Of Chico: Jesua & MaMuse celebrate the release of their collaborative CD, 'Take Heart'. $10, 7:30pm

22 SATURDAY Blue Room: Gidion's Knot final night. $12 adv., $15 door. 7:30pm

Cafe Coda: Mossy Creek. $5, 8pm

Cafe Flo: Brad Peterson & Friends. $5, 7pm

Lost On Main: Mojo Green, Low Flying Birds . $5, 9pm

Maltese: Donald Beaman And The Spirit Molecules, Bunnymilk, Oceanography. $5, 9pm

SURROGATE & GENTLEMAN'S COUP DUFFY'S TAVERN Pop, rock, psychedelia, alcohol, Chris Keene's unforgettable vocals, and Michael Lee's smoking hot looks. Our favorite rockers Surrogate will wash away your Valentine's Day blues in a flood of great music and Bloody Marys. $5, 9pm.

Monstros: The Slow Poisoner, Jorge Jonze, SS Frank, Deadwolf Ruggs. $5, 8pm

Tacklebox: Northern Heat country music. $3

23 SUNDAY Beatnik's: Fundraiser show to help create Nor-Cal Jazz Festival. Live music by the Chico Jazz Collective, wine tasting, and hors d'oeuvres. $49 ind., $89 couple . 4-7pm

El Rey: T. Mills. $13 adv., $15 door. 8pm

Laxson Auditorium: Carlos Nunez. Bagpipes & Celtic Music. Students $15, adults $22. 7:30pm

Yoga Center Of Chico: Peia .

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ties offered to the public. Dona

tions accepted, 5:30pm

The Bear: Bear-E-oke ! 9pm Cafe Flo: Jazz Happy Hour ft. Carey

Robinson Trio . 5-7pm

Chico Women's Club: Prenatal

Yoga. 5:30-6:30pm DownLo: Pool League. 3 player

teams, signup with bartender.

7pm. All ages until lOpm

Empire Coffee: New art by Lexie Loader for sa le.

Maltese: Open Mic Comedy or

Music, alternates every week.

Sign ups at 8pm, starts at 9pm. Mug Night 7-11 :30pm

University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm

18 TUESDAY lOOth Monkey: Fusion Belly Dance

class with BellySutra. $8/class or

$32/month. 7pm

Cafe Flo: Open Mic Singer-Songwriter Night with Aaron Jaqua.

7-9pm

Chico Women's Club: Yoga .

9-lOam. Afro Carribean Dance.

$10/class or $35/mo. 5:50-7pm. Followed by Capoeira, $3-$10.

7:30-8:30pm

Crazy Horse Saloon: All Request Karaoke. 21 +

DownLo: Game night. All ages

until lOpm

Farm Star Pizza: Live Jazz with Shigemi and Friends. 7-9pm

Holiday Inn Bar: Salsa Lesso ns,

7-lOpm.

LaSalle's: '90s night. 21+ Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-Close

Studio Inn Lounge: Karaoke.

8:30pm-lam

University Bar: Free Pool 6-8pm Woodstock's: Trivia Challenge. Call

at 4pm to reserve a table. Starts

6:30pm

19 WEDNESDAY lOOth Monkey: Open Mic. All ages. 7pm

The Bear: Trike Races. Post time

lOpm

Chico Women's Club: Afro Brazilian Dance. 5:30-7pm

DownLo: Wednesday night jazz.

8 Ball Tournament, signups 6pm,

starts 7pm Duffy's: Dance Night! DJ Spenny

and Jeff Howse. $1, 9pm

Empire Coffee: New art by Lexie

Loader for sa le. The Graduate: Free Pool after

lOpm

Jesus Center: Derelict Voice Writ

ing Group, everyone welcome. 9-10:30am

Panama Bar: Game Night. Free to

play, prizes. 9-llpm

The Maltese: Friends With Vinyl! Bring your vinyl and share up to 3

songs/12 minutes on the turntable. 9pm-lam

The Tackle Box: Swing Dance Wednesday, classes 7-9pm


VIP Ultra Lounge: Laurie Dana.

