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Popularity P opularrity Contest Contest Marijuana is already already popular. popular. It’s It’s not likee people lik people aren’t arren’t consuming consuming it now. now. The y’re just consuming consuming it on the They’re black market. markett. The city city would wo ould be be well advised t gett its to it 200,000 200,0 0 00 or so marijuana ij smokers paying paayyin ng that 10 percent percent smokers municipal excise excise tax tax the voters voters o verwhelmin ngly passed last overwhelmingly N ovember. November. KEVIN KE VIN O’KEEFE O’K KEEFE | SAN SAN JOSE JOSE
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IIss IItt T Time? ime? Jo Josh osh K Koehn’s oehn’s aarticle rticle eenforces nforces h high igh hopes h opes aand nd sstrong trong tteam eam u unity nity w with ith bold words San tthe he b old w ords ““This This sseason’s eason’s S an n JJose ose Sharks S harks h have ave b become ecome tthe he ttoughest oughest sons so ons of bitches to ttake ake the ic icee in tea teal al hockey history” (Sports. 13). in n ho ck key histor y” (Sp orts. April 13) ). A Although the ar article ticle raises high spi spirits, irits, iitt also also ggoes oes w without ithout m mentioning entioning previous p revious p postseason ostseasson rrecords. ecords. IIn n San Sharks have rrecent ecent yyears, ears, tthe he S an JJose ose S harks h ave managed m anagged tto o aattain ttain a h high igh p power ower o off
recognition tthroughout recognition hroughout tthe he w whole hole sseason eason b but ut h have ave rrepeatedly epeatedly ffailed ailed tto o ccome ome thr through ough str strong ong in n the pla playoffs. ayo offs. IIn n ssome ome ssense, ense, tthis his sseason eason ggives ives off o ff a ffeeling eeling o off d déjà éjà vvu u iin n tthat hat tthe he tteam eam iiss sstrong, trong, ffans ans ar are re ssupportive upportive and everything eveerything seems to t b bee running smoothly. smo othlyy. But lo looking oking at past seasons seasons,, tthe he S San an JJose ose S Sharks harks p proved roved ttheir heir dominance d ominance eearly arrly o on, n, w while hile tthey hey crumbled in the p postseason. ostseeason. How man many ny seasons has h our time finally fi nallly come? come? N NHL HL ffans ans iin n San San JJose ose know k now that that o our ur time time should should be be here here byy now b now. w. After a legacy of o p postseason ostseason lletdowns, etdowns, it it is is hard hard to to believe believe that that o our ur ““Time Time H Has as C Come” ome” u until ntil tthe he S Stanley tanley Cup C up iiss ““paraded parad ded ffrom rom H HP PP Pavilion avilion tto o San P Pedro edro Squar Square. e.” Ass much as fans w A want aan nt to ha have ave faith in the futur futuree suc success cess off the Sharks Sharks,, tthat hat ffaith aith h has ass o only nly h hurt urt tthem hem iin n tthe he past. The Sharks do nee need ed supp support, ort, but
fans do nott need to b bee led on. F Future uture aarticles rticles sshould hould m motivate otivate readers read ders b but ut not n ot sset et them them u up p ffor or another another letdown letdown in lines lik like ke “it might finally be be time that the h hype yype liv lived veed up to the hope. hope.” NATHAN N ATHA T AN OLIVEIRA | SAN SAN JOSE JOSE
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Krigerr iiss w working orking llocally ocallly aand nd nationally his lly tto o save save h is ffavorite avorite amphibians. ians. L Late ate llast ast yyear, earr, h hee convinced eed d tthe he last lasst frog-dissecting frog-dissecting classroom Santaa Clara U Unified m in the Sant nifieed School D District istrict tto od discontinue iscontinue tthe he practice.. R Rachel achel Hager, Hager, a 77th-grade th-grad de science teacher teeaacher at at Buchser Buchser Middle Middle School in nS Santa anta C Clara, larra, h had ad iinvited nvited Kriger to o sspeak peak k tto o her her class class about about the the problems ms of overharvesting overharvesting fr frogs. ogs.
The talk The tallk convinced convinced another another Buchser Buchser tteacher eaccher to to abandon abandon dissection dissection ass a teaching tool. tool. The T he move move will will save save 160 160 wild wild Northern N orthern L Leopard eopard Fr Frogs ogs each yyear. eear. Moree importantly, Mor importantlyy, Krig Kriger ger sa says, ayys, dissection d issection “t “teaches eaches k kids ids a poo poorr outlook and frogs aree outlo ok on wildlife, wildliffe, an d that fr ogs ar disp osable.” disposable. IIn n2 011, tthere here aare re m any alternatives alternatives 2011, many tto o frog frog dissections dissections ffor or tteachers eacchers w ho who w ant ttheir heir students students tto o llearn earn tthe he want basics of anatomy, anatom my, including inclu uding Fr Frog og 2.5, a tutorial on the inner workings of am mphibian ns. ““II d on’t tthink hink iit’s t’s eeven ven amphibians. don’t iincredibly ncredibly vvaluable alluab ble k nowledge w hat knowledge what says the inside of a frog frog looks look ks like, like,” sa ays y Kriger, who K riger, w ho encourages encourages students students tto o write write their their tteachers eacchers and and school an school administrators asking them t to put a stop to the practice. practice. ““It’s It’s o ur eethical thical rresponsibility espo onsibility tto o our
organ nisms on the planet, all of other organisms haave every every bit as much right to which have exist here here as a we do, do,” Kriger says. saays y. exist In January, Januarryy, his his success success in in Santa Santa In Unifi fied lead him to make make a new new Clara Unified goal: to to halt hallt all alll frog frog dissections dissections by by goal: now w, however, however, Kriger is 2014. Rightt now, gearing up up for for April April 29, 29, “Save “Save the the Frogs Frogs gearing Day”—an event event Kriger Kriger initiated initiated three three Day”—an years ago and a which, he brags, brags, is now years celebrated l b d in i 30 different diff ffeerent countries countries i celebrated (albeit primarily prim marily by by herpetologists herpetologists and (albeit frog enthusiasts). other frog To mark k the date, date, Kriger is headed To for o the steps step ps of the Environmental En nvvironmental for Protection n Agency’s Agency’s headquar ters in Protection headquarters Washingto on, D.C., D.C., wher stage Washington, wheree he will stage one-man protest protest against the pesticide pesticide a one-man Attrazine, a compound compound that mimics Atrazine, estrogen and an nd is used mostly on corn. corn. estrogen The pesticide pesticide is is the the most most commonly commonly The detected pesticide peesticide in in American American n detected groundwater and and is is currently currently under under groundwater review review for fo or repeal repeal by by the EPA. EP PA A. “It’s “It’s rare rarre that that any any pesticide pesticide ever ever approved approved comes comes back for for o review, review,” says saays y Kriger of the pesticide, th he Swiss-made p esticide, which was wass b anned by by the the European European which banned Union in in 2004. 2004. “There’s “There’s so so much much Union
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Southern Orange O Eyed Ey yed e Tr Tree ee Fr Frog, og, contains a p eptide p that whose skin contains peptide ccould ould pr prove ove useful ffor o or an HIV vac vaccine. cine. ““Anything Anything ffrogs rogs ccan an d o that that we we do ccannot an nnot d do o iiss ssomething omething tthat hat we we can can learn fr om,” Kriger sa ayys. “But if the y’re from, says. they’re eextinct, xtinct, there’s therre’s no chance. chance.” IIn n ad ddition tto oh is rally rally iin n tthe he addition his n ation’s ccapital, ap pitall, K riger iiss ccoordinating oordinating nation’s Kriger Franccisco rally to decry decry the citycittya San Francisco owned Shar rp P ark Golf C ourse, which Sharp Park Course, is built on wetlands w that ar aree home to tthe he eendangered ndaan ngered C aallifornia rred-legged ed-legged California fr og. “The frog. “Theyy literally pump the wetlands o ut tto o ssea, ea,” K riger ssays. ays. “And “And tthe he out Kriger C alifornia red-leg red-leg ffrogs rogs eend nd u p on on the the California up land, and th hey sit ther they theree and dr dryy out.” IIn nN ew Y ork C ity, under under K riger’s New York City, Kriger’s p lan nning an nd gguidance, uidan nce, p icketers planning and picketers w ill turn turn their their energies energies tto o Nathan’s Nathan n’s will F am mous H ot D ogs, w hich sells sells frog frog legs legs Famous Hot Dogs, which at their Coney Con ney Island lo cation. location. K riger ssays ays consumer consumer changes changes Kriger ssuch uch aass sstopping topping ffrog-leg rog-leg dinners dinners aand nd cclassroom lassroo om d issections aare re eeasy asy dissections ccompared ompared w ith tthe he political politicall cchallenges hallenges with of overcoming oveercomiing a p esticide lik ke A ttrazine. pesticide like Atrazine. ““At At a minimum minim mum it’s it’s an eas choice for fo or easyy choice a cconsumer—for onsumer—for a tteacher eaccher tto o stop stop dissecting frogs frrogs or for fo or a restaurant restaurant to stop selling frog frog legs, legs,” he says. saayys. IIn n tthe he sscientific cientific community, community, Kriger’s Kriger’s eff ffo orts aren’t aren n’’t going unnotic ed. “He is efforts unnoticed. ffocused ocused o o n tthis, his,” ssays ays M cCalllum. ““He He on McCallum. ttook ook this this under under h is w ing an nd d ecided his wing and decided to dedic fe to it.” dedicate life ate his lif
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CHRIS MOORE (who reported that he had in fact voted for Prop. 215), rattled off statistics to show that the collectives are a public-safety threat, and reminded the council that technically all collectives are illegal (well, duh). Councilmembers ASH KALRA, PIERLUIGI OLIVERIO and DONALD ROCHA, who proffered their own entirely rational motion calling on the city to write a strict set of regulations and then determine the appropriate number of dispensaries, were drowned by the reefer madness hysteria. Instead, the city will adopt an Land Rush permitting approach, virtually ensuring a flood of lawsuits from those left out in the cold.
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YouTube But nothing on Y ouT Tube can possibly do justice to how it feels feels e sitting in the audience during a performance. performance. speakers builtt Each seat has two sp eakers buil provide into the back to pr ovide the deeply eerie effect effect of being surrounded s rounded by sur voices and noise throughout throughout the performance. perf ormance. The entire entire auditorium is ringed by towering metal gantries, columns and d walkways on show, which, before before and during durring the show w, characters char acters stand, shrieking, shrieking, yelling None and playing drums. No one of that, distracts from though distr though, acts fr om m the sheer balls-out awesomeness awesomeneess of seeing the giant mechanical stages doing their thing. For a start they movee silently—it aree floating in rreally eally is as if they ar space. At At one point in n the show— entiree just because it can—the can— —the entir stage turns into a kind kind of gigantic Microsoft Surface, Micr osoft Surf ace, on which—still vertical—the cast perform perform a fierce fierce horizontal b ttl scene with battle ith hor h i t l and izontal d vertical running, jumping jump ping and flying. character Each time a char acterr lands, the color.. stage explodes with light liight and color —PAUL —P AUL CARR, TECHCRUNCH.COM T ECHC CRUNCH.COM
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revenues—Google revenues— —Google had a 27 percent percent increase, impressive increase, quite q impressive for for a company its i size. The problem, problem, in lucre-geek-speak, lucre-geeek-speak, was opex: operating operating expenses. In addition to taking in and a making a lot of money (well over $2 billion), Google spent a lot of money. mon neyy. A lot of the the spending was due to Google’s aggressive—some a essive—some say aggr desperate—employee desperate—employee compensation and hiring strategy. strategyy. Keeping Keeping Googlers on o board board is expensive when so many are m are tempted to go to places likee Facebook and Twitter, Twitterr, or start their own companies. Google bumped up up everyone’s salaries, from from chefs to Android-ers, A oid-ers, ten percent. Andr percent. Google also alsso is smack in the middle of a hiring g binge, having brought brought in about a third th hird of the 6,000 Nooglers it plans to hire hire this year. year. And certain employeess who appar apparently ently got offers offers from from m competitors rreaped eaped huge stockk deals that figur figured ed in yesterday’s operating yesterday’’s high oper ating expenses. In Wall Wall Street Strreet World, World, not hitting every single single numerical mark is a sign to panic. panic. nic So Google stock took a hit—over eight percent. percent. Woah. Woah. But Googlee had warned investors from that it would from the beginning b not play the th he quarterly expectations game, regarding regaarding as noise the fluctuations fluctuation ns from from Wall Wall Street Street reactions reactions to t earnings. To To Google, it’s it’s all about abo out the long term, and in this case casse the company clearly figured figured that thaat Google would be better positioned iti d if it kept k t its it talent, t l t even if it had to o pay a king’s ransom. ransom. Long-term Long-term m benefits are are also the justification justificcation for for another big expense: fortifying fortifying Google’s alreadyalreadyimpressive impressivee infrastructure. infrastructure. —STEVEN —STEVEN LEVY, LEVY, WIRED.COM/EPICENTER WIRE ED.COM/EPICENTER
B. CCamelot aam melot is over over.r. If you ar aree a realist realist and not a fan faan boy it is easy to see the writing on the wall. Jason n Williams Really? Over 27 percent percent growth growth o and you’re you’re calling that the death of o the company? Inter Interesting. esting. Yoour stock portfolio p olio must be full of portf Your brand-new brand-new companies.
