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Elbow Room Almost four years ago, JOHN MCCAIN came within a SARAH PALIN of capturing the White House. But last week, the U.S. senator huddled with several of Silicon Valley’s most powerful CEOs and San Jose Mayor CHUCK REED to talk green technology, Obamacare, tax reform and ... sports. The meeting was part of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s semiannual trip to Washington, D.C., which features a parade of meetings with Capitol Hill’s inuence makers. According to JEFF JANSSEN, one of the mayor’s policy advisors, McCain welcomed Reed, SVLG president CARL GUARDINO, Brocade CEO MIKE KLAYKO and VP JEFF RANGEL, Varian Medical Systems CEO TIM GUERTIN and Sunpower VP JIM PARKER into his cramped ofďŹ ce to talk shop. By the time the 45-minute conversation was complete, though, it seemed the moral of the story was McCain might want to call ESPN when he decides to give Don’t his day job a rest. forget “You wouldn’t expect to tip! it, but the guy was naming off players FLY@ and ‘Did you see the METRONEWS. game last night?’â€? COM Janssen says, adding that McCain was concerned about the elbow of S.F. Giants closer Brian Wilson—only because he roots for his home state Arizona Diamondbacks, a division rival of Los Gigantes. But while a third of the meeting was devoted to bats, balls and hockey, McCain did have time to address plenty of the Silicon Valley leaders’ concerns, as well as voice his displeasure with President OBAMA’s handling of health-care reform. At one point in the meeting, McCain became “animatedâ€? and compared the process to a runaround on the level of the Louisiana Purchase. McCain taking the opportunity to ďŹ re some fastballs at Obama? Yeah, we buy that.
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to pour money into office supplies, affordable housing developments and their six-ďŹ gure salaries. Last week, the DA’s office indicted former MACSA CEO Olivia SozaMendiola and former CFO Benjamin Tan, but not the third member of the managerial troika: Campos. “Mere knowledge of criminal activity is not enough,â€? District Attorney Jeff Rosen said during a press conference. Lupe Nunez, a vice principal for two years at a MACSA school, says she’s not sure if Campos was involved in the disappearance of funds from the teachers’ retirement accounts, “but you kind of wonder.â€? Nunez contributed $230 from each paycheck to her retirement account, about $5,000 overall, and expected MACSA to match the amount. She remembers going to meetings where Soza-Mendiola would give various explanations for the retirement account funding shortfalls. “They were kind of beating around the bush, saying that because of the economy we are going to have to use your funds,â€? Nunez says. “So they kind of muddled it up.â€? The ďŹ nancials were so muddled,
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worked with MACSA for two decades. Nunez wonders how Campos could not have known about the pension money diversion. “I cannot fathom how an operations officer cannot know where the funds are,” she says. “If he didn’t know ... wow! If he did know, shame on him.” Gordon Smith grew up in downtown San Jose’s Naglee Park neighborhood. When his baby girl arrived five years ago, he moved four blocks to a neighborhood of small wooden homes. “I want to give my daughter the same kind of upbringing I had,” he says. The 35-year-old UC–Santa Cruz grad says he took a position with MACSA’s San Jose charter school, Latino College Preparatory Academy, even though it was “paying well under market,” in part because it had a pension plan that matched employees’ 8 percent of paycheck contributions. “That was one of the big plus points of working for MACSA.” Smith worked there from 2005 to 2009. During that time, he directed about $4,000 a year from his paycheck to his retirement fund, and MACSA deducted the funds. With matching funds, it should have reached around $30,000, he estimates. But according to the DA’s charges against Soza-Mendiola and Tan, MACSA stopped making nearly all employer payments to its pension plan provider in early 2004, began skipping payments to the provider for employee pension contributions in 2007 and stopped all payments completely in January 2008. “We didn’t want to believe anything bad was happening,” Smith says, “and we didn’t want to risk our jobs by asking questions. “We kept getting a variety of stories. The stories kept getting worse and worse. They’d never cop to anything other than what had been proven,” Smith recalls. “I said to myself, ‘I don’t trust them, I’m out of here.’” The DA’s decision to charge only two people seems to have less to do with what people knew and more to do with whether they had direct control over the expenditure of funds and how they handled their own pay deductions. Soza-Mendiola, who signed the checks, twice was awarded raises in 2007 and 2008, while contract employee Tan, who decided which checks went out, negotiated a contract that gave him higher pay instead of a
pension. The former CEO was the first MACSA employee to stop making payments into her own pension fund in mid-2007, suggesting she knew the money was vanishing—almost a full year before Campos and others opted out of the phantom retirement system. Campos contributed $100 per pay period for a full year after Soza-Mendiola halted her payroll deductions, losing about $2,500 of his own money. His decision to continue making contributions to the pension fund—when he likely knew they were worthless—seems to have kept him out of the DA’s crosshairs. Was Campos dumb to lose the money or smart to avoid prosecution—or just not paying attention? Sterner couldn’t say for certain in his report, because like Soza-Mendiola and Tan, Campos refused to give an account to investigators. (He also declined comment for this story.) But while Campos continues to enjoy support from labor groups and District 5 voters loyal to his sister Nora, who preceded him in office, others say the councilmember is using his support bases as a shield. “The big picture is that Xavier Campos, and people like him, are using race baiting to stay in control of poor Mexicans and immigrants and make themselves rich in the process and steal money from the public trough in the process,” says Miguel Olivencia, a former MACSA employee now teaching in China. Examples that Olivencia noted are MACSA’s affordable-housing projects, which are mainly funded by grants and public money. In 2001, MACSA’s board created the Ketzal Community Development Corporation. The people in charge of oversight for both organizations were one in the same. Within six years, MACSA transferred more than $800,000 to Ketzal to build Las Mariposas, a development that helps low-income, first-time homebuyers. Former MACSA auditor Joe Chaidez—who along with Tan and Soza-Mendiola are defendants in a civil suit filed by MACSA last year— noted in 2008, three years after Las Mariposas was finished, that nearly $600,000 in Ketzal debt should be wiped off the books as uncollectable. How the money was lost so quickly by a MACSA-controlled entity has yet to be explained.
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TECHNOLOGY & CULTURE IN SILICON VALLEY BY BRENDAN NYSTEDT updated daily on the web: www.sv411.com twitter: 5sv411 facebook: siliconvalley411 Because Zuck is essentially a supermajority onto himself, he was able to exercise his 57 percent of voting power. Similarly, Systrom’s 45 percent of Instagram allowed him to enter into an agreement with Facebook without involving all those pesky investors—and with a deal so sweet, who would want to wait?
Larry Ellison Takes the Stand Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has come out in defense of his company’s Java assets. Google is insisting that in their coding for the Android software, the company’s programmers only used the parts of the Java language that were in the public domain. Ellison testified against Google, reminding the search giant, “Just because something is open source doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want with it.” 8Yfm\1 QlZb\iY\i^Êj p\XiYffb g_fkf X]k\i n`ee`e^ É9`^^\jk =c`ik%Ê
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Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems and the Java language in 2010 for almost $8B, where the company then considered making a Javabased mobile platform of their own, as Ellison revealed in court. He and former Google CEO/current chairman Eric Schmidt met in 2010 to discuss collaborating around a Java/Android smartphone project before Oracle sued Google.
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Mlodinow, who appears May 3 for a Commonwealth Club event in Palo Alto, presents the two-tier brain system of the conscious and unconscious. Unlike Freud, who believed the unconscious to be that which represses and prevents, a new view of unconsciousness has emerged, says Mlodinow. In this view, the architecture of the brain itself is what prevents the conscious mind from accessing the realm of the unconscious. What follows are extensive anecdotes and scientific research. Every little tidbit reveals that although our subliminal brain is invisible to us, it dramatically influences our conscious experience of the world—the way we view ourselves, the importance we attach to everyday events, the ways in which we interact socially and even make spontaneous life-or-death decisions.
If you’re ’ a scientist i i or a skeptic, k i forever sick of all the new age hooeyblooey you think might come along with such subjects, this book contains none. The author presents his case that new technologies can shed more light on areas previously written off as speculation. “Sophisticated new technologies have revolutionized our understanding of the part of the brain that operates below our conscious mind,” Mlodinow writes, “[making] it possible, for the first time in human history, for there to be an actual science of the unconscious.” The book includes sections specifically dealing with how the unconscious affects the five senses, plus perception, social interactions, memory storage and group dynamics. We see that our conscious activity is only a tiny percentage of everything that is really going on in our brains. For example, Mlodinow references a study on brain energy consumption, in comparison to physical activity. That is, during strenuous physical activity like running or working out, your muscles consume about 100 times more energy than if you were
lounging on the couch because your body is obviously working 100 times harder. That same scenario, however, does not apply to your brain, Mlodinow says. If your conscious thought is hard at work, say, assessing many possible configurations of the chessboard during a match, the deep concentration employed does not cause the energy consumption in your brain to increase by the same ratio as, say, physical activity would. In fact, even massive concentration only causes your brain to consume 1 percent more energy than if your brain was at rest or relaxed. Says Mlodinow, “Regardless of whether your conscious mind is idle or engaged, your unconscious mind is hard at work doing the mental equivalent of push-ups, squats, and wind sprints.” So So, if fellow workers are com complaining that a journalist is asleep at hi his desk or on Facebook all day, it does doesn’t mean his unconscious mind isn’t simultaneously working overtime on h his story. That’s where the majority of th the brain’s work is done anyway. In another chapter, “Sorting People and Things,” Mlodinow explicates man many scientific studies that reveal how our unconscious transforms nuance and fuzziness into clear-cut distinctions. In just one study of many he includes, when people estimated the average temperature between June 1 and June 30, they tended to underestimate it, but when guessing the average temperature between June 15 and July 15, they tended to overestimate it. The artificial grouping into days of the same month had an unconscious effect on how the person applied his conscious estimation. In the end, Mlodinow says that understanding how our unconscious works gives us a better and fonder sense of ourselves as humans. Were Carl Gustav Jung conscious today, he would subliminally attend Mlodinow’s presentation next week.
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The white bands of ca cartilage artilage that run through the ribbons r of sliced pig’ pig’ss ear at So South outh L Legend egend Sichuan add a sat satisfying tisfying crunch to the dish.
Pushing P usshingg the Palate Paalate T In Silic Silicon con V Valley, alley a y, extreme ex xtreme tastes—from taste es—from from pig pigs’ gs’ ear ea ar to grasshoppers—are grassho oppers—are becoming th the he norm n for da daring ring diners BBYY SSTETT TETT HOL HOLBROOK BROOK O
HANKS TO HANKS TO Silicon Valley’s V alley’s diverse, d everg population, changing isn’t necessary it isn ’t ne ecessary to tr travel avel to Bangko Bangkok ok or w watch atch Bizarre Foods Foods to o experience some truly weird weird cuisine. cuisine W We’ve e’ve got plenty y of it right here. Marinated d pig’s pig’s ear? Sewer-scented ffruit? ruit? Fried gr grasshoppers? asshoppers? Cow C brain brain tacos? Silicon V Valley a alley has it all.
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Alexander’s Cupertino pricy. The beef in the t dry-aging chamber at Alexa ander’s Steakhouse in Cuperti ino goes from fresh, to not so fresh, f to very pricy y.
What ffollows o ollo ows is a sur survey vey of some of our rregion’s egion n’s most bizarr bizarree ffoods. oods. For who grew America, F or those wh ho gr ew up in Americ a, these items ma m may ay read read lik likee a gallery gallery gastronomic horrors. of gastr onom mic horr ors. Others Others may maay just rrecall ecall thee ttaste aste of home home.. When it ccomes o omes to what we put in our mouths ttheree are are certain certain lines mouths,, ther most of us wo won’t on’t cross. cross. But these barriers ar aree actually a less fixed than we might thin think. nk. An open open mind ccan an lead to an n op open en mouth. What’s What’s weird weir d and eexotic xo otic is all a mat matter ter of perspective. p erspective. Wee all know Einstein’s theoryy of W w Einstein ’s theor Ass the theoryy go goes, spacee and rrelativity. elativitty. A the theor es, spac time ar aree not fixed, fi , but rrelative. elativve. W Well, eell,, I have ha ave m myy own theor theoryy of rrelativity. elativitty. theory culinary I ccall all ll iit the h theor h y off culinar li y rrelativity. elativity. It goes g es like go like this: Our predilections are ttastes astes and pr e edilections are neither fixed. innate nor fix xed. They They are are a product product moment of this mome ent in time and our acculturation. depends ac culturation n. What we eat dep ends wheree we ar are, are. on wher e, not who we ar e. Wee ma W may ay rregard egard what we lik likee
an and nd dislik dislikee as fixed mark markers ers off our identit identity, y, but “the “the great great pr reponderance of the eevidence vidence preponderance ar rgues against p ermanence in argues permanence an nybody’s ffood ood herit age,” writes anybody’s heritage,” Raymond R Ra ayymond Sok Sokolov olov in Why W Wee Eat W What W Wee Eat Eat.. “W “We We ha have ave all gr grown own up believing b e ving in the principle of culin elie culinary nary authenticity au uthenticity and tradition as an axiom ax xiom of human civilization,, but the norm no orm ar around ound the world has b been een n change, ch hange, inno innovation.” vation.” Our ttastes astes and our identit ty ar identity aree al lw wayys changing. changing. Mor ny always Moree than an any ccountry, o ountr y, the U United nited St States ates b bears ears th this his fact fa act out. Onc Once, e, we wer weree a land of meat m an nd p otatoes, o veercooked vvegetables egetablees and potatoes, overcooked an nd bad ccoffee. off ffeee. But immigration and an nd d culinar li y adv dveenturousness h ha ave and culinary adventurousness have ch hanged that fformula. o ormula. changed In what would ha have ave seemed unimaginable un nimaginable just a ffew ew decades decades ago aago,, w now eat such eexotica we xotica as raw raaw fish fissh ti ed up with seaweed, seaaweed, w , cold cold shrimp p, tied shrimp, rice wrapped ri ce noodles noodles and herbs wrapp ed iin n ri ce paper paper and burritos spik ed wit th rice spiked with
smoked- chile-pepper salsa. smoked-chile-pepper s White -bread Ameri ica is on the White-bread America decline elliees ar etttter decline,, and our b bellies aree b better person ffor or o it. While one p erso on might gag at the thought of som some me of the South Bay’s Ba ayy’s mor moree esoteric cu culinary ulinary delights delights,, lik eeff--penis soup orr balut —boiled likee b beef-penis balut—boiled duck embr yos still in the t shell, shell embryos Silicon Silic on V Valley’s aalley’s multic multicultural cultural ste stew w is changing the w way ay all of o us eat. This eevolution volution of ttaste asste ttakes akes time time,, but I pr edict one da ay so ome of these predict day some ffoods oods will lo loose ose their bizarr b bizarre-food e-ffood status st atus and enter the m mainstream. ainstream. Tr Tryy some of the dishes her heree and cconsider onsider yyourself ourself o a culinar culinaryy tr trendsetter en ndsetttter w way ay ahead of the cur curve. ve. Exc Except cept ffor o or balut. Eating a b boiled oiled bab baby by du duck uck is just nast nasty. ty.