7-9pm Woodstock's: Trivia Night plus

Happy Hour. call at 4pm to reserve

a table. Starts at 8pm

20 THURSDAY The Bear: DJ Dancing. No Cover.

9pm

Blue Room: Gidion's Knott by Johnna Adams. Dir. by Martin

Chavira. $10 on opening night.

7:30 pm

Cafe Flo: Steven Trusko l and The Next Door Blues Band or Mark

" Porkchop" Holder. 7-lOpm

Chico Yoga Center: Ecstatic Dance

with Clay Olson. 7:30-9:30pm DownLo: Chico Jazz Collective

every Thursday. 8-llpm. All ages

until lOpm

Empire Coffee: New art by Lexie

Loader for sa le.

The Graduate: Free Pool after lOpm

Has Beans: Open Mic Night.

7-lOpm. Sign ups start at 6pm

Holiday Inn Bar: Karaoke. 8pmmidnight

LaSalle's: Free live music on the patio. 6-9pm

Maltese: Karaoke. 9pm-close Panama Bar: Eclectic Nights. Buck

night and DJ Eclectic spinning

favorites of today and yesterday

on the patio. 9pm

Quackers: Karaoke night with Andy. 9pm-lam


VIP Ultra Lounge: Acoustic performance. Free, 7-9pm

Woodstock's: Open Mic Night

21 FRIDAY lOOth Monkey: Acoustic Singer

Songwriter Showcase. 7:30pm

The Beach: DJ 2K & Mack Morris.

9pm-close. $2, $10 VIP. The Bear: DJ Dancing. No Cover.

9pm

Blue Room: Gidion's Knott by

Johnna Adams. Dir. by Martin Chavira. $12 adv., $15 door.

7:30pm

Cafe Coda: Friday Morning Jazz

with Bogg. llam Cafe Flo: Flo Sessions weekly

music showcase. 7-lOpm

Chico Yoga Center: Friday Night Dance Jam. $10. 7-8:30pm

Crazy Horse Saloon: Fusion Fridays,

the best country, rock, oldies, 80s

& top 40. Country dance lessons 9-10:30pm DownLo: Y:i off pool. All ages until

lOpm. Live Music, 8pm Duffy's: Pub Scouts- Happy Hour.

4-7pm Empire Coffee: New art by Lexie

Loader for sale.

The Graduate: Free Pool after

lOpm Holiday Inn Bar: DJ Dance Party.


8pm-midnight

LaSalle's: Open Mic night on the patio. 6-9pm

Maltese: Happy hour with live jazz

by Bogg. 5-7pm. LGBTQ+ Dance

Party. 9pm Peeking: BassMint. Weekly

electronic dance party. $3. 9:30pm

Quackers: Live DJ. 9pm Sultan's Bistro: Bellydance Performance. 6:30-7:30pm

T-Bar: Live Music. 7-8:30pm


22 SATURDAY The Bear: DJ Dancing. No Cover.

9pm Blue Room: Gidion's Knott by

Johnna Adams. Dir. by Martin Cha

vira. $12 adv., $15 door. 7:30 pm

Crazy Horse Saloon: Ladies Night Dancing. 10pm-1:30am

DownLo: 9 Ball tournament.

Signups at noon, starts at lpm. All

ages until lOpm

The Graduate: Free Pool after lOpm

Holiday Inn Bar: DJ Dancing. 70s and 80s music. The Molly Gunn's

Revival! 8pm-midnight LaSalle's: 80's Night. 8pm-close

Maltese: Live Music. 9pm

Scotty's Landing: Music Show

case. Open Mic hosted by Rich & Kendall. 5-9pm


23 SUNDAY Dorothy Johnson Center: Soul

Shake Dance Church. Free-style

dance wave, $8-$15 sliding scale. 10am-12:30pm

DownLo: Free Pool, 1 hour with

every $8 purchase. All ages until

lOpm LaSalle's: Karaoke. 9pm

Maltese: Live Jazz 4-7pm. Trivia

8pm

Woodstock's: NFL Sunday Ticket

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ON THE TOWN PHOTOS BY JESSICA SID