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Paint P aaint Ov Over er Walls Waallls O di ? Or P Paradigms? I aattended ttended tthe he D District istrict 5 ((D5) D5) ccommunity o ommunit i y budget b d i meeting la ast week k— —it w aas the thir d D5 last week—it was third ccommunity o ommunit y budget meeting I’ve I’ve aattended. ttended. Approximately Approximattely 50 50 people people w ere tthere, here, w ith tthe he m ajority b eing were with majority being ccity ity eemployees. mployees. M an ny of of the the sspeakers peakers Many shared testimonials.. sh hared emotional testimonials One major off tthe night was O ne m ajor iissue ssue o he n ight w as the outsourcing save th he option of outsour cing to sa ave moneyy and retain cityy ser service. m mone retain a cit vice. The T one o ne that that got got the the most most discussion discussion was outsourcing w aas outsour cing the anti-graffiti painting performed byy cit pa ainting currently currently p erfo ormed b ccityy employees. em mployees. was painting IItt w as ffelt elt tthat hat the the p ainting of of walls was w aalls w as a too too important important to outsource outsou urce and bee d done byy an nd iinstead nstead d sshould hould only only b one b Currently ccity ity eemployees. mployees. C urrently iitt ccosts osts $1.7 service $1 1.7 million to do this ser vice and Parks Recreation Neighborhood tthe he P arks R ecreation N eighborhood Services Department S ervices ((PRNS) PRNS) D epartment ((which which runs ru uns this program) program) estimates it bee done for ccould o ould b for o $1.1 million which wh hich equates $600,000 eq quates to $6 00,000 in savings saavvings by by keeping providing k eeping the the sservice ervice but but p roviding it it a different way. di iff ffeerent w ay. The who perform T he eemployees mployees w ho p erform this have th his work ha ave shown up at each budget meeting b udget m eeting to to sspeak peak k against against the the outsourcing. ou utsourcing. outsource One option might be be to outsou urce half cityy to a private ccontractor h alf of the cit ontraactor and cityy emplo employees an nd the other half to cit oyees e and However, an nd jjudge udge iitt iin n a yyear. ear. H owever, tthis his total savings w would not generate the tot al sa avvin ngs needed balancee the department n eeded to balanc departmen nt budget bu udget and thus provide provide this service. servic v e. savings outsourcing The sa avvings in outsour cing park k maintenancee lo looks bee eeven higher. m maintenanc oks to b ven hig gher. understand people I underst and that some p eople will w ill llose ose ttheir heir ccurrent urrent jjob ob tthrough hrough outsourcing o utsourcing aand nd may may go go to to work work ffor o or the private ccontractor ontractor earningg city’s lless, le ess, but b the h cit y’s rresponsibility esponsibilit ibili y provide 950,000 iiss to to p rovide sservices ervices ffor or 9 50,000 employees may rresidents. e esidents . The emplo yees who ma ay lose wrong, lo ose their job did nothing wr ong, iit’s t’s just just a sign sign of of the the times times that that the the city ci itty needs to rre-look e-look at how it ccan an n services ccontinue o ontinue services and save saave money. money. The $4 million T he ccity ity ssaved aved $ 4m illion llast ast year year
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about The film satirizes everything everything ab out power-hungry ridiculous p ower-hun ngry occultists. occultists. opening scene, In the op ening sc ene, we witness austeree ritual magicki magickians, entirely ely in auster ians, entir element, their humorless elem ment, with black cheap,, white dr dress shirts. ties and cheap ess shir ts. Theyy rreminded eminded me off the stuffy The stuff ffyy creeps from Pasolini fascist cr eeps fr om thee P asolini flick, Salò, or the 120 Days off Sodom. Sodom. Wee see the elder M Magus of the W Temple Thelemic T emple e of Horus H ((Arden Arden Schaeffer), dying. Schaeff ffeer), who lies dy ying. His mental physical aree ment al and ph ysical cconditions onditions ar himself. such that he cannot cannot vvend end ffor or himself o f. character,, an austeree yyoung The lead character n auster oung magus named Jack Jack Mason M ((James James been cultivated Wagner),, has b een cu ultivated ffor or o advancee the lineage yyears ears to advanc l of the temple should the Elder Eld der Magus pass Unfortunately aaway. way. U nffo ortunately for fo or Jack, Jack, he loses biological out when the elder Magus’ M ’ biolo gical (Duncan Cook) unexpectedly son (Dunc an C ook) k) une u xpectedly dl deathbed shows up at the death hbed and tricks the elder Magus into signing away away entiree temple to him the entir h instead. Such is the ffoundation o oundattion ffor or the o rrest est of the film. JJack ack plots p deadly biological rrevenge evenge against the bi iological son soon and so on falls into a dizzying d zying maze diz
underworld encounters of under w world enc ounters as a rresult. esult. Meanwhile, Mean whille, JJack’s ack’s own aspiring ack apprentices Patterson appr entices e ((Jasper Jasper P atttterson provide and Brian Livingston) pr ovide a cryptic backstory cr yptic bac ckstory via their hilarious performances fairyy ttale, p erfo orman nces of the classic fair ale, “Jack Beanstalk.” “J ack and the Beanst alk.” However strange,, the ffoundation Howe ver e strange o oundation narrative, me,, do does of the narr rative, to me es not seem eexclusive xclu usive to this film. In fact, it curiously parallels p a similar situation currently curr ently buried b in the ccourts. ourts. In sense,, I ffeel little digression that sense eel e a lit tle digr ession is necessary. nec essary. Ass I p perceive analogous A erceive it,, an analo gous placee between legal spat now n ttaking aking plac between New Falcon Publications N ew Falc o Public on ations and The Falcon Press possibly Original F alcon Pr ess might p ossibly have provided source ha ave pr oviided sour ce material ffor o or fictitious scene the fictitio ous sc ene in the film. Christopher S.. Hyat Hyatt, Christoph er S t, head honcho New Falcon, of N ew Fa alcon, just passed aaway way ago.. After multiple a ffew ew yyears ears ago strokes, was incapacitated str okes, hee w as inc apacitated and wife’s eeventually ventually e y rreleased eleased to his wif fe’s New Falcon, ccare. arre. His ccompadre o ompadr e at N ew Falc on, Nick Tharcher, Hyattt Ni ck Thar cher, claims that Hyat undisputedly un ndisputedly left the business to him. However, Hyatt’s biological him m. How wever, Hyat t’s biolo gical son, Michael Miller,, claims to b bee son n, Micha ael Miller appointed successor, thee app oin nted suc cessor, based on a document Hyattt allegedly signed. do cumentt Hyat Thus,, Miller T Thus M is now legally charge New Falcon, in char ge of o N ew Falc on,, while Tharcher Th Thar cher h has decided to rrevamp evamp business the busine ess and carry carry on as “The Falcon Press.” apparently Original F alcon Pr ess.” He appar ently maintain has legal rrights ights to maint ain and sell parts the inventory. ts of th par he in ventory. The situation currently unresolved is curr entlly unr esolved and tied up battle, in a heated d ccourt ourt bat tle, but the details aree spilled on a ffew different det ails ar ew diff ffeerent blogs. blo gs. Regardless R eegardleess of what vverdict erdict ccomes omes down, and d rregardless egardless of whether or situation serveed creative not the sit tuation ser veed as cr eative Too Dr Dream inspiration n ffor o or T eam of Falling Upwards, film’s manifestation Upw ards, the t film ’s manif fest e ation welcome news at Anno Domini D is welc ome ne ws in San JJose. osee. I am blessed that my my was lucky mom w as a librarian,, and I’m luck ky never Hyatt’s books she ne ver cconfiscated onfiscated Hyat t’s b ooks from myy shelf Long livee the original fr om m sshelf. f. L ong liv falcon may falc on and d ma ay it ccontinue ontinue to soar upwards. upw ards.
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Well, considering how diverse San Jose Sharks fans are, we might as well be the damned United Nations sitting around a television screen. The Sharks play, Dad curses, the baby cries, Mom wonders if the hockey sweater she’s wearing makes her look fat (it kind of does). Basically, everyone is on edge. As of presstime, the Sharks were tied 1-all with the Los Angeles Kings in their opening-round playoff series. Were it not for Joe Pavelski proving once again that some people were born to play in the postseason—with his picture-perfect slapshot finding net for a Game 1 overtime victory—fans might be wondering what they said to the waitress to deserve being served a steaming-hot turd sandwich in the first two games. The Giants delivered torture last fall, but the Sharks might as well be a torture chamber on skates. Whether it’s being too nonchalant or simply performing like an uninterested cast of misfits, which was the case in a 4-0 spanking on Saturday, San Jose has got to hip-check Stella into the boards and get back the groove it ended the regular season with. This goes especially for Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, who finished the first two games without a point between them. So far this postseason, Barry Melrose’s hair has shown more aggression than these two. But it’s still early in the series and no
one expected L.A. to roll over. If the Sharks can limit the stupid penalties in Game 4 on Thursday and take better advantage of power plays, which has been the focus in practice, according to coach Todd McClellan, they might just come back to HP Pavilion on Saturday with control of this series. And that would just make Sharks fans profanely happy.
Earthquakes Eyeing One in a Row Coming off their first road loss of the season and still looking for their first win at home, the San Jose Earthquakes (1-2-2) are in dire need of a “W.” When you only play once a week, confidence can crumble like a French soldier’s resolve when the results aren’t coming. Facing Chivas USA at Buck Shaw Stadium at 1pm on Saturday, the Earthquakes will look for star forward Chris Wondolowski to make better use of his opportunities, as he has only netted two goals despite leading the league with nine shots on goal and 19 attempts overall. Midfielders Bobby Convey and Simon Dawkins will be instrumental in ramping up the attack with service and runs through the middle of the field. Dawkins is second on the team with two goals and has proven to be capable of making the most of his chances. If winning for themselves isn’t enough of a motivating factor, the Earthquakes should consider that Chivas has yet to win a game this season, and their nickname is the Goats. That might change if San Jose loses this one at home. —By Josh Koehn
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from from that album as a blueprint for for o yle. JJabbawockeez abbaawo w ckeez ar eally their st style. aree rreally the first off their kind. They’re They’re the first danc oup to hit pop pop status. status. dancee gr group It w was as really reallly important important for fo or them to ha ave an or riginal sound, because because they they have original have ha ave a really reaally original st style.” yle.” Sudden lyy, the Bangerz were were doing Suddenly, inter interviews viewss on national TV and being asked asked e to produce produce remixes remixes and being provide provide b beats e ffor eats or Pepsi o Pepsi ccommercials ommercials and a Simpsons Simppsons video game—all game—all ing club nights theyy wer weree DJ DJing while the contin nuing to write and and continuing perform perfo orm in n San Jose. Jose. P eople around a ound the world wer ar People weree scouring scouring the t Internet sear searching ching fo or their music, music m , which led to a for record-lab d l bell par t tnership hi with ith the th record-label partnership Jabbaaw wock keez. The newly newly released released Jabbawockeez. MÜSS..I.C C. album a MÜS.I.C. demonstrates the synergy off that partnership—besides partnership —besides synergy being the first Bangerz album in being years, it also makes makes up a good good eight years, t soundtrack to the chunk of the Jabbaaw wock keez Vegas Veegas show. show. Jabbawockeez finaale of that show is set The finale Ro obot Remains,” Reemains,” the song that to “R “Robot took the Bangerz B level of took to another level popularity popularit l i y when h it i was was released released l d year. last year. For F or onee thing thing,, the JJabbawockeez abbaawo w ckeez theemselves with their routine routine outdid themselves when the theyy danc danced ed to it in their triumphant triumphan nt rreturn eturn to America’ America’s ’s Best Dance Dance Cr Crew ew on last season’s season’s
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w was as aanother nother rreason eason they they w wanted an nted to to makee a last mak lasting tingg impression, impr p ession,, too: too: access. access. “We “W We thou thought, ught, ‘L ‘Let’s et’s giv givee ’’em em a reason reason to always a ayys let us into the club. alw club. ‘Oh, you you guys gu uys are are the 12 turntable turntable guys!’� guys!’� sa says ayyss Bello Bello.. Theyy went The wen nt on to win the 2000 2000 ITF Western Wester e rn Hemisphere Hemisphere T Team eam e Championship Champion ship and the 2001 2001 DMC Regional Reegional Championship. C Championship. But eeven ven turntablism turntablism m seemed too too narr narrow ow ffor or o what the theyy were w e trying wer trying to ac accomplish complish onstage. onstage g . “We “W We realized realiized that to connect connect with everybody, have everybodyy, you you kind of ha ave to step outside of that,� “We’ll t � says saayys Cueto. Cueto. “W We’ll use that as a tool, tool,, but at the same time,, maybe we’ll Paolo time maayyb be we ’ll have haave P aolo and Weezy W ee e zy come com me out with some cowbells cowbells and step aaway from turntables way fr om the turnt ables for fo or a minute minute and do something else. else. It’s entertaining It’s only going go oing to be be enter taining for fo or a large large group group of p people eople if yyou ou step out off what they they think yyou’re ou’rre going to do. do o. ‘Here’s ‘Here’s a bunch of dudes on turnt turntables.’ ab bles.’ Well, Weell, what happ happens ens when I grab graab a bass guitar guitar and st start art ripping on it?� it?� “People “P eople might m know us as a DJ group, gr oup, but onc oncee we pull out a Speak Speak
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Battle B attle Statio Stations ons Maybe w Maybe winning inning d doesn’t oesn’t h have ave tto o be eeverything veryything for for the the Bangerz, Bangerz, b ut tthey hey but ccame ame o out ut o off the the competitive competitive hothouse hothouse o nderground hip-hop, hip-hop, and an nd iit’s t’s still still off u underground partt of the way par way they they create. create e . “W We come come from from a battle-DJ batttle-DJ “We background,” back ground,”” sa says ayys Ngo Ngo. o. “If I come come up with a beat, beat, someone else e will take take it and add their own twist. twist. w What the y’re trying trying to do is outdo what they’re I’vee already I’v already done done.” .” That goes goes double ffor o or the b est b eats, best beats, on which everyone eveeryo one pus pushes hes themselv themselves ves e tto om make ake ttheir heir ccontributions ontributions iirresistible rresistible to the rest rest of the group. group. “No “N o one wants wants to b bee left off of those hot tracks,” tracks,” he sa says. ayys. But B ut tthe he sspirit pirit o off ccollaboration ollaboration is is what w hat really really powers powers tthe he B Bangerz’s angerz’s m music. usic. “It “It’s ’s a lot of eexperimenting,” xp perimenting,” sa says ays y Bello Bello,, “and also we we lik likee to listen to a lot of music together, togeth her, shar sharee music music,, w watch atch videos. videos. We We also like like jamming out with other oth her musicians, musicians, other DJs, DJs, other producers. produ ucers. It It’s ’s kind of lik likee to tooling oling around around in the lab lab.. W Wee record record everything, everything, and then if something cool cool comes comess fr from om it, we’ll we’ll eexpand xpand on it and mak makee it a song.” song.” Nothing N othing is off limits, limitss, as evidenced evidenced byy the constant b constant mash-u mash-up up of ideas in the group’s group’s songs songs..
