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WELLNESS 6
CURRENTS 8
COVER STORY 13
A&E 20
STAGE/ART/EVENTS 21
BEATSCAPE 22
CLUB GRID 24
FILM 28
EPICURE 29
ASTROLOGY 31
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EDITORIAL
EDITOR STEVE PALOPOLI
STAFF WRITERSGEORGIA PERRY
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORCHRISTINA WATERS
PHOTOGRAPHERCHIP SCHEUER
CONTRIBUTORS ROB BREZSNY, PAUL M. DAVIS,
MICHAEL S. GANT, JOE GARZA,
ANDREW GILBERT, MARIA GRUSAUSKAS,
JORY JOHN, CAT JOHNSON,
KELLY LUKER, SCOTT MACCLELLAND,
AVERY MONSEN, PAUL WAGNER
ART & PRODUCTION
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PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
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PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE
EDITOR DAN PULCRANO
Passin’ Through
Just passin’ through, I was taken on several
walks through your town, which was billed
as “progressive” and “environmentally
attentive.” Sadly, I did not find the latter to be
true, at least in two glaring examples. When I
was a kid, in another town, the vast majority
of folks did not blare their Christmas or
other outdoor lights during that 1973-1974
holiday season, for there was an energy
crisis. Here in Santa Cruz, I saw horrific
wastes of electricity in two large edifices
that have more than adequate security: the
public library downtown, and Riverside
Lighting. Both exhibit blatant disregard for
the environment, and will probably scream
“security concerns!” However, the entire
planet needs to wake up, for it is imperiled by
human selfishness and ignorance.
Robert FredericksFresno
Her Amazing Self
Re: “Gianna’s Gift”: Thank you for this
beautifully written account of that day. I was
there, and felt and experienced it just as you
describe. G was an extraordinary young woman
and deeply touched so many—simply by being
her amazing self in each moment that she lived.
Linda
Thanks for Nothing
Re: “Outside the Box” (Currents, Dec. 4):
Thank you, SCPD, for not enforcing this new
ordinance unless there are complaints. I
worked on the Mall for years, and was at times
annoyed by bad “performers,” but the good
ones—the great ones—really give life to and
help create a unique culture in downtown
Santa Cruz. This unique pop-up music scene,
which has seen some fantastic local and
touring artists over the years, is part of what
brings tourists to our town, and associated
revenue that enables Santa Cruz to flourish.
P. Damron
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Emotion as Spin
Re: “In the Eye of the Storm” (Currents, Nov.
27): Why does Monica Martinez use the word
"emotion" as spin for whenever someone finds
fault with her enterprise? Frankly, I find [fault]
with the HSC and the percentage of homeless
that cause 42 percent of our petty (and not so
petty) crimes and lowered quality of living. She
has had to been dragged along repeatedly to
enact improvements at HSC to ensure the safety
of our community. I've seen many times, when
she is confronted with the problems caused
by HSC and some of its clients, she refuses to
address the situation head-on, and runs to her
board and other sponsors that have and did
have positions on the city council.
Don HondaSanta Cruz
Beautiful Testimonial
Re: “Gianna’s Gift” (Cover, Dec. 4): The
lead article in the Weekly was very moving.
Geoff Dunn gave me, as a person who
did not know Gianna Altano, a sense of
what a special person she was and how
she approached living with a disease that
would cut her life short at a young age. As
I read what Geoff wrote, I was also aware
that he and his wife, Siri, have a daughter,
Tess, who also has cystic fibrosis, and the
article took on a further dimension for me.
A beautiful testimonial to Gianna and her
short life, lived fully.
Nick Royal Santa Cruz
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perspiration. “It's great to get rid of stuff
that otherwise is a lot of work for your
body to excrete,” she says.
Perspiration comes directly from
our bloodstream; from fluid delivered
via the capillary bed to the sweat gland.
So then, exactly which toxins can we
lose when we sweat?
“Effectively, anything smaller than
a protein molecule will come out,” says
Dr. Motyka. And protein molecules
happen to be fairly large, so there
is a lot you can lose. Among those
sweat-purged toxins, Dr. Motyka lists
organophosphates, pesticides, some
preservatives and anything that is
“fat soluble” like heavy metals, which
circulate in the bloodstream but are
then stored in other areas.
According to Dr. Julian Whitaker, we
have some two million eccrine glands
covering our skin. On an average day,
they pump out about a quart of sweat.
The darkness of winter can drive
people to extremes. As soon
as it creeps into the 4 o'clock
hour, a small piece of my soul goes into
paralysis, and remains dormant until
spring. But not this year. It was a recent
cold snap that drove me to seek refuge
in the only comforting place I could
think of: a 180-degree sauna.
Stepping into the small, cedar-walled
room in my gym locker room is like
entering a dry oven. Once inside, there
are only so many options; sit, stand,
pace, recline, think—and wait. About
10 minutes in, my bones began to thaw.
By 15 minutes, a sheen of sweat had
formed. Then little beads, and ever so
suddenly, a catharsis: rivulets of sweat
poured out of my skin at a wondrous
rate. The left-for-dead piece of my soul
stretched and stirred, then sang with
warmth. At last, I was warm. And I was
hooked.
The next blustery night, I found
myself sitting naked among strangers,
sweating bullets in Kiva Retreat's main
sauna in downtown Santa Cruz, while
rain drummed on the roof. The kiva is
an impressive 12-sided structure with
two levels of wooden seating. Having
made a beeline for a shadow on the
top level (where the temperature is
a toasty 200 degrees, at least), I soon
found that hosing down in the cold
shower outside, and then returning to
the cozy dark heat feels a bit like being
reborn. Blood surges and skin rejoices
at the enveloping warmth. I'll save the
awkwardness of public nudity for a
future column, because, really, these
sweat-drenched humans are onto
something.
“I do think that sweating is good,
and we don't do enough of it,” says
Dr. Dawn Motyka of Santa Cruz when
pressed for the physiological effects of
Gonna Make You SweatWhat exactly do saunas do for us, anyway?BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS
THAT’S SO HOT More than just refuge in a cold snap, saunas stimulate some intense toxin-purging.
In a sauna they can pump out that
much in just 15 minutes.
“When you're really sweating at full
blast, it's like you're almost sweating
plasma,” says Dr. Motyka. “If you sweat
too much, you dehydrate and you lose
a lot of electrolytes, which are really
mission critical to healthy functioning."
She recommends trying a far-infrared
sauna, which can stimulate sweating at a
lower temperature, and is preferable for
detoxification because you can stay in it
longer. Chugging water before and after
your sweat is also crucial.
Of course, the origin of the sauna
reaches further back than the invention
of pesticides or the diagnosis of
Seasonal Affective Disorder, and I can
see why they were embraced as sacred
by previous societies. While the word
"sauna" comes from Finland, mankind
has likely been taking sweat baths for
over 20,000 years—the sweat lodge
being an American Indian tradition for
spiritual purification.
While “cold plunges” between sweats
are believed to tone the skin and help get
the gook out by giving your capillaries
a nice little shock, substantial evidence
is hard to find. Nevertheless, the cold
plunge is a tradition in Scandinavia and
the Caucasus mountains of Georgia.
Plunging from hot to cold stimulates
the release of norepinephrine, a stress
hormone and neurotransmitter,
and epinephrine, also known as
adrenaline—and both of those feel
invigorating coursing through the body.
Beyond the benefits of detoxification,
saunas may also be good for the heart,
too. According to Dr. Whitaker, sitting in
a sauna is akin to getting a mild workout,
dilating the capillaries and improving
blood flow, even though all you do is sit
quietly.
So, if you've been spending a lot
of time hugging a space heater and
counting the days until spring, I
recommend getting naked instead. Go
to the nearest sauna this town has to
offer (believe me, they are everywhere)
and get warm. You might just learn to
love winter.
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Use the Force5 things you need to know about the Public Safety Task Force’s recommendations BY JACOB PIERCE
that make an investment in our
community to provide pro-social
opportunities, mentoring and jobs
will go a long way toward solving
public safety challenges in our
community,” task force chair and
Seaside Company spokesperson
Kris Reyes said at a packed meeting
that backed up into the overflow
room in the Santa Cruz Civic
Auditorium across the street. “They
might not solve it tomorrow. But in a
generation if we can give more kids
opportunities, we’ll have a better
community.”
