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Chamber Star? While it might not signal a real truce in n the endless, tedious factional conflict that is San Jose politics, the business community extended an olive branch to local unions last week. The setting was a soiree introucing MATT MAHOOD, the new CEO of the San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. The labor-affiliated members of the City Council—XAVIER CAMPOS, KANSEN CHU, NANCY PYLE and ASH KALRA—were all in attendance, e, as might be expected. But so were their union-leader allies, many of OXm`\i :Xdgfj whom had never seen the inside of a weekly chamber mixer, much less a gala baton-passing. NEIL STRUTHERS, CEO of the building and construction trade union, received an Don’t invite, as did longtime forget political aide MIKE to tip! POTTER—the hubby of South Bay Labor FLY@ WS. METRONEWS. Council chieftain CINDY COM CHAVEZ. Neither had gotten much love from the Chamber during the five-year reign of former CEO PAT DANDO. Dando herself did not attend the event—either graciously stepping aside for her successor, or shunning the party. There were however plenty of usual suspects also in attendance. Councilmember PETE CONSTANT—oncee a candidate to replace Dando—was just one of several Silicon Valley Republicans pressing the flesh. It’s tough to say what to make of Mahood’ss debut. Labor leaders mingling amicablyy with chamber folks could signal a new era. Or it could just mean Mahood, whoo spent the last nine years in the CEO role of Sacramento’s chamber, picks hiss guest list with the political savvy of a man who has been hanging around thee Capitol for a decade.

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Examinining lifespan data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention going back 10 years, the study found that local men live to be 79.2, on average, while women live to be 82.9. The article didn’t give any clues about why California—and particularly San Jose—is such a good place to grow old. “There are a multitude of contributing factors to longevity,” says Martin Fenstersheib, health director for the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. “First, we’re a very diverse area.” Fenstersheib says San Jose’s diversity affects the numbers not because of genetics but because of cultural practices. Asians, for

example, are known to live longer than Westerners, and Silicon Valley has attracted a lot of Asian immigrants over the past couple of decades. “They sometimes don’t have the same bad habits that we have, eating fast food and things like that,” Fenstersheib says. He also attributed the spike in life span to local habits: “We know that people in Northern California eat better and are more involved in athletic activities.” Heart disease and cancer are the two most common causes of death, Fenstersheib says, pointing out that the number of people who smoke in Silicon Valley could be a key factor to the population’s longevity. Around 8–10 percent of people here are smokers, he says, which is lower than the rest of California and far lower than the national average. About one in ﬁve American adults smoke, according to the CDC.

for the community to know that, and it’s good for business.” If San Jose needs a new city slogan to attract more businesses to the area, it may have just found its answer: Nothing keeps a company aﬂoat like having living, breathing customers. While the Daily Beast, a news website published by former New Yorker and Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, did not go into much detail about its ﬁndings, the article inspired a number of comments, including one from a bitter former resident and one from a local booster.

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Money could also factor into allowing people to live longer in San Jose and its environs. The area’s tech industry is booming once again, and according to polling by the city’s planning division, 38 percent of all San Jose households earn more than $100,000 a year, while the average household income is $95,958. Economically depressed areas have it far worse when it comes to health, says Bob Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Places that have a lot of economic opportunities are going to attract a lot of people,” he says, “and areas that lose people to poor economic opportunities typically leave the least educated, the least skilled and the least healthy.” Fenstersheib agrees. “Social determinants have a big impact,” he says. “People who have a higher education have a higher socioeconomic status, and they do better in general.” A collection of well-regarded hospitals in the area, including the world-renowned Stanford Medical Center, could also be seen as helpful to extending life and confronting lifethreatening diseases. But with health-care costs skyrocketing in recent years, having insurance as well as the money to pay out-of-pocket expenses could be just as important. “There is something to be said for wealth and capital assets to aid health,” says Wendy Ng, chair of San Jose State University’s sociology department. “But I hate to say that as a sociologist, because we have a high rate of inequality. We have a lot of poverty.” “I’m kind of a pessimist on that as a sociologist. We have good health care for people who can afford it.” Those who can’t afford health care tend to live in less affluent areas, which can often go hand in hand with crime. Public officials frequently cite San Jose’s longstanding reputation as the nation’s safest big city, and while the murder rate has had a noticeable spike in 2011 compared to recent years, San Jose is still safe in comparison to many other metropolitan areas. “I think this kind of information is good,” Fenstersheib says. “It tells us we’re in a good place to live. It’s good

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20.3 millio million on units sold, the South Korea-based Korea-bassed company will also trump Apple’s App ple’s quarterly iPhone sales. Samsung Sam msung is expected to take a 20 percent perceent market share, share, while Nokia’s ffeature eaature phone division has kept the Finnish phone maker out F front f ontt with fr ith a 26 percent percentt share. shar h e. Samsung’ss ﬂagship (the SGSII) is expected to t launch on American soil in August, while Apple is expected to debut the next iPhone in September September.. Both phon phones nes should heat up the race nicelyy, as the Android race nicely, Android vs. iOS battle rrages agees on. —JORD —JORDAN AN CROOK, T ECHCRUN NCH.COM TECHCRUNCH.COM

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themselves, which help themselv es, whic h includes individuals with mental menttal illness. illness. On xample the other hand, as in the t eexample stated above, I st ated ab ove, when a crime is being b eing committed committtted and/or and//or about about to b ommitttted, and a call call for for o ser vice bee ccommitted, service ccomes omes ffrom rom a rresident esident w ho sees sees who sometthing “weird” “weird” someone doing something or ““threatening, threatening,” p olicce rrespond. espond. police T hese ccalls allls aare re rrisky isky aand nd m ay rrequire equire These may tthe he u se o hysicall fforce orce b olice use off p physical byy p police aand nd sometimes sometimes deadly deadly force force d ue due tto o tthreatening hreattening b ehavior ffrom rom tthe he behavior susp ect tow ards police. police. suspect towards I be lieve tthat hat iiff w rought b ack believe wee b brought back iinstitutions nstitutions ffor or tthe he m entally iill ll tthat hat mentally m any o hese encounters encounters would would n ot many off tthese not h appen. I am mw ell aware aware tthat hat tthere here happen. well iiss a ccost ost tto o provide provide tthese hese services; servvices; h owever, tthe he ccost ost of of not not providing providing however, tthem hem is is higher higher since since there there is is the the cost cost ffor or p o olice, ambulanc e, incr eased public police, ambulance, increased health ccare are ccosts, osts, etc ... Personally, Personallyy, I etc.. ... ffeel eeel ttax ax rrevenues evenues that go g to p eople people who truly ccannot annot help p themselv es is a themselves go od use of our tax tax do ollars. good dollars. What has rreplaced eplaced a centralized centralized iinstitution nstitution for for those those tthat hat ssuffer uff ffeer from from ment al illness are are disparate disp parate group group mental h omes o ften rrun un aass a b usiness w here homes often business where pr oper sup ervision is not n provided. provided. proper supervision These homes often up pset neighb ors, upset neighbors, iin np art since since proper proper medical medical part supervision provided. sup ervision is not pr ovided. v

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memories, m emories, aass iitt p put ut S San an JJose ose o on n tthe he m map ap aall ll aacross cross tthe he U United nited S States, tates, aand nd p perhaps erhaps eeven veen the world. Alas Alas,, after thr three ee yyears, eearrs, tthe he llandlord andlord d decided ecided tto od do o ssomething omething eelse lse w with ith tthe he p property roperty aand nd W Winchester inchester was w aas no mor more. e. This Satur Saturday, daay, a rreunion eunion ttakes ak kees pla place ace att the Blank Club in downtown San n JJose, ose, a rrock ock jjoint oint o wned by by C orey owned Corey O O’Brien, , who sk skated kaated at W Winchester iinchester as a a teenager te eenager b before effo ore going big time hims himself. selff. A h W Another Winchester i h inchester rregular, egular l r, JJoe oe Sib Sib, b, w ent o n tto o ffront ront sseveral everal b ands aand nd w ill went on bands will emcee em mcee an eevening veening of videos videos,, anec anecdotes, dottes, from era. m memorabilia and music fr om that er ra. Operated byy Dave Brady Dan O perated b Dave B rady aand nd D an Peterson, weree then in their ear early P eterson,, who wer rly 20s, 2 0s, W Winchester inchester rrequired equired eeveryone veryone tto o wear helmets, w ear h elmets, knee knee pads pads and and elbow elbow

pads—alw d lwaays y a hot h issue, issue i e, since sinc i e some pads—always ffolks o olks just didn didn’t n’t ’ ccare are ffor or o saf safety feetty measur measures. es. Even Ev veen if someone just w wanted a anted to ttake aak ke pictures, pictur es, he had to wearr a helmet, sincee no one kne knew sinc w when n an errant might out sskateboard kateboard m ight ccome ome sailing sailing o ut of of the p pool. ool. But despite thee precautions, precautions, iinjuries njuries o occurred, ccurred, aand nd p paramedics aramedics showed up about about once once a day. daay. “We “W We wouldn wouldn’t n’t ’ let an anyone nyo one inside our skating didn’t park,, inside the sk kaating ar aarea—I ea—I didn ’t ccare are w who ho yyou ou w were—if ere—if you you d didn’t idn’t put put a helmet h elmet on, on,” recalled recalled Peterson. Peterson. “That “That was was our o ur b big ig tthing. hing. W Wee were were tthe he only only o ones nes who w ho did did that. that. We We had had the the police police tthere here a lot,, ttaking aaking p people eople out.” Att tthat A hat ttime, ime, sskating kating llegend egend T Tony ony Hawk Ha awk w w was aas alr already eady lar larger rggerr than lif life fe in SoCal, SoCal,, but according according to Peterson, Peterson,, when Tony T ony ccame ame tto o skate skate tthe he keyhole keyhole at at Winchester, W inchester, h his is d dad ad rrefused efused tto o wear wear a helmet h elmet while while watching watching him him skate. skate. He He aapparently pparently tthought hought tthe he rules rules d didn’t idn’t soccer apply to him. If today’s todaayy’s yyouth outh so o ccer ccoaches oaches think they theey have haave it bad when dealing with well, probably d ealing w ith parents, parents, w ell, iitt p robably wasn’t any better w aasn n’’t an ny b etttter at the skateparks. sk kaateparks.

The memories don’t T he m emories d on’t stop stop there, there, of of native ccourse. ourse. San San Jose Jose n ative Caballero, Caballero, sstill till ssailing ailing through through full full pipes pipes at at 46, 46, says says hee o owes h wes a lot lot tto o Winchester. Winchester. As As a llittle ittle he’d ttyke, yke, h e’d already already vvisited isited a park park down down in in SoCal, SoC al,, but upon u on discovering up discoveering Winchester, Winchester i , he ccame ame ba back ack eevery veery week weekend. keend. love “I ffell eell in lo ove with it,” he told me. me. ““Every Every weekend, weekend, I would would look look forward forward myy mind tto o riding riding there. there. It It was was on on m mind tthe he w whole hole w week, eek, w with ith sschool chool and and eeverything. veerythingg.” A Att fi first, rst, the the p park ark was was primarily primarily a facility. rrecreational ecreationaal facilit ty. No No one thought about ab out pr pro o careers careers or sponsorships sponsorships yyet. eet. People P eople justt skated, skated,, blasted music and had fun. myself, ““For For m yselff,f”” said said Caballero, Caballero, “it “it wasn’t w asn’t iin n my my mind mind that that this this would would ssomeday omeday become become a 30-plus-year 30-plus-year career career aand nd lifelong lifelong achievement, achievement, traveling traveling the the world,, influencing influ uencing people, people, inventing in nveenting ttricks, ricks, having having signature signature b boards oards and and sshoes hoes and and being being in in video video ggames. ames. None None off this o this was was on on my my mind mind at at tthe he time. time. I jjust ust loved loved the the way way it it felt. felt. I loved loved that that I ffound ound o a hob hobby bb by that I ccould ould progress o prrogress at, better myself. get b etttter and a challenge len m myyselfff. And more opportunitiess ccame aame and it just snowballed into a career. car a eer e r..” Peterson remembers mbers w when hen C Caballero aballero first started hangingg out: o “He would skate eight, nine hours ourss a day. daayy. He’d He’d be be there at 10 or 11 o’clock, lock, and and he’d he’d leave leave at at 9 o’clock at night.” Ultimately, people yp ple continued continued to to get get hurtt and insurance hur in nsurancce became bec e ame a serious problem. owners p roblem. After After a while, while, tthe he o wners off Winchester o Winchester and and o other ther parks parks had had piggyback to pigg gybac y ck onto the Cub Scouts, Scouts, rrequiring equiring eeveryone ver e yo one who purchased purchased a membership memb ersh hip to join the scouts—just scouts— —just j so the they ey ccould ou o uld fall under the scouts’ scouts’ insurancee plan. insuranc p The writ writing ting w was as a on the w wall aall tow towards waards tthe he eend, nd, but but ffor or w what hat now now seems seems llike ike a brief mom moment ment in time, time, Winchester Wiinchester SkatePark S katePark ccaptured aptured llightning ightning iin na bottle, b otttle t , pa paving avviing the w way ay ffor o or eeverything ver e ything that ccame ame a later llater. r. The videos, videos, music and memorabilia m emorabilia ffrom rom tthat hat p park ark h have ave defined skateboarding sk kaateboarding in San Jose Jose to this da day. ay. ““It It was was b big, ig,” Peterson Peterson said. said. “But “But it it was w aas going tto come come to an end because beccause a of iinsurance nsurance p problems. roblems. There There was was just just n no o way w ay ar around ro ound d it. it””

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Bands show show,, at which they t y were the were the last of the ﬁve ﬁve bands to o play. plaay. On right before beffor o e them m was was one of the tightest punk bands band ds in the South Bay, Ba ay, the Rivals. Rivals. And after aft fter seeing the Rivals perform, perform, o Triims started started to the Trims worry worry about about their chan chances. nces. “The Rivals came came up p, and they they up, k illed iit, t,” rrecalls ecalls T rims drummer drummer Billy Billy killed Trims B rady. “They “They h ad the the crowd crowd on on their their Brady. had sside ide tthe he whole whole set. set. And And we’re we’re sitting sitting

there going there going, g, ‘How do we ffollow o ollow this?’ Theyy had th The the he cr crowd owd separating separating,, doing the line dance dan nce and stuff stuff. ff. “W We were werre like, like, ‘Oh man, I don ’t “We don’t know.’ know w.’ Then n we got up there there and pla ayed our hearts hearts out. I rremember emember played seeing videos videeos of it, and we all had our eyes eyes closed. clo osed. W were feeling feeling e it. Wee were W n the moment, and we Wee wer weree in rrocked ocked it.” it.” That st atte of alter ed cconsciousness onsciousness state altered

that won them the BFD slot actually acctually isn’t isn’t all that unusual for for o the Trims. Trims. “I kind of feel feeel like like I get into a trance halfway halffway through through the song,” son ng,” trance says saays y guitarist guitarist and lead singer Gabriel Gaabriel beginning, I’m kind k Maciel. “In the beginning, of planning things out,, I’m waiting waiiting fo or Bryan Bryan [Aguirre, [Aguirre, lead guitarist] guitariist] for plaay this or that so I can can start starrt to play singing. But then a quarter quarter of the t singing. way in, I’m just gone. gone. At At the end en nd way

of the song song,, I don don’t ’t even even remember remember what happened.” happened.” Aguirre A guirre rremembers emembers e the moment that the band moved moved e to this higher plane musically, musicallyy, too. too. “I think it w as wh hen we ﬁrst was when had a song that no one o brought brought in, that we jammed d out to. to. That ’s That’s when I really really learned learneed that if I w as was