“Usually starts “Usually the t cconversation onversation st arts as ‘Hey, bee tight tight?’ ‘Hey, you you u know what’d what’d b ?’ ‘You crazy? ‘Y Yo ou know what’d what’d look look craz y? If ... somethingg something,’” something,’” sa ayys A quino. says Aquino. “It’s “It ’s kind off a wish list, lik likee ‘I w want ant to see somebody somebody do this. this. W eell, I don ’t Well, don’t see anybody anybody d doing it. So let let’s ’s do it. it.’” ’” “Ther arre songs on the album that “Theree are weree ttwo wer wo separate separate songs in the same key,” adds Bello. B Bello. “Put them in the key,” same tempo t po range, temp range, sequenc sequencee it right, i ht s add some stuff to transition and we have haave a brand bran nd new new song.” song.” orking together together ffor or this o After wo working long, long, the Bangerz Bangerz know how to push best work. each other to do their best “We “We ggive ive eeach acch o other ther h hype. ype. W We’re e’re llike ike foo o tball team, team m,” says says Bello. Bello. “We’ll “We’ll am mp a football amp each other up before beffo ore we hit the field. T hat includes includes tthe he lab. lab b. L ike, A arron That Like, Aaron will show us u an idea that he ’s b een he’s been working ki on, on n,, and d we ’ll build b ild on that. h we’ll T hat’s actually acctually h ow we we p roduce o ur That’s how produce our tracks, to o. One p erson will st art it and tracks, too. person start throw it it on on tthe he table, table, an nd iiff eeveryone veryone throw and thinks they they can can aadd dd tto o iit, t, tthen hen tthat hat thinks becomes a full f song becomes song..”
Quality Qualit ty Control Control For all thatt ra For raw aw ener energy, gy, though, there’s perfectionist ther e’s a p e feectionist side to the er Bangerz th that hat is a double double-edged - edged ssword. word. Both Both of their records records took took them ttwo wo years years to finish, a lif lifetime feetime in the underground hip-hop undeerground hip -hop world. “One of the the things that sort sort of against us,, I think, is we ha have works again nst us ave a quality-over-quantity quality- over- quantity mentality. mentality. Wee ffeel drop W eeel like like we’re we’re not going to dr op it unless it it’s ’s our best best ffoot oot fforward,” orward,”” o says Cueto.. sa ayys Cueto “We’re our critics,” says “W We’re ou ur own worst critics ,” sa ays y Aquino. keep tooling A quino. “We’ll “W We’ll just k eep to oling around with ar ound wit th tracks.” tracks.” enough, any group Fair enou ugh,, but ffor or an o ny gr oup with many have put out only tthis his m an ny iideas deas tto oh ave p ut o ut o nly albums more dozen ttwo wo al lbums iin nm ore tthan han nad ozen criminal, theyy know it. yyears ears is crim minal,, and the been ““We’ve We’ve b een ttalking allking about ab bout that, that, and an nd trying tr ying to rrestrategize, e estrategize ,” admits Cueto. Cueto. “We’ve actually “W We’ve actu ually thought about about trying trying out to ccome ome ou ut with things quarterly, quarterlyy, maybe not m aybe n ot aalbums. lbums. I don’t don’t even even likee people aree rreally ffeel eeel lik peo ople ar eally digesting anymore. maybe albums an y ymor e. So ma ayb y e putting putttting out EP months. do o ut an nE P eevery very tthree hree m onths. We We d o speed up..” need to sp e it up eed For theree ha have been F or that reason, reason, ther ave b een etcches where stretches some str where the Bangerz
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CAPERS Well-heeled sports bar and restaurant. $$$. Capers is a sophisticated restaurant that uses sports as its theme. Welldevised menu full of inventive recipes and delicious finger foods. 11am-10:30pm MonThu, 11am-midnight Fri-Sat, 9:30am-10:30pm Sun. 1710 W. Campbell Ave. 408.374.5777. LA PIZZERIA Italian. $$. La Pizzeria specializes in simple pizzas that stand on the strength of a few high-quality ingredients, expertly prepared. Open for lunch and dinner daily. 11am-10pm Sun-Tue, 11am11pm Wed, 11am-midnight Thu-Sat. 373 E. Campbell Ave. 408.370.0826. MICHI Japanese. $$. Sushi standards are transformed into palate-awakening presentations; culinary boundaries are stretched. 11am-10pm daily. 2220 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.378.8000 or 378.0838.
NEGEEN Persian. $$. Mira ghasemi, grilled and puréed eggplant in a tomato sauce with scrambled eggs, and kashk-e-bademjan, puréed eggplant topped with mint and a creamy yogurt sauce, are great, as are the kebabs. Don’t miss the excellent Persian ice cream. 11:30am-10pm MonThu, 11:30am-midnight Fri-Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun. 801 W. Hamilton Ave. 408.866.6400.
PSYCHO DONUTS Donuts. $. Psycho Donuts has taken rings of fried dough into new territory with flavors like apricot, the Cookie Monster (topped with Oreos) and Do-Nilla (sprinkled with bits of vanilla wafers) and the intimidating Psycho Donut, a maelstrom of marshmallow,
pretzel and chile powder. 6am5pm Mon-Thu, 6am-11pm Fri, 7am-11pm Sat, 7am-5pm Sun. 2006 S. Winchester Blvd #C. 408.378.4540.
RUSSIAN CAFÉ AND DELI Russian. $$. This is a small Russian grocery store with a good little restaurant tucked in the corner. Borscht soup, pelmeni and solyankya sbornaya, a thick soup studded with chunks of mild pork sausage, black olives, pickles and barley all satisfy. 11am-8pm daily. 1712 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.379.6680.
SUSHI ZONE Japanese. $$. Fun sushi meets fun surroundings in this zone. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am2:30pm, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 75 S. San Tomas Aquino Rd #1. 408.866.1323.
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rule. The steaks are big and rule juicy, the pot pies better than Grandma used to make. Full bar. 300 Almaden Blvd, inside the Hilton. 408.947.4444.
AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA Pizza. $. Amici’s specializes in thin-crust, New York-style pizza. With its upscale atmosphere and friendly service you’ve got one of downtown San Jose’s best pizza shops. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, 11:30am-11pm Sat, 11:30am10pm Sun. 225 W. Santa Clara St. 408.289.9000.
Tigelleria’s menu centers on fine cheeses and Italian salumi paired with tigelle, free-flowing, piping-hot flat-breads the size of mini pitas. The bread forms the addictive heart of the meal. 11:30am-2pm, 5-10pm daily. 76 E. Campbell Ave. 408.884.3808.
ARCADIA Steakhouse. $$$. Celebrity chef Michael Mina reworked the menu at Arcadia in the summer of 2006 to create a modern steakhouse, a change that has made it the destination restaurant it was originally supposed to be. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-10pm Sun-Thu, 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat. 301 S. Market St. 408.278.4555.
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French and American. $$$. Twist describes itself as “American food with a French twist,” but the menu includes Middle Eastern, Asian and Italian influences, too. Cafe 9am-3pm Tue-Sat, 9am2:30pm Sun; Bistro 5-9pm Wed-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 247 E. Campbell Ave. 408.374.8982.
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AFFINITY Classic American. $$$. Big-shouldered food in handsome surroundings is the
$$$. One of downtown San Jose’s most attractive eateries, Bella Mia serves regional dishes with flair. Full bar. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri, 4:30-10pm Sat, 4:30-8pm Sun. 58 S. First St. 408.280.1993.
BILLY BERK’S Eclectic. $$. Billy Berk’s restaurant looks and tastes like the offspring of the Hard Rock Cafe and Chili’s. The downtown San Jose restaurant offers a populist mix of American, Mexican and Asian food. Most dishes are designed for sharing— appetizer-size portions, nibbles and finger foods that
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DALAT Vietnamese. $$. San Jose’s second-oldest Vietnamese restaurant
continues to draw those in search of delicious traditional fare. Surroundings are clean and friendly. Lunch and dinner daily. 408 E. William St. 408.294.6989.
retained from the previous menu, as have the sexy Eulipia cocktails. Full bar. 5:30-10pm Tue-Sat, 4:30-9:30pm Sun. 374 S. First St. 408.280.6161.
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American. $$. In Silicon Valley, the home-grown Flames restaurant chain is the area’s
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35 definitive coffee shop. And now they’ve opened in downtown San Jose to great acclaim. 7am-midnight daily. 88 S. Fourth St. 408.971.1960.
4TH STREET PIZZA CO. Pizza. $. 4th Street Pizza Co. occupies a prime corner spot on East Santa Clara and Fourth with big windows to watch the comings and goings at City Hall across the street. The thin-crust margherita fell short but the thicker-crust pies are better. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat. 150 E. Santa Clara St. 408.286.7500. GUMBO JUMBO Cajun fusion. $$. Gumbo Jumbo charts new
territory with dishes such as Cajun lemon grass chicken, garlic shrimp noodles and crawfish egg rolls. And don’t miss the boiled crawfish. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-10pm Mon-Wed, 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-midnight Thu-Fri, 3pm-midnight Sat, 310pm Sun. 80 N. Market St. 408.294.8626.
HOUSE OF SIAM Thai. $. This popular establishment runs the gamut of Thai treasures. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm daily. 151 S. Second St. 408.295.3397.
IL FORNAIO Regional Italian. $$. Embraced by the graceful Sainte Claire Hotel, this location (there are several
up and down the coast) transports the diner. The menu showcases a different region of Italy monthly. 7am-10pm Mon-Thu, 7am-11pm Fri, 8am-11pm Sat, 8am-10pm Sun. Full bar. 302 S. Market St. 408.271.3366.
KOJI SAKE LOUNGE $$. Japanese. In spite of Koji’s well-tuned atmosphere, it’s the sakes that really set the tone. Koji’s sake list includes tasting notes that help you find one that suits you. Happy hour 6-9pm Wed-Fri with $3 beers and $5 small plates. 6pm-close Wed-Fri, 8pm-close Sat. 48 S. First St. 408.287.7199.
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LA VICTORIA TAQUERIA Mexican. $. La Vic’s famously addictive orange hot sauce merely tops off its tasty taqueria fare: big burritos of the breakfast and lunchtime varieties, overflowing nachos, delectable chile rellenos. 7am3am daily. 140 E. San Carlos St. 408.298.5335.
LOS CUBANOS Cuban. $$. Cuban food exudes an earthy, slow-cooked seduction and Los Cubanos has it in spades. Lunch 11am-2:30pm MonFri; dinner 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 1-10pm Sat and 4-8:30pm Sun. 22 N. Almaden Ave. 408.279.0134.
MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK’S Seafood. $$$. Harks back to big-city fish houses with stately, masculine interiors. Menu follows the freshest fruits of the sea, grilled, panseared, steamed. Desserts will hook you. 11:30am-10pm daily; 11pm happy hour Fri-Sat. 170 S. Market St. 408.283.7200.
MEZCAL Regional Mexican. $$. Mezcal specializes in delicious regional cuisine from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. People who need nachos and sour-creamtopped burritos on the menu will probably be miffed, but for those willing to venture beyond the same old MexicanAmerican standards, Mezcal offers an excellent point of departure. 11:30am-11pm SunFri and 5-11pm Sat. 25 W. San Fernando St. 408.283.9595.
MOROCCO’S Moroccan. $$. Morocco’s is the kind of restaurant downtown San Jose needs more of: distinctive food cooked and served by people with a personal investment in customer happiness. Morocco’s personal touch is all over the restaurant. Lunch 11am-3pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-11pm Mon-Sat,
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MORTON’S STEAKHOUSE Steakhouse. $$$$. Morton’s, a Chicago-based chain of restaurants with more than 80 locations across the U.S. and abroad, offers delicious, premium-priced steaks. The rest of the menu is a mixed bag. 5:30-11pm Mon-Sat, 5-10pm Sun. 177 Park Ave. 408.947.7000.
MUCHOS Mexican. $. A small player with a big rotisserie, this taqueria cultivates a devout lunch following. All standards get billing, but the mesquiteroasted chicken is the star. Beer. 11am-10pm daily. 72 E. Santa Clara St. 408.277.0333. NAGLEE PARK GARAGE New American. $$. Lots of restaurants would like to think of themselves as friendly neighborhood joints but few deliver. The Garage does. Small but satisfying menu of wellexecuted comfort food classics. 5-9:30pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 9am-1pm, 5-10pm Sat, 9am1pm Sun. 505 E. San Carlos St. 408.286.1100.
NHA TOI Vietnamese. $$$. Nha Toi is the place for northern-style Vietnamese food—less sweet than southern Vietnamese food and less spicy than the food of central Vietnam, yet it makes wider uses of aromatic ingredients 9am10pm daily. 460 E. William St. 408.294.2733.
ORIGINAL JOE’S ItalianAmerican. $$. For five decades OJ’s has been serving classics of American and ItalianAmerican food with heaping portions of big-city attitude and glamour. The restaurant underwent an extensive remodel, but the menu is the same as it ever was. 11am1am daily. 301 S. First St. 408.292.7030.
PAGODA RESTAURANT Chinese. $$$. The cuisines of China share top billing with the opulence of the décor. Pagoda offers the gamut of regional all-stars. Full bar. 6-10pm Tue-Sat. Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market St. 408.998.3937.
PAOLO’S New Italian. $$$$. Filled with artistic spins on California-meets-Italy, the
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kitchen turns out elegant entrees spearheaded by seasonal vegetables. The impeccable service compensates for the modest portions. Full bar. 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat. 323 W. San Carlos St. 408.294.2558.
P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO Chinese. $$. With atmosphere to spare, Chang’s doesn’t neglect taste. Vibrant Szechuan flavors mix surprisingly well with rich Western-style desserts. Takeout. Full bar. 11am-10pm SunThu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. 98 S. Second St. 408.961.5250.