The Dec. 3 city council meeting
was Hilary Bryant’s last full meeting
as mayor. The council created the
task force last March, after a crime
spike that including the killing of
two Santa Cruz police officers. The
group spent four months listening
to speakers, and then two compiling
their recommendations.
“The results were from everyone’s
input,” says Jim Howes, vice chair
It’s safe to say there’s
overwhelming support
for a good chunk of the 56
recommendations from Santa
Cruz’s Public Safety Task Force,
though things get plenty more
controversial on the issues of
homelessness, needle exchange and
medical marijuana.
Many of the task force’s priorities
focused on education, youth
outreach and crime prevention.
“Youth programming initiatives
SEMIPERFECT NUMBER Jim Howes, vice chair of the Public Safety Task Force, says he knows the Santa Cruz City Council won’t be able to address all of its 56 recommendations.
of the task force. “We know council
will not be able to address them all,
or do anything with some of them.
Some are for other agencies and the
supervisors at the county. But they
were recommended to work with
the county and other agencies.”
The council voted to study
items—most of them hand-picked
by councilmember David Terrazas,
who made a motion immediately
following public comment—
including park improvements,
youth programs and a new police
officer position. It’s unclear what
will happen with the rest of the
recommendations, but they might
go to the council’s public safety
committee. Here are five highlights
(or lowlights, depending on your
point of view) from the task force:
CRIME: The task force
recommends growing the police
department to national levels,
which it estimated was 140 officers
for a city of Santa Cruz’s size. That
would be an increase from a current
force of 94 with six vacancies. “I
found it hard to believe we were that
far short,” said city councilmember
Don Lane, who looked at it from
another angle. Lane crunched the
numbers, too, and found that out of
14 Northern California cities with
populations between 55,000 and
65,000, Santa Cruz had one of the
two largest forces. Councilmembers
Lynn Robinson and Pamela
Comstock questioned some of the
stats’ applicability. “More than
anything, what’s important is the
experience of the people in the
community: what’s their response
time? What is their interaction?”
Comstock said.
DRUG TREATMENT: The task
force wants the city council to
work closely with the county’s
Health Services Agency to make
sure drug treatment programs
work efficiently and have enough
funding—an idea that resonates
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that would be unfair in a city with
no 24-hour restrooms, and more
transients than shelter beds.
NEEDLE EXCHANGE: Two
months before the two-and-a-
half week crime spike that shook
Santa Cruz, Ken Collins, Jake Fusari
and other frustrated Westsiders
marched along the railroad tracks
to a city council meeting, picking up
discarded syringes they found along
the way. The community uproar
surprised the Street Outreach
Supporters, who ran a needle
exchange program and provided
no figures on how many needles
they took in. City attorney John
Barisone sent the needle exchange,
which collects and distributes
syringes, packing for operating
without a permit. The county
picked up the program at its health
building, just outside city limits
in the Emeline neighborhood.
The task force recommends
keeping the exchange away from
residential neighborhoods in the
unincorporated area. Meanwhile,
research from San Francisco-
based Alex Kral, director of San
Francisco’s Urban Health Program,
shows needle exchanges not only
reduce disease but also hazardous
discarded trash. County health
officials have said the exchange
should be near drug users and the
urban core in order to do that.
JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT: Worried
that county judges are letting
criminals slide, the task force
pressed for more collaboration with
county government and suggested a
county probation officer be ordered
to appear before the city council
every six months to discuss what
his department is doing to address
“probation-related offenses.”
Thanks but no thanks, said Superior
Court Judge John Salazar, who
outlined the history of the city
and county's working relationship
in a Dec. 2 media advisory and
passed on the offer. “Lastly, the
court will decline to accept the
task force's invitation on a regular
basis,” Salazar wrote. “The court
will remain a separate branch of
government and continue to uphold
the separation of powers doctrine.”
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with people all over Santa Cruz’s
political spectrum. In 28 months,
146 people accounted for 3,598
arrests, just over half of them
drug-or alcohol-related. Funding
is the trickier part. Like new police
officers and many of the task force’s
suggestions, drug treatment doesn’t
come cheap. If the city council wants
to tackle the more ambitious and
expensive ideas, it might need a new
tax. If the council wants to do that
this November, the public hearing
process will have to move quickly in
order to create a parcel or sales tax
measure popular enough to secure
two-thirds of the vote by August.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA: It’s
time to explore a zoning regulation
that keeps medical marijuana out
of residential areas, according to
the task force. Members also want
to force tenants to get landlords’
permission before starting indoor
grows on their properties. Measure
K ordered SCPD to make adult
marijuana use its lowest priority
when it passed in 2006 with 64
percent of the vote, in a much looser
political climate. The law did not
apply to minors, driving under the
influence or selling to minors—all
things the task force wants cops to
focus on more.
HOMELESSNESS: Transients,
homeless individuals and those
connected with Homeless Services
Center accounted for 40 percent of
arrests and 30 percent of citations,
according to the SCPD. In response,
the task force wants the county
to create a special court to deal
with “substance abusers, veterans,
mentally ill and/ or homeless
offenders.” And in order to crack
down, it recommended making
three consecutive failure-to-
appears a misdemeanor because
at that point a suspect becomes
the responsibility of county
district attorney Bob Lee—not the
city attorney. Furthermore, a task
force idea to make defecating
in public and illegal camping
misdemeanors fits into a “broken
window policing” strategy of
cracking down on nuisance crimes.
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Assemblymember Luis Alejo and county supervisor Greg Caput defy expectations and champion reforms once thought impossible BY JACOB PIERCE
When most of the world thinks
about the Santa Cruz area,
one of its most important
economic regions is usually
an afterthought, if it’s
acknowledged at all. A huge chunk of the county’s
agriculture—its leading industry, ahead of even
tourism—is located in or around Watsonville, the population of which is more than 80 percent
Latino. The area is home to so much farming, it has
helped earn the entire Monterey Bay the nickname
the “Salad Bowl of America.”
In addition to agriculture, natural beauty and
authentic culture, the South County is also home to
four of the country’s biggest companies—Driscoll,
Granite Rock, Granite Construction and Martinelli’s.
Yet in spite of all that, the South County faces no
shortage of problems: a dreadfully slow economy—
with many workers scraping by at low wages, and
unemployment hovering at close to 20 percent—and
a nagging history of crime, with river flooding on top
of it all.
It’s within that context that two South County
politicians, county supervisor Greg Caput and
assemblymember Luis Alejo—both of them former
Watsonville city councilmembers and both in their
first terms, are working to reshape the political
landscape. Gretchen Regenhardt, who has lived in
Watsonville since 1984, says both men have a strong
work ethic that has set them apart from most of the
South County politicians she’s seen over the last three
decades.
“He’s a much harder worker than other people,
politicians or otherwise,” says Regenhardt of Alejo; she
is an attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance,
where Alejo once worked. “He’s a very, very hard
worker when he cares about something.”
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former Watsonville city councilmember Luis Alejo has pushed two
controversial bills into law.
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It’s clear that Caput and Alejo could
represent a shift in Watsonville
politics; in an effort to gauge how
they’re changing the South County, we
shadowed both.
Luis Alejo: No Sleep ’til Reform
If assemblymember Luis Alejo is
any indicator, the first trick to being
successful in state politics is cutting
back on a night’s rest. “I always say:
‘try to keep sleep to a minimum,’”
Alejo says. “Sleep’s a waste of time.”
It may sound like a political sound
bite. But when one glances at what
he’s accomplished this year, it’s hard
not to take his words at face value.
Alejo, who represents Watsonville
and Salinas, and believes in finding
innovative new ways to help the
state’s poor, usually wakes up around
7am and goes to bed at 2am.
“My best work is in the late hours
of the night,” says Alejo, who has
slicked-back hair and Ray-Ban
glasses, which he always takes off for
photographs. “We’re able to get a lot
done by really focusing on issues we
really care about.”