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Dry-aged Beef Most of the ffoods oods on this t list ar aree
ffound ound in sso-called o o - called ethnic rrestaurants estaurants and markets. markets e . But dry-aged dry-aged b eef beef fancy, shows up at a fancy y, white-tablecloth white-tablecloth over Valley. rrestaurants estaurantts all o ver Silicon Silicon V aalley. Alexander’s Ale xanderr’s Steakhouse Steakhouse,, easily one of the South Ba Bay’s ayy’s priciest rrestaurants, estaurants, dryy ages it dr its ts own b beef eef and displays displaayys it see through ffor or all to se o ee thr ough a window in lobby. the lobb y. beef The term m dry-aged dry--aged b eef is nothing new ne w to any an ny steak lover. lo oveerr. But do you yo ou rreally eally know w what happens happens to beef beef as it’s it ’s dry dry aged? aged d? The meat is essentially left to rot rot in n a climate-controlled climate-controlled environment. en nvvironmeent. As As the beef beef rots, rots, enzymes enzzyymes start st art to break break e down long, long, flavorless flaavo orless shorter, molecules into i shorter, tastier tastier ones while also dissolving d connective connectivve tissue, tissue, tenderizing d i i g the h meat in i wonderful wonder d ful f l ways. w ayys. Aging Agingg meat also dehydrates deh hyd drates it and cconcentrates oncentratees the flavor. flaavo or. Alexander’s beef Ale xand der’s ages its b eef ffor o or 28 days. Carnevino, Batali’s Las da ays y .C arneevino, Mario Bat ali’s L as Vegas V egas e rrestaurant, estaurant, a , ages its beef beef ffor o or up months. Oncee the furr furry, to ffour our mo o onths. Onc y, truly rrotten otttten eexterior xteerior meat is trimmed aaway, way,
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These fee feet et were made for woking. Or pe perhaps erhaps you like your chicken feet braised?
Balut looks like an eg egg, gg, but inside is a boiled duck embryo e embryo..
what yyou ou get is b beef eef wit with th a slightly gamy, gam my, nut nutty tty and tangy tangy fla flavor fl avo or that is supremely supr emely tender and unc u uncommonly ommonly delicious.. It delicious It’s ’s also vvery ery expensive. expensive. Alexander’s Steakhouse, N.. Wolfe Alexander’ ’s St eakhousee, 10330 1 N Woolffe Road, Cupertino. 408.446.2222. R oad, Cup ertino. 408.44 46.2222.
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Geoduck
Fans of dim sum will rrecognize ecognize the geoduck. geoduck. Pronounced Pronoun nced gooeygooeyduck, it it’s ’s the longest longest-living -livving and largest lar gest clam in the wor world. rld. The necks of bivalv bivalves es grow grow up to 3 ffeet eeet long and ccan an liv livee up to o 140 yyears. ears. The muscular muscular,, wrinkle wrinkled ed neck isn isn’t ’t as ssweet weet or tender as th the he mor moree ccommon ommon lit littleneck ttleneck t clam, cla am, but geoducks geo ducks ar aree prized in n Chinese cuisine.. One clam ccan cuisine an go ffor o or $40. The b beefy eeffy shellfish ar aree tough to wrestle wr estle with at home and a ha have ave to b bee
cleaned wh while hile still aliv alive. e. Best to lea leave ave it to an eexpert. xp pert. ABC Seaf Seafood. food. 768 Barb Barber er LLane, anee, Milpitas. Milpit as. 40 408.435.8888. 08.435.8888.
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Chicken Chick ken FFeet eet
In man many ny countries, cou untries, when yyou o ou visit the meat mark m market keet and go lo looking oking ffor o or a chick chicken, en,, you you get the whole bird, bird, head and to toes oes included. I’m not quite suree what to sur o do with a chick chicken keen head (although th the he ccockscomb ockscomb fr from om a rrooster ooster is a delicious lit little tttle morsel),, but chicken chick keen feet feet e t ffeature eeature in a classic dim sum dish wher w wheree the they’re y’re braised or steamed or made into quick snacks snacks.. You Y ou pr o probably ob bably won’t won’t find chick chicken en ffeet eeet next next to o bags of Doritos an anyy time soon. so on. The ffeet eeet are are rather b boney oney and ccartilaginous, artilaginou us, with pr precious ecious lit little tle meat. The idea i is to suck out a ffew ew
savor bits of meat and sa avor the flavor. flaavor o . For For little adventurous, something a lit tle less adv enturrous, pot toss a ffew ew ffeet eeet into simmering p ot chicken broth (you makee yyour of chick en br oth (y ou do mak our chicken broth, don’t own chick en br oth, don ’t yyou?). ou?)). The luxurious,, satin satinyy mou mouth ffeet eet e add a luxurious uth from ffeel eel e that ccomes omes fr om the gelatin n in the ffeet. eeet. Dai Thanh. 420 SS.. Sec Second ond St., San nJ Jose. oose. 408.287.3744. 408.287 7..3744.
Balut
The first time I hear heard d about about ba balut, lut, Iw was as on an inf informal fo ormal tour of Sa San an JJose ose V Vietnamese iietnamese rrestaurants. estaurants. My M Vietnamese-born V iietnamese-born guide kne knew wIw was as game to t eatt jjustt ab about boutt an anything, ythin thing, but b t she stopp stopped ed shor shortt when the sub subject bject of balut ccame ame up up.. She sho shook ok he her er head dismissiv dismissively ely as if to say, saay, “There “T There aree ccertain ar ertain lines yyou ou ar aree not me meant eant to cr cross.” oss.” And she w was as right. Balut is a ffertilized eertilized duck egg that’s that ’s b been een allowed to de develop velop into
an embr yo and then nb oiled in the embryo boiled shell. The snack is eeaten aten in V ietnam, i Vietnam, China, the Philippines Philippin nes and else where elsewhere in A sia. The age of the t embr yo Asia. embryo varies from 17 to 211 da ayys. At At 21 days daayys varies,, from days. the tin d st arts to t get a lit tle tinyy bir bird starts little crunch hy but tender when ccooked. ooked. crunchy Balut is ccommonly ommonly ser ved as a salted served snack with b eer. That Th hat should tell yyou ou beer. something upermarket sells something.. Lion Su Supermarket them ffor o or 8 9 ccents ents each. eaach. 89 ermarket, 10 031 E C aapittol o Lion Sup Supermarket, 1031 Capitol Expwy ., San J oose. 408 8.238.4451. Expwy., Jose. 408.238.4451.
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Chinese Ro Chinese Roasted oasted Ducks Americans lik Americans like ke their meat m cut into pieces piec es and wrapp wrapped ed in plastic on a little lit ttle t St Styrofoam tyyroffo oam tra tray ay so that we ccan’t an’t rrecognize ecognize it w as actuall ly onc was actually oncee an animal killed to ffeed eeed us s. T aalk ab out us. Talk about bi bizarr ood. d The Th Chine Chi ese don d ’t see bizarree ffood. Chinese don’t it the w ay. Walk down the str eets way. streets of a bigcitty Chinatown n and yyou’ll o ou’ll big-city see butcher shop windo ows with windows maho gan ny--tinted,, C anttonese-sttyyle mahogany-tinted, Cantonese-style glazed ducks hanging fr from om the necks below b elow their lif lifeless feeless head heads. ds. It It’s ’s p perhaps erhaps gr oss at first,, but then rather r b eautiful gross beautiful
consideringg the technique and skill considering that go goes es in into nto rroasting oasting a duck. Silicon Silic on V Valley aalleey do doesn’t esn n’’t have haave the legions of Chinese butchers that San Francisc Francisco o does, do es, but we w do ha have ave Ton To on Tho Tuong Tuong BBQ and R Restaurant, est e aurant,, the Chinese barbecue barb ecue jo joint oint on Sant Santaa Clara with a Vietnamese V ietnamese i e name name.. The glistening ducks hang in thee fr front ont window. window w. Point Point to one like, yyou ou lik o ke, have haave the guy turn it around around was properly to see it w aas pr operly rroasted oasted and then watch cleaver w aatch as hee hacks it up with a clea aver e boxes go.. What yyou and b oxes it i up to go o ou do with the head is up to yyou, o ou,, but duck tongue treat. is a rreal eal tr eaat. Ton Tuong, T oon Tho T u uongg, 505 E. Santa Santta Clara St., Jose. 408.298.2257. San J oose. 4 08.298.22577.
Amorphophallus tit titanum, taanum m, b better etter flower, known as the ccorpse orpse fl ower, is nativee to Sumatra a plant nativ Sumaatra that produces largest pr oduces the lar gest flower flo ower in the world,, growing growing as ttall all as a 10 ffeet. eeet. attract Instead of a ssweet weet smell smell to at tract bees, b ees, the flower emits a miasmatic aroma ar oma akin to a rrotting otting mammal. attracts flies,, which in turn The smell at tracts flies pollinate weird p ollinate the plant. That’s Th hat’s weir d but makes biological sense. it mak es biolo gical sen nse. So how do yyou ou eexplain xplaain the durian? spiked The ffootball-size, ootball-size, aggressively aggressiv e ely spik ed tree eee would kill fruit of the durian tr from tree yyou ou if it dropped dropped fr om m a tr ee onto open armored ed yyour our head. Crack op en n the armor eexterior, xterior, and the smell might kill too. Richard yyou, ou, to o. Travel Traavel writerr Richar d describes Sterlingg describ es the ar aaromas omas as and onions,, “pig shit, turpentine turpentine an nd onions sock.” garnished with a ggym ym so ck.” does survive So how do es a durian sur vivve if it somehow smells so bad? If yyou ou som o mehow aavoid vo oid aroma, wonderful. the ar oma,, the ttaste aste is quite qu uite wonder ful. It’s custardlike It ’s cust ardlik ke and ssweet. w weett. That’s That’s why wh hy keep humans k eep e them around. arou und.
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Pig’s Pig’ ’s Ear From a diner’ From diner’ss p perspective, erspecttivve, the pig is an eextraordinary xtraordinary animal. anim mal. Ther There’s e’s bacon, bac on,, of ccourse. ourse. And p pork ork chops, chops, ribs and shoulder shoulder.. A pig’s pigg’s jaw jaaw muscle makes mak es guanciale guanciale,, a kind d of sup superbacon. erbacon. You (chicharrones) Y ou ccan o an eat the skin (ch hicharrones) and eeven veen the ffeet eeet (trotter). (trotttteer). The snout goes go es into sausage sausage.. Att South Legend A Legend Sich Sichuan huan Restaurant R eestaurant in Milpit Milpitas, as, tthere there ar aree displays displa ays y of ribb ribbons ons of pi pig ig ears in a Szechuan p pepper epper and ch chile hile oil sauc sauce. e. The pig ears ar aree more more of o a te textural exxtural eexperience xperience than a flavorful flaavo orrful one. one. The have squeaky, crunchy ears ha ave a squeak ky, slightly sligghtly crunch hy quality, qualit y, but not much ttaste. aste. They’re They’re spicy-sauce delivery device. rreally eally just a spicy y-sauce deliv veery de vice. Restaurant, N.. South LLegend egend Sichuan R eesttaurant, a 1720 N Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas. 408.934.3970. Milpit tas a Blv vd., d Milpit taas. 40 08.934.3970.
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don’t ha don’t have ave man many ny ttapas apas rrestaurants, estaurants, but the Sou uth Ba ay is loaded with South Bay iizakayas. izak kayyas. The Th h beer-and-sake he beer-andd sak ke joints j i t are are op en to all,, but the ave a open theyy definitely ha have macho edgee to them. The o dd cuts of beef, beeff, p ork odd pork and chick en are are generally salt y, chicken salty, grilled or fried—man fr ffood. oo d. Beef tongue is a ccommon ommon item, but San JJose’s ose’s Dan rrestaurant estaurant has a mor moree eextensive xtensive menu m of offal, or or gan organ meats ere’s a whole section on meats.. The There’s the menu de d voted to guts and devoted such, h including i luding inclu di hone h ycomb b trip i e, honeycomb tripe, ccartilage, ar tilage, intestines in ntestines (lar ge or small) (large and giz zards d . Dan also off ffeers a plate gizzards. offers of p ork che eeks, something I’ve I’ve put pork cheeks, on m go -b back-and-tr y list. myy go-back-and-try Dan, 1306 Sarat SSaratoga toga A ve., San J oose. Ave., Jose. 408.249.60 020. 408.249.6020.
Stinkyy T Stink Tofu oofu For different For diff ffeerent rreasons, easons, A Asian sian ccountries ou untries don’t don ’t eat much cheese or drink k milk. In JJapan apan and China, tofu st ands in ffor o or cheese ilk stands cheese,, and so soyy mi milk rreplaces eplaces milk. So ean–based Soyy b bean–based pr oducts ar fully vversatile ersaatile products aree wonder wonderfully and ccan an b num mber bee turned into an anyy number of ffoods. oods. Sinc ng Sincee tofu is somethin something lik egetarian cheese it’s easy easy to t likee vvegetarian cheese,, it’s underst and wh hy someone thou ught of understand why thought ffermenting ermenting e g and aging g g it lik eese. likee ch cheese. But it ’s har der to underst and wh w hy it’s harder understand why the theyy would eat it. Stink opular snack k Stinkyy tofu is a p popular in T aaiwan and southern China,, Taiwan the cuisines of which ar aree well rrepresented epresented in Silic on V aalley. I tried t Silicon Valley. stink ky tofu se veral yyears ears ago at the stinky several
nowclosed Shinbal la rrestaurant. estaurant. now-closed Shinbala Her e’s what I wr otee back then: “As “As Here’s wrote th name implies the i li , stinky sttink t ky tofu ti t f is i implies, indeed stink ky. But stinky stink ky sounds stinky. cute and friendly lik ke a baby baby fart. fart. like Stink nother plane of Stinkyy tofu is on an another st ankiness. It’s It’s lik e garbage stankiness. likee eating inside a se wer on a hot da ay.” And sewer day.” yyet, et,, if yyou ou ccan an get past past the smell,, the fla avor is not unlik very rip flavor unlikee a very ripee blue cheese ’s an ac quired taste, taste, to say saay cheese.. It It’s acquired the least. T aaiwan Bist ro. 1310 3 Sarat SSaratoga ogga A ve.,, San Taiwan Bistro. Ave., J oose. 408.984.3440. Jose.
