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Reed Reaction I find it very one-sided to glorify a mayor whose only goal was to look like a hero (“Chuck Reed Gets Tough,” Cover Story, Oct. 27). The decisions and cuts to the budget he
made have hurt many people. His budget cuts were directed at the employees that were in the lower ranks who would not fight back. I, personally, continued to remind him of the error he made by giving the Culture Arts and Entertainment Department (CAE) to a private businessman to manage. He knew nothing about how to run this type of business. The salaries and a budget that way exceeded what was needed to run these venues were given to Dan Fenton. The Convention Center, Park. Side Hall, Civic Center, Montgomery Theater are a few of the venues under CAE. The venues under CAE have suffered tremendously. I would think that Mr. Reed would have had the foresight to know that these venues are profit-making entities, if run
correctly. Mr. Fenton has made a lot of mistakes and has lost a lot of business to other cities. I have been following the drama of Mr. Reed. He is not to be trusted. Just like Ron Gonzales, and the mayor before him. To be fair, interview all the employees who have lost their jobs. Some of those employees were short just three years to get full retirement. There was one employee who was short one month to obtain full retirement. I would like to see the mayor and all of the councilmembers take a bigger cut then 10 percent of their salaries. This cut was not voluntary. They were shamed into taking it. How about cutting their retirement as well and some of the perks they get. After all, they are being paid by
our tax dollars. I have lived in what was a lovely agriculture town, until the politicians got greedy. SUSAN SANTINI | SAN JOSE
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Yet another example of wasteful spending by our government (“Campos Clams Up,” SVNews, Oct 20). I’d like to say I’m surprised, but the only thing I’m really surprised about is that MACSA didn’t steal more. That seems surprising to me. What a worthless, pathetic organization. The city needs to pull all funding for this program and get a real organization in there to do the work. PAUL CROCKETT | SAN JOSE
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un under nder her desk to op open en the do door, or, and a she sh he was was a afraid to move. move. They They wer weree shouting sh houting at her and she was waas terrified. terrifieed.” Once O nce tthe he cconfusion onfusion ssettled, ettled, o officers fficers eentered ntered tthe he b building uilding and an nd ripped ripped the the dispensaries’ di ispensaries’ security security cameras cameras from from m tthe he w walls, allls, according acccording to to Genovese’s Genovese’s husband, hu usband, SJPG owner Dave Daave Genovese. Genovese. Over O ver tthe he ccourse ourse o off tthe he n next ext ffour our hours, h ours, the the aagents gents cconfiscated onfiscated vvirtually irtually eeverything verything in in the the building, building, including including patient pa atient files files,, ccomputers, omputers, personal personal ccell ell phones, phones, $ $30,000 30,000 in in cash cash and an nd $170,000 worth Genovese $1 170,000 wor th of what Geno vesee assiduously as ssiduously refers reffers e to as “medicine “medicine..” The operation was off a n number T he o peration w as one one o umber off ““smash o smassh aand nd grab” grab” raids raiids on on local local pot p o dispensaries ot dispensaries that occurred occurred last Thursday Th hursdaay and Friday, Fridaay, Nov. Nov. 3 and days 4,, just da ayys after San JJose ose voters voters
overwhelmingly approved U,, o verwhelmingly appr oved Measure Measure U medical a medic al marijuana tax. tax. a Dave Genovese he—and D ave G enovese ssays ays h e—and medical eeveryone veryone eelse lse iin n tthe he m edical marijuana m arijuana community—knew community—knew tthat hatt were on warpath llocal ocal ccops ops w ere o n tthe he w arrpath off llocal ffollowing ollowing tthe he eexplosion xplosion o ocal pot dispensaries. p ot d ispensarries. He He says says he he can can n understand u nderstand aand nd even even ssupport upport such such a ccampaign, ampaign, if the goall is to crack down d own o on n unlawful unlawful operators. operators. And And h hee has cconcedes oncedes tthat hat tthe he llocal ocall llandscape andscap pe h as become b ecome lit littered tered with sshady hady suppliers, suppliers, which hee ssays w hich h ays rrange ange from from ““lemonade lemonade sstands tan nds that thatt have have no no idea idea what what they’re they’re “backdoor doing” to “back door operations” op perations” eessentially ssentially d dealing ealing dope dope behind behind the the imprimatur of helpingg patients. patients. Genovese Geno vese sa says ayys his di dispensary ispensary is arefully that aree ccarefully one of a few few dozen tha at ar issued byy the ffollowing ollowing o guidelines is ssued b attorney general’ss offi office 2008. at torney general’ ce in 20 08. member He is also a founding founding o m memb er of a been ccoalition oalition ccalled alled MC3, which w has b een cityy officials working with San JJose osee cit effort ffor or o months in an eff ffo orrt to craft an ordinance or dinance rregulating egulating the t distribution medical of medic al ccannabis. annabis.
The raid raids ds wer weree cconducted onducted b byy Santa Clara County Special tthe he S an nta C larra C ounty S pecial Enforcement E nforcement T Team eam ((SCCSET), SCCSET), a multi-agency multi-agen ncy ttask ask fforce, o orce, headed b byy the Sant Santaa Clara C P Police olice Depar Department, tment tment, which w hich iincludes ncludes rrepresentatives epresentatives from attorney’s officee fr om the district d at torney’s offic and the cit cities ties of San JJose, ose, Gilr Gilroy, oy, Campbell, C am mpbell, M Mountain ountain V View, iew, M Milpitas ilpitass and L Los os Ga Gatos. atos. The ttask ask fforce orce has o been b een ccarrying arrying y sear search ch w warrants arrants issued byy Sup Superior Court b erio or C ourt JJudge udge Phillip Pennypacker. P ennypack ker. The timi timing ing of last week’ week’ss raids raids,, ttwo wo w aand nd tthree hree days days after after 779 9p percent ercent o off S San an n JJose ose vvoters oters ap approved pproved M Measure easure U U,, h has ass City Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio, C ity C ouncilman P ierluigi O liverio, the the measure’s measur e’s author aauthor, r, somewhat somewhat concerned. concerned. they’re dispensaries “If the eyy’rre ttargeting argeting disp ensaries that not operating under Prop. aare re n ot o perating u nder P rop. 215 215 and and Bill] 420, fine. [[Assembly Assembly B ill] 4 20, tthat’s hat’s fi ne. IIff tthey’re hey’re facilities adjacent schools ttargeting arrggeting fa acilities adjac ent to scho ols orr p parks, fine. But not o arks, tthat’s hat’s fi ne. B ut n ot iiff tthese hese dispensaries operating d ispensaries aare re o perating iin n aappropriate ppropriate locations and law. lo cations an nd within the la aw.” Oliverio points out O liverio p oints o ut that that tthe he SCCSET appears bee SC CSET ttask a fforce ask o orce app ears to b rreceiving eceiving ffunding unding ffrom rom a ggrant rant tthat hat was specifically earmarked w as sp ecifi fically earmark ed ffor or the o suppression methamphetamines. suppr ession of methamphet amines. April, District Dolores IIn nA pril, D istrict Attorney Attorney D olores Carr applied C arr applie ed ffor o or a $470,238 grant California Emergency ffrom rom tthe he C allifornia E mergency Management Agency (CalEMA). Manageme ent A gency (C alEMA).
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Carrasco Camp Claims Fraud While XAVIER CAMPOS seemed to recover from his scandal-induced loss of the ability to speak this week, all but announcing victory in his tight race MAGDALENA OXm`\i :Xdgfj CARRASCO on Tuesday, the Carrasco camp is claiming voter fraud in the Eastside San Jose City Council race. KEVIN DE LEÓN, the LA state assembly member (and Carrasco’s ex), says he’s been hearing from eyewitnesses who claim to have spotted some shenanigans by members of the South Bay Labor Council (SBLC) in District 5. Some say they saw Campos supporters loading
confiscated. He believes the goal is for the pot clubs to become “victims of attrition.” Hector Amador, co-owner of MedMar Healing Center, a medical cannabis collective on Autumn Street, is keeping his doors open. But he is worried that the task force might pay him a visit, despite what he says are rigorous efforts to adhere to the law. Like Genovese, Amador seems to have read the 2008 AG’s guidelines carefully enough to have them memorized. He and business partner Doug Chloupek say they also took pains to comply with guidelines drafted by the city in 1997, the year after the Compassionate Use Act was passed by state voters. And like Genovese, Amador and Chloupek understand that something needs to be done about the unregulated proliferation of pot clubs. “I honestly don’t have a problem with it,” Amador says. The problem, he
boxes of uncounted ballots into their cars at East Side polling spots on election day. Others say that the SBLC sponsored a job and Halloween fair at the Mi Pueblo Shopping Center in the week before the election, advertising to Spanish-speakers to bring their ballots so that they could “help fill them out.” The most frequent compliant, however, comes from Eastsiders who report seeing people representing themselves as Carrasco supporters going house-to-house collecting absentee ballots. In fact, de León says that Secretary of State DEBRA BOWEN’s office is investigating a claim from one East San Jose woman who signed testimony stating that a man identifying himself as a Carrasco worker came to her door and claimed that he was there on Magdalena’s behalf to collect her family’s ballots. Further, some of Carrasco’s number crunchers say there was a disproportionate rush of new voters signing up in District 5 during the election’s last registration
says, is that the city of San Jose has not acted in a timely manner to create an ordinance to regulate dispensaries. “It’s the city’s responsibility,” Amador says. “When you see a problem, you address the problem. So to a point they are to blame.” The fact that the Patients Group was hit seems to lead Amador and Chloupek to fear that this operation is an effort by law enforcement to indiscriminately shut down all of the valley’s medical marijuana dispensaries. “Following the election, we thought we were headed in the right direction,” he says. “When I heard that Measure U had passed by such a big margin, in a sense that told me the residents of San Jose had said, ‘They’re OK, as long as we can tax them,’ that we can co-exist.And then we hear about these raids.” Amador and Chloupek say they’ve heard rumors that these raids are just the beginning. “If that’s the case,” Amador says, “it’s really scary.”
period. They tell Fly that 716 new voters were registered in 654 District 5 households within one month. Considering that the East Side race came down to less than 20 votes in the primary, and that Campos is taking his sister’s seat now with a mere 305-vote lead, Carrasco’s supporters don’t think those numbers add up. Assemblyman de León, a pro-labor legislator at the state capital, is telling everyone he knows about a chat he had with former San Francisco City District Attorney (and the apparent newly elected California Attorney General) KAMALA HARRIS last Saturday. Harris’s brother-in-law is TONY WEST, who famously fell victim to a racially tinged mailer when he was running against the SBLCbacked MANNY DIAZ (NORA CAMPOS’ former boss) in the 2000 assembly race. “Kamala was telling me that that was like the dirtiest race of all time, but I told her, ‘Oh, I can one-up you with this one.’”
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It specifies that SCCSET receive funding due to the “high incidence of methamphetamine cases countywide,” “Emphasis should continue to be placed on methamphetamine suppression, as well as drug-related violence suppression,” the grant reads. Oliverio says those crimes should be prioritized. ”If the task force has been given x amount of money for methamphetamines and guns, then maybe they should go after methamphetamines and guns. I think there are more serious crimes being committed in San Jose than medical marijuana being supplied to patients.” In the wake of the Patient Group raid, the 12 medical marijuana dispensaries that make up MC3 have for the most part suspended their operations. “They are refusing to open until the city puts some rules on the books for them to follow,” Genovese says, adding that they can’t afford to have all of their money, medicine and equipment
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RockMelt: A Browser Built for Sharing If you are going to create a new browser from scratch and go up against the Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and N@E;FNJ K?I<< IfZbD\ck ZfdY`e\j j\XiZ_# Apple, you jfZ`Xc Xe[ i\Xc$k`d\ ]\\[j% might as well make it really different. RockMelt, a company backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen which has been under wraps until today, is trying to build a new browsing experience from the ground up. Are they crazy? “The big thing,” says Andreessen, “is that the browser world is very much in flux right now.” RockMelt is built first and foremost for sharing. You browse with your friends (the first thing you do is log into Facebook and your favorite friends and their latest status updates are always available along the left rail). And there is a big “Share” button up on top, which lets you share any webpage, along with images and a preview, on Facebook. You could call it a Facebook browser, but it really is more than that. The three biggest changes to the browser that you notice with RockMelt is that it is built around friends, feeds and search results. The left rail is for friend. The right rail is for sites. And the top rail is for search. You can select your most important or closest Facebook friends, and their faces are always there with you along with an indication whether they are online or not. If you hover over a face, their latest status update pops up. Click on their face
Along the right rail is where you organize all your news feeds and streams from your favorite sites. This is kind of like a bookmark bar, but when you save a site here, it also includes notifications every time new content has been added. This is very convenient for news sites, blogs, Gmail, Twitter and your own Facebook profile. When you do a search from the search box, instead of taking you to Google, you get a column with the first 10 results. You can tab through each result, which is pre-loaded into the browser, so you can actually see the webpages behind each result in the full browser. Overall, RockMelt seems really fast. It is built on Chromium, the same open source browser that forms the foundation of Google’s Chrome browser. Given the fact that it is backed by Andreessen (and Ron Conway, Bill Campbell, Josh Kopelman and Diane Green to the tune of $10 million) and its principle architect was also the principle architect of the Netscape browser, this is a pretty significant vote of confidence in Chromium as the future of browsing. —ERICK SCHONFELD, TECHCRUNCH.COM
Glenton Samuels This looks like a mod version of Chrome, just like Flock is to Firefox. christpher Sorry, I don’t need another web 2.0 firehose blowing social B.O. in my face while I browse my chase.com monthly statements! JP Shaw OMG, can you feel the negativity in the room. I personally cannot wait to test it; I’m on the list, anything that can bring my social networking into one browser without me having to download extension after extension and signing in is great. Mark Harris I probably wouldn’t use this myself, because I like to be able to turn that stuff off once in a while and actually get some work done. :)
Facebook Parody Site Spoofs Facebook With Lawsuit Lamebook is that website that documents funny things that happen on Facebook and will eventually be turned into an Urban Outfitter’s coffee table book. Facebook threatened Lamebook with a trademark infringement lawsuit—but Lamebook decided to sue Facebook first. Facebook will sue practically anyone who has a website with “book” in the title, so it was only a matter of time before it set upon Lamebook, what with the entire site premised on profiting from free content provided by Facebook users. (Only Facebook can do that, duh.) After Facebook sent Lamebook a cease and desist letter a few months ago, Lamebook decided to file a pre-emptive lawsuit on First Amendment grounds, claiming the site is obviously a parody, and they’re not copying Facebook in order to literally launch a lame version of Facebook. (Because it already exists: It’s called Facebook. Ha.) They’re seeking a judgment that would prevent Facebook from suing them in the future. On the one hand, were huge fans of parody, so we’re rooting for Lamebook. On the other hand—have you ever seen Lamebook? Not very funny. Maybe the First Amendment should only protect good parody. —ADRIAN CHEN, VALLEYWAG.COM
artishard Lamebook is definitely not that great. Failbook on the other hand—amazing. sarah.of.a.lesster.god You better lawyer up, assholes. Because they’re not coming back for 30 percent, they’re coming back for everything. the goddesscher Lamebook is more fun than Facebook—and I like the people there more than my “friends.” So sad is my life.