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Cutting the Fat Faat If it all sounds a lit little ttle t obsessive, o obsessiv e, one has to realize realize this is a band b that is all in on their gr group oup id identity. dentity. And that the vvery ery reason reason for for o the group’s group’s eexistence xistence in the ﬁrst place pllace was was to do something diff different. ffeerent. Itt was was built into their name from from the start. sttart. “I go out to see a lott of bands, bands, not just in San Jose, Jose, but bu ut all over over the bay,” ba ay,” Maciel eexplains. xplains. “I “I was was getting getting rreally eally frustrated not hearing heearing what Iw wanted anted to hear hear.. I heard heaard a lot of bands basically basically trying trying to t outdo the ne xtt band—more b band—mor d e sound, soun nd, d more more this, thi , this next mor w should trim moree that. I thought, we all the fat, trim all the shitty shitty sounds out to just the good good music. m music . So ‘the ‘the Trims’ ar aree trimming everything everything to just the good good stuff stuff.” ff.” The name has become becom me a badge of pride for for o the group’s group’s members, m memb ers, who

agge from from mid-20s to early range in age 30s, and even even a central central part part of their 30s, process. process. “Bryan has h this thing I like like a lot “Bryan callls the ‘Trims filter,’” filter,’” Maciel that he calls me. “We’ll “W We’ll have haave ideas, ideas, we’ll we’ll tells me. fo ormulate them t we’ll email formulate and we’ll t each band member. member. them out to They’ll get an idea of what the song They’ll like, the basic structure, structure, and sounds like, th we come come o i t the th studio t di and d then into throu ugh that filter, filter, and the put it through result is i totally totally different. diff ffeerent. end result “There’s aspects aspects of the original, “There’s but we justt build on top of it. Everyone’s their own worst critic, critic, Everyone’s e when you you listen to but at the end prroduct it’s it’s like like ‘OK, that’s that’s the final product good song.’ ng.’ You Yo ou know you’re you’re on to son a good pretty good.” good.” something pretty

EEighties ighties LLove ove The first th thing hing that jumps out of the Trims’’ new n w debut album, W ne Wee Cried ffor oor F Fun, u , is the guit un guitars. ars. The They’re y’re a JJohn ohn Hughes Hugghes misfits’’ wet dr dream, eam, likee everything lik everyth hing that w was as gr great eat ab about out mid-’80s mid-’8 0s mop mopee rrock m ock br broken oken down to its essentiall essence essence and rreconfigured econfigured as a 21st 21st-century - cen ntury sound. Their mu music usic embraces embraces the sp spooky ooky swirl swiirl of Siouxsie and the Banshees,, the Banshees t assault of Echo and the Bunnymen, Bunnym men, the minor minor-chord - chord crawling cra aw wling off the Cure Cure and the propulsive pr opulsive progressions progressions of N New ew Order. Or der. Not Nott to mention layers laayers of effects eff ffeects thatt would impress impress eeven ven the Edge himse himself. elff. Trims’ backed byy The Trim ms’’ sound is back ed up b stark post-punk rhythm a st ark and d solid p ost-punk rh ythm that spacesection tha at grounds grounds the often spac ebound byy b ound atmospherics, atm mospherics, and topped topped b vvocals ocals that soar one minute and slow direct down to an n intimate, intimate, dir ect tone the next. from ne xt. It’s It’s not no ot easy easy to place place them fr om song to song. son ng. “I think it’s it’s because because we’re we’re all into different Scharer. diff ffeerent things,” th hings,” says saays y bassist Schar er. “Theree are similarities,, but “Ther are lots of similarities in addition n to ’80s, ’80s, Gab Gabee lik likes es a lot of classic rock, rock, lik likee the Do Doors ors and so fforth. orth. Bryan’s o Brryan’s a huge U2 fan. likee U2, but geared I lik b I tend to be be gear ed moree tow toward Hüsker mor a d Pixies and Hüsk ar er R.E.M., moree lik likee ’8 ’80s Dü and R.E E.M., mor 0s alternative necessarily alternative bands, bands, not nec essarily from fr om England—although Englaand—although I’m a huge

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Morrissey and Smiths fan. Morrissey f Billy’s Billy’s got all sorts sorts of influences, influences, prog p og rock pr rock to metal.” met al.” Remarkably, R eemarkablyy, the albu album um was was rrecorded ecorded in only two two days, dayys, and da despite the app appearance earance of endless layers la ayers and sonic shadings, shadin ngs, features feeatures only one track per per instrument. insttrument. Even Even some of the textures textures are arre not what they they seem, lik likee the electro-esque elecctro - esque flourishes of “C “Complaint.” omplaiint.” “We “W We don don’t ’t use synthesizers synth hesizers or anything an ything ffor or o ambient sounds. s sounds . It’s It’s just our guitars,” guitars,” Aguirre Aguirre explains. explains x . “And “A And a lot of it is Gab Gabee o overtones, vertones t , while I’m pla playing aying y somethingg trebly. treblyy. That’s That’s what I love. love. When we play plaay it, I’m thinking people people are are going go oing to think

there’s there’s a synth. syn nth. That’s That’s what excites excites me—no, me—no, it’s it’s just four fo our pieces, pieces, guitars guitars and effects.” eff ffeects.” With Wiith song son ng titles like like “Love “Love Machine Gun,” G ” “Sedatives,” “Sedatives,” and “Electrolight,” “Electroligh ht,”” a quick scan scan of the CD cover cover might migh ht lead one to suspect suspect We We Cried for for o Fun Fun u was was some kind of glam party, party, which whicch couldn’t couldn’t be be further further from from the truth. trruth. Even Even a few few listens can can be be deceiving, deceiving e , with the rush of sound masking mask king the lyrical lyrical meaning. meaning. The true complexity comple o xity of the songs reveals reveals itself itsellf over over repeated repeated listens. listens. “If you you get g past the up-tempo up -tempo and the rhythm rh hyythm m of the songs, songs, and really really

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THE TRIMS 233 paay at pay attention tention to the words, w ds, all the wor aree a bummer bummer,” lyrics ar ,” admits a Maciel. “Theyy mak “The makee fun of me me, e, b because ecause with the eexception xception of ‘L ove Machine Gun,’’ ‘Love the y’re all downers m they’re downers,, man. man.”” O ourse, a lit tle gl oom ne ver Off ccourse, little gloom never hur any band inspir e b ed 0s alt hurtt any inspired byy ’8 ’80s alt-rrock. ock. And it ’s a gr eat time t to b it’s great bee one one,, cconsidering 80s rrevival evival of onsidering that the ’8 ’80s just o ver a dec ade ago o got a sec ond over decade second wind i d a ccouple ouple l off yyears earss ago with ith assion Pit bands lik likee P Passion Pit,, the Sounds and Hot Chip Chip.. “Ther as that sc ene b effor o e, “Theree w was scene before, wher as Interp ol,, Y eeah Y eeah wheree it w was Interpol, Yeah Yeah Y eeahs, the Str okes,” sa ays y A guirre. “I Yeahs, Strokes,” says Aguirre. lo ve those bands love bands,, but when we wer weree doing this band, I thou ught is this thought going to work? Ar e eople going Aree p people to b cepting, or ar bee ac accepting, aree the theyy going to think this is anothe er band that another sounds d lik h ? But B it iit’s ’s har h d to likee that that? hard classif fy us ’s what w ’s go od— classify us,, and that that’s what’s good— b ecause it ’s somethingg new. new. It sounds because it’s familiar ’s ne w.” familiar,, but it it’s new.” “I ffeel eeel vvery ery luck ky. Itt seems lucky. eeverything verything we ’re doin ng, we ’re doing we’re doing, we’re it right at the right time,” tim me,” says saayys Maciel. ““And And it w A asn’t planne d.” wasn’t planned.”

SSchool chool Da Days ys In fact, if yyou’d ou’d told Maciel M back in high scho school ol that he he’d ’d b bee fr fronting onting a “New “N ew N New ew Wa Wave” ave” ban band, nd, he would have ha ave laughed in yyour our fac face. e. “Back then, we wer were re into met metal,” al,”” says. still he sa ays y . “I still am; I st till love love the stuff.” stuff ff..” was Back then, he w as also a close Brady, though friends with Brady y, th hough the two two of them ne never ver pla played ayed in a band together to gether until the Trims. Trim ms. “We “W We wer weree rroommates oommattes ffor or ttwo o wo yyears, ears, and we pla played ayed guit gguitar ar most nights,, just ha nights have ave a b beer eeer and pla play,” ay,” rremembers emembers Brady Brady. y. “In n high scho school, ol, our senior yyear, ear, we we were ere lik likee joined at the hip pr pretty etty much. Same classes classes,, we used to hang out together party together at lunch, and d then par ty weekends. Then moved on the week ends. The en we mo ved together, we’d play in to gether, and we ’d pla p ay songs together. was to gether. He w as in a band and I was never played w as in a band, but we ne ver pla ayed together band.”” to gether in a band. was Maciel Scharer In fact, it w as Macie el and Schar er who ﬁrst officially joined join ned up, up, in mid-2000s Bay the mid-20 00s South Ba ay band School, Manchester Scho ol, which w won the

Metro Silicon Valley Met ro Bestt of Silic on V aalley vvoting oting Local ffor or Best L o ocal Band in 2007. 20077. wasn’t “It w asn n’t until I met Eric that I started st arted leaning leaaning more more towards towards the ’80s indie ’8 0s modern-rock modern-rock sound. That was w as mor moree lik likee an ’8 ’80s-sounding 0s-sounding band,”” says saayyss Maciel. “I veered veered aaway way from fr om all th the he metal metal stuff stuff. ff.. I think in original the origina al email I sent [Eric] about about Manchester Mancheste er School, School, I said ‘I can can play plaay metal; anything. met al; l I can can a play pla lay an nyything hi . Just Just let l me join yyour o band. our band.’” ’”

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School broke After Manchester M Scho ol br oke up 2008, began in 20 08,, Maciel M began writing new new songs,, then songs n recruited recruited Schar Scharer er ffor o or his new ne w band.. Aguirre Aguirre came came on b board oard next, ne xt, altho although ough that w wasn’t asn’t what he originally had in mind. “I gr grew ew up in T Texas,” exas,” he says. saays y . “I ccame ame her heree and went to San Jose Jose State St ate U University. nivversity. I put up a Craigslist ad hopingg to ﬁnd a bassist and a singer; it w was as going to be be my my cousin cousin on drums with me on guitar. guitar. I got all these rreplies e eplies and w was as lik likee ‘You ‘Y Yo ou know wha what, at,, maybe maayybe I don’t don’t want want to do it.’’ Then n I got this email from from Gabee saying, Gab saayyin ng, ‘Hey, ‘Hey, we’re we’re a bassist and a singer lo looking oking for fo or a guit guitarist arist and a drummer.’.’ I was drummer was like like ‘I guess guess.’” .’” For F or the ﬁnal sp spot, ot, Maciel roped roped in his high h scho school ol buddy buddy, y, Brady. Bradyy. “Gabriel had h ask asked ed me to play plaay drums ffor or him ffor o or pr probably obably two two years, years, on and off off. ff. I w was as playing plaaying y in heavy heaavvy bands, bands,

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Ridingg the W Wave ave The band has h suddenly found found o itself period— in an extremely extrem mely prolific prolific p eriod— barely though they’ve theey’ve just bar ely rreleased eleased Wee Cried for they’re already W for Fun, Fun, the y’re alr eady They’re rreadying eadying a follow-up. fo ollow-up. The y’re so new material cconfident onfident in in their new three fivee songs the theyy that thr ee out o of the fiv played the pla ayed at th he BFD showdown were were written since writ ittten sin ince recording recording di the h album. lb “We’re bee rrecording “W We’re going g to b ecording the fiveffollow-up o ollow-up EP E in September, September, a fiv eWee song EP P. We We have haave a lot of songs. songs. W ccould ould do another an nother album,, maybe maayybe an half,” says album and d a half f,” sa ayys Maciel. Now trying N ow they’re theey’re tr ying to build on victory Local their victor ry in the L ocal Band Contest and C ontest an nd appearance appearance at BFD, BFD, supporting while supp porting the album with rapid-firee series of dates ar around a rapid-fir ound the South Bay Bay over Ba over the past ccouple ouple months.. They partt of the of months They believe believe par rreason eason for fo or the t enthusiastic response response they’ve gotten the y’ve got tten is a shift in the South Bay Ba ay scene. scene. “2004 was “20 04 to o ’07 w as when Manchesterr School around,” Mancheste School was was ar ound,”” says sa ayys Scharer. Scharer e . “I handled a lot of the booking, played b ooking, and an nd we pla ayed with so manyy band bands who—whether man ds who —whether they they weree go good good wasn’t wer od or not so go od w asn’t necessarily nec essarily the thing, thing, it just did not fit. It was was so o hard hard to play plaay a ccohesive ohesive alternativee rock, show.. It It’d alternativ rock, indie rrock ock show ’d bee lik likee us and b a a metal metal band and a I’d bee lik likee ‘W ‘Well, Misfits cover cover e band. I’ db Weell, okayyy, that works.’” ok ayyyyy, tha at works .’” Now N ow of course course there there is no shortage shortage of indie-rock-type indie-rock c -type bands in the South Bay; aree Ba ay; some of o the Trims’’ favorites faavorites ar Thieves, Smile,, Blank Bell Thie ves e , Vulture Vu ulture Smile Volume. Manuscriptt and the Soft V olume o . “San Jose Josee is rreally eally ccoming oming up now,” now w,” says saays y Maciel. M “When we first started, have st arted, San n Jose Jose didn’t didn’t ha ave much of a music scene scene per per se. se. But in the months, aree past six mo onths, all these bands ar emerging. there’s emer ging. For For some rreason, eason, ther e’s something happening happening in San Jose Jose that’s that ’s phenomenal.” phen nomenal.”

