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SUMMARY:Sparta\, Public Opinion
LOCATION:Soda Bar
DESCRIPTION:21+ event w/ valid ID at Soda Bar - San Diego.\n\nIt all starte
 d with John Candy. Some 31 years after the comedian’s death\, Jim Ward w
 as watching a documentary about him\, and in it Macaulay Culkin—who had 
 starred in a number of films with the late actor—said something that rea
 lly stuck with the musician. So much so\, in fact\, that\, after months of
  pondering and overthinking what Sparta’s sixth full-length album would 
 be named\, Ward decided that those very words—“cut a silhouette”—s
 hould be the title. 
“He said that when he met John Candy\, he just en
 tered your brain and cut a silhouette\,” says Ward. “Like\, he just le
 ft an impression is the way I see it. And when I heard him say that\, I wa
 s like ‘Oh! That’s what I want this record to be.’ I want it to leav
 e an impression. At this point in my career\, that's what I yearn for. I'm
  working so hard to make something meaningful to me\, and I really want pe
 ople to get a chance to feel it as well.”\n\nOf course\, Ward’s 30-plu
 s year career in music has already cut plenty of silhouettes\, first as a 
 vital member of pioneering post-hardcore outfit At The Drive-In\, then as 
 the frontman of Sparta. The latter released their first album\, Wiretap Sc
 ars\, in 2002\, second record Porcelain in 2004\, and third LP\, Threes\, 
 in 2006. Due to a couple of hiatuses\, a fourth album\, Trust The River\, 
 didn’t arrive until 2020\, followed two years later by a self-titled fif
 th album. But there have also been a handful of solo releases\, a collabor
 ative album with poet Bobby Byrd\, and an LP and an EP by Sleepercar\, War
 d’s alternative country project\, not to mention successful anniversary 
 tours celebrating those first two Sparta albums. It all adds up to a legac
 y—and yes\, that’s the correct word to use—that has been leaving an 
 indelible impression on people for a long time now. 
“I'm humbled by t
 hat\,” he says\, “and appreciative of it. I don't dismiss it at all. I
  spend a lot of time listening to people tell me how important the music I
 ’ve been a part of making is to them\, and it's not lost on me\, but it'
 s also not about me in that moment. So I'm more than aware of it. I've bee
 n living it for a really long time and I’m really fucking grateful for i
 t.”
Though it doesn’t necessarily move Ward in the here and now—th
 e past\, after all\, is the past— it nevertheless still has an impact on
  the present\, and the music he makes in it.
“Some of what comes throu
 gh all that\,” he continues\, “is the question of am I ever going to d
 o this again? Do I want to do this again? Do I have anything to add to any
 thing? Is anything I want to say important enough for anyone to give a fuc
 k about? That's why that phrase hit me so hard. Because when you come out 
 the other side\, you’re like ‘Oh\, this is something I believe in\, an
 d that I think will leave an impression.’”\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm
 /event/bb9r9g-sparta-public-opinion-13th-nov-soda-bar-san-diego-tickets
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