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homoviper “If you were the inventors of Lamebook, you’d have invented Lamebook.” filmomaker FaceBook’s next victims of lawsuit: Apple iBook; Apple MacBook; Barnes & Nobles Bookstore; Amazon eBook; Westminster Bookstore; etc., etc.
Ellison Swaps Katana for Poison Dart If Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s testimony today in the SAP trial lacked his usual flair for enthusiastic bloodletting, it was only because he put aside his standard samurai tactics in favor of a more subtle ninja approach. On the stand in an Oakland courtroom today, Ellison was such a picture of moderation and restraint that you almost wondered if his handlers had shot him up before his appearance—like sedating a dog for air travel. As one SAP rep told me, Ellison “was anti-climatic given his vituperative statements of the last weeks.” Which is true. But his testimony was still quite damning—to my ears anyway. For one thing, he said that Oracle could have charged SAP $4 billion to license the programs that its TomorrowNow subsidiary wrongfully downloaded. For another, he said Oracle would have had trouble paying its employees if it allowed its rivals unfettered access to the software and support libraries at issue in this case. “I’m not sure we would go out of business but pretty close to going out of business,” Ellison said during questioning by attorney David Boies. “If they could get that software for nothing, we’d have a hard time paying 100,000 employees.” — JOHN PACZKOWSKI, DIGITALDAILY. ALLTHINGSD.COM
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In addition, the fees that are paid for a market-rate development—road paving fees and park fees, to name two—are exempt from this project as well and all other projects like them. Locating affordable housing in an RDA area creates a lost opportunity for tax increment revenue for RDA, since projects are exempt from property tax. As a result this type of housing does not fund ongoing city services in nonRDA areas that the new residents will require (usually at a higher rate than market-rate housing). It also shortchanges the RDA because RDA needs the tax increment from the increase in property value which then could be invested toward economic development. This housing development is a financial loss and therefore I voted no. One way to fix this is to require that affordable housing be built by a for-profit developer so it would be subject to property tax. We would still provide affordable housing but it would help to carry its own weight in paying for city services.
At the same meeting, the council agreed to a multiyear exemption for four north San Jose housing developments from the citywide inclusionary housing policy, which may bring in over $1 billion in private-sector spending. The short-term benefit would be thousands of construction jobs and city planning jobs for these 4,000 housing units that were approved as part of the Vision North San Jose plan, where the city already has public infrastructure like roads, sewers, street lights, etc. The longterm benefit is that these housing developments are market rate and pay property tax. When the construction is complete the property is reassessed and that increase in value creates millions of dollars in tax increments to fund the RDA each year—ideally to be spent on economic development. If a city has a RDA to create taxincrement revenues, then ideally each parcel in that RDA area should be strategic for revenue growth. —Pierluigi Oliverio
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A wave of chuckles ripples across the crowd—this has to be a joke, right? And yet, true to his word, Demaree is picketing the CreaTV station the next day with the cast and crew of the show and a couple of local people, carrying signs reading “Welcome Back, Go Home,” “Crap On Welcome Back” and “Censor Us, God Damnit.” He even makes his own fake news story about the protest and incorporates it into the next show. Welcome Back! With Dorris and the Poon can be broadly classified as a variety show. With a surreal mix
of live-action skits, puppets, music videos and more, the show is off beat, funny and bizarre. Demaree is intensely secretive about it, refusing to divulge his plans for upcoming episodes or let anyone watch the filming. But despite his own protests, Welcome Back! With Dorris and the Poon has found a cult audience and has been running every Wednesday at midnight. “The show went off like I expected it to,” says Todd Flanagan, Demaree’s longtime friend and former bandmate in the group the Unit Breed. “Joe does what he wants, no
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Seeing Is Disbelieving Over the years, San Jose native Demaree’s artistic and intellectual curiosity has led him to study surrealism, pour his emotion into painting, teach himself how to play guitar and tour from coast to coast with a band. When he takes on a new art form, he puts his all into it. His foray into television is no different: strange and unpredictable, there’s nothing else like it on the airwaves. It’s so out there, so full of absurdity and barely describable semiimprovised scenes, it can make the viewer uncomfortable to the point of wanting to change the channel. But one also never knows what could come next, and the fear of missing it keeps the remote in check. “Some of it’s funny, and some of it makes you ask, ‘What the fuck did I just see?’” says Nicolas Smith, a longtime friend of Demaree’s. Demaree first got the idea for the project when he stumbled upon the public access channel while watching TV with Flanagan. “I was looking around and happened to catch the Willow Glen channel on CreaTV, channel 15,” he says. “I thought it was awesome, strange and exciting, because anyone can make their own show.” When he was much younger, Demaree would make puppets and put on a show for his cousins. He’d make up the voices and write silly stories. But it was his disillusionment with today’s materialistic world and a deep-rooted disappointment in the government that gave Demaree his real motivation for the show. He wants nothing less than to change the way people think about art and entertainment. “Once you figure out how to create a value for something, you are ultimately telling people they need to like this and have this; this is heaven, a little piece of God. That’s all we’ve done as humans,” he says. “It’s an odd thing for a species that has a great capacity to do so many
great things. The ultimate goal is to make that dollar bill.” Anyone, literally, can have their own television show on the public access channel—just call the station, register for an orientation and pay a $50 fee. However, there is a line that can’t be crossed. Any lewd behavior cannot be aired without “artistic merit.” For Demaree, that’s not so much a threat as a challenge. “This is a way I can take advantage of my government rather than being taken advantage of,” he says. “I can do anything I want to in a public format. It goes into all these people’s homes and it isn’t advertisement or product placement. Some of my stuff isn’t even solid story-based; it’s artistic and it makes you think. With my show, I’m not saying ‘this is the way you should act or this is what you should wear or this is how you should feel.’” Most TV shows push products; Demaree pushes ideas. “If I’m pushing something, then maybe I’m saying you need some more art in your life. My focus is on the community, and it feels good to make something art-based and free.” He uses his own Panasonic photo camera because it shoots in HD. As for the people working on the show, it’s friends and friends of friends. He hires aspiring actors, but also nonactors. In true DIY style, everyone involved makes it up as they go along, no matter how ridiculous it gets. “I have my mom singing Elvis songs,” says Demaree. “My mom can’t sing. She’s never been able to sing; she has the voice of a man. We have these loose scripts. We get out and shoot on a location and sometimes find real people to be on the show. It just propels itself.” What he ultimately wants is to be true to his vision, to create his own little word. “It’s not easy,” says Demaree, “and I’m learning new techniques constantly. I’ll shoot something different every time and I’m using green screens. We’re using crap, but we’re doing it fast. It’s a great way for me to play with a new medium. The audio part of it is also a pain in the ass; which mics to use and how to mic certain elements. This
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is a stepping stone to making ďŹ lms, which is what I want to do after this.â€? John Muller, a roommate of Demaree’s, helps write and produce the show. Over the past few months, he’s gotten to know his partner very well. “I’m mostly behind the scenes, and I want to remain there as long as I possibly can. I’m not much of an actor,â€? admits Muller. “The point is to get people involved. We’re not doing this to become stars. We think of funny ideas and both subconsciously think of the perfect person to act the part.â€? Muller joined Demaree in his crusade to get Welcome Back banned, saying, “I am outraged at CreatTV because they have found no reason to censor the show and they give freedom to everyone.â€? Simon Nekbeen, an aspiring actor, found Welcome Back through a Craigslist casting call. “Joe’s very creative, with a great vision as a director. He has good guidance and knows exactly what he wants and how to get it. Even though there is a script, there is freedom for improvisation,â€? says Nekbeen. “Eventually, I think he will get discovered.â€? Autumn Bear, a neighbor of Demaree’s, isn’t an actress, but thought it would be fun to be a part of the show. “Joe’s a very unique and interesting person. I really enjoy working with him and he’s very creative and inspiring, which rubs off on me. As for CreaTV, I think it’s great their offering Joe the chance to do something like this in San Jose,â€? Bear says.
The Artist As a Young Man Demaree grew up in San Jose during the ’80s. While in middle school, his parents were getting a divorce and the timing was perfect for a young kid to start skateboarding and listen to punk music. “My parents were going through a divorce, so we didn’t hear much music in the house,� he says. “Before that, there was always good, old country in the house. My mom’s a huge Elvis fan. There were a couple good Blondie and Beatles albums.
But as soon as the ’80s hit, I turned off the radio. I can’t stand the static and the sound. Then I started getting into punk. A friend made me a mix tape with the Dead Kennedys, the Faction and Minor Threat on it.â€? He realized it didn’t take any experience to play in a punk band, so he stared singing for his ďŹ rst band, Flying Dead Skin, in 1988. For Demaree, it wasn’t the musicianship that was important at the time. It was the attitude.
É@ nXek g\fgc\ kf nXkZ_ k_\ j_fn Xe[ k_`eb# n_Xk [`[ @ aljk j\\6 8e[ n_p [f @ nXek kf j\\ `k X^X`e6 @ nXek g\fgc\ kf nXek kf j\\ `k X^X`e% @ [feĂŠk nXek g\fgc\ kf ^\k `k k_\ Ă“ ijk k`d\ Xifle[%ĂŠ “It was terrible,â€? he says. “It had crazy solos that popped out of nowhere with a standard punk beat. The bass player could barely play and I couldn’t sing. It was loud and abrasive, but it was punk as fuck.â€? An interest in art started to develop at the same time. The world of surrealist painters was calling his name, and he was helpless to resist. But it also made him wonder if he was in over his head, saying that once one begins to explore painting, “you’re in for a hell of a long haul.â€? “The early surrealists were my favorite,â€? he says. “The only thing I didn’t like about it is somebody
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ANARCHY ON THE TV 20 gave it rules. Salvador Dali was the first person who broke away from those rules. There was a manifesto. My favorite painters were the ones who didn’t follow the rules. Van Gogh didn’t follow the rules and Dali certainly didn’t. I’m a big fan of Jackson Pollock. The beauty of those guys is that they were walking the line and bending it.” The idea of breaking the rules has stuck with Demaree his entire life. Anything he was involved in—art, music or a TV show—was about taking what people expect, and smashing it. After high school, he decided to pursue his love of art by moving to San Francisco to attend the Academy of Art in 1992 on a scholarship. Within a semester, he had dropped out and moved back to San Jose. However, he returned to school in 1994, but still resided in San Jose. By 1999, his Cal grants ran out and he left just three classes shy of graduation. “They were liberal arts classes; basically bonehead classes for an art school. It was a rough time; I was living in Daly City. There were some good times, but it wasn’t what I thought about when I moved there,” he says. “I was going to school full-time and art school is not easy. I don’t even remember sleeping at all while I was there.”
Audio Pilot After about 5 1/2 years, Demaree returned to San Jose. He started singing for the band Ringwurm, a heavy band mixing metal and punk. He eventually bought a guitar and taught himself how to play. In 1996, he formed the Unit Breed, an experimental South Bay band that melded art and music. It showcased projection art during its live performances, while Demaree played guitar and sung. “Art and music don’t feel different to me. It’s something I can do and I believe in. Even with the early Flying Dead Skin stuff, I would draw all the cartoony covers for the tapes we would make. There was more of a group effort going on, but in the end I realized I had to do it, or it wouldn’t get done. With the Unit Breed, it just took it a little
further. We always got an interesting response from people when we played live, because it was genrebreaking. It wasn’t punk and it didn’t have standard timing. So I’m coming from an art perspective, and trying to recreate some of the things Dali might have done.”
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ANARCHY ON THE TV 22 out for the band, the fact that the Unit Breed was touring, putting out records and had a legit practice spot. When Joe decided to leave, he wanted me to come with him, to keep the band together. But I had family here, a girlfriend and full-time job. I couldn’t just up and leave,” Flanagan says.
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constant. They had released five albums and toured extensively. After over 10 years of the Unit Breed and dealing with the dreary Oregon weather, Demaree decided to come back home in 2010. His father had passed away two years before, his mother needed reassurance and his sister was going through a hard time. There was never one reason for him to come back; it just felt right at the time. Now he has come full circle, and Demaree emphasizes that Welcome Back is a chance for people to see something different from the mundane formulas television usually offers. He wants to evoke emotion. Consider “Honest Abe,” one of the show’s comedic skits. Todd Sandigo, a friend of Demaree’s and guitarist for local band Doctor Nurse, plays a duo role as two Abraham Lincolns. They face one another and trade off contradictory quotes taken from actual Lincoln speeches. It ends with the announcement: “In July of 1858 while campaigning in Chicago, northern Illinois, Abraham Lincoln gave the Senate a miraculous speech of freedom and equality. Two months later Honest Abe delivered a brutally powerful speech in Charleston, southern Illinois, contradicting all aspects of his belief in freedom and equality. Please read between the lines! Please keep thinking!” “I want people to watch the show and think, what did I just see? And why do I want to see it again?” says Demaree. I want people to want to see it again. I don’t want people to get it the first time around. If you do, heck, yeah, you’re on the level. But, it’s not easily read. Some of it is very artistic and stylized and some of it just mocks television. But I want people to get caught up in the story, because the episodes are going to keep building.” Welcome Back is another part of Demaree’s world, another expression of who he is. It’s an outlet through which he is able to show his own unique outlook on life. “I’m experimenting again with art. It feels like it’s really starting to come together,” he says. “More and more, it feels like I’m not borrowing from influences, but creating my own style.”
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LOS ALTOS GRILL American.
AKANE Japanese/sushi bar. $$. Nigiri and maki treasures are gracefully presented at this attractive restaurant. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5-9pm Tue-Sat. Beer, wine. 250 Third St. 650.941.8150.
ALDO LOS ALTOS Italian. $$. Downtown Los Altos is ghostly quiet after dark but Aldo has injected some life into this corner of town with its lively wine bar, friendly service and welcoming atmosphere. 11:30am-5pm, Mon-Fri. 5pm-close Sat-Sun. 388 Main St. 650.949.2300.
BEAUSÉJOUR Continental. $$$. Elegant seafood, meat and game dishes lean toward reducing fat without compromising taste. Call for reservations. Full bar. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; 5-9pm daily. 170 State St. 650.948.1382.