Whenever he discusses his
accomplishments and life
decisions—even ones from his high
school years—he uses “we,” not “I,”
because he believes in “team effort.”
“You find people who work as hard
as you do,” Alejo says of his staff.
He talks quickly, and his hands are
always moving. “Working together
and working long hours, we’re able to
get some good things done together.”
This past year, Alejo, the son of two
Watsonville strawberry farm workers,
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passed two landmark bills—one
that will provide undocumented
immigrants an opportunity to earn
driver’s licenses, and another to
raise the minimum wage to $10 an
hour over the next three years. Alejo
authored a total of 11 bills in the
past year, many of them regulating
quality in drinking water. He also
co-authored five more bills and
three resolutions, one of which got
bipartisan support for national
immigration reform. The press
release listing Alejo’s recent successes
takes up seven pages.
Passing bills means building a
lot of relationships, Alejo says. The
driver’s license bill, in particular, had
been discussed for a couple decades,
and it took a fresh approach—and a
favorable enough political climate—
to get it to the governor’s desk in the
first place. For him, it was challenging
just to adjust from representing 7,000
constituents to almost a half million.
“In a small town like Watsonville,
with seven councilmembers to
get something done, you only
needed the support of three other
councilmembers. But in Sacramento,
there’s 80 assemblymembers,” Alejo
says. “There’s 40 senators, and you’ve
got to build support with 41 votes. And
in the senate, you’ve got to get 21 votes.
And you’ve got to get a governor, who’s
going to sign your bill at the end of
the day. A lot of that is building good
relationships. Sometimes that doesn’t
happen working in the Capitol
building. It’s building friendships,
getting to know each other—building
trust more than anything else.”
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School in the early 1990s, and got
off to a rough start when he found
himself on juvenile probation for
getting in fights. He overcame his
early struggles by getting involved
in the newly formed Brown Berets,
which was organizing to curb gang
violence in Watsonville. Alejo and
friends like Felipe Hernandez, now
a Watsonville city councilmember,
left Watsonville initially, but vowed
to come back to serve. Other friends
would later come back as teachers
and union organizers.
“We said, ‘We’re going to get
serious about our education, get some
experience, build networks and then
come back and be leaders here in our
community,’” Alejo says.
After a receiving dual bachelors’
degrees from UC Berkeley, a law
degree from UC Davis and a master’s
in education from Harvard, Alejo
kept his word when he returned to
the South County as a legal aide to
those who couldn’t afford attorneys.
Then after two years on Watsonville
City Council, Alejo—who learned
about community organizing from
activists like Tony Hill and Bernie
Feldman—became the youngest
assemblymember ever to represent
the 28th District, and the first from
Watsonville since the 1970s.
Talking about his old mentors like
Hill and Feldman brings a smile to
Alejo’s face. “Over the years we’ve had
a lot of battles here on a wide range
of issues, and those were some of
those guys who were with you in the
trenches,” he says.
Alejo spoke at an immigration
forum in Watsonville last month
about the work left to be done for
immigrants. After the event, several
activists said it’s Alejo’s connection
with the community that makes him
such an important legislator.
“He remembers his roots. That’s
so easy to forget once you get into
politics because of the way politics in
this country depends on money,” said
Lillian Galedo, executive director of
Filipinos for Justice. “He’s remained
grounded in who his community is.
He’s really clear on being from an
immigrant family and contributions
of immigrants to the economy, and
how you have to make it easier for
them to do that work.”
Doug Keegan, program director for
the Santa Cruz County Immigration
Project, said the serious headway
Alejo made in immigration
legislation statewide set a good
example for the country, too.
“On a state level, he has
championed the issues that affect
immigration. Unfortunately, and
as he points out himself, the state
legislature has limited authority to
handle immigration,” said Keegan,
who once butted heads with Alejo over
whether or not to rename Landmark
Elementary School, in the Pajaro
Valley Unified School District, after
Dolores Huerta (Alejo supported the
name change effort, which failed).
“We’re hoping the federal government
will see what’s happening in the state
of California and say, ‘Yes, it is time
to change what’s happening in our
immigration system.’”
Alejo, who’s married to Watsonville
mayor Karina Cervantes, says all
the reforms he works on, whether
immigration reform or minimum
wage, are in some way personal.
He invokes a woman who works
three jobs to support herself, her
family and three children—and she’s
not a woman he met on the campaign
trail. She’s his mother-in-law.
“You talk about an issue that’s close
to home, an issue that you love and
care about,” he says. “You see their
struggle.”
Greg Caput: Wild Card of Watsonville
Greg Caput looks relaxed as he
leans against his white Oldsmobile
with a cigarette in his right hand,
his eyes hidden by black sunglasses.
The county supervisor takes off his
sunglasses for 10 seconds to let me
know the doctor he saw a day earlier
is making him wear the gear to
protect his eyes.
“I didn’t go all Hollywood on you,”
Caput says, his few dozen hairs lilting
in a warm Watsonville breeze.
The fourth district supe, who
represents South County Santa Cruz,
is talking about why his second term,
if he gets re-elected next year, will be
his last.
“Eight years is enough. Twelve years
is more than enough,” he says. “It’s
good to get new ideas, new people
coming in with new energy.”
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Caput, who promised when he ran
for office in 2010 to only stay in office
for two terms, wrote a plan last year
to create term limits, but couldn’t
secure a second from any of the four
other supervisors, and the idea died in
chambers before going anywhere.
Caput and I were supposed to meet
at his office at noon, but I spotted him
leaning into his car 10 minutes before,
looking for a cigarette. At 63, Caput
has a way of always looking like he
had a long night, whether he’s in the
supervisor chambers or on the street.
increase their pay 10.3 percent, back
to $123,000, with supervisors Bruce
McPherson and Caput dissenting.
“It’s embarrassing that it even
came up at this time,” Caput says.
“I’m saddened by the outcome and
I’ve always thought the lowest paid
workers at county should get raises,
and the highest paid workers should
forgo their raises.”
Caput has responded by donating
portions of his salary to charity.
By year’s end he will have donated
$50,000 over the past two years, most
of it to high school sports and Pajaro
Resue Mission, a homeless shelter. It
represents 25 percent of his salary.
When it comes to politics, Caput has
a history of doing things his own way.
After chatting for 11 minutes, Caput
starts walking over to the Watsonville
Volunteer Center, where he has been
several times—but never eaten—for
some burgers, to talk about preventing
floods and planting redwood trees. We
never did make it into his office.
With Caput’s encouragement,
the county has passed out redwood
seedlings, many of which are donated
by Big Creek Lumber and Redwood
Empire, for 8,500 trees (about 65
percent of which will probably make
it)—well short of his goal of 25,000
planted, but still “better than zero,
right?” says Caput.
Much of his work in South County
this past term has centered around the
Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek—
taking out sediment to increase flow,
which is good for habitat, and prevent
flooding at the same time.
Caput has built a reputation
of keeping close ties with his
community. Fluent in Spanish, he
never walks far without chatting with
someone he recognizes. But listening
to him speak Spanish sounds
about as Latin as a country western
song. “I don’t pronounce the words
exactly right, but I communicate,
and I understand it. I carry on a
conversation,” Caput says.
“Greg Caput has a manner about
him that makes many voters in his
district very comfortable,” county
treasurer Fred Keeley says. “He has
no pretense. He speaks Spanish and
English. He has three little kids. He
owns his own business, he works very
hard on his own campaign.”
Many have said Caput’s
commitment to Watsonville stands
in sharp contrast to Campos, his
Caput worked as a painting
contractor in Watsonville for 15 years,
then ran for Watsonville City Council
in 2006, where he served one term.
When he challenged incumbent
supervisor Tony Campos in the
2010 election, he campaigned on job
creation, cutting high-paying salaries
and term limits—and won by 0.7
percent of the vote.
Once in office, the fiscally
conservative Caput was unable to get
the other supervisors to agree to lower
their own salaries, or that of other
administrators for that matter, even
though supervisor salaries grew from
$49,000 to $123,000—96 percent—
between 1996 and 2008, when they
were reduced by furloughs. Last week,
fellow supervisors John Leopold, Zach
Friend and Neal Coonerty voted to
This past year, Alejo passed two landmark bills—one that will provide undocumented immigrants an opportunity to earn driver’s licenses, and another to raise the minimum wage to $10.