UNSOLICITED ADVICE BY ELV IS ENW RI GH T - EDITORIAL@SYNTHESISNET

SOMEONE YOU KNOW DOESN'T UNDERSTAND TAX BRACKETS

Welcome to Unsolicited Advice-an open column for anyone who wants to tell someone (or everyone) what's what. Send your 500 word submissions to [email protected]

I don't presume you, the reader, are particularly uninformed or ignorant. You are reading a newspaper, after all-you're seeking out information. But I find most of us have someone we know who is uninformed or ignorant of fundamental concepts. This unsolicited advice goes out to them, even if they are you.

Every year around tax time, I hear a particularly foolish claim: "I don't want to make more money, because I'll move up in tax brackets and have to pay more in taxes/end up with less money overall." My college educated brother said it last year, demonstrating at least one failure in his education.

In more refined terms, the claim being made is both a mathematical word problem and a political theory: the feeling that the income tax provides a disincentive to work. Luckily, when the math proves true, the political theory can be dismissed. The income tax is mathematically structured to prevent that negative outcome.

In our country, income taxes are applied marginally via brackets. Only the income that falls into each bracket is taxed at that bracket's rate. As income increases, each successive bracket applies a progressively higher tax rate to the income within that bracket. The end result is that nobody will ever end up with less money because they move into a higher bracket. It's mathematically impossible.

An approximation of my life will serve as an example. My spouse and I file as "married, filing jointly." Between the two of us, we earned between $40,000 and $50,000 in 2013. For 2013, only the two lowest tax brackets will apply to us: 10% on every dollar from $0-17,850 and 15% on every dollar between $17,851 and $72,500.

For simplicity's sake, imagine two scenarios for our tax filing, ignoring all possible deductions and tax credits. In Scenario A: We have $40,000 in taxable income; Scenario B: We have $50,000 in taxable income.

In Scenario A, we pay a 10% tax on $17,850 in the first bracket, and a 15% tax on the remaining $22,150 in the second bracket. In total, we pay $5,108 in tax-an effective tax rate of 12.77%.

In Scenario B, we pay the same $1,785 on the first bracket, and 15% on the remain-ing $32,150. In total, we pay a total tax of $6,608-an effective tax rate of 13.22%.

Did we end up losing money because we earned more? No. Was it better to earn more even though we paid more in taxes? Yes. By earning an extra $10,000, even after pay-ing taxes on it, we ended up with an extra $8,500. If someone you know doesn't like extra money, then recommend they pick Scenario A.

If you overhear someone repeat this illinformed claim, please feel free to hand them a copy of this article, or email it to them. Furthermore, if you have any questions, suggestions, or lack the ability to Google "2013 tax brackets," feel free to email me. I'll do what I can to help.

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LOST IN THE FLOODED FOREST PT. I Light fell on my eyes, and they half-opened. Trees rose all around, and the soft hum of life could be heard from them-birds, the scratching of rodents, a splashing of water. My gaze widened as my head turned side to side, absorbing everything. All of the trees seemed to be rising out of deep water, and a gentle golden light fell through the leaves.

Something crashed out of sight, like a tree falling, and the sound shocked me to my feet. I was on a small, mossy island, water everywhere-I leapt frantically off the island, across a few feet of water, onto a massive log. One foot landed with a splash in the water before I pulled all of myself onto it.

The crashing sound had reminded me in a rush of fear what was at stake. All was silent now, but I could feel his gaze on me: The beast ... The hunter. Something had happened between us ... something in his

mind had quickened at the sight of me, and now he hunted me, relentlessly.

I was hesitant to swim in this flooded forest, even though I could see quite far into the water's greenish depths. I leapt across small, moss-covered islands and huge, dead trees. I climbed trees when I had to, to find crossings higher up from one branch to another. I had nowhere to go, nowhere but away from the site of my awakening, nowhere but away from the hunter. His

presence pressed upon my mind; it could be felt in the silence of the trees, as if they were watchful sentinels, ready to report my presence to that relentless beast.