CHEF CHU’S Chinese. $$. Speedy service, superb preparation and the ability to cater to varied tastes keep this landmark in business. Casual. Full bar. 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Thu and 11:30-10pm Fri, noon10pm Sat, noon-9:30pm Sun. 1067 N. San Antonio Rd. 650.948.2696. ESTRELLITA RESTAURANT Mexican. $$. Estrellita’s reverence for regional Mexican cooking distinguishes it from the enchilada-and-taco masses. The menu is full of MexicanAmerican standards, but the changing selection of specials make this restaurant a star. Full bar. 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 11am-2pm, 5-9:30pm Fri-Sat and 5-9pm
$$. The handsome Los Altos Grill celebrates big plates of grilled meat and fish with plenty of fixings on the side. Try the spit-roasted chicken, fresh fish and big burgers. The long, horseshoe-shaped bar is a big draw, too. Full bar. 4:30-9:30pm Sun-Mon and 4:30-10pm Tue-Sat. 233 Third St. 650.948.3524.
RESTAURANT ZITUNE Moroccan. $$$. Morocco was colonized by the French and has strong Mediterranean influences, so Moroccan food is familiar, but ingredients like preserved lemon, harissa and argan oil cast an exotic glow. Zitune takes the cuisine to new heights. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; 5:3010pm Tue-Sun. 325 Main St. 650.947.0247.
SATURA CAKES FrenchJapanese bakery. $. Satura Cakes offers sweet treats for adult tastes. A Japanese take on a French patisserie, these confections are prepared fresh daily and meticulously crafted using the finest organic ingredients. 8am8pm Mon-Sun. 200 Main St. 650.948.3300. (Also 320 University Ave, Palo Alto. 650.326.3393)
SUMIKA. Japanese. $$. Sumika is a Japanese pub, but that doesn’t do it justice. It’s elegant, yet still a great place to drink beer and sake. The specialty is kushiyaki, small bites of grilled chicken, beef and vegetables cooked on bamboo skewers over charcoal. 11:30am-2pm, 610pm Tue-Fri, 11:30am-2pm, 5:30-11pm Sat and 5-9pm Sun. 236 Central Plaza. 650.917.1822.
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ALDO’S Italian. $$$. A warm and engaging atmosphere sets the scene for fullbodied flavors and healthy ingredients. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9pm Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 14109 Winchester Blvd. 408.374.1808. CALIFORNIA CAFE New American. $$$. An innovative approach to Pacific Rim staples makes for some lovely surprises. The ace service matches the smart setting. Full bar. 11:30am-10pm MonFri, 10:30am-10:30pm Sat, 10:30am-9:30pm Sun. 50 University Ave. 408.354.8118. CIN-CIN Eclectic wine bar. $$$. The heart of Cin Cin’s menu is an eclectic mix of small plates, tapas-size dishes that partner well with a great wine list. 4-10pm Mon-Sat. 368 Village Way. 408.354.8006.
CRIMSON Rustic bistro. $$$. Large portions of upscale rustic fare sate the diner at this new-style Old World bistro, but don’t forget to save room for Fondue for Two. 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5pmclose Mon-Sun. 15466 Los Gatos Blvd. 408.358.0175. DIO DEKA Greek. $$$. Dio Deka is doing its part to elevate Greek food in Silicon Valley. There’s much to recommend at this handsome restaurant. Most starters are large so they’re best shared. 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 210 E. Main St. 408.354.7700.
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restaurant’s appeal. Breakfast 10am-2pm Sat-Sun, lunch 11:30am-3pm and dinner 5pm to 9pm daily. 130 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.9929.
bakery. $$. Almond croissant. Almond croissant. Almond croissant. Los Gatos’ Fleur de Cocoa is rightly known for its chocolate confections and pastries, but I can’t stop thinking about the little pastry shop’s spectacular almond croissants. There’s plenty of other good stuff and not all of it sweet, like the croque monsieur and the quiche. 7:30am-6pm Tue-Sat and 8am-4pm Sun. 39 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.354.3574.
Burgers. $. Main Street Burgers offers fast food convenience, affordable prices and food made with ingredients that are higher quality and more healthful than what you’d find at the golden arches. 11am-8:30pm Mon-Thu, 9am9pm Fri-Sat, 9am-8:30pm Sun. 20 S. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.354.1881.
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Steakhouse. $$$$. When Metro first checked in with Forbes Mill in 2003, it was called “a big, burly brasserie equipped with style as well as substance.” It’s holding up well and still does things in a big way. Dinner 5-9pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 206 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.6434.
GREEN PAPAYA Vietnamese. $$. California cuisine meets Southeast Asia by way of Paris, with inventive updates of clay pot and five-spice authentica. 11am- 3pm, 5-9:30pm TueSun.. Beer, wine. 137 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.9115.
I GATTI New Italian. $$$. I Gatti fits like a glove along peaceful Main Street. The chef understands the basics but isn’t afraid to create refreshing twists on traditional recipes. 11:30am-2pm. 5-9:30pm MonSat, 5-9pm Sun 25 E. Main St. 408.399.5180.
KAMAKURA SUSHI AND SAKE HOUSE Sushi bar classics. $$. In a smart setting, Kamakura showcases a procession of impeccable sushi and sashimi platters. 10:30am-2pm, 5:30-10pm daily. 135 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.6650.
LOS GATOS BREWING CO. Brewpub. $$$. Most brewpubs seem to be cooking from the same menu, but executive chef Jim Stump has created a diverse menu of upscale comfort food that goes well beyond burgers and grilledchicken sandwiches. The handsome wood-accented interior and open kitchen with its wood-fired pizza oven and rotisserie grill add to the
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$$$$. Drawing from produce grown at his own farm, superstar chef David Kinch is blazing a trail of high caliber cuisine that’s as daring as it is delicious. Expensive but worth it. 320 Village Lane. 408.354.4330.
NICK’S ON MAIN American. $$$. Nick’s on Main is a relaxed but elegant bistro full of neighborly charm and is a showcase for owner Nick Difu’s decadent and deeply satisfying style of cooking. 11:30am-3pm and 5-9:30pm Tue-Sat. 35 E. Main St. 408.399.6457. PASTARIA & MARKET Italian. $$. Pastaria offers reasonably priced comfort food in an unpretentious but lively atmosphere. 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat and 5-10pm Sun. 49 E. Main St. 408.399.3477.
RESTAURANT JAMES RANDALL California. $$$. Chef and co-owner Ross Hanson takes his cues from the seasons and favors a simple, ingredient-driven approach that places it squarely in the California school of cooking. He favors big, robust flavors and large serving sizes to create a kind of California comfort food. Dinner 5:30-11pm TueSat. 303 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.4441.
STEAMER’S New American. $$$. Styling itself as a grill house, Steamer’s includes rotisserie meats and fragrant grilled chops in addition to fresh fish. Quality control and service are excellent. Full bar. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm
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TANDOORI OVEN Indian. $. Tandoori Oven has quickly found its niche in Los Gatos among the burrito joints, sushi spots and upscale restaurants with its made-to-order curry dishes and spicy north Indian fare at good prices. 11:30am-9:30pm daily. 133 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos, 408.395.1784; 1875 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell, 408.559.3885; and 109 S. First St., San Jose, 408.292.7222.
TAPESTRY Contemporary haute. $$$. Right on the main street, this cottagelike spot blends traditional French cooking with contemporary fusion: filet mignon with Mongolian-style brown sauce; crayfish chow mein. Elegant and friendly. 11:30am-2pm, 5:30-9pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 11 College Ave. 408.395.2808. THREE DEGREES Eclectic, California. $$$. Set inside the beautifully remodeled Toll House hotel, Three Degrees delivers a mixed bag of big and small plates from an eclectic menu. Some dishes, like the New York steak, are great, but others fall flat. Service is friendly but still a little green. Full bar. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Fri, 3-10pm daily. 140 S. Santa Cruz Blvd. 408.884.1054.
VALERIANO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND BAR Contemporary Italian. $$$. While the kitchen exudes earthy aromas, the dining room’s soft terra-cotta walls glow with a sense of Mediterranean mission. Hands-on management makes each patron feel pampered. Full bar. 5pmclose daily. 160 W. Main St. 408.354.8108.
VIVA LOS GATOS NEIGHBORHOOD EATERY California. $$$. This popular Los Gatos restaurant mixes it up with Italian-leaning Mediterranean food, fresh fish, grilled steaks and several Asian-inspired dishes as well. 11am-9:30pm Mon-Fri 8am10:30pm Sat, 8am-9:30pm Sat. 15970 Los Gatos Blvd. 408.356.4902.
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ANGELO MIO Italian. $$. A small space with a large menu, sporting the traditionals that have been mainstays at local eateries. Appetizers and salads are the best bets. 11:30am-2:30pm, 4:30-10pm Mon-Sat; noon-2:30pm, 4:309pm Sun. 820 Santa Cruz Ave. 650.323.3665.
BACK A YARD CARIBBEAN AMERICAN GRILL Jamaican. $. “Back a yard” is Jamaican slang for “the way things are done back home” and one of the few Jamaican restaurants around. Jerk pork and chicken shine. 11am-3pm, 5-8pm MonThu, 11am-3pm, 5-9pm Fri and noon-3pm, 5-8pm Sat. 1189 Willow Rd. 650.323.4244.
BISTRO VIDA French $$. Impeccably authentic bistro dishes and welcoming prices are spun through Bay Area culinary consciousness to create regional homey French cuisine. Brunch 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-2:30pm Sat-Sun. Dinner 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 59pm Sun. 641 Santa Cruz Ave. 650.462.1686.
FLEA STREET CAFE New American. $$$$. Carefully crafted, impeccably chosen food featuring seasonal local produce and Niman Ranch meats. Atmosphere is casual and eclectic. Full bar. 5:309:30pm daily. 3607 Alameda de las Pulgas. 650.854.1226.
IBERIA. $$. Spanish. Iberia’s cheap tapas menu is available at the bar anytime or in the dining room at lunch, but these nibbles alone are worth the trip. Lunch noon-2pm Mon-Sat and dinner nightly 5:30-10pm. 1026 Alma St. 650.325.8981. JZCOOL EATERY & WINE BAR American. $$. Fresh, local, sustainable, organic is the mantra of jZcool. Look for straightforward, flavorful dishes like pasture-raised chicken breast stuffed with creamy goat cheese, tangy preserved lemons and salty olives. Lunch 11am-2:30pm
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11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sun, 5-9:45pm Mon-Sun. 2290 El Camino Real. 650.968.7511.
KAYGETSU Japanese. $$$.
AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA Pizza/Italian. $$.
Kaiseki is a rarefied Japanese cuisine born in Kyoto with impeccably seasonal ingredients and poetic presentations. Kaygetsu bills itself as “classic Japanese cuisine” but its kaiseki menu is like discovering a new galaxy of food. Closed Mon. 325 Sharon Park Dr. 650.234.1084.
LEFT BANK Grandma’s French. $$$. Wise country fare combined with metropolitan savoir faire and a dash of Gallic attitude. Full bar. 11:30am-10pm Sun-Mon, 11:30am-11pm Tue-Sat. 635 Santa Cruz Ave. 650.473.6543. MARCHÉ Modern French. $$$$. Under new executive chef Guillaume Bienaimé, Marché offers some of the most inspired, impeccably sourced and thoroughly delicious food in Silicon Valley. Bienaimé’s cooking is based in French technique, and he flirts with modern methods and elements of trendy molecular gastronomy like flavor-infused foams and dehydrated and crushed sauerkraut, but at its core his approach is rooted in superb, often locally sourced ingredients simply and expertly prepared. 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat. 898 Santa Cruz Ave. 650.324.9092. SULTANA Turkish. $$$. If you’ve eaten Greek, Iranian or Middle Eastern food, you’ll find much that’s familiar here. Sultana makes your introduction to Turkish food easy with its warm service, well-executed dishes and soothing ambience 11am2:30pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri; 11am-10pm Sat-Sun. 1149 El Camino Real. 650.322.4343.
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AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. Meals unfold like a bolt of rare silk, served with care and efficiency in a rich, luminous interior. Dishes are complex and varied.
When it’s done right, East Coast pizza can be a glorious thing. Dough is rolled ultrathin and served noticeably charred on the sides and bottom, the ideal combination for a “foldable” slice on the go. It’s done right here. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, 11:30am-11pm Sat, 11:30am10pm Sun. 790 Castro St. 650.961.6666.
BODRUM CAFE Turkish. $$. The menu at Bodrum Cafe is extensive and covers a lot of ground, but it’s the lamb dishes that stand out. A good place to start is with the lahmacun (Turkey’s take on pizza) and the kebabs. 10am10pm daily. 383 Castro St. 650.396.7010. CASCAL Spanish Tapas. $$$. The tapas menu yields big tastes in small portions at this pan-Latin charmer. Calamari, roasted quail and minted lamb meatballs are among the delicacies. Full bar. 11:30am10pm Mon-Sun. 400 Castro St. 650.940.9500. CHAAT PARADISE Vegetarian Indian. $. Golden spices predominate at this popular spot for inexpensive, fun-toeat traditional Indian fare. Casual shopping-center surroundings. 11:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 165 E. Camino Real. 650.965.1111. CHINA CAFE Mandarin, Szechuan. $$. A little surprise in the Blossom Valley Center promises uptown ambience, spotless surroundings and well-presented classical Chinese cuisine. 1760 Miramonte Ave. 650.968.2298.
DON GIOVANNI Italian. $$$. This pumpkin-hued eatery faces the bustling downtown with a handsome demeanor of mahogany and candlelight. Full bar. 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun. 235 Castro St. 650.961.9749. LE PETIT BISTRO Classic French. $$. There’s a lot to like about this pinch of a place with its simple, practiced
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MARU ICHI Japanese noodles. $. Maru Ichi is a true noodle shop. While there are a few appetizers on the menu, the slurpable house-made noodles—ramen, soba and udon—are what you want. Go for the house specialty kuro ramen or the soy sauce ramen. Beer and wine. Cash only. 11:30-2:15pm, 5-9:45pm, 11:30am-9:45pm, 11:30am9pm Sun. 368 Castro St. 650.564.9931. NAMI NAMI Japanese. $$$. Nami Nami specializes in kappo-style Japanese food, food prepared in the artful, labor-intensive, seasonally driven style associated with the city of Kyoto. For diners willing to open their minds and mouths, it offers one of the most exciting restaurant experiences in the Bay Area. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, 7-10pm Tue-Thu and 6-11pm Fri-Sat. 240 Castro St. 650.964.6990. NETO CAFFE AND BAKERY CAFE $$. Neto Caffe and Bakery is a busy, good-looking space that has a happy buzz about it. The first thing you notice as you walk in is all the fresh pastries on the counter. There’s a little bit of everything including a number of Middle Eastern specialties. 7am-10pm daily. 135 Castro St. 650.625.9888.