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predecessor as District 4 supe, who
was perceived by critics as treating
his supervisor post like a side project
of his real estate job. Campos often
exempted himself from land-use
decisions—probably the most
important issue for the South County.
“For us and our clients, the lack
of affordable housing is one of the
primary causes of poverty in our
area. So, not participating in land-
use decisions did a disservice for
South County,” says Regenhardt, the
attorney from CRLA.
His own critics have sometimes
questioned Caput’s intellect and
political polish, but when it comes to
his re-election, Keeley has a word of
advice for Caput’s opponents: don’t
underestimate this guy.
“It’s not uncommon to hear among
the political classes that Caput is
rough around the edges,” Keeley says.
“Sometimes his hair’s messed up.
Sometimes his tie’s not straight. What
I counter with is ‘yep, and he defeated
a sitting supervisor to get elected to
the board.’ I think people who have
underestimated what they’re dealing
with are making a mistake.”
When Caput and I finish our
burgers, he offers to drive me to
Gizdich Ranch, a family-owned farm,
to tour an example of the kinds of the
businesses he’d like to see to revitalize
Watsonville’s economy and help the
South County thrive. When we climb
is his Oldsmoblie, Caput grabs the
second half of the cigarette he started
earlier. “My wife’s got me down to
four cigarettes a day, so I smoke eight
halves,” he says, reaching to turn off an
angry radio caller yelling on KSCO.
Once we park, Caput explains
how he wants to relax county rules
that prevent farm owners from
opening up bed-and-breakfasts on
their property, to bring more jobs to
traditional farms. As an example,
Gizdich Ranch isn’t an inn, but it
does sell jams, bake pies and invite
children for school field trips.
Caput wants to encourage farmers
to get creative with their properties
and incentivize it, too. To Caput,
Gizdich is an example of smart growth
because it supports jobs without
turning prime agricultural land into
urban sprawl, the way Watsonville
City Council’s Measure T, which got
destroyed at the polls last June, aimed
to do. And whoever the District 4
supervisor is next year, they will have
tough economic realities to face as
they deal with an unemployment at
8.2 percent in the county and closer to
20 percent in Watsonville.
In addition to being a community
man, Caput also has a reputation
as an independent whose votes
are usually hard to predict, and he
concedes that he’s been on the losing
end of the majority of 4-1 votes on
the board. He and other supervisors
have said they’re careful not to
violate the Brown Act, which prevents
any majority—three or more—of
supervisors from discussing agenda
items before voting. If Caput does get
one more term, he would like to find
ways to get the other supes to look at
things from his point of view.
“Maybe I should compromise a
little bit more, but I don’t want to
compromise too much, and I don’t
want to compromise my values, the
South County’s interest,” Caput says.
“And sometimes that results in doing
things on your own where you have
to do a lot more work, whereas if
you were able to compromise a little
more you might get some help from
another source.”
Jimmy Dutra, a Watsonville native
and former White House intern,
and former Watsonville police chief
Terry Medina have both announced
their decision to run against Caput.
So have former Watsonville Mayor
Todd McFarren and Dana Sales, a
real estate broker who has served on
the county education board for 28
years. Sales, a former member of the
planning commission, says Caput
has left a lot of funds on the table
that should have been directed to the
South County.
“I respect Greg Caput, but I think
I’d be a better supervisor,” says
Sales, who would leave real estate if
elected. “My background in planning
is working with people throughout
the county. I’ve been very effective in
bringing a voice of the Pajaro Valley.”
Caput has heard the list of
candidates but doesn’t have much to
say about the field.
“They’re all free to run, and I think
it’s actually healthy,” Caput says. “It
gets discussion going. There’s nothing
worse than someone running
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Getting Good AgainWhy reunited punks Good Riddance matter to Santa CruzBY STEVE PALOPOLI promise of a new record now on the
table for the first time—it’s worth delving
into how they accomplished both of
these improbable feats.
The first is probably the most
remarkable, considering Good
Riddance’s humble roots. Bassist Chuck
Platt remembers when he first met
guitarist Luke Pabich, in the summer of
1993, while Platt was working at Kinko’s
in Capitola.
“Luke came into Kinko’s to make a
flier for a ‘bass player wanted,’” says
Platt. “I helped him at the counter. I was
like, ‘Oh, I play the bass!’ Luke, being the
thrifty guy he is, didn’t make the flier.”
Pabich had already been playing
with vocalist and lyricist Russ Rankin,
both in Good Riddance and another
Santa Cruz hardcore band, State of
Grace. (Rankin was also an original
member of another popular Santa Cruz
punk band, Fury 66.)
It was Pabich who had the chance
encounter that led to what all the band
members agree was the turning point in
their career. While working as a driver
and roadie for San Francisco punks the
White Trash Debutantes on a West Coast
tour, he ran into Mike Burkett, better
known as Fat Mike, the leader of NoFX,
who had founded Fat Wreck Chords
in 1990. Good Riddance had already
submitted a demo to the label, and
gotten a hand-written note back from
Burkett saying he liked it and might
want to work with them at some point.
But the conversation that day changed
everything.
“He said, ‘Yeah, I think I’m ready to do
something with you guys,’” remembers
Pabich. “It was that moment that created
(Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part story. Part two runs next week.)
Good Riddance is arguably
the biggest punk band ever
to come out of Santa Cruz.
And over the course of their initial
run from the early ’90s to a final show
at the Catalyst in 2007, they became
especially famous in their home town
for two things: (1) breaking out of an
insular local music scene that at most has turned out one nationally (and in
this case, internationally) successful
band per decade, and (2) doing so while
also avoiding the intense backlash
against 90s “new punk” bands who were
accused of selling out the ideals and
political roots of the genre.
As the band returns to the Catalyst a
year or so into their reunion—with the
OPERATION PHOENIX Good Riddance (left to right: drummer Sean Sellers, guitarist Luke Pabich, bassist Chuck Platt and vocalist Russ Rankin) found a level of international success unheard of for Santa Cruz bands. The reunited group plays the Catalyst on Dec. 20.
our relationship, and that relationship is
what started everything for us. The stars
aligned.”
“When we got signed to Fat Wreck
Chords, it was still being run out of
Mike’s kitchen. But it was poised for
greatness,” says Rankin. “We went from
being a local Santa Cruz band to an
international band.”
Even if all the band members readily
admit luck and timing played a role in
their success, they definitely took the
boost from the signing and ran with it.
They decided to quit their jobs and work
on the band full time, though that wasn’t
as easy a decision as it might seem.
“At the time, it was super scary,” says
Platt.
For Rankin, it came down to one
thing: “I didn’t want to be the age I am
now and look back and say, ‘Man, I wish
I’d done that.’”
He certainly won’t have to, having
guided the band through a tricky time
for punk music. While other groups tried
to mainstream their music in the hope
of riding the pop-punk wave created
by Green Day and the Offspring, Good
Riddance always had the respect of the
faithful, even when they got big. The
band was powered by a rawer sound, and
Rankin’s socially conscious lyrics, which
hearkened back to influences like the
Dead Kennedys, Crass and Bad Religion.
Over the course of seven albums on Fat
Wreck Chords, beginning with 1995’s For God and Country, Good Riddance held
fast to its original mission, even as its fan
base swelled around the world.
“My punk roots go back to really
political stuff. That’s what drew me in
the first place. I learned about the world
from punk,” says Rankin. “It wasn’t
appealing to me to write about drinking
and partying—I felt the band was sort of
my platform.”
[Next week: Good Riddance implodes—but gets a second chance.]
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StageDANCE
Bellydance ShowcaseDifferent belly dancers each week on the garden stage. Presented by Helene. www.thecrepeplace.com. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.
THEATER
Armchair TheaterA live reading by local actors of selected passages from Charles Dickens' Bleak House. Thu, Dec 12, 7pm. Free. Scotts Valley Library, 230-D Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley, 831.420.5369.