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ffewer ewer ffood ood and land rresources esources to produce. pr oduce. Grasshoppers Grasshopp ers ar aree a go good od plac placee to b begin. egin. Known as ch chapulines hapulines in Mexico, Me xico, the lit little tle or orthopteras th hopteras ha have ave been b een eaten sinc sincee pr pre-Colombian e- Colombian times,, so ther times there’s e’s no rreason eaason to stop now.. The insects ar now aree rroasted oasted with salt and chiles until the they’re y’rre wonderfully wonderfully
crunch crunchy. hy. A squee squeeze ze of lime finishes them off off. ff. They’re T yy’rre eaten a salt The saltyy b beer eer snack or an n app appetizer. etizer. Mezcal, 25 W Mezcal, W.. San F Fernando eernando St., San Jose. J oose. 408.2 408.283.9595. 83.9595.
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The addition n of beef penis penis, s, those whitish ingredients i on the left, takes a bowl of bun bo hue to the nex next xt level.
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Bu Bun un b bo o Hue is pho pho’s ’s spicier ccousin. ousin n. The Th he b beef eef no noodle odle soup has a richer ri icher h br b broth oth h that that’s h ’s ar aromatic omatic i with ih lemongrass le emongrass and other spic spices. es. Chile Chille oil oi il is driz drizzled zled in as well to giv givee it gr greater eater b body ody and spiciness spiciness.. A Ass yyou o might guess fr ou from om the name name,, San Sa an JJose’s ose’s Bun Bo Hue An Nam specializes sp pecializes in the ccentral entral V Vietnamese iietnam mese soup. so oup. L Look ook ar around ound and just ab about ou ut
person slurping eevery very p erson is slurpin ng down a bowl stuff. Look little closer,, b owl of the stuff ff. L ook k a lit tle closer and yyou’ll ou’ll see that in addition a to pieces beef pork, tender piec es of b eef shank s and p ork, aree enjoying some diners ar enjoying y a bite of penis. bull p enis. It’s described penis It ’s describ ed as ox p enis on the doesn’t from menu, but it do esn’t ccome ome fr om an anyy more oxtails from ox an more than oxt tails ccome ome fr om question doesn’t an ox. The organ organ is qu uestion do esn’t look likee the sausage yyou lo ok lik ou might It’s and looks eexpect. xp ect. It ’s whitish an nd lo oks and
tastes lik tastes likee a tendon, a little little che chewy wy with a soft soft, ft, gelatinous crunch to it. There’s Ther e’s not no ot much flavor. flaavor. That ccomes omes from fr om the soup s br broth. oth. Ox p penis enis is no biggie biggie,, well it is is,, but yyou ou know what I mean. meean. What gets me ar aree the cubes cub es of rreddish e eddish br brown own ccongealed ongealed pork p ork blood blo o d that also ccomes omes with the soup.. T soup To o me m that that’s ’s gr gross. oss. Bun Bo Hu Hue ue An Nam. 740 Story Sttoorry Road, Road, San J Jose. oose. 4 408.993.1755. 08.993.1755.
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The viscosity of gelatinized tapioca starch becomes a subject of scientific inquiry in Modernist Cuisine
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AST WEEK, I was was trying to make mak ke room for Nathan Nath han Myhrvold’ siix-volume Myhrvold’ss six-volume Modernist series. M odernist Cuisine se eries. The 40-pound cookbook to to end all cookbooks expanded expand ded my culinary book collection collecttion to about nine linear feet fee et and forced me to displace e some guacamole bowls and d cheeseserving plates to free up a third shelf. 34
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Molecular Spanglish: Molecular S elBulli 1983-2002 con contains ntains few words words, s, though the ones o it does have are critical tto o understanding the subject matter m matter. r. For F or example example, e, without a caption, how wou would uld you identify this shot of ma mango-wrapped ango-wrapped vanilla ice crea cream? am?
My eexpanding xpanding ccollection olleection of ph physical hyysical b books ooks is cle clearly early ccounterintuitive ounterintuitive in th the he digit digital al media age.. It ma age may ay b bee eeven ven mor m moree irrational given giv en that no one actu actually ually rreads eads rarely ccookbooks, ookb kbooks k , and d I rar elly l ccook ook k with ih Yet, them. Y eet, ffor or some rreason, o e eason, I just $500 had to own the $50 0 cookbook cookbook impressive cconsidered onsidered the most im mpressive genree eever eexample xample of the genr ver to rroll oll off press. an offset pr ess. Likee most things th that bee Lik hat ccan an b digitally accessed, locating digit ally ac cessed, lo cating a a rrecipe ecipe in
a cookbook cookbook o is inefficient. I developed developed eexpertise xpertise in i limonc limoncello ello pr production oduction with a ffew ew web sear searches. ches. And I cconverted onverted thr three ee bags of or organic ganic spinach in into nto Mark V Vetri’s eetri’s famed gnocchi spinach i h gn nocchi hi when h I ffound o ound d an scan online sc an n of his book. book. I pasted some screen screen shots into the Evernote Ev ernote ssyncing yncing app and tediously through myy paged thr o ough the paragraphs on m smartphone. gnocchi, smar tphon ne. The gno cchi, after two two days spinach processing, da ays y of spi inach pr ocessing, turned beautifully green bouncy, out b eautiifully gr een and b ouncyy,
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California Dripping: Michael M Mina Mina’s ’s book shares co common ommon themes with other con contemporary ntemporary cookbooks: a white cover and a minimalist m title, in this case, “T “The The Cookbook.”
though not quite as in intensely ntensely spinachspinach-yy as the ones I sampled at Vetri V eetri in Philadelphia b before effo ore a Nine Inch Nails cconcert. oncert. (I think t Mr Mr.. Vetri Veetri saves sa aves the rreal eal rrecipes ecipes of o his signatur signaturee di h ffor dishes o or patr patrons ons off h his i ep is eponymous onymous rrestaurant.) estaurant.) Nonetheless, N onetheless, I b bought ough ht Il Viag Viaggio gggio di V Vetri, eettrri, and it arrived arrived a ffew ew days daays y later.. I ran m later myy fingers softly so oftly o over veer the emb embossed ossed title title,, dr dropped op pped out of a T Tuscan uscan orange back background kgr g ound above ab ove a black black-and-white k--and-whitee photo of
ffour our laughing o laughin ng chefs chefs.. Inside ther theree ar aree ample phot photos tos of sensual rar raree meats meats,, ccannoli annoli or orgies gi and dripping strands gies of past pastaa cur curled rled ar around ound fat piec pieces es of lobster,, alon lobster along ng with V Vetri eetri tricks tricks,, such as reducing reducing d i g 50 p pounds ounds d off onions i ffor or eight hours o ho ours to mak make ke six ser servings vings of white tru truffle uffle onion cr crepes. epes. That pretty pr ettty much h eexplains xplains wh why hy it it’s ’s easier to validate one one’s e’s cr credentials edentials as a ffoodie oodie b byy displaying displa ayying a go good od ccookbook ookbook ccollection ollection than it is to o actually sp spend end time cr crying ying over o ver onions onions. s.
Over Ov er the yyears, ears, I’ I’d d piec pieced ed to together getther a mo modest dest ccollection ollection of ccookbooks ookbook ks byy C b California aliffo ornia chefs lik likee Alic Alicee Wa Waters, aters, Wolfgang W olf o fggang Puck,, JJoyce oyce Goldstein and JJeremiah eremiah T Tower, o ower, some of the them em autographed auto graphed h d as sou souvenirs uveenirs i off visit visits i its to their rrestaurants. estaurants. I’ I’d d mor moree rrecently ecenttly added Charlie A Ayers’ yeers’ F Food ood 2.0, 2.0, on one ne of the rar raree b books ooks b byy a Silic Silicon on V Valley al alleey chef—until chef f—until — Da David avvid Kinch publish publishes hes his—and pur purchased chased the displa display ay ccopy op py of Michael Mina Mina’s a’s ccookbook ookbook at Ar Arcadia cadia before b effor o e his Cinequest visit.
But the ccollection ollection n needed fur further ther updating. It was updating. was clearly clearly missing some K Keller. eller. So I plu plunked unked down $50 ffor or The Fr o French ench LLaundry aunddrry Cookbook Cookbook ((Artisan, Artisan, New New Y York). ork) o ). The largelargefformat ormat b o book ook k is i filled fill d with i h iimages of hands ccaressing aressing chunks c of but butter, ter, pink slic sliced ed figs and a pr precariously ecariously ccantilevered antilevered pastr pastryy curl atop mascarpone masc arpone sorb sorbet. et. K Keller eller also has another 11-by-11-inch 11-by--11-inch h sous vide tome that I ha have ave yyet et to crack, crrack,, and I’m
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looking lo oking fforward o orwar a d to doing so so.. Keller’s work artt vs vs.. K eeller’s wor rk straddles the ar sciencee divide nic nicely, offering scienc elyy, off ffeering aesthetic warmth, w armth, graphic aarmth, graph hic minimalism and advanced technique. advanc ed tech hnique. Myhrvold’s opus,, on the Myhr vold’s magnum opus about other hand,, iss ab out as sensual as a anatomy textbook. ccollege ollege anato omy te xtbook. The ccover over is blindingly white w with ttypefaces ypefaces 1980s-era architects’ rreminiscent eminiscent of o 19 80s- era ar chitects’ brochures. The book likee a br ochures. Th he b ook smells lik bad varnish factor ffactoryy in China, where where weree printed and, the vvolumes olumes wer w eexcept xcept ffor or o thee b eautiful photo graphs, beautiful photographs, the design is unimaginativ u e, unimaginative, Sublimation and (“Sublimation with titles (“S Deposition”) aree generic and Dep osition”) that ar uninspired. uninspir ed. are devoted Sections ar re de voted to equipment likee blow tor torches, lik c , centrifuges, ches centrifuges, rrotary otary eevaporators, vaporrators, ffood ood sealers and circulators. immersion ci irculators. While it
off offers ffeers the b ff best est technic technical al inf information fo ormattion on n gels, gels, ffoams oams o and ccelebrity elebrity chef secrets likee making edible dir dirt, there se ecrets lik t, th ere are buzzz killer killers ar re whole chapters on buz rs like lik ke food food pathogens. pathogens. Catalan Ferran Adria’s C atalan chef F erran A dria’’s El Bulli: B 1998–2002 Latin 19 998–2002 is the L atin ccounterpart ounterpaart Modernist hailing to o Mo dernist Cuisine. Cuisine. While hailin ng from school fr om the same scho ol of scientificc ccooking, ooking, the ffocus ocus is on the rresults, esultts, rather providing ra ather than pr oviding a how-to chalk-streaked m manual. It ccomes omes in a chalk k-streak ked charcoal box looks likee it w was ch harcoal b ox that lo oks lik ass da amaged in shipping, shipping, with the truck tru uck damaged ba acking o ver it after it ffell eell off the lift backing over ga ate. Inside one finds page after page p gate. barely off photos with bar ely any any text, text, a fantasy true.. ffood ood vvoyeur’s oyeur’s fant asy ccome ome true day, hopee to pr properly One da ay, I hop operly rread eaad these books attempt th hese b ooks and at tempt some hopefully blowing rrecipes, e es, hop ecip efully without blowin ng myy kitchen like lab.. In up pm like a meth lab n
the meantime meantime,, I’m ha happy appy to b bee a ccollector. ollector. alone. Psychology I know I’m not alon ne. P sycholo y gy Today “psychological T oday has eexplored xplored thee “ps psychological culinaria” obsession with culinar riaa” and interest “prurient inter est in er eerotic otic photographs elegantly presented photo graphs of elegan ntly pr esented dishes,” pseudo-psychological dishes ,” as a pseudo -pssychological aberrant behavior. fform orm o of ab errant b ehaavvior. One suggested writer jokingly sugges sted “treatment “treatment people aree ob obsessed ffor or o p eople who ar bsessed with ccookbooks, ookbooks, ccooks ooks and d other things culinary.” culinar y.” Do yyou ou find yyourself oursellf sp ending to o spending too much time at Sur L Taable, staring staring at Laa Table, eexotic xotic kitchen implem ments or ha avving implements having erotic er otic thoughts in thee ccookbook ookbook section of one of the ffew ew remaining remaining bookstores? may bee w warning b ookstores? Those ma ay b arning signs.. Seek help help.. Or giv give signs ve in.