PHO TO CHAU Vietnamese noodle house. $. The pho here is an honest noodle soup. First-timers might want to stick with the basic pho chin, topped with slices of beef brisket. 11am-10pm daily. 853 Villa St. 650.961.8069. ROSE INTERNATIONAL MARKET Persian. $. Part Middle Eastern grocery store, part Persian food take-out counter and part kebab grill, Rose International Market is a gold mine of good food. The white plastic tables out front are packed with customers eating the market’s signature mesquite-grilled kebabs. 8am9pm Mon-Sat, 9am-8pm Sun. 1060 Castro St. 650.960.1900.
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THE SPICE ISLANDS CAFE Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian. $$. This restaurant will send your taste buds to the tropics. Talented chefs put out dishes full of spice and passion, like jumbo chile prawns, papaya salad and Malaysian spareribs. The menu is expansive. Prices are reasonable. 210 Hope St. 650.960.1888.
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Sushi Tomi serves Japanese food with an elegant simplicity. Sushi and sashimi are ocean fresh. For a real treat, ask for an omakase dinner and let the chef put together a tasting menu for you. 11:30am-2pm 5:30-9:30pm. 635 W. Dana St. 650.968.3227.
THE BASIN New American. $$$. The Basin has some refreshingly high standards. Produce is organic, seafoods are fresh and the menu accentuates American ideas, enhanced by Spanish and Italian spin. 5pm-close seven days a week. 14572 Big Basin Way. 408.867.1906.
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SUSHI TOMI Japanese. $$.
Mexican. $. This clean and fetching diner is the place for authentic fare. Generous portions. 6:30am-10pm MonFri, 6:30am-11pm Sat, 8am10pm Sun. 854 W. Dana St. 650.969.1464.
VASO AZZURRO Ristorante Italian. $$$. Entrees are attractively presented, and the waiters will make you feel as though you were the most important guests in the place. Dessert lives up to the rest of the meal. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9:30pm. 108 Castro St. 650.940.1717.
XANH RESTAURANT Modern Vietnamese. $$. Xanh (pronounced “zahn”) epitomizes the new breed of upscale, contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. The appealing menu ranges from the traditional to the unconventional and includes rolls, salads, noodles, small plates and full-size entrees. 11:30am-2pm and dinner 4:30pm-close Mon-Fri. 110 Castro St. 650.964.1888
YAKKO Japanese, sushi bar. $$. A pairing of swift service with an exotic range of sushi and udon makes this a favorite among sushi lovers. Casual. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm MonSun. 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 5:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 975 W. Dana St. 650.960.0626. ZUCCA Mediterranean. $$. Time slows and the paella glows at this Turkish/Spanish
French-European. $$$. After three decades, La Mere is a tradition. Old World standards such as pâté, escargots, wiener schnitzel and veal scaloppini find a distinguished setting in the crystal-dotted dining room. 11:30am-2pm Wed-Sun, 5:30-9pm Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. 14467 Big Basin Way. 408.867.5272.
PLUMED HORSE Contemporary French. $$$$. After undergoing a $9 million remodel and expansion of its wine list, the Saratoga restaurant has been reborn as Silicon Valley’s premier luxury restaurant. How does the food taste at a $9 million restaurant? Mostly, like a million bucks. 5:30-10pm nightly. 14555 Big Basin Way. 408.867.4711.
RISTORANTE DA MARIO Italian. $$. Ristorante Da Mario serves the greatest hits of Italian-American food but prepares them with a freshness and integrity that elevates them above your typical red-and-white checkered tablecloth ItalianAmerican restaurant. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, dinner 5-9:30pm daily. 14441 Big Basin Way. 408.741.1518.
SENT SOVI New American. $$$$. A pretty dining room hosts an inspired, always fresh and seasonally driven menu of contemporary American and French food, complete with seductive desserts. 14583 Big Basin Way. 408.867.3110.
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That’s why the SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET gives me so much hope. Work on the 50,000-square-foot project is well under way, and completion is set for next spring. The marketplace will house about 30 vendors including a produce market, meat and fish market, wine bars, demonstration kitchen, restaurants, a barbershop, live music and a 25,000-square-foot public square. The project consists of an outdoor plaza area surrounding the Peralta Adobe plus three buildings: the old El Dorado building on San Pedro (formerly the Laundryworks and a succession of failed restaurants and clubs), currently being retrofitted; the Lusardi building at the southeast corner of St. John Street and Almaden Avenue; and a new prefab metal building with roll-top doors being built at the southwest corner of St. John and San Pedro. Whereas the city has long subsidized forgettable national chain restaurants and stores, San Jose has committed $6 million in loans and structural improvements to get this project off the ground. Thumbs up on that. What’s so cool about this project is that it is drawing its 30 tenants from the community. Starbucks and McDonald’s need not apply. To create a distinctive downtown experience, the project has to involve the community. If it’s filled with soul-sucking national chains, it might as well be called a mall. “We are the anti–strip mall and anti–regional mall,” says project manager STEVE BORKENHAGEN, who has long been an advocate for independent, local business. (You hear that, Santana Row?) He’s the owner of Eulipia restaurant and one of the founders of the Camera One theaters. Borkenhagen hopes the market will become the “gravitational center” of downtown San Jose, a place that will finally create a destination for shopping, eating, drinking, socializing and just hanging out and reading a book in the plaza. “This will be the quintessential San Jose experience,” he says. I sure hope so. So far, only six tenants have signed on, and the composition of those businesses will dictate to a large extent what kind of experience visitors have. But several leases are in negotiation, and I believe more will come. More than any other project in recent memory, this market has the potential to transform downtown. The ripple effect of the project around downtown may finally give the area the urban experience it deserves.—Stett Holbrook
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*wed THE TRIMS Blank Club, San Jose Wed – 9pm; free One thing Trims founders Gabriel Maciel and Eric Scharer could agree on was a love for atmospheric, dynamic, pop-oriented music that made liberal use of interesting instrumentation. Bands like Joy Division, Interpol, U2 and Radiohead came to mind. They set out applying these influences to create a music that was intricate and unconventional while still maintaining a listener-friendly simplicity. The dueling guitar work is haunting. The vocals are organic and honest. The drumming is soft but precise. What they’ve ended up creating isn’t exactly pop music,
but it’s not particularly unfamiliar either. It’s a nice blend of moody guitar-centric songs that have a soft edge while maintaining a subtle emotional undercurrent. (AC)
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SAHARA SMITH Montalvo, Saratoga Thu – 7:30pm; $40/$45 It may seem that 22-year-old Texan rising star Sahara Smith is a little young to be releasing a debut album shepherded by the great T-Bone Burnett. But really she’s been performing onstage since the age of 14, so her album, Myth of the Heart, is a long time coming. She blends folk, Americana, country and bluegrass with the
ease of Tom Waits but does it with the gloss of Norah Jones. Her tender yet smoky vocals carry both her youth and her experience and professionalism within a single breath. Burnett, who also managed to get many of his firstcall session players on this album, called her “the best new artist I’ve heard in years.” She shares the bill with Marc Cohn, he of the hit “Walking in Memphis.” (AC)
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TESS DUNN Streetlight Records, San Jose Sat – 5pm; free There’s lots of intelligence, spirit and tensile strength, the Lesley Goreness in Tess Dunn’s
young voice: a plain-spokenness that fits the songs of breakups accompanied by percussiony piano. The 15-year-old Santa Cruzan’s talent is showcased in Darling Just Walk. Dunn’s backstory (a struggle over a terribly debilitating disease) is less important than what’s upfront: the kind of toughness that got her a berth on the Van’s Warped Tour, and a repertoire of songs about “skulls and hearts and crossbones.” (Note: Occasional Metro contributor Geoffrey Dunn is her father, but I had no idea about that when I heard the music.) (RvB)
TOSCA California Theatre, San Jose Nov 13, 18, 20, 23 and 26 at 8pm, Nov 14, 21 and 28 at 3pm; $51-$101 Based on a superheated play by
Victorien Sardou, featuring more violence than a season of Sons of Anarchy, Puccini’s Tosca boasts one of opera’s most compelling scores, composed as a unitary whole rather than stitched together from set-piece arias and dialogue interludes. The title character is an Italian opera singer caught up in deadly intrigue as her lover hides a political prisoner and the head of the secret police, Scarpia, pursues them. This Opera San José production is double cast, with Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste (sensational in Anna Karenina) and Rebecca Davis alternating as Tosca. (MSG)
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ROBERT CRAY BAND Nov 12 at 8pm, Fox Theatre, Redwood City
MORENO GISTAIN PIANO DUO MO Nov 10 at 7:30pm, Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
SOUTH BAY PHILHARMONIC, SO ALL RUSSIAN CONCERT Nov 12 at 7:30pm, Foothill Presbyterian, San Jose
ELVIN BISHOP Nov 13 at 8pm, Carriage House, No Montalvo Arts Center
DOUG CARN AND SAN JOSE D JAZZ ORCHESTRA Nov 13 at 8pm, Trinity Church, N San Jose
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE AND INSIDE STRAIT Nov 13 at a 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford
JOHANNES MOLLER, SOU SOUTH BAY GUITAR SOCIETY Nov 13 at 8pm, Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
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Blending hard-core breakdowns with poppy punk, Fabulous Under Fire have bridged a gap between straight-edge jocks and mall rats. Luckily, we have music, tattoos and low-cut socks to unite these two groups together. Sometimes FUF sound like two completely different bands meshed together, but they’ve culled the best of both worlds to create an anthemic sound that gets the kids to chant along. A Four Star Affair, Back Pocket Memory and the Sweet Repose open up. (BD)
You like the Dap Kings, yes? Course you do, you’ve got ears. Fitz and the Tantrums opened for them. In L.A., you’d have to line up to see this band with attitudinous industry types at the El Rey—yet, lo, here they are playing a few hundred feet from the Dog Station. Take a sample of the 10song Picking Up the Pieces, released in August, and get caught by their blue-eyed soul groove very rapidly. Beautifully compressed production (home recorded, apparently), complete with real piano and Fitz’s collaborator Noelle Scaggs’ fine vocals. It sounds like something from a low-watt oldies AM station you suddenly pick up driving around the bricks of some back-east industrial town, staffed by
DJs who know that there’s more to Motown than the 20 famous hits they play at Mel’s Diner. (RvB)
*sun NONPOINT The Avalon, Santa Clara Sun – 9pm; $15-$17
Some describe Florida’s Nonpoint as nu-metal. But when I hear the term “nu-metal,” I usually think of a band with about 900 members, all wearing silly costumes and blending crappy rap lyrics over crappier beats and vanilla metal riffs. Nonpoint are nothing like that. They’re more of a hard-rock band mixed with some alternative influence and ’90s grunge. Fighting the good fight for going on 13 years, Nonpoint are
currently on tour for this year’s release, Miracle. In This Moment, Taking Dawn, Muckagee and Dimidium start things off. (BD)
RUSSELL PETERS HP Pavilion, San Jose Sun – 8pm; $48-$68 Russell Peters is a lot like Larry the Cable Guy. What I mean by that is that no one had ever heard of him, and then suddenly he was one of the most popular comics in the world. What I do not mean by that is that he sucks. In fact, Peters’ act is the polar opposite of Daniel “Larry” Whitney’s. Born in Canada to immigrant Indian parents, Peters is the master of multiethnic humor. Unlike Lisa Lampenelli’s tired “as long as we insult everyone, it’s OK” stereotypes, Peters cuts across the lines between cultures with a sharp wit and a fresh perspective for a rapidly changing world. (SP)
Nov 13 at a 8pm, Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont
QUARTET ROUGE Nov 13 at 7:30pm, St. Bede’s Episcopal, Menlo Park
PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SINFONIA CONCERT Nov 14 at 3pm, Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto
PARKER QUARTET, VILLA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Nov 14 at 3pm, Grand Hall, Montalvo Arts Center
ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, JAZZ PIANO Nov 14 at 7:30pm, Carriage House, Montalvo Arts Center
SAN JOSE YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Nov 15 at 7pm, Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
AVERAGE WHITE BAND Nov 17 at 7:30pm, Carriage House, Montalvo Arts Center
MIDORI AND ROBERT MCDONALD Nov 17 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford
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Forty years later, he finally retired, but he still lives in the same downtown San Jose house he bought for peanuts in the early ’70s. Now a professor
emeritus at SJSU, May continues to hang out in the gallery scene, both on campus and out in the city. Almost anyone else who has infiltrated the San Jose arts community during those last four decades knows Tony May—he’s been around longer than almost anyone. Reflecting on his career over tea in his kitchen, he spilled a portion of his life story. Back in the postwar generation, it was simply much easier to go to art school. “Those were the boom years for teaching,” he said, “because there were so many art departments all over the country, brand-new and expanding. Universities starting thinking, ‘Well, maybe we can have an art program,’ because it wasn’t traditionally part of the university curriculum. So they
were all suddenly adding art programs. When I graduated, everyone of my classmates got a job teaching.” In 1977, WORKS/San Jose, an alternative art and performance space, first opened up at Vine and Auzerais, in an old meat-market building. May was not one of the official founders, but he was there. He was one of a clique of folks inspired by places like 80 Langton St. in San Francisco, venues that perpetrated the visual art/performance crossover scene that was beginning to emerge. May and others thought San Jose would be “less embarrassing” if it actually had an art gallery. “We were looking for something that was in touch with some kind of art that wasn’t being seen around here,” May recalled. “It wasn’t easy to define. There was a pretty big, growing movement of performance art and all that stuff, happening in cities throughout the country. San Jose had nothing like that. San Jose didn’t even really have much of a museum yet. The museum didn’t have much backing and they didn’t have very much sophistication either, as far as what they showed.”
At WORKS, May became the first president of the board, almost by default, after a falling out with another clique of folks who were initially involved at the beginning. The gallery and performance space subsequently became an ever-changing, quasianarchistic operation. In those days, there was no way to make any money in San Jose as an artist. It was impossible. “I don’t if there’s ever been anything to do, anywhere, as an artist, as far as making a living.” May said. “About the only way I knew of to make a living—for most of my friends—was to make a living by teaching.” “Old Technology,” a 45-year retrospective of May’s career opening Friday at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, includes works in a variety of media. He originally started out in large-scale ceramics and painting before eventually devising a body of work centered on stretched canvas-andwood forms. His larger ceramic works weren weren’t portable, so he sometimes even left them under staircases for the landl landlord to deal with. As a result, he began to paint on canvases that could be fol folded up and packed away, in case he ne needed to move again. Ma May’s body of work appears to explore the gray area between what’s serious and what’s whimsical—the position of the artist trying to wrestle with his own jaded self. He is both a farm boy with a great deal of handmaking skills and a jaded professor who’s seen decades’ worth of students trying to create art. The SJICA show includes work going back to 1965, including two pieces from his graduating show before he even came to San Jose. “It’s kind of almost embarrassing to have that much work available,” he said with a laugh. “It’s indicative of a person who really holds on to everything, sort of like a pack rat, and a person who never really got out there and made an effort to sell.”