Mountain Community TheaterIt's A Wonderful Life: A fully staged production of the Frank Capra classic. www.mctshows.org. Fri, Dec 13, 8pm, Sat, Dec 14, 8pm and Sun, Dec 15, 2pm. $10-$20. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.
CONCERTS
Cabrillo Women's ChorusSounds of Winter: Songs by Mozart, Viivaldi, Pitoni and others with a special guest appearance by the Soquel High Concert Choir. Sun, Dec 15, 3pm. $10. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, 831.479.6154.
Rhythms for ReliefA benefit concert for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the Philippines. Sun, Dec 15, 5pm. Center For Conscious Living, 1818 Felt St, Santa Cruz, 831.239.7721.
SF Gay Men's ChorusA Christmas performance fundraiser for the Diversity Center, Santa Cruz AIDS Project and other organizations. Sat, Dec 14, 7pm. $30-$40. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.
Telemann not TelevisionA performance of Baroque composer Telemann's dinner music, on baroque flutes with harpsichord and viola da gamba. Sat, Dec 14, 7pm. $20 advance; $22 door; $5 youth. St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 9850 Monroe Ave, Aptos, 831.706.8408.
ArtGALLERIESOPENING
Look CollectiveAn art show featuring sculpture, painting, woodcuts, jewelry and more by 11 local artists. Sun, Dec 15, 11am-5pm. Free. #7 Squid Row, Santa Cruz.
CONTINUING
Felix Kulpa GalleryNeon art by Brian Coleman featuring glass tubes filled with multicolored glowing gasses. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm. Thru Jan. 26. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.
R. Blitzer GalleryThe Masters Series continues with an exhibit by Howard Ikemoto and Ron Milhoan. Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Thru Dec. 28. Free, 831.458.1217. Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz Rehearsal StudiosA Very Vinyl Christmas. An exhibit of holiday LP covers. Open Mon-Sun, 10am-midnight. Thru December. Free. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.
Various Santa Cruz County Bank LocationsBank Arts Collaborative. Down on the Farm: Seven local artists whose work represents the beauty of simple life on the farm. Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-6pm. Thru Jan. 3. Free. n/a, Santa Cruz.
EventsLITERARY EVENTS
Poet/Speak ReadingRegular meeting with featured reader Leah Lubin. www.poetrysantacruz.org. Sun, Dec 15, 2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.
StorytimeFormer Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children's stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.
AROUND TOWN
Comedy ShowcaseA new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm. Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7117.
Diversity Center Holiday PartyA party with food and drink and raffle to benefit the Diversity Center's programs. Sun, Dec 15, 4-7pm. $10-$100 donation. Curt and MO's, 126 Pacheco Ave., Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.
English Country DanceSecond and fourth Thursdays of each month; beginners welcome. Second Thu of every month. $5-$7. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8621.
Marine Mammal Research TourA behind-the-scenes look at the work of marine scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions and whales. Advance reservations required. Thu, Dec 12, 2-3:30pm. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.
FilmSpecial Screening: Inside Llewyn DavisSpecial advance screening of the new Coen Brothers film featuring a pre-screening performance by folk singer Marty O'Reilly. Thu, Dec 12, 7pm. Free. Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7507.
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SATURDAY 12/14
San Francisco Gay Men’s ChorusA former winner of Best Music Organization in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Best of the Bay” readers poll, the San Francisco
Gay Men’s Chorus is the world’s first openly gay chorus, having
inspired several more in other cities around the globe since its
founding 1978. The singers will bring their exuberance to Santa
Cruz with a champagne and cookie reception to accompany the
annual holiday concert. Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7pm at Peace United
Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. Tickets $30-$40.
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AOIFE O’DONOVANBest known as the frontwoman for progressive bluegrass outfit Crooked Still, Aoife O’Donovan recently stepped out on her own with the release of her solo debut, Fossils. The album, which is being touted as one of the best roots releases of the year, spotlights O’Donovan’s ability to craft a catchy, textured song, deliver it with her clear, warm and cozy voice and stretch her own musical boundaries beyond her duties as part of a band. As one commenter put it, “Who knew Crooked Still was holding her back?” Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7:30pm. (Cat Johnson)
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TWO GALLANTSThe members of Two Gallants, a duo out of San Francisco, have been playing music together since their pre-teens. If you cast a wide net, you could describe them as indie-folk, but that descriptor falls a bit short. Able to craft intricate, acoustic numbers, the band also drifts easily into territory closer to the Black Keys or R.L. Burnside than polished, smooth-around-the-edges folk music. This is gritty stuff. Comprising Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel, Two Gallants is one of those bands that nicely balances heavy and beautiful, musical abandon and quiet introspection. Bonus: the show is on Friday the 13th. Don Quixote’s; $15 adv/$17 door; 9pm. (CJ)
WINTERDANCE CELTIC CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONGet out your kilt and mistletoe. The Celts know how to do Christmas right and the celebration is coming to town. Spotlighting the sounds of Molly’s Revenge, featuring guest vocalist and bodhrán player Christa Burch and the infectious, I-dare-you-not-to-tap-your-toes moves of the Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers, the evening promises to be a lively and lovely singalong of traditional carols and perhaps some unfamiliar ones as well. If the holiday spirit hasn’t hit you yet, this would be a good way to give it a jumpstart. Don Quixote’s; $17 adv/$20 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)
RJD2You may not think you know RJD2, but if you’ve ever watched Mad Men, you do. His song “A Beautiful Mine” is the opening theme, and while I wouldn’t exactly call it typical of his other work, his ability to shift easily among hip-hop, trip-hop and a certain self-styled jazz mutation has made him a favorite of those in need of a cool soundtrack. He went vocal for 2007’s The Third Hand, giving up the sampling life for fully formed indie-pop songs, but since 2010’s The Colossus, he’s been back to what most fans agree he does best. Catalyst; $20/$25; 9pm. (Steve Palopoli)
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BEST MUGSHOTS EVER! Two Gallants play Don Quixote’s Friday.
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SUICIDAL TENDENCIESWhen lead singer Mike Muir founded one of the first crossover bands—playing a blend of hardcore metal and thrash punk—in 1981, Suicidal Tendencies developed a large following and a bad reputation, largely due to their edgy name and an assumption the guys were connected to gangs. Fifteen years ago, Muir resurrected the band, now remembered for the I-wanted-a-Pepsi classic “Institutionalized,” with mostly new members. Catalyst; $25 adv/$27 door, 8pm. (JP)
DAVE MASONIf you searched résumés for well-connected musicians, it’d be hard to find one more over-qualified than Dave Mason. Mason wrote “Feelin’ Alright,” which would later become one of spastic blues crooner Joe Cocker’s biggest hits. He helped found 1960’s rock band Traffic. He played on George Harrison’s solo debut All Things Must Pass. He’s also collaborated with the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix first heard Bob Dylan’s hit song “All Along the Watchtower” at Mason’s house, for crying out loud—before Hendrix, of course, decided to record it himself. Mason found further fame during an 80s solo career with hits like “We Just Disagree.” Rio; $32-$47.50; 8pm. (Jacob Pierce)
CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA DUOScott Amendola’s website has a quote from me from 1997, which starts out “Scott Amendola is quickly becoming my favorite drummer in all of drummerdom.” I feel terrible that I never got back to him on this! So here it is, more than 15 years later: Scott, you totally became my favorite drummer in all of drummerdom. And my favorite collaborator with my favorite drummer is groove-jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter. Watching them together is pretty much the most fun you can have with jazz. They play off each other like nobody’s business—it’s like they share a brain, only not gross! Kuumbwa; $23/$26; 7pm. (SP)
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EVERLASTErik “Everlast” Schrody first started recording hip-hop songs with the encouragement
of now-legendary graffiti artists like Shepard Fairey, and released his first album on Ice-T’s label. After getting famous as the front man for House of Pain, Everlast struck out on his own as a soloist, rapping compelling stories over poppy acoustic guitar tracks with electronic drum hip-hop beats. He’s taken the more stripped-down approach lately, with a new acoustic album and a rare acoustic performance next Wednesday. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door, 8:30pm. (JP)
UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THAT LOOKED AT FIRST RJD2 plays the Catalyst Friday.