POOR HOUSE BISTRO New Orleans. $$. Poor House Bistro offers a low-priced menu of Crescent City classics like po’ boys, barbecued shrimp, gumbo and muffaletta. Live music on Fridays and Saturdays. 11am-9pm MonThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat, 10am-8pm Sun; brunch 10am-2pm Sun. 91 S. Autumn St. 408.292.5837. SCOTT’S SEAFOOD Seafood. $$$. Culture lovers and power brokers alike find impeccable sourdough, a sea of marine treats and other entrees and a panoramic view (there’s a sister eatery in Palo Alto). For maximum pleasure, get there at sunset. Full bar. 11:30am5pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-close Sat, 4:30pm-close Sun. 185 Park Ave. 408.971.1700. 71 SAINT PETER New American. $$$. This romantic eatery offers upscale Mediterranean food in an intimate setting. Beer, wine. Closed Sun. 11:30am-1pm, 59pm Mon-Sat. 71 N. San Pedro St. 408.971.8523.
SONOMA CHICKEN Mixed. $. If you don’t mind carrying your own tray and fighting for a table you’ll be rewarded with hearty spit-roasted chicken that requires at least six napkins. 11am-9pm SunThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat. 31 N. Market St. at San Pedro Square. 408.287.4098. VEGETARIAN HOUSE Vegetarian. $. This meat-free stalwart offers vegetarian dishes from around the world with a side serving of religious
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VUNG TAU Vietnamese. $$. Traditionalists might gripe that they can get authentic Vietnamese food for less elsewhere, but it’s hard to top Vung Tau for its fresh, quality ingredients and sleek yet comfortable décor. Encyclopedic menu. 10am3pm, 5-9pm daily. 535 E. Santa Clara St. 408.288.9055. WING’S Chinese. $. The food is complemented by an exotic dining room with sequestered seating equipped with hanging beads and doorbells, and other miscellaneous peculiarities of a bygone era. Always a fun place to visit. 11:30am9:30pm daily. 131 E. Jackson St. 408.294.3303 or 998.9427.
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BAY LEAF Indonesian and Thai. $$. Bay Leaf’s menu is divided into Thai and Indonesian food and it’s the latter that stands out. While Thai food is characterized by bright, high notes, Indonesian food strikes a lower bass note. 11am-3pm, 5-9:30pm MonThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat, 11am9pm Sun. 122 S. Sunnyvale Ave. 408.481.9983.
CHELOKEBABI Persian. $$. Go straight for the baghali ghatogh, a fantastic appetizer made from delicate but rich baby lima beans, scrambled eggs and lots of garlic. Just as good is ghaymeh, a daily special made from tender chunks of beef, split peas, eggplant and tomato sauce. 11am-10pm daily. 1236 Wolfe Rd. 408.737.1222.
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IL POSTALE Italian American. $$$. Its previous incarnation as a post office lends this space eccentric charm, and the food delivers full-bodied taste in generous portions. Veal marsala, thin-crust pizza and New York steak are featured. 11am-1:30pm, 4-9:30pm Tue-Sun. 127 W. Washington St. 408.733.9600.
LUCKY DHABA Indian. $. A dhaba is a roadside fast-food joint in northern India. We’ve got our own version here at Sunnyvale’s Lucky Dhaba. Located off busy El Camino Real, Lucky Dhaba offers a wide variety of good Indian food. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu and 11am-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 1036 El Camino Real. 408.617.0660.
PEZELLAS Family Italian. $$. Serves popular Italian dinners with rich sauces and generous portions. East Coast seafood dishes like linguini and clams and calamari sautéed in tomato, garlic, and basil stand out. Pizza and pasta abound. Full bar. 11am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, 5-10:30pm Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon. 1025 W. El Camino Real. 408.738.2400.
P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO Chinese. $$. With atmosphere to spare, Chang’s doesn’t neglect taste. Vibrant Szechuan flavors mix surprisingly well with rich Western-style desserts. Full bar. 11am-10pm Mon-Sun, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. 390 W. El Camino Real. 408.991.9078.
SAIZO Japanese. $$. Part bar, part eatery, Saizo served small plates of grilled and fried dishes made to go with sake and beer. It’s all good. Open daily for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat. 592 E. El Camino Real. 408.733.7423.
SENZALA Brazilian. $$. Senzala restaurant is like a Brazilian cultural center that also serves food. Brazilian art and photographs cover the walls. Go for the feijoada, a hearty, smoky black bean stew made with chunks of beef and pork. 11am-10pm Mon-Sat. 250 E. Java Dr. 408.734.1656. SETO DELI Japanese. $. Folksy country deli that offers hot and cold, takeout, eat-in
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and made-to-order food in a vibrant array of familiar and not-so-familiar Japanese dishes at prices that beat just about any restaurant’s. Closed Sun. 155 E. Maude Ave. 408.735.7777.
SHALIMAR Indian-Pakistani. $. Walk up to the counter, grab a menu and place your order. One of the best dishes is the plain-looking haleem, a lentil and barley stew available with chicken or beef. Nihari, a rich beef shank stew, is also great. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu, noon-3:30pm, 5:30-11pm SatFri. 1146 W. El Camino Real. 408.530.0300. SUGAR BUTTER FLOUR Bakery. $. Sugar Butter Flour’s desserts and pastries go well beyond the humdrum sweets found at most restaurants and bakeries. The bakery’s chocolate skills are particularly strong. 7am-7:30pm Mon-Thu, 7am-8:30pm Sat, 8am-5pm Sun. 669 S. Bernardo Ave. 408.732.8597.
TAVERNA GYROS Old Mediterranean/Turkish. $$. Mustard and ruddy pomegranate hues warm the restaurant’s interior; zesty Arabic infusions warm the food. Choose from mezes such as hummus or tabouli. Entrees include lamb, beef or chicken gyros or lamb kebab. 11am-10pm daily. 133 S. Murphy Ave. 408.735.9971.
UDUPI PALACE Indian. $$. Udupi Palace, a south Indian vegetarian restaurant, specializes in dishes—dosas and uthappams. Dosas are long, thin crepes made with rice flour. Uthappams are pancakes made with rice and lentil flour. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10:30pm Sun. 976 E. El Camino Real. 408.830.9600.
YUME-YA Japanese. $$. Don’t come here looking for sake bombs and macadamia nutencrusted gimmicky sushi rolls. What sets this restaurant apart is its selection of izakaya-style dishes, little plates of food designed to go with beer and sake. 6-11pm Mon-Sat. 150 El Camino Real. 408.530.8156.
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*wed *sat LISA ENGELKEN Fairmont Hotel, San Jose Wed – 7pm; free Jazz covers of rock tunes aren’t uncommon anymore, but they’re usually instrumentals. And they’re definitely not Billy Idol songs. That’s why Lisa Engelken’s version of “White Wedding” crushes; she throws out the sneer but keeps the dark edge. It’s prettier than the original, in the way that Ark of the Covenant angels are pretty, right before they melt your face off. And Idol isn’t the only artist that gets Engelkenized on her most recent record, Caravan—the inspired covers range from Duke Ellington to Cole Porter to Joni Mitchell. (SP)
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Britannia Arms Cupertino Sat – 9pm; $5 Taking cues from grunge and alt rock, Drop Dead Sixty is starting to make waves in the South Bay scene. Now a part of Barb Rocks’ growing local music management family, DDS has often been compared to Stone Temple Pilots with a dash of Muse. Luckily, lead singer Michael Kerosene has better voice than Scott Weiland, but it’s easy to see why he gets the comparison as he slinks around the stage, radiating the charisma a frontman should have. This show marks the release of their new CD. With Eyes Like Mine, For the Broken and Phil Traina open. (BD)
DEATH ANGEL The Avalon, Santa Clara Sat – 8:30pm; $17 Death Angel originally emerged from the ‘80s Bay Area thrash scene—the same toxic stew that spawned Exodus, Testament, Possessed and, well, you know who else—but disbanded in 1990 after a horrific bus accident. We would not see any other material until 2004’s comeback CD, The Art of Dying, and its follow-up, 2008’s Killing Season. While purists continue to crave nothing but old-school thrash, Death Angel thrives on variety. They like to mix up the riffs and get sideways. They have no problem playing the older, more brutal material right alongside their recent work, which seems more like straight-up early Maiden-influenced metal rather than speedy, murderous, violent thrash. (GS)
ALL HAIL THE CRIMSON KING The Venue, Los Gatos Sat – 6pm; $8 Note to Robert Fripp fans: It’s Stephen King’s “Crimson King” to which the band’s name refers. This royal is apparently the villain character from those dismayingly thick-looking Dark Tower books. They are not referring to the oldschool hackles raised by Barry Godber’s album cover for King Crimson. (Godber died at age 24 after doing that painting, perhaps of residual horror.) Metalheads AHTCK, a big cut above the pay-for-play musical poodles of Sunset Boulevard, come out of the fracked-beyond-recognition desert wasteland down south. Their musical aim: to bother his Satanic Majesty at least half as
much as their neighbors bother Jebus. The seven-song Break Out EP commences with a cover of Cee Lo Green’s already perfect “Fuck You,” then Guns N’ Roses smash into Metallica in “Sunset Massacre.” (RvB)
CREMATION CHAMBER Caravan Lounge, San Jose Sat – 10pm; free Going back to the basics of thrash and death metal is what Cremation Chamber is all about. Lead singer/ guitarist Frank busts out his best Trey Azathoth–influenced vocals while the double-bass ferocity thunders behind him. Nothing But Losers and California Medication open the show. (BD)
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BEATLES REVUE Apr 27 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
KENNY CHESNEY Apr 29 at 7pm, Shoreline
ST. LAW LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET May 1 at 2:30pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford Dink
RICKY MARTIN May 4 at 8pm, HP Pavilion
ST. MICHAEL TRIO May 8 at a 3pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
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Lady Sovereign once rapped “love me or hate me, it’s still an obsession,” and that’s exactly why Britney’s show at HP in June is going to be the biggest concert of the summer. The former Mrs. Federline took some flak at first for adding Nicki Minaj to her “Femme Fatale” tour. But it seems like a brilliant move now that Minaj’s over-the-top live act has managed to be the most controversial thing on a tour that includes Lil’ freakin’ Wayne. That tour lands in Oakland Sunday, and Studio 8 will be hosting an afterparty that features an appearance
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SECURE SOUNDS Johnny V’s, San Jose Tue – 9pm; $5 What sets Roseville’s alternative rock trio Secure Sounds apart from the pack is their depth of musicality. There’s a high-energy rock drummer who knows how
to carry a groove. The singer’s heartfelt, breathy vocals help elevate the songs with beautiful melodies, and his lyrics are quite clever and carefully crafted. The heavy, melodic guitar work is thick and atmospheric, but at its core, the guitar parts are catchy chord progressions. Secure Sounds are so confident about their music, they’ve been touring all across the states promoting their fivesong EP, sure that whoever gets a chance to hear them play will be a convert. Next up on their itinerary: Johnny V’s. My Parade and Neonanyway open the show. (AC)
The festival returns with Fountain Th Blues Festival AllStars Band and Tommy Castro, Jul 9, St. James Park, San Jose. See Metroactive.com for all the details.
FURTHER Jun 3–4 at 7:30pm, Shoreline
THE TUBES Jun 11 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK/ BACKSTREET BOYS Jul 2 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion, San Jose
SMASH MOUTH Jul 7 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga
KATY PERRY Aug 12 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion, San Jose
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A mainstay on the Bay Area jazz scene for more than three decades, the Palo Alto–based guitarist is best known for his long-running partnership with supremely soulful vocalist Nate Pruitt in the ensemble Primary Colors. But Vandivier is also a dedicated teacher who’s played a key role in maintaining the sterling reputation of San Jose State University’s jazz program. That’s the setting where he encountered Hristo Vitchev and Neil Kelly about a decade ago, and it’s no coincidence that they’ve emerged as two of the most inventive and entrepreneurial guitarists on the Northern California jazz scene, though Vandivier isn’t taking any credit for their success. “I have only a tangential
connection to the way that they’ve progressed, which is so much about who they are and how hard they work,” says Vandivier, who also performs with his trio at Arya in Cupertino on April 29, May 6 and May 13. “They’re part of this generation of emerging artists who understand the importance of networking and promoting themselves. It helps that they’ve got incredible music to present.” Thursday’s showcase features the three guitarists each playing a trio set accompanied by the ace bassist Dan Robbins and deservedly ubiquitous drummer Jason Lewis, with an allhands-on-deck grand finale. It’s the event’s third incarnation, building from last year’s tremendously exciting showcase with Vandivier, Vitchev and Terrence Brewer. This season’s intriguing subtext is that Vitchev and Kelly both describe Vandivier as a seminal influence. “Rick really opened me up to the art of solo guitar playing, covering the bass and middle and melody simultaneously,” says Kelly, who performs Wednesdays at B Street &
Vine in San Mateo. “He has a knack for creating full textures. Watching him play duets with Nate Pruitt widened my vision of what you can do on the guitar.” Born and raised in Lima, Ohio, a small industrial city known as the hometown of the late tenor-sax great Joe Henderson, Vandivier studied at Berklee, where he was among Pat Metheny’s first students. He moved to the Bay Area in 1979, where he quickly established himself as one of the most versatile players on the scene, a consummate sideman with a silken tone. Among the many things he passed on to Vitchev and Kelly is a sense of the guitar’s infinite possibilities. While they collaborated as students, performing widely as a guitar duo around the South Bay, Vitchev and Kelly are a study in contrasts. Vitchev has honed a cool, crystalline tone and expansive harmonic vocabulary that would sound right at home on the German label ECM, complete with strategically employed silences. He’s drawn to odd meters and long, intricate forms. Kelly possesses a light, clean, hollow-body jazz guitar sound, and he has a gift for writing sinuous melodic lines. He swings with unaffected grace. After completing their undergraduate degrees, Vitchev and Kelly fell out of touch for a few years as each pursued his own musical projects. Kelly returned to SJSU for a master’s degree, while Vitchev launched his own label, First Orbit Sounds Music, and started documenting his working band with the extraordinary Brazilian pianist Weber Iago, bassist Dan Robbins and drummer Joe DeRose. They reconnected as Kelly worked on his debut album, a gorgeous session featuring his quartet playing his lyrical original compositions. On Saturday (April 23), he celebrates the release of Rivers Converge (First Orbit Sounds) at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. “I’d describe his sound as Jim Hall meets Joe Pass, with a little Kurt Rosenwinkel, and all the modern hard-bop players,” Vitchev says. “Neil has a fat jazz tone, and his improvisations flow from that classic jazz guitar sound.” Born in Bulgaria and raised in Venezuela, Vitchev moved to the
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Bay Area with his parents in 1998 when they were hired as engineers in Silicon Valley. He first got interested in the guitar through rock, and describes his introduction to jazz as slow and halting. He still harbored rock-star ambitions when he won a scholarship to Boston’s Berklee College of Music, but attending the prestigious school proved to be too expensive, so he returned home and enrolled at SJSU. On the second day of class, he encountered the charismatic music professor Frank Sumares, who has nurtured several generations of talented musicians. When some friends took him to hear John Scofield at Yoshi’s in 2002, the bluesy guitarist provided an ideal bridge from rock to jazz. Vitchev started absorbing the music of Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery and particularly Pat Metheny, while studying with Vandivier and the great Portland-based guitarist John Stowell. But it was pianists Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett who caught his ear as his compositional voice developed. “I do all the writing on the piano,” Vitchev says. “For me composing is more fascinating than playing. It involves the same elements as improvising, but you can stop time. You can look back and change what happened.” Since finishing his degree at SJSU in 2006, Vitchev has become a mover and shaker on the South Bay scene, helping organize a Wednesday-night jam session at Temple Bar (now hosted by the De Anza Hotel’s Hedley Club). His latest project expands his quartet with Iago by adding vibraphonist Christian Tamburr, an ensemble featured on his recent album The Perperikon Suite. After years of absorbing the watercolor cadences of Gary Burton’s classic ECM recordings with Pat Metheny, Vitchev longed to collaborate with a vibraphonist. The night that Tamburr arrived at the Hedley Club jam with his vibes in tow, having just moved to Morgan Hill, turned into a watershed moment for the guitarist. “After the first three notes it was unbelievable,” Vitchev says. “The tone was so inspiring to me. A light went off. I started writing material for us and now I have enough for another three albums.” A profusion of ideas is what led
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Guitar Fest with Rick Vandivier, Hristo Vitchev and Neil Kelly Thursday, April 28, 8pm Club Fox, Redwood City $14–$16
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A local production of the musical about the highstakes world of roller disco. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru May 8. $24-$44. Retro Dome, San Jose.
