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Playing Pla yingg Defense Defense Those sounds in the backgr background ound ar aree rumblings thatt the District Attorney’s Attorney’s Practices Office and Fair Fairr Political Political Pr actices Commission will will conclude their separ separate ate Supervisor investigations into county Super visor GEORGE GE ORGE SSHIRAKAWA HIRAKA AWA sometime in the second half of this month. month That could be why one of his longtime closest allies, CINDY CINDY CHAVEZ, CHA HAVEZ V , has been voicing her inter interests ests inn the not yet vacant supervisor’s previous supervisor ’s job. joob. Chavez, the pr evious vice mayor of San S Jose and CCEO EO of the South Bay Bay Labor Council who now oversees the la labor-linked nonprofit abor-linked nonpr ofit Working Partnerships Working P artneerships USA, USA, has been telling friends and colleagues that she’s attracted she’s attr actedd to the job rregardless egardless of whether Shirakawa Shirakkawa leaves sooner (i.e. he’s he’s indicted) or o later (i.e. at the end of his term in 2016). 20116). Word Word is Shirakawa, Shirakawa, who misused thousands t of taxpayer dollars ffor or personal perssonal vacations, meals and casino jun junkets nkets while also ffailing ailing to file campaign disclosur ddisclosuree documents, is none too pleas pleased sed with Chavez. But But not to worry, worryy, Shirakawa Shirakawa fans. fans. The hard-charging hard--charging Don’t supe set up th thee Geor George ge forget Shirakawa Legal Shirakawa Leg al to tip! Defense Defense Fund Fund in late December. It’s December. It ’s hard hard to FLY@ say what was more m e mor METRONEWS. COM surprising last week when the dead deadline dline ffor or semi-annual ddisclosure isclosure forms arrived: forms ar rived: that the fund actuallyy had a contributor;; or that the forms forms were were submitted on time. Of course, it would have to be the latter, latter, because the only person to donate Willis W iillis funds was Shir Shirakawa akawa himself in the amount of $10 $100. 00. Shirakawa Shirakawa rreportedly eportedly hired hired attorney Thomas Willis of Remcho, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell Puurcell to rrepresent epresent him in the FPPC FPPC matter, matter, and Willis is not exactly cheap, so the Benjamin Benjamin Franklin Franklin in his bank account is probably i pr obably good ffor or a few few billable minutes. minutees.
Rescue Me ANIMAL A NIMAL HOUSE HOUSE Lissa Shoun n took over as owenr of Andy’ Andy’ss P Pet et Shop in late 2007. Since th that hat time, she sh he has cleaned up the busines business ss while expanding rescue serv services, vicess, but finances are tight.
San Jose landmark S landm mark Andy’ Andy’s ’s P Pet ett Shop llooks ooks to go nonprofit nprofit in the face fa ace of non o overwhelming pet rescue requests requests B L By LENA ENA RAMALHO RA MALHO
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T DOESN’T DOESN’T take long for Ruby to say hello walk when I w alk into Andy’s Andy y’s Pet P et Shop. Shop. The scarlet m macaw’ bllue macaw’ss red, yellow and blue fe feathers eathers resemble the store store’s e’s o riginal landmark sign. Ruby Ruby original iss part mascot, part door greeter g reeter for the oldest pet sh shop hop in San Jose. Jose.
Like Lik ke eevery veery other animal in the stor store— re— from from o guinea pigs pigs,, hamsters and rabbi rabbits its to o snak snakes, kes e , lizar lizards, ds, fish, bir birds ds and mor more— e— Ruby R Ru uby enter ub entered ed Andy’ Andy’ss do doors ors thr through ough rrescue e escue eff efforts. ffo orts. But it isn isn’t n’t ’ just the inhabitants in nhabitants of this 62-year-old 62--yeearr-old p pet et sho shop op
that need sa saving. avvingg. Lissa Sh Shoun, houn, owner Andy’ss sinc sincee late 20 2007, says of Andy’ 077, sa ayys the San oncee again JJose ose institution is onc ag in danger g next of closing—within the ne n exxt yyear—if eearr—if — it is unable to transition the adoption ccenter enter storee to a non nonprofit. half of the stor nprofit. “It’s “It ’s actually kind off miracle that we’re here, says. likee we ’re still her e,” Shoun n sa ayys. “I ffeel eeel lik I’ve been from I’v ve b een hanging fr om m the side of the three half now..” cliff ffor or thr o ee and a hal lf yyears ears e now economic downturn hasn’t The ec onomic down nturn hasn ’t helped business,, the ow owner says, help ed business wner sa ays y , but hasn’t been problem it hasn n’t ’ b een the main n pr oblem in books. “The balancing the b ooks. “T T main factor The was model, w aas that under the old business mo del, Andy’ss P Pet was moneyy Andy’ et Shop w as making m mone from the selling puppies fr om th he Midwest,” says, disreputable, Shoun sa ays y , rreferencing effeerencingg disr eputable, puppyy mills mills.. “It been ffor-profit orr--profit pupp o ““It’s ’s b een a byy struggle rremaking emaking the business b b pet supplies.. selling p et supplies
“I’vee gott a lot of p people weree “I’v eople who wer boycotting Andy’s, because theyy wer weree b oycottingg Andy’ s, b ecause the store was the last sto ore in San JJose ose that w aas puppies. many people selling pup ppies. But man ny p eople who stopped aree back b because stopp ed ccoming o oming ar ecause it’s I’vee got grandpar grandparents it ’s all rrescue. escu ue. I’v ents Andy’s, they’re who ccame ame to Andy’ s, and now the y’re bringing th their heir childr children en into the stor store. e. Theyy tell me The m me,, ‘I rremember emember when yyou ou store. people had a tigerr in the stor e.’ A lot of p eople monkeys also rremember emem mber the monk eys that weree b being people have wer eingg sold. Those p eople ha ave nostalgia from childhood. the nost alggia fr om their childho od.” Groups North Star Rescue, Gr oups such as N orth St ar R eescue, Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue, Mick aboo C ompanion Bir dR eescue, MickaCoo West Coast Mick aCoo and W eest C oast Boxer have ha ave rrescued escu ued eevery very one of the 50–100 pets storee 50–10 0p e that inhabit the stor ets any given time.. Kath Kathy Galgano,, at an ny giv e time en hy Galgano Andy’s, says: a vvolunteer olunteeer at Andy’ s, sa ayys: “I think Andy’s storee that Andy ’s may maay be be the only pet pet stor wheree yyou in the ccountry oun ntry wher ou ccan an find fish, birds, dogs, rreptiles, eptiles, fis sh, bir ds, do gs, ccats, ats, rrodents, odents, beetles, aree rrescues.” eeven ven b eetles, all of which ar escues.” hopes save Andy’ss P Pet Shoun hop h es to sa ave Andy’ et byy sp splitting Shop b plittting t the business into entities: nonprofit ttwo wo entitie es: a nonpr ofit adoption
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center ffor center or the animals and a ffor-profit o or o -profit ffood/supply ood/supply stor store. e. “My goal is to pr oviide an provide adoption ccenter enter that works w with rrescue escue gr oups, showc a their p ases ets groups, showcases pets theyy ar aree rready bee adopted when the eady to t b adoption process,” and assists in the adop ption pr ocess,” says have sa ayys Shoun, who eexpects xpects e to ha ave a prepared fiscal business plan pr epared e ffor or a fisc o al next weeks.. T Time, agent in the ne xt ffew ew weeks ime, however, short. howe ver, is running sh hor t. Andy’ss has rreceived On aaverage, verage, Andy’ eceived $1,000–$2,000 month $1,0 00–$2,000 a mon nth in donations.. But o over the holidays, donations ver th he holida ayys, pet brought $600 the p et shop br ought in i just $6 00 says, one month, Shoun sa ays y , making it harder afford upkeep har der to aff ffo ord upk eeep ccosts osts and medicine ffor or animals that o t fall ill. The store’s landlord been stor e’s landlor d has b e gracious een pay in granting eextensions xtensionss to pa ay rrent, ent, says, business Shoun sa ays y , but the bu usiness ccould ould bee gone within a yyear b ear unless it ccan an start through st art fundraising thr ou ugh grant applications. applic ations. “It’s “It ’s the donations and a public support that’s kept supp ort that ’s k ept us going ggoing,,” Shoun says. “We sa ayys. “W We need a big legg up to get us precarious position. out of such a pr ecariou us p osition.”