BOB DYLAN TRIBUTEDec. 13 at Kuumbwa LACY J. DALTONDec. 14 at Don Quixote’s TOO SHORTDec. 14 at Catalyst MELVIN SEALS & JGBDec. 14 at Moe’s Alley CHRIS WEBSTER & NINA GERBERDec. 15 at Don Quixote’s
Concerts
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Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before
Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.
GOLD CIRCLE SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, December 11 7 pm AOIFE O’DONOVAN Award Winning Crooked Still Vocalist!
Monday, December 16 7 and 9 pm CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA DUONew Release “Pucker”Thursday, December 19 7 pm JESSE SCHEININ AND FOREVER CD RELEASE CONCERT“…art pop with orchestral inclinations…” – The Deli Magazine
Friday, December 20 7 pm | No CompsWINDHAM HILL WINTER SOLSTICE 2013; BARBARA HIGBIE, LIZ STORY, LISA LYNNE, GEORGE TORTORELLI, ARYEH FRANKFURTER
Saturday, December 14 8 pm A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG Tickets: thewheelcompany.com
1/23 Rick Walker: Celebration of a Lifetime in Music with Special Guests1/27 Howard Levy & Chris Siebold2/3 Habib Koité2/14 Tuck & Patti: Valentine’s Day Concert
GIVE THE GIVE OF JAZZ!Gift Certificates, Gift Member-ships, Concert Tickets, T-shirts & Hats. Call for more info.
Thursday, December 12 7 pmTHE KALAE MILES–DAVIS PROJECTTickets: brownpapertickets.com
Friday, December 13 8 pm BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE Tickets: thewheelcompany.com
Monday, January 6 7 & 9 pm | No CompsPHARAOH SANDERS QUARTETThursday, January 9 7 pm THE HANRAHAN QUARTET PERFORMING JOHN COLTRANE’S “A LOVE SUPREME”Friday, January 10 7 & 9 pm | No Comps ROBBEN FORDMonday, January 13 7 pm | No Comps KIM NALLEY WITH THE MARCUS SHELBY ORCHESTRA “THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK”Thursday, January 16 7 pm | No Comps ALBERT LEEMonday, January 20 7 & 9 pm | No Comps BOOKER T. JONES
SANTA CRUZ BLUE LAGOON Live Rock Live Comedy Live DJ 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz + 80’s dance party
BLUE LOUNGE Live Music Rainbow Lounge Live DJ 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz DJ A.D
BOCCI’S CELLAR Bourbon Brothers Brian Travis RNB vs RAP A1 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz
THE CATALYST ATRIUM Rose Windows The Growlers Stellar Corpses 1101 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
THE CATALYST RJD2 Too Short 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
CREPE PLACE Mrs. Magician Wooden Suns The Shut Ins Death Valley Girls 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz Holiday show
CROW’S NEST Breeze Babes Echo Street Spigot Hall Pass 2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE Esoteric Collective 1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz
HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE Preston Brahm Trio Mapanova Isoceles 1102 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz with Gary Montrezza
KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER Aoife O’Donovan The Kalae Miles- Bob Dylan Tribute Neil Young Tribute 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz Davis Projct
MOE’S ALLEY Kendra McKinley Sister Carol Melvin Seals 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
MOTIV DassWassup! Libation Lab Charly Fusion 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz by Zagg w/ Curtis Murphy
THE REEF Open Mic Live Reggae Live Hawaiian Live Rock & Reggae 120 Union St, Santa Cruz
RIO THEATRE Dave Mason Band 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz
SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
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SANTA CRUZGoth/Industrial Karaoke Live DJ BLUE LAGOON Soul/funk/rap 831.423.7117
Karaoke DJ Jahi BLUE LOUNGE Neighborhood Night 831.425.2900
Kevin Robinson F. Dupp Mike Shop Band BOCCI’S CELLARAcoustic Soul Dupp Bros Band 831.427.1795
The Silent Comedy THE CATALYST ATRIUM 831.423.1338
THE CATALYST 831.423.1336
Mark Joseph & 7 Come 11 CREPE PLACEthe Missing Pieces 831.429.6994
Live Comedy CROW’S NEST 831.476.4560
Coffis Brothers DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE 831.426.8801
Dana Scruggs Trio Jazz by Five Barry Scott HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE & Associates 831.420.0135
Charlie Hunter & KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER Scott Amendola 831.427.2227
MOE’S ALLEY 831.479.1854
Rasta Cruz Reggae Eclectic by Hip-Hop by MOTIV Primal Productions DJ AD 831.479.5572
Jazzy Evening Open Blues Jam THE REEF 831.459.9876
RIO THEATRE 831.423.8209
SEABRIGHT BREWERY 831.426.2739
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MANGIAMO’S PIZZA AND WINE BAR David Paul Campbell David Paul Campbell George Christos Roberto-Howell 783 Rio del Mar Blvd, Aptos
MICHAEL’S ON MAIN Duo Brothers Yuji & Neil Lenny’s Basement Nora Cruz 2591 Main St, Soquel
PARADISE BEACH GRILLE Johnny Fabulous Vinny Johnson 215 Esplanade, Capitola
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SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL Don McCaslin & Billy Davis Breeze Babes 7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos The Amazing Jazz Geezers Blues Band
SHADOWBROOK Anastasia Joe Ferrara Anastasia 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola
THE UGLY MUG Jessie Johnson Skidanenko & Green 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel Duet
ZELDA’S Billy Martini Show John Michael Band 203 Esplanade, Capitola
SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY DON QUIXOTE’S Rob Ickes & Molly’s Revenge Two Gallants Lacy J. Dalton 6275 Hwy 9, Felton Jim Hurst Wild Horse Benefit
HENFLING’S TAVERN Ruckus Bell Tower 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond
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1011 PACIFIC AVE.SANTA CRUZ
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www.catalystclub.com
Sunday, December 15 In the Atrium AGES 21+THE SILENT COMEDY
plus Strange Vine
Saturday, December 14 In the Atrium AGES 21+SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE
Friday, December 13 AGES 18+ RJD2
plus Helicopter Showdown
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Dec 18 Suicidal Tendencies (Ages 16+)Dec 20 Good Riddance (Ages 16+)Dec 21 Mos Def (Ages 16+)Dec 27 & 28 Rebelution (Ages 16+)Dec 29 DJ Quik (Ages 16+)
The Devil Makes Three (Ages 21+)Jan 4 E-40/ A-1 (Ages 16+)Jan 11 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+)Jan 16 Yellowcard/ Ocean Ave (Ages 16+)Jan 17 Tainted Love (Ages 21+)Jan 18 Hopsin/ DJ Hoppa (Ages 16+)Jan 24 Infected Mushroom (Ages 18+)
December 13th, 2013 at 7:00 pmr. blitzer gallery2801 Mission St. in Santa Cruz (The Wrigley Building)
Tickets are Only $5 at EventSantaCruz.com
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July Fire Duo MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 831.479.9777
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SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 831.688.8987
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NewTHE ARMSTRONG LIE (R; 124 min) Lance Armstrong has gone from champion to disgraced champion to Crown Douche of All Sports, thanks to the way he’s attempted to destroy the lives of…uh, everyone. This documentary exposes the truth behind the lie behind the truth, and considering the karmic relief it brings, who doesn’t want to see this movie come out? Oh wait, I know one person. (Opens Fri at the Nick)
THE GREAT BEAUTY (NR; 142 min) Comedy-drama from director Paolo Sorrentino (who did the Sean
Penn film This Must Be the Place a couple of years ago) satirizes the Italian nightlife scene through the eyes of a writer trapped by the success of his first novel. (Opens Fri at the Del Mar)THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (PG-13; 161 min) We’re now up to five hours of Hobbit adaptation, so it’s understandable if, like Ice Cube, you’re asking “Are we there yet?” But c’mon, the dragon part of The Hobbit is the best part, by far! So even if you’re on Middle Earth overload, just hold out for a hero, like Bonnie Tyler. (Opens Thu at Cinema 9, Scotts Valley, and 41st Ave)
Reviews12 YEARS A SLAVE (R; 133 min) Based on an 1853 memoir, this story of a free African American kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South is easily the best-reviewed film of the year. THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (R) Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall and Terrence Howard star in this story of college friends who reunite at Christmastime after 15 years.