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heaavy heavy-metal vy--metal bands and d pr prog-rock og-rock bands.. I w bands wasn’t asn’t interested interestted in this kind of music music.. And then eeverything ver e ything I w was as doing just kind of stopped. stop pped. Bands broke anything,” br oke up, up, I was was not doing doing an nything y ,” Brady. rremembers emembers Brady y. “So Gabriel said, ‘Do o you you want want to come come record record some tracks t ffor or o us look drummer? Theyy while we lo ok for for o a dru ummer? The weree pre-written wer pre-written songs; songss; the drums weree already wer alr l eady d thought th ht out. o t I had h d was pretty simple.. I no problem. problem. It w as pr e ty simple et theree and pla played started went in ther ayed and st arted having hanging ha aving v fun and hangin ng out with Gabriel again.” again.” weree “The funny funn ny thing is we wer myy friend Mik Mikee doing a photo shoot, shoot, m Chavez was Cha avez w as taking taking pictures picttures of us,” us,” says Aguirre. was sa ayys A guirre. ““And And Billyy w A as in the picture, pictur e, so we said, ‘If you you don’t don’t join, we’re we ’re going to have haave to Photoshop somebody else’s in.’’ But someb body d else l ’s head h d iin. B he h wanted w anted to stay stay in it,, and an nd it’s it’s really really worked.” work ed.” May In Ma ay of last year, year, the t Trims played pla ayed their ﬁrst show, show w, while ccontinuing ontinuing to write and an nd record. record. The band’ss process gradually band’ process gradual ly eevolved volved to bee extremely b extremely collaborative, collaboraative, which involved. eexcited xcited everyone everyone in volved. “To me,, intr introducing new “T To me oducingg a ne w song having people and ha aving v p eople in the t band likee it, lik i that’s that h ’s the h best best feeling,” feeling e li ,” says saayys Aguirre. A guirre. “It’s “It’s like like ‘Wow, ‘W Wo ow w, I’m not crazy. It’s craz y. It ’s actually pretty pretty decent.’” decent.’” Sometimes,, the band Sometimes d comes comes up with parts parts of songs spontaneously, spont o aneouslyy, likee the bridge in “Thee Br Breeze,” lik eeze,” created which they they cr eated in a single take take album while recording recording the alb bum “’With You’ good “’W With i Y ou o ’ is a go od eexample xample of that, to too,” says o,” sa ays y Maciel. “I was was just doodling sometimes do odling around, around, some etimes I’ll do stuff just to see if they they notice. notice. I was was hitting guitar. hit tting t the harmonics on my my guit ar. Wee pla played and didn’t W ayed the song, song, an nd I didn ’t think anyone anyone noticed. noticed. “I was was like like ‘Eh, stupid stupiid idea, no one done,, Bryan ccared.’ ared.’ But after we were weere done Bryan said, ‘What was was that sound?’ so ound?’’ I said, was ‘I w as doing this,’ this,’ and he h said, ‘Try ‘Try it again.’’ So I tried it agai again. again. in. ““And A And then Eric was was lik llikee ‘What if starts yyou ou do this?’’ and he st a ts mouthing ar trying it out. So I was was tr ying to t ffollow ollow what o he was was doing, doing, and eeventually ven ntually it ccame ame have.” out to what we ha ave.” “We’re ‘you “W We’re not afraid to say, saay, ‘y ou know,, that sucks,’” know sucks,’” adds adds Brady. Bradyy. “And “And A nobody hurt. sucks,, tell me nob ody gets hur t. If it sucks sucks.. We’re it sucks We’re all a family fam mily here.” here.”

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sticky squares of baklava. Greek food has languished behind its Mediterranean neighbors France, Italy and Spain, but Hellenic cuisine is now enjoying its moment in the sun (too bad the same can’t be said for Greece itself). In Silicon Valley, Dio Deka and Palo Alto’s Evvia have helped lead the charge. Now, there’s Myth Taverna and Lounge in downtown San Jose with another high-end Greek place in the works nearby. Greek food has arrived in Silicon Valley. Dio Deka hit its stride early and opening chef Salvatore Calisi bagged a Michelin star last year. He’s since left and gone on to open Odeum, a swinging-for-the-fences restaurant in his hometown of Morgan Hill. Meanwhile, Dio Deka picked up Manresa alum Marty Cattaneo as its new chef. Cattaneo also worked at Aziza in San Francisco, and most

notably, he was chef de cuisine under Jeremy Fox at Ubuntu. Cattaneo is a strong addition and has moved the restaurant deeper into the world of modern Greek cuisine, adding a few modernist tweaks here (an obscure leaf here, an orb of gel there) while still remaining true to the restaurant’s traditional roots. It’s a delicious approach to behold. I’ll contradict myself and start off talking about moussaka ($27), that workhorse of Greek food. At Dio Deka, the casserole is served out of ramekins and made with delicately spiced ground lamb, eggplant and potatoes in a creamy, oven-crusted béchamel sauce. It’s as good as any I’ve had before. For something less ordinary, the grilled octopus ($15) is an essential order. If you’ve never had the eightlegged creature before, this is the place to start. If you have had octopus, it’s unlikely you’ve had it better. Dio Deka’s octopus is as tender as roast chicken with a smoky, meaty ﬂavor that’s great swabbed with the accompanying braised borage, which has been reduced to a dark-emerald sauce. The dab of Meyer lemon pudding adds a lighter note.

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Another not-to-miss starter is the caramelized haloumi cheese ($14); the sheep and lamb milk cheese is like a firmer mozzarella and has a pleasing salty, savory flavor that goes great with the serving of peaches three ways: grilled, pickled and tempura-fried. It’s not on the menu at the moment, but my favorite starter was the rapanakia salad ($12), an artful assembly of delicately dressed red and white radishes with stems still attached and chives like fallen pine needles on top. The one disappointment I encountered was the grilled (Dio Deka likes to grill) beet and strawberry salad ($13). The strawberries were too sweet for the savory dish. Paired with the earthy beets, the strawberries delivered a discordant note that made for a clunky dish. Service is knowledgeable and professional. And it should be. Dio Deka isn’t cheap, so you would expect a level of service to match. Service is often the weak link in Silicon Valley’s fine dining establishments, but Dio Deka has got its act together. From the list of entrees, the mesquite grilled lamb chops ($37) are as good as ever, as is the lavraki ($35), grilled branzino (Mediterranean sea bass). Simple but especially good is the pastitsada ($27), a luxuriously rich papparelle noodle napped in a rich pork ragu with an egg draped on top for good measure. It’s available in a half order ($15) and makes a good choice for kids. There’s a whole page dedicated to pricey steaks, but I passed them by. There are more interesting things to eat at Dio Deka than a $68 rib eye. Desserts are one of Dio Deka’s strengths. I loved the mill-fay when I tried it four years ago, but it’s been downsized since then and that’s a good thing. It was as big as a brick and enough for four. Now it’s better suited to one. But the puff pastry and rum-flavored dessert custard ($10) is just as rich and creamy as before. The panna cotta ($13) is a winner, but the accompanying roasted strawberries made a sweet dessert too sweet.

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I spent the better part of the summer visiting farms and ranches that try to do things the right way, that is, raise animals in ways that are humane and without negative impacts on people and the environment. Sadly, those places are the exception, and as I traveled the rural roads of the Central Valley, it was impossible not to pass concentrated animal-feeding operations (CAFOs) of one kind or another. For pigs, chickens and turkeys, these are generally windowless bunkers with big fans blowing a lethal stench into the air. I can only imagine what itâ€™s like inside for the animals. Cattle are crowded together in vast feedlots where they stomp through in deep piles of manure with nary a blade of grass to chew. I didnâ€™t get inside any of those factory farms. Thatâ€™s hard to do these days, especially if youâ€™re a meddling reporter. Itâ€™s interesting to note that livestock operations that donâ€™t crowd their animals in dirty, disease-prone conditions are generally happy to have visitors, while the CAFOs have stern biohazard warnings posted around their property to keep people out. The animals are packed so densely and live in such stressful environments that if any one of them gets so much as a cold or a bug passed on by a visitor, it could wipe out the entire population even though animals are fed mountains of antibiotics to keep them alive long enough to make it to slaughter. Part of the reason these factory farms are hidden from view is that few people would continue to eat this kind of meat if they could see where it came from. Tyson or SmithďŹ eld arenâ€™t about to build a CAFO for all to see, but thatâ€™s just what needs to happen to end a system killing us in the form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, air and water pollution, climate change and loss of biodiversity. To achieve that we need to take a page from the Food and Drug Administrationâ€™s efforts to dissuade people from smoking. How about a series of billboards that direct warnings about the meat we eat? Some ideas: ÂŠ M HL@FD NE @ U@RS Â˜L@MTQD K@FNNMÂ™ VHSG SGD VNQCR Â˜ HFR BQD@SD Ă…Ă„ SHLDR LNQD EDB@K V@RSD SG@M GTL@MRÂŒ @MC XDS MN NMD HR QDPTHQDC SN BKD@M HS TOÂ?Â™ ÂŠ OHBSTQD NE @ BNV JMDD CDDO HM L@MTQDÂ? DWSÂŽ Â˜ HKJ HR O@RSDTQHYDC SN JHKK G@QLETK A@BSDQH@ SG@S FQNV HM CHQSXÂŒ BQNVCDC BNMCHSHNMRÂ?Â™ Iâ€™m not against eating meat. Iâ€™m for meat production that doesnâ€™t sicken the planet in name of quick proďŹ ts. The more we see the CAFO system for what it is, the sooner we can end it.â€”Stett Holbrook

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SVDINING 30 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 likes 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 pair well with the prodigious drink list. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Wed, 11:30am-10pm Thu, 11:30am11pm Fri, 5-11pm Sat. Bar open till midnight. 99 S. First St. 408.292.4300.

DALAT Vietnamese. $$. San Jose’s second-oldest Vietnamese restaurant continues to draw those in search of delicious traditional fare. Surroundings are clean and friendly. Lunch and dinner daily. 408 E. William St. 408.294.6989. EULIPIA New American. $$$. The revamped menu emphasizes robust ﬂavors and beautiful presentations. Several standouts have been 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.

FLAMES EATERY AND BAR American. $$. In Silicon Valley, the home-grown Flames restaurant chain is the area’s 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, 11am10pm Fri-Sat. 150 E. Santa Clara St. 408.286.7500.

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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. $$. Embraced by the graceful Sainte Claire Hotel, this location (there are several up and down the coast) transports the diner. The menu showcases a different region of Italy monthly. 7am10pm Mon-Thu, 7am-11pm Fri, 8am-11pm Sat, 8am-10pm Sun. Full bar. 302 S. Market St. 408.271.3366. KOJI SAKE LOUNGE $$. 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. LA PASTAIA Italian. $$. La Pastaia remains a stalwart of downtown San Jose’s dining scene. Set inside the Hotel De Anza, the rustic Italian restaurant has big-city style to spare. Lunch 11am-3pm Mon-Fri, noon-2pm Sat-Sun; dinner 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 233 W. Santa Clara St. 408.286.8686. 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, pan-

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seared, steamed. Desserts will hook you. 11:30am-10pm daily; 11pm happy hour Fri-Sat. 170 S. Market St. 408.283.7200.

MEZCAL Regional Mexican. $$. Mezcal specializes in delicious regional cuisine from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. People who need nachos and sourcream-topped burritos on the menu will probably be miffed, but for those willing to venture beyond the same old Mexican-American standards, Mezcal offers an excellent point of departure. 11:30am11pm Sun-Fri and 5-11pm Sat. 25 W. San Fernando St. 408.283.9595. MOROCCO’S Moroccan. $$. 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 511pm Mon-Sat, Sun 5-9pm. 86 N. Market St. 408.998.1509. 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 mesquite-roasted 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 well-executed comfort food classics. 5-9:30pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 9am-1pm, 5-10pm Sat, 9am-1pm Sun. 505 E. San Carlos St. 408.286.1100.

NHA TOI Vietnamese. $$$. Nha Toi is the place for

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. $$$$. Filled with artistic spins on California-meets-Italy, the kitchen turns out elegant entrees spearheaded by seasonal vegetables. The impeccable service compensates for the modest portions. Full bar. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat. 323 W. San Carlos St. 408.294.2558. P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO Chinese. $$. 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.

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$. 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.

stands out on El Camino Real’s Korean restaurant row for its high style and modern design, but it’s the Korean barbecue, soups and noodles dishes that are the main attraction. 11am-10pm daily. 3060 El Camino Real. 408.260.2727.

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BIRK’S American grill. $$$.

Vegetarian. $. This meat-free stalwart offers vegetarian dishes from around the world with a side serving of religious reading material from spiritual leader Ching Hai. 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun. 520 E. Santa Clara St. 408.292.3798.

What makes Birk’s stand out from the rest is a commitment to quality, freshness and hygiene. Concentrate on the specials, or enjoy creative selections from the appetizer menu. Full bar. 11:15am2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 59pm Sat-Sun. 3955 Freedom Circle. 408.980.6400.

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.

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WING’S Chinese. $. The food

Salvadoran. $. Chalateco, a San Jose-based six-restaurant chain, serves Mexico Citystyle Mexican food and a few Salvadoran dishes. That makes the food unlike the Mexican food typically served in Silicon Valley, but it’s deﬁnitely typical Mexican food. 10am11pm daily. 2323 The Alameda. 408.243.1357.

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. 11:30am-9:30pm daily. 131 E. Jackson St. 408.294.3303 or 998.9427.

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ANDY’S BAR-B-QUE Barbecue. $$. Andy’s Bar-BQue is the reincarnation of one of the South Bay’s best barbecue joints. Originally located in Campbell, Andy’s is still serving great oaksmoked meats to a dedicated following. Lunch 11am-3pm Mon-Fri; dinner 3-9pm MonThu, 3-10pm Fri-Sat, 3-9pm Sun. 2367 El Camino Real. 408.249.8158.

ATHENA GRILL Greek. $$. The Santa Clara restaurant serves the standards you’d expect, but the menu goes deeper and offers authentic Greek dishes you’re not likely to ﬁnd elsewhere at bargain prices. 10:30am-9pm Mon-Fri. 1505 Space Park Dr. 408.567.9144.

$$. All walks of humanity rub shoulders here, enjoying just about everything that can be baked, fried, broiled or steamed. Full bar. 11:30am9pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. 4565 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.248.6244.

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DONG TOFU CABIN Korean. $. This is the real deal, priced to keep patrons coming back for bowls of spicy beef, seafood, pickled vegetables, chili soup and, yes, bean curd in its many permutations. 1484 Halford Ave. 408.246.1484. HATCHO Japanese. $$. Santa Clara’s Hatcho restaurant offers a little bit of everything. Restaurants that strive to be jacks-of-all-trades often end up being masters of none, but Hatcho displays a wide range of talent. 11:30am-2pm, 5:3010pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat-Sun. 1271 Franklin Mall. 408.248.8500.