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Andy’ Andy’s A d ’s P Pet ett Shop Sh ma may ay b bee the th only l business that ccan an claim m it w as sa aved was saved byy rats b rats.. After b being eing b booted ooted fr from om its location lo cation of nearly 6 60 0 yyears ears on The Alameda near downto own San JJose, ose, downtown Andy’ ent the b etttteer par Andy’ss sp spent better partt of 2010 looking lo oking ffor or o a ne new w hom home. me. It ffound ound o its current curr ent lo location— cation— 51 N Notre otre Dame Ave.—in A ve.—in Dec December ember 20 2010, 010, but months weree nec necessary. of rrepairs epairs wer essaary. On A&E’ ale of the show A&E’ss season fina finale Hoarders, the production H Ho arrdderrs, back b k in 2011, th h pr he oduction d i ccompany ompan ny ccontacted ontacted N North orrth St Star, arr, which specializes pet about sp ecializes in p et rrodent odentt rrescues, escues, ab out number man’s an eextreme xxtreme numb er of rats r inside a man n’s house.. L house Lauren auren P Paul, aul, a b board o rd memb oar member er president North Star, flew and pr esident of N orth St S taarr, fle w out to Llano,, C Calif., Llano aliff.,. to assess thee situation. It was waas worse than she imagined. imagined d. “Initially, “Initially y, they they sent uss a picture, picture, and see,,” it was waas just rats as far as you you o ccould ould see Paul P aul rrecalls. ecalls. “W “We We went down d to sc scout out property, moree than the pr operty, and we ffound ou ound mor a thousand in the floor, floorr, the walls. walls a .” North N orth St Star ar ccontacted ontacted d Andy’ Andy’s, s, which new location. had just settled setttled t into its ne w lo cation. A was deal w as rreached eached with the t TV show’s show’s production offered pr oduction ccompany, ompan ny, which w off ffeered to ccover over the costs costs of resurfacing resurfacing f the floor floor rats.. ffor or the rescued o rescued rats
“There “There ar aaren’t en’t a bunch of landlor landlords ds out ther theree who w would b bee eexcited xcited to have temporary 1,000– ha ave a tem mporary rrent ent ffor o or 1,0 00– 2,000 rats,,” P Paul says. “That’s wheree 2,0 00 rats aul sa ayys. “That ’s wher Andy’ss P Pet Andy’ ett Shop ccame ame in, and without know have never them I kno ow we would ha ave ne ver been successful. was good way b een suc cessful. e It w as also a go od w ay people to show p e eople that the pet pet store store was was ccoming oming back. baack.” “We didn’t want “W We did dn’tt w ant to kick the rats kept out, so we k ept adopting them,”
‘It’’s the ‘It’s t donations dona ations and public p publ lic support pp that’s that h t’’s k kept p us g go oing. g W e going. We need d a bi big leg up to og get us out of of such a pre p ecarious precarious posi ition.’ i ’ position.’ — LIS LISSA SSA SHOUN, S H OUN, OWNER OWNER O OF FA ANDY’S NDY’S PET SHOP S HOP “Theree wer weree ttwice Shoun rrecalls. ecalls a . “Ther wice as manyy rats than man t we eexpected. xpected.” Amazingly, took Amazing glyy, it only to ok about about a bee adopted. yyear ear ffor or o eevery ver e y rat to b “People weree driving ffor “P eople wer or o hours to some rats,, b because theyy adopt som me of those rats ecause the weree ...”— ”— —Shoun stops,, pausing to let wer S Shoun stops out a quick k chuckle—“famous. chuckle—“famous.” Paul’s P aul’s eexperience x erience working with xp Andy’s goes A Andy’ d ’s go e back es b k yyears ears and d she h eeven ven temporarily vvolunteered olunteered e temp orarily with the store. stor e. She rremembers emembers times when homeless men m and women would the storefront ccome ome to th he stor efront with ffew ew treat pets. options to tr eat their p ets. “There’s “Ther e’s a huge homeless population there, theyy ha have p opulation n down ther e, and the ave people walking injured dogs, p eople w allking in with injur ed do gs, injured theyy don don’t want injur ed ccats, atts, and the ’t w ant the bee euthanized. It It’s animals to b ’s not a service offer[s], ser vic i e [[Andy’s] Andy’ An d ’s]] rreally eally ll off ffer[s], ffe [ ] but b theyy don don’t anything theyy the ’t turn aside an ything the help..” ccan an help Too find out mor more information about T m re inf foormation ab out Andy’s Pet andyspetshop.com. Andy ’s P eet Shop SShop, p, go to to andysp etshop.com. Josh J oosh Koehn Koehn ccontributed ontributted e ttoo this rreport. eport.
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cause of the power failure, some brands did manage to get in a few good tweets, including Oreo , which got its single photo tweet retweeted 12,000 times before the lights came back up.
“For a good chunk of the power outage, the only news to be had came from Twitter,” said Kosner. “Some was actual information, but the bulk were wisecracks in the dark with a considerably higher entertainment quotient than watching the players stand around while the adrenaline drained from their punished bodies.”
San Francisco 49ers fans can take solace in the knowledge that their coach, Jim Harbaugh, received 98 percent more social media mentions than his brother, Ravens coach John Harbaugh, during the game. —Dan Holden
More than 231,500 tweets were sent per minute as the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens waited on the field to resume play. While most of the buzz was indeed random jokes and speculation about the
For passionate videophiles, Vine is a perfect platform to show off their artistic skills. It’s also quickly become an explosive new platform for porn vendors, but the makers say users can report this content. Twitter said it will then cover the video with a warning message; however, the service also appears to be blocking content that some users object to. —Dan Holden
A Game of Drones Using a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit aimed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit digital-rights group based in San Francisco, has obtained data showing that drones are being flown throughout the United States right now. The data, including who is purchasing them, what they are being used for and where they
are being deployed, are coming slowly, but enough information has been obtained so far to create an interactive map of drone use. So far, the organization has obtained information on only about half of the drone purchases known to have taken place by various organizations throughout the United States, but the sheer number of drones being deployed is startling. The EFF map shows that drone flights are now common in many areas of the country and are being used to monitor everything from drug transactions to marijuana farming. It’s known that the California Department of Forestry plans to use drones to fight forest fires. Here in Silicon Valley, the map shows that NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View has a license for drones, but the records indicating the purpose or number of these aircraft have not yet been released. Some drones are little more than radio-controlled, scale-model planes or helicopters that carry control systems, cameras and communications devices for short, low-altitude flights. Others are nearly as large as a piloted jet and are capable of carrying sophisticated cameras, guided targeting systems and deadly payloads. Drones are used mostly in military, state and local law enforcement, and often for intelligence gathering, says the EFF. —Dan Holden
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Inside the complex, the first noticeable attribute is the light. Much of the architecture incorporates large, floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing natural daylight to flood the place. For lack of another word, one gets an “airy” feel. Seniors congregate; kids run around everywhere; light pours in from various oddball directions; and there’s an alcove selling used books. That’s just on the ground level, as the whole place has a town-square kind of feel to it. Up on the second story, in the library itself, the light also pours in. One side has wide-pan views of the playground and the fields behind the elementary school next door. Particular trees that were removed from the site during construction are now part of the artwork and the structures in the playground,
including sculptures and a shade armature. Rainwater is recycled and used for irrigation; motion sensors reduce the need for constant indoor lighting; and energy use is much less than required by code. All in all, the building received USGBC (United States Green Building Council) LEED Gold Certification, a status for projects that excel in specific areas like water efficiency, materials, resources, energy and indoor environmental quality. Local artists Sam Rodriguez and Matt Rodriguez (no relation) created the artwork that occupies the floor just inside the library’s entrance. Titled Potential, the piece is a large, fabricated pseudo-model-kit put together with metal, polycarbonate and custom bicycle parts—wheels, chains, frames, spokes, a seat and various pieces of handlebars. It forms a bridge between the entryway and the children’s area. Unfolding as a series of frosted panels, the work, as a whole, illuminates all the different components that come together
when making a custom bicycle from salvaged parts—precisely what the two artists already do for a living. Also, the two Rodriguezes actually worked in tandem with the architect and the library’s design team. Potential matches the color scheme of the floor and the shelves, plus it draws attention to ideas of creativity, engineering and fabrication. The piece has a clean industrial look and leads visitors straight into the children’s sections. This is inspiring, because in other scenarios, historically, the architect was clueless or brain-dead as to what actually goes on inside a library—how the stacks should be distributed, how the space should be used or how many tons of concrete were absolutely necessary, solely for his own ego. But I digress. All in all, the two Rodriguez collaborators have created a work that is just as much a part of the interior environment as the books are. It showcases the “potential” of curiosity, inventiveness and creating art from the surrounding garbage. You look at this thing, in its simplicity, and you just want to start tinkering with stuff. A view of the building from outside is similarly refreshing. The complex is modern, prevailing, up-to-date and forward-looking. All that and they didn’t need a repulsive concrete freeway interchange, a hideous parking garage butting up against the sidewalk or a homogeneous residential high-rise in order to buff up the politicians’ egos. The building works, inside and outside. It actually feels and looks like a modern neighborhood center. Seven Trees is not the only new library on the horizon, of course. The brand-new Bascom branch is slotted for a Feb. 23 grand opening at the parcel formerly occupied by Quement Electronics, for decades the ham radio capital of the San Jose universe. The new artwork seems to reference some of what came before in the area, although they should have made a bow to Murray’s Bar across the street (which is no longer there). But I’ll cut them some slack; that library, as well, will be a boon for the neighborhood.