Sometime in the afternoon, I came across a flight of steps-stone steps, climbing incongruously out of the waters, turning twice at right angles every forty steps or so, until they ended abruptly, fifty feet overhead. "Centuries old, I guess," I muttered. They were covered in the vine-y growth of the forest, and they stood alone, the last artifact of some lost structure.

I passed the evening on those steps, exhaustion pressing my eyes closed. In my mind's eye appeared an open circle, like a kind of portal hanging in the air, glowing blue in the darkness. The strange object

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intruded with a sharpness that drove my mind into wakefulness again, and I stumbled up onto my feet. The shapes of the for-est were now only dim silhouettes in the darkness. Exhaustion weighed heavy on the limbs, but the eyes of the hunter were felt as sharply as ever; they were a constant goad that kept me in motion.

Hours passed, and morning's warm light began to filter through the leaves once more. Heedless in my lack of rest, I had taken to swimming through the water to traverse the small islands.

I felt it before I saw it-a structure, something solid and real in this wilderness. As I drew closer, a stepped stone pyramid could be seen rising out of the water. Half-laughing and half-crying, I swam to the first steps and collapsed on them.

In my mind, the structure spoke, and I knew it was him. The hunter, the pyramid, spoke in shapes, and gusts of wind, and shinings of light, but I knew the meanings. His mind had been riding on mine for days, and now we knew each other.


PHOTOS BY JESSICA SID ON THE TOWN


SOUL SHAKE BY TEA WHEY There is something glorious about Sundays. Though it marks the end of the weekend-and brings with it the looming dread of Monday-I've recently declared to myself (and any who may care to listen) that Sundays are my favorite days. The sun just shines a bit differently on Sunday-unless it's rainy or overcast, I guess. But even then, there is just something more magical about whatever weather we are experiencing.

Though my dedication to that view of Sundays was recent, my deep appreciation actually began several years ago when I discovered Soul Shake, aka Dance Church, aka Ecstatic Dance. All different names; one true groove.

The first time I heard the name it didn't exactly captivate me. Shake my soul. .. how? Dance Church? Hmmm, I love to dance, but "church" is not a word readily used in my vocabulary. And ecstatic? That just sounds a bit out there ... far out there.

I had heard good things about the heart-thumping music that took place at Dance Church, and I definitely heard those things from reliable sources. However, for all the aforementioned reasons, I stayed away. That, and because my pocketbook had a bit of trouble coming up with the $8-$15 to get in.

The first time I gave it a try was during an adventure to the World Music Festival. Soul Shake was offered as a workshop and my previous concerns were overshadowed by my curiosity. What did I have to lose? I already paid for it with my admission ticket.

I walked into the all-white room; something like ten or so people were there. There was a DJ table set up, and there were large windows through which you could watch the parading festival goers march about. Fortunately, we were on the second floor, so any dancers who may not want to be seen need not worry. I joined the others as they stretched, and tried to appear as though I knew what I was doing.

As the minutes rushed by, more folks poured in. After about 20-or-so minutes the room was reaching full capacity. The DJ, Jacia Kornwise, called the 60 warm bodies in the room to circle up. One of her first questions was how many of us were new to this practice. Watching the rising arms alleviated some of the tension that had grown in me from being in a new place with all new people.

She spoke of the intention of the dance, and how the music would carry us through it like waves through the ocean. I can't remember what the intention was that day; something about new beginnings, or blossoming into your true self.

The music carried us as Jacia had said it would. I watched (though this is discouraged), and I danced. Joy overtook the 60-plus people. For me, it was like KABOOM!-a mental-emotional-physical connection that I had never experienced before. At times it felt like too much energy, at others the perfect warm comfort of being at home. Folks


who could be my grandparents, others the same age as my parents or friends, even children and teenagers; all weaving in and out of each other's embrace.

And by that, I don't mean we danced the way two people dance the Waltz, that isn't the point. The dance is with yourself, the inner you who really wants to come out and get down with it, but within that dance there are times when you match eyes with others-maybe a moment of awkward connection where you realize how much our society is disassociated from looking into one another's eyes, or maybe a look that spans an entire song, where you are connected in the deep realization that we are all in this together, dancing humorously and joyously.