KABAB AND CURRY’S Indian-Pakistani. $. Because it’s tucked into a quiet, semiresidential side street, Kabab and Curry’s feels like a neighborhood secret. The Indian and Pakistani restaurant serves a good

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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.

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33 lunch buffet, and at dinner try the butter chicken, choley and tandoori chicken. 10:30am2:30pm, 5:30-10:30pm Tue-Sun. 1498 Isabella St. 408.247.0745.

KABAB HOUSE HALAL Middle Eastern. $. Santa Clara’s Kabab House Halal, a spare, eight-table restaurant, serves a pan-Middle Eastern menu that leans toward Iran. As the name implies, Kabab House is basically a kebab house. 11am-9pm Mon-Sat. 2521 Newhall St. 408.984.2204.

99 CHICKEN Korean-style fried chicken. $. The simple restaurant specializes in Korean-style fried chicken. Korean chicken is rendered of its fat and produces smooth pieces of meat with a taut, shatteringly crisp epidermis. Noon-midnight daily. 2781 El Camino Real. 408.244.5599.

PARCEL 104 New American.

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$$$$. Parcel 104 casts a spell with its stridently seasonal, ingredient-driven menu of new American food. The restaurant is one of the South Bay’s must-eats. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Fri, 7-10am Sat-Sun; lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-9pm Mon-Fri. 2700 Mission College Blvd. 408.970.6104.

PHO #1 NOODLE HOUSE Asian noodle house. $. A good and friendly destination when one’s stomach screams for a three-course meal but one’s wallet has but $10, Pho boasts an ambitious menu of nearly 100 Vietnamese and Chinese items. 10am-9pm daily. 5025 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.249.1111.

PHO THANH LONG Vietnamese noodle house. $. This diner’s pho rates among the Top 3 in the South Bay. Beer. 9am-9pm daily. 2450 El Camino Real. 408.983.0888.

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Salvadoran. $. One of the few outposts for Salvadoran food in the South Bay, Sabor Salvadoreño serves excellent pupusas, soups, tamales and other standards from the tiny Central American nation. 9am-9pm daily. 2045 White Oak Lane. 408.985.6464.

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SHAN Pakistani and Indian. $. Shan serves a mix of northern Indian and Pakistani food. Unlike India, most of which is Hindu, Pakistan is Muslim, and that means that meat— chicken, beef, lamb, and goat—plays a starring role. Kebabs, Tandoori and curries all shine here. 11:30am-3pm, 5:30-10pm daily. 5251 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.260.9200. TOFU HOUSE Korean. $. Soup stars at this casual, popular stop. To tofu soups, add mushrooms, beef, pork or seafood—plus scores of condiments like daikon, cucumber, radish. Hot stuff! 11am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11am10pm Fri, 11am-9pm Sat. Closed Sun. 3450 E. El Camino Real #105. 408.261.3030.

YAN CAN FRESH ASIAN COOKING Chinese and panAsian. $$. At Yan Can you can have chicken satay, wonton soup, chicken teriyaki and Korean barbecue beef all in one sitting. This outpost of celebrity TV chef Martin Yan’s growing empire does a reasonably good job with all those cuisines. 11am-9pm daily. 3927 Rivermark Plaza. 408.748.3355.

YOYO SUSHI BAR & GRILLE Japanese fusion. $$. The fusion-friendly menu features such expertly realized creations as the deep-fried California Roll and the Fisherman Roll, crab and avocado wrapped in rice, topped with salmon and rich masago sauce and then baked. Weekday happy hour. 11am-10pm daily. 3958 Rivermark Plaza. 408.213.9696.

YUKI SUSHI Japanese $$. A family-friendly ambience prevails here, full of community hubbub, good food, generous portions and super chefs. Yuki keeps it simple but always interesting with dishes that are well thought out and presented. 11:30am-2pm, 5-9:30pm TueFri, 5-9:30pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun. Closed Mon. 1827 Pruneridge Ave. 408.248.9144. ZAFRAN Northern Indian and Pakistani. $. Zafran serves northern Indian and Pakistani food, a muscular, hearty cuisine that revolves around

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meat: chicken and beef but also lamb and goat, lamb brains and other organ meats. 11am-11pm daily. 1855 El Camino Real. 408.247.9998.

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THE BASIN New American. $$$. The Basin has some refreshingly high standards. Produce is organic, seafoods are fresh and the menu accentuates American ideas, enhanced by Spanish and Italian spin. 5pm-close daily. 14572 Big Basin Way. 408.867.1906. LA MERE MICHELLE French-European. $$$. After three decades, La Mere is a tradition. Old World standards such as pâté, escargots, wiener schnitzel and veal scallopini ﬁnd a distinguished setting in the crystal-dotted dining room. 11:30am-2pm Wed-Sun, 5:30-9pm Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. 14467 Big Basin Way. 408.867.5272.

PLUMED HORSE Contemporary French. $$$$. After undergoing a $9 million remodel and expansion of its wine list, the Saratoga restaurant has been reborn as Silicon Valley’s premier luxury restaurant. How does the food taste at a $9 million restaurant? Mostly, like a million bucks. 5:30-10pm daily. 14555 Big Basin Way. 408.867.4711.

RISTORANTE DA MARIO Italian. $$. Ristorante Da Mario serves the greatest hits of Italian-American food but prepares them with a freshness and integrity that elevates them above your typical red-and-whitecheckered tablecloth ItalianAmerican restaurant. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9:30pm daily. 14441 Big Basin Way. 408.741.1518.

SENT SOVI New American. $$$$. A pretty dining room hosts an inspired, always fresh and seasonally driven menu of contemporary American and French food, complete with seductive desserts. 14583 Big Basin Way. 408.867.3110.

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Music in the Park Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose Thu – 5:30pm; free Sometime when grant money’s not so tight, some hip researcher (I know, I know, there aren’t any) needs to do a study of how David Lowery’s career perfectly parallels the rise and fall and rise again of alternative rock. With Santa Cruz’s Camper Van Beethoven, he provided a model for college-rock bands, building a following with smart, out-there songs that the mainstream didn’t know what to do with. By the time he started Cracker in the early ’90s, guys like him had changed music so much that he was the mainstream, and songs like “Low” and “Euro-Trash Girl”

that would have been cult gems were instead megahits. By the mid-’90s, the mainstream had moved on, but Cracker had a massive following. They knew their future was in touring, not records, before most of the music industry did. Now Lowery tours relentlessly with both Cracker and a re-formed Camper. (SP)

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MELISSA ETHERIDGE Mountain Winery, Saratoga Fri – 7:30pm; $45-$109.50 Do you realize it’s been almost 20 years since Melissa Etheridge came out? It blew people’s minds in 1993, but looking back, Yes I Am

as an “event” seems so quaint. Since then, she’s beaten breast cancer, won an Oscar (for “I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth), married, separated and had a child from the donated sperm of David Crosby. Oh, and she still makes albums! Fearless Love came out in 2009, and this year she released the “career in progress” record (her term of choice over “greatest hits”) Icon. (SP)

KID ROCK Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View Fri – 7pm; $25-$81 He erupted into mainstream alternative radio in the late ’90s with his rap-metal song “Bawitdaba” announcing repeatedly that his name was Kid Rock. But what a lot of people

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DIRTBAG DAN Blank Club, San Jose Fri – 10pm; $15 Dirtbag Dan had to fly all over the world competing in YouTube battle raps before he got the credit he deserved here in his home town of San Jose (and on the cover of Metro). He quickly became one of the biggest names in battle rap, thanks to his polarizing, larger-than-life persona. His critics accuse him of being more of a joker than an MC, but anyone familiar with the local underground rap scene knows that Dan has been writing and performing quality rhymes for more than a decade. The rest of the world doesn’t know that yet— but that’s changing. After he flew to the Philippines last December to be the first American to compete in their battle-rap league, Fliptop,

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Child Children’s Musical Theater, July 29– Aug 7, Montgomery M Theater, San Jose

MUSIC@MENLO Chambe music festival continues thru Chamber Aug 13 in Menlo Park and Atherton

CABRILLO FESTIVAL Contemporary Music series runs Co July 31–Aug 14 in Santa Cruz.

K.D. LANG Jul 31 3 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

SYMPHONY SILICON VALLEY SYM Target Summer Pops Series, Jul 30–Aug 7, SJSU

KIHNCERT 2011 With Yes, Styx and Kansas, Aug 3 at 5:30pm, Shoreline

BLUES TRAVELER Aug 4 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS Aug 4 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

TOBY KEITH Aug 5 at 7pm, Shoreline

DISASTER RELIEF BENEFIT D With CS& CS&N, Jackson Browne and more Aug 7, Shoreline

PAT TRAVERS Aug 11, Avalon, Santa Clara

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*sat CAFFE TRIESTE Caffe Trieste, San Jose Sat – Noon-midnight; free Caffe Trieste has not only been providing downtown with great coffee for the past three years, it has given a home to some of the most eclectic musical performances in San Jose, hosting everything from local

singer/songwriters to South American musicians to opera singers to jazz to musical theater. This 12-hour anniversary show to mark the cafe’s third birthday will feature some of their most popular performers, like Brazilian singer/songwriter Cado, Ben Henderson from Good Hustle, Christian Vela from Los Hot Boxers and many more. Owner Roger Springall also plans to make a big announcement at 5pm, something he promises will bring big change to Caffe Trieste. (AC)

ONE STEP BEYOND REUNION Club Illusions, Palo Alto Sat – 9pm; $25/$30 Could the crew behind the One Step Beyond reunion have picked

a better headliner than David J? When the Santa Clara club opened in 1985, David John Haskins was launching Love and Rockets, which would be the strangest and most successful project of his career. Both David J and OSB had indie cred to spare; one because he played bass in Bauhaus and wrote the words to “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” the other because where the hell else were you going to go in Silicon Valley to see the Ramones, Iggy Pop and Jane’s Addiction? Like One Step Beyond, Love and Rockets peaked in the late ’80s (with “So Alive”). And both are now having reunions, though David J will play solo for this show. (SP)

MADISON LANE Streetlight Records, San Jose Tue – 7pm; free The relatively new Santa Cruz– based rock band Madison Lane is quickly evolving. While the three founding members have been playing together off and on for the past 10 years, they only recently formed this band and begun to write a whole bunch of new eclectic, kitschy, blues-rock-based songs. As their sound started to gel, they added two more members, a drummer and bass player, giving their sound a more complete, rocking sound. One gets a sense when watching Madison Lane gig to gig, that this is a band with plenty more room to grow and change. Who knows what other great things are destined to come? (AC)

KATY PERRY Aug 12 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

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MICHAEL BUBLE Aug 13 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

CHRISTOPHER CROSS Aug 19 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

SAN JOSE PRIDE Aug 20–21, downtown San Jose

JOSH GROBAN Aug 23 at 8:30pm, HP Pavilion

ITALIAN FESTA Family event from Italian American Heritage Foundation, Aug 27-28, Guadalupe River and Gardens Park

DEVO Aug 27 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

TAYLOR SWIFT Sep 1–2 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

BARENAKED LADIES Sep 19 at 7:30pm, Mountain Winery

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and named after composer Kenya Tillery). “It’s a mentality of complete love and admiration and respect for each other,” says Parlato, who’s often on the road singing backup vocals with Esperanza Spalding when she’s not delivering material from her exquisite new album, The Lost and Found (Obliqsound). “Jealousy and competitiveness is going to exist in the world,” she says. “We don’t need to fall into it. It’s amazing what you can do when you get together with people who you love so much.” For the triumvirate’s West Coast debut, Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, part of the Stanford Jazz Festival, the women are performing with an equally formidable quartet led by Menlo Park–raised pianist Taylor

Eigsti, featuring guitarist Julian Lage, alternating bassists Harish Raghavan and Larry Grenadier, and drummer Greg Hutchinson. Even by the interconnected standards of the New York jazz scene, the ties binding these musicians can get dizzying. For starters, Martin, an accomplished acoustic guitarist whose 2009 CD, The Growing Season (Sunnyside), won an Independent Music Award for Best Folk/SingerSongwriter Album, is married to Burlingame-raised Grenadier, a superlative musician who has spent more than a decade as part of pianist Brad Mehldau’s trio. Stevens is a member of Eigsti’s working quartet, and is featured throughout his latest album, 2010’s ravishing Daylight at Midnight (Concord Music). He often tours with Parlato, who makes a guest appearance on Stevens’ recent release, Weightless (Sunnyside), a session of original folk and pop-inﬂected songs that has earned critical raves. Eigsti is responsible for bringing the women together. Parlato and Stevens ﬁrst shared a stage as part of the pianist’s Free Agency band, which

Tillery with Taylor Eigsti Quartet Aug. 3, 8pm; $36 Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford

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performed in January 2010 with the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra. For Eigsti, the common creative threads shared by the vocalists made the connection a no-brainer. “They all really think alike,” Eigsti says. “Becca has this incredibly clarity. “Rebecca is one of my favorite songwriters. She’s so dynamic and honest. And Gretchen is an amazing musician who has a way of coming into any situation. Becca and Rebecca are such good guitarists. There are so many possibilities when they get together.” Parlato fits most comfortably under a jazz rubric. Possessing an enticingly crystalline voice and a insinuating sound deeply informed by samba ballads and bossa nova, she’s been an essential part of several singular ensembles, dating back to 2001 when Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Terence Blanchard selected her as the first vocalist admitted to the Thelonious Monk Institute’s prestigious two-year master’s program (she went on to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition in 2004). While Martin is steeped in jazz, she has honed an emotionally evocative body of songs conceived more as vehicles for her incisive lyrics than as launching pads for improvisation. And Stevens, a musical polymath raised on Appalachian roots music, first gained national attention as the vocalist in saxophonist Travis Sullivan’s Björkestra, a jazz orchestra devoted to the music of the Icelandic pop icon. Tillery was born when the three women all got together for a weekend retreat. “Gretchen kept telling me that we have to set up a hang with Rebecca Martin,” Stevens says. “She’s one of those gals whose mission is to get all her pals to be one happy family. We made amazing food, talked and talked. Rebecca pulled out her guitar and said ‘What would it be like to sing something?’ She sang one of her songs, we sang textures and at the end it was like, this is it, we’re soul mates.”

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WESTERN BALLET A new series called “The Making of a Dancer” with artistic director Alexi Zubiria and Yanis Pikieris doing the choreography. Sat, 6pm. Western Ballet, Mountain View.

Theater AIDA The Elton John and Tim Rice musical as interpreted by Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. Opens Fri, 7pm. Regular shows: Thu-Fri, 7pm, Sat, 2 and 7pm, Sun, 1 and 6pm (no 6pm show Aug 7). Runs thru Aug 7. $16-$23. Montgomery Theater, San Jose.

CELEBRATING SONGS OF 1970-2010 An evening of classic tunes by Sondheim, LloydWebber and more. Sun, 7pm. $20/$25. Retro Dome, San Jose.