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Start the Evening with a Glass of Champagne Appetizer Insalata de Valentino Butter lettuce, arugula, fresh asparagus, Dungeness crab meat and prosciutto ham with chipotle, honey mustard dressing
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Desserts Warm Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Served with vanilla bean ice cream or La Fontana Berry Napoleon Seasonal berries, French pastry cream and crisp puff pastry
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The restaurant was lively on my visit; most of the tables were already filled, and it was only a Monday night. The kitchen is open and in plain sight, providing diners with a clear view of the cooks rolling pancake dough and preparing the noodles. Everything, the waitress told me, is made by hand, and no MSG is used. The food, she added, comes from northern China. Already on the table were a menu, a piece of paper and a pen to fill out your order. There were a couple sauces also, one with a prominent garlic flavor. I ordered a plate of pork and chive pancakes, the round variety, which came to $7.95. There were eight on the plate. The dough was very thin, yet chewy. The pork and chive mixture inside was quite hot, with a meaty broth that burst into my mouth (and onto the table) when I pierced the thin skin. They were quite delicious and much more filling than their small size suggested. My favorite item was the beef roll, also $7.95. This featured the wrap variety of pancake. My order consisted of two rolls, each cut into four pieces. They were shaped somewhat like finger sandwiches. The very flavorful, thinly sliced beef was offset nicely by the crispy dough and some green onions. Michelle’s also serves dumplings and pan-friend buns. I ordered the lamb and onions version for $10.95. These came six to a plate; they were bigger and had a thicker and chewier exterior dough than the round pancakes. The dumplings, on the other hand, resembled pot stickers. The noodle dishes are definitely worth trying. Their slightly imperfect shape confirmed their handmade quality. I tried the Zha Jiang Mian ($7.50). The wheatbased noodles were thick and enveloped by ground pork, onions, tofu, edamame, baby corn, carrots and cucumber. This dish had a prominent sweet flavor that meshed well with the meat and veggies. I also sampled a Taiwanese root beer for $1.95. It had more carbonation than an American root beer but wasn’t as sweet. It made a pleasant little treat to go with the rest of the meal. —Aaron Carnes MICHELLE’S PANCAKE HOUSE 19060 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino; 408.517.9886
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FEB. 9, 2–6PM: BEERWALK IN JAPANTOWN SAN JOSE Beerwalks, coordinated by Jack’s Bar & Lounge, have proven to be fun adventures. For this Beerwalk, visitors can stroll the streets and visit the local businesses in Japantown while tasting great beer. Tickets are $30 if purchased in advance, and $38 the day of. www.thebeerwalk.com. FEB. 10, 11AM–2PM: SF BEER WEEK BEER RUN Get in a run, and enjoy some Strike Brewing beers afterward at C.B. Hannegan’s in Los Gatos. www.beer-runner.blogspot.com. FEB. 11, 4:30–10PM: LAGUNITAS CRAFT ‘BEERDS’ NIGHT The folks at Wine Affairs in San Jose host a facial-hair-themed good time with sudsy offerings from Lagunitas. FEB. 12, 6–8PM: SCOTT’S SEAFOOD MOUNTAIN VIEW BREWMASTER DINNER The evening features a four-course meal with beers from Hermitage Brewing. Tickets are $45, excluding tax and tip, and reservations are required. FEB. 13, 11:30–1AM: PLINY THE YOUNGER AT ROSE & CROWN Palo Alto’s Rose & Crown Pub serves some of the hard-to-find Pliny the Younger from the Russian River Brewing Company. FEB. 14, NOON–11:30PM: PUCKER UP! VALENTINE’S DAY SOUR TAP TAKEOVER Try up to 15 sour beers at Original Gravity in downtown San Jose. FEB. 15: FIRESTONE WALKER PRESENTS THE ROOTS OF XVI Scheduled to make appearances for this event at Harry’s Hofbrau in San Jose are current brewmaster Matt Brynildson and the original brewmaster Jeffers Richardson. Stay connected through Harry’s Facebook page. FEB. 16, NOON–5PM: MEET THE BREWERS BEER FESTIVAL At the Fourth Annual edition of the festival, at Hermitage Brewing in San Jose, sample beers from South Bay and nearby breweries and meet many of the brewers. Tickets are $35 if purchased in advance and $40 at the door. FEB. 17, 11AM–3PM: BEER BRUNCH Enjoy brunch at Liquid Bread Gastropub in downtown Campbell with Lagunitas beer cocktails. Expect events to sell out or draw large turnouts—a continuing sign of the demand for good beer in the South Bay.—Andy Lee
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Using familiar songs from the ’60s and beyond, Menopause the Musical parodies in high-stepping fashion one of the facts of life. The popular show got its start a dozen years ago in a small Florida theater. Jeanie Linders’ play quickly gathered large audiences and made it to Off-Broadway. The show now tours regularly, both nationally and abroad, with its gags cleverly reworked for various venues. (AR)
The Stage’s newest production, Red, combines visual art and theater with a dramatic focus on American painter Mark Rothko. Famous for his large color-field abstractions, Rothko never came to terms with art-world success, worrying that people ignored the spiritual thrust of his work. John Logan’s play examines Rothko’s tumultuous thoughts by giving him a young assistant as a rhetorical foil who pushes the artist to confront his own conflict over art vs. commerce. The play won a Tony in 2010. (MSG)
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A BREED EXTINCT 9 Lives, Gilroy Thu – 8pm; $5 adv/$10 door Of all the bands competing at the 9 Lives Battle of the Bands this Saturday, Salinas metal-core group A Breed Extinct certainly distinguish themselves by their sheer, aggressive intensity. Their music, to be blunt, will pummel you in the face with double-bass drum rolls, power chords and rage aplenty. Interestingly, their Reverbnation page says they are looking for a synth player. I can’t imagine what a synthesizer would add to the metal mayhem, but I’d love to find out. Also competing are Drawing Heaven, Infirmities and Project2. (AC)
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rap competitions. Blak calls his battles the “Snake Pit” series. This Saturday’s edition is “Snake Pit Venom,” with headliner Venom and local rappers Shamako and Luck Loosh. Also battling will be YDMC, Squared the II, Radiashun, Tommy Gunn and Maleko. (AC)
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@[\ek`kp :i`j`j :lklgj LAUREN YEE’S provocatively titled Ching Chong Chinaman is making its San Jose debut at City Lights Theater with a production directed by Jeffrey Bracco. This is a play about Chinese-American identity and identity in general—“Who am I and who do I want to be?”—as well as an exuberant skewering of that great American cliché, the “melting pot.” Upton Wong (Anthony Chan) knows exactly who he wants to be: World of Warcraft champion, with all the attendant fame, glory and women. His sister, Desdemona (Monica Ho), wants to go to Princeton. Their mother, Grace (Chiho Saito), dreams of something beyond her dull existence as a homemaker, while their father (Lawrence-Michael C. Arias) just wants to win the family golf tournament.