From the beginning I was carried like that wave Jacia had spoken of through a rhythm of flowing; we grooved to beat-dropping songs that let me forget how odd I felt and just enjoy the experience of dancing, then we were off to a hair-shaking, body-jumping, mind-losing connection where there was only the music and the movement, nothing else.

A bit exhausted and ready to slow down, we were ushered by the tunes to a place of connection ; a place that was familiar. Songs I could feel my heart wanting to sing. All of this was simply magical and it all ended back where it had begun : quiet and calm, but this time less tense and more grateful. All in two hours, a radical transformation : out of my head and into my body.

This was what I had been missing out on. I walked away

from that experience wondering why in the hell I hadn't been making use of this opportunity. I was hooked. By the time I got back in town, I was dedicated to going to Dance Church-no matter how silly it may have sounded or the peculiar looks I may have gotten. Back then it was held at Cafe Culture, which was a great fit, but as that 's now defunct, our new home is at the Dorothy Johnson Center on 16th Street in Chapmantown.

Each week they have different DJ's, all bringing a different flow or intention they have decided to focus on for that week. Each time I feel more, I get down harder, and I feel alive. And as for the $8-$15-yeah it can still feel a bit steep at times, but being the forward thinking people that they are, those Dance Churchers have it figured out : they have volunteer opportunities to get free entry, and an angel fund where folks can gift money to other dancers who may not have the funds to cover the cost.

It is a glorious experience; a magical way to end your week (or begin your week depending on how you choose to look at it). I invite you to stop by; dancing is optional, but highly encouraged, and it's pretty hard not to get into the groove.

Dance Church Sundays at lOam $8-$15 (sliding scale) Dorothy Johnson Center

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REMEMBERING PETE SEEGER BY RIDDEL

There is far too much to say about Pete Seeger in the few lines I have here. He led the fullest of lives: from singing in saloons and train jumping with Woody Guthrie in the early '40s, to forming The Almanacs, to serving in World War II. After the war, he sang in the quartet The Weavers, and wrote the iconic song "If I Had a Hammer" with Lee Hays. Seeger helped lead the folk revival in the '50s and '60s, garnering a top-of-the-charts hit with The Weavers' cover of "Goodnight, Irene."

During America 's Red Scare, Seeger was investigated and found to be part of the Communist Party. When brought before Congress for a hearing, he was happy to speak about his life and music, but he refused to testify on other issues, saying, "I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this."

For him it was less of a question of exercising his rights under the Fifth Amendment, so much as honoring the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment : the right to say and act as his beliefs dictated,

without being questioned or punished for it. Because of this, he was found in contempt of Congress and sentenced to prison. The charges were later dropped, although he was blacklisted by our government from then on.

He was at the forefront of activism for many causes. He was an outspoken dissenter against the Vietnam War and gave voice to it in songs such as "Waist Deep in the Muddy" and "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" He was a strong advocate of civil rights; his rendition of a time-worn hymn which he called "We Shall Overcome" has become a symbol of reform and has stood as a light for a brighter future. In the '70s and '80s he started getting involved in environmental activism as well. Even at the age of NINETY ONE, he took part in a march for Occupy Wall Street.

I grew up hearing my mother sing Pete Seeger songs. Anti -war songs, Civil Rights Songs, songs that spoke of hope, equality, freedom and justice. What he stood for, what his music stood for, shouldn't fade away with the older generations: it should be a part of our era, a message for every generation. His idealism, his optimism, and his hope that we can achieve something greater simply by using our voices, all form a legacy that lives beyond the man himself.


REVIEWS MOGWAI - RAVE TAPES

MUSIC REVIEW BY JOHNATHAN WILLIAMS Ever since their 1997 debut Mogwai

Young Team, the Scottish post-rock group Mogwai have established themselves as post-rock royalty along with the likes of Mono and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, yet somehow I've managed to avoid them entirely until I was tasked with reviewing their 8th record, Rave Tapes.