CURTAINS A musical mystery play by John Kander and Fred Ebb in a Foothill Music Theatre production. Regular shows: Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 7pm. Runs thru Aug 14. $13-$26. Lohman Theater, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills.

FLY BY NIGHT A TheatreWorks presentation of a musical about New Yorkers during the 1965 power outage. Regular shows: Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sunday 2 and 7pm. $19-$69. Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto.

THE MUSIC MAN Broadway by the Bay performs a classic musical. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs through Jul 31. $22-$48. Fox Theatre, Redwood City.

NINE City Lights presents the musical based on Fellini’s famous ﬁlm “8-1/2.” Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 7pm (Jul 31) or

2pm (Aug 7, 14, 21 and 28). Runs thru Aug 28. $25-$35. City Lights, San Jose.

OUR MISS GIBBS An Edwardian musical comedy presented by Lyric Theater. Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. $25.

SENECA’S OEDIPUS The Roman playwright’s take on the tale is presented in the Ted Hughes translation by Stanford Summer Theater. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Aug 14. $15-$25. The Nitery, Stanford.

SHADY SHAKESPEARE The summer troupe presents “Henry V” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in repertory. Thu-Sun, 7pm. Runs through Sep 4. $10-$15. Sanborn Park, Saratoga.

SHAKESPEARE SANTA CRUZ “The Comedy of Errors,” “Henry IV, Part One” and “The Three Musketeers” run in repertory. Through Aug 28. UC-Santa Cruz campus.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Stanley Kowalski and Blanche DuBois renew their strange courtship in Dragon’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ famed drama. Preview: Thu, 8pm. Opens: Fri, 8pm (with gala after). Regular shows: Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Aug 21. $16-$25. Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto.

Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 8pm: Comedy hosed by Dan St. Paul. Redwood City.

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Museums OPENING ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “Crossing Boundaries.” Works by sculptor Kristen LindsethRivera and painter Ming Jing Wang. Jul 28-Sep 15. WedSun, 11am-5pm. Los Gatos.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Hobos to Street People: Artists’ Responses to Homelessness From the New Deal to the Present.” “The Changing Face of Homelessness: Portraits by SCU Photography Students.” “Between Struggle and Hope: Envisioning a Democratic Art in the 1930s.” “This Camera Fights Fascism: The Photographs of David Bacon and Francisco Dominguez.” Jul 29-Feb 5. Santa Clara University.

CONTINUING CANTOR ARTS CENTER “The Art of the Book.” A show about ﬁve ﬁne presses in the Bay Area. Thru Aug 28. “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. WedSun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am8pm. Stanford.

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 Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Will Durst. $12-$18. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: Tinkle Time. $12.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM “Mammoth Discovery!” Plus activities and hands-on fun for kids. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. Sun, noon-5pm. Discovery Meadow, San Jose.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy.” A show dedicated to the many biological specimens

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metroactive ARTS 40 collected by the naturalist. Runs thru Sep 11 at Paciﬁc Hotel. “Celebrating Local Artists.” Thru Sep 18 at Pasetta House, History Park, San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Bill Owens: Ordinary Folks.” A selection of photographs taken by Owens in the 1970s. Thru Feb 5. “The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis.” Thru Sep 25. “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. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES “Primary Structures.” A look at sculptural art knitting. “Southwestern Banded Blankets: Three Cultures, One Horizon.” Thru Aug 7. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.

TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION Exhibits about science, technology and the world. Ongoing. Mon-Wed, 10am5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.

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MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO, PARIS

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“Photographs by Diane Kreiter.” Interior shots of industrial plants in Silicon Valley.” Thru Sept 11. Reception Fri, 7pm. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

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This exhibition is co-organized by the Musée National Picasso, Paris, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Major Patrons are Penny and James George Coulter and the Estate of Mary Price Moffatt. Lead Patrons are The Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund, The Bernard Osher Foundation and Douglas A. Tilden. Lead Sponsors are the Muriel T. French Trust and Isabelle and Charles Picasso.

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“Celestial Summer.” Photographs taken by Hubble Space telescope plus works by local artists. Reception Thu, 5:30-7:30pm. Inside Axis high-rise on Almaden, San Jose.

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Adriane Coburn, Alexander Chen, Amanda Hughen and Ehren Elizabeth Reed.” Jul 29-Oct 16. “Sculpture on the Grounds: Traces, Twigs and Time.” Opens Jul 29. Reception Fri, 6-9:30pm, as part of Final Fridays, with music by Ernesto Martinez. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm. Saratoga.

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STANFORD ART SPACES

“Fresh Out of Ink.” Figurative works in ink on paper by Leslie Lambert. Thru Jul 30. San Jose.

Paintings by Jeung H. Kang, Claudia Stevens and Ichen Wu. Thru Sep 22. Weekdays, 8:30am-5pm. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford.

CONTINUING BRUNI GALLERY Jazz portraits by Bruni, plus sports art by Mark Gray. Thru Aug 31. Daily, 1-6pm. San Jose.

FILOLI “Botanical Art Exhibit.” Thru Jul 31. Woodside.

GALLERY SARATOGA “Wild.” Photography by Judy Bingham. “Images Remembered.” Paintings by Dorothy Atkins. Thru Jul 31. Reception Sat, 2-6pm. TueSun, 11am-6pm. Saratoga.

LOS GATOS COMPANY “Variations, Different Faces of the Same Place.” Oil paintings of Los Gatos by Riki R. Nelson. Los Gatos.

MACLA “Navigations of the Fantastic.” A group show by Elizabeth Gomez, Betty Davis, Jose Arenas and Veronica Felix. Thru Aug 13. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

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“Records and Marks.” A show about mapping and identity by Lordy Rodriguez,

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“Aloha—Return to Paradise.” Works by Foster City artists Nancy and Robert Terrebonne inspired by Hawaii. Thru Aug 7. Wed-Sun, 10am-3pm. Redwood City.

METRO LOBBY “This Is Me.: Dolls ’n’ Drag.” Thru Jul 31. Metro, San Jose.

MOHR GALLERY “Cars, Gates and Landscapes.” Paintings by Alexis Grant. Thru Jul 31. Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View.

Paintings by Gail Ragains. Thru Aug 22. Mountain View.

OLIVE HYDE ART GUILD Members juried show. Thru Aug 13. Thu-Sun, noon-5pm. Fremont.

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SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Lift Off.” A show of works by recent MFA art grads from SJSU. Thru Sep 10. “Frames of War.” Works by Hanna Hannah. Thru Sep 10. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

SANTA CLARA CITY HALL Biennial “Indoor Sculpture Exhibition.” Thru Sep. Santa Clara.

SARATOGA LIBRARY Photographs of West Coast people and places by Charles DiLisio. Thru Aug 31. Saratoga.

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A booksigning event for author of “Make Your Dream Come True Now!” Thu, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

ALEX ELDRIDGE The author of “Conversations With Jesus” appears. Thu, 7:30pm. Free. East West Bookstore, Mountain View.

HOWARD MARKEL The author of “An Anatomy of Addiction” speaks. Wed, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The famed fantasy author appears on behalf of his ﬁnally ﬁnished and longawaited novel, “A Dance With Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5.” Wed, 7pm. Fox Theatre, Redwood City. (Check www.keplers.com for tickets.)

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On Target ONE OF San Jose’s largest summer events, the Target Summer Pops Free Music Festival, which runs July 30–Aug. 7, provides audiences an opportunity to experience the excitement of orchestral, world and pop music from the comfort of their blanket. Held on the green at San Jose State University, the festival is a fun-ﬁlled romp through popular and classical favorites and a showcase for world-class artists. From Hollywood hits and big-band favorites to rumbas, taiko drumming and familiar classics, Summer Pops offers something for music aﬁcionados and newcomers alike. Kicking off the festival this Saturday at 7pm is “Classics With Attitude,” a collection of “light-classical” favorites. From the lively and technically challenging Carmen Fantasy to the rhythmically driven Bolero and more, the symphony, led by Peter Jaffe, offers a glimpse into the edgier side of classical music.

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July 30–Aug. 7 The green at San Jose The “Family Adventure Concert” on Sunday at State University 5:30pm is a tribute to compositions recognizable to kids of all ages. With a schedule that includes hits from Beauty and the Beast, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Little Mermaid and more, this is a great way to introduce pop culture–savvy youngsters to the richness of live, orchestral music. And, there will be free ice cream. Spicing it up with the infectiously danceable music of Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca, “Noche Caliente: Target Latin Night,” on Aug. 5, 7pm, showcases the fusion of salsas, rumbas, soukous and “smooth world beats” that have made Lemvo a pioneer of contemporary Afro-Cuban music. San Jose Taiko will make a guest appearance at the show. From “In the Mood” to “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and many more, “Big Band Dance Hits,” on Aug. 6, 7pm, is shaping up to be a swinging good time. Featuring classic dance numbers from the big bandera, the concert aims to be a feel-good, dance-floor-filling affair. Bringing to life the sounds of some of Hollywood biggest hits, “pops conductor extraordinaire” Michael Berkowitz leads the symphony in a tribute to the big screen. Performing unforgettable pieces from Gone With the Wind, Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia and many more, the festival-closing “Hooray for Hollywood” concert, on Aug. 7, 5:30pm, is a celebration of the glamour and magnificence of Hollywood’s golden age and beyond.—Cat Johnson

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An event of creative interaction, with cocktails and live music by the Good Hustle. Thu, 7pm. $5. San Jose Museum of Art.

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A weekly family show presented by Peninsula Youth Theater. This week: “The Wish Peddler.” Fri, 6:30pm. Free. On the lawn at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

CAFFE TRIESTE BIRTHDAY PARTY

DAY OUT WITH THOMAS A chance for young rail enthusiasts to meet Sir Topham Hatt and ride a fullsize Thomas engine through the redwoods. Jul 29-31, Aug 5-7. Roaring Camp, Felton.

GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL A salute to all things garlic,

featuring an annual garlic cook-off. This year, the festival welcomes Top Chef contestant Angelo Sosa and country music star Kip Moore. Fri-Sun, 10am–7pm. $8–$17; children under 6, free. Christmas Hill Park, Gilroy.

MOSS LANDING ANTIQUE STREET FAIR A large street-side show of antiques and collectibles. Sun, 7:30am–5pm. Free. Downtown Moss Landing.

PORTERA 2011 A charity event to help Second Harvest Food Bank, Career Closet, Community Health Partnership and Sacred Heart Community Services. With music by Forever Land, plus food and drink. Bring what you can to donate. Wed, 6-8:30pm, Pruneyard Shopping Center, Rock Bottom Restaurant, Campbell. (See www. PorteraCCC.com for details.)

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story than Ransom or the similarly plotted but soft-core Robert Redford vehicle The Clearing. The dark, hairy and undersized Yvan Attal (My Wife Is an Actress) plays the Parisian businessman Stanislas Graff, chief shareholder in the family financial enterprises. Snatched up, blinded with black ski goggles and shoved into a trunk, he is hauled to a pup tent pitched in a deserted tunnel. After what looks like a short glass of Pernod, his captors cut off his finger with a jackknife and send the digit the family along with a demand for 50 million euros. Graff endures; he’s chained, forced to hide his eyes and made to dip his stumped finger in some caustic germicide. The cops want to play tough, but the family’s lawyers, Graff ’s wife, Françoise (Anne Consigny), and

his mother, Marjorie (Françoise Fabian), figure out a way to raise the ransom. Marjorie is notably frosty. The family is seen posed sitting in their living room. Even in private, the mask of politesse doesn’t come off. The bland dialogue so standard in procedurals (“All we can do is wait”) here accentuates the colder tensions. Smooth, shrewd Alex Decas of 35 Shots of Rum plays the family’s attorney, who acts as a go-between. When it comes time to raise the ransom, the family’s finances turn out to be as illusory as the Graff ’s marital satisfaction. Graff was quite the compartmentalizer. He had a spare apartment for entertaining his girlfriends and had been gambling away huge sums. (The police note that the kind of people who collect gambling debts also collect fingertips from people who can’t pay.) The press finds all this out and surmise what they can’t prove. Graff ’s situation as a society icon and personal friend of the minister of the interior inflames class conflicts. In a line made for 2011, a businessman sums up the political football. After Graff ’s squandering has

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been revealed, “How can we justify austerity measures?” Rapt is very loosely based on the 1978 kidnapping of Baron ÉdouardJean Empain. “Graf,” which means “count” in German, is perhaps a reference to Empain’s title. (The real Empain came from a colorful family; the grandfather was a self-made railway millionaire, and Empain’s baroness mother was a retired burlesque artist, known for her goldpainted cabaret act a la Goldfinger.) Belgian director Belvaux is not a screw twister. Rapt instead displays the kind of efficiency that still permits discursive New Wave dialogue, the kind of talk that taught Tarantino everything he knows. The men-at-work methods are visible in the action sequences, such as the scene of top-coat-clad gunmen making a money drop at the out-ofseason seaside resort Ostend, with its haunted pavilions and peeled paint. The tension is lifted with a curious and yet plausible sequence. The avuncular Gérard Meylan (of Marius and Jeannette) is a benign kidnapper, in contrast to the previous thugs, with a thick graying mustache protruding around the edges of his ski mask. He’s a shoulder-patter who likes to talk. (Alone among the people in this film, the Marseilles criminal has a touching sense of Graff ’s personal honor.) The deathly coldness of the situation ultimately surfaces: The real crime isn’t kidnapping, it’s Graff ’s shattering of the Rules of the Game. What the mother-in-law, Marjorie, tells Françoise is echoed by the kidnappers, who in turn say it of Graff ’s family when they call the cops as they were forbidden to do. Eventually, the same five words are behind Françoise’s judgment on her kidnapped husband: “You didn’t play your part.” The interesting, silkily satirical idea at the heart of Rapt is that people at this level of society can bear all kinds of terror. But they can’t endure injured pride.

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New COWBOYS & ALIENS (PG-13; 118 min.) A mix of Western and sci-ﬁ tropes starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Directed by Jon Favreau. (Opens Fri.)

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (PG-113; 118 min.) Steve Carell stars in a comedy about a man in familial crisis. Also stars Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone. (Opens Fri.)

THE FORGOTTEN BOMB (2010) One way to deal with the unthinkability of nuclear war: Put it out of your mind. More next week. (Plays Aug 4 at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center.) (RvB)

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(R) Jenna Fischer tries to extricate herself from comic troubles. (Opens Fri at Camera 12 in San Jose.)