Ching Chong Chinaman Wednesday– Thursday, 7:30pm, Friday–Saturday, 8pm, Sunday–2pm, runs through Feb. 24; $24.95–$39.95 City Lights Theater Company, San Jose
Though Desdemona longs for a colorful family heritage that will ease her entry into an Ivy League college, the Wongs are thoroughly “melted” into the American cauldron. They cannot speak Chinese or use chopsticks, and they don’t dwell on their cultural background. However, this assimilated “normalcy” is thrown off-kilter from the outset by the presence of Jinqiang (Nick Louie), an indentured servant brought from China to do Upton’s homework for him. In a somewhat madcap series of events, including a Mexican quinceañera, “Gangnam Style” and tap dancing, the Wongs find their identities turned upside down. As you might gather from its title, Ching Chong Chinaman takes sensitive issues, draws blunt, albeit good-natured, humor from them and has you laughing at jokes you probably shouldn’t be laughing at. For example, the Wongs cannot pronounce Jinqiang’s name correctly, instead calling him “Ching Chong,” or alternately, “Ching Ching” and “Ping Pong,” ironically using the same racial epithets that white Americans have historically directed at Asians.
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This sort of cultural confusion is amusing and, more often than not, hilarious, but it also raises serious issues that aren’t developed as fully as one might hope. The play is aiming mainly for laughs, so this isn’t too much of a loss, and the cast handles both the comedic and dramatic scenes with equal aplomb—witness Monica Ho’s reactions as Desdemona discovers hidden family secrets, Anna Lee’s variously dignified and silly supporting roles, and Saito and Louie’s surprisingly bittersweet dance numbers—making the Wongs a family that you can’t help wanting to visit.—Sean Conwell
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Flexible Flyers N?<<C NFIC; No obstacle is too great for San Jose’s best skateboarders, including Joey Flores.
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Shoot the Moon as a project for local clothing brand Breezy Excursions. On the big screen, the 40-minute documentary is nothing short of thrilling. Skateboarders Joey Flores, Brandon McCormick, Gabe Nunez, Pancho Pacheco and Franky Sandoval are filmed as they ride their boards, flying over flights of stairs and sliding down banisters the hard way. The Breezy Excursions Skate Team, BEST for short, began with area clothing designer Roque Breezy (born Santos): “We worked with a couple of skateboarders, all local riders; we’re hoping to help these younger guys get bigger sponsors. Right now, they’re technically amateurs, but they’re riding at a pro level.” The San Jose–based Breezy
Excursions’ clothing line was “a success right off the bat,” Breezy says. The company has 200 distributors worldwide. Performing at semiannual warehouse sales, BEST tries to prove its name. The footage in Shoot the Moon is scary and exuberant, and obviously the result of a lot of preparation. People talk about the blood and sweat that goes into making an indie film, but when these helmetless, padless skaters flip and slam into the concrete or show off serious cases of road rash on their backs, it transcends that “I’ve seen everything” feeling that comes from watching most movie stunts. As the old saying goes, the trick is not minding that it hurts. Skateboarders are such a part of the city that you rarely notice them, unless you’re one of the police or security guards hired to run them off. Shoot the Moon, which is almost entirely free of dialogue and interviews, makes you notice them. Moreover, this show of extreme skills is framed as a statement of local
pride to the valley—from downtown San Jose to Gilroy. It’s easy to nurse a love/hate affair with the valley, to love what’s left of green rural surroundings, to love the wide-open feel of it—and to hate the sprawl, the cookie-cutter construction, the too-quietness of the nights, and the less-appealing aspects of a boom town and a company town. So Shoot the Moon is as locally specific a film as any ever made here. It’s a celebration of that local pride that goes beyond the emblems the skaters wear, on their shirts or on their skin. Never saw a tattoo for the minor-league San Jose Giants before... This team of experts seizes the landscape—the plazas, the parking lots, the concrete flood channels and dull deserted schoolyards somewhere in the Evergreen area. They turn this suburban negativeland into something exciting. Shooting with fish-eye lenses, Taylor rolls along, narrowly avoiding the concrete obstacles and the other riders. He and his crew follow BEST at ground level, so the jumps and spins seem even more impressive and hard to believe. Taylor says the skaters are used to the cameras and the light stands, even if the crew might draw the police and the private patrolmen in to where they’re meeting, or sometimes trespassing. According to Taylor, “The police and patrolmen are part of a skater’s life. As for the cameras, some of them won’t perform without it. They need to document what they do.” The title of the film is explained in a clip of Stacey Keach from the 1978 Cheech and Chong film Up in Smoke. Taylor, who dedicates his film to the father he lost in September 2011, amplified this point in an email later on: “The main reason that title stuck is because we like the meaning of the phrase. Tackle all obstacles no matter what the danger. Which is what all of us do: We shoot for our dreams no matter if we get hurt or not.”
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SHOOT THE MOON Thursday, Feb. 7; 7 and 8pm; free (limited seating; see www. breezyexcursion.com for details)
New Local premiere. Yasushi Inoue’s 1977 novel is the source for this exploration of 15 years in the troubled relationship between a literally overbooked writer/publisher (Koji Akusho) and his increasingly senile mother (Kirin Kiki), who, he believes, abandoned him as a boy. Director Matsato Harada’s acknowledged influence is Ozu, but the struggle between the demands of a traditional life and what it takes to live in a city is far broader than just the work of any one director. (Plays Feb 8-14 in Cupertino at the BlueLight Cinemas.) (RvB)
IDENTITY THIEF (R) A comedy based on the title of the movie. Stars Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy; directed by Seth Gordon. (Opens Fri.)
Reviews ARGO (R; 120 min.) Ben Affleck’s film is a comedy about the nadir of the American ’70s, the Iranian hostage crisis and the apparent impotence of our nation. Derived from a true-life story of rescue, the film’s heroics should prove particularly appealing. Yet
while Affleck goes full ’70s, his nerve failed somewhere. He decided to pump up the tale. Affleck plays Tony Mendez, a CIA officer of tensed nerves and troubled stability. Mendez will organize the scouting of locations for a fake science-fiction movie. Six Americans who escaped the revolutionary roundup are currently hiding in the Canadian embassy in Tehran. They will be removed, disguised as crew members and writers. The film sees the famous “Canadian Caper” as comedy. While some documentarylike scenes of an embassy in flight ground the movie, it’s a fantasy about how a magic charm of lies is able to brave the walls of the worst reign of terror situations. Who was the Scarlet Pimpernel, if not a showman? (RvB)
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the police and a shadowy mob of spies. With Robert Donat, not the sort of person to get tangled up in all of this cloak-and-dagger stuff, Madeleine Carroll as the unwilling girl dragged across Scotland and Wylie Watson, appropriately unforgettable as Mr. Memory. (Plays Feb 7-10 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
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SIDE EFFECTS (R; 106 min.) See review on page 33. (Opens Fri.)
Revivals THE CROW (1994) The ultimate Goth superhero movie. A murdered rock musician (Brandon Lee, who died shortly after this film) comes back from the grave as the avenging killer known as the Crow. Lee plays it straight and tough, and production designer Alex McDowell created a remarkable backdrop—a Detroit of forlorn, burnt-out Victorians and multistory slums where the rain and the cruelty never stop. Even if the plotting is often adolescent—it’s a suburban teen’s reverie of undying love, persecution and power—the mood of this film sinks into you. (Plays Feb 14 and 16 in San Jose at Camera 3.)