EL BULLI: 19 1998–2002 998–2002 Ferran F eerran Adria, Adriia, Juli Soler Soler, r, Albert Albert Adria; A dria; Ec Ecco, co, 2005 THE FRENCH THE FRENCH H LLAUNDRY AUNDRY CCOOKBOOK OOKBOOK By Thomas K Keller eeller with phot photographs ographs bbyy Deb Deborah orahh J Jones; oones; Artisan, 1999 II VIA VIAGGIO GGIO D DII V VETRI: ETRI: A CULINARY CULINARY JOURNEY JOURNEY By Mar Marcc V Vetri, e ri, David J et Joachim oachim and Takeshi Wolfe; Ten Douglas T akeshi W oolffe; e T een Speed Speed Press, Pr ress e s, 2008 MICHAEL MINA, MICHAEL MINA, TH THEE COOKBOOK COOKBOOK Bulfinch Pr Press, e s, 2006 ess MODERNIST CCUISINE MODERNIST UISINE By Nathan Myhr M Myhrvold vold o with Chris Y Young ooung and Maximee Bilet; The C Cooking ooking LLab, aabb, 2011
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There are only three core techniques for making meat taste good: roasting the fat, spicing with rub or sauce and smoking over hardwood. Growing up in the mid-Atlantic suburban sprawl, summer was a time for barbecue. A barbecue meant cooking outside—over charcoal—chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs and corn. The chicken would be slathered in a spicy sauce and cooked slowly, but the taste of the sauce only attached to the skin. The chicken skin would crisp if cooked carefully, which was part of
the treat. Correctly, we called this “a barbecue,” not “eating barbecue.” But summer corn and carefully roasted chicken skin still evoke that perfect childhood lazy afternoon. In college, I first had friends from the South—mostly North Carolina—who were aghast with my understanding of barbecue. Barbecue, as a noun, is a special art form of meat cooking, with dimensions of sauce, smoke and roast. Each pig pit in North Carolina boasts its own combination of sauce, smoke and roast. With Texas, St. Louis and Memphis styles, barbecue seems contentious and parochial. Even Oakland has a distinct style, with the legendary and lamented Flint’s serving the best links and sauce through the ’90s. On a popular Internet food discussion board the South Bay was recently described as the “worst population-to-barbecue ratio in the nation,” but in typical Silicon Valley style, there are a few standouts worth visiting. Each has a large smoker on display and caters. For me, the true test of a barbecue
house is the three-meat combo—usually chicken, ribs and brisket. The individual style of the cook, with his or her bias toward smoke, sauce, rub or fat, comes through loud and clear. In this test, I tried for breadth, attempting to eat as many kinds of barbecue with as many sauces as possible. Andy’s Bar-B-Que in Santa Clara, struck me with immediate nostalgia for the old Silicon Valley. One of the iconic bars of Silicon Valley was Walker’s Wagon Wheel on Middlefield Road in Mountain View. It’s gone now, but through the ’60s and ’70s, the Wagon Wheel was the Silicon Valley hangout down the street from Fairchild where the builders of chips and semiconductors drank and shared secrets. Andy’s has the same feel and relaxed old atmosphere without trying. At Andy’s, I had the four-meat combo (serves two), which includes ribs, chicken, links, and brisket with toasted garlic bread and a side salad. For $31, it was a tower of meat, enough for four meals. Unfortunately, the meat was simply good but not special. The brisket was fatty and tender, the ribs were succulent, but no smoke ring (a layer of color on the exterior of the meat that indicates how much time it’s spent in the barbecue.). The sauce was tomato-based and sprightly with little complexity. San Jose’s Smoking Pig lays on a
Andy’s Bar-B-Que 2367 El Camino Real, Santa Clara; 408.313.5797 The Smoking Pig 1144 N. Fourth St., San Jose; 408.380.4784 Trail Dust BBQ 17240 Monterey St., Morgan Hill; 408.776.9072
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three-meat combo for $13.99. Portions are reasonable, and the place is bright, new and friendly, with the earnest and obvious owner checking in with every table. The beer selection includes several excellent microbrews in bottles and every tabled has a selection of sauces. The lack of artifice and focus on food was charming and extraordinarily pleasant on a late Sunday afternoon. They were out of ribs, so I ordered brisket, pulled pork and chicken. Only for the sake of equality, I avoided the special of the night: a prime-rib barbecue. The sauces were an afterthought, and even the pulled pork was served dry. The Pig believes in smoke with a little spice rub. The brisket here is served fatty or lean, and the clear choice is fatty. This meat worked, with a crackling brown skin and succulent interior. It was neither greasy nor like a pork rind. It was simply barbecue. Between the pleasant atmosphere, reasonable cost and portion sizes—and frequent live blues—I would place the Pig on my regular rotation if I lived closer. Trail Dust BBQ in Morgan Hill is the outlier South Bay barbecue location. As you drive out to Morgan Hill, you’ll remember that California is a farming and ranching state. The atmosphere is clean, wholesome and almost airbrushed, but the taste of the meat is exceptional. A three-meat combo is $28, and for that price I was served a large stack of ribs, tri-tip and chicken. The star was the tri-tip. The flavor of the smoke hung heavy in the meat. The taste was somewhere between hickory and oak. The sauces and rub are worth exploring, but the meat stood best alone—with every tender and juicy bite exploding with the savory tang of smoke and unctuous fat. The next time a patriot of the South waxes nostalgic and belittles California barbecue, don’t change the topic to dim sum or pho. Take them to Trail Dust.
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AFFINITY Classic American. $$$. Big-shouldered food in handsome surroundings is the rule. The steaks are big and juicy, the pot pies better than Grandma used to make. Full bar. 300 Almaden Blvd, inside the Hilton. 408.947.4444.
AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA Pizza. $. Amici’s specializes in thin-crust, New York-style pizza. With its upscale atmosphere and friendly service you’ve got one of downtown San Jose’s best pizza shops. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, 11:30am-11pm Sat, 11:30am10pm Sun. 225 W. Santa Clara St. 408.289.9000.
BILLY BERK’S Eclectic. $$. Billy Berk’s restaurant looks and tastes like the offspring of the Hard Rock Cafe and Chili’s. The downtown San Jose restaurant offers a populist mix of American, Mexican and Asian food. Most dishes are designed for sharing—appetizer-size portions, nibbles and finger foods that pair well with the prodigious drink list. 11:30am10pm Mon-Wed, 11:30am-10pm Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri, 5-11pm Sat. Bar open till midnight. 99 S. First St. 408.292.4300.
DALAT Vietnamese. $$. San Jose’s second-oldest Vietnamese restaurant continues to draw those in search of delicious traditional fare. Surroundings are clean and friendly. Lunch and dinner daily. 408 E. William St. 408.294.6989.
Italian standards in a relaxed, family-friendly Rose Garden neighborhood setting. 11am9pm Mon-Fri, 8am-3pm and 4-9 pm Sat-Sun. 1701 Park Ave., 408.279.4922
EULIPIA New American. $$$. 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.
ARCADIA Steakhouse. $$$.
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Celebrity chef Michael Mina reworked the menu at Arcadia in the summer of 2006 to create a modern steakhouse, a change that has made it the destination restaurant it was originally supposed to be. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-10pm Sun-Thu, 5:3011pm Fri-Sat. 301 S. Market St. 408.278.4555.
BELLA MIA Italian-American. $$$. One of downtown San Jose’s most attractive eateries, Bella Mia serves regional dishes with flair. Full bar. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri, 4:30-10pm Sat, 4:30-8pm Sun. 58 S. First St. 408.280.1993.
American. $$. In Silicon Valley, the home-grown Flames restaurant chain is the area’s definitive coffee shop. And now they’ve opened in downtown San Jose to great acclaim. 7ammidnight daily. 88 S. Fourth St. 408.971.1960.
4TH STREET PIZZA CO. Pizza. $. 4th Street Pizza Co. occupies a prime corner spot on East Santa Clara and Fourth with big windows to watch the comings and goings at City Hall across the street. The thin-crust margherita fell short but the thicker-crust pies are better. 11am-9pm Sun-Thu, 11am10pm Fri-Sat. 150 E. Santa Clara St. 408.286.7500.
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for the mom who deserves the world. Celebrate Mother’s Day at TusCA Restaurant May 13, 2012, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
HOUSE OF SIAM Thai. $. This popular establishment runs the gamut of Thai treasures. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm daily. 151 S. Second St. 408.295.3397. IL FORNAIO Regional Italian. $$. Embraced by the graceful Sainte Claire Hotel, this location (there are several up and down the coast) transports the diner. The menu showcases a different region of Italy monthly. 7am-10pm Mon-Thu, 7am-11pm Fri, 8am-11pm Sat, 8am-10pm Sun. Full bar. 302 S. Market St. 408.271.3366. KOJI SAKE LOUNGE $$. Japanese. In spite of Koji’s well-tuned atmosphere, it’s the sakes that really set the tone. Koji’s sake list includes tasting notes that help you find one that suits you. Happy hour 6-9pm Wed-Fri with $3 beers and $5 small plates. 6pm-close Wed-Fri, 8pm-close Sat. 48 S. First St. 408.287.7199. LA PASTAIA Italian. $$. 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 MonFri, noon-2pm Sat-Sun; dinner 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm FriSat, 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.
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the sea, grilled, pan-seared, steamed. Desserts will hook you. 11:30am-10pm daily; 11pm happy hour Fri-Sat. 170 S. Market St. 408.283.7200.
standards, Mezcal offers an excellent point of departure. 11:30am-11pm Sun-Fri and 511pm Sat. 25 W. San Fernando St. 408.283.9595.
MEZCAL Regional Mexican. $$. Mezcal specializes in delicious regional cuisine from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. People who need nachos and sour-cream-topped burritos on the menu will probably be miffed, but for those willing to venture beyond the same old Mexican-American
MORTON’S STEAKHOUSE Steakhouse. $$$$. Morton’s, a Chicago-based chain of restaurants with more than 80 locations across the U.S. and abroad, offers delicious, premium-priced steaks. The rest of the menu is a mixed
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MUCHOS Mexican. $. A small player with a big rotisserie, this taqueria cultivates a devout lunch following. All standards get billing, but the mesquite-roasted chicken is the star. Beer. 11am-10pm daily. 72 E. Santa Clara St. 408.277.0333.
NAGLEE PARK GARAGE New American. $$. 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.
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$$. Nha Toi is the place for northern-style Vietnamese food—less sweet than southern Vietnamese food and less spicy than the food of central Vietnam, yet it makes wider uses of aromatic ingredients 9am10pm daily. 460 E. William St. 408.294.2733.
PAGODA RESTAURANT Chinese. $$$. The cuisines of China share top billing with the opulence of the décor. Pagoda offers the gamut of regional allstars. Full bar. 6-10pm Tue-Sat. Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market St. 408.998.3937.
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PAOLO’S New Italian. $$$$. Filled with artistic spins on California-meets-Italy, the kitchen turns out elegant entrees spearheaded by seasonal vegetables. The impeccable service compensates for the modest portions. Full bar. 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat. 323 W. San Carlos St. 408.294.2558. P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO Chinese. $$. With
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POOR HOUSE BISTRO New Orleans. $$. Poor House Bistro offers a low-priced menu of Crescent City classics like po’ boys, barbecued shrimp, gumbo and muffaletta. Live music on Fridays and Saturdays. 11am-9pm MonThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat, 10am-8pm Sun; brunch 10am-2pm Sun. 91 S. Autumn St. 408.292.5837.
beads and doorbells, and other miscellaneous peculiarities of a bygone era. Always a fun place to visit. 11:30am-9:30pm daily. 131 E. Jackson St. 408.294.3303 or 998.9427.
SCOTT’S SEAFOOD Seafood. $$$. 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.
THE BASIN New American. $$$. The Basin has some refreshingly high standards. Produce is organic, seafoods are fresh and the menu accentuates American ideas, enhanced by Spanish and Italian spin. 5pm-close daily. 14572 Big Basin Way. 408.867.1906.
71 SAINT PETER New American. $$$. This romantic eatery offers upscale Mediterranean food in an intimate setting. Beer, wine. Closed Sun. 11:30am-1pm, 59pm Mon-Sat. 71 N. San Pedro St. 408.971.8523.
SONOMA CHICKEN Mixed. $. If you don’t mind carrying your own tray and fighting for a table you’ll be rewarded with hearty spit-roasted chicken that requires at least six napkins. 11am-9pm SunThu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat. 31 N. Market St. at San Pedro Square. 408.287.4098. VEGETARIAN HOUSE Vegetarian. $. This meat-free stalwart offers vegetarian dishes from around the world with a side serving of religious 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.
VUNG TAU Vietnamese. $$. Traditionalists might gripe that they can get authentic Vietnamese food for less elsewhere, but it’s hard to top Vung Tau for its fresh, quality ingredients and sleek yet comfortable décor. Encyclopedic menu. 10am3pm, 5-9pm daily. 535 E. Santa Clara St. 408.288.9055.
WING’S Chinese. $. The food is complemented by an exotic dining room with sequestered seating equipped with hanging
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LA MERE MICHELLE French-European. $$$. 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. $$$$. After undergoing a $9 million remodel and expansion of its wine list, the Saratoga restaurant has been reborn as Silicon Valley’s premier luxury restaurant. How does the food taste at a $9 million restaurant? Mostly, like a million bucks. 5:3010pm daily. 14555 Big Basin Way. 408.867.4711.