BLACK NATIVITY (PG; 93 min) Incredibly, not a metal band, but in fact a heartwarming holiday musical starring Forest
Whitaker, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (R; 117 min.) Matthew McConaughey continues his bizarre transformation into one of the best actors of our generation in this true story about a Texas electrician named Ron Woodroof, who took on the medical establishment after being diagnosed with HIV in the ’80s—in his attempt to get alternative treatments for himself and others, he became a drug smuggler. What has gotten into McConaughey, anyway? Remember when he was the acting equivalent of lumber back in the Contact days? Jared Leto is making a
different kind of comeback, after not making films for a while—here he plays a
transvestite who forms an unlikely partnership with Woodroof. DELIVERY MAN (PG-13; 103 min) If you feel like the premise for this Vince Vaughn comedy—slacker finds out his sperm-bank donation accidentally fathered hundreds of children, and 142 of them are suing him—sounds familiar, it might be because it sounds exactly like the kind of comedy Vince Vaughn would have made by now. He actually didn’t, but New Zealander Ken Scott did in 2011, a movie called Starbuck on which it is based. I know some of those Kiwis have thick accents, but really, they’re remaking New Zealand films now? ENDER’S GAME (PG-13; 104 min) There’s been a lot of LGBT supporters protesting this movie because of the despicable anti-gay views of Orson Scott Card, the author of the book it’s based on (and a producer of the film). I don’t know if the film itself should be judged on the basis of that—maybe more on the fact that Ender’s Game wasn’t a great book to begin with, certainly inferior even to Card’s short story of the same name on which it was based. (Philip K. Dick’s Time Out of Joint is a far superior take on a very similar idea.) But whether or not you think the political issues should affect whether or not you see the film, at least we can all agree the guy’s a total douche. FREE BIRDS (PG; 91 min) Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson star in this animated movie that is seriously about turkeys traveling through time. They go back to try to stop JFK’s assassination. Just kidding, of course they try to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu. FROZEN (PG; 108 min) Disney animated film has the kingdom of Arendelle trapped in perpetual winter, with
young Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) teaming with a rugged outdoorsman (Jonathan Groff) to journey across the frozen wasteland and lift the spell. Blizzards, trolls and a comic-relief snowman (Josh Gad) stand in their way. HOMEFRONT (R; 100 min) Jason Statham gets as close as he ever will to a dramatic role in this story of a former DEA agent who moves his family to a sleepy little town. Oh, don’t worry though, there’s a druglord there! Do they fight? Are you kidding me? It’s Statham! Plus, Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay, so yes, that’s happening. James Franco and Winona Ryder co-star. HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG-13; 146 min) Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth return in the further adventures of Katniss Everdeen and friends. This time, it’s personal! Just kidding. It’s not that personal. LAST VEGAS (PG-13; 105 min) The trailer for this comedy just makes you involuntarily smile. Is it getting to watch Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro and Kevin Kline being goofy? Yeah, and also that this old-fart version of The Hangover actually looks hilarious, when it could have been just a cash-in on its all-star cast. OUT OF THE FURNACE (R; 116 min) Christian Bale plays Casey Affleck’s brother (they couldn’t get Ben?), who must save him after Casey falls in a crime ring. THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG-13; 122 min) If he had a hammer, he’d hammer in the morning. He’d hammer in the evening, all over the nine realms. Anyway, Thor is back in a plot that’s basically what you’d expect: blah blah Dark Elves, blah blah wormhole, blah blah anomaly. Thank god for the Loki comic relief.
Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von BusackFilm Capsules
APTOS CINEMAS 122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831-426-7500 www.thenick.com
The Book Thief — Daily 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:10.Dallas Buyer’s Club — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9:20.Philomena — Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9.
41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — (Opens midnight Thu) 11:15; 3; 6:45.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D — (Opens midnight Thu) 9:40pm.Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues — (Opens Wed 12/18) 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10:15.Frozen — Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; Fri-Wed 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 10:15.Frozen 3D — Wed 12/11 10am.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Wed-Thu 11:45; 3:15; 6:45; 10:15; Fri-Tue 11:45; 3:10; 6:30; 10.Thor: The Dark World — Wed-Thu 11:15; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10. (no Thu 10pm)
DEL MAR1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com
The Great Beauty — (Opens Fri) 1:15; 4:10; 7:15.12 Years A Slave — Daily 1:50; 4:40; 7:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.Delivery Man — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm.Nebraska — Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.Wizard of Oz — Sat 11am; Sun 11am.
NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com
The Armstrong Lie — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 6:40.Old Boy — (Opens Fri) 7:30; 9:40.The Book Thief — Wed-Thu 1:40; 3:40; 4:40; 6:30; 9:10; Fri-Wed 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 12:50pm.Dallas Buyer’s Club — Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.Delivery Man — Fri-Wed 4:10; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.Philomena — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:20; 6:45; 8:50; Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9 plus Sat-Sun 11:20am.
RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com
Homefront — Wed-Thu 4; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Out of the Furnace — Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:45; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.
SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — (Opens midnight Thu) call for showtimes.
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Epicure Send tips about food, wine and dining
discoveries to Christina Waters at
[email protected]. Read her blog
at christinawaters.com.
price until Dec. 25. Go check the
Love Apple Farms class schedules,
and then order your gift certificate.
And if you enjoy making your own
specialty food gifts, you will want
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Chocolate Truffles for Gift Giving workshop. First is an introduction
to chocolate, and then you'll learn
how to make the perfect ganache
filling, some using liqueurs, herbs
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techniques for four distinct truffles,
you'll be taught how to expand this
repertoire with your own variations.
Grand Marnier Truffle with Candied
Orange Zest—yes, that sounds like my
checkerboards and fudge crackles. A
gift for just about anyone with taste
buds. Treat your office mates, or your
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GROWING, MAKING, GIVING: A
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2014 gift certificates for classes of
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The Sweets ScienceBY CHRISTINA WATERS
MORE HOLIDAY COOKIES: Time for
mulled wine, fresh
walnuts and mandarines, tart and
juicy and somehow sweet all at
once. Holiday gifts are waiting to
be plucked from the shelves and
display cases of our favorite retail
shops, wine merchants and bakeries.
For example, while grabbing a few
of those irresistible Gayle's olive
francese rolls for dinner last week,
I spotted beautiful cookie gift boxes
($15.95), gold-foiled, wrapped with
a silvery bow and filled with three
colorful varieties of Gayle's beautiful
holiday cookie classics: butterstars,
kind of truffle. And it's only one of
the four basic varieties you'll learn to
make. Can you imagine how blown
away your recipients will be when
you gift them with a box of chocolate
truffles, truly beautiful designer
chocolates, that you have made with
your own two hands? Yes, you can do
this at home (once you've taken this
class led by professional pastry chef
Maggie Cattell). Again, this Truffle
Making class happens on Saturday,
Dec. 14, noon-4pm ($89).
ECOFARM: It's not too early to
make plans for the 33rd annual
gathering of movers and shakers
in the sustainable food landscape.
EcoFarm Conference will be
held Jan. 22-25 on the Asilomar
Conference Grounds, loaded with
practical, informative and inspira-
tional workshops about every tier of
growing, marketing, strategizing and
policy-making involved in the or-
ganic and ecological farming world. Jim Leap, former head of the UCSC
AgroEcology Farm, will offer two
workshops during the action-packed
program. And Jesse Cool of Flea
Street Cafe will team up with Carlos Canada for some tasty organo-cui-
sine. Check it out at www.eco-farm.
org—then plan to be there!
WINES OF THE SEASON, PART 3: BIRICHINO'S MUSCAT CANELLI, packaged in a slender elegant bottle,
offers wintry perfume of honey and
apricots. For after-holiday din-
ners, this 13% alcohol dessert wine
is perfection. It also makes an apt
hostess gift and, yes, undoubtedly,
an excellent stocking stuffer ($18). . .