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Flying Karamazov Brothers Wednesday–Friday, 8pm, Saturday, 3 and 8pm, Sunday, 2 and 7pm; San Jose Repertory Theater; $35–$69 Juggling was never funnier or more dangerous than in the capable, fast-moving hands of the Flying Karamazov Brothers, to whom anything, even a chain saw, was raw material for airborne high-jinks. San Jose Rep presents the brothers’ latest show, 4PLAY, a fast-paced mélange of comedy, vaudeville and, of course, juggling, starring Paul Magid (pictured), Andy Sapora, Stephen Bent and Harry Levine.
Body Worlds Opens Nov. 13, Tech Museum, San Jose Using an innovative technique known as plastination, Gunther von Hagens uses real human bodies—sliced and diced—to demonstrate the workings of muscle, tissue and bone beneath the skin. This new exhibit looks at both healthy and diseased bodies, so the squeamish should prepare themselves.
Driving Miss Daisy Nov. 12–27, Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose; $15–$24 Tabard Theatre Company brings the famous film to the stage with the story of an elderly white woman and her friendship with her African American chauffeur. In the interests of authenticity, Tabard even found a 1948 Chrysler Traveler, the same car used in the film, to use in photo ops.
Jack and the Beanstalk Friday–Saturday, 7pm, Sunday, 2pm, through Nov. 21; Mello Auditorium, Community Recreation Center, Santa Clara; $5/$8. Just in time to keep the young ones entranced while the holiday whirl begins, the Roberta Jones Junior Theatre presents a musical revisioning of the classic story of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” with songs by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy. Performance marks start of theater’s 43rd season.
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Anthony Clarvoe’s comedy about a miracle gizmo developed right here in Silicon Valley. Regular shows: ThuSat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Nov 21. $15-$30. Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View.
DRIVING MISS DAISY Tabard Theatre Company presents the story of an elderly Southern white woman and her friendship with her African American chauffeur. Opens Fri, 8pm. Regular shows: Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat 3 and/or 8pm, Sun, 2pm (no show Nov 25). Runs thru Nov 27. $10-$24. Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose.
4PLAY A vaudeville-cabaret show with juggling and acrobats by members of the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Wed-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2 and 7pm. $35-$69. San Jose Repertory Theatre.
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Sunnyvale Community Players present the musical by Stephen Schwartz. Thu, 7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Runs thru Nov 21. $10.50-$23.50. Sunnyvale Community Theater.
West Valley Light Opera presents the Irving Berlin classic for the holidays. Opens Sat, 8pm. Regular shows: Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm (no show Nov 26). Runs thru Dec 11. $18-$30. Saratoga Civic Theater.
HALLELUJAH GIRLS A comedy in a Southern vein about the women of Eden Falls, Ga. A Santa Clara Players production. This week: ThuSat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Runs thru Nov 20. $10-$18. Triton Museum Hall Pavilion, Santa Clara.
MOTHER LOAD A new one-woman show by Amy Wilson about her life as the mother of three young children explores the comedy behind the need to be a perfect mom. Sun, 2pm. $41. Campbell Heritage Theatre.
OVERSOCIAL MOFO REVUE An innovative pairing of local bands with spoken-word performers. Poet Joyce Lee joins the San Jose band Veronica Malki and juggler Bronkar Lee. Fri, 8pm. $6-$11. Anno Domiini, San Jose.
THE TIME MACHINE: LOVE AMONG THE ELOI A stage adaptation by Ohlone College Theatre Department of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine.” This week: Fri-Sat, 8pm. Runs thru Nov 13. $12/$15. Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont.
SUNSET BOULEVARD Palo Alto Players presents the stage version of the famed movie about an aging star and a cynical young writer. Regular shows Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Runs thru Nov 21. $23-$32. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto.
THE TURN OF THE SCREW A stage adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher of the Henry James ghost story, presented by Dragon Productions. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm (no show Nov 25). Runs thru Nov 28. $16/$20. Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto.
TWELFTH NIGHT SJSU’s theater department interprets Shakespeare. FriSat, 7pm. Runs thru Nov 20. $10/$20. SJSU Theatre, San Jose.
Comedy COMEDYSPORTZ An interactive improvised comedy show. Fri, 9 and 11pm and Sat, 7 and 9pm. $12/$15. ComedySportz, San Jose.
ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Shane Mauss with Sal Calanni and Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh. $12-$17. Sunnyvale.
SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: Big Al’s Big Ass Comedy Show. $12. Thu, 8pm: Hollywood Underground. $16. Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm, Sun, 7pm: Christopher Titus. $25. Tue, 8pm: Henry Phillips. $12. San Jose.
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TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION “Body Worlds Vital.” A detailed anatomical look at bodies in health and disease, based on the work of Gunther von Hagens. Opens Nov 13. MonWed, 10am-5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.
CONTINUING CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Vodoun/Vodounon: Portraits
DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry From Native California.” Thru Dec 5. “LandsCApes: Glimpses of Everyday California.” Thru Jan 28. “The Saints of Mission Santa Clara: Discovering the Meaning Behind the Art.” Thru Dec 5. Tue-Sun, 11am-4pm. Santa Clara University.
EUPHRAT MUSEUM “Learn to Play.” A group show about art and life. Thru Nov 24. Tue-Thu 11am-3pm. San Jose.
HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Explore San Jose Parks—Open to the Public Since 1850.” Thru Jan 23. At Pacific Hotel Gallery. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm. San Jose.
JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM “Camp Days: 1942–1945.” Works about the internment camps by Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz. Thru Apr 30. Also exhibits about the history of Japantown and the lives and contributions of Japanese immigrants in the valley. Thu-Sun, noon-4pm. San Jose.
LOS GATOS HISTORY MUSEUM “Bear in Mind: The Story of the California Grizzly.” Thru Feb 27. Wed-Sun, noon-4pm. Los Gatos.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “The Modern Photographer: Observation and Intention.” A show of works from the first half of the 20th century drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. Thru Jul 3. “Leo Villareal.” Thru Jan 9. “RetroTech.” Thru Feb 6. “Vital Signs: New Media From the Permanent Collection.” Thru Feb 6. “Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography From the Permanent Collection.” Thru Mar 14. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.
TRITON MUSEUM OF ART “The Nature of Things.” A retrospective show for sculptor David Middlebrook. Thru Dec 5. “Stan Welsh: On Land—On
Water.” A show of mixed media and ceramic sculptures. Thru Dec 5. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm. Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.
by Rachel Jones. Thru Nov 27. San Jose.
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“Opposite Attraction.” Paintings by Jane Peterman and sculptures by Kris Taylor. Runs thru Nov 13. Enter through Printers’ Inc. Cafe, Palo Alto.
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GALLERY SARATOGA “Duets.” Color photos by David Blanchard. Nov 14-30. Reception Sun, 1-5pm. Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm. Saratoga.
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Old Technology.” A retrospective of painting, sculpture and installations by the SJSU artist Tony May. Nov 13-Feb 26. Reception Fri, 6-8pm. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat-noon-5pm. San Jose.
THOMPSON GALLERY “Chicago Imagism(s).” An exploration of Chicago painters from the late 1960s who redefined the city as a regional art center. Nov 16-Dec 17. Tue, 11am-4pm, 6-7:30pm, Mon, Wed-Fri, 11am-4pm. SJSU Art Building.
VIEWPOINTS GALLERY “Drawing From the Abstract.” Works by Jane Ferguson. Thru Dec 4. Reception Fri, 5-8pm. Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm, Sun, 11am3pm. Los Altos.
“Drive-by Photography.” Images by James Dewrance. Thru Nov 27. San Jose.
HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE & GALLERY “Earth, Spin, Fire.” Works by Lee Middleman and Jon Dunlavy. Thru Dec 2. San Jose.
ANNO DOMINI “The Offering.” Transcendent and mystical works by Wendell McShine, paintings, drawings and animations. Thru Nov 20. “Better Than 2009.” Solo exhibit for MOMO post-graffiti artist. Thru Nov 20. Tue-Fri, noon-7pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
ART ARK GALLERY “The More the Merrier.” A group show. Thru Dec 3. San Jose.
CAFFE TRIESTE “Celebrating Cafe Moments.” Paintings by Jeanette Turkus. Thru Nov 27. San Jose.
DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “Before It Flew Away.” Works
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KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS A display of 19 works, including the “Galactic Mysteries” series, by Leah Lubin. SLAC National Accelerator Lab, Stanford.
MACLA “Hybrid Spaces: Family Origins & Collaborations.” Works by Las Hermanas Iglesias and Amy Diaz-Infante. Thru Jan 8. WedThu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon5pm. San Jose.
MAIN GALLERY Photography by Brandy Brune and oil paintings by Elizabeth Noerdlinger. Thru Nov 21. WedSun, 10am-3pm. Redwood City.
METRO LOBBY “I Love Trash.” A show by the First St. Photo Collection. Thru Nov 30. Metro Lobby, San Jose.
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Mixed-media prints by Pantea Karimi. Thru Nov 21. Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, Sat, 9am-3pm. Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View.
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “From Within, So Without” by Ali Maschke-Messing. Thru Jun 1. “Sculpture on the Grounds: David Middlebrook.” Thru Jun 1. “The Oldest Living Things in the World.” Photographs by Rachel Sussman. Thru Jan 16. Saratoga.
PALO ALTO ART CENTER “In Focus” Collecting Photography.” “Light From the Underground,” a photographic essay about mining in South Wales by Colette Campbell-
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ONE of the things I’ve always liked about Jeffrey Hatcher’s 1996 adaptation of Henry James’s 1898 novella, The Turn of the Screw, now being presented by Dragon Productions in Palo Alto, is its minimalism. Part play, part ghost story, the piece is narrated and performed by just two actors. No fancy special effects are employed to sell the drama unfolding before us—the ill-defined fears conjured by our imaginations are supposed to be enough. Happily, in this production directed by Meredith Hagedorn, they are. The play begins with a wealthy, unnamed London man (George Psarras) interviewing a prospective governess (Katie Anderson) to raise his orphaned niece and nephew. The man K_\ Klie f] is prepared to meet his familial obligations to his K_\ JZi\n unfortunate relations, but at arm’s length—they live in Bly, his country place in Essex. In fact, he will only hire Through Nov. 28 the governess under one condition; that she not contact Dragon Theatre, him for any reason, no matter what transpires at Bly. 535 Alma St., The man clearly knows something the governess does Palo Alto not, but she needs the work and believes that in proving $16–$20 her worth to the master, she might snag a husband. She immediately heads to Bly, where she meets the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose (also played by Psarras, in the same attire he wears as the master), and Flora, a pantomime of the niece. Miles, Flora’s older brother (Psarras again), arrives the next day, having been expelled from boarding school for being a corrupting influence on his classmates. Miles is just 10, so this is a serious charge, but Miles knows more than most 19th-century boys his age, thanks to the pair of randy ghosts living at Bly. Miles also suffers from what 21st-century psychiatrists would describe as Attachment Disorder. Protecting her charges from their inner demons, as well as the ones roaming Bly’s grounds, becomes the governess’s mission. For a while, Mrs. Grose joins the governess in this somber duty, but we only witness the governess’s observations of the ghosts, making Mrs. Grose a collaborator if not a corroborator. Anderson and Psarras work well together in their various pairings, and Psarras eases effortlessly from role to role. In one memorable moment, he melts before our eyes from the play’s stentorious announcer to bashful Miles. As for Anderson, even though she only has one role, her job may be tougher, but she shifts from narrator to participant convincingly. And when her eyes widen in horror at the taunting ghosts before her, we feel a chill down our spines, too.—Ben Marks
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Three’s Company RAJIV JOSEPH’S All This Intimacy was not well received when it opened in New York four years ago, especially compared to works such as Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which made Joseph a Pulitzer Prize finalist. However, for its West Coast premiere, directed by Caitlin McGarty at Renegade Theatre Experiment, All This Intimacy emerges as an enjoyable tragicomedy as well as a necessary story, reminding us that we all have the capacity to commit very big, life-altering blunders. The play’s drama springs from a fateful mistake—or rather, three mistakes—made by Ty Greene (Keith C. Marshall), a teacher and successful poet. In a week’s time, 8cc K_`j he impregnates three women: his ex-girlfriend @ek`dXZp Jen (Xanadu Bruggers), his middle-aged neighbor Maureen (Michelle Bellaver) and his young student Through Nov. 26, Becca (Sara Luna). These women are strangers to one Renegade Theatre another, but they eventually meet; the circumstances Experiment, Historic are somewhat contrived, but it had to happen Hoover Theater, somehow. At any rate, they become extremely and San Jose understandably upset with Ty. The poet’s relationship $28.50 with his best friend, Seth (Robert Campbell), who is engaged to marry Jen’s sister (Katie Vroom), is also strained. Ty is a problematic character. He genuinely cares for the women in his life and wants to make things right with them, but his remarkable selfabsorption and insensitivity prevent him from doing so. He’s so clueless that he makes even the ditzy Becca look profound when she tells him, “You can’t get three girls pregnant at the same time and expect them to like you.” Marshall plays Ty well, managing to infuse the obviously flawed character with likeability. Marshall has great chemistry with the female cast members, and the scenes with Michelle Bellaver as Maureen are especially engaging. Maureen first appears as an average lapsed-Catholic housewife, but after conceiving, she turns into a near-crazy person who thinks the Holy Spirit is inside her. Bellaver makes the transition a believable one. Also worthy of note is a rather charming scene in which Ty and Jen pass sheets of paper back and forth in a silent conversation. One final comment: for this production, Renegade Theater Experiment has eschewed the explicitly sperm-covered set design used in New York in favor of a more abstract backdrop. This is probably a wise decision. —Sean Conwell
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Ceramic Arts Guild. Sat-Sun, 10am-5pm. Lucie Stern Community Ballroom, Palo Alto.
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A session on digital photography; bring your own camera. Sat, 10am-4pm. $75. San Jose Museum of Art.
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AMELIA EARHART, FLIGHTS OF FANCY A California Theatre Center play for family audiences. Sat, 11am. $11/$12. Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre.
CINDERELLA Presented by Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Wed, 7pm, Fri, 4:30pm, Sat, 2 and 7pm. $8/$12. Palo Alto Art Center.
ELANA JAGODA FAMILY CONCERT Innovative Jewish music with folk-rock feel. Sun, 3-5pm. $5$15. Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Palo Alto.
EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES A show for ages 3-6 by Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Sat, 10am and noon. $5/$10. Palo Alto Art Center.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK A new season opens for Junior Theatre. Fri-Sat, 7pm, Sun, 2pm. $5/$8. Mello Auditorium, Santa Clara.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS A Stories on Stage presentation by Peninsula Youth Theatre. Fri, 9:30 and 11am, Sat, 11:30am and 1:30pm. $8/$10. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
THE WIZARD OF OZ The Baum classic interpreted by Peninsula Youth Theatre. Thu, 9:30am, Fri, 9:30am and 7:30pm, Sat, 2 and 7:30pm, Sun, 1 and 6:30pm. Thru Nov 21. $18/$22. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
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A sale by 50 Bay Area artists presented by Orchard Valley
FOOD AND WINE FAIR A festival with wine tasting from Santa Cruz Mountains wineries. Sat, noon-4pm. Glasses for $5. Oceano Hotel, Half Moon Bay.
HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER Cotton Works, a home and garden store holds an openhouse sale to help Second Harvest Food Bank. Thu, 48pm. Los Gatos.
LEARN YOUR BEST HOLIDAY RED An open house with color analyst Elizabeth Del. Thu, 5-8pm. Free. Boutique 4, Mountain View.
LIGHT UP THE ROW The annual holiday treelighting ceremony features the theme “Love Is All Around,” with festivities geared to many holiday traditions. Tue, all day, with performances at 6pm and tree lighting at 7pm. Santana Row, San Jose.
PAC SJ A celebration of 20 years of Preservation Action Council of San Jose, with food, live music and a silent auction (see www. preservation.org for ticket details). Fri, 6:30pm. San Jose Women’s Club.
PAX AMERICAN A screening of the film “Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space” presented by Peace Action. Sun, 7pm. Free. Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo.
RACHEL SUSSMAN A talk by the artist about her exhibit “The Oldest Living Things in the World.” Sat, 1pm. Free. Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga.
TECHNOLOGY PETTING ZOO A chance to see demonstrations and learn about the different kinds of E-readers. Tue, 2-3pm. Free. Los Gatos Public Library.
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combustible!” Q: To what can it be likened? “A missile the size of the Chrysler building!” At 70 miles an hour, the train heads to a precarious S-curve over some gas tanks. News helicopters buzz around the runaway train, providing an action-movie Greek chorus. Computer animation shows us what will happen when the trains meet—done in the now-beloved Taiwanese-newscast style. Scott crowds the location changes with captions, including my new alltime favorite: “Zinc Plant, Southern Pennsylvania.” Pennsylvania in the full Amazonian green-hell of summer would be a perfect background for a hellbound train, but this is forlorn, waning fall: the digital dying, as always in cyan and orange, makes Washington’s features disappear in the duotone murk. Are they bringing back the days of two-strip Technicolor? The
whites are completely shot because of this technique; in two-shots, the trains speed past a cemetery full of baby-blue tombstones. Computer animation allows the bad train to do things real trains can’t ordinarily do: dance sideways on the rails like the circus train in Dumbo, for instance. This method impedes the free enjoyment of the heavy-machinery porn, something Scott usually does very well. Instead of lingering over the big, heavy greasy surfaces to get the men in the audience’s irises dilated, Scott tries torn-from-yesterday’swar-correspondent shots. He’s a promiscuous refocusser. As the boss lady in the control tower, Rosario Dawson arrives bearing a stack of donut boxes—the delectable carrying the delicious. She utters some line like, “I brought a box of donuts for the kids.” The lens shifts to emphasis this instant. Crisis!: Will there be enough donuts for everyone? In the rooms where the experts look at the maps and telephone each other, Scott repeats one shot a hundred times, panning the camera as it is dollied, to induce appropriate
thematic motion sickness. Every Scott film is heavy on the exclamation points, but this one is as worn out as America’s rail infrastructure. As per Andrey Konchalovskiy’s Runaway Train (1985), such a speeding monster ought to have a philosophical purpose, something more interesting, that is, than bringing together two diametrically opposed railway workers together and making them learn to appreciate their families. Hell, you could do that on a scenic pufferbelly ride. Q: How does Washington’s character manifest his negligent parenting? A: First, by forgetting one daughter’s birthday. Second, by letting both daughters waitress at Hooters. (Scott had to get the skin in there somehow.) Isn’t this train—a glowering locomotive bearing the numbers “777”— a symbol of something? Ecocatastrophe? Corporate malfeasance by veiled version of CSX? There a thinly ve was more of that in Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections. There’s a plot point Correc layoffs, and we’re supposed to about layo the head executive in the film think of th Dunn) as an idiot who only (Kevin Du about profit, although he does cares abou engineer a pretty entertaining rescue, yo-yoing a former Marine (“Just back from Afghanistan!”) from a helicopter onto the deck. The moment compares favorably with the finale, as seen in the previews: a hero “actually running on top of the train cars!” exclaiming a newscaster, as if this hadn’t been a feat performed sometime before in the history of cinema. The audience gets calmer as the editing gets more furious, and the film never goes over the top where it belongs. Like Scott, Washington is there to repeat things. His particular gift in an action movie is to Gertrude Stein it: “There’s only one rule, and one rule only,” he tells young pup Pine. He should be telling us what happens to those who break that one rule, whatever that rule was: “And he was found in the wreck with his hand upon the throttle, scalded to death by the steam, poor boy.”
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FAIR GAME (PG-13; 104 min.) See review on page 48.
Maureen O’Sullivan co-stars. BILLED WITH The Falcon Takes Over. Looking for his girl, a justout-of-prison ex-wrestler named Moose Malloy (Ward Bond)—“as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food cake�—stirs up trouble in L.A. He hires that debonair detective known as the Falcon (George Sanders) to investigate. It’s Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely adapted to the needs of the Falcon franchise. Two years later, the story was made again as Murder, My Sweet, with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe and Mike Mazurki as Moose. (Plays Nov 11-12 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
MORNING GLORY (PG-13; 102 min.) See review on page 46.
POPPY JASPER FILM FESTIVAL Named after a semiprecious stone found in the area, this time the cozy ďŹ lm festival features guest appearances by Luis Valdez and Joe Estevez, longtime actor and brother of Martin Sheen. On hand also are actress Fiona Gubelmann, actress/ director Terri Hanauer (of the short Recycling Flo and the upcoming feature ďŹ lm Technical Support), writer/producer Peter Lefcourt and Victor Miller, scripter of the original Friday the 13th; plus screenings of 47 short ďŹ lms, workshops and parties. (Plays Nov 12-14 at various locations in Morgan Hill, including the Cinelux Theaters at Tennant Station; www .poppyjasperďŹ lmfest.org.) (RvB)
SKYLINE (PG-13; 92 min.) Aliens show up in large spaceships and menace the inhabitants of Earth. Eric Balfour and Scottie Thompson star in the effects-heavy sci-fi thriller. (Opens Fri.)
TAKEDOWNS AND FALLS The Central Dauphin Rams of Harrisburg, Pa., advance to the state wrestling championships in a documentary by Todd Hickey and Kirk Ledger. (Plays Nov 14 at 7pm at the BlueLight Cinemas at Cupertino Oaks.) (RvB)
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) Third and schmaltziest of Steven Spielberg’s B-movie pastiches, with the Holy Grail as the treasure that Indiana (Harrison Ford) seeks. Loaded with metaphysical value as it is, here the grail is a symbol of better understanding between the generations. The dreaded men’s-movement movie at its stickiest, with Sean Connery as the estranged dad this adventurer was looking for all along, without even knowing it. The views of Venice and Petra in Jordan are fascinating, anyway. (Plays Nov 1214 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)
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Kings Row was Ronald Reagan’s most prestigious movie, and he knew it. It’s a rich, heated melodrama based on a bestseller written under the spell of Freud and Madame Bovary; photographed by James Wong Howe, scored by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and designed by William Cameron Menzies (of Gone With the Wind). We follow the case of a budding young doctor (Robert Cummings) in a secretive and essentially evil small town, peopled with such sinister figures as Claude Rains, Charles Coburn and Judith Anderson. One of its victim is Reagan, playing the best friend who famously catches it below the belt. BILLED WITH The More the Merrier, a comedy about the World War II housing crisis starring Charles Coburn and Jean Arthur. (Plays Nov 13-15 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
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Broadcast News THE FORCED nervous energy and desperate eagerness to please of the wakeywakey TV show is evident in Morning Glory. The chirpy Becky (Rachel McAdams), aptly likened to Gidget by one character, is on her way up. She ascends from New Jersey to her job as the producer of a despondent morning news show, essentially fourthranked in a field of three networks. Becky takes a celebrated but now languishing former anchorman, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), and partners him with the current AM show host, Colleen (Diane Keaton). Colleen knows Pomeroy of old, and she loathes him. As Pomeroy, Ford is a very amusing grumpus—a newsman frozen in distaste for the parade of exotic animals, cooking tips and celebrity chat that makes up a Good Morning America–style show. It isn’t much of a stretch for Ford; the character is just a little surlier than the dogged action heroes he has been playing: “I lunched with Dick Cheney!� he growls, in tones that make us think that he was even more ornery than the Angler himself. Ford and Keaton have a comedic rapport that’s like an elegant version of the “Jane, you ignorant slut� routine between Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin in ancient episodes of SNL. The clever-clever script is by Aline Brosh McKenna, whose The Devil Wears Prada was similar. Maybe what was intended was something like the mentoring of Peggy Olson by Don Draper on Mad Men. The film’s lack
of a point of view is worsened when we catch what it’s saying: entertainment and hard news had a battle, and entertainment won—and Pomeroy should succumb to the judgment of the audience. If the man was too old to go back into the field, he could become a commentator, using whatever he learned about the world over sandwiches with Cheney, but the way this story plays out, there’s no room for him to do Dfie`e^ >cfip anything but clown or PG-13; 102 min. give cooking tips. Opens Wednesday Morning Glory has terminal third-act problems, the kind that force a trip into sudden-death overtime, just to reassure us that Becky has a choice in her career. The cluttered soundtrack by David Arnold matches the visuals by Alwin H. Kuchler. Onscreen, it’s all confetti-bedecked murk, with too many interiors and crowded art direction, the exception being an impressionistic walk at nightfall across one of New York’s bridges, likely the Brooklyn. A little help comes from the romance with a rich ex-Yalie (Patrick Wilson), an actor usually cast to indicate sinister toohandsomeness. A moment of Becky’s gal pals discussing his hotness (as if he weren’t the only datable man in the movie) is supposed to square the deal. Too much reiteration sinks Morning Glory; it’s not as if we can’t tell, like Mary Tyler Moore, that Becky is going to make it after all.—Richard von Busack
(1974) Deep-dish filmmaking, perfect for people who worry that there are not enough thugs and too many thinkers. (Seem to be a lot of them around, judging from the way the last election went.) In the year 2293, effete intellectuals like myself will be living in the Vortex, a pleasure dome ringed by barbarians with long queues of hair that make them look like Pandorans. Barbarian Sean Connery, looking very fascinatingly brutish, takes a ride on his god—the giant levitating stone head he happens to worship. He lands in Effeteland, the better to meet bloodless aristo Charlotte Rampling. Deep-dish filmmaking, perfect for people who worry
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that there are not enough thugs and too many thinkers. John Boorman’s insane future party is an absolutely one of a kind 1970s cult film where Nietzsche shakes hands with L. Frank Baum. Shown in a rare 35mm print. (Plays Nov 10 at 7pm in Campbell at Camera 7 and Nov 11 at 9pm in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)
Reviews CONVICTION (R; 107 min.) Tony Goldwyn (A Walk on the Moon) directs Hilary Swank in a true-life story of a woman who went to law school to free her brother (Sam Rockwell), who was unjustly convicted of murder.