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Galileo’s Daughters Thursday–Saturday, 8pm, Sunday, 2pm, runs April 22–May 8; Theatre on San Pedro Square; $24 Faith and science brush up against each other and create considerable intellectual sparks in Galileo’s Daughters, presented by Inferno Theatre Company and brought to San Jose by Tabard Theatre Company. The play, written and directed by Guilio Cesare Perrone, focuses on the relation between the famed astronomer and his two daughters, who are cloistered nuns.
Mon, 7pm: Comedy Monday with Dan St. Paul. Weekly comedy showcase. 21+. $10. Redwood City.
COMEDYSPORTZ Fri, 9pm and Sat, 7 and 9pm: Live improv comedy. Fri, 11pm: The Midnight Show. Inside the Camera 3 building, San Jose.
ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: New Talent Comedy Competition. $12. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 9pm: Joe Klocek. $12-$16. Sunnyvale.
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*stage Opera LA BOHEME Puccini’s famed tale presented by Opera San Jose. Sat (Apr 23), 8pm, Sun, 3pm. Also Apr 28, 30, 8pm, May 1, 3pm, May 3 and 6, 8pm, May 8, 3pm. $51-$101. California Theatre, San Jose.
OPERA NIGHTS Vocalists perform favorite arias. Free. Fri, 8-10pm. Caffe Trieste, San Jose.
Theater ALTAR BOYZ A musical comedy about a Catholic boy band, presented by Palo Alto Players. Preview Fri. Opens Sat. Regular shows Thu–Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Runs through May 8. $23–$34. Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto.
CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM
Wed, 8pm: Weed Show. $4.20. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm: Orny Adams. $15-$17. San Jose.
A witty re-creation of the famous camping trip with Warren G. Harding, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun 3 or 7pm. Runs through Apr 24. $15-$32. Bus Barn Stage Company, Los Altos.
Theatre) to perform an ideafilled play about science and faith. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. (There will be a free discussion with scientists, theologians and production artists on Wed, Apr 20, 7pm). Runs through May 8. $24. Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose.
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The popular musical about Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and celebrity lawyer Billy Flynn as interpreted by Bay Area actors and Children’s Musical Theatre of San Jose alumni. Thu, 7:30pm, Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm. $30. Montgomery Theater, San Jose.
San Jose Stage Co. presents the world premiere of Trevor Allen’s play about Vladimir Nabokov and his journey across country to take a teaching job at Stanford. Wed-Thu, 7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru May 1. $14-$40. San Jose Stage.
“Classical Portraiture.” Works by John Robert Peck, Andrew Ameral and Aaron Pavelis from the Florence Academy of Art. Thru Apr 22. Los Gatos.
ENCHANTED APRIL Northside presents Matthew Barber’s romantic comedy about a pair of London housewives on vacation in Italy. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm (no show Apr 24). Runs thru May 8. $15/$20. Northside Theatre, San Jose.
PEAR SLICES
GALILEO’S DAUGHTERS
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Inferno Theatre comes to town (thanks to Tabard
A stage version by TheatreWorks of David
The group offers its annual slate of new short plays from the Pear Playwrights Guild. Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Apr 24. $15$30. Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View.
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CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Illustrated Title Pages: 1500-1900.” A show of 80 illustrated book pages from the museum’s collection. Thru Oct 16. “True Colors: Rediscovering Pigments of Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture.” Thru Aug 7. “Twelve Drawings From Domenico Tiepolo’s New Testament.” Thru May 29. “In a New York Minute: Photographs by Helen Levitt.” Thru May 1. “Paths Through the Global City: Photographs by Leo Rubinfien.” Thru May
1. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.
DE SAISSET MUSEUM “The Theater of Insects.” Photographs by Jo Whaley. “Life Cycle.” Photos of rare and endangered species by Susan Middleton. “Selections From the Smith Andersen Editions Archive.” Sample of works by the fine-art press in Palo Alto. “Father Hubbard: Trekking Through Alaska.” A historical exhibit about a Jesuit priest from SCU who explored Alaska in the early 20th century. “Paul Locatelli, S.J.: Photographs.” All run thru Jun 12. Santa Clara University.
Perceiving the Real.” Thru May 1. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.
Galleries OPENING GALLERY HOUSE “Suspended in the PRESENT.” A show of photos of dancers performing by Joahnna Rivera. Apr 24-30. Reception Apr 30, 5-7pm. Wed-Sat, 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-3pm. Enter through Printer’s Ink, Palo Alto.
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“Celebrating Local Artists.” Thru Sep 18. Pasetta House, History Park, San Jose.
“Glimmer.” A group show of works by artists Christian Breitkreutz, Megan Diddle, Luciano Scherer and Collin van der Sluijs. Thru May 21. “Funerals.” San Jose.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Laboratory.” The museum’s new Beta Space hosts experimental shows. First exhibit features installations by Kevin Appel and Ruben Ochoa. Runs thru Aug. 14. “Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art From India.” Thru Sep 4. “Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits.” Thru Jun 5. “The Modern Photographer: Observation and Intention.” Thru Jul 3. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES “Earthly Paradise: Memory, Myth, Metaphor.” Large allegorical textiles by Carrie Houseman and Darbury Novoselic. “Eden Reimagined.” Embroideries by Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone.” “Boy Code.” A group embroidery show. “Modern Maya.” Clothing and weavers display their pieces. Thru May 1. Tue-Sun, 10am5pm. San Jose.
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. Thru Apr 24. Mon-Wed, 10am-5pm, ThuSun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.
TRITON MUSEUM OF ART “All Thought and Pleasure.” Works by Squeak Carnwath. Thru May 8. “The Everyday.” Works by Stanley Goldstein. Thru May 15. “Selections from the Permanent Collection,
ART ARK “Bane.” Drawings and prints by Fanny Retsek. Thru Apr 23. San Jose.
CAFFE TRIESTE “Paintings by Centa Schumacher.” Thru Apr 29. San Jose.
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART “Sedimentals.” A show featuring 14 sculptural installations by Jody Alexander. Runs thru May 31. Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, Sat, 9am-3pm. Mohr Gallery, Finn Center, Mountain View.
CUKUI A show of photographs about low-riders by Trevor Traynor. Runs thru May 9. San Jose.
DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA New works by Melissa Kreisa. Thru Apr 30. San Jose.
FILOLI “Expressions in Watercolors.” Thru Jun 5. Tue-Sun, 10am3pm, Sun, 11am-3pm. Meet the artists day Sat, 10am3pm. Free with admission. Woodside.
GALLERY HOUSE “Of Light and Land.” Art landscape photography by Jennifer Fraser, Robert Adler and Dan McLean. Thru Apr 23. Wed-Sat, 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-3pm. Enter through Printer’s Ink, Palo Alto.
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Women on the Move NORTHSIDE Theatre Company and Enchanted April suit one another perfectly. The small-cast English parlor drama fits beautifully into the little black-box theater, which hosted an enthusiastic sell-out crowd on its first Saturday performance. Adapted by Matthew Barber from the eponymous novel, Enchanted April tells the story of four very different women who begin as strangers and end as close friends. The first act delves into the life of Lottie Wilton, an English housewife whose marriage has become as drizzly and gray as the weather outside her <eZ_Xek\[ 8gi`c window. In an act of rebellious desperation, Lottie befriends “disappointed Madonna” Rose Arnott. Thursday–Saturday, 8pm, They answer a newspaper ad and rent an Italian Sun, 3pm (no show April castle filled with wisteria and sunshine. The women 24), runs through May 8 then place their own ad for companions to share the Northside Theatre, San Jose castle’s rent, which will not include their befuddled $15/$20 and angry husbands. In the second act, the comedy of manners turns into “Sex and the Italian Countryside.” Men show up at awkward moments, romances bloom and fade, and the ladies bond over shared losses and new joys. This lightly plotted but surprisingly deep-themed show captures the audience’s attention from the opening monologue. Though Enchanted April is set in 1922, when England was still reeling from the devastation of World War I, the feelings of loss and grief—of beginnings and endings and longing for something brighter—ring true in 2011 America. Rebecca Wallace shines as hyperactively enthusiastic and domestically depressed Lottie, and Lorie Goulart glows as straight-laced, stiff-necked Rose Arnott. Goulart took a character that could have been a one-note bore and infused her with life, using her talent with facial expression and body language to bring the audience along on Rose’s journey from grief into joy. Laura Fones and Marie Ballentine have fun in the supporting roles of stylish young Lady Bramble and persnickety old Mrs. Graves. Of the much-maligned men in the show, Tony DiCorti stands out as the obnoxious, social-climbing and essentially good-hearted Mr. Lottie Wilton. Director Meredith King uses all the space she has available to create a sense of movement in the lives of each character. The sound design by Nick Ferraro adds to the production with subtlety and elegance. The only weakness appears in the set design, which clutters the small stage with cheap modern chairs in the first act and garish plastic flowers in the second. Northside’s Enchanted April wants its audience to laugh a lot, to think a little and to enjoy the company of friends. This show would make a great excuse for a ladies’ night out.—Liz Hamill
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metroactive ARTS 46 GALLERY SARATOGA “Splashes of Spring.” Paintings by Hildy Charbonneau. Thru Apr 30. Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm. Saratoga.
GOOD KARMA VEGAN CAFE “Trained Wild Animal.” New paintings by Tyson Johnston. Thru Apr 30. San Jose.
HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE Group show of Bay Area clay artists. Thru May 5. San Jose.
KALEID GALLERY “Succor.” A show in honor of artist Jessica Beerli. Thru May 5. San Jose.
MACLA “Latino Art Now.” An exhibit featuring Latino artists from the Bay Area is on display now and culminates May 14 in the annual art auction. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
MAIN GALLERY “Clayful Shapes and Bodies of Art.” Works by Michael Ruiz and Catherine Merrill. Thru Apr 24. Wed-Sun, 10am-3pm. Redwood City.
METRO LOBBY “Tough Love.” Photos by Honda Lotus Dumitriu. Thru Apr 30. San Jose.
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “Cease & Desist.” A sitespecific installation by Carrie Ungerman and matador costumes made from commercial packaging by Charlotte Kruk. Thru Apr 17. “David Middlebrook: Sculpture on the Grounds” and “Ali Naschke-Messing: From Within, So Without.” Thru Jun 1. Thu-Sun, 11am3pm. Saratoga.
OLIVE HYDE ART GALLERY Textile exhibition. Thru Apr 30. Thu-Sun, noon-5pm. Fremont.
PHO69 “Visionary Reflections.” Paintings by Janice Kirkpatrick. Thru Apr 30. San Jose.
PSYCHO DONUTS A rotating group show. San Jose.
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Size Matters.” A group show about concepts of scale. Thru Jun 18. “Powers of Ten.” A 1968 documentary short by Ray and Charles Ames. Thru Jun 11. “Urgency.” Large wooden installation by Mike Rathbun. Thru Jun 4. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
SANTA CLARA CITY HALL Biennial “Indoor Sculpture Exhibition.” Thru Sep. Reception Apr 30, 3pm. Santa Clara.
SLG BOUTIKI “Amity Blamity.” A showcase of work from new graphic novel by Mike White. Thru Apr 29. San Jose.
STANFORD ART SPACES Paintings by Rajiv Khilnani, quilts by Yvonne Porcella, mixed media by Stell Zhang. Thru May 19. Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. Paul G. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford campus.
SUNNYVALE LIBRARY Works by typographer and graphics designer Ralph E. Munoz. Thru May 31. Sunnyvale.
*books PAUL ALLEN
Kepler’s and the Computer Museum host a conversation between the co-founder of Microsoft and Jose Antonio Vargas. Mon, 7pm. $32 (includes purchase of book). Computer History Museum, Mtn. View.