RISTORANTE DA MARIO Italian. $$. 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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mantra. Now that they’re above ground (Steve Albini produced their new record, for christ’s sake), their sound—somewhat reminiscent of early Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but very much their own unique creation— can be appreciated in venues that don’t look like they could come crashing down at any moment. Audacity opens. (SP)
means they were kicking out raw, unpretentious tunes right through the days of sanitized radio-friendly punk, whiny emo, melody-less screamo and whatever the hell BrokeNcyde is. And they haven’t strayed from their roots one bit. They crank out some solid old school punk rock jams, much in the vein of early Fat Wreck Chords bands which blended ’80s skate rock fervor with pop-punk melodies. (AC)
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Shoreline, Mountain View Fri – 6:30pm; $25-$50 Miranda Lambert got her first shot
at Nashville stardom at age 16 but walked away from it when her producers tried to make her sound too pop. She got another shot in 2003 on the country version of American Idol, Nashville Star. She came in third, but does anybody remember Buddy Jewell or John Arthur Martinez, who finished ahead of her? In fact, does anyone remember anybody else from this show? In any case, Lambert’s most recent album, last year’s Four the Record, continued her string of commercially successful, critically praised records and resulted in her highest-debuting single in “Baggage Claim.” The song “Better in the Long Run” is a duet with husband Blake Shelton, whom she married last year. Chris Young and Jerrod Neimann open. (SP)
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DAYDREAM NATION With Dogcatcher and Benjamin Henderson, Apr 28 at 7pm, San Pedro Square Market, San Jose
DUMBFOUNDED Apr 28 at Studio 8, San Jose
BASSNECTAR May 5 at San Jose Event Center
KEOLA BEAMER May 6 at 2:30pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium
COULTER/PHILLIPS May 6 at 3pm, Montalvo Arts Center
WILD JAM May 10 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion
DAVE KOZ May 19 at 8pm, Campbell Heritage Theater
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LATRYX Pagoda Lounge, San Jose Sat – 9pm; $23.50 In 1997, Latyrx’s debut Latyrx (The Album) changed the very idea of what Bay Area underground hiphop could sound like. Fifteen years later, Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truthspeaker are still changing minds and waking up ears. Lateef guested on Lyrics Born’s two-step and boogie mixtape, Variety Show Season Five, earlier this year. But it’s even better than that—Latryx
is back, and in fact the East Bay duo has been recording some of their new album right here in San Jose. Latryx has chosen the South Bay’s own Bangerz to produce a few of the tracks, and they’ll have the Bangerz’ Cutso opening when they perform at Pagoda. (SP)
FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN EXIT The Refuge, Cupertino Sat – 6pm; $10 Five Characters in Search of an Exit got their name from a Twilight Zone episode of the same name where five characters are trapped in a dark cylinder that they believe is hell. Turns out the five characters are actually dolls and they are trapped in a toy bin. So what kind
of music would a band named after this twisted TV episode play? One word: metal. We’re talking loud, fist-pumping, vocal-chorddamaging, animal-sacrificing metal. As a side note, Five Characters in Search of an Exit have a song called “Ten Things I Hate About Chu,” a name that references the one true for metal guys: teen romcoms. This is their CD-release show. (AC)
ATOM AGE X Bar, Cupertino Sat – 8pm; $8 Just when I think rock music is dead, or at least on crutches, a band like Atom Age comes around to convince me otherwise. Rock is not dead, ladies and gentlemen. These guys are on a mission to bring it back to its purest form; they’re horn-tinged, punk-influenced, hard-hitting and all-
around fun. In a time when image too often trumps actual talent, Atom Age shines though as a new breed. (BD)
IDOLS PLAGUE Caravan, San Jose Sat – 9pm; free People got to watch Suicidal Tendencies slowly evolve from an erratic skatepunk group into a thrash-metal band. Now they can hear East Bay’s Idols Plague take all the Suicidal Tendencies elements from down through the ages—including Mike Muir’s ranting, spewing vocals and the crossover metal-punk guitar chops—and mix them into something new. Every song Idols Plague plays, regardless of tempo, is a complete explosion of energy, an all-out assault on the senses. It’s unrelenting, but that’s the whole point. Don’t bring your earplugs, unless you want to be mocked by everyone else at the show. (AC)
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MAYHEM FESTIVAL Jul 1 at Shoreline
AZIZ ANSARI Jul 19 at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
NEIL DIAMOND Aug 7 at 8pm, HP Pavilion
YES/PROCOL HARUM Aug 14 at San Jose Civic
CS&N Sep 8 at San Jose Civic
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Victorino has battled depression in his life, but he even didn’t know bad it would get shortly before Christmas. “There were a couple of nights when I was super, super-reckless, and I put myself in a lot of danger,” he admits now. “I’m still being told things I did during this two-week period where I guess I had kind of a break.” That included one night where he went to a show in San Francisco after taking a handful of Xanax, plus Klonopin and Valium. After binge drinking and taking whatever anyone would hand him, he went into a vomiting fit—one that doctors later told him saved his life. The next night, he locked himself in the bathroom, and then heard his wife sobbing outside. She was terrified. “The worst thing was that my first reaction to that wasn’t ‘How silly of you to think I was killing myself,’” he says. “It was ‘How silly of you to think I would do it that way, in the house.’” His wife convinced him to go to the
Adult Psychiatry Department at K Kaiser, where a doctor asked him if he wa was planning to kill himself, and if it was safe to release him. “Right then, I knew I could lie and keep it going and get my way, but what I said was nothing. I couldn’t say anything. I just started crying. I know that meant I was going to be put away,” he says. The San Francisco incident was judged a suicide attempt, and Victorino was 5150’d—held at the Crisis Stabilization Center for almost three days under the Baker Act. He was also diagnosed as bipolar. Later, the experience made him look closely at his previous attempts to hide his struggles—even in his work. Especially in his second volume of poetry, 2009’s Trading Shadows for Sunshine. “I wasn’t really proud of it. I felt like it was dodging a lot, not being truthful,” he says. “I would use lots of ‘theys’ and ‘wes’ and ‘yous’ instead of ‘me,’ when I was really trying to talk about how I felt.” He began to realize the irony of his situation. “I can stand up in front of thousands of people with a microphone, but I don’t have the balls to say face to face with someone, ‘I’m not doing all right,’” he tells me. “I feel like if it wasn’t so much of a stigma,
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if people weren’t so afraid of mental illness, I never would have gotten to that point. It would have been OK to talk about it. If someone said, ‘How are you doing,’ instead of bullshitting them, I would have said, ‘I’m having a rough time, and this is why.’” That got him thinking about how many other people, including many who have read his books or heard his music over the years, are in the same situation, and what he could do to bring more awareness to the issue. It started with one post on Facebook. “I basically ‘came out of the closet’ on Facebook. I didn’t go into detail, I kept it short, saying ‘National Mental Health Awareness week just passed, but I’m going to take this opportunity to let you guys all know that I found out I’m bipolar after a 5150 adventure.’ I got 300 likes on it, and all these people were talking about they have this, or that, and they’re going to talk to their friends about it. That one little post might have helped somebody,” he says. Taking it one step further, he began rewriting Trading Shadows for Sunshine, retyping it all the way through. “I’m keeping some of the stuff, and I’m changing some of the perspective from third person to first, like it should have been. I’m being a lot more honest, letting it be as dark as it has to be,” Victorino says. “A lot of the way I wrote it before was I’d feel myself writing kind of dark stuff and I’d think: you know what, I’m going to cheer it up, find a way to give it a happy ending or make it seem silly or funny, use humor to kind of back away from the truth.” As the Limousines did with their recent rerelease of the Scrapbook EP, anyone who preorders the book will have their name or anyone’s name they choose printed in the Thank You section of the book. Victorino says there have been ups and downs since December, and he doesn’t know if and when he’ll be okay. But he has kept one important memento from the Golden Gate Bridge. “I have a picture that I took looking down, just to remind myself that ‘you’ve been there before. Don’t go there again.’”
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ENDING ITS current season, Opera San Jose’s new production of Gounod’s Faust felt a lot like leftovers. No doubt budget limitations had something to do with the minimalist set designs—even though the word “set” in this case should not be taken literally; backdrops and arranged stage furniture, even with tricked-out lighting, barely qualify. Worse, the art chosen for those backdrops was depressingly inconsistent—a knockoff Brueghel harvest fest followed by a kitschy Thomas Kinkade landscape and, in the final scene, a clip-art starburst—and the key lights (one each for the principals onstage) reflected off the polished floor, creating ugly smears on those backdrops.
Saturday, 8pm; Brix Nightclub, San Jose Pouring drinks has moved way beyond the old shot-with-a-beer-back days. Today’s bartenders are expected to deliver all kinds of exotic drinks (and think some up on the spot) as well as entertain the crowd while doing it. Every year, the Palm Springs Summer Splash Cocktail Challenge comes to Brix in San Jose looking for some high-end pourers. The winner on Saturday will get a trip to Palm Springs, America’s gay oasis, to compete in the finals at the end of May.
In 21st-century America, the once-popular Gounod opera needs all the help it can get. While it held the boards for an astounding run in France during the latter 19th century, it, too, is Faust annoying inconsistent—theatrically and musically as frivolous as a Rossini farce but with occasional bursts of Runs through May 6; melodic inspiration. While the composer set his sights $51 and up on countering the dominant Italian operatic tradition, California Theatre, he made no attempt to accommodate the theological San Jose and philosophical depth that Wolfgang Goethe had so brilliantly bequeathed to German culture. Instead, conflated emotions, pretty tunes and dances carry the opera.
Local Jazz Composers Workshop Saturday, 8pm; Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose; $20/$25 Tabard Theatre Company lends a hand to the local jazz community with a night devoted to new works by area composers. Out of a flood of entries, 25 compositions were chosen to be showcased at the concert. The works will be performed by the jazz group nineteen, directed by Gus Kambeitz. Some of the composers picked include Wayne Wallace, Naoki, Eric Bolvin and Aaron Lington.
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Gounod’s version of “Faust “Faust.”” Apr 21, 26, 28, May 1 and 4, 8pm, Apr 29 and May 6 at 3pm. $51-$101. California Theatre, San Jose.
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OHLONE DANCE A program of dance and performing artists directed by Janel Tomblin-Brown. Thu-Sat, 8pm. $12/$15. Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont.
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The popular musical is presented by Palo Alto Players. Runs Apr 27-May 13. Preview Fri, 8pm, opens Sat, 8pm. Regular shows Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $23-$32. Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto.
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premiere of a drama about the Buffalo Soldiers who served in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars. Runs thru Apr 29. Wed-Thu, 7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $15-$40. The Stage, San Jose.
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS UNFEATHERED A collaborative performance piece by Laurie San Martin and Haleh Abghari based on a 12th-century poem. Fri, 8pm. $8-$20. Carriage House Theater, Montalvo Arts Center.
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OSJ’s general manager, Larry Hancock, describes the work as Gounod’s “masterpiece” that puts all other operatic versions to shade. Yet Berlioz’s concert oratorio, The Damnation of Faust, is a greater musical score, has often been staged as opera to critical acclaim and would fit the OSJ stage. Where you’d expect from Gounod unforgettable melodies, during the “love scene” at the end of Act II, you get nothing to hum on the way home. Instead, the best tunes show up when the characters are taking to themselves: “Salut! Demeure, chaste et pure” is Faust’s vicarious musing on Marguerite. Her “jewel song” is also a solo rapture. Mephistopheles, the most “complete” character, gets his best musical moment in his final act “Vous qui faites l’endormie. ... O Catherine, ma mie.” Last Sunday, on the California stage, Krassen Karagiozov (Valentin) redeemed the cast with his commanding and authoritative baritone. Vocally, Alexander Boyer (Faust) acquitted himself persuasively. Jasmina Halimic (Marguerite) was less demure than Faust imagined and hit some pretty strident high notes. But for the chorus and dancing, stage action was uncomfortably stiff. As Mephistopheles, Branch Fields’ vocal production came up short on diabolical menace though he was the most convincing actor. His putting the “crowd” under spells made for bits of stage magic. Conductor David Rohrbaugh kept the action in motion and sought to make space for the bigger moments. The orchestra came through, with concertmaster Cynthia Baehr floating lovely solo above Faust’s “Salut!” in Act I.—Scott MacClelland
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metroactive ARTS 55 THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR A version of Gogol’s tale adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and mounted by Bus Barn Stage Company. Runs thru May 5. Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun 3pm (Apr 22) or 7pm (Apr 29). $24-$32. Bus Barn Theater, Los Altos.
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE A Manhattan romance by Terrence McNally; presented by Northside Theatre Co. Runs thru May 6. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. $15/$20. Northside Theatre, San Jose.
NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT FACTORY Staged readings of brand-new plays-in-progress. “Don’t Be Evil” runs Apr 29 and May 5. “Intelligent Men Ask for Directions” runs Apr 27 and May 6. “Astonishment” runs Apr 28 and May 4. Evenings at 8pm, Sunday matinees at 2pm. $10. Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto.
OF MICE AND MEN The new production by TheatreWorks of the famed Steinbeck tale of the friendship between George and Lennie. Runs thru Apr 29. Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2. $29-$69. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
Classical Concerts BOURGEOIS BLACK Juanita Harris sings Broadway tunes, jazz standards and opera selections, and tells stories. Fri, 8pm. $20/$25. Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose.
CALIFORNIA POPS ORCHESTRA The Honeybee Trio and Black Tie Jazz Big Band appear with the orchestra for “Swingtime! Tribute to the Big Bands.” Sun, 3pm. $15-$35. Calvary Church, Los Gatos.
JAZZ COMPOSERS SHOWCASE Gus Kambeitz and the Nineteen ensemble highlight the works of local composers. Sat, 8pm. $20/$25. Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose.
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The Winter Series concludes with a performance by the Jupiter String Quartet. Sun, 4pm. $20/$25. Center for the Performing Arts at MenloAtherton.
Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $12. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Dean Edwards. $13/$20. Sunnyvale.
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Wed, 8pm: United Nation’s Comedy. Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9:30pm: Anjelah Johnson. $35. San Jose.
Ayako Hosokawa performs popular and contemporary American music. Fri, 7pm. $15/$20. San Jose Buddhist Betsuin Gymnasium.
NATIONAL ASSOC. OF COMPOSERS Flauti Diversi plays works for piano, harp and tenor voice. Sun, 7pm. $10 donation. Foothill Presbyterian Church, San Jose.
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NEW MUSIC WORKS An evening devoted to the music of Hyo-shin Na, with guest artists the Ariose Singers, pianist Thomas Schultz, koto player Shoko Kikage and more. Sat, 8pm. $12-$23. Cabrillo College Music Recital Hall, Aptos.
A JESS SHENSON RECITAL SERIES Featuring Nicolle Foland, soprano, and pianist Bryndon Hassman performing pieces by Brahms, Ives and Weill. Sun, 2:30pm. Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford.
“Roberta Loach.” A selection of pieces by the painter, printmaker and writer. Runs Apr 28-Jul 8. Reception May 18, 7pm. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.
CONTINUING ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “Two Apart.” Paintings by Cuong Nguyen. Thru Apr 27. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Los Gatos.
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The Choral Project offers a concert of selections by Whitacre, Taverner and Pärt. Fri, 8pm. $5-$25. Mission Santa Clara de Asis (also Sat, 8pm, at Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz.
“Light Works.” Two minimalist installations by Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin. Thru Jul 8. “Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection.” Thru Oct 13. “Memory and Markets: Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century.” Thru May 27. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.
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Violin soloist Livisa Sohn appears with the orchestra; selections by Debussy and Tchaikovsky. Thu, 8pm. $5/$10. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.
Activities and hands-on fun for kids. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, noon-5pm. Discovery Meadow, San Jose.
SOARING SPIRITS
Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 8pm: Comedy night hosted by Dan St. Paul. No cover. Redwood City.
COMEDYSPORTZ Fri, 9pm and Sat, 7 and 9pm: Live improv comedy. Fri, 11pm: The Midnight Show. Inside the Camera 3 building, San Jose.
DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Chain Reaction: Artists Consider the Bicycle.” “Clunkers to MTBs: The Evolution of the Mountain Bike.” Thru Jul 1. “Indelibly Yours: Smith Andersen Editions and the Tattoo Project.” A show of works inspired by tattoos. Thru Jul 1. “Andy Warhol: Polaroids and Portraits.” Thru Jul 1. Tue-Sun, 11am-4pm. Santa Clara University.
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metroactive ARTS 56 HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “Radiant Light: Memories From the Ming Quong Home in Los Gatos.” Thru Jul 15. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Los Gatos.
HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Bay Area Youth Art Month Exhibit.” Runs thru mid-May. Pacific Hotel Gallery, San Jose.
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HERITAGE “A Child’s World: Antique Toys, 1870-1930.” Thru Apr 29. FriSun, 11am-4pm. Palo Alto.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Mexicanismo through Artists’ Eyes.” Thru Sep 23. “Frank Lobdell: Wonderland.” Works by the major Bay Area abstract painter. Thru Aug 5. “To Hell and Back.” Illustrations for Dante by Sandow Birk. Thru Sep 16. “Renegade Humor.” With pieces by Roy De Forest, John Bankston, M. Louise Stanley and more. Thru Jul 8. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES “Quilt National.” A juried show of contemporary quilt and fiber art. Thru Apr 29. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.
TECH MUSEUM Exhibits about science and technology. New exhibit about the International Space Station. Mon-Wed, 10am-5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.
TRITON MUSEUM OF ART “Rosa Louca dos Ventos.” Mixed-media works by Brazilian-born artist Silvia Poloto. Thru May 2. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.
Galleries ANNO DOMINI “The California State Institution,” a solo show by English artist Vermin. Thru May 19. San Jose.
BRUNI GALLERY “The Jazz Masters Series” by BRUNI. San Jose.
DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “Nature Magnified,” a photo show. San Jose.
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“The Trucker.” Thru Apr 29. Japantown, San Jose.
“40 Watts: Illuminating Herstory,” a group show by the Women’s Caucus for Art. Thru Apr 27. Palo Alto.
FAUX SALON Large-scale digital art pieces by Illustrator, artist and filmmaker Katie Bush. Runs thru fall. Campbell.
FILOLI Annual show of botanical art. Thru Jun 24. Woodside.
GALLERY HOUSE “Outbreak.” New works by Jay Hill and Pat Mayer. Thru Apr 28. Tue-Wed, 11am-4pm, ThuSat, 11am-8pm, Sun, 11am3pm. Palo Alto.
GALLERY SARATOGA “The Floral Collection,” watercolors by Jennifer Kretschmer. Thru May 6. TueSun, 11am-6pm. Saratoga.
PALO ALTO ART CENTER “Water Lilies,” an installation piece by Judith Selby Lang using recycled plastic bottles at Palo Alto’s Baylands Nature Preserve. Thru Apr 22. Palo Alto.
PHANTOM GALLERIES “Soliloquies from the Silent Country.” Window-front installations by Lacey Bryant. Continuing. 95 S. Market St, San Jose.
PHO69 “A World of Colors and Whim,” by Florence de Bretagne. Thru May 25. San Jose.
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“I Can’t Go On; I’ll Go On.” New works by J. Santos. Thru Apr 27. San Jose.
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HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE Works by Lee Middleman. Thru Apr 26. San Jose.
KALEID GALLERY “Selcouth,” new works by Shannon Amidon combining man-made and natural things. “Of War and Peace, the Truth Just Twists, Its Curfew Gull Just Glides,” paintings by Andre Hart. Thru Apr 27. San Jose.
KING MAIN LIBRARY An exhibit celebrating SJSU’s role as the original “California State” institution of higher learning. Thru Jul 31. Special Collections. King Main Library, San Jose.
“The Office.” A group show looking at the oddities and absurdities of life in the modern office. Thru Jun 2. “Younhee Paik: Ascending River.” Large-scale gallery installation. Thru May 12. “4x4.” Videos in the Cardinale Project Room. Thru Jun 14. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
SJSU GALLERIES Works by student artists. Inside the Art Building and Industrial Studies Building, SJSU.
SLG BOUTIKI The best of the ArtShots video contest. Thru Apr 27. San Jose.
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“Latino Art Now,” an exhibit of current works leading to the annual art auction on May 19. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
Paintings by Jose Allen and Wayne Jiang, and photographs by Terry Thompson. Thru Jun 21. Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. Paul G. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford.
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “O’ Great Reverie: Montalvo 1912-2012.” An exhibit about the history of the estate built by James Phelan 100 years ago. Thru May 13. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm. Saratoga.
MOHR GALLERY “Power,” drawings and prints by Fanny Retsek. Thru Jun 10. Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View.
THOMPSON GALLERY “Polka Dot Plateau.” Sculptures made from ceramic coils by Dean Finneran. Runs thru May 18. Art Building, SJSU.
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A talk about her novel “In the
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ANNE LAMOTT The author of “Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son” talks about her work. Wed, 7pm. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.
OLIVIA DE HAULLEVILLE Aldous Huxley’s niece talks about the famous author’s children’s book, “The Crows of Pearblossom.” Thu, 7pm. Books Inc., Town and Country Village, Palo Alto.
BRING BACK THE ARTS A day of music, skateboard, dancing, food and live art showcasing the area’s diversity and raising money for local nonprofits to help teach arts in the schools. Sat, 11am4pm. 921 Fox Lane, San Jose.
CAL STATE FOUNDERS DAY An event to mark the 150th anniversary of California higher education with tours and a commemorate bellringing, as well as a symposium. Sat, 3pm. San Jose State Campus.
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Sun, 9:30am-4pm. Japantown, San Jose.
PACIFIC COAST DREAM MACHINES A huge outdoor display of antique, classic, luxury and one-off vehicles. Sat-Sun, 10am-4pm. $10-$20. Half Moon Bay Airport.
RAW SHOWCASE A nationwide artists’ showcase comes to San Jose to start a regular series on the fourth Thursday of every month. The chosen venue will be turning into a pop-up art gallery with bands, fashion designers and artists. Thu evening. Beso, San Jose.
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The famed cook will answer questions and sign copies of “Weeknights With Giada.” Sat, 11:30am. Sur La Table, Santana Row.
Admins are invited to take a break and visit the new show “The Office” and get some coffee and donuts. Wed, 10am5pm. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
TONY DEROSE The scientist from Pixar will explain how the company makes its animated films. Sat, 1:30pm. $12/$20. Los Altos High School Eagle Theatre.
Jack’s Bar and Lounge and the Japantown Business Assoc. present a self-guided tour through the salons, studios and restaurants of Japantown with high-end brews available. Sat, 1-5pm. $30/$36. Japantown, San Jose.
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A family day allows kids to become Junior Archaeologists; plus live music by Fiddle Road and events for Japanese Children’s Day. Sun, 11am-4pm. History Park San Jose.
With keynote speaker archaeologist Jonathan M. Kenoyer. Sun, 10am-1:30pm. ICC, Mountain View, Milpitas.
An opportunity to sample dishes from 25 local restaurants, plus music. Thu, 5:30-9pm. $35. San Mateo County Event Center.
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BEST BARTENDER CONTEST The Brix hosts a cocktail Challenge looking for a pourer with a signature style. Sat, 8pm. Brix, San Jose.
NIKKEI MASURI Japanese food, taiko drumming, arts and crafts and more in an annual celebration. Kristi Yamaguchi will appear to sign copies of her new children’s book (noon-1:30pm).
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VALOR WITH HONOR A new documentary about the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team will be screening. Sun, 2pm. Free. King Main Library, San Jose.
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It relates the saga of an indifferently able pirate and his crew, including all due adventures (sword fights, chases, last-minute rescues from the chopping block). The film also serves as a show-biz allegory. The pirate captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) aims for the Pirate of the Year award—essentially, an oversized version of those rings they used to have in gumball machines, complete with genuine rubyette in the eye socket. Flashier candidates sadly outdistance him. Lured to fame, the captain is a mark for schemers. One is the evil Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton). The other is the conniving Charles Darwin (David Tennant), who tragically betrays his principles in the hopes of meeting girls.
On the phone with producer and co-director (with Jeff Newitt) Peter Lord, we discussed the possibility of pirate movie overload. Lord said, “We were concerned about those other pirates spoiling the market place for us, but our approach was the completely different. We started from a whole different place. If we refer to anything, it is to the classic pirate movies, such as Treasure Island or the Burt Lancaster film The Crimson Pirate.” The Pirates! had just gone No. 1 in England. On tour in the United States, Lord had just tweeted that he’d visited Pixar. Was there much similarity between the Emeryville campus and Aardman headquarters? “Um, it’s a bit of different world. Pixar is a little bit like heaven—the grass is green, the sky is blue, the people wander around with seraphic smiles on their faces. But actually the job is boring. ... They have to work at computers all day. In our world, we have the real sets. Our studio
looks a bit like Aladdin’s cave [with] 40 different miniature units all going at once with black-velvet curtains between them to keep the light out. All of the jewel-like props—it’s enticing.” But if the facilities are different, the work is essentially the same. “People ask how long a film takes. Whenever I answer, there are gasps of horror and astonishment. All animated films take about five years, whether they’re made by us or Pixar or DreamWorks. There is an element of the handmade in our work. People think you must be so patient to move the characters fractions of an inch. But that’s also what’s done with computers. We’re all in the same business. We just use different tools.” All worth it, perhaps, to instruct growing children in the story of Queen Victoria’s secret life as a ninja. According to Lord, “It’s likely the most historically inaccurate film ever made. It’s magnificently wrong—in one on scene we have Jane Austen and the th Elephant Man together. She died 50 years before Mr. Merrick was born. Napoleon is sitting side by side with Na Queen Victoria. [The former died Qu when wh the latter was a toddler.] When the th crew asked about the costumes, I told to them it was set in the olden days, so make it look classic.” Among the dunce-capped history here is the presence of Polly, the dodo that the pirate captain mistakes for a parrot. The last of these birds had died more than 150 years before the film is set. You come out of The Pirates! longing for a pet dodo. How does one animate them? “It’s surprisingly easy,” Lord finished. “She’s about the size of a squash ball. Big wide hips, very short legs, a very amusing sort of swinging-butt walk, big wide eyes, a little sensitive smile on the beak. The beak is just gently wired to give quite subtle little glimpses of optimism.” Such subtle glimpses, such increments, are Aardman’s specialty, and once again these claymation wizards have come up with treasure.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits PG; 88 min. Opens Friday
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THE HUNTER (R; 100 min.) See box on page 62.
PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (PG; 88 min.) See review on page 60.
THE RAVEN (R; 111 min.) I can’t believe we’re about to type this, but here it goes: A madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by the
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works of Edgar Allan Poe, leaving a detective from Baltimore no choice but to join forces with—get ready—Edgar Allan Poe himself (John Cusack) to stop him. High concept stuff, people, but just consider it Se7en meets Edgar Allen Poe, or an episode of CSI meets Edgar Allan Poe. (Opens Fri valleywide.)
Revivals BLADE RUNNER (1982) In a near-future Los Angeles, an embittered bounty hunter (Harrison Ford) tracks down four genetically engineered slaves who have escaped from the off-world colonies. Ridley Scott’s extremely influential film channeled the guilt and pessimism of Raymond Chandler, echoing his diatribes about the pollution, futility and despair of Los Angeles. Chandler is the real inspiration, even if Philip K. Dick is credited with the source novel; Dick’s pathos about a world in which animals are all but extinct is only brushed against
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Blade Runners LIKELY YOU’VE HEARD the Tolstoy parable about how when a person goes to heaven, God checks their hands for calluses to see if they’ve worked hard for a living. Wei Te-Sheng’s massive and ultra-violent epic Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale tells a version of this fable. It’s a story of the Seediq indigenous people of the highlands of Taiwan. Supposedly when these fighters cross the rainbow bridge to their Valhalla, their ancestors check their hands to make sure the blood of their enemies is on them. In the 1890s, Imperial Japan received Taiwan from China, and introduced roads and logging. The upland, aborigine nations, who had been in blood feuds with each other forever, united with their old foes against the new invaders. Such was the Wushe Incident of 1930. It was modern war versus iron-age peoples armed with swords, bows and spears: Apparently, the Japanese even dropped poison gas from biplanes on the natives. Mona Rudao (played by an Atayal tribesman named Lin Ching-Tai) is the fiercest of the aborigines, though his spirit is injured from insults and alcohol. Lin’s performance gives this greatly oversized film a core; he looks as
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impressive with his pipe as MacArthur did. It seems Lin is a pastor as well as an actor; likely he can put a serious fear of hellfire into his congregation. All the usual routines you’d rather not see in a film about the U.S. Army and Indians are easier NXii`fij f] to take in this film’s k_\ IX`eYfn1 context: the cravenness J\\[`h 9Xc\ or viciousness of the soldiers; the certainty N/R; 276 min. Opens Friday, in the Hunting Ground AMC, Cupertino to come, suggested by a heavenly visit from Rudao’s dead father … even the film’s apology for head-hunting as a sacred duty, an honor to both killer and killed. At first, director Wei makes this a rousing history of war in the cloud forests; the physicality of the warriors is like the best parts of Mann’s Last of the Mohicans. After an hour and a half of the tremendously graphic battle scenes, you’ve seen enough; it must be the influence of co-producer John Woo to keep escalating matters past the exhaustion point. And composer Ricky Ho’s chorale-heavy threnodies repeat themselves more than the machine guns.—Richard von Busack
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here. Memorable: Brion James as a replicant who doesn’t like the word “mother”; Sean Young as a beauty too pure to be real; Daryl Hannah, whose inhumanly good looks are used for terror; and Rutger Hauer, who gets a little weirdly Christ-like after acting throughout the movie like a blond Satan. (Plays Apr 27-29 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)
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Tiger in the Woods THE LAST Tasmanian tiger died Sept. 7, 1936, as a result of a zookeeper’s blunder. Since then, the striped, wolf-like beast— the last member of a family more than 30 million years old—has been sought by naturalists in the still-very-wild woods on that same remote island. The Hunter is based on Sydney novelist Julia Leigh’s tale of a nefarious corporation seeking the mythical creature in hopes of discovering secrets it can exploit. The dubious plot works, thanks to Willem Dafoe’s particular urgency as the mysterious Martin David, the hunter hired to find and shoot the tiger. He lodges in a house deep in the Tasmanian forest, and finds the accommodations terrible. The lady of the house, Lucy (Frances O’Connor), is comatose from tranquilizers, and her two children are running feral. The little girl of the family lets Martin know it’s not the lightbulb in his room that’s burnt out: “Naow, it’s no fuckin’ power.” They’ve been troubled ever since their father disappeared into the woods many months before. Sam Neill plays a trusty neighbor who looks in on this family. But we have suspects in the vanishing. The courts are challenging the local loggers’ right to denude the island; they’re as hostile as the rustlers in a Western. And
they suspect all outsiders of being hated “greenies”—ecologists. Dafoe, setting up his illegal traps and snares, is silently compelling; his raw thin face stands out in the fog and the drizzle, and though he’s a man without a past, he has one strong mark of personality: He K_\ ?lek\i loves baroque opera. It’s nice to see a love of R; 100 min. classical music indicating Opens Friday, individualism instead of Camera 3, fascism. San Jose The Hunter is also loaded with location footage of Tasmania. It could be said the visuals encourage visitors, while the story of danger discourages them. The trouble is that these bogs, fernlands and streams have been given a serious digital color grading, probably because of the constant shifts of light and weather. Australian TV vet Daniel Nettheim doesn’t break any new ground, but he has a light touch with the precociousness of the children; that touch has to fail when the heavy ending arrives. And what David does to survive—trapping or shooting pademelons, or whatever that small stuffed-animal-like creature is—is rough for animal-lovers.—Richard von Busack
(1938/1936) Fatuously satisfied with a dried-up old intercostal clavicle, paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) is knocked off his ladder by a sweet, wealthy but perhaps addled Connecticut girl (Katharine Hepburn) who keeps a large and disobedient leopard as a pet. Grant’s woe makes him all the more hilarious. Bringing Up Baby is a prime example of Hawks’ skill in filming a comedy that looks like a tragedy and vice versa. BILLED WITH Come and Get It. Frances Farmer was a difficult, hard-drinking woman whose supposed lobotomy (it may not have happened) made her a feminist icon. She was, as Hawks told interviewer Joseph McBride, “the best actress [he] ever worked with.” She plays a double role in an Edna Ferber story about a fortune-seeking spoiler of a Wisconsin lumberjack (Edward Arnold). (Plays Apr 27-29 in Palo
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THE DAWN PATROL/ CEILING ZERO (1930/1936) Director Howard Hawks was a pilot (in fact his brother died in a flying accident), and this strikingly titled story of conflict among British aviators in the Great War was his first sound film. It was also the template for the kind of film Hawks was to make again and again: tales of groups of men keeping their nerve in the face of danger. BILLED WITH Ceiling Zero. Paralyzed aviator Frank “Spig” Wead wrote the source play. James Cagney is an irresponsible pilot who is hired to run the air mail out of Newark; but one of his pranks leads to the death of a friend, and that’s when he puts his own life on the line. (Plays Apr 25-26 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
A GIRL IN EVERY PORT/ FIG LEAVES (1928/1926) Victor McLaglen and Robert Armstrong star as sailors on an around-the-world cargo run; their rivalry over the women they meet (one is Louise Brooks) leads to minor mayhem. Director Howard Hawks was so enamored of the dynamic of the feuding friends that he was still trying to do this story over in the early 1970s with his never-sold last film, When It’s Hot Play It Cool. BILLED WITH Fig Leaves. Nothing
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NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent ďŹ lms. Apr 28: Blackmail (1929). A lecherous artist (Cyril Ritchard, later famous for his Captain Hook on television) is stabbed by his model, whose real boyfriend is the police detective later assigned to solve the murder. Alfred Hitchcock (making his cameo on the London Tube) used the “SchĂźfftan processâ€? to create a terriďŹ c chase amidst the museum’s statuary. Also: “Felix the Cat Flirts With Fateâ€? (1926) and episode six of The Perils of Pauline. Jon Mirsalis at the Kurzweil. Apr 29 at 4pm: Man of Aran (1934) billed with “How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty’s Man of Aran.â€? (1978). Flaherty expert W. Jack Coogan will be on hand for the discussion. (Plays Apr 28-29 in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)
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ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL This year’s highlights concern the effect of Romanian culture on 20th-century popular arts: Goldfaden’s Legacy about the Yiddish theater; “Rumenye! Rumenye!â€? charts the connections between Romanian folk and Klezmer (particularly the famous song of the title); “Our School,â€? the Grand Jury Prize winner at Silverdocs concerns the education of the Rom minority, and The Red Gloves follows the tightening of the Communist control after the Hungarian revolution of ’56. Other ďŹ lms include shorts by Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) and Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective.) For more: roďŹ lmfesival. com. (Plays Apr 27-29 in Palo Alto at Stanford University’s Bechtel International Center.) (RvB)
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SOCIAL ISSUES DOC FEST 2012 More than 300 high school students contend for prizes with 8-12 minute documentaries on subjects of social importance. Area semiďŹ nalists include students from Freestyle Academy, Lincoln High School, Mt. Pleasant High, Presentation High and Saratoga High. (Plays Apr 28 at 2pm in San Jose at Camera 12.) (RvB)
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The quiet intensity of KILR presents itself after several listens. Heine does not emote painful screams or make dramatic statements about Iraq, rather he exhibits the kind of self-reflection on the album where everything in his life is being looked at through a new lens. Dogcatcher will play at San Pedro Square Market on Saturday, April 28, the first show in a monthly series called Daydream Nation that will last till August, and is the result of the efforts of Bill O’Brien (of SaveAlternative.com) to showcase exceptional emerging Bay Area and San Jose artists. Before joining the Marines, Heine got a degree in engineering and was planning to get a good-paying job in the field, while playing bass in jazz bands as a hobby. He was told this was the smart thing to do. The war gave him first-hand experience to not take everything told to him at face value and to look at things from his own perspective.