THE ELEGANTLY produced, enlightening and beautifully scored (by John Zorn) Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness plays the South Bay wing of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on Aug. 3 at 4pm. (Additional films show Aug. 1-8 at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto.) During an all-time high of intermarriage between Jews and gentiles, the question of assimilation plagues traditionalists. Humorist Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) was among the first to tackle that question. He was called the “Mark Twain of Yiddish.” The parallels are strong. Both were writers worked under a pseudonym (Aleichem’s means “peace be on you,” the Jewish way of saying “hello”). Both had financial downfalls while searching for a big score in industry. Like Twain, Aleichem was also a journalist who worked feverishly and who wore himself out on lecture tours. Both writers, known for their levity, harbored dark premonitions of the future. Aleichem’s humorous, humanist stories made him one of the most popular authors in Yiddish, the poorly regarded household language of European Jews. (In fact Russian was spoken in Aleichem’s household, and his children never learned Yiddish.) When Jews were escaping murderous Tsarist pogroms, Aleichem’s stories of enterprising hustlers, milkmen

and orphans considered how the Chosen could survive in changing times. Aleichem hoped and failed to be a success in America; on one night, two of his plays debuted in Manhattan. (“Feh”—Yiddish for “p.u.”—was apparently the public’s reaction to both.) After his death, Aleichem’s ﬁction JXe =iXeZ`jZf endured through the A\n`j_ =`cd 20th century—even in =\jk`mXc the U.S.S.R. for a time— surprisingly more so Aug. 1–8 there than in Israel, where Oshman Family Yiddish was hounded out JCC, Palo Alto in favor of Hebrew. Some of his little-known known work is still to be discovered, it’s clear, including “Glossary of a Step-Mother’s Curses” and Tales of the 1001 Nights, a report of the proto-Holocaust conditions of the Tsarist persecution. Ultimately Aleichem will best be known as the source writer for Fiddler on the Roof. That musical’s lyricist, Sheldon Harnick, is among the many interviewees in the ﬁlm. So is Aaron Lansky of the National Yiddish Center, which has preserved literally millions of books in the dying language. Another is the ageless Bel Kaufman, Aleichem’s granddaughter, who just turned 100 and is currently teaching Jewish humor at Hunter College. —Richard von Busack

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THE SMURFS (PG; 86 min.) The blue men struggle to survive after being ejected from their homes. (Opens Fri.)

Revivals HENRY IV PART 1 From the Globe Theater in London, a ﬁlmed performance of Shakespeare’s history play about a valiant blood drinker, a wastrel heir apparent and an infamous beerheart whose literary progeny includes Dude Lebowski, Ignatius J. Reilly, Rooster Cogburn and the many names of W.C. Fields. (Plays Aug 1 at Cupertino 16, CinéArts Palo Alto and Santana Row and San Jose Oakridge 20.) (RvB)

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) Third and schmaltziest of Steven Spielberg’s B-movie pastiches. The dreaded men’smovement movie at its stickiest, with Sean Connery as the estranged dad this adventurer (Harrison Ford) was looking for all along, without even knowing it. The views of Petra in Jordan are fascinating, anyway, as is the staging of a Nazi rally outside a familiar Treasure Island landmark. (Plays Jul 28 at sundown in Redwood City at Old Courthouse Square; free.) (RvB)

MEGAMIND (2010) The supervillain’s side of the story. (Plays Jul 29 in Mountain View at sundown in Eagle Park; free.) (RvB)

THE NAVIGATOR/THE CAMERAMAN (1924/1928) In the ﬁrst, Buster Keaton goes it alone on an abandoned ship, to be spooked by “Asleep in the Deep”; then, in Buster’s last, canonical ﬁlm, he tries to make ends meet in 1920s New York as a newsreel photographer. The legendary Dennis James at the Wurlitzer. (Plays Jul 29 at 7:30pm at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent ﬁlms. Jul 30 at 7:30pm: Reginald Denny as a prizeﬁghter turned lover in The Night Bird (1928) and Harold Lloyd in Why Pick On Me (1918), plus Lupino Lane in Movieland. Bruce Loeb at the piano. Jul 31 at 7:30pm: Remembering Playland by the Beach, Tom Wyrsch’s documentary about the long-lost San Francisco amusement park, billed with Chaplin’s A Jitney Elopement (1915). (Shows in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

NORTH BY NORTHWEST/ STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1959/1951) Some of Hitchcock’s movies are masterpieces, some are popular; these two combine both qualities. Here is silky, sexually confused evil (Robert Walker, James Mason); here, confoundingly innovative technique in the service of a sardonic spy ﬁlm and a murder mystery, respectively. If you just think you remember them, you haven’t seen them, so don’t miss them. (Plays Jul 30-Aug 5 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB).

THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) Beloved, and people will want to see the late Peter Falk in it. Despite it all, this movie has always seemed as genuine as Billy Crystal, as deep as Rob Reiner, as unaffectedly natural as Mandy Patinkin and as original as the talent of William “The Recycler” Goldman, the man who wrote it. (Plays Jul 2931 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

REAR WINDOW/ROPE (1954/1948) Photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is laid up in a wheelchair in his studio apartment, recovering from a broken leg. One day, he sees evidence in a neighboring apartment that a husband has murdered his wife. The boundlessly

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TOY STORY (1995) Enchanting, refreshingly lowkey spin on that child-tormenting tale The Velveteen Rabbit. Subsequent sequels deepened the story beyond belief, bringing in themes of heartbreak, abandonment and fears of aging into the adventures. (Plays Jul 27 at sundown in San Jose at San Pedro Square; free.) (RvB)

Reviews BAD TEACHER (R; 92 min.) Cameron Diaz puts the â€œlowerâ€? into â€œhigherâ€? education in a comedy about a teacher gone feral.

BEGINNERS (R; 104 min.) Sweet, harmless, utterly coy. We meet Oliver (Ewan McGregor) as heâ€™s cleaning up his fatherâ€™s house after his death. The late father, who came out of the closet after 40 years of marriage, is played by an Oscar-bound Christopher Plummer. Seeing the actorâ€™s sterling professionalism is like watching a man play Rachmaninoff on a toy piano. Meanwhile, Oliver has his own off-again, on-again thing with Anna (MĂŠlanie Laurent), one of those French child-women essential to 1960s cinema. Beginners, with its sense of a too-gentle graphic novel come to life, is excruciatingly cute. The downside of a story for aging children is, in a word, childishness, and Beginners has it heavy: the subtitled pooch; the roller-skating dates followed by slumber parties; the little cartoons scribbled out by Oliver at his desk. (RvB)

BRIDESMAIDS (R; 125 min.) Annie (Kristen Wiig) is a Milwaukee woman going downhill. Her ex-boyfriend (Jon Hamm) uses her for sex. Suddenly, Annieâ€™s best pal, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), announces her impending marriage. Lillian also introduces a new gorgeous friend (Rose Byrne) who elbows Annie aside and takes charge of the wedding. The wedding planning becomes more pretentious, more expensive and ever more humiliating for Annie. Wiig is at her most comically nonchalant as the desperation seeps out of her pores. In her capacity to register degrees of comedic suffering, this actress suggests what happens when like when a movie is really loose down deep in its soul, and is not just wobbly and formulaic. But Judd Apatow was the executive producer, and Bridesmaids is shaped like an Apatow ďŹ lm: itâ€™s a half-hour too long. Though itâ€™s released as a chick-ďŹ‚ick alternative, we still get the traditional pointless ďŹ ght between Annie and her new man (Chris Oâ€™Dowd). (RvB)

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG-13; 125 min.) Above all, a luxurious recreation of the past; the long 3-D chase through 1940s Brooklyn is one of the best arguments for that technology that Iâ€™ve seen. It is an appealing comic-book story: the legend of how a New York stripling became the patriotic champion of World War II. Chris Evans must have got some of whatever it was that they shot up into the real Captain America. Heâ€™s signiďŹ cantly improved from his days in the weak Fantastic Four series, and his air of melancholy reminds you of â€™40s star Alan Ladd. Hugo Weaving is the impressively disďŹ gured villain, who doesnâ€™t care for Hitlerâ€™s lack of scope any more than he likes the nickname Der FĂźhrer bestowed on him, â€œThe Red Skull.â€? Joe Johnstonâ€™s direction may be too much in the mode of a classic â€™40s movie for the kids, but it has loads to offer, including a drily funny Tommy Lee Jones and surprising art direction. (RvB)

CARS 2 (G) An animated Bond parody. Agent Finn McMissile (a sentient Aston Martin voiced by Michael Caine) is on the track of a mysterious professor. Events lure Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) into a race demonstrating alternative fuels in Paris, London and Tokyo. Tow Mater attracts the attention of McMissileâ€™s

assistant, Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer), who stays as subordinate as the 007 girls of three decades ago. Itâ€™s not really bad, but itâ€™s cute and relentless, and paced to tickle 5-yearolds. (RvB)

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R; 109 min.) Friends with BeneďŹ ts follows No Strings Attached, which bowed earlier this year, and both tackle the idea of two friends having all the beneďŹ ts of a sexual relationship with none of the emotional strings attached. Both ďŹ lms walk a ďŹ ne line between raunchy, slapstick humor and classic romantic comedy sentimentality, but Friends with BeneďŹ ts edges out slightly ahead. Even stranger than the similar concepts is that both are the follow-up ďŹ lms for Black Swan stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. While Portman hasnâ€™t always shown her silly side, Kunis grew up (literally) on the hit sitcom That 70â€™s Show and has proven comedy chops. She uses some of that to her advantage but, unfortunately, she isnâ€™t really given much to work with. Justin Timberlake, playing Dylan, and Kunis, playing Jamie, become friends and decide theyâ€™re both sexually attracted to each other but donâ€™t want a relationship. Against the advice of their friends and family that it will never work, they give it a shot. And guess what? They realize itâ€™s a lot harder than they thought.

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clever techniques in this Hitchcock masterpiece come to a terriďŹ cally simple point. In an instant, Jefferies is transformed from a watcher to the watched, the focus of all eyes in his courtyard. BILLED WITH Rope. The Leopold and Loeb story, done Hitchcock style, with Jimmy Stewart as the philosophy professor whose lectures on Nietzsche have been misinterpreted by homosexual (and homicidal) pupils John Dahl and San Joseâ€™s own Farley Granger. Itâ€™s earnest. Filmed in a series of 10-minute takes in Technicolor, the ďŹ lm was an experiment that Hitchcock later deemed â€œa stuntâ€?; if so, itâ€™s an unusually aesthetically pleasing stunt, with its bijou New York outside, the artiďŹ cial sky gradually darkening at sunset, its spun-glass clouds traveling across the imitation skyline. (Plays Jul 23-28 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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So how does it unfold? It’s innocent enough and Kunis and Timberlake have enough chemistry that it’s very enjoyable. However for a ﬁlm that is constantly referencing, and knocking, romantic comedy ﬁlms it doesn’t end up being the antithesis or savior of the genre it hopes to be. Instead it’s another middling rom-com that gets some genuine laughs but is nothing special. (MM)

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Northern Lights THE NEW silent-film DVD from Flicker Alley, Laila tells of how a Norse merchant’s daughter fell off a sled during a flight from a wolf pack. She was raised, not by wolves, but by a pack of the nomadic herdsmen of the area formerly known as Lapland: the people now known as the Sami. When Laila grows, she’s played by the beauteous Mona Martenson, a co-star and rival of Greta Garbo. She is a Scandinavian tragic mulatto torn between her herdsman foster brother (Henry Gleditsch) and a “daro”—a European outsider who is also her cousin. This first Norwegian cinematic epic, made in 1929, was shot in the wildest part of the country’s fjords and mountains. Grazing the reindeer in the summer, the herdsman live in tipis, and get around being drawn like water skiers behind a charging deer. The local color combines nicely with the Copenhagen shot interiors. It all leads to a ripping climax, augmented by a last-minute race to the altar complicated by the return of the wolf pack. It’s a bracing mix of the melodramatic and the ethnographic. Regarding the Sami, Laila has more or less the same POV as American frontier dramas have for the Indians during the same time. The film demonstrates all sympathy to the bravery and endurance of the Laplanders, but it spells doom for a people caught in progress’s way. Certainly, the leads here aren’t Sami; they’re Scandinavian actors made up

with Vulcan eyebrows. But the drastic change in this culture is clear if you have a look at something like last year’s comedy Rare Exports: Chernobyl radiation, mining, Russian border guards and Westernization are just some of the factors that wore away traditional Sami life. The Norse movie industry in 1929 had no permanent studios. Yet Norway is next door to Sweden and Denmark, nations making some of the world’s most CX`cX sophisticated films. Laila was a collaboration of Flicker Alley talents from Stockholm and $29.95 Copenhagen; the director George Schnéevoigt had been the photographer on four Carl Dreyer films as well as the 1921 version of Norse writer Knut Hamsun’s Growth of the Soil. The DVD includes a booklet telling the film’s story. The Emil Jannings–like Tryggve Larssen, who played the burly Jampa, kept a diary; republished here it notes the problems of frozen cameras, cramped sets and animal actors. One day, “Only the reindeers had a good time.” —Richard von Busack

(PG-13; 105 min.) Arrogant test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) receives a ring of power from a dying alien warrior. Director Martin Campbell revived such venerable action heroes as Zorro and James Bond, and he should be able to make this DC comic-book character live. Certainly, Reynolds is aesthetically pleasing, and the scenes of him gliding through the air have the excitement of old comic books come to life. Still, the movie, like Reynolds, lacks a personality, and it’s short in love interest. (It was a mistake to promote Blake Lively to the big screen.) Under furious rewriting, the scenes don’t always connect; one neither gets a sense of the technical stops being pulled out, nor of a dreamy fairy tale of ultimate power and responsibility. Worse, Mark Strong never lives up to his character’s name, Sinestro. As a super-psychic who looks like a cross between Philip Seymour Hoffman and a beluga whale, Peter Sarsgaard couldn’t be more fun. He’s raving mad and big in the voice, and when he slaps Jordan down with the power of his mind, he’s a nightmare vision of a bad father. (RvB)

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 (PG-13; 130 min.) The saga wraps up in a cluttered, confusing, if fast-paced adventure in which Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) confronts Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). It’s the end game set up in the vastly superior first part; you’ll be lost if you didn’t rewatch the first half within a week of seeing this one. The 3-D frame-breakers work well, such as an abused albino dragon snapping its head out of the screen. Evanna (Luna Lovegood) Lynch and our lovely Snape (Alan Rickman, rolling every syllable as if it were Sisyphus’s rock) steal their parts of the show. It’s a nocturnal film, and director David Yates is at his best borrowing from Fritz Lang in the formations of men lined up in the dark, or conferring with each other in the shadows. (RvB)

HORRIBLE BOSSES (R; 100 min.) This may not be the ﬁrst hit comedy of the summer, but

it’s definitely the first good one. Not only does the film bring the laughs, but it also boasts a well-written script and skilled directing. But it’s the cast, led by Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day, that puts the nail in the coffin. Horrible Bosses may not be the most original or sidesplitting comedy of all time, but it has all its pieces in the right spot. The kernel of the story is that friends Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) all have horrible bosses (played by Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Donald Sutherland and Jennifer Aniston). Playing nicely (and subtly, thank you) into the current economic crisis, they realize it would be easier to off their bosses than look for new work. From there it’s a basic comedy of errors but with some nice detours. Aniston, surprisingly enough, is really the breakout star of this. Finally playing against type, she and Day play off each other unexpectedly well and she creates many of the film’s best scenes. (MM)

LIFE, ABOVE ALL (PG-13, 106 min.) Oliver Schmitz’s Oscar-shortlisted study about the fringes of urban South Africa, where a pair of teenage friends do their best to survive the lack of parents and deal with a disease too grim to be mentioned by name for most of the film. Chanda (Khomotso Manyaka) is a young girl whose mother is ailing with what is obviously AIDS. Then comes the connivance of a next-door neighbor Mrs. Tafa (the film’s standout, Harriet Manamela), who is involved in literally making the problem go away. Schmitz has a keen eye for landscapes and people; this isn’t a prettified story. Often he transcends the limits of the amateur actors as well as the source, the Canadian writer Allan Stratton’s young-adult novel Chanda’s Secrets. Still, this is a film mostly about good people and bad people instead of people. The ending grounds this worthwhile movie when Life, Above All tries for too much uplift. (RvB)

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13, 94 min.) Whatever happens, one can’t go wrong ﬁlling up the screen with Paris. Woody Allen’s newest includes some sweet vistas. Owen Wilson is Gil, a disenchanted Malibu screenwriter who wants to be a novelist. As a result, he gets midnight visitations by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda. (The gilded couple is played by Tom Hiddleston and Alison Pill.) The nights continue, and Gil meets the artistic and literary lights of the 1920s, magically

SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG-13; 104 min.) A two-track ﬁlm about women in 19th-century China and in modern Shanghai. Directed by Wayne Wang.

