Page 44 April 2015 High power usage a result of constant music rotation MUSIC NOTES By Craig Goossen We periodically get a notice in our mailbox from the power company at our Arcadia home. It’s a colorful chart illustrating our home’s power usage in relation to what the rest of the neighborhood is using. The letter gently urges us to reduce the amount of power we’re currently using and work to get more in step with our neighbors who may or may not be living by candlelight. The home I live in is not wasteful in any fashion, but the chart did make it look like ZooLights is plugged into our pad, so I decided to exercise my due diligence and see where I could make a difference. I spent a few weekend hours heeding the power company’s advice: checking every plug; looking behind doors; examining the kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms – everywhere. I witnessed no gross misconduct as everything we use has purpose, with no intention of wasting power. The one thing that was a constant in the home and most certainly the obvious contributor to our higher-than-average usage was…the music. The guilty culprit was the sound system. Every room is connected to the main stereo so that I can operate the music library from my laptop. The front room, the bedroom and poolside all have the ability to boom in unison with a variety of Apple airports plugged in throughout the home. The home is also equipped with several turntables. You won’t enter my house without music playing; that’s how it goes. Everything’s better when music is playing. Even as I write this, Sarah Vaughn is weeping softly through the speakers, confirming my assertion. The mix of songs below includes tracks from bands that are performing in our city this month. As always, I urge you to investigate, then get out and see a concert. ALABAMA SHAKES: BE MINE (2012) Although they’ve just released the follow-up to their classic debut, I went back to their last LP for this great song. Opening for them at The Marquee will be Los Angeles band, the Alah-Lahs, making the show a double bill. Alabama Shakes will perform on Wednesday, April 8 at The Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave. in Tempe. Tickets are $35. THE WAR ON DRUGS: UNDER THE PRESSURE (2014) The Pressroom – a big, cool warehouse in downtown Phoenix – will be the perfect venue for the dreamy jams of The War on Drugs. The War on Drugs performs Thursday, April 9 at The Pressroom, 441 W. Madison St. in downtown Phoenix. Tickets are $23 and the show is open to all ages. FATHER JOHN MISTY: WHEN YOU’RE SMILING & ASTRIDE ME (2015) Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, just released his second song, the follow-up to his excellent 2012 debut, Fear Fun. The latest release, I Love You, Honeybear is as good as – if not better than – his first. This show should be a packed house, so get your tickets early. Father John Misty performs on Monday, April 20 at The Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave. in Tempe. Tickets are $24. SLEATER-KINNEY: NO CITIES TO LOVE (2015) The band’s first LP and tour in 10 years and they’ve come back firing on all cylinders. Don’t miss this powerful trio kick out the jams at The Marquee. Sleater-Kinney will perform on Wednesday, April 29 at The Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave. in Tempe. Tickets are $30. Continued on next page Complete Residential & Commercial Plumbing Migraine Relief GUARANTEE 602.954.2447 3510 N. 24th Street Phoenix, AZ 85016 azultimatechiropractic.com Practicing the Palmer/Blair technique. No twisting and turning. Precise adjusting.

Page 45 April 2015 ERIC BURDON and THE ANIMALS: IT’S MY LIFE (1965) Eric Burdon, whether with the legendary Animals or the funky War, is a one-of-a-kind treasure. You have to think he’ll pull out all the hits on the stage at the recently opened Livewire in the heart of Old Town. Eric Burdon and The Animals will perform on Friday, May 1 at Livewire, 7340 E. Indian Plaza in Old Town Scottsdale. Tickets are $35 and the show is for guests 18 years of age and older. — All acts are subject to change. Check with the venue prior to attending. Continued from music notes By Steve Wirtel Let’s start with some pertinent information about Wild Tales: • It is a foreign film (from Argentina). • It is subtitled. • It was nominated for an Academy Award in the foreign language film category. These factors may have some of you crossing this film off your viewing list. Please don’t. Wild Tales is not to be missed. The movie is comprised of six short stories, each one more outlandish than the previous. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire two hours. I laughed. I was horrified. I was appalled. Wild Tales is like an amusement park ride that is simultaneously thrilling and nauseating. It tests the limits that hold together a civil society. Imagine Quentin Tarantino and Stephen King collaborating on a movie and you begin to get the picture. This is shock and awe at its best (and most depraved). It deals with revenge, road rage, infidelity, cover up and reaching your wit’s end. From the first story, the audience is hurled into a parallel universe where anything is possible and nothing is predictable. Five of the six tales begin innocently enough. Just normal people in normal situations: flying on a plane, eating in a restaurant, stopping for errands on the way home from work, driving down the highway or attending a wedding. We can relate. Then, a catalyzing event occurs, causing things to go terribly wrong. Ultimately, people take actions into their own hands that cross the line between civility and barbarism. The sixth tale deals with the corruption of wealth. This piece is cringe-worthy, and makes you ask: Would anyone really do that? The movie explores the way we treat one another. It seems to say: If we treated each other with civility and dignity, none of these tragedies would occur. It shows what people will do when pushed to their limit; when they let their emotions eclipse their judgment. If you’ve ever felt betrayed, been mistreated by a government bureaucrat or longed to seek revenge for past misdeeds, then you’ll find something in this film to entertain you. This film is a guilty pleasure. The movie gives us a chance to vicariously observe others dealing with difficult situations in the way we might like to, but are prevented from doing so by moral and legal codes of behavior. If you like movies that are unpredictable, unsettling and shocking, then Wild Tales is for you. If you prefer films with uplifting messaging and nice, tidy endings then perhaps you should skip this one. I am clearly in the former camp. AT THE MOVIES WILD TALES (R) Released: 2014, Drama/Thriller Run time: 122 minutes Hillary Gurley YourArcadiaRealtor.com | 602.463.3359 5843 N. 46th Street 4 Bedrooms | 3 Baths 3,993 Square Feet Camelback Canyon SUNRISE: 6 A.M. (OUTDOOR/AMPHITHEATER) (FREE CHILDCARE) SANCTUARY: Sunday School at 9:30 A.M.