THE LADY VANISHES/THE 39 STEPS (Both 1938) A nice old lady named Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty) vanishes during the course of a train ride back to England from the Balkans. As a folkmusic student (Michael Redgrave) and a tourist (Margaret Lockwood) search for her, they work their way down a list of their fellow travelers—maybe literal Fellow Travelers with an unnamed foreign threat. They include a toochipper brain surgeon (Paul Lukas), a heavily accented baroness (Mary Clare) and a pacifist (Cecil Parker). As Orson Welles claimed to have seen this 11 times, The Lady Vanishes had its mark on The Third Man and all subsequent spy movies. BILLED WITH The 39 Steps, which features the earliest and perhaps the purest version of a recurrent Hitchcock theme: an innocent man pursued across the map by both
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AMOUR (127 min, PG-13.) A serious film. Profound, cruel and not at all depressing, despite director Michael Haneke’s insistence on avoiding anything that euphemizes. The story follows a cultured Parisian couple as the lady of the house (Emmanuelle Riva) perishes by inches from the complications of a stroke; her elderly husband (Jean-Louis Trintignant)— who is a bit of a cold bastard—tries to preserve their dignity as a couple as situations worsen. What we see is the final stage of a successful love story, the end of the line. It’s a destination that we all think of as tender and romantic in the abstract, mainly because no one seriously thinks through what it actually encompasses. Amour has the 3am clarity of a fantasy of downfall, unredeemed by false uplift and spiritual afflatus. (RvB)
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See Emily Play NUMEROUS TWISTS make Side Effects a film about which the less said, the better: the one scene the celeb reporters have been talking about spoils the impact. Stephen Soderbergh’s allegedly last movie has a witty, plausible subject. This Scientologist’s dream date plays on the shudders you get seeing cartoony advertisements on television and billboards for antidepressants.
approach. Law’s skeeviness (this shrink forgets to shave) is well worked; as always with Law, you can never tell if he’s crooked right up until the end. But the casting of an actress with a Viking warrior vibe (Vinessa Shaw) as the shrinks’ wife can’t counterbalance the ambient evil with tenderness—and increases the script’s lean Side Effects toward misogyny.
A serious crime is committed by Emily, a deeply depressed Manhattanite. She’s played by Rooney Mara, who is a revelation, recalling the most jittery waifs of the ’60s, particularly Mia Farrow. Emily’s defense is that she cannot recall the crime because her meds made her a sleepwalker. This leaves her psychiatrist (Jude Law) legally vulnerable, caught in a fork between his own corporate dealings and the reporters from the New York Post. Some clues are provided by Emily’s severe former psychiatrist (Catherine Zeta-Jones).
R; 106 min. Among his many gifts, Opens Friday Soderbergh has a sense of the erotic, for making you feel you’ve seen far more than you have. The soundscapes intensify the paranoia: the prattling of a child during an important TV broadcast, the soughing of a skyscraper breathing, the cutting out of the sound entirely. The cleverly matched beginning and ending say, “You don’t have to be a homicidal maniac to live in New York, but it helps.”
While Soderbergh’s beautifully turned series of flashbacks made Out of Sight a kind of classic, the jumping around here keeps Side Effects remote. The film’s poster is telling: four actors all looking in different directions. The material’s essential Michael Crichton-ness could have benefited from a crowd-pleasing
Soderbergh is claiming this is his last film and that he wants to paint; without sarcasm, I note that his studies of blood splotches on a hardwood floor are very painterly. Hope he has a nice long vacation, and then one morning the EON people try to tempt him out of retirement with a meeting about Bond 24. —Richard von Busack
(R; 92 min.) Ridiculous, but with moments of mayhem seemingly beyond the powers of a aging action star: a Greco-Roman fight in a bathhouse and a hatchet duel are so kinetically filmed (by action director Walter Hill) that they improve upon the tumult of the 1980s. The material is pure Cannon Films: cop (ineffectual Sung Kang, sitting serenely through a barrage of racial slurs) forced to team up with killer for hire (Sylvester Stallone). They course through a soggy, rusty New Orleans ruled by a crime boss (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) teetering on two canes, like Everett Sloane in The Lady From Shanghai. Not meant to be taken seriously, and yet
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compelling: a shirtless Stallone, beefy shoulders covered with radioactively bright tattoos, is a sight to give one pause. (RvB)
DJANGO UNCHAINED (R; 165 min.) Django, an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) joins up with a benign German (Christopher Waltz). Their mission is to free Django’s wife (Kerry Washington) from a vicious Southern planter. Talky and sprawling, the film rests solidly in Quentin Tarantino’s comfort zone, with alternating bands of speechifying and big payback. (RvB)
MAMA (PG-13; 100 min.) Mama begins in an atmosphere of cataclysm. During the stock market crash, a big financier kills his partners and his wife and takes his two children, Victoria and Lilly, deep into the snows, with no better plan than a murder/suicide. Instead, a spirit of the woods raises his children. Five years later, trackers discover Victoria and Lilly. The father’s amiable artist brother, Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), and his rock-musician girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain, doing Joan Jett), volunteer to raise their nieces. Victoria (Megan Charpentier), now 8, bounces back from the years of captivity, but 5-year-old Lilly (Isabelle Nélisse) is still in thrall to the “Mama” who raised them in the woods. Director/co-writer Andrés Muschietti isn’t a smooth operator—the episodes don’t fit together well. But the horror is explained to the satisfaction of the skeptical. (RvB)
MOVIE 43 (R; 90 min.) With one dozen directors, this sketch film about a notorious banned Internet film is an attempt to beat YouTube at its own game. Stars— in snippets—Greg Kinnear, Dennis Quad, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet and Common.
OSCAR SHORTS Divided into three programs (Best Animated, Best Documentary and Best Live Action). Of the five nominees for Live Action, one is familiar to those who attended the San Jose International Short Film Festival last fall: “Asad,” a story of Somali refugees shot by an American filmmaker on the coast of South Africa. Another contender is “Buzkashi Boys” about the national sport of Afghanistan, a dangerous form of polo using a dead goat as a ball. Social justice scores big in the Best Documentary Short category with “Inocente” being the story of a homeless girl who hasn’t allowed the lack of an address to crush her spirits; “Mondays With Racine” is a short documentary about a beauty salon that does free makeovers for chemotherapy patients. The animation category is, as usual, very strong, but the shoe-in for the Oscar is “Paperman.” (RvB)
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connecting music fans with gamers and gamers with bands. It’s all one big, rocking family. I met up with the Rockage founder and concert promoter on a busy afternoon at Philz in downtown San Jose. He looks the part, with shaggy black hair, a Cardigan, skinny jeans and a quirky personality that belies his not-sosecret ambition. Originally from Connecticut, Fanali moved here as a youngster and grew up in the area. In 1997, at the tender age of 16, he took it upon himself to organize and implement an all-ages ska show—because he wanted to go to an all-ages ska show. Since then, his DIY production company, Grand Fanali Presents,
has put on thousands of concerts at a clip of eight or nine per month, ranging from indie to hip-hop to the new Bay Area–bred genre of “chiptune,” which transforms vintage electronic devices like Game Boys into musical instruments. “I’m not profiting from these,” Fanali says. “Basically any money that comes in goes to things like gas and copies.” He really just wants to provide San Jose music fans with somewhere to go—himself included. Major cities such as New York and San Francisco, because of their geographic location and cultural cohesiveness, have an easier time maintaining a healthy music scene, the kind where you see the same people at every show you attend. This area, however, doesn’t have the luxury of quick subway rides and accessible popular concert venues. “San Jose is so large; there are too many factions that don’t know about each other,” Fanali says. His
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goal is to plug all the bands, fans, gamers and artists into the same system, and he’s already made headway in crafting a collective musical identity. “It’s been a South Bay love affair between Eric and the chip-music scene,” says Matt Payne, of the eponymous solo “chamber-chipdoom-folk” project Matthew Joseph Payne, who performed at Rockage last year. “He’s been amazing about importing all the S.F.-based chip artists to the San Jose area, and we love him for it.” The idea for Rockage came to Fanali five years ago when he thought about combining two of his passions, music and video games. He spent the next few years recruiting artists, raising funds and checking out venues. “I went to 50 to 60 churches, auditoriums, Knights of Columbus halls,” before settling on the San Jose Woman’s Club on 11th Street across from San Jose State University, he says. The first iteration of Rockage last year was a two-day festival that drew 400 people and included live music, video game tournaments, a food truck caravan, and panels of independent game developers and artists. This year promises to kick it up a notch, adding an extra day (Friday) dedicated to local bands and featuring more artists, more gaming and more prizes. The Silicon Valley Roller Girls will make an appearance, along with the SJSU Game Developer Club, which built game cabinets for the event that they plan to wheel down the street to the venue. “The genius of the way Rockage is set up is that gaming and music exist in tandem,” says Payne, who was a dual performer at last year’s inaugural event, playing as Matthew Joseph Payne and then with his old group, the Glowing Stars. Hardcore and casual gamers alike are attracted by the event’s nostalgia-inducing arcade games like Street Fighter II and console games like Mario Kart. Music enthusiasts jaded by the semiannual Taylor Swift shows at HP Pavilion will find something new and different in the lineup of local and national underground artists. Inevitably, music fans end up
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getting involved with a video-game tournament, and gamers discover new music to download. As one of the seminal ďŹ gures in the Bay Area chiptune movement, Payne co-hosted a chiptune panel at Rockage last year to explain the direct link between gaming and music. “I met plenty of gamers who came to the event for the arcades and wound up discovering a new band, or hearing chiptune for the ďŹ rst time,â€? he says. So what are Fanali’s plans for the future? “Right now, Rockage is what I’m focused on. But overall, I want to support San Jose. I believe in this town,â€? he says. If he’s successful, Rockage 2.0 will draw fans from all corners of the valley—and maybe even siphon off a few from that city up north.