JOEL BRINKLEY The editorial writer and Stanford professors examines “Cambodia’s Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land” in his new book. Wed, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.
DAVID PEREZ A booksigning and reading with the local poet. Sun, 79pm. Caffe Trieste, San Jose.
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AMANDA QUICK A fiction-writing workshop with the author of the romantic-suspense novel “Quicksilver.” Tue, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.
*kids EGG HUNT
A chance to ride the historic train and hunt for Easter eggs on the Easter Eggspress. Sat-Sun, 11am, 12:30 and 2pm. $17/$24. Roaring Camp, Felton.
*events FLEA MARKET
Find bargains and get your car washed at the school’s flea market. Sat, 6am-2pm. Prospect High School, Saratoga.
WENDY KOPP Commonwealth Club sponsors a talk by the founder of Teach for America and the author of “A Change to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All.” Thu, 7:30pm. $12/$20. Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto.
TASTE OF COMPASSION A fundraiser to fight hunger and homelessness, sponsored by West Valley Community Services. Half of all proceeds go to benefit services. Mon-Tue. $24/$26. Bowlmor Lanes, Cupertino.
WHERE ART ORIGINATES A talk about “Deeper Meaning” by artists James Barsness and Jenna Butler, Djerassi Program residents. Mon, 7pm. Free. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre.
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Razzle Dazzle WITH A CAST of despicable characters pursuing fame and fortune through “murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery,” the musical Chicago is biting satire that explores the dark side of the American Dream. It might be depressing if it wasn’t so damned entertaining. An acclaimed Broadway revival and an Oscar-winning movie version are both in recent memory, so audiences will likely have high expectations for this show. The current production by Marquee, a company that presents musicals biannually to benefit Children’s Musical Theater San Jose, should more than meet these expectations :_`ZX^f with its vaudevillian style and choreography by Kevin R. Hauge, not to mention lots of attractive Children’s Musical Theater people in revealing costumes. San Jose The Windy City’s storied Prohibition days come Thursday, 7:30pm, Friday, to life in the opening number “All That Jazz,” 8pm, Saturday, 2 and 8pm which is probably the best-known tune from Montgomery Theater, Chicago, though only the first in a series of high 271 S. Market St., San Jose energy show-stoppers. Antiheroines Velma Kelly $30 and Roxie Hart (Mary Kalita and Shannon Self, in performances infused with icy sexuality) land in jail after committing bloody crimes of passion. The prison is run by Matron “Mama” Morton (Robin Boshears), who is more show-biz agent than corrections officer, as she explains in the fantastic song “When You’re Good to Mama.” High-profile lawyer Billy Flynn (Michael Mulcahy, who piles on smarmy charisma during “All I Care About” and “Razzle Dazzle,” and who is familiar to followers of the local political scene as a one-time candidate for San Jose mayor) arrives to save the day by transforming the murderous, foul-mouthed Roxie into a wholesome darling in the eyes of the press—particularly the overly effervescent reporter Mary Sunshine (D. Jacques), who may or may not be a woman. It is crucial to the play’s satire that the most sympathetic characters consistently get the short end of the stick. These are Hunyak (Whitney Janssen), an apparently innocent prison mate of Roxie and Velma’s, and Amos, Roxie’s cuckolded husband. As Amos, Michael Johnson is good at being pathetic—“You can look right through” him and never know he’s there—which makes it all the more satisfying when he finally gets the spotlight with the musical number “Mister Cellophane.” The hot, jazzy orchestration and fine ensemble cast tie everything together, making this great entertainment for the young and old, though not for the impressionable.—Sean Conwell
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New AFRICAN CATS (G; 89 min.) A Disney nature film about the lives of big felines on the savannah in Africa. (Opens Fri.)
BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (Unrated; 84 min.) A documentary about the famed street photographer for The New York Times who captures stylish Manhattanites on their daily rounds. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.)
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Howl STRANGELY likable morsel of slasherPirandello that it is, Scream 4 asks more questions about what everything means than a high school sophomore. Sidney (“Novocain Neve” Campbell) is back in Woodsboro with a memoir to flog. It’s the 10th anniversary of the Ghostface murders, and at the bookstore, Sidney runs into fellow stalkee Gale (Courtney Cox), whose rival account of the murders has been adapted into the Stab film franchise. There have been seven movies so far, including “the one about time travel.” Gale is in a literary rut, and she’s feeling a certain strain in her marriage with the town’s soft-headed sheriff (the ever-hapless David Arquette). Amid the doomed teens, there seems to be a newly minted surviving virgin: Emma Roberts as Sidney’s cousin Jill. The film was shot in Ann Arbor, Mich., and the surroundings couldn’t look more scrubbed and recession-proof if director Wes Craven had time-traveled back to the Ike-era MGM lot. The 71-year-old Craven’s confidence carries the movie; he serves up a chain of startling pop-ups and knife-ups, spaced out with enough breathing room that that the audience can jump without feeling frazzled. The Scream world resembles an Agatha Christie plot. The victims die less with
horror than with embarrassment at having being fooled or found out. This franchise long ago wore out its scariness, if it ever had any. Craven seems OK with that, too. The town’s teens, showing up for a Stab marathon at an old barn, crow and cheer. These movies-within-movies seem to have all the primal terror of The Rocky Horror JZi\Xd + Picture Show. R; 111 min. Scream 4 embraces the Plays decay of serious-as-cancer valleywide horror films that actually scared people and celebrates their transformation into idly watched entertainment: bad attitude– flattering wallpaper. Still, Craven’s game of “Stab the Chump” becomes interesting. Once the stage is cleared of the minor characters, the pain-free, even theoretical, violence suddenly starts to hurt—as it really should. By the end, Craven starts supplying what the movie had denied—that a murder film isn’t about witty bending of narrative reality but about what makes any crime story worth following: the motivation, the opportunity. It seemed at first that Scream 4 was jump-starting an old franchise that had said everything it was going to say 10 years ago. Surprise: It turns into something more like a crime of cinephiliac passion. —Richard von Busack
(Unrated; 132 min.) Thanks to the wayback machine, Deadheads can relive a superlative live concert recorded at Winterland in October 1974. The whole glorious era is on display: Yellow Submarine–style introductory animation, a skinny top-of-his-form Jerry Garcia, girls riding their boyfriends’ shoulders for a better view, puffy shirts, shoutouts to the crew from Bill Graham, embroidered, fringed jeans, backstage setup footage, rampant bralessness and lots and lots of cringe-worthy hippie dancing. Songs include a sizzling “One More Saturday Night,” “Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad,” “U.S. Blues,” “Sugar Magnolia” and “Truckin’” Also features intreviews with Garcia and Bob Weir that weren’t part of the original 1977 release of this concert film. One night only. (Plays Wed, Apr 20, at 7:30pm at Eastridge Mall, CinéArts Santana Row and Oakridge 20 in San Jose, Mountain View 16, Milpitas Greal Mall and Century 20 Redwood City.) (MSG)
MEDEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG-13; 106 min.) Another installment in Tyler Perry’s popular series of comedies about family life. (Opens Fri.)
SCREAM 4 (R; 103 min.) See review at left.
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG-13; 120 min.) Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz star in the screen adaptation of Sara Bruen’s novel about circus life in the 1930s. (Opens Fri.)
Revivals CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) Ang Lee’s devoted attempt to re-create the glory days of the Hong Kong martial arts opera with astonishing wire work, startling
swordfights in bamboo treetops and ambiguous friendships. Chow YunFat, Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh are the three combatants. It’s certainly flabbergasting to those unfamiliar with the genre, but maybe there’s something missing: the looseness and sense of play that made Hong Kong Tuesday nights at the Towne Theater so memorable. (Plays Apr 22-24 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)
NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. Apr 23: Charlie Chaplin in The Count (1916), Charley Chase, suspected of infidelity in What Price Goofy (1925), in a 35 mm print; From Soup to Nuts (1928) with Laurel and Hardy as inept waiters. Lastly, Neighbors (1920) with Buster Keaton. What starts as a back-alley satire of Pyramus and Thisbe (with the formidable Joe Roberts and Joe Keaton as the feuding fathers) ends up on the edge of racism as Buster dons accidental blackface while evading the cops. Stick with it for the terrific acrobatic finale featuring the Flying Escalantes. Frederick Hodges at the piano. (Plays Apr 16 at 7:30 in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)
Reviews ARTHUR (PG-13, 110 min.) In this above-all unfunny remake of the 1981 comedy, Russell Brand plays a wacky drunken billionaire in Manhattan who covets the one thing money can’t buy, a girl from Queens (Greta Gerwig, whose slow-on-the-uptake reacting and summery wardrobe are delightful). Meanwhile, Arthur’s tyrant mother is insisting that he marry a vicious heiress (Jennifer Garner). The film suffers for being a vehicle for Brand, who appears in almost every scene. He’s long and tall and wears the expensive clothes well, but there’s no comedic poetry in his motion. Helen Mirren and Nick Nolte try to keep the movie alive, but director Jason Winer, a TV vet, prefers the one-thing-after-another style of comedy. One joke, about a large diamond being “an ice rink for mice,” sums up the limits of the plot, which seems just about that wide and that deep. (RvB)
ATLAS SHRUGGED, PART 1 (PG-13; 102 min.) This malign work of fiction (as heavy, homely and trenchant as a cinder block) by Ayn Rand has proved satisfyingly unadaptable for the screen. This is good news, because it’s proof (Michael Bay be damned) that
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THE CONSPIRATOR (121 min; PG-13) Robert Redford’s ďŹ lm, dead on its feet from earnestness, is based on a shameful episode about the trial of the conspirators in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. Hauled in front of a military tribunal were a group of southern sympathizers, including a landlady Mrs. Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), a 42-year-old woman whose son had been in cahoots with John Wilkes Booth. Even in prison, the woman “who kept the nest that hatched the eggâ€? refuses to inform. She is defended by Maryland Sen. Reverdy Johnson (Tom Wilkinson). Assisting the senator is one Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy). Wright underplays the part of this suffering prisoner with Scandinavian-movie simplicity, but there’s not enough amboyance among the other actors to counterbalance her kind of purity. The script tells you about the ambient fear and rage in America 1865, but the visuals don’t give the sense of state of emergency or of post-war shock. The obvious historical parallels between the War on Terror and the Civil War aren’t strong enough to make this verbose ďŹ lm breathe. (RvB)
HANNA (PG-13, 105 min.) Dressed in a fur wardrobe and living in the permafrost, Hanna (the icy Saoirse Ronan) was raised to kill; her exassassin father (Eric Bana) raises her with the motto “adapt or die.� She turns 16, and Dad’s idea of a debutante party is to contact the CIA, which has been seeking Hanna since birth with the intent of rubbing her out. Evil intelligence agent Marissa (Cate Blanchett), as motivelessly evil as a wicked stepmother, chases the girl across Europe; so does a trio of theatrical German goons, with their own evil music-box tune by the Chemical Brothers. Director Joe Wright (Atonement) sensibly adds some art-house cachet to the butt-kicking action. Considering the Girl Who Brought People Back to the Art Houses trilogy, it’s a smart commercial tactic. This weirdly artsy mash of Jack London and Alias is meant as a pleasure machine, but it’s an oddly dour thrill ride that insists on repetitive training over the free-style adaptation it claims is the only key to survival. (RvB)
IN A BETTER WORLD (R; 119 min.) Winner of this
year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, it concerns the strife between two Danish families, caused by school bullying—a situation neatly paralleled by a humanitarian disaster in Africa. (RvB)
JANE EYRE (PG-13; 121 min.) Atmospheric yet unself-conscious version by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), perhaps the best ďŹ lm of the novel ever. Moira BufďŹ ni’s script makes the smart choice of circumventing Jane’s horrifying school years and starting the story after Jane leaves ThornďŹ eld. Mia Wasikowska, pale, hair tightly braided and dyed a dull brick-red, embodies the ďŹ ne bones and honesty of the bravest of Gothic heroines. While no one beats Orson Welles, Michael Fassbender’s study of the proud yet internally crumbling Rochester takes this character out of the realm of the theatrical and into realism. A combination of popularity and rare talent is what you hope for in a ďŹ lm. And a young audience that associates Gothic lit with the massmarket paperback will be exposed to a story rich with depths and cross currents: it’s dreamy, tragic, completely fulďŹ lling. (RvB)
POETRY (139 min; unrated) The elderly Mija (Yun Jung-hie) is a 66-year-old Korean lady. Her live-in grandson, whom she loves, was involved with a disgraceful crime. It will take big money to get his name out of it. This is bad enough, but Mija has worse news coming. What seemed to be mild forgetfulness is the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Amid these reversals, she decides to take a poetry class. Chang-dong Lee’s appealingly crowded framing creates tension without manipulation. You can feel the exuberance in the students: a ribald policeman who likes silly puns or an unfaithful wife telling the class what she’s told no one before. Yun Jung-Hie’s embodiment of utter humility is believable, as are her choices to try to do something strong for once. It’s a lovely, melancholy ďŹ lm, wondering at the limits of endurance and mercy. (RvB)
POTICHE (R; 103 min.) As the “trophy wife� of the title, Catherine Deneuve is at once regal and sensible in director Francois (8 Women) Ozon’s gift to Deneuve and to French politics—sexual and otherwise. Set in a late-1970s French umbrella factory, this delightful bedroom and boardroom farce makes light work
of heavy topics such as women’s liberation and corporate capitalism. Deneuve takes over the factory when her husband, the CEO (Fabrice Luchini, aping the womanizing French president, Nicolas Sarkozy), suffers a heart attack. She quickly wins over the workers, and allies with her former lover, the communist mayor (Gerard Depardieu, looking like an avuncular Brando). “She may be a trophy,� says her husband. “But she’s not on the shelf.� The breezy pace, stellar cast and homage to Deneuve’s Umbrellas of Cherbourg make for a splendid—if stagebound—farce. (DH)
RIO 3D (PG; 96 min.) An animated family comedy about a footloose macaw.