For a moment, the first track "Heard About You Last Night" made me wish I'd found them sooner. It leads in the record with plenty of evocative potential, making use of sleepy keyboards and crisp, sparse guitars that almost sound like latter-day Earth submerged deep underwater. However, its atmospheric promises ultimately fall through as the album runs its coursetracks like "Simon Ferocious" and "Master Card" are flat-out boring, with the former trudging through a bewildering keyboard non-melody and the latter sliding into a plodding Sub Pop alt-rock groove that sounds like a reheated Pavement leftover. The final two tracks, "No Medicine For Regret" and "The Lord is Out of Control"

similarly suffer from a total lack of momentum.

That's not to say there aren't nuggets of greatness nestled in Rave Tapes that break up the monotony-the darkly cinematic "Remurdered" pulses with sparse, driving percussion and eerie keys, and "Hexon Bogan" manages to hearken back to the shimmering post-rock panache of yore in a succinct two and a half minutes. Alas, despite these compelling moments, plod ultimately reigns supreme on Rave Tapes.

THUMPERS - GALORE MUSIC REVIEW BY DALTON OSTEEN

Recent inductees into the Sub Pop family, the synth-pop duo of Marcus Pepperell and John Hamson, Jr. are breaking new ground in this refreshingly original album. Initially related in my mind to bands such as MGMT or Discovery, I was taken off guard by the depth of creativity radiating off the songs as they evolved throughout the album.

As well as its disregard for cliches, the 11-song journey promises " layered androgynous vocals with muscular drums, astral synths and shimmering guitars in a cel ebration of breathless sensations of youth and coming-of-age." As it is with childhood friends, you can sense the correlation and compatibility between Pepperell and Hamson, Jr. that gave birth to this interesting, uplifting album.

In a recent interview, they stated that their initial attempt was to capture the essence of childhood, and the growth you undergo in your transformation into adulthood. They recorded in their hometown with

this intention in mind. The lyrical choices paint a clear portrait of this goal, in lines like "Lips of the side of your face/ You're mouthing, 'Oh god, stay."' This comingof-age band has been taking the world by storm, playing festivals and venues alike from Paris, France, to Ventura, California. Indisputably, this band is quickly becoming a fixture in the pop culture we know today.


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OLD CROCK BY JAIME O'NEILL - JAIMEANDKARENONEILL@GMAILCOM

BOB, BOB, BOBBIN' ALONG: CHRYSLER CRUISIN' WITH MR. D

It's been clear for a long time that Bob Dylan really doesn't give much of a shit what people think of him, especially his most devoted fans. From the git-go, he's sneered at those who wanted to enshrine him as a prophet, or a sage. He has always been the ultimate wise ass when it came to dealing with reporters or interviewers, especially those who made the mistake of asking particularly lame questions.

When he went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in the mid-'60s, the folkie crowd just went apeshit, and even the saintly Pete Seeger wanted to cut the power source to young Zimmy's electrified guitar. But Dylan just went his own way, though he was booed and hooted at while singing "Maggie's Farm" with the great Michael Bloomfield adding a little guitar wizardry in support.

And though most of us who've been tracking the blood on Bob's tracks for decades now have been dutifully following him through all of his permutations, he just may have gone too far with that ad he made for Chrysler, a bit of free trade that gives new meaning to the phrase "selling out."

It's difficult to enumerate all the levels of betrayal to be found in Dylan's act of pimping for Chrysler. Those who don't have a problem with Bob's rather selfaggrandizing stroll through the halls of corrosive corporate corruption will say he's just putting his skinny shoulder to

the wheel, attempting to help a struggling economy and Chrysler workers keep those paychecks rollin' in.

But for those of us who adopted Bob Dylan all those years ago when his was a voice that raged against the machine, it was dispiriting as hell to see him prostitute his legacy (and ours) in such a shameless way, peddling his very soul and self, merging his identity with a car company in a commercial in which he said "let us build a car for you," thus making it clear that Bob Dylan had decided that workin' for Maggie on that farm was, finally, the way to go.