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BEYONCÉ IN SAN JOSE Watch the throne, and kiss the ring. There is no escape: 2013 is shaping up to be the Year of Beyoncé. Taking a page from the Madonna playbook, Queen Bey announced today that she’s hitting the road for an international tour that will stop in San Jose.
A RECORD DEAL FOR ANYA? Last week was busy for local musician Anya Kvitka and her band Anya and the Get Down. After talking with different record labels—indie and major—she was asked to do a private showcase for Red Bull Records, where she and her band played an hour set to about 40 people, all of whom were associated with the music industry in some way.
PHOTOS: CODY CHESNUTT AT PAGODA After 10 years out of the spotlight, Cody ChesnuTT is back on tour with stops in San Jose and San Francisco last week.
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Thu, 8pm: Battle of the Bands. $5/$10. Gilroy.
Wed, 8pm: Golden Hour, Melvoy, Light the Rocket. Free. Fri, 9pm: Minibosses, Shake Before Us. $5. Sat, 9pm: Nashville Pussy, Them Slack-Jawed Sons of Bitches. $12/$15. San Jose.
Sat, 7pm: Red House Vandals. Sunnyvale.
NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE
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Sun, 9pm: Rock Sundays. Live rock covers. Santa Clara.
Fri, 7:30pm: Valentine’s Super Love Jam. $29-$39. San Jose.
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Thu, 7pm: Liquid Courage. Fri, 9:30pm: The Gents with Robyn & Ray. Sat, 9:30pm: 10 Til 2. Mon, 9:30pm: Kid Dynamite. Campbell.
MOJO LOUNGE
ART BOUTIKI
BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Superbad. Sat, 10pm: With Ultrasound. San Jose.
Fri, 9:30pm: Sexy Back. Sunnyvale. Fri, 9:30pm: Jimmy Dewrance Band. $5. Sat, 9:30pm: Hella Good. $5. Fremont.
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER Sat, 8pm: Suzanne Vega. $33$42. Sun, 3pm: The St. Michael Trio. $10-$30. Saratoga.
MONTGOMERY THEATRE Sat, 8pm: Pink Floyd Concert Experience. $31-$46. San Jose.
THE CATS
MYTH TAVERNA LOUNGE
Thu, 8:30pm: Out of the Blue.
Thu: Live music. San Jose.
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NINE LIVES
Wed, 9:30pm: Pro jam with JC Smith. Thu, 9:30pm: Johnny Neri Band. Fri, 9:30pm: Naked in Vegas. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Megatones. $10. Los Gatos.
ROCK SHOP Tue, 6pm: Drowning, Middle Class Militia, Anchors, Bad Times Crew. All ages. $7. San Jose.
SAN JOSE CIVIC Fri, 7pm: Sunset. $47-$105. San Jose.
SAN JOSE WOMAN’S CLUB Fri-Sun: Rockage 2.0. San Jose.
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BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY UPSTAIRS JAZZ CAFE STATION 55 Fri, 8pm: Urgent. Sat, 8pm: Jefferson McQuay. Gilroy.
WOODHAM’S LOUNGE First three Fri of month: Live music. Santa Clara.
Jazz/Blues/ World AGENDA LOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Salsa, with free lessons at 8pm. Thu, 9pm: Banda, two parties on two levels. Sun: Reggae and hip-hop. San Jose.
CAFFE FRASCATI Sun, 6:30pm: Jazz jam. San Jose.
CLUB FOX Fri, 9pm: Salsa, bachata, merengue, cha cha. $10. Redwood City.
GRAND DELL SALOON Wed, 8pm: Greaseland Presents. Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Aki. Fri, 8pm: Johnny Neri Band. Sat, 8pm: Tip of the Top. Campbell.
HEDLEY CLUB Every first and third Wed, 7:30pm: Jazz jam. Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Live jazz. Mon, 5pm: Gus Kambeitz Duo. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.
Wed: Jazz jam. Thu: Piano bar. Fri-Sat: Jazz bands. Morgan Hill.
Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.
ZONE 8 Sat, 8pm: Smith Dobson. Casino M8trix, San Jose.
BOGART’S LOUNGE
C&W/Folk
Wed & Fri-Sat, 8pm-2am: Wildside Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
BLUE ROCK SHOOT
BOULEVARD TAVERN
Fri, 8pm: Music showcase. Sat: Thriving Artists presents live music. Saratoga.
THE COURT’S LOUNGE
THE GRAPEVINE Thu, 7pm: Frank Sorci. Sat, 7pm: Peter Chung. San Jose.
Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos. Thu & Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. Sat, 8:30pm: Joe or Darryl. Campbell.
EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR
MISSION PIZZA
Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
Thu-Fri, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers. Sat, 7pm: The ONs. Fremont.
GILROY BOWL Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.
MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S Wed: Live country. Los Gatos.
RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: The Night Quintet. Sat, 8pm: Jeff Conley, Mark Maynard. Mountain View.
RODEO CLUB Thu: Thomas Rhett, Sarah Darling. $10/$15. San Jose.
THE SADDLE RACK
THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.
Wed, 9pm: Live music. Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Sat, 7:15pm: Live music. Fremont.
JOHNNY V’S
Nightly: Live jazz. San Jose.
SAM’S BBQ
KHARTOUM
POOR HOUSE BISTRO
Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle & Co. Tue, 6pm: Carolina Special. San Jose.
J.J.’S BLUES CAFE
Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Thu, 6pm: Hip Shake. Fri, 6pm: Pat Wilder Band. Sat, 6pm: Chris Cain Band. Sun, 2pm: Andrew Jr. Boy Jones. Mon, 6pm: Cooking the Blues, Adrian Costa. San Jose.
Karaoke
ALEX’S 49ER INN APPARITION Second Thu: Gothic, industrial karaoke. Club Lido, San Jose.
THE BEARS
LILLY MAC’S Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
MOJO LOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Vic. Fremont.
MOUNTAIN CHARLEYS Tue: DJ Uncle Hank. Los Gatos.
Fri, 9pm: Darryl. San Jose.
OFFICE BAR
BLUE PHEASANT
Fri-Sat, 9pm, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.
TRAIL DUST BBQ Thu-Fri, 6-9pm: Live blues, roots and Americana. Morgan Hill.
Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.
Nightly, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.
Tue, 6pm: Bluesday. San Jose. Fri, 8:30pm: Mary Ellen Duo. Sat, 8pm: Tim Volpicella Trio. Campbell.
KING OF CLUBS
Wed, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.
Thu, 6pm: Maneck. Fri, 7pm: Ed Johnson. No cover. San Jose.
TESSORA’S
Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.
KYOTO PLACE
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Sun: Sunday Funday karaoke. No cover. San Jose.
Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.
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9pm: Tequila RoX Lounge. Fri-Sat, 9pm: Salsa, Latin fusion DJs. Mon, 8pm: Salsa lessons. San Jose.
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Sat, 9pm: Traffic. ‘80s & ‘90s tracks. Mon, 9pm: Retoxx with DJ Casp3r. Tue, 9pm: Trap Shop. San Jose.