DUE DATE (R; 100 min.) Forced to drive from Georgia to Los Angeles, a pair of men try to get along. One is a deluded would-be actor named Ethan (Zach Galifianakis), a halfbright stoner bearing a lapdog. The other is a mean executive, Peter (Robert Downey Jr.), trying to get home to be there in time for his wife’s C-section. Uneven, in a word. Indeed, the movie is just as middling as it was when it was called Planes, Trains and Automobiles; it’s a road-trip movie with nowhere to go, emotionally speaking, and director Todd
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THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (R; 148 min.) The glowing harbor and country views of the last entry (the series’ high point) are replaced by televisionistic series of close-ups of baleful Swedes frowning at each other over tables or sitting fidgeting at press conferences. The survivors of the government cabal that planned to silence the troublesome Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace) are still afoot and grumpier than ever (“Fools! Idiots! I’ll destroy you all!” exclaims their leader, Lisbeth’s maimed dad. Our hero, Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) of Millennium magazine is trying to get Lisbeth’s side of the story. But his co-editor Erika (Lena Endre) is menaced by anonymous emails and a brick through the window. Lisbeth is also cornered by yet
another smirking civil servant: her former shrink, Dr. Peter Teleborian (Anders Ahlbom). The film pedantically insists on the realistic after-effects of some gunshot wounds, and it makes a very, very long journey from hospital bed to very unmoving last goodbye. The two leads (punkette avenger and dog-faced journalist) practically turn to the camera and say, “We’re done here.” (RvB)
“IT ’S MORE THAN A MOVIE, IT ’S AN EXPERIENCE.” David Blaustein, ABC NEWS RADIO
HEREAFTER (PG-13; 129 min.) The opening of this dull, morose and oatmealcolored drama is a flawlessly animated tsunami. Swept into the tide and clonked by an automobile, Parisian journalist Marie LeLay (Cécile De France) is rescued just as she has a vision of human beings standing around a glowing plaza. She has seen the Hereafter itself; so has San Francisco psychic Matt Damon. Meanwhile a pair of twins in London, separated by death, try to reconnect. Bland and slow, the film seems as if it will never get started, and the afterworld is neither sinister nor inspirational. (RvB)
INSIDE JOB (PG-13; 108 min.) More nauseating than Jackass: it’s a whirlwind tour through the economic rubble of 30 years of deregulation of banks and financial institutions. Charles Ferguson’s enraging documentary discovers that the famous revolving door turns 360 degrees; grossly overpaid gamblers from Goldman Sachs and elsewhere are returned to government offices
“‘Unstoppable’ is a nerve - slicing, tension - soaked rollercoaster that may stop your breathing, stop your pulse, hell it may even stop your heart but you’ll be left ready to do it all over again.” Jake Hamilton, KRIV-TV, Houston
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Phillips may not be as handy with the Laurel and Hardy dynamic as he was with the Three Stooges vibe in The Hangover. We get the post-Apatow method—extended improv may result in something you can keep; meanwhile, keep throwing up good comedians as if they were skeets. Not a total loss. Photographer Lawrence Sher provides some fine landscapes and nightscapes, Downey explores some really deep rancor and Phillips demonstrates admirable comedic ruthlessness. (RvB)
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War Games ONE CELEBRATES the green energy scheme ex–President Bush unveiled this week: a bold new plan to insulate America’s thrift shops with biodegradable mulch. I read in HuffPo that Joseph C. Wilson has found that Bush characterizes the Plame Affair as “a massive distraction.” The movie based on the story, Fair Game, is, by contrast, a massive diversion. On the whole, Fair Game, Doug Liman’s account of the felonious Plame business, is a model of exciting, intelligent espionage lore. It’s shot with braced but fluid camerawork. Naomi Watts’ performance as Valerie Plame is one of the year’s best. It’s a le Carréan display of how a secret agent gets leverage in places as different as Kuala Lumpur and Cleveland. In the period between the Sept. 11 attacks and the Iraq invasion, members of the CIA ask the independent consultant Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn) to go to Niger to confirm confidential reports of uranium being sent to Saddam Hussein. As former ambassador to Gabon, Wilson knows the African terrain, and he quickly discovers there was no such shipment. This news outrages those in the Bush administration who are trying to gin up the case for war in Iraq. In a Nixonian attempt to silence a whistleblower, high administration figures leak the name of Wilson’s wife, Victoria Plame, to columnist Robert Novak, a move that destroys her career and puts her operations in jeopardy. Liman sensibly takes us out of the Beltway
to follow the story of one of these ops: the turning out and sending abroad of an Iraqi émigré doctor (Liraz Charhi). It’s hard for a film to be all things to all people. Fair Game’s script is less surefooted with the domestic drama than it is with the paranoid/political tale-telling. Penn gets to play a different kind of character: decidedly upper-class, peremptory =X`i >Xd\ and with little patience for fools. He gives one PG-13; 108 min. of his strongest and slyest performances, but (as always) he becomes mannered: as in a late-night confrontation scene with his wife. And we can predict that the sight of a Washington monument or two will stiffen the besieged couple’s spines. Sam Shepard is one of the monuments, playing Plame’s father, a retired Air Force colonel. Flaws aside, Fair Game celebrates first-rate supporting acting. David Andrews’ Scooter Libby is a cameo portrait of wrong-headed righteousness. Brooke Smith has an almost hideo-comic scene as Valerie’s confidante, who can’t believe she isn’t being told about her friend’s career. (This preternaturally gentle-looking actress gulps, “Did you kill somebody?”). And the fleshy, corrupt Bruce McGill and the always Karloffian Ty Burrell put the spookiness into playing spooks. —Richard von Busack
they left for Wall Street. Some of these spoilsmen go to formerly honorable Ivy League institutions, there to legitimize the kind of fiscal policies that made them superrich. Few have regrets, but some have anger at being asked impertinent questions about ethics by a lowly submillionaire with a camera. Inside Job records a nonpartisan disgrace. One of the prime disappointments of the Obama administration is the way he found work for the familiar rogues from the Meltdown of ’08. Ferguson asks great questions. Don’t expect a lot of great answers about how a glorified Ponzi scheme left most of America either overworked or unemployed, heavily in debt and a few millimeters away from homelessness. (RvB)
JACKASS 3-D (R; 94 min.) Undeniably visceral entertainment, and sometimes hilarious. This corner’s motto is, as always, “It’s not what you laugh at that makes you a moron, it’s what you cry at.” One of the stuntmen taunting an ornery ram with blasts from a sousaphone is carrying on the frontier humor tradition of Mark Twain’s “His Grandfather’s Old Ram.” The difference is that the ram in the Twain tale is left frozen in space, while this furious sheep attacks about a dozen times. The tormenter’s yelp to the beast as he gets severely butted—“Why?”—is easily the most hilarious thing in the movie. Genial but horrible ringleader Johnny Knoxville is to a rodeo clown what a wealthy rock star is to a Delta blues picker: someone getting rich from a rich tradition. So, the movie may only just seem like the end of Western civilization; some of the slapstick horrors here are true-life versions of favorites from Keystone comedies: the guy in the gorilla suit, the dog that goes straight for the seat of the pants, the irritable donkey. Some of the tortures are a little too close to the Roman Empire’s method of handling dissidents, and a couple of the bits here are serious lunchavulsers. The 3-D helps one get most of the popular bodily fluids right in the face, if that’s your idea of fun. (RvB)
MEGAMIND (R; 96 min.) An animated comedy about a retired superhero (where have we seen that before?) and the evil genius who must adapt. With the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt.
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SAW VII (R; 90 min.) Another entry in the popular horror series—in 3-D this time, if that helps.
SECRETARIAT (PG; 116 min.) Today’s riddle: when is a horse a bum steer? I was ready to believe that Seabiscuit ended the Depression. You have to give a good film some slack. I was alive in 1973, the year Secretariat won the Triple Crown. I don’t recall his victory healing our divisions over the Vietnam War, though director Randall Wallace coaxes us to believe it’s true. Secretariat is inbred—the offspring of too many similar sports films. It’s relentlessly thick—custardthick—and cheap-looking, too, and its story is as fishy as three-day-old salmon; it tries to make an underhorse out of a very blueblooded steed. Diane Lane, ordinarily a fine actress, gets no help from the script which seems to be trying to make her an antiheroine. Lane plays thoroughbred breeder Penny Chenery. Ultimately, Secretariat is more fundraising pitch than race track action. It is scenes of cold calling, scratching names off a list and fretting over the money more than the races. (RvB)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (PG-13; 2 hrs.) Fiendishly clever and funny movie about the creation of an Internet monster. As Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg gives a master class on recessive acting: he’s beady eyed and covert, with the occasional pitviper-like sway of a truculent, lowered forehead. It’s the kind of remorseless superiority that can only look comically childish and wounded onscreen. The film shuttles between the present-day deposition of the now arrogantly rich Zuckerberg, as he’s sued by a quartet of burned partners (among them his former best friend Eduardo, played by Andrew Garfield). In flashback, we see his own history—a Jewish student at WASP-ridden Harvard, a social reject whose grudge-hacking was his entry into fame. Later, Zuckerberg meets the founder of Napster, Sean Parker—played by Justin Timberlake, excellent as a happy wastrel. The Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score is closer to the sinister Byrne and Eno we loved once than the flowery, love-struck Byrne and Eno in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Fincher regular cinematographer
“A Hilarious Comedy.�
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN (PG; 102 min.) The vast problems of the U.S. public school system distilled into a quick
documentary. Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) follows five young students as they try to get into private schools. (One is eighth-grader Emily of Redwood City, whose parents are concerned that she’ll be pushed onto a noncollege track.) It’s Guggenheim’s contention that school funding has doubled while test scores continue to descend. Guggenheim has a point: the dropout rate and the failing students are a hell of a problem. Yet this documentary has the kind of ideology even Meg Whitman can wrap herself around: you
can watch it and come to the conclusion that privatization and union-busting is the answer—the same answer we’ve been given since the 1980s. This may not have been Guggenheim’s intention. But as always in this passionateintensity style documentary, there’s the possibility of deliberate misreading, thanks to the lethal combo of stridency and slipperiness. (RvB)
-Caryn James, Marie Claire
“A Smart, Sparkling Comedy.� “Harrison Ford And Diane Keaton Are Hilarious.� -Glamour
“The Feel Good Movie Of The Year!� -Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV
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Jeff Cronenweth keeps us oriented by making the walnut-lined tombs of Harvard so different from the lambency of the sun in Palo Alto. Aaron Sorkin’s wild, witty script hands out punishment that goes beyond the financial penalties: this is a comedy in the Balzac sense, a balancing act; the mockery and the disgust for greed matches the essential lightness of the situation. It’s only Facebook, after all. (RvB)
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ALKALINE TRIO
ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS $9 in Adv./ $14 @ the Drs. • Doors 8:30/ Show 9 p.m.
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plus The Holdup also Bayliens, Bang Data $15 Adv./$19 Drs. • 8/ 9 p.m. Friday, November 12 In the Atrium AGES 21+ FRIDAY NIGHT FUNCTION: DJ Aspect DJ Tone Sol, Nima Fadavi NO COVER • 9 p.m./ 9 p.m. Saturday, November 13 In the Atrium AGES 21+
LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKERS $14 in Adv./ $19 @ the Drs. • Drs. 8:30 p.m., Show 9 p.m. 4VUKH` 5V]LTILY AGES 16+
51,61<- • $20 Adv./$25 Drs. • 7/ 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 16 In the Atrium AGES 21+
CHRIS PUREKA plus Or the Whale
plus The Silent Comedy • $10 Adv./ $10 Drs. • 8:30/ 9 p.m.
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VitalSC: Steve Aoki (Ages 16+) Slightly Stoopid (Ages 16+) The Inciters Atrium (Ages 21+) Vital SC: LA Riots (Ages 16+) Eliquate Atrium (Ages 21+) Rasta Cruz Reggae Atrium (Ages 21+) Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) The Cataracs (Ages 16+)
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The Trims Wednesday, 9pm; Blank Club, San Jose; free One thing Trims founders Gabriel Maciel and Eric Scharer could agree on was a love for atmospheric, dynamic, pop-oriented music that made liberal use of interesting instrumentation. Bands like Joy Division, Interpol, U2 and Radiohead came to mind. They set out applying these influences to create a music that was intricate and unconventional while still maintaining a listener-friendly simplicity. (AC)
Christian McBride Saturday, 8pm; Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Palo Alto; $37-$42 Jazz bassist Christian McBride brings his combo Inside Straight to Stanford. This man has more fun playing jazz than anyone has a right to, and as his collaborators and audience quickly discover, the vibe is infectious. Wait, isn’t jazz supposed to be snooty and abstract? Christian McBride, what have you done? (SP)
The Thermals Monday, 8pm; the Independent, San Francisco; $13/$15 Now based in Portland, the Thermals were the biggest success to come out of the Sunnyvale Music Club, a collective that fostered a vibrant underground music scene in Sunnyvale and Cupertino in the ‘90s. First on Sub Pop, now on Kill Rock Stars, they took the indie kids by storm with their concept album The Body, the Blood and the Machine. Their newest, Personal Life, recalls the bubblegrunge of the ’90s, while putting a fresh spin on relationship songs. (SP)
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Sat, 1:30-3:30pm: Roger Craig autograph signing. Free. San Jose.
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Wed: Jack Rip Off. Thu: Bitchen’ Camaros. Fri: Savoir Faire. Sat: 10til2. Mon: Drive! Campbell.
Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Live music. Campbell.
BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN
Fri: The Blackouts. Sunnyvale.
Fri, 8pm: KFOX Last Band Standing Showcase finalists. Free. Sun, 7pm: Nonpoint, In This Moment, Taking Dawn, Mukagee and Dimidium. $15/$17. Santa Clara.
THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 9pm: The Trims, Primary, Citabria. Free. Fri, 9pm: The Soft Volume, Spider Fever. $7. Sat, 9pm: Fritz and the Tantrums, the Band, the Minks. $10. San Jose.
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Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: The Coakley Street Band, rock and blues. Free. Santa Clara.
Thu, 10pm: After Party. Fri, 10pm: Groovenugget. Sat, 10pm: Superbad. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Fri, 9pm: X-Static. Sat, 9pm: The Bay Area Heat. Cupertino.
BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Fri, 6-9pm: Richard Kubec.
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MURPHY’S LAW Fri: Dennis Dove Band. Sat: Gen Rex. Sunnyvale.
NICKEL CITY Fri, 6pm: Domestic Electrics, Era Escape, Till I Fall, Coin Laundry, Skyway View, I Like You. Sat, 6pm: Seven Tongues, What’s Heaven Like Aethere and more. San Jose.
AZUCAR Fri-Sat, 9pm: Live music with Son de Kali. Sun: Bachata with Jazzy Jez. Mon, 8:30pm: Salsa lessons and dance party. Tue, 7pm: Orquesta Saboricua. $3 after 9pm. San Jose.
CASCAL Fri, 9pm: Los Boleros. Sat, 8:30pm: James Robinson. Mountain View.
Planet Loop. Sat, 8:30pm: Jessica Johnson. Hotel de Anza, San Jose.
J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed: Gomer Hendrix Experience. Thu: The Dan Goughs. Fri: Amy Lou’s Blues. $10. Sat: Shane Dwight. $10. Sun: Alvin Draper. Mon: Dennis Dove. Tue: Liar’s Club. San Jose.
LOFT BAR AND BISTRO
LILLYMAC’S
Thu, 7-10pm: Live jazz. San Jose.
Sun, 5-8pm: Irish music. Tue: Irish dancing. Sunnyvale.
MURPHY’S LAW
MOROCCO’SRESTAURANT
Thu, 9:30pm: Marvin Banks. Fri, 9:30pm: Cocktail Monkeys. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Groove Doctors. $10. Los Gatos.
Wed, 6pm: Fundraiser for Pure Live Entertainment. Fri, 6pm: Ambient lounge music and belly dancing. Sat, 6pm: Doris Williams and friends. Sun, 6pm: Belly dancing. San Jose.
QUARTER NOTE
PARRANDANIGHTCLUB
Thu, 9pm: Vicious Groove/ Vicious Nation. Fri, 8:30pm: Back to Nowhere. $7. Sat, 8:30pm: Fossil Farm, Dr. Gone, Serious Condition. $8. Sun, 3:30pm: Mumblefinger. Sunnyvale.
Thu-Sat: Live music. Sunnyvale.
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Jazz/Blues
Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.
NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Wed: J.C. Smith Jam Band. Los Gatos.
POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson and Friends. Thu, 6pm: Lara Price and Yesterdays. Fri, 6pm: Chris Cain Band. Sat, 1-3pm: Bandworks student performance, followed at 6pm by Stan Erhart Blue Band with Garth Webber. Sun, 2-6pm: Zydeco Dance Party with Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic. San Jose.
SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Sat: Gen Arts Party. San Jose.
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STREETLIGHT RECORDS
Thu, 7:30pm: Blues Jam. $5. Fri, 8pm: RWH Jazz Triad. $15. Sat, 7:30 and 10:30pm: Will Durst and Mari comedy. $15. Tue: Pro jazz jam. Redwood City.
Sat, 5pm: Tess Dunn. San Jose.
VOODOO LOUNGE Fri, 9pm: Dave Dub and the Sutter Cain Gang, plus Myka 9 and others. $10. San Jose.
BRITANNIAARMSCUPERTINO
WILLOW DEN
Sun, 5:30pm: Jazz jam. Cupertino.
Live music some nights. Willow Glen.
CAFFETRIESTE Sat, 8pm: Emperor Norton’s Jazz Band. San Jose.
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WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with rock and blues local musicians. No cover. Santa Clara.
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QUARTER NOTE Mon, 8:30pm: Chaz Alley Jazz. Sunnyvale.
RED ROCK COFFEE ROASTING Sun, 2-4pm: Hot Club of Palo Alto. Mountain View.
SENZALA Thu: LyraTones, big-band sounds. $5. Sunnyvale.
THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Tue, 7:30pm: Modesto Briseno Septet. Willow Glen.
Fri-Sat, 8pm: John Garcia Band.
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FAIRMONT HOTEL LOBBY LOUNGE
Thu, 7pm: Don Balistreri. Sat, 79:30pm: Jazz Night. San Jose.