TABLOID (Unrated; 86 min.) Salty and strangely light-hearted documentary about the elusiveness of truth. No one’s life at stake this time, as there was in director Errol Morris The Thin Blue Line. Instead, there is merely the question of whether Joyce McKinney, a Wyoming beauty queen, committed a very unusual sexual assault 30 years ago. In 1977, McKinney went to England to get her hands on the love of her life, a Mormon missionary she had met back in America. A short dalliance in what she describes as “a magical moonlit cottage” made her the well-reimbursed toast of the English tabloids. While one rag presented her as a gun-toting romantic in search of “a melding of two souls,” the other did some digging and found a richly unsavory past. McKinney denies this, as well she might. An incredulitystruck Morris rolls around in this berserk, muddy story, framing it with found footage, and an uproarious clip from Zefﬁrelli’s 1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon. (RvB)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG-13; 157 min.) Blending in TV and newsreel footage, the new Transformers tells how Transformerism was hushed up in the 1960s. On the moon, Optimus Prime jumpstarts an aged robot sentinel. Meanwhile, evil Megatron vows revenge in the African veldt. The final battle (45 minutes of drowse-inducing clash) takes place in Chicago after an opening act in D.C. A strange variety special with killbots, the film approaches entertainment through the unleashed flamboyance of the actors. John Malkovich lolls at the feet of a robot like a puppy. Alan Tudyk supplies some European suaveness as a Dutch bodyguard. Frances McDormand’s disgust with the entire film is infectious. Strange how well 3-D improves

matters, too. The technique forcibly slows the editing and gives some visual dimension to what used to look like wrathful lawn-art junk sculptures, or $300 million versions of the roller-skating saps in a production of Starlight Express. (RvB)

THE TREE OF LIFE (PG-13, 138 min.) A memory of loss transfixes a man of today, Jack (Sean Penn). Jack is led back to his early childhood home in the outskirts of Waco, Texas, in the late 1950s. In this world, his father is Jack’s ruler and his bitter enemy. In his lean, unsparing performance, Brad Pitt recalls the fierceness of the fathers of those days. The calm center of this film is the mother Mrs. O’Brien. Jessica Chastain plays this “lover of the way of grace,” and she is as much a dancer as an actress. With a strong theme

of feminine mercy vs. masculine authority; with its acute longing for reconciliation with the past; with its tender faith that “No one who loves the way of grace comes to a bad end,” director Terrence Malick’s new ﬁlm is peaceful, and yet it breaks out in storms of color and rage. (RvB)

WINNE THE POOH (G; 70 min.) A gritty look at the dark underbelly of the 100-acre woods— not. Just a genial G-rated animated ﬁlm for the young ones.

ZOOKEEPER (PG; 102 min.) The world holds its breath in anticipation of the newest Kevin James comedy masterpiece about an animal caretaker who seeks romance with the help of his furry friends. With appearances by such beloved stars as Sylvester Stallone and Adam Sandler.

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reincarnated. One night, he meets a ﬂapper (Marion Cotillard) with a similar yet drastically different taste for nostalgia. The not very pungent point is stretched into a culturevulture’s version of Play It Again, Sam. Midnight in Paris is a harmless, gentle nothing, but it’s also a moldy vision of the city during its era of artistic adventurousness. (RvB)

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the festival’s organizers. Think and Die Thinking is a DIY effort in the truest sense of the word. “We want to show people that this is completely possible—like, with negative funds. Zero sponsorship. No promotion. We’re just telling our friends who are telling their friends,” says Christine Tupou, another of the festival’s organizers. The three-day festival will be held at the Billy DeFrank Center and Streetlight Records, featuring both local and national indie-punk bands. The festival also seeks to support queer identity, women and people of color in music, so all the bands have at least one member from one of those groups. “It feels more tangible when you can look at a band and see that they’re not all men,” says Tupou. “Even though it shouldn’t matter, but it does. We still have a long way to go before we can be like ‘You and

I are equals now.’ I think even in progressive scenes, punk scenes, we kind of forget that.” Tupou remembers when she was in high school and was ﬁrst discovering the underground feminist punk movement of the Riot Grrrl movement, she asked a teacher whom she respected what he thought of it. He told her they were just a bunch of whiny girls in the ’90s, and women didn’t have the right voices to be in rock or punk. “I guess it took someone saying it out loud to hear how ridiculous it is,” Tupou says. However, that isn’t to say that this festival is exclusively for people from these groups. It’s not. Everyone is encouraged to be a part of it. “We don’t want people to feel outed. We’re just showcasing a community that we feel isn’t prevalent in San Jose. It’s for everyone,” says Gutierrez. The organizers of the festival, who besides Gutierrez and Tupou also include Mander Farrell and Nicole Munoz, are also members of the ’90s-loving, indie-pop band Sourpatch. Through the course of touring,

Think and Die Thinking Festival Aug. 5–6, 3pm–midnight: Billy DeFrank Center; $7–$10 per day) Aug. 7, 2–7pm, Streetlight Records, San Jose; free

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Thinking Outside the Box

Sourpatch have gained inspiration by finding cities elsewhere that have thriving queer-punk and womencentric music scenes. The idea to create a totally DIY, sponsor-free festival came from seeing examples of it in other places. For instance, there is the Not Enough festival in Portland, Ore. The festival not only showcased gay, lesbian and transgender bands, but they also set up a rule that only brand-new bands could play (meaning bands that were formed specifically for the festival). There is also C.L.I.T.Fest, a woman-oriented DIY fest that moves around state to state each year. This year it was held in Washington, D.C. Anyone familiar with Sourpatch should not be surprised that they would take on such an ambitious project. Gutierrez has been actively booking shows in the South Bay since he was a kid—in halls, houses, muffler shops, theaters, thrift stores and anywhere else he could. “I feel like the last 10 years, the only all-ages venues that are available have promoters booking them. People feel like they have to go through a promoter, which is kind of a bummer. I just think it’s important for people to know that they can do it themselves,” Guitierrez says. What also makes this festival different is that the organizers won’t be keeping any of the profits. Half of the money earned will go to out of town bands, and the other half will be donated to the Billy DeFrank Center, an LGBT community center. Just recently Gutierrez and Tupou learned that Sleater-Kinney, an allfemale punk band they love, played the Billy DeFrank Center back in the late ’90s as part of a benefit to keep the center open. For them, it was a happy bit of synchronicity. But activism isn’t the only reason they put together Think and Die Thinking. “The No. 1 reason for starting the fest is cause it was fun,” says Tupou.

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Aug 4 Emmanuel Selassie Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 5 First Friday Function Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 6 Sin Sisters Burlesque Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 7 Club 143 Atrium (Ages 14-19) Aug 9 Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social Atrium (Ages 21+) Aug 11 Snoop Dogg (Ages 16+) Aug 17 Groundation (Ages 16+) Aug 19 & 20 The Expendables (Ages 16+) Aug 26 Tribal Seeds (Ages 21+) Aug 27 Snail (Ages 21+) Aug 28 Pat Travers Band Atrium (Ages 21+)

How k.d. lang went from Canadian would-be cowgirl and performance artist to the most famous lesbian crooner in the world is one of pop musicâ€™s strangest stories. Though a top-notch songwriter, lang has gradually become known more for her renditions of â€œstandards,â€? which for her includes everything from â€˜40s classics to Leonard Cohen to Joni Mitchell to the themes from old Russ Meyer ďŹ lms. (SP)

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Fri, 8:30pm: Debonair Dialects. Cupertino.

Fri, 6pm: Bad With People. Redwood City.

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Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: CPR. Santa Clara.

Sat: Third anniversary party all day. San Jose.

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Wed: Jack Rip Off. Thu: Sexy Back. Fri: Suga Daddy. Sat: Metal Shop. Mon: Billy James Blue. Campbell.

CLUB FOX

Fri, 9pm: Little Joe y la Familia. Sat: Party Like a Russian. Santa Clara.

THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 9pm: Noise-a-Tron. Free. Fri, 9pm: Dirtbag Dan, Cadalack Ron, Opski Chan, and more. $10/$15. Sat, free: Winchester Skatepark 30-year Reunion with Joe Sib and guest DJs. Free. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Mustache Harbor. Sat, 10pm: Mad Karma. San Jose.

CAFFE TRIESTE

Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Live music. Campbell.

Fri, 9pm: Duran Duran Duran, tribute band. $12. Redwood City.

CLUB ILLUSIONS Sat, 9pm: One Step Beyond reunion with David J and guests. Palo Alto.

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Sat, 8pm: Monkey, Aloha Screwdriver and more. Cupertino.

Wed: Jam night with BackďŹ re and Diva Stativa. Thu: The Chris Cobb Band. Fri, 9:30pm: Spanga-Lang. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Sage. $10. Los Gatos.

JASON-STEPHENS WINERY Fri, 6pm: 10 til 2. Gilroy.

JOHNNY Vâ€™S Thu: Live bands presented by Humble. Fri: Talky Tina. Sat: Vashington, Black Acacias, Mind Sauce. San Jose.

LILLY MACâ€™S Fri: Hookahstew. Sat, 9:30pm: Night Train. Sunnyvale.

LOS GATOS CIVIC CENTER PLAZA Sun, 5-7pm: Petty Theft. Part of the Los Gatos Music in the Park series. Los Gatos.

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THE QUARTER NOTE Fri: William Cleere and the Marvelous Fella. $5. Sat: Humdaddyz. $5. Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: June District. Sat, 8pm: Cuban Cigar Crisis. Mountain View.

REDWOOD CITY Fri, 6pm: Cash Tribute. Free. Courthouse Square, Redwood City.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Thu, 7pm: Handshake, Northern Sun, Finish Ticket, Quicksand Marching Band. Fri: Freq Out. Sat: Jimmy and the Wave Runners. San Jose.

Sat, noon-midnight: Third anniversary party. San Jose.

CASCAL Thu: Live music. Fri, 9:30pm & Sat, 9pm: Live music. Mountain View.

Thu: Live local bands. Fri: Big Cat Tolefree. Sat: Shit Outta Luck. Fremont.

MURPHYâ€™S LAW Wed: Len Cat. Thu: Honey Wilders. Fri: Vegas Nights. Sat: Mid-Life Vices. Sunnyvale.

MUSIC IN THE PARK Thu, 5:30pm: Cracker, Benjamin Henderson and Buxter Hootâ€™n. Free. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose.

THE VENUE Fri, 6pm: Conversions Fievel Goes West and More. Sat, 6pm: Them Rude Boyz, Vices and more. Los Gatos.

NINE LIVES Thu, 8pm: Battle of the Bands with Den of Antiquity and more. $5. Fri, 8pm: Monkey. $10. Gilroy.

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CABRILLO MUSIC ART & WINE FESTIVAL AUGUST 6 & 7 Two days of free summertime fun! World music, dance & kidâ€™s activities!

Tue: Irish dancing. Sunnyvale.

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Wed: Wine tasting and Adrian Gormley Duo. Fri: World music night. Sat: Belly dancing with Adriana. Sun: World Music Night. Mountain View.

MOROCCOâ€™S RESTAURANT SJ Wed, 5pm: Flamenco. Thu: Mucho Axe. Fri, 5pm: Belly dancer Adriana. Sat: Jason Bellenkes Duo. Sun, 5pm: Moroccan music and belly dancing. San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB WILLOW DEN Fri, 8pm: Rough House. Willow Glen.

Thu-Sat: Live music. Sunnyvale.

RISTORANTE FRATELLO WOODHAMâ€™S LOUNGE Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with local rock musicians. Santa Clara.

World AGENDA LOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Saboricua. $5. San Jose.

NETOâ€™S GRILL Thu, 7pm: Ruckus. Fri, 7:30pm: Joint Chiefs Band. $10. Sat, 7:30pm: Beach Cowboys. Santa Clara.

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Fri: E Ono Kane. Sat: Derrick Demotta. San Jose.

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Sat, 8pm: Live music. San Jose.

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Tue, 7pm: Madison Lane Jesse Moore. San Jose.

Fri, 7:30pm: Melissa Etheridge, $5 and up. Sat, 7:30pm: Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Three Dog Night. $45 and up. Sun, 7:30pm: k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang, Justin Jones. $40.50 and up. Tue, 7pm: George Thorogood, Kenny Wayne Shepherd. $5 and up. Saratoga.

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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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Wed, 5:30pm: Joe Bagale. Free. Downtown Sunnyvale.

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Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music and belly dancing. Cupertino.

Fri-Sat, 9pm-1am: Live music. Gilroy.

Fri, 8pm: Chromata. $5. Los Gatos.

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$15-$30. Sat, 6pm: Grace Wiebenga and Pete Sommer. $7-$10. Redwood City.

Fri-Sat: Live rock bands; this Sat, 9pm, Little Black Book. Los Gatos.

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ALBERTOâ€™S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night. Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.

ANGELICAâ€™S BISTRO Fri, 8:30pm: Mollyâ€™s Revenge,

Fri, 7pm: Claudio. Italian classic guitar and vocals. San Jose.

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Sun, 2:30pm: Shabang Steel Drum Band. Central Park Pavilion, Santa Clara.

SENZALA Fri, 9:30pm: La Limpia, Blank Manuscript, Gustavo Galindo. Sunnyvale.