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RED STAG LOUNGE
Wed: Z Lounge. Fri-Sat: DJs. San Jose.
Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am. San Jose.
LOS GATOS BAR AND GRILL
RUDY’S PUB
Thu: EDM. Fri, 9pm: DJ Myndset. Sat: DJ Method. Los Gatos.
Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.
SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS
BRIT ARMS ALMADEN
Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.
MILANO
Thu, 10pm: DJ Dinero. San Jose.
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Thu, 8pm: Jr. Diaz. Sun, 7pm: Family karaoke with Jr. Diaz. Tue: 8pm: Karaoke with James. Gilroy.
Thu: DJ Benofficial. Fri: DJ QZR. Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.
Fri: Crave. Featuring Carmen Carrerra & Vivienne Pinay of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Sat: Kero One, Soulful Obsession, Goldenchyld. San Jose.
CLUB ILLUSIONS
WOODHAM’S LOUNGE
Fri: Valentine’s Masquerade Affair. Palo Alto.
MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S
Tue-Thu & Sat (plus fourth Fri of month): Karaoke. Santa Clara.
Dance Clubs
FAHRENHEIT Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays. Thu, 9pm: Ladies Night. Fri, 9pm: DJs and dancing. $10. Sat, 9pm: Mardi Gras Bash with DJ D-Sharp. $10. Mon: Industry. Tue: College Night. San Jose.
AGENDA Most Fri: Hip-hop, Top 40, club hits. San Jose.
AZÚCAR LATIN BAR Wed, 8pm: Karaoke & DJ. Thu,
NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Sun, 10pm: DJ Battle. Santa Clara.
PLAYHOUSE Thu: AMB Thursdays. Sat: DJs. Tue: Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday. San Jose.
STUDIO8 Fri: Furious. . Sat: Sexy Valentine’s Lingerie Show. San Jose.
APPARITION Thu, 10pm: Underground goth deathrock tunes. Club Lido, San Jose.
Thu: Electric Ladies Night. Fri: DJ Radio Raheem. Sat: DJ Haun Solo. Los Gatos.
JOHNNY V’S Wed, 9pm: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. Thu, 9pm: Slap!.
WILLOW DEN Wed-Fri: DJs. Sat, 10pm: ‘90s Dance Party. Willow Glen.
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BIG FREEDIA All shows come with virtual guarantee of dancing your ass off amidst joyful mayhem. Feb 8 at the Mezzanine.
OFF! Before he reforms Black Flag (sorta) Keith Morris hits up SF with new band. Feb 9 at Great American Music Hall.
ELLIE GOULDING Since her first trip to the U.S., she’s had numerous hit singles and, uh, fallen in love with Skrillex. Feb 8 at the Fox Theater.
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Master jazz bassist plays in solo, duo, quartet and quintet settings at new venue. Feb 7-10 at SFJAZZ Center.
BEAK> Geoff Barrow from Portishead has a new Krautrockinspired groove; Peanut Butter Wolf opens. Feb 13 at the Independent.
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LEGAL & PUBLIC The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mooresolutions Handyman Services San Jose, 2246 Los Gatos Almaden Road, San Jose, CA, 95124, Scott Moore. This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/01/2013. /s/Scott Moore/ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/02/2013. (pub Metro 2/06, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574393 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: South Bay Rain Gutters, 13141 Brown Ave., San Jose, CA, 95111, South Bay Rain Gutters Inc.. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/07/03. /s/David Morales President #2497471. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/01/2013. (pub Metro 2/06, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574377 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NURicks LLC, 1900 Camden AVe., #201D, San Jose, CA, 95124, 17480 High St., Los Gatos, CA, 95030. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/1/2012. /s/Nicholas Ulleseit Executive Officer #201201810277 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 2/01/2013. (pub Metro 2/06, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573792 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Papadon’s 2051 O’Toole Ave., San Jose, CA, 95131, SCVCS Inc., 89 S. Main St., Milpitas, CA, 95035. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on Feb 2006. /s/Marilyn Gomez Secretary of Board #02868148 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/16/2013. (pub Metro 2/06, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27/2013)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574261 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Overstock Mall LLC., 1065 Cross Springs Ct., San Jose, CA, 95120. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/1/2013. /s/Alyssa Terrizzano Manager #201235210043 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/30/2013. (pub Metro 2/06, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573151 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Viral Cluster, 2600 Corde Terra Circle, #5333, San Jose, CA, 95111, Son Troung. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Son Troung. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/27/2012. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573948 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Angel Ray Gourmet Foods, 6558 Winterset Way., San Jose, CA, 95120, Brian Wilkes, Shaguno Wilkes. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/1/2013. /s/Brian Wilkes. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/20/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573771 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Just B. Massage, 751 Blossom Hill Rd., STE B, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, Bridget Eding, 916 Union St., Apt 203, Alameda, CA, 94501. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/01/2008. Refile of previous file #509024 with changes /s/Bridget Eding. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/15/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/20/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573801 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eye Design Art, 1605 Parkmoor Ave., #212, San Jose, CA, 95128, Natalie Alfaro. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/15/13. /s/Natalie Alfaro This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/16/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/20/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573943 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Aragones Consulting Services. 2. Aragones Services, 3275 East Hills Dr., San Jose, CA, 95127, Steven Aragones. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Steven Aragones. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/20/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573438 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pacific Region Imports & Exports, 193 Barnard AVe., #3, San Jose, CA, 95125, Joanna Hung Quach. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/3/13. /s/Joanna Quach. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/04/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/20/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573746 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Guido’s Italian Specialties, 582 Calpella Drive, San Jose, CA, 95136, Rita Chimienti. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Rita Chimienti. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/15/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13, 2/20/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573922 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Asia Bay Restaurant, 947 McLaughlin Ave., San Jose, CA, 95122, Trong Q. Nguyen, 5548 Sunspring Cir., San Jose, CA, 95122, Yen A. Nguyen. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Trong Nguyen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2013. (pub Metro 1/30, 2/06, 2/13,
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STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #573903 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the following fictitious business name(s). Different Choice Insurance Services, 301 N. Jackson Ave., STE 3, San Jose, CA, 95133, Maria Fidelina Vega, 571 Continental Dr., San Jose, CA, 95133 Filed in Santa Clara County on 12/17/12 Under File No. 572844. /s/Maria T. Vega This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/18/2013. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573904 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Different Choice Insurance Services. 301 N. Jackson Dr., Suite 3, San Jose, CA, 95133, Sandra Dowell, 4442 Ladner St., Fremont, CA, 94538. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Sandra Dowell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/18/2013. (pub Metro ) 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573855 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Win Machining Sheet Metal MFG USA Inc., 3018 Balmoral Drive, San Jose, CA, 95132, Win Machining Sheetmetal Metal USA Inc.. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile of previous file #571818 due to publication requirement not met on previous filing /s/Brandon Li President #C3506071 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/17/2013. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573756 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Iglesia Apostolica Casa del Alfarero, 2740 Senter Road, San Jose, CA, 95111, Temple El Calvrio, 1348 Cathay Dr., San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Emilio Rodriguez President #2552301. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/15/2013. (pub
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573723 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Harvest Group, 1560 Koch Lane, San Jose, CA, 95125, Perspectives of Northern California, Inc., 1037 Sunset Road, Napa, CA, 94558. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/2/2013. /s/David P. Lindert Secretary #C2418378 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/14/2013. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573477 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Stylish Devil, 165 Blossom Hill Rd., #47, San Jose, CA, 95123, Natasha L. Pham. This business is conducted by a individual Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/1/2011. /s/Natasha L. Pham This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/07/2013. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573678 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: California Billiard Supply, LLC, 2395 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell, CA, 95008. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names
listed herein on 1/11/2013. /s/Jerry Rodriguez President #201232010036 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/11/2013. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573664 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Americas Finest Plumbing, 271 Sun Ridge Lane, San Jose, CA, 95123, Nancy Whitehouse, Marc A. Whitehouse Jr. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Nancy Whitehouse. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/11/2013. (pub Metro 1/23, 1/30, 2/06, 2/13/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573399 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Barbara of Paulines, 1093 Malone Road, San Jose, CA, 95125, Antonia Saldivar, 3610 Warner Dr., San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Antonia Saldivar. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/04/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/06/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573619 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BMK Wine Company, 3140 De La Cruz Blvd., Santa Clara, CA, 95054, SMBGenie,Inc, 1. BMK Sedan Services, 2. BMK Export & Imports, 3. BMK Nuts, 4. BMK. This business is
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conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/10/2013. /s/Bala Ravana CEO #3106915/ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/10/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/06/2013)
STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #573398 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the following fictitious business name(s). Silhouette, 2050 Concourse Dr., #36, San Jose, CA, 95131, Juliette Thai 1716 Parkview Green Cir., San Jose, CA, 95131. Filed in Santa Clara County on 6/27/12 Under File No. 566667. /s/Juliette Thai. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/04/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573238 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: U.S. Floors, 5600 Bellagio Dr., San Jose, CA, 95118, Tonaran Sargsyan. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Tonaran Sargsyan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/02/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/06/2013)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573525 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Denise’s Donuts, 4138 Monterey Hwy., San Jose, CA, 95111, Sanny Duch, 27863 Pompano Ave., Hayward, CA, 94544. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1/1/13. /s/Sanny Duch. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/08/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/06/2013)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #573483 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cosmos Electric, 44 Broadway, Los Gatos, CA, 95030, Efthymios, Theoharis. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 11/30/2012. Refile of previous #572218 due to publication requirement not met on previous filing. /s/Efthymios Theoharis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/07/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/06/2013)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #574367
(are) doing business as: Beverage Snack Express, 2760 Longford Dr., San Jose, CA, 95132, Philip Casella. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1990. /s/Philip Casella. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/31/2013. (pub Metro 2/06, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27/2013)
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Santa Clara County on 1/04/2013. (pub Metro 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/06/2013)
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Vua Kho Bo, 979 Story Rd., #7081, Lien Dao, 2549 S. King Rd., #A8, San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Lein Dao This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21–April 19): “What we need is more
people who specialize in the impossible,� said poet Theodore Roethke. For the foreseeable future, Aries, you could and should be a person like that. I’m not saying that you will forevermore be a connoisseur of amazements and a massager of miracles and a magnet for unexpected beauty. But if you want to, you can play those roles for the next few weeks. How many exotic explorations and unlikely discoveries can you cram into your life between now and March 1? How many unimaginable transformations can you imagine?