And was I alone in finding the ad just a little creepy, with the faintly spectral figure of ol ' Bob seen in a tracking shot, from behind, and then in fleeting glimpses right up until the final moment when he went Full Monty balls out whore for the Man, looking like death warmed over, the emblematic and incipient corpse of an entire generation not now, nor forever, young?

He was, and he remains, my generation's most significant voice, and his genius cannot be denied. He is, quintessentially, American, but he also embodies both the best and the worst of the times we all were a'changin': a halfassed poet/obscurantist who can, for a fee, write a line as dopey and tautological as the one in that Super Bowl ad in which he croaked: "There's nothing as American as America." Not his brightest observation, nor his proudest moment. Or ours.

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LI KE, LITERALLY BY JAYM E WASHBURN - EDITORIAL@SYNTHESIS NET

A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING The promise of a new world can be intoxicating, causing a person's life to come into a completely different focus. Books can offer passage to these places. Some have the ability to eclipse reality and become almost as promising and intricate as getting to know someone new, ornamenting the imagination with found objects and the pleasure that comes from being illuminated by the unknown. Some stories can even cause sea changes, rousing a mind from its waking sleep, changing a person entirely.

Ruth Ozeki offers perspective into such a world in A Tale For the Time Being. Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2013, it was a friend's recent pick for our book group. I don't think anyone actually read it or finished it. I'm not sure why, because it was one of the most striking books I've read in the last ten years.

Ozeki, in addition to being a novelist, is also a filmmaker and a Buddhist priest. Her writing style is refreshingly candid, which ends up nicely balancing out what can be, at times, a confusing plot. It's kind of a puzzle, layered with several stories and time periods. It doesn't go easy on the reader, but offers a great deal in return.

The story mostly centers around Nao, a teenager living in Japan, who has chronicled her life in a journal before she vows to take it. The journal mysteriously washes ashore near British Columbia, and is found by a woman who must decipher whether Nao has indeed taken her life, is the victim of the 2011 Tsunami, or is possibly still living.

While Nao is the heart of the book, the soul of the story belongs to her grandmother, Jiko. She is a 104 year old Buddhist nun who could level even the hardest heart with stories of her patience and wisdom. Honestly, Jiko was the reason I kept reading the book with such drive. Ozeki offers something sacred in the retelling of Jiko's story by telling it from a bullied, forsaken teenager's perspective.

Occasionally the small characters in literature can become the center of a story, changing everything; in this one, a tiny, ancient, bald woman does just this. She

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has lingered in my thoughts with her infinite patience and worn prayer beads-has, in a way, changed me as much as actually meeting someone new.

I had truly entered into another world through this experience, and I came back out the other side feeling somehow transformed. I feel different, and yet I feel the same, and I can't stop thinking about why that is. I am compelled to read all of her books-explore all of these stories-and I wonder just what it is I am looking for. I guess I just want to know the human heart, to understand it better. Sometimes entrance into other worlds allows me to see things in this one differently.

To keep one foot in Ozeki's world, I actually ordered some Buddhist prayer beads from Ebay. I plan on wearing them down as Jiko did whenever I encounter life's less than pleasant elements, and hope to have even a small fraction of her serenity and gratitude.