SOUL SURFER (PG) Occasionally inspirational, mostly banal biopic about Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb), whose bout with a shark off the North Shore of Maui failed to end her surďŹ ng career. Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt are unable to shade their dull parts as the parents of this remarkable daughter. The views of the island are diverting, and director Sean McNamara doesn’t spare the gory details, but the Seventh Heaven emphasis on the religious element turns this noted family into the SurďŹ n’ Flanderses. Seven credited story writers and four scriptwriters purĂŠe the material into something even a Great White would ďŹ nd hard
to swallow. (RvB)
SOURCE CODE (PG-13; 93 min.) A train bound for Chicago has a bomb on it. Because of one of those new time/spacewarping devices the U.S. military keeps around, they can beam an ofďŹ cer named Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) back to try to ďŹ nd the bomber. Stevens’ control is Coleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga). The timetraveling ofďŹ cer takes his orders from her, bunkered in a remote undisclosed location, wired up like a test monkey. The stage is set handsomely, then, and the twisting begins: Groundhog Day meets La JetĂŠe, with a nice little garnish of The Manchurian Candidate. During his cycles into the past, Colter becomes ďŹ xated on a girl on the train (Michelle Monaghan). She becomes a human stake in what will
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happen if the train evaporates into a ďŹ reball—as it does more than once. When ďŹ nding an escape route out of a seemingly inescapable situation, the movie doesn’t cheat. (RvB)
SUPER (96 min.) In some respects, a Flannery O’Connor–style story about Frank (Rainn Wilson), a downtrodden Shreveport chump whose wife (Liv Tyler) leaves him. Enslaved by the TV and sub–Fletcher Hanks funnybooks antics about a Christian superhero (Nathan Fillion), Frank decides to turn costumed vigilante. Geekslaking violence and a happy ending ensue. Taxi Driver tries to have it both ways, leaving us uncertain if Travis BIckle is psycho or hero; Super lacks the same kind of density; it’s a spun-out
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anecdote. The good news: Ellen Page, in a part that would have been more believable if a far less conventionally attractive girl played it, brings on a forcefulness that’s like early Jane Fonda. Recently, it had seemed that Page was going to play one brittle intellectual chick after another, so it’s a pleasure to see her going in a different direction: lewd, physical and crazy. (Opens Fri at Camera 12 in San Jose.) (RvB)
WIN WIN (R; 106 min.) Virtuous, heartfelt, unexciting. Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent) seems heading down the trail to regional filmmaker status. There are worse fates: he has his end of Jersey nicely sewn up. Paul Giamatti plays Mike, an ethically compromised lawyer and high school wrestling coach in a small New
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Jersey town. The arrival of a troubled young man (Alex Shaffer in a solid debut) seems a godsend, but he also accidentally forces Mike to confront his own shady dealings. Giamatti gives the film some palpable desperation, but it’s hard to feel that there’s any true downfall at stake, particularly when we see the upbeat ending. Decent work from Melanie Lynskey and Amy Ryan as the bad and good women, respectively. Bobby Cannavale is a relief as Mike’s profane pal. (Plays at the Guild in Menlo Park and CinéArts Santana Row and opens Fri at Camera & in Campbell.) (RvB)
YOUR HIGHNESS (R; 102 min.) A comedy about the slapstick side of life in the age of chivalry. Stars James Franco, Natalie Portman, Danny McBride and Zooey Deschanel.
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Martinized RICHARD SCHICKEL’S Conversations With Scorsese seems as indispensable as Joseph McBride’s Hawks on Hawks or Hitchcock/Truffaut. Where the 2008 Scorsese by Ebert didn’t leave much distance between Roger Ebert and the director, there’s enough tension between interviewer and subject here to keep the conversation lively. This is not to say that Schickel is confrontational, but it is refreshing to hear “a born atheist” interview Scorsese about The Last Temptation of Christ or to realize that four pages of analysis on Kundun does that film just about right. There are tasty touches of gossip: Schickel says that Hitchcock made up Raymond Burr to look like David O. Selznick in Rear Window and suggests that critic Penelope Gilliatt, who despised The Last Waltz, was bottle-carrying drunk at the press screening. The perspectives on the director you thought you knew change when you realize how much he was forced to do for money. (“I cannot tell you how much garbage I have written in my life for exactly that reason,” Schickel sympathizes.) If Gangs of New York looked truncated, that was due in part to its ruinous expense. We learn about the hackwork, but we wouldn’t have known about the
pursuit of metaphysical depths in what seemed like slick entertainments. You see Jack Nicholson gnawing the scenery in The Departed; Scorsese sees “God the Father going mad.” Chapters on music, editing, color and film preservation round out the film-by-film :fem\ijXk`fej discussions of essential N`k_ JZfij\j\ works such as Taxi Driver and Raging By Richard Schickel Bull. The conversation Knopf; 448 pages; level is erudite and $30 hardback never swoony, and the director does manage to parry sometimes. Regarding Shutter Island, Scorsese tries to fend off Schickel’s mystification: “I don’t even want to talk about it because it’s like I can’t handle any more criticism of it. Sorry.” “I’m always interested in people who lose their world,” Scorsese says. Certainly this was the theme of his first great movie, Mean Streets, where an old neighborhood’s limits, laws and certainties dissolved before our eyes. This sense of no direction home may be the ultimate connection among all of Scorsese’s movies. No wonder one of his favorite films is East of Eden. The Biblical illusion in the title alone must resonate with this director.—Richard von Busack
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put together together a So So T imeless tour, tour, aand nd put Timeless practiccaallyy dr p owningg in a maze of practically drowning improbabilities. schedulingg improbabilities. “Trying to get everybody ever e ybody on the “Trying same page, pagge, oh oh my my god. god. It’s It’s difficult. difficult. Life Life same constanttly trying trying to pull us apart, apart,” is constantly saays y. he says. yeet,, Jonah Jonah has earned a And yet, reputation n as one of the savviest saavviest v reputation musicians iin n the the local local scene scene when when it it musicians comes to handling h comes the business end career. At At night, he can can be be of a music career. found o onsttage, but by by day daay he’s he’s often found onstage, rounds at lo cal wireless wireless making thee rounds local hotspots in in San San Jose, Jose, because becau use he he doesn’t doesn’t hotspots feel like like he he gets gets enough enough work work done done at at feel home. If If he’s he’s not not working working on on songs, songs, he’s he’s home. mails and talking talking to vvenues, eenues, firing off em emails promoters, agents and managers, managers, promoters, exploring every every possible possible option option for for exploring the band. band. As As an an artist, artist, that that role role didn’t didn’t the come easy easy to him at first, but he asked ask ked e come as many many questions questions ass he he could could of of as businesspeople he he respected respected until until he he businesspeople felt e lik ke he had a handle on it. felt like “Itt’s a vvery e y hard er hard game, game,” he admits. admits. “It’s u ha hav ve to have haave a thick skin.” “You have so hard, harrd, in in fact, fact, that that once once other other It’ so icians ssaw aw he he was waass having having some some musicians ess, they they started started hitting hitting him him u p for for success, up ce, especially especially for for the the five five years yearrs he he advice, ed the open-mic open-mic night at Iguana’s. Iguanaa’s. hosted Artists were were coming coming to to me me all all the the “Artists time, ffrustrated, rustrated,” he he says. says. “‘How “‘How did did you you time, thaat show?’ show? ow?’ I would just advise. advise.” get that m experiences led to Those mentoring experiences desire to t start start a label label and help as his desire man ny other otheer local locaal artists artists out as he can. can. many aant to pr oduce great great records, records, “I w want produce and great great live live shows. shows. I love love seeing seeing and people do what w theey love, lo ove,” he says. saays y. people they Once h found a pool pool of of other other artists artists Once hee found that he he loved loved to to play play with, with, his his own own that drivve to succeed succeed almost got the better betttter drive of him, him, but but the the b onds within within the the band ban nd of bonds have gotten gotten stronger stronger ass they they al ll wait wait to to have all n w wave ne wave of popularity popularitty for for o see if this new carry them to the next next soul musicc will carry leevel. level. “It’s been been kind kind of of a rroller oller coaster coasster “It’s ride,” he he says says with with a chuckle. chuckle. “We “We were were ride, doing two two to to four four shows shows per per w eek, and an nd doing week, then there there was was some some burnout. burnout. I think think then haave our bearings. bearings.” now we have
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Sat: Aftershock. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.
PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB
Fri: Bossa nova at noon, and Capoeira show at 7:30pm. Sunnyvale.
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Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle & Co. Tue, 6pm: Windy Hill. San Jose.
Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.
Sat, 7:30pm: Kare Lovely. $15. Tue: Blues jam with Dennis Dove. Santa Clara.
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BOGART’S LOUNGE
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BOSWELL’S
Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic. Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.
BRANHAM LOUNGE
TESSORA’S Fri, 8:30pm & Sat, 8pm: Live jazz. Campbell.
THREEFLAMESRESTAURANT Tue, 7:30-10:30pm: Modesto Briseno Septet. Willow Glen.
UNWINED Thu & Sat, 7pm: Live jazz. San Jose.
WINEAFFAIRS
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Thu, 9pm: Live country music with Cowboy Larry. Willow Glen.
Fri, 9pm: Kirk Tamura Trio. Sat, 9pm: Kevin McCallough. San Jose. Wed, 6-9pm: Ron Thompson and friends. Thu, 6-9pm: Lara Price and Yesterdays Band. Fri, 610pm: Steve Willis Band. Sat, 610pm: Andy Santana & the West Coast Playboys. Sun, noon-3pm: Johnny Fabulous. San Jose.
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Wed, 7:30pm: Jorge Faustmann. Thu, 8-11pm: Double Play Jazz. Sat, 9pm: Live music or DJ. San Jose.
C&W/Folk BOSWELL’S Sun: Mike Leatherman. Campbell.
THEGRAPEVINE Thu, 7pm: Mark Rodriguez. Sat, 7pm: Daemon City Lights, Peter Chung. Willow Glen.
Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN
JOHNNYV’S
Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. San Jose.
Mon: Rebelskamp open jam night. San Jose.
MISSIONCITYROASTINGCO. Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.
MOUNTAINCHARLEY’S
Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating. Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 866-384-3060 & online
www.catalystclub.com
Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Cupertino.
BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE Wed, 9pm: August. San Jose.
QUARTERNOTE
Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.
Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro jam. Sunnyvale.
C&J’S SPORTS BAR
REDROCKCOFFEECO. Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.
SUNNYVALEARTGALLERY First and third Thursday of every month, 7pm: The Canvas. Open to all performers. Sunnyvale.
Karaoke 7BAMBOO Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
BRIX
Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.
CREEKSIDELOUNGE Wed and Mon-Tue: Stephanie. Thu and Sat: Randy. Fri: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.
DASILVA’SBRONCOS Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
DIVEBAR Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
EFFIE’S RESTAURANT
ACAPULCORESTAURANT& CANTINA
Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm2am, and last Sun of every month, 2-7pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.
Sat, 7pm-midnight: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. Santa Clara.
FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE Tue, 9pm: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.
FLAMES COFFEE SHOP ALEX’S 49ER INN
Fri, 6pm: Mark Adams. Campbell.
Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.
THESADDLERACK
AZÚCAR
Wed, 9pm: California Cowboys. Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Sat, 7:15pm: Rodeo House. Fremont.
Wed, 9pm: English and Spanish karaoke. San Jose.
ORCHARDVALLEYCOFFEE
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO
Wed, 8-11pm: Live music, comedy and poetry. Los Gatos.
MISSIONCITYCOFFEE ROASTING Fri, 7pm: Maybe Tuesday. Sat, 7:30pm: Tom Morales. Santa Clara.
Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell. Thu and Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.
CAFFETRIESTE Fri: Opera Night. Sat, 8pm: Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience. Free. Sun, 7pm: Rob Heath, Mike Ehlers. Free. San Jose.
Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis. Sunnyvale.
CAFFETRIESTE
$12 Adv./ $15 Drs. • Drs. 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.
Apr 27 Afroman Atrium (Ages 16+) Apr 28 Devil in the Machine Atrium (Ages 21+) Apr 29 The Devil Makes Three (Ages 21+) Apr 30 The Holdup/ Wallpaper (Ages 16+) Apr 30 Ribsy’s Nickel Atrium (Ages 21+) May 6 “The Catalyst” film/ Snail (Ages 21+) May 7 Soja/ J Boog/ Chris Boomer (Ages 16+) May 13 Sin Sister Burlesque vs Santa Cruz Roller Derby Girls (Ages 21+) May 21 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Jun 17 X/ Devils Brigade (Ages 21+) Jun 18 Tech N9ne/ Mayday (Ages 16+)
More listings:
METROACTIVE.COM
BENNIGAN’S GRILL Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.
Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.
GALAXY Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.
GILROY BOWL Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.
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KHARTOUM Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
KINGOFCLUBS THEGOOSETOWNLOUNGE
Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.
May 12th 6:00pm
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LILLYMAC’S Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
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Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.
Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.
Pop Punk/Alternative
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Fri-Sat: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen. Fri, 9:30pm: Vinnie. Mon, 9pm:
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Tue, 10pm-close: Kamikaze Karaoke. San Jose.
Wed, 9:30pm: DJ JR. Thu, 9:30pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose
Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
PEACOCK LOUNGE Thu, 9pm: Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Ryan. Sunnyvale.
PIONEER SALOON Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall. Woodside.
POINCIANA LOUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside Ent. No cover. Santa Clara.
QUARTER NOTE Tue, 9pm: Sherrie and Sue. No cover. Sunnyvale.
REDI ROOM Thu, 9pm: Joseph. San Jose.
ROSIE MCCANN’S
SHERWOOD INN Wed-Thu, 8:30pm: Thomas. Sat-Sun, 8:30pm: Chris. Fri, 8:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
SHOOTERS BAR & GRILL Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.
Wed-Thu, Sat-Sun, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.
DanceClubs
STATION 55 Thu, 8pm-midnight: Karaoke. Sun, 5-9pm: Family karaoke. Gilroy.
AGENDA
THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT
AZÚCAR
Mon, 8pm-midnight: DJ Curtis. Willow Glen.
Tue: Karaoke. Santana Row.
TOUCHDOWN TOMMY’S
RUDY’S PUB
Sat, 8pm-midnight: Karaoke. San Jose.
Wed, 10pm-1:30am: Purple. Palo Alto.