Congratulations to Richard Alfaro,
"excited and honored" that the 2011 Alfaro Family Lester Family Vine-yards at Deer Park Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir was picked
one of the SF Chronicle's "Top Wines
of 2013." It’s made from Corralitos
grapes expertly managed by the
illustrious Prudy Foxx. A gift for that
special connoisseur?
GET YOURSELF IN TRUFFLE On Dec. 14, Love Apple Farms is offering a workshop on making chocolate truffles for holiday gift-giving.
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Thai HousePatt Suwansupa, owner
The son of two Thai restaurateurs, Pat Suwansupa tried branching
out in his twenties. He enrolled at San Diego State to study criminal
justice, and then later at a school in Monterey for radiology. “I always
got pulled back into the restaurant,” he says. “I like being in the kitchen.”
SCW: How spicy do you like your Thai food? PATT SUWANSUPA: I
grew up eating really spicy food. My dad’s from Southern Thailand. When you
go to a Thai restaurant and ask for Thai spicy, they usually grade that by the
Southern Thai people. They eat ridiculously crazy stuff. Some of my favorites
are the spicy noodles or the drunken noodles or the basil fried rice, but I like
mine pretty darn insanely spicy. We have regulars that come down and grew
a relationship with me, and when they ask for super spicy, we give them super
spicy. We’re going to start this spicy papaya challenge in January. If you finish
this challenge, you can win a T-shirt and get your picture on the wall.
Tell me more about the challenge. If I can get 15 or 20 people to line up,
everybody will get a nice big plate of something ridiculously spicy—two
or three ghost chilies, five or six habaneros. Ghost chilies are the second
spiciest chili in the world. I might do the challenge too, because I don’t want
people to think I made it, but I wouldn’t eat it.
Then you’ll go away crying? I’ll probably go away crying. I’m not gonna
lie. That thing’s pretty hot.
How did you discover the plum wine sake? Tomodachi. When I wasn’t
working at my parents’ restaurant, I was working as a server or a sous chef
for a Japanese restaurant. I was doing that for the last 10 years. One of my
favorite drinks was tomodachi —it’s delicious. Sweet plum wine mixed with
hot sake is one of the better mixed drinks you could do yourself.
Do you have a favorite decoration? There’s a very traditional hardwood
that’s one piece carved, by the women’s bathroom. And it’s probably six feet
tall and two-and-a-half feet wide. It’s the scenery of an old myth with two
Thai gods battling each other—couple thousand hours of carving.
Pad Thai or Pad See Ew? You know what’s funny: Pad Thai’s probably
the most popular Thai dish, but I haven’t had it in 10 years. But Pad See Ew is
one of my favorite dishes on the not-spicy side.
—Jacob Pierce
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States four times, more than any other president. We can conclude that he was one of the most popular American leaders ever. And yet he never won a majority of the votes cast by the citizens of his home county in New York. I foresee the possibility of a comparable development in your life. You may be more successful working on the big picture than you are in your immediate situation. It could be easier for you to maneuver when you’re not dealing with familiar, up-close matters. What’s outside your circle might be more attracted to your influence than what’s nearer to home.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2009, actress Sandra Bullock starred in three films, two of which earned her major recognition. For her performance in All About Steve, she was given a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Her work in The Blind Side, on the other hand, won her an Oscar for Best Actress. I’m thinking that you may experience a similar paradox in the coming days, Taurus. Some of your efforts might be denigrated, while others are praised. It may even be the case that you’re criticized and applauded for the same damn thing. How to respond? Learn from Bullock’s example. She gave gracious acceptance speeches at the award ceremonies for both the Golden Raspberry and the Oscar.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Almost 2,000 years ago, a Roman doctor named Scribonius Largus developed recipes for three different kinds of toothpaste. One contained the ashes of burned-up deer antler, aromatic resin from an evergreen shrub known as mastic, and a rare mineral called sal ammoniac. His second toothpaste was a mix of barley flour, vinegar, honey, and rock salt. Then there was the third: sun-dried radish blended with finely ground glass. Let’s get a bit rowdy here and propose that these three toothpastes have metaphorical resemblances to the life choices in front of you right now. I’m going to suggest you go with the second option. At the very least, avoid the third.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are you feeling a bit pinched, parched, and prickly? Given the limitations you’ve had to wrestle with lately, I wouldn’t be surprised if you were. Even though you have passed some of the sneaky tests and solved some of the itchy riddles you’ve been compelled to deal with, they have no doubt contributed to the pinched, parched prickliness. Now what can be done to help you recover your verve? I’m thinking that all you will have to do is respond smartly to the succulent temptations that life will bring your way in the coming weeks.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Have you ever situated yourself between two big bonfires on a beach and basked in the primal power? Was there a special moment in your past when you found yourself sitting between two charismatic people you loved and admired, soaking up the life-giving radiance they exuded? Did you ever read a book that filled you with exaltation as you listened to music that thrilled your soul? These are the kinds of experiences I hope you seek out in the coming week. I’d love to see you get nourished stereophonically by rich sources of excitement.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mythically speaking, this would be a propitious time for you to make an offering to the sea goddess. In dreams or meditations or fantasies, I suggest you dive down into the depths, find the supreme feminine power in her natural habitat, and give her a special gift. Show her how smart you are in the way you express love, or tell her exactly how you will honor her wisdom in the future. If she is receptive, you may even ask her for a favor. Maybe she’ll be willing to assist you in accessing the deep feelings that haven’t been fully available to you. Or perhaps she will teach you how to make conscious the secrets you have been keeping from yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t linger in a doorway, Libra. Don’t camp out in a threshold or get stuck in the middle of anything. I understand your caution, considering the fact that life is presenting you with such paradoxical clues. But if you remain ambivalent too much longer, you
may obstruct the influx of more definitive information. The best way to generate the clarity and attract the help you need will be to make a decisive move—either in or out, either forward or backward, either up or down.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear,” said TV talk show host Dick Cavett. I will love it if you make yourself one of those rare types in the coming week, Scorpio. Can you bring yourself to be receptive to truths that might be disruptive? Are you willing to send out an invitation to the world, asking to be shown revelations that contradict your fixed theories and foregone conclusions? If you do this hard work, I promise that you will be granted a brainstorm and a breakthrough. You might also be given a new reason to brag.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are pregnant truths I could reveal to you right now that I’ve decided not to disclose. I don’t think you’re prepared to hear them yet. If I told you what they are, you wouldn’t be receptive or able to register their full meaning; you might even misinterpret them. It is possible, however, that you could evolve rather quickly in the next two weeks. So let’s see if I can nudge you in the direction of getting the experiences necessary to become ready. Meditate on what parts of you are immature or underdeveloped—aspects that may one day be skilled and gracious, but are not yet. I bet that once you identify what needs ripening, you will expedite the ripening. And then you will become ready to welcome the pregnant truths.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Finifugal” is a rarely used English adjective that I need to invoke in order to provide you with the proper horoscope. It refers to someone who avoids or dislikes endings—like a child who doesn’t want a bedtime story to conclude, or an adult who’s in denial about how it’s finally time to wrap up long-unfinished business. You can’t afford to be finifugal in the coming days, Capricorn. This is the tail end of your cycle. It won’t be healthy for you to shun climaxes and denouements. Neither will it be wise to merely tolerate them. Somehow, you’ve got to find a way to love and embrace them. (P.S. That’s the best strategy for ensuring the slow-motion eruption of vibrant beginnings after your birthday.)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to 20th-century British author John Cowper Powys, “A bookshop is a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens.” He didn’t mean that literally, of course. He was referring to the fact that the words contained in books can inflame and enthrall the imagination. I think you will be wise to seek out that level of arousal in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Your thoughts need to be aired out and rearranged. Your feelings are crying out for strenuous exercise, including some pure, primal catharses. Do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I am not fearless,” says Mexican journalist and women’s right advocate Lydia Cacho, “but I’m not overtaken by fear. Fear is quite an interesting animal. It’s like a pet. If you mistreat it, it will bite, but if you understand it and accept it in your house, it might protect you.” This is an excellent time to work on transforming your fright reflexes, Pisces. You have just the right kind of power over them: strong and crafty and dynamic, but not grandiose or cocky or delusional. You’re ready to make your fears serve you, not drain you.
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