Wed, 8:30pm: The Girlz Band. Thu, 8:30pm: Contemporary or Latin jazz. Fri-Sat, 9pm: Jazz and pop dance bands. Mon-Tue: Piano Music. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.
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ALBERTO’S
FOXTHEATRE
Wed: Bachata. Thu: Pantea. Fri: Salsa Fridays. Sat: Latin Nights. Sun-Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Pantea. Mountain View.
Fri, 8pm: Robert Cray Band. $25$49. Redwood City.
GRANDDELLSALOON
ARYA GLOBAL CUISINE
Thu, 8pm: Blues Jam, Aki Kumar. Fri: Montegos. Fri: Sid Morris. Campbell.
Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music and belly dancing. Cupertino.
HEDLEYCLUB Fri, 6pm: Will Nichols. Fri, 8:30pm:
Wed, 7:30pm: Larry Chinn. Thu: Russell Barber and Billy Davis Band. Sat: Neil Kelly Jazz Band. San Jose.
WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with rock and blues local musicians. Santa Clara.
C&W/Folk BOSWELL’S Sun: Mike Leatherman. Campbell.
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CAFFE TRIESTE Wed, 8pm: Bobby Flahive. Thu, 7pm: Nate Kavanaugh and Katrina Swanson. Fri, 8pm: Gianfranco and friends. San Jose.
THE GRAPEVINE Thu, 7pm: Hootenanny with Mike Murdock and Sean McGuire. Sat, 7pm: Mike Medina. Willow Glen.
MISSION CITY COFFEE ROASTING Fri, 8pm: Ed Johnson and William Coulter. Sat, 7:30pm: Harmonies for Healthy Relationships. Sun, 2pm: The Awakening. Free. Santa Clara.
O’FLAHERTY’S Sun and Tue, 5pm: Traditional Irish music. San Jose.
RED ROCK COFFEE ROASTING Fri, 8pm: Spring Standards with Joey Ryan. Sat, 8pm: Tin Cat Farewell Show. Mountain View.
THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: Rodeo House. ThuFri, 9pm, Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Sat, 7:15pm: Wild at Heart, followed by Diablo Road at 10:15pm. Fremont.
STEPHENS GREEN Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music. Mountain View.
Open Mic ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 6:30pm: Open Mic. Tue, 7-11pm: Pro Jazz Jam. Redwood City.
BAREFOOT COFFEE ROASTERS Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic. Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO
SAM’S BBQ
Wed, 9:30pm: Open Mic Night. Cupertino.
Wed, 6pm: Dark Hollow. Tue, 6pm: Cabin Fever. San Jose.
CAFFE TRIESTE
THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT
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Thu, 9pm: Live country music with Cowboy Larry. Willow Glen.
Tue, 7pm: Open Mic. San Jose. Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.
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POORHOUSEBISTRO Tue, 6pm: Open Mic Night. San Jose.
REDROCKCOFFEECO. Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.
BRITANNIA ARMS SAN JOSE
KATIE BLOOM’S
Wed, 9pm: August. San Jose.
Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.
BRITISH BANKERS CLUB Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Menlo Park.
C&J’S SPORTS BAR Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.
CREEKSIDE LOUNGE
THREEFLAMESRESTAURANT
Wed and Mon-Tue: Stephanie. Thu and Sat: Randy. Fri: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.
Wed, 8pm: Open Mic. Willow Glen.
DAN BROWN’S
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Thu and Tue, 9pm-1am: Brian James. Palo Alto.
DASILVA’S BRONCOS 7BAMBOO Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
THEBEARS Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.
BENNIGAN’SGRILL Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.
KHARTOUM Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. No cover. Campbell.
KING OF CLUBS Thu and Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. No cover. Mountain View.
LILLY MAC’S Thu, 9pm: DJ Thomas “Soulman.” Sunnyvale.
DIVE BAR
Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Bands with live karaoke. Santa Clara.
Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm2am, and last Sun of every month, 2-7pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.
EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
FLAMES COFFEE SHOP
BLINKY’SCAN’TSAY
Thu-Sat, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.
Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Santa Clara.
GALAXY
BLUEBONNETBAR
Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.
MARIANI’S
EFFIE’S RESTAURANT Nightly except Sun, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.
KC BAR AND RESTAURANT
Wed: Guitar Hero Tournament plus karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara. Wed and Tue, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
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Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.
Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.
Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.
NETO’S MARKET & GRILL
NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Thu: Singles party with DJ. Los Gatos.
OASIS Wed and Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug. Sunnyvale.
OFFICE BAR Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.
PEACOCK LOUNGE
BLUEMAX
Thu, 9pm: DJ Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: DJ, dancing, karaoke. Sunnyvale.
Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
PIONEER SALOON
BLUEPHEASANT
Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke w/ Sam Marshall. Woodside.
Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.
THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.
GOOSE LOONEY’S
POINCIANA LOUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside Entertainment. No cover. Santa Clara.
QUARTER NOTE
Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
Wed, 9:30pm: Ryan. Thu, 9pm: DJ August. Fri, 9pm: DJ August. Sun, 9pm: DJ August. Milpitas.
BOSWELL’S
HOMESTEAD LANES
REDI ROOM
Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
Fri, 9pm: Vinnie. Mon, 9pm: Karaoke in the lounge with Vinnie. Tue, 9pm: August. Cupertino.
ROSIE MCCANN’S
BOGART’SLOUNGE
BRITANNIAARMSALMADEN Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Cupertino.
HUDDLE Wed-Thu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Nights Karaoke. Fremont.
Tue, 9pm: Sherrie and Sue. No cover. Sunnyvale. Thu, 9pm: Joseph. San Jose. Tue, 8:30-11:30pm: Karaoke. No cover. Santana Row.
RUDY’SPUB Wed, 10pm-1:30am: DJ Purple. Palo Alto.
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SHERWOODINN Wed-Thu and Sat-Sun, 8:30pm: Chris. Fri, 8:30pm: Thomas. San Jose.
Soulchild and Metrorock. Tue: DJ David Q. San Jose.
7pm: Throwback Thursdays. Los Gatos.
BRITISH BANKERS CLUB
PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB
Wed, 7:30pm: Blues. Thu: College Night. Menlo Park.
Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo. Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night. With local DJs spinning salsa, cumbia and more. Sunnyvale.
BRIX
Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
Wed, 9pm-2am: Whip It Out. Thu: Playground. Fri: Breathless. Mon: First Street Cabaret. Tue: Power Hour. San Jose.
SOUTHFIRSTBILLIARDS
C&J’S SPORTS BAR
Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.
Wed and Sat, 10pm: DJ in the Mix. Santa Clara.
SHOOTERSBAR&GRILL
WILLOWDEN Wed, 9:30pm: Thomas. San Jose
DASILVA’S BRONCOS
WOODHAM’SLOUNGE
Fri-Sat, 6pm: DJ or live band. No cover. Santa Clara.
Wed-Thu, Sat-Sun, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.
DIVE BAR
DanceClubs
Thu, 9:30pm: DJ Otrebor. Fri, 9:30pm: DJ Otrebor. Sun, 310pm: DJ Venom 347 and guest DJs. San Jose.
AGENDA
EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR
Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu: Slap! Guest DJs. Sun: Reggae. San Jose.
ALBERTO’S Wed, 7:30pm: Bachata with Pantea. Thu: Salsa. Fri: Salsa Fridays. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.
BLOWFISHSUSHI
Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.
FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Reggae Riddims. Mon, 8pm: Monday Night Madness. Tue, 9pm: College Night. San Jose.
FIBBAR MAGEES
PEACOCK LOUNGE Fri, 8pm: DJ Dancing featuring R&B, Top 40. Sat, 9pm: DJ Dancing featuring Chill, R&B, Top 40. Sun and Tue, 9pm: DJ and dancing. Sunnyvale.
PEARLS Sat: Reflection, a masquerade ball with Jeri Lee’s birthday bash. San Jose.
SABOR TAPAS BAR Sun: Reggae. San Jose.
THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: DJ Rita. Thu, 9pm: DJ Mark. Fri, 9pm: DJ Rita Sat-Sun: DJ Rangel. Fremont.
SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL Thu: Thursday Night Live. FriSat: Video Killed the DJ with VJ Vinyl. Sun: Sinful Sundays. Mon: Manic Mondaze. San Jose.
Wed-Sat: DJs and dancing. Santana Row.
Wed, 8:30pm: SIN. Fri: Crubeens. Sat: Club FM. Sunnyvale.
BLUEPHEASANT
GALAXY
Fri: DJ Cesar. Sat, 10pm: Peruvian party with DJ MGD. Mountain View.
Mon: Ladies’ Night. No cover. Milpitas.
TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE
Wed-Sun, Tue, 7pm: DJ and dancing. Big band, swing. No cover. Cupertino.
BRANHAMLOUNGE Wed: Humpday Wednesdays. Thu: DJ. Fri: Ladies Night. Sat: DJ Jazzy and DJ Chaos. Hip-hop and Top 40. Sun: Happy Hour All Day. Mon: DJ. Tue: $2 Tuesdays. San Jose.
GOOSE LOONEY’S
STEPHENS GREEN
Wed: The Pick Up. San Jose.
Thu: Ladies’ Night. Fri-Sat: Old School. Milpitas.
THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT
THE GRAND DELL SALOON
Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Sir Dancealot. Willow Glen.
Tue, 9pm: Live DJ. Campbell.
KATIE BLOOM’S
TOON’S
Wed: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
Wed: DJ Arm. Thu: House favorites with DJ Tito. Fri: DJ Classic. Sat: DJ Tito. Sun: Hip-hop showcase. Mon: In the Groove with DJ Spin. Tue: Ladies Night. San Jose.
KING OF CLUBS
VOODOO LOUNGE
Thu-Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: DJs and dancing. Campbell.
KHARTOUM
Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Mon, 9pm: Beer Pong. San Jose.
Fri, 9:30pm: Noche Vaquera w/DJ Jose Kuervo and DJ Stam. Sat: Azukar with DJ 3D. Tue, 9pm: Club Nostalgia, Goth, Industrial and Darkwave. $8. Mountain View.
BRITANNIAARMSCUPERTINO
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ZEN LOUNGE
Thu: DJ Tosh. Cupertino.
Fri-Sat, 10pm-1:30am: Live DJ. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN
MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S
Fri: Fabulous Fridays. Sat: Celebrity Saturdays with DJ DRoc. Mountain View.
BRITANNIAARMSALMADEN
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Fri, 9pm: Myka 9, J the Sarge and more. $10. San Jose.
WET Fri: Flirt with DJ Hector. Sat: Graham Funke. San Jose.
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the worst form form of of government except for for all those others that have been tried,” said Winston Churchill. Churchill. He was defending defending his favorite favorite political system, asserting that itss imperfections imperfections are are superior to the flaws of monarchy, monarchhy, plutocracy, plutocracyy, anarchy, anarchyy, theocracy, theocracyy, and the rest. rest. I invite you y to use a similar gauge as you evaluate the beli belief that’s ef system that ’s at the center of your life. life. Does it sometimes someetimes lead you astray, astrayy, cause you to see things that aren’t there, aren’t rreally eally ther e, and fill you with confusion—but in ways that are are more more life-enhancing life-enhancing than any other belief belief system you know of? Or is your belief system m actually kind of toxic? Should you consider replacing replacinng it with another set of organizing organizing principles? If it it’s ’s the latter, latter, now would be a good time to begin making a change.
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AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (J(Jan. an. 20–Feb. 18): Numerologists Numerologists say the number 10 1 signifies completion, wholeness, totality. totality. It could rightly rightly serve serve as your lucky lucky number in the coming weeks—a weekks—a symbol of your power to draw draw long-term processes processses to a climax on your own terms. But you might also alsso want to consider using 11 as your emblem of good mojo. That number denotes the drive to surpass the success suuccess you’ve earned before—to before—to transcend t anscendd easy triumphs tr triumphs tr i h andd conventional ti l wisdom i d so as to reach reach for for a more more challenging conquest. Either way, wayy, Aquarius, I think think you’ll be flying high for for the foreseeable worry foreseeable future, futurre, so there’s there’s no need to wor ry about which way you should shhould go. If you do choose 11, the risks risks will be somewhat someewhat greater greater and the rewards rewards more more interesting. interesting. PISCESS (Feb. 19 PISCE 19–March 9–March 20): In Moby Dickk, Herman suggested Melville suggeste ed that ideally a person should be a heaven.” Poet wrote, ““patriot patriot to heave en.” P oet Gary Snyder wr ote, “I pledge allegiance to the soil / one ecosystem / in diversity / interpenetration under the sun / with w joyful interpenetr ation ffor or all.” environmentalist Edwardd Abbey said, “My Seminal envir onm mentalist Edwar loyalties loyal ties will not be bound by national borders borders . . . or spiritual limited in the spi ritual dimension by one language or culture. cul ture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human everlasting green rrace, ace, andd my eve rlasting l ti love l t the to th gr een hills hill off intimations Earth, and my int timations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end ooff space and time.” I rrecommend ecommend you experiment with this perspective in the coming weeks, weeks, Pisces. You You don’t don’t have to tone down your love ffor or your country.. Just tribe or country J see if you can expand your sense borders comfort of belonging . . . extend the bor ders of your comf ort everywheree you go. zone . . . and ffeel eel at home everywher Homework: Wh What’s hat’s the best, most healing tr ouble you co ould whip up right now? Go to trouble could Fr eewillastrolo ogyy..com and click “Email Rob.” Freewillastrology.com
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and also employees from the nearby tech ďŹ rms. This may all sound too good to be true and leave one wondering about the availability of properties in the Coyote Creek neighborhood. There are currently six homes on the market. The priciest property is 477 Archglen Way at $610,000. It is a 2,000-square-foot, fourbedroom, 2 1/2-bath home set on a huge 10,000-square-foot lot with a view of the foothills. There are granite upgrades in kitchen and bathrooms, hardwood oors and professional landscaping. At a lower price is the property at 4991 Ruttner Place selling for $559,950. This two-story home offers valley views, formal dining room, large family room and bonus room. It is a four-bedroom, three-bath at 2,601 square feet. It is not a short sale. The property at 5311 Pebbletree Way is a three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,315-square-foot home for $439,888. A unique feature is its 800square-foot sun room. It’s been on the market for 189 days, so the sellers may be more willing to negotiate. There is a good-size two-story property short sale located at 5084 Corwin Ct. and priced at $399,000. This four-bedroom, 2 1/2bath home is 2,000 square feet and has been on the market only 19 days. The property at 370 Fontanelle Court is $389,999 and features a great looking exterior. It is 1,542 square feet with four bedrooms and two baths. It is a short sale and has been on the market for 204 days, so there could be room for negotiating. The least expensive home on the market in this neighborhood is also a short sale priced at $379,000 and located at 5190 Persianwood Place. It’s 1,091 square feet but still offers three bedrooms and two baths. It is large lot size, 7,412 square feet, with very nice landscaping. —Katherine Thornberry
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