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TAURUS (April 20–May 20): North America’s most powerful and iconic waterfall is Niagara Falls, which straddles the border between the United States. and Canada. In 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed to shut down the American side of this elemental surge for a few months. They performed their monumental magic by building a dam made with 27,800 tons of rocks. Their purpose was to do research and maintenance on the stony foundation that lies beneath the water. I’m thinking that you Tauruses could accomplish a metaphorical version of that feat in the coming weeks: some awesome task that allows you to peer beneath the surface and make reďŹ nements that enhance your stability for a long time.
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GEMINI (May 21–June 20): National Geographic
reports that dung beetles have an intimate relationship not only with the earth but also with the stars. Scientists in South Africa found that the bugs use the Milky Way Galaxy to orient themselves while rolling their precious balls of dung to the right spot for safekeeping. The bright band of starlight in the sky serves as a navigational aid. I nominate the dung beetle to be your power animal in the coming weeks, Gemini. It will be prime time for you, too, to align your movements and decisions with a bigger picture and a higher power. (Read about the research here: http://tinyurl.com/ GalacticBeetles.)
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CANCER (June 21–July 22): You should go right ahead and compare oranges and apples in the coming week, Cancerian. Honey and butter, too: It’s ďŹ ne to compare and contrast them. Science and religion. Bulldogs and Siamese cats. Dew and thunderclaps. Your assignment is to create connections that no one else would be able to make ... to seek out seemingly improbable harmonies between unlikely partners ... to dream up interesting juxtapositions that generate fertile ideas. Your soul needs the delight and challenge of unexpected blending. LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): The collection called Grimm’s
Fairy Tales includes the story “The Devil and His Grandmother.� In one scene, the devil’s grandmother is petting and rubbing her grandson’s head. Or at least that’s what the English translations say. But the authors wrote in German, and in their original version of the text, grandma is in fact plucking lice from the devil’s hair. Your job in the coming week, Leo, is to ensure that no one sanitizes earthy details like that. Be vigilant for subtle censorship. Keep watch for bits of truth that have been suppressed. You need the raw feed that comes straight from the source.
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): In her book Jung and Tarot, Sallie Nichols notes that the 16th card in most Tarot decks portrays lightning as a hostile force: “jagged, zigzag strokes that slash across the sky like angry teeth.â€? But there’s one deck, the Marseilles Tarot, that suggests a kinder, gentler lightning. The yellow and red phenomenon descending from the heavens resembles a giant feather duster; it looks like it would tickle and clean rather than burn. I suspect you’ll be visited by a metaphorical version of this second kind of lightning sometime soon, Virgo. Prepare to be tickled and cleaned! LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Years ago, “bastardâ€? was a derisive term for a child born to unmarried parents. It reected the conventional moral code, which regarded a “birth out of wedlockâ€? as scandalous. But I think we can safely say that this old dogma has been ofďŹ cially retired. According to recent statistics compiled by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), more than 40 percent of the kids born in the United States are to unmarried mothers. Just goes to show you that not all forbidden acts remain forbidden forever. What was unthinkable or out of bounds or not allowed at one time may evolve into what’s normal. I bring this up,
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): While trekking up Mount Katahdin in Maine, naturalist Henry David Thoreau had a “mountain-top experienceâ€? that moved him to observe, “I stand in awe of my body.â€? You’re due for a similar splash of illumination, Scorpio. The time is right for you to arrive at a reverent new appreciation for the prodigious feats that your physical organism endlessly performs for you. What could you do to encourage such a breakthrough? How can you elevate your love for the esh and blood that houses your divine spark?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): How do you like
your caviar? Do you prefer it to be velvety and smooth, or would you rather have it be full of strong, ďŹ shy taste? If it’s the ďŹ rst option, beluga caviar is your best option. If the second, sevruga should be your favorite. What? You say you never eat caviar? Well, even if you don’t, you should regard the choice between types of caviar as an apt metaphor for the coming week. You can either have velvety smoothness or a strong taste, but not both. Which will it be? Set your intention.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): “Dear Astrology Guy: I have been reading your horoscopes since I was 19. For a while, I liked them. They were fun riddles that made me think. But now I’ve soured on them. I’m sick and tired of you asking me to transform myself. You just keep pushing and pushing, never satisďŹ ed, always saying it’s time to improve myself or get smarter or ďŹ x one of my bad habits. It’s too much! I can’t take it any more! Sometimes I just want to be idle and lazy. Your horoscopes piss me off!—Crabby Capricorn.â€? Dear Crabby: I’ve got some good news. In the coming week, you are completely excused from having to change anything about yourself or your life. Stay exactly the same! Be frozen in time. Resist the urge to tinker. Take a vacation from life’s relentless command to evolve. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Young art student Andrzej Sobiepan sneaked into Poland’s National Museum with a painting he had done himself and managed to surreptitiously mount it on one of the walls. It hung there for a while before authorities noticed it and took it down. “I decided that I will not wait 30 or 40 years for my works to appear at a place like this,â€? he said. “I want to beneďŹ t from them in the here and now.â€? This is the kind of aggressive selfexpression I’d like to see you summon in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Don’t wait for the world to come and invite you to do what you want to do. Invite yourself. P.S. The English translation of Sobiepan’s Polish last name means “his own master.â€? What can you do to be more of your own master? PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): Before any system can
leap to a higher level of organization, says poet Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, it has to undergo dissolution. “Unraveling or disintegrating is a vital, creative event making room for the new,â€? she declares. Guess what time it is for the system we all know and love as YOU, Pisces? That’s right: It’s a perfect moment to undo, dismantle, and disperse—as well as to unscramble, disentangle, and disencumber. Be of good cheer! Have faith that you will be generating the conditions necessary for the rebirth that will follow. “To change from one reality to another,â€? writes Wooldridge, “a thing ďŹ rst must turn into nothing.â€? (Her book is Poemcrazy.)
Homework: If you’d like to join the Flaming Jewel Church of Living Outside of Time, simply smash a clock or watch with a hammer on February 1 at exactly 12:20 p.m.
Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700
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