WOODHAM’SLOUNGE
Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu-Fri: DJs. San Jose. Thu, 9pm: DJ Che live video mixing. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue, 9pm: Salsa. San Jose.
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THEBLANKCLUB Thu, 9pm: Atomic. New Wave, electro & indie with DJ Basura. $5. Sat, 9pm: Club Satori. DJs Kevin & Vitus play gothic, industrial, New Wave & death rock. $5. San Jose.
FAHRENHEITULTRALOUNGE
PEACOCKLOUNGE
Wed, 9pm: Wheels of Steel DJ battle. Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays. Fri, 9pm: Elite. Sat, 9pm: Fahrenheit six-year anniversary party. Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.
Fri, 8pm: DJ dancing featuring R&B, Top 40. Sat, 9pm: DJ dancing featuring chill, R&B, Top 40. Sun & Tue, 9pm: DJ dancing. Sunnyvale.
GALAXY Mon: Ladies’ Night. Milpitas.
BLINKY’SCAN’TSAY
GOOSELOONEY’S
Thu: College night. Santa Clara.
Thu: Ladies’ Night. Fri-Sat: Old School. Milpitas.
BLOWFISHSUSHI Wed-Thu and Sat: DJs and dancing. Santana Row.
THEGRANDDELLSALOON
BLUEPHEASANT
JOHNNYV’S
Wed-Sun, Tue, 7pm: DJ and dancing. Cupertino.
Wed: The Cypher. Thu: Treatment. Live electronica, analog funk and beats. San Jose.
BRANHAMLOUNGE Wed: Humpday Wednesdays. Thu: DJ. Fri: Ladies Night. Sat: DJ Chaos. Sun: Beer pong. Tue: $2 Tuesdays. San Jose.
More listings:
METROACTIVE.COM
Tue, 9pm: Live DJ. Campbell
KATIEBLOOM’S Thu-Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: DJs and dancing. Campbell.
KHARTOUM
SABORTAPASBAR Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing. Sun: Reggae. San Jose.
SANJOSEBAR&GRILL Thu: Thursday Night Live. Fri: Video Killed the DJ with VJ Vinyl. Sat: Sultry Saturdays. Sun: Sinful Sundays. Mon: Manic Mondaze. San Jose.
STEPHENSGREEN Thu, 10pm: DJ competition. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar. Sat, 10pm: Peruvian night. Mountain View.
STUDIO8 Thu, 10pm-2am: Supreme Thursdays. Fri, 9pm-2am: Live performance by Hyper Crush. Sat, 9pm-2am: Graham Funke. Sun, 9pm-2am: Nicki Minaj. San Jose.
Wed: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
THREEFLAMESRESTAURANT LILLYMAC’S Thu: Live DJ and karaoke. Fri: DJ party. Sunnyvale.
Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Sir Dancealot. Willow Glen.
WILLOWDEN LOFTBARANDBISTRO BRITANNIAARMSALMADEN Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Thu: VJ D-Roc. Mon, 9pm: Beer Pong. Tue: Pub-stumpers Trivia. San Jose.
BRITANNIAARMSCUPERTINO
Fri-Sat, 10pm: Live DJ. San Jose.
Fri, 10:30pm-2am: DJ Jazzy C. Sat, 9:30pm-2am: DJ Noble. Willow Glen.
MOUNTAINCHARLEY’S
ZENLOUNGE
Wed: House Party. Thu: Throwback Thursdays. Los Gatos.
Thu: 2 4 Thursdays. Fri: Fabulous Fridays. Sat: Celebrity Saturdays with DJ D-Roc. Mountain View.
Thu, 10pm: DJ Tosh. Cupertino.
BRITANNIAARMS DOWNTOWN Thu: DJ David Q. Sat, 10pm: DJ Aspect. San Jose.
BRITISHBANKERSCLUB Wed: Raygay. Thu: Latin. Fri: ’70s and ’80s. Sat: House. Sun & Tue: Lounge. Menlo Park.
BRIX Thu: Therapy. Fri: Breathless. Mon: Power Hour. San Jose.
San Francisco’s City Guide
DENGUE FEVER Chhom Nimol and band present Cambodian pop in its most authentically retro form. Apr 20 at the Fillmore.
TY SEGALL Scattered, sometimes sloppy rock and roll with a determined thrust. Apr 21 at the Bottom of the Hill.
LIL B
Fri: Mojito Fridays. Palo Alto.
Former member of the Pack, current “Based God” and allaround hip-hop phenomenon. Apr 21 at the Mezzanine.
DASILVA’SBRONCOS
NICKI MINAJ
Fri-Sat: DJ or live band. Santa Clara.
Yeah, she’s opening for this guy named Lil’ Wayne. But everyone’s getting there early. Apr 24 at the Oracle Arena.
CLUBILLUSIONS
DIVEBAR Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs. San Jose.
ELRANCHOSPORTSBAR Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.
TUNE-YARDS Her new record is so good, we’ll forgive the cumbersome type stylization. Apr 26 at the Great American Music Hall. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.
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LLEO EO ((July July 223–Aug. 3–Aug. 222): 2): I bbecame ecame aan n oordained rdained m minister inister ch whenn I was 19 years old. in the Universal Lif Lifee Chur Church umerous baptisms, Since then I have officiated at nu numerous m rying people to initiations, weddings (including mar marrying ces, rrenamings, enamingss, housewarmings, themselves), divor divorces, ghost-banishings aand nd tthe he ttaking aking ooff pprimal rimal vvows. ows. IIn n aallll ghost-banishings acilitating these cer remonies, emonies II’ve ve rrarely arely my years of ffacilitating ceremonies, seen a bbetter etter ttime ime tthan han rright ight nnow ow ffor or yyou ou LLeos eos ttoo sseek eek seen cathartic rrite ite ooff ppassage. assage. YYou ou m ay eeven ven bbee ttempted empted a cathartic may al. I rrecommend ecommend you do d no mor to try sever several. moree than two, however. Ar eady to br eak a taboo or smash however. Aree you rready break on or pledge your an addiction? Renounce a delusi delusion l? devotion or leap to the next level level? VIRGO VIR GO (Aug. (Aug. 223–Sept. 3–Sept. 222): 2): IItt w would ould bbee aan n eexcellent xcellent
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SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 23–Nov. 21): YYou oou really really should ventilate your house periodically, perioddicallyy, even when the weather’s weather ’s cool. gets The air indoors ge ets stale; you need to flush it out and fresh welcome in some fr esh stuff. stuff. In my astrological astrological opinion, iit’s t’s especially especially important important for for you you to to do do this this right right now. now. So So please consider opening opening all the windows for for a while and iinviting nviting tthe he breezes breezes to to bblow low tthrough. hrough. IIn n aaddition ddition ttoo its its ppractical ractical vvalue alue for for yyour our respiratory respiratory ssystem, ystem, iitt ccould ould serve serve aass a rritual itual that that gently gently blows blows tthe he dusty dusty crud crud oout ut ooff yyour our mind, m ind, tthereby hereby iimproving mproving tthe he ccirculation irculation iin n your your tthoughts houghts and emotions andd ffantasies. antasies.
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most work? What m ost aabout bout w ork? W hat aare re tthe he ppleasurable leasurable eexperiences xperiences when tthat hat hhappen appen ffor or yyou ou w hen yyou’re ou’re eengaged ngaged iin n ddemanding emanding ttasks asks tthat hat rrequire equire yyou ou ttoo bbee ffocused, ocused, ccompetent ompetent aand nd it’s principled? I thinkk it ’s important for for you to identify those hard-earned brainstorm har d-earned joys and then br ainstorm about what you ccan an ddoo ttoo eexpand xpand aand nd iintensify ntensify tthem. hem. YYou’re ou’re iin n a pphase hase when make ooff yyour our llong-term ong-term ccycle ycle w hen yyou ou ccan an m ake a llot ot ooff hheadway eadway ttoward oward ttransforming ransforming yyour our jjob ob ssituation ituation ssoo iitt serves better.. ser ves you better
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lifee will be an unbreak your lif n excellent time to unbr eak your heart. Here’s what mean will H ere’s w hat I m ean bbyy tthat: hat: YYou ou w ill hhave ave eextra xtra ppower ower pain from to dissolve any pa ain that still lingers fr om the rromantic omantic ddisappointments isappointments ooff tthe he ppast. ast. YYou’ll ou’ll bbee aable ble ttoo ssummon ummon aacute cute iinsights nsights iinto nto hhow ow ttoo ddismantle ismantle tthe he ssodden odden aand nd uunnecessary nnecessary ddefenses efenses yyou ou bbuilt uilt to to protect protect yourself yourself from from will find lloss oss aand nd hhumiliation. umiliation. YYou ou w ill fi nd iitt eeasier asier tthan han eever ver who bbefore efore ttoo fforgive orgive aand nd fforget orget aany ny cclose lose ccompanion ompanion w ho there, hurt you. So get oout ut ther e, CCapricorn, apricorn, and launch the muscles jjoyful oyful pprocess rocess ooff rrestoring estoring yyour our llove ove m uscles ttoo ttheir heir potency.. original potency
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about know very little ab out Africa. Can Can you name even 20 of more Are iits ts m ore than than 550 0 countries? countries? A re yyou ou aaware ware tthat hat its its lland and mass United m ass is is bbigger igger than than EEurope, urope, CChina hina aand nd tthe he U nited SStates tates aree combined? Did you you realize realize that about 2,000 2 000 languages ar there? spoken by the people peoople living ther e? I bring this up, Pisces, from it’s because fr om an astr aastrological ological perspective it ’s an excellent time for for you to fill the gaps in your education about Africa—or any ot other subject about which you aree deeply her ar uninformed. Don’t overwhelmed uninf ormed. Don ’t get over whelmed by this assignment, maybe three areas ignorance though. Choose m aybe thr ee ar eas of ignor rance a that you concentrate will concentr raate on n in the coming weeks. weeks.
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CECIL@METRONEWS.COM @ i\X[ Xe Xik`Zc\ i\Z\ekcp XYflk X dXe n_f jXpj fli Zlii\ek Z_ifefcf^p `j XYflk X k_fljXe[ p\Xij f]] Xe[ k_Xk k_\ p\Xij Y\kn\\e ,'' kf (,'' kf ifle[ `k f]] [`[eÊk i\Xccp _Xgg\e% @kÊj X d`jkXb\ dX[\ Yp _`jkfi`Xej% @ b`e[ f] c`b\ k_`j _pgfk_\j`j Y\ZXlj\ @ e\m\i le[\ijkff[ n_p k_\i\ Xi\ ef i\Zfi[j ]fi k_Xk g\i`f[ f] k`d\%ÆAlc`\ Excellent and, dare I say, timely question. There are actually two cryptochronology theories in circulation at the moment The Eurocentric version, commonly called the Phantom Time hypothesis, is the work of two German historians of sorts, Heribert Illig and the late Hans-Ulrich Niemitz, plus several followers. They claim mysterious forces inserted 297 years into the calendar between 614 and 911 C.E.—i.e. , what we’re calling 2011 is really 1714. The Russocentric hypothesis, known as the New Chronology, is even bolder. Devised by the mathematician Anatoly Fomenko and based on the ideas of the eccentric Bolshevik Nikolai Morozov, the New Chronology holds that everything we think we know about historical dating is wrong. Virtually all events associated with the ancients—the Greeks, the Romans, and everybody else—actually happened after the year we think of as 1000 C.E. Are these ideas crazy? Of course they’re crazy, although some of the details can seem eerie at first glance. For example, the Illig-Niemitz group makes much of the fact that in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII removed 10 days from the newly reformed calendar to correct for the chronological drift caused by the old Julian calendar’s imprecise rules for inserting leap days. The Julian calendar had been introduced during the time of Julius Caesar, in 45 BC. However, a tenday shift corrects for just 1,257 years’ worth of accumulated error. Subtracting 1,257 from 1582 gets us back not to 45 B.C.E. but to 325 C.E. In other words, more than three centuries are unaccounted for! No, they’re not, nitpickers have pointed out. Gregory’s 10-day correction wasn’t meant to get the calendar realigned with Julius Caesar’s day, but rather with the Easter dating guidelines established at the First Council of Nicaea. When did the First Council of Nicaea take place? In 325 C.E. The Phantom Time hypothesis doesn’t rest entirely on apparent oddities in calendar correction. Ultimately, it arises from the same observation you make, Julie. During what we inheritors of the western European tradition think of as the dark ages, pretty much nothing seems to have happened. Think about what they
taught you in high school history. Rome collapses, passing mention is made of the rise of Islam and the next thing you know it’s the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. It’s easy—well, maybe not easy, but possible—to imagine that historians inadvertently inserted three blank centuries in our collective datebook. Except for Charlemagne. Charlemagne is something of a problem for the Phantom Time hypothesis. The leader of the Franks consolidated much of western Europe under his rule in the late 700s and in 800 C.E. was crowned emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III, all of it square in the middle of the intercalated 297 years. Illig explains this away by saying Charlemagne is an “invented figure,” that a famous domed chapel that was part of the Carolingian palace complex in Aachen couldn’t possibly have been built when everybody thinks it was built, and so on. The larger issue is that the dark ages are strictly a Western hang-up. Sure, Europeans may have spent the medieval period engaged in nothing more ambitious than slopping the pigs. However, there was plenty going on elsewhere in the world. If we turn our attention to the east, we find the Byzantine Empire jousting noisily with the forces of Islam during the supposedly mythical three centuries; meanwhile in east Asia, the Tang dynasts were presiding over a golden era of Chinese culture. In short, the Phantom Time hypothesis makes no sense—not necessarily a deal breaker where popular beliefs are concerned, but this particular notion has gotten little traction. Compare that to the reception given Fomenko’s New Chronology. In Russia, Fomenko’s views have been widely disseminated— even chess luminary Garry Kasparov has seemingly embraced the idea that world history essentially started in 1000 C.E. No doubt this stems from the fact that Russian history is traditionally held to have commenced in 862. You see what’s going on here. Western Europeans have several centuries of underachievement to rationalize, but Russians face a still greater challenge. Fans of the New Chronology apparently reason as follows: our forebears accomplished nothing of note prior to 862; ergo, neither did anyone else.
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