STEPHENS GREEN Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music. Mountain View.

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The ARTTEC 2011 Summer Concert Series Blues Traveler Thu, August 4, 7:30pm From jam-band to mainstream stardom more than 24 years ago, the band’s best-known single, “Run-Around,” was the longestcharting radio single in Billboard history. Along the way, they played more than 2000 live shows to more than three million people.

Christopher Cross Fri, August 19, 8pm

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Jazz/Blues ANGELICA’S BISTRO

This ﬁve-time Grammy winner was the biggest new star in the ‘80s with the #1 hit “Sailing” followed by “Ride Like the Wind”, “Never Be the Same”and the #1 “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” from the popular movie starring Dudley Moore that earned Cross an Academy Award. Opening the evening is Cupertino native Jenn Grinels.

Sat, 8:30pm: Gregg Hutto Quartette. $8/$1. Redwood City.

An Evening with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Tue: Tuesday Bluesday. Santa Clara.

Sun, August 21, 7:30pm Music legend Herb Alpert and his wife, vocalist Lani Hall (the original lead singer of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66) will celebrate their newest release I Feel You, performing an evening of innovative arrangements and skilled improvisations that make old songs new and bring new songs to their audience.

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CAMPBELL RECITAL HALL Thu, 7pm: Yosvany Terry Quartet. $20-$32. Stanford Jazz Festival. Stanford University, Palo Alto.

Sat, August 27, 8pm

DINKELSPIEL AUDITORIUM

With heavily orchestrated sweet ballads, this Australian soft rock duo (Graham Russel & Russel Hitchcock) became a staple of early ‘80s radio, scoring a string of hits including “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love,” “Every Woman in the World”, “The One That You Love”, “Without You”, “Here I Am” and “Making Love Out of Nothing At All”.

Wed, 7:30pm: Victor Lin presents the Music of the Beatles. $20-$32. Sat, 8pm: A tribute to electric Miles with Wallace Roney and Ndugu Chancler. $25-$40. Sun, 8pm: Bill Frisell 858 Quarter. $22-$36. Mon, 8pm: Joe Lovano and Friends. $22-$36. Tue, 8pm: The Bad Plus. $22-$36. All part of Stanford Jazz Festival. Stanford University, Palo Alto.

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FLAVORS OF JAZZ Tue, 6:30pm: Brian Ho Trio at Sino, Jazz Mechanics at Roux. Santana Row, San Jose.

GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues Jam with Aki. Fri, 8pm: Rhythm District. Sat, 8pm: Tip of the Top. Campbell.

HEDLEY CLUB Wed, 7:30pm. Jazz Jam. Thu, 8:30pm: Russo Alberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: John Worley and World View. Sat, 8:30pm: Kristen Strom Quartet. San Jose.

HOTEL ST. CLAIRE Wed, 7:30pm: Oakland Jazz Choir. Free. San Jose.

JAZZ ON THE PLAZZ Wed, 6:30pm: Barbara Morrison. Free. Los Gatos Town Plaza.

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed: Suska. Thu: Jimmy Dewrance. Fri: JC Smith, $10. Sat: Marvin Banks. $10. San Jose.

LOFT BAR AND BISTRO Thu, 7-10pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

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ANGELICA’S BISTRO

Thu & Sat: Dueling pianos. San Jose.

Sat, 8:30pm: Lucy Billings CD-release party. $10-$14. Redwood City.

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Wed: Adrian Gormley Duo. Mountain View.

Sat 7pm: Mark Medina. Willow Glen.

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Thu: Jason Bellenkes Duo, jazz. San Jose.

Sat, 7:30pm: Calaveras; $15/$17. Santa Clara.

MURPHY’S LAW

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Wed: Chris Cobb Band. Thu: Maneck. Fri: Bone Drivers. Sat: South City Blues. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.

Wed, 7pm: Next Wednesday. San Jose.

OLD WAGON SALOON & GRILL

Fri: Paul Fiﬁeld. Campbell.

Sun: Live blues. San Jose.

PALO ALTO MUSIC SERIES Sat, 6:30-8pm: Pellejo Seco, Afro-Cuban jazz. Part of the Twilight Concert Series. Rinconada Park. Palo Alto.

A PERFECT FINISH Fri, 9pm: New West Guitar Group. Sat, 9pm: Chris Burkhardt. San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson and friends. Thu, 6pm: Mike Zito Band. Fri, 6pm: Might Mike Schermer Band. Sat, 6pm: Bone MacDonald Band. Sun, noon: School of the Blues Student Jam. San Jose.

REDWOOD CITY Wed, 6pm: Zydeco Flames. Thu, 6pm: Dave Rocha Band (part of Sounds of the Shores at Marlin Park). Mon, 6pm: Pamela Rose’s B-3 Organ Party. Free. Downtown Redwood City.

TESSORA’S Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Live music. Campbell.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Sun, 8pm: Jerry Sauceda & Friends. Tue, 7:30-10:30pm: Modesto Briseno Septet. Willow Glen.

UNWINED Thu & Sat, 7pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

WINE AFFAIRS Wed-Thu, 7:30pm: Live music. San Jose.

ORCHARD VALLEY COFFEE RODEO CLUB Thu, 7pm: Blank Manuscript, AntiDoping, Them Rude Boyz, La Toska Especial. $20. Fri: Kip Moore and the Dirt Drifters. San Jose.

THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: California Cowboys. Thu-Fri, 9pm, Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Fremont.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Country Classics. Tue, 6pm: Bean Creek. San Jose. Santa Clara Concerts

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Thu, 9pm: Doug Rose and Bit and Spur Band. Willow Glen.

VASONA COUNTY PARK Sat, 5-7pm: Celtic Heart. Free. Los Gatos.

Open Mic ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 7pm: Open mic. Redwood City.

BAMBOO LOUNGE Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer-songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.

BAREFOOT COFFEE ROASTERS Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic. Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic. Saratoga.

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BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Wed, 9:30pm: Stand-up comedy. Cupertino.

CAFFE TRIESTE Tue, 7pm: Open mic. Free. San Jose.

CITY ESPRESSO Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

MISSION CITY ROASTING CO.

QUARTER NOTE Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro jam. Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE CO. Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View. First and third Thursday of every month, 7pm: The Canvas. Open to all performers. Sunnyvale.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita. Willow Glen.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Tue, 6pm: Open-mic night. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 7pm-midnight: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. Santa Clara.

SUNNYVALE ART GALLERY

Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara. Wed, 8-11pm: Live music, comedy and poetry. Los Gatos.

ACAPULCO RESTAURANT & CANTINA

ALEX’S 49ER INN Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

AZÚCAR Wed, 9pm: English and Spanish karaoke and dancing. San Jose.

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BENNIGAN’S GRILL

Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose. Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.

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BLUE BONNET BAR

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EFFIE’S RESTAURANT

MARIANI’S

Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm-2am, and last Sun of every month, 27pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.

Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

MOJO LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Vic. Fremont.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

NETO’S MARKET & GRILL

Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.

THE ESCAPE

Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Bands with live karaoke. Santa Clara.

BLUE MAX

Mon, 8:30pm-1:30am: DJ Curtis. San Jose.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

Fri-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE

Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

BLUE PHEASANT

Tue, 9pm: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.

OASIS

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY

Wed and Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug. Sunnyvale.

Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.

OFF THE HOOK

FLAMES COFFEE SHOP

OFFICE BAR

Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis. Sunnyvale.

Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 9pm, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.

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GALAXY

Mon, 9pm: Matt. San Jose.

Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.

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BOGART’S LOUNGE

BOULEVARD TAVERN Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

GILROY BOWL

BRANHAM LOUNGE

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.

Thu and Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

Wed, 9pm: August. Mon, 9pm: Comedy with Mr. Walker. San Jose.

BRITISH BANKERS CLUB

Thu, 8:30-11:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

PEACOCK LOUNGE Thu, 9pm: Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Ryan. Sunnyvale. Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall. Woodside.

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O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB

PIONEER SALOON

Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. San Jose.

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Cupertino.

Sun, 8pm: DJ Joe. Campbell.

POINCIANA LOUNGE THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE

Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside Ent. No cover. Santa Clara.

Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.

QUARTER NOTE

HOMESTEAD LANES

Mon-Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.

Fri, 9:30pm: Vinnie. Mon, 9pm: Vinnie. Tue, 9pm: August. Cupertino.

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RED STAG LOUNGE

Wed-Thu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Nights Karaoke. Fremont.

Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am. San Jose.

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

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REDI ROOM

C&J’S SPORTS BAR

Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

Thu, 9pm: Joseph. San Jose.

Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Menlo Park.

BRIX

Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.

THE COURTS LOUNGE Mon, 9pm: Joe. San Jose.

CREEKSIDE LOUNGE Wed and Mon-Tue: Stephanie. Thu and Sat: Randy. Fri: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

DIVE BAR Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

KC BAR AND RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.

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ROSIE MCCANN’S Tue, 8:30pm: Karaoke. No cover. Santana Row.

RUDY’S PUB Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.

Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL

KING OF CLUBS

Tue, 10pm-close: Kamikaze Karaoke. San Jose.

Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.

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Wed-Sun, 8:30pm: Thomas. San Jose.

Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

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VEGAN cafe by day, live-music venue by night. Situated in downtown San Jose, Good Karma started doing live shows sporadically after they opened in 2006, but for the past year, they’ve been doing them on a consistent basis on Thursday nights. They’ve quickly become an important part of the local music scene in San Jose. “The shows are intimate and are supported by a lot of the key players of the indie scene,” says Leslie Hampton, local promoter and owner/operator of Side With Us Records. For fans of local bands, there are a lot of recognizable faces that play Good Karma regularly. But they don’t just play their normal Thursday, July 28 set, usually breaking out the acoustic for a solo performance. A partial list of such artists includes Even Good Karma Jewett (Worker Bee/Family Room), Takashi Makino (Ugly Winner), Erin Czech (Contrail), Alex “Millhows” Villanueva (Dirty Pillows), Ben Henderson (Good 8pm; free. Hustle), not to mention various members of The Careless Hearts, Oddly Even and the Mumlers. To celebrate five years of being in business, Good Karma is throwing an allcovers show, which will actually be the third one they’ve had. There is no official lineup, so there will be lots of familiar faces taking turns playing songs at one point or another. “Cover nights are always memorable. There’s nothing like seeing friends and family dig down deep and cover something heartfelt or obscure: Big Star, Echo & the Bunnymen, Neil Young, Misfits, traditional Irish folk tunes. It never ceases to inspire,” says Ryan Summers, owner of Good Karma. Initially, the all-cover nights were inspired by an all-Everly Brothers set Dr. Nurse played one show at Good Karma. Jeff Brummett, who is a member of Dr. Nurse (and also helps Summers book shows at Good Karma) decided to throw the first official all-covers show a few months later. According to Brummett, there have been countless memorable moments during the two previous cover nights, like when Erin Czech did an all–Guided by Voices set, when Evan Jewett played Simon & Garfunkel’s “Old Friends” or when Takashi Makino performed Daniel Johnston songs. But his favorite moment was a little more peculiar. “It was around Christmas time, so JF Holmes from Plantain decided to perform a Winter Solstice song. I didn’t even know those existed! He brought lyric sheets for everyone and it turned into this pretty hilarious epic singalong,” says Brummett.—Aaron Carnes

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METROACTIVE.COM hip-hop, Latin. Sat: DJ Nelly presents. San Jose.

Thu, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

Thu: VJ Mixing with DJ David Q. Sat, 10pm: Charly Fusion. No cover. San Jose.

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SHOOTERS BAR & GRILL

Mon, 8pm-midnight: DJ Curtis. Willow Glen.

TOUCHDOWN TOMMY’S Sat, 8pm-midnight: Karaoke. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Wed, 9:30pm: DJ JR. San Jose

Wed-Sat: DJs. Menlo Park.

BRIX Thu: Therapy. Fri: Flirty Fridays. Mon: Power Hour. San Jose.

CLUB ILLUSIONS Fri, 9pm: Fuz Fridays. Sat, 9pm: DJs. Palo Alto.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Fri-Sat, 6pm: DJ or live band. No cover. Santa Clara.

DIVE BAR

Thu: Therapy, DJ Shift and Adam Cova. Sat: Social. San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo. Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night. Sunnyvale.

SABOR TAPAS BAR Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing. Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

STEPHENS GREEN Thu, 11pm: DJ Ulises. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar. Mountain View.

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs. San Jose.

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WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Wed-Thu, Sat, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.

Wed: RedRun with D. Luzion and Illtraxx. Thu: JazBiz and Dave Dynamix. Fri: Video Mixing, then DJ Radio Raheem and DJ Ready Rock. Sat: Live bands. San Jose.

Dance Clubs AGENDA Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Thu: Anthromix. Fri: DJs. San Jose.

AZÚCAR Thu, 9pm: DJ Che. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa and Latin fusion. Tue, 9pm: Salsa. San Jose.

THE BLANK CLUB Thu, 9pm: Atomic with DJ Basura. $5. Free. San Jose.

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THE ELEGANT PUB Thu, 9pm-1:30am: Throwback Thursdays. Fri, 9pm: DJ. Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Snapshot Saturdays. Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays. Fri, 9pm: DJ. Sat: DJ Homicide. Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.

Fri-Sat: DJs. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Thu, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank. Fri, 10pm-2am: DJ Tony. Sat, 10:30pm: DJ Jazzy. Willow Glen.

ZEN LOUNGE Thu: 24 Thursdays. Fri: Fabulous Fridays. Sat: Celebrity Saturdays with DJ D-Roc. Mountain View.

MIAMI BEACH CLUB Thu-Fri: Top 40, club hits,

Wed-Thu and Sat: DJs and dancing. Fri, 9pm: Lifted with St. John, Adam Cova and Frank Nitty. Santana Row.

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BRANHAM LOUNGE Wed: Humpday Wednesdays. Thu: DJ. Fri: Ladies Night. Sat: DJ Chaos. Sun: Beer pong. Tue: $2 Tuesdays. San Jose.

THE COOL KIDS Throwback hip-hop duo raps about Pac-Man, rides BMX bikes, reps Mountain Dew. Jul 28 at the New Parish.

KENNY BURRELL Jazz guitar legend celebrates 80th birthday with combo led by Steve Turre. Jul 28-31 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

DAS RACIST Brooklyn hip-hop trio trucking in intellectualism, abstract humor and white guilt. Jul 29 at the Mezzanine.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Thu: VJ Don. Mon, 9pm: Beer Pong. Tue: Pub-stumpers Trivia. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Thu, 10pm: DJ Tosh. Cupertino.

THOSE DARLINS High-kicking country harmonies with three swingin’ gals from Murfreesboro, Tenn. Jul 30 at Bottom of the Hill.

RASPUTINA Cello-based trio explores feral children, dead giants and anti-rent wars. Jul 31 at Great American Music Hall.

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