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H ARIES TAURUS GEMINI A shift happens this week. Extra work seems to be on the Curiosity eventually puts you The party ends, and now it agenda for this week. Pace in a position of power. While is time to hunker down and yourself, because burnout can taking the time to discover to get some real work done. easily set in. Venus in the ninth things, you find a place where Be careful not to lose your house urges you to go on more you fit in. Mercury retrograde temper toward the beginning adventures, to take the higher reminds us that nothing is of the week, as you'll be prone road, to be spiritually astute, permanent. Everything is to having people challenge and to be more generous borrowed, and ownership you. Be especially mindful on to others. Wednesday night passes with your passing. You Tuesday. By the end of the through Friday are good for begin the week with a positive week you'll be feeling some romance and for working out burst of strength, creativity sort of psychic relief. Try not relationship issues. Learning and playfulness. You get to be over-confident, as this to be more diplomatic while down to the real business of is a time when many other you're in the public eye is one work as the week progresses. factors are hidden from you. theme. Be open to making new The weekend looks good Pay attention to your dreams, friends; new alliances could for romance, negotiation, as well as the quality of your prove to be helpful. flirtation, and finding balance. sleeping time.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS The moon enters your sign Break out of cabin fever this We move away from the Monday at 10:23am PST, week. Get out more and do the environment of our peers and hangs out there till things you love. Pay attention to the environment of our Wednesday at 7:33pm. Try to to your children if you have elders. Look deep and explore keep a cool head on Tuesday them. Be the kind of lover that age-old wisdom. You may when pressures seem to be you would like to have. Explore never truly appreciate your building up. Kindness and your creative side more. See parents until they're gone. Be patience win out. Thursday yourself as more of a leader. aware of domestic needs and and Friday appear to be Recount the experiences in practice using your memory good for money making, life that matter. Laugh, flirt more. You have good friends ~n~ngandeatinggood and feel good. The moon will that help motivate you. Be food. The weekend looks be in Scorpio Wednesday aware of gifts that other good for enjoying the local night through Friday. Consider people have given you. The environment, working with this a good opportunity for moon will be in Sagittarius your hands and perhaps deep emotional healing. The over the weekend. Find a taking a small trip. Service weekend is good for affirming way to explore options as you work and helping others is a your values. enter a place of heightened major theme now. consciousness.

5 CANCER Trust your feelings. Much of the previous week's difficulties will begin to dissolve. You'll find yourself being happier, and perhaps grateful for something. It may be difficult to separate yourself from the past and the hardships that you may have endured. Wednesday night through Friday you feel more creative, playful and generous. The weekend looks good for charitable causes and getting organized. Prospects for travel and movement will be reviewed. Find something worth believing in and commit to it.

CAPRICORN Your social life begins to take a turn towards the positive this week. In order to avoid any more Mercury retrograde mistakes, write down the things you need to do and scratch them off once they are done. Good communication is emphasized during this period. Be conscious as to how you come across to others Monday through Wednesday. The weekend looks good for holing up in your room and catching up on sleep. Otherwise, pay your bills and taxes, and make good karma.

FEBRUARY 17 - FEBRUARY 23 BY KOZ MCKEV

LEO VIRGO This week we dive deep into This week you begin to come what makes us who we are into balance. Your sense of on a personal level. Resist duty is strong. Be open to hearsay; investigation is outside influences as well as a little more difficult than what other people have to condemnation, but it's worth say. Monday and Tuesday have the time you take to be sure economic opportunities. Mid about any issue. Family and week is for making art and domestic difficulties can be making friends. The weekend magnified. Stay the course is good for focusing on family and do the right thing. Life, issues and domestic projects. in all its sexy mysteries, will Do little things with lots of be tapping on the doors of love. Learn to listen twice and uncertainty. It's OK not to be to speak once. See yourself in power, and not to have the as more of a lover and as less answers. The weekend looks of a critic. Welcome the more good for pleasurable times, diplomatic you. and dealing with matters of the heart.

AQUARIUS PISCES Say goodbye to being the At 10am PST Tuesday, the sun flavor of the month this enters Pisces. It is your time to Tuesday as the sun leaves shine, as well as have things your sign for Pisces. Now is your way. Your best days this the time to manifest and to week are likely to be Thursday express what your values and Friday while the moon really are. The expression transits your ninth house of " put your money where your luck and good fortune. Spiritual mouth is" is the most accurate and emotional renewal are phrase to a second house coming your way. The weekend transit. Get a neck rub. Invest has you in the public eye. Think in a worthy charitable cause. in terms of talents you've Be aware of female friends inherited from your mother's that may be using deception side of the family. to get their way. Enjoy sensual pleasures while being responsible. The weekend looks good for parties.

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GREAT WINTER READ Winter Melon, written by local writer Bill Wong Foey

A defiant and passionate young woman survives the Rape of Nanking in this debut novel. Voted Book of the Month for July by Lyons Books "Lives of Asia" book group.

In paperback online at Amazon.com and Lyons Book Store, 135 Main Street, or as an e-book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes and DirectMusicCafe.

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