“We were told that we are the good guys and they’re the bad guys. We’re not necessarily 100 percent the good guy. The Iraqi are definitely not all the bad guy. Everyone’s the same. We’re all just people. That’s something I came back from Iraq with,” Heine says. In San Diego, he followed his heart instead of his head and spent all his time painting and playing bass in as many bands as possible—as many as seven at once. But quietly, in his apartment he started to write songs on his acoustic guitar, something he’d never done before. It was a way to process his recent experiences and to learn about himself. “The lyrics [on KILR] were me posing all these questions to myself and then singing hypothetical answers,” Heine says. On the surface, a lot of what he was singing about was his relationships with girlfriends, because like everything, he was looking at this differently, too, but underneath the skin, Heine realized he was actually writing about his time in Iraq. The song “Hey, Hey, We’ll Make It” is on one level about his girlfriend’s unwavering optimism in the face of their crumbling relationship, but it is also
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about the optimism he witnessed the Iraqi people had in the face of war. “It’s the worst possible situation for the people that live there, but they maintain an encouraging sort of optimism. I think optimism is a universal necessity,” Heine says. The most dramatic moment in Iraq came for Heine when a bullet whizzed by him, barely missing him by 10 feet. One of the songs cut from KILR (and being reworked for their new album) expresses this profound experience. (“It’s amazing that I’m alive today/Now let’s make it an event.”) This brush with his mortality gave him the freedom to set restart on his life and live on his own terms. “That dude didn’t have to miss me. That could happen anytime. Nothing you can do. Might as well enjoy what you got. Might as well do things the way you want to,” Heine says. After moving back to Mountain View, Heine recorded KILR with some old friends, dubbing the project Dogcatcher. While KILR is eclectic and sprinkled with elements of blues and jazz, it is by and large a lush, beautiful folk-centric album. The freedom Heine experienced to follow his passions also gave him the freedom to not feel pressure to be confined musically. After making Dogcatcher a more official group, the four-piece allowed their sound to change significantly, even when playing songs off of KILR. Most of the folk-sounds were replaced with elements of soul, giving the live sound a very groove-centric, rhythmsection-oriented blend of rock & roll and R&B. Yet the songs still remain full of understated emotion and philosophical depth. Of course, Heine switched to the Rhodes organ after guitarist Ryan Kingsmith joined the group, which naturally changed the sound. “The Rhodes lends itself more to a soul kind of thing than folk,” Heine says. The current lineup of Dogcatcher has been in place for about a year and is finishing up a new record which better reflects this new sound.
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Rock/Pop ANGELICA’S BISTRO Thu, 8pm: Soulful Obsession. $6. Mon, 7pm: Clay Hawkins. $6/$10. Redwood City.
ART BOUTIKI Fri, 7pm: PK and more. $10. Sat, 7pm: Contra Ville, the Greening, Ghosts of Wrights, Lucid Optics. $10. San Jose.
AVALON
BOSWELL’S
Thu: Behold the Desecration, the Sound of Sooth Flight, Gemanon, Pillars of Hercules. Santa Clara.
Wed, 9:30pm: Jack Rip-Off. Thu, 10pm: Sexy Back. Fri, 9:30pm: Vent. Sat, 10pm: Kid Dynamie. Sun, 8:30pm: The Gents. Mon, 9:30pm: Matt Bolton. Campbell.
THE BLANK CLUB Wed, 8pm: Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Screaming Females. $12/$14. Fri, 9pm: Colorscout, the Like Me’s, the Soonest. $7. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: Superbad. San Jose.
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Jello Biafra AFTER DOING everything from Lard to his Mojo Nixon cowpunk album to hours and hours of spoken word, Jello Biafra’s solo escapades have never sounded as much like the Dead Kennedys as they do now. Apparently spurred by the onset of his 50th birthday, Biafra put together his first real solo band, Jello Blank Club Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, who’ll play the Blank Wednesday. This is Biafra the Wed, April 25 way we all remember him from the DK days: buzzsaw punk overlaid with dark, almost pychedelic touches. 8pm; $12/$14 He’s found some good targets for his bitterly funny lyrics—one he’s guaranteed to play in Silicon Valley is “Electronic Plantation,” an anti-tech-giant screed that sounds like an outtake from Frankenchrist. It’s one of the best songs on the band’s debut, the brilliantly titled The Audacity of Hype.—Steve Palopoli
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Fri, 9pm: David Brookings, Drop Dead Sixty, Solwave, Cosmic Machine. $5. Sat, 8pm: Ocean Beach, Sweet Chariot, Saucedoes in honor of Saratoga High alums. No cover. Cupertino.
THE CARAVAN Thu, 10pm: Dave & Confused, Blackwood Royalty. Free. Sat, 8pm: Idols Plague, Morning Ablaze, Hellbeard. San Jose.
THE CATS Thu, 8:30pm: Max Cabello Jr. Los Gatos.
THE GRAPEVINE Thu, 7pm: Mike Murdock and Sean McGuire. Sat, 7pm: Joe Buchwald. Willow Glen.
HP PAVILION Fri-Sat, 7pm: Coldplay. San Jose.
JOHNNY V’S
NICKEL CITY
Fri: Beerijuana and more. Sat: Reverie. Sun: Giving the Devil His Due, Behold the Desecration, Ignite the Raid. San Jose.
Fri, 8pm: Spontaneous Maximus, Silly Creature and more. Sat, 6pm: Secure Sounds, the Epidemik and more. San Jose.
LILLY MAC’S
NINE LIVES
Fri, 9:30pm: Top Secret. Sunnyvale.
Wed, 7pm: Comedy with Rodger Lizaola and more. $12. Thu, 8pm: Asyst, Forgotten Gods, Drunk With Power. $10. Fri, 8pm: Ratchet, 408 Habitat and more. $10. Sat, 8pm: Travis Larson, Michael Lee Firkins, Points North. $15. Gilroy.
LIQUID Every other Thu: So Timeless. San Jose.
MOJO LOUNGE Fri, 9:30pm: Steve Freund. $5. Sat, 9:30pm: Blue Diamond Fillups. $5. Fremont.
NETO’S GRILL Fri, 8:30pm: The Cruzers. $10. Sat, 8:30pm: The Megatones. $5. Tue, 7pm: Jam with Dennis Dove or Ray Ray. Santa Clara.
NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Wed: Jam night with Stan Erhardt or JC Smith Band. Thu: Joint Chiefs. Fri, 9:30pm: Blind Pilots. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: The Hitmen. $10. Los Gatos.
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metroactive MUSIC 67 PAGODA LOUNGE Sat, 9:30pm: Latyrx, Lyrics Born, Lateet, Cutso, Snare. $23.50. Fairmont Hotel, San Jose.
PURE LOUNGE 408 Thu, 9pm: Electronic music experience with Thomas Phan, Skyeline, Chaos and Frank Nitty. $10. Sunnyvale.
THE QUARTER NOTE Wed: Pro Jam hosted by Mental Notes. No cover. Thu: Pro Jam hosted by Vicious Groove. No cover. Fri: Angelhead. $8. Sat: Death Master. $5. Sun, 9pm: Pro Jam. No cover. Sunnyvale.
RED ROCK COFFEE Sat, 8pm: Tin Cat with Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon. Mountain View.
REFUGE Fri, 6:30pm: The Devastated, Silence the Messenger and more. $10. Sat, 6pm: Five Characters in Search of an Exit CD-release party. $10. Cupertino.
SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Sat, 7pm: Daydream Nation show with Dogcatcher, Benjamin Henderson, Fialta! and the Shants. All ages. Free. San Jose.
SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Thu, 9pm: Bullet Skyway, Stateside Radio. Free. Fri: Live music. Sat: Fundraiser. San Jose.
STATION 55 Fri-Sat, 9pm-1am: Live music. Gilroy.
STREETLIGHT RECORDS Wed, 5pm: Screaming Females, Audacity. Thu, 6pm: The Spliffs, Monkeys in Space. Sat, 4pm: Melissa Otero. San Jose.
TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE Sat, 8pm: Live music. San Jose.
WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Fri: Pro Jam with local rock musicians. Santa Clara.
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BLUZ BY-YOU
Wed, 8pm: Salsa. $5. Thu, 9pm: Banda. No cover. Fri, 8pm: Rock en Español. San Jose.
ALBERTO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night. Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.
ANGELICA’S BISTRO Sat, 8:30pm: Fiesta Flamenca. $20/$25. Redwood City.
ARYA GLOBAL CUISINE Fri, 8pm: Live jazz or Italian music and belly dancing. Sat, 8pm: Rushid. Cupertino.
AZÚCAR Thu, 9pm: DJ Che. Thu-Sat, 9pm: Live Latin music. Last Fri of every month: Arleen and Caramelo’s GLBT party. Sun, 6pm: Live music. Mon: Salsa lessons. San Jose.
HUKILAU Fri-Sat: Live music. San Jose.
LIQUID Tue: Rock en espanol. San Jose.
MOROCCO’S MV Wed, 5pm: Middle Eastern Music. Fri-Sat: World music. Sun, 6pm: Moroccan music. Mon, 5pm: The Modern World. Mountain View.
MOROCCO’S SJ Wed, 5pm: Acoustic guitar with Mark. Fri-Sat, 5pm: World music. Sun, 5pm: Moroccan music. San Jose.
O’FLAHERTY’S PUB Sun, Tue: 6pm: Live Irish music. San Jose.
PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu-Sat: Live music. Sunnyvale.
STEPHENS GREEN Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music. Mountain View.
Every second Thu, 7pm: Jazz jam. $5. San Jose. Thu-Sat: Live music. No cover. Santa Clara.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Jazz on alternating Sundays. Cupertino.
FAIRMONT Wed, 8pm: Paul Tynan and Aaron Lington, the Bicoastal Collective. Free. San Jose.
GRAND DELL SALOON Thu, 8pm: Pat Wilder. Fri, 8pm: Rhythm District. Sat, 8pm: Scott T. Miller. Campbell.
HEDLEY CLUB Every first and third Wed, 7:30pm: Hedley Club Jazz Jam. Thu, 8pm: Russo-Alberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: Harold Fethe. Sat, 8:30pm: Octobop. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.
J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Wed: Suska. Thu: Jimmy Dewarnace. Fri: Liars Club. Sat: Vicious Groove. $10 Sun: Wayne’s Way, followed by Gene Washington. Mon: Desiree and Diamond 99. San Jose.
MURPHY’S LAW Thu: Maneck. Fri: David Abbott Band. Sat: Dennis Dove Band. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.
A PERFECT FINISH Fri, 9pm: Steven Gary. Sat, 9pm: Kirk Tamura Jazz Trio. San Jose.
POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Thu, 6pm: Nick Moss and the Flip Tops. Fri, 6pm: Laurie Morvan Band. Sat, 6pm: The 44’s. Sun, noon: School of the Blues Student Jam. Tue, 59pm: PHB open mic. San Jose.
SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Fri, 7pm: Noel Catura Band, Free. San Jose.
THEATRE ON SAN PEDRO SQUARE
Jazz/Blues
Fri, 8pm: Juanita Harris concert “Bourgeois Black.” $20/$25. San Jose.
ANGELICA’S BISTRO
UNWINED
Fri, 8:30pm: The Rat Pack. $20/$25. Redwood City.
Thu & Sat, 7pm: Live jazz. San Jose.
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Blush Raw Bar & Lounge 100 N. Almaden Ave., #160, San Jose 408.477.2191
Blush has three main parts, each with a distinct vibe. The dining area almost feels like a work-in-progress: Small four-person tables are scattered around the sushi bar. Adjacent to the open dining section is the main bar. This area has a glitzy techno-industrial feeling to it, with a high ceiling, exposed metal girders and an exposed air duct, along with hanging lanterns, color-changing LEDs embedded in the wall and a neat LED display over the bar proper, proclaiming “Blush” in glowing red. The porch is where the club truly shines. This outdoor deck area has some Pacific Rim influence to it: backless wicker booths are scattered around knee-high tables. Tall, propane lanterns with child-size flames light the tables, while high above, Christmas tree lights are wrapped around tree trunks. By the bar, a waitress told me about a new kind of drink that will, she assures me, make the club famous—the slush cocktail. Slush cocktails are alcohol and ice concoctions; flavored vodka or rum and cubed ice form the base, on which rests a layer of puréed frozen fruits. I try the strawberry mojito version. The sips were harsh at first with a strong minty taste, but they softened quickly as a nice strawberry aftertaste lingered on the tongue.—The Barfly
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WINE AFFAIRS
Open Mic
Wed-Thu, 7:30pm: Live jazz. San Jose.
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KARAOKE Fri & Sat 9 pm Music ¡ Dancing ¡ Games Pool ¡ Darts ¡ TVs 1031 Monroe St. , Santa Clara
408-985-7201
Open Daily 10 AM to 2 AM
Thu, 7pm: Live acoustic music. Woodside.
MISSION CITY COFFEE ROASTING Fri, 7pm: MaCaJo. Sat, 7:30pm: Harmonies for Healthy Relationships. Santa Clara.
RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: L.K. Potts, Tom Daggett, Paul FiďŹ eld. Santa Clara.
MISSION CITY ROASTING CO. Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.
Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer-songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.
RED ROCK COFFEE CO.
BAREFOOT COFFEE
THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT
Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic. Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.
BLUE ROCK SHOOT Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic. Saratoga.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Wed, 9:30pm: Open mic. Cupertino.
Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.
Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita. Willow Glen
Karaoke 7 BAMBOO Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: Midnight Wranglers. Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Sat, 7:15pm: Rodeo House. Fremont.
ALEX’S 49ER INN CAFFE FRASCATI
SAM’S BBQ
Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.
Wed, 6pm: Country Classics. Tue, 6pm: Bean Creek. San Jose.
CITY ESPRESSO
THREE FLAMES
JOHNNY V’S
Thu, 9pm: Bit & Spur Band. Sun, 8pm: Rebecca West. San Jose.
Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose. Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.
Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.
AZĂšCAR Wed, 9pm: English and Spanish karaoke and dancing. San Jose.
BBC GASTROPUB Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Menlo Park.
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JERSEYS
THE BEARS
Sat: Karaoke. Campbell.
Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.
JOHNNY V’S
BENNIGAN’S GRILL
Sun: Sunday Funday. Karaoke. No cover. San Jose.
Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.
BLUE BONNET BAR Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.
BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY
THE CATS Wed: Karaoke. Los Gatos. Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.
CREEKSIDE LOUNGE Wed, 8pm, and Sat, 8:30pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. San Jose.
DASILVA’S BRONCOS Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
$12.99 POUND of SNOW CRAB $12.99 POUND of PEEL & EAT SHRIMP
Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
KING OF CLUBS
BLUE MAX
EFFIE’S RESTAURANT
Wed, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm-2am, & last Sun of every month, 27pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.
LILLY MAC’S
EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR
LIQUID
Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.
EL TORITO RESTAURANT
MARIANI’S
Fri: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke at 7pm, followed by DJ at 10pm. Santa Clara.
Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.
BOGART’S LOUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis. Sunnyvale.
FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.
FLAMES COFFEE SHOP
Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
MOJO LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Vic. Fremont.
MOUNTAIN CHARLIES Wed, 9pm: Joe. Los Gatos.
NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.
Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.
BRANHAM LOUNGE
FRANCESA’S
Wed and Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug. Sunnyvale.
OASIS
Thu and Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.
Thu, 9pm: karaoke. Mountain View.
BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN
GALAXY
Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. Campbell.
Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.
OFFICE BAR
Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO
The Hal Todd Theatre 203 E. San Fernando St. San Jose
KHARTOUM
KYOTO PLACE
BOULEVARD TAVERN
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Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.
Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
Opens June 1st, 2012 for a limited 2-week run
KC BAR AND RESTAURANT
DIVE BAR
BOSWELL’S
The Koonzy Paddle
Wed & Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.
Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.
Wes Finlay’s
KATIE BLOOM’S
Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.
BLUE PHEASANT
For Some Good Old Fashion Paddle Whackin’
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GILROY BOWL
Fri-Sat, 9pm, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.
Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.
O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB
Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Cupertino.
Mon, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.
PEACOCK LOUNGE
BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN
Thu, 9pm: Matt. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: DJ Ryan. Sunnyvale.
Wed, 9pm: August. Mon, 9pm: Comedy with Mr. Walker. San Jose.
A PERFECT FINISH
BRIX
THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE
Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.
Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.
THE COURT’S LOUNGE
HUDDLE
Thu, Sat, Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. Campbell.
Wed-Thu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Nights Karaoke. Fremont.
Thu, 8:30pm-midnight: Karaoke with Jordan River Productions. San Jose.
PIONEER SALOON Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall. Woodside.
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The Pierces COULD THERE BE a better band to do music for a Dexter promo than one called the Pierces? It was a good one, too—the season three teaser where the donut box fills with blood. The dark, almost waltz-like tune in the background, with its haunting lyric “two can keep a secret when one of them is dead” was the first HP Pavilion time a lot of us heard sisters Allison and Catherine Pierce. They’d actually been around a while even Fri-Sat, April 27-28 then, toiling in obscurity in a fairly bland adultalternative sound since their debut record in 2000. 7pm; $28-$107 But with 2007’s Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge, something changed. It was sly, subversive and a little shocking in all the right places, with songs like “Secret” from the Dexter promo and “Boring,” with its long list of “girl-on-girl, ménage a trois … marijuana, cocaine, heroin” and what a chore they all are. The sisters’ wit has gotten sharper, and their eccentric but slick indiepop sound more sophisticated. They’re touring with Coldplay, including these two nights at HP.—Steve Palopoli
POINCIANA LOUNGE
RUDY’S PUB
THREE FLAMES
Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside. No cover. Sun, 9pm: Joe. Santa Clara.
Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.
Mon, 8pm: Chris. Tue, 9pm: Randy. San Jose.
QUARTER NOTE
Wed-Thu, 8:30pm: Thomas. San Jose.
Mon: Ed. Tue: Sue and Sherrie. No cover. Sunnyvale.
RED STAG LOUNGE Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am. San Jose.
REDI ROOM Thu-Sat, 9pm: DJ Curtis. San Jose.
SHERWOOD INN
SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.
TEQUILA SHOT’S BAR & GRILL Wed, 9pm: Darryl. Thu-Sun, 9pm: August. Milpitas.
WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Thu & Sat, 9:30pm: Wild Side. Santa Clara.
X-BAR Mon, 9pm: Vinnie. Cupertino.
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Dance Clubs AGENDA Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu: Antromix. Banda nights. Fri: Rock en Español. San Jose.
JOHNNY V’S
SABOR TAPAS BAR
Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.
Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing. Sun: Reggae. San Jose.
KATIE BLOOM’S
SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL
Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs and dancing. Campbell.
Wed: Wingy Tango night. Thu: Paradisco Nights with Chordella. Fri: Video Junkie Fridays. Sat: Sapphire Saturdays. Sun: Sinful Sundays. Mon: Manic Mondaze. Tue: Buck Wild Tuesdays. San Jose.
LIQUID
BAMBOO LOUNGE
Thu: DJ Tesfa and rotating DJs, reggae, hip-hop. Fri: The Party, DJ Brotha Reese. Sat: Rotating DJs, including Remedy, Goldenchyld and others. Sun: Live music. San Jose.
Sat, 9pm: Thick & Sexy Saturdays. $10. San Jose.
MOJO LOUNGE
AZÚCAR Thu, 9pm: DJ Che. Tue, 9pm: Salsa. San Jose.
BBC GASTROPUB Fri: DJs. Menlo Park.
THE BLANK CLUB Thu, 9pm: Atomic with DJ Basura. $5. Sat, 9pm: Adult dance party with Eric Belladonna and DJ Basura. $5. San Jose.
BLUE PHEASANT Wed-Sun, Tue, 7pm: DJ and dancing. Cupertino.
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Thu: DJ Mist. Fremont.
Thu, 11pm: DJ Ulises. Fri, 10pm: DJ Cesar. Sat, 10pm: Vibe Saturdays. Mountain View.
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Fri: Model Appeal, plus DJs. Sat: DJs & dancing. San Jose.
Thu: Wild It Out. Fri: Fashion night with Fuschia couture. Sat: Doumbfounded. San Jose.
MYTH TAVERNA LOUNGE Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy. San Jose.
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Wed: D. Luzion and Illtraxx. Thu: JazBiz and Dave Dynamix. Fri: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.
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.
WILLOW DEN Wed-Sat: DJs. Willow Glen.
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Sat, 9:30pm: Manic with Ron Reeser and a bikini Fashion show by Vampire Disco. Sunnyvale.
Wed: Lil Saturday. Thu: 24 Thursdays. Fri: Fabulous Fridays. Mountain View.
BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Thu, 10pm: DJ Dinero. San Jose.
BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Thu, 10pm: Live DJ. Cupertino.
BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Thu: VJ mixing. Fri, 10pm: DJ Vex-1. Sat, 10pm: DJ QZR. San Jose.
EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.
THE ELEGANT PUB Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Checo. Evergreen Inn, San Jose.
FAHRENHEIT Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays. Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays. Fri, 9pm: Seductive. $10. Sat, 9pm: Fame. $10. Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: College Night. San Jose.
San Francisco’s City Guide
OPETH Progressive Swedish black metal band co-headlines with the epic outfit Mastodon. Apr 27 at the Fox Theater.
CONCERT FOR RONNIE MONTROSE Tribute with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon and others from late guitarist’s life. Apr 27 at Regency Ballroom.
THREE SIX MAFIA Academy Award-winning MCs play with Oakland’s enjoyably off-kilter Main Attrakionz. Apr 28 at Mezzanine.
SHAFIQ HUSAYN The untold secret weapon of the Los Angeles hip-hop underground. Apr 29 at the New Parish.
TENNIS Breezy 1980s-tinged pop band from Denver recently signed to Fat Possum Records. Apr 30 at the Independent.
More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.
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who ran afoul of the law yet was held responsible for the taxes he owed on money made illegally. “It’s a gross receipts tax; it’s not a sales tax,â€? she adds. “Anything traded, bartered, anything of value, there is a tax on it.â€? Meanwhile, as money goes into the city’s coffers, enforcement efforts are slowly starting to slash and burn undesirable pot clubs off the eveructuating list of dispensaries. Over an 18-month period ending Valentine’s Day this year, the city says it received 77 complaints ranging from improper signage and building/zoning infractions to loitering and illegal drug sales. The city went about contacting the various collectives in four ways: warning letters were sent to ďŹ ve collectives; administrative citations were issued to four clubs; compliance orders were sent to three dispensaries; and the city attorney’s office opened case ďŹ les on four others. “Our goal here is to protect our community, and public nuisance and compliance are two aspects of that,â€? says David Vossbrink, the city’s communications director. Four collectives closed not long after the city opened case ďŹ les, including MedEx on Senter Road because it was located too close to a school. Two other dispensaries have plans to shut down by June, Gaeta’s memo says. One collective, however, which the city did not release the name of, has not responded to a warning letter and compliance order from the city, and an inspection warrant is in the process of being obtained by the city attorney’s office. While the city believes that some collectives are skirting the MBT by reporting $0 on their monthly tax statements, Deputy DA Jim Sibley, who oversees the county’s drug prosecutions, says his office has no plans to prosecute collectives that refuse to pay the tax. Since releasing a new medical marijuana protocol last year, Santa Clara County has one of the more progressive approaches to working with collectives to keep them in compliance with state law. “I know there’s certain dispensaries that have taken that position that they’re operating in compliance and don’t need to pay the tax. Whether it’s a legal or political position, I don’t know how you categorize it,â€? Sibley says. “The fact that they do or don’t pay, it doesn’t make it more or less criminal.â€?—Josh Koehn
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JK<CC8I N8P Approx. 10 acres, quiet, surrounded by Magestic Redwood trees. Beautiful and Pristine with a good amount of easy terrain. Good producing well. Owner financing. Broker will help show. Shown by appointment only. Offered at $349,000. Call Debbie @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-3955754 www.donnerland.com
=FI<JK<; D<8;FN Pristine Acreage. 10 min to Boulder Creek. No rock out of place in this magnificent forest enveloped by Redwood Trees. Spring fed pond. Prestigious location. Qualified buyers only. Shown by Appt. Offered at $1,900,000. Broker will help show. Call Debbie @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-395-5754 www. donnerland.com
I@;>< KFG CF> :89@E Unincorporated Morgan Hill - 40 acres of mountain land with about 2 acres cleared around the house and the rest wooded. Log House, 2000 sf, 2 story, 3BR, 2.5BA with wood burning stove forced air heater, and central A/C. LR is 2 stories high with a vaulted ceiling and wood flooring. Lovely back deck with a wood burning hot tub. Completely off the grid with solar electric, a back-up industrial propane generator, propane heat and hot water, a well with an electric pump and a working windmill pump. Kitchen features a Wolf Range, dishwasher,
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+' 8:I<J Excellent Owner Financing. Acreage, Private and Easy to get to in Sunny Aptos. View of Monterey Bay and city lights. TPZ. Abundant Year-round spring. Sun and views. Multiple building sites with paved road access & dirt and gravel driveway. TPZRedwood habitat has been harvested every 15-20 years since the 1950’s. Timber harvest possible with new timber harvest plan. Potential for horses, small scale solar and hydro feed to grid. Offered at $450,000. Broker will help show. Call Debbie @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-3955754 \www.donnerland.com
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